Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 2

Total Questions: 50

11. While returning home from school Rana misdirected from his way. From school he first walked for 3 km towards the south and then turned left and walked for 2 km. From there, he turned towards the left and further walked for 3 km. Finally he again turned to his left and walked for 1 km to reach his home. In which direction is his home from school ? [Group - D 01/09/2022 ( Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) East
Solution:

Rana’s home is 1km to the EAST of his school

12. Raghav starts from Point A and drives 16 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn, drives 10 km, turns right and drives 17 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 13 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 1 km and stops at Point P. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A from Point P in a straight line ? [Group - D 02/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 3 km towards the east
Solution:From the above diagram we can say that A is 3 km towards east from point P.

13. Prince starts from Point A and walks 6 km toward south, and then turns to the right, walks for 4 km. He takes a final turn to the left and walks 6 km. Now, in which direction is he from the starting place? [Group - D 02/09/2022 ( Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) South - west
Solution:

He is In South-West direction from the starting place.

14. Harsh walks 45 m towards the west and turns to left and walks 25 m. He then turns to the left and walks 21 m. Again, he turns left and walks 18 m. After that he turns right and walks 23 m and finally, he turns left and walks for 37 m. Which direction is Harsh facing now? [Group - D 02/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) North
Solution:

Harsh is facing towards the North direction.

15. Sharad walks 4 km towards the west and then turns right and walks 5 km. Again, he turns left and walks 7 km. Finally, he turns to his left and walks 5 km. How far is he from the starting point ? [Group - D 02/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 11 km
Solution:

by applying all the conditions as per question we get.
From the diagram we can see that the distance of Sharad from his starting point = 4 + 7 = 11 km

16. Pinky walked 160 m towards north, then she turned right and walked 240 m. Then she turned right and walked 280 m, then she turned left and walked 120 m. Finally, she turned left and walked 120 m. In which direction and how many meters is she from the starting position? [Group - D 02/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) East, 360 m
Solution:

as per given instructions Pinky walks in following direction,
From the above diagram we can say that pinky is 360 m east from her starting position.

17. Tamanna started her walk at 6 a.m. On her way she saw a tree in front of her. She noted that the shadow of the tree was exactly to her left. In which direction was Tamanna walking? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) North
Solution: The Sun casts the shadow of an object in its opposite direction. The time in question is morning, when the sun is in the east direction, the shadow of the tree is on the left side of Tamanna i.e. in the west direction, then its face will be in the north direction.

18. Starting from point P, Sheetal walks 50 m towards the west. She takes a right turn and walks 20 m. Then she takes a left turn and walks 47 m. She takes a left turn again and walks 75 m. Again, she takes a left turn and walks 47 m. She takes a left turn again and walks 20 m. Then she takes a right turn and walks 50 m. Finally, she takes a left turn and walks 10 m to reach point Q . How far and in which direction is point P from point Q ? [ Group - D 05/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 25 m due north
Solution:It is clear from the above figure that Point P is in the north direction from Q and is also 25 meters away from Q

19. Starting from his house, Bheema walks 5 m towards the west, then turns left and walks 50 m, and then turns right and walks 30 m to reach his school. In which direction is the school from his house? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) South - west
Solution:From the above diagram we can say that Bheema’s School is in South west direction from his house.

20. Raghav starts from Point A and drives 25 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn, drives 19 km, turns right and drives 40 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 30 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 15 km and stops at Point P. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A from Point P in a straight line? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 11 km towards the east
Solution: From the figure, it is clear that Raghav should drive 11 km towards east in order to reach Point A from Point P.