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1. Rahul started cycling straight towards North. He cycled a distance of 8 km and then took a right turn and cycled a distance of 3 km. Then he took a right turn and cycled a distance of 1 km again. Rahul is facing which direction now? 1) South-West 2) North 3) South 4) North-West 5) None of these Manoj starts from his house and moves towards North. After walking a distance of 4 km he turns left. After walking a particular distance he reaches Sunitas house. Sunitas house is at a distance of 5 km from Manojs house. Then Manoj walked a total distance of 1) 1 km 2) 5 km 3) 7 km 4) 3 km 5) 9 km Ravi starts from his house and moves towards South. He walks 100m, then turns left and walks 200m, turns right and walks 500m. How far is he from his house? 1) 400 5 m 2) 800 m 3) 200 10 m 4) 200 2 m 5) None of these Z started walking straight towards South. He walked a distance of 15 metres and then took a left turn and walked a distance of 30 metres. Then he took a right turn and walked a distance of 15 metres again. Z is facing which direction? 1) North East 2) South 3) North 4) South-West 5) None of these Vinay moves towards South-East a distance of 14m, then he moves towards West and travels a distance of 28m. From here, he moves towards North-West a distance of 14m, and finally he moves a distance of 8m towards East and comes to a halt. How far is the starting point where he stood? 1) 20m 2) 22m 3) 6m 4) 8m 5) None of these Jai Prakash started walking towards south from the point A, walked 20 m and reached a point B. Again, he turned left and walked 20 m and reached a point C. Now he turned 45 anticlockwise, walked a distance of 20 2 m and reached a point D. What is the shortest distance between the points A and D? 7. 2) 30 m 3) 40 m 4) 40 2 m 5) None of these Rishu started walking towards East from a point X, walked 250 metres and reached the point P. Again, he turned towards South, walked 50 metres and reached point Q. Again, he turned towards East, walked 250 metres and reached point R. He again turned South, walked 50 metres and reached point S. What is the shortest distance between X and S? 1) 509.9 metres 2) 1100 metres 3) 561.2 metres 4) 590.9 metres 5) None of these A is to the south of R and to the west of T. If P is to the south of A, then in which direction is it with respect to T? 1) south 2) north-east 3) south-west 4) Cant be determined 5) None of these One day Dipti was coming from college. Her brother Ramesh, who was coming towards her from opposite direction, saw that Diptis shadow fell neither to his right nor to his left nor to the back of Dipti. From which diection was Ramesh coming? 1) North 2) South 3) West 4) East 5) Cant say R is to the west of D, which is to the west of L. If D lies between J and M then R is in which direction with respect to K if J and M are on a straight line? 1) South-West 2) North-West 3) North-East 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Two ladies and two men are playing cards and are seated at North, East, South and West of a table. No lady is facing East. Persons sitting opposite each other are not of the same sex. One man is facing south. Which directions are the ladies facing? 1) South and East 2) North and East 3) North and West 4) East and West 5) Data inadequate Boys and girls are made to sit in 7 rows and 7 columns all of them facing West. P is at the centre of the arrangement, Q is just behind P, R is on the immediate left of Q, and S is to the West of P. Then R is in which direction with respect to S? 1) Data inadequate 2) North-West 3) South-East 4) South-West 5) None of these A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a straight East-West road. A and B start walking simultaneously, eastwards and westwards respectively, and both cover a distance of 5 km. Then A turns to his left and walks 10 km. B turns to his right and walks 10 km. at the same speed. Then both turn to their left and cover a distance of 5 km at the same speed. What will be the distance between them? 1) 10 km 2) 5 km 3) 20 km 4) 25 km 5) None of these Alok walked 30 metres towards east and took a right turn and walked 40 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 50 metres. Towards which direction is he from his starting point? 1) South 2) West 3) South-West 4) South-East 5) None of these 1) Cant say

