Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 2

Total Questions: 50

1. Vishal is standing in a park facing the south direction. He then turns 90° clockwise on the same point. After that, he turns 45° clockwise. In which direction is he facing now? [Group - D 26/08/2022 ( Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) North-west
Solution:

Total turn took by him clockwise = 90° + 45° = 135°
Therefore, 135° clockwise from South direction becomes North-West direction.

2. Arun starts from his office and drives 5 km towards the east. He then takes a right turn, drives 4 km, turns right and drives 5 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 3 km and stops at a shop. Which direction should he drive now in order to reach his office from the shop? [Group - D 29/08/2022 ( Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90° turns only.)

Correct Answer: (a) North
Solution:

Hence, From the above figure it is clear that to reach the office from the shop he has to drive towards the north direction.

3. Dev walks 23 m towards the west from his hostel gate. He takes a left turn and walks 14 m. Then he takes a right turn and walks 63 m. Then he takes a left turn and walks 32 m. He takes a left turn again and walks 86 m. Again, he takes a left turn and walks 16 m to reach a canteen. How far and in which direction is the canteen from Dev’s hostel gate? [Group - D 29/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 30 m, South
Solution:So, from the above figure it is clear that the Canteen is 30 meters south from the Hostel gate.

4. Veronica started from a point and walked 25 m towards the west, she then turned right and walked for 5 m. From there she turned right and walked for 15 m, turned right again, and walked for 5 m. Which side should she turn now and how much distance should she walk for in order to reach the starting point? [Group - D 29/08/2022 ( Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) Left, 10 m
Solution:Here, we can see in the above figure, Veronica should walk 10 meters left to reach the starting point.

5. Rekha, from point A, walks 41 m towards the west. She takes a right turn and walks 84 m. She takes a right turn again and walks 92 m. Again, she takes a right turn and walks 84 m. She takes a right turn again and walks 19 m to reach point B. How far and in which direction is point B from point A? [Group - D 29/08/2022 ( Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) 32 m, East
Solution:So, the distance between point A and B is 32 m east . i.e. (92- 41-19).

6. Starting from point L, Narendra walks 100 m towards the north. He takes a right turn and walks 900 m. He takes a right turn again and walks 750 m. Again, he takes a right turn and walks 900 m to reach point M. How far and in which direction is point M from point L? [Group - D 30/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) 650 m, South
Solution:

Distance from point L to point M = 750 - 100 = 650m
Hence, Point M is 650m far and towards the South direction of point L.

7. Jaya, from point A, walks 349 m towards the south. She takes a left turn and walks 129 m. She takes a left turn again and walks 349 m. She then takes a right turn and walks 94 m to reach point B. How far and in which direction is point A from point B? [Group - D 30/08/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 223 m, West
Solution:

We can clearly see in the above diagram that point A is 223 meters west from point B .

8. Starting from point X, Aditya walked 30 m towards the south. He then took a left turn and walked 20 m. Then, he took a right turn and walked 10 m. He then took another right turn and walked 40 m. Finally, he took one last right turn and walked another 40 m to reach point Y. How far and in which direction is point X from point Y? [Group - D 30/08/2022 ( Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 20 m, East
Solution:

According to question the aditya walks in following direction, From the above fig we can say that X is 20 m eas t from Point Y .

9. Six houses, K, L, M, N, O and P, are located in the same colony. P is 400 m to the west of K. M is 200 m to the east of L. O is 300 m to the north of K. N is 150 m to the south of L. L is 250 m to the south of K. What is the straight distance between O and N? [Group - D 01/09/2022 ( Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (c) 700 m
Solution:Straight distance between O and N = 300 + 250 + 150 = 700m

10. Mr. Amardeep started his drive from his office and drove for 8 km towards the south. Then he took a left turn and drove for 15 km to reach the city centre. Then he turned 90° in the anti-clockwise direction and drove for 8 km to reach the city palace. From the city palace, he took a left turn and drove for 8 km to reach his home. In which direction is Amardeep's office from the city centre and his home, respectively ? [Group - D 01/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) North - west and west
Solution: Amardeep's home is in the North-west of the city center and his office is in the west from home.