BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICER

REASONING ABILITY
DIRECTION TEST & DISTANCE

In this test, the questions consist of a
sort of direction puzzle. A successive follow-
up of direction is formulated and the candi-
date is required to ascertain the final direc-
tion or the distance between two points. The
test is meant to judge the candidate's ability
to trace, follow and sense the direction cor-
rectly.
tinues to walk for 25 metres. After that he
turns right and walks for 15 metres. How
far is he away from his original place?
Ans. Let he starts from A and takes respec-
tive turns at B, C, D and finally reaches at E
V N
25 M
C D

V
W
E

V
V
N
15 M V 1 5
V
20m
NW

V
NE S A B E
V

ie, Anil is 45 m away from his original place.

W E
2 . A boy is looking for his mother. After
walking 90 metres in the east he turns right
SE and walk for 20 metres after which he turns
SW
right again and walks 30 metres to reach
S house of his mother's friend. The mother was
not there. From there after walking for 100
metres in the north direction, he meets the
mother on a road. How far away from his
The figure shows the four main direc-
original place did he meet his mother?
tions (North N, South S, East E, West W) and
the four cardinals (North East NE, North West E
NW, South East SE, South West SW) to help
the candidates to know the directions.
To solve such problems it is necessary 80
to make sketches on paper as per the direc-
tion of the questions. Generally to confuse
the candidates the left or right turns are F 30
V

provided in the direction (question). Here it B

A 60 V
is necessary to understand that on the sur- 20 V 20
face of the paper, clock wise direction is the
C
V

