Direction and Distance

1) Sangitha was facing North-West direction. If she was playing carom with Sudha in the Standard seating pattern, in which direction was Sudha facing

2) From a place A, Rahul walked 18 m to South, then turned left and walked 25 m, again turned to left and walked 24 m and then turning to left reached at B after walking 17 m. How far away he is from place A and in which direction?

3) At sunrise, Amit and Deepak are having a conversation standing in front of each other. The shadow of Deepak is formed towards the right hand of Amit. What direction is Deepak facing?

4) Point A is 30 m to the South of Point B. Point C is 20 m to the East of Point A. Point D is 15 m to the South of Point C. Point D is exactly midway between Points E and F in such a manner that Point E, D and F form a horizontal straight line of 40 m. Point E is to West of Point D. How far and in which direction is Point E from Point B?

5) A watch shows 6 pm where the hour hand points East. In which direction is the minute hand facing when the time is 9:15 pm?

6) One evening before sunset, two friends Raman and Arjun were talking to each other face to face. If Raman’s Shadow was exactly to his left side, which direction was Arjun facing?

7) If North-West becomes West and South-East becomes East. North-East becomes North and all other directions are changed in a similar manner, then what will be the direction of South?

8) Ashok went 8 km South and turned West and walked 3 km. Again he turned North and walked 5 km. He took a final turn to East and walked 3 km. In which direction was Ashok from the starting point?

9) Facing East, X turns 150° clockwise and 105° anti-clockwise. Which direction is X facing now?

10) Kunal travels 10 m from his shop and turns to his left. After that he turns to right from the crossing. After moving certain yards, he turns to left and again turns to left after moving some distance. Finally, he turns to right. If at final position he is facing North direction, then which direction he was facing while coming out of his shop?

11) If M is in the South of B and B is in the West of N, then in which direction is N from M?

12) A policeman left his police post and proceeded South 4 km on hearing a loud sound from point A. On reaching the place, he heard another sound and proceeded 4 km to his left to the point B. From B he proceeded left to reach another place C, 4 km away. In which direction, he has to go to reach his police post?

13) A girls leaves from her home. She first walks 30 m in North-West direction and then 30 m in South-West direction. Next, she walks 30 m in South-East direction. Finally, she turns towards her home. In which direction is she moving?

14) A postman starts from the post office and cycles 13 km South, then turns West and cycles 10 km, then turns North and cycles 8 km, then turns East and cycles 2 km and then turns to his left and cycles 5 km. Where is he now with reference to his starting position?

15) A man walks down the backside of his house straight 25m, then turns to the right and walks 50m again, then he turns towards left and again walks 25m. If his house faces to the East, what is his direction from the starting point?

16) Kavi walks Northward upto 10 m. He turns left and walks 30 m. Finally, he turns left and walks 50 m. At what distance Kavi is now from his starting position?

17) Amutha’s college bus is facing North when it reaches her college. After starting from Amutha’s house, it turned right twice and then left before reaching the college. What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop in front of Amutha’s house?

18) Mayank’s house faces South. He leaves from the back gate of his house and walks 18 m. Then he turns right and walks 28 m. Then he turns right and walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 12 m. He then turns left and walks 17 m. In which direction and how many metres away is he from the original position?

19) Prachi starting from place A towards East upto place B covered a distance of 10 ft, then she turned right and moved 3 ft, again she turned right and moved 14 ft. At how much distance from place A is she?

20) A man goes 5 km East, then he turns right and goes 4 km, then he turns left and goes 5 km. Which direction is he facing now?

21) A man starts from his house and walked straight for 10 m towards North and turned left and walked 25 m. He then turned right and walked 5 m and again turned right and walked 25 m. Which direction is he facing now?

22) If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on, what will South-West become?

23) John, in the morning, started walking towards North and then turn towards opposite side of the Sun. He then turn left again and stop. Which direction is he facing now?

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

25) Going 50 m to the South of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another 20 m. Then turning to the North, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is the walking now?

