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1. Gaurav exits from the backdoor of his north– 4. Srinjia walked 9 km towards the west from her
facing house and walks 25 m straight. then he home, then turned towards the south and
takes a left turrn and walks 36 m, then he turns walked 11 km. Then she walked 13 km towards
left and walks 47 m. He turns left again and she east, and finally walked 4 km towards the
walks 36m. How far and in which direction is he west. How far is Srinjia from her initial position.
from his house now?
(a) 11 km
(b) 15 km
(a) 22m, North (c) 13 km
(b) 11m, North (d) 10 km
(c) 22m, South 5. One morning chitrashi and ayaan sit facing each
(d) 11m, South
other. if the shadow of ayaan falls to the left of
2. Rita is standing facing south–east. First, she
chitrashi, then in which direction is ayan
turns 135° clockwise. After that she turns 90°
facing?
anticlockwise. Then she turns 45° clockwise,
followed by a 135° anticlockwise turn. In which
direction is she facing now?
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7. At the time of sunset, Lopa and Kritika are X
sitting facing each other. If the shadow of Lopa
falls to the right of Kritika, in which direction
is Kritika facing?
(a) South
(b) North
(c) East X
(d) West (a) 20
8. Shweta starts walking from her office and walks (b) 22
150m towards the south, then she turns right (c) 30
and walks 80m and then she turns left and (d) 36
walks 60m. She finally turns left and walks 11. 'P$Q' means 'P is to the north of Q', P & Q' means
280m to reach a bank. What is the shortest 'P is to the east of Q', 'P*Q' means 'Q is to the
distance between her office and her Bank? west of P'. 'P%Q' means 'Q is to the south of P'
'P@QR' means 'P stands exactly in the middle
of horizontal line QR'. 'P!QR' means 'P stands
exactly in the middle of vertical line QR'. Note;
'P6m$Q' means 'P is 6m to the north of Q' and
so on.
Find the shortest distance between G and C in
(a) 280 m (b) 290 m the following expression:
(c) 410 m (d) 370 m C12m$S5m*G3m&J6m%K!JT
9. Zainab is standing facing a particular direction 'P$Q' 'P, Q 'P & Q' 'P,
initially. Then she turns 90° clockwise, after Q 'P*Q' 'Q, P'
that she turn 180° anticlockwise, Then she turns
'P%Q' 'Q, P' 'P@QR'
135° anticlockwise. she finally turns 180°
clockwise. Now she is facing the north–east 'P QR 'P!QR'
direction. In which direction was Zainab facing 'P QR
initially before taking turn.
'P6m$Q' 'P, Q
G C
90° 180°
135° 180°
(a) 12 m
(b) 10 m
(c) 15 m
(d) 13 m
(a) South 12. When I was going to the office from my house
(b) East
early in the morning my shadow formed on my
(c) West
left hand side in which direction is my house
(d) North–west
10. Shashank walks a certain distance, say X m, from the office?
towards the west, then turns left and walks 35m,
and then turns right and walks 18m, from there,
he turns left and walks 9m, and then turns left
again and walks 60m, from there, he turns left
(a) North–west
and walks 9m and then turns left again and
walks 12m He finally turns right and walks 35m (b) North
to reach a point that is exactly 10m to the east (c) South
of the starting point. What is the value of X ? (d) East
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13. Ratan walks 15m towards the north and then 16. If the minute hand of a clock points towards the
turns right and walks 23m. Then he turns left South at 12.00 am. then in which direction will
and walks 16m. After that, he turns left and the minute hand point at 3.00 a.m. in the same
walks 11m. Then he turns right and wlaks 17m. clock ?
Then he turns left and walks 12m. He finally
turns right and walks 19m. in Which direction
and how far is he now with reference to the a.m.
starting point?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) North
(d) West
17. Z's house is 45m South to P's house. J's house
is 50m South to H's house. Q's house is 30m
West to Z's house. M's house is 50m North to
P's house. H's house is 30m West to M's house.
In which direction and at what distance is J's
(a) North, 52m house with reference to Q's house?
(b) South, 51m Z P J H
(c) North, 67m
Q Z
(d) North, 48m
M P H
14. Kartik walks 40m straight from is home towards
M Q J
the North, Then he turns left and walks 25m.
He turns left again. and walks 15m. Finally, he
turns left and walks 25m to reach point X. What (a) South, 50m
(b) West, 30m
is the shortest distance between his home and
(c) North, 45m
Point-X?
(d) South, 45m
18. Arjun walks 40m towards the south from his
home, and then he turns left and walks 55m.
X Then, he takes another left turn and walks 15m.
