DIRECTION TEST

Now we are going to discuss how to solve Points to Remember :-

direction sense questions along with the
shortcuts and tricks to solve the question
in less than a minute.The questions which
are asked under the reasoning section in
various competitive exams like IBPS Clerk,
SBI Clerk, SSC CGL, Placement Aptitude,
IBPS PO, SBI PO, NICL AO, LIC AAO, SBI
Associate Clerk, SBI Associate PO, CAT and
others. The key factor to solve this type of
questions are have your basics right. So be
strong in the basics first because knowing
the conventional method gives you an upper
hand when you lost track of the shortcut
method. After you have acquired the basics
and have gone to a pro, try to learn the
1. There are 8 directions in all i.e. N,
S, E, W, NE, SE, SW, NW
2. Angle between 2 crosses i.e. NW &
NE or N and E etc is 90*
Questions that are asked:
1) Find the Final Direction.
2) Starting point direction with respect to
the ending point.
3) Ending point direction with respect to
starting point.
Some other basics:

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tricks of various shortcuts.The first step for

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solving the questions utilizing the concept of 1.B is to the east of A.

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'directions' is to understand the direction
chart, which has 8 directions. Take an
optical canvassing of the direction chart
given below.

Basic Directions:

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2. B is to the west of A.

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Note :- If not mentioned we always assume

that the person is facing north. 4. B is to the south of A.
Shortcut Approach:- To remember four
main directions, always remember
the word 'NEWS.'
5. B is to the North East of A. Concept of Degree
Let us see the following picture:

6. B is to the North West of A.

Concept of Turn

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Right turn = clockwise turn

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Left turn = Anticlockwise turn.

Let us understand it through pictorial

representation:
7. B is to the South East of A.

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8. B is to the South West of A.

Important Points To Keep In Mind In Left

Right Movement:

1. A person facing north, on taking left

will face towards west and on taking
the right turn towards east.
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will face towards south and on turns right and walks 100 m so right of west
taking right turn towards north. direction is north
3. A person facing east, on taking left
will face towards north and on
taking the right turn towards south.
4. A person facing south, on taking left
will face towards east and on taking
the right turn towards west.

Note: When a question says moved towards

left or right side, we assume that the
movement is at an angle of 90 degrees.

Keep in mind that when a person moves to

his left side, he will move towards anti-

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clockwise direction and when a person CONCEPT OF MINIMUM DISTANCE

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moves to his right side, he will move

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towards clockwise direction. Minimum distance between initial and last
point.
When a question says if someone move
towards left or right side, we assume that
the movement is at an angle of 90 degrees.

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Example Based on Basics Direction :-

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Example:- A Person is walking towards east
50 meters then he turned towards his right
and walks 100 meters. Later in the
journey he turned towards his right
direction and walks for 150 meters finally he
turns right and walks 100 meters.What is his
final direction?
h2 = b2 +P2

where,
h = Hypotenuse
Solution :- b = Base
P = Perpendicular
1) The 1st line in the question says that
person walks 50m east. Remember this important rule is known as
„Pythogoras Theorem’
2) The 2nd line says that he turns right and
walks 100m since he is facing east so his Example : Aarthi walked 4 km west of her
right would be „SOUTH‟ direction therefore house and then turned south covering 3 km.
he walks 100m south. Finally, She moved 5 km towards east. In
which direction she is now with respect to
3) The 3rd line says that he turns right again starting point?
and walks 150m so right of south is west.
Solution: From the above diagram, we can
find that she is South East to her starting
point.
Other Possible Questions
An important point to learn from this
question could be the fact that you might be
asked to specify the direction of the specific
point, for example, the question might state:
“in which direction is she with respect to the
starting point”. The answer would be South-
east.

Example : Sandhya starting from her house,

goes 4 km in the East, then she turns to her
right and goes 3 km. What is the shortest
distance to reach her house?

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Solution:

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In order to find the minimum distance
between these points. We know that the
shortest distance between these points
will lie along the hypotenuse of the right-
angled triangle formed by these points
Now, in case the question was: “In which
direction is the starting point with respect to

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C”; the answer would be North-west.

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Another question could be: “In which
direction is he walking towards point C”;
the answer would be South.

