DIRECTION AND DISTANCE (General Mental Ability) UPSC EPFO

Total Questions: 30

1. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point ?

Correct Answer: (d) 50 metres North
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2. A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 2 km towards North, takes a left turn and drives for 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km before taking a left turn again and driving for 5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives 1 km before stopping. How far and towards which direction should the driver drive to reach the school again?

Correct Answer: (d) 5 km towards North
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3. Veena walked 5m towards north, took a left turn and walked 7 m. She took a left turn again and walked 8m before taking a left turn and walking 7 m. She then took a final left turn and walked 1 m before stopping. How far is Veena from the starting point ?

Correct Answer: (d) 2 m
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4. Pole P is 13 km towards the East of Pole Q. Siddharth, starts from Pole Q, travels 8 km towards West and takes a right turn. After taking the right turn, he travels 5 km and reaches Pole B. From Pole B , Siddharth takes a right turn again, travels 21 km and reaches Pole C. How far and towards which direction must the Siddharth travel to reach Pole P?

Correct Answer: (a) 5 km towards South
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5. Shiva, starting from his house, goes 5 km in the East, then he turns to his left and goes 4 km. Finally he turns to his left and goes 5 km. Now how far is he from his house and in what direction?

Correct Answer: (d) In North, at a distance of 4 km
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6. Suresh, starting from his house, goes 4 km in the East, then he turns to his right and goes 3 km. What minimum distance will be covered by him to come back to his house?

Correct Answer: (b) 5 km
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7. One morning just after sunrise Aarya, while going to school, met Mona at Boring Road crossing. Mona shadow was exactly to the right of Aarya. If they were face to face, which direction was Aarya facing?

Correct Answer: (d) South
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8. Hema, starting from her house, walked 5 km to reach the crossing of Palace. The direction in which she was going, a road opposite to that direction goes to Hospital. The road to the right goes to the station. If the road which goes to the station is just opposite to the road which goes to the IT-Park, then in which direction to Hema is the road which goes to the IT-Park?

Correct Answer: (b) Left
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9. R is to the West of P. T is to the East of S. P is to the north of S. T is in which direction with reference to R?

Correct Answer: (d) None of these
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10. Ram is facing South. Ramesh, walking towards him, stops, and turns to his right. He sees Umesh standing before him facing him. Which direction is Umesh facing?

Correct Answer: (a) West
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