Then, he turns left again and walks 55m. How
X
that is he from his home now?
(a) 55
(b) 22
(c) 25
(d) 15
(a) 35
15. Bismita walks 200 m towars the East and then
(b) 15
turns right and walks 210m to reach a hospital. (c) 30
What is the shortest distance between the (d) 25
starting point and the hospital? 19. While coming home from school at 5 p.m,
Ketaki's shadow was falling to her left in which
direction is the school from her home?
(a) 220 m
(a) South
(b) 290 m
(b) North–West
(c) 260 m
(c) North
(d) 310 m (d) North–East
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20. John went straight from a hotel and turned left 23. A farmer is preparing his field. He starts his
after covering 3km and travelled 5km in that tractor from the garage and drives 5km towards
direction to reach point X. From here, he took a the east. From there he turns right and drives
right turn and travelled 4km, and again took a 6km. Then, he turns right and drives 8km.
right turn and travelled 4km. From here, he took Again, he turns right and drives 10km when his
a turn to reach point X straight. If john is now tractor breaks down. What is the shortest
moving towards the North-West direction, in distance between his current location and
which direction did he start moving from the garage?
hotel?
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26. Richa starts walking from her home and walks 29. Ameeta walks 20m towards the north and then
50m towards west and then turns left and walks turns right and walks 30m. Then she turns left
90m. Then she again turns left and walks 30m. and walks 25m. After that she turns right and
After that she again turns left and goes 120m. walks 30m. From there, she turns right and
She finally turns right and walks 20m and walks 65m. Then she again turns left and walks
reaches her final destination. How far is she 20m. How far is she from her home now and in
from her home now and in which direction in which direction with reference to her home?
reference to her home?
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32. Rehana drives 6km west from her home and 35. After starting from his house. Naren walked a
turns left and drives 3km and then turns left few meters towards the east. From there, he took
again and drives 10km. What is the shortest a right turn and walked 80m, and then took a
distance between her home and office? left turn and walked 20m. Finally, he took a
right turn again and walked 40m to reach the
hospital. If the air distance between his house
and the hospital is 130m, how far did Naren walk
towards the east initially?
(a) 10 km
(b) 5 km
(c) 4 km
(d) 9 km
33. Priya's school bus was facing north-west when
it reached her school After starting from her
(a) 50m
house, the bus took one left turn, one right turn
(b) 25m
and another left turn to reach her school. In (c) 40m
which direction was the bus facing when it left (d) 30m
Priya's house? 36. Rakesh starts walking from his house and then
takes two left turns and one right turn to reach
the market. If he is facing north on reaching
the market, in while direction was Rakesh facing
when he started from his house?
(a) South–east
(b) North–west
(c) South–west
(d) North–east (a) North
34. After starting from her house, Sameera walked (b) South
a few metres towards the east, from there, she (c) East
took a right turn and walked 100m, and then (d) West
took a left turn and walked 30m. Finally, she 37. Starting from Anand's house, the school bus
takes a right turn and covers 3km. Then, it takes
took a left turn again and walked 40m to reach
a left turn and covers 2km. Finally, it takes a
the market. If the air distance between her
right turn again and covers 4km to reach the
house and the market is 100m, how far did
school. Upon reaching the school, the bus faces
Sameera walk towards the east initially from
south-east. In which direction was the bus facing
her house?
when it left Anand's house?
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38. Riya walked 90m towards the north from her 41. Mayank's house faces South. He leaves from the
house, and then took a right turn and walked back gate of his house and walks 18km. Then
60m to reach the market. Then, she took a left he turns right and walks 28km. Then he turns
turn and walked a few meters from the market
right and walks 35km. Then he turns left and
to reach the post office, from where she took a
walks 12km. He then turns left and walks 17km.
left turn again and walked 160m to reach the
school. If the air distance between Riys's house In which direction and how many metres away
and the school is 260m, what is the air distance is he from the original position?
between the market and the post office?
(a) 20 km North
(b) 17 km South
(a) 180m
(c) 30 km West
(b) 120m
(c) 150m (d) 40 km East
(d) 100m 42. If South–East becomes North, North-East
39. Rinky walked 70 m towards the east from her becomes West and so on, what will South-West
house, adn then took a right turn and walked become?
50m to reach the post office. From there she
took a right turn again and walked 150m to
reach the market, from where she took a left (a) North
turn and walked a few meters to reach the
(b) West
school. If the air distance between Rinky's house
(c) East
and the school is 170m. what is the air distance
between the market and the school? (d) South
43. Tina is 75m south east of veena. Rina is 75m
south west of veena. Tina is to the _____ of Rina.
