Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 1

Total Questions: 50

1. Gayatri starts walking from her home and goes 100 m towards the south direction. She then turns right and walks 120 m. She then turns right and walks 100 m. She finally turns right again and walks 180 m. How far is she now from the starting point? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 60 m
Solution:

From the above diagram we can see that she is 60 m away from the starting point

2. B was standing at a point, facing north. B turned and ran towards the east for 50 m, then turned towards the south and walked for 30 m. He then turned left and ran for 40 m, then turned right and ran for 50 m, turned right again and walked for 10 m and at last, turned right and walked for 20 m. How much distance did B cover only by walk and in which direction is he facing now? [Group - D 23/08/2022 ( Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 60 m, North
Solution:

From the above figure it can clearly be seen that B walks for 60 m. and is facing North.

3. Sheela was standing facing the morning sun. She started walking towards the morning sun and turned to her right side, where she walked for a few minutes and then turned left and walked for 3 m and stopped. In which direction is Sheela facing right now? [Group - D 23/08/2022 ( Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) East
Solution:

It is clear from the above figure that after all turns, Sheela is facing in the east direction.

4. Kalpit is standing in a park facing south. Then he turns 45° clockwise twice in a row. Then, it takes a third turn of a few degrees, after which he is now facing the South-East direction. By what degree and in which direction did he take the third turn? [Group - D 23/08/2022 ( Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 135°, anti-clockwise
Solution:

45° clockwise + 45° clockwise = 90 ° clockwiseHe takes 135° anti-clockwise in his third turn.

5. Anita is standing facing the north direction. Then, she turns 135° anticlockwise. After that, she turns 90° clockwise. In which direction is she facing now? [Group - D 22/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) North-west
Solution:

Taking anticlockwise direction as -ve and clockwise as +ve
Resultant angle she has moved = -135° + 90° = -45°
therefore , she has moved 45° anticlockwise
Hence, she is in north-west direction.

6. Neetu steps out from her classroom and walks 25 m towards the east. She takes a right turn and walks 20 m. She takes a right turn again and walks 62 m. Again, she takes a right turn and walks 91 m. She takes a right turn again and walks 62 m. Again, she takes a right turn and walks 35 m. She takes a right turn again and walks 25 m. She takes a final right turn and walks 15 m to reach point X. How far and in which direction is point X from Neetu's classroom? [Group - D 30/08/2022 ( Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 51 m, North
Solution:

Distance of point x from classroom
= (91 - 35 + 15 - 20 = 51m )
51m in North Direction.

7. To reach house B from house A, a person has to walk 30 m towards the south. Then he must take a left turn and walk 15 m. Then he must take a left turn again and walk 20 m. Again, he must take a left turn and walk 25 m. Then he must take a right turn and walk 10 m. Then he must take a left turn and walk 17 m to finally reach house B. How far and in which direction is house A from house B ? [Group - D 01/09/2022 ( Morning) ]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 27 m, East
Solution:From the given diagram we can see that house A is 27m away from house B and in the east direction.

8. A group of friends are playing a game sitting together facing north. Rehana is to the left of Arjun, who is seated exactly in front of Somil. If Arjun exchanges his position with Somil, to which direction of Arjun is Rehana seated now? [ Group - D 27/09/2022 ( Evening )]

Correct Answer: (d) North - West
Solution:

We can clearly see that Rehana is seated in the North-West direction.

9. In the evening, a person was standing such that his shadow was to his left. In which direction was he facing? [Group - D 28/09/2022 ( Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) South
Solution:

We can clearly see that he is facing in the south direction.

10. Ramdin started from his office and walked 15 km in the south direction and reached the bus stop, and then turned to his left and walked 8 km straight on the road. From there, he turned to his left, walked 15 km and reached the central Library. After this, he turned to his left again and walked 4 km to reach his hostel . How far and in which direction is the hostel with respect to his office? [NTPC CBT II Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 4 km towards East
Solution:

So, he is 4 km towards east.