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DIRECTIONS
OVERVIEW

❑ Concept
❑ Different Types of questions
❑ Practise on different types of questions

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“Direction is the path in which
a person moves to reach a pre
determined or certain
destination”

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 North

90º

4 Main directions West East

South 5
 North
North - West North - East

45º

90º
4 Cardinal directions West East

South - East
South - West

South 6
 Sun Rise
North South North

West East

Left Right
South

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 South Sun Set North
North

West East

Right left
South

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12 Noon

North

West East

South

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 SHADOW’S TABLE

Shadow the Person Falls

Person’s Facing
to his

North Left
Sun Rise
South Right

North Right
Sun Set
South Left

12 Noon Any Facing No Shadow

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Types of questions

❑ Distance Calculation & Facing of the person

❑ Shortest Distance (Pythagoras Theorem)
❑ Rotation type
❑ Shadow Based
❑ Clock Based

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Tips
❑ Initial facing of a person is important if the initial facing is not mentioned
then it is not possible to solve the question. (Unless it is general)

❑ Always try to draw and answer the questions to avoid confusion.

❑ Have a naming for starting and end point.

❑ Make sure that lines match with given distance. (Line indicating 2m should
not be bigger than 5m line).

❑ Always consider the direction you are facing is North.

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TYPE 1 : Distance Calculation
A person facing South goes 2km in the same direction, then turns to his right
and walks 3km again turning to left he walks 5 km, finally he walks back
towards North for 7km. What is the distance he has to travel to reach the
starting point and in which direction?

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TYPE 1 : Distance Calculation
A person facing South goes 2km in the same direction, then turns to his
right and walks 3km again turning to left he walks 5 km, finally he walks
back towards North for 7km. What is the distance he has to travel to
reach the starting point and in which direction? North
N-W N-E

2km 2km West East

3km
Answer:- 5km S-E
S-W
3km, East South
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A person starts walking towards East. After walking 30m, he turns left
and walks 10m straight. Again he turns left and walks 45m, again
Turning to his left he walks 10m. How far is he from his starting point?

45m North
N-W N-E

10m
10m
West East
30m

Answer:-
S-W S-E
45 – 30 = 15m South
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 Ganesh starting from his house walks 10 km toward north and then
turns to the left. After walking 6 km he turns to the right and walks
8 km. And then he goes back 20 km straight. Now in which direction is
he from his house?

8km
6km North
N-W N-E
20km

12km 10km
West East

Answer:-
S-W S-E
From His house : South - West South
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TYPE 2 : Shortest Distance Calculation
(Pythagoras Theorem)

Roshan walks 20m south, he turns to right and walks 40m, then
turns right and walks 10m. Finally he turns left and walks 5m. In
which direction and how many meters away from is he standing
from his starting position?

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TYPE 2 : Shortest Distance Calculation
(Pythagoras Theorem)
Roshan walks 20m south, he turns to right and walks 40m, then turns right
and walks 10m. Finally he turns left and walks 5m. In which direction and
how many meters away from is he standing from his starting position?
North
x N-W N-E
a

5m b 20m
10m West East

40m

Answer:- S-W S-E

a = 10m x = ( a2 + b2 ); x = ( 102 + 452 ) South
b = 45m x = (2125) ~ 46m 18
Van running 25km North from the shed takes right and travels 30km, then
takes left and travels 15km to reach his van . How far is the van from
starting point?

30km 15km

x North
N-W N-E
25km 25km

West East
30km
Answer:-

x = (402 + 302) S-W S-E

x = (2500) = 50km South
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Mary started from her house and walked 13m North, then turned right and
walked 10m. She then took a right and walked 5m and then she turned left
and walked 5m. How far is she standing from her house?

10m

5m
5m North
13m N-W N-E
10m
8m
x
West East

Answer:-
S-W S-E
x = (152 + 82)
South
x = (289) = 17m 20
TYPE 3 : Rotation (CW & ACW)

You are facing South-West. You turn 90 degree in anticlockwise,

180 degree in clockwise and again 90 degree in same direction
and 45 degree anticlockwise. Which direction are you facing
now?

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TYPE 3 : Rotation (CW & ACW)
You are facing South-West. You turn 90 degree in anticlockwise, 180
degree in clockwise and again 90 degree in same direction. Which
direction are you facing now?

