Direction and Distance-based questions are asked in various exams. Every employment exam including GAT and IBP and admission test like NUST NET will have more than one question related to this topic. Direction and Distance type questions check one’s sense of directions and ability to visualize.
These questions are generally very easy but occasionally you get tricky ones. Expect questions from many left and right turns. You may have questions with distances measured differently in meters, km etc. You may also be tested on your ability to resolve relative directions like North – East, South – West etc.
Direction is a path along which someone or something moves.
In the topic, all the questions are based on four main directions (i.e. East, West, North, and South) and four cardinal directions (i.e. North-East, North-West, South-East, and South-West).
Based on given scenario we have to find out either direction or distance from given place.
Importance of topic
Direction and Distance type questions check one’s sense of directions and ability to visualize.
Pre-Requisites
Direction sense - There are four main directions East, West, North and South. We will denote it as E, W, N and S respectively.
There are four Cardinal Directions that exist between four main directions namely North-East, North-West, South-East, and South-West. We will represent them as NE, NW, SE, and SW.
