REASONING QUIZ

1.    A man is facing west. He turns 45 ⁰ in the clockwise direction and then another 180 ⁰ in the same direction and then 270⁰ in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?

(a) South                           (b) North – west

(c) West                            (d) South- west

2.    If you are facing north- east and move 10 m forward, turn left and move 7.5 m, then you are

(a) North of your initial position

(b) south of your initial position

(c ) east of your initial position

(d) 12 m from your initial position

3.    A man is facing towards west and turns through 45⁰ clockwise, again 180⁰  clockwise and then turns through 270⁰ anti clockwise. In which direction is he facing now?

(a) West                            (b) North-west

(c ) South                          (d) South-west

4.    You go north, turn right, then right again and then go to the left. In which direction are you now?

(a) North                            (b) South

(c)East                              (d) West

5.    Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns to his left and walked 2 km. He again turns left and walks for 3 km. At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km. How many kilometers is  he from the starting point?

(a) 1km                             (b) 2 km

(c) 3 km                            (d ) 5 km

6.    Namita walks 14 meters towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 meters and then turns to her left and walks 10 meters. Again turning to her left she walks 14 meters. What is the shortest distance ( in – meters) between her starting point and the present position?

(a) 10                                 (b) 24

(c ) 28                                ( d) 38

7.    A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns south and walks 10m. Then he walks 35m towards the West and further 5m towards the North. He then turns towards East and walks 15m. What is The straight distance ( in meters) between his initial and final positions?

(a) 0                                   (b) 5                

(c) 10                                 (d) Cannot be determined      

8.    Maya starts at point T, walks straight to point U which is 4 ft away. She turns left at 90⁰ right and goes 3 ft to P, turns 90⁰  right and walks 1 ft to Q, turns left at 90⁰   and goes to V, which is 1 ft away and once again turns 90⁰    right and goes to R, 3 ft away. What is the distance between T and R?

(a) 4 ft                               (b) 5 ft

(c ) 7 ft                              (d) 8 ft

9.    A villager went to meet his uncle in another village situated 5 km away in the North- east direction of his own village. From there he came to meet his father-in – law living in a village situated 4 km in the south  of his uncle’s village. How far away and in what direction is he now?

(a) 3 km in the North                     (b) 3 km in the East

(c ) 4 km in the East                     (d) 4 km in the West

10.  A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between
A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is

(a) 12km                                                   (b) 15 km

(c) 16 km                                                  (d) 18 km

Answers:

1	d
2	a
3	b
4	c
5	a
6	b
7	b
8	d
9	d
10	d