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Direction Sense Test


1. Ben went 15 kms to the west from the office, then turned left and went 20 kms. He then turned East and went 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far is he from the office?

5 km

10 km

15 km

20 km


2. 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 X @ B * P, then, P is in which direction with respect to X ?

North

South

South-East

South-West


3. 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


4. 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


5. 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


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 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


8.

A child went 90 m in the East to look for his friend, then he turned right and went 20 m. After this he turned right and after going 30 m he reached to his uncle's house. His friend was not there. From there he went 100 m to his north and met his friend. How far did he meet his friend from the starting point?

120 m

100 m

80 m

140 m


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. 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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