Sample Paper
PAPER
MATHEMATICS
Time 3 hrs Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions :
1. This question paper contains FIVE SECTIONS – A, B, C, D and E. Each section is
compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some question.
2. SECTION A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. SECTION B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. SECTION C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
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5. SECTION D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. SECTION E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts.
SECTION – A
The following questions are multiple-choice questions with one correct answer. Each question
carries 1 mark.
1. If A is a non-singular square matrix of order 3 such that A2 = 3A, then value of |A| is:
(a) –3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 27
2. A line AB in three-dimensional space makes angle 45° and 120° with the positive x-axis and the
positive y-axis respectively. If AB makes an acute angle with the positive z-axis, then equals:
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 75° (d) 30°
3. Let a ˆi ˆj 3kˆ and b 3iˆ ˆj kˆ . If the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are
represented by the vectors a and b is 8 3 square units, then a · b is:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
0 1
0 1 2 1 0 –1
4. If A = , B = and M = AB, then M is equal to-
2 2 0 1 1
2 2 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 1 1 / 3 1 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 6
5.
0
cos x esinx dx is equal to:
(a) e + 1 (b) e – 1 (c) 1 (d) 0
1
–1
6. If y = sin (m sin x), then which one of the following equation is true?
d2y dy d2y dy
(a) (1 x 2 ) 2
x m2y 0 (b) (1 x 2 ) 2
x m2y 0
dx dx dx dx
d2y dy d2y dy
(c) (1 x 2 ) 2
x m2y 0 (d) (1 x 2 ) 2
x m2x 0
dx dx dx dx
7. If m and n are the order and degree of the differential equation
3
d2y
5 2
d2y dx d y x 2 1 , then m + n is
3
2 4
dx d 3 y dx 3
3
dx
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 5
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f(x) dx
8. If log log sin x , then f (x) is
logsin x
(a) sin x (b) cos x (c) log sin x (d) cot x
x 2 3
9. If x = – 4 is a root of 1 x 1 = 0, then the sum of the other two roots is :
3 2 x
(a) 4 (b) –3 (c) 2 (d) 5
10. The corner points of the feasible region determined by the system of linear inequalities are :
x2
7
6 1
5
4
3 C(2, 3)
2
D(0, 3)
2 B(3, 2)
1
A(3, 0)
O x1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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(a) (0, 0), (–3, 0), (3, 2), (2, 3) (b) (3, 0), (3, 2), (2, 3), (0, –3)
(c) (0, 0), (3, 0), (3, 2), (2, 3), (0, 3) (d) None of these
11. The solution of differential equation xdy – ydx = 0 represents:
(a) a rectangular hyperbola (b) parabola whose vertex is at origin
(c) straight line passing through origin (d) a circle whose centre is at origin
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12. Two events E and F are independent. If P(E) = 0.3 and P(E F) = 0.5, then P(E/F) – P(F/E)
equals to :
2 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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13. If A is square matrix of order 3 and B = A' such that |A| = – 4, then |AB| is equal to :
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) – 16
14. Let a and b be two non-zero vectors perpendicular to each other and a b . If a b a ,
then the angle between the vectors a b a b and a is :
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1 1 1 1
(a) sin 1 (b) cos1 (c) cos1 (d) sin 1
3 3 2 6
15. Corner points of the feasible region determined by the system of linear constraints are (0, 3),
(1, 1) and (3, 0). Let Z = px + qy, where p, q > 0. Condition on p and q, so that the minimum of
Z occurs at (3,0) and(l, 1) is
q
(a) p = 2q (b) p = (c) p = 3q (d) p = q
2
2 1
16. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P . Then the value of K, for which
5 3
6
P = KI – 8P, where KN is.
(a) –6 (b) –5 (c) 5 (d) 6
17. The area of a triangle formed by vertices O, A and B, where OA ˆi 2jˆ 3kˆ and
OB 3iˆ 2 ˆj kˆ is:
(a) 3 5 sq. units (b) 5 5 sq. units (c) 6 5 sq. units (d) 4 sq. units
| x –1 |
1– x + a , x > 1
18. If f(x) = a + b , x =1 is continuous at x = 1, then the values of 'a' and 'b' are respectively:
| x –1 |
+ b , x <1
1– x
(a) 1, 1 (b) 1, –1 (c) 2, 3 (d) None of these
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ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS
In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A) : The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations
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3 + m + 5n = 0 and 6mn – 2n + 5m = 0 is cos–1 .
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a1a 2 b1b2 c1c 2
Reason (R) : An angle between two lines is given by cos = ,
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a12 b12 c12 a 22 b22 c 22
where a1, b1, c1 and a2, b2, c2 are direction ratio's of lines.
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20. Assertion (A) : The domain of the function sec–1 (2x + 1) is – , ,
2 2
2
Reason (R) : sec–1(–2) =
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SECTION – B
This section comprises of very short answer type-questions (VSA) of 2 marks each
21. Let a, b, c be three vectors such that a 0 and a b = 2a c , | a | = | c | = 1, | b | = 4 and
| b c | 15 . If b 2c a, then find the value of .
