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Questions : Johnson left for his office in his car. He drove 15km towards North and then 10km towards West. He then turned to the South and covered 5km. Further he turned to East and moved 8km. Finally he turned right and moved 10km. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?

(a) 5 km, East

(b) 2 km, West

(c) 3 km, North

(d) 3 km, South

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

AF = 2 km

Direction = West

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Question : 1

A girl leaves from her home. She first walks 30 m in North–West direction and then 30 m in South– West direction. Next, she walks 30 m in South–East direction. Finally, she turns towards her house. In which direction is she moving ?

a) South–East

b) North–West

c) South–West

d) North–East

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Now, she was going towards North–East.

Question : 2

If 'South-east' is called 'East', 'North-west' is called 'West' 'South-west* is called 'South' and so on, what will 'North' be called?

a) South

b) North-west

c) North-east

d) East

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

In diagram (i) the directions are shown as they actually are. Diagram (ii) is as per the given data.

So. comparing the direction of North in (i) with that in (ii), North will be called North-west.

Question : 3

Four players P, Q, R and S are standing in a play field in such a way that Q is to East of P, R is to the South of P and S is to the North of P. In which direction of Q is S standing ?

a) South

b) North

c) North-West

d) South-East

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

It is clear from diagram that S is in North-West direction of Q.

Question : 4

After walking 6 km, I turned right and covered a distance of 2 km, then turned left and covered a distance of 10 km. In the end, I was moving towards the north. From which direction did I start my journey ?

a) West

b) East

c) South

d) North

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Clearly, the route is as shown in the adjoining diagram. Thus, the man started his journey from the South and moved northwards

Question : 5

Ravi’s house is to the west of Ankit’s house. Lavi’s house is to the north of Ankit’s house. In which direction is Lavi’s house with respect to Ravi’s house?

a) North–East

b) South–West

c) North–West

d) South–East

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Lavi’s house is in Norh–East direction with respect to Ravi’s house.

Question : 6

Lokesh's school bus is facing North when it reaches his school. After starting from Lokesh's house, it turns right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop in front of Lokesh's house ?

a) West

b) East

c) South

d) North

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

In the above Figure, the route of the bus from Lokesh's house to the school. It is given that the bus faces North on reaching the school. Now, turning Fig. 1 90° anticlockwise,

we obtain Fig. 2 which satisfies the specified conditions. It is evident from Fig. 2 that the bus faces west in front of Lokesh's house.

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