Important Distance and Direction Questions with Answers :
1. Tina drives 45 kms towards East, turns right and drives 65 kms, then turns left and drives 33 kms. In which direction is she facing now ?
(1) East
(2) North
(3) West
(4) South
2. A man walks 6 kms South, turns left and walks 4 kms, again turns left and walks 5 kms. Which direction is he facing now ?
(1) South
(2) North
(3) East
(4) West
3. One morning, Rita started to walk toward the sun. After walking a while, she turned to her left and again to her left. After walking a while, she again turned right. Which direction is she facing now ?
(1) East
(2) West
(3) North
(4) South
4. One morning after sunrise, Gangadhar was walking facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right, which direction was he facing ?
(1) South
(2) West
(3) North
(4) East
5. Sharada started to move in the direction of south. After moving 15 metres, she turned to her left – twice and moved 15 metres each time. Now how far is she and in which direction from her starting point ?
(1) 15 m. East
(2) 15 m. South
(3) 30 m. East
(4) 20 m. West
6. A person walks towards his house at 8 : 00 am and observed his shadow to his right. In which direction he is walking ?
(1) North
(2) South
(3) East
(4) West
7. Govind starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 25 metres he turned towards right and walked 10 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left and walks 5 metres. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now ?
(1) North
(2) South
(3) East
(4) West
8. I am facing East. Turning to the right I go 20 metres, then turning to the left I go 20 metres and turning to the right I go 20 metres, then after turning to the right I go 40 metres and then I go 40 metres to the right. In which direction am I from my original position ?
(1) North
(2) West
(3) South
(4) East
9. Pinky walks a distance of 600 metre towards East, turns left and moves 500 metre, then turns left and walks 600 metre and then turns left again and moves 500 metre and halts. At what distance in metres is she from the starting point?
(1) 600
(2) 2200
(3) 500
(4) 0
10. Sohan drove 15 kms. to the west from his house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned East and walked 25 kms. and finaly turning left covered 20 kms. How far he is from his house?
(1) 5 Kms.
(2) 40 Kms.
(3) 10 Kms.
(4) 80 Kms.
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11. Veena and Veeru both start from a point towards North. Veena turns to left after walking 10 km. Veeru turns to right after walking the same distance. Veena waits for some time and then walks another 5 km. Whereas Veeru walks only 3 km. They both then return towards South and walk 15 km. forward. How far is Veena from Veeru?
(1) 8 km.
(2) 15 km.
(3) 12 km.
(4) 10 km.
12. Raju drives 25 km North and turns left and travels 5 km and reaches point ‘O’. He then turns right and covers another 5 kms. Afterwards turns to east and drives 5 km. How much distance he has to travel to go back to the starting point?
(1) 35 kms
(2) 25 kms
(3) 30 kms
(4) 20 kms
13. A man starts from a point and moves 3 km North, then turns to West and goes 2 km. He turns North and walks 1 km and then moves 5 km towards East. How far is he from the starting point?
(1) 11 km.
(2) 10 km.
(3) 8 km.
(4) 5 km.
14. Abhay travelled 9 km Northwards, turned left and travelled 5 km, then turned left again and travelled 9 km. How far is Abhay from the starting point?
(1) 5 km.
(2) 9 km.
(3) 4 km.
(4) 14 km.
15. Laxmi went 10 km to the West from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. She then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was she from my house?
(1) 5 kms
(2) 10 kms
(3) 15 kms
(4) 40 kms
16. If Sita walks 10 km towards West, then turned towards South and walked 10 km, then turned East walked 10 km, and turned North walked 10 km. How far she is from starting point?
(1) 40 km
(2) 0 km
(3) 10 km
(4) 20 km
17. At 12.30 the hour hand of a clock faces North and the minute hand faces South. At 2.45 the minute hand will be in which direction?
(1) North-West
(2) West
(3) South-East
(4) East
18. If the clock read 6.20 and if the minute hand points North-East, in which direction will the hour hand point?
(1) West
(2) South-East
(3) East
(4) North-West
19. Ram is facing North-west. He turns in clockwise direction by 90°, then 180° in the anti-clockwise direction and then another 90° in the same direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(1) South-west
(2) West
(3) South
(4) South-east
20. I am facing West. I turn 900 in clockwise direction, then 1350 in anticlockwise direction. What direction am I facing?
(1) South
(2) North
(3) North-West
(4) South-West
21. In the following questions there are 6 check-posts A, B,C, D, E and F. Check-post F is 15 km to the North of D which is 25 km to the North-East of B. Check-post A is 5 km West of E and 15 km to the South-West of C. Check-posts B, A and E are in a straight line. The check-posts B, and E are 30 km apart from each other.If a jeep moves from E to F via A,B, and D, how much distance will it have to cover ?
(1) 70 km
(2) 120 km
(3) 100 km
(4) 90 km
22. In the following questions there are 6 check-posts A, B,C, D, E and F. Check-post F is 15 km to the North of D which is 25 km to the North-East of B. Check-post A is 5 km West of E and 15 km to the South-West of C. Check-posts B, A and E are in a straight line. The check-posts B, and E are 30 km apart from each other. Which check-post is the farthest to the South-West of D ?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
23. Kiran walks 20 m north, he turns right and walks 30 m, then he turns right and walks 35 m, then he turns left and walks 15 m, then he turns left and walks 15 m. he again turns left and walks 15 m. How far Kiran is from his starting point ?
(1) 25 m
(2) 15 m
(3) 45 m
(4) 30 m
24. Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are placed as shown in the diagram. All are facing in the outward direction. If all of them move anticlockwise to three places then
(1) B is facing West
(2) E is facing East
(3) H is facing North–West
(4) A is facing South
25. Four villages A, B, C and D lie in a straight line. D is 10 kms from B. A is exactly between D and C and C from B is 2 kms more than it is from D. How far is C from B ?
(1) 4 kms
(2) 6 kms
(3) 8 kms
(4) 2 kms
