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Questions : A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns South and walks 10 m. then he walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns towards East and Walks 15 m. What is the straight distance (in Metres) between his initial and final positions?

(a) 5

(b) Cannot be determined

(c) 0

(d) 10

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance

Clearly, DC = AB + FE. So, F is in the line with A.

Also, AF = (BC – DE) = 5 m.

So, the man is 5 metres away from his initial position.

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Question : 1

Ram went 20 metres to the north then turned towards east and walked another 5 metres, then he turned towards right and covered 20 metres. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 4 metre

b) 6 metre

c) 3 metre

d) 5 metre

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Clearly, the horizontal distance

= (7 + 15) km = 22 km

Question : 2

Rama left home and walked 5 km southwards, turned right and walked 2 km and turned right and walked 5 km and turned left and walked 5 km. How many kilometres will she have to walk to reach her home straight?

a) 7

b) 15

c) 5

d) 17

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

She will have to traval 7 km to reach her home.

Question : 3

Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?

a) 4 m

b) 11 m

c) 3 m

d) 10 m

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance

The movements of Radha are as shown in figure. Clearly, Radha’s distance from the starting point O = OD = (OC – CD) = (AB – CD) = (14 – 4) m = 10 m.

Question : 4

Sudha travels 8 km to the South. Then she turns to the right and walks 4 km. Then again she turns to her right and moves 8 km forward. How many km away is she from the starting point?

a) 6

b) 8

c) 7

d) 4

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Sudha is 4 km away from the starting point.

Question : 5

I walk 12 km to the North, then 10 kilometres East and then 12 km South. How far am I from the starting point ?

a) 24 km

b) 10 k

c) 34 km

d) 22 km

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance = AD

= 10 km

Question : 6

From my house I walked 5 km towards North. I turned right and walked 3 km. Againt I went one km to the south. How far am I from my house?

a) 6 km

b) 5 km

c) 7 km

d) 4 km

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance

AD = $√{AE^2 + DE^2}$

= $√{4^2 + 3^2}$

= $√{16+ 9}$

= $√{25}$ = 5 km

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