Take a free mock test for SSC MTS<\/a><\/p>\n SSC MTS Previous Papers<\/a> (Download PDF)<\/p>\n Question 1:\u00a0<\/b>A shopper in a mart loads his trolley and walks 30 m through an alley which is going South, then he turns to his right and walks 10 m, then he turns North and walks another 10 m, then he turns West and walks 45 m and then he turns North and walks 20 m. Where is he now with reference to his starting position?<\/p>\n a)\u00a035 m West<\/p>\n b)\u00a055 m West<\/p>\n c)\u00a035 m East<\/p>\n d)\u00a055 m East<\/p>\n Question 2:\u00a0<\/b>Six boys are sitting in a row facing south. Gaurav is second to the right of Akash who is at one of the end. Prem is at fourth position to the left of Raman. Jatin and Nitin sit together. How many boys are sitting to the left of Nitin?<\/p>\n a)\u00a04<\/p>\n b)\u00a02<\/p>\n c)\u00a03<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Cannot be determined<\/p>\n Question 3:\u00a0<\/b>A street vendor pushes his cart 2 km South, then he turns East and walks 2.5 km, then he turns North and walks 1 km, then he turns to his left and walks 2.5 km. Where is he with respect to his starting point?<\/p>\n a)\u00a03 km South<\/p>\n b)\u00a01 km North<\/p>\n c)\u00a03 km North<\/p>\n d)\u00a01 km South<\/p>\n Question 4:\u00a0<\/b>A\u00a0student cycles 2 km North, then turns West and cycles 2.5 km, then turns South and cycles 2 km, then turns to his left and cycles 4.5 km. Where is he now with respect to the starting position?<\/p>\n a)\u00a07 km East<\/p>\n b)\u00a02 km West<\/p>\n c)\u00a07 km West<\/p>\n d)\u00a02 km East<\/p>\n Question 5:\u00a0<\/b>Two aeroplanes start from the same strip. Aeroplane P flies 65 miles North, then turns left flies 45 miles and lands. In the meanwhile aeroplane Q flies 80 miles West, then flies 40 miles South, then turns to its left, flies 35 miles and lands. Where is aeroplane Q with respect to aeroplane P?<\/p>\n a)\u00a025 miles South<\/p>\n b)\u00a0105 miles North<\/p>\n c)\u00a025 miles North<\/p>\n d)\u00a0105 miles South<\/p>\n SSC MTS Previous Papers PDF<\/a><\/p>\n Take a free mock test for SSC MTS<\/a><\/p>\n Question 6:\u00a0<\/b>Ganga leaves from her college at 10:00 a.m. She starts walking towards north and covers a distance of 14 km. She turns right and walks 20 km to reach point K. She turns left and walk 16 km. She again turns left and walks 10 km. How far (in km) and in which direction is she now from point K?<\/p>\n a)\u00a03\u221a33, North-West<\/p>\n b)\u00a02\u221a89, North-West<\/p>\n c)\u00a03\u221a33, North-East<\/p>\n d)\u00a02\u221a89, North-East<\/p>\n Question 7:\u00a0<\/b>Two lady cyclists A and B start from the same point. A cycles 3.5 km West, then turns to her right and cycles 7 km. B cycles 1 km East, then turns North and cycles 7 km, then turns to her left and cycles 2 km. Where is B with respect to A now?<\/p>\n a)\u00a05.5 km East<\/p>\n b)\u00a02.5 km West<\/p>\n c)\u00a02.5 km East<\/p>\n d)\u00a05.5 km West<\/p>\n Question 8:\u00a0<\/b>Ankit walks 17 km towards east. He turn left and walks 17 km. He turns left again and walks 24 km to reach point A. What is the straight line distance (in km) between the starting point and point A?<\/p>\n a)\u00a013\u221a2<\/p>\n b)\u00a014\u221a4<\/p>\n c)\u00a04\u221a2<\/p>\n d)\u00a011\u221a2<\/p>\n Question 9:\u00a0<\/b>Two horse drawn wagons start from the same farm. Wagon X travels South 4.5 km and then turns right and travels 7.5 km. In the mean while wagon Y travels 9 km North, then 3.5 km West, then 2 km North , then it turns left and travels 4 km. Where is wagon Y with respect to wagon X?<\/p>\n a)\u00a06.5 km North<\/p>\n b)\u00a015.5 km North<\/p>\n c)\u00a015.5 km South<\/p>\n d)\u00a06.5 km South<\/p>\n Question 10:\u00a0<\/b>From a hospital S, Pritam walked 49 metres to the south, then after turning to right he walked 49 metres. He again turned right and walked another 34 metres and \ufb01nally turned to right and walked 49 metres. At what distance (in metres) and in which direction is he from the hospital S now?<\/p>\n a)\u00a015, North<\/p>\n b)\u00a022\u221a3, North<\/p>\n c)\u00a015, South<\/p>\n d)\u00a022\u221a3, South<\/p>\n SSC Study Material (18000 Solved Questions)<\/a><\/p>\n General Science Notes for SSC Exams<\/a><\/p>\n Question 11:\u00a0<\/b>Two cruisers start from the same port. Cruiser A sails 50 miles South, then it turns right and sails 60 miles. In the meanwhile cruiser B sails 105 miles West, then it turns left and sails 50 miles, then it turns West and sails 45 miles. Where is cruiser A with respect to cruiser B?