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pirection Sense Test

Direction sense
Gense i test deals with a sort of
direction puzzle. The different types of questions which are asked in
s u c c e s s
follow up of directions is formulated and éxams related to direction sense test are as given below.
A
the
candida is required to find the final direction or
the distance
between two points.
1. Finding Out the Final Direction
based on direction sense test the
questions
To solve the In this type, questions are based on final direction of a
andidates must haveknowledge of some important
are given below.
person/object or direction of a person with respect to
concepts, which starting point.
1. The four main directions are North (N), South (S),
East (E) and West (W) and four cardinal directions Ex.1 Deepa moved a distance of 75m towards the
North. She then turned to the left and walking for
are North-East (NE), North-West (NW), South-East
(SE) and South-West (SW). about 25 m, turned left again and walked 80 m.

N-W Left N Right N-E

Finally, she turned to the right. In which direction
was she moving finally?
Right Left (a) North b) South
(c) West (d) South-West
W E

Left Right Sol. (e) According to the given information,

S-E
S-WRight S Left C 25 m B
N
2. Pythagoras theorem,
AC AB+ BC W E 80 m 75 m

i.e. AC=AB+ BC?

E D
A(starting point)
3. In the morning, sunrises in the East, the shadow of (end point)

person or object falls in the West. In the evening, the Clearly, she is moving towards West.
sunset in the West, the shadow of a person or object
Ex.2 A man is facing West. He turns 45° in the
falls in the East. clockwise direction and then another 180° in the same
direction and then 270° in the anti-clockwise

B
Hypotenuse
Base
direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) South
(cWest
b) North-West
(d) South-West
Sol. (d) According to the given information,
4. Movement in the direction of clock is called N
270
clockwise movement and in the direction opposite to . N-W N-E
that of clock is called anti-clockwise 80
movement W At
360 360° 325 A
325 45
SW
270° 90 Clockwise clockwise
Anti- 90 270 .y
..... S

225 135
735* 225
180 180 Clearly, he is facing South-West now.
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Ex.3 If S-E becomes West, N-E becomes South and If there is no straight distance, then diastance i is
so on. What will North become? calculated using Pythagoras theorem, i.e.
In this type of questions, the candidate have to e.
(a) North- East (b) North-West
(c) South-East (d) South-West final diatance between the starting and final nond th
distance between two points / persons/ thingaH or
Sol. (c) The directions are as follow
N Ex. 6 One day, Ravi left home and cyeled 10 k
NW (S-E)
N-E
Southwards, turned right and cycled 6 km a
(E) (S) right and cycled 10 km and turned left
turn-
eft and cycled
10 km. How many kilometres will he hav to cycle t.
W E
(N-E) (S-W) reach his home straight.
(a) 10 km (b) 16 km
S-W S-E
(c) 20 km (d) 26 km
(N)
(N-W ()
Sol. (b) Acording to the given information,
Clearly, North will become South-East.
N
10 km D A (horme)
OEx. 4 Early morning after sunrise Sangeeta went ********"*****"]

for a walk. Her brother, Ramesh, who was coming (end point)
10 km 10 km W
towards, her from opposite direction, saw that
Sangeeta's shadow had fallen to his right. From
which direction was Ramesh coming? C 5 km

(a) South b) North Thus, his distance from initial position A

(c) East d) West AE= AD+ DE= BC+ DE
Sol. (b) The direction will be as follows. (5+10)km =15 km

N Ramesh
3. Finding the Direction
W E
Sun
and Distance
In this type of questions, the candidate have to
determine both the distance and direction.
Sangeeta shadow Sangeeta
Clearly, Ramesh was coming from North. Ex.7 Kunal walks 10 km towards North. From
there, he walks 6 km towards South. Then, he walks
Ex.5 In a clock at 12:30, hour needle is in North 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction i
direction while minute needle is in South direction. In he with reference to his starting point?
which direction would be minute needle at 12 : 45?
(a) 6 km, West b) 7 km, West
(a) North-West
(c) West
(b) South-East (c) 7 km, East (d) 5 km, North-East
(d) East Sol. (d)
Sol. (c) The hour hand of the clock is North direction According to the given information,
and minute hand is in South direction B
N
At 12:30 At 12:45 6 km N-W N-E
North North
W
1112 11 12 10km
3 km D
2 /10
Hour Hour
(end point)
S-w
S
S-E
West hand
minute 3 Eest West
hand 3 Eest
hand
Minute hand
4/ A
4/ (starting point)
6 7 6. 5/
South South Then, AC (AB- BC)
As, it is clear from the above diagram that minute hand = (10-6) = 4 km
is in West direction. Kunal's distance from starting point A

