Reasoning - Blood Relation Chapter-VII

B L O O D R E L AT IO N
BASIC CONCEPT
Blood relationship means persons connected  Wife of maternal uncle  Maternal Aunt
by relations like - father, mother, son-daugh-  Other Relations
ter, brother-sister, grand father, grand mother,  Grand father’s son  Father/Uncle
uncleaunty, nephew-niece, brother-in-law,  Grand father’s only son  Father
sister-in-law etc. The list can go on and on  Grand mother’s only son  Father
adding members from father's side and  Grand father’s (daughter-in-law)  Mother
mother's side etc.  Father’s son  brother
Question in Test of Reasoning on Family/  Father’s daughter  Sister
Blood relationship are about the relationship  Son’s wife  Daughter-in-law
of a particular person with another person of  Daughter’s husband  Son–in–law
the family, based on the chain of relationships  Brother’s/Sister’s son  Nephew
between other members of that family.  Brother’s/sister’s daughter  Niece
Family/Blood Relation Tests are an exercise  Brother’s wife  Sister-in-law
to test the candidates ability to comprehend  Sister’s husband  Brother-in-law
and come to the crux of an issue from com-  Husband’s or wife brother  Brother-
plex, lengthy and unclear data. in-law
 Relations from Paternal Side  Grandson’s or grand daughter’s daugh-
 Father's Father  Grandfather
ter  Great grand daughter.
 Father's Mother  Grand mother
 We can denote male candidates with (+) sign
 Father's Sister  Aunt
and female candidate with (–) sign.
 Father's Brother  Uncle
Some examples are : –
 Wife of Uncle  Aunt
 Husband of Aunt  Uncle
 Children of Uncle/Aunt  cousin
 Relations from Maternal Side
 Mother's father  Maternal grandfather
 Mother's mother  Maternal grand
mother
 Mother's brother  Maternal Uncle
 Mother's sister  Aunt
 Children of maternal Uncle  Cousin

SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. Pointing out to a lady, Rajan said. “She is 2. A is B’s sister. C is B’s mother. D is C’s
the daughter of the woman who is the father. E is D’s mother. Then how is A re-
lated to D?
mother of the husband of my mother.” Who
(a) Daughter (b) Grand daughter
is the lady to Rajan ? (c) Grand mother (d) Grand father
(a) Aunt (b) Grand daughter
(c) Daughter (d) Sister
—
Sol.
Father’s mother

— + —
Mother Father Lady

—
Ranjan
A is granddaughter of D.
Hence, lady is the sister of Rajan’s father. So, Direction (3–5): A is the mother of B. B is the
she is his aunt. sister of C.D is the son of C.

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E is the brother of D. F is the mother of E. G is 6. In statement ‘P + S – T’. How P is related to T?

the grand daughter of A. (a) Sister (b) Wife
H has only two children B and C. (c) Son (d) Daughter
3. How is F related to H ? Sol. P + S  P is daughter of S
(a) Son-in-law (b) Daughter-in-law S /T  S is father of T.
(c) Father-in-law (d) Grand daughter
4. How is C related to E ?
(a) Father (b) Son
(c) Mother (d) Cousin brother Hence, P is sister of T.
5. Who is the mother of G ? 7. In statement ‘P × Q – T’. How is T related to P?
(a) C (b) B (a) Daughter (b) Mother
(c) F (d) Either B or F (c) Sister (d) Cannot determine
Sol. P × Q  P is wife of Q
Q – T  Q is father of T

(3); Option (b)

T may be the son or daughter of P.
From above figure, it is clear that F is
Hence, answer is (d) cannot determine.
daughter-in-law of H
8. From the following which means that T is
(4); Option (a) wife of P ?
From the above figure, it is clear that C is (a) P × S ÷ T (b) P ÷ S × T
father of E. (c) P – S ÷ T (d) P – S + T
(5); Option (d) Sol. P – S  P is father of S
From the above diagram it is clear that S + T  S is daughter of T
either B or F is the mother of G.
Direction (6-8) : Read carefully the following
information and give answer.
‘A-B’ means A is father of B.
‘A+B’ means A is daughterof B. Hence, T is wife of P
‘A÷B’ means A is son of B. Answer is (d) option.
‘A×B’ means A is wife of B
Practice set
1. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, “I 4. Pointing to a man a woman said, “His
have no brother or sister but that man’s mother is the only daughter of my mother.”
father is my father’s son.” Whose photo- How is the woman related to the mother?
graph was it? (a) Mother (b) Daughter
(a) His own (b) His son (c) Sister (d) Grandmother
(c) His father’s (d) His nephew’s 5. If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son,
2. Pointing towards a boy, Veena said, “He is how is X related to Y?
the son of only son of my grandfather.” How (a) Son (b) Brother
is that boy related to Veena? (c) Cousin (d) Grandson
(a) Aunt (b) Uncle 6. Pointing towards Rita, Nikhil said.” I am
the only son of her mother’s son.” How is
(c) Mother (d) Data inadequate
Rita related to Nikhil?
3. Introducing Reena, Monika said, “She is
(a) Aunt (b) Niece
the only daughter of myfather’s only
(c) Mother (d) Cousin
daughter.” How is Monika related to
7. Pointing to a lady, a man said,” The son of
Reena?
her only brother is the brother of my wife.”
(a) Aunt (b) Niece How is the lady related to the man?
(c) Cousin (d) Data inadequate (a) Mother’s sister

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(b) Grandmother 18. Introducing man to her husband, a woman

(c) Mother-in-law said, “His brother’s father is the only son
(d) Sister of father-in-law of my grandfather.” How is the woman re-
8. Pointing to Ketan, Namrata said, “He is lated to this man?
the son of my father’s only son.” How is (a) Mother (b) Aunt
Ketan’s mother related to Namrata? (c) Sister (d) Can’t be determined.
(a) Daughter (b) Aunt 19. A is mother of D and sister of B. B has a
(c) Sister (d) Cant be determined daughter C. Who is married to F.G is the
9. Pointing to a man on the stage, Rashi said, husband of A. How is G related to D?
“He is the brother of the daughter of the (a) husband (b) son
wife of my husband.” How is the man on (c) father (d) uncle
the stage related to Rashi? 20. Pointing to Kapil, Shilpa said, “His
(a) Son (b) Husband mother’s brother is the father of my son,
(c) Cousin (d) Nephew Ashish.” How is Kapil related to Shilpa?
10. A woman introduces a man as the son of (a) Sister-in-law (b) Nephew
the brother of her mother. (c) Niece (d) Aunt
How is the man related to the woman? 21. Showing the man receiving the prize,
(a) nephew (b) Son Saroj said, “He is the brother of my uncle’s
(c) Cousin (d) Uncle daughter.” Who is the man to Saroj?
11. Introducing a man, a woman said, “He is (a) Son (b) Brother-in-law
the only son of my mother’s mother.” How
(c) Nephew (d) Cousin
is the woman related to the man?
22. Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Amar
(a) Mother (b) Aunt
said, “Her mother’s brother is the only son
(c) Sister (d) Niece
of my mother’s father.” How is the girl’s
12. Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said,
mother related to Amar ?
“His mother is the wife of my father’s son.
(a) Mother (b) Sister
Brother and sisters I have none.” At whose
portrait was Harsh looking? (c) Aunt (d) Aunt or Mother
(a) His son (b) His cousin 23. M and F are a married couple A and B are
(c) His uncle (d) His nephew sisters. F is the sister of A. Who is B to M?
13. Pointing to a man in a photograph, Asha (a) Sister (b) Sister-in-law
said, “His mother’s only daughter is my (c) Niece (d) Daughter
mother.” How is Asha related to that man? 24. X introduces Y saying, “He is the husband
(a) Nephew (b) Sister of the grand daughter of the father of my
(c) Wife (d) Can’t be determined father.” How is Y related to X?
14. Introducing a man, a woman said, “His (a) Brother
wife is the only daughter of my father.” (b) Son
How is that man related to the woman? (c) Brother-in-law
(a) Brother (b) Father-in-law (d) Cannot be determined
(c) Maternal uncle (d) Husband 25. If Kamal says, “Ravi’s mother is the only
15. Pointing towards a girl in the picture, daughter of my mother”, how is Kamal re-
Sarita said, “She is the mother of Neha lated to Ravi?
whose father is my son.” How is Sarita (a) Grandfather
related to the girl in the picture? (b) Father
(a) Mother (b) Aunt (c) Brother
(c) Cousin (d) Data inadequate (d) Cannot be determined
16. Deepak said to Nitin,” That boy playing foot- 26. Rahul told Anand, “yesterday I defeated the
ball is the younger of the two brothers of only brother of the daughter of my grand-
the daughter of my father’s wife.” How is mother.” Whom did Rahul defeat?
the boy playing football related to Deepak? (a) Son (b) Father
(a) Son (b) Brother (c) Brother (d) Father-in law
(c) Cousin (d) Nephew 27. Pointing to a woman, Naman said, “She
17. Pointing to a lady on the platform, Manju is the daughter of the only child of my
said,” She is the sister of the father of my grandmother.” How is the woman related
mother’s son.” Who is the lady to Manju? to Naman?
(a) Mother (b) Sister (a) Sister (b) Niece
(c) Aunt (d) Niece (c) Cousin (d) Data inadequate

