ALL KERALA BHAVAN’S MODEL EXAMINATION

2024-2025
CLASS: XII Subject: Mathematics(041) Max Marks: 80
Time : 3hrs
SET – I
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, Question no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and
Questions no. 19 and 20 are Assertion- Reasoning 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 one subpart each in
2 questions of Section E.
(ix) Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A
(This section comprises of multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each)

1. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A|= 6, then the value of |adj A| is 1

(A) 6 (B) 36 (C) 27 (D) 216
2. Let A be a skew symmetric matrix of order 3. If |A| = x, then (2023)𝑥 is equal to 1
1
(A) 2023 (B) 2023 (C) (2023)2 (D) 1

3. The interval in which y = x2 𝑒 −𝑥 is increasing is 1

(A) (-∞, ∞) (B) (-2,0) (C) (2, ∞) (D) (0,2)
4. If A and B are two matrices of the order 3 × m and 3 × n, respectively, and m = n, 1
then the order of matrix (5A – 2B) is

(A) m × 3 (B) 3 × 3 (C) m × n (D) 3 × n

5. The difference of the order and the degree of the differential equation 1

2
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 3
( 2
) + ( ) + x4 = 0 is
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) -1 (D) 0

6. 2𝑥 0 1 0 1
If A = [ ] and A-1 = [ ] then value of x is
𝑥 𝑥 −1 2

(A) 2 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) -1/2

7. 1, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖 ≠ 𝑗 1
If A = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ] is a square matrix of order 2 such that 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = { then A2
0, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖 = 𝑗
is

1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
(A) [ ] (B) ) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

8. A and B are events such that P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3 and 1

P(A∪ B) = 0.5. Then P(𝐵 ʹ ∩ A) equals

2 1 3 1
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 2

9. P is a point on the line segment joining the points (3, 2, -1) and (6, 2, -2). If 1

x- coordinate of P is 5, then its y-coordinate is

(A)2 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) -2

10. If |𝑎⃗| = 10, |𝑏⃗⃗| = 2 and 𝑎⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗ = 12, then value of |𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗| is 1

(A)5 (B) 10 (C) 16 (D) 14

11. The Corner points of the feasible region for an LPP are (0, 2), (3, 0), (6, 0), (6, 8) 1
and (0, 5). Let F =4x + 6y be the objective function. The maximum value of F is
equal to

(A) 72 (B) 48 (C) 42 (D) 18

12. 𝑒 𝑥 (1+𝑥) 1
∫ 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 (𝑥𝑒 𝑥 ) dx is equal to

(A) tan(𝑥𝑒 𝑥 ) + C (B) cot(𝑥𝑒 𝑥 ) + C

(C) cot(𝑒 𝑥 ) + C (D) tan[𝑒 𝑥 (1+x)] + C

13. 3 𝑥 1
The value of ∫2 dx is
𝑥2+ 1
3 1 9
(A) log 4 (B) log 2 (C) 2 log 2 (D) log 4

14. 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦
The solution of the differential equation + =0
𝑥 𝑦

1 1
(A) + = C (B) logx – logy = C (C) xy = C (D) x + y = C
𝑥 𝑦

15. 4 1
sin( 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 5) is equal to

4 3 2 3
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) (D)
√5 √5

16. The feasible region of an LPP is given in the following figure: 1

Then the constraints of the LPP are x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 and

(A)2x + y ≤ 52 and x + 2y ≤ 76 (B) 2x + y ≤ 104 and x + 2y ≤ 76

(C) x + 2y ≤ 104 and 2x + y ≤ 76 (D) x + 2y ≤ 104 and 2x + y ≤ 38

17. 𝑘 cos 𝑥 𝜋 1
, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 2 𝜋
𝜋−2𝑥
If a function f defined by f(x) = { 𝜋 is continuous at x = 2 then the
3, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 2
value of k is

(A)2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) -6

18. The area of the region bounded by the curve y = cos x between x = 0 and x = 𝜋 is 1

(A) 2 sq units (B) 4 sq units (C) 3 sq units (D) 1 sq units

ASSERTION – REASON BASED QUESTIONS

(Question numbers 19 and 20 are Assertion-reason based questions carrying 1 mark

each. Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the options (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given
below)

(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. 7 3 3𝑥+4 1
Assertion (A): The function f : R – {5} → R − {5} defined by f(x) = 5𝑥−7 is

bijective

Reason (R): A function f: A → B is Onto if Range of f = B

20. Assertion (A): The function f(x) = |𝑥 − 6|(cos 𝑥) is differentiable in R – {6}. 1

Reason (R): If a function f is continuous at a point c, then it is also differentiable at

that point.

SECTION B
(This section comprises of 5 very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks
each)

21. Find the value of k if 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 [𝑘 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (2𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1

√3
)] =
𝜋 2
2 3

22. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 9 cm3/s. How fast is its surface 2
area increasing when the length of the edge is 10 cm ?

23. Differentiate sin2x with respect to ecosx 2

OR
Differentiate the function (log x)x w.r.t x
24. Find 𝜆 when the projection of 𝑎⃗ = 𝜆𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ +4𝑘̂ on 𝑏⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ is 4 units 2
OR
If 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏 are unit vectors , then what is the angle between 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗
⃗⃗
for √3 𝑎⃗ − 𝑏⃗⃗ to be a unit vector ?

