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Direction Sense Test
In this test, the questions consist of a sort of di- NW N NE
rection puzzle. A successive follow-up of direction
is formulated and the candidate is required to ascer- W E
tain the final direction or the distance between two
points. The test is meant to judge the candidate’s
SW S SE
ability to trace, follow and sense the direction cor- The figure shows the four main directions (North N,
rectly. South S, East E, West W) and the four cardinals (North
east NE, North west NW, South east SE, South west SW)
to help the candidates know the directions.
Speed Developing Practice Test No. 8
1. Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After 6. Shailesh and Mohan start from a fixed point. Shailesh
walking 75 m he turns to the left and walks 25 m straight. moves 3 km. northward, turns right and then covers 4
Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 40m km. Mohan moves 5 km westwards, turns right and
straight, again he turns to the left and walks a dis- walks 3 km. The distance between Shailesh and
tance of 25 m. How far is he from the starting point? Mohan now is
(1) 140 m (2) 35 m (3) 115 m (1) 10 km (2) 9 km (3) 8 km
(4) 25 m (5) None of these (4) 6 km (5) 4 km
2. Arun started walking towards North. After walking 7. A man walks 30 metres towards south. Then, turning
30 m, he turned left and walked 40 m. He then turned to his right, he walks 30 metres. Then turning to his
left and walked 30 m. He again turned left and walked left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left
50 m. How far is he from his original position? and walks 30 metres. How far is he from his initial
(1) 50 m (2) 40 m (3) 30 m position?
(4) 20 m (5) None of these
(1) 30 metres (2) 20 metres (3) 80 metres
3. Ramu went 15 km. to the west from his house, then he
(4) 60 metres (5) None of these
turned left and walked 20 km. He then turned east and
8. Suresh starts from his house towards west. After
walked 25 km. and finally turning left covered 20 km.
How far is he from his house? walking a distance of 30 m, he turned towards right
(1) 5 km. (2) 10 km. (3) 40 km. and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and moving
(4) 80 km. (5) None of these a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and
4. Rekha who is facing south turns to her left and walks walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left and walks
15 m, then she turns to her left and walks 7 metres, 5 metres. Finally he turns to his left. In which direc-
then facing west she walks 15m. How far is she from tion is he walking now?
her original position? (1) North (2) South (3) East
(1) 22 m (2) 37 m (3) 44 m (4) South-West (5) West
(4) 7 m (5) None of these 9. Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance
5. Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radhika turns of 80 m. He turned right and walked 50 m, then again
left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning to the north, turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally he turned
she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. right and walked 50 m. How far is he from the starting
In which direction is she walking now? point?
(1) North-west (2) North (3) South-east (1) 20 metres (2) 50 metres (3) 70 metres
(4) East (5) None of these (4) 10 metres (5) None of these
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10. A man walks 10 km towards north. From there he 13. Five students A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row, D is
walks 6 km towards south. Then he walks 3 km to- on the right of E. B is on the left of E but is on the right
of A. D is on the left of C. Who is sitting on the
wards east. How far and in which direction is he with extreme left?
reference to his starting point? (1) A (2) B (3) C
(1) 7 km east (2) 5 km west (3) 5 km north-east (4) D (5) E
(4) 7 km west (5) None of these 14. Five persons were playing card game sitting in a circle
11. One morning after sunrise, Sumesh and Ratheesh were all facing the centre. Ashish was to the left of Milan
Nitin was to the right of Anupam and between
standing on a lawn with their backs towards each
Anupam and Mukesh. Who was to the right of
other. Sumesh’s shadow fell exactly towards his left Mukesh?
hand side. Which direction was Ratheesh facing? (1) Nitin (2) Milan (3) Mukesh
(1) East (2) West (3) North (4) Ashish (5) Cannot be determined
(4) South (5) North-east 15. Facing the east, Rajesh turned left and walked 10 metres,
then he turned to his left again and walked 10 m. He
12. A watch reads 4.30 if the minute hand points east, in
then turned 45o towards his right and went straight to
what direction does the hour hand point? cover 25 metres. In which direction from his starting
(1) North (2) North-west (3) South-east point is he?