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28. Pointing to a photograph, a person tell his 38. If B is the son of A and if A is not the fa-
friend,” She is the grand daughter of the ther of B, what is A to B ?
elder brother of my father.” How is the girl (a) Father (b) Mother
in the photograph related to this man? (c) Grandfather (d) Grandmother
(a) Niece (b) Sister 39. Pointing to an old man, Kunal said, “His
(c) Aunt (d) Sister-in-law son is my son’s uncle.” How is the old man
29. A man said to a lady, “Your mother’s related to Kunal?
husband’s sister is my aunt.” (a) Brother (b) Uncle
How is the lady related to the man? (c) Father (d) Grandfather
(a) Daughter (b) Grand daughter 40. Pointing to a photograph, a woman says,
(c) Cousin (d) Sister or Cousin. “This man’s son’s sister is my mother-in-
30. If Neena says, “Anita’s father Raman is law.” How is the woman’s husband related
the only son of my father-inlaw Mahipal”, to the man in the photograph?
then how is Bindu who is sister of Anita, (a) Grandson (b) Son
related to Mahipal? (c) Son-in-law (d) Nephew
(a) Niece (b) Daughter Directions (41 – 45): Study the following in-
(c) Wife (d) None of these formation carefully and answer the questions
31. Pointing to the woman in the picture, Rajiv given below:-
said, “Her mother has only one grandchild (i) ‘P × Q’ means P is the brother of Q
whose mother is my wife.” How is the (ii) ‘P – Q’ means P is the mother of Q
woman in the picture related to Rajiv? (iii) ‘P + Q’ means P is the sister of Q
(a) Cousin (b) Wife (iv) ‘P ÷ Q’ means P is the father of Q
(c) Sister (d) Data inadequate 41. How is W related to M in the expression W
32. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the +T÷R×M?
daughter of the father of her uncle. The (a) Maternal Aunt (b) Paternal Aunt
boy is girl’s (c) Grand mother (d) Data inadequate
(a) Brother (b) Son 42. How is K related to D in the expression
(c) Uncle (d) Son-in-law D – J + M ÷ K?
33. Pointing to a gentleman, Deepak said, “His (a) Grandson (b) Nephew
only brother is the father of my daughter’s (c) Niece (d) Data inadequate
father.” How is the gentleman related to 43. How is R related to M in the expression
Deepak? M + J ÷ T × R?
(a) Grandfather (b) Father (a) Nephew (b) Niece
(c) Brother-in-law (d) Uncle (c) Nephew of Niece (d) Data inadequate
34. A is B’s son C’s father is F. F is D’s son and 44. Which of the following expression repre-
B is D’s daughter. How is A related to F ? sents T is nephew of J ?
(a) Nephew (b) Niece (a) J × M – F + T (b) J × M – F + T
(c) Cousin (d) Son-in-law (c) J × M ÷ F × T (d) None of these
35. Pointing to a photograph, a lady told Pramod, 45. Which of the following expression repre-
“I am the only daughter of this lady and her sents B is the paternal uncle of H ?
son is your maternal uncle.” How is the (a) B × M ÷ H (b) B + H ÷ H
speaker related to Pramod’s father? (c) B × M + H (d) B + M – H
(a) Sister-in-law (b) Wife 46. P’s father Q is B’s paternal uncle and A’s
(c) Either (a) or (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b) husband M is P’s paternal uncle. How is A
36. Pointing to a person, a man said to a related to B?
woman, “His mother is the only daughter (a) Cousin (b) Aunt
of your father.” How was the woman re- (c) Mother (d) Data inadequate
lated to the person? 47. Shobha is the niece of Ashish. Ashish’s
(a) Aunt (b) Mother mother is Priya. Kamla is Priya’s mother.
(c) Wife (d) Daughter Kamla’s husband is Hari. Krishna is the
37. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman mother-inlaw of Hari. How is Shobha re-
said, “His brother’s father is the only son of lated to Hari?
my grandfather.” How is the woman related (a) Daughter
to the man in the photograph? (b) Great grand daughter
(a) Mother (b) Aunt (c) Grand niece
(c) Sister (d) Daughter (d) Great grandson’s daughter

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48. Kalyani is mother-in-law of Veena who is 57. How is Sita related to Vishu?
sister-in-law of Ashok. Dheeraj is father (a) Mother (b) Aunt
of Sudeep, the only brother of Ashok. (c) Mother-in-law (d) Sister
Veena is the only daughter of her parents. 58. How is Vishu related to Ruchi?
How is Kalyani related to Ashok? (a) Father (b) Uncle
(a) Cousin (b) Wife (c) Grandfather (d) Brother
(c) Mother-in-law (d) None of these 59. How is Ram related to Sujata?
49. Nandini is only daughter of Madan’s sis- (a) Brother (b) Husband
ter Sangita’s brother. How is Nandini re- (c) Sister (d) None of these
lated to Madan? 60. Pointing to a photograph Rasika said, “He
(a) Daughter (b) Niece is the grand son of my grandmother’s only
(c) Cousin (d) Niece or Daughter son, “How is the boy in photograph related
50. Pointing to Mona, Swarup says, “She is to Rasika?
the daughter of only one child of my grand- (a) Son
father. “How is Mona related Swarup? (b) Either Nephew or Son
(a) Aunt (b) Cousin (c) Brother
(c) Data inadequate (d) Sister (d) Can not be determined
Directions (51 – 53): Read the following infor- Previous year questions
mation carefully and answer the questions 1. A, B and C are sisters. D is the brother of
given below: E and E is the daughter of B. how is A re-
A is the son of B. C, B’s sister, has a son D and lated to D?
a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. (a) Sister (b) Cousin
51. How is A related to D? (c) Niece (d) None of these
(a) Cousin (b) Nephew 2. A, B are married couple. X and Y are broth-
(c) Uncle (d) Brother ers. X is the brother of A. how is Y related
52. How is E related to F? to B?
(a) Sister (b) Daughter (a) Brother-in-law (b) Brother
(c) Niece (d) Wife (c) Cousin (d) Niece
53. How many nephews does F have? 3. Deepak has a brother Anil. Deepak is the
(a) Nil (b) One son of Prem. Aditya is Prem’s father. In
(c) Two (d) Three terms of relationship, what is Anil of Aditya?
Directions (54 – 55): Read the following infor- (a) Son (b) Grandson
mation and answer the questions given be- (c) Brother (d) Grandfather
low it: 4. B is husband of P. Q is the only grandson
A is the father of C but C is not his son. E is of E, who is wife of D and mother-in-law of
the daughter of C. F is the spouse of A. B is P. How is B related to D?
the brother of C. D is the son of B. G is the (a) Nephew (b) Cousin
spouse of B. H is the father of G. (c) Son-in-law (d) Son
54. Who is the grandmother of D? 5. I. F is the brother of A,
(a) A (b) C (c) F (d) H II. C is the daughter of A,
55. Who is the son of F? III. D is the sister of F,
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E IV. G is the brother of C.
Directions (56 – 67): Following information is Then who is the uncle of G?
given about a family. (a) A (b) C (c) F (d) K
Meena is Reena’s only sibling. Sita is Ruchi’s 6. A is the paternal uncle of B, who is the
grandmother. Nutan is Sujata’s and Ram’s daughter of C and C is the daughter-in-
grandchild. Sujata has only one child, a son. law of P. How is A related to P?
Meena is Vishu’s sister in law and Ruchi’s (a) Brother (b) Son
mother. Nutan is Vishu’s daughter. Ram (c) Son-in-law (d) Data inadequate
is Sita’s husband. 7. P’s father is Q’s son. M is the paternal
uncle of P and N is the brother of Q. How
56. How is Nutan related to Ruchi?
is N related to M?
(a) Sister (b) Cousin
(a) Brother (b) Nephew
(c) Aunt (d) Niece (c) Cousin (d) None of these

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8. Q is the brother of R; P is the sister of Q. T 17. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, “Her mother
is the brother of S; S is the daughter of R. is the only daughter of my mother-in-law.
who are the nephew/niece of Q? “How is Vipin related to the girl?
(a) R and P (b) P and T (a) Uncle (b) Father
(c) Q and T (d) S and T (c) Brother (d) Husband
9. E is the son of A. D is the son of B. E is 18. If Maya says, “Vaishali’s father Vinayak
married to C. C is B’s daughter. is the only son of my father-in-law,
How is D related to E? Vishwanath, “then how is Roopa, who is
(a) Brother (b) Uncle sister of Vaishali related to Vishwanath ?
(c) Father-in-law (d) Brother-in-law (a) Wife (b) Daughter
10. A is father of C and D is son of B. E is (c) Grand daughter (d) Sister-in-law
brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B 19. A woman introduces a man as the son of
related to E? the brother of her mother. How is the man
(a) Daughter (b) Brother-in-law related to her?
(c) Husband (d) Sister-in-law (a) Son (b) Uncle
11. Q’s mother is sister of P and daughter of (c) Cousin (d) Grand son
M. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How 20. Sheela is Ravi’s sister-in-law. Ram is Ravi’s
is M related to T? brother. Ram’s wife is Sheela. Deepa is
(a) Grandmother Ravi’s sister. Deepa’s mother is Shanthi.
(b) Father How is Sheela related to Shanthi?
(c) Grandfather (a) Daughter-in-law (b) Grand daughter
(d) Grandfather or Grandmother (c) Daughter (d) Mother-in-law
12. D, the son-in-law of B, is the brother-in-
21. Roop is the brother of Omvir. Meena is the
law of A who is the brother of C. How is A
sister of Roop. Ram is the brother of Hemu.
related to B?
Hemu is the daughter of Omvir. Shyam
(a) Brother (b) Son
is the father of meena. How is Hemu re-
(c) Father (d) Data inadequate
lated to Shyam?
13. P is the son of Q while Q and R are the
(a) Father
sisters to one another. T is the mother of
(b) Maternal Grand father
R. If S is the son of T, which of the follow-
(c) Maternal Uncle
ing statements is correct?
(d) Grand daughter
(a) T is the brother of Q.
22. Tarun is the father of Rohit. Rohit is the
(b) S is the cousin of P.
brother of Kala. Kala is the wife of Dilip.
(c) Q and S are sisters
How is Dilip related to Rohit?
(d) S is the maternal uncle of P.
(a) Brother-in-law (b) Father-in-law
14. A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C.
D is the father of A. Based on these three (c) Son (d) Uncle
statements, which of the following state- 23. Brother of Ramesh’s mother is brother of
ments cannot be definitely true? Alok’s father. Then how is Ramesh’s
(a) B is the brother of A. mother related to Alok?
(b) B is the son of D. (a) Grandmother (b) Aunt
(c) A is the brother of C. (c) Cousin (d) Sister-in-law
(d) C is the brother of A. 24. Ram is brother of Shyam. Kamla is mother
15. A is father of X; B is mother of Y. The sis- of Ram. Sohan is brother of Kamla. How is
ter of X and Z is Y. Which of the following Sohan related to Shyam
statements is definitely not true? (a) Father
(a) B is the mother of Z (b) Grand father
(b) X is the sister of Z (c) Maternal Uncle
(c) Y is the son of A. (d) Can not determined
(d) B has one daughter. 25. Rohit is son of Ravi’s father. Ravi’s pater-
16. Kannan is the brother of Kumar. Lakshmi nal Aunt is Laxmi. Rao is husband of Laxmi
is the daughter of Kumar. and son-in-law of Mohan. How is Mohan
Kali is sister of Kannan and Govind is the related to Ravi?
brother of Lakshmi. Who is the uncle of (a) Nephew
Govind ? (b) Son
(a) Kumar (b) Kali (c) Brother
(c) Lakshmi (d) Kannan (d) Grand father/grandmother

