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Questions : Ram walked 4 km West of his house and then turned to South covering 8 km. Finally he moves 6 km towards East and then again 2 km West. How far is he from his initial position ?

(a) 8 km

(b) 12 km

(c) 4 km

(d) 10 km

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

AE = 8 km

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DIRECTIONS:
  1. Point A is 10 km south of point B.
  2. Point C is 7 km east of point B.
  3. Point A is 4 km west of point D.
  4. Point D is 5 km north of point E.

Question : 1

A person starts from point E, goes to point F in east direction. After that he takes a left turn and reaches point C. Find distance DF.

a) $√34 km$

b) $5√31 km$

c) 17 km

d) $7√24 km$

e) $2√34 km$

Answer: (a)

After left turn he reaches point C, this means point F is in south of point C.

So EF= 3km

Then DF = $√ (DE2 + EF2 ) = √ (52 + 32 ) = √34 km$

Question : 2

A person starts from point G which is 10 km west of point E. Then he goes towards north and after taking a right turn he reaches point A. Now he turns to his right and reaches a point T on line EG. Find distance GT.

a) 12 km

b) 5 km

c) 8 km

d) 6 km

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

GT = 10 – 4 = 6km

Question : 3

D, the son-in-law of B, is the brother-in-law of A who is the brother of C. How is A related to B?

a) Brother

b) Son

c) Father

d) Data inadequate

Answer: (b)

D is the son-in-law of B and brother-in-law of A. This means that B is the father/mother of D’s wife, and A is the brother of D’s wife. Thus, A is B’s son.

Question : 4

Sohan started from point X and travelled forward 8 km up to point Y, then turned towards right and travelled 5 km up to point Z then turned right and travelled 7 km up to point A and then turned towards right and travelled 5 km up to B. What is the distance between point B and X ?

a) 2 km

b) 4 km

c) 1 km

d) 3 km

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance = xy– yB

= (8–7) km = 1 km

Question : 5

Rama travels a distance of 5 km from a place A towards north, turns left and walks 3 km; again turns right and walks 2 km, finally turns right and walks 3 kms to reach the place B. What is the distance between A and B ?

a) 13 km

b) 10 km

c) 7 km

d) 2 km

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Distance between A and B

= 5 + 2 = 7 km

Question : 6

Naseebah runs for 10 km in the eastern direction. She then turns left and starts walking for 6 km. Again, she turns left and starts running for 6 km. Then she turns left and walks again for 6 km. How far is she from the starting point ?

a) 5 km

b) 3 km

c) 4 km

d) 6 km

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance = 4 km

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