DIRECTION AND

DISTANCE
DIRECTION is a measurement of position of one
thing with respect to other thing or a reference point

DISTANCE between two points is a measurement of

the shortest distance
 There are FIVE concepts:
1. CONCEPT OF DIRECTION
2. CONCEPT OF TURN
3. CONCEPT OF DEGREE
4. CONCEPT OF MINIMUM DISTANCE
5. CONCEPT OF SHADOW
1. CONCEPT OF DIRECTION:
In our day to day life, we make our concept of
direction after seeing the position of Sun. This is
the truth that Sun rises in the East and goes down
in the West.
Ex. If Ram’s house is located to the South of Krishna’s
house and Govind’s house is to the East of Krishna’s
house, in what direction is Ram’s house with respect to
Govind’s house?
A. North-East
B. North-West
C. South-East
D. South- West
1. If A is to the south of B and B is to the east of c in
what direction is A with respect to C ?
A) North-East B) North-West
C) South-East D) South-West
2. M is to the East of D, F is to the south of D and K is to
the west of F. M is in which direction with respect to K?
A. South-West
B. North-East
C. North-west
D. South- East
3. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards
North of town D. Town H is towards west of town B.
Towards which directions is town H from town F? [all are
equal distance]
A. North
B. East
C. North-West
D. South-East
4. 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?
A. North
B. South
C. South-East
D. None of these
5. From my house I went 15m to the North, then turned
west and covered 10m then turned south and covered 5m
then turned East and covered 10m. In which direction am I
now from my house?
A. North B. South C. East D. West
6. From his house, Lokesh went 15km to the North. Then
he turned west and covered 10km. Then he turned south
and covered 20km. Finally turning to East, he covered 10
km. In which direction is he from his house?

A. East B. West C. South D. North

2. CONCEPT OF TURN:
Right turn =clockwise turn
Left turn = Anti-clockwise turn
EX. A boy walks northwards. After a while he turns
towards his right and a little further to his left.
Finally after walking a distance of one kilometer, he
turns to his left again. In which direction he is
moving now?
1. North 2. South 3. East [Link]
7. A man started walking west. He turned right, then right
again and finally turned left. Towards which direction was
he walking now?
A. North
B. South
C. West
D. East
8. ‘A’ is walking towards south, he turns right, then left
and then again right. In which direction is he facing
now?

A. South B. East C. West D. North

9. A boy starts walking towards West, he turns left and
again he turns right and then turns left at last. Towards
which direction is he walking now?
A. West
B. North
C. South
D. East
10. You go North, turn right, then right again, then turn left
and then go to the right. In which direction are you now?
A. South
B. East
C. West
D. North
11. Sumitra walked 8m towards the north. He turned to his
right and walked 16m, then he turned to his left and walked
5m and again he turned to his left and walked 16m. In
which direction is he from his starting point?
A. South
B. East
C. North
D. West
12. Going 60m to the south of his house. Kiran turn left and
goes another 20m, then turning to the North. He goes 40m
and then starting walking to his house. In which direction is
his house from there?
A. South-East
B. North
C. East
D. North-West
3. CONCEPT OF DEGREE:
ex. Raman is facing west. He turns 45o in the clockwise
direction and then another 180o in the same direction and
270o in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he
facing now?
A. West
B. North
C. North-West
D. South-West
Ex. Somesh is facing South. He turns 135o in the anti-
clockwise direction and then 180o in the clockwise
direction. Which direction is he facing now?
A. North-East
B. North-West
C. South-East
D. South-West
13. A man is facing South. He turns 1350 in the anticlockwise
direction and then 1800 in the clockwise direction. Which
direction is he facing now?
A. South-East
B. South-West
C. North-East
D. North-West
14. Ram is facing North-west. He turns in clockwise
direction by 900, then 1800 in the anticlockwise direction
and then another 900 in the same direction. Which direction
is he facing now?
A. South-west
B. West
C. South
D. South-east
15. I am facing West. I turn 900 in clockwise direction,
then 1350 in anticlockwise direction and finally 1800 in
clockwise direction. What direction am I facing?
A. South-east
B. North-east
C. North-west
D. South-west
16. I am facing east. I turn 100o in the clockwise
direction and then 145o in the anticlockwise
direction. Which direction am I facing now?