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26. Sita introduces Mala saying that she is 33. A is the son of B. B is the wife of C.
daughter of only sister of my brother. How D is the mother of C. E is husband of D
is Mala related to Sita? E is the father of K.
(a) Mother (b) Daughter How is A related to E?
(c) Maternal Aunt (d) Niece (a) Grand son (b) Father-in-law
27. Ramesh is uncle of Suresh. Suresh is (c) Son-in-law (d) Paternal Uncle
brother of Mukesh. Babita is mother of
34. Madhu said, “My mother’s only son Ashok
Mukesh. Sonam is sister of Babita. Anil
has no son. “Which of the following state-
is brother of Pankaj. Pankaj is son of Raju.
ments is true?
Rajus is relative of Babita. How is Pankaj
(a) Ashok has only daughter
related to Suresh ?
(b) Ashok is Unmarried
(a) Son-in-law
(b) Brother-in-law (c) Ashok has only sister
(c) Father-in-law (d) Ashok has no father
(d) Can not determined Directions (35 – 40):Read the following in-
28. Pointing toward a girl, a man said, “She formations carefully and answer the ques-
is daughter of only son of my father’s wife. tions which follow :
“How girl is related to man? (i) ‘A × B’ means A is the father of B.
(a) Aunt (b) Daughter (ii) ‘A + B’ means A is the daughter of B.
(c) Mother (d) Sister (iii) ‘A ÷ B’ means A is the mother of B.
29. Pointing towards his father in a picture, (iv) ‘A – B’ means A is the brother of B.S
man said to a lady that his mother is only 35. If ‘P ÷ R – Q × T’, how is P related to T?
daughter of your mother. How is lady re- (a) Grandmother (b) Mother-in-law
lated to man?
(c) Sister (d) Grand father
(a) Sister (b) Mother
36. If ‘P ÷ Q + R × T’, how is Q related to T?
(c) Wife (d) Grand mother
30. Pointing to a photograph Seema says, (a) Aunt (b) Sister
“This woman is only daughter of my (c) Brother (d) Grandson
mother-in-law’s husband. Then how is 37. Which of the follwing means that R is wife
woman in the photograph related to of P?
Seema’s husband? (a) P × R – Q – T (b) P ÷ T + R – Q
(a) Sister (b) Nephew (c) P ÷ R – Q + T (d) P × T – Q + R
(c) Son-in-law (d) Father 38. If ‘R – P ÷ J × Q ‘how is J related to R?
31. If X and Y are wife and husband respec- (a) Son/Daughter (b) Nephew
tively and B is the brother of X, then how (c) Niece (d) Grandson
is the son of B and Y are related? 39. If ‘P + Q – R ÷ T ‘how is T related to P?
(a) Father and Child (b) Aunt and Nephew
(a) Aunt (b) Aunt/Uncle
(c) Aunt and Niece (d) Uncle and Nephew
32. P and Q are brothers. R and S are sister. P’s (c) Father (d) None of these
son is S’s brother. How Q is related to R? 40. If ‘P × T ÷ Q + R ‘how is R related to P?
(a) Uncle (b) Brother (a) Daughter (b) Husband
(c) Father (d) Grandfather (c) Son-in-law (d) None

A nswers BLOOD RELATION

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b)
21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (a)
41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (d) 50. (d)
51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (b)
Previous year
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (d)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (c)

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BASIC CONCEPT
Coding Decoding is simplest and scoring chap- the word ZINC be written in that language?
ter of Reasoning. To be expertise on this chap- Solution : M E T A L
ter one has to be expert in remembering all –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
the alphabets. So in order to be expertise on L D S Z K
this we need to remember positioning (in nu-
Similarly,
merical value) and opposite of all alphabets.
Z I N C
The below given diagram explain itself:
–1 –1 –1 –1
Y H M B
(ii) Coding by re-arranging letters
Example : In a certain code language the
word NUMERICAL is wr itten as
LMUIREACN. How will be the word PUB-
LISHED be written in that language?
Solution :
N U M E R I C A L => L M U I R E A C N
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 => 9 3 2 6 5 4 8 7 1
Therefore,
P U B L I S H E D => D B U S I L E H P
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 => 9 3 2 6 5 4 8 7 1
2. Coding by Analogy
(i) Coding by shifting letters
Example : In a certain code language
PEAR is written as RCCP and AUNT is
Fig 1 written as CSPR. How is LAND written in
In the above table (Fig 1) we have jotted down that code?
all 26 alphabets into 13 pair of letters. Now in Solution : P E A R A U N T
this 13 pairs, we can get every alphabet’s for- +2 –2 +2 –2 and +2 –2 +2 –2
ward and backward position along with op- R C C P C S P R
Similarly, L A N D
posite pair of letters. Solving the coding de-
+2 –2 +2 –2
coding problems faster , depends how quickly
N Y P B
one can remember alphabets positions.
3. Coding by Shifting Words
Types of Coding-Decoding Example : If the sentence ‘layman can
1. Letter coding practice successful psychotherapy with-
2. Coding by Analogy out great training is written as ‘practice
3. Coding by shifting words without successful layman training psy-
chotherapy can great’ in a certain code,
4. Coding by substitution
then how will’ I would have to think all
5. Coding based on conditions the time’ be written in that code?
6. Mathematical operation Based coding Solution : Layman can practice success-
1. LETTER CODING ful psychotherapy without great training
(i) Coding by shifting letters 12345678
Example : In a certain code language the Then after coding
word METAL is coded as LDSZK. How will 36418527

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practice without successful layman train- No conditions are applied

ing psychotherapy can great 9 3 8 7 5 2
Similarly, MT V WFP
I Would have to think all the time Q.(2) 7 2 5 8 1
12345678 Condition (i) Applied
Then after coding 3 7 2 5 8 1
36418527 Z WP F VZ
Have all to I time think would the Q (3) 8 4 3 7 2 6
4. CODING BY SUBSTITUTION Condition (ii) Applied
Example : White means black, black 8 4 3 7 2 6
means red, red means blue, blue means A R TW P A
yellow and yellow means grey, then which 6. M A T H E M A T I C A L OPERATION
of the following represents the colour of BASED CODING
clear sky?
Example: If the alphabets are assigned
Solution : Clearly, we know that, the ac- values such as A = 3, D = 6, G = 8, I = 2, L
tual colour of sky is blue, and as given blue = 4, and T = 5 then what is the sum of
means yellow. Hence, the colour of sky is values of all the alphabets in the word
yellow. DIGITAL?
5. CODING BASED ON CONDITIONS Solutions:
Example: ADGILT
Directions (1-3): Digits in the number 3 6 8245
given in each of the following questions
6 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 4 = 30
are to be coded based on the codes and
POINTS TO REMEMBER
the condition given below:
(1) Coding and Decoding questions are de-
signed to judge the candidates ability to
decipher the rule that given code follows.
Conditions: (2) While approaching a question, firstly de-
cide the type of question asked, and then
(i) If both the first and the last digits of a
examine common Pattern in them.
number are odd numbers, they should
be coded as ‘Z’. (3) After decoding every code, arrange all code
in tabular form so, that you can easily find
(ii) If both the first and the last digits of a
the answer of every questions.
numbers are even numbers, they
should be coded as ‘A’ (4) Remember that it is scoring topic, but a
single mistake can make your every an-
Q. (1) 9 3 8 7 5 2
swer wrong.
A cber coding

SOLVED EXAMPLES

Letter Coding:
1. If in any coded language TIMBER is writ-
ten as BERMIT then in same coded lan-
guage what would stand for BANTER?
(a) TERNAB (b) RETNAB
(c) TENBAR (d) TABNER

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Number Coding: Which of the following means ‘bright’ in

