Pre-Term – 1 Exam

CLASS: XI (2021-22)
Applied Mathematics (241)

Time Allowed: 90 minutes Maximum Marks:40

General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains three sections – A, B and C. Each part 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.

SECTION – A
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of Questions 1 – 20.
Each Question is of 1 mark weightage.

1. The decimal equivalent to the binary number 10101 is

(a) 21 (b) 12
(c) 22 (d) 31
2. Characteristic of log 0.0003798 is
(a) 3 (b) 3̅
(c) 4 (d) 4̅
log 8−log 2
3. The value of is
log 32
2 1
(a) (b)
5 4
2 1
(c) − (d)
5 3
4. The angle between two hands of a clock at 8:30 am is
(a) 75∘ (b) 80∘
(c) 85∘ (d) 45∘
5. It was Thursday on Feb 12, 2004. What was the day of the week on Feb 12,
2003?
(a) Friday (b) Wednesday
(c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
6. If two cylinders of same lateral surface have radii in the ratio 4:9, then the ratio of
their heights is
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2
(c) 4:9 (d) 9:4
7. If A and B are two finite sets then 𝒏(𝑨) + 𝒏(𝑩) is equal to
(a) 𝒏(𝑨⋃𝑩) (b) 𝒏(𝑨 ∩ 𝑩)
(c) 𝒏(𝑨 ∪ 𝑩) + 𝒏(𝑨 ∩ 𝑩) (d) 𝒏(𝑨 ∪ 𝑩) − 𝒏(𝑨 ∩ 𝑩)
8. If A = {𝒙: 𝒙 is an even natural number} and B = {𝒙: 𝒙 is a prime number}, then A-B
is
(a) A finite set (b) An infinite set
(c) A singleton set (d) A null set
9. If A is any set, then
(a) 𝐴 ∪ 𝑨′ = 𝝓 (b) 𝑨 ∩ 𝑨′ = 𝑼
(c) 𝑨 ∪ 𝑨′ = 𝑼 (d) None of these
10. If 𝑹 = {(𝒙, 𝒙 + 𝟓): 𝒙 ∈ {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓}}, then range of 𝑅 is
(a) {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓} (b) {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔}
(c) {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓} (d) {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔}
11. The formula for 𝟏 + 𝟐 + 𝟑 + ⋯ + 𝒏𝟐 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒏(𝒏−𝟏)(𝟐𝒏−𝟏) 𝒏(𝒏+𝟏)(𝟐𝒏+𝟏)
(a) (b)
𝟔 𝟔
𝒏(𝒏+𝟏) 𝒏𝟐 (𝒏+𝟏)𝟐
(c) (d)
𝟐 𝟒
12. The common difference of an A.P where 𝑺𝒏 = 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟑𝒏𝟐 is
(a) 5 (b) 16
(c) 11 (d) 6
𝟏 𝟏
13. The value of 𝟏 + + + ⋯ ∞ is
𝟐 𝟒
𝟏 𝟑
(a) (b)
𝟐 𝟐
(c) 2 (d) 3
14. Which of the following is a statement?
(a) Roses are black (b) Mind your own business
(c) Be punctual (d) Do not tell lies

15. The contrapositive of the statement “If 7 is greater than 5 then 8 is greater
than 6” is
(a) If 8 is greater than 6 then 7 is greater than 5
(b) If 8 is not greater than 6 then 7 is greater than 5
(c) If 8 is not greater than 6 then 7 is not greater than 5
(d) If 8 is greater than 6 then 7 is not greater than 5

16. The domain of the function 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙| is

(a) 𝑹− (b) 𝑹+
(c) (𝟎, ∞) (d) 𝑹
17. The range of the signum function is
(a) 𝑹+ (b) {−𝟏, 𝟎, 𝟏}
(c) 𝑹 (d) {−𝟏, 𝟏}
18. Two graphical representations that can be used to represent nominal data are
(a) Bar Graph and Histogram (b) Pie chart and Histogram
(c) Bar graph and Pie chart (d) Histogram and Frequency Polygon
19. If Mean = Median = Mode, then the distribution is
(a) Symmetric distribution
(b) Asymmetric distribution
(c) Both symmetric and asymmetric distribution
(d) None of these

20. Percentile rank refers to

(a) The percentage of scores that fall above a certain score
(b) The percentage of scores that fall at or above a certain score
(c) The percentage of scores that fall at or below a certain score
(d) The percentage of scores that are equal a certain score

