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Direction and Distance Puzzles

The document consists of a series of directional and distance-based questions involving movements and turns, requiring the reader to determine final positions and orientations. Each question presents a scenario with multiple-choice answers related to the final direction or distance from a starting point. The problems involve basic geometry and spatial reasoning.

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Direction and Distance Puzzles

The document consists of a series of directional and distance-based questions involving movements and turns, requiring the reader to determine final positions and orientations. Each question presents a scenario with multiple-choice answers related to the final direction or distance from a starting point. The problems involve basic geometry and spatial reasoning.

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1) A man is facing north-west.

He turns 90° in the clockwise direction and then


135° in the anti clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South

2) A man is facing south. He turns 135° in the anti clockwise direction and then
180° in the clockwise direction. Which directions is he facing now?
A. North-east
B. North-west
C. South-east
D. South-west

3) A rat runs 20m towards East and turns to right, runs 10m and turns to right,
runs 9m and again turns to left, runs 5m and then turns to left,
runs 12m and finally turns to left and runs 6m. Now, which direction is the rat
facing?
A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South

4) Starting from a point P, sachin walked 20 metres towards South. He turned left
and walked 30 metres. He then turned left and walked 20 metres .
He again turned left and walked 40 metres and reached a point Q . How far and in
which direction in the point Q from the point P?
A. 20 m west
B. 10 m east
C. 10 m north
D. None of these

5) 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?

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[Link]-East
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6) Rohan walks a distance of 3 Km towards North, then turns to his left and
walks for 2 Km. He again turns left and walks for 3 Km.
At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3km. How many kilometers is
he from the starting point?
A. 1 km
B. 2 km
C. 3 km
D. 5 km

7). Manick walked 40 metres towards North, took a left turn and walked 20 metres.
He again took a left turn and walked 40 metres.
How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
A. 20 m east
B. 20 m north
C. 100 m south
D. None of these

8) 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
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9) 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

10) 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?
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B. South
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[Link]-West

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

12). 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 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.

Which one is in the North-East of the person. Who is to the immidiate left of
Kumar?
13) 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.
According to X @ B * Y,
Y is in which direction with respect to X?
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[Link]
[Link]-East
[Link]-West

14) 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 she walking now?
A. North-west
B. North
C. South-east
D. East

15) Laxman went 15 kms to the west from my house, then turned left and walked 20
kms. He then returned East and walked 25 kms and finally, turning left covered 20
kms. How far was he from his house?
A. 5 kms
B. 10 kms
C. 40 kms
D. 80 kms

16) Amit walked 30 metres towards East, took a right turn and walked 40 metres.
Then he took a left turn and walked 30 metres. In which direction is he now from
the starting point?
A. North-east
B. East
C. South-east
D. South

17) A girl leaves from her home. She first walks 30 metres in North-west
directions and then 30 metres in South-west direction. Next, she walsk 30 metres in
south-east direction. Finally, she turns towards her house. In which direction is
she moving?
A. North-east
B. North-west
C. South-east
D. South-west

18) Radha moves towards South-east, a distance of 7 Km, then she moves towards
West and travels a distance of 14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west a
distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at
that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?
A. 3 m
B. 4 m
C. 10 m
D. 11 m

19) You go North, turn right, then right again and then go the left. In which
direction are you now?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West

20) Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14
metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left
she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance between her starting point and
the present position?
A. 10
B. 24
C. 28
D. 38

21) A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then every time
turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now
from his starting point?
A. 5 metres
B. 10 metres
C. 15 metres
D. 20 metres

22) A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then I turn right again and walks 30
metres. Then, turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left
and walks 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?
A. 20 metres
B. 40 metres
C. 60 metres
D. None of these

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