Direction & Distance || Direction & Distance Shadow based questions
49Direction & Distance || Direction & Distance Shadow based questions
#RajeshChoudhary #Intellection
All know that there are four main directions – East, West, North and South. Also, we are well aware of the four cardinal directions – South East, South West, North East, and North West. We are going to use all these eight directions to solve our direction reasoning problem.
Left Right Movement
A person facing north, on taking left will face towards west and on taking the right turn towards east.
A person facing west, on taking left will face towards south and on taking right turn towards north.
A person facing east, on taking left will face towards north and on taking the right turn towards south.
A person facing south, on taking left will face towards east and on taking the right turn towards west.
Hence, we can sum up the above points as:
Whenever a person moves to his left side, he will move towards anti- clockwise direction.
Whenever a person moves to his right side, he will move towards clockwise direction.
Note: When a question says moved towards left or right side, we assume that the movement is at an angle of 90 degrees.
Shadow Case
In morning/ Sunrise time
a) If a person facing towards Sun, the shadow will be towards his back or in west.
b) If a person facing towards South, the shadow will be towards his right.
c) If a person facing towards West, the shadow will be towards his front.
d) If a person facing towards North, the shadow will be towards his left.
In evening/ Sunset time
a) If a person facing towards Sun, the shadow will be towards his back or in East.
b) If a person facing towards North, the shadow will be towards his right.
c) If a person facing towards East, the shadow will be towards his front.
d) If a person facing towards South, the shadow will be towards his left.
Note- At 12:00 noon is no shadow because the rays of the Sun are vertically downward.
29. Ram walk 100m towards North, then the he turn towards south and walk 60m. Further he turn towardsEast and walk 30m. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
a. 70 m, East b. 50m, North East
c. 70m,West d. 100m, South
e. None of these
30. Two squads of soldiers A and B facing North and south respectively received the following commands-Right Turn, Left Turn, Left Turn, Left Turn. Which directions would the squads A and B face at the end?
a. South North b. West, East
c. North, South d. East, West e. None of these
31. A’s house is in Chennai and faces the sea. To visit his friend’s house, he turns to the left, walks 50 metres and turns to the right and walks 50 metres. In which direction is his friends' house from his own house?
a. North-West b. South-West
c. North-East d. South-East
e. None of these
32. A direction pole was situated on the Road Crossing. Due to an accident, the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East started showing South. Sita, a traveller went to the wrong direction thinking it to be West. In what direction actually she was travelling?
a. East b. South c. North
d. West e. None of these
34. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y with reference to P?
a. North b. East c. South-East
d. South-West e. None of these
35. Kate walks 4 km towards South. She then turns to-wards her left and walks 8 km more. After that, she turns left again and walks another 8 km. Here, she meets her friend coming from the opposite direction and they both stop here. Which direction would she be facing?
a. North b. South c. East
d. West e. None of these
36. Shailesh and Mohan start from a fixed point. Shailesh moves 3 km northward, turns right and then covers 4 km. Mohan moves 5 km westwards, turns right and walks 3 km. The distance between Shailesh and Mohan now is
a. 10 km b. 9km c. 8 km
d. 6 km e. None of these
37. A man walks 30 metres towards south. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 metres. Then turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left and walks 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?
a. 30 metres b. 20 metres c. 50 metres d. 60 metres
e. None of these
38. Suresh starts from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 30 m, he turned towards right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left and walks 5 metres. Finally, he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now?
a. North b. South c. East
d. West e. None of these
39. One morning after sunrise, Sumesh and Ratheesh were standing on a lawn with their backs towards each other. Sumesh’s shadow fell exactly towards left-hand side. Which direction was Ratheesh facing?
a. East b. West c. North d. South e. None of these