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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. The number of subsets of {1, 1}, {2 , 2}, { } are
(a) 8 (b) 7
(c) 15 (d) subsets can’t be determined
02. The standard deviation of six observations is x . If each observation is multiplied by y , (y  0) ,
then the standard deviation for resulting observations will be
(a) yx (b) y 2 x (c) x  y (d) x
03. Additive inverse of a complex number (3  4i)(3  4i)  i is
(a) 25  0i (b) 25  i (c) 25  i (d) 25  i
(1  x)n  1
04. lim equals
x 0 x
(a) n 1 (b) 1 (c) n (d) n
05. If x and y are distinct positive integers, then its geometric mean will be
xy
(a) xy (b)
2
2 2
(c) x y (d) 2xy
06. Range of the function f (x)   x  1 is
(a) [0 , ) (b) ( , 0] (c) ( , 0) (d) ( , )
07. The slope of the line 5x  2y  4  0 is
2 5 2
(a) 5 (b) (c) (d) 
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08. If f (x)  , x  1, then f  f (x)  will be
x 1
x 1 x x 1 x 1
(a) , x (b) , x 1 (c) ,x (d) ,x
2x  1 2 x 1 2x  1 2 2x  1 2
09. Which of the following may represent sum of n terms of an arithmetic progression?
(a) 3n  2 (b) n 2  n (c) 2n  1 (d) n 3  2n 2  n  1
10. Let A and B be non-empty sets. If A  B , then
(a) A  B  B (b) A  B  A (c) A  B  B (d) A  B  
11. If z1  2  i and z 2  1  i , then z1  z 2  1 is
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 2 2
2 2
12. Let A  x : x 2  6x  9  0 . Then n(A) 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
13. If standard deviation of five observations is 3, then the variance will be
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 3
2
14. One of the roots of the equation x  x  1  0 is
1  i 3 1 i 3 1 i 3 i 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
15. If r be the common ratio of an infinite geometric progression, then which of the following is
true?
(a) 1  r  1 (b) 1  r  1 (c) 1  r  1 (d)   r  
16. Let A  {4, 5}, B  {1, 2, 3}. Then the number of elements in A  B is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 6
17. Mean deviation about mean is obtained by
n n n n

 fi xi  x
i 1
 fi (x i  x)
i 1
 fi xi  x
i 1
f x
i 1
i i
(a) n
(b) n
(c) n
(d) n

 fi
i 1
 fi
i 1
x
i 1
i f
i 1
i

esin x  1
18. lim is
x 0 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) e  1
19. The x-intercept of the line 2x  4y  9  0 is
9 9
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) 9
2 4
1 1 1 1 1 1
20. If a    , b    , c    are in A.P., then
b c c a  a b
(a) a, b, c are in G.P. (b) a, b, c are in A.P.
(c) a, b, c are neither in A.P. nor in G.P. (d) None of these

Section B
Questions in this section carry 1 mark each.
In this section, attempt any 16 questions (from 21 - 40).

21. The mean for ‘n’ number of observations given by 1, 2, 3, ..., n is

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(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
1
22. Range of the function given by f (x)  2
, is
x 1
(a) R (b) [0, ) (c) (0, 1] (d) [0, 1]
23. If a  ib  i  2i 2  3i5  4i7  5i8 , then a  b equals
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 0

24. The value of lim

 
x  1  2x  3
will be equal to
x 1 2x 2  x  3
1 1
(a) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 
10 10
25. The 10 th term of a progression given by 2, 6, 18, … is
(a) 2  39 (b) 3  29 (c) 39 (d) 2  310
x
26. Range of the function f (x)  is
x2
(a) R (b) R  {2} (c) R  {1} (d) R  {2}
27. The variance of five observations is v. If each observation is decreased by y , then the variance
for resulting observations will be
(a) v (b) yv (c) y 2 v (d) v  y
28. Variance of the data 1, 3, 5, 7 , 9 is 8. Then variance of the data 2, 6, 10, 14, 18 will be
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 32
sec 2 x  2
29. lim 
x tan x  1
4

