find distance only section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After walking 75 metres, he turns to the left and walks 25 metres straight. Again he turns to the left, walks a distance of 40 metres straight, again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 115 metres

b) 50 metres

c) 25 metres

d) 140 metres

e) None of these

Question : 7 [SSC CPO SI 2008]

A man starts walking from a point and walks 12 kms towards north. He turns 90° left and walks a distance and stopped. If the distance between initial point and final positions is 13 kms , how much distance he travelled after turning from the North?

a) 5 kms

b) 2 kma

c) 1 km

d) 7 kms

Question : 8 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2015]

Abhay travelled 9 km Northwards, turned left and travelled 5 km, then turned left again and travelled 9 km. How far is Abhay from the starting point?

a) 9 km.

b) 14 km

c) 5 km.

d) 4 km.

Question : 9

Tiya started from her home to office. She started in east direction. After walking for 4 km she turned to her left and walked 8 km, now she turned left and walked 2 km. After this she turned to right walked 4 km. Now after turning to her right she walked 13 km and reached office. Find the shortest distance between her office and home.

a) $3√41 km$

b) $4√41 m$

c) $3√43 m$

d) $5√38 m$

e) None of these

Question : 10 [SSC GL Tier-I 2013]

Rachel starts walking towards North. After walking 15 metres, she turns towards South and walks 20 metres. She then turns towards East and walks 10 metres. Then, again, she walks 5 metres towards North. How far is she from her starting point and in which direction ?

a) 5 metres, East

b) 10 metres, East

c) 10 metres, West

d) 5 metres, North