MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
The angle of elevation of the top $$\mathrm{P}$$ of a tower from the feet of one person standing due South of the tower is $$45^{\circ}$$ and from the...
From the top $$\mathrm{A}$$ of a vertical wall $$\mathrm{AB}$$ of height $$30 \mathrm{~m}$$, the angles of depression of the top $$\mathrm{P}$$ and bo...
The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A due north of it is $$\alpha$$ and from a point B at a distance of 9 units due west of A is...
A horizontal park is in the shape of a triangle $$\mathrm{OAB}$$ with $$\mathrm{AB}=16$$. A vertical lamp post $$\mathrm{OP}$$ is erected at the point...
The angle of elevation of the top P of a vertical tower PQ of height 10 from a point A on the horizontal ground is $$45^{\circ}$$. Let R be a point on...
Let a vertical tower $$A B$$ of height $$2 h$$ stands on a horizontal ground. Let from a point $$P%$$ on the ground a man can see upto height $$h$$ of...
A tower PQ stands on a horizontal ground with base $$Q$$ on the ground. The point $$R$$ divides the tower in two parts such that $$Q R=15 \mathrm{~m}$...
From the base of a pole of height 20 meter, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 60$$^\circ$$. The pole subtends an angle 30$$^\circ$$ at t...
Let AB and PQ be two vertical poles, 160 m apart from each other. Let C be the middle point of B and Q, which are feet of these two poles. Let $${\pi ...
A vertical pole fixed to the horizontal ground is divided in the ratio 3 : 7 by a mark on it with lower part shorter than the upper part. If the two p...
Two poles, AB of length a metres and CD of length a + b (b $$\ne$$ a) metres are erected at the same horizontal level with bases at B and D. If BD = x...
A 10 inches long pencil AB with mid point C and a small eraser P are placed on the horizontal top of a table such that PC = $$\sqrt 5 $$ inches and $$...
A spherical gas balloon of radius 16 meter subtends an angle 60$$^\circ$$ at the eye of the observer A while the angle of elevation of its center from...
Let in a right angled triangle, the smallest angle be $$\theta$$. If a triangle formed by taking the reciprocal of its sides is also a right angled tr...
A pole stands vertically inside a triangular park ABC. Let the angle of elevation of the top of the pole from each corner of the park be $${\pi \over...
A man is observing, from the top of a tower, a boat speeding towards the lower from a certain point A, with uniform speed. At that point, angle of dep...
The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60$$^\circ$$. After a flight of 20 seconds at the speed of 432 km/hour, the angl...
Two vertical poles are 150 m apart and the height of one is three times that of the other. If
from the middle point of the line joining their feet, an...
The angle of elevation of the summit of a
mountain from a point on the ground is 45°.
After climbing up one km towards the summit
at an inclination of...
The angle of elevation of a cloud C from a point P, 200 m above a still lake is 30°. If the angle of depression of the image of C in the lake from the...
The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower standing on a horizontal plane is observed to be 45o from
a point A on the plane. Let B be the p...
ABC is a triangular park with AB = AC = 100 metres. A vertical tower is situated at the mid-point of BC. If
the angles of elevation of the top of the ...
Two poles standing on a horizontal ground are of
heights 5m and 10 m respectively. The line joining
their tops makes an angle of 15º with ground. Then...
Two vertical poles of heights, 20 m and 80 m stand
a part on a horizontal plane. The height (in meters)
of the point of intersection of the lines join...
If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point P which is 25 m above a lake be 30o and the angle of depression of reflection of the cloud in the la...
Consider a triangular plot ABC with sides AB = 7m, BC = 5m and CA = 6m. A vertical lamp-post at the mid point D of AC subtends an angle 30o at B. The ...
A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed towards the tower on a horizontal road. If it takes 18 min. for the angl...
PQR is a triangular park with PQ = PR = 200 m. A T.V. tower stands at the mid-point of QR. If the angles
of elevation of the top of the tower at P, Q ...
A tower T1 of height 60 m is located exactly opposite to a tower T2 of height 80 m on a straight road. Fromthe top of T1, if the angle of depression o...
An aeroplane flying at a constant speed, parallel to the horizontal ground, $$\sqrt 3 $$ kmabove it, is obsered at an elevation of $${60^o}$$ from a ...
Let a vertical tower AB have its end A on the level ground. Let C be the mid-point of AB and P be a point
on the ground such that AP = 2AB. If $$\angl...
The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point A, due east of it is 45o. The angle of elevation of the top of the same tower from ...
A man is walking towards a vertical pillar in a straight path, at a uniform speed. At a certain point A on the path, he observes that the angle of ele...
If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from three collinear points $$A, B$$ and $$C,$$ on a line leading to the foot of the tower, are $${30...
A bird is sitting on the top of a vertical pole $$20$$ m high and its elevation from a point $$O$$ on the ground is $${45^ \circ }$$. It files off hor...
$$ABCD$$ is a trapezium such that $$AB$$ and $$CD$$ are parallel and $$BC \bot CD.$$ If $$\angle ADB = \theta ,\,BC = p$$ and $$CD = q,$$ then AB is e...
$$AB$$ is a vertical pole with $$B$$ at the ground level and $$A$$ at the top. $$A$$ man finds that the angle of elevation of the point $$A$$ from a c...
A tower stands at the centre of a circular park. $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two points on the boundary of the park such that $$AB(=a)$$ subtends an angle of ...
A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the opposite bank of the river is $${60^ \circ }...
Numerical
The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from a point on the horizontal plane passing through the
foot of the hill is found to be 45o. After walkin...
Let AD and BC be two vertical poles at A and B respectively on a horizontal ground. If
AD = 8 m, BC = 11 m and AB = 10 m; then the distance (in meters...