Direction/

Direction A direction is the general line

that Someone or something is moving or point
ing in./

or
The line showing the position of one point with respect
to any other point is called direction./

Types of direction
(i) North East The direction between North
(i) Standard Direction
and East is called North East/
(ii) Sub Direction
Standard Direction There are four types
of standard direction./ (ii) South East The direction between

(i) North South and East is called South East/

(ii) East
(iii) South (iii) South West The direction between

(iv)West South and West is called South West/

(North)

(iv) North West The direction between

North and West is called North West/
(West) (East)

Angle between direction/ :-

Standard Direction-
(South)

North 
East  (Right)
South 
West  (Left)
Sub direction

There are four types of Sub direction. 90º angle is formed between the two standard di-
rection/ 90º

(i) North East

(ii) South East

(iii) South West

(iv)North West

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Sub Direction-

N E S W
Right 
90º angle is formed between the two Sub direc- Left 
tion/ 90º
Left  Direction  Right
West  North  East
North  East  South
East  South  West
South  West  North

An angle of 45º is formed between the standard

direction and a Sub direction./ NE SE SW NW
45º Left  Direction  Right
What is the Meaning of left and Right turn? NW NE SE
 
NE  SE  SW
 Left turn Left hand 90º
SE  SW  NW
 Right turn Right hand 90º
SW  NW  NE
Note:-
Some Rules and results that will help in solving
 If a person turns right or left while walking one the question of direction/
the standard direction, then euen after turning
on the Right or left he will continue on the stan-
dard di- rection./  Pythagoras theorem :-
Relationship between the three sides of a right
 If a person turns right or left while walking one triangle:/ :-
the Sub direction, then euen after turning on the
Right or left he will continue on the Sub direction
H
yp
ot
en
us
Altitude e

Direction to the right and to the left of the any 90º

direction/ :-
Base

H2 = A2 + B2

H= A 2 + B2
Note:- In direction related questions when the short-
est distance between the initial point and the final
point is asked then when a straight line is drawn

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between the final point and the initial point then a  Opposite direction :-
right angled triangle is formed then the distance be-
North
tween the initial point and the final point is found North West North East
with the help of Pythagoras theorem.

West East

South West South South East

Triplets:- North
The three sides of a right-angled triangle/
:-
(I) (II) (III)

South
...................................................................
(I) 3 4 5 (ii) 5 12 13 (iii) 5 12 13
5x 12x 13x
West East
6 8 10 7x 24x 25x
9 12 15 ...................................................................
30 40 50 North East
3x 4x 5x

(iv) 8 , 15 , 17 (v) 9, 40 , 41 (vi) 11 , 60 , 60

South West
(vii)12 , 35 , 37 (viii) 13 , 84 , 85 (ix) 16 , 63 , 65
...................................................................
(x) 20 , 21 , 29 (xi) 28 , 45 , 53 (xii) 33 , 56 , 65 North West ( )
 Other Result of pythagoras theorem:-
If the measurement of perpendicular and base of
a right-angled triangle is equal, then to find the
hypotenuse multiply that value by 2. South East

value 2
Type - 01

5 2 15 2 To find the direction and distance of the end

5 15 point from starting point
5 15

4 2 10 10 2
4
A person starts walking in the east direction and after
4 10 walking 10 km, he turns left and walks 7 km. Then he
turns right and walks 5 km. He again turns right and
walks 8 km. Then he turns left and walks 3 km. Then
7 2
x
x 2 again turns left and walks 1 km. And finally turns left
7
and walks 7 km. And stops. So how far is he from the
7 x
starting point and in which direction?

