Direction Sense
Direction Sense: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Direction Sense Test, Main Directions in Horizontal Plane, Cardinal Directions, North East Direction, North West Direction, South East Direction, South West Direction, Relative Directions, Left-Right Movement, etc.
Important Questions on Direction Sense
The bank is to the south of the hospital while stadium is to the east of the bank. The college is to the west of the hospital. If the distance of the college from the bank is equal to the distance of stadium from the hospital, in which direction is the college with respect to stadium?

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below;
A person decided to go the market by taking long route for buying vegetables. So he went in West direction and walked up to , then he took a right turn and moved ahead and then he turned to his right and walked , after that he turns towards South and walks to reach the point where market was located. So he buy the vegetables he wanted and after that took a short cut to go to his home and for this he walks towards south and again he turns his right and walks after that he takes a right turn and walks , then he finally reached to his home.
What is the shortest distance between house and market ?

Each of the question below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and-
Give answer 1:
if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer 2:
if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer 3:
if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer 4:
if the data given in both the statements I and II even together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer 5:
if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
Village R is towards which direction of Village M?
I. Village M is to the West of Village T, which is to the South of Village R.
II. Village M is to the South of Village B, which is to the West of Village R.

Two boys are playing in a circular playground. Rakesh is standing at the center of the circle and Raju is walking on the circumference in a clockwise direction. Rakesh sees Raju to his East when Raju starts walking along the circumference. Raju walks of the circle and stops. Now Rakesh looks like Raju. What direction is Rakesh looking?

The question given below contains two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question.
Village K is towards which direction of village N?
(I) Village M is to the north of village N and the east of village K.
(II) Village D is to the west of village N and the south of village K.

P, Q, R and S are playing a game of Carrom. P, R and S, Q are partners. S is to the right of R who is facing west. In which direction is Q facing?

Study the following information to answer the given question:
Jai is , towards the East of Sonu. Chandan is, towards the south of Jai. Alam is , towards the west of Chandan. Vishal is , towards the north of Alam. Prince is , towards the South of Alam.
If a person walks in a straight line for , towards west from Chandan, Which of the following persons would he cross the first?

A four-person crew from Classic Colors is painting Mr. Field's house. Michael is painting the front of the house. Ross is in the alley behind the house painting the back. Jed is painting the window frames on the north side, Shawn is on the south. If Michael switches places with Jed, and Jed then switches places with Shawn, where is Shawn?

If we are going early in the morning towards the south the sun will be visible at our left:

Umesh directly went from , to , which is feet distant. Then he turns to the right and walked feet. After this he turned to the right and walked a distance, which is equal from to . Finally, he turned to the right and walked feet. How far is he now from ?

Rohit walked towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked . He then turned to his left and walked . He again turned to his right and walked . At what distance is he from the starting point in East direction?

A man walks to East and then he turns to South and walks . Again he turns to East and walks . After this he turns to North and walks . Now, how far (in ) is he from his starting point?

Shyam walks towards East and then turns left and walks . Again he turns right and walks . Finally he turns to his right and walks . How far is he from the starting point?

Kirti is facing in the East direction. First, she turned clockwise and then turned anti-clockwise. In which direction is she facing now?

The image shows the top views of an shaped sculpture resting on a planar ground. When light falls on it at an angle of degrees from the ground in the directions marked as an arrow in the image, the corresponding shadows are formed on the ground. Which of the options is this sculpture?

Figure on the left represents a screen from a shadow puppetry show with the ARRANGEMENT I behind the screen. Which of the options will be the closest representation of the screen as a result of ARRANGEMENT 2?

A beat policewoman is starting her midnight walk. Starting from the signal Pl, she heads west and takes the second right. Thereafter, she continues her journey, taking the second left, second left, third right, third right, and after that she goes and ends her beat walk at the next signal. In the given map, some of the intersections have traffic light signals and are marked with dots. Which of the options is/are true?

After retiring, eight friends: Balram, Bhandari, Das, Munshi, Nadkarni, Parmar, Patel and Sethuraman purchased a square plot of land. They divided the land in equal plots and a common back garden as shown. Parmar was allotted plot number I. Balram preferred a house on the west. Patel chose to stay the farthest from Nadkarni's house. Munshi and Bhandari became neighbours of Nadkarni. Sethuraman became a neighbour of Patel. Nadkarni hails from the North East, so he chose the plot on the North East.
Which of the options MUST BE true?

A tall card with some cut-outs is placed on a long table in front of a lamp in a dark room as shown in the figure. The lamp is tall and is placed in front of the card. Which of the options shows the correct shadow cast by the card?

Shown here is a map of a city with names of prominent localities. A man starts walking from Hampalkatte towards the west, takes the second right, second left, first left, third right, second left, and walks on straight to the end of the street. Where does he reach?
