Direction Sense

 

1. A man is facing west.He turns 45 degree in the clockwise direction and then another 180 degree in the same direction and then 270 degree in the anti-clockwise direction.Which direction is he facing now?
A. South
B. North-West
C. West
D. South-West

Answer:- 4

 

2. If you are facing North-east and move 10 m forward ,turn left and move 7.5 m ,then you are:
A. North of your initial position
B. South of your initial position
C. East of your initial position
D. 12 m from your initial position

Answer:- 1

 

3. Kailash faces towards north.Turning to his right ,he walks 5 metres .He then turns to his left and walks 30 metres .Next,he moves 25 metres to his right.He then turns to his right again and walks 55 metres.Finally ,he turns to the right and moves 40 metres.In which direction is he now from his starting point?
A. South-West
B. South
C. North-West
D. South-East

Answer:- 4

 

4. Kunal walks 10 km towards North.From there he walks 6 km towards South.Then,he walks 3 km towards East.How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
A.5 km West
B.7 km West
C.7 km East
D.5 km North-East

Answer:- 4

 

5. Johnson left for his office in his car.He drove 15 km towards north and then 10 km towards west.He then turned to the south and covered 5 km.Further,he turned to the east and moved 8 km.Finally ,he turned right and drove 10 km .How far and in which

direction is he from his starting point?
A.2 km West
B.5 Km East
C.6 km South
D.3 km North

Answer:- 1

 

6. A man is facing towards west and turns through 45 degree clockwise ,again 180 degree clockwise and then turns through 270 degree anti-clockwise .In which direction is he facing now?
A.West
B.North-West
C.South
D.South-West

Answer:- 4

 

7. I am facing east.I turn 100 degree in the clockwise direction and then 145 degree in the anti-clockwise direction.Which direction am I facing now?
A.East
B.North-East
C.North
D.South-West

Answer:- 2

 

8. A river flows west to east and on the way turns left and goes in a semi-circle round a hillock, and then turns left at right angles.In which direction is the river finally flowing?
A.West
B.East
C.North
D.South

Answer:- 2

 

9. You go North ,turns right ,then right again and then go to the left .In which direction are you now?
A.North
B.South
C.East
D.West

Answer:- 3

 

10. I am standing at the center of a circular field .I go down south to the edge of the field and then turning left I walk along the boundary of the field equal to three-eights of its length .Then I turn west and go right across to the opposite point on the boundary .In which direction am I from the starting point?
A.North-West
B.North
C.South-West
D.West

Answer:- 3

 

11. Kunal walks 10 km toward North.From there ,he walks 6 km towards South .Then ,he walks 3 km towards East.How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
A.5 km West
B.5 km North-East
C.7 km East
D.7 km West

Answer:- 2

 

12. Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North,then he turns to his left and walks for 2 km .He again turns left and walks for 3 km .At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km.How many km is he from the starting point?
A.1 km
B.2 km
C.3 km
D.5 km

Answer:- 1

 

13. Manick walked 40 m towards North,took a left turn and walked 20 m .He again took a left turn and walked for 40 km.How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
A.20 m East
B.20 m North
C.20 m South
D.20 m West

Answer:- 4

 

14. Namita walks 14 m towards west,then turns to her right and walks 14 m and then turns to her left and walks 10 m.Again turning to her left she walks 14 m .What is the shortest distance between her starting point and the present position?
A.10
B.24
C.28
D.38

Answer:- 2

 

15. A man leaves for his office from his house.He walks towards East.After moving a distance of 20 m ,he turns South and walks 10 m.Then he walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North .He then turns towards East and walks 15 m .What is the straight distance between his initial and final positions?
A.0
B.5
C.10
D.None of these

Answer:- 2

 

16. Amit walked 30 m towards East ,took a right turn and walked 40 m .Then he took a left turn and walked 30 m .In which direction is he now from the starting point?
A.North-East
B.East
C.South-East
D.South

Answer:- 3

 

17. A villager went to meet his uncle in another village situated 5 km away in the North-East direction of his own village.From there he came to meet his father-in-law living in a village situated 4 km in the south of his uncle’s village .How far away and in what direction is he now?
A.3 km in the North
B.3 km in the East
C.4 km in the East
D.4 km in the west

Answer:- 2

 

18. Sanjeev walks 10 m towards the South .Turning to the left ,he walks 20 m and then moves to his right .After moving a distance of 20 m ,he turns to the right and walks 20 m.Finally,he turns to the right and moves a distance of 10 m .How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
A.10 m South
B.10 m North
C.20 m South
D.20 m North

Answer:- 3

 

19. I am facing South.I turn right and walk 20 m .Then I turn right again and walk 10 m .Then I turn left and walk 10 m and then turning right walk 20 m.Then,I turn right again and walks 60 m.In which direction am I from the starting point?
A.North
B.North-West
C.East
D.North-East

Answer:- 4

 

20. A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 km.Again he turns to East and walks 2 km,after this he turns to North and walks 9 km .Now,how far is he from his starting point?
A.3 km
B.4 km
C.5 km
D.7 km

Answer:- 3

 

