Maths Paper 1
Maths Paper 1
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them :
(i) This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are
compulsory.
(ii) This question paper is divided into five Sections – A, B, C, D and
E.
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions
(MCQs) and questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason
based questions of 1 mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA)
type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type
questions, carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are long answer (LA) type
questions carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions no. 36 to 38 are case study based questions
carrying 4 marks each.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been
provided in 2 questions in Section B, 3 questions in Section C,
2 questions in Section D and 2 questions in Section E.
(ix) Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION A
This section comprises multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 1 mark
each.
écos x – sin x ù
1. If A = ê ú , then the value of x, for which A is an
ësin x cos x û
identity matrix, is
p
(A) (B) p
2
3p
(C) 0 (D)
2
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é0 5 – 7ù
2. If the matrix A = êa 0 3 ú is a skew-symmetric matrix,
ê ú
êëb – 3 0 úû
then the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ are :
(A) a = 5, b = 3 (B) a = 5, b = – 7
(C) a = – 5, b = – 7 (D) a = – 5, b = 7
x+2 x–4 6 –2
3. If = , then the value of x is :
x–2 x+3 1 3
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) –2 (D) –1
é8 14 ù é1 2ù
4. If ê ú = ê3 1 ú X, then matrix X is :
ë9 7 û ë û
é3 7 ù é2 0 ù
(A) ê2 0 ú (B) ê7 3ú
ë û ë û
é2 0 ù é 2 0ù
(C) ê3 7 ú (D) ê– 3
ë û ë 7úû
ì 3 cos x + sin x p
ï , x¹–
ï p 3
5. The value of k, for which f(x) = í 3x +
2
ï p
ï k, x=–
î 3
p
is continuous at x = – , is :
3
2 2
(A) (B) –
3 3
3
(C) (D) 6
2
12. If the points A(3, – 2), B(k, 2) and C(8, 8) are collinear, then
the value of k is :
(A) 2 (B) –3
(C) 5 (D) –4
® ® ® ® ® ® ®
13. If a , b and c are unit vectors such that a + b + c = 0 ,
® ® ® ® ® ®
then ( a . b + b . c + c . a ) is equal to :
3 1
(A) (B)
2 2
1 3
(C) – (D) –
2 2
cos 2x
14.
ò sin2 x cos2 x dx is equal to :
(A) cot x + tan x + c (B) – cot x + tan x + c
(C) cot x – tan x + c (D) – cot x – tan x + c
dy
15. The solution of the differential equation = 1 – x + y – xy is :
dx
x2 x2
(A) log |1 + y| = x – +c (B) log |1 + y| = – x + +c
2 2
2 2
x x
(C) ey = x – +c (D) e(1+y) = – x + +c
2 2
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16. The degree of the differential equation
3 4
æ d 2y ö æ dy ö
x ç ÷ + y ç ÷ + y5 = 0 is :
ç dx 2 ÷ è dx ø
è ø
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
17. The integrating factor of the differential equation
dy
+ y tan x = 2x + x2 tan x is :
dx
(A) esec x (B) sec x + tan x
(C) sec x (D) cos x
1 1
18. The probabilities of A, B and C solving a problem are , and
3 5
1
respectively. The probability that the problem is solved, is :
6
4 5
(A) (B)
9 9
1 1
(C) (D)
90 3
Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based
questions. Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion (A) and
the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the
codes (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given below.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason
(R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason
(R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
SECTION B
æ 1ö æ 1ö
21. (a) Find the value of tan –1 (1) + cos –1 ç – ÷ + sin –1 ç – ÷ .
è 2ø è 2ø
OR
(b) Find the domain of the function y = cos–1 (x2 – 4).
OR
dy
(b) If (cos x)y = (cos y)x, find .
dx
25. Find :
SECTION C
This section comprises short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks
each.
d 2y b4
26. If x = a cos q and y = b sin q, then prove that =– .
dx 2 2 3
a y
27. Find :
2x
ò (x2 + 1) (x2 + 3) dx
28. (a) Evaluate :
ò |x + 2|dx
–6
OR
(b) Find :
æ4 – xö x
ò ç
5
è x ø
÷ e dx
34. Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by the
curve y = x2, x = – 1, x = 1 and the x-axis.
35. (a) Write the vector equations of the following lines and
hence find the shortest distance between them :
x +1 y +1 z +1 x –3 y – 5 z –7
= = and = =
2 –6 1 1 –2 1
OR
(b) Find the length and the coordinates of the foot of the
perpendicular drawn from the point P(5, 9, 3) to the
x –1 y – 2 z – 3
line = = . Also, find the coordinates of the
2 3 4
image of the point P in the given line.
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SECTION E
Case Study – 1
36. The relation between the height of the plant (y in cm) with
respect to exposure to sunlight is governed by the relation
1
y = 4x – x2, where x is the number of days it is exposed to
2
sunlight.
(ii) What is the number of days it will take for the plant to
grow to the maximum height ? 2
Case Study – 3