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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 :
Answer: C
He should walk keeping the polestar to his left.
The polestar marks north. Facing east, north is on the left hand, so walking east means keeping the polestar to the left.
Facing the polestar would take him north, walking away from it south, and keeping it on the right would take him west, away from the village.
The polestar (Polaris) stays almost fixed over the north pole of the sky, which is why it has long been used to find north at night.
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