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 A person went from office to home in the evening and
walked 12 km in the direction of the sun. Then he
turned left and walked 10 km. Then again turned left
and walked 9 km. Then again turned right and walked
14 km. Then again turned right and walked 5 km. Fi-
nally turned right and walked 9 km. And finally he
Distance  10 km + 1 km = 11 km reached home after walking how far and in which di-
rection is his home from the office.
Direction  East

N E S W
7 10 8 7
1 5
3
8 18 8 7
0 11 East 12km
Distance  11 km
10km
10km
Direction  East
5km

Walk in the direction in which the person started 5km 3km 

9km
walking; for example, here if he started walking in 14km
the east, he walked 10 km in the east, then he turned
5km
left, i.e., on turning left from east, he walked 7 km in
the north. Then turned right, on turning right from
2 2
north, he walked 5 km in the east. Then again turned H= 8  15  H= 64  225
right, on turning right from east, he walked 8 km in
the south, then turned left, on turning left from south, H = 289  H = 17 SW
he walked 3 km in the east. Then turning left from
east, he walked 1 km in the north. Then turning left
from north, he walked 7 km in the west. In this way, N E S W
9 10 12
he walked 8 km in the north, 18 km in the east, 8
9 14 5
km in the south and 7 km in the west. The distances
9 9 24 17
covered in opposite directions decrease, i.e., on sub-
tracting the distance covered in opposite directions,
15 S 8W
11 km east is left.
By Triplet-:- 17 SW

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In the evening, the person covered a distance of 12

km
km in the direction of the sun i.e. in the west direc-

17
5k
tion. Turning left from west, he walked 10 km towards
south, then turning left from south, he walked 9 km

km
towards east, then turning right from east, he walked

12
14 km towards south, then turning right from south,
he walked 5 km towards west, then turning right from
west, he walked 9 km towards north, i.e. walked 9

m
7k
km in north, 9 km in east, 24 km in south and 17 km

km
in west. On subtracting the distances travelled in the

12

km
7k
opposite direction, we got 15 km south and 8 km west.

m
2k

12
Using Pythagoras theorem, the distance is 17 km and

k
14
the direction between south and west is south-west.

H 12km

5km
Right means backward direction
H= 25  144

Left means forward direction H= 169

H = 13 km
Distance — 13 km
Direction — South

Type - 2 NE SE SW NW
17 12 14
7 2 7
A person after walking 17 km in the south-east di- 7 19 19 14
rection, turns right and walks 12 km. He again turns
right and walks 14 km. Then he turns left three times 12 SW 5 SW
in a row and stops after walking 7 km, 2 km and 7 km
respectively. So tell how far and in which direction is
13 km South
he from the starting point now.

A person walks 15 km in the north-east direction from

his house to go to the market. Then he takes three
consecutive right turns and walks 19 km, 12 km and 8
km respectively. Then he finally turns left and walks 3
km to reach the market. So what is the minimum dis-
tance and in which direction is the market from his
house.

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 2
H= 2 8

H= 8 2

Distance — 8 2 km

19
11
15

Direction — South-East
12

8
11

12

Distance — 11 km
Direction — South-East

NE SE SW NW
15 19 12 8
3
15 19 15 8 In this question Mohan is moving in both original and
sub direction so we have taken all the eight directions
0 11 SE to solve the question./
Distance — 11 km
Direction — South-East N NE E SE S SW W NW
We recorded the direction in which Mohan walked and
then subtracted the distances in which he walked in
Type-3 the opposite direction. On subtraction, Mohan walked
only 8 km south and 8 km east from the starting point.
Using Pythagoras theorem, we found the minimum
Mohan walked 7 km in the north direction from his distance.
home to go to school, then turned right and walked 8
km. Then he walked 9 km in the north-east direction
and then 15 km in the south direction and finally
walked 9 km in the south-west direction to reach school.
So how far and in which direction is the school from
his home?

Ex:-2
Ganesh cycles 8 km towards south, then turns to-
wards east and travels 20 km. From there he goes 8
km towards north and 6 km towards west. From there
he goes 2 km towards north east. Then he goes 4 km
t
in towards west and stops after going 2 km towards south
km

po
9

g west, so tell how far and in which direction is he from

8 km
t in
ar 8km the starting point?
St
7 km 15 km
7 km

H 8km
8 km

8 km

9
km end point

2 2
H= 8  8
(a) km (b) km
(c) km (d)

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It is clear from the picture that the 2nd point is 10km A person is standing facing north. Then he turns 90°
in the anticlockwise direction and then he turns 135°
East from the starting point./
clockwise. Then he turns 180° in the anticlockwise
direction and finally turns 270° clockwise and stops.
Alternate:- So tell in which direction is he facing now?

