Mental Ability

CHAPTER
8 Direction Sense Test
These questions are designed to test candidate's ability to sense direction. Questions on direction are simpler
than other questions if student possesses the right knowledge of the direction. Confusion is created in the
question by giving frequent right and left turns to a specific direction. Students are, therefore, advised to use the
diagram as given in the fig. for the purpose of sensing direction.

North

N-W N-E
90°
45°
West East

S-W S-E

South

Solved examples
E x . 1 On a playing ground Dev, Kumar, Nilesh, Ankur and Pintu are standing as directed below facing the North:

(i) Kumar is 40 m to the right of Ankur. (ii) Dev is 60 m to the South of Kumar.

(iii) Nilesh is 25 m to the West of Ankur. (iv) Pintu is 90 m to the North of Dev.

(A) Who is the North-East of the person, who is to the left of Kumar?

(1) Nilesh (2) Ankur (3) Dev (4) Pintu

Pintu
Sol.
30m

25m 40m N

Nilesh Ankur Kumar

W E
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60m

Dev
From fig. it is very clear that the person to the left of Kumar is Ankur and Pintu is to the North-East of Ankur.
Therefore, Pintu is our answer. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.
(B) If a boy walks from Nilesh, meets Ankur followed by Kumar, Dev and then Pintu, how many metres has he
walked if he has travelled the straight distance all through?
(1) 215 m (2) 155 m (3) 245 m (4) 185 m
S o l . Following the instructions as given in the question, the total distance covered by the boy
= 25 + 40 + 60 + 90 = 215 m
Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

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E x . 2 Ankit started walking towards North. After walking 30 m, he turned towards left and walked 40 m. He then
turned left and walked 30 m. He again turned left walked 50 m. How far is he from his original position?
(1) 50m (2) 40m (3) 30m (4) 10 m
Left North Right
Sol.
C B
40m

Right

Left
30m
West D East
A 10m E

Right
Left

Right Left
South
From fig. the final position of Ankit is E and starting point is A. Therefore, he is only 10 m away from his starting
point. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.
E x . 3 Lakshman went 15 km to the west from his house, then turned left and walked 20 km. He then turned East and
walked 25 km and finally turning left covered 20 km. How far is he now from his house?
(1) 15 km (2) 20 km (3) 25 km (4) 10 km
North

Sol.

B A E
West East
15km
20km 20km

C D
10km
South
Points A and E show the starting and end position respectively of Lakshman. It is clear that E is 10 km away from
A. Hence option (4) is the correct answer.

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1. Anoop starts walking towards South. After walking 15 m he turns towards North. After walking 20 m, he turns
towards East and walks 10m. He then turns towards South and walks 5 m. How far is he from his original
position and in which direction ?

(1) 10 m, North (2) 10 m, South (3) 10 m, West (4) 10 m, East

2. Village Chimur is 20 km to the North of village Rewa. Village Rahate is 18 km to the East of village Rewa.
Village Angne is 12 km to the West of Chimur. If Sanjay starts from village Rahate and goes to village Angne,
in which direction is he from his starting point?

(1) North (2) North-West (3) South (4) South-East

3. From a point, Rajneesh started walking East and walked 35 m. He then turned on his right and walked 20 m
and he again turned right and walked 35 m. Finally, he turned his left and walked 20 m and reached his
destination. Now, how far is he from the starting point ?

(1)50m (2) 55m (3) 20m (4) 40 m

4. A rat runs 20 m towards East and turns to right, runs 10 m and turns to right run 9 m and again turns to left, runs
5 m and then turns to left, runs 12 m and finally turns to left and runs 6 m. Now, which direction is the rat facing?

(1) East (2) North (3) West (4) South

5. A man goes towards East 5 km, then he takes a turn to South-West and goes 5 km. He again takes a turn
towards North-West and goes 5 km with respect to the point from where he started, where is he now?

(1) At the starting point (2) West (3) East (4) North-East

6. Vijayan started walking towards South. After walking 15 m, he turned to the left and walked 15 m. He again
turned to his left and walked 15 m. How far is he from his original position and in which direction ?

