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§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒā§‚āĻŦāϞ⧈, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āϞ⧈, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϞ⧈ āφ⧰⧁ āĻļ⧇āώāϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϞ⧈ āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĻ•āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āφāϛ⧇ ?


(a) North | (b) South | (c) East | (d) North-East


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) North


Explanation: East and West cancel each other. He is 10 m North of the starting point. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āϤ āφāϛ⧇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 ? āĻāϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϞ⧈ āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĻ•āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋ ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋ. āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋ ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĻ•āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āφāϛ⧇?


(a) 6 m | (b) 8 m | (c) 10 m | (d) 14 m


Answer / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) 6 m


Explanation: He ends up 6 m away from the starting point.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž): āĻļ⧇āώāϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


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 ? āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāχ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϞ⧈, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĻ•āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āφāϛ⧇?


(a) North-West | (b) South-West | (c) North-East | (d) South-East


Answer / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) North-West


Explanation: She is west and north of the starting point. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϛ⧇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⧇ ā§­ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒā§‚āĻŦāϞ⧈, ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽāĻŋ. āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āϞ⧈ āφ⧰⧁ ā§­ āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϞ⧈ āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĻ•āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āώ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϞ⧈ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


(a) 17 m | (b) 24 m | (c) 31 m | (d) 25 m


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) 24 m


Explanation: East and West cancel each other, leaving him 24 m north. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