Reasoning : Direction & Distance Classwork

Reasoning : Direction & Distance Classwork

14.02.2022

1. I am facing east. I turn 100 ᵒ in the clockwise direction and

then 145 ᵒ in the anti clockwise direction. Which direction

am I facing now? – 

a) East b) North- east c) North d) South – west 

2. You go north, turn right, then right again and then go to the left. In which direction are you now?

a)North b) South c) East d) West

3. Kunal walks 10 kilometers towards North. From there, he

walks 6 kilometers towards South. Then, he 3 kilometers

towards east. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point? –

a) 5 kilometers west b) 5 kilometers north- east c) 7 kilometers east d) 7 kilometers west

4. Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns

to his left and walks for 2 km. He again turns left and walks

for 3 km. At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km. How many kilometers is he from the starting point? -

a) 1 km b) 2 km c) 3 km d) 5 km

5. Manick walked 40 meters towards north, took a left turn

and walked 20 meters. He again took a left turn and Walked 40 meters. How far and in which direction is he

from the starting point? –

a) 20 meter East b) 20 meter North c) 100 meter South d) None of these

6. Namita 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 her starting point and the present position? –

a) 10 b) 24 c) 28 d) 38

7. Gopal starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 30 meters, he turned towards right and walked 20 meters. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 meters, turned to his left again an walked 40 meters. He now turns to the left and walked 5 meters. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now? –

a) North b) South c) East d) South- west e) West

8. Amit walked 30 meters towards East, took a right turn and walked 40 meters. Then he took a left turn and walked 30 meters. In which direction is he now from the starting point? – 

a) North- east b) East c) South – east d) South e ) None of these

9. A man walks 1 km to East and then he turns to south and walks 5 km. Again he turns to east and walks 2 km, After this he turns to north and walks 9 km. Now, how far  is he from his starting point? –

a) 3 km b) 4 km c) 5 km d) 7 km

10. A walks 10 meters in front and 10 meters to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 meters respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?

a)5 meters b) 10 meters c) 15 meters d) 20 meters e) 23 meters

11. If ‘South – East is called ‘east’, ‘North – west’ is called ‘West’, ‘South – west’ is called ‘South’ and so on, what will ‘North’ be called ?

a) East b) North – East c) North – West d) Southe) None of these

12. A watch reads 4 :30 . If the minute hand points east, in what direction will the hour hand point?

a)North b) North – West c) South – East d) North – East

13. It is 3 o’clock in a watch. If the minute hand points towards the North – east, then the hour hand will point towards the –

a) South b) South – West c) North – West d) South – East

14. I start form my home and go 2 km straight. Then I turn towards my right and go 1 km. I turn again towards my right and go 1 km again. If I am north –west from myhouse , then in which direction did I go in the beginning?

a) North b) South c) East d) West

15. A person starts form a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. he again, turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is

a)12 km b) 15 km c) 16 km d) 18 km

16. A girl leaves from her home. She first walks 30 meters in North – West direction and then 30 meters in South in South west direction. Next, she walks 30 meters in South – east

direction. Finally, she turns towards her house. In which direction is she moving?

a)North – East b) North – Wets c) South – East d) South – West

17. Kashish goes 30 meters North, then turns right and walks 40 meters, then again turns right and walks 20meters , then again turns right and walks 40 meters. How

many meters is he from his original position?

a)0 b) 10 c) 20 d) 40 e) None of these

18. I am facing South. I turn right and walks 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 10 m. then I turn left and walk 10 m and then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 60 m. in which direction am I from the starting point? 

A) North b) North West c) East

d) North – East

19. A man walks 30 meters towards South. Then turning to his right, he walks 30 meters . Then turning to his left, he walks 20 meters . Again he turns to his left and walks 30 meters. How far is he from his initial position?

a)20 meters b) 30 meters c) 60 meters d) 80 meters e) None of these

20. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 meters  South. He turned left and walked 30 meters. He then turned left and walked 20 meters. He again turned left and  walked 40 meters and reached a point and in which  direction is the point Q form the point P? 

a)20 meters West b) 10 meters East c) 10 meters West d) 10 meters north e) None of these

21. A man is facing south. He turns 135◦in the anti clockwise direction and then 180◦ in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?

 A)North-east b)North-west

c)South-east d)south-west

22. A man is facing north-west.He turns 90◦ in the clockwise direction and then 135◦ in the anti clockwise direction.which direction is he facing now? 

A)East b)West c)North d)South

23. A man is facing towards west and turns through 45◦ clockwise, again 180◦ clockwise and then turns through 270◦ anti clockwise. In which direction is he facing now ?

a)West b)North-west c)south d)south-west

24. A river flows west to east and on the way turns left and goes in a semicircle round a hillock, and turns left at right angles .In which direction is the river finally flowing?

A)West b)East c)North d)South

25. I am standing at the centre of a circular field. I go down south to the edge of the field and then turning left. I walk along the boundary of the field equal to three-eights of its length. Then I turn west and go right across to the opposite point on the boundary.In which direction am I from the starting point?

A)North-west b)North c)South-west d)West

26. Radha moves towards south-East a distance of 7km,then she moves towards west and travels a distance of

14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west, a distance of 7m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards east and stood at the point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?

A)3m b)4m c)10m d)11m

27. Rohit walked 25 metres south. Then he turned to his left  and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his and walked 25  metres .He again turned to his right and walked and  walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting  point and in which direction?

A)35 metres east b)35 metres north c)40 metres east d)60 metres East

28. The door of Aditya’s house faces the east .From the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again.Finally, he turns towards left and stop after walking 25 metres.Now, aditya is in which direction from the starting?

 A)South- east b)North-east c)South-west d)North-west

29. Rasik walks 20m north. Then he turns right and walks 30m.Then he turns right and walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15m.Then he again turns left and walks 15m. In which direction and how many metres away is he from his original position? a)15 metres west b)30 metres east c)30 metres west d)45 metres East

30. A villager went to meet his uncle in another villagesituated 5 km away in the North-east direction of his own village. From there he came to meet his father-in –law living in a village situated 4 km in the south of his uncle’s village. How far away and in what direction is he now?

 A)3km in the North b)3 km in the east c)4 km in the east d)4 km in the west

ANSWERS : 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.A 11.C 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.D 19.E 20.C 21.D 22.B 23.D 24.B 25.C 26.C 27.A 28.D 29.D 30.B