Monday 14 January 2013

Directions in Reasoning for Competitive Exams


DIRECTIONS



1. A man walks 1 km to East and then he return to South and walk 5 km. Again he turned to East and walks    2 km. After this he returned to North and walk s 9 km. Now how far is he from his starting point?

      a) 3 km.               b) 4 km.             c) 5 km.              d) 7km.              e) None

2. I walk 30 metres in North-West direction from my house and then 30 metres in South-West direction. After this I walk 30 metres in South-East direction. Now I turn to my house. Now in what direction am I going?

      a) North-East      b) North-West   c) South-East   d) South-West     e) None

3. Pyush faces towards East. Turnign to his right, and walks 50 metres and then turning to his left, he walks 50 metres. After this, he turns to his right and walks 100 metres. Finally he turns to his right and walks 100 metres. Now in what direction is he from his starting point?

       a) East                b) West             c) North           d) South-West    e) North-East

4. If South-East becomes North and North-East becomes West and all the rest of the directions are changed in the same manner, then what will be the direction for West?

        a) North-East    b) South            c) South-East    d) South-West    e) North-East

5. If Rahim moves 20 metres in East direction and then turns to his left and them moves 15 metres and then he turns to his right and moves 25 metres. After this, he turns to his right and moves 15 metres. Now how far is he from his starting point?

       a) 0 metres         b) 40 metres     c) 50 metres      d) 25 metres        e) 45 metres

6. A man walks Northwards. After a while he turns towards his right and a little further to his left. Finally, after walking a  distance  of one kilometer, he turns to his left again. In which direction is he moving now?

       a) North             b) South           c) East               d) West

7. Vijay starts walking straight towards East. After 75 metres he turns to the left and walks 25 metres straight. Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 40 metres straight. Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point?

       a) 140 metres      b) 50 metres    c) 35 metres       d) 115 metres     e) None

8. Milind goes 30metres North then turns right and walks 40 metres, then again turns right and walks 20 metres, then again turns right and walks 40 metres. How many metres is he from his original position?
          
        a) 0                    b) 10               c) 20                  d) 40                  e) None

9. Geetha walks towards a temple which is front of her house to the North. When the temple was 90 metres away she turns left and collects message from vijay’s house, which was 50 metres away in that direction and walked towards the west for 100 metres and turned to her right and walked 90 metres. How many metres was she from the temple?

         a) 0                   b) 90               c) 50                 d) 150                  e) None

10. ‘A’ walks 10 metres infront and 10 metres to right. Then every time turning to his left he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?

         a) 10 metres      b) 20m.           c) 5m.               d) 15 m.                e) 23m.

11. Of the 6 members of a panel sitting in a row, ‘A’ is to the left of ‘D’, but on the right of E. ‘C’ is on the right of ‘X’, but is on the left of ‘B’ who is to the left of ‘F’. Which two members are sitting right in the middle?

         a) A and C       b) C and B      c) D and B        d) D and C

12. A,B,C and D are playing cards. A and B are partners. D faces towards North. If A faces towards West, then who faces towards South?
               
        a) C                   b) B                c) D                 d) data inadequate
  
13. if ‘South-East is called ‘East’, ‘North-West is called ‘West’, ‘South-West is called?

        a) East               b) North-East   c) North-West   d) South               e) None

14. 6 persons A,B,C,D, E and F are standing in a circle. B is between D and C. A is between E and C. F is to the right of D. Who is between A and F?

        a) B                   b) C                 c) D                   d) E                     e) None

15. Shailesh and Sumer start from a fixed point. Shailesh moves 3km northwards turn to right and then covers 4km.  Sumer moves 5km. towards West and turns right and move 3km. The distance  between Shailesh and Sumer now is?

       a) 10km              b)9km             c)8km               d) 6km                   e)4km

16. Facing the East, Rajesh turned left and walked 10 metres, then turned to his left again walked 10 metres. He then turned 45degrees towards his right and went straight to cover 25 metres. In which direction from his starting point is he?

       a)South-West      b) South-East   c)North-West   d) North-East        e) East

17. Lokesh’s school bus is facing North when it reaches his school , After starting Lokesh’s house, it turns right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop infront of Lokesh’s house?

       a) South               b) North           c) East             d) West                  e) None

18. There are 4 towns P,Q,R and T. Q is to the South-West of P, R is to the East of Q and South-East of P and T is to the North of R in line with QP. In which direction of P is  T located?

       a) South-East       b) North           c) North-East    d) East

19. A Post man was retutning to the Post-Office which was infront of to the North., when the Post-Office was 100m  away from him, he turned to the left and moved 50 metres to deliver the letter at Shanthi Villa. He then moved in the same direction for 40 metres, turned to his right and moved 100m. How many metres was he away from the Post-Office?
  
      a) 10                    b) 90                 c) 150                 d) 100                        e) None

20. Rani and Saritha started a place X. Rani went West and Saritha went North, both travelling with same speed. After sometime both turned to their lefta and walked a few steps, if they again turned to their left, in which direction they faces of Rani and Saritha will be with respect to X?

       a) North and East   b) North-East  c) West and North   d) East and South   e) None


Directions: The following questions are based on the diagram given below showing four persons stationed at the four corners of a square piece of plot as shown.


21. A starts crossing the field diagonally. After walking half the distance, he turns right, walks some distance and turns left. Which direction is A facing now?

        a) North-East         b) North-West            c) North       d) South-East    e) South-West

22. From the original position given in the above figure A and B move one arm length clockwise and then cross over the corner diagonally opposite; C and D move one arm length anti-clockwise and cross over the corner diagonally opposite. The original configuration ADBC has now changed to

         a) CBDA               b) BDAC                   c) DACB      d) ACBD         e) BCAD

23. From the original position, A and D move one and half length of size clockwise and anti-clockwise respectively. Which one of the following statement is true?

         a) A and B both at the midpoint between A and C

         b) D is at the midpoint between A and C, and B at the corner originally occupied by C.

         c) B is at the midpoint between A and C, and D at the corner original point occupied by A

         d) A and D are both at the midpoint between A and D

         e) B is the midpoint between A and C, and  D at the midpoint between original position of B and C.

24. From position in origianla figure, A and C move diagonally to opposite corners and then one side each clockwise and anti-clockwise respectively. B and D move two sides each clockwise and anti-clockwise respectively. Where is A now?
           a) at the Northe-East corner                  b) at the North-West corner       c) at the South-East corner   

          d) at the South-West corner                   e) midway between originally of B and D

25. After the movement given in above question who is at the North-West corner?

          a) A                   b) B                   c) C                    d) D

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