DIRECTION SENSE

Directions for questions 1 to 16: Select the correct alternative from the given choices: 1. 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? 1) 15 m West 2) 30 m East 3) 30 m West 4) 45 m East 5) None of these 2. Starting from the point X, Jayant walked 15 m towards West. He turned left and walked 20 m. He then turned left and walked 15 m. After this he turned to his right and walked 12 m. How far and in which direction is now Jayant from X? 1) 32 m, South 2) 47 m, East 3) 42 m, North 4) 27 m, South 5) None of these 3. A boy rode his bicycle Northward, 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? 1) 1 km 2) 2 km 3) 3 km 4) 5 km 5) None of these 4. Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the mean time, due to minor break down the other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at this point? 1) 65 km 2) 75 km 3) 80 km 4) 85 km 5) None of these

5. 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. ? 1) South-East 2) South 3) North 4) West 5) None of these

6. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y, is P? 1) North 2) South 3) South-East 4) West 5) None of these

7. The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and finally along a diagonal in order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat? 1) 10 2) 14 3) 38 4) 48 5) None of these

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8. One morning Sujata started to walk towards the Sun. After covering some distance she turned to right then again to the right and after covering some distance she again turns to the right. Now in which direction is she facing? 1) North 2) South 3) North-East 4) South-West 5) None of these

9. One morning after sunrise, Vimal started to walk. During this walking he met Stephen who was coming from opposite direction. Vimal watch that the shadow of Stephen to the right of him (Vimal). To which direction Vimal was facing? 1) East 2) West 3) South 4) North 5) None of these

10. Hemant in order to go to university started from his house in the east and came to a crossing. The road to the left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which direction is the university? 1) North 2) South 3) East 4) West 5) None of these

11. Ravi left home and cycled 10 km towards South, then turned right and cycled 5 km and then again turned right and cycled 10 km. After this he turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his home straight? 1) 10 km 2) 15 km 3) 20 km 4) 25 km 5) None of these

12. 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? 1) South-West 2) South-East 3) North-East 4) North-West 5) None of these

13. A child went 90 m in the East to look for his father, 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 father was not there. From there he went 100 m to his North and met his father. How far did he meet his father from the starting point? 1) 80 m 2) 100 m 3) 140 m 4) 260 m 5) None of these

14. Amit started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After some time, he turned left, then turned right and towards the left again. In which direction is he going now? 1) North or South 4) South or West 2) East or West 5) None of these 3) North or West

15. One day at 2 P.M. Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face. If Manisha's shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction Manisha was facing? 1) North 2) South 3) East 4) West 5) None of these

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16. From his house, Lokesh went 15 km to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 km. Then he turned South and covered 5 km. Finally turning to the East, he covered 10 km. In which direction is he from his house? 1) East 2) West 3) North 4) South 5) None of these

   

Directions for questions 17 and 18: Dev, Kumar, Nilesh, Ankur and Pintu are standing facing to the North in a playground such as given below: Kumar is at 40 m to the right of Ankur. Dev is at 60 m in the South of Kumar. Nilesh is at a distance of 25 m in the West of Ankur. Pintu is at a distance of 90 m in the North of Dev.

17. Which one is in the North-East of the person, who is to the left of Kumar? 1) Dev 2) Nilesh 3) Ankur 4) Pintu 5) None of these

18. If a boy starting from Nilesh, met Ankur and then Kumar and after this he met Dev and then Pintu and all the time he walked in a straight line, then how much total distance did he cover? 1) 215 m 2) 155 m 3) 245 m 4) 185 m 5) None of these

Directions for questions 19 to 21:     Each of the following questions is based on the following information: Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U. Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. S and U get diagonally opposite flats. R next to U gets a South facing flat and T gets North facing flat.

19. If the flats of P and T are interchanged then who s flat will be next to that of U? 1) P 2) Q 3) R 4) T 5) None of these

20. Which of the following combination get South facing flats? 1) QTS 4) Data is inadequate 2) UPT 5) None of these 3) URP

21. The flats of which of the other pair than SU, is diagonally opposite to each other? 1) QP 2) QR 3) PT 4) TS 5) None of these

Directions for questions 22 and 23: Each of the following questions is based on the following information:  8-trees mango, guava, papaya, pomegranate, lemon, banana, raspberry and apple are in two rows, four in each facing North and South.
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 Lemon is between mango and apple but just opposite to guava.  Banana is at one end of a line and is just next in the right of guava or either banana tree is just after guava tree.  Raspberry tree which is at one end of a line, is just diagonally opposite to mango tree. 22. Which of the following statements is definitely true? 1) Papaya tree is just near to apple tree. 2) Apple tree is just next to lemon tree. 3) Raspberry tree is either left to Pomegranate or after. 4) Pomegranate tree is diagonally opposite to banana tree. 5) None of these 23. Which tree is just opposite to raspberry tree? 1) Papaya 4) Data is inadequate 2) Pomegranate 5) None of these 3) Papaya or Pomegranate

Directions for questions 24 and 25: Each of the following questions is based on the following information: 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. In each question first person from the left is facing North. 24. According to X @ B * Y, Y is in which direction with respect to X? 1) North 2) South 3) North-East 4) South-West 5) None of these

25. According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction with respect to M? 1) North-West 2) North-East 3) South-West 4) South-East 5) None of these

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