The Direction Sense for competitive exam is one of the most frequently appearing topics of logical reasoning. Our IBPS Guide team is providing new series of Direction Sense Questions for competitive exams. The aspirants are all preparing for bank exams and other competitive exams can check here. The direction sense for competitive exams is an important topic. On this topic, we will learn how to detect the direction according to the given situations. There are four major directions – East (E), West (W), North (N), and South (S). Distance and direction sense test questions comprise of a kind of direction and/or distance riddle. Such inquiries are intended to judge the competitor’s capacity to follow, take after, and perceive the direction, described in somewhat complicated language, effectively. Definition of direction test a psychological test measuring an individual’s success in following simple or complex directions. The direction is used to determine where things are to other things. Cardinal directions are probably the most important directions in geography: north, south, east, and west. These directions help us orient ourselves wherever we are.
The questions on the logical sense test or direction sense test are designed to examine the candidate’s ability to sense direction by using pen and paper. In these types of questions normally there is data given about a person who is traveling in different directions and finally we have to calculate either the total distance traveled by the person or distance between final and initial position or the direction of the person from his initial position. These questions are framed by our skilled experts after understanding your needs thoroughly. Aspirants can practice these new series of questions daily to familiarize themselves with the exact exam pattern and make their preparation effective. Start practicing for the direction sense for competitive exam.
Direction Sense For Competitive Exam (FAQ):
1) How many directions are there?
Ans. The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W respectively.
2) Why is the study of directions essential?
Ans. The direction is used to determine where things are to other things. Cardinal directions are probably the most important directions in geography: north, south, east, and west. These directions help us orient ourselves wherever we are.
Direction (1-3): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point S is 5m east of point K, which is 4m south of point P. Point R is 6m south of point S, which is the exact midpoint of point A and point R. Point L is 5m east of point A. Point L is 14m east of point N.
1) What is the shortest distance between point R and the point, which is 2m north of point P?
A.14m
B.17m
C.12m
D.13m
E.None of these
2) What is the direction of point N with respect to point K?
A.Northeast
B.Southwest
C.Southeast
D.Northwest
E.None of these
3) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and hence form a group. Find the one which does not belong to that group
A.AK
B.AP
C.LS
D.LP
E.SP
Direction (4-6): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
A man started walking towards south. After walking 4km, he reached point P. Then, he turns right and walks 7km to reach point Q. From point Q, he turns left and walks 5km to reach point R. Then, he turns left and walks 8km to reach point S. From point S, he turns left and walks for 11km to reach the destination.
4) Point S is in which direction with respect to the starting point?
A.North
B.North-East
C.South-East
D.South-West
E.Can’t be determined
5) What is the shortest distance between point Q and the destination point?
A.25 km
B.15 km
C.5 km
D.10 km
E.Can’t be determined
6) If Q, P and W form a straight line, then what is the distance between S and W?
A.3km
B.4km
C.5km
D.6km
E.Can’t be determined
Direction (7-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point A is 13m to the east of point D, which is 7m north of point G. Point Q is 8m to the east of point G. Point B is 10m to the north of point Q. Point L is 3m to the east of point B.
7) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and hence form a group. Find the one that does not belong to that group?
A.BD
B.LA
C.LG
D.AQ
E.BG
8) What is the shortest distance between Points G and L (Approximately)?
A.11m
B.13m
C.15m
D.17m
E.22m
Direction (9-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions
Ani starts walking from point T towards east for 6m to reach point N. Then she turns to her right and walks for 8m to reach point Q. Then she walks for 5m to reach point S after taking a left turn. At point S, she takes a right turn and walks for 4m to reach point M. Then she walks for 9m towards the east and to reach point L where she turns to her left and walks for 10m to reach point G.
9) If point X is 2m south of point N, then what is the shortest distance between G and X?
A.16m
B.15m
C.14m
D.13m
E.17m
10) What is the direction of N with respect to S?
A.East
B.North-West
C.North-East
D.South
E.South-west
Answers :
Directions (1-3) :
1) Answer: D
2) Answer: D
3) Answer: E
(The second point is southwest of the first point except for option e)
Directions (4-6) :
4) Answer: C
5) Answer: D
6) Answer: E
Directions (7-8) :
7) Answer: B (The first point is northeast of the second point except b)
8) Answer: C
Shortest distance between Points G and L (Approximately),
GL=102+112=100+121=√221=15m
Directions (9-10) :
9) Answer: C
10) Answer: B
Direction (11-13): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point P is 8m west of point Y and 5m south of point N. Point R is 6m west of point N. Point U is 7m north of point Y and 4m west of point G. Point G is 10m north of point K, which is 8m east of point S. Point S is 8m south of point V.
