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JEE, 2019
CPP-1 Heights & Distances Batches – XII-P

Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angles of elevation of the top of the
lighthouse observed from the ships are 30º and 45º respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the
distance between the two ships is:
(A) 300 m (B) 173 m
(D) 200 m
(C) 273 m
2. A man standing at a point P is watching the top of a tower, which makes an angle of elevation of 30º with
the man's eye. The man walks some distance towards the tower to watch its top and the angle of the
elevation becomes 45º. What is the distance between the base of the tower and the point P?
(A) 9 units (B) 3√3 units
(D) 12 units
(C) Data inadequate
3. The angle of elevation of the sun, where the length of the shadow of a tree is equal to the height of the
tree, is:
(A) 30° (B) 60°
(D) None of these
(C) 45°
4. An observer 2 m tall is 10√3 m away from a tower. The angle of elevation from his eye to the top of the
tower is 30º. The height of the tower is:
(A) 10 m (B) 12 m
(D) None of these
(C) 14 m
5. The top of a 15 metre high tower makes an angle of elevation of 60° with the bottom of an electronic pole
and angle of elevation of 30° with the top of the pole. What is the height of the electric pole?
(A) 5 metres (B) 8 metres
(D) 12 metres
(C) 10 metres
6. A balloon leaves the earth at a point A and rises vertically at uniform speed At the end of 2 minutes, John
finds the angular elevation of the balloon as 60°. If the point at which John is standing is 150 m away
from point A, what is the approximate speed of the balloon?
(A) 0.63 meter/sec (B) 2.16 meter/sec
(D) 0.72 meter/sec
(C) 3.87 meter/sec
7. Two vertical poles are 200 m apart and the height of one is double that of the other. From the middle
point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be
complementary. Find the approximate heights of the poles.
(A) 141 m and 282 m (B) 70.5 m and 141 m
(D) 130 m and 260 m
(C) 65 m and 130 m

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 8. The elevation of the summit of a mountain from its foot is 45°. After ascending 2 km towards the summit
upon an incline of 30°,the elevation changes to 60°. What is the approximate height of the mountain?
(A) 1.2 km (B) 0.6 km
(D) 2.7 km
(C) 1.4 km
9. The angle of elevation of the top of two vertical towers as seen from the middle point of the line joining the
feet of the towers are 60o and 30o respectively. The ration of the heights of the towers is
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 3 :1
(C) 3 : 2 (D) 3 : 1

10. A man is watching from the top of a tower a boat speeding away from the tower. The boat makes an angle
of depression of 45° with the man's eye when at a distance of 100 metres from the tower. After 10
seconds, the angle of depression becomes 30°. What is the approximate speed of the boat, assuming that it
is running in still water?
(A) 26.28 km/hr (B) 32.42 km/hr
(D) 31.25 km/hr
(C) 24.22 km/hr
11. A man on the top of a vertical observation tower observers a car moving at a uniform speed coming
directly towards it. If it takes 8 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30° to 45°, how soon
after this will the car reach the observation tower?
(A) 8 min 17 second (B) 10 min 56 second
(D) 12 min 23 second
(C) 14 min 34 second
12. A vertical pole fixed to the ground is divided in the ratio 1:9 by a mark on it with lower part shorter than
the upper part. If the two parts subtend equal angles at a place on the ground, 15 m away from the base of
the pole, what is the height of the pole?
(A) 60√5 m (B) 15√5 m
(D) 60√3 m
(C) 15√3 m

ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. A
11. B 12. A

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 CPP
JEE, 2019
CPP-2 Heights & Distances Batches – XII-P

Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. ABCD is a square plot. The angle of elevation of the top of a pole standing at D from A or C is 30o and that
from B is  . Then tan  is equal to
(A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2
6 2 3

2. A flagstaff is placed on top of a building. The flagstaff and building subtend equal angles at a point on
level ground which is 200 m away from the foot of the building. If the height of the flagstaff is 50 m and
the height of the building is h, which of the following is true?
(A) h3 - 50h2 + (200)2h + (200)250 = 0 (B) None of these
(C) h3 + 50h2 + (200)2h - (200)250 = 0 (D) h3 - 50h2 - (200)2h + (200)250 = 0

3. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a point on the ground is 30o and moving 200 meters towards
the tower it becomes 45o. The height of tower is
(A) 10 m 
(B) 100 3 1 m  (C) 10 / 3 m (D) None of these

4. If each side of length a of an equilateral triangle subtends an angle of 60o at the top of a tower h meter high
situated at the centroid of the triangle, then
(A) 3a2 = 2 h2 (B) 2a2 = 3h2 (C) a2 = 3h2 (D) 3a2 = h2

5. An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 60o. If after 10 sec,
the elevation is observed to be 30o, then the uniform speed per hour of the aeroplane is
(A) 240 3 k / h (B) 80 3 k / h (C) 160 3 k / h (D) None of these

6. Two persons are on either sides of a tower of height 50 m. The persons observe the top of the tower at an
angle of elevation of 30° and 60°. If a car crosses these two persons in 10 seconds, what is the speed of
the car?
(A) 48√3 km/hr (B) 20√3 km/hr
(C) 24√3 km/hr (D) None of these
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7. A balloon is observed simultaneously from three points A, B and C on a straight road directly under it. The
angular elevation at B is twice and at C is thrice that of A. If the distance between A and B is 200 metres
and distance between B and C is 100 metres, then the height of the balloon is-
(A) 50 m (B) 250m (C) 350m (D) none of these

8. An aeroplane when 900 m high passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant when their angles
of elevation at same observing point are 60° and 45° respectively. Approximately, how many meters
higher is the one than the other?
(A) 380 m (B) 169 m
(C) 254 m (D) 211 m

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9. A spherical balloon of radius r subtends an angle  at the eye of the observer, while the angle of elevation
of its centre is  . The height of the centre of the balloon is
   
(A) r cos ec   cos  (B) r cos ec   sin  (C) r sec   sin  (D) r sec   cos 
2
  2
  2
  2
 

10. A flagstaff stands in the centre of a rectangular field whose diagonal is 1200 m, and subtends angle 15o and
45o at the mid points of the sides of the field. The height of the flagstaff is
(A) 200 m (B) 300 2  3 m (C) 300 2  3 m (D) 400 m

11. A person walking along a straight road observes that at two points 1 km apart, the angles of elevation of a
pole in front of him are 30o and 75o. The height of the pole is

(A) 250 3  1 m  
(B) 250 3 1 m  (C) 500 2  1 m  
(D) 500 2 1 m 
12. The angle of elevation of a cliff at a point A on the ground and a point B, 100 m vertically above A, are
 and  respectively. The height of the cliff is
100 tan  100cot  100cot 
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
cot   cot  tan   tan  cot   cot 

ANSWER KEY

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. C

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