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One day, Raviraj left home and cycled 20 Km southwards, turned right and cycled 10 km and turned right and cycled 20 Km and turned left and cycled 20 Km. How many kilometres will he have to cycle to reach his home straight ?

  • 50 Km
  • 30 Km
  • 40 Km
  • 60 Km

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Please refer to explanation image,
Raviraj starts from home at A, moves 20 Km in south upto B. Then he turns right and moves 10 Km upto C, then he turns right and moves 20 Km upto D, then he turns lefts and moves 20 Km upto E.

So from image it is clear that, if he moves straight then he will have to move AD+DE, AD = BC = 10 Km
So, he will have to move 10 + 20 = 30 Km

Similar Questions :

1. Shweta goes towards East 5 km then she takes a turn to South-West and goes 5 km. She again takes a turn towards North-West and goes 5 km with respect to the point from where she started, where is she now ?

  • In the South-West
  • In the North-West
  • In the East
  • At the starting Point

Answer: Option D

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. A dog runs 20 metre towards East and turns Right, runs 10 metre and turns to right, runs 9 metre and again turns to left, runs 5 metre and then turns to left, runs 12 metre and finally turns to left and runs 6 metre. Now which direction dog is facing ?

  • East
  • North
  • West
  • South

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Now dog is facing North.

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

  • North
  • East
  • West
  • South

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

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

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