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Time Allowed : 90 Minutes Max. Marks : 40

General Instructions :
1. This question paper contains three Sections - Section A, B and C. Each
section is compulsory.
2. Section A carries 20 Questions and you need to attempt any 16
Questions.
Section B carries 20 Questions and you need to attempt
any 16 Questions.
Section C carries 10 Questions and you need to attempt any 8
Questions.
3. There is no negative marking. All questions carry equal marks.

Section A
Questions in this section carry 1 mark each.
In this section, attempt any 16 questions (from 01 - 20).
01. Which of the given values of x and y , make the following pair of matrices equal?
3x  2 5  0 y  2 
 y  1 2  3x   8 4 
  
1 2 2 1 2
(a) x   , y  7 (b) y   , x  7 (c) x   , y  7 (d) x  , y 
3 3 3 3 3
02. Total number of possible matrices of order 2  3 with each entry 1 or  1 is
(a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 32 (d) 64
03. The intervals in which the function f given by f (x)  x 2  4x  6 is strictly increasing, is
(a)   , 2    2 ,   (b)   , 2  (c)  2 ,   (d) ( , 2]  (2, )
04. Given that A is a square matrix of order 3 and A  4, then adj.A 
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 16

   
05. tan 1 sin     is equal to
  2 
 
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 4
dy
06. If e x  e y  e x  y , then is
dx
(a) e y x (b) e x  y (c) e yx (d) 2 e x y

07. For what value of  is the function continuous at x  0 ?

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 sin 5x
  x cos x , if x  0
f (x)   5x
 , if x  0
5 8
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 0
3 3
(2j  i)2
08. If A   a ij  is a 2  3 matrix, such that a ij  , then a13 is
5
2 1
(a) 5 (b) (c) 25 (d)
5 5
x 1
09. The point at which the normal to the curve y  , x  0 is perpendicular to the line
x
9x  4y  7  0 is
2 5  2 5  1 5 1 5
(a)  ,  (b)   ,  (c)   ,  (d)  , 
3 2  3 2  2 2 2 2
10. Let L be the set of all lines in a plane and R be the relation in L defined as R  {(L1 , L2 ) : L1 is
perpendicular to L2 }. Then
(a) R is only reflexive (b) R is only symmetric
(c) R is only transitive (d) R is equivalence relation
11. The feasible region (shaded) for a LPP is shown in figure. Let A(4, 2), B(6, 3), C(12, 0) and
D(6, 0). Then maximum value of Z  5x  10y occurs at

(a) two points (b) one point (c) infinite points (d) none of the corner points
12. Assume X , Y , Z, W and P are matrices of order 2  n , 3  k , 2  p, n  3 and p  k ,
respectively. The restrictions on n , k and p so that PY  WY will be defined are
(a) k  3, p  n (b) k is any arbitrary real number, p = 2
(c) p  1 , k = 3 (d) k  2, p  3
1 o
13. cos cos 210 is equal to
(a) 210o (b) 150o (c) 120o (d) 30o
d2y
14. If y  5cos x  3sin x , then 2 is equal to
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(a) y (b)  y (c) y 2 (d)  y 2

x 2 y2
15. The points on the curve   1 at which the tangent are parallel to y-axis are
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(a) (0,  4) (b) (4, 0) (c) (0 ,  3) (d) (3, 0)
16. Let A be a square matrix of order m , then kA 
(a) k A (b) k m 1 A (c) k m A (d) m k A
17. If A , B are symmetric matrices of same order, then AB  BA is a
(a) Skew symmetric matrix (b) Symmetric matrix
(c) Zero matrix (d) Identity matrix
dy
18. If y  log(cosec x) , then 
dx
(a) cosec x (b)  cot x (c) cosec x (d) cot x

19. Objective function of a linear programming problem, is

(a) a constant (b) a linear function to be optimized
(c) a relation between the variables (d) a linear/ quadratic function to be optimized
 
20. The least value of the function f (x)  2 cos x  x in the closed interval x   0,  , is
 2
 
(a) 2 (b)  1 (c) (d) Least value does not exist
2 2

Section B
Questions in this section carry 1 mark each.
In this section, attempt any 16 questions (from 21 - 40).
21. The function f : R  R defined as f (x)  sin x is
(a) one-one but not onto (b) Not one-one but onto
(c) Neither one-one nor onto (d) One-one and onto
22. Which of the following points is not a vertex of the feasible region bounded by the inequalities
2x  3y  6, 5x  3y  15 and x , y  0 ?
(a) (0, 2) (b) (0, 0) (c) (3, 0) (d) None of these
23. The derivative of sin x with respect to log x is
cos x cos x
(a) cos x (b) (c) (d) x cos x
x log x
d2 y
24. If y  Ae5x  Be5x , then 2 is equal to
dx
(a) 5 y (b) 5y (c) 25 y (d) 25 y
25. The real function f (x)  2 x 3  3x 2  36x  7 is
(a) Strictly increasing in ( ,  2) and strictly decreasing in (2, )
(b) Strictly decreasing in (2, 3)
(c) Strictly decreasing in   , 3 and strictly increasing in  3,  
(d) Strictly decreasing in (3, )
26. Given that A is a non-singular matrix of order 3 such that A  2 then value of A 1 is

