Class 10 Application of Trigonometry MCQs

1. If at some time, the length of the shadow of a tower is √3 times its

height, then the angle of elevation of the sun, at that time is:

A. 15°
B. 30°
C. 45°
D. 60°

2. At some time of the day, the length of the shadow of a tower is equal
to its height. Then, the sun’s altitude at that time is:

A. 30°
B. 60°
C. 90°
D. 45°

3. A person is flying a kite at a height of 30 m from the horizontal

level. The length of string from the kite to the person is 60 m.
Assuming that here is no slack in the string, the angle of elevation of
kite to the horizontal level is:

A. 45°
B. 30°
C. 60°
D. 90°

4. The angle of depression of a car, standing on the ground, from the

top of a 75 m high tower is 30°. The distance of the car from the base
of tower (in m) is:

A. 25√3
B. 50√3
C. 75√3
D. 150
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a 15 m high tower at a point 15
m away from the base of tower is:

A. 30°
B. 60°
C. 45°
D. 75°

6. A man standing at a height 6 m observes the top of a tower and the

foot of tower at angles of 45° and 30° of elevation and depression
respectively. The height of tower is:

A. 6√3 m
B. 12 m
C. 6(√3 – 1)
D. 6(√3 + 1) m

7. Two poles are 25 m and 15 m high and the line joining their tops
makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The distance between these
poles is:

A. 5 m
B. 8 m
C. 9 m
D. 10 m

8. A 6 feet tall man finds that the angle of elevation of a 24 feet high
pillar and the angle of depression of its base are complementary
angles. The distance of man from the pillar is:

A. 4√3 feet
B. 6√3 feet
C. 8√3 feet
D. 10√3 feet
9. A lamp post 5√3 m high casts a shadow 5 m long on the ground. The
sun’s elevation at this point is:

A. 30°
B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°

10. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point P on the
ground is α. After walking α distance d towards the foot of the tower,
angle of elevation is found to be β. Then

A. α < β
B. α > β
C. α = β
D. None of these

11. A ladder makes an angle of 60° with the ground, when placed
along a wall. If the foot of ladder is 8 m away from the wall, the length
of ladder is:

A. 4 m
B. 8 m
C. 8√2 m
D. 16 m

12. If the height and length of a shadow of a man are the same, then
the angle of elevation of sun is:

A. 30°
B. 60°
C. 45°
D. 15°
13. A bridge, in the shape of a straight path across a river, makes an
angle of 60° with the width of the river. If the length of the bridge is
100 m, then the width of the river is:

A. 50 m
B. 173.2 m
C. 43.3 m
D. 100 m

14. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the
ground 30 m away from the foot is 30°. The height of the tower is:

A. 30 m
B. 10√3
C. 20 m
D. 10√2 m

15. A plane is observed to be approaching the airport. It is at a

distance of 12 km from the point of observation and makes an angle of
elevation of 60°. The height above the ground of the plane is

A. 6√3 m
B. 4√3 m
C. 3√3 m
D. 2√3 m

16. The tops of two poles of height 20 m and 14 m are connected by a

wire. If the wire makes an angle of 30° with horizontal, the length of
the wire is

A. 6 m
B. 10 m
C. 12 m
D. 20 m
17. If the length of the shadow of a tower is increasing, then the angle
of elevation of the sun

A. is also increasing
B. is decreasing
C. remains unaffected
D. Don’t have any relation with length of shadow

18. A ladder 15 metres long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If
the ladder makes an angle of 60° with the wall, then the height of the
wall will be

A. 7.5m
B. 7.7m
C. 8.5m
D. 8.8m

19. An observer 1.5 metres tall is 20.5 metres away from a tower 22
metres high.Determine the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
from the eye of the observer.

A. 30°
B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°

20. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points
distant s and t from its foot are complementary. Then the height of the
tower is:

A. st
B. s^2t^2
C. √st
D. s/t

21. The shadow of a tower standing on a level plane is found to be 50

m longer when Sun’s elevation is 30° than when it is 60°. Then the
height of tower is:

A. 20√3
B. 25√3
C. 10√3
D. 30√3