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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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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