Mathematics - Heights and Distances
Practise 17 AP EAMCET previous year questions on Heights and Distances, compiled from papers spanning 2002 to 2025. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty AP EAMCET tests.
Heights and Distances has been asked in 14 of the 24 years of AP EAMCET papers analysed (2001–2024), with 17 questions in all. 18% of them were easy, 71% moderate and 12% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 2 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 0 questions across 28 papers, about 0 per paper.
All of the chapter's questions come from a single topic, Heights and Distances.
- 1The horizontal distance between a tower and a builidng is units. If the angle of depression of the foot of the building from the top of the 22 May, 2025 (M)Heights and Distances
- 2An aeroplane is flying at a constant speed, parallel to the horizontal ground at a height of 5 kms. A person on the ground observed that the22 May, 2025 (E)Heights and Distances
- 3A man \(2 {~m}\) tall, walks at the rate of \(1 {2}{3} {~m} / {s}\) towards a street light which is \(5 {1}{3} {~m}\) above the ground. The 17 Sep, 2020 (E)Heights and Distances
- 4A man of height \(2 {~m}\) walks at a uniform speed of \(7 {~m} / {min}\) away from a lamp post of height \(9 {~m}\). The rate \(( {m} / {mi22 Apr, 2019 (M)Heights and Distances
- 5The semivertical angle of a cone is . If the height of the cone is , then the approximate value of its lateral surface area (in sq. ) is20 Apr, 2019 (E)Heights and Distances
- 6A person observes the top of a tower from a point on the ground. The elevation of the tower from this point is . He moves in the direction p2013Heights and Distances
- 7A vertical pole subtends an angle at a point on the ground. If the angles substended by the upper half and the lower half of the pole at are2012Heights and Distances
- 8The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud from a point above a lake is and from the same point the angle of depression of its reflection 2011Heights and Distances
- 9The sum of angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points distant and from the base and in the same straight line with it is . Th2010Heights and Distances
- 10is a point on the segment joining the feet of two vertical poles of heights and . The angles of elevation of the tops of the poles from are 2009Heights and Distances
- 11From the top of a hill metres high the angles of depressions of the top and the bottom of a pillar are and respectively. The height (in metr2008Heights and Distances
- 12The angle of elevation of an object from a point on the level ground is . Moving metres on the ground towards the object, the angle of eleva2007Heights and Distances
- 13The elevation of an object on a hill is observed from a certain point in the horizontal plane through its base, to be . After walking 120 me2006Heights and Distances
- 14A tower, of metres high, has a flagstaff at its top. The tower and the flagstaff subtend equal angles at a point distant metres from the foo2005Heights and Distances
- 15An aeroplane flying with uniform speed horizontally one above the ground is observed at an elevation of . After if the elevation is observed2004Heights and Distances
- 16A tower subtends angles and respectively at points and , all lying on a horizontal line through the foot of the tower, then is equal to:2003Heights and Distances
- 17From a point on the level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a pole is on moving 20 metres nearer, the angle of elevation is . The2002Heights and Distances
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How many questions are available for Heights and Distances?
This chapter includes 17 questions compiled from AP EAMCET papers spanning 2002 to 2025.
2.Are these questions only from AP EAMCET, or from other exams too?
These are AP EAMCET questions specifically for the Heights and Distances chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.
3.Is Heights and Distances an important chapter for AP EAMCET Mathematics?
Heights and Distances has appeared in 15 of the 25 years of AP EAMCET papers covered here, with 17 questions across 17 papers - about one per paper it appears in.
4.What is the difficulty level of Heights and Distances questions in AP EAMCET?
Of the 17 questions analysed for this chapter, 18% are easy, 71% moderate and 12% tough. 2019 had the most, with 2 questions.
5.Which topics in Heights and Distances should I focus on?
All of this chapter's questions come from a single topic: Heights and Distances.
6.Is Heights and Distances's weightage in AP EAMCET going up or down?
Across all 17 papers analysed, Heights and Distances has averaged about 1.0 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.