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Q. The direction of instantaneous velocity is shown by

Motion in a Plane

Solution:

The direction of instantaneous velocity at any point on the path of an object is tangential to the path at that point and is in the direction of motion. Also, direction of average velocity is same as that of $\Delta r$.
So, amongst the given figures we can say that, options (a) and (b) are depicting the direction of averge velocity but option (c) is correctly depicting the direction of instantaneous velocity.