Reasoning Workbook

8. Directions
PART-A
Model 1
1. A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North, It takes a right turn and
runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs
15 km and stops at point Q?
i. How far is point Q with respect to point P?
1) 16 km

2) 25 km

3) 4 km

4) 20 km

5) None of these

ii. Towards which direction was the vehicle moving before it stopped at point Q?
1) North

2) East

3) South

4) West

5) North-West

iii. In which direction point Q with respect to P?

1) East

2) South

3) West

4) North-West

5) North

2. Vehicle started moving towards east. After moving a distance of 20 meters, it took a
right turn, again after moving 10 meters, it took a left turn, and again after moving
10 meters, he took a left turn. Which direction is the vehicle moving now?
1) West

2) North-West

3) North

4) East

5)South

3. A car started from point P and moves towards South and stops at point Q. It now
takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. It finally takes a left
turn and stops at point S. If it moves 5 km before taking each turn, towards which
direction car has to move from S to reach point Q?
1) North

2) East

3)South

4) West

5) North-West

Model 2
4. A person started moving towards west and stopped at point P after covering 10 km.
He then takes a right turn and stopped at point Q after covering 12 km. Finally, he
takes left turn, covers 6 km and stops at point R. What is the distance between the
starting point and stopping point?
1) 20 km

2) 40 km

3) 60 km

4) 80 km

5) None of these

5. Gautam walked 35 meters towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 40
meters. He then turned towards his left and walked 15 meters. He again turned to
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his right and walked 25 meters. At what approximate distance is he from the starting
point and in which direction?
1) 60m NE

2) 35m SE

3) 67m East

4) 67m SE

5) None of these

6. A persons starts from his house and travels a distance of 10m southwards and then
travels a distance of 12m rightwards, then travels distance of 10m rightwards and
finally travels a distance of 10m in the eastern direction. At what horizontal distance
is he from his house?
1) 2 m

2) 10 m

3) 12 m

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

Model 3

7. Town D is to the west of town M. Town R is to the south of town D. Town K is the
East of Town R. Town K is towards which direction of town D?
1) South

2) East

3) North-East

4) South-East

5) None of these

8. Suresh started walking straight facing east. After walking distance 20 meters, he
took a right turn, again after walking 10 meters, he took a left turn, and again after
walking 10 meters, he took a left turn. Which direction is he facing now?
1) East

2) West 3) North

4) North-West

5) None of these

9. Raman started from point P and walks towards south and stops at point Q. He now
takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left
turn and stops at point S. if he walks 5 Km before taking each turn, towards which
direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?
1) North

2)South

3) West

4) East

5) North west

Model 4
10. If at 3pm the shadow of a person is on his right then the person is facing which
direction?
1) North

2) South

3) East

4) West

5) None of these

11. One morning Uday and Vishal were talking each other face to face at a crossing. If
Vishals shadow was exactly to the left of Uday, which direction was Uday facing?
1) East

2) West

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3) North

4) South

5) None of these

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12. One evening before Sunset, Rekha and Hema were talking to each other face to
face. If Hemas shadow was exactly to the right of Hema, which direction was Rekha
facing?
1) North

2) South

3) East

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

Answers
1(i)- 1

1(ii)- 4

1(iii)- 5

2-3

91

10 - 1

11 - 3

12 - 2

3-1

4-1

5-4

6-1

7-4

8-3

PART-B
1. x and y start moving towards each other from two places 200 m apart. After walking
60m, y turns left and goes 20m, and then he turns right and goes 40m. He then
turns right again and comes back to the road on which he had started walking. If x &
y walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them now?
1) 20m

2) 30m

3) 40m

4) 50m

5) None of these

2. Ravi wants to go to the University. He starts from his home which is in the East and
comes to a crossing. The road to the left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is the
hospital. In which direction is the University?
1) North

2) South

3) East

4) West

5) None of these

3. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W are sitting around a round table in the same order for group
discussion at equal distances. Their positions are clockwise. If V sits in the North,
then what will be the position of S?
1) East

2) South-east

3) South

4) South-west 5) None of these

4. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A and B are partners. D faces towards North. If A
faces towards West, then who faces towards South?
1) B

2) C

3) D

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

5. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carom. P, R and S, Q are partners. S is to the

right of R who is facing West. Which direction is Q facing?
1) North

2) South

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3) East

4) West

5) None of these

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Directions (6 8): Study the information given below carefully and answer the questions
that follow:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine houses. C is 2 km East of B. A is 1 km North of B
and H is 2 km South of A. G is 1 km West of H. While D is 3 km East of G and F is 2 km
North of G. I is situated just in middle of B and C while E is just in middle of H and D.
6. What is the distance between E and G?
1) 1 km

