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Questions : 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

The correct answers to the above question in:

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.

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Question : 1

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 : 2

A watch reads 4 : 30. If the minute hand points East in which direction will the hour hand point?

a) North–East

b) South

c) North

d) South–West

Answer: (a)

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At 4 : 30, the minute hand points towards East. It means the clock has been rotated through 90° anticlockwise.

∴ hour hand will point towards North– East.

Question : 3

Lokesh's school bus is facing North when it reaches his school. After starting from Lokesh's house, it turns right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop in front of Lokesh's house ?

a) West

b) East

c) South

d) North

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

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In the above Figure, the route of the bus from Lokesh's house to the school. It is given that the bus faces North on reaching the school. Now, turning Fig. 1 90° anticlockwise,

we obtain Fig. 2 which satisfies the specified conditions. It is evident from Fig. 2 that the bus faces west in front of Lokesh's house.

Question : 4

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 : 5

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)

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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.

Question : 6

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)

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Required distance = AF

= $√{AG^2 + FG^2}$

= $√{12^2 + 5^2}$

= $√{114 + 25}$

= $√{169}$ = 13 km

Direction = South-East

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