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132 Distance and Direction
6. A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 10. Rimpy on the way to her school starts walking from
2 km. towards North, takes a left turn and drives for her home towards south. After walking 15 meters
5 km. he then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km. she turns towards north. After walking 20 meters, she
before taking a left turn again and driving for further turns towards east and walks 10 meters. She then
5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives turns towards south and walks 5 meters. How far is
1 km. before stopping. How far and towards which she from his original position and in which direction?
direction should the driver drive to reach the school (a) 10 meters, East (b) 10 meters, South- East
again? [IBPS – PO/MT] (c) 10 meters, West (d) 10 meters, North-East
(a) 3 km. towards North (b) 7 km. towards east (e) None of these
(c) 6 km. towards south (d) 6 km. towards west 11. An ant moves 10 cm towards east and turns to the
(e) 5 km. towards north right hand moves 3 cm. Then it moves to its right
and moved 3 cm. It then turns to his left and moves
7. Rajesh starting from his house, goes 4 km. in the 2 cm. Finally it turns to his right and travel’s 7 cm.
East, then he turns to his right and goes 3 km. What how far and in which direction it is now from the
is his final distance from his house? starting point?
(a) 4 km. (b) 5km. (a) 10 cm, East (b) 9 cm, North
(c) 5. 5 km. (d) 4.5 km. (c) 8 cm, West (d) 5 cm, West
(e) None of these (e) None of these
8. Ricky after travelling for 5 km. took right turn and 12. Rimpy, on her morning walk, starting from home
travelled 6 km. before taking left turn and then she walks to the North for 250 m, then she turns to
travelled for 3 km. find his final distance from home. her right and travels 20 m and then she again turns
(a) 10 km (b) 12 km to the right and drives straight another 250 m. How
much distance has she now to cover to go back to
(c) 9 km (d) 11 km her home?
(e) None of these (a) 25 m (b) 20 m
9. In a game “Pass the ball” position of some players (c) 4 m (d) 40 m
are as follows: (e) 30 m
st
‘A’ is 20 meters to the north of ‘B’ who is 18 meters 13. Amar on his new car 1 drives towards North 4 Kms
to the east of ‘C’ who is 12 meters to the west of ‘A’, If and turns right and drives 5 Kms. Then he turns
ball was initially with 'B' and is passed to 'C' in which towards South and drives 2 Kms, then he takes a
direction is it from his starting point? right turn and drives 6 Kms. What is the distance of
(a) North - East (b) North - West Amar from his starting point?
(c) South - East (d) North (a) 16 Kms (b) 12 Kms
(e) East (c) 2 Kms (d) 4 Kms
(e) √5 kms

3. ConCept CrACker

Directions (Qs. 1-4): Study the following 2. I am facing West. I turn 45° in the clockwise direction
information carefully and answer the given and then 180° in the same direction and then
questions. 270° anti-clockwise. which direction am facing now ?
1. Ram walks 10 m South his house, turns left and (a) south-west (b) south
walks 25 m, again turns left and walks 40 m, then (c) West (d) North-west
turn right and walks 5 m to reach his school. In which (e) East
direction is the school from his house ? 3. Two buses start from the opposite points of a main
(a) South-west (b) North-east road, 150 km. apart. The first bus runs for 25 km.
(c) East (d) North takes a right turn and then runs for 15 km. It then turns
(e) none of these left,runs for another 25 km. and takes the direction