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(General Instructions)
 This question paper contains 6 printed pages.
 This question paper contains 38 questions.
 Write down the question number before attempting.
 An additional reading time of 15 minutes will be given to all students.
 This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory.
However, there are internal choices in some questions.
 Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
 Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 mark each.
 Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 mark each.
 Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 mark each.
 Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment
(4 marks each) with sub parts.

COMMON EXAMINATION-2022-2023
Class-12
Mathematics (Code-041)
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks:80
Roll No.: Date: 21.01.2023
SECTION A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark

1. The value of the function at x=0 , so that the function f(x) = is continuous at
x=0 is
(a) 0 (b) log 2 (c) log 4 (d) 16
2. If A is a square matrix , then the value of adj(AT) – (adjA)T is
(a) A (b) AT (c) 0 (d) –A

3. If =8 then the real value of x is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3

4. If |A|= 2 , A is a 3 × 3 matrix, find
(a) 16 (b) 64 (c) (d)
5. If A= and A2 x A = I 2 then the value of x is
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) (d)

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6. Solve , if y=0 when x=5. The value of x when y=3 is

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

7. =

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3

8. =
(a) xx (logx)+c x
(b) x (logx)+c
2x
(c) x +c (d) xx +c

9. If ,then =
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10. The product of the order and degree of the differential equation
, where p =
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
11. If = and is such that and , then is
(a) 7 (b)14 (c)√7 (d) 21
12. If =0 , = √37 , and = 4 , then the angle between is
(a) (b) (c) (d)

13. If the position vector of the point A is +2 and a point P which divides the line
segment AB in the ratio 2:3 has the position vector , then the position vector of the
point B is
(b) (b) (c) 3 (d)
14. If the direction angles of a line are respectively , then
cos 2 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d)
15. If the corner points of the feasible region for an LPP are A(0,2) ,B(3,0),C(6,0),D(6,8)
and E(0,5) ,then the minimum value of the objective function Z=4x+6y occurs at
(a) A only (b) B only (c) Midpoint of AB (d) Every point on .
x
16. The function y = x e has a local minimum at
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17. If P(A and P(A ,then P(A') + P(B') is equal to
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.9 (c) 0.5 (d) 1.1
18. A bag contains 8 red and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The
probability that both the balls are of same colour is
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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ASSERTION- REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by the
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 and 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 principal value of =
Reason(R) : f(x)= : is a bijection.
20. Assertion(A): The area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are
and is equal to 9 sq.units.
Reason(R) : If the adjacent sides of a parallelogram are and , then the
diagonals are given by + and .

SECTION B
This section comprises very short answer type questions (VSA) of 2 marks each.

21. Show that the function f: defined as f(x)= x2 , where Y is the

range of the function f ,is one to one. Find Y if f(x) is onto.
(OR)
A relation R is defined on A={1,2,3}as R={(1,1),(2,2),(1,2),(3,3),(1,3),(3,1),(2,3)}.
Find the minimum number of elements of R to be removed to make it equivalence
relation. Also write R after removing the required ordered pairs.
22. If , find at t = .
23. Prove that f(x)= tan x 4x is strictly increasing in

24. If = and , then find the vector whose

magnitude is 2 units and perpendicular to and .

(OR)
If = , find λ if and are
perpendicular.

25. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point A (1, 2, 1) and
parallel to the line 5x 25 = 14 7y = 35z. Also find the direction cosines of the
obtained line.

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SECTION C
This section comprises short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each.

26. Evaluate:

27. Evaluate:

28. Evaluate: dx (OR) Evaluate

29. Find the particular solution of the differential equation

x2 dy = (x2 +5xy+4y2)dx at the point (1,0).
(OR)
Find the general solution of the differential equation
30. There are 4 cards numbered 1, 3, 5 and 7 such that one number is written on one card.
Two cards are drawn at random without replacement. Let X be the sum of the
numbers on the cards. Find the mean of X.
(OR)
Three persons fire a gun at a target taking turns independently, starting with A. Their
probabilities of hitting the target are 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. Find the probability
that at least two of them hit the target.

31. Maximize Z=20x+10y subject to the constraints

Solve the above LPP graphically.

SECTION D
This section comprises long answer type questions (LA) of 5 marks each.
32. Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by the curves , x =2y+3
and x axis in the first quadrant.
33. Let R be a relation defined on A×A ,where A={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} as (a,b)R (c,d) iff
a+d=b+c. Prove that R is an equivalence relation and also find [(2,5)].
(OR)
Let A= ( ,B=( , f is a function defined from B to A such that
f(x) = . Prove that f is a bijection.

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34. Show that the lines and intersect. Also

find their point of intersection.
(OR)
Find the length of the perpendicular, foot of the perpendicular and the image of the
point P(2, 1 ,5) with respect to the line .

35. If = and B = find .

SECTION E
(This section comprises 3 case- study/passage- based questions of 4 marks.
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. Water is dripping out of the conical vessel in a steady rate of 1 cu.cm per sec through
a tiny hole at the vertex of the conical vessel, whose axis is vertical. The semi vertical
angle of the cone is .

Based on the above information, answer the following

(i) Find the height h and radius r in terms of the slant height l .
(ii) Find the volume of the water in the cone in terms of the slant height l.
(iii) Find the rate of decrease in the slant height of the water level, when
the slant height is equal to 4 cm.
(OR)
Find the rate of decrease in the slant height of the water level, when
the slant height is equal to 2 cm.

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37. A cable network operator in a small town has 500 subscribers. He collects ₹300 per
month from each subscriber. He proposes to increase the monthly charges by ₹ x per
subscriber. The past experiences say that for every increase of ₹1, one subscriber will
discontinue the service.

Based on the above information, answer the following.

(i) Find the total revenue generated in terms of x after he announces the increase in
subscription.
(ii) Find the increase in the subscription amount per head which yields the maximum
revenue.
(OR)
Find the number of subscribers which yields the maximum revenue.
(iii) Find the maximum revenue generated by the cable network operator.

38. A student either guesses, copies or knows the answer to a multiple choice question
with four choices. The probability that he makes a guess is 1/6 and that he copies is 1/9.
The probability that his answer is correct, given that he copied is 1/8.

Based on the above information, answer the following.

(i) Find the total probability that the student answered it correctly.
(ii) Find the probability that he knew the answer, given that he answered it
correctly.
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