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INTRODUCTION
 Distance and direction is the measurement of position of an object or thing with respected to another
one.
 Direction is a measurement of position of one thing with respected to another thing.
 Displacement is the measurement of distance between initial and the final point.
 Direction and distance test mainly deals with two types of direction i.e. Main direction and Cardinal
direction.

 Main Directions

News = Make four directions, namely north, East, West, and South.
There are four type of directions, viz. East West North and South. Sun rises in the East. Just opposite of
East is West and South is in the opposite to North.

Abbreviations for these directions are E (East), W (West), N (North) and S (South).

 Cardinal Directions
A direction between two main directions is called cardinal direction. Clearly, there are four cardinal
directions. They are:
N-E (North-East) N-W (North-West)
S-E (South-East) and S-W (South-West)

We should use the diagram as given in question for the purpose of sensing directions.

Note: Angle formed between two main directions is 90 o and angle formed between a cardinal direction
and main direction is 45 o
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 Rotation of Angles

To solve angle movement questions. It is necessary to know about the rotations of angles which are
given below
For right direction movement (Clockwise)

For left direction movement (Anti-clockwise)

Left turn Anti-clockwise direction

Right turn Clockwise direction

 Left Right Movement

 A person facing north, on taking left will face towards west and on taking the right turn towards
east.
 A person facing west, on taking left will face towards south and on taking right turn towards north.
 A person facing east, on taking left will face towards north and on taking the right turn towards
south.
 A person facing south, on taking left will face towards east and on taking the right turn towards
west.
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 Concepts to remember:
 B is to the east of A.

 B is to the west of A.

 B is to the north of A.

 B is to the south of A.

 B is to the North- east of A.

 B is to the North- west of A.

 B is to the South- east of A.

 B is to the South-west of A.

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 Pythagoras Theorem
The concept of Pythagoras theorem is highly applicable in direction reasoning problem. In a right-angled
triangle,, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other
oth two sides.

i.e., c2 = a2 + b2.
 Shadow Case
 In morning/ Sunrise time

 If a person facing towards Sun, the shadow will be towards his back or in west.
 If a person facing towards South, the shadow will be towards his right.
 If a person facing towards West, the shadow will be towards his front.
 If a person facing towards North, the shadow will be towards his left.

 In evening/ Sunset time

 If a person facing towards Sun, the shadow will be towards his back or in East.
 If a person facing towards North, tthe shadow will be towards his right.
 If a person facing towards East, the shadow will be towards his front.
 If a person facing towards South, the shadow will be towards his left.

Note- At 12:00 noon there is no shadow because the rays of the Sun are vertically downward.

 Solved Examples:
 Type-1: Final Direction Based
In this type of questions, we have to ascertain the final direction with respected to the initial point or the
directional relations between two points/things.

Question) A man is facing towards West and turns through 45 0 clockwise, again 1800 clockwise and then
turns through 2700 anti-clockwise.
clockwise. In which direction is he facing now?
(A) West (B) North-West
West (C) North (D) South-West
South

Solution: (D)

Finally on moving 2700 anti- clockwise, he faces in the direction OS which is South-West.
South
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 Type-2: Distance (Displacement) Based

In this type of question, we deal with the final distance between starting and final point or between two
points/persons/things. There are various formats/patterns of displacement.

Question) Mayank walks 20 m North. Then, he turns right and walks 30 m. Now, he turns right and
walks 35 m. Now, turning left, he walks 15 m. Again, he turns lefts and moves 15 m. In which direction
and how far is he from his original position?
(A) 15 m, East (B) 45 m, East (C) 15 m, West (D) 45 m, West

Solution: (B)

Mayank’s distance from his original position (AF) = BC + DE = 30 + 15 = 45 m. Also ‘F’ lies to East of ‘A’.

 Type-3: Distance (Displacement) and Direction Based

In this type of questions, we deal with the final distance between starting and final point of any
person/object/thing. There are various formats/patterns of distance and direction.

Question) A tourist drives 10 Km towards East and turns to the right hand and drives 3 Km. Then, he
drives towards West (turning to his right) 3 Km. He, then turns to his left and drives 2 Km. Finally he turns
to his right and travels 7 Km. How far is he from his starting point and in which direction would he be?
(A) 10 Km, East (B) 9 Km, North (C) 8 Km, West (D) 5 Km, South

Solution: (D)

Required distance AF = BC + DE = 3 + 2 = 5 Km
His final point is F which is in South direction from starting point A.
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 Type-4: Clock Based
Question) Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to the
north. In which direction the minute hand will point at 09:15 P.M.?
Solution: This question becomes very easy once we draw a clock at align the hour hand at 6 P.M. with
the north direction. Now, in the same clock aligned as before, we move the minute and hour hands in
such a way that now it is 09:15 P.M.

