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Direction Sense Test
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Direction Sense Test

The problems in this chapter deal with the linear distance or displacement or
direction between starting point and the final point in X Y dimensions.
Example 1: One morning after sunrise, Sita and Gita were standing in a chowk
in Mumbai with their back towards each other. Sitas shadow fell exactly
towards right hand side. Which direction was Gita facing ?

(a)
(c)
Solution: (c)

East
North

So, the answer is North.

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(b)
(d)

West
South

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Example 2: A girl was going towards west, then she turned left, then turned
90 in clockwise direction. In which direction was she going now ?
(a)
(c)

East
North

(b)
(d)

West
None of these

Solution: (b)

So, the answer is West.

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Example 3: Amit walks 2 km Northward and takes a left turn, walks 5 km and
then turns right, walks 3 km and again turning right, walks 5 km. In which
direction is he now from the starting point ?
(a)
(c)
Solution: (b)

East
West

(b)
(d)

North
South

So, answer is North.

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Example 4: Sachin starts from his house and walks Westward. He then
takes a left turn and then a right, before each turn he walks 3 km. In which
direction is he walking now ?
(a)
North
(b)
South
(c)
West
(d)
East
Solution.
(c)

So, answer if west.

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Example 5: One morning Ram and Shyam were talking to each other sitting
opposite to each other. It was observed that Rams shadow fell to his right.
Then, which direction was he facing?
(a)
(c)

East
North

(b)
(d)

South
West

Solution.
(b) Because Rams shadow is to his right it means that he is facing the
South. So, the answer is (b) South.

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Example 6: Ragini starts from her house towards East. After walking a
distance of 25 m, she turned towards left and walked 10 m. She then turned
right and after moving a distance of 20 m, turned to her right again and
walked 20 m. She then turns to the right and walks 7.5 m. Finally, she turns
to her right. In which direction is she walking now ?
(a)
(c)

South-East
North

(b)
(d)

West
North-West

Solution.
(c) The movement is like

Hence, she is walking towards North. So, the answer is (c) North.
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