(1) 15 m, North (2) 15 m, South (3) 30 m, East (4) None of these

7. Rakesh is standing at a point. He walks 20 m towards the East and further 10 m towards the South, then he
walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North, then he walks 15 m towards the East. What
is the straight distance in metres between his starting point and the point where he reached last?
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(1) 0 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) Can't be determined

8. Rahim started from point X and walked straight 5 km west, then turned left and walked straight 2 km and again
turned left and walked straight 7 km. In which direction is he from the point X ?

(1) North-East (2) South-West (3) South-East (4) North-West

9. Ravi travelled 4 km straight towards South. He turned left and travelled 6 km straight, then turned right and
travelled 4 km straight. How far is he from the starting point?

(1) 8 km (2) 10 km (3) 12 km (4) None of these

10. Mohan started from point 'A' and proceeded 7 km straight towards East, then he turned left and proceeded
straight for a distance of 10 km. He then turned left again and proceeded straight for a distance of 6 km, and then
turned left again and proceeded straight for another 10 km. In which direction is Mohan from his starting point?

(1) East (2) West (3) North (4) South

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Directions (Q.11 to Q.13): A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine houses C is 2 km east of B. A is 1 km north
of B and H is 2 km south of A. G is 1 km west of H while D is 3 km east of G and F is 2 km north of G. i is situated
just in middle of B and C while E is just in middle of H and D.

11. Distance between E and G is

(1) 1 km (2) 1.5 km (3) 2 km (4) 5 km

12. Distance between E and I is

(1) 1 km (2) 2 km (3) 3 km (4) 4 km

13. Distance between A and F is

(1) 1 km (2) 1.41 km (3) 2 km (4) 3 km

14. Anuj started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After sometime, he turned left, then turned right and
then towards the left again. In which direction is he going now ?

(1) North or South (2) East or West (3) North or West (4) South or West

15. Shabnam's school bus picks her up from her house and takes two left turns and one right turn to reach her
school. If the bus is facing East, while reaching the school, which direction was the bus facing at her home ?

(1) South (2) East (3) West (4) North

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ANSWERS
Qu e. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
An s . 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 3 2 1
Qu e. 11 12 13 14 15
An s . 3 1 1 1 1

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1. A started from a place. After walking for 1 km, he turns to the left, then walking for 1/2 km, he again turns to
left. Now, he is going Eastward direction. In which direction, did he originally start ?
(1) West (2) East (3) South (4) North
2. A is to the South-East of C, B is to the East of C and North-East of A. If D is to the North of A and North-West
of B, in which direction of C is D located?
(1) North-West (2) South-West (3) North-East (4) South-East
3. From point P, Akshay starts walking towards East. After walking 30 m, he turns to his right and walks 10 m. He
then turns to his right and walks for 30 m. He again turns to his right and walks 30 m. How far is he from point
P and in which direction ?
(1) Point P itself (2) 10 m, North (3) 20 m, West (4) 20 m, North
4. Ravi starts walking towards North. After walking 15 m he turns towards South. After walking 20 m, he turns
towards East and walks 10 m. He then turns towards North and walks 5 m. How far is he from his original
position and in which direction ?
(1) 10 m, North (2) 10 m, South (3) 10 m, East (4) 10 m, West
5. Starting from a point, a person walked 12 m North, he turned right and walked 10m, he again turned right and
walked 12 m, then he turned left and walked 5 m. How far is he now and in which direction from the starting point?
(1) 10 m, towards West (2) 15 m, towards East
(3) 10 m, towards East (4) 5 m, towards West
6. Ms. A goes for her morning walk at 6 O'clock towards sun for 2 km, then she turns to her right and walks 3 km.
She again turns to her left and walks 2 km, finally she turns to her left to walk another 6 km. In which direction
is she moving and at what distance from the last turn, she is standing?
(1) 6 km, East (2) 9 km, East (3) 6 km, North (4) 9 km, North
7. Starting from a point 'S', Mahesh walked 25 m towards South. He turned to his left and walked 50 m. He then
again turned to his left and walked 25 m. He again turned to his left and walked 60 m and reached a point T.
How far Mahesh is from Point 'S' and in which direction?
(1) 10 m, West (2) 25 m, North (3) 10 m, East (4) 25 m, West
8. A man starts from his house and walks 10 km in South direction, then he turns right and goes 6 km, again he
turns right and goes 10 km and finally turns right and goes 6 km. At what distance is he from the starting point
and in which direction ?
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(1) 2 km, North (2) 3 km, South (3) At the starting point (4) 4 km, East
9. 'A' walks 10 m towards East and then 10 m to his right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and
15 m, respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
(1) 5 m (2) 10 m (3) 15 m (4) 20 m
10. A watch reads 4.30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point ?
(1) South-East (2) North-East (3) North (4) North-West
Directions (Q.11 to Q.13): Seven villages A, B, C, D, E, F and G are situated as follows:
E is 2km to the west of B. F is 2 km to the north of A.
C is 1 km to the west of A. D is 2 km to the south of G.
G is 2 km to the east of C. D is exactly in the middle of B and E.
11. A is in the middle of
(1) E and C (2) E and G (3) F and G (4) G and C

