SAMPLE PAPER TEST 01 FOR BOARD EXAM (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.

1. 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

2. Let a and b be two unit vectors and θ is the angle between them. Then a  b is unit vector if θ
is
(a) π/4 (b) π/3 (c) π/2 (d) 2π/3

3
d 2 y  dy 
3. The degree and order respectively of the differential equation x 2
  x  y
 dx 
2
dx
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 1 (c) 2, 1 (d) 2, 2

x2 y 2
4. The area of the region bounded by the ellipse   1 is
25 16
(a) 20π² sq. units (b) 25π sq. units (c) 20π sq. units (d) 16π² sq. units
1
5. If  (3x 2  2 x  k )dx  0 , then find the value of k.
0
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) 3
1
6. The value of  ( x  [ x])dx is:
1
(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

7. If the following table represents a probability distribution for a random variable X:

X 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X) 0.1 2k K 0.2 3k 0.1
The value of k is:
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.1 (c) 1/1000 (d) 25
2
dx
8. The value of e
0
1
sin x
is

(a)  (b) 0 (c) 3  (d) /2

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9. The vector equation of the line joining the points (3, -2, -5) and (3, -2, 6) is:
(a) (4iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ)   (12kˆ) (b) (4iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ)   (12kˆ)
(c) (6iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ)   (5kˆ) (d) (9iˆ  9 ˆj  2kˆ)   (2kˆ)

10. The angle between two lines having direction ratios 1, 1, 2 and (√3 – 1), (-√3 – 1), 4 is
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 6 2

11. The area enclosed by the circle x2 + y2 = 8 is

(a) 16p sq units (b) 2√2π sq units (c) 8π2 sq units (d) 8π sq units

12. The direction ratios of the line 6x – 2 = 3y + 1 = 2z – 2 are:

(a) 6, 3, 2 (b) 1, 1, 2 (c) 1, 2, 3 (d) 1, 3, 2

13. Let set X = {1, 2, 3} and a relation R is defined in X as : R = {(1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 2)}, then
minimum ordered pairs which should be added in relation R to make it reflexive and symmetric
are
(a) {(1, 1), (2, 3), (1, 2)} (b) {(3, 3), (3, 1), (1, 2)}
(c) {(1, 1), (3, 3), (3, 1), (2, 3)} (d) {(1, 1), (3, 3), (3, 1), (1, 2)}

k 3 4 3
14. For what value of k ∈ N,  is .
4 k 0 1
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0

15. 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

5 x
16. If A =   and A = A′ then
 y 0
(a) x = 0, y = 5 (b) x = y (c) x + y = 5 (d) x – y = 5

 1
17. The value of tan 1 ( 3)  cos 1    corresponding to principal branches is
 2
 
(a)  (b) 0 (c)  (d)
12 3

18. What is the equation of a curve passing through (0, 1) and whose differential equation is given
by dy = y tan x dx?
(a) y =sec x (b) y=sin x (c) y = cosec x (d) y=cos x

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) : f(x) = x4 is decreasing in the interval (0, ∞).

dy
Reason (R) : Any function y = f(x) is decreasing if 0
dx

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 0 1 2
20. Assertion (A): The matrix A = 1 0 3 is a skew symmetric matrix.
 
 2 3 0 
Reason (R): For the given matrix A we have A' = A.

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

 a  b 2a  c   1 5 
21. Find the value of a, b, c and d from the equation:   
 2a  b 3c  d   0 13
OR

cos x  sin x 0 
If F ( x)   sin x cos x 0  , show that F(x) F(y) = F(x + y).
 
 0 0 1 

22. Find the area of a parallelogram ABCD whose side AB and the diagonal AC are given by the
vectors 3i  j  4k and 4i  5k respectively.

 7 
23. Find the value of cos1  cos .
 6 
24. Find the general solution of the following differential equation:
ex tan y dx + (1 – ex) sec2 y dy = 0
1 1 1
25. A problem in Mathematics is given to three students whose chances of solving it are , , .
2 3 4
Find the probability that the problem is solved.