Now applying Pythagoras theorem, the

distance between the starting point A and
final point C is 5 kms i.e. the square root of
the sum of squares of 3 and 4.
 1. CONCEPT BUILDER 1
1. A man is facing towards west and turns through 7. Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to
45° clockwise, again 180° clockwise and then turns her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her
through 270° anti-clockwise. In which direction is he left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left
facing now? she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in
(a) West (b) North-west metres) between her starting point and the present
position?
(c) South (d) South-west
(a) 10 (b) 24
(e) None of these
(c) 28 (d) 38
2. I am facing east. I turn 100° in the clockwise direction
(e) None of these
and then 145° in the anti clock wise direction. Which
direction am I facing now? 8. A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks
towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he
(a) East (b) North-east
turns South and walks 10 m. Then he walks 35m
(c) North (d) South-west towards the West and further 5m towards the North.
(e) None of these He then turns towards East and walks 15 m. What

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3. A river flows from west to east and on the way turns is the straight distance (in metres) between his initial

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left and goes in a semi-circle round a hillock, and and final position?
then turns left at right angle. In which direction is the (a) 0
river finally flowing? (b) 5
(a) West (b) East (c) Cannot be determined
(c) North (d) South (d) None of these
(e) None of these 9. Amit walked 30 metres towards East, took a right

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turn and walked 40 metres. Then he took a left turn

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4. You go north, turn right, then right again and then go

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to the left. In which direction are you now? and walked 30 metres. In which direction is he now
from the starting point?
(a) North (b) South
(a) North-east (b) East
(c) East (d) West
(c) South-east (d) South
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
5. Kunal walks 10 kilometres towards North. From
10. Maya starts at point T, Walks straight to point U
there, he walks 6 kilometres towards south. Then,
which is 4 ft away. She turns left at 90° and walks to
he walks 3 kilometres towards east. How far and in
W which is 4 ft away, turns 90° right and goes 3 ft
which direction is he with reference to his starting
to P, turns 90° right and walks 1 ft to Q, turns left at
point?
90° and goes to V, which is 1 ft away and once again
(a) 5 kilometres West turns 90° right and goes to R, 3 ft away. What is the
(b) 5 kilometres North-east distance between T and R ?
(c) 7 kilometres East (a) 4 ft (b) 5 ft
(d) 7 kilometres West (c) 7 ft (d) 8 ft
(e) None of these (e) None of these
6. Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then 11. A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km east
turns to his left and walks for 2 km. He again turns - wards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that
left and walks for 3 km. At this point he turns to his distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels
left and walks for 3 km. How many kilometres is he five times the distance he covered between A and B
from the starting point? and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance
(a) 1km (b) 2km between the starting point and the destination is ?
(c) 3km (d) 5 km (a) 12 km (b) 15 km
(c) 16 km (d) 18 km
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
12. Sanjeev walks 10 metres towards the south. Turning 14. Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radhika turns
to the left, he walks 20 metres and then moves to his left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning to the
right. And moving a distance of 20 metres, he turns North, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her
to the right and walks 20 metres. Finally, he turns to house. In which direction is she walking now?
the right and moves a distance of 10 metres. How far (a) North-west (b) North
and in which direction is he from the starting point? (c) South-east (d) East
(a) 10 metres North (b) 20 metres South (e) Bone of these
(c) 20 metres North (d) 10 metres South 15. A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right.
(e) None of these Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15
13. A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from
his south and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and his starting point ?
walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks (a) 5 metres (b) 10 metres
9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point ? (c) 20 metres (d) 23 metres
(a) 3 km (b) 4 km (e) None of these
(c) 5 km (d) 7 km
(e) None of these

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2. CONCEPT BUILDER 2
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Town D is 13 Km. towards the East of town A. A bus
starts from town A travels 8 Km. towards West and
takes a right turn. After taking the right turn, it travels
3. Which of the following points are in a straight line?
(a) P, R, V (b) S, T, Q

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(c) P, T, V (d) V, T, R

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5 Km. and reaches town B. From town B the bus

