HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES

Total no. of questions in Heights & Distances are :

Level # 1 .....................................................................20

Level # 2 ....................................................................10

Total no. of questions ............................................. 30

 LEVEL # 1
Angle of Elevation & Depression Q.8 A flag staff on the top of the tower 80 meter
(2-D diagram) 1 F
G IJat a point
Q.1 A kite is flying with the string inclined at 60º
high, subtends an angle tan–1 9 HK
to the horizon. The height of the kite above on the ground 100 meters from the foot of
the ground, when the string is 20 mts. long, the tower. Find the height of the flag- staff.
is - (A) 20 m (B) 30 m
(C) 25 m (D) 35 m
(A) 15 m (B) 15 3 m
(C) 10 m (D) 10 3 m Q.9 A person walking along a straight road
observes that a two points 1 km apart, the
Q.2 If the length of the shadow of a vertical pole angles of elevation of a pole in front of him
on the horizontal ground is equal to its height, are 30º and 75º. The height of the pole is,
find the angle of elevation of the sun -
(A) 60º (B) 30º (C) 45º (D) 90º (A) 250 e3  1j m (B) 250 e3  1j m
Q.3 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower
(C) 225 e2  1j m (D) 225 e2  1j m
from a point 20 m away from its base is 45º.
The height of the tower is -
(A) 10 m (B) 20 m Q.10 An observer in a boat finds that the angle of
elevation of a tower standing on the top of a
(C) 40 m (D) 20 3 m
cliff is 60º and that of the top of cliff is 30º.
If the height of the tower be 60 meters, then
Q.4 If the angle of depression of a point A on the
the height of the cliff is -
ground from the top of a tower be 30º, then
the angle of elevation of the top of the tower (A) 30 m (B) 60 3 m
from the point A will be-
(C) 20 3 m (D) None of these
(A) 60º (B) 45º
(C) 30º (D) None of these
Q.11 A tree is broken by wind, its upper part
Q.5 At a point 15 m away from the base of a 15 touches the ground at a point 10 meters from
m high house the angle of elevation of the the foot of the tree and makes an angle of
top is - 45º with the ground. The entire length of the
(A) 45º (B) 30º (C) 60º (D) 90º tree is -
(A) 15 meters
Q.6 From the top of a cliff 25 meters high, the (B) 20 meters
angle of elevation of a tower is found to be
equal to the angle of depression of the foot
of the tower, then height of the tower is-
e j
(C) 10 1  2 meters

(A) 25 m (B) 25 2 m (D) 10 e

1  3 / 2j meters
(C) 25 / 2 m (D) 50 m
Q.12 The length of the shadow of a pole inclined
Q.7 Two poles of equal heights stand on either at 10º to the vertical towards the sun is 2.05
side of a 100 meters wide road. At a point meters, when the elevation of the sun is
between the poles, the angle of elevation of 38º. The length of the pole is -
the topes of the poles are 30º and 60º. The 2.05 sin 38º 2.05 sin 42º
height of each pole is - (A) (B)
sin 42º sin 38º
(A) 25 m (B) 25 3 m
2.05 cos 38º
100 (C) (D) None of these
(C) m (D) None of these cos 42º
3
Q.13 At a distance 2h from the foot of a tower of Q.17 The angle of elevation of the top of a TV
height h, the tower and a pole at the top of tower from three points A, B, C in a straight
the tower subtend equal angles. Height of line (in the horizontal plane) through the foot
the pole should be - of the tower are , 2, 3 respectively. If
5h 4h 7h 3h AB = a, the height of the tower is -
(A) (B) (C) (D) (A) a tan  (B) a sin 
3 3 5 2
(C) a sin 2 (D) a sin 3
Q.14 A flag-staff stands upon the top of a building.
If at a distance of 40 meters from the base Q.18 ABCD is a square plot. The angle of elevation
of the building, the angles of elevation of the of the top of a pole standing at D from A or
topes of the flag-staff and the building are C is 30º and that from B is , then tan  is
60° and 30° respectively, then the height of equal to -
the flag - staff is -
(A) 46.17 m (B) 50 m (A) 6 (B) 1 / 6
(C) 25 m (D) None of these (C) 3/ 2 (D) 2/ 3

