Directions – Railway Reasoning part – 5

Total Questions: 63

31. Vedha walked 15 m from point A in the east direction and turned south and walked 8 m to reach point B. What is the distance between point A and point B? [RRB JE 25/05/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 17m
Solution:From pythagorean theorem
(AB)² = 8² + 15²
AB = 17 m
Hence distance between point A and B is 17 m .

32. Sneha wants to go to the market. She starts from her home which is in the north and comes to the crossing. The road to her left ends in a park and straight ahead is the office complex, and market is located direct opposite to the park. In which direction is the market with respect to the crossing? [RRB JE 25/05/2019 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d) West
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that the market is in the West direction.

33. Gowtham is facing south and moves forward. He then turns 135° to his left. Which side is he facing now? [RRB JE 27/05/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) North east
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that Gowtham is now facing in the North east direction.

34. Ragu walks straight from his home to reach a bus stop. After walking for some distance, he turns left and reaches the bus stop which is in the east. Find the direction of the bus stop from his home? [RRB JE 29/05/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) South east
Solution:

From the above diagram it is clearly seen that the bus stop is in the South - east direction from his home.

35. From a point, Raju started walking towards east and walked 35 m. He then turned right and walked 20 m, and he again turned right and walked 35 m. Finally, he turned left and walked 20 m and reached his destination. How far is he now from his starting point? [RRB JE 29/05/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 40 m
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that Raju is 40m far from his starting point.

36. Y is placed to the east of X, and Z is placed to the south of X. What is the direction of Z with respect to Y? [RRB JE 30/05/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) South west
Solution:From the above figure it is clearly seen that Z is in the south west direction of Y.

37. A man goes towards east 5 km, then he takes 120 degrees right turn and goes 5 km. He again takes 120 degrees right turn and goes 5 km. With respect to the starting point, where is he now? [RRB JE 30/05/2019 (Afternoon) ]

Correct Answer: (d) At the starting point
Solution: From the above diagram it is clearly seen that the man is at the starting point now.

38. Vijayan started walking towards south. After walking 15m, he turned left and walked 15m. He again turned left and walked 15 m. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point? [RRB JE 31/05/2019 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 15m, east
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that Vijayan is 15 m east from his starting point.

39. P is 35 m north west to Q, and R is 35 m north east to Q . What is the direction of R from P? [RRB JE 31/05/2019 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) East
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that R is in the east direction from P .

40. Starting from a point S, Mahesh walked 25 m towards south. He turned to his left and walked 50m. He again turned to his left and walked 25 m. He again turned to his left and walked 60m and reached a point T. How far and in which direction is Mahesh from Point S? [RRB JE 31/05/2019 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (b) 10 m, west
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that mahesh is 10 m far and in the west direction from point S