BANGALORE SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX ASSOCIATION

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION -2 (2024-2025)

Grade XII

Date: 23.01.2025 Max Marks: 80

Subject: Mathematics (041) Time: 3 hours

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 no. 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 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)
Select the correct option (Question 1-Question 18)
1. 1 2 2
If A = [2 1 −2] is a matrix satisfying AAT = 9 I3 then the values of a & b respectively are
𝑎 2 𝑏
a)1,2 b) -2,-1 c) -1,2 d) -2,1
2. 0 −1
If A = [ ] then A16 is equal to
1 0
0 −1 0 1 −1 0 1 0
𝑎) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
𝜋
3. Which of the following functions is decreasing on (0 , 2 )
a)𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 b) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 d)𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝑥
4. If A is a square matrix such that (A -2I) (A+I) = 0 then A-1 =
𝐴−𝐼 𝐴+𝐼
𝑎) b) c) 2(A-I) d) 2A+ I
2 2
5. Which of the following is true for the function f(x) = 9x - 5?
a) f(x) is strictly increasing on R
b) f(x) is decreasing on R
c) Both f(x) increasing on R and f(x) decreasing on R are false
d) f(x) is strictly decreasing on R.
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6. For what values of m are the points with the position vectors 10𝑖̂ +3𝑗̂, 12𝑖̂- 5𝑗̂ and m𝑖̂ +11𝑗̂ collinear
a)-8 b) 8 c) 4 d) -4

7 The system of linear equations :

𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0 , 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 0 , 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 0 represents
a) No solution b) a unique solution
c) an infinitely many solutions d) none of these
8. If two events A and B are such that P(A′) = 0.3 P(B) = 0.4 and P( A ∩ B′ ) = 0.5 ,
then𝑃(𝐵/(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ′ )) =
1 1 3 2
a)4 b)5 c) d)
5 5
9. If ( 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ ) + (𝑎
⃗⃗⃗ x 𝑏 2 ⃗⃗⃗ )
⃗⃗⃗ . 𝑏 2 ⃗⃗⃗ | =2 then |𝑎
= 676 and |𝑏 ⃗⃗⃗ | is equal to

a)13 b) 26 c) 39 d) none
10. ⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗
If 𝑎 𝑏 are two unit vectors then which of the following values of (𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ . ⃗⃗⃗
𝑏 ) is not possible
𝑎)√3 b) √3 / 2 c) 1/√2 d) -1/2
11. Corner points of the feasible region for an LPP are (0,2) , (3,0) , (6,0), (6,8) and (0,5).
Let Z= 4x + 6y be the objective function. The minimum value of Z occurs at
a)(0,2) only
b) (3,0) only
c)The mid point of the line segment joining the points (0,2) and (3,0) only
d)Any point on the line segment joining the points (0,2) and (3,0)
12. (10𝑥 9 +10𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 10) 𝑑𝑥 is
∫ 𝑥 10 + 10𝑥
𝑥 𝑥
a)10 − 10 + C b) 10𝑥 + 10𝑥 +c
c) ( 𝑥10 + 10𝑥 )-1 +c d) log (𝑥10 + 10𝑥 )+c
13. 1
If ∫0 (3𝑥 2 +2x+k) dx = 0 then the value of 𝑘 is
a)1 b) 2 c) -2 d) 4
14. 𝑑𝑦
The differential equation 𝑑𝑥 = F(x, y) will not be a homogeneous differential equation , if F(x, y) is
𝑦 𝑦 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 𝑥
a)𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 – 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝑥 ) b) c) d) cos 2 (𝑦)
𝑥 𝑥𝑦
15. The principal value of cosec−1 (2)is
2𝜋 𝜋 5𝜋 𝜋
a) b) 3 c) d) 6
3 6
16. If a point (h, k) satisfies an inequation 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 ≥ 4 then the half plane represented by the inequation
is
a)The half plane containing the point (h , k) but excluding the points on 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 4
b)The half plane containing the point (h , k) and the points on 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 4
c)Whole 𝑥𝑦 plane
d)none of these
17. The value of ‘𝑘’ for which
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝑥 𝜋
𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 𝜋
𝑓(𝑥) = { 3𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥 2 is continuous at 𝑥 = is
𝜋 2
𝑘 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 2
1 1
a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 d) cannot be determined