90º 135º 180º

270º

In this method we create all the eight directions. Then

we keep on making as many gaps as we need to move
Distance - 10 km forward or backward and finally we reach the direction
Direction - East of the head./ Method
Gap

Type-4

South-East

In this method we make a separate column for the

angle moved in clockwise direction and a separate
Note- column for the degrees rotated in anticlockwise di-
The gap between a standard direction and a sub di- rection. Then, by finding the difference between the
rection is 45°./ (Standard direction) total degrees rotated in clockwise direction and total
(Sub direction) 45º degrees rotated in anticlockwise direction, we find
out the final direction of the person.
45º  1 Gap 90º  2 Gap
Method
135º  3 Gap 180º  4 Gap
225º  5 Gap 270º  6 Gap
315º  7 Gap 360º  8 Gap
Clock Wise/Anti Clockwise:-

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 CW A.C.W Initially the face was in the East, after rotating 90°
CW it will become Face South./ face East
135 90
270 180 90° CW Face South

405 270

diff  135 CW  3 Gap Right hand

The face was in the North, after turning 3 gaps to the
right hand side it became in the South-East Type-5
North Face 3 Gap Right hand South- (When a person Walks after turning at an angle)
East

In this method, to make calculation easy, the given A person after walking 8 km in north direction turns
angle is converted into Gop and C.W. is taken as +v1 135° clockwise and walks 17 km then he turns 45°
and A.C.W. is taken as -v1./ Method Calculation anticlockwise and walks 15 km and finally turns 135°
C. W. anticlockwise and stops after walking 17 km, then
+vl A.C.W -vl how far and in which direction is he from the start-
ing point now?
90 ACW  135 CW  108 ACW  270 CW
8 km 135º
– 2 + 3 – 4 + 6  + 3  3 Gap Right hand North
17 km 45º
Right 3 Gap  South-East
15 km 135º 17
km

2.
Face - EAST, 135 ACW, 90CW, 135ACW, 45CW,
90ACW, 135 CW, 225ACW, 90CW In which direction 15km
is the face at last.
(a) (b)
17km
(c) (d) 8km 17km
Sol.

15km
15

8
H

2 2
H= 8  15
H= 64  225
H = 17 km
distance = 17 km
direction  NE

In this method, write down all the eight directions

and then see how many gaps have been folded.

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 Method direction Gap If you are entering the school facing South then the
school gate opens towards the North.
N NE E SE S SW W NW School South School
open
8 15 17 17
Alternate:-
Finally, the question is based on the direction of the
8N 15E
face, so distance can be ignored./ face

17km NE

A person starts walking in the North and after walk-

ing 8 km he turns 135 C.W i.e. 3 gaps right and
walks 17 km in SE, then turns 45° ACW i.e. 4 gaps
left and walks 15 km in East and then turns 135°
ACW i.e. 3 gaps left and walks 17 km in NW. After
subtracting the opposite directions, we get the an- Finally if you enter the school while walking towards
South, the school gate will open in the North.
swer.
South School
North 8 km 135
North
C.W 3 Gap Right SE 17 45º
ACW 4 Gap Left East 15 km
135º ACW 3 Gap Left NW 17

Type-6
Shadow
2.
Mohar walked 4km east from his home to school,  Due to sunlight, the shadow of any object can be
then he turned 135 degrees right and walked 2 formed in only two directions, in the west in the
km. Then he turned 45 degrees right and walked morning and in the east in the evening.
4km. Then he turned 225 degrees left and walked
2km. Then he turned 45 degrees right and walked
3 km. Then he again turned right and walked 4km
and reached school, so tell in which direction does
 But the shadow can be formed anywhere on the
the gate of his school open?
right, left, front or behind the person, it will de-
4 km 135 pend on which direction the person is facing.
2km 45
4km 225 2km
45 3km
4km
MORNING TIME
(a) (b)
I. North
(c) (d)
East

R.H L.H Face

South
West

Shadow
South

In the morning, if a person's face is towards south

then the shadow will be formed on his right hand.