2. If 7, 15, 15, 4 is GOOD and 2, 1, 20, 20, 5, the same code language?.
18 is BATTER, what number represent (a) joc (b) pod (c) ton (d) na
BEST? Sol. (d); na
(a) 2, 5, 19, 20 (b) 2, 19, 4, 20 From satement 1 and 2, pod is common
(c) 2, 4, 19, 20 (d) 2, 5, 20, 19 and the common word is ‘boy’ So, ‘Pod’
Sol. (a); Letters are coded according to stands for ‘boy’.
their place value in Engligh alphabet, So, From statement 1 and 4, joc is common
BEST ® 2, 5, 19, 20. and the common word is ‘very’
Substitution: So ‘joc’ stands for ‘very’.
3. If white is called blue, blue is called red, So, ‘na’ stands for ‘bright’
red is called yellow, yellow is called green, Mixed number coding:
green is called black, black is called vio- 5. In a certain code,
let and violet is called orange, what would ‘786’ means ‘study very hard’
be the colour of human blood? ‘958’ means ‘hard work pays’
(a) Red (b) Green (c) yellow (d) violet ‘645’ means ‘study and work’.
Sol. (c); Yellow Which of the following is the code for ‘very’?
The colour of human blood is ‘red’ and as (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 8 (4) 6
it it given that ‘red’ is called ‘yellow’. So,
Sol. (a); 7
the colour of human blood is ‘yellow’.
In first and second statements, the com-
Mixed letter coding:
mon word is ‘hard’ and the common code
4. In a certain code language:
(1) ‘pod na joc’ means ‘very bright boy’; digit is ‘8’. So, ‘8’ means ‘hard’.
(2) ‘tam nu pod’ means ‘the boy comes’; In the first and third statements, the com-
(3) ‘nu per ton’ means ‘keep the doll’; mon word is ‘study’ and the common code
(4) ‘joc ton su’ means ‘very good doll’. digit is 6'. So, ‘6’ means study. Thus, in
the first statement ‘7’ means ‘very’.
Exercise
1. If in a certain code, LUTE is written as 7. In a certain code, FAVOUR is written as
MUTE and FATE is written as GATE, then EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that
how will BLUE be written in that code? code?
(a) CLUE (b) GLUE (c) FLUE (d) SLUE (a) CBFFDS (b) CBMHDS
2. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded (c) EBFHDS (d) EBHHFS
as NBESBT, how BOMBAY coded in that 8. In a certain code "CERTAIN" is written as
language? "QDBVOJB". How is "RELATED" written in
(a) CPNCBX (b) CPNCBZ that code.
(c) CPOCBZ (d) CQOCBZ (a) QDKCVFE (b) KDQCEFU
3. If FISH is written as EHRG in a certain (c) DKCQEFV (d) KDQCVFE
code, how would JUNGLE be written in that 9. In a certain code "MADRAS" is written as
code? "NZEQBR" then "CALCUTTA" will be writ-
ten as.
(a) ITMFKD (b) ITNFKD
(a) OZMBVSUB (b) BBKBTVSB
(c) KVOHMF (d) TIMFKD
(c) DZMBVUUZ (d) DZMBVSUZ
4. In a certain code, TWINKLE is written as 10. In a certain code "BROWN" is written
SVHOJKD then how would FILTERS be "ZPMUL" then "VIOLET" will be written as.
written in that code? (a) TGMTCR (b) SGMTCQ
(a) EHKSDQR (b) EHKUDQR (c) TGMJCQ (d) TGWCQ
(c) EGHUDQR (d) GJMSFST 11. If "BRASS" is coded as "CTBUT", "AMIT" is
5. In a certain code, ROAD is written as coded as "BOJV" then what will be code of
URDG. How is SWAN written in that code? "ADITYA".
(a) VXDQ (b) VZDQ (c) VZCP (d) UXDQ (a) BEJUZB (b) CEKVZB
6. If in a certain code, FAVOUR is written as (c) BFJZVC (d) BFJVZC
EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that 12. In a certain code "UNDER" is written as
code? "6152@" and "DEAF" is written as "52#7".
(a) JOWJTJCMF (b) JOWJTHAKD How "FRAUD" is written in that code
(c) HMUHTJCMF (d) HMUHTHAKD (a) 7@6#5 (b) 72#65 (c) 7@#65 (d) 6@7#5

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13. In a certain code language, ‘coll tip mot’ 21. If in a certain language, CRASH is code
means ‘singing is appreciable, ‘mot baj as XMVNC, which word would be coded as
min’ means ‘dancing is good’ and ‘tip nop TRAIN?
baj’ mean ‘singing and dancing’, which of (a) YUDNQ (b) YWFNS
the following means ‘good’ in that code lan- (c) YVERIP (d) YMVIZR
guage? 22. It BANKING is coded as LMJROMP, then
(a) Not (b) min how will KING be coded?
(c) baj (d) Cannot be determined (a) ROMQ (b) MJRO
14. In a certain code language, 'mink yang (c) ROML (d) ROMP
pe' means 'fruits are ripe', 'pe lao may 23. In in a certain code, RAT = 39 and CHAT
mink' means'oranges are not ripe' and = 32, then how will you code TWITTER?
may pe nue mink' means 'mangoes are (a) 111 (b) 112 (c) 114 (d) 115
not ripe'. Which word in that language 24. If COBRA can be written as 3152181, how
means 'mangoes'? can GORILLA be written?
(a) May (b) pe (c) nue (d) mink (a) 71516912121 (b) 71418912121
15. If white is called blue, blue is called red, (c) 71518912121 (d) 71518712121
red is called green and green is called 25. If MOBILITY is coded as 46293927, then
saffron. What is the color of Indian flag's EXAMINATION is coded as
first (top).
(a) 45038401854 (b) 56149512965
(a) white (b) Cannot be determined
(c) 57159413955 (d) 67250623076
(c) Red (d) green
26. In a code language, DKFJVG is written as
16. If white is called 'blue', blue is called 'red',
a DFKVJG. How will KDJFGH be written
red is called 'yellow', yelow is called 'green',
as in that language
green is called 'black', black is called 'vio-
let' and violet is called 'orange', what would (a) KJDHFH (b) KDJGHG
be the color of human blood? (c) KJDGFH (d) HJDGFK
(a) Red (b) Green (c) Yellow (d) Violet 27. In a code language, DSFKNS is written as
17. If orange is called 'butter', butter is called a 10526104. How will KLDFJG be written
'soap', soap is called 'ink', ink is called as in that language
'honey' and honey is called 'orange' which (a) 710643 (b) 243652
of the following is used for washing (c) 745642 (d) 716432
clothes? 28. If ‘GLOSSAR’ is coded as 9753356 and
(a) Ink (b) Butter (c) Orange (d) Soap ‘EOGRAPHY’ = 15968402, then ‘EOLOGY ’
18. If blue means 'green', green means can be coded as
'white', white means 'yellow',yellow means (a) 15692 (b) 157592
'black', 'black means 'red', red means (c) 057592 (d) 157591
'brown', then what is the color of milk? 29. In a certain code language, ‘123’ means
(a) Black (b) Brown (c) Blue (d) Yellow ‘bright little boy’, ‘145’ means ‘tall big boy’
19. If black means red, red means green, and ‘637’ means ‘beautiful little flower’.
green means yellow, yellow means blue Which digit in that language means
blue means pink, pink means violet. Then ‘flower’?
what is color of human blood. (a) 1 (b) 3
(a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) white (c) 5 (d) none of the above
20. In a certain code, RELIEF is written as
30. In a certain code, ‘786’ means ‘study very
QFKKDI. How is WELCOME written in that
hard’, ‘958’ means ‘hard work pays’ and
code?
‘645’ means ‘study and work’. Which of the
(a) VDKCNLM (b) VFKENMF
following is the code ‘work’?
(c) VFKENPD (d) VFKENPF
(a) 8 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 4

A nswers CODING DECODING –Exercise

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1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (c)
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (b)

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10. Sol.(c) Each letter of the word BROWN has

EXERCISE - SOLUTIONS
been coded two letters behind in the al-
1. Sol.(a) The first letter of the word is moved phabetic order. So code of VIOLET is
one step forward to obtain the first letter TGMJCR. So here answer is c
of the code, while the other letters remain
11. Sol.(b)
unaltered. So here Ans is a.
2. Sol.(b) Each letter in the word is moved
one step forward to obtain the correspond-
ing letter of the code. So here ans is b
3. Sol.(a) Each letter in the word is moved
one step backward to obtain the corre-
sponding letter of the code. So here an-
swer is a
4. Sol.(b) Each letter in the word, except the
middle letter, is moved one step backward So here answer is b
while the middle letter is moved one step 12. Sol.(c) compare UNDER and DEAF you see
forward to obtain the corresponding letter that DE is common and in code "52" is
of the code. So here Answer is b common in same pattern you find that
5. Sol.(b) Each letter in the word is moved code as follows:
three steps forward to obtain the corre-
sponding letter of the code. So here An-
swer is b
6. Sol.(c) Each of the first four letters in the
word is moved one step backward, while
each of the last five letters is moved one
step forward to obtain the corresponding
letter of the code. So here Answer is c So here answer is c
7. Sol.(b) Each first, third and fifth letters are 13. Sol.(b)
each moved one step backward, while the col tip mot => singing is appreciable ... (i)
second , fourth and sixth letters are each Mot baj min => dancing is good ... (ii)
moved one step forward to obtain the cor- Tip nop baj => singing and dancing ... (iii)
responding letter of the code. So here Code of good is in equation (2) there are
Answer is b two other words dancing and is from (1)
8. Sol.(b) and (2) together we see that "mot" and "is"
common in both cases means not is code
of is. Similarly from (2) and (3) we see that
"baj" and "dancing" are common means
code of baj should be dancing. So we found
after this process code for good be min. So
here answer is b.
14. Sol.(c) If we take the common between
words we will see mangoes possess the
code of nue.
15. Sol.(b) As we know top of Indian flag fs
So, KDQCEFU.
colour is saffron. But here no colour of saf-
9. Sol.(d)
fron is mentioned. So that is why it can’t
be determined.
16. Sol.(c) The color of the human blood is 'red'
and as given, 'red' is called 'yellow'. So,
the color of human blood is 'yellow'
17. Sol.(a) Clearly, 'soap' is used for washing
the clothes. But, 'soap' is called 'ink'. So,
'ink' is used for washing the clothes.
18. Sol.(d) The color of milk is 'white'. But, as
given, 'white' means 'yellow'. So, the color
of milk is 'yellow'.
So, DZMBVSUZ

