Verbal Reasoning - Direction Sense Test - Discussion

Guys here 1. Morning (before sunrise/after sunrise)
Sun rises in the East.
So, the shadow is towards the West.

2. Evening (before sunset/after sunset)

Sun sets in the West.
So, the shadow is towards the East.
So accept or learn these conditions and apply according to the question, it is now simple, Sun is in the west and the shadow will be opposite, i.e. east

Step 2: “Hema’s shadow was exactly to her right”
That means when Hema is standing, her right-hand side points toward the East (because her shadow is there).

So:
Hema’s right = East
Therefore, Hema is facing North
(Because when you face North, your right-hand side is East, and your left-hand side is West.)

Step 3: Rekha and Hema are face to face
So Rekha faces the opposite direction of Hema.
If Hema faces North, Rekha faces South.

See. It is in the evening. And in the evening, the sun sets in the west. So, before going down, it is in the west not east. Because over the horizon of west. So, the shadow would be in the east and Rekha would be facing the South.

The right answer is North.

I think North is the right answer.

The question says "to the right of Hema" the solution is incorrect as the shadow in the solution is to Hema's left as she is facing south.

How it is facing South. Can you please elaborate?

In question they mentioned (One evening *before sunset* -- meaning of before sunset is morning). According to this word, Hema should face towards south and Rekha face towards the north. Here the answer is wrong.

Evening: The shadow will be placed.

If you are facing East, the shadow will be placed to the front
Similarly,

West-back.
North-right.
south-left.

In the morning:
East-back.
west-front.
north-left.
south-right.

Here Hema's shadow was exactly right of Hema. So in the evening the girl Hema placed towards North. here the question is Rekha facing which direction. So opposite of North will be "South".

So the answer is "South".

North is the correct answer.

North is the right answer.