Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre

Kamla Nagar, Kanpur. SET -2

PREBOARD-2 EXAMINATION (2023-2024)
M.M.: 80 Class -XII
Time :3hrs. Name of the Student :____________________Roll No.__ Subject- Mathematics (041)
General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory.
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 .
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment(4 marks )
with sub parts.

SECTION A
(Multiple Choice Questions) Each question carries 1 mark
3 2 4 1
1. It is given that X [ ]=[ ] then matrix X is
1 −1 2 3
1 0 0 −1 1 1 1 −1
(𝑎) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
0 1 1 1 1 −1 1 −1

1 −1
2. If matrix A = [ ] and 𝐴2 = 𝑘𝐴 then value of k is :
−1 1
(𝑎) 1 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) -1

3. The number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 2 or 0 is

(𝑎) 9 (b) 27 (c) 81 (d) 243

5𝑥 − 4 , 0 < 𝑥 ≤ 1
4. The value of b for which the function 𝑓(𝑥) = { 2 is continuous at every
4𝑥 + 3𝑏𝑥 , 1 < 𝑥 < 2
point of its domain is
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(𝑎) − 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
𝑥
5. Derivative of tan−1 ( ) with respect to sin−1 (2𝑥 √1 − 𝑥2 ) is :
√1−𝑥2
1 1 1
(a) − 4
(b) 2 (c) 2 (d) − 2

𝜋
6. For what angle 𝜃 , 0 < 𝜃 < , which increases twice as fast as Sine
2
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) none of these

𝜋
7. ∫ 2𝜋 sin|𝑥| 𝑑𝑥 is equal to
−
2
(a) 1 (b)2 (c) -1 (d) -2

8. The area (in sq. units ) lying in the first quadrant and bounded by the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 4 and
the lines 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑥 = 2 is
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) 𝜋 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

𝑑𝑦
9. Integrating factor of the differential equation cos 𝑥 + 𝑦 sin 𝑥 = 1 is
𝑑𝑥
(a) sin 𝑥 (b) sec 𝑥 (c) tan 𝑥 (d) cos 𝑥
1
2 𝑑2 𝑦 3
10. The order and the degree of the differential equation √1 + (𝑑𝑦) = (𝑐 ) , respectively are
𝑑𝑥 𝑑 𝑥2
(a) 2 ,2 (b) 2,1 (c) 1 , 1 (d) 2, not defined

11. The projection of vector ̂𝑖 on ̂𝑖 + 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ is

1 2 3
(a) 6 (b) √6 (c) (d)
√ √6 √6

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12. Unit vector perpendicular to the vectors 𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ and 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ is
𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂
(a) 𝑘̂ (b) −𝑘̂ (c) 2 (d)
√ √2

𝑥−3 𝑦−2 𝑧−1

13. The straight line 3 = 1
= 0
(a) parallel to x axis (b) parallel to y axis
(c) parallel to z axis (d) perpendicular to z axis

𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑧−3

14. The lines 1 = 2 = 3 and −2 = −4 = −6 are
(a) parallel (b) intersecting (c) skew (d) coincident

15. The angle between a line with direction ratios < 2 , 2 , 1 > and a line joining the points (3 , 1, 4)
and (7 , 2 ,12) is
2 3 2
(a) cos−1 ( ) (b) cos−1 ( ) (c) tan−1 (− ) (d) none of these
3 2 3

16. The point which lies in the half plane 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 4 ≤ 0 is :

(a) (0,8) (b) (1,1) (c) (5,5) (d) (2,2)

17. The feasible region corresponding to the linear constraints of a Linear Programming Problem
is given below :

Then , which of the following is not a constraint to the above LPP ?

(a) 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≥ 2 (b) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 ≤ 10
(c ) 𝑥 − 𝑦 ≥ 1 (d) 𝑥 − 𝑦 ≤ 1
3 3 1
18. If P(A) = 5
and P(B) = 10
and P (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 5 , then P (𝐴̅ / 𝐵̅) P (𝐵̅ / 𝐴̅) is equal to
5 5 25
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 42 (d) 1
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) : Quadrilateral formed by vertices A(0,0,0) , B(3, 4,5) , C( 8,8,8) and D (5,4,3) is a
rhombus .
Reason (R): ABCD is a rhombus if AB = BC = CD =DA , AC ≠ BD
𝜋
20. Assertion (A) : The principle value of cot−1 √3 is 6
Reason (R): Domain of cot−1 𝑥 is R − {−1,1} .

