Direction and Distance: Exercise-3


  1. A man starts from 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?

    1. North
    2. South
    3. East
    4. West


Answer: (c) East

Solution: image

  1. Radhika went 50 meters south from her house, then turned left and went 20 meters, then turning to north, she went 30 meters. In which direction is her home from this point?

    1. North
    2. South-West
    3. East
    4. North-West


Answer: (d) North-West

Solution: image

  1. Raman starts from his house and goes towards 15 meters North, then he turns his right and walks 30 meters before taking right turn and moving again upto 30 meters to reach a temple. In which direction is the temple with respect to Raman's house?

    1. North-West
    2. South
    3. South-East
    4. West


Answer: (c) South-East

Solution: image

  1. Parmila is going towards East. She turns left, moves on some distance and again turns to her left. After walking some distance she turns to her right and moves on. In which direction she is going now?

    1. North
    2. North-West
    3. East
    4. South


Answer: (a) North

Solution: image

  1. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?

    1. East
    2. South-East
    3. North-East
    4. Data inadequate


Answer: (d) Data inadequate

Solution: The data given in the question is insufficient, so it is not possible to determine the direction of town F in respect of town H.

  1. If Ram's house is located to the south of Krishna's house and Govinda's house is to the East of Krishna's house, in what direction is Ram's house situated with respect to Govinda's house?

    1. North-East
    2. North-West
    3. South-East
    4. South-West


Answer: (d) South-West

Solution: image

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

    1. East
    2. West
    3. North
    4. South


Answer: (a) East

Solution: image

  1. City D is to the West of city M. City R is to the South of city D. If city K is to the East of city R, then in which direction is city K located in respect of city D?

    1. North
    2. North-East
    3. East
    4. South-East


Answer: (d) South-East

Solution: image

  1. City C is to the South of city B and city A is to the North of city C. In which direction city A is located in respect of city B?

    1. North
    2. South
    3. East
    4. Can't be determined


Answer: (d) Can't be determined

Solution: The data given in the question is insufficient, so it is not possible to determine the direction of city A in respect of city B.

  1. A man goes 5 km East, then he turns right and goes 4 km, then he turns left and goes 5 km. In which direction is he facing now?

    1. North
    2. South
    3. East
    4. West


Answer: (c) East

Solution: image