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 EVENING TIME
I. North

II. R.H L.H Face

South East
West

South
Shadow
In the evening, if you face south, then the shadow
will be formed on your left hand./
In the morning, if a person's face is towards north,
then the shadow will be formed on his left hand
North
II.

North
III. L.H R.H Face
North
West East
Face East

South
Shadow

In the evening, if the face is towards north, then

the shadow will be formed on your right hand.

In the morning, if a person's face is towards the

east, then the shadow will be formed behind him.
III. North

Face East

IV. North

Face West

In the evening, if you face east, then shadows will

be formed in front of you./
In the morning, if a person's face is towards the
west, then the shadow will be formed in front of
him/

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IV. North
Mohit and Sohit are standing face to face and talking
Face West
early in the morning. Mohit's shadow is formed on
Sohit's right hand, then in which direction is Sohit
facing?

In the evening, if you face towards west, then the

shadow will be formed behind you/

Note:- When you face the direction of the sun, your

shadow is formed behind you and when you face the
opposite direction of the sun, your shadow is formed
in front of you./

Trick:- Face North South

The shadow will be formed in the west in the morn-

Create three columns in which ing. If it is formed on Sohit's right hand, then
Sohit's right hand will be in the west, i.e. his face
will be towards south./ west
 First column will show the time/ west

For morning/  R
For evening/  L
R R Sohit  South
 In which direction is the shadow formed in the
If the first two columns have the same letters then
second column/
Sohit will face South/ same
 Left Right
Sohit South
 The third column will show the person on whose
left or right the shadow is formed./
Left Right
2. One morning two friends Mohit and Sohit were
L
talking facing each other. Sohit's shadow was
R
formed on Mohit's left hand side, so tell me in
R L L R
which direction was Mohit facing?

R R L L

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

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 No change
Left Right  Left Right
Left Right  Left Right
Left Right  Left Right
Note:-
If a person turns left once and then turns right once,
he comes back to where he was i.e. Right and Left
In the morning the shadow will be formed in the West cancel each other out./ Left
and is being formed on Mohan's left hand i.e. Mohan's Right Right
left hand is in the West and this will happen when Left
West left hand
Left hand West
When Mohan's face is - South
Sohan's face is - North
A person is standing facing east. He turned right 43
Alternate:- times, turned left 62 times, then right 22 times and
For morning/ -R then left 39 times and finally stopped after turning
right 81 times. So tell in which direction is he facing
For evening / -L
now?
In the first column, the side of the shadow is in the
second column and in the third column, the person
on whose left or right the shadow is being formed.
side
left right
When the first two columns are filled with the same
letters, then the person coming in the third column 43R 62L 22R 39L 81R
faces South.
3R 2L 2R 3L 1R 1R
South 1R
East South
That means in the end the face will be towards
south/

Type - 7
Turning
2. A person is standing facing a direction. Then he
Left Right  90º Left Right turned right 27 times, then turned left 42 times,
Left Right  180º Left Right then turned right 13 times, then turned left 54
times and finally turned right 18 times and now
Left Right  270º Left Right he is facing North East. So tell me in which direc-
Left Right  360º Left Right tion was the person facing before?
That is, after turning left or right four times, the face
rotates 360° and comes in the same direction in which
it was earlier, that is, turning four times has no effect
on the face./ Left Right 360º

(a) (b)
4/8/12/16/20......./4x Left Right  (c) (d)
Sol.

