Direction Sense Test

1.		Arun went to his office, which is 6 km westwards from home. His brother went to market which is 8 km northwards from home. If they started at the same time, at the same speed along the shortest route between the market and the office, then where will they meet?

4 km from the office

6 km from the market

5 km from the market

None of these

2.		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

3.		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

Data Inadequate

4.		One morning, Amit and Bimal were talking to each other face to face. If Bimal's shadow was exactly to the left of Amit, which direction was Amit facing?

West

East

North

Data Inadequate

5.		A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice the distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is:

12 km

15 km

18 km

17.5 km

6.		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

7.		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

8.		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

9.		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

10.		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