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4 Direction Sense

In these type of tests, the directions in questions needs to be perceived. Such questions are based on the
direction chart.

The sense of the different directions are guided by the left and right turns or angular turns.

ultiple Choice Questions

1. Lakshman went 15 kms to the west from my 4. Ramakant walks northwards. After a while, he
house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He turns to his right and a little further to his left.
then turned east and walked 25 kms and finally Finally, after walking a distance of one km, he
turning left covered 20 kms. How far was he turns to his left again. In which direction is he
from his house? moving now?
A. 5 kms B. 10 kms A. North B. South
C. 40 kms D. 80 kms C. East D. West
5. Varun travelled 7 kms eastward, then turned
2. Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radhika
left and travelled 5 kms. Next, he turned left
turns left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning
and travelled 7 kms. How far was he from the
to the North, she goes 30 m and then starts starting point?
walking to her house. In which direction is she A. 19 kms B. 12 kms
walking now? C. 7 kms D. 5 kms
A. North-West B. North
6. Deepak starts walking straight towards east.
C. South-East D. East
After walking 75 metres, he turns to the left
3. Keshav goes 30 metres North, then turns right and walks 25 metres straight. Again he turns to
and walks 40 metres, then again turns right the left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How
and walks 20 metres, then again turns right far is he from the starting point?
and walks 40 metres. How many metres is he A. 140 metres B. 50 metres
from his original position? C. 115 metres D. None of these
A. 0 B. 10 7. Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then
C. 20 D. 40 turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns
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left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 14. Preeti wants to go the market. She starts from
metres after turning to the right. How far is he her home which is in the North and comes to
from his original position? the crossing. The road to her left ends in a
A. 20 metres B. 30 metres park and straight ahead is the office complex.
C. 50 metres D. 60 metres In which direction is the market?
8. A girl leaves from her home. She first walks A. East B. West
30 metres in North-West direction and then 30 C. North D. South
metres in South-West direction. Next, she walks 15. If A is to the south of B and C is to the east
30 metres in the South-East direction. Finally, of B, in what direction is A with respect to C?
she turns towards her house. In which direction A. North-East B. North-West
is she moving? C. South-East D. South-West
A. North-East B. North-West
16. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are standing
C. South-East D. South-west
in a circle. B is between F and C, A is between
9. Rekha who is facing South turns to her left E and D; F is to the left of D. Who is between
and walks 15 metres, then she turns to her left A and F?
and walks 7 metres, then facing West she walks A. B B. C
15 metres. How far is she from her original C. D D. E
position? 17. There are four towns P, Q, R and T. Q is to the
A. 22 metres B. 37 metres South-West of P, R is to the East of Q and
C. 44 metres D. 7 metres South-East of P, and T is to the north of R in
10. The door of Aditya’s house faces the East. From line with QP. In which direction of P is T
the backside of the house, he walks straight 50 located?
metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 A. South-East B. North
metres again. Finally, he turns towards left and C. North-East D. East
stops after walking 25 metres. Now, Aditya is 18. The post office is to the East of the school
in which direction from the starting point? while my house is to the South of the school.
A. South-East B. North-East The market is to the North of the post office.
C. South-West D. North-West If the distance of the market from the post office
11. Madhuri wants to go the university. She starts is equal to the distance of my house from the
from her home which is in the east and comes school, in which direction is the market with
to a crossing. The road to her left ends in a respect to my school?
theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which A. North B. East
direction is the university? C. North-East D. South-West
A. East B. West 19. One morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh
C. North D. South were standing in a lawn with their backs
12. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A and B are towards each other. Vikram’s shadow fell
partners. D faces towards North. If A faces exactly towards left hand side. Which direction
towards West, then who faces towards South? was Shailesh facing?
A. C B. B A. East B. West
C. D D. Data inadequate C. North D. South
13. A watch reads 4.30. If the minute hand points 20. The town of Paranda is located on Green Lake.
East, in what direction will the hour hand point? The town of Akram is West of Paranda.
A. North B. North-West Tokhada is East of Akram but West of Paranda.
C. South-East D. North-East Kakran is East of Bopri but West of Tokhada
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and Akram. If they are all in the same district, 27. A is to the South-East of C, B is to the East of
which town is the farthest West? C and North-East of A. If D is to the North of
A. Paranda B. Kakran A and North-West of B, in which direction of
C. Akram D. Bopri C is D located?
A. North-West B. South-West
21. A rat runs 20' towards East and turns to right,
C. North-East D. South-East
runs 10' and turns to right run 9' and again
turns to left, runs 5' and then turns to left, runs 28. Facing towards South, Ram started walking and
12' and finally turns to left and runs 6'. Now, turned left after walking 30 metres, he walked
which direction is the rat facing? 25 metres and turned left and walked 30 metres.
A. East B. North How far is he from his starting position and in
C. West D. South which direction?
A. At the starting point only
22. Vijayan started walking towards South. After B. 25 metres West
walking 15 metres, he turned to the left and C. 25 metres East
walked 15 metres. He again turned to his left D. 30 metres East
and walked 15 metres. How far is he from his
29. Shehnaz wants to go to the market. She starts
original position and in which direction?
from her home which is in North and comes to
A. 15 metres, North B. 15 metres, South the crossing. The road to her left ends in a
C. 30 metres, East D. None of these park and straight ahead is the office complex.
23. Rahim started from point X and walked straight In which direction is the market?
5 km. West, then turned left and walked straight A. East B. West
2 km. and again turned left and walked straight C. North D. South
7 km. In which direction is he from the point 30. Anoop starts walking towards South. After
X? walking 15 metres he turns towards North. After
A. North-East B. South-West walking 20 metres, he turns towards East and
C. South-East D. North-West walks 10 metres. He then turns towards South
24. Ravi travelled 4 kms. straight towards South. and walks 5 metres. How far is he from his
He turned left and travelled 6 kms. straight, original position and in which direction?
then turned right and travelled 4 kms. straight. A. 10 metres, North B. 10 metres, South
How far is he from the starting point? C. 10 metres, West D. 10 metres, East
A. 8 kms B. 10 kms 31. Rama Travels a distance of 5 km. from a place.
C. 12 kms D. None of these A towards North, turns left and walks 3 km.,
again turns right and walks 3 km. Finally turns
25. B is the South-West of A, C is to the East of
right & walks 3 km. to reach the place B. What
B and South-East of A and D is to the North
is the distance between A and B?
of C in line with B and A. In which direction
A. 7 km. B. 13 km.
of A is D located?
C. 2 km. D. 10 km.
A. North B. East
C. South-East D. North-East 32. M. A goes for her morning walk at 6 O’clock
towards sun for 2 km., then she turns to her
26. A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then right and walks 3 km. She again turns to her
turning to his right he walks 30 metres. Then left and walks 2 km., finally she turns to her
turning to his left he walks 20 metres. Again left to walk another 6 km. In which direction
turning to his left he walks 30 metres. How far is she moving and at what distance from the
is he from his starting position? last turn, she is standing?
A. 30 metres B. 20 metres A. 6 km. East B. 9 km. East
C. 80 metres D. None of these C. 6 km. North D. 9 km. North
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33. A walks 10 metres towards East and then 10 A. South B. North

