Some Applications of Trigonometry Worksheet — Class 10 CBSE Maths

Q1.Which of the following statements correctly defines the angle of elevation?

Difficulty: Easy

Q2.A person standing on a 50 m high cliff observes a boat in the sea. The angle of depression of the boat is formed by the line of sight and:

Difficulty: Easy

Q3.A boy is standing on the ground and looking at the top of a 10-meter tall tree. His eye level is 1.5 m above the ground. If the angle of elevation of the top of the tree from his eye is 45°, what is the horizontal distance between the boy and the tree?

Difficulty: Easy

Q4.Ravi is trying to find the height of a building. He is standing at a point A on the ground and observes the top of a building at point B. He incorrectly draws the angle of depression from B to A as the angle between the line BA and the vertical line passing through B. What is the correct way to represent the angle of depression from B to A (assuming A is on the ground, B is the top of the building)?

Difficulty: Easy

Q5.The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m away from the foot of the tower, is 30°. The height of the tower is:

Difficulty: Easy

Q6.A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of 60° with the wall, what is the height of the wall?

Difficulty: Easy

Q7.An observer is standing at a certain distance from a pole. If the observer moves further away from the pole, what happens to the angle of elevation of the top of the pole from the observer's eye?

Difficulty: Easy

Q8.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 60°. Assuming there is no slack in the string, the length of the string is:

Difficulty: Easy