Question

At a road crossing, there were 4 arrows denoting the four directions. But due to an accident the arrows turned in such a way that now East
arrow is showing North. Ajay wanted to go towards West and followed the arrows at the crossing. In which direction is he now actually
traveling?
(A) North
(B) East
(C) West
(D) South​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ajay is travelling on the South direction

Answer 2

Answer:

Ajay is traveling in the south direction assuming it to be west

Explanation:

• We are given that a road crossing had 4 arrows denoting four directions i.e. East, West, North, South and by some accident, the arrows are turned in such a way that The East arrow shows North and Ajay wanted to go towards West and followed that arrow. We are asked to find the direction in which Ajay is heading.
• Let us fix the four directions as

                                                   North

                                   West             +              East      

                                                    South

                                                   - fig 1

• Since East points towards North, so the above diagram(-fig1) changes as

                                                     East

                                   North             +         South    

                                                     West

                                                    - fig 2

       i.e. East → North; Norths → West; West → South; South → East

• Now we are given that Ajay wanted to travel in the West, so what Ajay sees on the road is fig 2 and travels in the west direction according to fig 2 but actually, it is south which can be clearly seen from fig 1

Therefore Ajay is traveling in the south.