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Questions : Laxmi went 10 km to the West from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. She then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was she from my house?

(a) 10 kms

(b) 40 kms

(c) 5 kms

(d) 15 kms

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Suhas travelled 15 km. towards East, then turned towards North and travelled 15 km and turned towards West and travelled 15 km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 30 km

b) 0 km

c) 15 km

d) 45 km

Answer: (c)

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Required distance = AD = 15 km

Question : 2

A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km east - wards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is ?

a) 16 km

b) 12 km

c) 15 km

d) 18 km

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

The movements of the person are as shown in Figure

Clearly, AB = 3 km,

BC = 3AB = (3 × 3) km = 9 km,

CD = 5AB = (5 × 3) km = 15 km,

Draw AE ⊥ CD.

Then, CE = AB = 3 km and AE = BC = 9 km

DE = (CD – CE) = (15 – 3) km = 12 km.

In ΔAED, AD2 = AE2 + DE2

⇒ AD = $√{( 9^2 +(12)^2 }$km = $√225$ km

Required distance = AD = 15 km

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Question : 3

A person moves 400 metres to East. He turns to his left and moves 400 metres. Then again he turns to his left and walks 400 metres. Finally he turns to his right and moves 100 metres. Now how far away in metres. He is from the starting point ?

a) 900

b) 500

c) 1300

d) 800

Answer: (b)

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Required distance AE = AD + DE

= (400 + 100) metres

= 500 metres

Question : 4

Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns to his left and walks for 2 km. He again turns left and walks for 3 km. At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km. How many kilometres is he from the starting point ?

a) 2 km

b) 4 km

c) 1 km

d) 3 km

Answer: (c)

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Required distance = 1 km

Question : 5

A cyclist rides 40 kms to the east, turns north and rides 20 kms, again turns left and rides 20 kms. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 10 kms

b) 30 kms

c) 0 km

d) 20 kms

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance

AD = $√{AE^2 + DE^2}$

= $√{20^2 + 20^2}$

= $√{400+ 400}$

= $√{800}$ 

= 28.28 km

» 30 km

Question : 6

A and B start walking from the same point. A goes north and covers 3 km, then turns right and covers 4 kms. B goes west and covers 5 kms, then turns right and covers 3 kms. How far apart are they from each other ?

a) 9 km

b) 5 km

c) 10 km

d) 8 km

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance

= (5 + 4) km

= 9 km

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