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Question : 61

A man starts his journey from a point 'X'. He goes in north direction for 5 km. Then he turns his left and goes 2 km, then he turns his right twice and goes straight 3 km and 2 km respectively. How far is he from his starting point?

a) 8 km

b) 6 km

c) 7 km

d) 9 km

Answer: (a)

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XD = XA + AD = 5 + 3 = 8 km

Question : 62

A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point ?

a) 20 metres

b) 5 metres

c) 10 metres

d) 23 metres

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

The movements of A are as shown in Figure

(O to P, P to Q, Q to R, R to S and S to T)

Since TS = OP + QR, so T lies in line with O.

A’s distance from the starting point O

= OT = (RS – PQ)

= (15 – 10)m = 5m

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Question : 63 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Ajit, starting from a fixed point, goes 10m towards North and then after turning to his right he goes 10 m. Then he goes 5,10 and 10 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point ?

a) 10 m

b) 3 m

c) 15 m

d) 5 m

Answer: (d)

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Question : 64 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Rana walks 20 metre straight in north direction and 20 m to the right. Then every times turning to his left he walks 5, 25 and 25 metres respectively. How far is he from his starting point now?

a) 20 metre

b) 30 metre

c) 5 metre

d) 25 metre

Answer: (c)

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AF = 5 metre

Question : 65

Ram is facing north. He proceeded straight for a distance of 10km, then he turned left and proceeded straight a distance of 15km. At last he turned left again and proceeded for another 10km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 5km

b) 15km

c) 10km

d) 12km

Answer: (b)

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