PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

DISTANCE

PREPARATORY SET-100

Question No : 1

F is to the south of E. C is to the south of Y. U is to the east of F and W is to the west of Y. If F, Y, E and C are all in a straight line and not necessarily in the same order, then what will be the position of U with respect to W?

(1) West

(2) North-West

(3) South-East

(4) South-West

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 2

L is 25 m to the north of V. J is 30 m to the west of L. V is 45 m to the south of T. R is 51 m to the east of J. What is the direction of R with respect to T and what is the shortest distance between them?

(1) South, 25 m

(2) South-West, 29 m

(3) South-East, 29 m

(4) North-East, 25 m

(5) East, 25 m

Question No : 3

A person went 10 m East, turned left and went 20 m then turned right and went 7 m. He then took 3 continuous left turns on the same place and then went 22 m. What is the direction of his end point with respect to his starting point?

(1) North-East

(2) East

(3) West

(4) South-East

(5) North-West

Question No : 4

N is 54 m to the north of O. O is 60 m to the east of R. R is 45 m to the south of T. T is 64 m to the west of H. A person walks from N to O, then O to T and then T to R using the shortest distances. What is the total distance walked by him?

(1) 99 m

(2) 154 m

(3) 178 m

(4) 204 m

(5) 174 m

Question No : 5

Nikhil walked 30 m towards East, took a left turn and walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked 30 m. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?

(1) 20 m North

(2) 80 m North

(3) 20 m South

(4) 80 m South

(5) Data inadequate

Question No : 6

A man starts walking towards east from point S and walks for 8 m then he takes a right turn and walks for 5 m and then he takes a left turn and walks for 6 m then he takes a right turn and walks for 5 m then he again takes a right turn and walks for 6 m and stops at point L. In which of the following direction is point S with respect to point L?

(1) North-East

(2) North-West

(3) South-East

(4) West

(5) South-West

Question No : 7

Shobhit walked 6 m facing towards East, then took a right turn and walked a distance of 9 m. He then took a left turn and walked a distance of 6 m. How far is he from the starting point?

(1) 15 m

(2) 18 m

(3) 20 m

(4) 25 m

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 8

A is to the west of E and north of D. B is to the southeast of A and to the northwest of C, who is to the east of D, B is in which direction of D?

(1) South

(2) West

(3) North-East

(4) Can’t say

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

There are 5 houses namely A, B, C, D, E in a street. House B is to the South of house D. House C is to the East of house B. Houses A and E are to the North and South of house C respectively.

In what direction is house A with respect to house D?

(1) North

(2) South

(3) East

(4) West

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 10

Point R is 7 km to the east of D who is 6 km to the north of F. point A is 5 km to the west of F. Point Q is 12 km to the west of point K and 4 km to south of point A. What is the distance between R and K?

(1) 12 km

(2) 14 km

(3) 15 km

(4) 10 km

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

Kumar walks 10 m towards North. From there, he walks 6 m towards South. Then, he walks 3 m towards East. How far is he with respect to his starting point?

(1) 1 m

(2) 2 m

(3) 3 m

(4) 4 m

(5) 5 m

Question No : 12

Point M is 4 m to the west of point O. Point R is 4 m to the south of point Q which is 2 m to the west of point P. Point T is 4 m to the north of point S which is 4 m to the west of point R. Point O is 5 m to the north of point P. In which of the following direction is point S with respect to point O?

(1) South-East

(2) South-West

(3) North

(4) North-East

(5) North-West

Question No : 13

A woman while shopping in a mall pushes her trolley 20 m through an alley which is going East, then she turns to her left and walks 30 meters, then she turns West and walks another 30 meters, then she turns South and walks 30 meters and then she turns West and walks 25 m. Where is she now with reference to her starting position?

(1) 35 m West

(2) 5 m West

(3) 35 m East

(4) 5 m East

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

A woman while shopping in a mall pushes her trolley 20 m through an alley which is going East, then she turns to her left and walks 30 meters, then she turns West and walks another 30 meters, then she turns South and walks 30 meters and then she turns West and walks 25 m. Where is she now with reference to her starting position?

(1) 35 m West

(2) 5 m West

(3) 35 m East

(4) 5 m East

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

A woman while shopping in a mall pushes her trolley 20 m through an alley which is going East, then she turns to her left and walks 30 meters, then she turns West and walks another 30 meters, then she turns South and walks 30 meters and then she turns West and walks 25 m. Where is she now with reference to her starting position?

(1) 35 m West

(2) 5 m West

(3) 35 m East

(4) 5 m East

(5) None of these

Question No : 16

A woman while shopping in a mall pushes her trolley 20 m through an alley which is going East, then she turns to her left and walks 30 meters, then she turns West and walks another 30 meters, then she turns South and walks 30 meters and then she turns West and walks 25 m. Where is she now with reference to her starting position?

(1) 35 m West

(2) 5 m West

(3) 35 m East

(4) 5 m East

(5) None of these

Question No : 17

A man walks 5 km towards 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 point?

