Question

Sunil's school bus is facing North when it reaches his school. After starting from Sunil's house, it turned right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop in front of Sunil's house?

• A. South
• B. East
• C. West
• D. North

Hint:

In direction problems, always track turns carefully and work either forward or backward step-by-step, ensuring each turn changes the facing direction correctly.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

We know the bus is facing North when it reaches the school.
Now, let’s trace the bus’s movements backwards from the final position to the starting position.
Step 1: The last movement before reaching the school was a left turn. If the bus was facing North after that turn, it must have been facing East before the left turn.
Step 2: Before facing East, the bus took a right turn. Turning right from North makes the bus face East, but here it faced East after a left turn — so we check the step before that.
Better approach: Start from the beginning as given.
Initial direction: Unknown — we have to find this.
First turn: Right turn.
Second turn: Right turn again.
Third turn: Left turn, then it reaches school facing North.
Working backwards: If after the last left turn the bus faces North, it must have been facing East just before that.
If before facing East it took a right turn, then it must have been facing South before the turn.
If before facing South it took another right turn, it must have been facing West at the starting point.
Therefore, the bus left Sunil’s house facing West.