Direction and Distance
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1. A man goes towards East 5 km, then he takes a turn to 7. A rat runs 20 m towards East and turns to right, then
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South-West and goes 5 km. He again takes a turn runs 10 m and turns to right, runs 9 m and again turns
towards North-West and goes 5 km With respect to the to left, runs 5 m and then turns to left, runs 12 m and
point from where he started, where is he now? finally turns to left and runs 6 m. Now, which direction
(a) At the starting point (b) In the West is the rat facing?
(c) In the East (d) In the North-East (a) East (b) North
(c) West (d) South
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2. Nikhil walked 30 m towards East took a left turn and
walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked 8. Starting from a point S, Mahesh walked 25 m towards
30 m. How far and in which direction is he from his South. He turned to his left and walked 50 m. He, then
starting point? [BOI (PO) 2010] again turned to his left and walked 25 m. He again
(a) 20 m, North (b) 80 m, North turned to his left and walked 60 m and reached a point
(c) 20 m, South (d) 80 m, South
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T. How far Mahesh is from point S and in which
(e) Data inadequate direction?
3. Rakesh is standing at a point. He walks 20 m towards (a) 10 m, West (b) 25 m, North
(c) 10 m, East (d) 25 m, West
the East and further 10 m towards the South, then he
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walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards 9. Mohan walked 30 m towards South, took a left turn
the North, then he walks 15 m towards the East. What and walked 15 m. He, then took a right turn and
is the straight distance (in m) between his starting walked 20 m. He again took a right turn and walked
point and the point where he reached last? 15 m. How far is he from the starting point?
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(a) 0 (b) 5 [SBI (PO) 2010]
(c) 10 (d) Cannot be determined
(a) 95 m
(b) 50 m
4. Anoop starts walking towards South. After walking
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(c) 70 m
15 m he turns towards North. After walking 20 m, he
(d) Cannot be determined
turns towards East and walks 10 m. He, then turns (e) None of the above
towards South and walks 5 m. How far is he from his
original position in which direction? 10. Two buses start from the opposite points of a main
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(a) 10 m, North (b) 10 m, South road, 150 km apart. The first bus runs for 25 km and
(c) 10 m, West (d) 10 m, East takes a right turn and then runs for 15 km. It then
turns left and runs for another 25 km and takes the
5. Village Chimur is 20 km to the North of village Rewa. direction back to reach the main road. In the mean
Village Rahate is 18 km to the East of village Rewa.
time, due to the minor break down the other bus has
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Village Angne is 12 km to the West of Chimur. If Sanjay
run only 35 km along the main road. What would be
starts from village Rahate and goes to village Angne,
the distance between the two buses at this point ?
in which direction is he from his starting point?
[CLAT 2014, CMAT 2013]
(a) North (b) North-West
(c) South (d) South-East (a) 65 km (b) 80 km (c) 75 km (d) 85 km
6. From a point, Rajneesh started walking East and 11. Ravi starts walking towards North. After walking 15 m
walked 35 m. He, then turned on his right and walked he turns towards South. After walking 20 m, he turns
20 m and he again turned to right and walked 35 m. towards East and walks 10 m. He, then turns towards
Finally, he turned his left and walked 20 m and North and walks 5 m. How far is he from his original
reached his destination. Now, how far is he from the position and in which direction?
starting point? (a) 10 m, North (b) 10 m, South
(c) 10 m, East (d) 10 m, West
(a) 50 m (b) 55 m (c) 20 m (d) 40 m
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12. Raman starts from point P and walks towards South 19. The houses of A and B face each other on a road going
and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn North-South, A’s being on the western side, A comes
followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally out of his house, turns left, travels 5 km, turns right,
takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5 km travels 5 km to the front of D’s house. B does exactly
before taking each turn, towards which direction will the same and reaches the front of C’s house. In this
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Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q? context, which one of the following statements is
[PNB (PO) 2009] correct? [UPSC (CSAT) 2011]
(a) North (b) South (c) West (d) East (a) C and D live on the same street
(b) C’s house faces South
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13. Town D is to the West of town M. Town R is to the (c) The houses of C and D are less than 20 km apart
South of town D. Town K is to the East of town R. Town (d) None of the above
K is towards which direction of town D?
