ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 Mathematics

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 circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called ______

• In circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these 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 of sines A
• The law of tangents B
• The law of consines 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

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

E-radius corresponding to < C is

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A tower subtends an angle of 30° at a point distant d from the foot of the tower and on the same level as the foot of the tower. At a second point, h vertically above the firs, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower, is 60°. The height of the tower is

• h/3 A
• h/3d B
• 3h C
• 3h / d D

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E-radius corresponding to < A is

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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

A circle drawn inside a triangle and touching its sides is called

• In-circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these 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 triangle which is not right is called an ______ triangle

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

If the angle of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 7, the triangle is

• Obtuse A
• Acute B
• Right angle C
• Isosceles D

A circle drawn inside a triangle and touching its sides is called ______;

• Circumcirle A
• Incircle B
• Escribed circle C
• unit circle 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

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

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

The angle of elevation of the tops of two towers at the middle point of the line joining the foots of the tower are 60^οand 30^οrespectively. The the ratio of the heghts of the tower is

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

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Ifθ= 60° then

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

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An observer on the top of a cliff 200 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the cliff to be 45° and 30°, respectively. The distance between the ships if the line joining them points to the base of cliff is

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