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[NCERT Questions]
Q.1 A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a
vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle by the rope with the ground
level is 30º (see figure).
Sol. In right ABC,

AB
= sin 30º
AC

AB 1 AB 1 1
 =  = [ AC = 20 cm and sin 30º = ]
AC 2 20 2 2

1
 AB = 20 × = 10 m
2
Thus, the required height of the pole is 10 m.

Q.2 A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the
ground making an angle 30º with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point
C
where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.
Sol. Let tree is broken at A and its top is touching the ground at B.
Now, in right AOB, we have
PB

AO
= tan30º
OB

AO 1 1
 = [ AB = AP and tan 30º = ]
BO 3 3

AO 1 8
 =  AO =
8 3 3

AB
Also, = sec 30º
OB

AB 2 28 16
=  AB = =
8 3 3 3
Now, height of the tree OP = OA + AB

8 16 24 24 3
= + = m= × m = 8 3 m.
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Q.3 A contractor plans to install two slides for the children to play in a park. For the children below
the age of 5 years, she prefers to have a slide whose top is at a height of 1.5 m, and is inclined
at an angle of 30º to the ground, whereas for elder children, she wants to have a steep slide at
a height of 3 m, and inclined at angle of 60º to the ground. What would be the length of the slide
in each case ?
Sol. In the figure, DE is the slide for younger children.
In right ABC, AB = 3m

AB
 = sin 60º
AC

3 3 23
 =  AC = = 2 3m
AC 2 3

Again in right BDE,

DE
= cosec 30º = 2
BD
C
DE
 =2  DE = 2 × 1.5 m
1.5
 DE = 3 m.
PB

Thus, the lengths of the slides are 3m and 2 3 m.

Q.4 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m away
from the foot of the tower, is 30º. Find the height of the tower.
Sol. In right ABC , AB = The height of the tower and point C is 30 m away from the foot of the tower,
 AC = 30 m

AB
Now, = tan 30º
AC

h 1 1
 = [ tan 30º = ]
30 3 3

30 30 3
h= = × = 10 3
3 3 3

Thus, the required height of the tower is 10 3 m.

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Q.5 A kite is flying at a height of 60 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily
tied to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 60º. Find the length
of the string, assuming that there is no slack in the stirng.
Sol. Let in the right AOB
OB = Length of the string
AB = 60 m = Height of the kite.
OB 2
 = cosec 60º =
AB 3

OB 2 2  60
 =  OB =
60 3 3

120  3
 = 40 3 m.
3 3
Thus, the length of the string is 40 3 m.

Q.6 A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30 m tall building. The angle of elevation
from his eyes to the top of the building increases from 30° to 60° as he walks towards the
C
building. Find the distance he walked towards the building.
Sol. Here, OA is the building.
In right ABD
PB

AD 1
= tan30º =
BD 3

 BD = AD 3 = 28.5 3
Also, in right ACD,

AD D 28.5
= tan60º = 3  CD = =
CD 3 3

28.5
Now, BC = BD – CD = 28.5 3 –
3

 1   3 – 1
 BC = 28.5  3 –  = 28.5  
 3  3

2 3 28.5  2  3
= 28.5 × × = = 9.5 × 2 × 3 = 19 3
3 3 3

Thus the distance walked by the man towards the building = 19 3 .

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Q.7 From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top of a transmission tower
fixed at the top of a 20 m high building are 45º and 60º respectively. Find the height of the tower.
Sol. Let the height of the building be BC  BC = 20 m
and height of the tower be CD.
Let the point A be at a distance y metres from the foot of the building.
Now, in right ABD,

BC 20
= tan 45º = 1  =1
AB y
 y = 20 m i.e., AB = 20 m.
Now, in right ABC,

BD BD
= tan 60º = 3  = 3
AB 20

20  x
 = 3  20 + x = 20 3  x = 20 3 – 20
20
 x = 20 [1.732 – 1]  x = 20 × 0.732 = 14.64
C
Thus, the height of the tower is 14.64m.

