DIRECTIONS

Directions for questions 1 to 28 : Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. A person walks 4 km towards West, then turns to his right to travel 9 km. He turns towards East and travels
12 km. Finally, he travels 3 km towards South. How far is he from the initial position (in km)?
(a) 15 (b) 23
(c) 10 (d) 28

2. Laxman travels 7 km towards South and then 5 km towards his left. He further travels 5 km towards South
How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 13 km (b) 9 km
(c) 149 km (d) 119 km

3. Mr. Kale travels 5 km towards West, turns left and travels 3 km and then travels another 5 km towards
South. He then turns right and travels 1 km to reach a church. How far is the church from his starting
position, in kilometres?
(a) 8 (b) 10

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 (c) 12 (d) 14

4. Madhan travels 14 km towards East from his house. He turns left and travels 19 km. Again, he turns to his
left and travels 10 km further. Finally, he walks 9 km towards North and then stops. At what vertical
distance (in km) is he from his house?
(a) 19 (b) 9
(c) 24 (d) 28

5. Rajesh travelled in the following path. 12 km towards South-west of house followed by 12 km towards
Northwest, then 12 km towards North-east followed by 12 km towards South-east. How far is he now from
his starting point?
(a) 33km (b) 12km
(c) 18 km (d) 0 km

6. My dog Bunty, runs 30 m towards West, turns left and runs 10 m, then turns right, and runs 5 m, then turns
left and runs 2 m and again turns right, runs 12 m. Finally it turns left and runs 7 m. In which direction is it
running now?
(a) East (b) West
(c) South (d) cannot be determined

7. Sachin travels 16 km towards West and from there, he travels 8 km towards the East. Now, he goes 4 km
towards the North. In which direction is he with respect to the starting point?
(a) North – west (b) West

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 (c) South-east (d) North

8. My office is to the East of my house. My sister's office is to the South-east of my office. A park is to the
South of my office. In which direction is my house located with respect to the park?
(a) North-east (b) South-west
(c) North – west (d) South-east
9. After walking for 7 m, I turned left and jogged 12 m After this I turned left and walked for 3 m, then turned
right and continued jogging. Now, I am moving towards East. In which direction did I start my journey?
(a) East (b) West
(c) North (d) South

10. Starting from his house Rahul walks 40 m towards South. Then he turns right and walks 20 m then turns
right again and walks 15 m. He now travels 10 m towards East to reach the park. In which direction is the
park with respect to his house?
(a) South-west (b) North-east
(c) West (d) North – west

11. Mr. Gaykwad walks 20 km towards North. Then he turns right and walks further 21 km. How far is he from
the starting point and in which direction?
(a) 29 km and North-east
(b) 29 2 km and South-west
(c) 10 km and North-east
(d) 20 km and North – west

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12. Harry Potter hit the magic ball that can change directions on its own. It travelled 5 km towards East, turned
left and travelled 20 km. Then, it turned right, travelled 11 km and then 5 km Southwards. Then it further
travelled 4 km towards East. How far is the ball from Harry Potter and in which direction?
(a) 21 km and North
(b) 12 km and South-west
(c) 12 km and North-east
(d) None of these

13. Mr. Thakre travels 12 km towards East, then 8 km towards North and finally 6 km towards West. How far is
he from the starting point and in which direction?
(a) 10 km and North-east
(b) 10 km and North – west
(c) 18 km and North – west
(d) 24 km and North-east

14. Mr. Dabolkar starts from his house and travels 14 km towards North and then turns left and travels 30 km.
He then turns right to travel 2 km followed by another right to travel 6 km. Finally, he travels 9 km
Southwards. Approximately, how far is the starting point from the final point and in which direction?
(a) 85 km and North-east
(b) 9 km and North – west
(c) 25 km and South-east
(d) 9 km and South-west

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15. Mr. Tendulkar travels a distance of 10 km towards North, 7 km towards East and finally 14 km towards his
left. How far is the initial position from the final position and in which direction?
(a) 25 km and North-east
(b) 24 km and North-east
(c) 25 km and South-west
(d) 31 km and South-east

16. Mr. Patekar traveled a distance of 60 m towards South. Now, he turns right and travels 45 m. He then
travels 30 m towards North and further travels by turning 45° in clockwise direction. In which direction is
he traveling now?
(a) South-west (b) North-east
(c) North (d) None of these

17. Sristi started walking towards North to reach his school. After reaching the school she turned 180° in
clockwise direction and 45° in anticlockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?
(a) North – west (b) North-east
(c) South-west (d) South-east

18. Surabhi, who is facing North, turns 90° in clockwise and then 135° in anticlockwise direction. Which
direction is she facing now?
(a) North-east (b) North – west
(c) South-east (d) South-west

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19. Pavan went to station which is 12 km towards North of his house. His wife Renu went to a shop which is 5
km towards West from their house. Then, they both started walking towards each other at the same time
and at the same speed. At what distance (in km) from the station do they meet?
(a) 13 (b) 7
(c) 10 (d) 6.5