metres to his right. Then every time turning to C. East D. West
his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres 37. Dilip walks 20 metres North. Then he turns
respectively. How far is he now from his right and walks 30 metres. Now he turns right
starting point? and walks 35 metres. Now turning left, he walks
A. South-East B. North-East 15 metres. Again, he turns left and moves 15
C. North D. North-West metres. Finally turning left he again walks 15
34. Starting from a point, a person walked 12 metres. In which direction and how far is he
metres North, he turned right and walked 10 from his original position?
metres, he again turned right and walked 12 A. 15 metres East B. 45 metres East
metres, then he turned left and walked 5 metres. C. 15 metres West D. 45 metres West
How far is he now and in which direction from 38. Reshma was going to her house from school.
the starting point? She first moves 8 km Southwards and then
A. 10 metres towards West turning to her left moved 7 km. Then, turning
B. 15 metres towards East to her left walked 8 km. further. Again, she
C. 10 metres towards East turned to her left and moved 6 km. and reached
D. 5 metres towards West her house. In which direction was her house
35. A man starts from his house and walks 10 km from her school?
in South direction, then he turns right and goes A. North-West B. East
6 km, again he turns right and goes 10 km and C. South D. North
finally turns right and goes 6 km. At what 39. Vijaya started walking towards South and after
distance is he from the starting point and in walking 15 metres he turned to the left and
which direction? walked 15 metres. He again turned to his left
A. 2 km. North and walked 15 metres. How far is he from his
B. 3 km. South original position and in which direction?
C. At the starting point A. 15 metres, North B. 15 metres, South
D. 4 km. East C. 30 metres, West D. None of these
36. Ramesh started walking towards east and after 40. Raman starts walking towards West. After
walking 20 metres, turned to my left and walked walking 10 metres, he turns towards North.
15 metres. Then, Ramesh turned to my left and After walking 20 metres, he turns towards East
walked 20 metres. Again Ramesh turned to his and walks 10 metres. How far is he from his
left and walked 15 metres. Now, Ramesh original position and in which direction?
walking in which direction with respect to A. 20 metres, North B. 10 metres, North
starting point? C. 10 metres, South D. 20 metres, South

