THERE ARE FOUR MAIN DIRECTIONS

In this chapter, the questions consist of a sort

of direction puzzle. A successive follow-up of

directions is formulated and we are required to

ascertain the final direction and the distance

between two points. This test is meant to judge

our ability to trace and follow and sense the

direction correctly.

THERE ARE FOUR SUBORDINATE DIRECTIONS

Direction is the information contained in the relative position of

one point with respect to another point without the distance

information. Directions may be either relative to some indicated

reference (the violins in a full orchestra are typically seated to the

left of the conductor), or absolute according to some previously

agreed upon frame of reference (New York City lies due west of Madrid).

Q.1. Abhishek travels 12 km. towards North, then he turns to his right and

walks 6 km. He again turns to his right and moves 8 km forward. Now in which direction is he from his starting point?

(1) North (2) South (3) North/East

(4) West (5) None of these

ANSWER: North/East

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

East West

North

South

12 km

6 km

8 km

Starting Point

N/E

Q.2. A child is looking for his father. He went 90m in the east before

turning to his right. He went 20m before turning to his right again to look

his father at his uncle’s place 30m from this point. His father was not

there from there he went 100m to the north before meeting his father in a

street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?

(1) 100m (2) 120m (3) 140m (4) 160m

(5) None of these

Answer: (1) 100m

AB2= AC2 + BC2

AB2= (60)2+ (80)2

AB=100m

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

East West

North

South

90m

20m

30m

0m

100m

60m

80m

A

B

C

Q.3. Seema walks from A to B which is 2 km away, turn right at 900 and walks

for 3 km to point C, turn right at 900 and walk to D which is 8 km away , turn

900 right and goes 3km tom point K, than once again she turn right 900 and walk 4 km to point F. How far is it from A to F?

(1) 2 km (2) 4 km (3) 6 km (4) 8 km

(5) None of these

Answer: (1) 2 km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

2 km

3 km

8 km

3 km

4 km

2 km

Q.4. Amit start from point A and walks 1km towards south, turn left and walks

1km, than he turn left again and walks 1 km. Now in which direction he is facing?

(1) South (2) East (3) West (4) North

(5) None of these

Answer: (4) North

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

North

East

South

West

1 km

1 km

1 km

Facing towards North

Q.5. One morning after sunrise, Vivek started to walk. During this walking he

met karishma who was coming from opposite direction. Vivek watch that the shadow of karishma to the right of him (Vivek). To which direction Vivek was facing?

(1) East (2) West (3) South (4) North

(5) None of these

Answer: (3) South

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

W

S

Vivek

Karishma

Q.6. Ajay start travelling towards east after going 10m he take a left turn and

goes 8m, than he take a right turn at 1350 and to cover 6m. In which direction

should he go?

(1) South (2) N/E (3) S/E

(4) East (5) none of these

Answer: South/East

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

E

S

W

10m

8m 1350

6m

S/E

Q.7. Neha start travelling from her office, initially she goes 20m than she take a left turn and goes 30m , again she take a left turn and goes 40m. Finally she take a turn towards east and goes 15m.

(A)In which direction she started her journey?

(B) How far is she from the starting point?

(1) N, 25m (2) E, 25m (3) W, 25m

(4) CND (5) None of these

Answer: (4) CND

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION If initial direction is not given in the

question, we can draw diagram in

any unknown direction and try to

find out the answer.

20m

30m

40m In this question finally is not

given about turn, weather its right

or left turn .so we cannot go anywhere from this point.

Q.8. Ramu start travelling from his office ,initially he goes 20m than the take a

left turn and goes 15m , than he take a right turn at 450 and goes 10m. Finally

he take a left turn and goes 5m towards N/W.

(A) In which direction he started his journey? (1) West (2) South (3) East

(4) CND (5) None of these

Answer: (3) East

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

If initial direction is not given in the

question, we can draw diagram in

any unknown direction and try to

find out the answer.

20m

15m

10m

5m

450

N/W

w E

N

S

Q.9. Kamal walked 40 m towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked

20 m. He then turned to his left and walked 40 m. He again turned to his right and walked 25 m. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction?

(1) 45m,East (2) 45m,North (3) 35m,West

(4) 55m, East (5) None of these.

Answer: (1) 45m, East

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

E W

W

40m

20m

40m

25m

45m

Q.10.Kamla moves towards South-East a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 km. From here she moves towards North-West a distance of 7 km and finally she moves a distance of 4 km towards east. How far is she now from the starting point?

(1) 3km (2) 4km (3) 10km

(4) 11km (5) None of these

Answer: (3) 10km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

E W

W

7km

14km

7km

4km

In parallelogram

opposite sides are

parallel and equal. If we

subtract 4 out of 14,

Remaining value is 10

km

Q.11.Sundar runs 20 m towards East and turns to right and runs 10 m. Then

he turns to the right and runs 9 m. Again he turns to right and runs 5 m. After this he turns to left and runs 12 m and finally he turns to right and 6 m. Now to which direction is Sundar facing?

(1) East (2) West (3) North

(4) South (5) None of these

Answer: (3) North

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

E W

W

20km

10km

9km

5km

12km 6km

North

Q.12. A is a place which is located 2 km away in the northwest direction from the capital H.R is another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from A. M is another place and that is located 2km away in the north-west direction from R.T is yet another place that is located 2km away in southwest from M. In which direction is T located in relation to H?

(1) South-west (2) North-west (3) west

(4) North (5) None of these

Answer: (3) west

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

H R T

M A

T is located to the west of H

.

