General Instructions : Same as given in PTS-01.

SECTION A
(Question numbers 01 to 20 carry 1 mark each.)
Followings are multiple choice questions. Select the correct option in each one of them.
 x  3 8
01. If A   is non-invertible matrix, then the value of x is
 3 2 
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 9
02. Suppose P, Q and R are different matrices of order 3  5, a  b and c  d respectively. If matrix
2 P  3Q  4 R is defined then, the value of (ac  bd) is
(a) 16 (b) 16 (c) 34 (d) 15
 
03. ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
The area of a ABC , where AB  i  j and AC  i  k is given by
3 3 1
(a) Units (b) Sq.units (c) 3 Sq.units (d) Sq.units
2 2 2 3
04. Vector equation of x-axis is given by
x y z   
(a)   (b) r   (ˆj) ˆ
(c) r   (k) ˆ
(d) r   (i)
1 0 0
sec2 x dx
05. Let   f (x)  C , then f (x) equals
1  4 tan 2 x
1 1 1
(a) tan 1 (2 tan x) (b) tan 1 (tan 2 x) (c) tan 1 (2 tan x) (d) tan 1 (2 tan x)
2 4 2
1
1 
06. 0 loge  x  1 dx 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
07. Consider the linear programming problem given by
To minimize Z  3x  5y
Subject to constraints x  6, y  2, 2x  y  10; x, y  0 .
From the given constraints, which of constraint(s) can be removed without affecting the feasible
solutions?
(a) x  6, y  2 (b) x  0, y  0
(c) x  6, y  2, 2x  y  10 (d) 2x  y  10
 ˆ ˆ ˆ
08. Projection of vector r  3i  4 j  12k on x-axis, is
(a) 3 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 1
09. The graph of inequality x  5y  10 represents a
(a) half plane that contains (0, 0)
(b) half plane that contains the points above the line x  5y  10 in first quadrant
(c) half plane that contains the origin and the points of the line x  5y  10
(d) half plane that contains the points above the line x  5y  10

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10. If A is a non-singular square matrix of order 3 and B is its adjoint such that B  16 , then A 
(a) 4 (b) 256 (c) 64 (d) 8

11. What is the value of shaded area (in Sq. units) shown in the figure given below?

32 16
(a) (b)
3 3
8 4
(c) (d)
3 3

 3 – 5  1 0 
12. If A    and B    , then AB 
2 0   0 –1
3 5  3 –5  3 –5  3 5 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 0  2 0  2 0   2 0 
1 0 5
13. 0 1 6 
4 0 0
(a) 20 (b) 5 (c) 20 (d) 4
1 1
14. The probability of solving a specific question independently by A and B are and
3 5
respectively. If both try to solve the question independently, the probability that the question is
solved, is
7 8 14 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 15
3 3 3
 dy   d y 
15. The order and degree of the D.E. :     3   5x  0 are, resepectively
 dx   dx 
(a) 3; 6 (b) 3; 3 (c) 3; 9 (d) 6; 3
dy
16. If x  sin t , y  cos t , then 
dx
(a)  cot t (b) tan t (c)  tan t (d) cot t
y z y z
17. If the two lines L1 : x  5,  and; L2 : x  2,  are perpendicular, then the
3–  –2 –1 2 – 
value of 3 is
7 2
(a) (b) 3 (c) 7 (d)
3 3
   
18. If a and b are two perpendicular unit vectors, then the value of a  2b is

(a)  5 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) 3

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Followings are Assertion-Reason based questions.

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
x
19. Assertion (A) : The domain of the function cos1 is x  [–1, 1].
2
Reason (R) : f (x)  cos 1 x is defined, when 1  x  1 .

20. Assertion (A) : r  i  2k   (i  j  2k)
ˆ represents vector equation of a line passing through the
points (1, 0, –2) and (2, 1, 0).
 
Reason (R) : If a line passes through the points A(a) and B(b) , then its vector equation is
   
given by r  a   (b  a) .
SECTION B
(Question numbers 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.)
 1  1
21. Simplify : sec 1  2  , 0  x  .
 2x  1  2
22. The total revenue in ` received from the sale of x units of a product is given by
R(x)  3x 2  36x  5 . Find the marginal revenue, when x  5 , where by marginal revenue we
mean the rate of change of total revenue with respect to the number of items sold at an instant.
 
23. Let â and bˆ be two unit vectors. If the vectors c  aˆ + 2bˆ and d  5aˆ – 4bˆ are perpendicular to
each other, then find the angle between the vectors â and b̂ .
OR
Find the Cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point (–2, 4, –5) and is
x 3 4y z8
parallel to the line   . Also write the vector equation of line.
3 5 6
dy
24. If 2x  2 y  2 x  y then, prove that  2 y x .
dx
OR
Find the relationship between ‘a’ and ‘b’ so that the function f defined by
ax  1, if x  3
f (x)   is continuous at x  3 .
 bx  3, if x  3
 ˆ ˆ ˆ     
25. If a  i  j  k and b  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and a  b  a  b then, find the value of  .

