Direction Sense Test Quiz Set 03


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Question 1

Gurpreet was facing east. He turns 150° in the clock-wise direction and then 105° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ?

 A

East.

 B

North.

 C

South - West.

 D

East - South.

Soln.
Ans: d

The net movement is 45 degrees clockwise.


Question 2

A herd of elephants walked 25 km towards south. Then it turned to the left and walked 20 km. It then turned to left again and walked 25 km. The it turned to its right and walked 15 km. At what distance is the herd from the starting point and in which direction ?

 A

35 km East.

 B

35 km North.

 C

40 km East.

 D

60 km East.

Soln.
Ans: a

Reqd. distance = EI.

= 20 + 25.

= 35 km towards east


Question 3

Sonal ran 20 m to the east, then he turned left and walked for 15 m. then turned right and went 25 m and then turned right again and went 15 m. How far was she from the starting point ?

 A

45 km.

 B

35 km.

 C

25 km.

 D

15 km.

Soln.
Ans: a

Distance actually travelled is (1 to 2) + (2 to 5) = 20 + 25 = 45 m.


Question 4

Satnam is an Olympic aspirant. He starts jogging from a point P and walked 20 km towards south. He turned left and ran for 30 km. He then turned left and slowly walked for 20 km. He again turned left and jogged for 40 km and reached at a point Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P ?

 A

20 km west.

 B

10 km east.

 C

10 km west.

 D

10 km north.

Soln.
Ans: c

Suppose, Satnam starts from P, and jogs 20 km towards south and reaches E. At E, he turns left and runs 30 km, and reaches F. At F, he turns left and walks 20 km, and reaches G. At G, he finally turns to left and jogs 40 km and reaches Q. then,

PQ = QG - PG = QG - EF = 40 - 30 = 10 km.

Hence, Satnam is 10 km far from the point P.


Question 5

Garden is 8 km to the West of Colony. Mosque is 4 km to the South of Colony. Church is 4 km to the East of Mosque. Mandir is 6 km to the North of Church. Gurudwara is 8 km to the West of Mandir. Chowk(crossroads in English) is 2 km to the South of Gurudwara.

How far and in which direction is Chowk from Garden ?

 A

4 km to the East.

 B

8 km to the West.

 C

4 km to the West.

 D

8 km to the East.

Soln.
Ans: a

Clearly point E is 4 km to the East of point A.


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