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Direction Sense Questions with Answers

Tracking position and facing through a sequence of turns, then the shortest distance back. This page pools every direction sense question on the site — 265 of them, from 49 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, SSC — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

13% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 14% easy, which is about average for this section.

Questions
265
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
38/193/34
Negative marking
None
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Direction Sense questions with solutions

6 from the 265-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Facing south, Leela turns 45° clockwise, then 90° clockwise. Which direction is she facing now?

    • A. South-East
    • B. North-West ✓
    • C. North-East
    • D. South-West

    Solution. Starting at South (180°), turning 45° clockwise gives 225° (South-West). Turning another 90° clockwise gives 315°, which is North-West.

  2. 2. A surveyor walks 7 m east, 4 m north, 2 m west, and 4 m south. Where is the endpoint relative to the start?

    • A. 5 m west
    • B. 3 m east
    • C. 3 m north
    • D. 5 m east ✓
    • E. 9 m east

    Solution. North/south cancel; east-west net=7−2=5 m east.

  3. 3. A cyclist starts from point X, rides 5 km west, then 12 km north. How far is he from X?

    • A. 11 km
    • B. 13 km ✓
    • C. 12 km
    • D. 14 km

    Solution. The path forms a right triangle with legs 5 km and 12 km, so the direct distance is √(5² + 12²) = √169 = 13 km.

  4. 4. If South-East becomes North, and North-West becomes South, then what will West become?

    • A. South-East ✓
    • B. North-East
    • C. South-West
    • D. North-West

    Solution. The direction system is rotated 135° anticlockwise (South-East to North is a 135° shift, confirmed by North-West to South). Applying the same rotation, West becomes South-East.

  5. 5. A man walks 5 km north, then 3 km east, then 5 km south. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?

    • A. 5 km North
    • B. 8 km East
    • C. 3 km West
    • D. 3 km East ✓

    Solution. The 5 km north and 5 km south cancel out, leaving only the 3 km east displacement.

  6. 6. A technician walks 4 m north, 3 m east, then 4 m south. Where is the technician relative to the start?

    • A. 3 m west
    • B. 4 m north
    • C. 7 m east
    • D. 3 m east ✓

    Solution. North and south movements cancel; 3 m east remains.

Exams that set Direction Sense

12 categories, led by Banking, Management, SSC.

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Direction Sense: frequently asked questions

How many direction sense questions are there?

265, from the 49 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 14% are graded easy and 13% hard, which makes direction sense about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

Which exams ask direction sense questions?

49 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), Management (8), SSC (8). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is direction sense hard?

13% of these 265 questions are graded hard and 14% easy, making it about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

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