A. East B. North-east
C. North D. South-west
17. Karan facing towards south moved straight 2km and
from there turned to his right 900 and travelled 2km. Then
he took a 450 turn to his left and travelled 1km. where would
he be now with respect to the starting point?
A. south
B. south-east
C. north-west
D. south-west
Ex. Raju moved to his north-west side for 2 km, from there
he turned 900 clockwise and moved 2km. From there he
turned 900 clockwise and travelled 2km then he would be
in which direction from the original position?
A. south-east
B. north-east
C. south-west
D. west
4. CONCEPT OF DISTANCE & MINIMUM DISTANCE:
To find minimum of shortest distance by using
Pythagoras theorem గర ం ఉప ం
అ త వ క న AB2+BC2=AC2
A

B C
ex. Ram left home and walked 5km southward, turned right
and walked 2km and turned right and walked 5km and
turned left and walked 5km. How many km will he have to
walk to reach his home starting?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 17
D. 15
18. Ram started walking towards East after 1km. He turned
south and walked 5km. Again, he turned East and walked
2km. Finally, he turned north and walked 9km. How far is
he from the starting point?
A. 7km
B. 3km
C. 4km
D. 5km
19. Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After
walking 75 meters, he turns to the left and walks 25 meters
straight. Again, he turns to the left, walks a distance of 40
meters straight, again he turns to the left and walks a
distance of 25 meters. How far is he from the straight
point?
A. 25 meters
B. 50 meters
C. 115 meters
D. 35 meters
20. Sunita rode her scotty northwards, then turned left
covers 2km and then again rode to her left 4km. She found
herself exactly 2kms west of her starting point. How far
did she ride north wards initially?
A. 4km
B. 2km
C. 5km
D. 6km
21. Shobha moves towards South-East a distance of 7km,
then she moves towards west and covers 14km. From
here, she moves towards North-West a distance of 7km
and finally she moves a distance of 4km towards East.
How far is the starting point from the final point?
A. 3km
B. 4 km
C. 10 km
D. 11km
22. Krishna leaves his house and walks 12km towards
North. He turns right and walks another 12km. He turns
right again, walks 12km more and turns left to walk 5km.
How far is he from his home and in which direction?
A. 7km east
B. 10 km east
C. 17km east
D. 24km east
23. Nikhil walked 30m towards East, took a left turn and
walked 20m. He again took a left turn and walked 30m. How
far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
A. 20m, North
B. 80m, North
C. 20m, South
D. 80m, South
[Link] OF SHADOW:
[Link] the morning when the sun rises in the East, the shadow of a
person or an object is in the west direction. 1.ఉదయం న
ఉద ం న , ఒక వ వ క డ పడమర శ ఉం ం .
2. In the evening, when the sun sets in west the shadow of a person
of an object is towards the East
2. యం తం, ప న అస ం న ఒక వ క డ
ఉం ం
24. One morning after sunrise, Rekha and Kavita were
talking to each other face to face at Tilak Square. If Kavita’s
shadow was exactly to the right to Rekha, which direction
Kavita was facing?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. Data inadequate
25. One fine morning after sun-rise, Vikram and Suresh
were standing in a lawn with their backs towards each
other. Vikram’s shadow fell exactly towards left hand side.
Which direction was Suresh facing?
A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South
26. One evening before sunset two friends Sumit and Mohit
were talking to each other face to face. If Mohit’s shadow
was exactly to his right side, which direction was Sumit
facing.
A. North
B. South
C. West
D. Data inadequate
27. 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
Directions (28-30): These questions are based on the following
information. Point N is 7m to the west of point Y, which is 8m to the
south of point S. Point N is 15m to the north of point W and 10m to
the west of point C. Point A is 12m to the north of Point K which is
20m to the east of point W. A is to the south of T which forms a
straight line with Y.
28. N is at what distance and in which direction with respect to K?
a) 24m, North-West b) 25m, North-West
c) 25m, North-East d) 24m, East
e) 25m, North
Directions (28-30): These questions are based on the
following information. Point N is 7m to the west of point
Y, which is 8m to the south of point S. Point N is 15m to
the north of point W and 10m to the west of point C.
Point A is 12m to the north of Point K which is 20m to
the east of point W. A is to the south of T which forms a
straight line with Y.
29. S is approximately at what distance and in which
direction with respect to T?
a) 16m, South-East b) 18m, North-West
c) 15m, North-West d) 15m, North-East
e) Cannot be determined
Directions (28-30): These questions are based on the
following information. Point N is 7m to the west of
point Y, which is 8m to the south of point S. Point N is
15m to the north of point W and 10m to the west of
point C. Point A is 12m to the north of Point K which is
20m to the east of point W. A is to the south of T
which forms a straight line with Y.
30. Which of the given combination of points forms a
rectangle?
a) YCAW b) NTKW
c) NWAK d) TKCW
e)Such case does not exist
31. When a watch shows 6 ‘O’clock, the hour hand points
towards South-East then at 9:15 in which direction the
minutes hand will show?

