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- Question
Sumanth walks 200 feet straight from his house, which is facing north and then he walks 100 feet in reverse direction.Further he takes a left turn and walks 300 yards.In Which direction is Sumanth now from his original position?
Options- A. South-East
- B. North-East
- C. South-West
- D. North-West
- Correct Answer
- North-East
ExplanationStarting From his house, Sumanth walks 200 feet straight towards North; we can write it as . Similarly, the other distances and directions can be considered and written as follows : (Notice that he covers 300 yards towards East; one yard = 3 feet and hence 300 yards = 900 feet)
Adding all south and all North distances and finding the net result, and also adding all East and all West distances and finding the net result, this can further be summarized as :
Thus, the direction from his original position is North-East.
- 1. Ravi started walking from his house east direction on Bus stop which is 3km.away. Then he set off in the bus straight towards his right to the school 4 km away. what is the crow flight distance from his house to the school?
Options- A. 1 km
- B. 5 km
- C. 7 km
- D. 12 km Discuss
- 2. I travel 20 miles towards north and then travel 25 miles eastward. I then travel 40 miles rightwards, then travel 30 miles towards left and then travels 12 miles to the left and finally 20 miles northwards. How far am i pproximately from my original destination and in what direction ?
Options- A. 20 miles towards south
- B. 13 miles towards south-west
- C. 12 miles towards east
- D. 13 miles towards north-east Discuss
- 3. A girl facing north rotates 100(degree) clockwise then 190(degree) anticlockwise. what is new direction of the girl ?
Options- A. North-East
- B. West
- C. South-East
- D. South Discuss
- 4. Arun and Amit started walking from two different points 'A' and 'B' respectively.Arun walks 2 kms North and turns to the East and walks 3 kms and again turns to North walks 4 kms and finally turns to East and Walks 5kms to reach point 'C'. Similarly, Amit walks 2 kms North and turns to west and walks 3 kms and finally turns to North, walks 4 kms and meets Arun at point 'C'. What is the distance between Arun and Amit's starting points?
Options- A. 5 km
- B. 8 km
- C. 11 km
- D. 13 km Discuss
- 5. Laxmi goes 6 km towards South-East from her office.Then she goes 15 km turning to West. After this she goes 6 km towards North-West and in the end she goes 11 km towards East. How far is she from her office ?
Options- A. 10 km
- B. 11 km
- C. 4 km
- D. 6 km Discuss
- 6. Reena walked from A to B in the East 10 feet. Then she turned to the right and walked 3 feet. Again she turned to the right and walked 14 feet. How far is she from A?
Options- A. 4 feet
- B. 5 feet
- C. 24 feet
- D. 27 feet Discuss
- 7. A horse is facing north. It turns 90 degrees in the clockwise direction, then 180 degrees in the anti-clockwise and then another 90 degrees in the same direction. Which direction is the horse facing now?
Options- A. East
- B. South
- C. Southwest
- D. Southeast Discuss
- 8. Early morning after sunrise, Karthik was standing infront of his house in such a way that his shadow was falling exactly behind him. He starts walking straight and walks 5 metres. He turns to his left and walks 3 metres and again turning to his left walks 2 metres. Now in which direction is he from his starting point?
Options- A. West
- B. North-East
- C. East
- D. South-West Discuss
- 9. If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is to the east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then in P % Q + R - S, S is in which direction with respect to Q ?
Options- A. South-East
- B. North-West
- C. East
- D. West Discuss
- 10. Sundar runs 20 m towards East and turns to right and runs 10 m. Then he turns to the right and runs 9 m. Again he turns to right and runs 5 m. After this he turns to left and runs 12 m and finally he turns to right and 6 m. Now to which direction is Sundar facing?
Options- A. East
- B. West
- C. North
- D. South Discuss
Direction Sense Test problems
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Correct Answer: 5 km
Correct Answer: 13 miles towards south-west
Correct Answer: West
Explanation:
First girl facing North
Then she rotates 100 deg clock wise => 10 deg ES
Then again she rotates 190 deg anti clock wise => for 100 deg it is North and more 90 deg means West.
Therefore, the new direction of the girl is West.
Correct Answer: 11 km
Correct Answer: 4 km
Correct Answer: 5 feet
Correct Answer: South
Explanation:
Starting from the initial point facing north, the horse turns 90 degrees clockwise, which means it turns towards East. Similarly, the other directions can be considered and written as : EWS Thus, the direction it is facing now is South.
Correct Answer: North-East
Explanation:
Early morning suns rise at east, if his shadow falls exactly behind him that means he is facing towards east. now he walks 5mt towards east, then he turns left that means he facing towards north and walk 3mt and if he turn left then he is facing towards west and he walk only 3 kms thats why man is in north east direction from starting point.
Correct Answer: South-East
Explanation:
P % Q + R - S
=> P is to the East of Q, who is to the North of R, who is to the West of S.
=> Q.....P
R.....S
=> With respect to Q, S is to the South-East of Q.
Correct Answer: North
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