Reasoning Questions : Direction Sense Set 9

January 4, 2016

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A man standing facing north starts walking. After walking for 5 m he took a left turn and walked for 10m. Now he walked for 20 m after turning to his right and again he turned right and finally stopped after walking 10 m. What is the distance from the starting point?
A) 18 m
B) 20 m
C) 15 m
D) 25 m
E) None of these
D) 25 m
Explanation:
From a point Sahil starts walking in south-east direction. After walking for 6 m, he turned to west and walks another 10 m. Now he turned towards north-west and walks 6 m and then finally stopped after turning to east and walking 2 m. Find the distance from the starting point.
A) 10 m
B) 8 m
C) 12 m
D) 6 m
E) None of these
B) 8 m
Explanation:
It becomes a parallelogram, so 10-2 = 8
From a point Sahil started walked towards south. After walking for 20 m, he took a left turn and walked 40 m. Again he took a left turn and walked 15 m. Now he turned to his right and finally stopped after walking 10 m. How far is he from the starting point?
A) 42.50 m
B) 50.25 m
C) 30.75 m
D) 45 m
E) None of these
B) 50.25 m
Explanation:
√50²+5²
A person started walking in south direction. After walking for 40 m he turned to his left and then walked 20 m. Now he turned to north and walked 30 m. In which direction is he now with respect to starting point?
A) South-east
B) North-east
C) North
D) South
E) North-west
A) South-east
Explanation:
Point A is 7 m west of point B. Point C is 5 m north of point B. A point D on AB 2 m away from point A meets BC at point E with DE = √34 m. Find the distance EC.
A) 3 m
B) 2 m
C) 4 m
D) Data inadequate
E) None of these
B) 2 m
Explanation:
BE = √(√34)² – (25)²
BE = √9 = 3
So EC = 5-3 = 2
From a point, Suman walked 10 m towards east, then she took a right turn and walked another 10 m. Then she turned to her left and walked 30 m. Again turning left and after walking 40 m she stopped. How far and in which direction is she from starting point?
A) 50 m, south-east
B) 50 m, north-east
C) 20 m, north-east
D) 50 m, north-west
E) None of these
B) 50 m, north-east
Explanation:
√40²+30² = 50
Madhuri started walking in north and after walking 5 m she turned to her left. Now she walked 4 m and turned to her left again and walked 5 m. Now finally she turned to her left again and walked 5 m. What is the distance of this point from starting point?
A) 0 m
B) 4 m
C) 2 m
D) 1 m
E) None of these
D) 1 m
Explanation:
Point A is 15 m west of point B. Point C is 13 m south of point B and also 5 m east of point E. Point F is 20 m north of point E. What is the distance AF?
A) 49 m
B) 7√49 m
C) 20 m
D) √149 m
E) None of these
D) √149 m
Explanation:
√10²+7²
In above question, what is the direction of point C with respect to point A?
A) West
B) East
C) South
D) South-west
E) South-east
E) South-east
Explanation:
Shruti walks 5 m towards south. Now she walks 10 m after turning to her left. Now she turns to her right and walks 2 m, takes a right turn again and walks 4 m. Now finally she takes a right turn and walks 15 m and stops. Find the distance from starting point?
A) 16 m
B) 10 m
C) 10 m
D) 12 m
E) None of these
C) 10 m
Explanation:
PQ = √ 6²+8² = √100 = 10