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 *  27R  42L  13R  54L  18R  NE
*  3R  2L  1R  2L  2R  NE If you are asked about the direction to face, ignore the
*  2R  NE distance and just focus on the turn./
Initially face towards SW or which would have be- turn
come NE after taking 2 right turns. North  R  L  L  L  R
SW face Right NE Left
North West (North Left  West)
Face West

Type - 8
Question based on the direction of the face
Q.2.
Note:- Leaving Anand's house, the school bus turns right and
travels 3 km. After this it turns left and travels 2 km.
In such questions, if the direction of walking of a per-
Finally it again turns right and travels 4 km to reach
son is given, then in which direction is the person
the school. On reaching the school, the bus is facing
facing at the end or if the direction in which the per- south-east. In which direction was it facing when it
son is facing at the end is told, then the direction of left Anand's house?
walking in the beginning is asked. The direction of
facing is not affected by distance, but the direction of
facing is affected when the person turns.

SSC CPO 13/03/2019 (Morning)

(a) South West/ (b) South East/
(c) North East/ (d) North/
A person after walking some distance in north direc-
tion turns right and walks 45m. Then he turns left
and walks 39m and then again turns left and walks
19m, then again turns left and walks 17m and finally
turns right and walks 15m, then tell in which direc-
tion is he facing at this time.
45M
39 M 19M If the bus moves in the north direction, it will face east
17 M 15 M after reaching the school. Now, if we change the east
direction to south-east then north becomes north-east.

Method - 2
West
 R  L  R  SE
 R  SE
We don't know in which direction the face was initially
but in the end it became SE. So to find the initial face,
if we turn left once from SE then we will get NE.

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 face SE
face SE left NE After walking 5 km from home, a person turns right
and walks 7 km, then again turns right and walks 9
km/then turns left and walks 3 km, then again turns
left and walks 8 km and finally turns left and walks 10
km. If at this time he is facing south, then tell how far
and in which direction is he from his home now and in
Type - 9 which direction did he start walking?

Question related to change in names of 5 km. 7 km.

directions 9 km. 3 km.
8 km. 10 km.

If South East is called East and South West is called

South and North West is called West and this change
continues like this then what will North be called? While solving such questions by drawing lines, start
reading the question upside down, read the entire
question upside down, read Left to Right/Right to
Left./
Left Right/Right Left

North NW 8km
NW West North 3km
NE
9km
1km
West East SW NE
7km
SW South SE South East t
SE in
po
d
en
First change all the given directions and write them 5km
Starting point

down like in this question East came in place of SE, SE 1km 4km
came in place of South, similarly what came in place He is 4 km West from the starting point and
of what is asked in the question and then answer after started walking towards West./ 4
seeing it, then after changing the place of North, NW
km West West
North West will come.

SE East South SE When you don't know the direction of walking then
start walking in any direction, ultimately the di
NW rection is changed as per the question.

In this type of question, see how many degrees have Change

been rotated to change the direction and then apply it
to what is asked./ Question t d
ar En
Change St
N E S W
5 7 9 10
45 A.C.W 8 3
SE East
13 10 9 10
45 A.C.W
North NW
4N O

Start  North

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According to us, in the end, West is facing towards Time
us, but in the question, South is given, so to make Minute hand North
12:00
West South, we have to rotate it 90° ACW in the hour hand North
opposite direction, then all the directions will ro-
tate 90° ACW. Minute hand North
3:00
West South hour hand East
West South 90º ACW Minute hand North
90ºACW 6:00
hour hand South
90ºACW
Starting North West Minute hand North
9:00
Distance 4 North 4West hour hand West
...................................................................

Minute hand South

1:30
hour hand North East
Type - 10 Minute hand North
4:00
Question based on clock time hour hand South East
Minute hand South
7:30
hour hand South West
Minute hand South
10:30
hour hand North West

...................................................................

If at 3:00 the minute hand of the clock is in the north-

west direction, then in which direction will the hour
hand of the clock be at 6:00?

