Direction Sense Test Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: North

Starting eastward, the two right turns bring him first to south and then to west; the two left turns that follow bring him to south again and then to east - and the last left turn leaves him facing north.

Answer: B

Correct answer: South

A right turn followed by a left turn leaves a walker facing the way he began, so his final direction is his first: north. Setting out northward means he started from the south.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 10 km

The two legs are at right angles, so the shortest distance is the hypotenuse.

\[d = \sqrt{6^2 + 8^2} = \sqrt{36 + 64} = \sqrt{100} = 10 \text{ km}\]

He has walked 14 km but ends only 10 km from the start.

Answer: A

Correct answer: North or South

With his back to the sun he is walking away from it, but we are not told whether it is morning or evening, so he may be heading west or east. A left turn, a right turn and a left turn amount to a quarter turn to the left, which brings him to face north or south according to which way he began.

Answer: D

Correct answer: South-West

He goes 5 km south, turns right to face west and goes 3 km, then turns left to face south again and goes 5 km. Altogether he is 10 km south and 3 km west of where he began - that is, to the south-west.

Answer: A

Correct answer: South-East

Place B at the origin, so A lies directly above it and C directly to its right. Seen from A, the point C is both to the right and lower down.

That combination of east and south gives the south-east direction.

Answer: D

Correct answer: South-East

All three rows face north, so a person’s right hand points east. P is therefore east of A, and Q, being just behind P, is south of P. R stands north of A. Q is thus both east of and south of R - that is, to R’s south-east.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 1 feet

P to Q is 9 feet; he then goes 4 feet at right angles, 9 feet back the way he came, and finally turns right for the last leg. The two 9-foot legs cancel, so what remains is the difference between the 4-foot leg and the last one - 1 foot.

Answer: C

Correct answer: South

After sunrise the sun is in the east, so every shadow points west. The pole’s shadow fell to Suresh’s right, so west was on his right hand - which puts him facing south.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 5 km

Anticlockwise from south is east, not west - that is the step this item turns on. From the origin: 1 km south gives \( (0,-1) \); turning 90 degrees anticlockwise to face east, 2 km gives \( (2,-1) \); a left turn faces north, so 1 km gives \( (2,0) \); a right turn faces east, so 2 km gives \( (4,0) \); and a final anticlockwise turn faces north, so 3 km gives \( (4,3) \). The distance is \[ \sqrt{4^2+3^2} = 5\ \mathrm{km}. \]