Practice Finding directions sense test - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?
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According to the question, the direction diagram is as follows. Now, H may lie anywhere on the dotted line.
Hence, direction of H with respect to F cannot be determined definitely as data given in inadequate.
Q-2) Asha walks 3 km Southward and then turns right and walks 2 km. She again turns right and walks 3 km and turns towards her left and starts walking straight. In which direction is she walking now?
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According to the question, the direction diagram will be as follows.
So, it is clear that she is now walking towards West.
Q-3) One morning, Rita started to walk toward the sun. After walking a while, she turned to her left and again to her left. After walking a while, she again turned right. Which direction is she facing now?
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Let Rita started from the point A. Passing through the points B, C and D, she is now going towards E. Clearly, she is now facing North.
Q-4) A man goes 5 km East, then he turns right and goes 4 km, then he turns left and goes 5 km. Which direction is he facing now?
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According to the question, the direction diagram will be as follows.
Clearly, man is facing East.
Q-5) City C is to the South of city B and city A is to the North of city C. In which direction city A is located in respect of city B?
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According to the question, the diagram will be as follows. Therefore, the direction of city A in respect of B cannot be determined.
Q-6) City D is to the West of city M. City R is to the South of city D. If city K is to the East to city R, then in which direction is city K located in respect of city D?
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According to the question, the direction diagram is as follows.
Hence, city K is located in the south - East direction.
Q-7) A boy first goes in South direction, then he turns towards left and travels for some distance. After that he turns right and moves certain distance. At last he turns left and travels again for some distance. Now, in which direction is he moving?
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According to the question, the direction diagram will be as follows.
Clearly, boy is moving towards East.
Q-8) Gopal starts from his house towards West. After walking a distance of 30 meters, he turned towards right and walked 20 meters. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 meters, turned to his left again and walked 40 meters. He now turns to the left and walks 5 meters. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now?
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The movements of Gopal are as shown in Fig. 15 from A to G.
Clearly, Gopal is finally walking in the direction FG i.e., North.
Q-9) I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 10 m. Then I turn left and walk 10 m and then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 60 m. In which direction am I from the starting point?
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The movements of the person are from A to F, as shown in Fig. 24.
Clearly, the final position is F which is to the North - East of the starting point A.
Q-10) Amit walked 30 metres towards East, took a right turn and walked 40 metres. Then he took a left turn and walked 30 metres. In which direction is he now from the starting point?
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The movements of Amit are shown in figure (P to Q, Q to R and R to S). Clearly, his final position is S which is to the South-east of the starting point P.
