ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 Mathematics

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

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 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

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

An airplane flying at height of 300 meters above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angle of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Then the height of the lower plane from the ground is (in meters).

• 
  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

The law of tangents is ______

• 
  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  D

A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle subtended by a tree of the opposite bank is 60°, when he retreats 40 m from the bank, he finds the angle to be 30°. The height of the tree and the breadth of the river are

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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

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

The law of sines is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Area ofΔABC=

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point 17 meters from is foot is 42^𝜊The height of the tree is

• 12m A
• 21m B
• 17m C
• 15m 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 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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

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
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

In triangle ABC, in which b=95, c=34, a =52^𝜊then the value of a=

• 18 cm A
• 18.027 cm B
• 20.7 cm C
• 19 cm D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D