Direction and Distance


  1. 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?









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    Correct Option: A

    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.



  1. 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?









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    Correct Option: C

    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.




  1. 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 of 25 km so far, but in which direction would he be now?









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    Correct Option: B

    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.



  1. 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 turned towards his left and walked 60 m and stopped. How far and in which direction is he from the starting point ‘X’?









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    Correct Option: D

    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.




  1. 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?









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    Correct Option: D

    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.