MATHEMATICS GRADE 10 UNIT 5

PRACTICE QUESTIONS ON UNIT 5

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES

1. If sin 1100 cos 200  x, then sin 20 0 cos110 0 equals

A. 1  x B. x  1 C. x D.  x
2. The angle of depression of the top of a flag pole from the top of a building that is 100 meters away
from the flag pole is 30 0. if the flag pole is 20 meters tall, then what is the height of the building?

A. 20
35 3 
meters
  
C. 20 5 3  1 meters
 3 
 
B. 20 1  5 3 meters D. 100 3meters
3. Which of the following is true?
 
A. tan   900  tan   
C. cos 3600    cos

B. tan 3600    tan   
D. sin   1800  sin 
4. From the top of a 10 m high building, a man observed two cars at angles of depressions 30 0 and
450 due east. How far apart are the two cars in meters?
10 10
A. 10 3  10 B. 10 3  10 C. 10  D. 10 
3 3
5. Which of the following is true about the graph of y  tan x ?
A. It is decreasing on 0,  .
3
C. x   is a vertical asymptote.
2
   
B. It is decreasing on   , . D. y   is a horizontal asymptote.
 2 2 2
6. Which of the following angles is conterminal with   120 ? 0

19 14
A.  480 0 B. 850 0 C.   D. 
6 3
7. tan 14100  _________
3 1 3 1
A.  B. C. D. 
3 2 2 2
8. csc 2400  _________
2 3 2
A.  2 B.  C.  3 D. 
3 2
9. If f ( x)  cos x, then which one of the following is true about this function?
A. Domain of f is x : 1  x  1 C. The period of f is 
B. Range of f is  1,1 D. f is an odd function
3
10. Let sec   and tan   0, then which one of the following is correct?
2
2 5 5
A. cot   C. sin  
5 5
3 5 5
B. csc  D. tan  
5 5
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11. If sin   and  is an obtuse angle then cos  ____________
40
9  1519 3 3
A. B. C. D.
1519 40 40 40
1  3
12. If sin   and tan   , then the degree measure of  is
2 3
A. 30 0 B. 210 0 C. 150 0 D. 330 0
13. sin 250 is equal to
1 1
A. csc 650 B. sin 650 C. 0
D.
csc 65 sec 650
14. Which one of the following is correct about an angle  that is given in standard position and
whose terminal side contains point (2,1) ?
2 1 2 1
A. sin   B. tan   C. cos  D. sin  
5 2 5 5
15. Using the basic trigonometric identities for a non-quadrantal angle  , the transformed form of the
expression cot  sec  ____________
A. csc  B. tan  C. cos  D. sin 
16. A woman was at the top of a cliff that is 100 meters above sea level as shown on the figure below.
When she saw two boats A and B sailing away from the cliff due east, the angles of depression to
boats A and B were 60 0 and 30 0 respectively (see figure).

A B

What was the distance between the two boats when she saw them?
200
A. 3 meters C. 100 3 meters
3
100
B. 3 meters D. 200 3 meters
3
17. If sin 150  x and sin 750  y, then which one the following is correct?
x y
A. tan 150  C. cot 750 
y x
x x
B. tan 750  D. cot 150 
y y

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18. Which of the following is the property of tangent function?

n
A. Its range is { y : y  , where n is an odd integer}
2
B. Its domain is { :   n , where n is an odd integer}
  
C. Its graph is decreasing in interval   , 
 2 2

D. Its graph never crosses the line at which    n , where n  Z
2
 2 
19. What is the value of cot ?
 3 
1 3 3
A.  B.  C.  3 D. 
2 2 3
20. Which of the following angles is co terminal to  13700 ?
A.  20 0 B. 70 0 C. 20 0 D.  70 0
 7 
21. cos     _____________ .
 6 
3 1 1 3
A.  B. C.  D.
2 2 2 2

22. From the following trigonometric values which one is equal to sin 4200 ? 
 
A. sin  60 0 
C. sin  7800 
 
B. sin 600 
D. sin  3000 
23. Which one of the following relationships holds correct?
A. tan 2000   tan 200 C. cos1300  cos 50 0
B. sin 1300  sin 50 0 D. tan 1300  tan 500
24. If tan   2 and cos  0, then which one of the following is true?
1 5 5
A. sec   B. csc  C. cot   2 D. sec   
5 2 2
25. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the function f ( x)  tan x ?
A. Its graph is symmetric with respect to the origin.
3
B. does not belong to the domain of f .
2

C. does not belong to the range of f .
2
D. f is an odd function.
26. If x is an acute angle and tan x  3, then what is the value of cos x ?
1 10 3
A. B. C. D. 10
5 10 5
 