21. If south-east is called east ,North west is called west ,south-west is called south and so on ,what will north be called ?
A.East
B.North-East
C.South
D.North-West

Answer:- 4

 

22. If South-East becomes North,North -East becomes West and so on ,what will be west become?
A.North-East
B.North-West
C.South-East
D.South-West

Answer:- 3

 

23. A is East of B and West of C,H is South-West of C and B is South-East of X ,who is the farthest west?
A.C
B.X
C.A
D.B

Answer:- 4

 

24. K is 40 m South-West of L.M is 40 m South-East of L .Then ,M is in which direction of K?
A.North-East
B.East
C.West
D.South

Answer:- 4

 

25. Anshul starts from his house towards West.After walking a distance of 30 m,he turned towards right and walked 20 m .He,then turned left and moving a distance of 10 m ,turned to his left again and walked40 m.He now turns to the left and walks 5 m.Finally he turns to his left .In which direction is he walking now?
A.North
B.South
C.East
D.South-West

Answer:- 1

 

26. A girl leaves from her home .She first 30 m ion North-West direction and then 30 m in South-West direction .Next ,she walks 30 m in South-East direction .Finally ,she turns towards her house .In which direction is she moving?
A.South-East
B.South-West
C.North-East
D.North-West

Answer:- 3

 

27. Shyam starts walking towards East and after walking 20 m ,turns Southward and walks 10 m and then he turns to his right and walks 30 m .In which direction is he now with respect to the starting point?
A.South
B.West
C.South-East
D.South-West

Answer:- 4

 

28. Town D is towards East of town .Town B is towards North of town D.Town H is towards South of town B.Towards which direction is town H from town F?
A.East
B.South-East
C.North-East
D.Data inadequate

Answer:- 4

 

29. W walks 40 m towards West took a left turn and walked 30 m .He ,then too a roght turn and walked 20 m .He again took a right turn and walked 30 m .How far was he from the starting point?
A.50 m
B.60 m
C.55 m
D.70 m

Answer:- 2

 

30. Raj moves straight from his school a distance of 5 km ,then he turns to his right and travels a distance of 2 km and reaches his home .If his home is South-East direction from school.In which direction he started?
A.North
B.South
C.East
D.West-North

Answer:- 3

 

31. Khushi moves towards South-East a distance of 7 m ,then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m .From here ,she moves towards North-West a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a disatnce of 4 m towards East and stood at that point .How far is the starting point from where she stood?
A.3 m
B.4 m
C.10 m
D.11 m

Answer:- 3

 

32. Gautami moves towards South distance of 50 m ,then she moves towards East and travels a distance of 50 m .From here ,she moves North-East to market .IF market is in East of starting point.What is the minimum distance between starting point and market?
A.100 m
B.75 m
C.150 m
D.None of these

Answer:- 1

 

33. Seeta and Ram both start from a point towards North.Seeta turns to left after walking 10 km.Ram turns to right after walking the same distance .Seeta waits for sometimes and then walks another 5 km,whereas Ram walks only 3 km .They both then return to their respective South and walk 15 km forward.How far is Seeta from Ram?
A.15 km
B.10 km
C.8 km
D.12 km

Answer:- 3

 

34. A taxi driver commences his journey from a point and drove 10 km towards North and turned to his left and drove another 5 km .After waiting to meet one of his friends ,he turned to his right and continued to drive another 10 km.He has covered a distance of 25 km so far but in which direction he now may be?
A.North
B.East
C.West
D.South

Answer:- 1

 

Directions (Question Numbers 35-36) . Point B is 12 m south of point A.Point C is 24 m East of point B .Point D is 8 m South of point C.Point D is 12 m East of point E and point F is 8 m North of point E.

35. IF a man has to travel to point E from point S(through these points by the shortest distance ),which of the following points will be pass through first?
A.point C
B.Point D
C.Point F
D.Point B

Answer:- 4

 

36. If a man is standing facing North at point C,how far and in which direction is point F?
A.12 m,West
B.24 m,East
C.12 m,East
D.24 m,West

Answer:- 1

 

Directions (Question Numbers 37-38). Point P is 9m towards the East of Point Q. Point R is 5 m towards the South of Point P. Point S is 3 m towards the west of point R. Point T is 5m towards the North of point S. Point V is 7 m towards the South of Point S

37. IF a person walks in a straight line for 8m towards West from point R ,which of the following points would he cross the first?
A.V
B.Q
C.R
D.S

Answer:- 4

 

38. Which of the following points are in a straight line?
A.P,R,V
B.S,T,Q
C.P,T,V
D.S,V,T

Answer:- 4

 

Directions (Question Numbers 39-40). Point A is 5 m towards the West of Point B .Point C is 2 m towards the North of Point B. Point D is 3m towards the East of point C .Point E is 2 m towards the South of point D.

39. If a person walks 2 m towards the North from point A, takes a right turn and continues to walk,which of the following points would he reach the first?
A.D
B.B
C.E
D.C

Answer:- 4

 

40. Which of the following points are in a straight line?
A.A,B,E
B.D,C,A
C.A,C,E
D.B,D,A

Answer:- 1