Question 1

Mani starts from college and walks 3 kms towards East, turns right and walks 2 kms, turns right again and walks. What is the direction he is now facing?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph It is clear from the diagram that he is facing towards West.

Question 2

Govind starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 25 metres he turned towards right and walked 10 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph It is clear from the diagram that, now he is walking towards North.a

Question 3

A tourist drives 10 km towards West and turns to left and takes a drive of another 4 km. He then drives towards East another 4 km and then turns to his right and drives 5 km. Afterwards he turns to his left and travels 6 km. In which direction is he…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph he is in south direction from the starting point.

Question 4

Going 40 m to the south of his house, Ramdev turns left and goes another 10 m. Then turning to the North, he goes 20 m and then starts walking to his house. In which direction is he walking now?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph It is clear from the diagram that Ramdev is now walking towards North–West.

Question 5

Keeping her back towards the rising sun, Reshma starts walking. After a few minutes she turns left and keeps on walking. Then a little later she turns right and then left. In which direction is she going at the moment?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Sun rises in the east. Therefore, Reshma starts walking towards west. It is clear from the diagram that Reshma was walking towards South finally and the exact direction is south-west with respect to the starting point. Therefore, we may select option (1) as the answer.

Question 6

Raghu starts from his house in his car and travels 8 km towards the North, then 6 km towards East then 10 km towards his right, 4 km towards his left, 10 km towards North and finally 4 km towards his right. In which direction is he now with referenc…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Point G is in North-East direction with reference to the Point A.

Question 7

Raheja started from a point. He walked 3km to the North, then turned East and walked 4km, then turned West walked 2km and then turned West walked 3km and stopped. In which direction is Raheja from his starting point?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Raheja is to the east of the starting point.

Question 8

To attend an exam, Sudhir reached the school by travelling 5 km towards South, and after a sharp left turn, he travelled for about 10 km. He again made a sharp left turn and reached in front of the school by travelling 5 km more. Which direction is …

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Starting point is in west direction from the school.

Question 9

Shalu walks 30 m north, then she turns right and walks 30 m then she turns right and walks 55 m. Then she turns left and walks 20 m. Then she again turns left and walks 25m. How many metres away and in which direction is she from her original positi…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Shalu is (30 + 20) meters = 50 meters away in the east direction from her original position.

Question 10

Rajan started from his house and went 2 km east, then he turned right and went 3 km, again turned right and went 3 km, again he turned right and covered 1 km and finally after turning right and going 1 km he reached point 'K'. In which direction was…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph

Question 11

If Ram's house is located to the south of Krishna's house and Govinda's house is to the east of Krishna's house, in what direction is Ram's house situated with respect to Govinda's house?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Ram's house is to the South-West of Govinda's house.

Question 12

A taxi driver commenced his journey from a point and drove 10 km toward north and turned to his left and drove another 5 km. After waiting to meet a friend here, he turned to his right and continued to drive another 10 km. He has covered a distance …

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph It is clear from the diagram that the taxi driver is in the North-West direction with reference to the starting point. But there is no such option. Therefore, we can opt alternative (2), i.e., North as the answer.

Question 13

Mr. A travelled from a point 'X' straight towards east at a distance of 80 m. He turned to his right and walked 40 m. He again turned to his right and walked 80 m. He then turned his left and walked 20 m and took left and again walked 80m. Now he tu…

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph It is clear from the above diagram that he is 80 meter towards East from the point X.

Question 14

The mall is 250 metres North– West of the market. The school is 250 metres south–west of the market. In which direction is the school from the mall?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph Clearly, the school is to the south of Mall.

Question 15

A person walks towards his house at 8: 00 am and observed his shadow to his right. In which direction he is walking?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph in the morning hour, any object casts its shadow in the west. It means, his right side was towards west. So, he was walking towards south.

Question 16

A car travelling from south covers a distance of 8 kms, then turns right and runs another 9 kms and again turns to the right and was stopped. Which direction does it face now?

Accepted Answer

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph travelling from south means movement from south to north.

Question 17

If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?

Accepted Answer

South-East

Question 18

One morning after sunrise, Suresh was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. To which direction was he facing?

Accepted Answer

Sun rises in the east in the morning. Since the shadow of Suresh falls to his right. So he is facing South.

Question 19

Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 20

Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then takes the direction back to reach the main road. I…

Accepted Answer

65 km

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