11) In which of the following direction is point U with respect to point V?
A.North-east
B.South-west
C.North-west
D.South-east
E.None of these
12) What is the shortest distance between the points P and S?
A.6m
B.4m
C.5m
D.3m
E.None of these
13) If point L is the midpoint of points G and K, then in which direction is point Y with respect to point L?
A.South-east
B.South-west
C.North-east
D.West
E.None of these
Direction (14-16): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
A person starts walking from point T towards south for 10m to reach point D. Then, he turns left and walks 12m to reach point Y. Then, he turns left and walks 6m to reach point N, where he turns left again and walks 14m to reach point Q and then he turns right and walks 4m to reach point X where he turns right and walks 8m to reach point J and stops.
14) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and hence form a group. Find the one that doesn’t belong to that group.
A.JN
B.TY
C.XQ
D.TN
E.QD
15) What is the shortest distance between the points J and Q?
A.2√3 m
B.4√2 m
C.16 m
D.3√4 m
E.4√5 m
16) If point H is exactly in the middle of point D and point Y, then what is the direction and distance of point J with respect to point H?
A.South, 12m
B.North, 10m
C.West, 4m
D.East, 8m
E.None of these
Direction (17-18): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
A man starts walking towards the east for 8km. Then he turns to his left and walks for 6km to reach the temple. From the temple, he turns to his right and walks for 4km. Then he turns towards the south direction and walks for 10km to reach the office. Then he turns 135˚ in an anti-clockwise direction and walks for 5km to reach his friend’s house.
17) If the starting and ending points are in a straight line, then what is the shortest distance between the temple and end point?
A.√85 km
B.√87 km
C.√94 km
D.√89 km
E.None of these
18) In which direction is office from the starting point?
A.North
B.North-east
C.West
D.South
E.South-east
Direction (19-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
Point A4 is 7m west of point A5. Point A3 is 7m west of point A4. Point A2 is 7m north of point A3. Point A6 is 14m north of point A5. Point A7 is 7m east of Point A6. Point A8 is 7m south of point A7. Point A1 is 7m east of Point A2.
19) If point X is west of point A8 at a distance of 7m, then what is the distance between point X and point A5?
A.12m
B.7m
C.8m
D.10m
E.None of these
20) What is the shortest distance between Point A2 and Point A5?
A.6m
B.12m
C.√245m
D.10m
E.None of these
Answers :
Directions (11-13) :
11) Answer: A
12) Answer: C
13) Answer: B
Directions (14-16) :
14) Answer: C (The first point is to the north-west of the second point, except option c)
15) Answer: E
16) Answer: B
Directions (17-18) :
17) Answer: A
18) Answer: E
Directions (19-20) :
19) Answer: B
20) Answer: C
Direction (21-23): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point A is 10m north of point B, which is 5m west of point C. Point D is 3m west of point E and 4m south of point C. Point F is to the north of point E and east of point A. Point G is 3m west of point F.
21) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and hence form a group. Find the one which doesn’t belong to that group.
A.CE
B.AC
C.FE
D.BD
E.AE
22) What is the shortest distance between point C and point E?
A.7m
B.5m
C.10m
D.12m
E.None of the above
23) What is the direction of point A with respect to point E?
A.North-east
B.South-west
C.South
D.North-west
E.North
Direction (24-25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Point Q is 7m north of point P, which is 4m west of point R. Point S is 6m south of point R. Point T is 8m west of point S. Point P is exactly between point U and point R.
24) What is the shortest distance between point U and point S?
A.9m
B.7m
C.5m
D.11m
E.10m
25) What is the direction of point Q with respect to the point which is 6m south of point U?
A.Northeast
B.Southwest
C.North
D.Southeast
E.Northwest
Direction (26-28): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point M is 12m to the west of point N which is 18m to the north of point O. Point Q is 24m to the north of point P which is 10m to the east of point O. Point R is 5m to the west of point Q. Point T is 15m to the east of point S which is 12m to the south of point R.
