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Direction Sense Test: Mental Ability Classes Vi-Viii

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions that test directional sense and the ability to determine distances and directions from starting points based on sequences of movements going various directions and distances. The questions involve people or objects moving in different combinations of directions (e.g. north, south, east, west) and turning at various angles before moving again to end in unknown locations relative to their starting point. The correct answers are provided at the end.

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Direction Sense Test: Mental Ability Classes Vi-Viii

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions that test directional sense and the ability to determine distances and directions from starting points based on sequences of movements going various directions and distances. The questions involve people or objects moving in different combinations of directions (e.g. north, south, east, west) and turning at various angles before moving again to end in unknown locations relative to their starting point. The correct answers are provided at the end.

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MENTAL ABILITY

CLASSES VI-VIII
Direction Sense Test
1. Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 m towards North and then after turning to his right he goes
15 m. Then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his
starting point?
(A) 5 metres
(D) 15 metres

(B) 10 metres
(E) cannot be determined

(C) 20 metres

2. Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes 15 km.
After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what direction is she from her starting
point?
(A) 45 km, East
(D) 45 Km, North

(B) 15 km, East


(E) None of these

(C) 45 km, West

3. Shri Prakash walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres after turning to
his left. After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now
from his starting point?
(A) 40 m, North
(D) 10 m, West

(B) 50 m, West
(E) None of these

(C) 10 m, East

4.K is 40 m South-West of L. If M is 40 m South-East of L, then M is in which direction of K?


(A) East
(D) South

(B) West
(E) None of these

(C) North- East

5. Ranju is at a fixed point, from where she goes 20 metres towards West. From there she goes 10 metres
towards North. Then she goes 35 metres towards East and after this she goes 5 metres towards South and
in the end she goes 15 metres towards West. How far is she from the fixed point?
(A) 5 m

(B) 0 m

(C) 10 m

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

6. Sally walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m turning to his left. After this he
walked 10 m turning to his left and in the end he walked 10 m turning to his left. In what direction is he
now from his starting point?
(A) South
(B) North
(C) East
(D) West
7. Hemant in order to go to university started from his house in the east and came to a crossing where one
of the roads lead to university. The road to the left end is a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which
direction is the university?
(A) North

(B) South

(C) East

(D) West

(E) None of these

8. Rohit walked 25 m towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his
left and walked 25 m. He again turned to his right and walked 15 m. At what distance is he from the
starting point and in which direction?
(A) 35m, East
(D) 45m, East

(B) 35m, North


(E) None of these

(C) 30m, West

9. Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 m after turning to her left. Again she
goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to her right. How far is she
from N ?
(A) 40 m
(D) 15 m

(B) At N
(E) None of these

(C) 10 m

10. Manish goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km turning to West. After this
he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he goes 9 km towards East. How far is he from his
house?
(A) 14 km
(D) 5 km

(B) 7 km
(E) None of these

(C) 2 km

11. A man walks 5 km towards south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left
and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
(A) West
(B) South
(C) North-East
(D) South-West
12. Rahul 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?
(A) South-East
(C) North

(B) South
(D) West

13. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and
walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally he turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction
and how many metres is he from the starting position?
(A) 15 m West
(B) 30 m East
(C) 30 m West
(D) 45 m East
14. One evening before sunset Rekha and Hema were talking to each other face to face. If Hema's shadow
was exactly to the right of Hema, which direction was Rekha facing?
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) Data is inadequate
15. A boy rode his bicycle northwards, then turned left and rode 1 km and again turned left and rode 2
km. He found himself 1 km west of his starting point. How far did he ride northward initially?
(A) 1 km
(B) 2 km
(C) 3 km
(D) 5 km

ANSWERS:
1) B

2) B

3) B

4) A

5) A

6) B

7) A

8) A

9) D

10) D

11) D

12) D

13) D

14) B

15) B

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