Q.13.Sachin walks 20 km towards North. He turns left and walks 40 km. He again turns left and walks 20 km. Finally he moves 20 km after turning to the left. How far is he from his starting position?

(1) 20km (2) 30km (3) 30km

(4) 60km (5) None of these

Answer: (1) 20 km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

N

E W

W

20km

40km

20km

20km

Q.14. Raju is Ramu’s neighbour and he stays 100 meters away towards

southeast. Venu is Raju’s neighbour and he stays 100 meters away towards

southwest. Khader is venu’s neighbour and he stays 100 meters away towards northwest. Then where is the position of Khader’s home in relation to Ramu’s ?

(1) S/E (2) S/W (3) N/W

(4) North (5) None of these

Answer: (3) North/West

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

Raju Venu

Ramu

khader

Q.15.A postman was returning to the post office which was in the front of him to the north. When the post office was 100m away from him, he turned to the left and moved 50m to deliver the last letter at Shanti Vilas. He then moved in the same direction for 40 metres; turned to his right and moved 100 metres. How many metres was he away from the post office?

(1) 0 km (2) 90km (3) 150km

(4) 100km (5) None of these

Answer: (2) 90 km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

P T

Starting Point

Post Office

End Point

S Q

40 km 50 km

Shanti Vilas

Therefore, at the end point, the distance of Postman

From the post office

=TP=QS= (QS+RS) = (50 + 40) M = 90M

100 km 100 km

Q.16.Two buses start from the opposite points of a main road, 150km apart. The bus runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and then runs for 15km. It then turns left and runs for another 25 km and takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the meantime, due to a minor break down, the other bus has run only 35km along the main road. What would be the distance between the two buses at this point?

(1) 65km (2) 75km (3) 80km

(4) 85km (5) None of these

Answer: (1) 65km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

Let x and y two buses:

The journey of the bus x is shown in

fig.

I.e. A to P, P to Q , Q to R and S.

PS = QR =25km

AS = AP + PS = 25 km + 25 km =

50km

150 km x y

P S

Q R

T 25km

15km

35km

25km

Q.17. X and Y start moving towards each other from two places 200m apart. After walking 60m, y turns left and goes 20m; 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 and y walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them now.

(1) 20m (2) 30m (3) 40m

(4) 50m (5) CND

Answer: (3) 40m

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

The journey of the y as shown in fig

I.e. B to P, P to Q, Q to R and R to S.

200 m

A B

S P

R

20m

40m

60m

PS = RQ = 40M

BS = 100M

Y = PS = (BS – BP) = (100 – 60) M = 40 M

Q.18. Raj and Roy start walking in opposite direction. Raj walked 3km and Roy walked 4km. Then Raj turned right and walked 4km and Roy turned left and walked 3km. How far is each from the starting point?

(1) 4.5km (2) 6km (3) 5km (4) 8 km (5) CND

Answer: (3) 5km

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

A

Roy Roy

B

O

P

Q

4 Km 3 Km

4 Km

3 Km

Required Distance = PO = QO

Q.19. After walking 6km I turned right and covered a distance of 2km, then turned left and covered a distance of 5km. In the end, I was moving towards the north .In which direction did I start the journey?

(1) North (2) South (3) East

(4) West (5) None of these

Answer: (1) North

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

5 km

6 km

2 km

Starting Point

Q.20. Gita walks 14 meters towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 meters and then turns to her left and walks 10 meters. Again turning to her left she walks 14 meters. What is the shortest distance (in meters) between his starting point and the present position?

(1) 10 (2) 24 (3) 28

(4) 38 (5) None of these

Answer: (2) 24 meters

EXAMPLES

SOLUTION

Starting

Point 14m

A

B E

14m

D C 10m

10m

Distance between A and E = 24m

Q.21-25. All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The roads are all straight. Roads A, B, C, D, and E are parallel to one another. Roads G, H, I, K, and M are parallel to one another.

(I) Road A is 1km east of road B.

(II) Road B is 1/2km west of road C.

(III) Road D is 1km west of road E.

(IV) Road G is 1/2km south of road H.

(V) Road I is 1km north of road J.

(VI) Road K is 1/2km north of road L.

(VII) Road K is 1km south of road M.

Q.21. which is necessarily true?

(1) E and B are nearest

(2)D is 2km west of B

(3)D is at least 2km west of A

(4)M is 1.5km north of L

(5)I is 1 km north of L

Q.22. If E is between B and C, which of the following is false?

(1) D is 2km west of A

(2)C is less than 1.5km from D

(3)Distance from E to B added to distance of E to C is 1/2km

(4)E is less than 1km from A

(5)D is less than 1km from B

Q.23. If road E is between B and C then distance between A and D is:

(1) ½ km

(2) 1km

(3)1.5km

(4)1.5 – 2km

(5)2- 2.5 km

Q.24. which of the following possibilities would make two roads coincide?

EXAMPLES

(1)L is 1/2km north of I

(2)C is 1km west of D

(3) I is ½ km north of K

(4) D is 1/2km east of A

(5)E and B are ½ km apart

Q.25. If K is parallel to I and K is 1/2km south of J and 1km north of G, which two roads would be 1/2km apart?

(1) I and K

(2) J and G

(3) I and G

(4) J and H

(5) K and J

Answer:

Q.21- (4)

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Q.23-(4)

Q.24-(5)

Q.25-(5)

SOLUTION

D B E C A

1km

1/2km

1/2km