ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 Mathematics

If the flag-staff 6 meters high placed on the top of a tower. Makes the shadow 2√3 m on the ground, then the angle of elevation of the sun is

• 30^ο A
• 35^ο B
• 45^ο C
• 60^ο D

A man of height 6 ft observes the top of a tower and the foot of the tower at angles of 45° and 30° of elevation and depression respectively. The height of the tower is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

120° degrees are equal to how many radians?

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The law of tangents is ______

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The angle AOP which the ray from an observer's eye at O to an object at P at a lower level makes with horizontal ray OA through O is called the

• Angle of depression A
• Angle of elevation B
• Acute angle C
• Obtuse angle D

A tower subtends an angleαat a point on the same level as the root of the tower and at a second point, b meters above the first, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower isβ. The height of the tower is

• b cotαtanβ A
• b tanαtanβ B
• b tanαcotβ C
• None of these D

If a, b, c are the measures of the sides of a triangle then

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

A circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called ______

• In circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these D

If the elevation of the sun is 30°, then the length of the shadow cast by a tower of 150 ft height is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  B
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  D

Area ofΔABC=

• ab sinα A
• 1/2 ab sinα B
• 1/2 ac sinγ C
• 1/2 ac sinβ D

The law of sines can be used to solve

• Right angle triangle A
• Isosceles triangle B
• oblique triangle C
• haxagon D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

Area of inscribed circle is

• π R2 A
• π η2 B
• π r22 C
• π r2 D

x = r2, y = 1 are the parametric equation of

• Circle A
• Hyperbola B
• Ellipse C
• Parabola D

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° and when he retires 40 meters away from the tree the angle of elevation becomes 30°. The breadth of the river is

• 40 m A
• 30 m B
• 20 m C
• 60 m D

A circle which touches one side of a triangle extermally and the other two sides produced is called

• In-circle A
• Circumcircle B
• e-circle C
• Point circle D

The angle of depression of a point situated at a distance of 70 meters from the base of a tower is 45°. The height of the tower is

• 70 m A
• 85 m B
• 35 m C
• None of these D

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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The quadratic equation 8 sec2θ - 6 secθ +1 =0 has

• Infinitely many roots A
• Exactly two roots B
• Exactly four roots C
• No roots D

IfΔABC is right, law of cosine reduce to

• Law of sine A
• Law of tangent B
• Phthogorous theorem C
• Hero's formula D

PQ is a post of given height a, and AB is a tower at some distance;αandβare the angles of elevation of B, the top of the tower, at P and Q respectively. The height of the tower and its distance from the post are

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

At a point 15 meters away from the base of a 15 meters high house, the angle of elevation of the top is

• 90° A
• 60° B
• 30° C
• 45° D

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  B
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  C
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  D

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  B
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  D

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  B
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  C
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  D

The angle of elevation of a tower from a point A due south of it is x and from a point B due east of A is y. If AB = 1, then the height h of the tower is given by

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The angle of depression of the point at a distance 70 meters from the foot of the tower from the top of the tower is 45^𝜊.The height of the tower is

• 37m A
• 97m B
• 101m C
• 70m D