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19. Sol.(c) We know that color of blood is Red. 26. Sol.(d) D K F J V G

But here Red is coded as Green. So our
answer will be Green.
D F K V J G
20. Sol.(c) The first, third, fifth and seventh
letters of the word are each moved one Similarly,
step backward; the second, fourth, and K D J F G H
sixth letters are moved one, two and three
steps forward respectively to obtain the K J D G F H
corresponding letters of the code. So here
Clearly here we can see how this shifting
Ans is c. of letters has been done.
21. Sol.(b) Each letter of the word is five steps 27. Sol.(d)
ahead of the corresponding letter of the
D S F K N S
code. So here ans is b.
Letter B A N K I N G
22. Sol.(d) 4 19 6 11 14 19
Code L M J R O M P 1+9 1+1 1+4 1+9
The code for KING is ROMP 4 10 6 2 5 10

23. Sol.(d) Reverse the sequence 10526104

A = 1, B = 2, ...., Z = 26. KLDFJG=>716432
28. Sol.(b) Now if see closely the word
So, TWITTER = 20+23+9+20+20+5+18 = 115.
‘EOLOGY’, it can be coded by using given
24. Sol.(c) two code. So here Answer will be B.
Putting A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, ...... X = 24, 29. Sol.(d)
Y = 25, Z = 26, we have: COBRA  C/O/
‘123’ -> ‘bright little boy’ …..(i)
B/R/A  3/15/2/18/1  3152181
‘145’ -> ‘tall big boy’ …..(ii)
GORILLA  G/O/R/I/L/L/A  7/15/ ‘637’ -> ‘beautiful little flower’ …..(iii)
18/9/12/12/1  71518912121 From (i) & (iii) we get ‘3’ means ‘little’.
25. Sol.(b) Let A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, c c, X = 24, Thus, either ‘6’ or ‘7’ can represent ‘flower’.
Y = 25, Z = 26 Then, M = 13 = 1 + 3 = 4; O So here answer is D.
= 15 = 1 + 5 = 6; B = 2; I = 9; L = 12 = 1 + 2 30. Sol.(b)
= 3 T = 20 = 2 + 0 = 2; Y = 25 = 2 + 5 = 7 ‘786’-> ‘study very hard’ .....(i)
So, MOBILITY = 46293927. Similarly, X = ‘958’ -> ‘hard work pays’.....(ii)
24 = 2 + 4 = 6; N = 14 = 1 + 4 = 5. So, ‘645’-> ‘study and work’ ....(iii)
EXAMINATION = 56149512965 From (ii) & (iii) we get ‘5’ f means ‘work’.

Practice set
1. If in a certain code, LUTE is written as 5. In a certain code, ROAD is written as
MUTE and FATE is written as GATE, then URDG. How is SWAN written in that code?
how will BLUE be written in that code? (a) VXDQ (b) VZDQ (c) VZCP (d) UXDQ
(a) CLUE (b) GLUE (c) FLUE (d) SLUE
6. If in a certain language, OPERATION is
2. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded
as NBESBT, how BOMBAY coded in that written as NODQBUJPO.
language? How is INVISIBLE written in that language?
(a) CPNCBX (b) CPNCBZ (a) JOWJTJCMF (b) JOWJTHAKD
(c) CPOCBZ (d) CQOCBZ (c) HMUHTJCMF (d) HMUHTHAKD
3. If FISH is written as EHRG in a certain 7. In a certain code, FAVOUR is written as
code, how would JUNGLE be written in that EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that
code? code?
(a) ITMFKD (b) ITNFKD (a) CBFFDS (b) CBMHDS
(c) KVOHMF (d) TIMFKD
4. In a certain code, TWINKLE is written as (c) EBFHDS (d) EBHHFS
SVHOJKD then how would FILTERS be 8. If SUMMER is coded as RUNNER , the code
written in that code? for WINTER will be
(a) EHKSDQR (b) EHKUDQR (a) SUITER (b) VIOUER
(c) EGHUDQR (d) GJMSFST (c) WALKER (d) SUFFER

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9. In a certain code, PRODUCTIONS is writ- 20. If ‘Y’is coded as 2, PEN is coded as = 11–
ten as QQPCVEUHPMT. 22–13 then what word can we get from 10-
How is ORIENTATION written in that code? 6–18–24–16 = ?
(a) PQJDOVBSJNO (b) PQJDOUBUJPO (a) QUICK (b) QUITE (c) JFRXP (d) QUACK
(c) PSJFOVBSJNO (d) NSHFMVBSJN 21. If ‘GEAR’ is coded as ‘5914’ and ‘ROUTE’ is
coded as ‘47289’ then ‘GATE’ may be coded as
10. If in a code, MIND becomes KGLB and AR-
(a) 5187 (b) 5189 (c) 5289 (d) 5429
GUE becomes YPESC, then what will DIA-
22. In a certain code, ‘EAT’ is written as ‘318’
GRAM be in that code?
and ‘CHAIR’ is written as ‘24156’, then how
(a) BGYEPYK (b) BGYPYEK ‘TEACHER’ be written in that code language?
(c) GLPEYKB (d) LKBGYPK (a) 8313426 (b) 8312436
11. If ‘EARN’ is written as ‘RANE’ in a certain (c) 8321436 (d) 8312346
code and ‘BOND’ is written as ‘NODB’ then 23. In a certain language, ‘spread red carpet’
how would ‘TEAR’ be written in the same means ‘247’, ‘dust one carpet’ means ‘236’,
code? ‘one red carpet’ means ‘234’. Which of the
(a) EART (b) ATRE (c) AERT (d) REAT following means ‘dust’ in that language?
12. If ‘PAGES’ is written as ‘RDIHU’ in a cer- (a) 2 (b) 3
tain code and ‘WRITE’ is written as (c) 6 (d) None of these
‘YUKWG’ then how would ‘OTHER’ be writ- Directions (24 - 27): Here English letters are
ten in that same code? given from A to Z. Every capital letter is coded
(a) PWIHS (b) RVKGU by a small letter.
(c) RWJHU (d) QWJHT A B C D E F G H I J K L
13. If in a certain language ‘SPORADIC’ is coded j n l r i x a v e s o y
as ‘QNORDJEB’ then how would ‘TROUBLES’
be coded in that same language? M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(a) SQTNTFMC (b) TNQSRDKA d q m t g u c z w h p k b f
(c) TNQSTFMC (d) TFQSCMFT
14. If in a certain language ‘LAWN’ is coded Below there is a group of six letter as a ques-
tion and given four column. a, b, c, d already
as ‘JCUP’ then how would ‘SLIT’ be coded
coded. You should use these column as a an-
in that same language?
swer. Read carefully the letters of group and
(a) QNGV (b) QJGV (c) QNVG (d) NJGV give the answer.
15. If code for ‘SATELLITE’ is FUBTLDSHK’, then
what would be the code for ‘LAUNCHING’? (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) DOUBFGMHO (b) OVBMCFMHG uhmvrj nywgea kegsor vezuiv
(c) OVMBCFMHG (d) DOUBCFMHG nyweqa tzeigi tiqawe keguqr
16. In a coded language ‘FORMATION’ is writ- upfrvg wqsjbl bilpyq wsqjbl
ten as ‘ZSXTJOBSL’ and ‘RACIAL’ is writ-
veziyu upfurg nywgca kesgor
ten as ‘XJNBJQ’. How will ‘RATIONAL’ be
written in that same code language? biqppu uhmvjr upfvra blipoq
(a) XJOBSLJQ (b) JXOBSLJQ 24. BLUQSG
(c) XJOBSJLQ (d) JXOBSJLQ 25. RWZHDG
17. In a coding system, ‘KINETIC’ is written 26. HITREH
as ‘TICDKIN’. How is ‘MACHINE’ written 27. YCEWKN
in that same code? 28. In a certain code, ‘DOWN’ is written as ‘5
(a) ENIGMAC (b) INEGMAC @ 9 #’ and ‘NAME’ is written as ‘# 6 % 3’.
(c) INEGCAM (d) ENIGCAM How would ‘MADE’ be written in that code?
(a) %653 (b) % @ 6 3
18. In a certain language ‘DESCRIBE’ is coded
(c) % 5 @ 3 (d) % @ 5 3
as ‘FCJSDTFE’, then how ‘CONSIDER’ coded
29. In a coding language, ‘GUST’ is coded as
in that same language? ‘@ 7 9 2’, ‘SNIP’ is coded as ‘9 5 7 #’, ‘GAPE’
(a) SFEJJOPED (b) SEFJTOPED is coded as ‘@ 5 3 5’ then, What would be
(c) QFETJOPD (d) None of these the code of ‘SING’?
19. If A = 1, BAN = 17, then INDIA = ? (a) 9 5 7 # (b) 5 9 # 5
(a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 9 (c) 9 B 7 5 (d) 9 7 5 @

