A four directional pole, has been erected at a crossroad, with arrows pointing towards four directions East, West, North and South. The pole got little damaged due to certain reason. Because of the damage, the North pointer of the pole is now pointing towards East and like wise other pointers have also shifted. A man desiring to go towards West takes the help of this pole and starts moving West as per pointers of the pole. In which directions is the man actually moving?

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  1. West
  2. South
  3. East
  4. North

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Option 4 : North
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According to the given information,

  • A four directional pole, has been erected at a crossroad, with arrows pointing towards four directions East, West, North and South.

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  • After pole got damage, the North pointer of the pole is now pointing towards East and like wise other pointers have also shifted.

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Now, a man desiring to go towards West takes the help of this pole. He starts moving West as per pointers of the pole. 
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According to the above figure, it is clear that the man is actually moving in the "north direction".

Hence, the correct answer is "North".

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