CBSE 10th Maths 2024-2025
Chapter - 9 Some Applications of
Trigonometry Competency-Based
Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
Q.1 The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from point A on the
ground is 30°. The tower is 50 m high.
Approximately how far is point A from the foot of
the tower? ( Note: Take √3 as 1.73.)
1. 28.90 m
2. 50 m
3. 86.50 m
4. 100 m
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Q.2 At a particular time of the day, Shreya noticed that the length of
her shadow was equal to her height.
Which of these is the measure of the angle of elevation of the sun from her
head?
1. 30°
2. 45°
3. 60°
4. 90°
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Q.3 A kite is tied to a point on the ground. The length of the string
between the kite and the point on the ground is 80 m. The string makes
an angle θ with the ground such that tan θ = 60°. What is the height of
the kite above the ground?
1. 20√3 m
2. 40 m
3. 40√3 m
4. 80√3 m
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Q.4 A wheelchair ramp needs to be built from the ground to a door that
is 2 m above the ground. If the angle of inclination for the ramp is 30 ° ,
what should be the length of the ramp?
1. 2√3
2. 2 m
3. 4/√3 m
4. 4 m
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Q.5 From the top of a hill, it is observed that the angle of depression of
the top of a tree and its foot are 45° and 60° respectively. The height of the
tree is 20 m.
What is the height of the hill?
(Note: The base of the hill and the tree are on the
same level.) 1. 10(√3 + 1) m
2. 20 + 20(√3 + 1) m
3. 20 + 10(√3 + 1) m
4. 20 - 10(√3 + 1)) m
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Q.6 A 10 m tall pole casts a shadow of 15 m when the sun is at a
certain inclination. At the same time, a nearby building casts a shadow
of 25 m.
How tall is the building?
1. 16.67 m
2. 20 m
3. 37.5 m
4. (cannot be determined with the given information.)
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Q.7 A pole, whose height is h units, is standing straight up on the
ground. The top of the pole subtends an angle β with a specific point on
the ground.
Which of these gives the distance from the bottom of the pole to the
point on the ground?
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Q.8 A helicopter moving linearly with a uniform speed at an altitude of
600 m is observed at an angle of elevation of 45°. After 15 seconds, the
angle of elevation is observed to be 30°. Which of these is the speed of
the helicopter in metres per second?
1. 40√3
2. 40(√3 - 1)
3. 40(√3 + 1)
4. 600(√3 - 1)
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Free Response Questions
Q.9 A car is driving up a hill inclined at 30°. It covers a distance of 500 m
along the hill.
i) Draw a figure to represent the situation.
ii) Find the vertical height the car gained during the journey. Show your work.
Answer
Q10. A ladder leans against a vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 8 m
away from the wall at an inclination of 60° from the ground.
Find the length of the ladder. Show
your work Answer.
Q.11 An Olympic shooter is aiming a gun at a target from the edge
of a cliff such that the gun is 270 m above the ground. The angle of
depression of the target from the gun is 30°.
What is the shortest distance between the gun and
the target? Answer.
Q.12 A boy was flying a remote-controlled helicopter. The
helicopter was observed at an altitude of 50√3 metres when it was
directly overhead the boy.
The helicopter flew 50 metres horizontally making an angle of depression,
θ from the boy. Draw a rough diagram to represent this situation and find
the value of θ. Show your work.
Answer.
Case Study
Answer the questions based on the given information.
Arun, Nikhil and Suman visited a park that had many recreational activities for
children including slides and kites for them to enjoy. Arun found the slide
interesting and he went to try it out. Nikhil and Suman went for kite flying. At a
given instant, the position of Nikhil's kite and its angle of elevation from the
ground is as shown assuming the string of kite forms a straight line without
any snags.
Q.13 Find the tangent of the angle of depression from the top of the
slide to the ground.
Answer.:
Q.14 What is the height of Nikhil's kite from the ground
at the given instant? ( Note: Nikhil's height is to be ignored. )
Answer.:
Solves the above equation to find height of kite as 54 m.
Q.15 Nikhil's kite got stuck on the roof of a neighbouring building.
Suman saw this and used a ladder to climb up the roof. The ladder was
25 m long and was positioned 7m
away from the base of the building. As Suman started to climb, the ladder
slipped by 4 m from point (a) to (b) as shown below.
(Note: The figure is not to scale.)
Find the distance by which the foot of the ladder slid along the ground.
Show your work.
