With respect to Gujarat, the locations of Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh,…

To find the relative direction of one place from another, compare their positions on BOTH map axes together — the north-south axis and the east-west axis. A place lying north on one axis and east on the other is to the North-East of the reference point; one lying south and east is to its South-East, and so on for all four quadrants.

Gujarat lies on India's western coast. Uttar Pradesh sits in the northern Gangetic plain — north of Gujarat and considerably further east, across Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh — so it lies to Gujarat's North-East. Andhra Pradesh lies along the south-eastern Bay of Bengal coast of the Deccan peninsula — south of Gujarat and also east of it — so it lies to Gujarat's South-East. Reading the states in the order given (Uttar Pradesh, then Andhra Pradesh), the correct pairing is North-East; South-East.

Checking each of the other offered pairings against the map confirms none of them fits both states correctly:

• North-West; South-West places both states to the west of Gujarat, whereas both Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh lie east of it.

• North-East; South-West correctly locates Uttar Pradesh but wrongly places Andhra Pradesh on the western side, when it in fact lies on the eastern coast.

• North-West; South-East wrongly places Uttar Pradesh on the western side, though it correctly locates Andhra Pradesh.