Direction Sense Test Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: 35 m East

Adding the legs: south 25, east 20, north 25, east 15. The north and south cancel, leaving \( 20 + 15 = 35 \) metres eastward - so he is 35 m east of where he began.

Answer: B

Correct answer: South-West

Take P at the origin. Q lies north of P and R east of Q, so R is to the north-east. S lies to P’s left, that is west of P. S is therefore both west of and south of R - to R’s south-west.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 10 km

The south-east and north-west legs are equal and opposite in their north-south parts, so those cancel; both also carry her west, and with the 14 km westward leg she ends 14 km west of the start. The final 4 km back towards the east leaves her \[ 14 - 4 = \mathbf{10}\text{ km} \] away.

Answer: C

Correct answer: North

Starting eastward, each right turn swings him a quarter circle clockwise: east, then south, then west, then north. The left turn part-way through and the final right turn bring him back to facing north.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 20 km.

The northward and southward legs cancel - 20 km north and then 20 km south - while the sideways moves come to \( 40 \) west and \( 20 \) east. He finishes 20 km from where he began.

Answer: C

Correct answer: North

The eastward and westward legs cancel - 10 km west and then 10 km east - leaving \( 15 - 5 = 10 \) km northward. So he is to the north of his house.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Pintu

Facing north, a person’s right is east. So Ankur being the reference, Kumar stands 40 m east of him, Dev 60 m south of Kumar, Nilesh 25 m west of Ankur, and Pintu 90 m north of Dev - which puts Pintu 30 m north of the Ankur–Kumar line.

The person to Kumar’s left is Ankur, and the one standing to Ankur’s north-east - 40 m east and 30 m north of him - is Pintu.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 215 m

Facing north, a person’s right is east. So Ankur being the reference, Kumar stands 40 m east of him, Dev 60 m south of Kumar, Nilesh 25 m west of Ankur, and Pintu 90 m north of Dev - which puts Pintu 30 m north of the Ankur–Kumar line.

The legs are Nilesh to Ankur 25 m, Ankur to Kumar 40 m, Kumar to Dev 60 m and Dev to Pintu 90 m: \[ 25 + 40 + 60 + 90 = \mathbf{215}\text{ m} \]

Answer: C

Correct answer: R

Working the conditions through: Q and T face north and R faces south; R is next to U, so U faces south too; S is diagonally opposite U and therefore faces north, which leaves P facing south. Q may not be next to S, so the north row runs S, T, Q and the south row P, R, U, with S and U at opposite corners.

U stands at the end of the south row with R beside him. Exchanging P and T moves neither of those two, so the flat next to U is still R’s.

Answer: C

Correct answer: URP

Working the conditions through: Q and T face north and R faces south; R is next to U, so U faces south too; S is diagonally opposite U and therefore faces north, which leaves P facing south. Q may not be next to S, so the north row runs S, T, Q and the south row P, R, U, with S and U at opposite corners.

The south-facing row holds U, R and P.