Direction Test



Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :

    If minute hand is pointing towards west, there will be a difference of 45 degrees in the minute hand and the hour hand at 4:30. And that difference would be in the anticlockwise direction. So, southwest. Option (a) is correct.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :


    From the figure it is evident that the distance is 4 kms. Option (d) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :


    The journey would be as per the figure. Her office would be northeast from her house. Option (b) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    The distance d2 = 302 + 302 = 1800. d = 30 ¥ 21/2. Option (b) is correct.



Directions for Questions 5 to 9: These questions are based on the diagram given below showing four persons Amar, Bhushan, Chandu and Dilip stationed at the four corners of a square piece of plot as shown.



Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :

    To get to the answer we must assume Amar to be at the point of dissection of the two direction lines. After walking half the distance, Amar will reach the mid of the diagonal, then turn right and face northwest and after that would face the southwest direction when he turns left. (Note that the directions in the figure are different from the usual north, south, east, west directions as the north is in the east position.) Option (d) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    Amar would be at Dilip’s position, Chandu would be at Bhushan’s position, Bhushan would be at Chandu’s position and Dilip would be at Amar’s position. Thus, the final positioning would be Dilip-Chandu- Bhushan-Amar. DCBA (Option b) is correct.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :

    The final positions would be:

    Option (c) can be seen to be correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    Amar would reach Bhushan’s original position as seen in the figure for the final positions. He would be at the southeast corner.

    Option (b) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    Chandu would be at the northwest corner from the solution figure to the previous question.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    It can be inferred from the figure below that H is the farthest south and C is the farthest east.
    X
        B A C
          H
    Option (b) is correct.





Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :


    From the given figure it is clear that the river would be flowing north. Option (a) is correct.



Directions for Questions 12 to 14: Read the situation given below to answer these questions.
j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q and r are nine huts. l is 2 km east of k. j is 1 km north of k and q is 2 km south of j. p is 1 km west of q while m is 3 km east of p and o is 2 km north of p. r is situated just in middle of k and l while n is just in middle of q and m.



Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :

    The following figure represents the positioning of the nine huts:

    The answers are: 12. a





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :

    The following figure represents the positioning of the nine huts:

    The answers are: 13. c





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :

    The following figure represents the positioning of the nine huts:

    The answers are: 14. c



Directions for Questions 15 to 19: Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
All the streets of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The streets are all straight. Streets N, O, P, Q and R are parallel to one another. Streets S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are parallel to one another.
(i) Street N is 1 km east of Street O.
(ii) Street O is 1/2 km west of Street P.
(iii) Street Q is 1 km west of Street R.
(iv) Street S is 1/2 km south of Street T.
(v) Street U is 1 km north of Street V.
(vi) Street W is 1/2 km north of Street X.
(vii) Street W is 1 km south of Street Y.



Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :

    The vertical North South streets are N, O, P, Q, R. From the basic information we have two relative positions are available—one between O, P and N and the other between Q and R.

    The horizontal eastwest streets are: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Of these seven streets the relative positioning is given in 3 distinct parts as shown here.

    The solution is visible from the figure below. Option (a) is correct.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :

    The vertical North South streets are N, O, P, Q, R. From the basic information we have two relative positions are available—one between O, P and N and the other between Q and R.

    The horizontal eastwest streets are: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Of these seven streets the relative positioning is given in 3 distinct parts as shown here.

    If R is 1/2 km east of O, then R and P would coincide. Option (d) makes two streets coincide.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :

    The vertical North South streets are N, O, P, Q, R. From the basic information we have two relative positions are available—one between O, P and N and the other between Q and R.

    The horizontal eastwest streets are: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Of these seven streets the relative positioning is given in 3 distinct parts as shown here.

    If R is placed between O and P, Q to N would be a minimum of 1.5 and a maximum of 2 kms. Option (d) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    The vertical North South streets are N, O, P, Q, R. From the basic information we have two relative positions are available—one between O, P and N and the other between Q and R.

    The horizontal eastwest streets are: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Of these seven streets the relative positioning is given in 3 distinct parts as shown here.

    If R is between O and P, then Q being 1 km to the west of R, would be more than 1 km to the west of P. Option (b) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :

    The vertical North South streets are N, O, P, Q, R. From the basic information we have two relative positions are available—one between O, P and N and the other between Q and R.

    The horizontal eastwest streets are: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Of these seven streets the relative positioning is given in 3 distinct parts as shown here.

    Y is 1.5 km north of X is correct in all cases as the figure between X, W and Y shows. Option (d) is correct.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :


    The stadium is northeast with respect to the house. Option (b) is correct.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :

    Since her house faces towards the south, when she starts from the back side of her house she would go 50 metres north. After this when she turns left, she would be going west and when she again turns right she would be facing the north again. Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :



    From the figure, he starts at A goes through B C D E F and his final distance from A is given by the distance A = √(5)2+(3)2 = √34 Hence, Option (c) is the correct answer.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :


    Distance AD = √1800 = 30√2 Hence, Option (c) is the correct answer.





Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :


    d(AE) = √32 + 42 = 5 km Hence, Option (a) is the correct answer.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :


    If A is the starting point: The required distance is seen on AF = √50 = 5√2. Hence, Option (c) is the correct answer.





Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :


    d/AD = √50 2 + 100 212500 = 50√ 5metres Hence, Option (a) is the correct answer.





Ans .

b


  1. Explanation :


    Starting from A he would be at E and facing South. Hence, Option (b) is the correct answer.





Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :


    From this figure it is clear that there has to be a 45° counter clockwise rotation. Hence, North would become northwest. Hence, Option (a) is the correct answer.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :

    Similar to the above question it would be southwest. Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :


    There is a 90° counter clockwise shift. If the person follows the east pointer, he would actually be going North. Hence, Option (c) is the correct answer.





Ans .

c


  1. Explanation :

    Since east is showing southwest, south would be going northwest (135° clockwise rotation). Hence, Option (c) is the correct answer.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :


    He would be facing southeast. Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.





Ans .

a


  1. Explanation :


    He will be northeast. Hence, Option (a) is the correct answer.



Directions for Questions 34 to 34: Alok starts walking from his school toward his house as shown in the figure here. He starts from the front gate of his school, walks 5 km, turns left, walks 2 km, then turns left again and walks 4 kms, then he turns to his right and walks 3 km and then turns left, walks 1 km and then turns to his left again to walk 4 km and then to his right and walks 10 km and finally turns right, walks 3 km and thus reaches the front gate of his house.



Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :


    We need to just work out the direction for this question. Since Alok’s house is south facing, the above figure will describe his journey correctly. Hence, the school faces east. Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.





Ans .

d


  1. Explanation :


    According to this figure the house is northwest.

    According to this figure the house is southwest. Since we do not know the starting direction, we cannot determine the answer. Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.