(a) East
(b) West
(a) 70m
(c) South
(b) 90m
(d) North
(c) 100m
(d) 120m 44. Abhijit comes out of his house and runs 30
40. Swati's school bus starts from her house and meters northwest. After this, he runs 30 meters
takes one left turn to reach the hospital. Then, southwest. After this, he runs 30 meters south
it takes a right turn and covers 5km, On east. After this, he runs 30 meters north east.
reaching the school, the bus faces south-west. How far is the form his house?
In which direction was the bus facing when it
left Swati's house.
(a) 20m
(b) 0m
(a) North-east (b) East (c) 10m
(c) North-west (d) South-west (d) 30m
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45. Abhishek started from point A and walked 15 48. Arjun starts moving in the east direction. After
meters towards south. He turned left and walked running 50 meters, he turns left and walks 15
20 meters. He then turned left again and walked meters straight. Then, from there, he turns to
15 meters. He again turned left and walked 35 his left and walks 30 meters straight. He again
metres and reached point B. How far and in turns 15 turns to his left. How far is he from the
which direction is point B with respect to point starting point?
'A'?
A
(a) South
(b) East (a) South–West
(c) North b) West
(d) West (c) South–East
47. Kartik started walking from a mall First of all, (d) North–East
he turned 8 towards the north direction, From 50. Arjun starts walking towards the east. after
there, he turned to the right and went 3km. After walking 50km he turns to his left and walks
that, he turned to the right and turned 5km, 15m. From there he again turns to the left and
After this he turned to the right and turned 7. walks 30m. Finally he turns to the left one last
What is the shortest distance from the mall to time and walks 15m. how far is he from the
the last place of Kartik? starting point?
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51. A man is facing towards the east. He then turns 54. Rama walks from his university campus 4km
45° anti–clockwise, again 180° anti–clockwise towards north and then turns to the right to
reach his department. After walking 2.5km from
and then 225° clockwise. In which direction is the department he turns to the left and walks
he facing now? 4km and reaches the Conference hall. Nowin
45° which direction is he from the starting place?
180° 225°
(a) West
(b) North
(c) South
(d) East (a) South
52. From his house, Avinash went to Kapil's house (b) West
situated 500m towards the north-east of his own (c) South–west
(d) North–East
house. From there, both of them went to Varun's
house situated 400m towards the south of 55. Ranu walks 20 m north, then she turns left and
Kapil's house. What is the shortest distance walks 11m. Again she turns left and walks 32m.
between Avinash's current location and his Finally she turns left and walks 11m. In which
location at the beginning. direction is she from her original point?
(a) 900m
(b) 400m (a) South
(c) 300m
(b) West
(d) 500m
53. A Nurse moved 90m in the East in a hospital to (c) East
look for her duty Doctor, then she turned right (d) North
and went 20m. After this she turned right and 56. Ravi started from his house and walked 13m
after going 30m she reached I.C.U. but the east, then he takes a left and walked 7m. Then
Doctor was not there. From there she went again he takes a left and walks 8m. He finally
takes right and walked 5m. What is the short-
100m to her north and met her doctor. What
est distance between his house and final point?
distance did she move to meet her duty doctor
from the starting point.
I.C.U
(a) 15m
(a) 80m
(b) 12m
(b) 100m
(c) 140m (c) 13m
(d) 120m (d) 11m
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57. Agrita walks 15m towards west, then she walks 60. A person is facing towards north east. He turns
4m towards north. Again she takes a turn and 180° clockwise and then 45° anticlockwise. Fi-
walks 3m towards the east. Finally she walked nally he turns 60° clockwise. Now, the person is
9m towards south and comes to a halt. Agrita is facing in which direction?
how far from her initial position?
180°
45° 60°
(a) North–East
(b) South–West
(a) 10m (b) 13m
(c) North–West
(c) 9m (d) 23m
58. Taneja starts from his office walks 22km to- (d) South–East
wards south and walks 10m after taking right 61. Rupali is standing facing south. She walks
and he again take a right and walks 7m and then 16km straight, then turns left and walks an-
finally taken a left turn and walks 2km. If he other 13km and turns right and walks 7km. Fi-
moves 9m towards south, what is the direction nally turns left and walks 9km to reach her of-
of final point with respect to starting point. fice. Which direction is she facing now?
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64. Lucifer walks 13km towards south, then he 67. Agrita walks 15m towards west, then she walks
walks 10km towards north. Finally he walks 4m towards north. Again she takes a turn and
walks 3m towards the east. Finally she walked
4km towards east. Find the distance between
9m towards south and comes to a halt. In which
his starting and final point. direction is the halt with respect to her initial
position?
