Practice Questions: Distance & Direction- 1 | Logical Reasoning for CLAT PDF Download

Q1: Ram is facing west. He took a right turn and walks 20 m. He then again turns right and walks for 10 m. From there he walks 10 m to north and then 10 m towards west. In which direction is he from the original position?
(a) North-East
(b) North-West
(c) South-East
(d) South-West
Ans: (a)
Ram is facing west and takes a right turn and walks for 20km towards north. He again took a right turn and walk for 10 km towards east. He walks 10 km towards north and then 10 km towards west. So, with respect to starting point R is in North-East direction.

Q2: A travels 35 km towards west, takes a right turn and travels 50 km more. Next, she takes another right turn and travels 35km in that direction. How far is she from her original position?
(a) 75km
(b) 45km
(c) 90km
(d) 50km
Ans: (d)
A walks 35 km in the west direction and took a right turn and walks for 50 km. He again takes a right turn and walk for 35 km. He stops there. As we can see in the figure, the distance between starting point and the end point will be 50 km.

Q3: P ran 40 m east, then turned left and ran 20 m and then turned to right and ran 18 m and turned to left, ran 24 m and finally turned to left and ran 12 m. Now he is running towards which direction.
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
Ans: (d)
P was initially running 40 km in east direction. Then, P took a left turn and ran for 20km in the North direction. Again after taking a right turn P ran for 18 km in east direction. P took a left turn and ran 24km in North direction and took a right turn and ran for 12 km in the west direction. So, P is finally running in the west direction.

Q4: A is the son of the brother of B grandfather’s son. How is A related to B?
(a) Brother
(b) Grandfather
(c) Nephew
(d) Cousin
Ans: (d)
Father of A&B are brother, so A & B are cousin

Q5: Ram introduces Shyam as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Ram related to Shyam?
(a) Father
(b) Cousin
(c) Son
(d) Brother
Ans: (b)
Ram is the cousin of shyam

Q6: Introducing a man, Ram says, “His wife is the only daughter of my maternal grandfather”. How is the man related to Ram?
(a) Father
(b) Grandfather
(c) Son
(d) Grandson
Ans: (a)
The “man” is the father of Ram

Q7: If A is the husband of B, and C is the mother of D and B, how is C related to A?
(a) Mother
(b) Sister
(c) Aunt
(d) Mother-in-Law
Ans: (d)

Q8: B is the brother of A, and A is the son of C. D is C’s father. How is B related to D?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Brother
(c) Grandson
(d) Father
Ans: (c)
B is the grandson of D

Q9: Introducing a man, Mukesh said, “His only brother is the father of my daughter’s father”. How is the man related to Mukesh?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Father
(c) Uncle
(d) Brother-in-Law
Ans: (c)

Q10: P walks 10km Southwards and then take a right turn and walks 6km, then turns left and walks 3km then turns left and walks 5km. In which direction is he now from the starting point?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South
Ans: (d)
P walks 10km in south and took a right turn and walks 6km in east direction. Now, P took a left turn and walks 3 km in the south direction and finally took a left turn and walks for 5km. So, with respect to the starting point, P is now standing in south direction.