There are four main directions (North, South, East & West) and four cardinal directions (North East, North West, South East & South West). Here we have given some basic to difficult questions, in coming days we will add some more questions based on paragraph and puzzle type direction questions.
Direction Sense Test Questions of Reasoning
Ex 1. A man is facing towards west and turns through 45 degree clockwise, again 180 degree clockwise and then turns through 270 degree anti clockwise. In which direction is he facing now?
- West
- North-west
- South
- South-west
Ans: 4
Ex 2. A river flows west to east and on the way turns left and goes in a semi-circle round a hillock, and then turns left at right angles. In which direction is the river finally flowing ?
- West
- East
- North
- South
Ans: 2
Ex 3. Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position ?
- 10
- 24
- 28
- 38
Ans: 2
Ex 4. 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 ?
- North-east
- East
- South-east
- South
- None of these
Ans: 3
Ex 5. Kashish goes 30 metres North, then turns right and walks 40 metres, then again turns right and walks 20 metres, then again turns right and walks 40 metres. How many metres is he from his original position?
- 0
- 10
- 20
- 40
- None of these
Ans: 2
Ex 6. 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?
- North
- North-west
- East
- North-east
Ans: 4
Ex 7. A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
- 5 metres
- 10 metres
- 20 metres
- 23 metres
Ans: 1
Ex 8. The door of Aditya'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?
- South east
- North east
- South west
- North west
Ans: 4
Ex 9. If A is to the south of B and C is to the east of B, in what direction is A with respect to C?
- North east
- North west
- South east
- South west
Ans: 4
Ex 10. A is 40 m South west of B. C is 40 m South east of B. Then, C is in which direction of A?
- East
- West
- North east
- South
Ans: 1
Ex 11. Ravi wants to go to the university. He starts from his home which is in the East and comes to a crossing. The road to the left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which direction is the university?
- North
- South
- East
- West
Ans: 1
Ex 12. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A and B are partners. D faces towards North. If A faces towards West, then who faces towards South?
- B
- C
- D
- Data inadequate
Ans: 2
Ex 13. A man is performing yoga with his head down and legs up. His face is towards the west. In which direction will his left hand be?
- North
- South
- East
- West
Ans: 1
Ex 14. One morning after sunrise, Gopal was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. Which direction was he facing?
- South
- East
- West
- Data Inadequate
- None of these
Ans: 1
Ex 15. A watch reads 4. 30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point?
- North
- North west
- South east
- North east
- None of these
Ans: 4
Ex 16. If 'South-east' is called 'East', 'North-west' is called 'West', 'South-west' is called 'South' and so on, what will 'North' be called?
- East
- North east
- North west
- South
- None of these
Ans: 3