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Direction Sense questions with solutions
Direction Sense is a Reasoning Ability topic for competitive exams. It appears across bank and railway exams. This page has 140 solved direction sense questions written to the official pattern, with a worked solution under each.
- Question 1Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 24 km towards the south, then 7 km towards the east. How far (in km) is the person now from the starting point?
- A.25Correct
- B.17
- C.33
- D.31
- E.19
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The moves net to 7 km east and 24 km south. The straight-line distance is √(7²+24²) = 25 km.
- Question 2Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 8 km towards the south, then 6 km towards the east. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- A.North
- B.South-eastCorrect
- C.North-east
- D.South-west
- E.North-west
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The net movement is 6 km east and 8 km south, which places the person to the South-east of the start.
- Question 3Easy
A man walks 12 m towards the north, turns right and walks 9 m, then turns right again and walks 12 m. How far is he from his starting point, and in which direction from it?
- A.9 m eastCorrect
- B.9 m west
- C.15 m east
- D.21 m east
- E.12 m north
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Track the two axes separately. Facing north, a right turn points east, and a second right turn points south. So the man goes 12 m north, 9 m east, then 12 m south. The two vertical legs cancel exactly, leaving only the 9 m eastward move, so he ends 9 m due east of where he began. Option C, 15 m, is the hypotenuse you would get by treating the legs as a right triangle, which applies only when the north and south distances do not cancel.
- Question 4Easy
A man walks 10 metres towards the north, turns right and walks 6 metres, then turns right again and walks 10 metres. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
- A.6 metres eastCorrect
- B.6 metres west
- C.10 metres east
- D.16 metres north
- E.4 metres south
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Facing north and turning right means facing east, and turning right again means facing south. The moves are 10 metres north, 6 metres east, then 10 metres south. The north and south legs cancel, leaving a net 6 metres to the east.
- Question 5Easy
A man walks 4 km north, then turns and walks 3 km east. How far is he from his starting point?
- A.5 kmCorrect
- B.7 km
- C.6 km
- D.4 km
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The two legs are at right angles, so the straight-line distance is √(4² + 3²) = √25 = 5 km.
- Question 6Easy
A man walks 5 km towards the north, turns right and walks 3 km, then turns right again and walks 5 km. How far is he from his starting point and in which direction?
- A.3 km eastCorrect
- B.3 km west
- C.5 km east
- D.8 km east
- E.13 km north
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Facing north and turning right means facing east, and turning right again means facing south. So the movements are 5 km north, 3 km east, then 5 km south. The northward and southward legs cancel exactly, leaving only the 3 km eastward displacement. He is 3 km to the east of where he started.
- Question 7Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 12 km towards the south, then 9 km towards the west. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- A.North-east
- B.North
- C.South-westCorrect
- D.North-west
- E.South-east
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The net movement is 9 km west and 12 km south, which places the person to the South-west of the start.
- Question 8Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 24 km towards the north, then 7 km towards the west. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- A.South-west
- B.South-east
- C.North-east
- D.North-westCorrect
- E.South
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The net movement is 7 km west and 24 km north, which places the person to the North-west of the start.
- Question 9Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 24 km towards the south, then 7 km towards the west. How far (in km) is the person now from the starting point?
- A.23
- B.37
- C.27
- D.25Correct
- E.13
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The moves net to 7 km west and 24 km south. The straight-line distance is √(7²+24²) = 25 km.
- Question 10Easy
A boy walks 3 km towards the east, then turns and walks 4 km towards the north. How far (in km) is he now from his starting point?
- A.5Correct
- B.7
- C.1
- D.25
- E.6
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The eastward and northward legs are at right angles, so the distance is the hypotenuse: sqrt(3^2 + 4^2) = sqrt(25) = 5 km.
- Question 11Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 16 km towards the north, then 12 km towards the west. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- A.South-west
- B.South
- C.North-westCorrect
- D.North-east
- E.South-east
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The net movement is 12 km west and 16 km north, which places the person to the North-west of the start.
- Question 12Easy
A person starts from a point and walks 24 km towards the south, then 7 km towards the west. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- A.North-west
- B.North
- C.South-east
- D.North-east
- E.South-westCorrect
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The net movement is 7 km west and 24 km south, which places the person to the South-west of the start.
These are 12 of 140 direction sense questions in the bank. Attempt the rest with instant feedback in the practice drills, or under a clock in the mock tests.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Direction Sense questions are here?
This page shows 12 worked direction sense questions from a bank of 140, spanning 20 easy, 82 moderate and 38 hard. The full set is available to attempt in the timed-free practice drills and the mock tests.
Which exams ask Direction Sense questions?
Direction Sense is a standard Reasoning Ability topic across bank and railway recruitment exams.
Are these Direction Sense questions free, and are the answers reliable?
Yes. Every question is free, written in-house to the exam pattern rather than copied from a real paper, and the numeric answer keys are recomputed independently at build time — a wrong key fails the build rather than reaching you.