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Questions : Rahul travels 10 km towards East, then he takes left turn and travels 3 km. He then takes right turn and travels 5 km, he again takes right turn and travels 8 km and finally takes right turn one more time and travels 3 km. How far is he from his starting point and in which direction?

(a) 13 km towards North-West

(b) 12 km towards South-East

(c) 12 km towards North-West

(d) 13 km towards South-East

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance = AF

= $√{AG^2 + FG^2}$

= $√{12^2 + 5^2}$

= $√{114 + 25}$

= $√{169}$ = 13 km

Direction = South-East

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Question : 1

A person walks towards his house at 8 : 00 am and observed his shadow to his right. In which direction he is walking ?

a) South

b) North

c) East

d) West

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

In the morning hour, any object casts its shadow in the west. It means, his right side was towards west. So, he was walking towards south.

Question : 2

Raju starts his journey in north-west direction 2 km straight. Then he turns 90° clockwise and walks 2 km straight. Then once more he turns 90° clockwise and walks 2km straight. In which direction is Raju from his starting point?

a) North-East

b) West-South

c) West

d) East-South

Answer: (a)

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Question : 3

From a point 'Q' Alok starts walking towards south and after walking 25 m, he turns to his left and walks 40 m and reaches point 'F'. In which direction is he with reference to the starting point 'Q'?

a) North-East

b) South-West

c) South-East

d) North-West

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance

From the figure, it is clear that Alok is in the South-East direction with reference to starting point Q.

Question : 4

Raj starts from his office facing west and walks 100 m straight, then takes a right turn and walks 100 m. Further he takes a left turn and walks 50 m. In which direction is Raj now from the starting point?

a) South-West

b) North-East

c) North-West

d) West

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance

From the figure given below, Raj is finally in the North-West direction from the starting point.

Question : 5

To attend an exam, Sudhir reached the school by travelling 5 km towards South, and after a sharp left turn, he travelled for about 10 km. He again made a sharp left turn and reached in front of the school by travelling 5 km more. Which direction is Sudhir’s starting point from the school?

a) West

b) East

c) North

d) South

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Starting point is in west direction from the school.

Question : 6

I am facing east. I turn 100° in the clockwise direction and then 145° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?

a) North-East

b) East

c) South-West

d) North

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance

As shown in Fig. the man initially faces towards etc i.e., in the direction OA. On moving 100° clockwise he faces in the direction OB. On further moving 145° clockwise, he faces in the direction OC, Clearly, OC makes an angle of (145°–100°) i.e. 45° with OA and as such points in the direction North-east.

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