Practice Type 2 section 4 mcqs - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) A postman was returning to the post office which was in front of him to the south. When the post office is 80m away from him, he turned to the right and walks 50m to deliver the last letter. He continues walks in the same direction for 20 meter and then took a left turn and walks 80 meter. How many meters was he away from the post office
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Q-2) Nishant walks 30 meter in the north direction, after that he took a right turn and walks 40 meter. After that he took a right turn and walks 40 meter more and finally he took a right turn and stop after walking 40 meter. Find the distance of nishant from the initial position?
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Q-3) A man starts journey from home. He goes 5 kms to the North, then proceeds 10 kms to the right. From there he again turns right and goes 10 kms. How far is he from home? All distances are measured aerially.
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Required distance
AE = $√{AD^2 + DE^2}$
= $√{10^2 + 5^2}$
= $√{100+ 25}$
= $√{125}$
Q-4) Mohan travelled from point ‘A’ straight to ‘B’ at a distance of 8 m. He turned right and walked 4m, again turned to his right and walked 8 m. Finally he turned to his right and walked 3 m. How far he was from his starting point?
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Required distance = 1 km
Q-5) Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?
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The movements of Radha are as shown in Fig.
Clearly, Radha's distance from the starting point
O = OD = (OC–CD) = (AB–CD) = (14–4) m = 10 m
Q-6) Dheepthi started from point A in south direction. After walking for 4 m she turned to her right and walked 5 m. Now she turned to her left and walked 3 m after which she turned to her right. Now she walked 4 m and turned to her right again and walked 15 m. Now finally she turned to her right and after walking for 7 m, she stopped at point B. What is the distance AB?
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X = $√68= 2√17$
Q-7) A boy starts from home in early morning and walks straight for 8 km facing the Sun. Then he takes a right turn and walks for 3 km. Then he turns right again and walks for 2 km and then turns left and walks for 1 km. Then he turns right, travels 1 km and then turns right and travels for 4 km straight. How far is he from the starting point ?
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He is 5km away from the starting point.
Q-8) Shiela and Belah start from their office and walk in opposite direction each travelling 10 kms. Shiela then turns left and walks 10 kms. Belah turns right and walks 10 km. How far are they now from each other?
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Required distance
= 10 + 10 = 20 km
Q-9) Sunita rode her scooty northwards, then turned left and then again rode to her left 4 km. She found herself exactly 2 kms West of her starting point. How far did she ride northwards initially?
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Sunita rode 4 km Northwards.
Q-10) Q walked 20 m towards west, took a left turn and walked 20 m. He then took a right turn and walked 20 m and again took a right turn and walked 20 m. How far is Q now from the starting point ?
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AE = AB + BE
= (20 + 20) metres
= 40 metres