Class XII, Session: 2021-22

Applied Mathematics (Code-241)

Term - 1 Model Examination
Time Allowed: 90 minutes Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains three sections – A, B
and C. Each part is compulsory.
2. Section - A has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20. 3.
Section - B has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20
4. Section - C has 10 MCQs, attempt any 8 out of 10.
5. There is no internal choice in any section.
6. All Questions carry equal Marks.

SECTION – A
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of Questions 1 – 20.
Each Question is of 1 mark weightage.

1. The value of 17+30 13, where +m is addition modulo , is 1

(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 7 (d) 9

2. If 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅, |𝑥 | < −3, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 1

(a)3< 𝑥 < −3 (b) -3< 𝑥 < 3 (c)−3 < 𝑥 ≤ 3 (d) 𝑥 ∈ ∅
3. A man rows downstream 30 km and upstream 12 km. If he takes 4 hours to cover each 1
distance, then speed of the current is
(a) 2.5 km/h (b) 2.25 km/h (c) 3.5 km/h (d) 62km/h
4. If 𝑥 ≡ 4 (𝑚𝑜𝑑 7), then positive values of are: 1
(a) {4,11,18,….} (b) {11,18,25,…} (c){4,8,12…} (d) {1,8.12…}

5. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |𝐴| = 5, then |2AT| is equal to 1

(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 4 0

6. In a 3 × 3 matrix A, |𝐴| = , then |A-1| = 1

(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)

7. For what value of k inverse does not exist for the matrix
1 2
? 1
𝑘 6
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 2
8. If solving a system of linear equations in 3 variables by Cramer’s rule, we get 1
∆= 0 and all other delta values ∆𝑥, ∆𝑦, ∆𝑧 are zero, then the system of linear equations
has
(a) no solution (b) unique solution (c)
infinitely many solutions (d) trivial solution

9. The demand function is p(x) = 20 - , then the marginal revenue when x = 10 is 1

(a) ₹ 5 (b) ₹ 30 (c) ₹ 10 (d)₹ 15

10. The function𝑦 = is strictly decreasing in the interval(s)

(a) (-∞, 0) 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 (b) (0,∞) ony (c) (-∞, 0) 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠(0, ∞) (d) R
11. The slope of the normal to the curve y = 4x2 – 14x + 4 at x = -2 1
(a) -30 (b) (c) (d) 30

12. If the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4/3 and 8/9 respectively . 1
P(X=1)

(a) (b) (c) (d) 1

13. The total area under the normal distributed curve above the base line i.e., 1
is
(a) 0 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) 1

14. The probability distribution lf a random variable X is given by 1

X : 0 1 2

P(X) : 3𝛼 4𝛼 − 10𝛼 5𝛼 − 1
Where 𝛼 > 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝛼 is

(a) (b)

15. If 5% of the electric bulb produced by a company are defective, in a 1

sample of 50 bulbs.
Assuming Poisson distribution, the sum of mean and variance of the
number of defective bulbs

(a) 5 (b) 2.5 (c) 6.25 (d) 10

16. For a Poisson distribution with mean is equal to 1
(a) -1 (b) 0 (d) 1

17. Suppose that 80% of people are right handed. What is the probability that 1
atmost 6 of a random sample of 8 people are right handed

(a) (b) (c) 1- (d) 1-

Type equation here.
18. To calculate Laspeyres price index the weights are taken as 1
(a) Base year prices (b) Current year prices
(c)Base year quantities (d) Current year quantities

19. Given that ∑ 𝑝1 𝑞1 = 474 , ∑ 𝑝0 𝑞0 = 999 , ∑ 𝑝1 𝑞0 = 626 and ∑ 𝑝0 𝑞1 = 761 1

, where subscript 0 and 1 are used for base year and current year respectively.
The
Marshall Edgeworth’s index number is
(a) 75.95 (b)70.58 (c)62.5 (d)67.5
20. Price index by Laspeyers method takes 1
(a) 𝑞0 as weights
(b) 𝑞1 as weights
as
weights
as weights

SECTION – B
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of the Questions
21 - 40.
Each Question is of 1-mark weightage.

21. In a 500 m race, A beats B by 90m or 18 seconds. Find A s time to cover the race course 1
(a) 80 seconds (b) 82 seconds (c) 50seconds (d) 68 seconds

22. If the present time is 7.00 PM, then the time after 1000 hours will be: 1
2
(a) 7.00 AM (b) 11 AM (c) 11 PM (d) 2 PM
23. Nisha started a business with Rs. 540000. After a few months Kusum joined her with an 1
investment of Rs. 720000. If at the end of a year they shared the profit equally, then find
after how many months Kusum joined Nisha ?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 10
24. Find the value of 𝑥, 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑥 ≡ 23(𝑚𝑜𝑑7) ; if 21≤ 𝑥 ≤ 31 1

(a) Rs. 15 (b) 30 (c) 37 (d) 16

25. The cost price of type A apples is Rs.120 per kg and that of type B apples 1
is Rs. 180 per kg.If both types of apples are mixed in the ratio 2:3
respectively, then find the price per kg of mixed apples
(a) Rs.156 (b) Rs.170 (c) Rs.165 (d) Rs. 160