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18. Find the area of the region bounded by the curve y=cos x between x = 0 and x = 𝜋
a ) 1 sq unit b) 2 sq units c ) 3 sq units d ) 4 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. Assertion : The function f: R→R given by f(x) = x3 is injective
Reason : The function f: X→Y is injective if f(x) = f(y) implies x = y , x,y ∈ X
20. Assertion : The function f(x) = |sinx| is not differentiable at points x = n𝜋
Reason : The left hand derivative and right hand derivative of the function
f(x) = |sinx| are not equal at points x = n𝜋
Section B [𝟐 × 𝟓 = 𝟏𝟎]
(This section comprises of 5 very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.)
𝑦
21. Find the value of sec ( tan-1 2 )
22. The total revenue in rupees received from the sale of x units of the product is given by𝑅(𝑥) =
13𝑥 2 + 26𝑥 + 15 . Find Marginal Revenue when 17 units are produced.
23.
𝑑𝑦
(a) If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (√𝑥), then find 𝑑𝑥 .
OR
𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 (𝑎+𝑦)
(b) If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦 = 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑎 + 𝑦), then prove that 𝑑𝑥 = .
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎

24. A vector 𝑟 is inclined at equal angles to the three axes. If the magnitude of 𝑟 is 2√3 units. Find⃗⃗𝑟?
25. (a) The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are determined by the vectors 𝑎 = î − ĵ + 3k̂ and 𝑏⃗ = 2î −
7ĵ + k̂ .Find the vectors determining its diagonals and hence find the area of the parallelogram.
OR
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ is perpendicular
(b) If A (2, 3, 4), B (5, 4, − 1), C(3, 6, 2) and D(1, 2, 0) be four points, show that 𝐴𝐵
to ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝐷 .
Section C [𝟑 × 𝟔 = 𝟏𝟖]
(This section comprises of 6 short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.)
26. A ladder 5 m long is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground, away from
the wall, at the rate of 2cm/s. How fast is its height on the wall decreasing when the foot of the ladder is 4 m
away from the wall?
27. Show that the semi - vertical angle of the cone of the maximum volume and of given slant height
istan−1 √2.

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28. (a) Let 𝑎 = 4𝑖̂ + 5𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ , 𝑏⃗ = 𝑖̂ − 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = 3𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ . Find a vector 𝑑 which is
perpendicular to both 𝑐 and 𝑏⃗ and 𝑑 . 𝑎 = 21.
OR
(b) If 𝑎 = 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and 𝑏⃗ = 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂, then find a vector 𝑐 , such that 𝑎 × 𝑐 = 𝑏⃗ and 𝑎 ⋅ 𝑐 = 3.

29. (x2 – 3x +1 )
Integrate w.r.t x : √1−𝑥 2
OR
𝜋
3 sinx+cosx
Evaluate: ∫ 𝜋 𝑑𝑥
6
√sin2x