[Andhra Bank (PO) 2009] 20. A window in a house faces East. When the Sun shines
(a) South (b) East through, it shines on the wall opposite. In which
(c) North-East (d) South-East direction does the outside of this wall face?
[NIFT (UG) 2012]
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(e) None of these
(a) North (b) East
14. Rama travels a distance of 5 km from a place A towards (c) South (d) West
North, turns left and walks 3 km, again turns right and
walks 2 km. Finally he turns right and walks 3 km to 21. Anita drives from point A towards North and travels
reach the place B. What is the distance between A and 30 km. She then turns to her right and travels 4 km
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B? and then again turns to the right and drives straight
(a) 7 km (b) 13 km (c) 2 km (d) 10 km for 30 km. How much distance she has to cover to go
straight to the starting point?
15. A started from a place, after walking for 1 km, he turns (a) 26 km (b) 8 km
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to the left, then walking for 1/2 km, he again turns to (c) 22 km (d) 4 km
left. Now, he is going Eastward direction. In which
direction, did he original start?
Directions (Q. Nos. 22-23) Read the following
information carefully to answers the questions that
(a) West (b) East (c) South (d) North follow.
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Two boys Anil and Shyam walk in opposite directions for
16. Starting from a point M, Harish walked 18 m towards 3 km. Anil is walking towards East. After 3 km each, both
South. He turned to his left and walked 25 m. He, then turn right and again walk 3 km each. Both turn to face
turned to his left and walked 25 m. He, then turned to each other.
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his left and walked 18 m. He again turned to his left
and walked 35 m and reached a point P. What is the 22. In which direction is Shyam looking?
[DMRC (CRA) 2012]
direction of P in respect of M?
(a) East (b) West (a) South (b) South-East
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(c) North (d) None of these (c) East (d) North-West
17. Shehnaz wants to go to the market. She starts from 23. In which direction is Anil looking? [DMRC (CRA) 2012]
her home which is in North and comes to the crossing. (a) North (b) North-West
The road to her left ends in a park and straight ahead (c) West (d) South-East
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is the office complex. In which direction is the market 24. I am standing at the centre of a circular field. I go
to the crossing? down South to the edge of the field and then turning
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South the left I walk along the boundary of the field equal to
three-eights of its length. Then, I turn left and go
18. The town of Paranda is located on Green lake. The right across to the opposite point on the boundary. In
town of Akram is West of Paranda. Tokhada is East of which direction am I from the starting point?
Akram but West of Paranda. Kokran is East of Bopri but
(a) North-West
West of Tokhada and Akram. If they are all in the same (b) North
district, which town is the farthest West? (c) South-West
(a) Paranda (b) Kokran (c) Akram (d) Bopri (d) West
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Directions (Q. Nos. 25-28) Read the following 30. One morning after sunrise, Suraj was standing facing a
information carefully and answer the questions pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right.
given below. Which direction was Suraj facing? [CLAT 2014]
R P (a) West (b) South
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NE SE (c) East (d) Data inadequate
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N S 31. One evening. Raja started to walk towards the Sun.
After walking a while, he turned to his right and again
NW SW
Q W S to his right. After walking a while, he again turned
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right. In which direction is he facing? [SSC (CGL) 2011]
Four security guards P, Q, R and S have been posted at
the four corners of a huge cashew plantations farm as (a) South (b) East (c) West (d) North
show in the above figure.
32. Five boys A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a park in a
25. Given the condition that none of the corners should be circle. A is facing South-West, D is facing South-East, B
unmanned and both P and R start moving towards and E are right opposite A and D respectively and C is
diagonally opposite corners, in which direction should equidistant between D and B. Which direction is
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S start moving, so that he occupies a corner by facing? [SSC (CGL) 2011]
travelling the minimum possible distance? (a) West (b) South (c) North (d) East
(a) Clockwise
(b) Anti-clockwise 33. Daily in the morning the shadow of Gol Gumbaz falls
(c) Either clockwise or anti-clockwise on Bara Kaman and in the evening the shadow of Bara
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(d) None of the above Kaman falls on Gol Gumbaz exactly. So in which
direction is Gol Gumbaz to Bara Kaman?
