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CBSE Test Paper 02

Chapter 9 Some Applications of Trigonometry

1. If the angle of depression of an object from a 75m high tower is , then the distance
of the object from the tower is (1)

a. m
b. m
c. m
d. m

2. Two men are on opposite sides of a tower. They observe the angles of elevation of the
top of the tower as and respectively. If the height of the tower is 100m, then
the distance between them is (1)

a.
b.
c.
d. none of these

3. The ___________ is the angle between the horizontal and the line of sight to an object
when the object is below the horizontal level. (1)

a. angle of projection
b. angle of elevation
c. None of these
d. angle of depression

4. The ratio between the height and the length of the shadow of a pole is : 1, then the
sun’s altitude is (1)

a.
b.
c.
d.
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground and at a
distance of 30m from its foot is . The height of the tower is (1)

a. m
b. 10 m
c. m
d. 30 m

6. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point 20 metres away from the
base is 45°. Find the height of the tower. (1)

7. Find the angle of elevation of the sun (sun's altitude) when the length of the shadow of
a vertical pole is equal to its height. (1)

8. 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 made

by the rope with the ground level is 30o. (1)

9. Form the top of a tower 50 m high the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a

pole are observed to be 45o and 60o respectively. Find the height of the pole. (1)

10. A bridge across a river makes an angle of 45o with the river bank as shown in Fig. If
the length of the bridge across the river is 150 m, what is the width of the river? (1)

11. If two towers of height h1 and h2 subtends angles of 60° and 30° respectively at the

mid points of line joining their feet, find h1 : h2 (2)

12. Find the length of kite string flying at 100 m above the ground with the elevation of

60o. (2)

13. A window in a building is at height of 10 m from the ground. The angle of depression
of a point P on the ground from the window is .The angle of elevation of the top
of the building from the point P is . Find the height of the building. (2)

14. From the top of a tower of height 50 m, the angles of depression of the top and bottom

of a pole are 30o and 45o respectively.


Find:

i. How far the pole is from the bottom of the tower,


ii. the height of the pole.(Use = 1.732) (3)

15. A path separates two walls. A ladder leaning against one wall rests at a point on the
path. It reaches a height of 90 m on the wall and makes an angle of 60° with the
ground. If while resting at the same point on the path, it were made to lean against
the other wall, it would have made an angle of 45° with the ground. Find the height it
would have reached on the second wall. (3)

16. If a hexagon ABCDEF circumscribe a circle, prove that AB + CD + EF = BC + DE + FA. (3)

17. A boy is standing on the ground and flying a kite with 100 m of string at an elevation

of 30o. Another boy is standing on the roof of a 20 m high building and is flying his

kite at an elevation of 45o. Both the boys are on opposite sides of both the kites. Find
the length of the string that the second boy must have so that the two kites meet. (3)

18. From the top of a hill, the angles of depression of two consecutive kilometre stones
due east are found to be and respectively. Find the height of the hill. (4)

19. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 300 m above the ground. Flying at this height the

angle of depression from the aeroplane of two points on both banks of a river are 45o

and 30o respectively. Find the width of the river. (4)

20. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m above a lake is 30° and the angle
of depression of the reflection of cloud in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the
cloud. (4)

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