Direction and Distance


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









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    Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question.


    Correct Option: B

    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.



  1. 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?









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    Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question.


    Correct Option: A

    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.




  1. ‘A’ man starts from a point and walks 2 km towards North, turns towards his right and walks 2 km, turns right again and walks. What is the direction now he is facing?









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    The diagram given below is quite helpful in solving the questions on Distance and Direction Test.
    Man is facing towards south direction.


    Correct Option: A

    The diagram given below is quite helpful in solving the questions on Distance and Direction Test.
    From given figure , we can see that
    Man is facing towards south direction.Hence required answer will be south .



  1. Ram walks 10 m South from his house, turns left and walks 25 m, again turns left and walks 40 m, then turns right and walks 5 m to reach the school. In which direction is the school from his house?









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    Draw a graph as per given instruction in the question. We will get the below figure.


    Correct Option: C

    After drawing the figure as per given instruction in the question, we can say that,
    It is clear from the diagram that school is in North-East direction from Ram’s house.




  1. A boy was misdirected from his way while returning to his home from his school. In order to reach his home, he first moved 3 km in south direction and then turned to his left and moved 2 km in straight direction on the road leading to the east. From there, he moved to his left and walked 3 km. After this. he again turned to his left and moved 1 km. Finally he reached his home. The home of the boy was in which direction from his school?









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    Drawing the below figure as per given instruction in the question.


    Correct Option: D

    Drawing the below figure as per given instruction in the question.
    finally we can say that the
    The house of boy was in east direction from his school.