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Raman starts from point P and walks towards East and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks $5$ km before taking each turn, then towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?

A

North

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South

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C

West

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East

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Solution

The correct option is B West
Looking at the figure drawn tracing Raman's path,

We can say from $S$ , he has to walk $10 k m$ $w e s t$ to reach his initial position $P$ .

So, the answer is $W e s t$ . $[C]$

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