SECTION C
(Question numbers 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.)
26. Find :  sec3 x dx .
27. A bag contains 19 tickets, numbered 1 to 19. A ticket is drawn at random and then another ticket
is drawn without replacing the first one in the bag. Find the probability distribution of the
number of even numbers on the ticket. Also find the mean of distribution.
OR
A bag contains 5 red and 4 black balls, a second bag contains 3 red and 6 black balls. One of the
two bags is selected at random and two balls are drawn at random (without replacement), both of

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which are found to be red. Find the probability that these two balls are drawn from the second
bag.
/3
sin x  cos x
28. Evaluate :  dx .
/6 sin 2x
OR

2
Evaluate :  sin 2x tan 1 (sin x) dx .
0

dy 2xy  y 2 ax
29. If the solution of differential equation  2
is  b log x  C , then find the value of
dx 2x y
‘a’ and ‘b’.
OR
Find the general solution of the differential equation y e y dx  (y3  2xe y ) dy .
30. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically :
Maximize Z  120x  150y subject to x, y  0; 3x  y  9, x  2y  8 .
Also, write the point at which Zmax occurs.
x
31. Find :  2
dx .
(x –1) (x  2)
SECTION D
(Question numbers 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.)
32. Find the equation of the line joining A(1, 3) and B(0, 0), using determinants.
Also, find k if D(k, 0) is a point such that the area of ABD is 3 Square units.
33. If the area between the curves x  y 2 and x  4 is divided into two equal parts by the line
x  k , then find the value of ‘k’ using integration.
34. Let W denote the set of words in the English dictionary. Define the relation R by
R  {(x, y)  W  W such that x and y have at least one letter in common}.
Check whether this relation R is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
OR
x
Show that the function f : R  {1}  R  {1} given by f (x)  is one-one and onto both.
x 1
35. Find the intervals in which the function f given by
 
f (x)  tan x  4x, x   0,  is
 2
(a) strictly increasing (b) strictly decreasing.
OR
Find the dimension of the rectangle of perimeter 36 cm which will sweep out a volume as large
as possible, when revolved about one of its side.
SECTION E
(Question numbers 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.)
This section contains three Case-study / Passage based questions.
First two questions have three sub-parts (i), (ii) and (iii) of marks 1, 1 and 2 respectively.
Third question has two sub-parts of 2 marks each.
36. CASE STUDY I : Read the following passage and the answer the questions given below.
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Two motorcycles A and B are running at the speed more than the allowed speed on the roads
 ˆ and r  (3iˆ  3j)
represented by the lines r   (iˆ  2ˆj  k) ˆ  (2iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ respectively.
 ˆ and r  (3iˆ  3j)
(i) Write the direction ratios of the lines r   (iˆ  2ˆj  k) ˆ  (2iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ .

(ii) Write a point, through which the line r  (3iˆ  3j) ˆ  (2iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ passes.
(iii) Find the shortest distance between the given lines. Check if the lines intersect each other.
OR
(iii) Will the lines intersect each other? Find the point at which the motorcycles may collide.
37. CASE STUDY II : Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

In an office three employees Vinay, Sonia and Iqbal process incoming copies of a certain form.
Vinay process 50% of the forms, Sonia processes 20% and Iqbal the remaining 30% of the
forms. Vinay has an error rate of 0.06, Sonia has an error rate of 0.04 and Iqbal has an error rate
of 0.03.
Assume that A be the event of committing an error in processing the form and let E1 , E 2 and E 3
be the events that Vinay, Sonia and Iqbal processed the form.
(i) Find the probability that Sonia processed the form and committed an error.
(ii) Find the probability that Vinay processed the form and committed an error.
(iii) The manager of the company wants to do a quality check. During inspection he selects a
form at random from the days output of processed forms. If the form selected at random has an
error, find the probability that the form is not processed by Vinay.
OR
(iii) Find the probability that Iqbal processed the form and committed an error.
Find the total probability of committing an error in processing the form.
3
Also, write the value of  i  1 P (E i | A) .

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38. CASE STUDY III : Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Anaya Plastic Company is expert in making boxes of different sizes and shapes.
It receives an order to manufacture a right circular cylindrical box.
Each box must be of volume 125  cm3 .
(i) Let ‘r’ and ‘h’ denote the radius of circular base and height of cylindrical box respectively.
Obtain an expression for the surface area (S) in terms of ‘r’.
Obtain an expression for S in terms of ‘h’ also.
(ii) Find the value of ‘r’ and ‘h’ if surface area (S) is least. Use derivatives.
What is the relation between ‘r’ and ‘h’?

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