Mental Ability Direction Sense Test Questions and Answers
The Direction Sense Test in mental ability evaluates a candidate’s ability to understand and apply directional concepts logically. These aptitude questions and answers help you determine how well you can trace directions, distances, and positions from given clues. Mastering this concept is crucial for clearing reasoning sections in exams like SSC, TCS, Wipro, Infosys, and campus placements. In this topic, you’ll find a variety of direction sense aptitude questions with explanations, covering clockwise and anticlockwise turns, distance calculations, and relative positioning. Practicing such aptitude questions with solutions PDF formats strengthens analytical and problem-solving skills. Start practicing direction sense test questions now to improve your accuracy and speed in competitive exams.
Mental Ability Direction Sense Test
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21. If 'South-east' is called 'East', 'North-west' is called 'West', 'South-west' is cal'South' and so on, what will 'North' be called ?
- East
- North-est
- North-west
- South
22. If South-east becomes North, North-east becomes West and so on, what will West become ?
- North-east
- North-west
- South-east
- South-west
23. A direction pole was situated on the crossing. Due to an accident the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East, started showing South. One traveller went to the wrong direction thinking it to be West. In what direction actually he was travelling ?
- North
- South
- East
- West
24. A watch reads 4.30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will he hour hand point ?
- North
- North-west
- South-east
- North-east
25. A clock is so placed that at 12 non its minute hand points towards north-east. In which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 p.m. ?
- North
- South
- East
- West
26. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (i) Six flats on a floorin two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R, S, T and U. (ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. (iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats. (iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat. Which of the following combinations get South facing flats ?
- QTS
- UPT
- URP
- Data inadequate
27. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (i) Six flats on a floorin two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R, S, T and U. (ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. (iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats. (iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat. Whose flat is between Q and S ?
- T
- U
- R
- P
28. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (i) Six flats on a floorin two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R, S, T and U. (ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. (iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats. (iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat. If the flats of T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U ?
- P
- Q
- R
- T
29. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (i) Six flats on a floorin two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R, S, T and U. (ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. (iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats. (iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat. The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, is diagonally opposite to each other ?
- QP
- QR
- PT
- TS
30. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : (i) Six flats on a floorin two rows facing North and South are allotted to P. Q, R, S, T and U. (ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. (iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats. (iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat. To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed with /
- None
- only
- (ii) only
- (iii) only