2. Finding the Total Distance AD-VAC+CD (Pythagoras theorem)

The starting and end points are marked
using left and
4+3=5 km
right turns and the distance is calculated between them. lso, D is to the North-East of A.
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4. Questions Based on Map Ex.9 The shortest distance between Shruti's school
and her home is
In these questions, a map of a journey of a man from his
(a) 14 km (b) 12 km
starting point to end point is given. On the basis of this (d) 10 km
c) 13 km
map the candidatesare required to determine the
Sol. (Ex. Nos. 8 and 9) According to given information,
nosition of starting point with respect to end point,
posit n of end point with respect to starting point or the
DOsition of other place with respect to starting or end
point.
W
***--*;-*-*-1+-~- - - ~-.- -
NAWR NE
Sws-E
N

E
Temple

5 km
Kn D
Shruti's
School
5 km

pirections (Ex. Nos. 8 and 9) Analyse the folowing * * * * * * * * * * * *

information and answer the questions based on it. Shruti's

Home
5 km 7 km

The map of Shruti's journey from her home to school is

given below
8. (b) From the given diagram, Shruti's school is in
Shruti's
North-East direction with respect to her home.
School
Temple 7 km
9. (c) From the given diagram,
Shruti's BE =CD= 7 km
home |90° Right Then, AE 5+7 12 km
5m
90 Left and DE CB = 5 km
5 km East

On the basis of above map, answer the questions given Shortest distance, AD =V(AE)*+ (ED)*
below.
=ya2+ 6
OEx.8 The direction of Shruti's school with respect = v144 +25
to her home is
(a) North (b) North-East V169
(c)South-West (d) East = 13 km

Practice Questions
1. A boy goes in South direction, then he turns towards 5. I am facing North. I turn 135 in clockwise direction,
left and travels for some distance. After that he turns then 180 in anti-clockwise direction. What direction
right and moves certain distance. At last he turns left am I facing now?
and travel again for some distance. Now, in which (a) North-East b) West
direction is he moving? (c) South-East (d) North-West
(a) South (b) West
(c) East (d) North 6. Rama is facing East. He turns 90 in clockwise
direction, and then 135 in anti-clockwise direction
2. I was facing East from where I turned to my left and and then again 90 in clockwise direction. Which
walked 12 ft, then I turned towards right and walked direction is she facing now?
6 ft, After that I walked 6 ft in South direction and at (a) South-East (b) South
last I walked 6 ft in the West. Then, in which
direction am I standing from the original point?
(e) North-East (d) South-West
A person walks away from his house at am and
(a) West (b) East
c) South (d) North observes his shadow to his right. Then, he turns
towards his left and then again towards his right.
3. Ram is to the South of Aishwarya and to the West of Which direction is he facing now?
Rani. If Priyanka is to the South of Ram, then in which (a) West (b) South
direction is Priyanka with respect to Rani? (c) North (d) East
(a) South (b) North-East
(d) North 8. One day, during Sunset, two friends Sudhir and Amit
) South-West
were talking, facing each other. If Amit's shadow was
4. There are four roads:I have come from the South and on his right then in which direction is Aman facing? If
want to go the temple. The road to the right leads me Aman faces the direction opposite of what Sudhir is
towards the coffee house while straight road leads to
facing?
the college. In which direction is the temple? (a) North (b) West
(a) North b) East (c) South (d) West () East (d) South
 15 m. At whatedistance is he fro
S.
The time in a clock is quarter past twelve. If the hour
walked

