Reasoning: Direction Sense Set 4

Direction Sense Questions for Bank PO, Insurance and other exams

1. From a point, Sahil starts walking in east direction. After walking for 15 m he takes a right turn. Now he walks for 12 m before turning to his right again. Next he walks 5 m and again turns in same direction as before. He now walks for 20 m before stopping at a point. How far is this point from the point where Sahil started?
   A) 4 √10 m
   B) 3 √22 m 
   C) 7 m 
   D) 2√41 m 
   E) 12 m
   
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    Option D
   Required distance = √(10² + 8²) = 2√41 m 
2. Abhi and Asha start cycle race from point A. They both start in east direction. After cycling for 7 m, Abhi continues straight while Asha takes a left turn. They both cycle for 6 m before turning right and left directions respectively.  Next
   (1) Asha cycles for 8 m and takes a right turn. Now she cycles for 5 m before turning to right again.
   (2) Abhi cycles for 4 m and takes a left turn. Now he cycles for 6m before turning to left again.
   If both stop at these points, how much respective distance they have to travel to meet each other on their current paths?
   A) 10 m, 15 m
   B) 13 m, 17 m
   C) 15 m, 20 m
   D) 18 m, 24 m
   E) Cannot be determined
   
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    Option C
   Solution:
   
3. From point A, Swati started walking in south direction. She walked for 4 m and took a right turn. Next she walked 5 m and turned to her left. Next she walked for 3 m and turned to her right. Next she walked 4 m and turned to her right again. Next she walked 15 m and turned to her right again and stopped at point B after walking 7 m. Find distance AB.
   A) 2√22 m
   B) 3√21 m
   C) 2√19 m
   D) 4√17 m
   E) None of these
   
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   Option E
   Solution:
   
   AB = √(8² +2²) = 2√17 m
4. Point P is 10 m west of point Q. Point R is 4 m north of point P. Point T is 3 m east of point S and point S is 5 m south of point Q. What is the direction of point R with respect to point T?
   A) South-east
   B) South
   C) North-east
   D) North-west
   E) West
   
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   Option D
    
5. Anaya started from a point in some direction. After walking for some time, she turned to her right and continued walking. Now walking for some distance she turned to her left and after this finally to her right. If now she is walking in west direction, in which direction did she started her journey?
   A) North
   B) West
   C) East
   D) South
   E) East or west
   
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    Option D
   Solution:
   Start from back and direct towards starting direction
   She is walking in west and before that she turned to her right, so she must be travelling in south before turning right.
   Now she was walking in south and before that she turned to her left, so she must be travelling in west before turning left.
   Now she was walking in west and before that she turned to her right, so she must be travelling in south before turning right.
   At last south direction. 
   
6. Sheetal started from point in South direction. After walking for 5 km she took a right turn. Now she walked another 5 km and took a left turn. Then after walking for 2 km she took a right turn. After covering more 2 km she turned 45^o in clockwise direction. She is facing which direction now?
   A) South West
   B) South East
   C) North East
   D) North West
   E) None of these
   
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   Option B
   Solution:
   

Directions (7-8): Point P is 5 m south of point A. Point T is 8 m east of point Q. Point Z is 4 m west of point V. Point P is 6 m west of point B. Point V is 6 m south of point T. Point Q is 4 m south of point B.

7. Find distance AZ.
   A) 5√13 m
   B) 6√13 m
   C) 4√14 m
   D) 7√15 m
   E) 3√11 m
   
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   Option A
   Solution:
   
   Vertical distance = 5+4+6 = 15 m
   Horizontal distance = (PB) + (QT – CV) = 6 + (8-4) = 10 m
   So AZ = √(15² + 10²) = 5√13 m
8. A person starts from point B in north direction. Walks for 6 m and reaches point C, takes a right turn walks for 5 m reaches point F. Again he takes a right turn, walks for 3 m, reaches point H, now takes a left turn, reaches point K, now takes a final right turn to reach point T. Find the area enclosed by points B, Q, T, K, H, F and C.
   A) 58m²  
   B) 65m²   
   C) 71m²   
   D) 76m²   
   E) None of these
   
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     Option C
   Solution:
   
   The area will be = Ar. of rectangle QCFD + Ar. of  DHKT = 10*5 + 3*7 = 71m²   

Directions (9-10): Point A is 8 m west of point B. Point E is 2 m east of point F. Point G is 3 m east of point H. Point E is 3 m north of point of point D. Point C is 9 m west of point D. Point G is 9 m north of point F. Point C is 6 m south of point B.

9. Find distance AH.
   A) 7√6 m
   B) 7√5 m
   C) 6√6 m
   D) 6√5 m
   E) None of these
   
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     Option D
   Solution:
   
   Vertical distance = GF – (CB – ED) = 9 – (6-3) = 6
   Horizontal distance = AB + (CD – (HG + FE)) = 8 + (9 – (3+2) = 12
   Required distance AH = √(6² + 12²) = 6√5 m
10. A person starts from point G in east direction. Walks for 6 m, takes a right turn, now walks for 5 m. Now he takes a left turn, walks for 3 m, then after two consecutive right turns he reaches point E. Find the distance travelled by him to reach point E.
    A) 27 m
    B) 25 m
    C) 23 m
    D) 24 m
    E) 28 m
     
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      Option B
    Solution:
    
    6 + 5+ 3 + (9-5) + (3+4) = 25 m