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Direction (30 to 35) : Read carefully the given word ‘CHRYSENT-HEMUMA’ in the same
information and choose the best option. In a language?
certain code language ‘her idea has merit’ is (a) HCRYESTNEHUMMA
written as ‘for la bu na’ and ‘merit list has been (b) CHYRESTNEHUMAN
displayed’ is written as ‘jo ke la si na’ and ‘her (c) CHYRESTNEHMUAM
name displayed there’ is written as ‘ya si bu (d) HCYRESTNEHUMAM
zo’ and ‘name in merit list’ 37. If in certain code, ‘LANGUAGES’ is coded
is written as ‘na ya go ke’. as ‘AGGNUAELS’ then how is ‘BUILDINGS’
30. What is the code of ‘ke’? coded in the same language?
(a) been (b) has (c) merit (d) list (a) ILNDIUGBS (b) ILNIDUGBS
31. What is the code of ‘Idea’? (c) INLDIGUBS (d) ILNDIUGSB
(a) for (b) la (c) bu (d) na 38. What message we can get form given code?
32. What is the code of ‘zo’? TCHLI USEIC SLAUS EECCL RUEET
(a) there (b) displayed
(a) CLUE is clear (b) This is a secret
(c) name (d) her
(c) Lies are classic (d) Use lesser chilli
33. What is the code of ‘in’?
39. If ‘VIJAY’ is written as ‘DIAAG’ in a cer-
(a) na (b) ya (c) go (d) ke
tain code, then how would ‘SURAJ’ be writ-
34. How can we coded ‘her name is there’?
ten in that same code?
(a) zo ya go wo (b) bu ya zo go
(a) JCIAA (b) JCAIA (c) AJCIJ (d) JCIAJ
(c) zo ya bu ke (d) ya zo wo bu
40. If ‘RAHUL’ is written as ‘IZSFO’, ‘SAURAV’
35. How can we code name has been displayed ?
is written as ‘HZFIZE’.
(a) ya la ke si (b) jo si ya la
How will ‘SACHIN’ be written in that same
(c) si jo ke na (d) bu ya ke la
coded language?
36. If the word ‘CHRISMAS’ written as
(a) HZXMRS (b) HZXSRM
‘HCIRMSSA’ then how can we express the
(c) HZACDP (d) AZOPQM

A nswers CODING DECODING

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (b)

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BASIC CONCEPT
North (N)
It is introduced in reasoning tests to gauge
North-West (NW) North-East (NE)
the ‘sense of direction’ of the candidate. But
as the reasoning tests have become frequent 45º
45º
in competitive examinations, the usage of 45º
45º
such question has been increased. Today, di- West (W) 45º
East (E)
45º
rection tests are not only used in reasoning 45º 45º
tests for checking ‘sense of direction’ but also
for logical comprehension of particular situa- South-West (SW) South-East (SE)

tions South (S)

 There are mainly four directions :  One should be aware of basic geometric
concepts, to find the shortest distance,
East, West, North and South
such as Pythagoras Theorem.
 There are four cardinal directions : (Hypotenuse)2 = (Base)2 + (Perpendicular)2
North-East (N-E), North-West (N-W) AC2 = BC2 + AB2

South-West (S-W) & South-East (S-E) AC  BC2  AB2

Practice set questions

1. If A is to the south of B and C is to the 20 kms. He then turned East and walked
east of B, in which direction is A with re- 25 kms and finally turning left covered
spect to C? 20 kms. How far was he from his house?
(a) North-east (b) North-west (a) 5 kms (b) 10 kms
(c) South-east (d) South-west (c) 40 kms (d) 80 kms
2. A is 40 m South-west of B. C is 40 m South- 5. From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to
east of B. Then, C is in which direction of A? the North. Then he turned West and cov-
(a) East (b) West ered 10 kms. Then, he turned South and
(c) North-east (d) South covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East,
3. Raj travelled from a point X straight to- he covered 10 kms. In which direction is
wards east to Y at a distance of 80 metres. he from his house?
He turned right and walked 50 metres, (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
then again turned right and walked 70 6. ‘Z’ started walking straight towards South.
metres. Finally, he turned right and He walked a distance of 15 metres and
walked 50 metres. How far is he from the then took a left turn and walked a distance
starting point? of 30 metres. Then he took a right turn
(a) 10 metres (b) 20 metres and walked a distance of 15 metres again.
(c) 50 metres (d) 70 metres Z is facing which direction ?
4. Aditya went 15 kms to the west from his (a) North East (b) South
house, then turned left and walked (c) North (d) South-West

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7. Alok walked 30 metres towards east and 15. I am facing South. I turn right and walk
took a right turn and walked 40 metres. 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk
He again took a right turn and walked 50 10 m. Then I turn left and walk 10 m and
metres. Towards which direction is he then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn
from his starting point? right again and walk 60 m. In which di-
(a) South (b) West rection am I from the starting point?
(c) South-West (d) South-East (a) North (b) North-West
8. A man is facing north-west. He turns 90° (c) East (d) North-East
in the clockwise direction and then 135° 16. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South.
in the anticlockwise direction. Which di- Then he turned to his left and walked 20
rection is he facing now? metres. He then turned to his left and
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South walked 25 metres. He again turned to his
9. A man is facing north-west. He turns 90º right and walked 15 metres. At what dis-
in the clockwise direction, then 180º in tance is he from the starting point and in
the anticlockwise direction and then an- which direction?
other 90º in the same direction. Which
(a) 35 metres East (b) 35 metres North
direction is he facing now?
(a) South (b) South-west (c) 40 metres East (d) 60 metres East
(c) West (d) South-east 17. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20
10. I am facing east. I turn 100º in the clock- metres towards South. He turned left and
wise dircrtion and then 145º in the walked 30 metres. He then turned left and
anticlockwise direction. Which direction walked 20 metres. He again turned left
am I facing now? and walked 40 metres and reached a point
(a) East (b) North-East Q. How far and in which direction is the
(c) North (d) South-West point Q from the point P ?
11. Kishankant walks 10 km towards North. (a) 20 metres West (b) 10 metres East
From there, he walks 6km towards South. (c) 10 metres West (d) 10 metres North
Then he walks 3km towards East. How far 18. A man walks 1 km towards East and then
and in which direction is he with refer- he turns to South and walks 5 km. Again
ence to his starting point ? he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this
(a) 5km West (b) 5km North-East he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now,
(c) 7km East (d) 7km West how far is he from his starting point?
12. Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. (a) 3 km (b) 4 km (c) 5 km (d) 7 km
He then turns left and walks 40 metres. 19. From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to
He again turns left and walks 20 metres. the North. Then he turned West and cov-
Further, he moves 20 metres after turn- ered 10 kms. Then, he turned South and
ing to the right. How far is he from his covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East,
original position? he covered 10 kms. In which direction is
(a) 20 metres (b) 30 metres he from his house?
(c) 50 metres (d) 60 metres
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
13. Radha moves towards South-east a dis-
20. Two buses start from the opposite point of
tance of 7 km, then she moves towards
a main road, 150 kms apart.
West and travels a distance of 14 m. From
The first bus runs for 25 kms and takes a
here, she moves towards North-west a dis-
tance of 7 m and finally she moves a dis- right turn and then runs for 15 kms. It
tance of 4 m towards East and stood at that then turns left and runs for another 25
point. How far is the starting point from kms and takes the direction back to reach
where she stood? the main road. In the meantime, due to a
(a) 3 m (b) 4 m (c) 10 m (d) 11 m minor breakdown, the other bus has run
only 35 kms along the main road.
14. A rat runs 20' towards East and turns to
right, runs 10' and turns to right, runs 9' What would be the distance between the
and again turns to left, runs 5' and then two buses at this point ?
turns to left, runs 12' and finally turns to (a) 65 kms (b) 75 kms
left and runs 6'. Now which direction is (c) 80 kms (d) 85 kms
the rat facing ? 21. Sohan started from point X and travelled
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South forward 8 km up to point Y, then turned