(1) West

(2) South

(3) North-East

(4) South-West

(5) None of these

Question No : 18

Deena starts walking towards west direction from his home. After walking 18 m she takes right. After walking 20 m she takes right turn and walks 18 m to reach bus stop. From the bus stop she takes left turn and walks 20 m to reach Market. What direction bus stop with respect to Deena’s home?

(1) South-East

(2) North-East

(3) South-West

(4) North

(5) None of these

Question No : 19

Point X is 2 m south of point Q. Point S is 5 m east of point Q. Kamalpreet starts walking from point S in north direction and after walking 10 m she reached at point Y. Find out the shortest distance between point X to point Y and what is the direction of point Y with respect to point X?

(1) 13 m, South-West

(2) 13 m, South-West

(3) 13 m, North-West

(4) 13 m, North-East

(5) None of these

Question No : 20

A person starts walking in the east direction from point A and walks 12 m to reach at point B. From Point B he takes two consecutive right turn and walks 10 m and 24 m to reach at point C. Finally, he starts walking in north direction from point C and walks 5 m to reach at point D. What is the shortest distance and direction of point D point with respect to point A?

(1) 20 m, South-West

(2) 15 m, North-East

(3) 13 m, South-West

(4) 13 m, North-West

(5) None of these

Question No : 21

A person starts walking in the east direction from point A and walks 12 m to reach at point B. From Point B he takes two consecutive right turn and walks 10 m and 24 m to reach at point C. Finally, he starts walking in north direction from point C and walks 5 m to reach at point D. What is the shortest distance and direction of point D point with respect to point A?

(1) 20 m, South-West

(2) 15 m, North-East

(3) 13 m, South-West

(4) 13 m, North-West

(5) None of these

Question No : 22

A person starts walking in the east direction from point A and walks 12 m to reach at point B. From Point B he takes two consecutive right turn and walks 10 m and 24 m to reach at point C. Finally, he starts walking in north direction from point C and walks 5 m to reach at point D. What is the shortest distance and direction of point D point with respect to point A?

(1) 20 m, South-West

(2) 15 m, North-East

(3) 13 m, South-West

(4) 13 m, North-West

(5) None of these

Question No : 23

A person starts walking in the east direction from point A and walks 12 m to reach at point B. From Point B he takes two consecutive right turn and walks 10 m and 24 m to reach at point C. Finally, he starts walking in north direction from point C and walks 5 m to reach at point D. What is the shortest distance and direction of point D point with respect to point A?

(1) 20 m, South-West

(2) 15 m, North-East

(3) 13 m, South-West

(4) 13 m, North-West

(5) None of these

Question No : 24

Neha starts walking in east direction from point A and walks 8 m to reach point B. From point B she walks 17 m in south-west direction to reach at point C, then walks 8 m in east direction and reach at point D. From point D she takes a left turn and walks 5 m to reach at point E. What is the shortest distance between Point E and point B?

(1) 11 m

(2) 10 m

(3) 8 m

(4) 3 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 25

A person starts walking from point X in west direction and walks 4m and reached at point Y. From point Y he takes a left turn and walks 6m to reach at point Q. Then he takes a right turn and walks 4m to reach at point Z, then turn his right and walks 3m and reached at point O. From point O, he walks 8m east and stop at point P. Point X is in which direction of point Z?

(1) South

(2) North-East

(3) South-East

(4) West

(5) None of these

Question No : 26

Manish, who is facing North, starts from point A, walks 4 m towards the right. He then takes a left turn and walks 3 m before taking a right turn, walking 2 m and stopping at point B.  Disha starts from the same point A walks 2 m towards the South. She then takes a left turn and walks 4 m. She now takes a right turn, walks 2 m and then takes a left turn and walks 2 m and stopped at point C. What is distance between point B and point C?

(1) 5 m

(2) 8 m

(3) 7 m

(4) 6 m

(5) 9 m

Question No : 27

If A@B means ‘B is west of A’, A#B means ‘A is south of B’, A%B means ‘A is east of B’ and A&B means ‘A is north of B’. Then what is the direction of P with respect of R in the given expression- P % Q # S @ R

(1) North

(2) South

(3) North-East

(4) South-West

(5) South-East

Question No : 28

A person starts walking in north direction from point X and walks 5 m, then turns his left and walks 8 m to reach at point Y. From point Y he takes three consecutive right turns and walks 10 m, 15 m and 2 m respectively and reach at point Z. What is the shortest distance between point X and Z?

(1) 13 m

(2)251 m

(3) 25 m

(4)281 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 29

A person starts waking in from point A in south direction and walks 10 m to reach at point B. From point B he walks 8 m in east direction and then turn his left and walks 5 m to reach at point C. From point C he takes two consecutive right turns and walks 6 m and 15m respectively to reach at point F. What is the shortest distance between point B and point F?

(1) 27 m

(2)45 m

(3) 20 m

(4) 296 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 30

Meena faces west and walks 2 km to reach P, then turn left walks 5 km. After this, she turns right and walks 5 km again. Now, she turns again towards right and walks 4 km, then turns right and walks 5 km. Now, what is the shortest distance between Point P and Final position and in which direction she is with respect to P?

