Direction Sense Test
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Two buses start the opposite points of a main road, 150 kms apart. the first bus runs for 25 kms and takes a right turn and than runs for 15 kms. it then turns left and runs for another 25 kms and takes the direction back to reach the main road. in the maintime, due to a minor breakdown, the other bus has run only 35 kms along the main road. what would be the distance between the two buses at this point?
- (a)
65 kms
- (b)
75 kms
- (c)
8 kms
- (d)
85 kms
A man is facing north-west.He turns 90o in the clockwise direction and then 135o in the anti-clockwise direction.Which direction is he facing now ?
- (a)
East
- (b)
West
- (c)
North
- (d)
South
I am standing at the centre of a circular field.I got 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
Kunal walks 10 kilometres towards North.From there, he walks 6 kilometres towards South.Then, he walks 3 kilometres towards East.How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
- (a)
5 kilometres west
- (b)
5 kilometres North-east
- (c)
7 kilometres East
- (d)
7 kilometres West
Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then 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 kilometres is her from the starting point?
- (a)
1 km
- (b)
2 km
- (c)
3 km
- (d)
5 km
Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres.Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position?
- (a)
10
- (b)
24
- (c)
28
- (d)
38
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 (in metres) between his initial and final positions?
- (a)
0
- (b)
5
- (c)
10
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, 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 distance 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
Sanjeev walks 10 metres towards the South.Turning to the left, he walks 20 metres and then moves to his right.After moving a distance of 20 metres, he turns to the right and walks 20 metres.Finally, he turns to the right and moves a distance of 10 metres.How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
- (a)
10 metres North
- (b)
20 metres South
- (c)
20 metres North
- (d)
10 metres South
- (e)
None of these
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 20m.Then I turn right again and walk 60 m.In which direction am I from the starting point?
- (a)
North
- (b)
North-west
- (c)
East
- (d)
Nort-east
Rahit walked 25 metres towards South.Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres.He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres.He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distacne is he from the starting point and in which direction?
- (a)
35 metres East
- (b)
35 metres North
- (c)
40 ,metres East
- (d)
60 meet East
- (e)
None of these
Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 metres towards South.He turned left and walked 30 metres.He then turned left and walked 20 metres.He again turned left and walked 40 metres and reached a point Q.How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P?
- (a)
20 metres West
- (b)
10 metres East
- (c)
10 metres West
- (d)
10 metres North
- (e)
None of these
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
Laxman went 15 kms to the west from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms.He then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms.How far was he from his house?
- (a)
5 kms
- (b)
10 kms
- (c)
40 kms
- (d)
80 kms
From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to the North.Then he turned West and covered 10 kms.Then, he turned South and covered 5 kms.Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 kms.In which direction is he from his house?
- (a)
East
- (b)
West
- (c)
North
- (d)
South
A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the East before turning to his right.He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 metres from this point.His father was not there.From here he went 100 metres to the North before meeting his father in a street.How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?
- (a)
80 metres
- (b)
100 metres
- (c)
140 metres
- (d)
260 metres
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W are sitting around a round table in the same order, for group discussion at equal distances.Their positions are clockwise.If V sits in the north, then what will be the position of S?
- (a)
East
- (b)
South-east
- (c)
South
- (d)
South-west
Ravi wants to go to the university.He starts from his home which is in the East and comes to a crossing.The road to the left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital.In which direction is the university ?
- (a)
North
- (b)
South
- (c)
East
- (d)
West
Of the six members of a panel sitting in a row, A is to the left of D, but on the right of E.C is on the right of X, but is on the left of B who is to left of F.Which two members are sitting right in the middle?
- (a)
A and C
- (b)
C and B
- (c)
D and B
- (d)
D and C
A, B, C and D are playing cards.A and B are partners.D faces towards North.If A faces towards West, then who faces towards South?
- (a)
B
- (b)
C
- (c)
D
- (d)
Data inadequate
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.
Distance between E and I is
- (a)
1 km
- (b)
2 km
- (c)
3 km
- (d)
4 km
Lokesh's school bus is facing North when it reaches his school.After starting from Lokesh's house, it turns right twice and then left before reaching the school.What direction was the bus facing when it left the bus stop in front of Lokesh's house?
- (a)
North
- (b)
South
- (c)
East
- (d)
West
- (e)
None of these
If South-east becomes North, North-east becomes West and so on, what will West become ?
- (a)
North-east
- (b)
North-west
- (c)
South-east
- (d)
South-west
- (e)
South
A direction pole was situated on the crossing.Due to an accident the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East, started showing South.One traveller went to the wrong direction thinking it to be West.In what direction actually he was travelling?
- (a)
North
- (b)
South
- (c)
East
- (d)
West
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 p.m.?
- (a)
North
- (b)
South
- (c)
East
- (d)
West
(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
(iv) R, next to following combinations get South facing flats?
Which of the following combinations get South facing flats?
- (a)
QTS
- (b)
UPT
- (c)
URP
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
(iv) R, next to following combinations get South facing flats?
Whose flat is between Q and S?
- (a)
T
- (b)
U
- (c)
R
- (d)
P
- (e)
Data inadequate
(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
(iv) R, next to following combinations get South facing flats?
If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U?
- (a)
P
- (b)
Q
- (c)
R
- (d)
T
- (e)
None of these
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?
- (a)
South
- (b)
East
- (c)
West
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
One morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their backs towards each other. Vikram's shadow fell exactly towards left-hand side.Which direction was Shailesh facing?
- (a)
East
- (b)
West
- (c)
North
- (d)
South