20. Two friends P and Q started walking towards each other starting from points A and B respectively, which
are 200 km apart. On a straight road P traveled for 30 km on road and stopped. Q travelled for 70 km, and
took a left turn and travelled 20 km. Then he took a right turn and travelled 45 km and then turned to the
main road and reached it. What is the distance, in km, between the friends now?
(a) 45 (b) 55
(c) 65 (d) 75

21. Mr Bachchan started from his house and walked for 20 m towards East, where his friend Kiran joined him.
They together walked for 10 m in the same direction. Then Mr. Bachchan turned left while Kiran turned
right and travelled 2 m and 8 m respectively. Kiran turned left to travel 4 m followed by 5 m to his right to
reach his office. Mr. Bachchan turned right and travelled 12 m to reach his office. What is the shortest
distance between the two offices?
(a) 17 m (b) 18 m
(c) 20 m (d) 16 m

22. Two friends Chandar and David are standing at a point. Both from that position, Chandar facing West and
David North, rotated by 90° in clockwise direction followed by 135° in anticlock wise direction followed by
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 45° their right. They finally travelled 1km with same that direction. In which direction is Chandar with
respect to David?
(a) South-west (b) North-east
(c) South (d) North

23. One evening two persons P and Q are sitting on a bench in a park facing North and South respectively.
After some time they and start walking, P walks straight and takes a left turn, after walking for some time
takes a right turn and again takes a right turn before taking a left turn and stops. Q starts by turning left
and takes a right turn and again takes another right turn and then by takes yet another right turn and
stops. Which directions are P and Q facing when they stop?
(a) East, West (b) South, South
(c) North, North (d) North, South

24. Four girls A, B, C and D start from the same school to reach their houses. A walks towards the North and
then takes right, left and then right. B walks towards the East and then takes right, left and then left. C
walks towards the South and then takes left, right, left and then left. D walks towards the West and then
takes right, left, left again and then right. Now, in which directions are A, B, C and D facing respectively?
(a) East, West, North, South
(b) West, North, East, South
(c) West, West, East, East
(d) East, North, North, West

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25. Anita, Bharath, Chinni, Dwija and Eshanth started playing hide and seek game. Initially all are at the same
point. Except Eshanth, all the other hide themselves in the following way. Anita and Bharath go to the
West, Chinni and Dwija go to the East. Each and every person walks the same distance for each turn. Now,
Anita turns towards right, left and again left respectively and hides there. Bharath turns towards left, right
and left respectively. Chinni turns towards left and right and hides after taking a left turn. Dwija hides by
turning right, left and again left respectively. Now, in which direction are Anita, Bharath, Chinni and Dwija
respectively with respect to Eshanth?
(a) South, South, North and North
(b) West, South-west, North-east and East
(c) North, South, North and South
(d) South-west, South, North and North-east

26. Four boys K, L, M and N from the same college, start from their college and walk towards their houses.
They walk 5m together towards the East, after that K takes left turn and walks 8m to reach his house.
Remaining boys walk 10m straight and then M takes a right turn and reaches his house after walking 5m.
Then, the remaining boys walk 2m straight, then L takes a right turn and walks 10m to reach his house. The
remaining person walks lm straight and reaches his house. In which directions are the houses of K, L, M and
N with respect to their college respectively?
(a) North-east, South-east, South-east, East
(b) South-east, East, South, North
(c) North, East, East, East
(d) North, South-east, East, East

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27. In a playground four players Kiran, Lalith, Mayur and Nitish are practicing football with their coach. Coach
stands in the middle and Kiran, Lalith, Mayur and Nitish stand towards North, East, South and West with
respect to the coach with a distance of 3m, 4m, 3m and 4m respectively. Now, the football travels in the
following way – from coach to Lalith, Lalith to Kiran, Kiran to coach, coach to Mayur, Mayur to Nitish and
finally, Nitish to coach. Now, what is the total distance travelled by the football, if it goes straight towards
the person?
(a) 20 m (b) 24 m
(c) 14 m (d) 34 m

28. Four cars A, B, C and D participated in a race, which consists of a square track of each side 10km. Race
initially starts in clock wise direction towards North from a corner of the track. A travels 18km, B travels
24km, C travels 27km and D travels 10km. What is the total remaining distance that has to travel by all the
cars to reach the starting point?
(a) 91 (b) 79
(c) 81 (d) 69

Directions for questions 29 and 30 : The following questions are based on the diagram given below, showing
four persons al four corners. A, B, C, and D of a square piece.

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29. Rohan started walking from A towards B along the shortest distance and midway turns left and after
covering half the distance he covered in the previous direction, he turned 90° in clockwise. Which direction
is he facing now?
(a) North – west (b) South-east
(c) South-west (d) South

30. Mr. Vaidya started walking from C to A and in the midway takes 90° turn in clockwise direction and after
covering half the distance covered in previous direction, he turns right. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) South-west (b) South
(c) North (d) West

Directions for questions 31 to 33 : These questions are based on the information given below.

