Exercise

Q. 1. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which
direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?

A. South-East B. South C. North D. West

Q. 2. One evening before sunset Rekha and Hema were talking to each other face to face. If Hema's shadow
was exactly to the right of Hema, which direction was Rekha facing?

A. North B. South C. East D. Data is inadequate

Q. 3. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y,
is P?

A. North B. South C. South-East D. None of these

Q. 4. One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal's shadow
was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction was Udai facing?

A. East B. West C. North D. South

Q. 5. 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?

A. West B. South C. North-East D. South-West

Q. 6. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?

A. North-East B. North-West C. South-East D. South-West

Q. 7. K is 40 m South-West of L. If M is 40 m South-East of L, then M is in which direction of K?

A. East B. West C. North-East D. South

Q. 8. Some boys are sitting in three rows all facing North such that A is in the middle row. P is just to the
right of A but in the same row. Q is just behind of P while R is in the North of A. In which direction
of R is Q?

A. South B. South-West C. North-East D. South-East

Q. 9. A boy rode his bicycle Northward, then turned left and rode 1 km and again turned left and rode 2 km.
He found himself 1 km west of his starting point. How far did he ride northward initially?

A. 1 km B. 2 km C. 3 km D. 5 km

Q. 10. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks
35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally, he turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and
how many metres is he from the starting position?

A. 15 m West B. 30 m East C. 30 m West D. 45 m East

Q. 11. Starting from the point X, Jayant walked 15 m towards west. He turned left and walked 20 m. He then
turned left and walked 15 m. After this he turned to his right and walked 12 m. How far and in which
directions is now Jayant from X?

A. 32 m, South B. 47 m, East C. 42 m, North D. 27 m, South

Q. 12. The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and
finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat?

A. 10 m B. 14 m C. 38 m D. 48 m

Q. 13. If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is to the

east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then in P % Q + R - S, S is in which direction with respect
to Q?

A. South-West B. South-East C. North-East D. North-West

Q. 14. P started from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 25 m. He turned to the right and
walked 10 m. He then again turned to the right and walked 15 m. After this he is to turn right at 1350 and
to cover 30 m. In which direction should he go?

A. West B. South C. South-West D. South-East

Q. 15. A man is facing north. He turns 45 degree in the clockwise direction and then another 180 degree in
the same direction and then 45 degree in the anticlockwise direction. Find which direction he is facing
now ?

A. North B. East C. West D. South

Q. 16. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the east before turning to his right. He went 20
meters before turning to is right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 meters from this
point. His father was not there. From there, he went 100 meters to his north before meeting his father
in a street. How far did the son meet his father from starting point ?

A. 80 m B. 90 m C. 100 m D. 110 m

Directions to Solve (Q. 17 to Q. 19)

Each of the following questions is based on the following information:
1. Eight trees – mango, guava, papaya, pomegranate, lemon, banana, raspberry and apple are in two rows 4 in
each facing North and South.
2. Lemon is between mango and apple but just opposite to guava.
3. Banana is at one end of a line and is just next in the right of guava or either banana tree is just after guava
tree.
4. Raspberry tree which at one end of a line, is just diagonally opposite to mango tree.

Q. 17. Which of the following statements is definitely true?

A. Papaya tree is just near to apple tree.

B. Apple tree is just next to lemon tree.

C. Raspberry tree is either left to Pomegranate or after.

D. Pomegranate tree is diagonally opposite to banana tree.

Q. 18. Which tree is just opposite to raspberry tree?

A. Papaya B. Pomegranate C. Papaya or Pomegranate D. Data is inadequate

Q. 19. Which tree is just opposite to banana tree?

A. Mango B. Pomegranate C. Papaya D. Data is inadequate
Directions to Solve (Q. 20 to Q. 22)
Each of the following questions is based on the following information:
1. A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A.
2. A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A.
3. A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A.
4. A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the south of A.
5. In each question first person from the left is facing North.

Q. 20. According to X @ B * P, P is in which direction with respect to X?

A. North B. South C. North-East D. South-West

Q. 21. According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction with respect to M?

A. North-West B. North-East C. South-West D. South-East

Q. 22. According to P # R $ A * U, in which direction is U with respect to P?

A. East B. West C. North D. South

Directions to Solve (Q. 23 to Q. 24)

Dev, Kumar, Nilesh, Ankur and Pintu are standing facing to the North in a playground such as given below:
1. Kumar is at 40 m to the right of Ankur.
2. Dev is are 60 m in the south of Kumar.
3. Nilesh is at a distance of 25 m in the west of Ankur.
4. Pintu is at a distance of 90 m in the North of Dev.

Q. 23. Which one is in the North-East of the person who is to the left of Kumar?

A. Dev B. Nilesh C. Ankur D. Pintu

Q. 24. If a boy starting from Nilesh, met to Ankur and then to Kumar and after this he to Dev and then to
Pintu and whole the time he walked in a straight line, then how much total distance did he cover?

A. 215 m B. 155 m C. 245 m D. 185 m

Directions to Solve (Q. 25 to Q. 28)

Each of the following questions is based on the following information:
1. Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
2. Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
3. S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
4. R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets North facing flat.

Q. 25. If the flats of P and T are interchanged then whose flat will be next to that of U?

A. P B. Q C. R D. T

Q. 26. Which of the following combination get south facing flats?

A. QTS B. UPT C. URP D. Data is inadequate

Q. 27. The flats of which of the other pair than SU, is diagonally opposite to each other?

A. QP B. QR C. PT D. TS

Q. 28. Whose flat is between Q and S?

A. T B. U C. R D. P

Directions to Solve (Q. 29 to Q. 30)

Seven poles A, B, C, D, E, F and G are put in such a way that the distance between the next two decreases by 1
meter. The distance between the first two poles, A and B, is 10 meters. Now answer the following questions.

Q. 29.
If a monkey hops from pole G to pole C, then how much distance did it cover ?

A. 26 m B. 19 m C. 22 m D. 25 m

Q. 30.
What is the distance between the first pole A and the last pole G?

A. 40 m B. 49 m C. 45 m D. none of these

Answer Key
Q. 1. D Q. 2. B Q. 3. D Q. 4. C Q. 5. D

Q. 6. C Q. 7. A Q. 8. D Q. 9. B Q. 10. D

Q. 11. A Q. 12. C Q. 13. B Q. 14. C Q. 15. D

Q. 16. C Q. 17. B Q. 18. C Q. 19. A Q. 20. D

Q. 21. B Q. 22. C Q. 23. D Q. 24. A Q. 25. C

Q. 26. C Q. 27. A Q. 28. A Q. 29. A Q. 30. C