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Questions : Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position?

(a) 30 metres

(b) 60 metres

(c) 20 metres

(d) 50 metres

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

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The movements of Gaurav are as shown in Fig.

Clearly, Gaurav's distance from his initial position

P = PX = (PS + SX)

= (QR + SX) = (40 + 20)m = 60.

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Question : 1

A and B both are walking away from point ‘X’. A walked 3 m and B walked 4 m from it, then A walked 4 m north of ‘X’ and B walked 5 m south of A. What is the distance between them now ?

a) 9 m

b) 11.40 m

c) 9.5 m

d) 16 m

Answer: (d)

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Distance between A and B

= 4 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 16m

Question : 2

Sonia started from her house and travelled 4 km towards east. Then she turned left and travelled 6 km. Then she turned right and travelled 4 km. Now at what distance is she from starting point ?

a) 8 km

b) 10 km

c) 14 km

d) 5 km

Answer: (b)

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Required distance

AD = $√{AE^2 + DE^2}$

= $√{8^2 + 6^2}$

= $√{64+ 36}$

= $√{100}$ = 10 km

Question : 3

Kalpana travelled from point B to straight to C a distance of 8 feet She turned left and walked 5 feet away. Again she turned left and walked 7 feet and finally turned left and walked 5 feet. How far is she from the starting point?

a) 4 feet

b) 5 feet

c) 3 feet

d) 1 feet

Answer: (d)

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Required distance = 1 feet

Question : 4

Aditya went 15 kms to the west from his house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was he from his house?

a) 10 kms

b) 80 kms

c) 5 kms

d) 40 kms

Answer: (a)

10 km

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DIRECTIONS:

Study the informations and answer the question given below:

  1. Eight friends, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a square dining table.
  2. Seven poles A, B, C, D, E, F and G are put in such a way that the distance between the next two decreases by 1 metre.
  3. The distance between the first two poles, A and B, is 10 metres.

Now answer the following questions.

Question : 5

What is the distance between the first pole A and the last pole G ?

a) 45 m

b) 40 m

c) 49 m

d) None of these

e) cannot be determine.

Answer: (a)

The distance between A and G = (10 + 9 +….+ 5).

Question : 6

If a monkey hops from pole G to pole C, then how much distance did it cover ?

a) 22 k

b) 26 km

c) 19 km

d) 25 km

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

The distance between pole G and C = 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 = 26m

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