North
Consider Clock wise as : +ve N-W N-E
Consider Anti - clock wise as : -ve

West East
-90 (ACW) + 180 (CW) + 90 (CW)
= +180 (CW)
Hence 180º Clock wise from S – W is S-W S-E
South
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Raghu is facing south. He rotates 145 degree clockwise and then 220
degree anti clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
Answer :-

+145 (CW) – 220 (ACW)

North
N-W N-E
= -75 (ACW) from South
= South - East

West East

S-W S-E
South
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TYPE 4 : Shadow Based

After sunrise Rekha while walking on the road she met Prema.
Prema’s shadow falls exactly to Rekha’s right and they are facing
each other which direction of Prema facing?

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TYPE 4 : Shadow Based
After sunrise Rekha while walking on the road she met Prema. Prema’s
shadow falls exactly to Rekha’s right and they are facing each other which
direction of Prema facing?

Person’s Shadow the

Answer :- Facing Person

It is Sunrise North Left

Sun Rise South Right
Prema’s shadow falls to Rekha’s right.
North Right
Means It falls to her Left. Sun Set South Left
12 Noon Any Facing No Shadow
Then from the table Prema is facing
= North
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One morning after sunrise, Suraj was standing facing a pole. The shadow
of the pole fell exactly to his right. To which direction was he facing?

Answer :-
It is Sunrise
Person’s Shadow the
Shadow of the pole fell to his right. Facing Person

North Left
Which means it was to the poles left.
Sun Rise South Right
From the table pole is facing North. North Right

Hence Suraj is facing Sun Set South Left

12 Noon Any Facing No Shadow
= South

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TYPE 5 : Clocks Based

If the minute hand of a clock points towards west direction at 6 pm

then in which direction does the hour hand points at 4.30 am?

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TYPE 5 : Clocks Based
If the minute hand of a clock points towards west direction at 6 pm then in
which direction does the hour hand points at 4.30 am?

North
N-W N-E

West East
Answer:-
= North - East
S-W S-E
South
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EXERCISE QUESTIONS

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A child went 90 m in the East to look for his father, and then he turned right and went
20 m. After this he turned right and after going 30 m he reached his uncle's house. His
father was not there. From there he went 100 m to his north and met his father. How
far did he meet his father from the starting point?

Answer :-
100 – 20 = 80m
90 – 30 = 60m

100m
x = (802 + 602)

90m x = (6400 + 3600)

20m
x = (10000)
x = 100m
30m
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Shyam walks 5 km towards East and then turns left and walks 6 km. Again he turns
right and walks 9 km. Finally he turns to his right and walks 6 km. How far is he from
the starting point?
9km

6km 6km

5km

9km

Answer :-

5km + 9km
= 14km 31
Umesh directly went from P, to Q which is 9 feet distant. Then he turns to the right and
walked 4 feet. After this he turned to the right and walked a distance which is equal
from P to Q. Finally he turned to the right and walked 3 feet. How far is he now from P?

9ft Q Answer:-
P
4 ft – 3 ft
4ft = 1 ft
3ft

9ft

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Some boys are sitting in three rows all facing North such that A is in the middle row. P
is just to the right of A but in the same row. Q is just behind of P while R is in the North
of A. In which direction of R is Q?

North
N-W N-E
R

A P West East

S-W S-E
South

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A and B are facing opposite direction, they started walking away from each other and
after walking 4km they turned right and went 2km from that point they turned
towards each other now which direction is A facing if initially he was facing East?

2km
B A

4km 4km
2km

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Kiran, Lohith and Madhu are standing in such way that, Kiran is 50m North-West of
Lohith and Madhu is 50m South-West of Kiran, then Madhu is in which direction of
Lohith?
Kiran

50m 50m

Madhu Lohith

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Arun walks around rectangular ground his task is to collect 5 apples kept in all the
corners. He first walks along the sides and finally along diagonal order and the sides of
ground is 4m and 6m. What is the total length covered by him?

6m

4m 4m

6m

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If P x Q means P is to the south of Q; P + Q means P is to the north of Q; P % Q means P
is to the east of Q; P - Q means P is to the west of Q; then in A % B + C - D, D is in which
direction with respect to B?