North  North West 45º ACW

North
12 12
NW
45ACW

West 9 3East 9 SW NE 3

SE
6 6
South

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6:00 hr hand 6 South 45ºACW
SE

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
At 6:00 the hour hand of the clock is pointing towards Sol. If the person's face is towards north during yoga,
North West then which direction will the minute hand then when he stands straight, his face will be to-
wards south.
point towards at 1:30?
face face

When the person's face is towards south, then the

right hand is towards west.
6:00 hour hand face south Right hand west
1:30 Minut hand
Both are in South direction, so when South is made Before yoga, make the person stand straight be-
NW then at 6:00 hrs. hand will point to NW and at cause his hands are according to his straight
1:30 minute hand will also point to NW. standing.
South South NW
6:00 hr. hand NW 1:30 Minut
hand NW

Type -12
Type 11 Two persons walking from a point
Question based on yoga
1. Rani and Sarita started from the same point. Rani
Yoga:- In Direction, Yoga means Shirshasana, in walked in the west direction and Sarita walked in
which the head is on the ground and the feet are the north direction at the same speed. After some
above./Direction time both of them turned to their left and walked
a few steps. After that, if they again turn left and
start walking, then in which direction are both of
Note:- them facing now?
Suppose if a person is standing facing North then
his right hand will be in East and left hand will be
in West but when he comes into yoga position then
his right and left hands remain in East and West
respectively like earlier his face becomes South
instead of North/ North face (a) (b)
East
West
(c) (d)
East West
Face North South

1. One morning a person was doing yoga. His head

was towards the ground and his feet were upwards.
And his face was towards the north. So tell me in
which direction was his right hand?

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Sol.

Sarita's mouth South/ South

Rani's mouth East/ East

Type-13
Two persons start their journey from 2 different
points

Sarita is finally walking in the South direction. Ex.1 My friend and I started walking towards each other
South from two places 100 m apart. After walking 30 m,
my friend turned left and walked 10 m. Then he
Rani is finally walking in the East direction. turned right and walked 20 m and then again
East turned right and came back to the road on which
he had started walking. If both of us walk at the
same speed, then what is the distance between
us at this time?
2. Two women are returning to their respective
homes from the same point. The first woman walks
1 km towards south. Then turning right, she walks
6 km and reaches her home. At the same time,
the second woman walks 5 km towards west. Then
turning right, she walks 4 km and then turning
left, she walks 1 km and reaches her home. So,
what is the distance between the house of the first
(a) 20 M (b) 40 M
woman and the second woman?
(c) 10 M (d) 50 M

(a) 4 KM (b)
(c) 5 KM (d) 6 KM It is clear from the following picture that there is
currently a distance of 20M between me and my
Sol.
friend./

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 M It is clear from the following figure that the dis-
tance between A and B is 80M./
A B 80M
Alternate North B - south

Note that in this type of questions, both the per-

sons start walking in opposite directions.

A + B together covered a distance of 480M on the

road Distance between A, B = 480 - 400 = 80
I walked 70M on the road and my friend walked
50M. Both of us together covered a distance of A+B 480M A, B
120M on the road. Both of us had to walk 100M
together.
70M 50M
120M 100M
Type 14
The distance between us / = 120 - 100 = Mapping
20M

1. A is 11 meters north of B. C is 11 meters east of B.

D is 6 meters north of C. F is 8 meters north of E.
Ex:-2 E is 7 meters west of D. G is 4 meters west of F. So
The distance between A and B is 400 m. Both start tell how far is F from A. And how far is G from A
walking towards each other. After walking 120 m, and in which direction.
B turns left and walks 40 m. Then turns right and A, B North C, B East
walks 80 m. Then turns right and comes back to D, C North F, E North
the road. If A and B are walking at the same speed, E D West G, F West
then what will be the distance between them.
F, A G, A
When B comes back to the road, then?
A B
B (a) km (b) km
(c) km (d) km
A B Sol.
B

(a) 40 M (b) 20 M
(c) 80 M (d) 60 M

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2. A, B, C, D, E, F (6) are check posts. F is 15km North (a) (b)
of D which is 25km North East of B. Check post A
(c) (d)
is 5km west of E and 15km South west of C. Check
posts B, A & E all three are in a straight line and A Sol.
is East of E. Check posts B and E are 30km away
from each other. So if a jeep travels from E to F via
checkposts A, B, D at a speed of 35km/h, then
how much time will it take and which checkpost
is South west of D?
A, B, C, D, E, F (6) F D North 15 km
B North east 25km
A,E West 15 km C South
west 15 km B, A & E
A,E B, East B
E 30km
A, B, D E F 35km/h
D 2. PQRS 4 people are playing cards. P, Q and R, S are
south west partners. P is sitting to the right of R. Whose face
is towards west. So tell in which direction will Q
(a) 9 KM (b) 15 KM
be facing?
(c) 6 KM (d) 3 KM
PQRS 4 P, Q R, S P,
Sol.
R Q

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Sol.

