Reasoning: Directions

Directions

Part 2 - Advanced

1. Directions (I-V): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

below:

i) A # B means A is to the right of B at a distance of 1m.

ii) A π B means A is to the left of B at a distance of 1m.

iii) A $ B means A is to the north of B at a distance of 1m.

iv) A B means A is to the south of B at a distance of 1m.

v) In each of the following questions all persons face south.

I. If P # L M # K, then K is in which direction with respect to P?

1) Southeast 2) North 3) East 4) Northwest 5) None of these

II. If H E # C π D, then D is in which direction with respect to C?

1) North 2) East 3) South

4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

III. If P $ L π Q J, then J is in which direction with respect to P?

1) East 2) West 3) South 4) North 5) Cannot be determined

IV. If G # P # D S $ T, then T is in which direction with respect to G?

1) South 2) Northeast 3) East

4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

V. If R π Q L # N, then N is in which direction with respect to Q?

1) Northeast 2) South 3) Southeast 4) West 5) None of these

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2. Directions (I): Read the following information carefully and answer the question which

follows.

Jack starts from point A, walks 14 m towards the East, takes a left turn and walks 4m. He

then takes right turn, walks 2 m and stops. Sam starts from the same point A, walks 14 m

towards the South, takes a left turn and walks 20 m before stopping

I. Jack walks 4 m from the point where he stopped in a straight line in the same direction

which he faced when he stopped and reaches point B. How far would Sam have to

travel from the point where he stopped and in which direction if he must meet Jack at

point B?

a) 12 m towards South b) 14 m towards South

c) 18 m towards South d) 18 m towards North

e) 16 m towards South

3. If South-east becomes North, North-east becomes west and so on, what will West become?

a) North-east b) North-west c) South-east

d) South-west e) South

4. Directions (I-II): Study the given information and answer the following questions.

A man walks from point P to reach point U. He walks 12 m towards south to reach point Q.

Then, he walks 30 m towards east to reach point R. Then, he walks 10 m towards south to

reach point S. Then, he walks and reaches point T, which is 25 m towards east of point S.

Then, he walks 10 m towards north.

I. How far does the man reach from point P?

1) 16 m 2) 13 m 3) 12.5 m 4) 14 m 5) None of these

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II. In which direction has the man reached from point P?

1) North 2) South 3) South-east 4) North-east 5) East

5. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the east before turning to his right. He

went 20 meters before turning to is right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30

meters from this point. His father was not there. From there, he went 100 meters to his north

before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from starting

point?

1) 80 metre 2) 90 metre 3) 100 metre 4) 110 metre

6. Shyam’s house, his office and his gym are all equidistant from each other. The distance

between any 2 of them is 4 km. Shyam starts walking from his gym in a direction parallel to

the road connecting his office and his house and stops when he reaches a point directly east

of his office. He then reverses direction and walks till he reaches a point directly south of his

office. The total distance walked by Shyam is

1) 9 km 2) 6 km 3) 16 km 4) 12 km 5) None of these

7. A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a straight East-West road. A

and B start walking simultaneously Eastwards and Westwards respectively and both cover

a distance of 5 km. Then A turns to his left and walks 10 km. B turns to his right and walks

10 km at the same speed. Then, both turn to their left and cover a distance of 5 km at the

same speed. What will be the distance between them?

1) 10 km 2) 30 km 3) 20 km 4) 25 km 5) None of these

8. Jai Prakash started walking towards south from the point A, walked 20m and reached a

point B. Again, he turned left and walked 20m and reached a point C. Now he turned 45°

anticlockwise, walked a distance of 20√2 m and reached a point D. What approximately is

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the shortest distance between the point A and B?

1) Can't say 2) 30m 3) 40 m 4) 40√2m 5) None of these

9. Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25

km and takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another

25 km and then takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the meantime, due to

minor break down the other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be

the distance between two cars at this point?

1) 65 km 2) 75 km 3) 80 km 4) 85 km 5) None of these

10. Sony starts from her office. After walking a distance of 50 m, she turned 900 in clockwise

direction and walked 100 m. She then turned 900 in clockwise direction again and after

moving a distance of 50 m, turned to her left and walked 50 m. She then turns to the left and

walks 20 m. Finally she turns to her right and reached hostel which is facing south. In which

direction was she facing before she turns first 90o in clockwise direction?