OR
A line makes the same angle θ, with each of the x and z–axis. If the angle β, which it makes
with y-axis is such that sin 2 3sin 2 , then find the value of cos2 .
dy y
22. If y = x sin y then prove that x = .
dx 1 x cos y
23. A spherical ball of salt is dissolving in water in such a manner that the rate of decrease of
volume at any instant is proportional to the surface. Prove that the radius is decreasing at a
constant rate.
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24. Find the vector of magnitude 171 which is perpendicular to both of the vectors a ˆi 2ˆj 3kˆ
and b 3iˆ ˆj 2kˆ .
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25. Find the value of sin 1 cos sin 1 ?
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OR
x
Show that the function f: R {x R : –1 < x < 1} defined by f (x) , x R is one-one.
1 | x |
SECTION – C
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This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each
/3 sin x cos x
26. Evaluate : /6
sin 2x
dx
27. A and B throw a pair of dice alternately, till one of them gets a total of 10 and wins the game.
Find their respective probabilities of winning, if A starts first.
28. In a bank, principal increases continuously at the rate of 5% per year. In how many years Rs.
1000 double itself ?
OR
y dy y
Show that the differential equation x cos = y cos + x is homogenous and solve it.
x dx x
29. Solve the linear programming problem graphically
Minimize Z = 6x + 21y,
subject to constraints x + 2y 3,
x + 4y 4, 3x + y 3,
x 0, y 0
/2 cos x
30. Evaluate: 0 1 cos x sin x
dx
OR
/2
Evaluate: 0
sin x dx
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(3x 5)
31. Evaluate: (x 3
x 2 x 1)
dx
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SECTION – D
This section comprises of long answer-type questions (LA) of 5 marks each
3 4 2
32.
If A = 0 2 3 , find A–1.
1 2 6
Hence, Solve the following system of equations.
3x + 4y + 2z = 8
2y – 3z = 3
x – 2y + 6z = –2
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33. Using the method of integration, find the area of the triangular region whose vertices are
(2, –2), (4, 3) and (1, 2).
34. Find the shortest distance and the vector equation of the line of shortest distance of the lines
given by r 3iˆ 8ˆj 3kˆ (3iˆ ˆj k)
ˆ
and r 3iˆ 7ˆj 6kˆ (3iˆ 2 ˆj 4k)
ˆ
OR
Two insects are crawling along different lines in three-dimension. At time t (min.) the first
insect is at point (x, y, z) on the line x = 6 + t, y = 8 – t and z = 3 + t. also at time t (min.) the
second insect is at the point (x, y, z) on the line x = 1 + t, y = 2 + t, z = 2t. Assume that the
distance are given in inches. How for apart are the insects at t = 6 min.? What is the closest the
2 insect will ever get to each other?
35. Let N denote the set of all natural numbers and R be the relation on N × N by
(a, b) R (c, d) ad(b + c) = bc(a + d). Check whether R is an equivalence relation on N × N.
OR
Let A = {x Z : 0 x 12}. Show that R = {(a, b) : a, b A, |a – b| is divisible by 4} is an
equivalence relation. Find the set of all elements related to 1. Also find the equivalence class of 2.
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SECTION – E
(This section comprises of 3 case-study/passage-based questions of 4 marks each with two sub-parts.
First two case study questions have three sub-parts (i), (ii), (iii) of marks 1, 1, 2 respectively. The
third case study question has two sub-parts of 2 marks each.)
36. CASE-STUDY : I
A person has manufactured a water tank in the shape of a closed right circular cylinder. The
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volume of the cylinder is cubic units. If the height and radius of the cylinder be h and r, then
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Based on the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the total surface area function (S) of tank in terms of r.
(ii) Find the critical points of the functions.
(iii) Use first order derivative test to find the value of r and h, when surface area of the tank is minimum.
OR
(iii) Use second order derivative test to find the value of r and h, when surface area of the
tank is minimum.
37. CASE-STUDY : II
An architect designs a building for a multi-national company. The floor consists of a
rectangular region with semi-circular ends having a perimeter of 200 m as shown below.
y
2
A y
x
Design of floor
Based on the above information answer the following:
(i) If x and y represents the length and breadth of the rectangular region, then what is the
relation between variables x and y.
(ii) Express the area of the rectangular region A as a function of x.
(iii) Find the maximum value of area A.
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(iii) The CEO of the multi-national company is interested in maximizing the area of the whole floor
including the semi-circular ends, find the maximum area of whole floor.
38. CASE-STUDY : III
At the start of a cricket match, a coin is tossed and the team winning the toss has the
opportunity to choose to bat or bowl. Such a coin is unbiased with equal probabilities of getting
head and tail.
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Based on the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) If such a coin is tossed 2 times, then find the probability distribution of number of tails
(ii) Find the conditional probability of getting at least two heads in three tosses of such a
coin, if it is know that we get atmost two heads.
