Logical Reasoning Questions on Directions

Logical Reasoning Questions

based on

Directions

for

CLAT 2020

• 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.

• North ​​ 

• South​​ 

• East

• West

• 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 starting point?

• East

• West

• North

• South

• Ram is facing west. He took a right turn and walks 20 m. He then again turns right and walk for 10 m. From there he walks 10 m to north and then 10 m towards west. In which direction is he from original position?

• North-East

• North-West

• South-East

• South-West

• 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?

• 75km

• 45km

• 90km

• 50km

• A is the son of the brother of B grandfather’s son. How is A related to B?

• Brother

• Grandfather

• Nephew

• Cousin

• Introducing a man, Ram says, “His wife is the only daughter of my maternal grandfather”. How is the man related to Ram?

• Father

• Grandfather

• Son

• Grandson

• B is the brother of A, and A is the son of C. D is C’s father. How is B related to D?

• Grandfather

• Brother

• Grandson

• Father

• Ram introduces Shyam as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Ram related to Shyam?

• Father

• Uncle

• Son

• Brother

• Cousin

• Introducing a man, Mukesh said, “ His only brother is the father of my daughter’s father”. How is the man related to Mukesh?

• Grandfather

• Father

• Uncle

• Brother-in-Law

• Father-in-Law

• If A is the husband of B, and C is the mother of D and B, how is C related to A?

• Mother

• Sister

• Aunt

• Grandmother

• Mother-in-Law

Answer Key

• Answer:  ​​​​ 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.

• Answer: ​​ 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.

• Answer:  ​​​​ a

R 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.

• Answer:​​ 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.

• Answer: ​​ d​​ ​​ Father of A&B are brother, so A & B are cousin

• Answer:​​ ​​ a​​ ​​ The “man” is the father of Ram

• Answer:​​ ​​ c ​​ B is the grandson of D

• Answer :​​ e​​ Ram is the cousin of shyam

• Answer:​​ c

• Answer:​​ e