This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 10 > Class 10 Maths Chapter 9 Some Applications Of Trigonometry β Quiz 1 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Class 10 Maths Chapter 9 Some Applications Of Trigonometry Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is $1:\sqrt{3}$ A) 30. B) 45. C) 60. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30. 2. The angle of depression from the top of a tower to moving vehicle in a straight line towards the tower will keep on ..... A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) Will not change. D) Cannot say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing. 3. Say 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'If the length of the shadow of tower is increasing, then the angle of elevation of the sun is also increasing A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 4. When the length of the shadow of a pillar is equal to its height, the elevation of the source of light is: A) 30. B) 45. C) 60. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45. 5. Line of sight is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to the ..... A) Point on the object viewed by the observer. B) Top of the object. C) Point below the object. D) Point above the object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point on the object viewed by the observer. 6. The angle of elevation of a point viewed is the angle formed by the ..... with the horizontal when the point being viewed is ..... the horizontal. A) Sight, below. B) Line of sight, below. C) Line of sight, above. D) Sight, above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line of sight, above. 7. The angle of inclination to the top of a tower from a moving vehicle in a straight line away from the tower will keep on A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) Will remain same. D) Can not say (insufficient information). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreasing. 8. An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5maway from a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from her eyes is 45 degrees. The height of the tower in metre is A) 28.5. B) 28. C) 30. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 9. A, B and C are three points. A is 75 km due north of C and B is 30 km due west of C. Find the compass bearing of B from A, correct to 3 significant figures. A) N21.8$^\circ$E. B) N68.2$^\circ$E. C) S21.8$^\circ$W. D) S68.2$^\circ$W. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S21.8$^\circ$W. 10. A right triangle is a A) A triangle with an obtuse triangle. B) A quadrilateral with one right angle. C) A triangle with one right angle. D) A triangle with two right angles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A triangle with one right angle. 11. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car as an angle of depression of 30$^\circ$, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60$^\circ$. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point. A) 2 seconds. B) 3 seconds. C) 4 seconds. D) 5 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 seconds. 12. A 1.6 m tall girl stands at a distance of 3.2 m from a lamp post and casts a shadow of 4.8 m on the ground, then the height of the lamp post is A) 8/3. B) 3/8. C) 8/ root3. D) 8/13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8/3. 13. Fourier series is a mathematical tool used to: A) Solve linear equations. B) Approximate periodic functions. C) Calculate derivatives. D) Perform geometric constructions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Approximate periodic functions. 14. If the gradient of a ramp is 1:5, find the inclination of the ramp, correct to 3 significant figures. A) 11.3$^\circ$. B) 11.5$^\circ$. C) 78.5$^\circ$. D) 78.7$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11.3$^\circ$. 15. A sound wave has a frequency of 500 Hz. What is the period of the wave? A) 2 ms. B) 0.002 s. C) 0.5 s. D) 2000 s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.002 s. 16. The angle of depression of a point on the object being viewed is the angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal when the point is ..... the horizontal level A) Above. B) Below. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below. 17. A triangle has sides 6, 8, and included angle 60$^\circ$. What formula should you use? A) Law of Sines. B) Law of Cosines. C) SOH-CAH-TOA. D) Pythagorean Theorem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law of Cosines. 18. Kevin leans a 16 foot ladder l against a building. If the angle the ladder makes with the ground is 68$^\circ$, how high up the building does the ladder reach? A) 39.6. B) 6.0. C) 14.8. D) 13.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14.8. 19. The line drawn from the eye of an observer to the point in the object viewed by the observer A) Line of sight. B) Horizontal line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line of sight. 20. You are attacking an enemy castle. Your strategy is to go over the castle wall. You are 1500 meters away from the bottom of the wall. You measure the angle of elevation to the top of the wall at 3$^{o}$. How tall is the enemy castle wall? A) 78.6 meters. B) 1498.0 meters. C) 78.5 meters. D) 75.3 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78.6 meters. 21. If the length of the tower and its shadow is equal at a particular point of time, what is the sun's altitude at that particular time? A) 30$^{0}$. B) 60$^{0}$. C) 45$^{0}$. D) 90$^{0}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 45$^{0}$. 22. Jordan is stuck at the top of a Ferris wheel. Her mother is standing 38 feet from the base of the wheel watching her. If the angle of elevation from Jordan's mom to Jordan is 73$^{o}$, how far off the ground is Jordan? A) 118.2 ft. B) 120.9 ft. C) 124.3 ft. D) 126.5 ft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 124.3 ft. 23. If tanx = Sin45$^\circ$Cos45$^\circ$+Sin30$^\circ$ then x equals: A) 45$^\circ$. B) 90$^\circ$. C) 30$^\circ$. D) 1/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45$^\circ$. 24. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30$^\circ$. If the height of the tower is doubled then the angle of elevation of the top will be ..... A) No change:30$^\circ$. B) Will be doubled:60$^\circ$. C) Will become 45$^\circ$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change:30$^\circ$. 25. A person is standing 50 metres away from a tree. The angle of elevation to the top of the tree is $30^\circ$ A) 25 metres. B) 50 metres. C) 28.87 metres. D) 43.3 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28.87 metres. 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