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I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 10 metre. Then I turn left and walk 10 metre and then turning right walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 60 metre. In which direction am I from the starting point ?

North-East
Norst-West
North
West

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Please refer to figure for the movements.
Final direction will be north-east with reference to the starting position.

1. Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position ?

40 metres
50 metres
60 metres
70 metres

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Please check the movements of Gaurav in the figure.
Now, Gaurav distance from his initial position A to E

AE = (AD+DE) = 40 + 20 = 60 metres.

2. A man is facing west. He turns 45 degree in the clockwise direction and then another 180 degree in the same direction and then 270 degree in the anticlockwise direction. Find which direction he is facing now ?

South-West
West
South
East-South

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Please refer to the explanation image.
The man firstly faces the direction OA. On moving 45 degree clockwise[Please check carefully always if clockwise or anticlockwise], he faces the direction OB.
Now again he moved 180 degree clockwise, now he will be facing OC. From here he moved 270 degree anticlockwise, Finally he is facing OD, which is South west.

3. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction ?

35 metre, North
30 metre, South
35 metre, East
30 metre, North

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The movements of Rohit are shown in figure.
Rohit's distance from the starting point A will be
AE = AD+DE = 20 + 15 = 35 metre

And direction with reference to the starting point is east.

4. I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 10 metre. Then I turn left and walk 10 metre and then turning right walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 60 metre. In which direction am I from the starting point ?

North-East
Norst-West
North
West

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Please refer to figure for the movements.
Final direction will be north-east with reference to the starting position.

5. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 metres towards South. He turned left and walked 30 metres. He then turned left and walked 20 metres. He again turned left and walked 40 metres and reached a point Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P ?

30 metres, West
10 metres, West
30 metres, North
10 metres, North

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Please refer to the image for movements.

Distance from the P to Q is 10 metres and direction of Q with reference to to P is west.