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

Question : 11

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

a) 50 metres

b) None of these

c) 25 metres

d) 115 metres

Question : 12 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2015]

Raju drives 25 km North and turns left and travels 5 km and reaches point ‘O’. He then turns right and covers another 5 kms. Afterwards turns to east and drives 5 km. How much distance he has to travel to go back to the starting point?

a) 25 kms

b) 20 kms

c) 35 kms

d) 30 kms

Question : 13 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2014]

An insect is walking in a straight line. It covers a distance of 15 cm per minute. It comes back 2.5 cm after every 15 cm. How long will it take to cover a distance of 1 metre ?

a) 8 min

b) 12 min

c) 6.5 min

d) 10 min

Question : 14 [SSC CHSL LDC, DEO & PA/SA 2015]

If Sita walks 10 km towards West, then turned towards South and walked 10 km, then turned East walked 10 km, and turned North walked 10 km. How far she is from starting point?

a) 0 km

b) 20 km

c) 40 km

d) 10 km

Question : 15 [SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC 2014]

Mr. Das started his journey from his house straight to his friend’s house at a distance of 12 km. On returning he walked 8 km in the same route and turned right and walked 4 km, then he turned to his left and walked 4 km. Finally he turned to his left and walked 2 km. How far was he from his house ?

a) 4 km

b) 2 km

c) 8 km

d) 6 km