NSWERS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B A B D D D D A D D
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C A D B D C C C D D
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B D C D D D C C B D
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A C A B C A B B D A
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XPLANATORY ANSWERS
1. The movement of Lakshman are as shown in 4. The movement of Ramakant are as shown in
fig. 1 fig. 4.
B
15 km
A E E D
25 km

20 km
1 km

B
C 25 km D
Fig. 1 C

Lakshman’s distance from his house at

A = AE = (BE – AB)
A
= (CD – AB) Fig. 4
= (25 – 15) km = 10 km.
2. The movement of Radhika are as shown in Clearly, he is now walking in the direction DE
fig. 2. i.e. West.
Thus, she is now moving in the direction DA 5. The movement of Varun are as shown in
i.e. North-West. fig. 5.
A 7 km
D C

5
D

k
m
m
0
5

3
0
m

A 7 km B

B C Fig. 5
20 m
Fig. 2 Varun’s distance from the starting point A =
3. The movement of Keshav are as shown in fig.3. AD = BC = 5 km.
(A to B, B to C, C to D, D to E) Keshav’s 6. The movement of Deepak are as shown in
distance from his original position A. fig. 6.
= AE = (AB – BE) = (AB – CD) D C
= (30 – 20) m = 10 m. 40 m
B C
m

40 m
5

5
2

2
m

A
0

0
3

E B
75 m
Fig. 6
E D
40 m
Clearly, EB = DC = 40 m.
A
Deepak’s distance from the starting point
Fig. 3 A = (AB – EB) = (75 – 40) m = 35 m.
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7. The movement of Gourav are as shown in 10. The movements of Aditya are as shown in
fig. 7. fig. 10.
C B 25 m
D C
40 m
20 m

20 m
50 m
E
D A
20 m 40 m
Fig. 7

Clearly, Gaurav’s distance from his initial

B 50 m A
position A = AE = (AD + DE)
Fig. 10
= (BC + DE) = 60 m.
8. The movement of the girl are as shown in Since his house faces towards East and he
fig. 8. walks from the backside of his house, he will
N start walking towards West. Now, Aditya’s
B
final position is D which is to the North-West
W E
of his starting point A.
m

30

11. Starting from her house in the East Madhuri

30

S moves West. Then, the theatre, which is to the

left, will be in the South. The hospital, which
C A is straight ahead, will be to the west. So, the
University will be to the North.
N University
30
m

W
D
Fig. 8 E

Hospital
Clearly, She is now moving in the direction House

DA i.e. North-East.
9. The movements of Rekha are as shown in S
fig. 9. Theatre
D 15 m C
Fig. 11