Q.8 A statue, 1.6 m tall, stands on the top of a pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle of
elevation of the top of the statue is 60º and from the same point the angle of elevation of the
PB
top of the pedestal is 45º. Find the height of the pedestal.
Sol. In the figure, DC represents the statue and BC represents the pedestal.
Now, in right ABC , we have
AB AB
= cot 45º = 1  =1  AB = h metres
BC h
Now in right ABD, we have
BD
= tan 60º = 3
AB

 BD = 3 × AB = 3 ×h
h  1 .6
 h + 1.6 = 3h  = 3  h ( 3 – 1) = 1.6
h

1.6 1 .6 3 1
 h= = ×
3 –1 3 –1 3 1

1.6 1.6
 h= × ( 3 + 1) = × ( 3 + 1) = 0.8 ( 3 + 1) m
3 –1 2

Thus, the height of the pedestal = 0.8 ( 3 + 1) m.

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Q.9 The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30º and the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60º. If the tower is 50m high,
find the height of the building.
Sol. In the figure, let height of the building = AB = h m
Let CD be the tower
 CD = 50 m
Now, in right ABC,
AC AC
= cot 30º = 3  = 3
AB h

 AC = h 3 ....(1)
DC
Again in right DCA, = tan 60º
AC

50 50
 = 3  AC = ....(2)
AC 3
From (1) and (2), we get
50 50 1 50
C
3h = 3
 h=
3
×
3
=
3

2
Thus, the height of the building = 16 m .
3
PB

Q.10 Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on either side of the road, which is
80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angle of elevation of the top of the
poles are 60º and 30º, respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point
from the poles.
Sol. In right triangle PRQ,
PQ
tan 60º =
QR

H
 3 = h

 H= h 3 .....(1)
In right triangle ABR,

AB 1 H 1 h 3
tan 30º =  =  = (From (1))
BR 3 80 – h 3 80 – h
80
 80 – h = 3h  4h = 80  h= = 20 ......(2)
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Again from (1)

H=h 3

 H = 20 3 (From (2))
Also, 80 – h = 80 –20 = 60 (From (2))

Hence, the heights of the poles are 20 3 m each and the distances of the point from the poles are 20m
and 60 m respectively.

Q.11 A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of a canal. From a point on the other bank directly
opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top on the tower is 60º. From another point on
the line joining this point to the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
is 30º (see figure). Find the height of the tower and the width of the canal.
Sol. In right triangle ABC,

AB AB
tan 60º =  3 = BC ....(1)
BC
C
In right triangle ABD,

AB 1 AB
tan 30º =  =
BD 3 BC  CD
PB

1 AB
 = ......(2)
3 BC  20

Dividing (1) by (2), we get

3 BC  20 BC  20
1
  3=
BC BC
3

 3BC = BC + 20  3BC – BC = 20
20
 2BC = 20  BC = = 10 .....(3)
2
From (1),

AB AB
3 =  3 = [From (3)]
BC 10

 AB = 10 3

Hence, the height of the tower is 10 3 m and the width of the canal is 10 m.

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Q.12 From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60º and
the angle of depression of its foot is 45º. Determine the height of the tower.
Sol. In right triangle ABD,

AB 7
tan 45º =  1=
BD BD
 BD = 7  AE = 7
In right triangle AEC,

CE CE
tan 60º =  3 = 7
AE

 CE = 7 3
 CD = CE + ED
= CE + AB

=7 3 +7
= 7 ( 3 + 1)
C
Hence, the height of the tower is 7 ( 3 + 1) m.

Q.13 As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angle of depression
of two ships are 30º and 45º. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the
PB

lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships.

Sol. In right triangle ABQ,

AB
tan 45º =
BQ

75
 1=
BQ
 BQ = 75 m .......(1)
In right triangle ABP,

AB 1 AB
 tan 30º =  =
BP 3 BQ  QP

1 75
 = [From (1)]
3 75  QP

 75 + QP = 75 3  QP = 75 ( 3 – 1)

Hence, the distance between the two ships is 75( 3 – 1) m.