26. From the original position, P and Q move one arm [SSC (CPO) 2011]
length clockwise and then cross over to the corner (a) Eastern side (b) Western side
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diagonally opposite, R and S move one arm length (c) Northern side (d) Southern side
anti-clockwise and cross over to the corner diagonally
opposite. The original setting PSQR has now changed 34. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in
to the South of Z, then in which direction of Y is P?
[SSC (CGL) 2013]
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(a) RSPQ (b) SRPQ
(c) RQSP (d) None of these (a) North (b) East
(c) South-East (d) South-West
27. From the original position, P and R move diagonally to
35. At dusk, Rohit started walking facing the Sun. After a
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opposite corners and then one side each in the
clockwise direction. Which of the corners is unmanned while, he met his friend and both turned to their left.
at the moment? They halted for a while and started moving by turning
again to their right. Finally Rohit waved ‘good bye’ to
(a) South-West
his friend and took a left turn at a corner. which
a
(b) South-East
(c) North-East direction is Rohit moving now? [SSC (Constable) 2013]
(d) North-West (a) South (b) West (c) North (d) East
28. After the movement in 25, who is at the North-West 36. Debu walks towards East, then towards North and
corner? turning 45° right walks for a while and lastly turns
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(a) Q Only (b) Q and R (c) P and QI (d) S and R towards left. In which direction is he walking now?
[SNAP 2008]
29. Kailash faces towards North. Turning to his right, he (a) North (b) East
walks 25 m. He turns to his left and walks 30 m. Next, (c) South-East (d) North-West
he moves 25 m to his right. He, then turns to his right
again and walks 55 m. Finally, he turns to the right 37. Prakash walked 30 m towards West, took a left turn
and moves 40 m. In which direction he is now from his and walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked
starting point? [CMAT 2014] 30 m. He then took a right turn and stopped. Towards
which direction was he facing when he stopped?
(a) South-West
(b) South [UBI (Clerk) 2010]
(c) North-West (a) South (b) North
(d) South-East (c) East (d) Data inadequate
(e) None of the above
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38. Mahu goes 40 km North, turns right and goes 80 km, turns (a) East of starting point, 5 km
(b) East of starting point, 13 km
right again and goes 30 km. in the end, he turns right
(c) North East of starting point, 13 km
again and goes 80 km. How far is he from his starting
(d) North East of starting point, 5 km
point if he goes straight ahead another 50 km and turns
left to go his last 10 km?
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[MAT 2014] 41. Rahul started from point A and travelled 8 km towards the
(a) 30 km (b) 30 km (c) 40 km (d) 50 km North to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 km
to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove
39. Immediately after leaving his house, Ritvik turned right 5 km to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 km
and walked for 40 m. Then, he turned left and walked for to point E and finally turned right and travelled for
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20 m. Then, he again took a left turn and walked for 30 m. another 3 km to point F. What is the distance between
There he met a friend and turned right to go to the coffee point F and B? [UBI (Clerk) 2010]
shop 20 m away. After having coffee, he walked back
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km
straight for 40 m in the direction he had come from. How (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
far is he from his house? [IIFT 2012] (e) None of these
(a) 20 m (b) 0 m (c) 10 m (d) 40 m
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42. ‘K’ walked 5 m towards North, took a left turn and walked
40. Mr Raghav went in his car to meet his friend John. He for 10 m. He then took a right turn and walked for 20 m
drove 30 km towards North and then 40 km towards West. and again took right turn and walked 10 m. How far he is
He then turned to South and covered 8 km. Further he from the starting point?
turned to East and moved 26 km. Finally the turned right [Vijaya Bank (Clerk) 2010, Canara Bank (Clerk) 2010]
and drove 10 km and then turned left to travel 19 km. How (a) 20 m (b) 15 m
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far and in which direction is he from the starting point? (c) 25 m (d) 30 m
[IIFT 2009]
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