Calculating Distance
Calculating Distance
This section of verbal reasoning revolves around the various directions. It consist of questions involving all sort of direction puzzle. Candidate is required to make a successive follow-up of directions and ascertain the final direction or the distance between two points. The test is meant to judge the candidate,s ability to trace and follow correctly and sense the directions correctly.
Directions: There are four basic directions North N, South S, East E, West W and four cardinal directions North East NE, North West NW, South East SE, South West SW to help the candidates know the directions. The figure shows all the directions
These type of questions are solved taking The right and left movement of a person is always with reference to the body moving in the scenario. It is not with respect to the person who is solving the questions.
Illustration 1 : What is the distance between F and G?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
Answer : B
Solution : "In the above figure, it is easily visible that the distance between F and G is 2 km.
Illustration 2 : What is the distance between A and H?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
Answer : B
Solution : "In the above figure, it is easily visible that the distance between A and H is 2 km.
Illustration 3 : What is the distance between G and D ?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
Answer : C
Solution : "In the above figure, it is easily visible that the distance between G and D is 3 km.
Illustration 4 : What is the distance between B and I ?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
Answer : A
Solution : "In the above figure, it is easily visible that the distance between B and I is 1 km.
Illustration 5 : What is the minimum distance between A and C ?
(a) 1 km (b) km (c)
km (d)
km
Answer : B
Solution : "In the above figure, it is easily visible that the distance between A and C is km.
According to the phythagorors theorem,
AB = 1km
BC = 2 km
AC = ?
Hence the correct option is C.
Some Important Phythagorean triods are as follows :
3,4,5
5,12,13
7,24,25
8,15,17
9,40,41
What is the minimum distance between Point A and Point B ? | |||
| Right Option : C | |||
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Harsh started a walk from his home in north direction and covers a distance of 12 km, than he reached to School and turned in right direction, and covers a distance of 5 km and reach to Post office, than turned towards north direction, covers a distance of 12 km and reached to Market. What is the minimum distance between House and Post office ?
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| Right Option : B | |||
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A person moved in 15 m East of Point X and reached to Point A, than he moves toward south of Point A, covers a distance of 20 m and reached to Point B, and than moved in left direction and reach to Point C, at the end he reach to Point D after covering a distance of 12 m south of Point C. What is the distance between Point X and Point C?
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| Right Option : B | |||
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