2) 1.5 km

3) 2 km

4) 5 km

5) None of these

4) 4 km

5) None of these

4) 3 km

5) None of these

7. What is the distance between E and I?

1) 1 km

2) 2 km

3) 3 km

8. What is the distance between A and F?

1) 1 km

2) 1.5 km

3) 2 km

9. On an early morning, Lokesh started from his house and walked 15 kms towards the
North and then he turned towards his shadow and covered 10 kms. Then, he turned
90 degree anticlockwise and covered 5 kms. Finally, took another 90 degree in same
direction and covered 10 kms. In which direction and how far is he from his house?
1) North and 12 kms

2) South and 10 kms

4) South and 12 kms

5) None of these

3) North and 10 kms

10. A leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a
distance of 20 m, he turns towards South and walks 10 m. Then he walks 35 m
towards the West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns towards East
and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance in metres between his initial and final
positions?
1) 6 m

2) 5 m

3) 7 m

4) 8 m

5) None of these

Answers:
13

21

3-4

4-2

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5-1

6-3

7-1

8-1

9-3

10 - 2

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9. Alphabet
PART-A
Model 1
1. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the second, the third, the fourth, the
fifth and the eight letters of the word MANGROVES, the first letter of the word is your
answer. If more than one such word can be formed, your answer is X and if no such
word can be formed, your answer is Z.
1) A

2) R

3) G

4) X

5) Z

2. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the third and the
fourth and the sixth letters of the word LEARNING, using each only once, which of
the following will be the third letter of that word? If more than one such word can be
formed, give Y as the answer and if no such word can be formed, give Z as the
answer.
1) I

2) R

3) A

4) Y

5) Z

3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the fifth
and the ninth letters of the word MEDIATION, which of following will be the third
letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give X as the answer and if more
than one such word can be made, give Z as the answer.
1) A

2) N

3) M

4) X

5) Z

4. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, second, sixth and
tenth letters of the word DISCLAIMER, which of the following will be the second letter
of the word formed? If no such word can be made, give X as your answer and if
more than one such word can be made, give Y as the answer.
1) I

2) R

3) D

4) X

5) Y

Model 2
5. If the positions of the first and the sixth letters in the word CONTAGIOUS are
interchanged, similarly the positions of the second and the seventh letters are
interchanged, and so on, which letter will be the second to the right of the fifth letter
from the right?
1)O

2) N

3) I

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4) T

5) None of these

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6. If the positions of the first and the sixth letters in the word CULTIVATOR are
reversed, the positions of the second and the seventh letters are reversed, and so
on, which of the following will be the second from the right end after the
rearrangement?
1) T

2) O

3) L

4) V

5) None of these

7. The positions of the first and the fifth digits in the number 53261489 are
interchanged. Similarly, the positions of the second and the sixth digits are
interchanged, and so on. Which of the following will be the second from the right end
after the rearrangement?
1) 8

2) 2

3) 4

4) 3

5)None of these

Model 3
8. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters EDOM, using
each letter only once in each word?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than three

9. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ONDE using each
letter only once in each word?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than three

10. How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed with the letters TPSI
using each letter only once in each word?
1)One

2) Two

3) Three

4) Four

5) More than four

Model 4
11.In the word BANKER, if each vowel is replaced with the next letter and each
consonant is replaced with the previous letter as per the English Alphabet, then how
many vowels will be there in the word so formed?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than Three

12.If each vowel of the word WEBPAGE is substituted with the next letter of the English
alphabetical series and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it,
which of the following letters will appear thrice?
1)G

2)F

3)Q

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4)V

5) None of these
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Model 5
13. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STORM each of which has as
many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than Three

14. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SECURITY each of which has
as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) None of these

15. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SEDATIVE each of which has
as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than three

16. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DISTURB, each one has as
many letters between its two letters in the word as there are between them in the
English alphabet?
1) 4

2) 5

3) 3

4) 2

5) None of these

17. How many such pairs of letters are there are in the word ELEVATION, each of which
has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the
English alphabet?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) None of these

18. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JUMPING each of which has as
many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than three

Model 6
19. If all the letters of the word COMPUTER are arranged in alphabetical order, then how
many letters will be as far away from the beginning as they are in the given word?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) More than three

20. How many such digits are there in the number 5261983 each of which is as far away
from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in the ascending
order within the number?
1) None

2) One

3) Two

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4) Three

5) More than three

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Answers
14

2-4

35

4-5

5-2

6-1

7-2

8-4

9-3

10 - 3

11 - 2

12 - 2

13 - 4

14 - 4

15 - 5

16 - 1

17 - 5

18 - 3

19 - 3

20 - 3

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