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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :

  1. Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R. S, T and U.
  2. Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
  3. S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
  4. R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat.

The following question based on direction & distance sense test topic of verbal reasoning

Questions : To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed with ?

(a) (i) only

(b) None

(c) (iii) only

(d) (ii) only

e) None of these

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

Q gets a North-facing flat and is not next to S means

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S and U get digonally opposite flats means

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R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a north facing flat means

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So, from the above final arragement answer to this question will be;

Clearly, all the statements are necessary to answer the given questions.

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Read more finding both direction distance test Based Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers

Question : 1

If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U ?

a) Q

b) P

c) T

d) R

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

Q gets a North-facing flat and is not next to S means

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S and U get digonally opposite flats means

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R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a north facing flat means

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So, from the above final arragement answer to this question will be;

The flat next to ITi flat is that of R, which remains unchanged if the flats of T and P are interchanged.

Question : 2

Whose flat is between Q and S ?

a) U

b) T

c) P

d) R

e) Data inadequate

Answer: (b)

Q gets a North-facing flat and is not next to S means

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S and U get digonally opposite flats means

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R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a north facing flat means

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So, from the above final arragement answer to this question will be;

T's flat is between Q and S.

Question : 3

Which of the following combinations get South facing flats ?

a) UPT

b) QTS

c) Data inadequate

d) URP

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

Q gets a North-facing flat and is not next to S means

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

S and U get digonally opposite flats means

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R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a north facing flat means

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So, from the above final arragement answer to this question will be;

The South facing flats are U; R, P.

Question : 4

The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, is diagonally opposite to each other ?

a) QR

b) QP

c) TS

d) PT

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

Q gets a North-facing flat and is not next to S means

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

S and U get digonally opposite flats means

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R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a north facing flat means

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So, from the above final arragement answer to this question will be;

The diagonally opposite pairs are SU and QP

Question : 5

A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 2 km. towards North, takes a left turn and drives for 5 km. he then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km. before taking a left turn again and driving for further 5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives 1 km. before stopping. How far and towards which direction should the driver drive to reach the school again?

a) 6 km. towards west

b) 3 km. towards Nort

c) 6 km. towards south

d) 7 km. towards east

e) 5 km. towards north

Answer: (e)

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Question : 6

Kunal walks 10 kilometres towards North. From there, he walks 6 kilometres towards South. Then, he walks 3 kilometres towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?

a) 7 kilometres East

b) 5 kilometres West

c) 7 kilometres West

d) 5 kilometres North-east

Answer: (d)

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The movements is as shown in figure.

AC = (AB – BC) = (10 – 6) km = 4 km.

Clearly, D is to the Northeast of A.

So, Kunal’s distance from starting point A

= AD = $√{AC^2 + CD^2}$

= $√{4^2 + 3^2}$ = $√{25}$

= 5 km.

So, it is 5 km to the North-east of his starting point

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