SECTION – C
Questions 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.
 /3
sin x  cos x
26. Evaluate:


/6 sin 2 x
dx

dy
27. Find the particular solution of the differential equation:  y cot x  4 x cos ecx ( x  0)
dx
given that y = 0 when x = π/4
OR
Solve the differential equation: ye dx  ( xe  y 2 )dy
x/ y x/ y
( y  0)

1
28. Evaluate:  9x 2
 6x  5
dx
OR
 1  sin x 
Evaluate:  e x  dx
 1  cos x 
29. Using the method of integration find the area bounded by the curve |x| + |y| = 1 .

30. If i  j  k , 2i  5 j , 3i  2 j  3k and i  6 j  k are the position vectors of points A, B, C and D

respectively, then find the angle between AB and CD . Deduce that AB and CD are collinear.
OR

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 Let a , b and c be three vectors such that | a | 3,| b | 4,| c | 5 and each one of them being
perpendicular to the sum of the other two, find | a  b  c | .
 k cos x 
   2 x , if x 
2
31. Find the values of k so that the function f f ( x)   is continuous at point
 3, if x  
 2
x  /2
SECTION – D
Questions 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.
32. Maximise Z = 8x + 9y subject to the constraints given below :
2x + 3y ≤ 6; 3x – 2y ≤ 6; y ≤ 1; x, y ≥ 0
33. Let N denote the set of all natural numbers and R be the relation on N × N defined by
(a, b) R (c, d) if ad (b + c) = bc (a + d). Show that R is an equivalence relation.
OR
 x2
Let A = R − {3} and B = R − {1} . Prove that the function f : A→ B defined by f(x) =   is f
 x 3 
one-one and onto ? Justify your answer.
dy
34. Find if yx + xy + xx = ab.
dx
35. Find the vector equation of the line through the point (1, 2, –4) and perpendicular to the two lines
r  (8i  19 j  10k )   (3i  16 j  7k ) and r  (15i  29 j  5k )   (3i  8 j  5k )
OR
Find the shortest distance between the lines r  (4i  j )   (i  2 j  3k ) and
r  (i  j  2k )   (2i  4 j  5k )

SECTION – E(Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.

36. Case-Study 1: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
An architect designs a building for a multinational company. The floor consists of a rectangular
region with semicircular ends having a perimeter of 200 m as shown here:

(i) If x and y represents the length and breadth of the rectangular region, then find the relation
between the variable.
(ii) Find the area of the rectangular region A expressed as a function of x.
(iii) Find the maximum value of area A.
OR
The CEO of the multi-national company is interested in maximizing the area of the whole floor
including the semi-circular ends. Find the value of x for this to happen.

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37. Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
To promote the usage of house toilets in villages, especially for women, are organisations tried to
generate awareness among the villagers through (i) house calls (ii) letters, and (iii)
announcements.

The cost for each mode per attempt is given below.

(i) ₹ 50 (ii) ₹ 20 (iii) ₹ 40
The number of attempts made in villages X, Y, and Z is given below:
(i ) (ii ) (iii )
X 400 300 100
Y 300 250 75
Z 500 400 150
Also, the chance of making toilets corresponding to one attempt of given modes is:
(i) 2% (ii) 4% (iii) 20%
Let A, B, and C be the cost incurred by organisation in three villages respectively.
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
(i) Form a required matrix on the basis of the given information. [1]
(ii) From a matrix, related to the number of toilets expected in villagers X, Y, and Z after the
promotion campaign. [1]
(iii) What is the total amount spent by the organisation in all three villages X, Y, and Z? [2]
OR
(iii) What is the total no. of toilets expected after the promotion campaign? [2]
38. Case-Study 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
Final exams are approaching, so Mr. Kumar decided to check the preparation of the few weak
students in the class. He chooses four students A, B, C and D then a problem in mathematics is
given to those four students A, B, C, D. Their chances of solving the problem, respectively, are
1 1 1 2
, , and .
3 4 5 3

Based on the given information answer the following questions. What is the probability that:
(i) the problem will be solved?
(ii) at most one of them solve the problem?

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