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Direction Sense Test


1. Town Y is in the East of town X which is in the North of town Z. If town P is in the South of town Z, then in which direction of town Y, is town P?

South

North

South-East

None of these


2. A man travels 5 km northwards and then travels 5 km towards the east, then travels 15 km towards the right and finally travels 17 km towards the right. Approximately how far is he from the original place?

21.2 km

10 km

12.5 km

15.6 km


3. A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A. A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A. A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A. A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the south of A. If the leftmost person is facing North and M # N $ T, then, T is in which direction with respect to M ?

North-West

North-East

South-West

South-East


4. Abhi started from point his house towards south and traveled 5 km then he turned right and traveled 2 km. Then he turned right and traveled 5 km. Then he turned left and traveled 5 km. How far is he from his house?

10 km

7 km

6 km

12 km


5. A person starts from his office and looking for an address. To reach the address, he has to follow the following directions: Travel 5 km towards north-east from the office followed by 5 km towards south-east, then travel 5 km towards south-west followed by 5 km towards north-west. Approximately how far is the office from the address?

5 km

7.5 km

10 km

None of these


6. A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A. A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A. A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A. A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the south of A. If the leftmost person is facing North and P # R $ A * U, then, in which direction is U with respect to P ?

West

East

North

South


7. Akhil put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M hour hand points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?

South-East

South-West

North

West


8. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?

North-West

North-east

South-East

South-West


9. Four friends Amit, Balbeer, Charan and Dia live in the same locality. The house of Balbeer is in the east of Amit's house but in the north of Charan's house. The house of Charan is in the west of Dia's house. Dia's house is in which direction of Amit's house?

South-East

North-East

East

South-West


10. One morning , Akrit was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. To which direction was he facing?

West

South

East

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