SAMPLE PAPER SET-II

PREBOARD EXAMINATION
CLASS- XII
MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 3Hrs. Maximum Marks: 100

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 All questions are compulsory
 This question paper contains 36 questions
 Question 1-20
20 in Section A are very short
short-answer
answer type questions carrying 1 mark each.
 Question 21-26
26 in Section B are short
short-answer
answer type questions carrying 2 mark each.
 Question 27-32
32 in Section C are very long
long-answer-II type questions carrying 4 mark each.
 Question 33-36
36 in Section D are long
long-answer-IIII type questions carrying 6 mark each.

SECTION-A
1
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2. If A = and A + A
A′ = I, then value of a is _________.

3.

If A = and A = A′′ then

(a) x = 0, y = 5 (b) x = y
(c) x + y = 5 (d) x – y = 5

4. Given P(A) = 0.4, P(B)) = 0.7 and P(B/A) = 0.6. Find P(A ∪ B).

5. If P(A) = , P(B) = and P(A

A ∪ B) = , find P(A ∩ B)

6. Events A and B are such that P(

P(A) = , P(B) = and P(not A or not B)) = .State whether A and B
are independent?

7. Find the principal value of cos–1 .

8. Find sec x (sec x + tan x) dx.

9. Find λ, if .

10. Find λ, if the vectors and are coplanar.

11. Let f : R R is defined by f (x)) = | x |. Is function f onto? Give a reason.

12. A function f (x) = , x ∈ R, is a continuous function. State true or false.

13. Value of determinant is 0, state true or false.

14. It is given that at x = 1, the function f(x) = x4 – 62x2 + ax + 9 attains its maximum value on the interval
[0, 2]. Find the value of a

15. Find a vector in the direction of whose magnitude is 7.

16. Let A be a non-angular

angular square matrix of order 3 × 3, then |A . adj A| is equal to
(a) |A|3 (b) |A|2 (c) |A| (d) 3|A|

17.
Find the following integral

18.
Find the following integral

19. Verify Mean Value Theorem for the function f(x) = x2 + 2x + 3 in [4, 6]

20. Verify Mean Value Theorem for the function f(x) = in [2, 4].

SECTION-B

21. Write the principal value of tan–1

22. Write the order and degree of the differential equation

23. For what values of x is the rate of increase of x3 – 5x2 + 5x + 8 is twice the rate of increase of x?

24. Find the position vector of a point R which divides the line joining two points

in the ratio 2 : 1 (i) internally (ii)) externally.

25. A random variable has the following probability distribution:

Find the value of p.

26. If and angl

angle between and is 60°, find

SECTION-C

27. Find the value of k so that the function f defined by f(x) = is continuous at x =

28.The function f(x) = is continuous at x = 1, find the values of a and b.

29. Solve the differential equation x dy – y dx = dx.

30. Find .

31. A family has 2 children. Find the probability that both are boys, if it is known that ((i) at least one

of the children is a boy. (ii)) the elder child is a boy.

32. (Manufacturing problem) One kind of cake requires 200 g of flour and 25 g of fat, and another kind

of cake requires 100 g of flour and 50 g of fat. Find the maximum number of cakes which can be made

from 5 kg of flour and 1 kg of fat assuming that there is no shortage of the other ingredients used in

making the cakes. Formulate the above as a linear programming problem and solve graphically.

SECTION-D
33.

Using properties of determinants, show that

= (a + b + c) (a – cc)2

34. Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by the triangle whose vertices are ((–1, 2),

(1, 5) and (3, 4).

35. A wire of length 28 metres is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a circle

and the other into a square.

re. What should be the length of the two pieces so that the combined area of
the square and the circle is minimum?

36. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point (–1, 3, 2) and perpendicular to each of the

planes x + 2y + 3z = 5 and 3x + 3y + z = 0.