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towards right and travelled 5km up to Direction (29 – 31): Read the following infor-
point Z, then turned right and travelled mation for answering the
7km up to point A and then turned towards questions that follows :
right and travelled 5km up to B. What is In a playground, A, B, C, D, & E are standing
the distance between points B and X? as described below facing
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km the North.
22. Raj starts from his office facing west and
(1) B is 50m to the right of D.
walks 100 m straight, then takes a right
(2) A is 60m to the South of B.
turn and walks 100 m. Further he takes
a left turn and walks 50 m. In which di- (3) C is 40m to the west of D.
rection is Raj now from the starting point? (4) E is 80m to the north of A.
(a) North-East (b) South-West 29. If a boy walks from C, meet D followed by
(c) West (d) North-West B, A and then E, how many meters has he
23. From a point ‘Q’ Alok starts walking to- walked if he has travelled the straight dis-
wards south and after walking 25 m, he tance all through?
turns to his left and walks 40 m and (a) 120 (b) 150 (c) 170 (d) 230
reaches point ‘F’. In which direction is he 30. What is the minimum distance (in metre
with reference to the starting point ‘Q’? approximately) between C and E?
(a) South-West (b) Noth-East (a) 53 (b) 78 (c) 92 (d) 120
(c) North-West (d) South-East 31. Who is to the South-East of the person who
24. Ram is facing north. He proceeded straight is to the left of D?
for a distance of 10km, then he turned (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E
left and proceeded straight a distance of 32. A man is facing west direction. He turns
15km. At last he turned left again and pro- twice in clockwise direction 45º and 180º
ceeded for another 10km. How far is he respectively. He then turns 270º in the
from the starting point ? anticlockwise direction. which direction
(a) 10km (b) 5km (c) 12km (d) 15km is facing now?
25. Mohan proceeded straight in the direction (a) South (b) North-East
of north for a distance of 3 km from his (c) West (d) South-West
house. Then he turned right and pro- 33. Four aeroplanes of Air Force viz, A, B, C,
ceeded straight for a distance of 2km. D, started for a demonstration flight to-
Then he turned right again and proceeded wards east. After flying 50 km planes A
straight for a distance of 5 km. Then he and D flew towards right, planes B and C
turned right twice and proceeded straight flew towards left. After 50km, planes B and
for a distance of 2-2km respectively.Which C flew towards their left, planes A and D
direction is he facing now? also towards their left. In which directions
(a) North (b) South (c) West (d) East are the aeroplanes A, B, D, C repectively
26. Two men ‘A’ and ‘B’ Starts their’ Journey flying now?
from a special point ‘X’. ‘A’ walks 4 km in (a) East, West, East, West
the direction of west. ‘B’ walks 1 km in (b) West, East, West, East
the direction of north then he turns left
(c) North, South, East, West
and walks straight 4 km. ‘A’ turns right
(d) South, North, West, East
and walks 2 km straight. How far is now
‘A’ from ‘B’? Direction (34 – 35): There are 6 check-posts
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km A, B, C, D, E and F. Check-post F is 15km to
the north of D, which is 25 km to the North-
27. Morning time, Sohan goes towards sun for
East of B. Check post A is 5 km west of E and
a distance of 50m. Then he turns right twice
and goes straight 40m and 20m respec- 15 km to the South-West of C. Check post B,
tively. At last he turns once more right and A and E are in a straight line and A is to the
goes straight for the ditance of 40m. east of B. The check post B and E are 30 km
How far is he now from his starting point ? apart from each other.
(a) 20 m (b) 30 m (c) 50 m (d) 60 m 34. If a jeep moves from E to F, via A, B and D,
28. Rahul is facing west. Then he turned right how much distance will it have to cover?
three times and walked straight for a dis- (a) 70 km (b) 120 km
tance of 15 km, 15 km, and 35 km respec- (c) 100 km (d) 90 km
tively, How far is he from starting point ? 35. Which check post is to the South-West of D?
(a) 15 km (b) 25 km (c) 30 km (d) 20 km (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

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36. Vishesh goes in north direction for 5 km. 43. A lady runs 12 km towards north then 6
Then he turns right and goes 5 km km towards south and then 8 km east.
straight. Then he turns left and goes How far is she from her starting point and
10km straight. At last, he turned clock- in which direction?
wise direction 45º and goes straight. In (a) 5 km North-East (b) 5 km East
which direction is Vishesh going now? (c) 10 km North-East (d) 10 km West
(a) South (b) South-West 44. Two men start walking from one point to-
(c) North-East (d) North wards opposite direction.
37. Raju starts his journey in north-west di- After walking 3 km straight the both turn
rection 2 km straight. Then he turns 90º right wards and walk straight for the dis-
clockwise and walks 2 km straight. Then tance of 4km. How far are they both from
once more he turns 90º clockwise and each-other?
walks 2km straight. In which direction is (a) 8 km (b) 7 km (c) 9 km (d) 10 km
Raju from his starting point? 45. Point ‘K’ is situated in noth-west direction
(a) West-South (b) North-East from ‘P’ at the distance of 2 km. Point ‘R’
(c) East-South (d) West is situated in south-West direction from
38. A watch reads 3 : 30 If the minute hand ‘K’ at the distance of 2 km. Point ‘M’ is
points ‘North’. In which direction will the situated in North-West direction form ‘R’
hour hand point? at the distance of 2km. At last ‘T’ is situ-
(a) North-West (b) North ated in South-West direction from ‘M’ at
(c) West (d) East the distance of 2 km. In which direction
39. A watch reads 9:00. If the minute hand is ‘T’ from point ‘P’?
points ‘North’ then minute hand turned (a) East (b) West (c) South (d) North
135º clockwise. Then what is the time 46. If South-East is called East, South-West is
shown by the watch and in which direc- called South and in the same way direc-
tion will the minute hand points ? tions are changing.Then what would we
(a) South-East, 9:22:5 say the North direction?
(a) North-West (b) North-East
(b) South, 9:30
(c) South-West (d) South-East
(c) West- North, 9 : 10
47. On a crossing, there is symbol telling the
(d) South-West, 9:40
direction of roads as North, South, East,
40. A child is looking for his mother. He went West. The symbol turned due to an acci-
80 meters in the East before turning to dent. The part which is telling north di-
his right. He went 20 meters before turn- rection now tells the west direction. If a
ing to his right again to trace his mother traveller goes to south direction with the
at his married sister’s house, 20 meters help of turning symbol. Then really, in
from this point. His mother was not there. which direction is he going now?
From there he went 100 meters to his (a) West (b) East
north where he met his mother who was (c) North (d) None of there
shopping there in the market. How far did
Direction (48 – 50): Based on informations
the son meet from the starting point?
given below. Read carefully and choose best
(a) 80 m (b) 60 m (c) 100 m (d) 140 m
alternatives.
41. Satish starts from A and walks 2 km east
In a playground five friends A, B, C, D and E
upto B and turns sothwards and walks 1
are standing facing north in order as described
km upto C. At C he turns to east and walks
below.
2 km upto D.
(i) B is standing at the right of D at distance
He then turns northwards and walks 4 km of 60 m.
to E. How far is he from his starting point? (ii) A is standing in the south direction of B
(a) 3 km (b) 4 km (c) 5 km (d) 6 km at 50 m distance.
42. A man starts his journey from a point ‘X’. (iii) ‘C’ is in the west of ‘D’ at the distance of 30 m.
He goes in north direction for 5 km. Then (iv) ‘E’ is in the north of A at 80 m distance
he turns his left and goes 2 km, then he 48. If a boy, who stands near ‘C’ starts walking
turns his right twice and goes straight 3 and reach to ‘D’ then B, A, E respectively.
km and 2 km respectively. How far is he How many km he walk from C to E?
from his starting point? (a) 120 m (b) 150 m
(a) 7 km (b) 8 km (c) 9 km (d) 6 km (c) 170 m (d) None of the above

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49. What is the distance is between C and E? A is facing south. ‘B’ and ‘F’ are sitting oppo-
(a) 53 m (b) 78 m (c) 92 m (d) None site side. ‘F’ is not facing in that direction in
50. Who is in the South-East from the person which ‘A’ and ‘H’ are facing, ‘H’ is facing west
who is left from ‘D’ direction. ‘D’ and ‘C’ are both sitting at same
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) None side. ‘C’ is facing to the neigbhour of ‘H’. E is
51. Five cities are near to each-other. These F’s neighbour
cities are A, B, C, D, E. A is to west of B.C is 57. In which direction is ‘G’ facing?
to south of A. E is in North of B.D is in the (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
east of E. In which direction is C from D? 58. In which direction is ‘F’ facing ?
(a) North-West (b) South-East (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
(c) South-West (d) None of above option 59. In which direction is ‘D’ facing ?
52. Vijay Kumar walks from his house in the (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
north direction a distance of 15 km. Then 60. In which direction is ‘B’ facing ?
he turns west direction and walks straight (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
10 km. At last he turns south direction Previous year questions
and walks straight 5 km. How far and in
1. Going 50 m to the South of her house,
which direction is he from his house?
Radhika turns left and goes another 20
(a) 10 km, East (b) 5 km, West m. Then, turning to the North, she goes
(c) 20 km, North (d) None of these 30 m and then starts walking to her house,
53. Raju is the neighbour of Ramu and he lives in which direction is she walking now?
in South-East at the distance of 100 m. (a) North-west (b) North
Verma is the neighbour of Raju and he lives (c) South-east (d) East
in south- west direction and 100 m distance
2. I am facing South. I turn right and walk
from Raju. Mr. Singh is the neighbour of
20 m. Then I turn right again and walk
Ramu and lives 100 m is North-East direc-
10 m. Then I turn left and walk 10 m and
tion from Ramu. In which direction is Mr.
then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn
Singh living from Mr. Verma?
right again and walk 60 m. in which di-
(a) North-West (b) North-East
rection am I from the starting point?
(c) South (d) South-West
(a) North (b) North-west
Direction (54 – 56): Each Question is based
(c) East (d) North-east
on information given below: -
3. Aditya starts from his house towards West.
Point ‘D’ is in west direcdtion from ‘A’ at the
After walking a distance of 30 metres, he
distance of 14m. Point ‘B’ is in south direc-
turned towards right and walked 20
tion from ‘D’ also a distance of 4m. Point ‘F’ is
situated 9 m. in south from ‘D’. Point E is situ- metres. He then turned left and moving a
ated 7m in east from ‘B’. Point ‘C’ is in north distance of 10 metres, turned to his left
again and walked 40 metres. He now
from ‘E’ at the distance of 4m. Point ‘G’ is in
south from ‘A’ at the distance of 4 m. turns to the left and walks 5 metres. Fi-
nally he turns to his left. In which direc-
54. Which is in the straight direction out of
tion is he walking now?
the following?
(a) D, E, A (b) E, G, C (a) North (b) South
(c) D, B, G (d) E, G, B (c) East (d) South-west
55. In which direction is ‘A’ from ‘C’? 4. You go North, turn right, then right again
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South and then go to the left. In which direction
are you now?
56. Any person from point ‘F’ starts walking
towards north at the distance of 5 m then (a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West
turns his rightwards then to whom he will 5. Deepak starts walking straight towards
reach first out of the following? east. After walking 75 meters, he turns to
(a) G (b) D (c) E (d) A the left and walks 25 metres straight. Again
Directions (57 – 60): Study the informations the turns to the left, walks a distance of 40
and answer the question given below: meters straight, again he turns to the left
Eight friends, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sit- and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far
ting in a square diningtable. On one side of is he from the starting point?
table, only two friends can sit. All the friends (a) 25 metres (b) 50 metres
are sitting at equal distance from each other. (c) 115 metres (d) None of these