right and anticlockwise direction is the left. D 30

SOLVED EXAMPLES : Ans: From the triangle A F E
1 . Anil walks 20 meters towards the east AE = AF 2 + FE 2 = 60 2 + 80 2
and turns left, and continues to walk for 15
metres after which he turns right and con- = 3600+6400 = 10000=100m
ie; the required distance = 100m.
3 . Rema walks from point 'P' for 6 km to- left and walks 15 m, then she turns to her
wards east to reach point 'Q' then she turns left and walks 7 metres, then facing west
right and walks for 8 km to reach point 'R' she walks 15m. How far is she from her origi-
Then she turns towards east and walks for nal position?
4 km to reach at point 'S' Then she turns a) 22m b) 3 7 m
left and walks 8 km to reach the point 'T'
find the distance between points 'P' and 'T' c) 44m d) 7m
5 . Going 50 m to the south of her house,
Ans: | 10 m < | Radhika turns left and goes another 20m.
P Q T Then turning to the north, she goes 30m. and
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then starts walking to her house. In which
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direction is she walking now?
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a) North-West b) North
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6 . Shailesh and Mohan starts from a fixed
ie; the required distance = 10 km point. Shailesh moves 3 km northward, turns
right and then covers 4 km. Mohan moves 5
PRACTICE EXERCISE km westwards, turns right and walks 3 km .
The distance between Shailesh and Mohan
1 . Deepak starts walking straight towards now is
east. After walking 75 m he turns to the left
a) 10 km b) 9k m
and walks 25 m straight. Again he turns to
the left and walks a distance 40 m straight, c) 8 km d) 6 km
again he turns to the left and walks a dis- 7 . A man walks 30 metres towards south.
tance of 25 m. How far is he from the start- Then , tur nin g to his r ight, he walks 30
ing point? metres. Then turning to his left, he walks 20
a) 140m b) 3 5 m metres. Again, he turns to his left and walks
30 metres. How far is he from his initial po-
c) 115m d) 25 m
sition?
2 . Arun started walking towards north.
a) 30 metr es b) 20 metr es
After walkin g 30 m, he tur n ed left an d
walked 40m. He then turned left and walked c) 50 metr es d) 60 metres
30m. He again turned left and walked 50m. 8 . Suresh starts from his house towards
How far was he from his original position. west. After walking a distance of 30 m, he
a) 50m b) 40 m turned towards right and walked 20 metres.
He then turned left and moving a distance of
c) 10m d) 20m
10 metr es, turn ed to h is left again an d
3 . Ramu went 15 kms to the west from walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left
his house, then he turned left and walked 20 and walks 5 metres. Finally he turns to his
kms. He then turned east and walked 25 kms left. In which direction is he walking now?
and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How
a) North b) South
far was he from his house?
c) East d) Wes t
a) 5 kms b) 10 kms
9 . A man walks 10 km towar ds nor th .
c) 40 kms d) 80 kms
From there he walks 6 km towards south.
4. Rekha who is facing south turns to her Then he walks 3 km towards east. How far
and in which direction is he with reference to east and travels 2 km. How far is he from
to his starting point? the starting point?
a) 7 km east b) 5 km west a) 10 km b) 13 km
c) 5 km north-east d) 7 km west c) 15 km d) 17 km
1 0 . One morning after sunrise, Sumesh and 1 6 . Reena travelled from point A to a dis-
Ratheesh were standing on a lawn with their tan ce of 10 ft east at poin t B. Sh e then
backs towards each other. Sumesh's shadow turn ed r ight and walked 3 ft. Again sh e
fell exactly towards left hand side. Which turned right and walked 14 ft. How far is
direction was Ratheesh facing? she from the starting point?
a) East b) Wes t a) 4 ft b) 5 ft c) 24 ft d) 27 ft
c) North d) South 1 7 . A starts and walks towards south. He
then turns to his right and walks 3 km and
1 1 . A watch reads 4. 30 if the minute hand
then again turns left and walks 5 km. In
points East, in what direction will the hour
which direction is he from the starting point?
hand point?
a) Wes t b) South -West
a) North b) North -west
c) South-east d) North-east c) North-East d) East
1 2 . Five students A,B, C, D and E are sit- 1 8 . A man travels 12 km west, then 3 km
ting in a row, D is on the right of E. B is on towards south and then 8 km towards east.
the left of E but is on the right of A. D is on How far is he from the start?
the left of C. Who is sitting on the extreme a) 23 km b) 20 km
left?
c) 15 km d) 5 km
a) A b) B c) C d) D
1 9 . Which runs faster? A train running at
1 3 . Facing the east, Rajesh turned left and 60 km per hour OR a car speeding at 100
walked 10 metres, then he turned to his left metres per 6 seconds?
again and walked 10 m. He then turned 45 0
a) Train b) Car
towards his right and went straight to cover
25 metres. In which direction from his start- c) Both will progress in the same
ing point is he ? speed
a) South -west b) South-east d) It is not possible to say
c) North -west d) North-east 2 0 . Which of th e following tur n in g se-
quences will make one who started walking
1 4 . Shyam travels 5 km towards east and
towards East, walk towards South?
then he turns left and moves 6km further.
He then turns right and moves 9 km. Finally a) Left, Left, Left
he turns once again to his right and moves 6 b) Left, Left, Right
km. How far is he from the starting point?
c) Right, Right, Right
a) 26 km b) 21 km
d) Left, Right Left
c) 14 km d) 9 km
2 1 . Raj starts from his office facing west
1 5 . A man travels 2 km to the north and and walks 100 metres straight, then takes a
turns east and travels 10 km and again he right turn and walks 100 metres. Further he
turns north and travels 3 km and again turns takes a left turn and walks 50 metres. In
which direction is Raj now from the starting 2 6 . Arun started walking positioning his
point? back towards the sun. After some time, he
a) North-east b) South-west turned left, then turned right and then to-
wards the left again. In which direction is he
c) North d) North -west
going now?
2 2 . One day John left home and cycled 10
a) East or South b) West or North
km southwards, turned right and cycled 5
km and turned right and cycled 10 km and c) North or South d) South or West
turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kms Directions : (Qs. 27-28) : A, B, C and D are
will h e h ave to cycle to r each h is h ome standing on four corners of a square piece
straight? of plot as shown in the given figure. They
a) 10 km b) 15 km star t movin g and the movements are ex-
plained in each of the questions. Read the
c) 20 km d) 25 km
question and select the right alternative.
2 3 . A rat runs 20' towards East and turns
B C
to right runs 10' and turns to right runs 9'
N
and again turns to left runs 5' and then turns

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to left runs 12' and finally turns to left and
W
> E
runs 6'. Now which direction is the rat fac- >
ing?
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a) East b) North
c) Wes t d) South A D
2 4 . I travelled 3 km southwards, then turned 2 7 . From the original position, D starts
right and travelled 5 km. Then again turned crossing the field diagonally. After walking
right and travelled 7 km. In which direction half the distance he turns right; walks some
was I travelling last? distance and turns left. Which direction is D
facing now?
a) South b) East
a) South-east b) North-west
c) North d) Wes t
c) South -west d) North
2 5 . After walking 6 km, I turned right and
2 8 . B travelled straight to C, a distance of
covered a distance of 2 km, then turned left
10 km. He turned right and walked 7 km.
and covered a distance of 10 km. In the end, towards D, again he turned right and walked
I was moving towards the north. From which 8 km. and th en fin ally tur n ed right an d
direction did I start my journey? walked 7 km. How far is he from his original
a) North b) South position ?
c) East d) Wes t a) 7 km b) 8 km
c) 2 km d) 3 km

ANSWERS TO PRACTICE EXERCISE

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5 . (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8.(a)
9. (c) 1 0 . (d) 1 1 . (d) 1 2 . (a) 13. (c) 1 4 . (c) 1 5 . (b) 16.(b)
1 7 . (b) 1 8 . (d) 1 9 . (c) 2 0 . (a) 21.(d) 2 2 . (b) 2 3 . (b) 2 4 . (c)
2 5 . (a) 2 6 . (c) 2 7 . (b) 28.(c)