30. Solve the following LPP graphically:

Maximize Z = 5x + 3y
Subject to:
3x + 5y ≤ 15, 5x + 2y ≤ 10 and, x, y ≥ 0
31. (a) Three cards are drawn one by one with replacement, from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find
the probability distribution of number of spades. Also find the mean(expectation) of the distribution
OR
(b) An insurance company insured 3000 scooters, 4000 cars and 5000 trucks. The probabilities of the
accident involving a scooter, a car and a truck are 0.02, 0.03 and 0.04 respectively. One of the
insured vehicles meet with an accident. Find the probability that it is a scooter.
SECTION D 5  4= 20 
(This section comprises of 4 long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each)
32. Find the area bounded by the circle x2 + y 2 = 16 and the line √3 y = x in the first quadrant, using
integration.
33. A toy rocket is fired from a platform, vertically into the air, its height above the ground after t
seconds is given by 𝑠(𝑡) = 𝑎𝑡 2 + 𝑏𝑡 + 𝑐, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 ∈ 𝑅, 𝑎 ≠0 and s(t) is measured in metres.
After 10 sec, the rocket is 16m above the ground after 20 sec, 22 m, after 30 sec, 25m. Find the a, b, c
using matrix method.
34 (a) Find the particular solution of the differential equation:
𝑑𝑦 𝜋
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥. = 2𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑦; (𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 ≠ 0) 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦 = 0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 =
𝑑𝑥 2
OR
𝑑𝑦
(b) Find the general solution of the differential equation (𝑥 − 𝑦) 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥 + 2𝑦 .
35 (a)Find the shortest distance between the lines l1 and l 2 whose vector equations are
𝑟 = 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝜆(2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂) and 𝑟 = 2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ + 𝜇(3𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ )
OR
𝑥−1 𝑦+1 𝑧+10
(b)Find the perpendicular distance of the point (1, 0, 0) from the line = = . Also, find
2 −3 8
the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular and the equation of the perpendicular
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 3 sub parts (i),(ii),(iii) of marks 1,1,2 respectively. The
third case study question has 2 sub parts of 2 marks each.
36 Case Study-1
Naina is creative she wants to prepare a sweet box for Diwali at home. She took a square piece of
cardboard of side 18 cm which is to be made into an open box, by cutting a square from each corner

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 and folding up the flaps to form the box. She wants to cover the top of the box with some decorative
paper. Naina is interested in maximizing the volume of the box.

i. Find the volume of the open box formed by folding up the cutting at each corner with x cm.
ii. Naina is interested in maximizing the volume of the box. So, what should be the side of the
square to be cut off so that the volume of the box is maximum?
iii. (a)Verify that volume of the box is maximum at x = 3 cm by second derivative test?
OR
(b)Find the maximum volume of the box.
37 Case Study-2 Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is directly connected to
Chennai and Visakhapatnam via ship route. The ships sail from Chennai/Visakhapatnam to Port Blair
and vice versa.

SwarajDweep and ShaheedDweep are popular tourist islands in Andaman Islands. One has to take a
ferry from Port Blair to reach these islands. There are ferries that sail frequently between the three
islands- Port Blair (PB),SwarajDweep(SwD) and ShaheedDweep(ShD)

Shown below is a schematic representation of the ship routes and ferry routes.

X is the set of all 5 places and Y is the set of 3 places in Andaman Islands.

That is X ={𝐶, 𝑉, 𝑃𝐵, 𝑆𝑤𝐷, 𝑆ℎ𝐷} 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑌 = {𝑃𝐵, 𝑆𝑤𝐷, 𝑆ℎ𝐷}

A relation R defined on the set X is given by

𝑅 = {(𝑥1 , 𝑥2 ): 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑥1 𝑡𝑜𝑥2 }

i) List all the elements of R.

ii) Is the relation R symmetric? Give a valid reason.

iii) (a) Is the relation R Transitive? Give a valid reason.

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 OR

(b) A function 𝑓: 𝑌 → 𝑋 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑓(𝑃𝐵) = 𝑉, 𝑓(𝑆𝑤𝐷) = 𝑃𝐵, 𝑓(𝑆ℎ𝐷) = 𝑆𝑤𝐷

Check whether the function f is one one and onto. Give reasons
38 Case Study-3 Rubiya and Shanteri entered a spinning zone for a fun game, but there is a twist: they
don’t know which spinner will appear on their screens until it is their turn to play. They may
encounter one of the following spinners, or perhaps even both;

Different combinations of numbers will lead to exciting prizes. Below are some of the rewards they
can win:

● Get the number ‘5’ from Spinner A and ‘8’ from Spinner B and you will win a music player.
● You win a photo frame if spinner A lands on a value greater than that of Spinner B.
● Answer the following question based on the above information.

i) Rubiya spun both the spinners, What is the probability that she wins a photo frame?
ii) As Shanteri steps upto the screen , the game administrator reveals that for her turn, the
probability of seeing spinner A on the screen is 65%, while of Spinner B is 35%. What is
the probability that Shanteri gets the number ‘2’?

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