point and
in which direction? hie starti
(b) 35 m,
North
hand points to the East. then towards which direction (a) 35 m, East
(d) 60
the minute hand is pointing? (c) 40 m,
East m, East
(a) South-West (b) South
from a point P, Rohan ked
(c) West (d) North He turned left and walked 30m 20 m
Starting
19. South.
10. A direction pole was situated on the road crossing.
turned left and wallked
20 m. He
gain
He th
then Swards
Due to an accident, the pole turned in such a manner
andwalked 40 m
and reach point Q. let turnedfar left
How
thatthe pointer which was showing East, started
which direction
is the point Q from thne point P
showing South. Sita, a traveller went to the wrong West b) 10 m, East andin
(a) 20 m,
direction thinking it to be West. In what direction (c) 10 m,
West (d) 10 m, North
actually she was travelling?
his oftice in his car. He d .
(a) North b) West (c East (d) South Mohan left for
20. towards rove 15 km
North and then 101km towards
11. While facing East you turn to your left and walk
then turned to the
West. He
and covered 5 k-km.
South
10 yards. Then, turn to your left and walk 10 yards East and moved 8 km. Furth
to the
and now turn 45° to your right and go straight to
cover 50 yards. Now, in what direction are you with
he turned
right and drove 10 km. How far and in which
direction is he from his starti point?
he dinally, he
respect to the starting point? (b) 5 km, East
(a) North-East (b) North (a) 2 km, West
(d) 6 km, South
(c) South-East (d) North-West (c) 3 km, North
12. A house faces North. A man coming out of his house 21. Ramesh walks 10 m towards South. Turnino
the
walked straight for 10 m, turned left and walked left, he walks 20 m
he
moves to his right. Ater
and then
25 m. He then turned right and walked 5 m and again moving a distance of 20 m, turns to the
righ
turned right and walked 25 m. How far is he from his then walks 20 m. Finally, he turns to the riand
house? moves a distance of 10 m. How far and in which
(a) 15 m b) 55 m direction is he from the starting point?
(c) 60 m (d) 65 m (a) 10 m, North (b) 20 m, South
13. A cyclist goes 30 km to North and then turning East (c) 20 m, North (d) 10 m, South
he goes 40 km. Again, he turns to his right and goes
22. Raju starts from a placeP towards North andreacha
20 km. After this, he turns to his right and goes
40 km. How far is he from his starting place Q. From there, he turns towards North-West
point? and reaches place R. Then, he turns towards
(a) 6 km (b) 10 km
(c) 25 kmn (d) 40 km South-West and walks to a place S. From there, he
14. A boat moves from port towards East. After sailing for turns towards North-West and finally reaches place
T. Which of the following figures shows the movement
9miles, it turns towards right and covers another
12 miles. If it wants to go back to the port, what is the of Raju?
shortest distance now from its position?
(a) 21 miles b) 20 miles
(c) 18 miles (d) 15 miles (1) S
(2
15. A cyclist rides 40 km to the East, turns North and
P
rides 20 km, again turns left and rides 20 km. How
far is he from his starting point?
(a) 0 km b) 10 km
(c) 15 km (d) 20 2 km (3) (4)
p
16. A man travels 4 km due North, then travels 6 km due
East and further travels 4 km due North. How far is Directions (Q. Nos. 23 and 24) In the below diagram
he from the starting point? the position of seven points are shown.
(a) 6 m b) 14 km
(c) 8 km (d) 10 kmn
AT
7. A andB starts walking from same point. A goes North
and covers 3 km, then turns right and covers 4 km. B3 E
goes West and covers 5 km. Then, turns right and
covers 3 km. How far apart are they from each other? Here, Point A is 11 m North of point B. Point C is
(b) 9 km B
(a) 10 km East of point B. Point D is 6 m North ofpoint C. Point
() 8 km (d) 5 km is 7 point
West of point D. Point F
m
is 8 m North orPo
. Rohit walked 25 m towards South. Then he turned to Point G is 4 m West of
his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his left
point F.
On the basis of the above information, answer the
and walked 25 m. He again turned to his right and
questions asked.
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23. How far is point F form point A?
(a) 43 m (b) 4 m
Directions (Q. Nos. 27 and 28) Study the
(c) 3 m (d) 5 m map carefully and answer the questions asked.following
24. How far and in which direction is point G from point Agarwal Av
A? Lena Bank
(a) 3 m, North (b) 5 m, North N
IN Building
(c) 4 m, North (d) 4 m, South Gupta St
Jain Metro
Directions (Q. Nos. 25-26) In the following map the Oil Company HO Plaza Plaza
position of 5 checkposts A, B, C, D and E are shown. -West st Plaza St
Arihant
Study the map carefully and ansuwer the questions Publications Sharma
Building Sweets
asked. Garh Road

Checkpost In the map lote@oib

B PVS Mall
O=1 km
Raj St
Checkpost
E
Checkpost IM
D Greater Av
Checkpost
es A 27. Astha is in Arihant Publications
Checkpost Building and can
Sharma sweets in her front which direction is she
see

C
facing?
25. If a checkpost A is in the East direction of checkpost (a) East (b) West
C, then in which direction is the
e checkpost B
checkpost B which
which (c) North (d) South
respect to chckpost A? 28. Yatharth starts from location P and
(a) North-West (b) North-East proceeds as
follows right onto plaza st heading West, second
(c) South-East (d) South-West right
heading North, first left heading West and stops as
26. Find the shortest distance between checkpost E and location N. Where is location 'O' in relation to his
checkpost A. current location?
(a) 17 km (b) 13 km (a) South-East (b) South-West
(c) 18 km (d) 20 km (c) North (d) East

ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9 (b) 10. (a)
11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19 (c) 20. (a)
21 (b) 22 (a) 23. (d) 2 4 . (a) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (a)