Aptitude Material Direction Test

CHAPTER-3

DIRECTION TEST

Examples

Example 1. Ravi traveled 4 km straight towards south. He turned left and traveled 6 km straight, then turned right and traveled 4 km straight. How far is he from the starting point?

(a) 8 km

(b) 10 km

(c) 18 km

(d) 12 km

Solution. 10 km. B is the finishing point and A is starting point. The distance of A from B is

Example 2. A is to the South-East of C, B is to the East of C and North-East of A. If D is to the North of A and North-West of B. In which direction of C is D located?

(a) North-West

(b) South-West

(c) North-East

(d) South-East

Solution. North-East D is located to the North-East of C.

Example 3. A rat runs 20’ towards East and turns to right, runs 10’ and turns to right, runs 9’ and again turns to left, runs 5’ and then runs to left, runs 12’ and finally turns to left and runs 6’. Now, which direction is the rat facing?

(a) East

(b) West

(c) North

(d) South

Solution. North. The movements of the rat from A to G are as shown in the fig. It is clear, rat is walking in one direction FG, i.e., North.

Example 4. From his house, Lokesh went 15 km to the North. Then he turned west and covered 10 km, then he turned South and covered 5 km. Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 km. In which direction is he from his house?

(a) East

(b) South

(c) North

(d) West

Solution. North. Starting point is A and ending point is E. E is to the north of his house at A.

Exercise 3 (A)

1. After starting from office Ravendra turns left twice and then turns right. Now he turns towards South. In which direction Ravendra had started walking?

(a) East

(b) West

(c) North

(d) South

2. Facing towards south Varun walked 50 mts. He then turned to his right and walked 30 mts. He again turned right and walked 50 mts. How for was he from his original position and towards which direction?

(a) 20m, East

(b) 30m, South

(c) 30m, West

(d) 20m, North

3. Lalit walks 8 km east, turns South-West and walks another 8km. He again takes a turn towards North-West and walks another 8m. In which direction from his starting point is he standing now? In which direction from his starting point is he standing now?

(a) North-East

(b) North

(c) East

(d) West

4. Six persons are playing a game sitting in a circle facing the centre. Vijay was to the left of Sudhir. Amar was between Rakesh and Sarv, Neerav was second to the left of Amar. Which of the following is the position of Amar from Neerav?

(a) Second from right

(b) Second to the left

(c) Third from the left

(d) Third from right

5. Ankit started walking towards North. After walking 30 metres, he turned towards left and walked 40 metres. He then turned left and walked 50 metres. How far is he from his original position?

(a) 50 metres

(b) 40 metres

(c) 30 metres

(d) None of these

6. Rahim started from point X and walked straight 5 km West, then turned left and walked straight 2 km and again turned left and walked straight 7 km. In which direction is he from the point X?

(a) North-East

(b) South-West

(c) South-East

(d) North-West

7. B is to the South-west of A,C is to the East of B and South-East of A and D is to the North of C in line with B & A. In which direction of A is D located?

(a) North

(b) East

(c) South-East

(d) North-East

8. A walks 10 metres towards East and then 10 metres to his 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?

(a) 5 metres

(b) 10 metres

(c) 15 metres

(d) 20 metres

9. A man walks 1 km towards. East and then he turns so South and walks 5km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now how far is he from his starting point?

(a) 7 km

(b) 5 km

(c) 4 km

(d) 3 km

10. 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 metres. In which direction am I from the starting point?

(a) North

(b) East

(c) North-West

(d) North-East

11. A man is facing North-West. He turns 90⁰ in the clock wise direction, then 135⁰ in the anticlockwise direction which direction is he facing now?

(a) North

(b) East

(c) North-West

(d) North-East

12. One day, Ravi left home and cycled 10 km Southwards, turned right and cycled 5 km and turned right and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his home straight?

(a) 10 km

(b) 20 km

(c) 15 km

(d) 25 km

13. A Child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From there, he went 100 metres to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from starting point?

(a) 180 metres

(b) 100 metres

(c) 140 metres

(d) 120 metres

14. Varun walks 20 m North, then he turns right and walks 30 m, then he turns right and walks 35 m, then he turns left and walks 15 m. Then he again turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and how many metres away is he from his original position?

