CBSE Sample Paper Mathematics Class XII (Term I) 173

SAMPLE PAPER
MATHEMATICS
A Highly Simulated Practice Questions Paper
for CBSE Class XII (Term I) Examination

Instructions
1. This question paper contains three sections - A, B and C. Each section is compulsory.
2. Section - A has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20.
3. Section - B has 20 MCQs, attempt any 16 out of 20.
4. Section - C has 10 MCQs, attempt any 8 out of 10.
5. There is no negative marking.
6. All questions carry equal marks.

Maximum Marks : 40
Roll No. Time allowed : 90 min

Section A
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of Questions 1-20. Each question is of 1 mark weightage.
dy
1. If y = log x 2 , then at x = 2 is equal to
dx
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
é 2x 0ù é 1 0ù
2. If A = ê ú and A -1 = ê ú , then 2x equals
ë x xû ë -1 2û
1 1
(a) 2 (b) - (c) 1 (d)
2 2
7p ö
3. The value of cos -1 æç cos ÷ is
è 6 ø
7p p 5p
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
SAM

6 6 6

4. The relation ‘has the same father as’ over the set of children is
(a) only reflexive (b) only symmetric
(c) only transitive (d) an equivalence relation
1 2
5. The elements a ij of a 3 ´ 3 matrix are given by a ij = |-3i + j| , then a 32 is equal to
2 7
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
 d2y
6. If y = 3e 2 x + e - x and 2
- y = ke 2 x , then k is equal to
dx
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 9 (d) 8

7. Consider the linear programming problem.

Maximise Z = x + 3y ; Subject to the constraints x + y £ 40, x + y £ 90 and x , y ³ 0,
then maximum value of Z is
(a) 0 (b) 50 (c) 90 (d) does not exists

8. The corner point of the feasible region determined by the system of linear constraints
are (0, 0), (0, 20), (10, 20), (30, 10), (30, 0). The objective function is Z = 2x + 3y. Compare
the quantity in Column A and Column B.
Column A Column B
Maximum of Z 80
(a) The quantity in column A is greater
(b) The quantity in column B is greater
(c) The two quantities are equal
(d) The relationship cannot be determined on the basis of information supplied
dy -2
9. If x = (t - 1)(t 2 + 1 + t) and y = (1 - t)(1 + t) , then at t = is equal to
dx 3
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) -2
dy
10. If ay 2 + bx 2 + c = 0, then at ( a , b) is equal to
dx
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) -1
2x 3 6 -2 2
x +1
11. If = , then the value of is
2 x 7 3 2
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 1
é 0 -4 1 ù
12. The matrix ê 4 0 12ú is a
ê ú
êë -1 -12 0 úû
(a) diagonal matrix (b) symmetric matrix
(c) skew-symmetric matrix (d) scalar matrix
é 3 1 -1ù
13. If A = ê ú , then AA¢ is equal to
ë0 1 2 û
é1 11ù é0 0ù é11 1ù é 11 -1ù
(a) ê (b) ê (c) ê (d) ê
ë5 -1úû ë0 0û
ú ú
ë 1 5û
ú
ë -1 5 û

14. Let X = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and Y = {-4 , - 1, 0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25} and f : X ® Y defined by y = x 2 , is

(a) one one onto (b) one one into (c) many one onto (d) many one into

15. The function f : R ® R given by f (x) = x 3 + 1 is

(a) one-one but not onto (b) onto but not one-one
(c) bijection (d) neither one-one nor onto
 é1 - 1ù
16. If A = ê ú , then which of the following result is true
ë 2 - 1û
(a) A2 = I (b) A2 = - I
2
(c) A = 2 I (d) None of these
a + ib c + id
17. If D = , then D is equal to
-c + id a - ib
(a) a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + d 2 (b) a 2 - b 2 - c 2 - d 2 (c) a 2 - b 2 + c 2 - d 2 (d) a 2 - b 2 - c 2 + d 2

18. Corner points of the feasible region for an LPP are : (0, 2), (3, 0), (6, 0) and (0, 5).
Let Z = 3x + 2y be the objective function. Then, Maximum Z - Minimum Z is equal to
(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 18

19. The minimum value of y = x 4 + 1 is

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) - 1 (d) None of these
é 2 4ù é1 0ù | B |2 + 1
20. If A = ê ú and B = ê1 5ú then is equal to
ë1 3û ë û | A|
(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) 0

Section B
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of Questions 21-40. Each question is of 1 mark weightage.
1 dy
21. If y = x 2 + 1 + , then at x = 1 is equal to
x +1 dx
3 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 4 2 3

22. The feasible solution for a LPP is shown in following figure. Let Z = 3x + y be the
objective function. Maximum of Z occurs at
Y

(3, 6)

(0, 4) (7, 4)

(5, 3)

(0, 0)
X
(4, 0)

(a) (7, 4) (b) (5, 3)

(c) (0, 4) (d) (3, 6)
é 3 -3ù 2 l
23. If matrix A = ê ú and A = 2 A, then the value of l is
ë - 3 3 û
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 14
24. The relation R defined on the set N of natural number xRy Û 2x 2 - 3xy + y 2 = 0 is
(a) symmetric but not reflexive (b) only symmetric
(c) not symmetric but reflexive (d) None of these
é x + 3 2y + xù é 0 - 7ù z-a
25. If ê ú =ê ú then y - x is equal to
ë z - 1 4 a - 6û ë 3 2a û
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
é1 0ù é- 1 1 ù
26. If A + B = ê ú and A - 2B = ê ú , then B is equal to
ë1 1û ë 0 - 1û
é2 / 3 - 1 / 3ù é 2 / 3 1/ 3ù é2 / 3 - 1 / 3ù
(a) ê ú (b) ê ú (c) ê ú (d) None of these
ë 1 / 3 2 / 3 û ë - 1 / 3 2 / 3 û ë2 / 3 1 / 3 û
é1 2ù
27. If A = ê ú , then the value of| 2A| - 4 | A| is equal to
ë 3 2û
(a) - 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
éx 2 ù
28. The value of x for which matrix ê ú is singular are
ë 2 x + 3û
(a) 4, 1 (b) - 4, 1 (c) 2, 1 (d) None of these