12. As per the data, D faces North. A faces towards

7m
West. So, its partner B will face towards A and
hence towards East. So, C who will face D
will face South.
13. Clearly, to show 4.30, the position of the minute
A 15 m B and hour hands of the clock will be as shown.
Fig. 9 So, again as shown, if the minute hand points
Rekha’s distance from the starting point A East, the hour hand will point in the North-
= AD = BC = 7 m. East.
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14. Preeti’s house is North means she is walking 18. Clearly, the positions of various places are
towards South. So the park, which is to her office = distance of house from school = x as
left, will be in the East. The office, which is shown. Distance of market from post. So,
straight ahead will be in the South. So, the direciton of the market from the school is
market will be in the west. North-East.
House N Market
NE N

W E
Market Park
School Post Office
x

Office
S
S
15. Clearly comparing the direction of A w.r.t. C House

in the second diagram with that in the first 19. Since Vikram’s shadow fell towards left,
diagram, A will be South-West of C. therefore, Vikram is facing North. So, Shailesh
N B C standing with his back towards Vikram, will
be facing South.
W E 20. The directions East and West are as shown.
So, the town of Akram (A) is West of Paranda
SW (P) means A, P. Tokhada (T) is East of Akram
S A but West of Paranda means A, T, P. Kakran
16. B is between F and C means FBC. F is to the (K) is East of Bopri (B) but West of Tokhada
left of D (in circle) means DF. A is between E and Akram means B, K, A, T. Combining all
and D means EAD. Combining these, the the arrangements, we have B, K, A, T, P. So,
circular arrangement is as shown. So, D is farthest West is Bopri.
between A and F. 21. A and B are the starting and finishing positions
F B
respectively of the rat. It is clear that B is facing
North directon.
20'
D A

x
10' B
E 9'
A C
5' 6'
17. Clearly, the arrangement according to the given
directions is as shown. So, comparing with 12'

direction diagram, T is North-East of P. 22. Vijayan finally reaches a point which is 15 m

T
N from the starting point and is in East direction.
A B

P
15 m 15 m
SE

SW

Q E R
15 m
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23. Y represents the finishing point of Rahim and 27. D is located to the North-East of C.
it is to the South-East of point X. D

5 km
X

2 km
C B
Y
7 km

24. B is the finishing point is 10 km. from the

point A. The Aerial distance of A from B is 20 A

km. Calculated as below 28. Finishing point B is at a distance of 25 m. East

(AB) 2 = (AD)2 + (DB)2 to the starting point A.
A B
= (8)2 + (6)2
= 64 + 36 = 100
 AB = 10 km. 30 m 30 m
A

4 km
25 m

29. Market is in the West direction to the crossing.

6 km Home

4 km

Crossing
B Market Park

25. D, which is to the North of C, is located to the

North-East of A.
D
Office

30. Anoop starts his journey from point A and

finishes his journey at point B. It can be seen
A
that point B is at a distance of 10 m. from
point A and East direction.
10 m

B C 5m 5m

26. Point B is the finishing point and is located at A B

a distance of 50 metres from point A.
A 15 m

31. B is the finishing point and is at a distance of

30 m
7 km. from the starting point A.
B
3 km
2 km

30 m
3 km
20 m
5 km
B
30 m
A
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32. Final position B is at a distance of 6 km. 37. Dilip’s distance from his original positions
towards North from the last turn. AF = BC + DE
B
= 30 + 15 = 45
A Also ‘F’ lies to East of ‘A’.
2 km 30 m
6 km B C
3 km
20 m 35 m
Final Point
F
A
Starting Point 15 m
2 km
D E
33. Q is the finishing point and is 5 metres away 15 m

from the starting point P. 38. The movement of Reshma are shown in the
15 m
figure. Clearly, Reshma’s house is to the East
Q
of her school.
School
P
10 m 15 m 6 km
House
10 m
8 km 8 km

5m

34. Person is at a distance of 15 metres and towards 7 km

East from the starting point.
39. Hence, Vijaya is 15 metres East from the
10 m starting points.
12 m 12 m A D
Starting Point Terminal Point

B
A 15 m 15 m
5m

35. Clearly the man reached at the starting point.

S
B C
6 km 15 m

40. Raman’s distance from the starting point A

10 km 10 km
= AD = BC = 20 metres, North.
C 10 m D
Final
Point

6 km
20 m
20 m
36.
15 m Starting
Point
B A
10 m
15 m 15 m
North

S
West East
20 m

South South

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