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Mathematics - Heights and Distances

Practise 7 BITSAT previous year questions on Heights and Distances, compiled from papers spanning 2009 to 2024. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty BITSAT tests.

Heights and Distances has been asked in 5 of the 16 years of BITSAT papers analysed (2009–2024), with 7 questions in all. 43% of them were easy, 43% moderate and 14% tough. Most of its questions came from 2024, with 2 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 4 questions across 2 papers, about 2 per paper.

All of the chapter's questions come from a single topic, Heights and Distances.

  1. 1From the top of a cliff 50 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a tower are observed to be and . The height of tower is2024 (Memory Based Paper 3)Heights and Distances
  2. 2is a triangular park with . A TV tower stands at the mid-point of . The angles of elevation of the top of the tower at , are respectively. T2024 (Memory Based Paper 3)Heights and Distances
  3. 3Let be the solution of in . If the shadow of a vertical pole is of its height, then the altitude of the sun is2022Heights and Distances
  4. 4A house subtends a right angle at the window of a opposite house and the angle of elevation of the window from the bottom of the first house2022Heights and Distances
  5. 5is a triangular park with TV tower stands at the mid-point of . The angles of elevation of the top of the tower at A, B, C are respectively.2020Heights and Distances
  6. 6A ladder rests against a wall so that its top touches the roof of the house. If the ladder makes an angle of \(60^{ }\) with the horizontal 2011Heights and Distances
  7. 7In a triangle \( {ABC}, {C}=90^{ }\), then \( {a^2-b^2}{a^2+b^2}\) is equal to :2009Heights and Distances

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Heights and Distances?

This chapter includes 7 questions compiled from BITSAT papers spanning 2009 to 2024.

2.Are these questions only from BITSAT, or from other exams too?

These are BITSAT 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 BITSAT Mathematics?

Heights and Distances has appeared in 5 of the 16 years of BITSAT papers covered here, with 7 questions across 5 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Heights and Distances questions in BITSAT?

Of the 7 questions analysed for this chapter, 43% are easy, 43% moderate and 14% tough. 2024 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 BITSAT going up or down?

Across all 5 papers analysed, Heights and Distances has averaged about 1.4 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has risen, at about 2.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.