Direction Sense
Direction Sense: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Direction Sense Test, Main Directions in Horizontal Plane, Coding Direction Sense Using Symbols & Matrix Based Direction Sense etc.
Important Questions on Direction Sense
Prabir started walking towards the South. He took a right turn after walking . He again took a left turn after walking . Which direction is he facing now?

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Vijay is facing South at Bus Stop. From there he turns right and walks m. Then he turns right again and walks m. Then he turns left and walks m and after turning towards north walks m. Then he turns right again and walks m and reaches his office.
Find the shortest distance and direction, between his starting position and final position.

I am facing east. I turn , in clockwise direction and then , in anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?

Harihar walked , towards South. He then took a right turn and travelled, . Now, he took a left turn and travelled . Finally, he took a left turn and stand there. In which direction is he facing now?

A country has the following types of traffic signals.
red lights = stop;
red lights = turn left;
red light = turn right;
green lights = go at kmph speed;
green lights = go at kmph speed
green light = go at kmph speed.
A motorist starts at a point on a road and follows all traffic signals literally. His car is heading towards the north. He encounters the following signals (the time mentioned in each case below is applicable after crossing the previous signal)
Starting point: green light;
After half an hour, st signal: red and green lights;
After minutes, nd signal: red light
After half an hour, rd signal: red and green lights;
After minutes, th signal: red and green lights;
After minutes, th signal: red lights;
What is the position (radial distance) of the motorist when he reaches the last signal?

Pran and Khan start from their office and walks in opposite directions, each travelling , while Khan turns right and walks . How far are they now from each other?

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A person standing at point E to the northwest of Point D, which is to the south of Point C, which is to the west of Point B. Point A is to the north of Point B and to east of Point F, which is in the same line as C and D. E is in the same line as B and C.
Now find point E is in which direction with respect to Point A?

Starting from the point P Satish moved m in South direction. Then he turned to his left and moved m. Now he again turned to his left and moved m. Then he again turned to his left and moved m and reached Q. How far is Q from P and in what direction?

Nitin starts walking in the west direction and after walking metres he moves towards the north direction and walks 12 metres then moves in southeast direction (towards the starting point) and walks metres and stops. How far he is from the starting point?

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
The distance between Pole C and D is km. Pole D is km to the south of Pole E. Pole A is km to the west of Pole B, which is 5 km to the north of Pole C. Pole F is km north of Pole D. Pole C is to the west of Pole D. If a man has to travel from Pole E to Pole F, then Pole F to Pole B in a linear direction then how much distance he would have to cover?

In the following question is based on the following information:
A B means B is to the right of A.
A B means B is to the North of A.
A B means B is to the left of A.
A B means B is to the South of A.
According to M N T, T is in which direction with respect to M?

A man walks towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks . Then turning to his left, he walks . Again, he turns to his left and walks . How far is he from his initial position?

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 ?

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below-
Mansi is at point A, from where she goes metres towards West. After that, she turns to her left and walks metres. Then she goes metres towards East and after this, she goes metres towards South. Finally, she turns her left and walks m.
How far is she from the starting point?

Town P is towards East of town Q. Town B is towards North of town P. Town H is towards South of town P. Towards which direction is town H from town Q?

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Akshay starts from point A and travels km towards the east to B and then turns left and travels twice that distance to reach C. He again turns right and travels thrice the distance he covered between A and B and reaches D.Then he travels km towards the north and reaches his home.
In which direction is his home from his starting point?

Ramu goes towards the west then he turns left and goes . Again he turns left and goes . Again he turns right and goes . So, how far is he from starting point?

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Aakash walks meters towards the north. Then turning to his right, he walks meters. Then turning to his left, he walks meters. Again he turns to the west and walks meters, and reaches his destination.
Aakash is in which direction with respect to the starting point?

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:-
Shashi walks towards North and then turned towards her left and moves ahead, she then turns to her left and moves . Then she turns right and covers a distance of and then finally she turns to her left and moves ahead . In the end Shashi is facing which direction?

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A Person Starts his journey from Point A. He drives 25km and then takes a right turn and drives 10km. After taking a left turn he reached point B after driving 5 more km. Point C is 10km to the south of B. From C he is driving 15 km to the west to reach point D. Point B is southeast with respect to point A.
In which direction is point D concerning to point A?
