Reasoning

Direction & Distance

By S. B. Jaiswal
(1). The direction of face =?
(2). Direction from the starting point =?
(3). Distance from the starting point =?
(4). Shadow based questions =?
(5). House distance-based questions =?
Q:- A man is facing West. He
turns 1350 in the CW direction
and another 1800 in the same
direction. Then he turns 2700 in
the ACW direction and another
900 in the CW direction. In which
direction is he facing now ?
(a) South-West (b) North-East
(c) North-West (d) West
Q:- Anita goes 20 km towards
North from a fixed point, then
after turning to her right she
goes 10 km. After this she goes
20 km after turning to her right.
How far and in what direction is
she from her starting point?
(A) 30 km, E (B) 10 km, E
(C) 10 km, W (D) 50 Km, N
Q:- Sonu goes 20 km towards South
from a fixed point and then he goes
8 km towards North from there. In
the end he goes 5 km towards
West. How far and in what direction
is he from his starting point ?
(A) 13 km S-W (B) 10 km N-W
(C) 17 km W (D) 13 km W
Q:- A woman runs 12 km towards her
North, then 6 km towards her South and
then 8 km towards her East. In which
direction is she from her starting point ?
(a) An angle less than 45° South of East
(b) An angle less than 45° North of East
(c) An angle more than 45° South of East
(d) An angle more than 45° North of East
Q:- A bank employee drives 10 km towards
South from her house and turns to her left
and drives another 20 km. She again turns
left and drives 40 km, then she turns to her
right and drives for another 5 km. She
again turns to her right and drives another
30 km to reach her bank where she works.
What is the shortest distance between her
bank and her house ?
(a) 20 km (b) 25 km
(c) 30 km (d) 35 km
Q:- Ranju is at a fixed point, from
where she goes 40 meters towards
West. From there she goes 20
meters towards North. Then she
goes 70 meters towards East and
after this she goes 10 meters
towards South and in the end she
goes 30 meters towards West. How
far is she from the fixed point?
(A) 5 m (B) 0 m
(C) 10 m (D) None of these
Mukesh walks 20 m towards East.
He then turns right and walks 10 m.
He again turns right and walks 9 m.
He then turns left and walks 5 m.
He again turns left and walks 13 m.
He again turns left and walks 7 m.
(i). In which direction is he facing now?
a. N b. W c. E d. S
(ii). In what direction is he now from
the starting point?
a. N-W b. N-E c. S-E d. S-W
(iii). How far is he now from the
starting point ?
a. 5√2m b. 16√5m
c. 10√2m d. 8√10m
I am facing in a certain direction. I turn
right and walk 40 m. I again turn right and
walk 20 m. Then I turn left and walk 30 m.
Then I take two right turns and cover the
distance of 40 m and 50 m respectively.
Now I am facing in the South direction.
(i). Find my starting face direction ?
a. N, b. W, c. E, d. S
(ii). In which direction am I now from the
starting point?
a. N-W, b. N-E, c. S-E, d. S-W
(iii). How far is he now from the starting
point ?
a. 25√2 m, b. 16√5 m,
c. 20√10 m, d. 10√10 m
Q:- Mani goes 10 km towards
South-East from his house, then
he goes 15 km turning to West.
After this he goes 10 km towards
North-West and in the end he
goes 12 km towards East. How
far is he from his house?
(A) 3 km (B) 6 km
(C) 2 km (D) 5 km
Rudra goes 10 km towards
South West from his house,
then he goes 25 km after
turning 1350 ACW. After this,
he goes 10 km turning 450
ACW again and in the end, he
goes 5 km turning 450 CW.
How far and in which direction
is he from his house?
(A) 15 km E (B) 30 km E
(C) 25 km W (D) 20 km W
Q:- A man started from a point
walked towards North for 50m,
then he turned 900 to his right
and walked another 50m. Then he
turned 450 to his right and walked
20m and turned 1350 to his left.
(i). In what direction is he facing
now?
a. N, b. N-E, c. E, d. S
(ii). In what direction is he now
from the starting point?
a. N, b. N-E, c. E, d. S
(iii). How far is he now from the
starting point ?
a. 50√2m, b. 30√6m,
c. 60√3m, d. 90√6m
Q:- Arnav is looking for his friend.
He went 90 m in the East before
turning to his right. He went 20 m
before turning to his right again
and goes further to look for his
friend at his uncle's place, 30m
from this point. But his friend was
not there. From there, he went
100 m to North before meeting
his friend in a street. How far and
in which direction is he now from
the starting point ?
(a) 80 m West (b) 90 m East
(c) 100 m N-E (d) 140 m East
A walks 200 m from his shop
towards South. From there he
goes 200 m towards East.
Here is B’s shop. From there
they both go to the mall
which is in the N-E direction
from B’s shop. If the mall is in
the East of A's shop, then how
far is the mall from A’s shop?
(a) 200 m (b) 150 m
(c) 300 m (d) 400 m
Two friends X and Y start running
and they run together for 50 m in
the same direction and reach a
point. X turns right and runs 60
m, while Y turns left and runs
40m. Then X turns left and runs
50m and stops, while Y turns
right and runs 50 m and then
stops. How far are the two
friends from each other now?
(a) 100 m (b) 90 m
(c) 60 m (d) 50 m
Shadow related concepts

Q:- One morning at 8, P starts

walking with his back towards the
sun. Then, he turned to the left,
walked straight and then turned to
the right and walked straight.
Then, he again turned to the left.
Where will his shadow be now?
(A) Towards right
(B) Towards left
(C) Towards front
(D) Towards behind
Q:- In the evening at 6 pm,
when Ayush was returning
from his school, he saw his
uncle coming from the
opposite direction. His uncle
talked to him for some time.
During talking, Ayush saw
that the shadow of his uncle
was to his left side. Which
direction was his uncle
facing during talking ?
(A) South (B) North
(C) East (D) West
Q:- Four friends A, B, C and D live
in a same locality. The house of B
is in the east of A's house but in
the north of C's house. The house
of D is in the west of C's house.
D's house is in which direction of
A’s house?
(a) South-East (b) South-West
(c) South (d) Data inadequate
(1) S’s house is 2 km to the west of U’s house.
(2) T’s house is 1 km to the west of P’s house.
(3) Q’s house is 1 km to the east of R’s house.
(4) T’s house is 1 km to the north of S’s house.
(5) P’s house is 1 km to the south of R’s house.
Q(1). How far and which direction is R’s house
from U’s house?
(a) 5 km, NW (b) √10 km, SE
(c) 3 km, SE (d) √5 km, NW
Q(2). Which 3 houses are in the straight line?
(a) PQR (b) SPQ (c) TRS (d) UPS
If A x B means, A is the south of B.
If A + B means, A is the north of B.
If A ÷ B means, A is the east of B.
If A - B means, A is the west of B.
Q(i). Which of the following states that P is
to the south-east of Q?
(a) H ÷ P – S + Q (b) Q + R + S - P
(c) P ÷ A – Q + B (d) Q – Z + S x P
Q(ii). In the equation F ÷ Q x R – S, in which
direction S is situated with respect of F ?
(a) N (b) N-W (c) N-E
(d) Data is inadequate