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1 .
Starting from Point X, Joy walked 15 metres towards West. He turned left and walked 20 metres. He again turned left and walked 15 metres. After which he turned right and walked for another 12 metres. How far is Joy from point X if he is facing North at present?
27 m
35 m
32 m
42 m
None of these
2 .
Town D is 12 km towards the North of town A. Town C is 15 km towards the West of town D. Town B is 15 km towards the West of town A. How far and in which direction is town B from town C?
15 km towards North
12 km towards North
3 km towards South
12 km towards South
cannot be determined
3 .
Rahul started from point A and travelled 8 km towards the North to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 km to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove 5 km to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 km to point E and finally turned right and travelled for another 3 km to point F. What is the distance between point F and B?
1 km
2 km
3 km
4 km
None of these
4 .
Meghna drives 10 km towards South, takes a right turn and drives 6 km. She then takes another right turn, drives 10 km and stops. How far is she from the starting point?
16 km
6 km
4 km
12 km
None of these
5 .
Vikas walked 10 metres towards North, took a left turn and walked 15 metres, and again took a left turn and walked 10 metres and stopped walking. Towards which direction was he facing when he stopped walking?
South
South-West
South-East
Cannot be determined
None of these
6 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions

A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point Q.
How far is point Q with respect to point P?
16 km
25 km
4 km
0 km
None of these
7 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions

A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point Q.
Towards which direction was the vehicle moving before it stopped at point Q?
North
East
South
West
North-East
8 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions

A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point Q.
Raman starts from point P and walks towards South and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5 km before taking each turn, towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?
North
South
West
East
North-East
9 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions

A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point Q.
Town D is to the West of town M. Town R is to the South of town D. Town K is to the East of town R. Town K is towards which direction of town D?
South
East
North-East
South-East
None of these
10 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions

A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point Q.
Mohan walked 30 metres towards South, took a left turn and walked 15 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 20 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 15 metres. How far is he from the starting point?
95 metres
50 metres
70 metres
Cannot be determined
None of these
11 .
W walked 40 metres towards West, took a left turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 20 metres, He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres. How far was he from the starting point?
70 metres
60 metres
90 metres
Cannot be determined
None of these
12 .
Town D is 13 km towards the East of town A. A bus starts from town A, travels 8 km towards West and takes a right turn. After taking the right turn, it travels 5 km and reaches town B. From town B the bus takes a right turn again, travels 21 km and stops. How far and towards which direction must the bus travel to reach town D?
13 km towards South
5 km towards West
21 km towards South
5 km towards South
None of these
13 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Point P is 9 m towards the East of point Q. Point R is 5 m towards the South of point P. Point S is 3 m towards the West of point R. Point T is 5 m towards the North of point S. Point V is 7 m towards the South of point S.
If a person walks in a straight line for 8 m towards West from point R, which of the following points would he cross the first?
V
Q
T
S
Cannot be determined
14 . Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Point P is 9 m towards the East of point Q. Point R is 5 m towards the South of point P. Point S is 3 m towards the West of point R. Point T is 5 m towards the North of point S. Point V is 7 m towards the South of point S.
Which of the following points are in a straight line?
P,R,V
S,T,Q
P,T,V
V,T,R
S,V,T
15 .
P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a straight line facing North. P sits next to S but not to T. Q is sitting next to R who sits on the extreme left corner. Who sits to the left of S if T does not sit next to Q?
P
Q
R
T
Cannot be determined
16 .
A person travels 12 km due North, then 15 km due East, after that 15 km due West and then 18 km due South. How far is he from the starting point?
6 km
12 km
33 km
60 km
65 km
17 .
In a meeting, the map of a village was placed in such a manner that south-east becomes north, north-east becomes west and so on. What will south become?
North
North-east
North-west
West
South
18 .
A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 2 km towards North, takes a left turn and drives for 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km before taking a left turn again and driving for further 5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives 1 km before stopping. How far and towards which direction should the driver drive to reach the school again?
3 km towards North
7 km towards East
6 km towards South
6 km towards West
5 km towards North
19 .
The houses of A and B face each other on a road going north-south, A's being on the western side. A comes out of his house, turns left, travels 5 km, turns right, travels 5 km to the front of D's house. B does exactly the same and reaches the front of C's house. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct ?
C and D live on the same street.
C's house faces south
The houses of C and D are less than 20 km apart.
C's houses faces west.
None of the above
20 .
Roma walked 25 metre towards south, took a right turn and walked 15 metre. She then took a left turn and walked 25 meter. Which direction is she now from her starting point?
South-east
South
South-west
North-west
None of these
21 .
Anu starts from her home, walks 5 km towards South, takes a left turn and walks 3 km. She then takes a right turn and walks 2 km before taking a right turn again and walking 3 km. She then takes a left turn and walks 4 km before taking a left turn and walking 3 km before stopping. How far and in which direction is she now from her home ?
9 km towards south
$\sqrt {130}$ km towards south-east
$\sqrt {130}$ km towards south-west
11 km towards North-west
None of these
22 .
A person starts walking from his office towards a party hall. He walks for 30m towards East. He takes a 90Â° right turn and walks for 15m. He again takes a 90Â° right turn and walks for another 20m. He then walks for 25m after taking a 90Â° left turn Turning 90Â° towards his right he walks for 10m to reach the party hall. How far and in which direction is the party hall from his office?
40m towards West
40m towards South
45m towards South
45m towards North
40m towards North
23 .
There are four students which are two girls and two boys are playing chess and are seated at North, East, South and West of a table. No girl is facing East. Students sitting opposite each other are not of the same gender. One boy is facing South. Which directions are the girls facing?
South and East
North and East
North and West
East and West
24 .
A Policeman his left his police post and proceeded South 4km on hearing a loud sound from point A. On reaching the place, he heard another sound and proceeded 4km to his left to the point B. From B he proceeded left to reach another place C 4km away. In which direction, he has to go reach his police post?
North
South
East
West
None of these
25 .
Ranjan walks 60 m towards South, took a left turn and walked 30 m. He then took a right turn and walked 40m . He again took a right turn and walked 30 m . How far is he from the starting point .
120 m
100 m
110 m
Cannot be determined
None of these
26 .
Amitabh walks 20 kms, towards West. From there, he walks 12 kms. towards East. Then, he walks 6 Kms. towards North. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
10 kms North-west
10 kms West
14 kms west
14 kms North-East
None of these