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(e) S, V, T

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takes a right turn again, travels 21 Km. and stops.
Directions (Qs. 4-5): Study the following
How far and towards which direction must the travel
information and answer the questions given:
to reach town D? [ Syndicate bank –PO]
(a) 13 Km. towards South Sam walked 5m towards north from point A and reached
point B. He took a right turn from point B and walked 7m
(b) 5 Km. towards West
and reached point C. He took a right turn from point and
(c) 21 Km. towards South
walked 10m to reach point D. He took another right turn
(d) 5 Km. towards South from point D and walked 6m to reach point E. Sam took
(e) None of these a right turn from point E and walked 5m to reach point F.
Directions (Qs. 2-3): Study the following [Corporation bank]
information to answer the given questions: 4. How far and in which direction is point F from point
Point P is 9m towards the East of Point Q. point R is 5m A?
towards the South of point P. point S is 3m towards the (a) 1m towards east
West of point R. point T is 5m towards the north of point (b) 1m towards south
S. Point V is 7m towards the South of Point S. (c) 1m towards north
[Corporation bank PO] (d) 1m towards west
2. If a person walks in a straight line for 8m towards (e) Point A coincides with point F
west from point R, which of the following points 5. What was the total distance that Sam walked ?
would he cross first?
(a) 35m (b) 38m
(a) V (b) Q
(c) 32m (d) 31m
(c) T (d) S
(e) None of these
(e) Cannot be determined
6. A school bus driver starts from the school, drives
2 km. towards North, takes a left turn and drives for
5 km. he then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km.
before taking a left turn again and driving for further
5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives
1 km. before stopping. How far and towards which
direction should the driver drive to reach the school
again? [IBPS – PO/MT]
(a) 3 km. towards North (b) 7 km. towards east
(c) 6 km. towards south (d) 6 km. towards west
(e) 5 km. towards north
7. Rajesh starting from his house, goes 4 km. in the
East, then he turns to his right and goes 3 km. What
is his final distance from his house?
(a) 4 km. (b) 5km.
(c) 5. 5 km. (d) 4.5 km.
(e) None of these
10. Rimpy on the way to her school starts walking from
her home towards south. After walking 15 meters
she turns towards north. After walking 20 meters, she
turns towards east and walks 10 meters. She then
turns towards south and walks 5 meters. How far is
she from his original position and in which direction?
(a) 10 meters, East (b) 10 meters, South- East
(c) 10 meters, West (d) 10 meters, North-East
(e) None of these
11. An ant moves 10 cm towards east and turns to the
right hand moves 3 cm. Then it moves to its right
and moved 3 cm. It then turns to his left and moves
2 cm. Finally it turns to his right and travel’s 7 cm.
how far and in which direction it is now from the
starting point?
(a) 10 cm, East (b) 9 cm, North
(c) 8 cm, West (d) 5 cm, West
(e) None of these

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travelled 6 km. before taking left turn and then she walks to the North for 250 m, then she turns to

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travelled for 3 km. find his final distance from home. her right and travels 20 m and then she again turns
to the right and drives straight another 250 m. How
(a) 10 km (b) 12 km
much distance has she now to cover to go back to
(c) 9 km (d) 11 km her home?
(e) None of these (a) 25 m (b) 20 m
9. In a game “Pass the ball” position of some players (c) 4 m (d) 40 m

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are as follows: (e) 30 m

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‘A’ is 20 meters to the north of ‘B’ who is 18 meters 13. Amar on his new car 1st drives towards North 4 Kms
to the east of ‘C’ who is 12 meters to the west of ‘A’, If and turns right and drives 5 Kms. Then he turns
ball was initially with 'B' and is passed to 'C' in which towards South and drives 2 Kms, then he takes a
direction is it from his starting point? right turn and drives 6 Kms. What is the distance of
(a) North - East (b) North - West Amar from his starting point?
(c) South - East (d) North (a) 16 Kms (b) 12 Kms
(c) 2 Kms (d) 4 Kms
(e) East
(e) —5 kms

3. CONCEPT BUILDER 3
Directions (Qs. 1-4): Study the following 2. I am facing West. I turn 45° in the clockwise direction
information carefully and answer the given and then 180° in the same direction and then
questions. 270° anti-clockwise. which direction am facing now ?
1. Ram walks 10 m South his house, turns left and (a) south-west (b) south
walks 25 m, again turns left and walks 40 m, then (c) West (d) North-west
turn right and walks 5 m to reach his school. In which (e) East
direction is the school from his house ? 3. Two buses start from the opposite points of a main
(a) South-west (b) North-east road, 150 km. apart. The first bus runs for 25 km.
(c) East (d) North takes a right turn and then runs for 15 km. It then turns
(e) none of these left,runs for another 25 km. and takes the direction
 back to reach the main road. In the meantime,due Directions (Qs. 5-7): Seven poles A, B, C, D, E,
to a minor breakdown, the other bus has run only F and G are put in such a way that the distance
35 km. along the main road. What would be the between the next two decreases by 1 metre. The
distance between the two buses at this point ? distance between the first two poles, A and B, is
10 metres. Now answer the following questions.
(a) 65 km (b) 80 km
(c) 75 km (d) 85 km 5. If the authorities decide to remove one pole and
place the remaining on equal distances among the
(e) 60 km poles, then each set of two poles would be .............
4. A postman was returning to the post office which metres apart.
was in front of him to the north. when the post office (a) 8 (b) 7
was 100 m away from him,he turned to the left and (c) 9 (d) 5
moved 50 m to deliver the last letter at shantivilla. He (e) None of these
then moved in the same direction for 40 m, turned to 6. If a monkey hops from pole G to pole C, then how
his right and moved 100 m. How many metres away much distance did it cover ?
he was now from the post office ? (a) 26 km (b) 19 km
(a) 0 (b) 150 (c) 22 km (d) 25 km
(c) 90 (d) 100 (e) None of these
(e) 50 7. What is the distance between the first pole A and the

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last pole G ?

