Reasoning Direction Sense Test Questions & Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

The door of Adithya's house faces the East. From the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again. Finally, he turns towards left and stops after walking 25 metres. Now, Aditya is in which direction from the starting point?

(A) North-west

(B) South-west

(C) North-east

(D) South-east

Ans: A

Since Aditya's house faces towards East and he walks from backside of his house, it means that he starts walking towards West. Thus, the movements of Aditya are as shown in Figure (A to B, B to C, C to D).
Clearly, Aditya's final position is D which is to the North-west of the starting point A.

Question: 2

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

(A) East

(B) West

(C) North

(D) South

Ans: C

The movements of the rat from A to G are as shown in figure.
Clearly, it is finally walking in the direction FG i.e. North.

Question: 3

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?

(A) North-east

(B) North-west

(C) South-east

(D) South-west

Ans: D

As shown in Figure, the man initially faces in the direction OA. On moving 135° anticlockwise, he faces in the direction OB. On further moving 180° clockwise, he faces in the direction OC, which is South-west.

Question: 4

Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m. From herem she moves towards North-west a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?

(A) 3 m

(B) 4 m

(C) 10 m

(D) 11 m

Ans: C

The movements of Radha are as shown in Figure.
Clearly, Radha's distance from the starting point O = OD = (OC - CD)
= (AB - CD) = (14 - 4) m = 10 m.

Question: 5

A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 metres. Then, turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left and walks 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?

(A) 20 metres

(B) 30 metres

(C) 50 metres

(D) 80 metres

Ans: C

The movements of the man are as shown in figure.
Man's distance from initial position A = AE = (AB + BE) = (AB + CD) = (30 + 20) m = 50 m.