Directions or (3-D diagram) Q.19 If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio
1 : 2 : 3, then their corresponding sides are
Q.15 A tower subtends an angle  at a point A in in the ratio -
the plane of its base and the angle of
depression of the foot of the tower at a point (A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 3 : 2
 meters just above A is . The height of the (C) 2 : 3 : 3 (D) 1 : 3 : 3
tower is -
(A)  tan cot (B)  tan cot
Q.20 The angle of elevation of the top of the tower
(C)  tan tan (D)  cot cot
observed from each of the three points A, B,
Q.16 The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from C on the ground, forming a triangle is the
each of the vertices A, B, C of a horizontal same angle . If R is the circum - radius of
triangle is . The height of the hill is - the triangle ABC, then the height of the tower
(A) b tan. cosecB is -
(A) R sin  (B) R cos 
1
(B) a tan. cosec A (C) R cot  (D) R tan 
2
1
(C) c tan. cosec C
2
(D) None of these
 LEVEL # 2
Q.1 A house of height 100 meters subtends a 3
right angle at the window of an opposite Q.7 The upper th portion of a vertical pole sub-
4
house. If the height of the window be 64 3
meter, then the distance between the two tends an angle tan–1 at a point in the hori-
5
houses is - zontal plane through its foot and at a distance
(A) 48 m (B) 36 m 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the ver-
(C) 54 m (D) 72 m tical pole is -
(A) 80m (B) 20m
Q.2 On the level ground the angle of elevation of (C) 40 m (D) 60 m
the top of a tower is 30º. On moving 20 mt.
nearer the tower, the angle of elevation is
found to be 60º. The height of the tower is- Q.8 A person standing on the bank of a river ob-
serves that the angle of elevation of the top of a
(A) 10 m (B) 20 m
tree on the opposite bank of the river is 60° and
(C) 10 3 m (D) 15 m when he retires 40 meters away from the tree
the angle of elevation becomes 30°. The breadth
Q.3 An observer on the top of a tree, finds, the of the river is -
angle of depression of a car moving towards (A) 20 m (B) 30 m
the tree to be 30º. After 3 minutes this angle (C) 40 m (D) 60 m
becomes 60º. After how much more time,
the car will reach the tree - Q.9 A tower stands at the centre of a circular park.
(A) 4 min. (B) 4.5 min. A and B are two points on the boundary of the
(C) 1.5 min. (D) 2 min. park such that AB (= a) subtends an angle of
60º at the foot of the tower, and the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from A or B is
Q.4 The angles of elevation of the top of a tower
30º. The height of the tower is -
from two point A and B on the ground distant
a and b from the tower are complimentary. If (A) 2a / 3 (B) 2a 3
the line AB passes through the foot of the (C) a / 3 (D) a 3
tower, the height of the tower is -
a a
(A) ab (B) (C) ab (D) Q.10 AB is a vertical pole with B at the ground level
b b
Q.5 A vertical lamppost of height 9 metres stands and A at the top. A man finds that the angle of
at the corner of a rectangular field. The angle elevation of the point A from a certain point C on
of elevation of its top from the farthest corner
is 30º, while from another corner it is 45º. the ground is 60º. He moves away from the
The area of the field is - pole along the line BC to a point D such that
(A) 81 2 metre2 (B) 9 2 metre2 CD = 7 m. From D the angle of elevation of the
(C) 81 3 metre2 (D) 9 3 metre2
points A is 45º. Then the height of the pole is
Q.6 A flagstaff stands vertically on a pillar, the 7 3 7 3
height of the flagstaff being double the height (A) ( 3  1) m (B) ( 3  1) m
2 2
of the pillar. A man on the ground at a
distance finds that both the pillar and the 7 3 1 7 3 1
(C) m (D) m
flagstaff subtend equal angles at his eyes. 2 3 1 2 3 1
The ratio of the height of the pillar and the
distance of the man from the pillar, is -
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 3
(C) 1 : 3 (D) 3 : 2
 ANSWERS KEY

LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans . D C B C A D B A A A C A A A B B,C C B B D

LEVEL # 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. A C C C A C C A C A