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(a) 40 m (b) 49 m

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(c) 45 m (d) None of these
(e) cannot be determine.

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 Answer with Solution
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1. (d) 3rd move of 270 degree 6. (a) 2 km

2nd move 3 km 3 km
45 degree
west

3 km
Towards South west direction the person is standing.
2. (b) North east direction. 7. (b)

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3. (b)

west to east

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Required answer: DA + SA = 10 + 14 = 24m

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8. (b): The movements of the man from A to F are as

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shown in Figure

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Above directions shows the two possibilities. Clearly, DC = AB + EF
East ? F is in line with A
4. (c) First move to north direction, then turn right, Also, AF = (BC – DE) = 5m.
again turn right without moving from the position So, the man is 5 metres away from his initial position.
than turn left and move. Follow the figure
first right
East

towards North

5. (e) Using of Pythagoras, 9. (c) The movements of Amit are as shown in Fig
H2 = P2 + B2 (P to Q, Q to R and R to S). Clearly, his final position
is S which is to the South – east of the starting point
H2 = (4)2 + (3)2 = 16 + 9 = 25
P.
H2 = 25, H = 5 km (– 5 km can not possible)
North

6 km
10 km
3 km
Start

4 km
5 km

Start 10. (d) The movements of Maya from T to R are as

shown in Figure
Hence, 5 km east.
 Distance between T and R 13. (c) The movements of the man are as shown in
= TR = TU + UR Figure (A to B, B to C, C to D, D to E).
= TU + PW + QV Clearly, DF = BC = 5 km.
= (4 + 3 + 1)ft = 8 ft. EF = (DE – DF) = (9 – 5) km = 4 km
BF = CD = 2 km
AF = AB + BF = AB + CD = (1 + 2) km = 3 km.
Man’s distance from starting point A
AF 2  EF 2 32  4 2 25 5km.

11. (b) The movements of the person are as shown in

Figure
Clearly, AB = 3 km,
BC = 3AB = (3 × 3) km = 9 km,

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CD = 5AB = (5 × 3) km = 15 km,

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Draw AE A CD.

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Then, CE = AB = 3 km and AE = BC = 9 km
DE = (CD – CE) = (15 – 3) km = 12 km. 14. (a) The movements of Radhika are as shown in
In 'AED, AD2 = AE2 + DE2 Figure (A to B, B to C, C to D and D to A). Clearly,
she is finally moving in the direction DA i.e. North –
Ÿ AD = ( 9  (12) )km
2 2
225km
west.
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Required distance = AD = 15 km

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12. (b) The movements of Sanjeev from A to F are as
shown in Figure
Clearly, Sanjeev’s distance from starting point A
= AF = (AB + BF)
= AB + (BE – EF) = AB + (CD – EF)
= [10 + (20 – 10)]m = (10 + 10)m = 20 m.
Also, F lies to the South of A.
So, Sanjeev is 20 metres to the south of his starting
point.
15. (a) The movements of A are as shown in Figure (O
to P, P to Q, Q to R, R to S and S to T)
Since TS = OP + QR, so T lies in line with O.
A’s distance from the starting point O
= OT = (RS – PQ)
= (15 – 10)m = 5m.
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1. (d) 7. (b)

5 km towards south.
Hence option (b)
Solution for 2-3:
8. (a)

2.
3.
(d)
(e)
Solution for 4-5:
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Hence, option (a), using pythagorus theoram.
(b) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (b)
13. (e)

4 km
5 km

2 km

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2 km 6 km

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Start

?Distance between starting point & finishing point

=
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Hence, option (e)

4. (a)
5. (e) 5 + 7 + 10 + 6 + 5 = 33m
6. (e)

Remaining distance = 8 – (2 +1) = 5 km

Hence the driver requires to drive 5 km more.
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1. (b) School is in north – east direction
4. (c)

2. (a) 45° + 180° – 270° = – 45° ie, 45° anticlockwise 5. (c) After removing the pole the remaining poles
from initial position. Hence, the required direction is are 6 then distance between two poles would be
south – west. 45 y 5 = 9m.
3. (a)

6. (a) The distance between pole G and C = 8 + 7 +

6 + 5 = 26m

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7. (c) The distance between A and G

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Clearly distance between A and B is 65 km = (10 + 9 +….+ 5)

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