DIRECTION TEST

Direction and Distance

Veranda Race
Trivandrum
1) Sara is facing towards east and then turns to the right. After that she turns left
. In which direction she is facing now?
A) West B) South C) East D) North

2) Arun walks 5 km towards the south and then turns to the right. After walking 3
km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. What direction is he facing right now?
A) West B) South C) North-East D) South-West

3) Arun walks 5 km towards the south and then turns to the right. After walking 3
km he turns to the right and walks 5 km. In which direction is he now w.r.t. his
starting point?
A) West B) South C) North-East D) South-West

4) Arjun walks 5 km towards the south and then turns to the right. After walking
3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. What direction is he now from his
starting point?
A) West B) South C) North-East D) South-West

5) Arjun walks 15 m towards the north and then turns right and walks 23 m. Then,
he turns left and walks 16 m. After that, he turns left and walks 11 m. Then, he
turns right and walks 17 m. Then, he turns left and walks 12 m. He finally turns
right and walks 19 m. In which direction and how far is he now with reference
to the starting point?
A) South, 51 m B) North, 52 m C) North, 48 m D) North, 67 m

6) Raj walks 40 m straight from his home towards the North. Then, he turns left
and walks 25 m. He turns left again and walks 15 m. Finally, he turns left and
walks 25 m to reach school. What is the shortest distance between his home
and school?
A) 22 m B) 25 m C) 15 m D) 55 m

7) A girl walks 3 km towards the East and then turns right and walks 4 km to reach
hospital. What is the shortest distance between the starting point and hospital?
A) 5 km B) 6 km C) 3 km D) 4 km

8) Kavya walks 20 m towards the East and then turns right and walks 21 m to reach
home. What is the shortest distance between the starting point and home?
A) 31 m B) 29 m C) 22 m D) 26 m

9) Jibin starts from a point A and travels 3 km Eastwards to B and then turns left
and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five
times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D.
The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is
 A) 12 km B) 15 km C) 16 km D) 18 km

10) Amal starts for his school from his house. He first goes 2 km towards the west
and then turns 90° clockwise and goes further 2 km to reach his school. In which
direction is his house from his school?
A) Southeast B) South C) Northwest D) North

11) A girl is facing North. She turns 180° in the anti-clockwise direction and then
225° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?
A) West B) North-East C) South-West D) East E) North-West

12) Aswin travels 3 km towards the east and turns left and travels 4 km. Then again
he turns to the left by 45° and moves straight. Which direction is he facing now?
A) North-East B) North-West C) South-East D) South-West

13) A clock is so placed that at 2:00 p.m. the minute hand points towards North-
west. In which direction does the hour hand point at 6:00 p.m.?
A) North-West B) West C) North-East D) South-East

14) If South-West becomes North, then what will North-East be?

A) North B) South-East C) South D) East

15) Karthik put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand
points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?
A) South-Eas B) South C) North D) West

16) A person walks towards his house at 8:00 am and observes his shadow to his
right. In which direction he is walking?
A) North B) South C) East D) west

17) One evening before sunset Rekha and Hema were talking to each other face to
face. If Hema's shadow was exactly to the right of Hema, which direction was
Rekha facing?
A) North B) South C) East D) Data is inadequate

18) At the time of sunrise Kavya and Swati were standing facing their back towards
each other. Kavya’s shadow fell towards Swati’s right. Then in which direction
Kavya was facing? A) North B) South C) East D) West
19) Point A is 3m west of point B which is 4m north of point C.
Point D is 6m west of point C and 5m north of point E.
Point G is 9m north of point F, which is 10m east of point E.
1) Point B is in which direction with respect to point G?
2) What is the total distance between point A and point D?
3) What is the shortest distance between point A and point C?

20) Point A is 5m to the north of point B which is 3m to the west of point C. Point E
is 7m to the east of point D which is 5m to the north of point C. Point F is 12m
to the south of point E. Point G is 8m to the west of point F.

1) Point G is in which direction with respect to Point C?

21) Point G is 12m north of Point P. Point S is 6m north of point N. Point N is 9m

west of Point P. Point R is north of Point S and exactly the middle point of V and
G. Point O is 4m north of Point K which is 6m west of Point L. Point V is north of
Point L. Point N is east of Point O.

1) What is the shortest distance between Point G and Point N?

2) What is the direction of P with respect to L?
3) What is the shortest distance between V and L?

22) Point L is 12m to the west of point M which is 16m to the north of point N. Point
O is 5m to the west of point N and 5m to the south of point P. Point T is 4m to
the north of point S and 13m to the east of point U. Point R is 10m to the west
of point S and 11m to the north of point Q. The distance between P and Q is the
same as the distance between R and S where point Q lies to the east of point P.
1) What is the direction of point M with respect to point R?
2) What is the shortest distance between the points L and S?