Eight persons A through H are standing in such a way that C is 20 m apart from B towards West. B is 30 m
South with respect to A. A is 40 m towards West with respect to E. D is 50 m towards South with respect to
E. F is 15 m apart from G towards North. H is 20 m towards East with respect to G. F is 40 m towards West
with respect to D.

31. In which direction is B standing with respect to F?

(a) North – west
(b) North
(c) North-east
(d) Cannot be determined

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32. If one more person I is standing towards South-west with respect to D, then in which direction is H,
standing with respect to I?
(a) South-west (b) North-east
(c) North – west (d) cannot be determined

33. What is the direction of C with respect to H?

(a) North – west
(b) North
(c) West
(d) Cannot be determined

Directions for questions 34 to 36 : These questions are based on the following information given below.

A soldier is being instructed on his cordless phone. He has to follow the instructions to reach the desired place.
There are eight types of instructions which are as follows :
Instruction A – East, 120 m
Instruction B – North-east, 100 m
Instruction C – West, 20 m
Instruction D – South-west, 100 m
Instruction E – North, 30 m
Instruction F – North – west, 100 m

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 Instruction G – South, 130 m
Instruction H – South-east, 100 m
Note : Here, North-east means 45° North and 45° East. The same applies for South-west, North – west and South-
east.

34. If the instructions given to the soldier are CECEA, how far is he from his starting point?
(a) 100 m (b) 120 m
(c) 140 m (d) 160 m
35. Which of the following set of instructions will take him the farthest?
(a) DFB (b) FDH
(c) BHB (d) BHD

36. Which of the following set of instructions will take him to a position which is North from his starting point?
(a) FEF (b) BAD
(c) FDC (d) None of these

Directions for questions 37 and 38 : These questions are based on the following information.

Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sit around a square shaped table, not necessarily in the same order. They
sit in such a way that we find three people sitting on any side. It is also known that
(a) A is to the East of D and is sitting in between C and F.
(b) F is to the North-east of B who is to the South-west of E.
(c) G is not sitting on the same side as of C.

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37. Who is sitting to the South of E?
(a) C (b) D
(c) B (d) H

38. Who are the three persons who are sitting along one side of the table?
(a) B,C,D (b) A,B,C
(c) E,F,G (d) F,G,H

Directions for questions 39 to 50 : Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

39. In a certain code language, East is called North-east, South-east is called East, South is called South-east,
South-west is called South and so on. A man starts travelling as per the original directions and travels a
distance of 7 km towards North, then turns by an angle of 90° CW direction and travels 24km in that
direction. How far did he travel and in which direction is he now from the starting point in that language?
(a) 35 km, North-east (b) 25 km, North
(c) 25 km, East (d) 35 km, South

40. If South-east becomes South-west, South-west becomes North – west, then East becomes
(a) South-east (b) South
(c) West (d) South-west

41. The time shown in a clock is 8.00 AM. In what direction is the hour's hand pointing?

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 (a) South (b) West
(c) South-west (d) North

42. A clock is so placed that at 9 a.m. the minute hand points towards North-east. Which direction does the
hour hand point at 3 p.m.?
(a) North – west (b) South
(c) North-east (d) South-east
43. When a watch shows 7 : 45, the minute hand points towards East. When the watch shows 3'Oclock, which
direction does the hour hand point?
(a) North (b) East
(c) West (d) South

44. A clock is placed in such a way, that at 12'Oclock, the hands point towards North-east. In which direction
does the hour hand point at 6 p.m.?
(a) South-west (b) South-east
(c) East (d) South

45. When watch shows 5 : 15 if the minute hand points towards the East, then in which direction will the hour
hand point at 6 : 00?
(a) North (b) South
(c) South-west (d) East

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46. There is a direction board situated at a crossing, but due to an accident, it is now pointing towards South
instead of the earlier direction West. A person went in the wrong direction thinking it to be North. In which
direction is he actually travelling?
(a) East (b) West
(c) North (d) South

47. A compass was damaged and its needle turned in such a manner that the pointer, which was showing East,
is now showing South. One person went towards West as per above compass. In which direction did he
actually go?
(a) North (b) South
(c) East (d) West

48. A compass was damaged and its needle turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing North
is now pointing towards West. One person goes towards East as per the above mentioned compass. In
which direction is he actually going?
(a) North (b) West
(c) East (d) South

49. A compass was damaged and its needle turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East
is now turned by 45° in clockwise direction. If Amar is moving towards the geographical North according to
the compass in which direction is he moving?
(a) South-east (b) South-west
(c) North – west (d) North-east

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50. Manoj has a damaged compass which shows North instead of West. Manoj travelled some distance as
given below. The directions given in the following description is as indicated by the compass. Manoj
traveled 5 km towards South then turned to his left. travelled for 3 km and traveled for 6 km towards West
then stopped. Now in which direction is he actually from his starting point?
(a) East (b) South-west
(c) South-east (d) North – west

ANSWER SHEET

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. D
6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A

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 11. A 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. C
16. B 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. B
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B
26. A 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. B
31. B 32. D 33. A 34. A 35. C
36. D 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. B
41. C 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. B
46. B 47. A 48. A 49. C 50. D

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