Direction Sense Test Home Work

(1) The front door of Reva’s house faces East. She walk out of her back door and walk 2
km, then turned right and walk another 2 km, then turn left and walk 4 km and turn right
again and walk 2 km. In which direction Reva facing with respect to her starting point?

(a) South-West *(b) North-West (c) North-East (d) None of these

(2) A watch is placed that at 4 pm the minute hand points towards North-West. In which
direction does the hour hand points at 7 pm?

(a) South-West (b) North-west *(c) South-East (d) North-East

(3) Arjun walks 2 km Northward and takes a left turn, walks 5 km and then turns right,
walks 3 km and again turning right, walks 5 km. In which direction is he now from the
starting point?

*(a) North (b) South (c) West (d) East

(4) Vinod travelled 35 km from centre point towards North and then turned right and
travelled 17 km and finally turned right again and travelled 35 km. How far was he from
the starting point?

*(a) 17 km (b) 16 km (c) 15 km (d) 18 km

(5) Mr. Harry started from his office, walked 4 km North, then 6 km West and 12 km
South. How far was he from his office?

(a) 5 km *(b) 10 km (c) 15 km (d) 20 km

(6) Sumed starts from his office and goes towards his house. To reach his house, he has
to follow the following directions. Travel 2.5 km towards South-West from the office
followed by 2.5 km towards North-West, then travel 2.5 km towards North-East followed
by 2.5 km towards South-East. Approximately how far is the office from his house?

(a) 2.5 km *(b) At the same place (c) 10 km (d) Cannot be determined

(7) A girl is facing North-West. She turns 90o in the clockwise direction, then 180o in the
anti-clockwise direction and then another 90o in the same direction. Which direction is
she facing now?

(a) South (b) South-West (c) West

(d) South-East (e) None of the above

(a) North-West *(b) North-East (c) South (d) West

(9) One evening, Raja started to walk towards the sun. After walking a while, he turned
to his right and again to his right. After walking a while, he again turned right. In which
direction is he facing? (NICL GIC AO-2013)

(a) East (b) West *(c) South (d) North

(10) A man walked 3 m towards North, turned West and walked 2 m, then turned North
again and walked 1 m and then turned East and walked 5 m. How far away is he from
the starting point? (SSC CGL-2014)

(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m *(d) 5 m

(11) Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is
towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?

(SBI PO-2010)

(a) East *(b) South-East (c) North-East

(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these

(12) A businessman travelled from his office straight for 200 m. He then turned right and
travelled 250 m straight after which he turned right again and travelled for 200 m
straight. He then turned left and walked for another 300 m straight. How far is he from
his office?

*(a) 500 m (b) 275 m (c) 260 m d) Cannot be determined

(13) Tom travels 14 km Westwards and then turns left and travels 6 km and further turns
left and travels 26 km. How far is Tom now from the starting point?

*(a) 1801/2 (b) 801/2 (c) 1001/2 (d) None of these

(14) A clock shows 8:30. If the minute hand points to West, in which direction will the
hour hand points?

(a) North (b) South (c) South-West *(d) North-West

(15) Rajnikanth left his home for office in car. He drove 15 km straight towards North and
then turned Eastwards and covered 8 km. He, then turned to left and covered 1 km. He
again turned left and drove for 20 km and reached office. How far and in what
direction is his office from the home? (IB ACIO-2013)

(a) 21 km, West (b) 15 km, North-East

*(c) 20 km, North-West (d) 26 km, North-West

(16) In a certain language East is called as North-West, North-West is called as South.

(a) North-East *(b) East (c) South (d) North-East

(17) One evening before sunset, two friends Rohit and Vinit were talking to each other
face to face. If Vinit’s Shadow was exactly to his right side, which direction was Rohit
facing?

(a) North *(b) South (c) West

(d) Data inadequate (e) None of these

(18) One day, Ravi left and cycled 10 km Southwards turned right and cycled 5 km and
turned right and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometres
will he now have to cycle in straight line to reach his home? (MAT-2013)

(a) 10 km *(b) 15 km (c) 20 km (d) 25 km

(19) Two friends Tom and Nik started their journey from same point. But when Tom
completes 10 m, at the same time Nik completes 9 m. If Tom completes 20 m, at the
same time Nik completes 18 m and so on. First, Tom takes 20 m towards East then
walked 30 m towards his right. He runs for 50 m towards left and stopped by taking 10 m
towards South. Then at which direction is Tom with respect to Nik?

(a) South-West (b) North-West *(c) South-East (d) South

(20) Krishna walks for 10 km towards North. From here he walks back 6 km towards
South. Then, he walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with
reference to his starting point? (MAT-2011)

(a) 5 km East (b) 7 km West (c) 7 km East *(d) 5 km North-East