Solved Examples: Direction Sense | General Intelligence and Reasoning for SSC CGL PDF Download

Rules for Directional Sense Test

• It is important to keep in mind the actual position of the object before the question directs you to change its position; it will help to keep track of the older position and avoid confusion.
• Create a diagram for the given direction to bring your imagination to the real world.
• The direction test comes with two main factors, involving distance and directions. The distance here plays a key role in confusing the students. Try to avoid that by creating roadmap. However, do not put much efforts into making diagrams as the questions here are not so complicated and would not require much efforts.
• If there is more than one person involved in the questions, then name them alphabetically on the roadmap for easier understanding.
• Assumption of every direction must be proper as if you fail to locate the object in the wrong direction, then the result will eventually be wrong. This type of confusion about left and right or up and down often happens at the time of reflection or shadow based questions.

Below is an image to recognize all the directions. 

Directional Sense Test Questions and Answers

Q1: Directions (1-3): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Neeraj starts walking from point M towards east direction to reach N, which is 25m east to M. He then takes a right turn and walks 30 m to reach point O. From O, he takes left turn and walks25m to point P, then again, he takes a left turn and walks 20m to point Q. From Q, he takes a left turn and walks 30m to reach point R. He then takes a right turn and walks 15m to reach S and finally takes a left turn to reach point T, which is 20 m away from S.

Q: In which direction is point N with respect to point R?
(a) North-west
(b) South-east
(c) North
(d) North-east
Ans: (d)

Q2: Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Neeraj starts walking from point M towards east direction to reach N, which is 25m east to M. He then takes a right turn and walks 30 m to reach point O. From O, he takes left turn and walks25m to point P, then again, he takes a left turn and walks 20m to point Q. From Q, he takes a left turn and walks 30m to reach point R. He then takes a right turn and walks 15m to reach S and finally takes a left turn to reach point T, which is 20 m away from S.
Q: Four of the following five belongs to a group based on their directions find the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) M, S
(b) R, O
(c) N, P
(d) P, Q
Ans: (d)

Clearly from the diagram, all except P and Q are moving to different directions while P and Q are in same direction.

Q3: Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Neeraj starts walking from point M towards east direction to reach N, which is 25m east to M. He then takes a right turn and walks 30 m to reach point O. From O, he takes left turn and walks25m to point P, then again, he takes a left turn and walks 20m to point Q. From Q, he takes a left turn and walks 30m to reach point R. He then takes a right turn and walks 15m to reach S and finally takes a left turn to reach point T, which is 20 m away from S.
Q: How far is point M from point T?
(a) 15m
(b) 20m
(c) 25m
(d) None of these
Ans: (d)

clearly from the above diagram = 20 + 15 - 30 = 5 m

Q4: Fathers and mothers are made to sit in 5 rows and 5 columns all of them facing North.
P is at the center of the arrangement, L is to the immediate right of P, S is just behind L and W is to the North of P. S is in which direction with respect to W?
(a) South
(b) South-West
(c) North-East
(d) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q5: Ajay started walking straight towards South direction. He walked a distance of 15 m and then took a left turn and walked a distance of 13 m. Then he took a right turn and walked a distance of 15 m again. 'Ajay' is facing which direction now?
(a) North-East
(b) South
(c) North
(d) South-West
Ans: (b)