One morning after sunrise, Reeta and Kavita were talking to each other face to…
2025
One morning after sunrise, Reeta and Kavita were talking to each other face to face at Board Square. If Kavita's shadow was exactly to the right of Reeta, which direction was Kavita facing?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
East
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Concept: In direction-sense problems, first fix the shadow direction from the time of day (morning sun rises in the East, so shadows fall directly opposite, towards the West; evening shadows fall East). Then use the fixed rule linking facing direction to right-hand side: facing North -> right = East; facing East -> right = South; facing South -> right = West; facing West -> right = North. When two people stand face to face, their facing directions are exact opposites, and a direction on one person's right corresponds to the same direction on the other's left.
It is morning, so the sun is in the East and every shadow falls towards the West.
Kavita's shadow lies exactly to Reeta's right, so West must be Reeta's right-hand direction.
From the facing-to-right rule, right = West only when a person faces South, so Reeta is facing South.
Reeta and Kavita are face to face, so Kavita faces the exact opposite of Reeta's direction: North.
Cross-check: test the other three facing directions for Reeta against the same rule. Facing North gives right = East, facing East gives right = South, facing West gives right = North — none of these is West, so South is the only direction for Reeta consistent with the shadow, confirming Kavita faces North.