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Sumanth walks 200 feet straight from his house, which is facing north and then he walks 100 feet in reverse direction.Further he takes a left turn and walks 300 yards.In Which direction is Sumanth now from his original position?

A) South-East B) North-East
C) South-West D) North-West

Answer:   B) North-East



Explanation:

Starting From his house, Sumanth walks 200 feet straight towards North; we can write it as N200. Similarly, the other distances and directions can be considered and written as follows : (Notice that he covers 300 yards towards East; one yard = 3 feet and hence 300 yards = 900 feet)

 N200S100E900 Adding all south and all North distances and finding the net result, and also adding all East and all West distances and finding the net result, this can further be summarized as : N100E900

 Thus, the direction from his original position is North-East.

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Two siblings start from home to go to schools. The brother goes 2 km North, then turns right and goes 1 km and reaches his school. The sister goes 3 km West, then 5 km South, then turns left and goes 4 km and reaches her school. Where is the sister's school with respect to the brother's school?

 

A) 3 km South B) 7 km South
C) 7 km North D) 3 km North
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 7 km South

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Shivani started running from her office, she first ran for 16 km towards north, then she turned towards east and ran √68 km in that direction. How far (in km) and which direction is Shivani from her office?

 

A) 18, North-East B) 13, North-East
C) 18, South-East D) 11, North-West
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 18, North-East

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Vaishali is having dinner at 9:00 p.m. On her watch, she observes that the minutes hand is pointing towards the north direction. In which direction would the hours hand be facing at that time?

 

A) North B) West
C) South D) East
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) West

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A villager walks 3 km East, then turns South and walks 1.5 km, then turns East and walks 2 km, then turns to his left and walks 1.5 km. Where is he now with respect to the starting position?

 

A) 5 km East B) 1 km East
C) 5 km West D) 1 km West
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5 km East

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Two cargo ships A and B start from the same port. Ship A sails 35 miles West, then it turns right and sails 75 miles. In the meanwhile Ship B sails 105 miles North, then
it turns left and sails 35 miles, then it turns North and sails 45 miles. Where is ship A with respect to ship B?

 

A) 225 miles South B) 75 miles North
C) 75 miles South D) 225 miles North
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 75 miles South

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Leela starts for work in the morning. Her office is 2 kms from home so she prefers to walk. She stalls walking in the opposite direction of the sun from home, walks for 500 m and then takes a right turn and walks for 200 m. Then again. she takes a left and walks towards her office. In which direction from her home is her office?

 

 

A) North-West B) South
C) North D) North-East
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) North-West

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The Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri and Vaigai are .......... flowing rivers.

 

A) north B) east
C) west D) south
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) east

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A battery-operated toy turns clockwise 45° every 30 seconds. The toy is kept facing West and switched on. At the end of 60 seconds, which direction will it face?

 

 

 

A) South B) East
C) West D) North
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) North

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