Question

Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below: which one is not an intermediate direction?
a. North- east (NE)
b. West
c. South- west (SW)
d. North- west (NW)

Answer 1

Hint:
North and south: The round world we live in revolves in space. We say that the earth revolves or revolves around a straight line passing through its centre. We call this imaginary line the axis of the earth and call it the poles of the axis-the north and south poles.

East and West: The rotation of the earth provides us with two other Directions-East and West. East is just the direction the earth turns. West is the direction it turns. The earth revolves or rotates once every 24 hours.

Complete answer:
Directions have four basic (cardinal) points: North, South, East and West. Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Southwest (SW) and Northwest (NW) are the other four intermediate directions. With all these intermediate directions, it is easier to accurately locate any location.

Cardinal points (in degrees):
The direction name is usually associated with the degree of rotation in the unit circle, which is a necessary step for navigation calculations (derived from trigonometric functions) and/or for use with global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers. The four cardinal directions correspond to the following compass degrees:
North (N): 0 degree= 360 degree
East (E): 90 degree
South (S): 180 degree
West (W): 270 degrees.

Intercardinal direction (in degrees)
The intercardinal direction (intermediate or historical ordinal) is the four center directions of the compass that are midway between each pair of cardinal points.

Northeast (NE), 45 degrees, midway between north and east, is the opposite of southwest.
Southeast (SE), 135 degrees, midway between south and east, is the opposite of northwest.
Southwest (SW), 225 degrees, halfway between South and West, is the opposite of Northeast.
Northwestern (NW), 315 degrees, midway between north and west, is the opposite of southeast.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
These eight direction names have been further mixed, so that 32 named points are evenly distributed around the compass: North (N), North from East (NbE), Northeast from Northeast (NNE), Northeast from North (NEbN), Northeast (NE), east-northeast (NEbE), east-northeast (ENE), north-northeast (EbN), east (E), etc.