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Questions : One day raj left home and walked 5 km northwards, turned right and walked for 10km and turned left and walked 5 km more and finally turned left and walked 10km. How many kilometres will he have to walk to reach his home straight?

(a) 10 km

(b) 5 km

(c) 15 km

(d) 20 km

e) None of these

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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DIRECTIONS:
  1. Point A is 8 m north of point B.
  2. Point B is 10 m west of point C.
  3. Point C is 11 m north of point D.
  4. Point F is 4 m north of point E which is 6m west of point D.

Question : 1

A person starts from point F, reaches point G, then takes a left and then a right turn to reach point B. Find FG + BC.

a) 12 km

b) 15 km

c) 13 km

d) 14 km

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

Since he takes a left and a right turn to reach B, so the figure is like:

So FG = 10 – 6 = 4m and

Then, FG + BC = 4 + 10

Question : 2

Point T is 5m north of point C. Find AT.

a) $2√29 m$

b) $5√26 m$

c) 29 m

d) $29√2 m$

e) None of these

Answer: (a)

AT = $√ (10^2 + 4^2 ) = 2√29 m$

Question : 3

Point H is 6 m west of point F. Point J is 3 m south of point D. A person starts from point H in south direction, reaches a point K, takes a left turn and reaches point J. Find KE.

a) $3√10 m$

b) $2√5 m$

c) 15 m

d) $3√2 m$

e) $3√5 m$

Answer: (e)

KE = $√(6^2 + 3^2 ) = 3√5 m$

Question : 4

Arun travels 8 km towards the North, turns left and travels 3 km and then again turns right and covers another 4 km and then turns right and travels another 3 km. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 11 km

b) 15 km

c) 18 km

d) 12 km

Answer: (d)

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Required distance

= (8 + 4) km = 12 km

Question : 5

Ramesh drives his car 4 km to east, then takes left turn and drives 6 km. He again turns to his left hand side and travels 4 km. How many km is Ramesh away from his starting place ?

a) 10 km

b) 14 km

c) 6 km

d) 4 km

Answer: (c)

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Required distance = 6 km.

Question : 6

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) 10 m

b) 4 m

c) 3 m

d) 11 m

Answer: (a)

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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

= 10m.

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