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6. Kunal walks 10 kilometres towards North. In which direction is he now from the
From there, he walks 6 kilometres towards starting point?
South. Then, he walks 3 kilometres to- (a) North-east (b) East
wards East. How far and in which direction (c) South-east (d) South
is he with reference to his starting point? 13. A person starts from a point A and travels
(a) 5 kilometres West 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left
(b) 5 kilometres North-east and travels thrice that distance to reach
(c) 7 kilometres East C. He again turns left and travels five
(d) 7 kilometres West times the distance he covered between A
7. Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards and B and reaches his destination D. the
North, then turns to his left and walks for shortest distance between the starting
2 km. he again turns left and walks for 3 point and the destination is
km. At this point he turns to his left and (a)12 km (b) 15 km (c) 16 km (d) 18 km
walks for 3 km. how many kilometers is 14. A girl leaves from her home. She first
he from the starting point? walks 30 metres in North-west direction
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 5 km and then 30 metres in South-west direc-
8. Manick walked 40 metres towards North, tion. Next, she walks 30 metres in South-
took a left turn and walked 20 metres. He east direction. Finally, she turns towards
again took a left turn and walked 40 her house.
metres. How far and in which direction is In which direction is she moving?
he from the starting point? (a) North-east (b) North-west
(a) 20 metres East (b) 20 metres North (c) South-east (d) South-west
(c) 20 metres South (d) None of these 15. Sanjeev walks 10 metres towards the
9. Namita walks 14 metres towards west, South. Turning to the left, he walks 20
then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then moves to his right. After
metres and then turns to her left and moving a distance of 20 metres, he turns
walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left
to the right and walks 20 metres. Finally,
she walks 14 metres. What is the short-
he turns to the right and moves a distance
est distance (in metres) between her
of 10 metres. How far and in which direc-
starting point and the present position?
tion is he from the starting point?
(a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) 38
(a) 10 metres North (b) 20 metres South
10. A man leaves for his office from his house.
(c) 20 metres North (d) 10 metres South
He walks towards East. After moving a dis-
tance of 20 m, he turns South and walks 16. Kashish goes 30 metres North, then turns
10 m. then he walks 35 m towards the West right and walks 40 metres, then again
and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns right and walks 20 metres, then
turns towards East and Walks 15 m. What again turns right and walks 40 metres.
is the straight distance (in Metres) between How many metres is he from his original
his initial and final positions? position?
(a) 0 (b) 5 (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 40
(c) 10 (d) Cannot be determined 17. A man walks 30 metres towards South.
11. Radha moves towards South-east a dis- Then, turning to his right, he walks 30
tance of 7 km, then she moves towards metres. Then, turning to his left, he walks
West and travels a distance of 14 m. From 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left and
here, she moves towards North-west a dis- walks 30 metres. How far is he from his
tance of 7 m and finally she moves a dis- initial position?
tance of 4 m towards East and stood at that (a) 20 metres (b) 30 metres
point. How far is the starting point from (c) 60 metres (d) None of these
where she stood? 18. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South.
(a) 3 m (b) 4 m (c) 10 m (d) 11 m Then he turned to his left and walked 20
12. Amit walked 30 metres towards East, took metres. He then turned to his left and
a right turn and walked 40 metres. Then walked 25 metres. He again turned to his
he took a left turn and walked 30 metres. right and walked 15 metres. At what dis-

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tance is he from the starting point and in (a) North-west (b) North
which direction? (c) South-west (d) West
(a) 35 metres East (b) 35 metres North 26. I am facing east. I turn 100º in the clock-
(c) 40 metres East (d) 60 metres East wise direction and then 145º in the anti
clockwise direction. Which direction am
19. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20
I facing now?
metres towards South. He turned left and
(a) East (b) North-east
walked 30 metres. He then turned left and
(c) North (d) South-west
walked 20 metres. He again turned left
27. A rat runs 20 towards East and turns to
and walked 40 metres and reached a point
right, runs 10  and turns to right, runs
Q. How far and in which direction is the
9 and again turns to left, runs 5 and
point Q from the point P? then turns to left, runs 12´ and finally
(a) 20 metres West (b) 10 metres East turns to left and runs 6´. Now, which di-
(c) 10 metres West (d) 10 metres North rection is the rat facing?
20. Ramakant walks northwards. After a (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
while, he turns to his right and a little 28. Maya starts at point T, walks straight to-
further to his left. Finally, after walking a wards North to point U which is 4 ft away.
distance of one kilometer, he turns to his She truns left at 90º and walks 1 ft to Q,
left again. In which direction is he mov- turns left at 90º and goes to V, who is 1 ft
ing now? away and once again turns 90º right and
goes to R, 3 ft away. What is the distance
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West
between T and R?
21. A man is facing south. He turns 135º in
(a) 4 ft (b) 5 ft (c) 7 ft (d) 8 ft
the anti clockwise direction and then 180º
29. A villager went to meet his uncle in an-
in the clockwise direction. Which direc- other village situated 5 km away in the
tion is he facing now? North-east direction of his own village.
(a) North-east (b) North-west From there he came to meet his father-
(c) South-east (d) South-west in-law living in a village situated 4 km in
22. A man is facing north-west. He turns 90º the south of his uncle’s village. How far
in the clockwise direction and then 135º away and in what direction is he now?
in anti clockwise direction. Which direc- (a) 3 km in the North
tion is he facing now? (b) 3 km in the East
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South (c) 4 km in the East
23. A man is facing towards west and turns (d) 4 km in the West
through 45º clockwise, again 180º clock- 30. Aditya walked 15 m. towards south took a
wise and then turns through 270º anti right turn and walked 3 m. He took a right
turn again and walked 15 m before stop-
clockwise. In which direction is he fac-
ping. Which direction did he face.
ing now?
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
(a) West (b) North-east
(c) South (d) South-west Distinct Questions
24. A river flows west to east and on the way 1. Jai Prakash started walking towards
turns left and goes in a semicircle round south from the point A, walked 20 m and
a hillock, and then turns left at right reached a point B, Again, he turned left
angles. In which direction is the river fi- and walked 20 m and reached a point C.
nally flowing? Now he turned 45º anticlockwise, walked
(a) West (b) East (c) North (d) Sourh a distance of 20 2 m and reached a point
25. I am Standing at the centre of a circular D. What approximately is the shortest dis-
field. I go down south to the edge of the tance between the point A and D?
field and then turning left I walk along the (a) Can’t say (b) 30 m
boundary of the field equal to three-eights (c) 40 m (d) 40 2 m
of its length. Then I turn left by 45º and go 2. Rishu started walking towards East from
right across to the opposite point to the a point ‘X’, walked 250 metres and
boundary. In which direction am I from reached the point ‘P’. Again, he turned
the starting point? towards South, walked 50 metres and

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reached point Q. Again he turned towards wards the left again. In which direction
east and walked 250 metres and reached is he going now?
point ‘R. He again turned South, walked (a) North or South (b) East or West
50 metres and reached point S. What is (c) North or West (d) South or West
the shortest distance between X and S? 7. A mountaineer starts from Camp A and
(a) 509.9 metres (b) 1100 metres proceeds East to Camp B 4 km away. from
(c) 561.2 metres (d) 590.9 metres camp B he proceeds to camp C, 5km to
3. A and B are standing at a distance of 20 the south. from there, he returns and pro-
km from each other on a straight East- ceeds 12km to camp ‘D’ via camps B and
West road. A and B start walking A. How far is he away from the camp A ?
simutaneously, eastwards and westwards (a) 3 km (b) 6 km (c) 5 km (d) 12 km
respectively, and both cover a distance of 8. Sunil walks towards the East from point A
5 km. Then A turns to his left and walks turns righ at point B and walks the same
10 km. B turns to his right and walks 10 distance as he walked towards the East.
km at the same speed. Then both turn to He now turns left, walks the same dis-
their left and cover a distance of 5 km at tance again and finally makes a left turn
the same speed. What will be the distance and stops at point C after walking the same
between them? distance. The distance between A and C
(a) 10 km (b) 5 km is how many times as that of A and B?
(c) 20 km (d) 25 km (a) Can’t be determined
4. After walking 6 km, I turned right and cov- (b) Two
ered a distance of 2 km, then turned left (c) Three
and covered a distance of 10 km. In the (d) Four
end, I was moving towards the north. Form 9. Shyam walked 6 metres facing towards
which direction did I start my journey? East, then took a right turn and walked a
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West distance of 9 metres. He then took a left
5. A boy ride his bicycle northwards, then turn and walked a distance of 6 metres.
turned left and ride one km and again How far is he from the starting point ?
turned left and ride 2 km. He found him- (a) 15 metres (b) 21 metres
self exactly one km west of his starting (c) 18 metres (d) Can’t be determined
point. How far did he ride northwards ini- 10. Ravi starts from his house and moves to-
tially? wards south. He walks 100 m, then turns
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 5 km left and walks 200 m, turns right and
6. Anuj started walking positioning his back walks 500. How far is he from his house?
towards the sun. After sometime, he (a) 400 5m (b) 800 m
turned left, then turned right and then to- (c) 200 10m (d) 200 2 m

A nswers DIRECTION AND DISTANCE

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (c)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (a)
51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (d)
Previous year questions
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (?)
Distinct Questions
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c)

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