E F km
35km/h
E F D/S hr
D SW B

Type 15
Game Type 16
Symbol based
1. ABCD 4 people are playing cards. A, B and C, D are
partners. D is sitting to the left of A. And he is Q.1.
facing north, so tell in which direction is B facing.
'P$Q' means 'P is to the north of Q'.
ABCD 4 A, B C, D D 'P&Q' means 'P is to the east of Q'.
A 'P*Q' means 'Q is to the west of P'.
B

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 'P%Q' means 'Q is to the south of P'.
'P@QR' means 'P lies exactly in the middle of the
horizontal line QR'. 'P!QR' means 'P lies exactly in
the middle of the vertical line QR'.
'P$Q' 'P,Q'
'P&Q' P,Q'
'P*Q' Q,P'
'P%Q' Q,P'
'P@QR' P' QR
'P!QR' P' QR
Note:-
'P6m$Q' means 'P is 6m to the north of Q' and simi-
larly find the shortest distance between G and C
in the following expression: So the distance between C and G is
'P6m$Q' 'PQ '6m' (GC)² = (12)² + (5)2
G C Solving we get GC = 13.
C12m$S5m*G3m&J6m%K!JT
SSC CGL 19/4/2022 (Morning)
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15m (d) 13 m
Sol. 1.(d) :
Based on Seating Arrangement
According to the given question,
'P$Q' means 'P is to the north of Q'.
Ex. 1Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated
'P&Q' means 'P is to the east of Q'.
as shown in the figure./ A, B, C, D, E, F,
'P*Q' means 'Q is to the west of P'.
G H
'P%Q' means 'Q is to the south of P'.
'P@QR' means 'P lies exactly in the middle of the
horizontal line QR'. 'P!QR' means 'P lies exactly in
the middle of the vertical line QR'.
'P$Q' 'P,Q'
'P&Q' P,Q'
'P*Q' Q,P'
'P%Q' Q,P'
'P@QR' means P is standing exactly in the middle
of the vertical line "QR". And 'P6m$Q' means P is 6
m to the north of Q and so on. From this given
condition we can arrange. And
'P@QR' P QR All of them are facing outside. If all the people move
P6m$Q' PQ two places clockwise, then in which direction will
H be facing?/
H
(a) North-East (b) North
(c) South-west (d) East
Sol. New positions of the eight people

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 (a) J (b) M
(c) O (d) P
Sol . (d) The seating order of the people is as follows-

H's face was in the north-west direction in the Train smoke/

initial position and after moving two places in
 If a train is going in the north direction and the
the clockwise direction, his face will be in the
north- east direction. wind is blowing from north to south parallel to
the train, then the smoke will go in the opposite
H direction of the train.

Hence, option (a) is correct.

 If a train is going in the north direction and the

wind is blowing perpendicular to the train from
west to east, then the smoke will go in the direc-
tion of both of them i.e. in the south-east direc-
Ex.2 Study the following information carefully and
tion.
answer the question given below:

Eight person J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting

around a circular table. Six of them are facing to-
wards the centre while two them are facing out-
side. M is on the immediate left of J, L is second to
the right of N who is third to the left of P Who is Ex-1If an electric train runs in the direction from
facing outside. J is third to the right of O and is North to South with a speed of 150 km/hr cover-
second to the left of Q. K is not facing towards the ing 2000 km, then in which direction will the
centre. M is an immediate neighbour of P. smoke of its engine go?

J, K, L, M, N, O, P Q

M, J L, N
P Sol. An electric train does not emit smoke.
J,O
K M, P Therefore, no smoke will be going in any of the
direction, /
Who is second to the left of K?
K

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