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Direction Sense Problems Practice Questions with Detailed Solutions – Level 3

Tough direction sense practice with multi-leg walks, shortest distances, shadow-based facing puzzles, coded direction symbols and rotations through unusual angles, each explained step by step.

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50
Duration
60 min
Marks
50

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Attempts
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About this test

Direction Sense Level 3 Practice Questions on Shadows, Turns and Codes

Direction Sense Level 3 is an advanced reasoning practice set on multi-leg walks, shortest distances, shadow-based facing problems, coded direction symbols and clockwise and anticlockwise rotations. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question. Many problems also compare two people starting from one point to find their relative position.

What this direction sense set tests

  • Multi-leg walks with left and right turns and the final shortest distance
  • Diagonal movement along north-east and other intercardinal directions
  • Shadow problems using sunrise and evening positions of the sun
  • Coded symbols standing for directions and distances
  • Clockwise and anticlockwise rotations by non-right angles
  • Relative position of two walkers starting from one point
  • Renamed compass directions under a fixed rotation

Key direction sense concepts to revise

  • The eight compass directions and the angle between neighbouring ones
  • Left and right relative to the current facing direction, not the page
  • In the morning the sun is in the east, so shadows fall towards the west, and in the evening they fall towards the east
  • Net displacement from adding east-west and north-south movements separately
  • Pythagoras theorem for the straight-line distance from the start

Revision tips for tough direction problems

  • Draw each leg on rough paper with north at the top before calculating.
  • Reduce a chain of turns to one net turn by subtracting anticlockwise angles from clockwise ones.
  • For coded symbols, convert each relation into a coordinate shift and add them up.
  • In shadow questions, fix the sun's position first, then deduce the facing direction.

Who should take this set

Reasoning aspirants who have mastered basic direction questions and want hard practice with angles, shadows and coded relations.

FAQs about Direction Sense Problems Practice Questions with Detailed Solutions – Level 3

How to improve direction sense for reasoning questions?
Always draw a diagram with north at the top and note each turn from the person's current facing direction. Regular practice of multi-leg walks and rotation problems builds speed.
How to solve direction sense problems with shadows?
The sun rises in the east, so in the morning shadows fall towards the west, and in the evening they fall towards the east. Find where the shadow falls relative to the person, then deduce the facing direction.
How do you find the shortest distance in direction sense problems?
Add up the total east-west movement and the total north-south movement separately. The shortest distance is the square root of the sum of their squares, by Pythagoras theorem.
How do clockwise and anticlockwise turns work in direction sense?
A clockwise turn moves from north towards east, and an anticlockwise turn moves from north towards west. Each 45-degree turn shifts the facing direction by one step among the eight compass directions.

Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
Direction Sense Problems Level 35060 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
50 across 50 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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