Directions (Reasoning) Practice Problems - Set 1

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Friends, here are some practice tests on Directions. You can check the basics and Shortcut tricks to solve Directions problems from here. Happy Reading.

Directions (1-2): study the following information to answer the given Questions
Point P is 9m towards the East of the point Q. Point R is 5m towards south of point P. Point S is 3m towards the west of point R. Point T is 5m towards the North of point S. Point V is 7m towards the south of point S..

1. If a person walks in a straight line for 8m towards west from point R, which of the following points would he cross the first?

1. V 
2. Q 
3. T 
4. S 
5. None

2. Which of the following points are in a straight line?

1. P,R,V
2. S,T,Q
3. P,T,V 
4. V,T,R
5. None

Directions (3-5): study the following information to answer the given questions. Point D is 14m towards the west of point A. Point B is 4m towards the south of point D. Point F is 9m towards the south of point D. point E is 7m towards the East of point B. Point C is 4m towards the North of point E. Point G is 4m towards the south of point A.

3. Which of the following points are in a straight line?

1. D,E,A
2. E,B,C
3. D,B,G
4. E,G,B
5. F,B,C

4. A is in which direction with respect to C?

1. East
2. West
3. North 
4. South
5. None

5. If a person walks 5m towards North from point F and then takes a right turn, which of the following points would he reach first?

1. G
2. D
3. E
4. A
5. C

6. Venkatesh starts from his house goes 600m towards south takes a left turn goes for 400m. He then takes a left turn and goes for 200m. Before taking a right turn and going for 400m venkatesh finally takes a right turn and moves 200m before stopping. How far and towards which direction he will have to go to reach his house?

1. 850m towards South-East 
2. 580m towards South-East
3. 1000m towards North-West
4. 1200m towards North-East
5. 1000m towards South-West

Directions (7-8): study the following information to answer the given Questions
Point H is 6m towards the East of point G. Point R is 8m North of point G. Point Q is Exactly mid-way between Point R and Point G.. Point K is 10m to the South of point Q. Point L is 3m towards the East of point S is exactly Mid-way between point G and Point H.

7. If a person walks 4m towards the South from point L, takes a right turn and walks for another 3m, which of the following points would he reach?

1. Q
2. G 
3. K 
4. H 
5. None

8. If a person walks 8m north from point S, which of the following points would he cross and how far will he be from point R?

1. G, 4m
2. H,3m
3. L,6m 
4. L, 3m 
5. G, 8m

9. Pole H is to the East of Pole R and to the North of Pole D. Pole D is in which direction with respect Pole R?

1. North-East
2. South-West 
3. North-West 
4. South-East
5. None

10. Jagan starts from his home and moves 2km north, then turns towards West and walks 3km. He turns north and walks 1km before moving 7km towards east. How far and in which direction is he from his home?

1. 6 km towards North-East 
2. 5km towards North-West 
3. 7km towards North-West 
4. 5km towards North-East 
5. None

11. 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?

1. South
2. East 
3. North-East
4. South-East
5. None

12. Ramesh 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 a point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5km before taking each turn, towards which direction will Ramesh have to walk from point S to reach point Q?

1. North
2. South 
3. West 
4. East 
5. North-West

13. Chandu started walking towards south. He took a right turn after walking 10 meters. He again took a left turn after walking 20 meters. Which direction is he facing Now?

1. South 
2. North 
3. West ]
4. East
5. cannot be determined

14. Alok walked 30 meters towards East and took a right turn and walked 40 meters. He again took right and walked 50 meters. Towards which direction is he from his starting point?

1. South
2. West 
3. South-West 
4. South-East 
5. None

15. One morning, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Hyderabad. If Manisha's shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing ?

1. North
2. South
3. East 
4. Data inadequate
5. None

16. Mahesh walked 5kms towards East then he turned right and walked 8kms. He then turned left and walked 5kms. He again turned left and walked 8kms. At what distance is he now from the starting point?

1. 15kms
2. 5kms 
3. 16kms 
4. 26kms 
5. None

17. The time by my watch is Quarter past twelve. If the hour hand points to the East, which of the following direction is opposite to the minute hand?

1. North
2. West
3. South 
4. South-West 
5. None

18. A walks a distance of 3kms North, then turns to his left and walks for 2 kms. He again turns to left and walks for 3kms. At this point he turns to his right and walks for 3kms. How many kilometers and in what direction is he from the starting point?

1. 5kms-West 
2. 3kms-South 
3. 2kms-South 
4. 4kms-West
5. 1km-East

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