Direction Sense

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Direction Sense: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Direction Sense Test, Main Directions in Horizontal Plane, Casting Shadow & Direction Sense in 3D etc.

Important Questions on Direction Sense

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Prabir started walking towards the South. He took a right turn after walking 10 metres. He again took a left turn after walking 20 metres. Which direction is he facing now?

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A man is facing south. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then 180° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ?

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Direction- Study the given information carefully and answer the question given below-

Vijay is facing South at Bus Stop. From there he turns right and walks 20 m. Then he turns right again and walks 10 m. Then he turns left and walks 10 m and after turning towards north walks 20 m. Then he turns right again and walks 70 m and reaches his office.

Find the shortest distance and direction, between his starting position and final position.

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I am facing east. I turn 1000, in clockwise direction and then 1450, in anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?

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The bank is to the south of the hospital while stadium is to the east of the bank. The college is to the west of the hospital. If the distance of the college from the bank is equal to the distance of stadium from the hospital, in which direction is the college with respect to stadium?

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Harihar walked 30m, towards South. He then took a right turn and travelled, 25m. Now, he took a left turn and travelled 10m. Finally, he took a left turn and stand there. In which direction is he facing now?

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A country has the following types of traffic signals.
3 red lights = stop;
2 red lights = turn left;
1 red light = turn right;
3 green lights = go at 100 kmph speed;
2 green lights = go at 40 kmph speed
1 green light = go at 20 kmph speed.
A motorist starts at a point on a road and follows all traffic signals literally. His car is heading towards the north. He encounters the following signals (the time mentioned in each case below is applicable after crossing the previous signal)
Starting point: 1 green light;
After half an hour, 1st signal: 2 red and 2 green lights;
After 15 minutes, 2nd signal: 1 red light
After half an hour, 3rd signal: 1 red and 3 green lights;
After 24 minutes, 4th signal: 2 red and 2 green lights;
After 15 minutes, 5th signal: 3 red lights;

What is the position (radial distance) of the motorist when he reaches the last signal?

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A direction pole was situated on the crossing. Due to an accident the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing North, started showing East. According to the pointer one traveler went to the south-west. In what direction actually he was travelling?

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Pran and Khan start from their office and walks in opposite directions, each travelling 10 km , while Khan turns right and walks 15 km. How far are they now from each other?

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A person standing at point E to the northwest of Point D, which is to the south of Point C, which is to the west of Point B. Point A is to the north of Point B and to east of Point F, which is in the same line as C and D. E is in the same line as B and C.
Now find point E is in which direction with respect to Point A?

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Starting from the point P Satish moved 20 m in South direction. Then he turned to his left and moved 30 m. Now he again turned to his left and moved 20 m. Then he again turned to his left and moved 40 m and reached Q. How far is Q from P and in what direction?

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Nitin starts walking in the west direction and after walking 35 metres he moves towards the north direction and walks 12 metres then moves in southeast direction (towards the starting point) and walks 20 metres and stops. How far he is from the starting point?

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Dinesh and Ramesh start together from a certain point in the opposite direction on motorcycles. The speed of Dinesh is 60 km per hour and Ramesh44 km per hour. What will be the distance between them after15 minutes?

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After walking 600 m, Arvind turned left and covered a distance of 200 m, then turned right and covered a distance of 1 km. After that he took two left turns two U turns and then a right turn. In the end, he was moving towards the West. From which direction did he start his journey?

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A dog runs 20 metre towards East and turns Right, runs 10 metre and turns to right, runs 9 metre and again turns to left, runs 5 metre and then turns to left, runs 12 metre and finally turns to left and runs 6 metre. Now which direction dog is facing ?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

The distance between Pole C and D is 2 km. Pole D is 9 km to the south of Pole E. Pole A is 1 km to the west of Pole B, which is 5 km to the north of Pole C. Pole F is 5 km north of Pole D. Pole C is to the west of Pole D. If a man has to travel from Pole E to Pole F, then Pole F to Pole B in a linear direction then how much distance he would have to cover?

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Five boys are standing in a row facing North. Raja is to the left of Ram, Mohan and Roy. Roy is between Ram and Mohan. Ram, Mohan and Roy are to the left of John. If Mohan is fourth from the left, how far is Roy from the right?

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Sohan started walking southward and after covering a distance30 meters, he turned left, he walked25 meters and turned to the left, and again walked30 meters. How far is he from the starting point and in which direction?

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In the following question is based on the following information:

A # B means B is 5 m to the right of A.
A $ B means B is 5 m to the North of A.
A * B means B is 5 m to the left of A.
A @ B means B is 5 m to the South of A.

According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction with respect to M?

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Of the five houses A, B, C, D and E situated close to each other, A is to the west of B, C is to the south of A, E is to the north of B and D is to the east of E. Then, D is in which direction with respect to C?