Army Public School Samba

Sample paper for pre board exams (2023-24)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (041) MAX. MARKS : 80

CLASS : XII DURATION: 3 HRS
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 questions.
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.
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
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
2 3 5
1. Find the cofactor of a12 in the following: 6 0 4
1 5 7
(a) -46 (b) 46 (c) 0 (d) 1

1 3   y 0  5 6 
2. If 2     , then write the value of x and y.
0 x   1 2  1 8 
(a) x = 3, y = 3 (b) x = 3, y = 2 (c) x = 2, y = 2 (d) x = 2, y = 3

dy
3. If y = a 2  x 2 , then y is:
dx
(a) 0 (b) x (c) -x (d) 1
 
4. Find the angle between the vectors a  i  j  k and b  i  j  k
 1  1  2
(a) cos1    (b) 60° (c) cos1    (d) cos1   
 2  3  3

3
log x 2
5. The value of 2 x dx is
3 3 1
(a) log 6 log   (b) log   (c) 2 log 3 (d)   log 6
2 2 3

6. If m and n are the order and degree, respectively of the differential equation
2 2
 dy  d y
5 x    2  6 y  log x , then write the value of m + n.
 dx  dx
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

7. In an LPP, the objective function is always:

(a) linear (b) quadratic (c) cubic (d) biquadratic
 2
dx
8. The value of is x :
1 x2  1
(a) π/3 (b) π/2 (c) π/4 (d) π/6

9. If (i  3 j  8k )  (3i   j   k ) = 0, then λ and μ are respectively:

(a) 27, -9 (b) 9, 9 (c) -9, 18 (d) -1, 1

10. A is a skew-symmetric matrix and a matrix B such that B’AB is defined, then B’AB is a:
(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew-symmetric matrix
(c) Diagonal matrix (d) upper triangular symmetric

11. For an L.P.P. the objective function is Z = 4x + 3y, and the feasible region determined by a set of
constraints (linear inequations) is shown in the graph.

Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) Maximum value of Z is at R.
(b) Maximum value of Z is at Q.
(c) Value of Z at R is less than the value at P.
(d) Value of Z at Q is less than the value at R.

2
4 1 3 2 x 3
12. If   , then the value of x is:
2 1 1 x 2 1
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 1

13. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = 1 and |B| = 3, then the value of |3AB| is:
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 81

14. If P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.8 and P(B/A) = 0.6 then P(A U B) is equal to
(a) 0.24 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.48 (d) 0.96

15. Which of the following is a homogeneous differential equation?

(a) (4x + 6y + 5)dy − (3y + 2x + 4)dx = 0
(b) (xy)dx − (x3 + y3)dy = 0
(c) (x3 + 2y2)dx + 2xy dy = 0
 (d) y2dx + (x2 − xy − y2)dy = 0

1  sin x
16. If y = tan 1 , then value of dy/dx at x = π/6 is:
1  sin x
(a) 1/2 (b) −1/2 (c) 1 (d) -1

x  3 y  2 z 1
17. The straight line   is:
3 1 0
(a) parallel to x-axis (b) parallel to y-axis
(c) parallel to z-axis (d) perpendicular to z-axis

18. The points (1, 2, 3), (4, 0, 4), (– 2, 4, 2), (7, – 2, 5) are:
(a) collinear (b) are the vertices of a square
(c) are the vertices of a rectangle (d) None of these

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.

x 1 y  2 z  3
19. Assertion (A) : The angle between the straight lines   and
2 5 4
x 1 y  2 z  3
  is 90°.
1 2 3
Reason (R) : Skew lines are lines in different planes which are parallel and intersecting.

20. Assertion (A): Domain of f(x) = sin–1x + cosx is [-1, 1]

Reason (R): Domain of a function is the set of all possible values for which function will be
defined.

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.

21. Show that the modulus function f : R → R given by f (x) = |x|, is neither one-one nor onto, where
|x| is x, if x is positive or 0 and |x| is –x, if x is negative.
OR
2
1 2x 1 1  y 
Find the value of the tan  sin 1  cos  , |x| < 1, y > 0 and xy < 1.
2 1  x2 1 y2 
 sin 5 x
  cos x, if x  0
22. For what value of ‘k’ is the function f ( x)   3 x continuous at x = 0?
 k , if x  0

23. Show that the line through the points (1, –1, 2), (3, 4, –2) is perpendicular to the line through the
points (0, 3, 2) and (3, 5, 6).
       
