Direction Sense TEST

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Direction Sense TEST

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• Direction sense is one of the prime topics in logical reasoning.
• Questions from this topic generally involve an individual
travelling certain distances in certain directions.
• The best way to solve these problems is to represent the
traces of the path traversed by the person, as found in the
information provided by the question.

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 • There are four main directions –
North, South, East and West.

• There are four cardinal directions

– North-East (N-E),
– North-West (N-W),
– South-East (S-E),
– South-West(S-W).

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Things to be noted:

• At the time of sunrise if a man stands facing the east, his

shadow will be towards west.
• At the time of sunset the shadow of an object is always in
the east.
• If a man stands facing the North, at the time of sunrise his
shadow will be towards his left and at the time of sunset it
will be towards his right.
• At 12.00 noon, the rays of the sun are vertically downward
hence there will be no shadow.
• Always rainbow will occur opposite to the sun.
• Right and Left turn always make 90° angle.

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Pythagoras Theorem
In Pythagoras Theorem, relation between three sides of the
right angle triangle is defined.
This theorem is helpful in measuring distance between
given points.
(Hypotenuse)2 = (Perpendicular)2 + (Base)2

(AC)2 = (AB)2 + (BC)2

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Examples:
1. Ashish walks southwards, then takes a half right turn and
then a left turn. In which direction is he walking now?
A) South-East B)South-West
C) South D) North

Ans : A)South-East

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2. A man walks northwards. After a while he turns to his right
and a little further to his left. Finally, after walking a distance
of 1km, he turns towards his left again. In which direction is he

moving now?
A) South B) North
C) West D) East
Ans : C) West

Man is facing towards West direction

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3. A man 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?
A) North or South B) East or west
C) North or West D) South or West
Solution: There is no clue to find whether the sun is in East
side or West side. So there are two possible directions.
If sun is in East If sun is in West

Ans: A) North or South

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5. A man went 15 kms to the North. Then he turned West and
covered 10 kms. Then he turned south and covered 5 kms.
Finally, turned to East, he covered 10 kms. In which direction is
he from his house?
A) West B) East
C) North D) South
Ans: C) North

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6. Roshan walks 10 metres westwards, then turns left and walks
10 metres. He then again turns left and walks 10 metres. He
takes a 45 degree turn to his right and walks straight. In which
direction is he walking now?
A) South-East B) South
C) South-West D) East

Ans: A)South-East

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7. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points
towards North-East. In which direction does its hour hand
point at 1.30 pm?
A) North B) South
C) East D) West

Ans : C) East

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8. One evening before sunset, two friends Rekha and Hema
were talking facing each other. If Hema's shadow was
exactly to his right side, which direction was Rekha facing?
A)North B) South
C) East D)West

Ans : B)South

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9. One Morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh were
standing on a lawn with their back towards each other.
Vikram’s shadow fell exactly towards his left hand side.
Which direction was Shailesh facing?
A) East B) West
C) South D) North
Solution: Since Vikram’s shadow fell towards left, therefore,
Vikram is facing North. So, Shailesh standing with his back
towards Vikram, will be facing South.

Ans: C) South

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10. Q is to the South-West of P; R is to the East of Q and South-
East of P; and T is to the North of R in line with QP. In which
direction of P, is T located?
A) East B) North
C) South-East D) North-East

Ans : D) North-East

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11. A person rode his bicycle Northwards, then turned left and
rode one km and again turned left and rode 2km. He found
himself exactly one km West of his starting point. How far did he
ride Northwards initially?
A) 1Km B) 2Km
C) 3Km D) 4Km

Solution: As per the question, D is 1km West of A,

therefore AB=DC=2km.

Ans : B) 2Km

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 12. Point R is 10 metres north of point A. Point K is exactly in
the middle of the points R and A. Point N is 7 metres east of
point A. Point M is 7 metres east of point K. Point S is 6
metres north of point M. What is the distance between
points S and N?
A) 13 metres B) 16 metres
C) 11 metres D) 12 metres

Solution:

The required distance = 11 m

Ans : C) 2Km
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13. Sita starts from point A and travels towards north for 2 km,
then she takes a turn of 60° to her right and travels for another 2
km, then she takes a turn of 120° to her right and travels for
another 2 km. Finally, she takes a turn of 135° to her left. What is
the direction she is finally facing?
A) North B) South -west
C) North-east D) Cannot be determined
Solution: Based on the given information, the path travelled by
sita could be as below.
Ans : C) North-east

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14. Prajwal starts from point P and travels towards the east for
5km and then he turns right to travel for another 5km and then
he turns to his left and reaches point B after travelling 7km.
What is the distance between P and B?
A) 12Km B)13Km
C) 9Km D) 11Km
Solution:

The distance between P and B = = 13 km.

Ans : B) 13Km

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15. Ganesh starts from point A and travels towards the east for
36 km to reach point B, at B he takes a right turn and travels for
77 km to reach point C. What is the distance between the points
A and C?
A) 86Km B)89Km
C) 85Km D) None of these
Solution:

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝐶= √77 +36 =85 2 2

Ans : C) 85Km

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