VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA

ALAPAKKAM
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 40
CLASS : XII DURATION : 1½ hrs
General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 20 questions divided into five Sections A, B, C, D and E.
(iii). Section A comprises of 10 MCQs of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 4 questions of 2 marks
each. Section C comprises of 3 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 1 question of 5
marks each and Section E comprises of 2 Case Study Based Questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. If matrix A is of order m × n, and for matrix B, AB and BA both are defined, then order of
matrix B is
(a) m × n (b) n × n (c) m × m (d) n × m

 3 2 
2. If A =   , then the value of k if, A2 = kA – 2I is
 4 2 
(a) 0 (b) 8 (c) – 7 (d) 1

 3 4   x  19 
3. If        then the value of x is
 2 x   1  15 
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 1

 0 1 2 
4. For what value of x, is the matrix A =  1 0 3  a skew symmetric matrix?
 x 3 0 
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) –2 (d) –3
0 1 1
5. For the matrix X =  1 0 1  , (X2 – X) is
 1 1 0 
(a) 2I (b) 3I (c) I (d) 5I

5 x T T
6. If A =   and A = A , where A is the transpose of the matrix A, then
 y 0 
(a) x = 0, y = 5 (b) x = y (c) x + y = 5 (d) x = 5, y = 0

 1 0  x 0 2
7. If A =   ,B=   and A = B , then x equals:
 2 1   1 1 
(a) ± 1 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

8. Number of symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 1 or – 1 is

(a) 512 (b) 64 (c) 8 (d) 4

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For Q9 and Q10, 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.

 2 0
9. Assertion (A): If  x 2    0 , then x = 2.
 4 0 
 2 0
Reason (R): If  x 2    0 , then x = 4.
 4 0 

10. Assertion (A): If the order of A is 3 × 4, the order of B is 3 × 4 and the order of C is 5 × 4, then
the order of (ATB)CT is 4 × 5.
Reason (R): To multiply an m × n matrix by n × p matrix the n must be the same and result is an
m × p matrix. Also, A be a matrix of order m × n then the order of transpose matrix is n × m.

SECTION – B
Questions 11 to 14 carry 2 marks each.

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

3 4  1 y   7 0 
12. If 2     , find (x – y).
5 x  0 1  10 5 

1 0 2   x 
13. Find x, if  x 5 1  0 2 1   4   O ?
 2 0 3   1 

14. If A and B are symmetric matrices, show that AB + BA is symmetric and AB – BA is skew
symmetric.

SECTION – C
Questions 15 to 17 carry 3 marks each.

2 0 1
15. Find A2 – 5A + 6I, if A   2 1 3
 1 1 0 
1 2 3   7 8 3 
16. Find the matrix X so that X  
4 5 6  2 4 6 

 6 2 2 
17. Express the matrix  2 3 1 as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.
 2 1 3 

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 SECTION – D
Questions 18 carry 5 marks.

 1 2 3
18. If A =  3 2 2  , then find A–1 and use it to solve the following system of the equations :
 2 1 1 
x + 2y – 3z = 6, 3x + 2y – 2z = 3, 2x – y + z = 2
OR
The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply third number by 3 and add second number to it,
we get 11. By adding first and third numbers, we get double of the second number. Represent it
algebraically and find the numbers using matrix method.

SECTION – E (Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 19 to 20 carry 4 marks each.
19. On her birth day, Seema decided to donate some money to children of an orphanage home. If
there were 8 children less, everyone would have got ₹ 10 more. However, if there were 16
children more, everyone would have got ₹ 10 less. Let the number of children be x and the
amount distributed by Seema for one child be y (in ₹).

Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:

(a) Represent the equations in terms x and y. (1)
(b) Write matrix equations to represent the information given above. (1)
(c) Find the number of children who were given some money by Seema. (1)
(d) How much amount is given to each child by Seema? (1)

20. Three schools A, B and C decided to organize a fair for collecting money for helping the flood
victims. They sold handmade fans, mats and plates from recycled material at a cost of ₹
25, ₹ 100 and ₹ 50 each respectively. The numbers of articles sold are given as
School /Article A B C
Handmade fans 40 25 35
Mats 50 40 50
Plates 20 30 40

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 Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:
(a) What is the total money (in Rupees) collected by the school A?
(b) What is the total amount of money (in ₹) collected by schools B and C?
(c) What is the total amount of money collected by all three schools A, B and C?
(d) If the number of handmade fans and plates are interchanged for all the schools, then what is
the total money collected by all schools?

Prepared by: M. S. KumarSwamy, TGT(Maths) Page - 4 -