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Direction sense test

Direction Sense Test for competitive exams

Direction Sense Test is common for almost all competitive exams.For solving direction sense questions, you need to know only two things.1)Basic understanding of different directions and their relative positions and 2)Pythagoras Theorem

1)Directions


Movement from one direction to another



                                                                      Moving to right



                                                                     Moving to left

2)Pythagoras Theorem


                                                                
Pythagoras Theorem:"In a right angled triangle Square of hypotenuse is equal to some of squares of other two sides."


Important points to remember while solving direction sense test:

  • In the morning/during sunrise, shadow of an object will be towards west
  • In the afternoon/during sunset ,shadow will be towards east.
Example1:Starting from a point Ram moved 12 m in North direction.Then he moved 10 m after turning to his right and then he turned to his right and moved 12 m. After this he moved 5 m after turning to his left.How far is he from the starting point in what direction ?
  1. 20 m,East
  2. 12 m,East
  3. 15 m,East
  4. 15 m,South
  5. None of these
Answer:3
Explanation:
Example2:Anirudh started to move in the direction of East and turned to his left after moving 20 m.Then he moved 10 m before turning to right.He moved 10 m and turned towards south and moved 50 m.How far is he from starting point and in which direction?
  1. 40 m,South
  2. 35 m,South
  3. 38 m,South-East
  4. 50 m,South-East
  5. None of these
Answer:4


Explanation:

Required Distance==50 m.

Example3:In a morning Geetha and Reshma were walking towards each others.Geetha's shadow was to the left of Reshma.In which direction Reshma was walking?
  1. North
  2. south
  3. Either North or South
  4. West
  5. East
Answer:1
Explanation:

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