As we can see from the image above, minute hand at 09:15 P.M points to the west.

 Type-5: Shadow Based

Question) One evening Amit and Gaurav were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If
Gaurav’s shadow was exactly to the left of Amit, which direction was Amit facing?
Solution: If a man faces north, his shadow will be on his right during sunrise and Similarly, if a man
faces south, his shadow will be on his left during sunrise and on his right during sunset. We know from
the question that it is sunset and shadow is to the right of Gaurav. Amit is facing south.

 Type-6: Coding Based

(Directions 1 – 5):M % N means M is to the right of N at a distance of 1m.
M @ N means M is to the left of N at a distance of 1m.
M $ N means M is to the north of N at a distance of 1m.
M # N means M is to the south of N at a distance of 1m.
The persons are facing the north direction.

Q1) A % B # C % D, then D is in which direction with respect to A?

(A) North (B) South-East (C) North-West (D) South-West

Q2) A # B % C $ D, then D is in which direction with respect to A?

(A) North (B) North-East (C) South (D) West

Q3) E $ F @ G # H, then H is in which direction with respect to E and what is distance between H and E?
(A) North, 1m (B) South, 1m (C) South-East, 1m (D) East, 1m

Q4) A # B % C $ D % E, then E is in which direction with respect to B?

(A) North (B) South-West (C) North-East (D) South-East

Q5) P # R @ S @ Q $ T, Then R is in which direction with respect to Q and at what distance?

(A) North, 1m (B) South, 2m (C) West, 2m (D) East, 2m

Solution 1) : (C) North-West

Solution 2) : (D) West
Solution 3): (D) East, 1m
Solution 4): (B) South-West
Solution 5): (C) West, 2m
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Some Solved Examples
Example 1) Aman starts from his house and walks 2 km east up to his class and turns southwards and
walks 1 km up to his friend’s house. At the friend’s house, he turns to east and walks 2 km up to his
school. He then turns northwards and walks 4 km to the garden. How far is he from his house?

Solution 1)

Distance from his house = = 5 km

Solution: He is 5 Km from his house.

Example 2) Y is in the east of X which is in the north Z. If P is in the south of Z, then in which direction of
Y, is P?

Solution 2) It is best to solve these type of questions by drawing diagrams. Let us first draw z, and then
from there we can draw other points as well.

Looking at the above picture, it becomes very clear that P is in the south west of Y.

Example 3) A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the East before turning to his right. He
went 20 meters before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 meters from
this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 meters to the North before meeting his father
in a street. What is the smallest distance between the starting point and his father’s position?

Solution 3)
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For this type of question, Keep in mind that when a person moves to his left side, he will move towards
anti- clockwise direction and when a person moves to his right side, he will move towards clockwise
direction. When a question says moved towards left or right side, we assume that the movement is at an
angle of 90 degrees.
The movement of the child from A to E is as shown in fig.
Clearly, the child meets his father at E.
Now, AF = (AB – FB) = (AB – DC) = (90 – 30) m = 60 m.
EF = (DE – DF) = (DE – BC) = (100 – 20) m = 80 m.
Now the distance is square root of (602 + 802), which will be 100 meters.

Example 4) Kabul is located 2 km away to the north-west Punjab. Rohtak is located 2 km in the south-
west direction from Kabul. Melghat is another place and is located 2 km away in the north-west of
Rohtak. Talu is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from Melghat. In which direction is Talu
from Punjab?

Solution 4) Let us denote these letters by their initials.

Distances are same i.e. 2km so P, R and T fall in a single line. While K and M are in a single line. Hence,
we can see that Talu is to the West of Punjab.

Example 5) Arya and Bindya start from a point simultaneously. Arya moves to his East and travels 12
km, and Bindya moves to her south and travels 12 km. Arya takes a 270° anti-clock wise turn and travels
12 km. Bindya takes a 90° clock wise turn and runs 18km. Then Bindya goes 30km in same line in
exactly opposite direction. Which of the following is true regarding their positions?
(A) Bindya has travelled 30 km more than Arya
(B) Both are to the south east of original position
(C) Both are at the same point

Solution 5)

In the above figure, we denote Arya’s movement by red line and Bindya’s movement by blue line. We
see that the final destination for both Bindya and Aryan is same and that both are to the south east of
original position. Hence, 2 and 3 are correct.
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Exercise 1

1) Ram walks 20m North. He then turns left and walks 40m. He again turns left and walks 20m. Further,
he moves 20m after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position?
(A) 60m (B) 130m (C) 50m (D) 120m