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Q.14 A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of 88.2 m
from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any instant
is 60º. After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 30º (see figure). Find the distance
travelled by the balloon during the interval.

Sol. In right triangle ABC,

AB
tan 60º =
BC

88.2
 3 =
BC
C
88.2
 BC =
3
PB
In right triangle PQC,

PQ PQ
tan 30º =  tan 30º =
CQ CB  BQ

1 88.2
 = 88.2 [From (1)]
3  BQ
3

1 88.2 3
 =  88.2 + BQ 3 = 264.6
3 88.2  BQ 3

 BQ 3 = 264.6 – 88.2 = 176.4

176.4 (176.4) 3 (176.4) 3 588 294

 BQ = = = = (58.8) 3 = 3 = 3
3 3 3 3 10 5

294
Hence distance travelled by the balloon during the interval is 3m .
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Q.15 A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes
a car at an angle of depression of 30º, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform
speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60º. Find the time
taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
Sol. In right triangle ABP,

AB
tan 30º =
BP

1 AB
 =
3 BP

 BP = AB 3 ......(1)

In right triangle ABQ,

AB
tan 60º =
C
BQ

AB
 3 = BQ
PB

AB
 BQ = ......(2)
3

 PQ = BP – BQ

AB 3AB – AB 2AB
= AB 3 – = = = (2BQ) [From (2)]
3 3 3

1
 BQ = PQ
2

 Time taken by the car to travel a distance PQ = 6 seconds.

1 1
 Time taken by the car to travel a distance BQ, i.e., PQ = × 6 seconds = 3 seconds.
2 2

Hence, the further time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower is 3 seconds.

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Q.16 The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4m and 9m from
the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Prove that the
height of the tower is 6m.
Sol. Let APB = 
Then AQB = 90º –  (APB and AQB are complementary)
In right triangle ABP,

AB
tan  =
PB

AB
 tan  = .......(1)
9
In right triangle ABQ,

AB
tan (90º – ) =
QB

AB
cot  = .......(2)
C

4
Multiplying (1) and (2) we get

AB AB
PB
× = tan  × cot 
9 4

AB2 1
 = tan  ×
36 tan 

AB2
 =1
36
 AB2 = 36

 AB = 36 = 6
Hence the height of the tower is 6 m.

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[Previous Year Questions]

Q.1 The given diagram represents some beams which support part of a roof. If AC = 8 metres,
BAC = 60º, ACD = 30º, ADC = 90º and CAE = 90º, then the length of the beam AD is
________.
E

(A) 5 (IMO)
A D
(B) 8 m
60º
(C) 4 m
8 30º
(D) 12 m
B C

Q.2 An aeroplane is flying horizontally at a height of 3150 m above a horizontal plane ground. At a particular
instant it passes another plane vertically below it. At this instant, the angles of elevation of the planes from
a point on the ground are 30º and 60º. Hence, the distance between the two planes at that instant is
(NTSE Chandigarh)
(A) 1050 m (B) 2100 m (C) 4200 m (D) 5250 m
C
Q.3 If the angle of elevation of sun increases from 0º to 90º then the change in the length of shadow of Tower
will be : (NTSE Rajasthan)
(A) No change in length of shadow (B) Length of shadow increases
(C) Length of shadow decreases (D) Length of shadow will be zero
PB

Q.4 On the level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30º. On moving 20 metres nearer to
it the angle of elevation becomes 60º. The height of the tower is (NTSE MP)
(A) 10 m (B) 15 m (C) 20 m (D) 10 3 m

Q.5 The top of a broken tree has its top end touching the ground at a distance 15 m from the bottom, the
angle made by the broken end with the ground is 30º. Then length of broken part is
(A) 10m (B) 3m (C) 5 3m (D) 10 3m

