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Questions : 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

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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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.

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Question : 1

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 : 2

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)

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

Question : 3

A rat runs 20' towards East and turns to right, runs 10' and turns to right, runs 9' and again turns to left, runs 5' and then turns to left, runs 12' and finally turns to left and runs 6'. Now which direction is the rat facing ?

a) West

b) East

c) South

d) North

Answer: (d)

The movements of the rat from A to G are as shown in Fig.

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Clearly, it is finally walking in the direction FG, ie North.

Question : 4

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

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

Question : 5

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)

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

Question : 6

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)

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Starting point is in west direction from the school.

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