Practice Worksheet

Topic : Direction Sense Test

1. A boy walks 14 m towards West. He turns to left and walks 18 m. He again turns to left and walks 30 m. He then
turns to left and again walks 30 m. How far is he from the starting point of the trip?
(A) 12 m (B) 20 m (C) 16 m (D) 30 m

2. A cyclist started his journey towards some direction. After covering 5 km, he turned to the left of him and covered
3 km. He again turned to the left and covered 2 km. He then turned to the right and covered 2 km. He again turned
to the right and cycled 5 km. At last he turned to the right and cycled a distance of 5 km. How far was he at the end
point from the starting point of the journey?
(A) 8 km (B) 10 km (C) 12 km (D) 14 km

3. Rohit is facing North-East and moves 8 m forward. He turns left and moves 6 m. How far is he now from the
starting point?
(A) 10 m (B) 17 m (C) 8 m (D) 6 m

4. Rakesh goes 10 km North, then he turns right three times and walks 16 km, 10 km and 4 km respectively. How far
and in which direction is he now from the starting point?
(A) 16 km, North (B) 12 km, East (C) 12 km, West (D) 16 km, South

5. Geeta is standing at the centre of a circular field. She goes up to the North and reach at a point on the boundary
of circle. She turns to the right and walks a distance of one-fourth of the boundary along the circular field. Finally
she walks along the diameter from one end to another end. How far is she now from the starting point if radius of
the field is R?
(A) 2R (B) 3/4 πR (C) πR (D) R

6. A tourist travelled 40 km towards East and turning to his left he travelled 60 km. He then turned to his right and
travelled 40 km. What was the distance between his initial and final positions?
(A) 100 km (B) 120 km (C) 140 km (D) Not possible

7. A farmer everyday walks in his farm. He starts his walking from a point and walks 400 m towards South-East. He
then turns to the right and moves 400 m again. He again turns to the right and walks 400 m. Finally he turns to the
right and walks 400 m. What is the distance (in metres) between his initial and final position?
(A) 0 (B) 400 (C) 400√2 (D) 800

8. Rohit starts drive from his office on a motorcycle. After driving some distance he takes a right then a left and then
again a right to reach his home. When he reached he was facing North. In which direction is his office from home?
(A) East (B) West (C) South-East (D) North-West

9. A postman holds a bicycle and leaves the post office to deliver the posts. He travels 2 km to East and then 1 km to
his right. He then travels 1/2 km to East and then 1/2 km to his right. He again travels 1/2 km to west and then 1 km
to his left. He finally travels 2 km to West. How far is he from the post office and in which direction?
(A) 2 km-East (B) 2 km-West (C) 2 1/2 km-north (D) 2 1/2 km-South
10. Ravi drove his car for 15 km in East. He then turned in South-West and drove for 13 km. He then turned in East
and drove for 12 km. He again turned in North and drove for 5 km. The shortest distance between Ravi's initial and
final position was _______
(A) 9 km (B) 10 km (C) 13 km (D) 15 km

11. A villager visited in many villages to invite his relatives on his son's marriage from his village Rampur. He went to
Kohinoor, the village of his son-in-law, 4 km away in South-East direction of Rampur. From there he went to
Kishangarh, the village of his brother-in-law, 3 km away in South of Kohinoor. He then went to Ujalapur, the village
of his friend, 2√2 km away in west of Kishangarh. How far was Rampur from Ujalapur?
(A) (3 + 2√2) km (B) (3 - 2√2) km (C) (4 + 2√2) km (D) (4 - 2√2) km

12. There are four houses namely A, B, C and D. B is 8 km to the South of A. C is 6 km to the East of B and D is 4 km
to the West of A. In which direction is A of C?
(A) South-East (B) North-West (C) North-East (D) South-West

13. If East is replaced by South-West, then North-East is replaced by which of the following directions?
(A) South (B) West (C) North-West (D) North-East

14. A river flows west to east and on the way turns left and goes in a semicircle round a hillock, and then turns left in
a right-angle. In which direction is the river finally flowing?
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West

15. An athlete starts running towards North. After running 5 km, she turns to her left and runs another 10 km. She
then turns to left and runs another 20 km. Finally she turns to left and runs 10 km. How far is she now from the
starting point and in which direction?
(A) 15 km, North (B) 15 km, South (C) 20 km, North (D) 20 km, South

16. Two students X and Y come out from the school and starts walking 1.5 km each in opposite directions. Each
turns to his right and go 2 km to reach their homes. What is the distance between the homes of X and Y?
(A) 8 km (B) 7 km (C) 6 km (D) 5 km

17. X and Y are at the same distance from Z but X is towards North-East of Z and Y is towards South-East of Z. In
which direction of Y does X lie?
(A) North (B) North-West (C) South (D) South-West

18. A girl is facing towards North. She turns 45° clockwise and then 135° anticlockwise. Which direction is she facing
now?
(A) North-West (B) North (C) West (D) East

19. There is a crossing of four perpendicular roads in a city. The roads end to a museum, a theatre, a school and a
temple respectively. The temple ends in the North. One observes that if he comes on the crossing from the temple,
the road to the right ends is the museum, the road to the left ends is the theatre and straight forward is the school.
In which direction is the theatre?
(A) East (B) West (C) South (D) South-West
20. Gunjan is facing West. She turns 200° in the clockwise direction and then 85° in the anticlockwise direction. At
last she turns 20° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?
(A) North-East (B) North-West (C) South (D) East