Direction Sense Test Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: 15 km

The southward and northward legs cancel - 10 south and then 10 north - leaving him \( 5 + 10 = 15 \) km west of home. So he must cycle 15 km to get back.

Answer: C

Correct answer: North

In the morning the sun is in the east, so every shadow points west. Vishal’s shadow therefore ran westward, and it lay to Udai’s left - so west was on Udai’s left hand, which puts him facing north.

Answer: C

Correct answer: South-East

The whole compass has been turned. South-east becoming north is a turn of 135° anticlockwise, and north-east becoming west confirms it - 45° less 135° leaves 270°, which is west. Applying the same turn to west: \[ 270^\circ - 135^\circ = 135^\circ \] which is south-east.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 1 km

Take the start as the origin with east positive. She goes 8 km east and then 13 km back, which is west, leaving her at \( (-5,0) \) and facing west. A left turn faces south, so 4 km gives \( (-5,-4) \); a left turn faces east, so 5 km gives \( (0,-4) \); a left turn faces north, so 3 km gives \( (0,-1) \). She is 1 km from where she began.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 14 km

The northward and southward legs cancel - 6 km north and then 6 km south - leaving only the eastward moves, \( 5 + 9 = \mathbf{14} \) km.

Answer: B

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.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 10 km.

He goes 8 km north, then turns left to go 6 km west. The shortest way home is the hypotenuse: \[ \sqrt{8^2+6^2} = \sqrt{100} = \mathbf{10}\text{ km} \]

Answer: A

The man firstly faces the direction OA. On moving 45 degree clockwise[Please check carefully always if clockwise or anticlockwise], he faces the direction OB.
Now again he moved 180 degree clockwise, now he will be facing OC. From here he moved 270 degree anticlockwise, Finally he is facing OD, which is South west.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 65 km

The two cars set out towards each other from points 150 km apart. The first advances 25 km, steps 15 km aside and returns to the road after a further 25 km, so it has closed 50 km of the gap; allowing for the second car’s run, 65 km separates them.

Answer: A

Correct answer: North

Standing upright and facing west, his left hand would point south. Inverting him - head down, legs up - turns his body through 180 degrees about the axis he is facing along, which exchanges left and right while leaving the facing direction alone. His left hand therefore points north. The same reasoning applies to anyone lying face down or hanging inverted: the facing is unchanged, the handedness is reversed.