26) Rani and Sarita started from a place X. Rani went West and Sarita went North, both travelling with the same speed. After sometime, both turned their left and walked a few steps, if they again turned to their left, in which directions’ the faces of Rani and Sarita will be with respect to X?

27) In the morning X and Y walk towards each other in a park. When they meet, Y’s shadow falls towards the right side of X. In which direction was X facing?

28) Julia started walking towards North direction from her house. After a while she turned left and later on turned right. She further turned right. Which direction is she facing now?

29) Manoj walks a distance of 5 m towards North, then he turns to East and walks a distance of 10 m. Then he turns to his right and covers a distance of 15 m. He then turns to his left and covers a distance of 15 m . Which direction is he facing now?

30) Sachin Tendulkar hits a ball towards North in a one day international cricket match between India and Pakistan. A Pakistani fielder, Shahid Afridi comes straight from East to field the ball. Which direction does Shahid Afridi come from to field the ball?

31) If East is replaced by South-East, then West will be replaced by which of the following directions?

32) A train runs 120 km in West direction, 30 km in South direction and then 80 km in East direction before reaching the station. In which direction is the station from the train’s starting point?

33) A person starts towards South direction. Which of the following orders of directions will lead him to East direction?

34) A man starts for his office in the North direction. He turns to his left, and then to his right and again to his right. In which direction will he be facing?

35) Mohan started from point A and proceeded 7 km straight towards East, then he turned left and proceeded straight for a distance of 10 km. He then turned left again and proceeded straight for a distance of 6 km and then turned left again and proceeded straight for another 10 km. In which direction is Mohan from his starting point?

36) Vipul goes Northward 10 m. He turns left and walks 30 m, then again turns left and walks 50 m. How much distance Vipul travelled?

37) Roshan, Vaibhav, Vinay and Sumit are playing cards. Roshan and Vaibhav are partners. Sumit faces towards North. If Roshan faces towards West, then who faces towards South?

38) A man walks 5 km toward South and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?

39) A boy was misdirected from his way while returning to his home from his school. In order to reach his home, he first moved 3 km in South direction and then turned to his left and moved 2 km in straight direction on the road leading to the East. From there he moved to his left and walked 3 km. After this, he again turned to his left and moved 1 km. Finally he reached his home. The home of the boy was in which direction from his school?

40) Kate walks 4 km towards South. She, then turns towards her left and walks 8 km more. After that she turns left again and walks another 8 km. Here, she meets her friend coming from the opposite directionand they both stop here. Which direction would she befacing?

41) Shiv goes 4 km straight from his school. He turns to his right and walks 3 km. He again moves 2 km after turning right to reach his house. If his house is located in South-East from his school, then in which direction Shiv started moving initially from his school?

42) In a military secret service map, South-East is shown as North, North-East as West and so on. What will West become?

43) Sunil and Manohar are playing carrom. If sunil faces towards North-East, then his opponent Manohar faces is which direction?

44) Raj is standing in the middle of a square field. He starts walking diagonally to North-East. Then, he turns right and reaches the far end of the field. Then, he turns right and starts walking. In the midway, he again turns right and starts walking. In halfway, he turns to his left and reaches a new far end. In what direction is Raj now?

45) There are four roads. I have come from the South and want to go to the temple. The road to the right leads me away from the coffee house while straight road leads only to a college. In which direction is the temple?

46) If Kamla is 50 m South-West of Neeta and Rita is 50 m South-East of Neeta, then Rita is in which direction with respect to Kamla?

47) Lata starts from point A and walks for 2 km towards North, then turns to her right and walks for 2 km, then again turns to her right and walks for another 2 km. In which direction is she facing now?

48) Rema walked 10 km South and turned right and walked 5km. Then again, she turned right and walked 10 km. Then she turned left and walked 10 km. How many kilometer will Rema have to walk to reach the starting point?

49) Sunita goes towards the South, turns left, then turns right and then goes to the left. Which direction is Sunita facing now?

50) Neeraj wants to go to school from his house. First of all he goes to the crossing, from here he turns to right and reaches the bus stand. Bus stand is opposite to the library. In which direction is school locate?