Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 3

Total Questions: 50

21. Surya participated in a marathon. From starting point he ran 11 km towards West, turned right and ran for 12 km and turned right again and ran11 km and then turned right again and ran 9 km. How many kms he has to run now in order to reach the starting point from his present position to complete the marathon? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 3 km
Solution:

We can clearly see that he has to cover 3 km more.

22. Jyoti covered a distance of 3 km in a particular direction and then turned to her right. She further travelled 1 km and thereafter she turned to the left and walked 5 km and then finally she turned to right and walked in the north direction. In which direction was she facing when she started her journey? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Evening)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (c) West
Solution:

We can clearly see that he started his journey in the west direction.

23. Madhav starts from Point A and drives 16 km towards the east. He then takes a right turn, drives 4 km, turns right and drives 12 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 11 km, takes a left turn and drives 4 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 26/09/2022 (Morning) ]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

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

We can clearly see that he has to drive 7 km towards south to reach point A.

24. Town P is west of town Q . Town P is south-west of town S. Town S is north of town Q . If town R is south-east of town Q and town M is east of town R, then what is the position of town P with respect to town M ? [Group - D 26/09/2022 ( Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) North - west
Solution:

Now we can clearly see that town P is in the North- West of town M.

25. Suraj starts walking 9 m towards the east, then turns left. He walks 5 m, turns right and again walks 5 m. Then he turns right and walks 8 m. He then again turns right and walks 5 m. Again, he turns right and walks 3 m. Which direction is he facing now ? [Group - D 26/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) North
Solution:

Now, we can clearly see that he is facing in the North direction.

26. Sohan is facing north-west. He turns 90° clockwise, then 360° anticlockwise and then 90° clockwise. In which direction is Sohan facing now ? [Group - D 26/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) South - east
Solution:

Clockwise = 90° + 90° = 180°
Anticlockwise = 360°
360° - 180° = 180° anticlockwise Sohan is facing in the South-east direction.

27. Aarush starts walking 9 m towards the north, then turns left and walks 17 m. He again turns left to walk 9 m. In which direction is he facing now? [Group - D 27/09/2022 (Morning) ]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) South
Solution:

Now, we can clearly see that He is facing in the South direction.

28. One evening, Ram and Shyam are talking face-to-face with each other. If Shyam's shadow was exactly to the right of Ram, in which direction was Shyam facing? [Group - D 27/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) South
Solution:

In the evening , the sun set in the west.We can clearly see that Shyam is facing in the South direction.

29. Rahul drives 80 km towards the north, and then he turns towards the west and drives 100 km. After that, he turns south and drives 80 km, and in the end, he turns east and drives 120 km. How far is the end point from the initial point? [Group - D 28/09/2022 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (c) 20 km
Solution:

We can clearly see that he is 20 km away from the initial point.

30. Amit starts moving in the north direction from his initial position. Before reaching his final destination, he turns two times right and one time left and again one time right. In which direction is he moving now? [Group - D 28/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90 degree turns only)

Correct Answer: (b) South
Solution:

We can clearly see that he is moving in the South direction.