SSC – HEIGHT AND DISTANCE

1. A tower is 50√3 meters high. Find the angle of elevation of its top from a point 50 meters
away from its foot:
1. ɵ = 600 2. ɵ = 450 3. ɵ = 300 4. ɵ = 221/20
2. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 30m from its foot is 450. The
height of the tower is :
1. 20m 2. 30m 3. 15√2m 4. 15/√2m
3. If the ratio of the length of a pen to its shadow is 1:√3, the angle of elevation of the source
of light is
1. 400 2. 300 3. 600 4. 900
4. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 500m from its foot is 300. The
height of the tower is?
1. 500(√3-1)/3m 2. 500m 3. 500√3/3 m 4. 500(√3+1)/3m
5. If the angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point 50m away from its base is
600, the height of the building is:
1. 100√3m 2. 50(√3-1)m 3. 50/√3m 4. 50√3m
6. If the angle of elevation of sun is ɵ and the length of the shadow of a pole of length P is S,
then:-?
1. P = S cos ɵ 2. P= S sin ɵ 3. P= S/cot ɵ 4. P = Scot ɵ
7. Determine the length of a ladder, if it is leaning against a vertical wall making an angle
of inclination of 300 with the ground and its foot is 15m from the wall.
1. 15.77m 2. 10m 3. 10√3m 4. 12.71m
8. The foot of a ladder leaning against a wall of length 5 metre rest on a level ground 5√3
metre from the base of the wall. The angle of inclination of the ladder with the ground
is?
1. 600 2. 500 3. 400 4. 300
9. A balloon is connected to a meteorological station by a cable of length 200m, inclined at
600 to the horizontal. Find the height of the balloon from the ground. Assume that there
is no slack in the cable:-
1. 173.2m 2. 17.35m 3. 123.2m 4. None of these
10. The angle of elevation of moon when the length of the shadow of a pole is equal to its
height is.
1. 300 2. 450 3. 600 4. 900
11. If the length of shadow of a pole on level ground is twice the length of that pole, the
angle of elevation of the sun is:
1. 300 2. 450 3. 600 4. None of these
12. The altitude of the sun at any instant is 600. The height of the vertical pole that will cast a
shadow of 40m is:-?
1. 20m 2. 40/√3m 3. 40√3m 4. 20/√3m
13. When the sun is 300 above the horizontal, the length of shadow cast by a building 100m
high is:-?
1. 100√3 m 2. 100/√3m 3. 50m 4. 50√3m
14. The banks of a river are parallel. A swimmer starts from a point on one of the banks and
swims in a straight line inclined to the bank at 450 and reaches the opposite bank at a
point 20m from the point opposite to the starting point. The breadth of the river is
1. 20m 2. 28.28m 3. 14.14m 4. 40m
15. The length of a swing between a kite and a point on the ground is 50m. the string makes
an angle of 600 with the level ground. If there is no slack in the string, the height of the
kite is?
1. 50√3m 2. 25√3m 3. 25m 4. 25/√3m
16. The length of a shadow of a vertical tower is 1/√3 times its height. The angle of elevation
of the Sun is:
1. 300 2. 450 3. 600 4. 900
17. A ladder is resting against a wall at a height of 10m. if the ladder is inclined at an angle
of 300 with the ground the distance of the ladder from the wall is:
1. 10/√3m 2. 20/√3m 3. 10√3m 4. 20√3m
18. One flies a kite with a thread 150 metre long. If the thread of the kite makes an angle of
600 with the horizontal line, then the height of the kite from the ground (assuming the
thread to be in a straight line) is:
1. 50 m 2. 75√3 m 3. 25√3m 4. 80 m
19. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at two points which are at a distance a and b
from the foot in the same horizontal line and on the same side of the tower, are
complementary. The height of the tower is.
1. ab 2. √ab 3. √a/b 3. √b/a
20. From the top of h meters high cliff the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a
tower are observed to be 300 and 600 respectively. The height of the tower is?
1. 2h/3 2. h/3 3. 2h/√3 4. h√3
21. A man from the top of a 50m high tower, sees a car moving towards the tower at an
angle of depression of 300. After some time, the angle of depression becomes 600. The
distance (in m) travelled by the car during this time is?
1. 50√3 2. 50√3/3 3. 100/√3 4. 100√3
22. A pole is standing on the ground which is horizontal. The top of the pole is tied tight with
a rope of length √12 m to a point on the ground. If the rope is making 300 angle with the
horizontal, then the height of the pole?
1. 2√3m 2. 3√2m 3. 3m 4. √3m
23. Two observers are stationed due north of a tower at a distance of 20m from each other.
If the elevations of the tower observed by them are 300 and 450 respectively, then the
height of the tower is?
1. 10m 2. 16.32m 3. 10(√3+1)m 4. 30m
24. The shadow of an electric pole standing on a ground is 40m less when the angle of
elevation changes from 300 to 450. The length of the pole is?
1. 20(√3+1)m 2. 20(√3-1)m 3. 20m 4. 20√3 m
25. The angle of elevation of top of a tree on the bank of a river from its other bank is 600
and from a point 20 m further away from this is 300. The width of the river is
1. 10√3m 2. 10m 3. 20m 4. 20√3m
26. Find the decrease in the length of the shadow of a pole, when the angle of elevation
becomes double. Give that at this moment, the shadow on the ground of a vertical pole of
16m high is 64m?
1. 42m 2. 40m 3. 30m 4. 34m
27. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of
a tree on the opposite side of the bank is 600. When he moves 50m away from the bank,
the angle of elevation becomes 300. The height of the tree and width of river respectively
are:
1. 25√3m, 25m 2. 25√3m, 25√3m 3. 25, 25√3m 4. None of these
28. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower as observed from the bottom and top of a
building of height 80 metre are 600 and 450 respectively. the distance of the base of the
tower from the base of the building is:-
1. 40(√3-1)m 2. 40(3+√3)m 3. 40(3-√3)m 4. 40(√3+1)m
29. A man on the top of a rock rising on a sea-shore observes a boat coming towards it. If it
takes 20 minute for the angle of depression to change from 300to 600. How soon will the
boat reach the shore?
1. 20 minute 2. 30 minute 3. 10 minute 4. 15 minute
30. From the top of a 60m high tower the angle of depression of the top and bottom of a
building are observed to be 300 and 600respectively. The height of the building is:-?
1. 60√3m 2. 40√3m 3. 40m 4. 20m
31. From the top of a cliff 30m high the angle of elevation of a tower is found to be equal to
the angle of depression of the foot of the tower. Find the height of the tower.
1. 50m 2. 60m 3. 2. 30√3m 4. 45m
32. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surrounded by a flagstaff of height
12m. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom of the flagstaff is 300
and that of the top of the flagstaff is 450. Find the height of the tower:
1. 6(√3+1)m 2. 12(√3+1)m 3. 6(√3-1)m 4. 12(√3+1)m
33. A vertical pole fixed to the ground is divided in the ratio 2:5 by a mark on it, the two
parts subtend equal angle at a place on the ground 14m from the base of the pole. If the
lower part be shorter than the upper one. The height of the pole is:
1. √21m 2. 5√21m 3. 6√21m 4. 7√21m
34. From the top of a pillar of height 80m the angle of elevation and depression of the top
and bottom of another pillar are 300 and 450 respectively. The height of second pillar (in
metre) is:-?
1. 80√3m 2. 80/√3 (√3-1)m 3. 80/√3(√3+1)m 4. 80/√3m