26) If point U is north of point P and east of point S, then what is the shortest distance between Point R and Point U?
A.17m
B.29m
C.20m
D.13m
E.None of the above
27) What is the direction of Point T with respect to Point O?
A.North
B.Northeast
C.Southwest
D.Northwest
E.South
28) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and hence form a group. Find the one which doesn’t belong to that group?
A.Q and S
B.R and O
C.T and P
D.R and P
E.T and O
Direction (29-30): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Point B is 10m west of Point A. Point F is 10m east of point E. Point C is southeast of point E. Distance between Point C and Point D is 6m. Point B is 4m south of point C. Point E is 8m north of point D. Point G is 15m north of point A.
29) Point C is in which direction with respect to point F?
A.South
B.Northeast
C.Southeast
D.Southwest
E.Cannot be determined
30) What is the shortest distance between A and E?
A.15m
B.17m
C.20m
D.25m
E.None of these
Answers :
Directions (21-23) :
21) Answer: C (The first point is to the north-west of the second point in all the options, except in option C)
22) Answer: B
√(42 + 32) = √(16 + 9) = 5m
23) Answer: D
Directions (24-25) :
24) Answer: E
25) Answer: A
Directions (26-28) :
26) Answer: D
27) Answer: B
28) Answer: D (All the options except option D, the direction of thesecond person is Southwest of the first person)
Directions (29-30) :
29) Answer: D
30) Answer: C
Direction (31-33): Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions.
Point S is 8km north of point M. Point G is 7km north of point K. Point O is north of point R and east of point S. Point K is 9km west of point R. Point G is 6km east of point M. Point T is 3km north of point V. Point V is north of Point G and West of point O.
31) What is the shortest distance between point S and point G?
A.12km
B.10km
C.9km
D.8km
E.None of the above
32) How far and in which direction is point T from point K?
A.18km towards south
B.18km towards north
C.15km towards north
D.11km towards south
E.10km towards south
33) Which of the following points are in a Vertical Line?
A.KRM
B.SVO
C.SMG
D.TOK
E.TVK
Direction (34-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the question below.
Six Toys of different colours among Blue, Orange, Green, Grey, Black and Brown are kept at some distance with respect to each other.
Black toy kept 9m north of Grey toy. Orange toy kept 12m west of Brown toy which is in South of Grey toy. Green toy kept 18m North of Orange toy and is in West of Black toy. Blue toy is exactly in the middle of the Green and Black toys.
34) What is the shortest distance between Brown and Grey toys?
A.9m
B.6m
C.12m
D.15m
E.18m
35) What is the direction of orange toy with respect to Blue toy?
A.South
B.East
C.North-East
D.South-West
E.West
Direction (36-38): Study the following details carefully and answer the questions given below:
Dheeraj goes 10m east to reach Point N. Now he takes his right and goes 5m to reach Point O. Again, he takes his right and goes 5m to reach Point V. Now he takes 45° in anti-clockwise direction and goes 8m to reach Point Z.
36) What is the shortest distance between points N and V?
A.2√5
B.5√2
C.3√5
D.4√5
E.None of these
37) In which direction is point Z with respect to N?
A.North-west
B.South-west
C.South-east
D.North-east
E.None of these
38) Which of the following points are in a straight line?
A.N, O, V
B.O, V, Z
C.N, V, Z
D.Can’t be determined
E.None of these
Direction (39-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions
Point P is 2m north of Point Q. Point Z is 9m west of Point Q. Point L is 15m east of Point M which is 20m south of Point Z. Point R is 3m south of Point L. Point T is west of point R and South of Point P.
39) How far and what is the direction of Q with respect to T?
A.21m towards the south
B.20m towards the south
C.23m towards the north
D.22m towards the north
E.None of the above
40) What is the shortest distance between Point L and Point Z?
A.21m
B.24m
C.20m
D.23m
E.25m
Answers :
Directions (31-33) :
31) Answer: B
82+62=(SG)2
√(82+62)=√100=10km
32) Answer: B
33) Answer: E
Directions (34-35) :
34) Answer: A
35) Answer: D
Directions (36-38) :
36) Answer: B
37) Answer: B
38) Answer: C
Directions (39-40) :
39) Answer: C
40) Answer: E
202 + 152 = ZL2
√(202 + 152) = √625 = 25m
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