CA Foundation · Quantitative Aptitude · Direction Tests
Which of the following correctly lists the four intermediate (ordinal) directions?
The intermediate directions are north-east, south-east, south-west and north-west. Each lies exactly midway between two adjacent cardinal directions, so these four are the ordinal points, while north, south, east and west are the cardinal points.
- ANorth-east, south-east, south-west, north-westCorrect
- BNorth, south, east, west
- CNorth-north-east, east-north-east, south, west
- DNorth-east, east, south-west, west
Explanation
The four cardinal directions are N, E, S, W. The four ordinal directions lie midway between adjacent cardinal ones: NE, SE, SW, NW. Option 2 lists the cardinal directions, and the others mix cardinal directions into the list.
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