SECTION – B
In this section, attempt any 16 questions out of the Questions 21 - 40.
Each Question is of 1 mark weightage.
21. The sum of the two binary numbers 111 and 101 is
(a) 1101 (b) 1100
(c) 1011 (d) 1001
22. The binary number equivalent to the decimal number 24 is
(a) 1101111 (b) 11000
(c) 111111 (d) 11001
23. The value of log 6 is
(a) 0.7782 (b) 0.3981
(c) 0.7788 (d) 0.2041

24. An insect starts a point A and covers AB in 3

seconds, BC in 6 seconds, CD in 5 seconds, DE in 4
seconds and EA in 2 seconds, the average velocity of the
insect is (where AB = 4 m, BC = 3 m, CD= 4 m, DE = 5 m
and AE = 2 m)
(a) 0.9 m/sec (b) 0.19 m/sec
(c) 0.8 m/sec (d) 0 m/sec

25. The angle between two hands of the clock at 7:20 is

(a) 220° (b) 120°
(c) 100° (d) 340°
26. Jyoti alone can knit a sweater in 4 days and Meena alone can knit a sweater
in 6 days, then the number of days taken by them to knit the sweater if both work
together is
𝟓 𝟏𝟐
(a) days (b) days
𝟏𝟐 𝟓
𝟏
(c) days (d) 5 days
𝟓
27. Let 𝑈 = The set of all triangles, 𝑃 = The set of all isosceles triangles,𝑄 =The
set of all equilateral triangles, 𝑅 =The set of all right-angled triangles, then the
sets 𝑷 ∩ 𝑸 and 𝑹 − 𝑷 respectively represents
(a) The set of isosceles triangles; the set of non- isosceles right-angled triangles
(b) The set of isosceles triangles; the set of right-angled triangles
(c) The set of equilateral triangles; the set of right-angled triangles
(d) The set of isosceles triangles; the set of equilateral triangles

28. In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis,
and 10 students play both the games. Then, the number of students who play both
is
(a) 0 (b) 45
(c) 35 (d) 25
29. If A = ϕ, then the number of elements in P(A) is
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 2 (d) None of these
30. If 𝑨 × 𝑩 = {(𝟓, 𝟓), (𝟓, 𝟔), (𝟓, 𝟕), (𝟖, 𝟔), (𝟖, 𝟕), (𝟖, 𝟓)}, then the set A is
(a) {𝟓} (b) {𝟓, 𝟖}
(c) {𝟖} (d) {𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖}
31. In a certain code language ‘AYS’ is written as ‘BAT’, then ‘BYS’ will be
written as
(a) CAT (b) RAT
(c) MAT (d) AAT
32. P is brother of Q, R is sister of Q, then how is P related to R?
(a) Brother (b) Uncle
(c) Sister (d) Father
33. Find the odd one out
(a) PQXZ (b) CQBN
(c) ABDF (d) PRMN
𝟖 𝟖 𝟖
34. The sum of the sequence , , , … upto 𝑛 terms is
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟖 𝟏 𝟖 𝟏
(a) (𝟏 − ) (b) ( − 𝟏)
𝟗 𝟏𝟎𝒏 𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝒏
𝟗 𝟏 𝟖 𝟏
(c) ( − 𝟏) (d) ( − 𝟏)
𝟖 𝟏𝟎𝒏 𝟗𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝒏
𝟐 𝟓
35. If , 𝒌, are in A.P, then the value of 𝑘 is
𝟑 𝟖
𝟑𝟏 𝟐𝟒
(a) (b)
𝟐𝟒 𝟑𝟏
𝟒𝟖 𝟑𝟏
(c) (d)
𝟑𝟏 𝟒𝟖
36. The geometric mean between 7 and 28 is
𝟑𝟓
(a) (b) 98
𝟐
(c) 196 (d) 14
37. Which of the following is the graph of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

38. Formula for finding the Quartile coefficient of skewness is

𝑸𝟑 −𝑸𝟏 +𝟐𝑸𝟐 𝑸𝟑 +𝑸𝟏 −𝟐𝑸𝟐
(a) (b)
𝑺.𝑫 𝑺.𝑫
𝑸𝟑 +𝑸𝟏 +𝟐𝑸𝟐 𝑸𝟑 +𝑸𝟏 −𝟐𝑸𝟐
(c) (d)
𝑺.𝑫 𝑽𝒂𝒓
39. For a frequency distribution having a sharp peak, its kurtosis will be
(a) 0 (b) negative
(c) Positive (d) none of these