24. Given, p  3i  2 j  4k , a  i  j, b  j  k , c  i  k and p  xa  yb  zc , then find the value of x,
 OR
Using vectors, find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 1, 2), B(2, 3, 5) and C(1, 5, 5).

dy
25. If y = log(cos ex), then find .
dx

SECTION – C
Questions 13 to 22 carry 3 marks each.
2
dx
26. Find the value of  x(1  log x) 2
.
1
OR

x tan x
Evaluate:  sec x.cos ecx dx
0

( x 2  3x )
27. Evaluate:  dx
( x  1)( x  2)

28. Solve : (x2 – yx2)dy + (y2 + x2y2)dx = 0

OR

Solve : (x2 + y2) dx – 2xydy = 0

29. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically:

Minimise Z = 13x – 15y subject to the constraints x + y ≤ 7, 2x – 3y + 6 ≥ 0, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0.

30. In a hostel, 60% of the students read Hindi newspaper, 40% read English newspaper and 20%
read both Hindi and English newspaper. A student is selected at random.
(a) Find the probability that the student reads neither Hindi nor English newspaper.
(b) If she reads Hindi newspaper, find the probability that she reads English newspaper.
(c) If she reads English newspaper, find the probability that she reads Hindi newspaper.
OR
The random variable X has a probability distribution P(X) of the following form, where k is
some number:
 k , if x  0
 2k , if x  1

P( X )  
 3k , if x  2
0, if otherwise
(a) Determine the value of k. (b) Find P(X < 2), P(X ≤ 2), P(X ≥ 2).

x2  1
31. Evaluate:  ( x 2  2)( x 2  3) dx

SECTION – D
Questions 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.

32. Using integration, find the area of triangle ABC, whose vertices are A(2, 5), B(4, 7) and C(6, 2).

33. Find the vector equation of the line through the point (1, 2, –4) and perpendicular to the two lines
 
r  (8i  19 j  10k )   (3i  16 j  7 k ) and r  (15i  29 j  5k )   (3i  8 j  5k )
 OR
Find the shortest distance between the following lines :

r  (i  j  k )  s (2i  j  k )

r  (i  j  2k )  t (4i  2 j  2k )

34. Show that each of the relation R in the set A = {x ∈ Z : 0 ≤ x ≤ 12}, given by R = {(a, b) :|a – b|
is a multiple of 4} is an equivalence relation.
Find the set of all elements related to 1 in each case.
OR
x 1
Let A = R – {2} and B = R – {1}. If f : A → B is a function defined by f ( x )  , then show
x2
that f is one-one and onto.

 2 3 5 
35. If A =  3 2 4  , find A–1 and hence solve the system of linear equations: 2x – 3y + 5z = 11,
 1 1 2 
3x + 2y – 4z = –5; x + y – 2z = –3.

SECTION – E(Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 35 to 37 carry 4 marks each.

36. Case Study 1 : On one day, Maths teacher is conducted Mental Ability test. Anand, Sanjay and
Aditya are trying to solve a given Mental ability problem in Mathematics whose respective
1 1 1
probabilities of solving it are , and . They were asked to solve it independently.
2 3 4

Based on the above data, answer any four of the following questions.
(i) Find the probability that Anand alone solves it.
(ii) Find the probability that exactly one of them solves it.

37. Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
In an elliptical sport field the authority wants to design a rectangular soccer field with the
x2 y2
maximum possible area. The sport field is given by the graph of 2  2  1
a b
 (i) If the length and the breadth of the rectangular field be 2x and 2y respectively, then find the
area function in terms of x.
(ii) Find the critical point of the function.
(iii) Use First derivative Test to find the length 2x and width 2y of the soccer field (in terms of a
and b) that maximize its area.
OR
(iii) Use Second Derivative Test to find the length 2x and width 2y of the soccer field (in terms
of a and b) that maximize its area.

38. Case-Study 3: An owner of a car rental company have determined that if they charge customers
Rs x per day to rent a car, where 50 ≤ x ≤ 200, then number of cars (n), they rent per day can be
shown by linear function n(x) = 1000 – 5x. If they charge Rs. 50 per day or less they will rent all
their cars. If they charge Rs. 200 or more per day they will not rent any car.

Based on the above information, answer the following question.

(i) If R(x) denote the revenue, then find the value of x at which R(x) has maximum value.
(ii) Find the Maximum revenue collected by company
OR
Find the number of cars rented per day, if x = 75.