(a) 7km
(b) 5km (a) North–East
(c) 10km (b) South–West
(a) 11 m
(b) 12 m
(c) 10 m
(d) 15 m (a) 24 m
66. Ravi started from his house and walked 13m (b) 20 m
east, then he takes a left and walked 7m. Then (c) 11 m
again he takes a left and walks 8m. He finally (d) 12 m
takes right and walked 5m. In which direction 69. Two army trucks start from same army base,
is his starting point with respect to the point 1st truck travels 11 km south, then turn to left
where he stopped? and travel 19 km. 2nd truck travels 11 km west,
then turns to its right and travel 5 km. In which
direction is Truck 1 with respect to Truck 2?
(a) North–East
(a) North–East
(b) South–West
(b) South–West
(c) North–West (c) North–West
(d) South–East (d) South–East
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70. A person is facing towards East. He turns 73. One night Raushan walked towards a star to his
270°clockwise and then 45° anticlockwise. Fi- east, after sometime he turned right and again
nally he turns 120° anticlockwise. Now, the per- takes a right and walk for 4km. Finally he takes
son is facing in which direction? a left turn. In which direction is Raushan’s start-
270° ing point with respect to the point where he
45° 120° stopped walking?
(a) North–East
(b) South–West
(c) North–West
(a) North–East
(d) South–East
(b) South–West
71. Rupali is standing facing south. She walks
(c) North–West
16km straight, then turns left and walks an-
other 13km and turns right and walks 7km. (d) South–East
Then she turns left and walks 9km to reach her 74. Lucifer walks 13km towards south, then he
office. From her office, she walked 9 km towards walks 10km towards north. Finally he walks
North and then stopped walking. In which di- 4km towards east. In which direction is he now
rection is she now from her starting point? with respect to his starting point?
(a) North–East
(b) South–West
(c) North–West
(a) North–East
(d) South–East
(b) South–West
75. A man facing towards north, first moves 45° in
(c) North–West
clockwise direction then he turns 90° in
(d) South–East anticlockwise direction. At last he turn 135°
72. A is 13m south east of B and C is 12m south of clockwise. Now which side is he facing?
B. Find the shortest distance between A and C?
A, B C, B 45° 90°
A C 135°
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76. A man is walking towards west. He walks 15m, 79. Unita is facing east. She walked 1 km and then
then turns left and walks 5m. Again he turns to turned to south and walked 5 km. She now turns
his left and walks 10m. Finally, he turns to his to east and walked 2 km. At last she turned
right and walks 5m. In which direction is he go- north and walked 9 km. In which direction is
ing now? she now with respect to her initial point?
his left and walks 10m. Finally, he turns to his (d) South–East
right and walks 5m. In which direction is he with 80. Unita is facing east. She walked 1km and then
respect to his initial position? turned to south and walked 5km. She now turns
to east and walked 2km. At last she turned north
and walked 9km. Find the shortest distance
between her initial and final position.
(a) North–East
(b) South–West
(c) North–West
(a) 50 m (b) 5m
(d) South–East
(c) 5 (d) 5m
78. An is walking towards west. He walks 15m, then
81. P is m to the south of R. T is 4 km to the east of
turns left and walks 5m. Again he turns to his
P. Q is 10 km to the south-west of R. S is 3 km
left and walks 10m. Finally, he turns to his right
to the south of T. Find the shortest distance
and walks 5m. How far is he from the initial
between P and S?
point?
P, R m T, P Q, R
An S, T
P S
(a) 3k
(b) 5m
(a) 5m (b) 2m
(c) 4k
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82. P is m to the south of R. T is 4 km to the east of 86. From point A, Mohan walks 20 m in the north.
P. Q is 10 km to the south-west of R. S is 3 km Then turns to his right and walks 20 m to reach
point B. Find the shortest distance between A
to the south of T. Find the shortest distance
and B.
between P and Q.
A
P, R m T, P Q, R
S, T B
P Q A B
(a) 12 m (b) km
(a) 5 2m
(c) 7k (d) 8 km
83. P is m to the south of R. T is 4 km to the east of (b) 10 2 m
P. Q is 10 km to the south-west of R. S is 3 km
to the south of T. In which direction is T with (c) 20 2 m
respect to Q?
(d) 20 5 m
P, R m T, P Q, R
S, T 87. Megha started walking from point A and walk
Q T 15km towards east and stops at point B. Now,
she turns 90° to her left and walks 12 km to
(a) East
reach a point C. In which direction is point A
(b) West with respect to point C?
(c) North A
(d) South B
84. P is 6 km to the south of R. T is 4 km to the east
90° C
of P. Q is 10 km to the south-west of R. S is 3
km to the south of T. In which direction is R C A
with respect to S?
