Current Affairs 30th August 2015
Direction Sense
1. You go North, turn right, then right
again and then go to the left. In which direction are you now ?
(1) North (2)
South (3)
East (4) West
(5) None of these
2. Kunal walks 10 km towards North, from
these he walks 6 km towards south. Then he walks 3 km towards East. How far
& in which direction is he with reference to his starting point ?
(1) 5 km West (2)
5 km North-East (3) 7 km East
(4) 7 km West (5) None of these
3. Manik walked 40 meters towards North,
took a left then & walk 20 meters. He again took a left turn and walked 40
meters. How far and in which direction is he from the starting point ?
(1) 20 m East (2) 20 m North (3) 20 m South
(4) 100 m South (5)
None of these
4. A man leaves for his office from his
house. He walks towards east after moving a distance of 20 m, he turns south
& walks 10 m. Then he walks 35 m towards the west and further 5 m towards
the North. He then turns towards East & walk 15 m. What is the straight
distance (in meter) between his initial & final position ?
(1) 0 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
5. A rat runs 20’ towards East and turns
to right, runs 10’ and turns to right, runs 9’ and again turns to left runs 5’
and then turns to Left, runs 12’ and finally turns to left and runs 6’. Now
which direction is the rat facing ?
(1) East (2)
West (3) North (4) South (5) None of these
6. Manali walks 20 km towards south , from
these he walks 6 km towards east . Then he walks 5 km towards north . Now which
direction is he with reference to his starting point ?
(1) West (2) south West (3) south East
(4) North-East (5) None of these
7. Deepa started from A, moved 75 m North
upto B, turned left and walked 25 m upto C. She then turned left again and
moved 80 m upto D. Turning to the right at an angle of 45. In which direction was she moving
finally ?
(1) North-East (2)
North-West (3) South (4) South-East
(5) South-West
8. A child is looking for his father. He
went 90 m in the East before turning to the right. He went 20 m before turning
to his right again to look for his father at his uncles place 30 m from this
point. His father was not there. From there he went 100 m to his North before
meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the
starting point ?
(1) 80 m (2)
100 m (3)
140 m (4)
260 m
(5)
None of these
9. A man is facing west. He turns 45' in
the clockwise direction and then another 180' in the same direction and then 270' in the anticlockwise direction. Which
direction is he facing now ?
(1) South (2) North-West (3)
West (4) South-West
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
10. If you are facing North-East & moved 10
m forward, turn left and move 7.5 m then you are ?
(1) south of your initial position
(2) 12 m from South from your
initial position
(3) 12.25 m East from your initial position
(4)
12.50 m north from your initial position
(5)
Both (2) & (3)
11. One day Ravi left home & cycled 10 km
South wards, turned right and cycled 5 km and turned right & cycled 10 km
and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many km’s will he have to cycle to reach
his home straight ?
(1) 10 km (2) 15 km (3)
20 km (4) 25 km
(5) None of these
12. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W are sitting around
a round table in the same order, for group discussion at equal distances their
position are clockwise. If V sit in the North then what will be the position of
S.
(1) East (2) South-East (3) South (4)
South-West
(5) None of these
13. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A &
B are partners. D faces towards North. If A faces towards west, then who faces
towards South
?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4)
Data inadequate
(5) None of
these
14. If A is to South of B and C is to the
East of B in what direction is A with respect or C ?
(1) North-East (2) North-West (3) South-East (4) South-West
(5) None of these
Ques.
No. 15. to 17. Read the information carefully.
Seven Villages A, B, C, D, E, F and
G are situated as follow
E is 2 km to the West of B F is 2 km to the North of A
C is 1 km to the West of A D is 2 km to the
South of G
G is 2 km to the East of C D is exactly in
the middle of B and E
15. A is in the middle of
(1) E & C (2) E & G (3) F & G (4) G &
C
(5) None of these
16. Which two villages are farthest from one
another ?
(1) D & C (2) F & E (3) F & B (4) G &
E
(5) None of these
17. How far E from F (in km) as the crow
files ?
(1) 4 (2) 20 (3) 5 (4) 26 (5)
None of these
18. If “South-East” is called “East”,
“North-West” is called “West”. “South-West” is called “South” and so on what
will North be called ?
(1) East (2) North-East (3) North-West (4) South \
(5) None of
these
19. A watch reads 4 : 30. If the minute hand
point East, in what direction will the hour hand point ?
(1) North (2) North-West (3)
South (4) North-East
(5)
None of these
20. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its
minute hand points towards north-east. In which direction does it hour hand
point at 1 : 30 PM ?
(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) West
(5)
None of these
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Current Affairs 29th August 2015..
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Background
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