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15. Q travels towards East. M travels towards North. S and T travel in opposite directions. T travels towards right of Q. Which of the following is definitely true? 1) M and S travel in the opposite directions. 2) S travels towards West. 3) T travels towards North. 4) M and S travel in the same direction. 5) None of these 16. One afternoon, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Bhopal on MG Road. If Manishas shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing? 1) North 2) South 3) East 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 17. Y is to the East of X, which is to the North of Z. If P is to the South of Z, then P is in which direction with respect to Y? 1) North 2) South 3) South-East 4) North-East 5) None of these 18. Boys and girls are made to sit in 5 rows and 5 columns all of them facing North. A is at the centre of the arrangement, P is to the immediate right of A, Q is just behind P and R is to the North of A. Q is in which direction with respect to R? 1) South 2) South-West 3) North-East 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 19. Five friends A, B, C, D and E are staying in the same locality. Bs house is to the east of As house and to the north of Cs house. Cs house is to the west of Ds house. Ds house is in which direction with respect to As house? 1) South-East 2) North-East 3) East 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 20. Of the five villages P, Q, R, S and T situated close to each other, P is to west of Q, R is to the south of P, T is to the north of Q, and S is to the east of T. Then R is in which direction with respect to S? 1) North-West 2) South-East 3) South-West 4) Data Inadequate 5) None of these 21. M is to the East of D, F is to the South of D and K is to the East of F. M is in which direction with respect to K? 1) South-West 2) North-West 3) North-East 4) South-East 5) None of these 22. After 4 pm on a sunny day when Ramesh was returning from his school, he saw his uncle coming in the opposite direction. His uncle talked to him for some time. Ramesh saw that the shadow of his uncle was to his right side. Which direction was his uncle facing during their talk? 1) North 2) South 3) East 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 23. A man is facing north-west. He turns 90 in the clockwise direction and then 135 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now? 1) East 2) West 3) North 4) South 5) None of these 24. A man is facing north-west. He turns 90 in the clockwise direction, then 180 in the anticlockwise direction and then another 90 in the same direction. Which direction is he facing now? 1) South 2) South-west 3) West 4) South-east 5) None of these 25. I am facing east. I turn 100 in the clockwise direction and then 145 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now? 1) East 2) North-east 3) North 4) South-west 5) None of these

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1. 3 2. 3 3. 3; Ravi starts from O and finishes at C. OC = = = =
OD 2 + CD 2

(OA + AD) 2 + CD 2 (100 + 500) 2 + (200) 2

(OA + BC) 2 + AB2 =

600 600 + 200 200

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= 100 36 + 4 = 100 40 = 200 10 OA = 100; AB = 200; BC = 500 Obviously, Z is facing south.

Starting Point 15 m 30 m 15 m

5. 1 6. 3;
1600
A 20 2 m D

20 m 90 B 20 m C 45

Here, AC = 20 + 20 = 20 2 m Since AB = BC ACB = BAC = 45 ACD = 90

2 2

Now, AD 2 = AC 2 + CD 2 = 20 2 + 20 2 = 800 + 800 = 1600 AD = 7. 1; = 40 m

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XS = 8. 3 11. 3;

XT 2 + TS 2 =

500 2 + 100 2 = 9. 5

250000 + 10000 = 509.9 metres. 10. 4

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15. 4; We have been given that Q travels towards East and M travels towards North. Now, T travels towards right of Q implies that T travels towards South. Hence, S travels towards North (because S and T travel in opposite directions). Therefore, it is definitely true that M and S travel in the same direction ie North. 16. 1; In the afternoon the sun is in the west. Hence the shadow is in the east. Now, east is to the left of Madhuri. So, Madhuri is facing south. Therefore, Manisha, who is face to face with Madhuri, is facing north. 17. 5;
X Y Y W SW P S N E

18. 5; South-East
N R A P Q

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Hence D is south-east of A. 20. 3;

Hence, R is to the South-West with respect to S. 21. 3;

M is to the North-East of K. 22. 2; After 4 pm the shadow will be towards East. Now, East is to the right of Ramesh. So uncle, who is opposite him, faces South. 23. 2; As shown in Fig. the man initially faces in the direction OP. On moving 90 clockwise OQ. On further moving 135 anticlockwise, he faces in the direction OR, which is Wes

24. 4; As shown in Fig. the man initially faces in the direction OP. On moving 90 clockwise, h further moving 180 anticlockwise, he faces in the direction OY. Finally, on moving 90 direction OZ, which is South-east.

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25. 2; As shown in Fig. the man initially faces towards east i.e., in the direction OA. On moving 100 clockwise he faces in the direction OB. On further moving 145 clockwise, he faces in the direction OC. Clearly, OC makes an angle of (145 - 100) i.e. 45 with OA and as such points in the direction North-east.
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