If you walk 3 km north and then 4 km east, in which direction is your final position from the start?
ANorth-west
BNorth-east
CSouth-east
DSouth-west
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. North-west
1. Walking 3 km north moves you up.
2. Walking 4 km east then moves you right.
3. Final position is up and to the right of the start.
4. So the direction is north-east.
_Source: SSC CGL Reasoning (Direction Sense), standard PYQ patterns_
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