A school is north of a library. A bank is east of the library. Which direction is the bank from the school?
ASouth-east
BSouth-west
CNorth-east
DNorth-west
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. South-east
1. Set library at origin (0,0).
2. School lies to the north: (0, y) for some y > 0.
3. Bank lies to the east: (x, 0) for some x > 0.
4. From the school, the bank lies below (south) and to the right (east).
5. So the bank is south-east of the school.
_Source: SSC CGL Reasoning (Direction Sense), standard PYQ patterns_
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