40. Formula for finding the Standard Deviation using short cut method for grouped
data is (𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒊 = (𝒙𝒊 – 𝑨)/𝒉, 𝒙𝒊 are the class marks, 𝐴 is assumed mean and ℎ
is class size, 𝑁 = 𝛴 𝑓𝑖 )
𝒉 𝒉
(a) √𝑵 ∑(𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 )𝟐 − ∑ 𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 𝟐 (b) √𝑵 ∑ 𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 𝟐 − ∑(𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 )𝟐
𝑵 𝑵
𝒉𝟐 𝒉𝟐
(c) {𝑵 ∑(𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 )𝟐 − ∑ 𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 𝟐 } (d) {𝑵 ∑ 𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 𝟐 − ∑(𝒇𝒊 𝒚𝒊 )𝟐 }
𝑵𝟐 𝑵𝟐

SECTION – C
In this section, attempt any 8 questions.
Each question is of 1-mark weightage.
Questions 46-50 are based on a Case-Study.

41. The sum of all odd integers from 1 to 200 is

(a) 40000 (b) 10100
(c) 10000 (b) 9801
42. On the real axis, if 𝐴 = [0,3] and 𝐵 = [2,6) then 𝐴⋃𝐵 is
(a) [0,2] (b) [0,6]
(c) [0,6) (d) [3,6]
43. A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the centre. A and P are
at the ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P?
(a) A (b) S
(c) Z (d) X
44. If 𝑓(𝑥) is the signum function, then the value of 𝒇(−𝟑) is
(a) -1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) -3
45. In the formula for calculating the coefficient of Spearman’s correlation 𝑑𝑖 is
equal to
(a) 𝒙𝒊 − 𝒚𝒊 (b) rank 𝒙𝒊 – rank 𝒚𝒊
(b) 𝒙𝒊 + 𝒚𝒊 (d) rank 𝒙𝒊 + rank 𝒚𝒊

CASE STUDY

Let 𝐼 be the set of all citizens of India who are eligible to caste their votes in
General Election of India. A relation 𝑅 is defined on 𝐼 as
𝑹 = {(𝑷𝟏 , 𝑷𝟐 ) ∶ 𝑷𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝟐 uses their voting rights in general election - 2019}
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
46. Mr. ‘X’ is a citizen of India who did not caste his vote in 2019 election while
his neighbour Mr. ‘Y’ uses voting right then which of the following is true:
(a) (X,Y) ∈ R (b) (X,Y) ∉ R
(c) (X,X) ∈ R (d) (Y,Y) ∉ R
47. As Mr. Y uses his voting right and his wife W also caste her vote, so which of
the following is true?
(a) Both (Y,W) and (W,Y) ∈ R (b) (W,Y) ∈ R but (Y,W) ∉ R
(c) Both (Y,W) and (W,Y) ∉ R (d) None of these
48. Three friends 𝐹1 , 𝐹2 and 𝐹3 exercised their voting right in general election –
2019, then which of the following is true?
(a) (𝑭𝟏 , 𝑭𝟏 ) ∈ 𝑹, (𝑭𝟐 , 𝑭𝟐 ) ∈ 𝑹 and (𝑭𝟑 , 𝑭𝟑 ) ∈ 𝑹
(b) (𝑭𝟏 , 𝑭𝟏 ) ∉ 𝑹, (𝑭𝟐 , 𝑭𝟐 ) ∈ 𝑹 and (𝑭𝟑 , 𝑭𝟑 ) ∈ 𝑹
(c) (𝑭𝟏 , 𝑭𝟏 ) ∈ 𝑹, (𝑭𝟐 , 𝑭𝟐 ) ∈ 𝑹 and (𝑭𝟑 , 𝑭𝟑 ) ∉ 𝑹
(d) (𝑭𝟏 , 𝑭𝟐 ) ∈ 𝑹, (𝑭𝟐 , 𝑭𝟑 ) ∉ 𝑹 and (𝑭𝟏 , 𝑭𝟑 ) ∈ 𝑹
49. Which of the following is true for the above defined relation R
(a) Reflexive but not symmetric and transitive
(b) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(c) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(d) Equivalence Relation
50. Mr. Shyam exercised his voting right in General Election – 2019, then Mr.
Shyam is related to which of the following?
(a) All Citizens of India
(b) Eligible voters of India
(c) All those eligible voters who cast their votes