Direction Sense Test (āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ / Direction & Distance)
Q1. Aman walks 10 m East, then 15 m North, then 10 m West, and finally 5 m South. In which direction is he from his starting point ? āĻ āĻŽāύ⧠⧧ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒā§āĻŦāϞā§, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āϞā§, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻļā§āώāϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻāĻā§ ?
(a) North | (b) South | (c) East | (d) North-East
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) North
Explanation: East and West cancel each other. He is 10 m North of the starting point. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§° āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q2. A person walks 8 m South, then turns left and walks 6 m, then turns left again and walks 8 m. How far is he from the starting point ? āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋ ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋ ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻā§?
(a) 6 m | (b) 8 m | (c) 10 m | (d) 14 m
Answer / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) 6 m
Explanation: He ends up 6 m away from the starting point.
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Q3. Seema walks 15 m West, then turns left and walks 20 m, then turns right and walks 10 m. She is now in which direction from her starting point ? āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāϞā§, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻāĻā§?
(a) North-West | (b) South-West | (c) North-East | (d) South-East
Answer / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) North-West
Explanation: She is west and north of the starting point. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Rahul walks 7 m East, then 24 m North, then 7 m West. What is the shortest distance from his final position to the starting point ? ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āϞ⧠⧠āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒā§āĻŦāϞā§, ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§ ā§ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āώ⧰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϞ⧠āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) 17 m | (b) 24 m | (c) 31 m | (d) 25 m
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 24 m
Explanation: East and West cancel each other, leaving him 24 m north. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§° āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§¨ā§Ē āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