Direction test 1.

There are four main directions - East, West, North and South as shown below:

There are four cardinal directions - North-East (N-E), North-West (N-W), South-East (S-E), and South-West (S-W) as shown below: 2. 3. 4. 5. At the time of sunrise if a man stands facing the east, his shadow will be towards west. At the time of sunset the shadow of an object is always in the east. If a man stands facing the North, at the time of sunrise his shadow will be towards his left and at the time of sunset it will be towards his right. At 12:00 noon, the rays of the sun are vertically downward hence there will be no shadow. Main types of questions are given below: Type 1: Siva starting from his house , goes 5 km in the East, then he turns to his left and goes 4 km. Finally he turns to his left and goes 5 km. Now how far is he from his house and in what direction? Solution:

From third position it is clear he is 4 km from his house and is in North direction. Type 2: Suresh starting from his house, goes 4 km in the East, then he turns to his right and goes 3 km. What minimum distance will be covered by him to come back to his house? Solution:

Type 3: One morning after sunrise Juhi while going to school met Lalli at Boring road crossing. Lalli's shadow was exactly to the right of Juhi. If they were face to face, which direction was Juhi facing? Solution: In the morning sunrises in the east.So in morning the shadow falls towards the west. Now Lalli's shadow falls to the right of the Juhi. Hence Juhi is facing South.

1. One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal's shadow was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction was Udai facing? A. C. East North B. D. West South

2. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y, is P? A. C. North South-East B. D. South None of these

3. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become? A. C. North-East South-East B. D. North-West South-West

4. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place? A. C. West North-East B. D. South South-West

5. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ? A. C. 6. South-East North B. D. South West

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Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to his right he goes 15 km. Then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point? (A) 5 metres (B) 10 metres (C) 20 metres (D) 15 metres (E) Can not be determined Sonalika goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards South from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point? (A) 7 km East (B) 5 km West (C) 7 km West (D) 5 km North-East (E) None of these Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes 15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point? (A) 45 km, East (B) 15 km, East (C) 45 km, West (D) 45 Km, North (E) None of these Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 km after turning to her left. Again she goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to her right. How far is she from N ? (A) 40 m (B) At N (C) 10 m (D) 15 m (E) None of these Shri Prakash walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres after turning to his left. After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now from his starting point? (A) 40 m, North

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(B) 50 m, West (C) 10 m, East (D) 10 m, West (E) None of these Manish goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km turning to West. After this he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he goes 9 km towards East. How far is he from his house? (A) 14 km (B) 7 km (C) 2 km (D) 5 km (E) None of these Nivedita stops after going 10 km towards west from her office. Then she goes 8 km turning to her left. After this she goes 4 km turning to her left. How far is she from her office? (A) 18 km (B) 8 km (C) 16 km (D) 14 km (E) None of these Ranju is at a fixed point, from where she goes 20 metres towards West. From there she goes 10 metres towards Notrh. Then she goes 35 metres towards East and after this she goes 5 metres towards South and in the end she goes 15 metres towards West. How far is she from the fixed point? (A) 5 km (B) 0 km (C) 10 km (D) Can not be determined (E) None of these A man walks 15m towards South from a fixed point. From there he goes 12 m towards North and then 4 m towards West. How far and in what direction is he from the fixed point? (A) 3 m, South (B) 7 m, South-West (C) 5 m, South-West (D) 5 m, South-East (E) None of these Salay walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m turning to his left. After this he walked 10 m turning to his left and in the end he walked 10 m turning to his left. In what direction is he now from his starting point? (A) South (B) North (C) East (D) West (E) None of these Raman walks 100 m from his house towards North. From there he goes 100 m towards West. Here is the house of Shyam. From there they both goes to the market which is in the South-West direction from Shyam's house. If the market is in the West of Raman's house, then how far is the market from Raman's house? (A) 100 m (B) 150 m (C) 300 m (D) 400 m (E) None of these Ranjan goes 5 km towards North from a fixed point. Then he goes 3 km after turning to his right. After this he goes 5 km turning to his right. In the end he goes 4 km after turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now from the fixed point? (A) 4 km, West (B) 7 km, East (C) 9 km, East (D) 7 km, West (E) None of these