1) West 2) North 3) East

4) North-west 5) None of these

11. Directions (I-II): Study the following information carefully and answers the questions given

below:

Bipul starts walking from his office towards his home. He starts from the front gate of the

office, walks 4 km, turns right, walks 2 km, then turns left and walks 3 km, then he turn to

his right, walks 2 km and then he turns left and walks 5 km. Again he turns left, walks 4 km

and then turns to his right, walks 5 km and finally, he takes a right turn and walks 6 km and

reaches home.

I. If Bipul's home is facing north, in which direction did he start walking?

1) West 2) South 3) East 4) North-east 5) None of these

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II. Bipul's home is in which direction with respect to his office?

1) Southwest 2) East 3) Northeast

4) Southwest 5) Can't be determined

12. Directions (I-II): My penthouse is to the left of my horse’s stable, which is 50m to the north

of my bungalow. My garage and the guest house are at the back of my bungalow. I have to

walk 30 m to my left after walking a distance of 20 m from my bungalow's main door, to

reach the gate. To reach my farm house from the gate I’ve to walk 50 m straight and then

take two consecutive right turns followed by a left turn (each 30 m apart). The face of my

bungalow is towards the North and the main door is towards the east.

I. My farm house is in which direction with respect to my guest house?

a) North b) North-east c) East

d) Can’t be determined e) None of these

II. What is the shortest distance (approx.) between the gate and my farm house?

a) 33 m b) 35 m c) 63 m d) 65 m e) 60 m

13. Directions (I-II): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

below:

Kapil walked 10 km towards North from point A and reached point B. He took a right turn

from point B and walked 14 km and reached point C. He took another right turn from point

C and walked 12 km to reach point D. Kapil took a right turn from point D and walked 6 km

to reach point E. From point E, he took another right turn and walked 12 km and reached

point F.

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I. Point F is in which direction with respect to point A?

a) North b) North-East c) South

d) South-West e) None of these

II. What is the distance between point F and point B?

a) 8 km b) 6 km c) 14 km

d) None of these e) Can’t be determined

14. P started walking from North to South. She turned right at right angle and then again right

at right angle. In which direction was she ultimately walking?

a) North b) East c) South d) West e) None of these

15. Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

In a playground some children are standing for playing a game. Ram is standing 16 m east

of Shyam and 20 m to the north of Daya. Daya is 6 m to the east of Ravi who divides the

vertical straight line joining the two children ‘Shiva’ and ‘Balu’ in 5 : 6 ratio from Shiva to

Balu. The distance between Ravi and Balu is 3/5 distance between Ram and Daya. Rahul is 8

m to the east of Balu and 12 m to the south of ‘Mani’ who is not line with Ravi and Daya.

Imran is standing 8 m to the east of Shiva who divides the straight line joining Imran and

Rakesh in 4 : 5 ratio from Imran to Rakesh.

I. If Dinesh is standing 15 m to east of Shyam. Then at what distance and in which direction is

Mani with respect to Dinesh?

1) 5 m, North-east 2) 3 m, South-west 3) 5 m, West

4) 3 m, North-west 5) Cannot be determined

II. Which of the following group of students can be joined to form a rectangle?

1) Balu, Rahul, Ravi, Daya 2) Balu, Rahul, Imran, Shiva

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3) Shyam, Ravi, Mani, Rahul 4) Rakesh, Ravi, Shiva, Mani

5) None of these

III. Amar started walking 6 m towards east then he took right turn and walked 12 m then he

turned right and walked 8 m. Now he walked 8 m to his right and then took left turn and

walked for 2 m. Finally he took a right turn and walked for 4 m to reach his friend

“Yaswanth” who is 12 m to the west of Mani. If ‘Lasya’ is 6 m to the east of Shyam then

‘Amar’ is at what distance and which direction with respect to ‘Lasya’?

Answers

1. I. Southeast II. None of these III. West IV. East V. Southeast

2. 18 m towards South

3. South-east

4. I. None of these II. South-east

5. 100 metre

6. 12 km

7. 10 km

8. 40 m

9. 65 km

10. West

11. I. East II. Can't be determined

12. I. North-east II. 63 m

13. I. North-East II. 8 km

14. North

15. I. --- II. Balu, Rahul, Imran, Shiva III. ----

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