29. If the points (0, 2), (1, x) and (3, 1) are collinear, then the value of x is
3 5
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
5 3

30. A and B are invertible matrices of the same order such that|(AB) - 1| = 8, if| A| = 2, then
| B | is
1
(a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d)
16
é1 3ù 2
31. If A = ê ú , then the determinant value of A - 2A is
ë 2 1û
(a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 10 (d) 14

32. If A is a non-singular matrix of order 3 and| A| = - 8, then the value of|adj A|is
(a) - 8 (b) 64 (c) - 64 (d) 24
é 2 - 1ù -1
33. If A = ê ú , then A is equal to
ë 4 3 û
1 é 3 1 ù 1 é3 - 4ù 1 é 3 2ù
(a) ê- 4 2 ú (b) ê ú (c) ê ú (d) None of these
10 ë û 10 ë 1 2 û 10 ë - 4 1û
ì1 + x , x £ 2
34. If the function f (x) = í is continuous at x = 2, then the value of k is
îï k , x>2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
3
d y
35. If y = log x, then is equal to
dx 3
3 2 2
(a) 2
(b) (c) (d) 1
x x x3
 ì x2 , x ³1
36. Let f (x) = í , then at x = 1
îïx + 1 , x < 1
(a) LHL = RHL (b) LHL ¹ RHL (c) LHL = f (1) (d) None of these
3 2
37. Let f : R ® R be a function such that f (x) = x + 3x + 5x + sin x, then f (x) is
(a) an increasing function (b) decreasing function
(c) neither increasing nor decreasing function (d) None of these
p
38. The function f (x) = log(cos x) on the interval æç 0, ö÷ is
è 2ø
(a) Increasing (b) Strictly decreasing
(c) Strictly increasing (d) None of these

39. The slope of the normal to the curve y = 2x 2 + 3 sin x at x = 0 is

1 -1
(a) 3 (b) (c) - 3 (d)
3 3
p
40. The slope of the normal to the curve x = 1 - a sin q, y = b cos 2 q at q = is
2
a -a b -b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2b 2b 2a 2a

Section C
In this section, attempt any 8 questions. Each question is of 1 mark weightage. Questions 46-50 are based
on Case-Study.
1
41. Let r be the relation on the set R of all real numbers defined by setting arb iff |a - b|£ .
2
Then, r is
(a) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(b) symmertic and transitive but not reflexive
(c) transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric
(d) None of the above

42. If A 2 + A + I = 0, then A - 1 is equal to

(a) A - I (b) I - A (c) - ( A + I ) (d) None of these
ì æ 1 ö
ï ç1 + e x ÷
43. If the function f (x) = ïí çç
x
1
÷ , x ¹ 0 is continuous at x = 0, then the value of k is
÷
ï è 1 - ex ø
ï k, x=0
îï
(a) - 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2

44. The function f (x) = 2x 3 - 3x 2 - 36x + 7 is strictly decreasing in the interval

(a) ( - ¥ , - 2 ) (b) ( - 2 , 3) (c) (3, ¥ ) (d) None of these

45. The point on the curve y = (x - 3) 2 , where the tangent is parallel to the chord joining
(3, 0) and (4, 1) is
æ 7 1ö æ 5 1ö æ - 5 1ö æ7 1ö
(a) ç - , ÷ (b) ç , ÷ (c) ç , ÷ (d) ç , ÷
è 2 4ø è2 4 ø è 2 4ø è2 4 ø
CASE STUDY
Ronit and Aman, two friends are standing on either side of a tower of 30 m high. They observe
its top at the angle of elevation a and b respectively. (as shown in the figure below).
The distance between Ronit and Aman is 40 3 m and distance between Ronit and tower is 30 3 m.
T

30 m

Ronit
R α β Aman
A
30√3 m B

40√3 m
T
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

46. ÐART = a is equal to

æ 4ö æ 3ö æ2 ö æ 1ö
(a) cos -1 ç ÷ (b) cos -1 ç ÷ (c) cos -1 ç ÷ (d) cos -1 ç ÷
è 5ø è 2 ø è 5ø è 5ø

47. ÐART = a is equal to

æ 1ö æ 3ö æ 2 ö
(a) sin -1 ç ÷ (b) sin -1 2 (c) sin -1 ç ÷ (d) sin -1 ç ÷
è2 ø è 2 ø è 3ø

48. ÐTAR = b is equal to

æ 1ö æ 1ö
(a) tan -1 ( 3) (b) tan -1 ç ÷ (c) tan -1 (2 ) (d) tan -1 ç ÷
è2 ø è3 ø

49. ÐATR is equal to

p p p p
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 6

50. Domain and range of sin -1 x is

é p pù
(a) [-1, 1], ê - , ú (b) [ -1, 1], [0, p ]
ë 2 2û
æ p pö æ p pö
(c) [ -1, 1], ç - , ÷ (d) (-1, 1), ç - , ÷
è 2 2ø è 2 2ø