Q.6 A person walking 20 m towards a chimney in a horizontal line through its base observes that its angle of
elevation changes from 30º to 45º. The height of chimney is
20 20
(A) (B) (C) 20( 3 – 1) (D) None
3 1 3 –1

Q.7 The angle of elevation of the top of an unfinished tower at a point of distance 120 m from its base is 45º.
How much height must the tower be raised so that the angle of elevation be 60º ?
(A) 120 ( 3  1) m (B) ( 3  1) m (C) 120( 3 – 1) m (D) None

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Q.8 The angle of elevation of top of a vertical tower from a point P on the ground is 60º. At a point Q, 40 m
vertically above P, the angle of elevation is 45º. Find the height of tower.

40 3 40 3 20 3 20 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 –1 3 1 3 –1 3 1

Q.9 The length of shadow of a tower is 3 times that of its length. The angle of elevation of the sun is
(NSTSE 2009)
(A) 45º (B) 30º (C) 60º (D) 90º

Q.10 The top of two poles of heights 20 m and 14 m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes an angle of
30º with the horizontal, then the length of the wire is (NSTSE 2009)
(A) 40 m (B) 12 m (C) 28 m (D) 68 m

Q.11 If the angle of elevation of the sun is 60º, then the length of the shadow of a vertical pillar of height h will
be : (NSTSE 2010)
h h
(A) (B) h 3 (C) h 2 (D)
3 2
C
Q.12 The height of a tower is ‘h’ and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is . On moving a distance
h
PB
towards the tower, the angle of elevation becomes . What is the value of cot  – cot  ?
2
(NSTSE 2011)
1 2
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
2 3

Q.13 A bridge across a river makes an angle of 30º with the river bank (figure given). If the length of the bridge
across the river is the sum of the arithmetic progression 5, 10, 15, .......,55 what is the width of the river?

River
30º
(IMO)

(A) 160 m (B) 150 m (C) 165 m (D) 155 m

Q.14 A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If the lamp is
3.6 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds. (IOM)
(A) 1.2 m (B) 1.6 m (C) 1.9 m (D) 2.2 m

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Q.15 The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer when sun’s altitude is 30º
than when it was 60º. What is the height of the tower ? (IOM)
(A) 15 2m (B) 20 2m (C) 22 2m (D) 18 2m

Q.16 In the given figure ABCD is a rectangle in which segments AP and AQ are drawn as shown. The length
of (AP + AQ) is [Karnataka NTSE Stage-1 2014]

D Q C
30°
P
30°
30 cm

A 60 cm B

(A) 180 cm (B) 120 cm (C) 150 cm (D) 100 cm

Q.17 The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 9 m and 16 m from
C
the base of the tower and in the same straight line in the same direction with it are complementary.
Then height of the tower is [Rajasthan NTSE Stage-1 2016]
(A) 12 m (B) 15m (C) 20 m (D) 25 m
PB

Q.18 A person walks towards a tower. Initially when he starts, angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30º.
On travelling 20 meters towards the tower, the angle changes to 60º . How much more has he to travel
to reach the tower? [NTSE Stage-2 2016]
10
(A) 10 3 meters (B) 10 meters (C) 20 meters (D) meters
3

Q.19 The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point A on the ground is 60°. On walking 20 m away
from its base, to a point B, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. Find the height of the tree.
[IOM-2016]
(A) 10 3 m (B) 20 3 m (C) 30 3 m (D) 40 3 m

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SECTION-A
 Fill in the blanks C

Q.1 AB = ____, CB = _______.

30º 60º
D B
40 mt A

Q.2 A 6m tall tree casts a shadow of length 4m. If at the same time a flagpole casts a shadow 50 m in length,
then the length of the flagpole is ...........................

Q.3 The heigth of a tower is 10 m. The height of its shadow when sun’s altitude is 45º, is ................ .

Q.4 In the adjoining figure, the positions of observer and object are marked. The angle of depression is ....
O
(Observer)
C
30º

Q.5 The angle of elevation and depression are ....................