(a) 15 metres West

(b) 30 metres East

(c) 45 metres East

(d) 30 metres West

15. I am facing East. I turn 100⁰ in the clockwise direction and then 145⁰ in the anticlockwise direction which direction and I facing now?

(a) South-West

(b) North

(c) North-East

(d) East

16. A man is facing North-West. He turns 90⁰ in the clockwise direction, then 180⁰ in the anticlockwise direction and then another 90⁰ in the same direction. Which direction is he facing now?

(a) South-East

(b) West

(c) South-West

(d) South

Directions (Questions 17-20) : P, Q, R and S are standing on the four corners of a square field. Study the following questions which are based on the figure.

17. P, Q, R and S from the position shown in the above fig., walk across the field along the diagonals to reach the opposite end from where Q and R walk anticlockwise and P and S walk clockwise along the sides. Each one covers ½ side. Now indicate which one of the following statements is true?

(a) P is to the North-West of Q

(b) Q is to the North-East of P

(c) P is to the South-West of S

(d) R is to the North-West of Q

18. From the position in question 17, P,Q and S walk clockwise and R walks anticlockwise along the sides and cover one side each assuming that they walk with the same speed, indicate which one of the following statements is true.

(a) P will meet Q on the North-Eastern corner.

(b) S will meet P on the North-Western corner.

(c) Q will meet R on the South-Eastern corner.

(d) S will meet R on the South-Western corner.

19. From the position in question 18, P and R walk across field to reach the opposite side from where they turn of their right and cover 1 ½ sides each. Now indicate which one of the following statements is not true?

(a) R and Q are not opposite to each other.

(b) R and S are not opposite to each other.

(c) P and Q are not opposite to each other.

(d) Q and S are opposite to each other.

20. From the position in question 18, P and R walk across field to reach the opposite side from where they turn of their right and cover 1 ½ sides each. Now indicate which one of the following statements is not true?

(a) P will reach the North-Western corner after Q

(b) P and R will cross each other at the centre.

(c) S and P will cross each other on the Southern side.

(d) R and Q will not cross each other on Northern side.

21. A is 40 m. South-West of B. C is 40 m South-East of B. Then C is in which direction of A?

(a) South

(b) North-East

(c) West

(d) East

22. 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?

(a) West

(b) East

(c) North

(d) South

23. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carom. P,R and S,Q are partners. S is to the right of R who is facing West. Then, Q is facing

(a) East

(b) West

(c) North

(d) South

Directions (Qs24-27): Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it:

(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U

(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.

(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.

(iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat.

24. Which of the following combinations get South facing flats?

a) Q T S

b) U R P

c) U P T

d) None of these

25. Whose flat is between Q and S?

(a) P

(b) R

(c) U

(d) T

26. If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U?

(a) T

(b) R

(c) Q

(d) P

27. The flats of which of the other pairs SU, is diagonally opposite to each other?

(a) TS

(b) PT

(c) QR

(d) QP

28. One evening before sunset, two friends Sumit and Mohit were talking to each other face to face. If Mohit’s shadow was exactly to his right side, which directions was Sumit facing?

(a) North

(b) West

(c) South

(d) None of these

29. One morning after sunrise, Daya and Bhavna were talking to each other face to face at Tilak square. If Bhavna’s shadow was exactly to the right of Daya, which direction Bhavna was facing?

(a) North

(b) East

(c) South

(d) None of these

30. After walking 6 km, I turned right and covered a distance of 2 km, then turned left and covered a distance of 10 km. In the end, I was moving towards the North. From which direction did I start my journey?

(a) West

(b) East

(c) South

(d) North

Directions (31-32): Stady the information given below carefully and answer the questions that follow on playing ground, Dinesh, Kunal, Nitin, Atul and Prashant are standing as described below facing the North

(i) Kunal is 40 mts to the right of Atul

(j) Dinesh is 60 mts to the south of Kunal

(k) Nitin is 25 mts to the west of Atul

(l) Prashant is 90 mts tot eh North of Dinesh

31. Who is to the North-East of the person who is to the left of Kunal?

(a) Atul

(b) Dinesh

(c) Nitin

(d) None of these

32. If a boy walks from Nitin, meets Atul followed by Kumal. Dinesh and then Prashant, how many metres has he walked is he has traveled the straight distance all through?

(a) 215 m

(b) 155 m

(c) 185 m

(d) 245 m