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

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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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 drawn inside a triangle and touching its sides is called

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

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The triangle that does not have a right angle is called.

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

E-radius corresponding to < B is

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  B
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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

The law of tangents is ______

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

A person standing on the bank of a river finds that the angle of elevation of the top of a tower on the opposite bank is 45°. then which of the following statements is correct?

• Breadth of the river is twice the height of the tower A
• Breadth of the river an the height of the tower are the same B
• Breadth of the river is half of the height of the tower C
• None of these 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

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  B
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When the angle between the ground and the sun is 30^𝜊,flag pole costss a shadow of 40 mg long. the height of the top of the flag is

• 25m A
• 23m B
• 12m C
• 29m 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

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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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  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

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

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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  B
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  C
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  D

E-radius corresponding to < C 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

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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If you are looking a high point from the ground, then the angle formed is

• Angle of elevation A
• Angle of depression B
• Right angle C
• Horizon D

If sided of𝜟ABC are 16,20,and 33, then the value of the greatests angle to

• 150𝜊 20' A
• 132𝜊 35' B
• 101𝜊 25' C
• 160𝜊 50' D

Area of inscribed circle is

• π R2 A
• π η2 B
• π r22 C
• π r2 D

• 30° A
• 60° B
• 45° C
• None of these D

Ifθ= 60° then

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