Science Olympiad Test: Direction Sense - Class 10 MCQ

Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radha turns left and goes another 20 m then turns to the north and she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?

From his home, Pintu wishes to go to school from home, he goes towards north and then turns left and then turns right, and finally, he turns left and reaches school. In which direction his school is situated with respect to his home?

Ram walks northwards. After a while, he turns to his right and a little further to his left. Finally, after walking a distance of one kilometer, he turns to his left again. In which direction is he moving now?

Mohan went to meet his uncle in another village situated 5 km away in the Northeast direction of his own village. From there he came to meet his father-in-law living in a village situated 4 km to the south of his uncle’s village. How far away and in what direction is he now?

Naresh walks 14 m towards west then turns to his right and walks 14 m and then turns to his left and walks 10 m. Again turning to his left, he walks 14 m. What is the shortest distance between his starting point and the present position?

Raman starts from 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 destination is

Rakesh walks 20 meters north, then he turns right and walks 30 meters. then he turns right and walks 35 m. The he turns left and walks 15 m. Then he again turns left and walks 15 meter. In which direction and how many meters away is he from his starting position?

M and N start moving towards each other from two places 200 m apart. After walking  60 m, N turns 200 m apart. After walking 60 m, N turns left and goes 20m then he turns right and goes 40 m. He then turns right again and comes back to the road on which he had started walking. If M and N walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them presently?

The market is to the east of the school while Rajesh’s house is to the south of the school. The post office is to the north of the market. If the distance of the post office from the market is equal to the distance of Rajesh’s house from the school. In which direction is the post office with respect to school?

If south-west is called south, North-west is called west, south-east is called East and so on, what will North be called?

Two cars start from the opposite points of a main road, 150 kms apart. The first car runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and them runs for 15 km. It then turns left and runs for another 25 km and takes direction back to reach the main road. In the maintenance due to a minor breakdown, the other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at this point?

There is 3 O’clock in a watch. If the hour hand will point towards south-east then the minute hand points towards the?