Important Spatial orientation Questions with Answers For SSC GD
1) A direction pole was situated on the road crossing. Due to an accident, the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East, started showing South. Sita, a traveller went to the wrong direction thinking it to be West. In what direction actually she was travelling?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) East
(d) South
2) Rama is facing East. He turns 90º in clockwise direction, and then 135º in anti-clockwise direction and then again 90º in clockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?
(a) South-East
(b) South
(c) North-East
(d) South-West
3) A man travels 4 km due North, then travels 6 km due East and further travels 4 km due North. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 6 m
(b) 14 km
(c) 8 km
(d) 10 km
4) A man walks 30 m in South direction and then turned towards his right and walks 20 m. Again, he turned towards his right and walks 30 m. How far is he from his starting point?
(a) 30 m
(b) 20 m
(c) 50 m
(d) 10 m
5) A boat moves from port towards East. After sailing for 9 miles, she turns towards right and covers another 12 miles. If she wants to go back to the port, what is the shortest distance now from her position?
(a) 21 miles
(b) 20 miles
(c) 18 miles
(d) 15 miles
6) Mohan left for his office in his car. He drove 15 km towards North and then 10 km towards West. He then turned to the South and covered 5 km. Further he turned to the East and moved 8 km. Finally, he turned right and drove 10 km. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
(a) 2 km, West
(b) 5 km, East
(c) 3 km, North
(d) 6 km, South
7) Suhas travelled 15 km towards East, then turned towards North and travelled 15 km and turned towards West and travelled 15 km. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 15 km
(b) 30 km
(c) 45 km
(d) 0 km
8) I am facing North. I turn 135º in clockwise direction, then 180º in anti-clockwise direction. What direction am I facing now?
(a) North-East
(b) West
(c) South-East
(d) North-West
9) Point M is 5 m to the West of point D. Point F is 3 m to the South of point D and point J is 4 m to the East of point F. How far and in which direction is point J with respect to point D?
(a) 5 m, South-East
(b) 7 m, North-West
(c) 1 m, East
(d) 5 m, South
10) A man goes 5 km East, then he turns right and goes 4 km, then he turns left and goes 5 km. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
11) A boat moves from port towards East. After sailing for 9 miles, she turns towards right and covers another 12 miles. If she wants to go back to the port, what is the shortest distance now from her position?
(a) 21 miles
(b) 20 miles
(c) 18 miles
(d) 15 miles
12) While facing East you turn to your left and walk 10 yards. Then, turn to your left and walk 10 yards and now turn 45° to your right and go straight to cover 50 yards. Now, in what direction are you with respect to the starting point?
(a) North-East
(b) North
(c) South-East
(d) North-Wes
13) One day, during Sunset, two friends Sudhir and Amit were talking, facing each other. If Amit’s shadow was on his right then in which direction is Aman facing. If Aman faces the direction opposite of what Sudhir is facing?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) East
(d) South
14) Ritu is going Northwards. She turns right, moves some distance and again turns to her right. After moving some distance she turns to her left. In which direction now is she going?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) South
(d) North
15) There are four roads. I have come from the South and want to go the temple. The road to the right leads me towards the coffee house while straight road leads to the college. In which direction is the temple?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) South
(d) West
16) A cyclist rides 40 km to the East, turns North and rides 20 km, again turns left and rides 20 km. How far is he from his starting point?
(a) 0 km
(b) 10 km
(c) 15 km
(d) 20 2 km
17) The time in a clock is quarter past twelve. If the hour hand points to the East, then towards which direction the minute hand is pointing?
(a) South-West
(b) South
(c) West
(d) North
18) Ramesh walked 3 km towards West and turned to his left and walked 2 km. He, then turned to his right and walked 3 km. Finally, he turned to his right again and walked another 2 km. In which direction is Ramesh from his starting point now?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South
19) A and B starts walking from same point. A goes North and covers 3 km, then turns right and covers 4 km. B goes West and covers 5 km. Then, turns right and covers 3 km. How far apart are they from each other?
(a) 10 km
(b) 9 km
(c) 8 km
(d) 5 km
20) A person walks away from his house at 8:00 am and observes his shadow to his right. Then, he turns towards his left and then again towards his right. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) West
(b) South
(c) North
(d) East
21) A man starts for his office in the North direction. He turns to his left and then to his right and again to his right. In which direction will he be facing?
(a) South
(b) West
(c) East
(d) North
22) A cyclist goes 30 km to North and then turning East he goes 40 km. Again, he turns to his right and goes 20 km. After this, he turns to his right and goes 40 km. How far is he from his starting point?
(a) 6 km
(b) 10 km
(c) 25 km
(d) 40 km
23) Ram is to the South of Aishwarya and to the West of Rani. If Priyanka is to the South of Ram, then in which direction is Priyanka with respect to Rani?
(a) South
(b) North-East
(c) South-West
(d) North
24) A man starts for his office in the North direction. He turns to his left and then to his right and again to his right. In which direction will he be facing?
(a) South
(b) West
(c) East
(d) North
25) Rohit walked 25 m towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his left and walked 25 m. He again turned to his right and walked 15 m. At what distance is he from his starting point and in which direction?
(a) 35 m, East
(b) 35 m, North
(c) 40 m, East
(d) 60 m, East