a) North-East
b) East
c) South East
d) South
32. When a watch shows 7:45, the minute hand points
towards east when the watch shows 3’Oclock, which
direction does the hour hand point?

a) North
b) East
c) West
d) South
33. Siddharth and Murali go for jogging from the same
point. Siddharth goes towards the east covering 4 kms.
Murali proceeds towards the West for 3 kms. Siddharth
turns left and covers 4 kms and Murali turns to the right to
cover 4 kms. Now what will be the distance between
Siddharth and Murali?

a) 14 kms
b) 6 kms
c) 8 kms
d) 7 kms
34. One evening, Raja started to walk toward the Sun. After
walking a while, he turned to his right and again to his right.
After walking a while, he again turned right. In which
direction is he facing?

a) South
b) East
c) West
d) North
35. If X stands on his head with his face towards south, to
which direction will his left-hand point?

a) East
b) West
c) North
d) South
PREVIOUS QUESTIONS-2021
1. Gaurav exits from the backdoor of his north facing
house and walks 25m straight, then he takes a left
turn and walks 36 m, then he turns left and walks
47m. He turns left again and walks 36m. How far and
in which direction is he from his house now?
A. 11m, South B. 11m, North
C. 22m, North D. 22m, South
2. Reeta is standing facing south-east. First, she turns
135o clockwise. After that, she turns 90o anticlockwise.
Then she turns 45o clock wise, followed by a 135o
anticlockwise turn. In which direction is she facing now?
A. East B. North-east C. South D. South-east
3. One morning, Chitrashi and Ayaan sit facing each
other. If the shadow of Ayaan falls to the left of
Chitrashi, then in which direction is Ayaan facing?
A. South B. North C. West D. East
4. ‘P$Q’ means ‘P is to the north of Q’.
‘P & Q’ means ‘P is to the east of Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘Q is to the west of P’.
‘P % Q’ means ‘Q is to the south of P’.
‘P@QR’ means ‘P stands exactly in the middle of horizontal line QR’.
‘P!QR’ means ‘P stands exactly in the middle of vertical line QR;.
Note : ‘P6m$Q’ means ‘P is 6m to the north of Q’ and so on.
Find the shortest distance between G and C in the following
expression. C12m$S5m*G3m&J6m%k!JT
A. 12m B. 10m C. 15m D. 13m
5. Vijendra walks a certain distance, say X metres,
from his home towards the west. Then he turns left
and walks 23 metres. After that, he turns left and
walks 36 metres. Then he turns left again to walk 23
metres. He finally turns left and walks 18 metres to
reach his home. Find the value of X.
A. 22 B. 18 C. 20 D. 41
6. Zainab is standing facing a particular direction
initially. Then she turns 90o clockwise, after that she
turns 180o anticlockwise. Then she turns 135o
anticlockwise. She finally turns 180o clockwise. Now
she is facing the north-east direction. In which direction
was Zainab facing initially before taking any turns?
A. East B. West C. North-West D. South
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. One morning Manu and Sonu were talking to each other
with face to face If Manu observed that her shadow falls at
left side of Sonu. Then in which direction Sonu is facing
now?
a) South
b) North
c) East
d) West
2. If a person facing to south, rotates 45o clockwise
direction, 90o anti clock wise direction, 135o clockwise
direction. Then in which direction he is facing now?
a) North
b) South-West
c) West
d) South
3. Ramu walks 5 kms straight from her house towards
west then turns right and walks 3 kms. There- after she
takes left turn and walks 2 km. further, she turns left
and walks 3 km. finally, she turns right and walks 3 kms.
In what direction she is now from her house?