2) A man walks 20m towards East and then he turns to South and Walks 50m. Again he turns to East and
walks 30m. After this, he turns to North and walks 170m. How far is he from the starting point?
(A) 60m (B) 130m (C) 50m (D) 120m

3) Pradeep started early in the morning on the road towards sun. After sometime, he turned to his left.
Again after sometime, he turned to his right. After moving some distance, he again turned to his right and
began to move. Now, find the direction in which he is moving?
(A) North (B) South (C) South-East (D) South-West

4) Two friends Tushar and Ramesh, walk in opposite direction for 3km. Tushar is walking towards East
After 3km, each of them takes right turn and walks 3km. Both turns back to look at each-other. Find the
direction in which Ramesh is looking.
(A) North (B) South (C) South-East (D) South-West

5) Subhash ran a distance of 40m towards South. Then he turned to his right and ran 15m. Again the
turned to his right and ran another 50m. he again took a right turn and ran 15m. Finally, he turned to his
left at an angle of 45° and ran. In which direction is he running finally?
(A) North-West (B) South (C) North-East (D) South-West

Direction: (6-10): Study the information and answer the question that follows:
There are 5 friends A, B, C, D and E standing randomly. B is to the northeast of E. D is 2km to the east of
E, who is 6km to the west of A. C is to the northwest of D and in the line of EB. D is 4km to the south of B.

6) In which direction is C with respect to A?

(A) South West (B) South East (C) North East (D) North West

7) In which direction is A with respect to B?

(A) South East (B) South West (C) North West (D) North East

8) What is the distance between D and A?

(A) 5km (B) 4km (C) 6km (D) 3km

9) What is the shortest distance between B and A?

(A) 5√7km (B) 4√2km (C) 6√2km (D) 3√5km

10) What is the shortest distance between B and E?

(A) 2√7km (B) 5 √2km (C) 7√2km (D) 2√5km
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Direction (11 – 20): In the following questions, the symbols &, %, * and # are used with the following
meanings as illustrated below. Note: The directions which are given indicates exact directions.
A&B – A is in the south direction of B. A*B – A is in the north direction of B.
A%B – A is in the east direction of B. A#B – A is in the west direction of B.
A@BS- A is the mid-point of BS vertically.

Note– For southeast direction it used to be written as A&%B and so on…

When it is given that the Car honks once then it will be considered as the car taken a left turn and if it is
given as the car honks twice then it will be considered as the car takes a right turn.
Point A is %15m of point B. Point C is *33m of point A. Point D is *25m of point B. Point E is #20m of point
D. Point F is &40m of point E. Point G is %40m point F. Point H@IG. Point I is *30m of Point G.

11) What distance the car has to travel from point I to reach the airplane which is parked at point A?
(A) 22m (B) 6√10 m (C) 43 m (D) 5√10m

12) What could the possible shortest route to reach point D from point C?
(A) Started in east till 15km, honks once, cover 8km
(B) Started in west till 15km, honks twice, cover 8km
(C) Started in south till 25km, honks once, cover 8km
(D) Started in west till 15km, honks once, cover 8km

13) Point I is in which direction from point F?

(A) & (B) *# (C) &# (D) *%

14) If Point J is &15m of point B then which of the following is the position of J with respect to G?
(A) *, 24m (B) #, 25 m (C) &, 15 m (D) #, 20m

15) Point H is in which direction from point B?

(A) & (B) * (C) # (D) %

16) Point E is in which direction with respect to point C?

(A) &% (B) *% (C) *# (D) &#

17) Which of the following points lie in the straight line?

(A) E and B (B) A and G (C) D and B (D) E and J

18) What could the possible shortest route to reach point G from point A?
(A) Started in E till 5km, honks twice, cover 15km (B) Started in W till 5km, honks once, cover 15km
(C) Started in E till 5km, honks once, cover 8km (D) Started in E till 5km, honks twice, cover 8km

19) Point F is in which direction from point I?

(A) &# (B) * (C) # (D) %

20) What is the shortest distance between point A and point E?

(A) 5√97 m (B) 5√87 m (C) 5√74 m (D) 5√53 m
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Answer Keys
1 A 6 D 11 D 16 D
2 B 7 A 12 D 17 C
3 B 8 B 13 D 18 A
4 C 9 B 14 D 19 A
5 C 10 D 15 D 20 C
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Solution Exercise 1
Solution 1)

It is clear from the above figure that Ram is (20+40) 60m from his original position.

Solution 2)

Solution 3) From the figure, it is clear that presently Pradeep is moving in South direction.

Solution 4) From the figure, it is clear that Ramesh is looking in South East direction towards Tushar.
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Solution 5) From the figure, it is clear that subhash is running in North-East direction.

Solution (6-10):

Solution (11-20) :