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A direction pole was situated on the crossing. Due to an accident the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East, started showing South. One traveler went to wrong direction thinking to be West. In what direction actually he was traveling?

A. East

B. South-West

C. North

D. South

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

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As East becomes South, therefore, the pole has turned through 900 in anticlockwise direction. hence, the West will be North.

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Comments ( 12 )

  1. Vishnu A
    Vishnu A :
    11 months ago

    The answer should be south .East is shifted towards south ie. Pole moved 90° in the anticlockwise direction so obviously west will be in the south direction.

  2. BARNALI MEDHI
    BARNALI MEDHI :
    2 years ago

    Answer should have been South. How come it is north 🤔🤔🤔

  3. Pratyush Agarwal
    Pratyush Agarwal :
    3 years ago

    The answer is Correct which is North but explanation is wrong. It should be clock wise as directions don't change. The pointer changes because of accident and the directions remain as is it. So, the pointer showing East is now showing South means it is moving in 90 degree clockwise. Hence, west will become North which is correct.

  4. Pratyush Agarwal
    Pratyush Agarwal :
    3 years ago

    Wrong explanation. Kindly correct. If it moves in anti-clockwise direction, East will be in North direction and so on. Since, West is opposite of East and according to your explanation of anti-clockwise, West will become South.

  5. Kamal Mainali
    Kamal Mainali :
    3 years ago

    If the pointer of the pole shows east as south,then it will show south as west,so the answer should be south

  6. Radhika K
    Radhika K :
    3 years ago

    If we consider clockwise direction then the answer will be south. How to decide whether it's clockwise or anticlockwise?

  7. Abhishek Jain
    Abhishek Jain :
    4 years ago

    Its a wrong answer... Actual answer is south.. question is not that what west become.. question is traveller went to wrong direction thinking to be West. In what direction actually he was traveling?

  8. GVL NARASIMHAM
    GVL NARASIMHAM :
    4 years ago

    here they asked to decode by he unfortunately he coded he answer is SOUTH

  9. Aninda Das
    Aninda Das :
    5 years ago

    West is the South

  10. Aakansha Sharma
    Aakansha Sharma :
    5 years ago

    SOUTH it is.

  11. Pooja Anand
    Pooja Anand :
    7 years ago

    Answer should be south direction

  12. Mohua Mukherjee
    Mohua Mukherjee :
    7 years ago

    The answer to this question should be south

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