Let 12 consecutive things in the circle be $x_1, X_2, X_3, \dots X_{12}$.

We need to select 10 consecutive things out of these 12 things in the circle taken in the clockwise direction.

This selection can be made as follows:

$(x_1 \text{ to } x_{10}), (x_2 \text{ to } x_{11}), (x_3 \text{ to } x_{12}), (X_4 \text{ to } x_1), (x_5 \text{ to } x_2), (x_6 \text{ to } x_3), (x_7 \text{ to } x_4), (x_8 \text{ to } x_5), (x_9 \text{ to } x_6), (x_{10} \text{ to } X_7), (X_{11} \text{ to } X_8), (X_{12} \text{ to } X_9)$

So, there are 12 possible ways to do so.

Hence, option (C) is correct.