Direction (SSC REASONING)

Total Questions: 50

31. Aditi walks 18 m South from her home to reach a grocery store. From there, she turns right and walks 12 m to reach a bakery. She then takes a left turn and walks 6 m to reach a bookstore. From the bookstore, she walks 24 m North to reach a clinic, then turns left and walks 12 m. In which direction and how far is her home from her final position? [SSC Stenographer 08/08/2025 (Shift 2) ]

Correct Answer: (c) 24 m East
Solution:


Aditi's house is 24 km to the east from the final position.

32. A man walks 12 km north, then turns right and walks 8 km, then again turns right and walks 12 km. How far is he from the starting point? [SSC Stenographer 08/08/2025 (Shift 3) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 8 km
Solution:


The man is 8 km away from the starting 17 km

33. Ramesh wants to visit his childhood friend's house. Ramesh's friend explained his house directions over a text message. See the below text sent to Ramesh about the direction of his friend's house and answer the following question accordingly. "When you step out of your house, you are facing north. Take a right and walk 3 km, you will see a T-point/junction. Take a right and walk 2 km. There will be a roundabout with four roads. Take the second left from the roundabout and walk 1 km. Take a right and walk 3 km. Take a right and walk 1 km. You will find my house at the front." In which direction was Ramesh facing just before taking the second left from the roundabout?

Correct Answer: (b) South
Solution:


Ramesh facing south just before taking the second left from the roundabout

34. Kamlesh got an opportunity to work in a multinational company. Tomorrow is his first day of office and he asked his fellow employee to give him directions to his new office.

Kamlesh lives in Town A (in the North) and his office is in Town F. His fellow employee gave him the directions over a phone and he noted it on a piece of paper. Below is the written transcript. Read the transcript carefully and answer the question that follows.

'Take left from Town A and drive 2 km and you will be at Town B. Take left from Town B and drive 3 km to reach Town C. Take right from Town C and drive 4 km to reach Town D. Take right from Town D and drive 4 km to reach Town E.

Take left from Town E and drive 5 km to reach Town F. The office is in Town F.' Upon reaching Town E, how many kilometres would Kamlesh have covered tomorrow?

Correct Answer: (b) 13
Solution:


Upon reaching E Kamlesh will have covered 13 km tomorrow.

35. Sally drives a mini school bus. She starts at the school gate and drives 7 km north for her first pick-up. She then turns right and drives 10 km picking up children along the way. She takes another right turn and drives 5 km. She then takes a final right to return to the school. How far would Sally need to drive to reach back to the school gate again?

Correct Answer: (a) 12 km
Solution:


Required distance traveled towards school gate = 10 + 2 = 12 km.

36. Manish starts from Point A and drives 12 km towards East. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns left and drives 30 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 20 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 18 km and stops at Point Q. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he now drive to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90° turns only.)

Correct Answer: (a) 15 km towards North
Solution:


He should drive 15 km towards the north direction to reach point A.

37. Ajay starts from Point A and drives 20 km towards South. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns left and drives 30 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 8 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 10 km and stops at Point Q. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he now drive to reach Point A again ? (All turns are 90° turns only.)

Correct Answer: (b) 13 km towards West
Solution:

38. Sunil drives 5 km from point A towards the west. He then takes a left turn and drives 6 km. He again takes left turn and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 6 km. He finally takes a right turn and drives 6 km to arrive at point B. How much and in which direction does he have to drive to return to point A? (All the turns are 90° turns only.)

Correct Answer: (d) 12 km towards the west
Solution:


He has to drive 12 km towards the west to return to point A.

39. Shivani drives 17 km to the North, then drives 9 km East, and then drives 17 km South. How far is Shivani from the starting point when considered in a straight line?

Correct Answer: (b) 9 km
Solution:


She is 9 km away from the starting point.

40. Priya starts from point A and drives 9 km towards North. She then takes a right turn, drives 4 km to reach point B. She then turns right, drives 10 km and stops at point C. In which direction is point C with respect to point А?

Correct Answer: (a) South-east
Solution:


C is in the South - East direction with respect to A.