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12. Which two villages are the farthest form one another ?
(1) D and G (2) F and E (3) F and B (4) G and E
13. How far is E from F (in km) as the crow flies ?

(1) 4 (2) 20 (3) 5 (4) 26

14. It is 3 o'clock in a watch. if the minute hand points towards the North-east, then the hour hand will point towards
the
(1) South (2) South-west (3) North-west (4) South-east
15. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minutes hand poins towards north-east. In which directon does its hour
hand point at 1.30 p.m. ?
(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) West
16. If the above clock is turned through an angle of 135° in an anti-clockwise direction, in which direction will its
minute hand point at 8.45 p.m?
(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) West

17. One morning after sunrise, Gopal was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right.
Which direction was he facing ?

(1) South (2) East (3) West (4) Data inadequate

18. One morning after sunrise, Reeta and Kavita were talking to each other face to face at Tilak Square. If Kavita's
shadow was exactly to the right of Reeta, which direction Kavita was facing ?

(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) Data inadequate

19. One morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their backs towards each other.
Vikram's shadow fell towards left hand side. Which direction was shailesh facing ?

(1) East (2) West (3) North (4) South

20. One evening before sunset two friends Sumit and Mohit were talking to each other face to face. If Mohit's
shadow was exactly to his left side, which direction was Sumit facing ?

(1) North (2) South (3) West (4) Data inadequate

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ANSWERS
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 1 3 4 3 2 3 1 3 1 2
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 4 2

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EXERCISE
QUESTIONS RELATED TO VARIOUS OLYMPIADS
1. Seema and Rajat start together from a point. They walk 10 kms towards North. Seema turns to her left
and walk 5 kms, while Rajat turns Right and walk only 3 kms. Now Seema turns towards her left and Rajat
towards his right and both walk 15 kms forward. How far are they from each other?
(1) 2 kms (2) 8 kms (3) 13 kms (4) 15 kms
2. Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and
walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original
position?
(1) 20 metres (3) 30 metres (3) 60 metres (4) 40 metres
3. Deepa moved a distance of 75 metres towards the north. She then turned to the left and walked 25 metres,
again turned to the left and walk 80 metres and finally turned to the right at an angle of 45°. In which direction
was she moving finally?
(1) North-East (2) North-West (3) South (4) South-West
4. Sasha was facing east. She walked 20 metres. Turning left she moved 15 metres and then turning right
moved 25 metres. Finally, she turned right and moved 15 metres more. How far is she from her starting
point?
(1) 25 metres (2) 35 metres (3) 50 metres (4) 45 metres
5. A boy started walking with his back towards the sun. After some time, he turned left, then turned right and
towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?
(1) East or West (2) North or West (3) North or South (4) South or West
6. Rohit walked 25 m towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his left
and walked 25 m. He again turned right and walked 15 m. At what distance is he form the starting point
and in which direction?
(1) 35 m East (2) 35 m North (3) 40 m East (4) 60 m East
7. Mohit walks 6 km to the east and then turns to the south and walks 5 km. Again he turns to the east and
walks 6 km. Next, he turns northwards and walks 10 km. How far is he now from his starting point?
(1) 5 km (2) 12 km (3) 13 km (4) 17 km
8. Amit started walking towards North. After walked 100 m, he turned to his right and walked 500 m. He
again moved to his right and walked 100 m, he moved to his left and then walked 200 m. He again turned
to his right and walked 700 m. In the end, he turned to his left two times and walks 700 m each. How
far is he form his original position.
(1) 1200 m (2) 1300 m (3) 1400 m (4) 1600 m
9. Two men and two women are playing cards and are seated North, East, South and West of a table. No
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woman is facing East. Persons sitting opposite to each other are not of the same sex. One man is facing
South, Which direction ladies are facing ?
(1) North and East (2) East and West (3) South and East (4) North and West
10. A man starts from his house walks 2 km towards North . He turns right and walk 3 km .Then he turn left
and travels 3km.What is the direction he is facing?
(1) East (2) West (3) North (4) South
11. A man starts from his house and goes 5 km towards north and turns right and goes 5 km.Again he goes
5 km to his left and turns left and goes 15 km further. Now ,in which direction is he from his house?
(1) North (2) North-West (3) East (4) North-East
12. At 12'o' clock minute hand points east. At 4:30 , in which direction the hour hand will point?
(1) North-East (2) South-East (3) South (4) South-West
13. A man starts from his house and goes 5 km towards north and turns right and goes 5 km.Again he goes
5 km to his left and turns left and goes 15 km further.Now how far is he from the starting point ?

