Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 4

Total Questions: 50

1. Rahman goes 20 km towards north from a fixed-point F, then after turning to his right and he goes 15 km. After this he goes 20 km after turning to his right. How far and in what direction is he now with respect to the starting point F? [Group - D 11/10/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90° turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) 15 km towards east
Solution:

So, He is 15 km towards the east.

2. Ashutosh walks 90 m towards north from his house, then he turns left and walks 110 m. He again turns left and walks 150 m. He then turns left again, and covers a distance of 130 m. In which direction is Ashutosh now, with respect to the starting point? [Group - D 11/10/2022 (Afternoon)]

(All turns are 90° turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) South - east
Solution:

From the above figure, we can clearly see that,
With respect to the starting point, Ashutosh is now in the South-east direction.

3. Giridhar was at a temple and was facing west. He turns 45 in the clockwise ° direction to collect a token, then another 180° in clockwise direction. He then turned 45° in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now? [Level 6 (09/05/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) East
Solution:

Here A denotes first position, B denotes second position and so on.
Clearly, we can see that after the final turn, Giridar is facing the East direction.

4. Rekha was standing facing east. She then turned 90 degrees right and then turned 45 degrees in the anti-clockwise direction. She then turned 90 degrees clockwise. In which direction is she facing now? [Level 6 (09/05/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (d) South - west
Solution:

Moving right means moving clockwise. Total movement clockwise = 90° + 90° = 180°
Total movement anti-clockwise = 45° Effective movement = (180 - 45)° = 135° clockwise.Rekha is facing south-west direction.

5. Rupali goes to the office from her house via a specific route. initially , she travels 17 km towards the north, then turns right towards the east and travels 15 km. from here, she again takes a right turn and travels 17 km. Now, she turns left and travels 7 km and finally reaches her office. In which direction and how many km away (considering the shortest distance) is she from her house? (all turns are 90° turns only) [Level 6 (09/05/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (d) East; 22 km
Solution: Let I be the initial point and O be the office.
Clearly, O is to the east of “I” And required distance = 15 + 7 = 22 km.

6. Sunil starts walking from Point R. he walks 28 m towards the west, turns right and walks for 20 m to reach point M. he then takes a left turn, walks for 30 m, takes a left turn and walks for 28 m to reach Point S. he finally takes a left turn and walks for 48 m to rach Point Z. [Level 4 (10/05/2022) Shift 1]

In which direction is Point Z with respect to Point R? (All turns are 90° turns only)

Correct Answer: (a) South - West
Solution:

Z Point is in the South - West of Point R

7. A bank is to the east of a shop. A college is to the north-west of the Bank. A bus stop is to the north of the shop and to the west of the college. In which direction is the college with respect to the shop? [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) North-east
Solution:

College is in north east direction with respect to the shop.

8. Anil starts walking from Point K. He walks 30 m towards the east, turns right and walks for 20 m to reach point M. He then takes a left turn, walks for 35m, takes a right turn and walks for 28 m to reach Point R. He finally takes a right turn and walks for 50 m to reach Point X. [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 2]

In which direction is Point X with respect to Point K?

Correct Answer: (d) South-East
Solution:

So, required answer = South East

9. A train ran for 12 km in the north direction from Point A to reach Point B. From there, it took a right turn and ran for 20 km to reach Point C. Then, it ran for 6 km after taking a left turn and reached Point D. From there, it took a left turn again and ran for a distance of 8 km to reach Point E. Then, it covered 18 km in the south direction to reach Point F. [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 2]

How far and in what direction is Point A with respect to Point F ?

Correct Answer: (c) 12 km, west
Solution:

Distance between A to F = 20 - 8 = 12 km and it is in West.

10. Evan travelled 16 km from his residence toward the north . He then turned 90 degrees towards the left and travelled 12 km. He turned 90 degrees left again and travelled 16 km and stopped. How far is Evan from his residence? [Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (b)12 km
Solution:

Evan is 12 km far from his residence.