UGC NET Direction sense Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 8 previous-year questions on Direction sense from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 8 of the 130 exam papers in the bank (2022–2023). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Direction sense
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Turns from a stated facing | 1 |
| Displacement after turns | 1 |
| Distance from the start | 1 |
| Final direction after turns | 1 |
| Rotated directions | 1 |
| Direction of the office | 1 |
| Final facing direction | 1 |
| Distance from the starting point | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Direction sense appears in 8 of 130 papers (6%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
A girl walks straight in the opposite direction of the front door of her house. The front door of the house is facing towards south. After walking for 50 meters, the girl turns to her left and walks 100 meters, thereafter the girl turns right and stops after…
A policeman goes 20 meters towards South and then turns to his right and walks 40 meters. He again turns to his left and walks 10 meters. How far is he now from his starting point?
If South-east becomes east and North west becomes West and all other directions are changed in the same manner, then what will be the direction for north?
A girl walks 12 kms south from her house, turns left and walks 26 kms, again turns left and walks 37 kms. Again she turns right and walks 6 kms to reach her office. In which direction is the office of the girl from her house?
A man runs 20 meters towards east and turns right, runs for 15 meters and again turns right. Now the man runs for 10 meters and again turns to his left. Now he runs for 10 meters and turns to his left. From here the man runs for 20 meters and once more turns…
A student walks 1 km in the east direction, then turns to the south and walks 5 km. Thereafter, he turns to east and walks 2 km and again turns to north and walks for 9 km. How far is the student from his starting point?
A man walks 15 metres in the front and then 15 metres to his right. Then every time turning to his left, the man walks 5 metres, 20 metres and 20 metres respectively. How far is the man from the starting point?
Ramesh goes to North, then turns right, then turns right again and then goes to the left. In which direction is Ramesh in now?
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