SSC CGL Direction Sense Verified Practice Test 7
15 structurally validated Direction Sense questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
SSC CGL Direction Sense Verified Practice Test 7
15 structurally validated Direction Sense questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
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- Distance
1. A person walks 12 m west and 16 m north. Distance from the start is:
- A. 18 m
- B. 19 m
- C. 20 m (Correct)
- D. 21 m
Explanation: This forms a 12-16-20 triangle.
- Path Tracking
2. A girl moves 2 m east, 2 m north, 2 m west, and 2 m south. She is now:
- A. 2 m east of start
- B. 2 m west of start
- C. at the start (Correct)
- D. 2 m north of start
Explanation: All movement cancels out.
- Final Direction
3. Facing east, a left turn points to:
- A. north (Correct)
- B. south
- C. east
- D. west
Explanation: A left turn from east points north.
- Distance
4. A person walks 15 m north and 20 m west. Distance from the start is:
- A. 20 m
- B. 23 m
- C. 25 m (Correct)
- D. 30 m
Explanation: This forms a 15-20-25 triangle.
- Turns
5. Facing south, a left turn and then a right turn bring a person to:
- A. east
- B. west
- C. north
- D. south (Correct)
Explanation: South -> east -> south.
- Coded Direction
6. If west is called south, south is called east, and east is called north, then original east is called:
- A. north (Correct)
- B. south
- C. east
- D. west
Explanation: The coding maps east to north.
- Shortest Path
7. A person walks 36 m east and 15 m north. Shortest distance from the start is:
- A. 37 m
- B. 38 m
- C. 39 m (Correct)
- D. 40 m
Explanation: This forms a 15-36-39 triangle.
- Final Position
8. A person goes north and then east. He is finally to the:
- A. north-east (Correct)
- B. north-west
- C. south-east
- D. east
Explanation: He lies to the north-east of the starting point.
- Turns
9. Facing west, a person turns left, right, left, right. He finally faces:
- A. north
- B. south
- C. east
- D. west (Correct)
Explanation: West -> south -> west -> south -> west.
- Path Tracking
10. A person walks 4 m west, 9 m north, and 4 m east. He is now:
- A. 9 m north of start (Correct)
- B. 9 m south of start
- C. 4 m east of start
- D. at the start
Explanation: East and west cancel, leaving 9 m north.
- Distance
11. A person walks 8 m south and 15 m east. 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.
- Coded Direction
12. If north is called south and east is called west, then original north-east is called:
- A. south-west (Correct)
- B. north-west
- C. south-east
- D. north-east
Explanation: Replace north with south and east with west.
- Final Direction
13. Facing north-west, a right turn points to:
- A. north-east (Correct)
- B. south-east
- C. south-west
- D. west
Explanation: A right turn from north-west points to north-east in 45° direction reasoning.
- Shortest Path
14. A person walks 24 m north and 7 m west. Distance from the start is:
- A. 24 m
- B. 25 m (Correct)
- C. 26 m
- D. 27 m
Explanation: This forms a 7-24-25 triangle.
- Direction Sense
15. A person walks 5 m east and 7 m north. Find the shortest distance from start.
- A. 35 m
- B. 12 m
- C. √74 m (Correct)
- D. 2 m
Explanation: Use Pythagoras theorem.