Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 4

Total Questions: 50

11. One day, Rekha was standing facing the east. She then turned 90 degrees right and then turned 45 degrees in the anti-clockwise direction. She then turned 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction is she facing now? [Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (d) South-west
Solution:

In 4th position, she is facing South-west.

12. Rohan started from his home towards the east, and after walking for 5m, turned left . From there, after walking for 15m, he turned right and walked for 5 m to reach a flower shop. In which direction is his home with respect to the flower shop?(All turns are 90° turns only) [Level 3 (14/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) South-west
Solution:

Required direction = South west

13. Rohan started from his home to go to his school. He went 100 meters towards the south, then turned towards the west and Walked 50 meters. He then turned right and walked 50 meters and finally he turned to his right and walked 100 meters to reach his school. In which direction is his house from the school? (All turns are 90° turns only) [Level 3 (14/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) North-West
Solution:

His house is in North west in respect of school.

14. Rohan is facing west. He turns 45 degrees anti-clockwise and then turns 180 degrees towards his right. In which direction is he facing now? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 1 ]

Correct Answer: (b) North-East
Solution:

So, he is facing towards the North-East direction.

15. Shilpa and Radhika started walking from two different points. ‘A’ and ‘B’ , respectively , Shilpa walks 4 km North, turns to the East and walks 6 km, again turns to the North and walks 8 km, and finally turns to the East and walks 10 km to reach point ‘C’. Similarly , Radhika walks 4 km North, and turns to the West and walks 6 km, and finally turns to the North and walks 8 km meets Shilpa at point ‘C’. what is the shortest distance between Shilpa’s and Radhika’s starting points? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) 22 km
Solution:

So, The shortest distance between A and B = 6 + 10 + 6 = 22

16. Point A is 15 m to the west of Point C. Point B is 22 m to the north of Point C. Point D is 18 m to the east of Point B. Point E IS 11 m to the south of point D. Point X is 33 m to the west of Point E. What is the shortest distance between Point A and Point X? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (d) 11m
Solution:

From the above diagram, The shortest distance between A and X is 11 meters.

17. Rishu went 5 km towards the west from her house. From here, she turned left and covered a distance of 4 km. She took a left turn again and covered a distance of 5 km. She finally turned right and travelled 3 km and stopped. What is the shortest distance between the point where she stopped and her house? ( All turns are 90° turns only) [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (a) 7 km
Solution:

So, the distance between House and end point = 4 + 3 = 7 km

18. Prince and Rakesh start walking from two different points ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively. Prince walks 9 km north, then turns to the east and walks 7 km, then turns to the west and walks 5 km, and finally turns to the north and walks 6 km to reach point ‘C’. Similarly, Rakesh walks 5 km north, then turns to the west and walks 9 km , and finally turns to the north walks 10 km and meets the prince at point ‘C’. What is the distance between Prince’s and Rakesh’s starting point? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 3]

Correct Answer: (d) 11 km
Solution:We can clearly see in the above diagram that the distance between A and B is (2 + 9)= 11 km.

19. Shreya starts walking towards the north from her shop. She walks 15 m, then takes a right turn and walks 30 m. She now takes a left turn and walks 15 m, then again she takes a left turn and walks 15 m. Finally, she turns left again and stops after walking 15 m. In which direction is the end point with respect to the starting point? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1]

(all turns are 90° turns only)

Correct Answer: (d) North-east
Solution:

We can clearly see in the above diagram that Stop point is north-east with respect to Start point.

20. According to the directions given by the coach, Jhulan walks 7 metres to the south-east from point X. Then Jhulan walks 14 meters to the west, She then walks 7 metres to the north-west. Finally , Jhulan walks 4 metres to the east and reaches point Y. What is the shortest distance between X and Y ? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (b) 10 metres
Solution: In the above diagram we can clearly see that the distance between point X and point Y is 10 m.