R. Gupta Solutions for Chapter: Distance, Direction and Place Arrangement, Exercise 1: EXERCISE

A pole on a crossing is indicating North, South, East and West directions respectively. Due to an accident that had taken place sometime in the past, this pole was rotated by some angle and then the part of the pole which was earlier indicating eastward correctly now indicates southward. If a traveller starts his travel on the road which is being indicated in the West direction by this rotated pole (which is an erroneous indication), then in fact in which direction he started his travel? 

O, P, Q, R, S and T are standing on a bench according to their height. P is taller than O but shorter than S. Only S is taller than T. R is shorter than P but taller than Q. Who is the shortest?

Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is to the left of C and B is to the right of E. A is to the right of C and B is to the left of D. If E occupies a corner position, then who is sitting at the centre?

A man travels $100$ kilometres towards South. From there he turns right and travels $100$ kilometres and again turns right to travel $50$ kilometres. Which direction is he in from his starting point?

Tarun is walking towards East. What direction he should not follow, if he should walk towards North?

Sony and Moni start walking from a point. Sony walks in West direction and Moni in South direction. After covering $20$ $km$, Soni turns left and walks$15$ $km$. Moni walks $10$ $km$, turns left and walks $5$ $km$. Soni, then turns left again and walks $25$ $km$, whereas Moni turns right and walks $5$ $km$. How far are Sony and Moni from each other?

Sita’s house faces South direction. She runs ahead ten metres, turns left and runs five metres. Then she turns left again and runs fifteen metres and then again turns left and runs ten metres. Finally, she turns right and runs five metres to reach her friend’s house's entry gate. What direction is Sita’s friend’s house facing?

Two friends Jack and Bunny start a race, and together they run for $50$ metres. Jack turns right and runs $60$ metres while Bunny turns left and runs $40$ metres. Then Jack turns left and runs $50$ metres while Bunny turns right and runs $50$ metres. How far are the two friends now from each other?