Direction Sense

Direction is part of the reasoning in which you identify the direction of a person or an object. Direction can be defined as the direction or path that something is going or is intended to move in, as well as the axis that something is facing or pointing along. The four major directions are north, east, west, and south. There are also sub-main directions that are northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest. The image below will help you understand this better. 

Points to be remembered before solving Questions on Direction:

1.  The angle between North and East, East and South, South, and West, and West and North is 90°.
2. The angle between North and northeast, northeast and east, east and southeast, southeast and south, south and southwest, southwest and west, west and northwest, and northwest and north is 45°.
3. The clockwise direction is north-east-south-west.
4. The anticlockwise direction is north-west-southeast.
5. Right means 90° clockwise, and left means 90° anticlockwise.
6.  x° Right= x° Clockwise direction, x° Left= x° Anticlockwise direction.

Note: Some important tip regarding direction

• Right of North = east
• Right of east = south
• Right of south = west
• Right of west = north
• Left of north = west
• Less of east = north
• Left of south = east
• Left of west = south.
• Right of northeast = southeast
• Right of southeast = southwest
• Right of southwest = northwest
• Right of northwest = northeast
• Left of northeast = northwest
• Left of southeast = northeast
• Left of southwest = southeast
• Left of northwest = southwest

Steps to be followed to solve Questions on Direction:

1. Always use the 2-D plane to draw a diagram.
2. First, make a diagram using the given data.
3. Always mark the starting and ending points.
4. You should always be careful about taking turns, whether it is right or left.
5. Mark the distance along with the path.
6. And then you can answer your question easily.

Let us discuss, Three types of Condition Based on Direction and Distance:

a) Basic Direction based question:

Q1. Ankita is in the east of Devesh and in the north of Esha. If Gagan is in the south of Esha, then Ankita is in which direction with respect to Gagan?

Solution:

let us understand it with the help of diagrams.

Let us start with Esha, and then from there, we can draw others’ positions as well.

Hence, Ankita is towards the North of Gagan.

b) Degree-based questions:

• If a person goes to his left side, he will go towards the anti-clockwise direction.
• If a person goes to his right side, he will go towards the clockwise direction.

In the case of moving towards the left or right side, we assume that the movement is at an angle of 90 degrees.

in easy words  we can say that:

Left turn = Anticlockwise turn

Right turn = Clockwise turn.

Q2. Anamika is facing north. She turns 135 degrees in the anticlockwise direction and then another 180 degrees in the same direction. Find which direction she is facing now.

1) East

2) West

3) North

4) South-East

5) North-East

Answer: 5

Solution:

According to the question, she turns 135 degrees in the anticlockwise direction and then another 180 degrees in the same direction

Therefore, she turns total (135 + 180) = 315 degree anticlockwise

Hence, she turns 315 degrees to her left side.  

In the primary stage if she faces north then, finally she will face the North-East direction.

c) Coded Direction based question:

In such types of questions, the directions are given in a certain coded language. 

3Q. Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

In a coded language:

• A@B (11) means A is 11m in the north of B
• A*B (26) means A is 11m in the south of B
• A&B (18) means A is 18m in the east of B
• A~B (21) means A is 13m in the west of B

N@M (11), O~N (13), P*O (11), Q&P (18); Then, M is in which direction with respect to Q?

1) North

2) West

3) North-west

4) East

5) South-east

Answer: 2

Solution:

M is in the west direction with respect to Q.

Note: To find the Shortest Distance between any two points:

Use the formula of Pythagoras’ theorem i.e., H^2 = √(P^2+B^2 )

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