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(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d)
2
 1 1 0  2 2 4 
27. If A  2 3 4 and B   4 2 4  , then
 
   
 0 1 2   2 1 5 
1
(a) A 1  B (b) A 1   B (c) B1  6 A (d) B1  B
6
x xy
28. tan 1    tan1  
y xy
 3  3
(a)  (b)  (c) (d)
4 4 4 4
29. The value of ‘k’ for which the function f (x)  cos x  x  k is strictly decreasing over R (set of
real numbers) is
(a) k  1 (b) No value of ‘k’ exists
(c) k  1 (d) k  1
30. Let R be the relation in the set N given by R  {(a , b) : a  b 2, b  6}, then
(a) (2, 4)  R (b) (3, 8)  R (c) (6 , 8)  R (d) (8, 7)  R
31. If matrices A and B are inverse of each other, then
(a) AB = BA (b) AB  BA  I (c) AB  BA  O (d) AB  O, BA  I
32. Minimize Z  2x  9y subject to x  0, y  0, x  y  60, 6x  5y  60.
(a) 20 at (10, 0) (b) 108 at (0, 12) (c) 540 at (0, 60) (d) 120 at (60, 0)
33. The absolute maximum value of y  x 3  3x  2 in 0  x  2 is
(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 4

34. Given functions f (x) 

 x  4  and g(x)  x  2, x  R . Then which of the following is correct?
2

 x  2
(a) f is continuous at x  2 , (b) f is continuous at x  2 ,
g is continuous at x  2 g is discontinuous at x  2
(c) f is discontinuous at x  2 , (d) f is discontinuous at x  2 ,
g is continuous at x  2 g is discontinuous at x  2
35. If A  1 1 0   1 1 1 , then matrix A is
(a) 1 1 1 (b)   1 1 1
(c) 1 1 1 (d)  0 0 1
36. If sin 1 x  y , then
   
(a)  y   (b)  y
2 2 2 2
 
(c) 0  y   (d)   y 
2 2
37. Let A  {1, 2, 3}, B  {4, 5, 6, 7} and let f  (1, 4) , (2, 5) be defined from A to B. Then f is
(a) surjective function (b) one-one and onto function
(c) injective function (d) not a function
38. If A is a non-invertible matrix of order 2, then det .A equals

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(a) det.(A 1 ) (b) (det .A) 1

(c) 1 (d) 0
39. If mT and m N be the slopes of tangent and normal respectively at the point (x1 , y1 ) for the
curve y  f (x) . Then which of the following is true?
(a) mT  m N (b) mT  m N  0
(c) mT .m N  1 (d) mT .m N  1
1 0 1
40. Given that A    and A 2  3A  B . Then   B 
0 1 4
0 1
(a) A (b)  
1 0
 4 0
(c)   (d) 2A
0 4

Section C
Questions in this section carry 1 mark each.
In this section, attempt any 8 questions (from 41 - 50).
Questions 46 - 50 are based on Case-Study.
41. The feasible region for a LPP is shown shaded in the figure. Let Z  3x  4y be the objective
function. Minimum value of Z occurs at

(a) (0, 0) (b) (6 , 0)

(c) (0, 8) (d) (4, 10)
2
42. Slope of tangent to the curve y  4x , at (1, 2) is
1
(a) (b) 1
2
(c) 2 (d) –1
43. Feasible region (shaded) for a LPP is shown in Figure. Maximize Z  5x  7y.

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44. The minimum value of 4x  , x  0 is
x
(a) 8 (b) 1 (c) 16 (d) 16
6 0 1
45. The value 2 1 4 is
1 0 3
(a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 17

CASE STUDY
Mr Rahul Modi is owner of a drum manufacturing company.
He gets an order of manufacturing cylindrical drums of high quality steel without top, with a
volume of v cubic units.

In order to make maximum profit, Mr Modi decides to use least amount of steel while making
the drums.
Based on the given information, answer the following questions.
46. Assuming that ‘r’ and ‘h’ denote the radius of base and height of the drum respectively,
which of the following is correct?
v v v 3v
(a) h  2 (b) r  (c) h  (d) h  2
r 2 h r r
47. Which of the following represents surface area of the drum, as a function in ‘r’?
2v 2v
(a) r 2  v  (b) 2  r h   r 2 (c)  r 2  (d) 2  r 2 
r r
48. Which of the following gives the radius ‘r’ of base of the drum having least surface area?
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 v 1 v
(a)   (b) (c)   (d)  
v   
49. What is the height of the drum, which is having least surface area?
2 1/3
v v
(a)  
3 (b)   (c) v (d) 3 v
 
50. For the least surface area of cylindrical drum, which of the following is correct?
r h
(a) r  h (b)  h (c) r  (d) r 2  h
2 2

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