PB

Q.6 The top of a building from a fixed point is observed at an angle of elevation 60º and the distance from the
foot of the building to the point is 100 m, then the height of the building is ......................... .

Q.7 The ................ is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to the point in the object viewed by the observer.

Q.8 The ................. of an object viewed, is the angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal when it is
above the horizontal level, i.e., the case when we raise our head to look at the object.

Q.9 The length AE from the given figure is ........................

D E C

60 m
30º
A 100 m B

Q.10 If the length of the shadow of a tower is increasing, then the angle of elevation of the sun is ..............

Q.11 A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, which is 100m away from the foot
of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 60º, then the height of the tower
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SECTION - B
 Multiple choice questions with one correct answers
Q.1 The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1 : 3 , then the angle of elevation of the sun is :
(A) 30º (B) 45º (C) 60º (D) 90º

Q.2 If two towers of height x and y subtend angles of 30º and 60º respectively at the centre of a line joining
their feet, then x : y equals to
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 3 :1

Q.3 A wall 8m long casts a shadow 5 m long. At same time, a tower casts a shadow 50 m long, then the
height of tower is :
(A) 40 m (B) 60 m (C) 80 m (D) 100 m

Q.4 From the figure, the angle of depression of point C from the point P is :

P Q
C
30
º

60º 45º
A C
PB
B

(A) 90º (B) 60º (C) 30º (D) 45º

Q.5 A kite is flying at a height of 30 m from the ground. The length of string from the kite to the ground is 60
m. Assuming that there is no slack in the string, the angle of elevation of the kite at the ground is :
(A) 45º (B) 30º (C) 60º (D) 90º

Q.6 A 25 m ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building. The foot of the ladder is 7m from the base
of the building. If the top of the ladder slips 4m, then the foot of the ladder will slide

C
4m
D
25m

E x B
A 7m

(A) 5 (B) 8m (C) 9 m (D) 15 m

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Q.7 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower as observed from a point on the ground is ‘a’ and on moving
‘a’ metres towards the tower, the angle of elevation is ‘’. Thus the height of the tower is :

(tan   tan ) a tan  tan  tan  tan  tan  – tan 

(A) a (B) (C) a (D) a
tan  – tan  tan  – tan  tan   tan  tan   tan 

Q.8 A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30º with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the rate of
2 metres/second. How fast is he approaching the wall ?
(A) 2 m/s (B) 1.5 m/s (C) 1 m/s (D) 2.5 m/s

Q.9 A round substance of radius r subtends an angle 2 at the eye of the observer while the angle of elevation
of its centre is . Then the height of the centre of the balloon vertically above the horizontal level of eye is:

r sin  r sin 
(A) r sin  sin  (B) (C) (D) r cosec  cosec 
sin  sin 

Q.10 A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100 m from him at an elevation of
30º. A girl standing on the roof of 20 m high building finds the angle of elevation of the same bird to be 45º.
C
Both the boy and the girl are on opposite side of the bird. Then the distance of the bird from the girl is :
(A) 30 3m (B) 30 2 m (C) 20 2 m (D) 20 3 m
PB

Q.11 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower standing on a horizontal plane from a point A is . After
walking a distance 'd' towards the foot of the tower the angle of elevation is found to be . The height of
tower is :

d d d d
(A) (B) (C) (D)
tan  – tan  cot  – cot  cot   cot  tan   tan 

Q.12 Two persons are ‘a’ metres apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the middle
point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angular elevation of their tops to be
complementary, then the height of the shorter person in metre is _________________.

a a a
(A) (B) (C) a 2 (D)
4 2 2 2

Q.13 The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a lighthouse are 45º and 30º towards east. If the
ships are 100 m apart, the height of the lighthouse is ______________.

