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Question : 76

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

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.

Question : 77 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

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 : 78 [SSC CPO SI 2011]

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 : 79

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 : 80 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Prabhu travelled from his house a distance of 20 kms to his friend’s house. After some time he left his friends house and took a turn towards right and travelled 15 kms to reach a park. After resting for a while, he again started and turned to right and travelled 18 kms to reach a petrol pump. From there he again turned right and covered a distance of 15 kms. How many km more he has to travel to reach home?

a) 18 kms

b) 23 kms

c) 2 kms

d) 21 kms

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

AE = 2 km.

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