A person stood alone in a desert on a dark night and wanted to reach his village which was situated 5 km east of the point where he was standing. He had no instruments to find the direction but he located the polestar. The most convenient way now to reach his village is to walk in the
Adirection facing the polestar
Bdirection opposite to the polestar
Cdirection keeping the polestar to his left
Ddirection keeping the polestar to his right
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. direction keeping the polestar to his left
UPSC CSE Prelims 2012 (GS-I, Set A), Q.85. Answer key: C (coaching consensus; UPSC did not publish an official 2012 AK separately on upsc.gov.in).
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