DIRECTION PROBLEM

1. A man is facing South. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then
180° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east (d) South-west

2. A watch reads 4:30. If the minute hand point East, in what direction will the hour hand point?
(a) South-East (b) North-East (c) South- West (d) North-West

3. A person starts towards South direction. Which of the following order of direction will lead
him to East direction?
(a) Right, Right, Right (b) Left, Left, Left

(c) Left, Right, Right (d) Right, Left, Right

4. Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, and 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

5. Gopal starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 30 m, he turned
towards right and walked 20 m. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 m, turned to his
left again and walked 40 m. He now turns to the left and walks 5 m. Finally he turns to his left.
In which direction is he walking now?
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) South-west

6. Sanjeev walks 10 m towards the South. Turning to the left, he walks 20 m and then moves to
his right. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns to the right and walks 20 m. Finally, he turns
to the right and moves a distance of 10 m. How far and in which direction is he from the starting
point?
(a) 10 m, North (b) 20 m, South
(c) 20 m, North (d) 10 m, South

7. A girl leaves from her home. She first walks 30 m in North-West direction and then 30 m in
South-West direction. Next, she walks 30 m 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

8. Kashish goes 30m North, then turns right and walks 40 m, then again turns right and walks 20
m, then again turns right and walks 40 m. How far is he from his original position?
(a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 40

9. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 m towards South. He turned left and walked 30 m.
He then turned left and walked 20 m. He again turned left and walked 40 m and reached a point
Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P?
(a) 20 m, West (b) 10 m, East (c) 10 m, West (d) 10 m, North
10. Travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 m. He turned right and walked 50
m, then again turned right and walked 70 m. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 m. How far
is he from the starting point?
(a)10 m (b) 20 m (c) 50 m (d)70 m

11. In an open ground, Rakesh walks 20 m towards North, turns left and goes 40 m. He turns to
his left again to walk 50 m. How far is he from starting point?
(a) 40m (b) 50m (c) 70m (d) 80m

12. Vinod starts from his house and travels 4 km in East direction after that he turns towards left
and moves 4 km. Finally, he turns towards left and moves 4 km. At what distance and in which
direction he finally stands from his starting point?
(a) North, 4 km (b) North-East, 4 km
(c) South, 12 km (d) West, 4 km

13. A person moves 15 km in East direction then turns towards North and moves 4 km. From
here he turns towards West and travels 12 km. How far and in which direction is he from his
starting point?
(a) 31 km, South-East (b) 5 km, North-East
(c) 19 km, North-East (d) 27 km, South-West

14. Shreya started from point P and 2 m towards West. She then took a right turn and walked 3 m
before taking left turn and walking 5 m. She finally took a left turn, walked 3 m and stopped at a
point Q. How far is point Q from point P?
(a) 2 m (b) 6 m (c) 7 m (d) 8 m

15. I was facing East from where I turned to my left and walked 12 feet then I turned towards
right and walked 6 feet. After that I walked 6 feet in South direction and at last walked 6 feet in
the West. Then, in which direction am I standing from the original point?
(a) West (b) East (c) North (d) South

16. Radha left her home in the morning and walked towards the East for 4 km and then took a
900 anticlockwise turn and walked for another 3 km to reach her school. On the same day in the
morning, her brother Raman left the same house and walked towards the South for 6 km and
took a right turn and walked for 8 km to reach his college. What is the shortest distance between
Radha’s school and Raman’s college?
(a) 6 km (b) 10 km (c) 15 km (d) 29 km

17. Suman is fond of driving. One day, she left her home early and drove towards East for 8 km
and then turned 900 anticlockwise and drove for 15 km to reach a lake. What is the shortest
distance of the lake from her home?
(a) 15km (b) 16 km (c) 17 km (d) 18 km