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

21. Find the principle value of sin−1 {sin(−6000 )}

0 1 −1 0
22. If [1 −1 𝑥 ] [2 1 3 ] [1] = 0 , find x
1 1 1 1
𝑑𝑦
23. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑒 −𝑥 , prove that 𝑑𝑥 = √𝑦 2 − 4
𝜋
24. Show that 𝑓(𝑥) = tan−1(sin 𝑥 + cos 𝑥) is an increasing function on the interval (0, 4 )

1 1
25. Evaluate ∫ {log 𝑥 − (log 𝑥)2 } 𝑑𝑥

SECTION C
(This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each)
𝜋
26. Evaluate ∫0 log(1 + cos 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

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27. Evaluate ∫1 (|𝑥 − 1| + |𝑥 − 2| + |𝑥 − 3|) 𝑑𝑥

28. Solve the following differential equation :

(𝑥2 − 𝑦𝑥2 )𝑑𝑦 + (𝑦 2 + 𝑥2 𝑦 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 = 0

29. Find the particular solution of the differential equation (3𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 + (𝑥2 + 𝑥𝑦) 𝑑𝑦 = 0 ;
for 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 1.

30. Solve the following LPP. Graphically , on the graph paper provided to you.
Minimise and maximize 𝑍 = 3𝑥 + 5𝑦
3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 12 ≥ 0
subject to the following constraints : { 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2 ≥ 0
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 12 ≥ 0
0≤𝑥≤4, 𝑦≥2
31. Three bags contain a number of red and white balls as follows:
Bag I : 3 red balls ; Bag II : 2 red balls and one white ball ; Bag III : 3 white balls
𝑖
The probability that bag 𝑖 will be chosen and a ball selected from it is , 𝑖 = 1, 2, 3. What is the
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probability that a red ball will be selected?

SECTION D
(This section comprises of long answer-type questions (LA) of 5 marks )
32. Let R be the relation defined in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} by
R = {(𝑎, 𝑏) ∶ both a and b are either odd or even }. Show that R is an equivalence relation .Hence
find the elements of equivalence class [1]

1 −1 2 −2 0 1
33. Use the product [0 2 −3] [ 9 2 −3] to solve the system of equations
3 −2 4 6 1 −2
𝑥 + 3𝑧 = −9
−𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 4 .
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 4𝑧 = −3

34. Find the area of the region bounded by the line 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 2, the x axis and the ordinates x =1
and x = -1

𝑥+1 𝑦+3 𝑧+5 𝑥−2 𝑦−4 𝑧−6

35. Show that the lines = = and = = intersect. Also find their point of
3 5 7 1 3 5
intersection.

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 SECTION E
(This section comprises of a case study/passage based questions of 4 marks .These case
study questions has three sub parts of (i) one mark(ii) one mark and (iii) of 2 marks or of two
sub –parts of 2 marks each.)
36. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below .
A company is launching a new product and decided to pack the product in the form of a closed
right circular cylinder of volume 432𝜋 ml and having minimum surface area . They tried to get
the solution by answering the questions given below :
(i) If r is the radius of the base of cylinder and h is the height of cylinder then establish the
relation between r and h .
(ii) Find total surface area in terms of r only.
(iii) Find the minimum surface area.

37. The Indian coast guard, while patrolling, saw a suspicious boat with people. They were nowhere
looking like fishermen. The coast guard were closely observing the movement of the boat for an
opportunity to seize the boat .They observed that the boat is moving along a planar surface .At
an instant of the time, the coordinates of the position of the coast guard helicopter and the boat
are (1,3,5) and (2,5,3) respectively .
Based on the above information, answer the following :

(i) Find the direction cosines of a line joining position of the helicopter and the boat at the
given instant of time .
(ii) Find the Cartesian equation of the line passing through the positions of the helicopter and
the boat at the given instant of the time.
(iii) Find the distance (in m ) that the bullet has to travel , if the coast guard decides to shoot
the boat at the given instant of time.

38. A shopkeeper sells three types of flower seeds A, B and C . These are sold in the form of a mixture ,
where the proportions of these seeds are 4 : 4 : 2 respectively. The germination rates of these types of
seeds are 45% , 60 % and 35% respectively.
(i) Calculate the probability that a randomly chosen seed will germinate.
(ii) Calculate the probability that the seed of type B , given that a randomly chosen seed germinates.

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