Most Important Distance and Direction Reasoning Questions

Q-26. ‘A’ starts walking towards North, turns left, again turns left, turns right, again turns right. In which direction is ‘A’ walking now ?
(a) North (b) South
(c) West (d) South-East

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Answer: (a) North
Solution:

Q-27. After walking 10m, Shankar turned left and covered a distance of 6m, then turned right and covered a distance of 20 m. In the end, he was moving towards the south. From which direction did Shankar start his journey?
(a) West (b) North
(c) South (d) East

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Answer: (b) North
Solution: 

From the diagram it is clear that Shankar started his journey from North

Q-28. Gopal started walking 2 km straight from his school. Then he turned right and walked 1 km. Again he turned right and walked 1 km to reach his house. If his house is south-east from his school, then in which
direction did Gopal start walking from the school?
(a) East (b) West
(c) South (d) North

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Answer: (a) East
Solution: 

Gopal starts walking to the East

Q-29. When Priya’s school bus arrived at school, at that time bus was facing North-West direction. Starting from her home bus took left turn then once turn. on right side and then again turn on left side. In which direction bus was facing when if started from Priya’s home?
(a) North-East (b) North- West
(c) South-West (d) South-East

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Answer: (a) North-East
Solution:

 West becomes (45° Clockwise ) North-West
North becomes (45° Anticlockwise) North-East

Q-30. Rakesh starts walking from his house and then takes two left turns and one right turn to reach the market. If he is facing north on reaching the market, in which direction was Rakesh facing when he started from his house?
(a) North (b) South
(c) East (d) West

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Answer: (c) East 
Solution:

Let, initially Rakesh is facing in North:
West means north (90° Clockwise )
So North means East (90° Clockwise )