(a) North–East
P, R T, P
Q, R S, T (b) South–West
R S (c) North–West
(a) North–East
(d) South–East
(b) South–West 88. Sharmila walks 100 m to the north direction
(c) North–West from her house. Then she walks 40m to the
south. Now she turns to her right and walks 80m.
(d) South–East
In which direction is she now with respect to
85. From point A, Mohan walks 20 m in the north. her house?
Then turns to his right and walks 20 m to reach
point B. In which direction is point B with re-
spect to point A?
A
B
A B
(a) North–East (a) North–East
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89. Sharmila walks 100 m to the north direction 93. In the evening after sunset, Mitu and Abhi were
from her house. Then she walks 40m to the talking to each other standing in front of each
south. Now she turns to her right and walks 80m. other. If the shadow of Mitu falls to the right of
Find the distance between her initial and final Abhi, then in which direction is Abhi’s face?
point.
(a) East
(a) 60m (b) 40m
(b) West
(c) 80m (d) 100m
(c) North
90. In the morning after sunrise, Sita and Gita were
(d) South
talking to each other standing in front of each
other. If the shadow of Sita falls to the left of 94. Anjana is facing South. She walks 9 km and
Gita, then in which direction is Sita’s face? reaches point Z and then after taking a right
turn she walks 12 km to reach point Y. Finally
she turns to the North and walks 4 km to reach
point E. In which direction is point Z with re-
(a) East (b) West spect to point E?
E
(a) East Y
(b) West
(c) North (a) 10 m (b) 15 m
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96. Anjana is facing South. She walks 9 km and
reaches point Z and then after taking a right
turn she walks 12 km to reach point Y. Finally
she turns to the North and walks 4 km to reach
point E. In which direction is point E with re-
spect to the starting point?
Z Y (a) 5 13 m (b) 15 m
E (c) 25 m (d) 13 5 m
E
99. Amrita starts walking from Market towards her
(a) North–East (b) South–West house. She walks 10m towards east to reach Bus
stand and then turns to her left and walks 15m
(c) North–West (d) South–East
to reach a shop. She buys Lays and then turns
97. Amrita starts walking from Market towards her to her right and walks 25m to reach her house.
house. She walks 10 m towards east to reach In which direction is the nus stand with respect
to Amrita’s house?
Bus stand and then turns to her left and walks
15m to reach a shop. She buys Lays and then
turns to her right and walks 25 m to reach her
house. In which direction is her house with re-
spect to market?
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101. Aditi is facing south. She turns to her left and 103. Megha started walking from point A and walk
walks 25m and now tales a right turn and walks 15km towards east and stops at point B. Now,
5m to reach point L. Now she turns to her right she turns 90° to her left and walks 12km to
and walks 10m and thus reaches point K. In reach a point C. In which direction is point C
which direction is L with respect to the start-
with respect to point A?
ing point?
A
B
90° C
L
A C
K
L (a) North–East
(a) 0 km
(a) East
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ANSWER KEY
1. (a) 14. (c) 27. (d) 40. (c) 53. (d) 66. (b) 79. (a) 92. (d)
2. (a) 15. (c) 28. (d) 41. (c) 54. (c) 67. (b) 80. (d) 93. (c)
3. (c) 16. (c) 29. (d) 42. (c) 55. (a) 68. (a) 81. (b) 94. (d)
4. (a) 17. (b) 30. (a) 43. (d) 56. (c) 69. (d) 82. (d) 95. (b)
5. (c) 18. (a) 31. (c) 44. (c) 57. (b) 70. (b) 83. (a) 96. (b)
6. (d) 19. (c) 32. (a) 45. (a) 58. (b) 71. (d) 84. (c) 97. (a)
7. (b) 20. (d) 33. (d) 46. (b) 59. (d) 72. (a) 85. (a) 98. (a)
8. (b) 21. (c) 34. (b) 47. (a) 60. (b) 73. (c) 86. (c) 99. (b)
9. (b) 22. (a) 35. (d) 48. (d) 61. (c) 74. (d) 87. (b) 100. (c)
10. (b) 23. (b) 36. (b) 49. (c) 62. (a) 75. (d) 88. (c) 101. (d)
11. (a) 24. (b) 37. (d) 50. (c) 63. (d) 76. (d) 89. (d) 102. (d)
12. (d) 25. (c) 38. (c) 51. (d) 64. (b) 77. (d) 90. (d) 103. (a)
13. (c) 26. (d) 39. (c) 52. (a) 65. (b) 78. (d) 91. (c) 104. (a)