ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 Mathematics

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

A vertical pole is 8m high and the length of its shadow is 6m. The angle of elevation of the sun of the moment is

• 57𝜊 A
• -48𝜊 B
• 27𝜊 C
• 53𝜊 D

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

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

IfΔABC is right, law of cosine reduce to

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

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

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

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The law of consines is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A triangle has six

• side A
• elements B
• angle C
• tangents D

The process of finding the unknown elements in triangle is called the

• solution of the triangle A
• Mean differnece B
• Engineering distance C
• angle of depressin D

120° degrees are equal to how many radians?

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The law of sines can be used to solve

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

In-radius is denoted by

• r A
• η B
• r2 C
• R D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• R A
• 2R B
• r C
• 2r D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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