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 CBSE Test Paper 04
Chapter 9 Some Applications of Trigonometry

1. If the angle of depression of a car from a 100 m high tower is 45o, then the distance of
the car from the tower is (1)
a. 100 m
b. 200 m
c. m
d. m
2. A kite is flying at a height of 200 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is
temporarily tied to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the

ground is 45o. The length of the string, assuming that there is no slack in the string
is (1)
a. 100 m
b. 200 m
c. 200 m
d. 100 m
3. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points on the ground at
distances 8 m and 18 m from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with
it are complementary. The height of the tower is (1)
a. 12 m
b. 18 m
c. 8 m
d. 16 m
4. The _____________ is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to the point in the
object viewed by the observer. (1)
a. Horizontal line
b. line of sight
c. None of these
d. Vertical line
5. A pole 10 m high cast a shadow 10 m long on the ground, then the sun’s elevation
is (1)
 a.
b.
c.
d.

6. A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle
of with the wall, then find the height of the wall. (1)

7. In figure, a tower AB is 20 m high and BC, its shadow on the ground, is m long
Find the Sun's altitude. (1)

8. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points distant a and b (a > b)

from its foot and in the same straight line from it are respectively 30o and 60p, then
find the height of the tower. (1)

9. If the height and length of shadow of a man are the same, then find the angle of
elevation of the Sun. (1)

10. An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a tower. The angle of elevation of the top
of the tower from her eyes is 45°. What is the height of the tower? (1)

11. A vertical tower of height 90 m stands on the ground. The angle of elevation of the top

of the tower as observed from a point on the ground is 60o. Find the distance of the
point from the foot of the tower. (2)

12. A pole 5 m high is fixed on the top of a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of pole

observed from a point A on the ground is 60o and the angle of depression of the point

A from the top of the tower is 45o. Find the height of the tower. (Take
) (2)

13. A pole casts a shadow of length on the ground, When the Sun's elevation is
 . Find the height of the pole. (2)

14. The pilot of an aircraft flying horizontally at a speed of 1200 km/hr. observes that the
angle of depression of a point on the ground changes from 30° to 45° in 15 seconds.
Find the height at which the aircraft is flying. (3)

15. A tree standing on a horizontal plane is leaning towards east. At two points situated at
distances a and b exactly due west on it, the angles of elevation of the top are
respectively and . Prove that the height of the top from the ground is

(3)

16. At the foot of a mountain the elevation of its summit is 45o. After ascending 1000 m

towards the mountain up a slope of 30o inclination, the elevation is found to be 60o.
Find the height of the mountain. (3)

17. As observed from the top of a 150 m tall light house, the angles of depression of two
ships approaching it are 30° and 45°. If one ship is directly behind the other, find the
distance between the two ships. (3)

18. On the same side of a tower, two objects are located. When observed from the top of
the tower, their angles of depression are 45° and 60°. If the height of the tower is 150
m, find the distance between the objects. (4)

19. On a horizontal plane there is a vertical tower with a flag pole on the top of the tower.
At a point 9 metres away from the foot of the tower the angle of elevation of the top
and bottom of the flag pole are 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the tower
and the flag pole mounted on it. (4)

20. A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water level. He observes
the angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of depression of the base
of the hill as 30°. Calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the
hill. (4)
 CBSE Test Paper 04
Chapter 9 Some Applications of Trigonometry

Solution

1. a. 100 m

Explanation:

Let the distance of the car from

the tower be meters.

m
m
Therefore, the distance of the car from the tower is 100 m.

2. c. 200 m

Explanation:

Here, in triangle ABC, Height of the slide = AB = 200 m

Angle of elevation =
To find: Length of the string = AC

m
3. a. 12 m

Explanation:

In triangle ABC, ….(i)

And in triangle ADC,
….(ii)
Multiplying eq. (i) and (ii), we get

4. b. line of sight
Explanation: The line of sight is the imaginary line drawn from the eye of an
observer to the point in the object viewed by the observer. The angle between
the line of sight and the ground is called angle of elevation

5. c.

Explanation:

Let the length of the shadow BC be 10 meters.

Then the height of the pole AB is 10meter.
6.

Let AC be the ladder and BC be the wall . Then, we have

AC = 15 m and
Now , let BC = h m
Clearly, In , we have

Therefore, height of wall = 7.5 m

7. Let the tower AB = 20m and shadow BC

Therefore ,the Sun’s altitude is 30°.

8. Let the height of tower be h.

From
 From

From (i)
From (ii)

Hence, the height of the tower =

9.

Let BC be the height of man and AB be the shadow of the man.

According to the question,
Again, let the angle of elevation of the Sun be .
In right-angled triangle,

[ height of pole = length of shadow or ]

Angle of elevation of Sun is .

10. Let AB be the tower of height h and CD be the observer of height 1.5 m at a distance of
28.5 m from the tower AB.
In we have
 h = AE + BE
= AE + DC
= (28.5 + 1.5) m = 30m
Hence, the height of the tower is 30 m.

11.

In right ABC,

12.

given: the height of the pole (CB) = 5m

let 'h' be the height of the tower, then;
In ,
 AD = h
In ,

= 6.83 m

13.

AB = BC is the height of pole.

In right-angle B = 90o

Therefore, height of the pole = 6 m.

14. Distance covered in 15 seconds

Speed
 Let height = x km
In rt. BDE,

In rt. ACE,

15.

Let OP be the tree and A, B be two points such that

In we have
and
and

16. Let AB be the mountain of height h m and C be its foot.

CE = 1000 m , , and
If , we have

...........(i)
In , we have
.............(ii)
In , we have
 .........(iii)
Now, BG = BC - GC
[ from (i) ]
In , we have,

the height of the mountain is 1369.86 m.

17.

Height of light house

In

In
 Distance between two ships PQ = PB - BQ

18.

Let AB be the tower of height 150 m and two objects are located when top of tower are
observed, makes an

angle of depression from the top and bottom of tower are and 600
In

In

Distance between two objects = DC

= 150 - 86.6
= 63.4 m

19. Let us suppose that AB be the tower and BC be flagpole

Let us suppose that O be the point of observation. Then, OA = 9m
 According to question it is given that

From right angled

From right angled

BC = (AC - AB)
Thus and
Hence, height of the tower is 5.196m and the height of the flagpole is 10.392 m

20. Suppose the man is standing on the deck of a ship at point A and let CD be the hill. It is
given that the angle of depression of the base C of the hill CD observed from A is 30°
and the angle of elevation of the top D of the hill CD observed from A is 60°

Then,
Also, AB = 10m
In AED, we have

.. ...(i)
In ABC, we have

.....(ii)

Putting in equation (i), we get

CD = CE + ED = 10 + 30 = 40 metres
Hence, the distance of the hill from the ship is 10 metres and the height of the hill
is 40 metres.