26. 0 2𝑏 −2 1
If matrix A= 3 1 3 is symmetric, then value of 2ab is:
3𝑎 3 −1

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) -2 (d) 2

27. If |𝑥 − 5| < 2 , then 𝑥 belongs to 1

(a) (3,7) (b) (-3,7) (c) [3, 7] (d) ( 3,7 ]

28. 𝑥 − 2 −3 1
If =3, find the integral value(s) of 𝑥
3𝑥 2𝑥

(a) -2 (b)-3 (c) 3 (d) 2

29. 1
Given that𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 , then value of is
(a) (b) (c) (d)

30. The variable cost of producing units is v(𝑥) = 𝑥(𝑥 + 30) . If the 1

company incurs a fixed cost of ₹3600, then the level of output where the
average cost is minimum is

(a)30 units (b) 60 units (c) 100 units (d) 20

units

31. 𝑎 0 0 1
If A = 0 𝑎 0 , a≠ 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴| is equal to
0 0 𝑎
(a) A3 (b) a9 (c) a6 (d) a27
32. If 𝑋 is a normal variate with mean 0 and variance 1 with P(0≤ 𝑋 ≤ 1) = 1
0.3413 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑃(|𝑋| < 1)

(a) 0.3275 (b)0.3413 (c) 0.3175 (d) 0.2375

33. Find the remainder when 783 x 657 x 594 x 432 x 346 x 251 is divided by 1
5

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 0 (d) 1

34. The time taken by a crew of a company to construct a small bridge is a normal variate 1
with mean 400 labour hours and standard deviation of 100 labour hours.The probability
that the bridge gets constructed between 350 to 450 labour hours.
(a) 0.3830 (b) 0.3413 (c) 0.2580 (d) 0.2420

35. An average ceiling fan manufactured by the Jagdeep Corporation lasts 300 1
days with a standard deviation of 50 days. Assuming that the ceiling fans
life is normally distributed, what is the probability that a ceiling fan will
last at most 365 days?

(a) 92% (b) 93.32% (c) 97.42% (d) 90%

36. The prices of group of commodities is given in the following table: 1

Commodities A B C D
𝑝0 [Price (₹) 80 50 90 30
in 2019]
𝑝1 [Price (₹) 95 60 100 45
in 2020]
The price index for 2020 taking 2019 as base year using simple aggregative
method is:
(a) 120% (b) 113% (c) 120.5% (d) 136%

37. For data regarding some commodities, the price indexes using Laspeyres 1
and Paasches method are 403 and 381 respectively. The Fishers price index
for the data is

(a) 365.95 (b)387.95 (c)391.85 (d) 380.45

 find

38. 1 −2 6 0 1
Find a 2x2 matrix B such that B =
1 4 0 6

−1 1 4 1 2 4 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 2 −1 2 −1 1 −1 1

39. What is the index number of the base period? 1

(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 10 (d) 100

40. The Time reversal test is satisfied if: 1

(a) P01×P10 = 0
(b) P 01× P10 = 1
(c) P 01 × P 10 >1
(d) P01× P 10 <1

SECTION – C
In this section, attempt any 8 questions out 10 Questions.
Each question is of 1 mark weightage.
(Questions 46-50 are based on a Case-Study).

41. A container has 50 litre of juice in it. 5 litre of juice is taken out and is 1
replaced by 5litre of water. This process is repeated 2 more times. What is
the amount of juice in the container after final replacement?

(a) 36.45 L (b) 29.25L (c) 35 L (d) 40L

42. .Two pipes A and B running together can fill the tank in 6 minutes. If pipe 1
A takes 5 minutes less than B to fill the tank, find the time taken by the
pipe B to fill the tank alone

(a) 25 minutes (b) 15minutes (c) 20 minutes. (d) 10 minutes

43. 1
The critical point of the function f (x) = 5𝑥𝑒 is
(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) e (d) 5
44. If it is known from past experience that in a certain district there are on the 1
average 6 accidents per year. Find the probability that in a given year there
will be atleast one accident(𝑒 =.00248)
(a) 0.89752 (b) 0.75982 (c) 0.65373 (d) 0.99752

45. The smallest value of the polynomial x3 – 18 x2 +96x in [0,9] is 1

(a) 126 (b) 135 (c) 160 (d) 0

CASE STUDY

Two schools P and Q decided to award their selected students for the values of
discipline and honesty in the form of prizes at the rate of Rs. x and Rs.y respectively.
School P decided to award respectively 3,2 students a total prize money of Rs. 2300
and school Q decided to award respectively 5 , 3 students a total prize money of Rs.
3700.

Based on the above information , answer the following questions

46. The matrix equation representing the above situation is 1

𝑥 𝑥
(a) 3 2 2300
𝑦 = 3700 (b)
2 3 2300
𝑦 = 3700
5 3 3 5

𝑥 𝑥
(c) 3 2 𝑦 = 3700 (d)
2 3 2300
= 𝑦
5 3 2300 3 5 3700
47. 1
The value of the determinant of coefficients of x and y is

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) -1 (d) 1

48. The values of x and y respectively are 1

(a) 400, 500 (b) 500, 400 (c) 600, 300 (d) none of these
49. If A is a square matrix representing the coefficients of x and y, then adj A 1
is

3 −2 3 −2 3 2 3 −2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 3 5 −3 −5 3 −5 3

50. The inverse of matrix A is 1

−3 2 −3 5 3 −2 3 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 −3 2 −3 −5 3 5 3

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