Direction Reasoning Questions and Answers with Solutions
Rohit walks 20m towards North. Then he turns right and walks 30m. Then he turns right and walks 35m. Then he turns left and walks 15m. Finally he turns left and walks 15m. In which direction and how far is he from the starting point?
A man starts from point A and walks 4km East, then 3km North, then 4km West, then 7km South. What is his final position relative to the starting point?
Priya is facing North. She turns 90° clockwise, then 180° anticlockwise, then 270° clockwise. Which direction is she finally facing?
At 3:00 PM, the shadow of a vertical pole falls towards North-East. In which direction was the shadow falling at 9:00 AM on the same day?
A person walks 15m North, then turns left and walks 20m, then turns left and walks 25m, then turns right and walks 10m, then turns right and walks 10m. How far is he from the starting point?
Two friends A and B start from the same point. A goes 40m North, then 30m East. B goes 30m East, then 40m North. What is the distance between A and B?
A car travels 60km North, then turns right and travels 80km, then turns right again and travels 120km, then turns left and travels 40km. In which direction and how far is the car from its starting point?
If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes East, then what does North become?
Ramesh walks 200m towards South-West, then 200m towards North-West, then 200m towards North-East, then 200m towards South-East. Where is he now with respect to his starting position?
A monkey climbs up a pole and then slides down. If it climbs 3m up and slides 2m down alternately, and the pole is 25m high, after how many moves will it reach the top?
X is 40km North of Y. Z is 30km East of Y. W is 50km South of Z. What is the shortest distance between X and W?
A person facing North turns 135° in clockwise direction, then 180° in anticlockwise direction, then 90° in clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
In a clock, if the hour hand points to North-East at 3:00, in which direction will the minute hand point at 3:15?
Two persons A and B are standing 100m apart on a straight road running North-South. A is to the North of B. They start walking simultaneously - A towards East and B towards West, both at 5m/s. After how much time will they be 200m apart?
A boat travels 60km downstream (South) in a river flowing North-South, then turns East and travels 80km. If the boat now travels directly back to the starting point, what distance does it cover?
If a person's shadow at sunrise is towards West, which direction is the person facing?
A train travels 120km East, then 160km North, then 120km West. A second train starting from the same point travels 200km North. What is the distance between the two trains?
A person walks in a square path starting from point A. Each side of the square is 50m. After completing one full round and reaching back to A, he walks diagonally to the opposite corner. What is the total distance covered?
At noon, a 6m tall pole casts a 4m shadow towards North. At what time will the shadow be 12m long?
Three points A, B, and C form a triangle. A is 30km North-West of B. C is 40km North-East of B. What is the distance between A and C?
A rectangular field is oriented such that its length runs North-South and width runs East-West. A person starts from the South-West corner and walks along the perimeter. If the length is 400m and width is 300m, how far is he from the starting point after walking 700m along the perimeter?
If you are facing North and turn 45° clockwise, then 90° anticlockwise, then 180° clockwise, then 45° anticlockwise, which direction are you facing?
A bird flies 15km South, then 20km East, then 15km North, then 5km West. What is the bird's displacement from its starting position?
Two ships start from the same port. Ship A sails 60km at 30° North of East. Ship B sails 80km at 60° North of East. What is the distance between the two ships?
A person walks 100m North-East, then turns right and walks 100m, then turns right again and walks 100m, then turns left and walks 100m. In which direction and how far is he from the starting point?
In a town, all roads run either North-South or East-West. Starting from point P, you go 3 blocks North, 4 blocks East, 2 blocks South, and 1 block West. If each block is 100m, what is the shortest distance back to point P?