25. Find the area of a parallelogram whose diagonals are represented by the vectors 2
3𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ – 2𝑘̂ and 𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ – 4𝑘̂

SECTION C
(This section comprises of 6 short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each)
26. Find the particular solution of the differential equation 3

𝑦
𝑒 𝑥 √1 − 𝑦 2dx + dy = 0, given that y = 1when x = 0
𝑥

27. 𝑥3 3
Find the intervals in which the function f(x) = 𝑥 4 - is increasing or decreasing
3

28. 1−𝑥 7𝑦−14 𝑧−3 3

(a) Find the value of p so that the lines = = and
3 2𝑝 1

7−7𝑥 5−𝑦 11−𝑧

= = are at right angles.
3𝑝 1 7

OR

(b) Find the vector equation of a line passing through a point with position vector
2𝑖̂ - 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and parallel to the line joining the points -𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂.
Also find the Cartesian equivalent of this equation.

29. 𝜋 4𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 3
(a) Evaluate ∫0 𝑑𝑥
1+ 𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥

OR
1
(b) Evaluate ∫ [log(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥) + ] dx
(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)2

30. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically: 3

Maximize Z = 80x + 120y

Subject to the constraints 3x + 4y ≤ 60, x + 3y ≤ 30, x,y ≥0

31. (a) The random variable X has a probability distribution P(X) of the following 3
form, where , ‘k’ is some real number.

𝑘, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
2𝑘, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 1
P(X) = {
3𝑘, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 2
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

(i) Determine the value of k.

(ii) Find P(X< 2)

(iii) Find P(X >2).

OR

(b) A coin is biased so that the head is 3 times as likely to occur as tail. If the coin
is tossed twice, find the probability distribution of number of tails.

SECTION D

(This section comprises of 4 long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks)

4
32. Sketch the graph of y = |x - 1|. Evaluate ∫−2|x − 1| dx 5

33. 2 −3 5 5
If A = [3 2 −4], find A-1 and hence solve the following system of linear
1 1 −2
equations 2x + 3y +z = 11, -3x + 2y + z = 4 and 5x – 4y -2z = -9

34. 𝑑𝑦 (1+log 𝑦)2 5

(a) If 𝑦 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑦−𝑥 , then prove that 𝑑𝑥 = log 𝑦

OR
𝜃 𝑑𝑦 𝜋
(b) If x = a(cos𝜃 + log tan 2 ) and y = a sin𝜃, find the value of 𝑑𝑥 at 𝜃 = 4

35. ̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ ) + 𝜆(𝑖̂ - 𝑗̂+ 𝑘̂ ) and

(a) Find the shortest distance between the lines 𝑟⃗ = (𝑖 5
𝑟⃗ = (2𝑖̂ - 𝑗̂ - 𝑘̂ ) + 𝜇(2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ )

OR

(b) Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from a point A
(1,8,4) to the line joining the points B (0,-1,3) and C (2, -3, -1)
 SECTION E

(This section comprises of 3 case-study/passage based questions of 4 marks each

with subparts. The first two case study questions have three subparts (i), (ii), (iii)
of marks 1, 1, 2 respectively. The third case study question has two subparts of 2
marks each)

36. Case Study – 1

A person wants to plant some trees in his community park.

The local nursery charges the cost of planting trees by the following formula:

C(x) = 𝑥 3 - 45𝑥 2 + 600x, where x is the number of trees and C(x) is the cost of
planting x trees in rupees.

The owner of local nursery has imposed a restriction that it can plant 10 to 20 trees
in one community park for a fair distribution.

Keeping the above discussion in mind, answer the following:

(i) Find the critical points of the function C(x)? 1

(ii) What is the value of C(x) in rupees, when 10 trees are planted? 1

(iii) For how many trees should the person place the order, so that his expenses are least? 2

OR

Find the marginal cost when x = 4

37. Case Study – 2

The NCC Cadets of a school are marching in straight, parallel lines for the
Republic day parade. Let us assume that one of the rows of cadets is along the line
y = x – 4. Let L be the set of all lines which are parallel on the ground and R be a
relation on L.

Answer the following using the above information:

(i) Find the range of the function f: R→R defined by f(x) = x – 4 1

(ii) Find the set of all lines related to the line y = x – 4 1

(iii) Check whether the function f: R→R defined by f(x) = x – 4 is bijective. Justify 2
your answer

OR

Check whether R = {(L1, L2): L1|| L2 where L1, L2∈ L} is an equivalence relation.
Justify your answer.
38. Case Study -3

In the office three employees Mehul, Janya and Charvi process incoming matter
related to a particular project. Mehul processes 40% of the matter and Janya and
Charvi process rest of the matter equally. It is found that 6% of matter processed
by Mehul has an error where as for Janya and Charvi error rate is 4% and 3%
respectively.

(i) What is the probability of an error in processing the matter? 2

(ii) The processed matter is checked and the selected matter has an error, what is the 2
probability that it was processed by Mehul?