CA Foundation · Quantitative Aptitude · Direction Tests
Rohan is facing south-west. He turns 135° anticlockwise. In which direction is he facing now?
Rohan ends up facing east. Anticlockwise from south-west, 45° takes him to south, 90° to south-east and 135° to east. Turning clockwise by 135° would instead have taken him to north, which is the common error.
- ANorth
- BEastCorrect
- CSouth
- DNorth-east
Explanation
Anticlockwise rotation moves in the order SW to S to SE to E. Each 45° step is one intermediate point. 135° is 3 steps: SW to S (45°), S to SE (90°), SE to E (135°). So he faces east. A clockwise turn would have given north.
Did you get it right without looking?
One question tells you little. A timed set on Direction Tests shows your real accuracy, how long you take and where you lose marks.
More Direction Tests questions
- Neha walks 10 m east from her house to reach a park. From the park she walks 4 m south, then 6 m west, and then 4 m north to reach a library…
- A man walks 5 km east, then 12 km north, then 5 km west. How far is he from the starting point, and in which direction is he from it?
- Two friends, Anil and Bhavna, start from the same point. Anil walks 5 km north, and Bhavna walks 5 km south. Anil then turns east and walks …
- A guard walks 6 m north, 8 m east, then 6 m south. What is the total distance he has walked, and how far is he from the start?
- Neha is facing north-east. She turns 270° anticlockwise, then 135° clockwise, then 225° anticlockwise, and finally 90° clockwise. In which d…
- Arun is 8 m west of Bhaskar. Chitra is 6 m south of Arun. Dinesh is 8 m east of Chitra. What is the position of Dinesh with respect to Bhask…