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

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Correct Answer: direction keeping the polestar to his left. The star in night sky which does not move is called as Polaris, Pole star or North Star, which tells you of north direction. Since the direction of the village is on left from where he happen to see pole star, so in such case the person will have to walkdown by keeping polestar on left, hence option C. is correct. Option A. is incorrect as if the person walks in direction of polestar, then he will walk towards north, which is incorrect. Option B. is incorrect as the person if walking in opposite direction of polestar will move towards south. Option D. is incorrect as if the person while walking keeps the polestar towards his right, then he will tends to move towards west direction.

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

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