Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 2

Total Questions: 50

21. Sushma starts walking towards south. After walking 40 metres, she takes a right turn, and walks 15 metres. From there she again takes a right turn and walks 50 metres. She once again takes a right turn and walks 15 metres. At last she went on the road which was at an angle of 45° to her left. In which direction is she walking now? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(all turns are 90 degree turns, unless otherwise specified)

Correct Answer: (c) North - East
Solution:

Sushma is in the North east direction.

22. One morning Abhay started walking from his house. He walked 500 m towards South, and then took a right turn. Then after walking 300m he took a left turn and walked 500m. In which direction is he from his house now? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) South - West
Solution:

Abhay is in the South- west direction from his house.

23. When Rajesh reached the toy shop, he found that he had lost his brother Anoop in the market. He walked 60 m towards East, and then took a right turn and walked 10 m. Then he again took a right turn, and walked 10 m to reach the ice cream shop to find his brother, but his brother was not there. Then he turned north, and walked 10 m before he saw his brother in the street. The toy shop is in which direction from Rajesh's present position? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) West
Solution:

As per given statement, the following arrangement is possible:
From the above diagram, we can see that toy shop is 50 m west from the present location of rajesh.

24. Reena and Meena are walking together. She started walking towards the South from the park. After walking 50m, she took a left turn and walked 30m. Then she took a right turn and walked 50m. Which direction is Reena facing now? [ Group - D 06/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) South
Solution:

Reena and Meena walk in following directions:From the above figure we can say that Reena’s face is in the South direction.

25. Gulshan drove his car for 77 km towards north, then he turned left and drove for 109 km. Again, he turned left and drove yet another 77 km. Again, he turned left, drove his car 127 km and stopped. What is the shortest distance between the starting point and the stopping point? [Group - D 08/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 154 km
Solution:Shortest distance between starting point and stopping point = 127-109 =18 km

26. Pole E is to the east of pole R. Pole G is to the west of pole R and north of pole A. Pole T is to the south of pole A. What is the position of pole R with respect to pole A? [Group - D 08/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) North - east
Solution:

R is at North-east with respect to Pole A.

27. Deepak rode his bicycle in the north direction from a point A to reach point B, then turned left and rode 3 km to reach point C and again turned left and rode 4 km to reach point D. He found himself 3 km west of his starting point. How far did he ride from point A to point B ? [Group - D 08/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 4 kms
Solution:

Hence, Distance from Point A to point B is = 4 km.

28. Raghav starts from Point A and drives 20 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn, drives 40 km, turns right and drives 50 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 120 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 30 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 08/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 80 km towards the east
Solution:

From above figure we can clearly see that,
Distance from Point P to point A is = 120 - 40 = 80 km in East directio

29. Meeta starts walking from her office and goes 60 m towards the east. She then takes a right turn and walks 40 m. She then turns left and walks 36 m. She then takes a final left turn and walks 40 m to reach a park. In which direction is the park with reference to Meeta's office? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) East
Solution:

As per question meeta can walk in following direction,
From the above diagram we can say that the park is in East of Meeta's office.

30. Starting from point A, Ravi walks 30 m towards the north. He then takes a right turn and walks 100 m. Then, he takes another right turn and walks 30 m. From there, he turns to his right and walks 70 m. Then, he takes a left turn and walks 50 m. Finally, he takes a right turn and walks 30 m. How far and in which direction is Ravi now from point A? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 50 m, South
Solution:

From the above figure we can clearly see that,
The distance from point A = 50m in the South direction.