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Direction Sense questions for bank exams

Direction sense questions track someone walking and turning, then ask for final direction or shortest distance. Plutomonk has 1,040 Direction Sense questions in Prelims and Mains sets of 10, each with a worked solution. They are useful for IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, IBPS RRB and RBI Assistant.

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Direction Sense sample questions with answers

These are from the first Prelims and Mains sets. Try each question before you open the solution.

Q1. Harsh starts walking North and walks 6 m, then turns left and walks 15 m, then turns left and walks 2 m, then turns right and walks 10 m. In which direction is Harsh now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North-West
  2. North-East
  3. North
  4. South
  5. West
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Answer: A. North-West

Net displacement: 25 m West and 4 m North, so Harsh is North-West of the start.

Q2. Yash starts walking South and walks 5 m, then turns right and walks 12 m, then turns right and walks 7 m. In which direction is Yash now with respect to the starting point?

  1. West
  2. North-West
  3. North-East
  4. South
  5. East
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Answer: B. North-West

Net displacement: 12 m West and 2 m North, so Yash is North-West of the start.

Q3. Varun starts walking North and walks 12 m, then turns left and walks 9 m, then turns right and walks 11 m. In which direction is Varun now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North-West
  2. South-East
  3. South-West
  4. West
  5. North
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Answer: A. North-West

Net displacement: 9 m West and 23 m North, so Varun is North-West of the start.

Q4. Jatin starts walking South and walks 9 m, then turns right and walks 13 m, then turns right and walks 9 m. What is the shortest distance between Jatin's starting point and final position?

  1. 23 m
  2. 18 m
  3. 13 m (1)
  4. 8 m
  5. 13 m
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Answer: E. 13 m

Net displacement: 13 m West, 0 m North. Distance = √(-13² + 0²) = 13 m.

Q5. Uma starts walking North and walks 11 m, then turns right and walks 4 m, then turns left and walks 7 m. In which direction is Uma now with respect to the starting point?

  1. South-West
  2. North
  3. North-West
  4. East
  5. North-East
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Answer: E. North-East

Net displacement: 4 m East and 18 m North, so Uma is North-East of the start.

Q6. Tarun starts walking West and walks 9 m, then turns left and walks 6 m, then turns right and walks 8 m. In which direction is Tarun now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North
  2. North-East
  3. North-West
  4. South-West
  5. South
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Answer: D. South-West

Net displacement: 17 m West and 6 m South, so Tarun is South-West of the start.

Q7. Yash starts walking South and walks 10 m, then turns right and walks 7 m, then turns right and walks 11 m, then turns right and walks 10 m. In which direction is Yash now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North-East
  2. West
  3. South-East
  4. South-West
  5. South
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Answer: A. North-East

Net displacement: 3 m East and 1 m North, so Yash is North-East of the start.

Q8. Lalit starts walking South and walks 2 m, then turns left and walks 12 m, then turns left and walks 12 m. In which direction is Lalit now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North
  2. North-East
  3. South-East
  4. North-West
  5. South
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Answer: B. North-East

Net displacement: 12 m East and 10 m North, so Lalit is North-East of the start.

Q9. Aman starts walking North and walks 35 m, then turns left and walks 60 m, then turns right and walks 75 m, then turns left and walks 55 m, then turns right and walks 10 m. In which direction is Aman now with respect to the starting point?

  1. North
  2. South
  3. North-West
  4. South-East
  5. West
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Answer: C. North-West

Net displacement: 115 m West and 120 m North, so Aman is North-West of the start.

Q10. Yash starts walking West and walks 45 m, then turns left and walks 75 m, then turns right and walks 75 m, then turns left and walks 55 m, then turns left and walks 50 m. In which direction is Yash now with respect to the starting point?

  1. South-West
  2. South
  3. West
  4. North
  5. East
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Answer: A. South-West

Net displacement: 70 m West and 130 m South, so Yash is South-West of the start.

Q11. Ojas starts walking South and walks 10 m, then turns right and walks 55 m, then turns left and walks 75 m, then turns left and walks 30 m. In which direction is Ojas now with respect to the starting point?

  1. South-West
  2. North-West
  3. North-East
  4. East
  5. North
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Answer: A. South-West

Net displacement: 25 m West and 85 m South, so Ojas is South-West of the start.

Q12. Bhavna starts walking West and walks 50 m, then turns left and walks 20 m, then turns left and walks 10 m, then turns right and walks 10 m. What is the shortest distance between Bhavna's starting point and final position?

  1. 70 m
  2. 45 m
  3. 50 m
  4. 60 m
  5. 55 m
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Answer: C. 50 m

Net displacement: 40 m West, 30 m South. Distance = √(-40² + -30²) = 50 m.

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