Directional Sense Test

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Directional Sense Test - 11

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Question 1
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Facing South, Mr. Cagy walked straight and turned left after walking 40 m. He walked 20 m, turned left and then walked 40 m. How far and in which direction is he from his original position?

A
40 m, East

B
40 m, West

C
20 m, East

D
20 m, West

E
None of these

Solution

The diagrammatic representation of the situation is as given above where O is the starting point and P is the ending point.
From the diagram, it is evident that his final position is 20 m away from his original position and is to the East of it.
Thus, option (3) is correct.
Question 2
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Raj walks 20 m towards north. Then, he turns left and walks 30 m. He again turns left and walks 20 m. Finally, he turns right and walks 10 m. How far is he from his original position?

A
80 m

B
50 m

C
40 m

D
30 m

E
35 m

Solution

The diagrammatic representation of the given information is shown above.
In the diagram, I denotes the initial position and F denotes the final position.
From the diagram, it is obvious that IF = 40 m.
Hence, option 3 is correct.
Question 3
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Rajni walks towards northwest for 3 km. Then, she walks 3 km towards east and reaches just above the point where she started. Then, she walks 7 km towards north. How far is she from her original position?

A
17 km

B
15 km

C
12 km

D
10 km

Solution

A is the starting point and D is the ending point.
Distance between A and C = km = 3 km
Total distance = (3 + 7) km = 10 km
Question 4
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Charu walked 30 m in south-west direction. Then she walked 60 m in east direction, turned left and walked 60 m straight.
In which direction is she from the starting point?

A
South-east

B
North-west

C
North-east

D
South

Solution

She is in north-east direction with respect to the starting point.
Question 5
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A kitten was trying to find its mother. It was facing East and walked 10 m. It then turned South and walked another 10 m. After that, it started walking towards North and walked 20 m. It then turned West and walked 10 m. Then, it turned South and walked 2 m. In which direction and how far was it with respect to the original position?

A
6 m, Northeast

B
10 m, Northeast

C
8 m, North

D
14 m, South

E
Cannot be determined

Solution

10 m - 2 m = 8 m, North
Kitten was 8 m towards north with respect to the starting point.
Question 6
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James and Lucy started walking towards an ice cream parlour. They took the south end road and walked south for 100 m. Then they turned left and walked 100 m. Again they turned left again and walked 100 m. How far were they from the original position?

A
100 m

B
300 m

C
400 m

D
None of these

Solution

They were 100 m away from the original position.
Question 7
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Preeti started for her office. She moved 1 km southwards and turned left. She covered 400 m and turned left again. She moved 1 km and then turned right. She moved 510 m towards right and reached her office. How much is the displacement between her house and her office?

A
1000 m

B
910 m

C
400 m

D
None of these

Solution

Displacement between house and office = 400 + 510 = 910 m
Question 8
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Malti walked 500 m towards north, then turned east and walked 100 m. Then, she walked 1000 m towards west, turned east once again and walked 500 m. In which direction was she with respect to her original position?

A
Northwest

B
South

C
Northeast

D
Southwest

Solution

She was to the northwest of her original position.