I went 15 m to the north, then I turned west and covered 10 m, then I turned sou

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Question
I went 15 m to the north, then I turned west and covered 10 m, then I turned south and covered 5 m and then turned east and covered 10 m. In which direction am I from the starting point?
Options
A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South

Correct Answer

North

Explanation

Draw a figure as per given instruction in the question. We can see that according to graph I am towards north from the starting point.

Direction Sense Test problems

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1.
A taxi driver commenced his journey from a point and drove 10km towards North and turned to his left and drove another 5 km. After waiting to meet one of his friends, he turned to his right and continuted to drive another 10 km. He has covered a distance of 25 km so far but in which direction he now may be?
Options
A. North
B. East
C. West
D. South

2.
'A' starts walking towards North, turns left, again turns left, turns right, again turns right, once again turns left. In which direction is 'A' walking now?
Options
A. East
B. South
C. West
D. South-East

3.
Raju is Ramu's neighbour and he stays 100 metres away towards southeast. Venu is Raju's neighbour and he stays 100 metres away towards southwest. Khader is Venu's neighbour and he stays 100 metres away towards northwest. Then where is the position of Khader's home in relation to Ramu's?
Options
A. South-East
B. South-West
C. North-West
D. North

4.
Raju is standing facing north. He goes 30 metres ahead and turns left and goes for 15 metres. Now he turns right and goes for 50 metres and finally turns to his right and walks. In which direction is he heading?
Options
A. North
B. East
C. South
D. West

5.
Roy walks 2 km to East, then turns North-West and walks 3 km. Then he turns South and walks 5 km. Then again he turns West and walks 2 km. Finally he turns North and walks 6 km. In which direction, is he from the starting point?
Options
A. South ? West
B. South ? East
C. North ? West
D. North ? East

6.
If a man on a moped starts from a point and rides 4 km South, then turns left and rides 2 km to turn again to the right to ride 4 km more, towards which direction is he moving?
Options
A. North
B. West
C. East
D. South

7.
If Mohan sees the rising sun behind the temple and the setting sun behind the railway station from his house, what is the direction of the temple from the railway station?
Options
A. South
B. North
C. East
D. West

8.
Raghu starts from his house in his car and travels 8 km towards the North, then 6 km towards East then 10 km towards his right, 4 km towards his left, 10 km towards North and finally 4 km towards his right. In which direction is he now with reference to the starting point?
Options
A. South
B. North East
C. South East
D. North

9.
Mani starts from college and walks 3 kms towards East, turns right and walks 2 kms, turns right again and walks. What is the direction he is now facing?
Options
A. South
B. North
C. West
D. East

10.
Govind starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 25 metres he turned towards right and walked 10 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left and walks 5 metres. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now?
Options
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West

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