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

ci a
30. If a  ib  ; a , b , c  R , then   will be equal to
c i b
2c c2  1 c c2  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
c2  1 2c 2
c 1 2c
31. The set of odd prime numbers upto 10 is
(a) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} (b) {3, 5, 7, 9} (c) {3, 5, 7} (d) {1, 3, 5, 7}
32. Sum of n terms of 1, 3, 9, 27, ... up to n terms is
3n  1 1  3n 3n  1 3n  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 3
33. Variance of first n natural is
n 2 1 1 n 2 1 n 2 1 n2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 3 2 12 12
x
34. If k  lim , then k equals
x 0 log(1  sin 2x)

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(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
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35. The third term of a G.P. is 4. The product of first five terms is
(a) 64 (b) 256 (c) 1024 (d) 4096
36. Real part for the complex number 49  81 is
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 9i (d) 7
37. The mean and standard deviation of six observations are 8 and 4, respectively.
If each observation is increased by 3, then the sum of new mean and new standard deviation of
the resulting observations, is
(a) 36 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 18
38. Let f (x)  1  x 2 . Then f (x) is defined if
(a) 1  x  1 (b) 0  x  1 (c) 1  x  1 (d) 1  x  0
39. The slope of the line which cuts off equal intercepts on the coordinate axes, equals
(a) 1 only (b) 0 (c) 1 only (d) 1
 2x  3, x  0
40. Let f (x)   . Then lim f (x) 
3(x  1), x  0 x 1

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) Does not exist

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. Let A1 , A 2 , A 3 , ..., A n be n arithmetic means between ‘a’ and ‘b’.
Also let ‘A’ denote the single arithmetic mean. Then
(a) A1  A 2  A3  ...  A n  n A
(b) A1  A 2  A 3  ...  A n  A
(c) n (A1  A 2  A3  ...  A n )  A
(d) A1  A 2  A3  ...  A n  n 2 A
42. If (2p  q, 1)  (11, p  3q) , then the value of (p  7q) equals
29 29 7 34
(a) (b)  (c) (d)
7 7 29 7
43. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A)  5 and n(B)  2 . If (a1 , b1 ), (a 2 , b 2 ), (a 3 , b1 ), (a 4 , b 2 ),
(a 5 , b1 ) are in A  B and a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , a 5 , b1 and b 2 are distinct elements, then set A equals
(a) {a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , a 5 } (b) {a1 , a 2 }
(c) {b1 , b 2 } (d) {b1 , b 2 , b3 , b 4 , b5 }
44. Slope of a line which makes an angle of 120o with positive direction of x-axis, is
1 1
(a) 3 (b)  3 (c)  (d)
3 3
45. Let A  {1, 2,3}, B  {2,3, 4} and C  {4,5} . Then A  (B  C) 
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(a) {(1, 4), (2, 4)} (b) {(1, 4), (3, 4)} (c) { } (d) {(1, 4), (2, 4), (3, 4)}

CASE STUDY
During Covid-19 pandemic, many pharmaceutical companies escalated their research work in
order to provide the vaccine as early as possible.
In the research laboratory of a company, the researchers noticed that the number of corona virus
in a certain culture doubles every hour.

Assume that there were 30 viruses present in the culture originally.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions.
46. Considering the number of viruses in the culture, the situation given above forms
(a) arithmetic progression (b) geometric progression
(c) arithmetico-geometric progression (d) no pattern observed, so none of the above
47. If a progression is formed, refer to 46, then what will be the value of first term of this
progression?
(a) 0 (b) 120 (c) 30 (d) 60
48. How many viruses will be present at the end of nth hour?
(a) (30)(2)n (b) (30)(2) n 1 (c) (30)n (2) (d) (30)(2) n 1
49. What will be the number of viruses at the end of 4th hour?
(a) 240 (b) (60)(2) 2 (c) (30)(2)5 (d) (30)(2)4
50. How many viruses will be present at the beginning of 7th hour?
(a) 960 (b) 1160 (c) 1920 (d) 3840

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 ANSWER KEY
01. (a) 02. (b) 03. (c) 04. (d) 05. (a) 06. (b)
07. (c) 08. (a) 09. (b) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (a)
13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (c)
19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d)
25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (a)
37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (b)
43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (a)
49. (d) 50. (a)

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