# Direction Sense Online Quiz

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Q 1 - Shatabdi walks towards South for 20 m and from there she goes towards right-hand side for 10 m and again turns right-hand side for 15 m. She is in which direction?

Options :

A - South-West

B - North-East

C - East

D - South-East

### Explanation

When she goes towards South and turns right-hand side, she is either in South or in West. But she has traversed less in the last move than her first move by 5 m. So, she is in the South-West direction.

Q 2 - Maheswar walked for 5m towards East and from that point 4m to West. He then moved to North for 5m and turned left-hand side and walked for 1m. What is the distance covered by him from the initial point?

Options :

A - 5m

B - 9m

C - 1m

D - 8m

### Explanation

She will be 5m towards North from the initial point.

### Explanation

As Sagarika is walking towards North, so consecutive righthand side movement will lead her to West.

Q 4 - Yuvraj walks towards South for 3.5 m and turns right-hand side. He then walks 1 m, turns right-hand side and walks for 3.5 m. He is in which direction from his previous position?

Options :

A - East

B - West

C - North

D - South

### Explanation

After going towards South, he turned right-hand side and again right-hand side covering 3.5, 1.0 and 3.5 m. Therefore, after the final movement, he is to the West of his previous position.

Q 5 - Suleiman started walking towards South. After walking 10 km, he turned towards right-hand side and walked 20 km. He then turned right-hand side and walked 10 km. He again turned right-hand side and walked 25km. How far is he from his initial position?

Options :

A - 5km

B - 4km

C - 10km

D - 20km

### Explanation

When Suleiman walked 10km South and turned right-hand side and walked 20km and again turned right-hand side and walked 10 km, he is 20km to the West of his initial position. Then he turned right-hand side and walked 25 km, so after the final movement he is 5km to the East of his initial position.

Q 6 - If North is replaced by South-East, then East will be replaced by-

Options :

A - North-West

B - South-West

C - West

D - South

### Explanation

If North will be replaced by South-East, then simultaneously each direction will shift 135 degree in clockwise direction and East will be replaced by South-West.

Q 7 - Sangram started to move in the East direction in an open field and stopped after walking 25m. Now he turned to his right-hand side and walked 10 m. How much minimum distance he has to cover to reach his starting point?

Options :

A - 27m

B - 20m

C - 30m

D - 38m

### Explanation

Here, we have to apply the Pythagoras theorem to get the answer. We will take the square of each number i.e. 25 and 10, which are 625 and 100 respectively. Next, we will add them and the result of addition is 725. Finally, we will take the square root of the addition and the result is 26.92 m. So, the minimum distance here is 27 m.

Q 8 - Satyadeep started walking towards North-East in an open field and stopped after moving 45m. Now he turned to his right-hand side and moved 25 m. How much minimum distance he has to cover to reach his starting point? Satyadeep started walking towards North-East in an open field and stopped after moving 45m. Now he turned to his right-hand side and moved 25 m. How much minimum distance he has to cover to reach his starting point?

Options :

A - 25m

B - 51m

C - 30m

D - 50m

### Explanation

Here, we have to apply the Pythagoras theorem to get the answer. We will take the square of each number i.e. 45 and 25, which are 2025 and 625 respectively. Next, we will add them and the result of addition is 2650. Finally, we will take the square root of the addition and the result is 51.47 m. So, the minimum distance here is 51 m.

Q 9 - Wridhimaan started to move towards East in an open field and stopped after moving 55m. Now he turned to his right-hand side and moved 25 m. How much minimum distance he has to cover to reach his starting point?

Options :

A - 60m

B - 20m

C - 30m

D - 65m

### Explanation

Here, we have to apply the Pythagoras theorem to get the answer. We will take the square of each number i.e. 55 and 25, which are 3025 and 625 respectively. Next, we will add them and the result of addition is 3650. Finally, we will take the square root of the addition and the result is 60.41 m. So, the minimum distance here is 60 m.

Q 10 - Siddharth started to walk towards the South-East on a road and stopped after moving 26m. Now he turned left-hand side and moved 16 m. How much minimum distance he has to cover to reach his starting point?

Options :

A - 25m

B - 20m

C - 30m

D - 38m
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