MODEL QUESTION PAPER-1

For Reduced Syllabus 2020-21

MATHEMATICS : FIRST PUC
Subject code: 35
Time: 3 hours 15 minute Max. Marks: 100
Instructions:
i. The question paper has five parts namely A, B, C, D and E. Answer all the parts.
ii. Use the graph sheet for the question on linear programming in PART – E.

PART-A
I. Answer all the following questions: 10 1  10

1. Write the set {x : x  R,  4  x  6} as an interval.

2. If P  {a, b, c} and Q  {r} , form the set P  Q .

3. Convert 300 into radian measure.

4. Find the multiplicative inverse of the complex number 1  i .
5. Solve: 5x  3  7 , when x is an integer.

6. If n C8  nC2 , find the value of n .

7. Find the geometric mean of the numbers 2 and 8.
8. Find the slope of the line passing through the points (3, 2) and (7, 2) .
9. Evaluate: lim sin 2 x .

x
4

10. Define sample space of a random experiment.

PART-B

II. Answer any TEN of the following questions: 10  2  20

11. Write the power set of the set A  {1, 2,3} .

12. Let A  {a, b} and B  {a, b, c} . Is A  B ? What is A  B ?

x 2 5 1
13. If   1, y     ,  , find the values of x and y.
3 3  3 3

14. A wheel makes 360 revolutions in one minute. Through how many radians it turns
in one second.
   1
15. Prove that sin 2  cos 2  tan 2  .
6 3 4 2

16. Express the complex number  3  5i  2  6i  in the form a  ib .

17. Solve: 7 x  3  5x  9 . Show the graph of the solution on the number line.
18. In how many ways can the letters of the word PERMUTATIONS be arranged if the

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 vowels are all together.
19. Find the distance between the lines 3x  4 y  7  0 and 3x  4 y  5  0 .

20. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the line x-2y+3=0 and passing through
the point (1,-2).
21. If 1,1,1 is the centroid of the triangle with  3, 5, 7  and  1, 7, 6  as the two vertices, find
the third vertex.
1 1

22. Evaluate: lim x 2.
x 2 x  2

23. The mean of the six observations 5,15,25,35,45,55 is 30, find its variance.
24. A coin is tossed twice, what is the probability that atleast one tail occurs?

PART-C
III. Answer any TEN of the following questions: 10  3  30

25. In a class of 35 students, 24 likes to play cricket and 16 likes to play football, also
each student likes to play at least one of the games. How many students like to play
both cricket and football?
26. Let A  {1, 2,3,.........14} . Define a relation R from A to A by

R  {( x, y) :3x  y  0 and x, y  A} . Write down its domain and range.

 3   3 
27. Prove that cos   x   cos   x    2 sin x .
 4   4 
(3  2i)(2  3i)
28. Find the conjugate of .
(1  2i )(2  i)

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29. Solve the equation 3x 2  4 x  0.
3
30. Find all pairs of consecutive even positive integers, both of which are larger than 5

such that their sum is less than 23.

31. If n P5  42 n P3 , n  4 . Find n .

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32. How many terms of the A.P. 6,  , 5.. are needed to give the sum -25?
2
33. In an A.P., if mth term is n and the nth term is m, where m  n , find the pth term.

3x 2  x  10
34. Evaluate: lim .
x 2 x2  4

35. Find the derivative of y  x4 (5sin x  3cos x) .

36. Find the mean deviation about median for the following data:
3,9,5,3,12,10,18,4,7,19,21.

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37. A fair coin with 1 marked on one face and 6 on the other and a fair die are both
tossed. Find the probability that the sum of numbers that turn up is ( i ) 3 ( ii ) 12.
38. A and B are events such that P( A)  0.42, P( B)  0.48 and P( Aand B)  0.16 .
Determine i) P(not A) ii) P(not B) and iii) P( Aor B) .

PART-D
IV. Answer any SIX of the following questions: 6  5  30

39. Define Modulus function. Draw the graph of Modulus function and write its domain
and range.
sin7 x  sin5 x  sin9 x  sin3x
40. Prove that  tan6 x.
cos7 x  cos5 x  cos9 x  cos3x

x x 3 3
41. Find cos and tan , if tan x  ,   x  .
2 2 4 2

42. Solve the following system of inequalities graphically:

3x  2 y  150 , x  4 y  80 , x  15 , x  0, y  0 .

43. A committee of 7 is to be formed from 9 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can this
be done when the committee consists of (i) exactly 3 girls? (ii) at least 3 girls?
44. Find the equation of the line through the point (2, 2) and cutting off the intercepts on
the axes whose sum is 9.
45. Derive a formula to find the perpendicular distance of a point P( x1 , y1 ) from the line
Ax  By  C  0 .
46 Derive a formula for finding the distance between two points A x1 , y1 , z1  and B  x2 , y2 , z2 
and hence, find the distance between the points P  2, 3,1 and Q  1, 3, 5 .
47. Find the derivative of tan x from first principles.
48. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data:

Height in 95 -105 105-115 115-125 125-135 135-145 145-155

cm
Number 9 13 26 30 12 10
of boys
PART-E
V. Answer any ONE of the following questions: 110  10

 
49. a) Prove geometrically that cos  x  y   cos x cos y  sin x sin y and hence find cos   x  .
2 
x  cos x
b) Differentiate with respect to x .
tan x
sin x sin ax
50. a) Prove that lim  1, ( where x is in radian measure) and hence evaluate lim .
x 0 x x  0 bx
b) Find a geometric progression for which the sum of the first two terms is -4 and the
fifth term is 4 times the third term.
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