50 50
(A) m (B) m (C) 50 ( 3  1) m (D) None of these
3 1 3 –1

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Q.14 The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point h metres above a lake is . The angle of depression of its
reflection in the lake is 45º. The height of the cloud is __________.
(A) h tan (45º + ) (B) h cot (45º – ) (C) h tan (45º – ) (D) h cot (45º + )

Q.15 A vertical pole consists of two parts, the lower part being one third of the whole. At a point in the
horizontal plane through the base of the pole and distance 20 meters from it, the upper part of the pole

1
subtends an angle whose tangent is . The possible heights of the pole are :
2

(A) 20 m and 20 3 m (B) 20m and 60 m (C) 16m and 48 m (D) None of these

Q.16 An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 60º and after
10 seconds the elevation is observed to be 30º. The uniform speed of the aeroplane in km/h is :

(A) 240 (B) 240 3 (C) 60 3 (D) None of these

C
Q.17 The angle of depression of the top and bottom of a 7m tall building from the top of a tower are 45º and
PB

60º respectively. The height of the tower is :

(A) 16.56 m (B) 16.06 m (C) 16.50 m (D) 16.68 m

Q.18 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a distance of 100 m from its foot is 30º. The height of
the tower is :

100 200
(A) 100 3 m (B) m (C) 50 3 m (D) m
3 3

Q.19 Two men standing on opposite sides of a flagstaff measure the angles of the top of the flagstaff is 30º and
60º. If the height of the flagstaff is 20 m, distance between the men is :
(A) 46.19 m (B) 40 m (C) 50 m (D) 30 m

Q.20 One side of a parallelogram is 12 cm and its area is 60 cm2. If the angle between the adjacent sides is
30º, then its other side is :
(A) 8 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 4 cm

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SECTION-C
 Multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct answers
Q.1 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from the top and bottom of a building of height ‘a’ are 30º
and 45º respectively. If the tower and the building stand at the same level, the height of the tower is.

(A)
3a
(B) a  3 –1  (C) a
3  3  (D) a  3 1
3– 3 2

Q.2 From the top of a light house 60 mt. high with its base at sea level, the angle of depression of a boat is
15º. The distance of the boat from the foot of the light house is

 3 –1   3 1   3 –1 
(A)   60 mt. (B)   60 mt. (C)   mt. (D) (2+ 3 ) 60 mt.
 3 1   3 –1   3 1 

Q.3 A pole stand vertically inside a triangular park ABC. If the angle of elevation of the top of the pole from
each corner of the park is same then in  ABC the foot of the pole is at
(A) centriod (B) circumcentre (C) incentre (D) orthocentre
C
Q.4 A pole 25 mt. long stands on the top of a tower 225 mt. high. If ‘’ is the angle subtended by the pole at
a point on the ground which is at a distance of 2.25 km from the foot of the tower, then tan  is equal to
(A) 1/90 (B) 1/91 (C) 1/10 (D) 1/9
PB
Q.5 As observed from the top of a light house, 100m above sea level, the angle of depression of a ship,
sailing directly towards it, changes from 30° to 45°. Determine the distance travelled by the ship during
the period of observation.
(A) 75.3 m (B) 73.2 m (C) 68.59 m (D) 74.56 m

Q.6 Which of the following is/are correct ?

on A
v ati
er
bs
o fo
ne
L i 1 Horizontal line
OL  C
ine 2
of
ob
ser
va
ti on B

(A) 1 is the angle of elevation.

(B) 2 is the angle of depression.
(C) The angle of elevation or depression is always measured from horizontal line through the point of
observation
(D) 1 and 2 are always equal.

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Q.7 (I) The angle of elevation of the top of a hill at the foot of the tower is 60º and the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower from the foot of the hill is 30º. If the tower is 50 m high, then height of the
hill is 150 m.
(II) An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an angle of 60º. After
10 seconds, its elevation changes to 30º. Then the speed of the areoplane is 527.04 km/h.
(III) A man in a boat rowing away from light house 100 m high takes 2 minutes to change the angle
of elevation of the top of the light house from 60º and 30º. Then the speed of the boat is
40 m/minute
Which is true ?
(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) None of these

SECTION-D
 Match the following (one to one)
Column-I and column-II contains four entries each. Entries of column-I are to be matched with
some entries of column-II. Only One entry of column-I may have the matching with the same entry of
column-II and one entry of column-II Only one matching with entry of column-I

A
C
45º 30º
B 12 mt C D

Q.1 Column I Column II

PB

(A) AB (p) 12 2 mt.

