SSC CHSL 7 Mar 2018 Shift 2 Paper

Section: General Intelligence

Question : 42 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

A street seller starts from his home. He pushes his cart 1 km East, then he turns North and walks 4 km, then he turns West and walks 9 km, then he turns to his left and walks 4 km. Where is he with respect to his home?

8 km West
10 km West
8 km East
10 km East

Validate

Solution:

Let the street seller starts from his home at point A. He pushes his cart 1 km East, then he turns North and walks 4 km to reach C, then he turns West and walks 9 km to reach D, then he turns to his left and walks 4 km southwards to finally stop at point E.

⇒

AE = 9-1 =8

km
∴ He is 8 km west with respect to his home.

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