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0210 miles East<\/p>\n b)\u00a090 miles East<\/p>\n c)\u00a090 miles West<\/p>\n d)\u00a0210 miles West<\/p>\n Question 12:\u00a0<\/b>Chand and Dhyan start from the same point. Chand walks 105 m North, then turns East and walks 55 m, then turns to his right and walks 75 m. At the same time, Dhyan walks 45 m South, then turns to his left and walks 55 m. Where is Chand now with respect to the position of Dhyan?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0135 m North<\/p>\n b)\u00a075 m North<\/p>\n c)\u00a075 m South<\/p>\n d)\u00a0135 m South<\/p>\n Question 13:\u00a0<\/b>A brother and sister leave home for school. The brother goes 0.5 km East, then turns right and goes 3.5 km and reaches his school. The sister goes 2.5 km North, then 1 km West, then turns left and goes 6 km and reaches her school. Where is the brother’s school with respect to the sister’s school?<\/p>\n a)\u00a00.5 km East<\/p>\n b)\u00a01.5 km West<\/p>\n c)\u00a00.5 km West<\/p>\n d)\u00a01.5 km East<\/p>\n Question 14:\u00a0<\/b>The fitness club has organised a race. The route goes 4.5 km West from the starting point. It then turns North and goes 3 kms, then turns East and goes 4.5 km, finally it turns left and goes 1.5 km to reach the end point. Where is the end point with respect to the start point?<\/p>\n a)\u00a04.5 km North<\/p>\n b)\u00a01.5 km South<\/p>\n c)\u00a04.5 km South<\/p>\n d)\u00a01.5 km North<\/p>\n Question 15:\u00a0<\/b>Akash leaves from his school at 5:30 a.m. He starts walking towards south and covers a distance of 20 km. He turns left and walks 15 km to reach point A. He turns right and walk 14 km. He again turns right and walks 10 km. How far (in km) and in which direction is he now from point A?<\/p>\n a)\u00a03\u221a43, South-West<\/p>\n b)\u00a03\u221a43, South-East<\/p>\n c)\u00a02\u221a74, South-West<\/p>\n d)\u00a02\u221a74, South-East<\/p>\n Question 16:\u00a0<\/b>Parul cycles 3 km East, then turns South and cycles 1 km, then turns West and cycles 2.5 km, then turns to her right and cycles 1 km. Where is she now with reference to her starting position?<\/p>\n a)\u00a05.5 km East<\/p>\n b)\u00a00.5 km West<\/p>\n c)\u00a00.5 km East<\/p>\n d)\u00a05.5 km West<\/p>\n Question 17:\u00a0<\/b>A hiker walks 2 km South, then he turns West and walks for 4 km, then he turns North and walks for 5 km, then he turns to his right and walks for 4 km. Where is he now with respect to his starting position?<\/p>\n a)\u00a07 km North<\/p>\n b)\u00a03 km North<\/p>\n c)\u00a03 km South<\/p>\n d)\u00a07 km South<\/p>\n Question 18:\u00a0<\/b>Abhay and Chintan are riding their motorcycles. They start from the same point. Abhay rides 7 km North, then turns to his left and rides 4 km. In the meanwhile Chintan rides 6 km West, then turns North and rides 7 km, then turns to his left and rides 8 km. Where is Abhay with respect to Chintan?<\/p>\n a)\u00a04 km East<\/p>\n b)\u00a010 km West<\/p>\n c)\u00a04 km West<\/p>\n d)\u00a010 km East<\/p>\n Question 19:\u00a0<\/b>Suman walks 15 km towards north. She turns right and walks another 15 km. She turns right and walks another 15 km. In which direction is she from her starting point ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0North<\/p>\n b)\u00a0South<\/p>\n c)\u00a0East<\/p>\n d)\u00a0West<\/p>\n Question 20:\u00a0<\/b>P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a line facing west. P and Q are sitting together. R is sitting at south end and S is sitting at north end. T is neighbour of Q and R. Who is sitting in the middle?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0P<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Q<\/p>\n c)\u00a0R<\/p>\n d)\u00a0S<\/p>\n 200+ SSC Important Practice Sets<\/a><\/p>\n General Knowledge Q&A for Competitive Exams (Download PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n Answers & Solutions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the shopper in starts from the starting point and walks 30 m through an alley which is going South, then he turns to his right and walks 10 m towards west, then he turns North and walks another 10 m, then he turns West and walks 45 m and finally he turns North and walks 20 m.<\/p>\n => Distance = $10+45=55$ m<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0He is now 55 m west\u00a0<\/strong>with reference to his starting position.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n All of them are facing south, and Gaurav is second to the right of Akash who is at one of the end, => Akash is at the left end (facing south).<\/p>\n Prem is at fourth position to the left of Raman, => Raman is at the rightmost end.<\/p>\n Jatin and Nitin sit together, which is quite clear but any of them can sit at second or third place.