Direction Sense - SSC
Vijendra walks a certain distance, say X metres, from his home towards the west. Then he turns left and walks 23 metres. After that, he turns left and walks 36 metres. Then he turns left again to walk 23 metres. He finally turns left and walks 18 metres to reach his home. Find the value of X.
- A.
20
- B.
18
- C.
22
- D.
41
View Answer'PSQ' means 'P is to the north of Q .
'P&Q' means 'P is to the east of Q' .
'P*Q' means 'Q is to the west of P' .
'P%Q' means 'Q is to the south of P .
'P@QR' means 'P stands exactly in the middle of horizontal line QR .
'P!QR' means 'P stands exactly in the middle of vertical line QR'.
Note: 'P6mSQ' means 'P is 6 m to the north of Q' and so on.
Find the shortest distance between G and C in the following expression.
C12mSS5m*G3m&J6m%K! JT
- A.
13 m
- B.
12 m
- C.
15 m
- D.
10 m
Srinija walked 9 km towards the west from her home, then turned cowards the south and walked 11 km. Then she walked 13 km towards the east, and finally walked 4 km towards the west. How far is Srinija from her initial position?
- A.
11 km
- B.
15 km
- C.
13 km
- D.
10 km
Gaurav exits from the backdoor of his north-facing house and walk 25 m straight, then he takes a left turn and walk 36 m, then he turns left and walks 47 m. He turns left again and walk 36 m. How far and in which direction is he from his house now?
- A.
22 m, North
- B.
11 m, South
- C.
22 m, South
- D.
11 m, North
Eight friends, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, are sitting clockwise in the same order around a circular table at equal distances between them, facing the centre of the table. If S is sitting in the west, then who is sitting in the south-west direction?
- A.
T
- B.
R
- C.
V
- D.
P
Zainab is standing facing a particular direction initially. Then she turns 90° clockwise, after that she turns anticlock-wise. Then she turns anticlock-wise. She finally turns clock·wise. Now she is facing the north-east direction. In which direction was Zainab facing initially before taking any turns?
- A.
South
- B.
East
- C.
West
- D.
North-West
Shweta starts walking from her office and walks 150 m towards the south, then she turns right and walks 80 m, and then she turns left and walks 60 m. She finally turns left and walks 280 m to reach a bank. What is the shortest distance between her office and the bank?
- A.
290 m
- B.
280 m
- C.
370 m
- D.
410 m
Sahasra started running from her house towards the north. After 40 meters she turned left and ran for 75 meters. She then turned right and ran for 30 meters, and again turned right to run 75 meters. In which direction was she running finally?
- A.
West
- B.
East
- C.
North
- D.
South
Shashank walks a certain distance, say X m, towards the west, then turns left and walks 35 m, and then turns right and walks 18 m. From there, he turns left and walks 9 m, and then turns left again and walks 60 m. From there, he turns left and walks 9 m, and then turns left again and walks 12 m. He finally turns right and walks 35 m to reach a point that is exactly 10 m to the east of the startng point. What is the value of X?
- A.
22
- B.
36
- C.
20
- D.
30
At the time of sunset, Lopa and Kritika are sitting facing each other. If the shadow of Lopa falls to the right of Kritika, in which direction is Kritika facing?
- A.
Sorth
- B.
North
- C.
East
- D.
West
One morning, Chitrashi and Ayaan sit facing each other. If the shadow of Ayaan falls to the left of Chitrashi, then in which direction is Ayaan facing?
- A.
North
- B.
East
- C.
South
- D.
West
Reeta is standing facing south-east, First, she turns 135° clock-wise. After that, she turns 90° anticlockwise. Then she turns 45° clockwise, followed by a 135° anticlockwise turn. In which direction is she facing now?
- A.
East
- B.
North-east
- C.
South-east
- D.
South
Six houses, A, B, C, D, E and F, are situated in a colony. D is 60 m south of E. F is 40 m south of B. A is 30 m north of E. F is 50 m east of A. C is 50 m west of B. Find the location of C with reference to A.
- A.
30 m east
- B.
50 m north
- C.
40 m north
- D.
40 m south