CA Foundation · Quantitative Aptitude · Direction Tests
At sunrise, Meera stands facing the Sun in a park. In which direction is her shadow falling?
Her shadow falls towards the west. At sunrise the Sun is in the east, and a shadow always points opposite to the Sun, so a person facing the rising Sun has the shadow behind her, in the west.
- AEast
- BWestCorrect
- CNorth
- DSouth
Explanation
At sunrise the Sun is in the east. Meera faces the Sun, so she faces east. A shadow falls directly away from the Sun, so it falls towards the west. Option East confuses the Sun's direction with the shadow's direction.
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