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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 (283 of them, from 55 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, Railways) so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

12% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 14% easy, which is about average for this section.

Questions
283
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
40/208/35
Negative marking
None
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Direction Sense questions with solutions

6 from the 283-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. If North-East becomes South-East, and South-East becomes South-West, what will North become, following the same rule?

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

    Solution. Both given transformations correspond to rotating every direction by 90 degrees clockwise. Applying the same rotation to North gives East.

  2. 2. A person walks 12 km East, then turns South and walks 5 km, then turns West and walks 12 km. How far, and in which direction, is he from his starting point?

    • A. 12 km, South
    • B. 5 km, South ✓
    • C. 5 km, North
    • D. 17 km, South

    Solution. The East (12 km) and West (12 km) legs cancel out, leaving him 5 km South of the starting point.

  3. 3. A person walks 18 km east, then 24 km north. How far is he from his starting point?

    • A. 28 km
    • B. 29 km
    • C. 31 km
    • D. 30 km ✓

    Solution. The path forms a right triangle with legs 18 km and 24 km, so the direct distance is √(18² + 24²) = √900 = 30 km.

  4. 4. A person is facing east. He turns left, then turns left again. Which direction is he facing now?

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

    Solution. Facing east, the first left turn faces him north, and the second left turn faces him west.

  5. 5. A cyclist starts from point A, rides 6 km north to B, then 8 km east to C. What is the shortest distance between A and C?

    • A. 9 km
    • B. 11 km
    • C. 12 km
    • D. 10 km ✓

    Solution. A, B, and C form a right triangle with legs 6 km and 8 km; the distance AC = √(6² + 8²) = √100 = 10 km.

  6. 6. Ramesh walks 7 km north, then turns east and walks 24 km. How far is he from his starting point?

    • A. 31 km
    • B. 27 km
    • C. 25 km ✓
    • D. 17 km

    Solution. The two legs form a right angle, so the direct distance is the hypotenuse: √(7² + 24²) = √(49+576) = √625 = 25 km.

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    Direction Sense: frequently asked questions

    How many direction sense questions are there?

    283, from the 55 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 14% are graded easy and 12% hard, which makes direction sense about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

    Which exams ask direction sense questions?

    55 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), Management (8), Railways (7). 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?

    12% of these 283 questions are graded hard and 14% easy, making it about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

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