<\/p>\n Thus, final arrangement is\u00a0:<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ We cannot determine as to how many boys are sitting to the left of Nitin.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the street vendor pushes his cart from point A for 2 km South to reach B, then he turns East and walks 2.5 km to point C, then he turns North and walks 1 km to reach D, finally he turns to his left and walks 2.5 km towards west to reach E.<\/p>\n => AE = $2-1=1$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0He is 1 km south<\/strong>\u00a0with respect to his starting point.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the student starts from point A and cycles 2 km North to reach B, then turns West and cycles 2.5 km to point C, then turns South and cycles 2 km, then turns to his left and cycles 4.5 km towards east to stop at point E.<\/p>\n => AE = $4.5-2.5=2$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0He is 2 km east<\/strong>\u00a0with respect to the starting position.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the two aeroplanes start from the same strip S. Aeroplane P (red) flies 65 miles North to reach T, then turns left and flies 45 miles and lands at point U. In the meanwhile aeroplane Q (black) flies 80 miles West to R, then flies 40 miles South, and finally turns to its left, flies 35 miles towards east and lands at point P.<\/p>\n => PU = $40+65=105$ miles<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ Aeroplane Q is 105 miles south\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to aeroplane P.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 6)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let Ganga leaves from her college at 10:00 a.m from point C. She starts walking towards north and covers a distance of 14 km to reach D. She turns right and walks 20 km to reach point K. She turns left and walk 16 km towards north. She again turns left and walks 10 km westwards to stop at point M.<\/p>\n => $(KM)^2=(KL)^2+(LM)^2$<\/p>\n => $(KM)^2=(10)^2+(16)^2$<\/p>\n => $(KM)^2=100+256=356$<\/p>\n => $KM=\\sqrt{356}=2\\sqrt{89}$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0She is $2\\sqrt{89}$ km north-west<\/strong>\u00a0from point K.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the two lady cyclists A and B start from the same point S. A (red) cycles 3.5 km West to reach\u00a0E, then turns to her right and cycles 7 km northwards. B (black) cycles 1 km East to reach D, then turns North and cycles 7 km to point C, then turns to her left and cycles 2 km towards west.<\/p>\n => AB = $(3.5+1)-2=2.5$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ B is 2.5 km east\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to A now.<\/p>\n => Ans – (C)<\/p>\n 8)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let Ankit starts from point S walks 17 km towards east to reach T. He turn left and walks 17 km northwards to reach B. He turns left again and walks towards west 24 km to reach point A.<\/p>\n => $(AS)^2=(AR)^2+(RS)^2$<\/p>\n => $(AS)^2=(17)^2+(7)^2$<\/p>\n => $(AS)^2=289+49=338$<\/p>\n => $AS=\\sqrt{338}=13\\sqrt2$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Distance between the starting point and point A = $13\\sqrt2$ km<\/strong><\/p>\n => Ans – (A)<\/p>\n 9)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the two horse drawn wagons start from the same farm S. Wagon X (red) travels South 4.5 km to W and then turns right and travels 7.5 km towards west. In the mean while wagon Y (black) travels 9 km North, then 3.5 km West to reach U, then 2 km North , finally it turns left and travels 4 km westwards to stop at point Y.<\/p>\n =>\u00a0XY = $4.5+9+2=15.5$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Wagon Y is 15.5 km north\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to wagon X.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 10)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n From a hospital S, Pritam walked 49 metres to the south to T, then after turning to right he walked 49 metres westwards to point U. He again turned right and walked another 34 metres to reach V and \ufb01nally turned to right and walked 49 metres to stop at point W.<\/p>\n => SW = $49-34=15$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0He is 15 m south\u00a0<\/strong>from the hospital S now.<\/p>\n => Ans – (C)<\/p>\n 11)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the two cruisers start from the same port S. Cruiser A (red) sails 50 miles South to D, then it turns right and sails 60 miles towards west. In the meanwhile cruiser B\u00a0(black) sails 105 miles West to reach T, then it turns left and sails downwards 50 miles, then it turns West and sails 45 miles to stop finally at B.