IBPS REASONING PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Verbal & Non-Verbal - Direction:

1.  A girl leaves from her home. She first walks 30 metres in North-west direction and then 30 metres in South-west direction. Next, she walks 30 metres in South-east direction. Finally, she turns towards her house. In which direction is she moving?
a]  North-east          b]  North-west       c] South-east         d] South-west

2.   Sanjeev walks 10 metres towards the South. Turning to the left, he walks 20 metres and then moves to his right. After moving a distance of 20 metres, he turns to the right and walks 20 metres. Finally, he turns to the right and moves a distance of 10 metres. How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
a]  10 metres North                             b] 20 metres South
c]  20 metres North                             d] 10 metres South

3.   Kashish goes 30 metres North, then turns right and walks 40 metres, then again turns right and walks 20 metres, then again turns right and walks 40 metres. How many metres is he from his original position?
a]  0                       b]  10                  c] 20                   d] 40

4.   I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 metres. Then I turn right again and walk 10 metres. Then I turn left and walk 10 meteres and then turning right walk 20 meters. Then I turn right again and walk 60 meteres. In which direction am I from the starting point?
a]  North                 b]  North-west       c] East                 d] North-east

5.   A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 metres. Then turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left and walks 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?
a]  20 metres           b]  30 metres        c] 60 metres          d] None of these

6.   Rohit walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction?
a]  35 metres East                               b] 35 metres North
c]  40 metres East                              d] None of these

7.   Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 metres towards South. He turned left and walked 30 meters. He then turned left and walked 20 metres. He again turned left and walked 40 meters and reached a point Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P?
a]  20 meters West                              b] 10 metres East
c]  10 metres West                              d] None of these

8.   Ramakant walks northwards. After a while, he turns to his right and a little further to his left. Finally, after walking a distance of one kilometer, he turns to his left again. In which direction is he moving now?
a]  North                 b]  South              c] East                 d] West

9.   A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point?
a]  3 km                  b]  4 km               c] 5 km                d] 7 km

10.   Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 metres. He turned right and walked 50 metres, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 metres. How far is he from the starting point?
a]  10 metres           b]  20 metres        c] 50 meters          d] None of these

11.   Laxman went 15 kms to the west from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was he from his house?
a]  5 kms                b]  10 kms            c] 40 kms             d] 80 kms

12.   From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 kms. Then, he turned South and covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 kms. In which direction is she walking now?
a]  East                   b]  West               c] North               d] South

13.   Going 50 metres to the South of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another 20 metres. Then, turning to the North, she goes 30 meteres and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?
a]  North-west          b]  North              c] South-east         d] East

14.   A walks 10 metres in front and 10 meters to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
a]  5 metres             b]  10 metres        c] 15 metres          d] 20 metres

15.   Rasik walks 20 metres North. Then he turns right and walks 30 metres. Then he turns right and walks 35 metres. Then he turns left and walks 15 metres. Then he again turns left and walks 15 metres. In which direction and how many metres away is he from his original position?
a]  15 metres West                              b] 30 metres East
c]  30 metres West                              d] 45 metres East

16.   A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the East before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 metres to the North before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?
a]  80 metres           b]  100 metres       c] 140 metres        d] 260 metres

17.   The door of Aditya’s house faces the East. From the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again. Finally, he turns towards left and stops after walking 25 metres. Now, Aditya is in which direction from the starting point?
a]  South-east          b]  North-east       c] South-west        d] North-west

18.   To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed with?
a]  None                 b]  (i) only           c] (ii) only           d] (iii) only

19.   A man is performing yoga with his head down and legs up. His face is towards the west. In which direction will his left hand be?
a]  North                 b]  South              c] East                 d] West

20.   One morning after sunrise, Gopal was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. Which direction was he facing?
a]  South                 b]  East                c] West                d] Data inadequate

Answers:

1.     a     2.     b     3.     b    4.     d     5.     d     6.     a     7.     c   8.  d     9.  c        10.  a        11.  b        12.  c        13.  a        14.  a        15.  d        16.  b    17.  d        18.  a        19.  a        20.  a