Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 2

Total Questions: 50

31. Amit told Shweta, "To reach our apartment, your mother must walk 560 m towards the east from her restaurant. She must then take a right turn and walk 543 m. She must take another right turn and walk 560 m. Then she must take one final right turn and walk 120 m". How far and in which direction is the apartment from the restaurant? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 423 m, South
Solution:

From above figure we can clearly see that,
Distance from Restaurant to apartment = 543-120 = 423m in South direction.

32. Pole P is to the west of pole T and north of pole R. Pole Q is to the west of pole R and north of pole W. What is the position of pole R with respect to pole T? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) South-west
Solution:

According to the question the following arrangements are possible,From the above diagram we can see that pole R is south-west from pole T .

33. Raghav starts from Point A and drives 30 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn, drives 34 km, turns right and drives 41 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 47 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 11 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 09/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 13 km towards the east
Solution:

According to the question Raghav walks in following direction,
From the above diagram we can say that Point A is 13 km east from point P

34. Sarvan starts from Point Y and drives 5 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn, drives 5 km, turns right and drives 7 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 15 km. Then he takes a right turn and drives 2 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 5 km and stops at Point M. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point Y from Point M? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 5 km towards the east
Solution:

From above figure we can clearly see that,
Sarvan is 5km away and towards East direction he should drive in order to reach point Y from point M.

35. If south is changed to north-west, north-west is changed to east, east is changed to south-west and so on, which direction is north-east changed to? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) South
Solution:

Logic: All directions have been changed with a shifting towards 135⁰ clockwise
i.e. East → South-west (East + 135⁰ clockwise → South west) South → North-west (South + 135⁰ clockwise → North west) Similarly,
North east → (North east + 135⁰) → South

36. Avadhesh starts from Point A and drives 10 km towards the east. He then takes a left turn, drives 10 km, turns left and drives 10 km. Then he takes a final left turn, drives 3 km and stops at Point M. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A from Point M? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 7 km towards the south
Solution:

From the above figure, we can clearly see that, Awadhesh has to travel another 7 km in the south direction to reach point A from point M.

37. Preeti walks 30 m towards the east from point P. She takes a left turn and walks 18 m. She takes a left turn again and walks 65 m. Again, she takes a left turn and walks 86 m. She takes a left turn again and walks 65 m. Again, she takes a left turn and walks 18 m. She takes one final left turn and walks 30 m to reach point Q . How far and in which direction is point Q from point P? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

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

From the above figure we can clearly see that,
Point Q is 50m away from point P and in the south direction.

38. Asmita started walking from the medicine shop towards the south. After walking for 400 metres she turned right and walked for 100 metres to reach the ice-cream parlour. From there she turned right, walked for 500 metres then again turned right and walked for 200 metres to reach the vegetable shop. Finally she turned right and walked for 100 metres to reach her home. How far and in which direction is her home from the medicine shop? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 100 metres east
Solution:

As per given instructions Asmita can walk in following directions:-
From the above diagram we can see that Asmita's home is 100 m east from the Medicine shop.

39. Sohan starts from his home and cycles 2 kilometres on a straight road. Then he turns left and cycles 5 kilometres to reach a square. From the square, again he takes a left and covers 2 kilometres. Now he is facing the south direction. In which direction does he start to cycle from his home? [Group - D 12/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) North
Solution:According to the question the following arrangements are possibleFrom the above diagram we can say that Sohan start cycle in the north direction from his home.

40. One morning Yogesh started from his home to visit his sister in another city. He first drove for 20 km towards the north and then turned towards the east and further drove for 10 km. After this he turned towards the north and drove for 30 km. Finally he turned towards the east and drove for 20 km to reach his sister's home. In which direction is his home from his sister's home? [Group - D 13/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) South - west
Solution:From the above figure we can clearly see that, His home is in South - west direction from his Sister’s home.