(B) CD (q) 24 mt.
(C) AC (r) 12 mt.
(D) AD (s) 8.76 m

Q.2 Column-I Column-II

(A) From a point p on a level ground, the angle of elevation (p) 30º
of the top tower is 30°. If the tower is 200 m high, the
distance of point p from the foot of the tower is
(B) The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from (q) 52 m
a point on the ground which is 30 m away from foot
of the tower is 30º. The height of the tower is .
(C) A boy flying a kite has let out 60 m of string if the (r) 10 3 m
angle of elevation of the kite is 60º, then the height
of the kite above the ground is
(D) A girl of height 100 cm stands in front of lamp post (s) 346 m
and casts a shadow of length 10 3 cm on the
ground. The angle of elevation of the top of the
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Q.3 From a window, h metres high above the ground, of a house in a street, the angle of elevation and
depression of the top and bottom of another house on the opposite side of the street are  and .
respectively, then match the column.

D  A



C B

Column-I Column-II
(A) AC (p) h (1 + tan  cos )
(B) DE (q) h cosec 
(C) CE (r) h tan cot 
(D) AD (s) h cot 

Q.4 Column-I Column-II

C
A

(A) 10 ; BC = ? (p) 60º

45º
PB

B C

(B) ; AB = ? (q) 10
60º
B C
3

A
40 1
(C) ;=? (r)
5

B C
20

(D) ; tan = ? (s) 3

45º 
B C D
2
10

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SECTION-E
 Assertion & Reason
Instructions: In the following questions as Assertion (A) is given followed by a Reason (R). Mark your
responses from the following options.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of ‘Assertion’
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of ‘Assertion’
(C) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(D) Assertion is false but Reason is true
A
Q.1 Assertion : In the given figure, if BC = 20m, then height AB is 11.56m.

AB perpendicular
Reason : tan  = = , where  is the angle ACB. 30º
BC base B C

Q.2 Assertion : If the length of shadow of a vertical pole is equal to its height, then the angle of elevation of
the sun is 45º.
Reason : According to pythagoras theorem, h2 = l2 + b2, where h = hypotenuse, l = length and
C
b = base.
PB

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ANSWER KEY

Q.1 C Q.2 B Q.3 C Q.4 D Q.5 D Q.6 B Q.7 C

Q.8 A Q.9 B Q.10 B Q.11 A Q.12 A Q.13 C Q.14 B
Q.15 B Q.16 A Q.17 A Q.18 B Q.19 A

SECTION-A
Q.1 20 mt., CB = 34.64 mt. Q.2 75 m Q.3 10 m Q.4 30º Q.5 Alternate

Q.6 100 3 Q.7 line of sight Q.8 angle of elevation Q.9 120 cm Q.10 decreasing

Q.11 173.2 m
C
SECTION B
Q.1 A Q.2 B Q.3 C Q.4 C Q.5 B Q.6 B Q.7 B
Q.8 C Q.9 C Q.10 B Q.11 B Q.12 D Q.13 C Q.14 A
PB
Q.15 B Q.16 B Q.17 A Q.18 B Q.19 A Q.20 C

SECTION-C
Q.1 A,C Q.2 B,D Q.3 B Q.4 B Q.5 B Q.6 A,B,C Q.7 A

SECTION-D
Q.1 (A) (r), (B) (s), (C) (p), (D) (q)
Q.2 (A)  (s), (B)  (r), (C)  (q), (D)  (p),
Q.3 (A)  (s), (B)  (r), (C)  (p), (D)  (q)
Q.4 (A)  (q), (B)  (s), (C)  (p), (D)  (r)

SECTION-E
Q.1 A Q.2 B

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