find distance only Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 51 [SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI & ASI 2016]

Seeta and Ram both start from a point towards North. Seeta turns to left after walking 10 km. Ram turns to right after walking the same distance. Seeta waits for sometime and then walks another 5 km, whereas Ram walks only 3 km. They both then return to their respective South and walk 15 km forward. How far is Seeta from Ram ?

a) 12 km

b) 10 km

c) 8 km

d) 15 km

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance EF

= (5 + 3) km

= 8 km

Question : 52 [SSC CGL Tier-1 2010]

Peter walked 8 kms. west and turned right and walked 3 kms. The again he turned right and walked 12 kms. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 8

b) 5

c) 7

d) 4

Answer: (b)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance

AE = $√{AD^2 + DE^2}$

= $√{3^2 + 4^2}$

= $√{9+ 16}$

= $√{25}$ = 5 km

Question : 53

A walks towards north 4 kms. and turns right and walks 5 kms. Then he turns towards south and walks 2 kms. Again, he takes a turn towards west, walks 3kms and stops a while. Then, he further walks 2 kms to A. What is the distance of A from his starting point?

a) 12 kms

b) 4 kms

c) 16 kms

d) 2 kms

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Clearly A is 2 kms away from the starting point.

Question : 54 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Prem starts to school from his house and walks 400 metres towards north, turns left and walks 100 metres, turns left and walks 200 metres, turns left and walks 100 metres. How far he is away from his house?

a) 300 metre

b) 250 metre

c) 100 metre

d) 200 metre

Answer: (d)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

AE = 200 metres

Question : 55 [SSC CPO SI & ASI 2016]

A man goes 10 km westward, then turns right and proceeds 4 km, then travels 10 km towards left, then travels 8 km towards left and finally goes 4 km northward. Calculate his distance from his initial place in the horizontal direction.

a) 22 km

b) 25 km

c) 20 km

d) 23 km

Answer: (c)

direction-and-distance-verbal-reasoning

Required distance

= AF = AB + BF

= (10 + 10) km. = 20 km.

IMPORTANT verbal reasoning EXERCISES

find distance only Shortcuts »

Click to Read...

find distance only Online Quiz

Click to Start..
direction & distance sense test Shortcuts and Techniques with Examples
verbal reasoning CATEGORIES

Recently Added Subject & Categories For All Competitive Exams

100+ Quadratic Equation Questions Answers PDF for Bank

Quadratic Equation multiple choice questions with detailed answers for IBPS RRB SO. more than 250 Attitude practice test exercises for all competitive exams

03-Jul-2024 by Careericons

Continue Reading »

IBPS Aptitude Linear Equations MCQ Questions Answers PDF

Linear equations multiple choice questions with detailed answers for IBPS RRB SO. more than 250 Attitude practice test exercises for all competitive exams

03-Jul-2024 by Careericons

Continue Reading »

New 100+ Compound Interest MCQ with Answers PDF for IBPS

Compound Interest verbal ability questions and answers solutions with PDF for IBPS RRB PO. Aptitude Objective MCQ Practice Exercises all competitive exams

02-Jul-2024 by Careericons

Continue Reading »

100+ Mixture and Alligation MCQ Questions PDF for IBPS

Most importantly Mixture and Alligation multiple choice questions and answers with PDF for IBPS RRB PO. Aptitude MCQ Practice Exercises all Bank Exams

02-Jul-2024 by Careericons

Continue Reading »