Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 3

Total Questions: 50

1. Summit starts from point F and drives 5 km towards the east. He then takes a left turn, drives 10 km, turns left and drives 8 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 3 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 3 km and stops at point G. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach point F from point G ? [Group - D 15/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

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

As per the instructions, he should drive 7km south from point G to point F.

2. Radhika moves 30 km in West direction. Then she turns to her right and moves 10 km and then she turns to her left and moves 30 km . In which direction is she now from the starting point? [Group - D 16/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) North - West
Solution:

We can clearly see that she is in the North- West direction from the starting point.

3. Town M is to the south of Town Z. Town C is to the east of Town Z. Town F is to the west of Town C. Town X is to the north of Town C. Town Z is to the west of Town F. What is the position of Town F with respect to Town M ? [Group - D 16/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) North - East
Solution:

We can clearly see that Town F is in the North- East direction of Town M.

4. Among four stalls, P, Q, R and S. S is 40 m to the north of R. P is 60 m to the east of R, and Q is 50 m to the south of R. How far and in which direction is Q with reference to S ? [Group - D 16/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 90 m, South
Solution:

We can clearly see that Q is 90 m south with reference to S.

5. Amit starts from Point A and drives 6 km towards the south. He then takes a left turn, drives 4 km, turns right and drives 3 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 7 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 9 km and stops at Point B. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A from Point B? [Group - D 17/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) 3 km towards the east
Solution:

So, Required answer = 3 km towards east.

6. Shiv started from his office and walked 15 m towards the south. He then turned right and walked 20 m. He then turned right again and walked 15 m. He then turned left and walked another 15 m to reach the place where his car is parked. How far and in which direction is the car parked from the office? [Group - D 17/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 35 meters West
Solution: According to the given diagram, In the west direction is the car parked and 35 m away from the office.

7. Kamal is at a distance of 10 m south-west of Laxmi. If Mohit is 10 m south-east of Laxmi, then Mohit is in which direction with respect to Kamal? [Group - D 17/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) East
Solution:

Mohit is in the East direction with respect to Kamal.

8. Aman travels a distance of 12 km in the north direction and he turns to the east and travels a distance of 5 km. He further turns to the north and travels 3 km and then he turns in the east direction and travels a distance of 4 km. Finally he turns in the south direction and travels a distance of 15 Km. What is the shortest distance between his starting and end positions? [Group - D 18/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) 9km
Solution:Now, we can clearly see that , the shortest distance between the starting point and the ending point = 5 +4 = 9 km

9. Preeti is walking towards the south and after covering some distance, she turns to her left, then takes a turn towards the right, and finally takes a left turn. In which direction is she going now? [Group - D 18/09/2022 (Morning)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) East
Solution:

We can clearly see that Preeti is going in east direction.

10. Siddharth leaves from his home and drives 24 km towards North, and then he turns right and drives 29 km. After that. he turns right again and drives 67 km. Then he turns left and drives 32 km. He finally turns left and drives 43 km to reach his destination. How far is Siddharth from his home? [Group - D 18/09/2022 (Afternoon) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 61 Km
Solution:

We can clearly see that Siddharth is 29 + 32 = 61 km away from his home.