B A North
N-W N-E

West East

C D
S-W S-E
South

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John runs 10km towards west and runs back 15km, then he turns right and runs 6km,
turning to right he runs 7km again he turns right and runs 6km. How far is he from his
starting point?
15km

8km 5km
6km
6km

7km

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One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a
crossing. If Vishal's shadow was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction
was Udai facing?

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

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Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then
in which direction of Y, is P?

❑ A. North
❑ B. South
❑ C. South-East
❑ D. None of these

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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

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Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand
points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?

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

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A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3
km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the
starting place?

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

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Ajay walks 24 km towards East and turns to right hand side and takes a drive
of another 10 km. He then turning to his right (drives towards West) another
10 km. He then turns to his left & walks another 8 km. After that, he turns to
his right & travels 14 km. How far is he from his initial point & in which
direction?
❑ A. 20 km East
❑ B. 18 km south
❑ C. 16 km West
❑ D. 10 km South
❑ E. None of these

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A man is facing north-west. He turns 90o in the clockwise direction, then 180o
in the anticlockwise direction and then another 90o in the same direction.
Which direction is he facing now?

❑ A) South
❑ B) South-west
❑ C) South-east
❑ D) East

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Amit started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After some time,
he turned left, then turned right and towards the left again. In which
direction is he going now?

❑ A) North or South
❑ B) North or West
❑ C) East or West
❑ D) South or West

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you are facing east then you turn Right again
Left,Left,Left,Right,Right,Right,Right,Left,Right, finally left
in which direction you are facing now?

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Afreena walks 8 km towards East and then walks 13 km back, then she turns
left and walks 4 km; then walks 5 km after turning left; she turns left again
and walks 3 km. How far is she from the starting point ?

❑ A) 3 km
❑ B) 2 km
❑ C) 1 km
❑ D) 6 km

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P started from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 25 m. He
turned to the right and walked 10 m. He then again turned to the right and
walked 15 m. After this he is to turn right at 135o and to cover 30 m. In which
direction should he go?

❑ A) West
❑ B) South
❑ C) South-West
❑ D) South-East

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'P' walked 1 km towards south direction and turned 90oACW and walked 2
km. Then he turned his left and walked 1 km and then he turned his right
and walked 2 km. After that he turned 90o ACW and walked 3 km. How far
is he from the starting point ?

❑ A) 5 km
❑ B) 4 km
❑ C) 2 km
❑ D) 0 km

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A horse is facing north. It turns 90 degrees in the clockwise direction, then 180
degrees in the anti-clockwise and then another 90 degrees in the same
direction. Which direction is the horse facing now?

❑ A) East
❑ B) South
❑ C) Southwest
❑ D) Southeast

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Study the following information and answer the questions.

Point A is 8m to the west of Point B. Point C is 4m to the south of Point B. Point

D is 4m to the east of Point C. Point F is 6m to the north of Point D. Point E is
8m to the west of Point F. Point G is 2m to the south of Point E.

If point G is 4m to the north of Point H, then what is the distance

between H and D?
❑ A) 11m
❑ B) 8m
❑ C) 6m
❑ D) 4m

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Study the following information and answer the questions.

Point A is 8m to the west of Point B. Point C is 4m to the south of Point B.

Point D is 4m to the east of Point C. Point F is 6m to the north of Point D. Point
E is 8m to the west of Point F. Point G is 2m to the south of Point E.
How far and in which direction is Point G from Point A?
❑ A) 4m to the east
❑ B) 8m to the west
❑ C) 4m to the west
❑ D) 8m to the east

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Ravi wants to go to the university. He starts from his home which is in the
East and comes to a crossing. The road to the left ends in a theatre, straight
ahead is the hospital. In Which direction is the University?

❑ A) North
❑ B) South
❑ C) East
❑ D) West

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The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs
along all the four walls and finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How
much total distance is covered by the cat?

❑ A) 10
❑ B) 14
❑ C) 38
❑ D) 48

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Raman is performing yoga with his head down and legs up. His face is
towards the west. In which direction, will his left hand be ?

❑ A) North
❑ B) North - East
❑ C) East
❑ D) West

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Ahmedabad is to the southwest of Bangalore, Chennai is to the east of
Ahmedabad and southeast of Bangalore and Delhi is to the north of Chennai
in line with Ahmedabad-Bangal;ore. In which direction of Bangalore is Delhi
located?

❑ A. South
❑ B. Southwest
❑ C. North
❑ D. Northeast
❑ E. East

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THANKS!

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