Tips on Solving Problems on Direction Sense

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2 TIPS on cracking Reasoning Questions on
Direction Sense
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Tip 1 Make a sketch of the data provided
Question A man walks 5 km toward south and then
turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns
to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which
direction is he from the starting place? A.
West B. South C. North-East D.
South-west 5 km Solution
3 km As we may see from the
figure, the man is finally South-West from the
starting point. Thus, the correct answer
is D. 5 km Question Ravi left home and
cycled 10 km towards South, then turned right and
cycled 5 km and then again turned right and
cycled 10 km. After this he turned left and
cycled 10 km to reach home. How many kilometers
will he have to cycle to reach his home
straight? A. 10 km B. 15 km 10 km C. 20
km D. 25 km Solution
Required distance AE 10 km
(5 10) km 10 km
15 km

Thus, the answer is B. 5 km
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Tip 2 Draw a grid in questions when multiple
possibilities can occur

• Question 8 trees mango, guava, papaya,
  pomegranate, lemon, banana, raspberry and apple
  are in two rows of 4 in each facing North and
  South.
• Lemon is between mango and apple but just
  opposite to guava.
• Banana is at one end of a line and is to the
  right of guava tree.
• Raspberry tree which at one end of a line, is
  just diagonally opposite to mango tree.
• Which tree is just opposite to banana tree?
• A. Mango B. Pomegranate C. Papaya D. Data is
  inadequate.
• Solution
• Filling Banana first at one end, and Guava to its
  left, we can find the corresponding position for
  Lemon, i.e., opposite to Guava.
• On the sides of Lemon are Apple and Mango.
• Raspberry is at an end, being diagonally
• opposite to Mango. Thus, Mango is at the end next
  to lemon. This, determines the position of Apple
  and Raspberry as well. The empty positions can be
  occupied by Papaya or Pomegranate. We see that
  Mango is just opposite to Mango. So the answer is
  A.
• Question Based on the data given above, which
  tree is just opposite to raspberry tree?
• Papaya B. Pomegranate C. Papaya or
  Pomegranate D. Data is inadequate
• Solution
• We can see that either papaya or pomegranate is
  next to Raspberry. The answer is C.

Raspberry ? Guava Banana
? Apple Lemon Mango
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