SSC CGL Direction Sense Practice Test 4
15 fresh SSC CGL direction sense questions on turns, coded routes, and shortest distance.
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SSC CGL Direction Sense Practice Test 4
15 fresh SSC CGL direction sense questions on turns, coded routes, and shortest distance.
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- Distance
1. A person goes 8 m east and 15 m north. Distance from the start is:
- A. 15 m
- B. 16 m
- C. 17 m (Correct)
- D. 18 m
Explanation: This forms an 8-15-17 triangle.
- Path Tracking
2. A girl walks 3 m north, 6 m east, and 3 m south. She is now:
- A. 6 m east of start (Correct)
- B. 3 m east of start
- C. at start
- D. 6 m west of start
Explanation: North and south cancel, leaving 6 m east.
- Final Direction
3. Facing west, one right turn makes a person face:
- A. north (Correct)
- B. south
- C. east
- D. west
Explanation: A right turn from west points north.
- Distance
4. A person goes 12 m north and 5 m east. Shortest distance from start is:
- A. 11 m
- B. 12 m
- C. 13 m (Correct)
- D. 17 m
Explanation: This forms a 5-12-13 triangle.
- Turns
5. Facing north, a person turns left, then right, then right. He finally faces:
- A. east (Correct)
- B. west
- C. north
- D. south
Explanation: North -> west -> north -> east.
- Coded Direction
6. If east is called west and west is called north, then original east is called:
- A. east
- B. west (Correct)
- C. north
- D. south
Explanation: The code directly maps east to west.
- Shortest Path
7. A person walks 16 m east and 30 m south. Shortest distance from the start is:
- A. 32 m
- B. 34 m (Correct)
- C. 36 m
- D. 40 m
Explanation: This forms a 16-30-34 triangle.
- Final Position
8. A person moves south and then east. He is in the:
- A. south-east (Correct)
- B. south-west
- C. north-east
- D. north-west
Explanation: He lies to the south-east of the start.
- Turns
9. A man faces east. He turns right, right, left, left, and then right. He finally faces:
- A. north
- B. south (Correct)
- C. east
- D. west
Explanation: East -> south -> west -> south -> east -> south.
- Distance
10. A person walks 7 m south and 24 m east. Distance from the start is:
- A. 24 m
- B. 25 m (Correct)
- C. 26 m
- D. 31 m
Explanation: This forms a 7-24-25 triangle.
- Coded Direction
11. If north is called west, west is called south, south is called east, and east is called north, then original south will be called:
- A. east (Correct)
- B. west
- C. north
- D. south
Explanation: The coding directly maps south to east.
- Path Tracking
12. A boy goes 5 m east, 2 m north, 5 m west. He is now:
- A. 2 m north of start (Correct)
- B. 2 m south of start
- C. 5 m west of start
- D. at the start
Explanation: East and west cancel, leaving 2 m north.
- Final Direction
13. If a person is facing north-east, then a right turn will point to:
- A. east
- B. south-east (Correct)
- C. south-west
- D. north-west
Explanation: A right turn from north-east points south-east.
- Shortest Path
14. A person walks 20 m west and 21 m north. Distance from the start is:
- A. 27 m
- B. 28 m
- C. 29 m (Correct)
- D. 30 m
Explanation: This forms a 20-21-29 triangle.