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APPLIED MATH'S FULL SYLLABUS

Class 12 - Applied Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:

This question paper contains three sections – A, B and C. Each part is compulsory.

Section - A has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20.

Section - B has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20

Section - C has 10 MCQs, attempt any 8 out of 10.

There is no internal choice in any section.
All Questions carry equal Marks.

Section A
Attempt any 16 questions
1. (49 + 57) (mod 50) is [1]

a) 6 b) 4

c) 5 d) 7
2. Given that x, y and b are real numbers and x < y, b > 0, then [1]
x y x y
a) b
≥
b
b) b
≤
b

x y x y
c) < d) >
b b b b

3. There are three coins. One is a two headed coin (having head on both faces), another is a [1]
biased coin that comes up heads 75% of the time and third is an unbiased coin. One of the
three coins is chosen at random and tossed, it shows heads, what is the probability that it was
the two headed coin?
4 5
a) 9
b) 9

1 2
c) 9
d) 9

4. If the matrix AB is zero, then: [1]

a) none of these b) A = O and B = O

c) It is not necessary that either A = O d) A = O or B = O

or, B = O
5. If the events A and B are independent, then P (A ∩ B)is equal to [1]

a) P (A). P (B) b) P (A)/P (B)

c) P(A) − P(B) d) P(A) + P(B)

[1]

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⎡ ⎤
6. The trace of the matrix A = ⎢ 0 7 9⎥ is
⎣ ⎦
11 8 9

a) 17 b) 25

c) 3 d) 12
7. An index number is called a simple index when it is computed from: [1]

a) Multiple variables b) None of these

c) Single variable d) Bi-variable

8. Consider the system of equations: [1]
a1x + b1y + c1z = 0
a2x + b2y + c2z = 0

a3x + b3y + c3z = 0

∣ a1 b1 c1 ∣
∣ ∣
If a2 b2 c2 = 0 , then the system has
∣ ∣
∣ a3 b3 c3 ∣

a) one trivial and one non-trivial b) no solution

solutions

c) more than two solutions d) only trivial solution (0, 0, 0)

9. Index number having downward bias is: [1]

a) Paasche’s index b) Laspeyre's index

c) Fisher's ideal index d) Marshall Edgeworth index

10. For a random variable X, E(X) = 3 and E(X2) = 11. Then variance of X is [1]

a) 8 b) 5

c) 2 d) 1
11. If d is the determinant of a square matrix A of order n, then the determinant of its adjoint is [1]

a) dn b) d

c) dn+1 d) dn-1

⎡
5 10 3
⎤ [1]
12. The matrix ⎢ −2 −4 6⎥ is a singular matrix, if the value of b is
⎣ ⎦
−1 −2 b

a) 3 b) non-existent

c) 0 d) -3
13. The smallest non-negative integer congruent to 2796 (mod 7) is [1]

a) 2 b) 5

c) 1 d) 3
14. The solution set of system of linear inequalities [1]

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a) [-1, 3) b) (-1, 3)

c) [-1, 3] d) (-1, 3]
15. Every invertible function is [1]

a) not necessarily monotonic function b) identity function

c) constant function d) monotonic function

16. If X follows a binomial distribution with parameters n = 100 and p = 1

3
, then P (X = r) is [1]
maximum when r =

a) 31 b) 34

c) 32 d) 33
17. The Federal Bureau of Statistics prepares: [1]

a) The sensitive price indicator b) The wholesale price index

c) The consumer price index d) All of these

18. If the variance of a Poisson distribution is 2, then P(X = 2) is [1]

a) 4
2
b) 2
2
e e

c) 4e2 d) 2e2

19. The angle of intersection of the curves y = 2 sin2 x and y = cos 2x at x = π

is [1]
6

a) π

4
b) π

c) π
d) π

3 2

⎡
1 0 0
⎤ [1]
20. The matrix A = ⎢ 0 2 0⎥ is
⎣ ⎦
0 0 4

a) symmetric matrix b) identity matrix

c) skew-symmetric matrix d) diagonal matrix

Section B
Attempt any 16 questions
21. If y = tan-1 (
1−cos x
) then
dy
= ? [1]
sin x dx

a) 1 b)
1

−1
c) -1 d)
2

22. f(x) = is increasing in [1]

x

( x2 +1)

a) None of these b) (−1, ∞)

c) (−∞, −1) ∪ (1, ∞) d) (-1, 1)

23. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. It is can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km [1]
upstream in the same time, the speed of the stream, in km/hr, is

a) 2 b) 3

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24. Consumer price index is obtained by: [1]

a) Fisher's ideal formula b) Marshall Edgeworth formula

c) Family budget method formula d) Paasche's formula

25. The area under the standard normal curve which lies to the right of z = -0.66 is [1]

a) F(-0.66) b) 1 - F(0.66)

c) F(0.66) d) F(0.66) - 1

26. If A and B are matrices of the same order, then ABT = BTA is a: [1]

a) skew-symmetric matrix b) symmetric matrix

c) unit matrix d) null matrix

27. A milkman mixed some water with milk to gain 25% by selling the mixture at the cost price. [1]
The ratio of water and milk respectively is:

a) 1 : 5 b) 5 : 4

c) 4 : 5 d) 1 : 4
28. The minimum value of (x2 is [1]
250
+ )
x

a) 75 b) 25

c) 50 d) 55
29. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes [1]
are opened together, the time taken by them to half-full the cistern is

a) 12 minutes b) 9 minutes

c) 18 minutes d) 6 minutes
5 x [1]
30. If A = [ ] and A = AT, then:
y 0

a) x = 0, y = 5 b) x = y

c) x + y = 5 d) none of these

31. If A5 = O such that An ≠ 1 for 1 ≤ n ≤ 4, then (I - A)-1 equals [1]

a) I + A b) none of these

c) A3 d) A4

32. f(x) = x
is [1]
sin x

a) Increasing in (0, 1) b) Increasing in (0, 1

) and decreasing
2

in ( 2 , 1)
1

c) None of these d) Decreasing in (0, 1)

33. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 16 hours respectively. Pipe B alone is kept open for [1]
of time and both pipes are kept open for the remaining time. In how many hours, the tank
1

will be full?

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1
12
3

c) 10 hours d) hours
1
18
3

34. Find the probability of throwing at most 2 sixes in 6 throws of a single die. [1]
35 3
a) b) 35
(
5
)
18 19 6

4 4
c) (
5
) d) 35
(
5
)
6 18 6

35. x and b are real numbers. If b > 0 and |x| > b, then [1]

a) x ∈ (-b, b) b) x ∈ [−∞, b)

c) x ∈ (-b, ∞) d) x ∈ (−∞, -b) ∪ (b, ∞)

⎡
1 0 1
⎤ [1]
36. If A = ⎢ 0 0 1⎥ , then aI + bA + 2A2 equals
⎣ ⎦
a b 2

a) A b) none of these

c) ab A d) -A
37. Laspeyre's price index number is also called: [1]

a) Current year weighted b) Base year weighted

c) Simple aggregative index d) Cost of living index

38. (18 × 10) (mod 7) is [1]

a) 3 b) 4

c) 5 d) 2

39. The minimum value of f(x) = 3x4 - 8x3 - 48x + 25 on [0, 3] is [1]

a) 25 b) 16

c) -39 d) None of these

∣x+ λ x x ∣ [1]
∣ ∣
40. If D = x x+ λ x , then D is equal to
∣ ∣
∣ x x x+ λ ∣

a) None of these b) λ
2
(3x  + λ )

c) 2
λ (x  +  3 ) d) 2
x ( x  +  3 )

Section C
Attempt any 8 questions

41. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then A2 + B2 is equal to [1]

a) A + B b) 2AB

c) AB d) 2BA
42. A pipe can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank the pipe takes 3 hours 30 [1]
minutes to fill the tank. How much time will the leak take to empty the full tank?

a) 21 hours b) 7 hours

c) d)

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43. Let A be a skew – symmetric matrix of order n then [1]

a) |A| = 0 for all n ∈ N b) |A| = 0 if n is even

c) None of these d) |A| = 0 if n is odd

44. If x ∈ R, |x| ≥ -7, then [1]

a) x ∈ [-7, 7] b) x ∈ (−∞, -7) ∪ [7, ∞)

c) x ∈ R d) x ∈ (−∞, -7) ∪ (7, ∞)

⎡
1 0 0
⎤ [1]
45. If A = ⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ , then A2 is equal to
⎣ ⎦
a b −1

a) -A b) a unit matrix

c) a null matrix d) A

Question No. 46 to 50 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
A factory has three machines A, B and C to manufacture bolts. Machine A manufacture 30%, machine B
manufacture 20% and machine C manufacture 50% of the bolts respectively. Out of their respective
outputs 5%, 2% and 4% are defective. A bolt is drawn at random from total production and it is found to
be defective.

46. Probability that defective bolt drawn is manufactured by machine A, is: [1]
5 6
a) b)
13 13

9
c) d)
4

13 13

47. Probability that defective bolt drawn is manufactured by machine B, is: [1]

a) 0.2 b) 0.3

c) 0.1 d) 0.4
48. Probability that defective bolt drawn is manufactured by machine C, is: [1]
16 15
a) b)
39 39

17 20
c) d)
39 39

49. Probability that defective bolt is not manufactured by machine B, is: [1]

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a) 41
b)
39 39

35
c) d) None of these
39

50. Probability that defective bolt is not manufactured by machine C, is: [1]

a) 0.09 b) 0.9

c) 0.03 d) 0.5

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