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Assertion and Reasoning Questions - 2023

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Assertion and Reasoning Questions - 2023

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Class XI Mathematics
Assertion and Reasoning Questions - 2023

ASSERTION – REASONING 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.

Chapter 1 – Sets

1. Assertion (A): Let A and B be two sets having 3 and 6 elements respectively. Then, the
minimum number of elements that (A ∪ B) can have is 6.
Reason (R): If A ⊂ B, then n(A ∪ B) = n(B).

2. Assertion (A): The symmetric difference of A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5} is {1, 2, 4, 5}.
Reason (R): The symmetric difference of A and B is given by (A – B) ∩ (B – A)

Chapter 2 – Relations & functions

x2 −4
3. Assertion (A): The domain of the function f(x) = x2 −8x+12 is R.
Reason (R): Domain of a function f(x) is the set of all values of x for which f(x) is
defined.

4. Assertion (A): Let R be the relation defined as R = {(x, y): x + 2y ≤ 7, x, y ∈ N}. Then
range of R is {1, 2, 3}
Reason (R): Range of a relation is the set of all first elements in the ordered pairs when
represented in the roster form.

Chapter 3 – Trigonometric functions

5. Assertion (A): If sin x  sin 2 x  1 , then write the value of cos12 x  3cos10 x  3cos8 x  cos6 x
Reason (R): cos 2x = 1 – 2sin2x

6. Assertion (A): If cot(α + β) = 0, then the value of sin(α + 2β) is always sin α.
Reason (R): cos(x + y) = cos x cos y − sin x sin y, sin 2x = 2 sin x cos x , cos 2x = cos 2 x −
sin2 x

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Chapter 4 – Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations

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7. Assertion (A): If |z + 1| = z + 2(1 + i), then z = 2 − 2i.
Reason (R): Conjugate of a complex number z = (x + iy) is (x – iy) and denoted by z̅.

8. Assertion (A): The real numbers 'x' and 'y', if (x – iy) (3 + 5i) is the conjugate of (–1 –
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3i) are 17 and − 17.
Reason (R): Conjugate of a complex number x + iy is x – iy

Chapter 5 – Linear Inequalities

9. Assertion (A): The solution set of the inequality –4x > 30, when x ∈ N is a null set i.e. ϕ.
Reason (R): Since x ∈ N, x ≥ 1

10. Assertion (A): The solution set of the inequality 1 ≤ |x – 2| ≤ 3 is [–1, 1] ∪ [3, 5].
Reason (R): If a ≤ |x – k| ≤ b ⇒ –b ≤ x – k ≤ b and –a ≥ x – k ≥ a

Chapter 6 – Permutations and Combinations

11. Assertion (A): The number of ways in which 4 prizes can be distributed among 5
students, when no student gets more than one prize is 4!
Reason (R): Number of ways of arranging r objects in n positions is nPr

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12. Assertion (A): If 10! = 8! + 9! then the value of x is 100.
Reason (B): n! is the product all natural numbers less than or equal to n

Chapter 7 – Binomial Theorem

13. Assertion (A): Using Binomial Theorem, we can deduce that (1.1)10000 > 1000.
Reason (R): Expansion of (1 – x)n is given by
(1 – x)n = nC0 + nC1 x + nC2 x2 + … + nCr xr + … + nCn xn

14. Assertion (A): The number of terms in the expansion of (1 − 3x + 3x 2 − x 3 )8 is 25.

Reason (R): Number of terms in the expansion of (x + y)n is n.

Chapter 8 – Sequence and Series

15. Assertion (A): One of the 5 arithmetic means inserted between 8 and 26 such that the
resulting sequence is an A.P. is 21.
Reason (R): If a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 are the 5 arithmetic means, then 8, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, 26 form
an A.P.

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16. Assertion (A): The sum of the series 10 – 9 + 8.1 – 7.29 + …. ∞ is 5.263.
Reason (R): Sum of an infinite G.P. with common ratio (r) and first term (a) is given by:
a(r n − 1)
r−1

Chapter 9 – Straight Lines

17. Assertion (A): Equation of a line with slope –2 and intersecting the x-axis at a distance
of 3 units to the left of origin is 2x – y – 6 = 0.
Reason (R): Equation of a line passing through the point (x1, y1) and with slope m is
given by: (y – y1) = m(x – x1)

18. Assertion (A): The equation of the line passing through (1, 2) and making angle of 300
with y-axis is √3x − y + 2 − √3 = 0.
Reason (R): Equation of a line passing through the point (x1, y1) and making angle θ
with the x-axis is given by: (y – y1) = tan θ (x – x1)

Chapter 10 – Conic Sections

19. Assertion (A): The equation of the directrix of the parabola x2 – 4x – 8y + 12 = 0 is y =

–1.
Reason (R): Equation of directrix of the parabola y2 = 4ax is given by y = –a

20. Assertion (A): Length of the latus-rectum of the hyperbola 16x2 – 9y2 = 144 is 32/3.
Reason (R): Eccentricity of a hyperbola is given by: e = c/a where c = √a2 + b 2 .

Chapter 11 – Introduction to Three-dimensional Geometry

21. Assertion (A): Distance of a point p(–4, 3, 5) from z-axis is 5.

Reason (R): Distance of a point (x1, y1, z1) from z-axis is z1.

22. Assertion (A): Image of the point (–2, 3, 0) in the xy-plane is (2, –3, 0).
Reason (R): Image of a point (x1, y1, z1) in the yz-plane is (–x1, y1, z1).

Chapter 12 – Limits and Derivatives

a x  ax  2
23. Assertion (A): The value of the limit: lim is (loge a)2.
x 0 x2
ax −1
Reason (R): lim =1
x→0 x

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24. Assertion (A): The value of

d
dx
 
x 2  4 x  4 is 1 when x < 2.

Reason (R): |y| = –y, when y < 0

Chapter 13 – Statistics

25. Assertion (A): If the sum of the squares of deviations for 10 observations taken from
their mean is 2.5, then the value of standard deviation is 0.5.
Reason (R): Standard deviation = √Variance

26. Assertion (A): The mean deviation from the median for the following data is 1.25.
Marks obtained 10 11 12 14 15

No. of students 2 3 8 3 4
∑ fi |di |
Reason (R): Mean deviation = ∑ fi

Chapter 14 – Probability

27. Assertion (A): A die is thrown twice. Each time the number appearing on it is recorded.
Then an event where both the numbers are odd contains 9 elements.
Reason (R): Sample space = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

28. Assertion (A): The probability that in a random arrangement of the letters of the word
‘SOCIAL’ vowels come together is 1/4.
Reason (R): Total number of arrangements = 6!

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