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 CBSE Test Paper 05
Chapter 9 Some Applications of Trigonometry

1. A river is 60 m wide. A tree of unknown height is on one bank. The angle of elevation
of the top of the tree from the point exactly opposite to the foot of the tree, on the

other bank, is 30o. The height of the tree is (1)

a. m
b. m
c. m
d. m
2. If the altitude of the sun is , the height of a tower which casts a shadow of length
90 m is (1)
a. 60 m
b. 90 m
c. 90 m
d. 60 m
3. If the shadow of a tower is 30 m long when the sun’s elevation is . The length of
the shadow, when the sun’s elevation is is (1)
a. 10 m
b. 30 m
c. m
d. 20 m
4. Two men are on opposite sides of a tower. They observe the angles of elevation of the
top of the tower as and respectively. If the height of the tower is 60m, then the
distance between them is (1)
a.
b.
c. None of these
d.
5. 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 30° there at. Its height above
the ground is (1)
 a. 10 km
b. 12 km
c. 6 km
d. none of these

6. A ladder, leaning against a wall, makes an angle of with the horizontal.If the foot
of the ladder is 2.5 m away from the wall, then find the length of the ladder. (1)

7. A kite is flying at a height of 60 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 60o. Find the length of the string assuming that there is no slack in the
string. (1)

8. A kite is flying at a height of 30 m from the ground. The length of the string from kite
to the ground is 60 m. Assuming that there is no slack in the string, find the angle of
elevation of the kite at the ground. (1)

9. If a pole 6m high throws shadow of 2 m, then find the angle of elevation of the
sun. (1)

10. The length of shadow of a tower on the plane ground is times the height of the
tower. Find the angle of elevation of the sun. (1)

11. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30o and the

angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 45o. If the
tower is 30 m high, find the height of the building. (2)

12. A person standing on the bank of a river, observes that the angle of elevation of the

top of the tree standing on the opposite bank is 60o. When he retreats 20 m from the

bank, he finds the angle of elevation to be 30o. Find the height of the tree and the
breadth of the river. (2)

13. In fig. AB is 6 m high pole and CD is a ladder inclined at an angle of 60 to the

horizontal and reaches up to a point of pole. If AD = 2.54 m, find the length of the
ladder, (use = 1.73) (2)
14. A person observed the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30o. He walked 50 m
towards the foot of the tower along level ground and found the angle of elevation of

the top of the tower as 60o. Find the height of the tower. (3)

15. The horizontal distance between two poles is 15 m. The angle of depression of the top

of first pole as seen from the top of second pole is 30o. If the height of the first pole is
24 m, find the height of the hsecond pole.[Use = 1.732] (3)

16. A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water level, observes the
angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and angle of depression of the base of the
hill as 30°. Find the distance of the hill from the ship and height of the hill. (3)

17. The horizontal distance between two trees of different heights is 60 m. The angle of
depression of the top of the first tree, when seen from the top of the second tree is 45°.
If the height of the second tree is 80 m, find the height of the first tree. (3)

18. The elevation of a tower at a station A due north of is and at a station B due west of
A is prove that the height of the tower is (4)

19. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 120 m from a point A on
the ground is 45°. If the angle of elevation of the top of a flagstaff fixed at the top of

the tower, at A is 60o, then find the height of the flagstaff. [Use = 1.73]. (4)

20. From an aeroplane vertically above a straight horizontal plane, the angles of
depression of two consecutive kilometer stones on the opposite sides of the aeroplane
are found to be and . Show that the height of the aeroplane is . (4)
 CBSE Test Paper 05
Chapter 9 Some Applications of Trigonometry

Solution

1. c. m
Explanation: Let BC = 60 m be the width of the river and angle of elevation =

To find: Height of the tree AC

AC =

= m

Therefore, the height of the tree is m.

2. b. 90 m

Explanation:

Let Height of the tower = AB = meters,

Length of the shadow = BC = 90 m

And angle of elevation

meters
3. a. 10 m

Explanation:

Let the height of the tower be

Again

m
Therefore, the length of the shadow is 10 m long.

4. d.

Explanation:

Let the height of the tower = AD = 60 m and angles of elevation of the top of the
tower of two men are and respectively.
To find: Distance between two men = BC
In triangle ABD,

= m

In triangle ADC,
 m
BC = BD + DC =
= m

5. c. 6 km

Explanation:

Let the height of the flying plane be AB = h meters, distance from the poisnt of
observation AC = 12 m and angle of elevation
h = 6 meters

6.

Let AC be the ladder of length and BC be the wall.

Then, AB = 2.5 m and
In right-angled ,

Therefore, find the length of the ladder = 5 m

7. Let A be the kite and CA be the string attached to the kite such that its one end is tied

to a point C on the ground. The inclination of the string CA with the ground is 60o.
 In , we are given that and perpendicular AB = 60 m and we have
to find hypotenuse AC. So, we use the trigonometric ratio involving perpendicular and
hypotenuse.

In we have

Hence, the length of the string is

8.

Let kite is at point K,then AK = length of string

In right ABK,
m

9.
 given,
height of the pole = 6m
Let AB is pole and BC is its shadow
2 m
In right ABC,

10. According to the question, the length of shadow of the tower on the plane ground is
times the height of the tower.

Let be the angle of elevation.

BC = AB
=
= cot
cot = =
cot

= 30o

11. Let the height of the building be CD = h m. and distance between tower and building
be, BD = x m.
and height of the tower be AB = 30m
In

x = 30 .....(i)
 Now in

....(ii)

From (i) and (ii),

Rationalising Numerator and Denominator above we get

Height of the building ,h =

12. Let the height be 'h' m and breadth of river be 'b' m.

In ABC,

In ABD,

b + 20 = h = 3b
b = 10 m
And h = 10 = 17.3m
13.

In right DBC

14.

Let height of the tower be DC = h m and BC = x m AC = (50 + x) m

In DBC,
..(i)
In DAC, ,

...(ii)
Substituting the value of h from (i) in (ii), we get
3x = x + 50
or, 3x - x = 50
2x = 50
x = 25 m

= 43.3 m
Hence, Height of tower = 43.3 m.
15.

In ​ ​ PTR,

=5 1.732 = 8.66
PQ = PT + TQ
= 8.66 + 24
= 32.66 m
Height of the second pole is 32.66 m.

16.

Let CD is deck of ship and AB is hill.

In BEC,
CE = BE.cot 30° ​
In AEC, = tan 60°
AE = CE. m
Height of hill
Distance of hill
17.

Let height of first tree = h m

Height of second tree = 80 m
AB = (80 - h)m
Distance between both trees = 60 m
In

60 = 80 - h

18. Let OP be the tower and let A be a point due north of the tower OP and let B be the
point due west of A. Such that and . Let h be the height of
the tower.
In right-angled triangle OAP and OBP, we have
tan and tan

In we have
 OB 2 = OA 2 + AB

AB2 = OB2 - OA 2

19. Height of flagstaff = CD = h m

Height of tower = BD = x m

AB = 120 m

ABD is right angled triangle

tan 45o = 1

x = AB = 120 m
ACB is right angled triangle

h = 87.6 m
Hence, height of the flagstaff = 87.6 m.
20.

Let us suppose that aeroplane is at A

Suppose B and C are two consecutive kilometre stones such that

and
and
Let us suppose that BD = x km.
AD is height of aeroplane.
In ADB,

In ADC,

Hence proved.