<\/p>\n => AB = $(105-60)+45=90$ miles<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Cruiser A is 90 miles east\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to cruiser B.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 12)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Chand and Dhyan start from the same point S. Chand (black) walks 105 m North to A, then turns East and walks 55 m to reach B, then turns to his right and walks 75 m southwards to point C. At the same time, Dhyan (red) walks 45 m South, then turns to his left and walks 55 m eastwards to reach point D.<\/p>\n => CD = $(105-75)+45=75$ m<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Chand is 75 m north<\/strong>\u00a0with respect to the position of Dhyan.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 13)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the brother and sister leave home from point O. The brother (red) goes 0.5 km East to A, then turns right and goes 3.5 km and reaches his school B. The sister (black) goes 2.5 km North, then 1 km West to point R, then turns left and goes 6 km \u00a0southwards and reaches her school S.<\/p>\n => BS = $1+0.5=1.5$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Brother’s school is 1.5 km east<\/strong>\u00a0with respect to the sister’s school.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 14)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n The route goes 4.5 km West from the starting point S. It then turns North and goes 3 kms to U, then turns East and goes 4.5 km, finally it turns left and goes 1.5 km towards north to reach the end point W.<\/p>\n => SW = $3+1.5=4.5$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0The end point is 4.5 km north\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to the start point.<\/p>\n => Ans – (A)<\/p>\n 15)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let Akash starts walking from S towards south and covers a distance of 20 km to reach T. He turns left and walks 15 km to reach point A. He turns right and walk 14 km towards south to B. He again turns right and walks 10 km westwards to stop at C.<\/p>\n => $(AC)^2=(AB)^2+(BC)^2$<\/p>\n => $(AC)^2=(14)^2+(10)^2$<\/p>\n => $(AC)^2=196+100=296$<\/p>\n => $AC=\\sqrt{296}=2\\sqrt{74}$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0He is $2\\sqrt{74}$ km south-west<\/strong>\u00a0from point.<\/p>\n => Ans – (C)<\/p>\n 16)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Parul cycles 3 km East from the starting point, then turns South and cycles 1 km, then turns West and cycles 2.5 km, then she turns to her right and cycles 1 km towards north to reach the end.<\/p>\n => Distance = $3-2.5=0.5$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Now she is 0.5 km east\u00a0<\/strong>with reference to her starting position.<\/p>\n => Ans – (C)<\/p>\n 17)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the hiker starts from point A and walks 2 km South to reach B, then he turns West and walks for 4 km, then he turns North and walks for 5 km to point D, then he turns to his right and walks for 4 km to finally stop at E.<\/p>\n => AE = $5-2=3$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Now he is 3 km north\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to his starting position.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n 18)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let they start from the same point S. Abhay (red) rides 7 km North, then turns to his left and rides 4 km to finally stop at A. In the meanwhile Chintan (black) rides 6 km West to T, then turns North and rides 7 km, then turns to his left and rides 8 km westwards to stop at C.<\/p>\n => AC = $(6-4)+8=10$ km<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Abhay is 10 km east\u00a0<\/strong>with respect to Chintan.<\/p>\n => Ans – (D)<\/p>\n 19)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let Suman starts from point S and walks 15 km towards north to T. She turns right and walks another 15 km towards east. She again turns right and walks another 15 km downwards to reach V.<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0She is 15 km\u00a0east<\/strong>\u00a0from her starting point.<\/p>\n => Ans – (C)<\/p>\n 20)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n R is sitting at south end and S is sitting at north end.<\/p>\n T is neighbour of Q and R.<\/p>\n Thus, the remaining vacant position is filled by P, and the final arrangement is\u00a0:<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Q<\/span><\/strong> is sitting in the middle.<\/p>\n => Ans – (B)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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