ECAT Pre General Science MCQ Test With Answer for Mathematics Chapter 14

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

A circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called

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

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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

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

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  B
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  D

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  D

Area of inscribed circle is

• π R2 A
• π η2 B
• π r22 C
• π r2 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

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

The law of sines can be used to solve

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

The law of tangents is ______

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  B
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  C
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  D

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

• Circle A
• Hyperbola B
• Ellipse C
• Parabola 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

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  B
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  C
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  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

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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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

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  B
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  C
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  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).

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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 triangle that does not have a right angle is called.

• Isosceles triangle A
• right angle triangle B
• equivalent triangle C
• oblique triangle 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

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

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

Area ofΔABC=

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