(1) 20 km (2) 20 2 km (3) 10 2 km (4) 15 2 km

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14. Yash starts moving towards South and walks for 12 m.Then he takes the left turn and walks for
8 m. Again he takes a right turn and walks for 24m. Now he takes a turn to North-east direction and
walks 25m. From that he takes a turn towards North and walks 20 m .Find the distance between the start
point and the finishing point of his movement?
(1) 12 m (2) 15 m (3) 17 m (4) 25 m
15. If south-east becomes north and north-east becomes west and rest of the directions are changed in the same
manner.Then what will be the direction for east?
(1) North-West (2) South-West (3) North-East (4) South-East
16. Prashant walks 20 meter towards north and then he turns to right and walk 30 meter.He again turns to
the right and walks 35 meter.Now he turns to the left and walks 15 meter and at last he turns to the left
and walks 15 meter.At what distance he is now from his starting point and to which direction he is facing?
(1) 15 meter West (2) 30 meter East (3) 30 meter West (4) 45 meter North
17. A square field PQRS of side 90m is so located that its diagonal PQRS of side 90 m is so located that its
diagonal PR is from north to south and the corner Q is to west of S.Rohan and Rahul start walking along
the sides from Q and R respectively in the clockwise and anticlockwise directions with speeds of 8km/hr
and 10 km/hr respectively. Where shall they cross each other the second time?
(1) PQ (2) QR (3) PS (4) None of these
18. Boys and Girls are made to sit in 7 rows and 7 columns all of them facing West.P is at centre of the arrangement,
Q is just behind P,R is on the immediate left of Q,and S is to west of P.Then R is in which direction with
respect to S?
(1) South-West (2) North-West (3) South-East (4) Data inadequate
19. A group of four policemen A,B,C and D is combining a circular park divided into sixteen plots. P,Q,R and K
are the offenders who they have to catch after given moves.The figure given below shows their positions
.Note that the by-lanes are North -South and East-West If Both A,B,C,D and P,Q,R,K moves clockwise three
plots,then who would be positioned North-East and South-West from the given options respectively?

A B C D

W E

S R Q P
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(1) A and P (2) C and P (3) D and Q (4) B and R
20. A child went 90 m in the East to look for his father, then he turned right and went 20 m. After this he turned
right and after going 30 m he reached to his uncle's house. His father was not there. From there he went 100
m to his north and met his father. How far did he meet his father from the starting point?
(1) 80 m (2) 100 m (3) 140 m (4) 260 m

ANSWERS
Qu e. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 2 3 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 4
Qu e. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 2 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 1 2

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