(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - General Mental Ability - Direction Sense Test (MCQ -5)

1. Aman walks 1 kmtowards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point?
(a) 3 km
(b) 4 km
(c) 5 km
(d) 7 km

2. Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 metres. He turned right andwalked 50 metres, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 metres. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 10 metres
(b) 20 metres
(c) 50 metres
(d) 70 metres

3. Laxman went 15 kms to the west from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was he from his house?
(a) 5 kms
(b) 10 kms
(c) 40 kms
(d) 80 kms

4. Fromhis house, Lokesh went 15 kms to theNorth. Then he turned West and covered 10 kms. Then, he turned South and covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 kms. In which direction is he from his house?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South

5. Going 50 m to the South of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning to the North, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?
(a) North-west
(b) North
(c) South-east
(d) East

6. A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 20 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
(a) 5 metres
(b) 10 metres
(c) 20 metres
(d) 23 metres

7. Rasik walks 20 m North. Then he turns right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Then he again turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and how many metres away is he from his original position?
(a) 15 metresWest
(b) 30 metres East
(c) 30 metresWest
(d) 45 metres East

8. A child is looking for his father. He went 90metres in the East before turning to his right. He went 20metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 metres to the North before meeting his father in a street. How far did ther son meet his father from the starting point?
(a) 80 metres
(b) 100 metres
(c) 140 metres
(d) 260 metres

9. The door of Aditya's house faces the East. From the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again. Finally, he turns towards left and stops after walking 25 metres. Now, Aditya is in which direction from the starting point?
(a) South-east
(b) North-east
(c) South-west
(d) North-west

(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
(iv) R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets a north facing flat?

10. Which of the following combinations get South facing flats?
(a) QTS
(b) UPT
(c) URP
(d) Data inadequate

11. Whose flat is between Q and S?
(a) T
(b) U
(c) R
(d) P

12. If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) T

13. The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, are diagonally opposite to each other?
(a) QP
(b) QR
(c) PT
(d) TS

14. To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed with?
(a) None
(b) (i) only
(c) (ii) only
(d) (iii) only

15. A man is performing yoga with his head down and legs up. His face is towards the west. In which direction will his left hand be?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West

16. One morning after sunrise, Gopal was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. Which direction was he facing?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) West
(d) Data inadequate

17. One morning after sunrise, Reeta andKavitawere talking to each other face to face at Tilak Square. If Kavita's shadow was exactly to the right of Reeta, which direction Kavita was facing?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) Data inadequate

18. One morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their backs towards each other. Vikram's shadow fell exactly towards left hand side. Which direction was Shailesh facing?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South

19. One evening before sunset two friends Sumit and Mohit were talking to each other face to face. If Mohit's shadowwas exactly to his right side, which direction was Sumit facing?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) West
(d) Data inadequate

20. Anuj startedwalking positioning his back towards the sun. After sometime, he turned left, then turned right and then towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?
(a) North or South
(b) East or West
(c) North or West
(d) South or West

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