27. sin  4300 is equal to:
A.  cos 200 B. sin 70 0 C. cos 20 0 D.  sin 20 0

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28. Two buildings A and B on a level ground are 6 meters apart. As seen from the top of building A
that is 10 meters high, the angle of elevation of the top of the building B is 30 0 . How high is the
building B in meters?
A. 10  2 3 B. 10  3 3 C. 3 3 D. 2 3
29. If   190 , then which of the following is true about the signs of sin  and tan  ?
0

A. sin  is negative and tan  is positive C. both sin  and tan  are positive
B. sin  is positive and tan  is negative D. both sin  and tan  are negative
30. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the function y  cost ?
7 
A. Its graph intersects the line y  t C. Its graph intersects the t axis at   ,0 
2 
  
B. It is increasing on the interval  ,2  D. It forms one cycle in the interval  , 
 2 2
31. If  is a second quadrant angle in standard position and its terminal side lies on the line y  2x,
then what is the value of sec  ?
5 1
A.  5 B. C. 5 D.
2 5
 8 
32. The exact value of tan   is
 3 
1 1
A.  3 B. C. 3 D.
3 3
33. What is the reference angle of  575 ? 0

A. 550 B. 350 C. 750 D. 145 0

34. Which of the following is a positive number?

A. cos(260) 0 B. cos(280) 0 C. cos1700 D. cos 2500
35. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the graph of y  tan x ?
A. Its range is ℝ
B. Its y-intercept is 0
m
C. It has vertical asymptotes at y  , for every odd integer m.
2
D. It is a decreasing function

36. Which of the following angles have the same related angles with  2000 ?
A. 160 0 B. 560 0 C.  1600 D. 200 0
 7 
37. From the following expressions which one is equivalent to sin   ?
 6 
 5   
A. sin   B.  sin   C. sin 30 0 D. sin 450
 6  6
38. Let f ( )  tan  , for 0    2 , then which one of the following is NOT correct?
A. The graph of f is increasing on 0,2 . C. The period of f is  .
B. The range of f is the set of all real numbers. D. f ( )  0 for   0,  and 2 .

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39. Which of the following is true about the secant function f ( x)  sec x ?

I. Domain of is ℝ\ m is an odd integer}

II. Range of is ℝ

III.

IV. Domain of is ℝ\ m is an odd integer}

A. III and IV only C. I only

B. I and III only D. I and II only
40. A mountain peak stands near a level plain on which are two farm houses C and D that are in a
straight line with respect to the peak. The angle of depression from the peak to C is 60 0 and the
angle of depression to D is 30 0 . The peak is known to be 100 m above the level of the plain. Find
the distance from C to D in meters.
400
A. m
3
100
B. m
2
100 m

200
C. m
3
C D
 3 1
D. 50 m

 2 
41. From the top of the tower PD which is 9m tall, points A and B are on a horizontal ground at
distances of 18m and 6 3 m respectively. If A, B, D and P are in the same vertical plane, then
what is the measure of
A. 350
P
B. 70 0
m m C. 30 0
D. 60 0

D
B A
2
42. If sin    and tan   0, then which one of the following is true?
3
3 1 5 3
A. sec  B. cot   C. cot   D. csc  
5 2 2 2
43. From a point on the ground, which is 100 meters away from the wall of a building, the angle of
elevation of the top of building is 72 0. What is the height of the building?
100
A. 100 tan 720 meters C. meters
tan 72 0
B. 100 cos 720 meters D. 100 sin 72 0 meters
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44. If the measure of an angle is 5830 in clockwise direction, then in which quadrant does its terminal
side fall?
A. IV B. III C. II D. I
45. If from the top of a hill 600m above the sea level the angle of depressions of two boats in line
with observer were found to be 30 0 and 600 , then the distance between the two boats was
A. 400 m B. 400 3 m C. 200 3 m D. 300 3 m
46. Which one of the following trigonometric values is undefined?
3 
A. tan  B. cot   C. sec(3 ) D. csc 
2 
47. Which one of the following is NOT equal to cos 72 0 ?
A. sin 7920 B. cos(6480 ) C. cos 4320 D. sin 180
48. If sin 180  0.31 and cos180  0.95, then which one of the following is correct?
95 10
A. cot 162 0   C. csc1620 
31 31
10 31
B. sec162 0   D. tan 1620 
95 95
49. Suppose a building casts a shadow of length 45 meters when the angle of elevation of the sun is
30 0. How high is this building?
45 3 45 2
A. meters B. 45 3 meters C. 15 3 meters D.
2 2
meters

50. Which one of the following is NOT true for 0    ?
2
   
A. csc  sin     C. cos  sin    
2  2 
   
B. sec  csc    D. tan   cot   
2  2 

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