(4) North-east (5) None of these (1) South-west (2) South-east (3) North-west
(4) North-east (5) East
Answers: Speed Developing Practice Test No. 8
1. (2) 2.(5) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (5) 8. (1) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (3)
Explanatory Answers:
Speed Developing Practice Test No. 8
1. (2) The movements of Deepak are as shown in the 4. (4) The movements of Rekha are as shown in figure
figure D 40m C ... Rekha’s distance from D 15m C
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Clearly, EB = DC = 40 m the starting point A
7m
25m 25 m
... Deepak’s distance from E = AD = BC = 7 m. A 15m B
the starting point A 75m B 5. (1) The movements of Radhika are as shown in the
A = (AB - EB) = (75 - 40) = 35 metres figure. Thus she is now moving in the direction
2. (5) The movements of Arun are as shown in figure DA i.e. North-west.
from A to E, clearly Arun’s C 40m B A
distance from his original 30m 30m
D
position = AE = (DE - DA) 50m
30m
= (DE - BC) = 10 m. D 50m A E
3. (2) The movements of Ramu are as shown in figure. B 20m C
B 15m A
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6. (2) Clearly, after travelling their total distances,
20km 20km Shailesh and Mohan are in the same horizontal
C 25km D line at E & C respectively. So distance between
... Ramu’s distance from his house at A = AE them is EC = EB + BC = DA + BC = 5 + 4 = 9 km.
= (BE - AB) = (CD - AB) = (25 - 15)km = 10 km
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7. (5) The movements of the man are as shown in the 12. (4) Clearly to show 4.30, the position of the minute
figure. and hour hands of the clock will be as shown, if
.
. . The man’s distance from the initial position the minute hand points east, the hour hand will
point to the North-east direction.
= AE = (AB + BE) = (AB + CD) = (30 + 20) m = 50 m.
A
30m
W
C 30m B
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20m S N
D 30m E E
8. (1) The movements of Suresh are as shown in figure
from A to G. Clearly, Suresh is walking in the
direction FB, ie, North. D 10m C
13. (1) D is to the right of E means the order is ED. B is
20m on the left of E but right of A means ABE. D is to
B 30m A
the left of C means DC. Combining the
40m
G arrangements, we have ABEDC. So, A is to the
extreme left. A
E 5m F
14. (4) Ashish (A) is to the left of
Milind (M) means that the order
9. (4) The movements of Raj are as shown in figure. (X Mu M
is A, M. Nithin N is to the right
to Y, Y to A, A to B and B to C)
of Anupam (An) means An, N.
... Raj’s distance from the starting point So Nithin is between Anupam
N An
= XC = (XY - YC) = (XY - BA) = (80 - 70) m = 10 m. and Mukesh (Mu) means An, N, Mu. So the two
X C 80m Y possible arrangements are A, M, An, N, Mu and
An, N, Mu, A, M. But in a cyclic arrangement
50m
both will be considered the same. So Ashish will
be to the right of Mukesh.
B 70m A 15. (3) Clearly the route followed by Rajesh is as shown
10. (3) The movements of the man are as shown in the in figure. So matching his final direction with the
figure. (P to B, B to C, C to D) B direction diagram, he will be in North-west
PC = (PB - BC) = (10 - 6) = 4 km. 6km direction from the starting point.
Clearly D is to North-east of P. C
3km
D
... The man’s distance from the 4km
25m
2 2
starting point PD = PC + CD 450
P (
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= 42 + 32 = 16 + 9 = 5 km. 10m
11. (4) Since Sumesh’s shadow fell towards left, Sumesh 10m
is facing north. As, Ratheesh is standing with his
E
back towards Sumesh, he will be facing south.
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