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

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 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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  A
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  B
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  C
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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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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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 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

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
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  B
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  C
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  D

e-radii are denoted by

• η A
• r2 B
• r3 C
• All of these D

A circle which touches one side of a triangle extermally and the other two sides produced is called

• In-circle A
• Circumcircle B
• e-circle C
• Point circle 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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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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

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

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 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 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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The law of sines is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan^-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is

• 20 m A
• 40 m B
• 60 m C
• 80 m D

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  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

The horizontal distance between the two towers is 60 m. the angular elevation of the top of the taller tower as seen from the top of the shorter one is 30°. If the height of the taller tower is 150 m, the height of the shorter one is

• 116 m A
• 200 m B
• 216 m C
• None of these D

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