a) West b) North c) South d) East

4. Sandhya walks straight from point A to B which is 2
kms away. She turns left, at 900 and walks 8 kms to C,
where she turns left again at 900 and walks 5 kms to D.
At D she turns left at 900 and walks for 8 kms to E. How
far is she from A to E?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 8
5. Ram and Sam start walking towards North and cover
20m. Ram turns to his left and Sam to his right. After
sometime, Ram walks 10m in the same direction in which
he turned. On the other hand, Sam walks only 7m. Later,
Ram turns towards his left and Sam to his right. Both walk
25m forward. How far is Ram from Sam now? (SSC CGL 2013)

a) 10m
b) 20m
c) 17m
d) 5m
6. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the
east before turning to his right. He went 20 meters before
turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s
place 30 meters from this point. His father was not there.
From here he went 100 meters to his north before meeting
his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father
form the starting point?

a) 80 m
b) 100m
c) 260 m
d) 140 m
7. Five boys A, B, C, D, E, are sitting in a park in a circle
faces center. A is facing South – West, D is facing South
East, B and E are right opposite A and D respectively and
C is exactly between D and B. Which direction is C facing?

a) North-East
b) South
c) North
d) East
8. I stand with my right-hand extended side – ways towards
South. Towards which direction will my back be?

a) North
b) West
c) East
d) South
9. A, B, C, D and E are standing in a line facing North. E is
standing 40 meters left to B. A is standing 20 meters left to
C.D is standing 20 meters right to E. and 50 meters right to
C. What is the distance between A and D?

a) 50 meters
b) 60 meters
c) 70 meters
d) 80 meters
10. Neeraj drives his car 50 kms, towards eastward
direction. He turned right and drive for 30 km, then he
turned West and drive for 10 km. How far is he from the
starting point?

a) 50 km
b) 80 km
c) 90 km
d) 100 km
11. Radhika went 50 meters south from her house then
turned left and went 20 meters then turning, to north she
went 30 meters. In which direction is her home from this
point?

a) North
b) South – West
c) East
d) North – West
12. Surabhi, who is facing north, turns 90o in clockwise
and then 135o in anticlockwise direction. Which direction
is she facing now?

a) North-East
b) North-West
c) South-East
d) South-West
13. One evening, Dileep was facing a tree. The shadow of
the tree fell to his right. Which direction was he facing?

a) North
b) South
c) East
d) South-East
Directions (14-17): These questions are based on the
following information. In an industrial park there are seven
industries -E,N,T, S,U,X and L in the following manner. L,T
and E are in a straight line such that the ratio of the
distances between L, T and T,E is 2:3. S is 10kms to the
north of X, which is 5 kms to the west of N. U is10 kms to
the south of T and 15kms to the east of X. The ratio of the
distances between N,U and L,T is 1. T is to the west of E.
L is to the West of T.
14. S is at what distance with respect to E?
a) 25kms b) 30 kms
c) 15kms d) 35kms
e) 10 kms
Directions (14-17): These questions are based on the
following information. In an industrial park there are seven
industries -E,N,T, S,U,X and L in the following manner. L,T
and E are in a straight line such that the ratio of the
distances between L, T and T,E is 2:3. S is 10kms to the
north of X, which is 5 kms to the west of N. U is10 kms to
the south of T and 15kms to the east of X. The ratio of the
distances between N,U and L,T is 1. T is to the west of E.
L is to the West of T.
15. N is which direction with respect to L?
a) North b) North-East
c) South-West d) South
e) Cannot be determined
Directions (14-17): These questions are based on the
following information. In an industrial park there are seven
industries -E,N,T, S,U,X and L in the following manner. L,T
and E are in a straight line such that the ratio of the
distances between L, T and T,E is 2:3. S is 10kms to the
north of X, which is 5 kms to the west of N. U is10 kms to
the south of T and 15kms to the east of X. The ratio of the
distances between N,U and L,T is 1. T is to the west of E.
L is to the West of T.
16. What is the ratio between ST and NU?
a) 3:2 b) 2:3 c) 1:3 d) 2:1 e) 1:5
Directions (14-17): These questions are based on the
following information. In an industrial park there are seven
industries -E,N,T, S,U,X and L in the following manner. L,T
and E are in a straight line such that the ratio of the
distances between L, T and T,E is 2:3. S is 10kms to the
north of X, which is 5 kms to the west of N. U is10 kms to
the south of T and 15kms to the east of X. The ratio of the
distances between N,U and L,T is 1. T is to the west of E.
L is to the West of T.
17. Find the approximate between S and U?
a) 19km b) 17km c) 25km d) 18km