ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 Mathematics

The longer side of a parallelogram is 10 cm and the shorter is 6 cm. If the longer diagonal makes an angles 30° with the longer side, the length of the longer diagonal is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

AB is a vertical pole and C is its middle point. The end A is on the level ground and P is any point on the level ground other than A. the portion CB subtends and angleβat P. If AP : AB = 2 : 1 thenβ=

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

If five triangles are constructed having sides of the lengths indicated below, the triangle that will NOT be a right triangle is

• 8, 15, 17 A
• 3, 4, 5 B
• 12, 15, 18 C
• 5, 12, 13 D

IfΔABC is right, law of cosine reduce to

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

• The law of sines A
• The law of consines B
• The law of tangents C
• None of these D

The angle of depression of a point A on the ground from the top of the tower is 30𝜊,then the angle of elevation of the top of the tower at the point A is

• 60𝜊 A
• 40𝜊 B
• 41𝜊 C
• 30𝜊 D

The law of sines can be used to solve

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

The law of sines can be used to solve oblique triangle when following information is given:

• Two angles and a side A
• Two sides and an angle opposite one of the given sides B
• Two sides and the angle between two sided C
• Option a and b D

The law of sines is

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  B
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  C
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  D

The towers each 120 meters high are 800 meters apart. The measure of the angle of elevation from the base of one tower to the top of the other is

• 12^𝜊 A
• 9^𝜊 B
• 7^𝜊 C
• -120^𝜊 D

In ladder leaning against a vertical well makes an angle of 24^𝜊with the wall, Its foot is 5m from the wall, its length is

• 5.47m A
• 2m B
• 7m C
• 6.29m 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

E-radius corresponding to < B is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan^-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is

• 20 m A
• 40 m B
• 60 m C
• 80 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

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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  B
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  C
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  D

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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

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

A triangle which is not right is called an ______ triangle

• Acute A
• Obtuse B
• Oblique C
• None of these D

• The law of sines A
• The law of tangents B
• The pythagorus theorem C
• None of these D

A chimney is such that on walking towards it 50 m in a horizontal line through its base the angular elevation of its top changes from 30° to 45°. The height of the chimney is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

E-radius corresponding to < A is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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 externally and the other two sides produced is called ______

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

For any equilateral r :R :η :r1 :r2 :r3 =

• 1:2:3:4:5 A
• 1:2:3:3:3 B
• 1:2:4:4:4 C
• 2:1 :2 :2 :2 D

A kite flying at a height of 67.2 m is attached to a fully stretched string inclined at an angle of 53 to the horizontal, the length of the string

• 62m A
• 82m B
• 73m C
• 57m D

Ifθ= 60° then

• sinθ= 1/2 A
• tanθ= cot 30° B
• θ=π/4 C
• secθ= 4 D

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  D

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower at the top and the foot of a pole of height 10 m are 30° and 60° respectively. The height of the tower is

• 10 m A
• 15 m B
• 20 m C
• None of these D