(1) 1 km, North

(2) 2 km, North east

(3) 1 km, South

(4) 2 km, South west

(5) None of these

Question No : 31

Mukesh started his journey from point X, he walks 8 m in the east direction, after that he turns 90-degree anticlockwise direction and walks 6m to reach at point Y. From point Y, he turns to his left and walks 10 m to reach at point Z. What is the shortest distance between point X and Y?

(1) 8 m

(2) 10 m

(3) 12 m

(4) 15 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 32

Mukesh started his journey from point X, he walks 8 m in the east direction, after that he turns 90-degree anticlockwise direction and walks 6m to reach at point Y. From point Y, he turns to his left and walks 10 m to reach at point Z. What is the shortest distance between point X and Y?

(1) 8 m

(2) 10 m

(3) 12 m

(4) 15 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 33

Mukesh started his journey from point X, he walks 8 m in the east direction, after that he turns 90-degree anticlockwise direction and walks 6m to reach at point Y. From point Y, he turns to his left and walks 10 m to reach at point Z. What is the shortest distance between point X and Y?

(1) 8 m

(2) 10 m

(3) 12 m

(4) 15 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 34

Utkarsh starts walking and covers a distance of 11 m towards north and after that 14 m towards east. He then turned to the south and covered 8 m. Further, he turns to the east and moves 10 m. Finally, he turned right and walks 10 m. What is the shortest distance between his final and initial point and in which direction he is finally from his starting point?

(1) 14 m South-East

(2) 16 m South-East

(3) 10 m South-West

(4) 25 m South-East

(5) None of these

Question No : 35

Shivani starts walking from point P, walks in South to Point U which is 10 m away. Then She turns left and walks towards point T which is 8 m away, after that turns right and goes 5 m to point Q, then turns right and walks 4 m to point M, then turns left and goes to point V, which is 3 m away and once again turns right and goes to point R, which is 6m away. Find what is the shortest distance between point T and R?

(1) 4 m

(2) 5 m

(3) 164 m

(4) 8 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 36

Shivani starts walking from point P, walks in South to Point U which is 10 m away. Then She turns left and walks towards point T which is 8 m away, after that turns right and goes 5 m to point Q, then turns right and walks 4 m to point M, then turns left and goes to point V, which is 3 m away and once again turns right and goes to point R, which is 6m away. Find what is the shortest distance between point T and R?

(1) 4 m

(2) 5 m

(3) 164 m

(4) 8 m

(5) None of these

Question No : 37

A person starts walking from point X in east direction and walks 18 m to reach at point Z, from point Z he walks 4 m in north direction to reach at point U. Point U is 6 m east of point R, which is 8 m south of point T. What is the direction of his starting point with respect to T?

(1) East

(2) North-West 

(3) South-West

(4) North

(5) None of these

Question No : 38

A person started walking towards South from point X. After walking 48 m he took a right turn and walked 7 m. Then he took a right turn and walked 24 m. Again he took a right turn and walked 14 m and stopped at point Y. What is the shortest distance and direction of point Y with respect to point X?

(1) 50 m North-east

(2) 15 m North

(3) 25 m South-east

(4) 50 m North

(5) 10 m South-east

Question No : 39

A person starts walking in north direction and walk 5 m to reach at point H and from point H, he take two consecutive right turn of 6 m and 8 m respectively to reach point G. Now he walks 4 m in east direction and reach at point L. What is the shortest distance between starting point and L?

(1)44 m

(2) 7 m

(3) 8 m

(4)35 

(5) None of these

Question No : 40

Harsh starts walking and covers a distance of 10 m towards north and after that 10 m towards east. He then turned to the south and covered 5 m. Further, he turns to the east and moves 8 m. Finally, he turned right and walks 9 m. What is the shortest distance between his final and initial point and in which direction he is finally from his starting point?

(1)35 m South-East

(2) 6 m South-East

(3)610 m South-West

(4)510 m South-East

(5) None of these

Question No : 41

Harsh starts walking and covers a distance of 10 m towards north and after that 10 m towards east. He then turned to the south and covered 5 m. Further, he turns to the east and moves 8 m. Finally, he turned right and walks 9 m. What is the shortest distance between his final and initial point and in which direction he is finally from his starting point?

(1)35 m South-East

(2) 6 m South-East

(3)610 m South-West

(4)510 m South-East

(5) None of these

Question No : 42

Harsh starts walking and covers a distance of 10 m towards north and after that 10 m towards east. He then turned to the south and covered 5 m. Further, he turns to the east and moves 8 m. Finally, he turned right and walks 9 m. What is the shortest distance between his final and initial point and in which direction he is finally from his starting point?

(1)35 m South-East

(2) 6 m South-East

(3)610 m South-West

(4)510 m South-East

(5) None of these

Question No : 43

Gauri starts walking from point P, walks in South to Point U which is 6m away. Then She turns left and walks towards point T which is 6m away, after that turns right and goes 3m to point Q, then turns right and walks 1m to point M, then turns left and goes to point V, which is 1m away and once again turns right and goes to point R, which is 2m away. Find what is the shortest distance between point T and R?

(1) 4m

(2) 5m

(3) 7m

(4) 8m

(5) None of these