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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

CLASS XI

MODEL EXAMINATION PAPER 2023 AND ONWARDS

Mathematics Paper I

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Marks: 50

y
nl
O
ar 3
ng
Le 02
ni
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E
g e
ea de KU
r T Mo A

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read each question carefully.

2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.
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3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 50 only.

4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the circle for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

Candidate’s Signature

5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new circle.

6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the circles.

7. A formulae list is provided on page 2 and 3. You may refer to it during the paper, if you wish.

8. You may use a scientific calculator if you wish..

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Aga Khan University Examination Board

List of Formulae for Mathematics XI

Note:
 All symbols used in the formulae have their usual meaning.
 The same formulae will be provided in the annual and re-sit examinations.

Complex Numbers
z  a2  b2

y
Matrices and Determinants

nl
1
Ai j   1i  j M i j A 1 

O
AdjA  ( Aij ) t AdjA
A

ar 3
ng
Le 02
Sequence & Series and Miscellaneous Series

ni
in ap B
an  a1  n  1d
ab & r2 n
2a1  (n  1)d 
ch l P -E

A Sn 
g e
2 2
ea de KU

2ab
an  a1 r n 1 G   ab H
r T Mo A

ab

Sn 

a1 1  r n 
, if r  1 Sn 

a1 r n  1 
, if r  1
a
S   1 , where r  1
1 r r 1 1 r
n
n (n  1) n(n  1)(2n  1)  n (n  1) 
2
k  2
n n
k 
2
k   
3

k 1 k 1 6 k 1  2 
Permutations, Combinations and Probability
fo

n! n!
n
Pr  n
Cr 
n  r ! n  r !r!
P( A  B)
P( A  B)  P A  PB   P A  B  PA B   P( A  B)  P A PB 
P( B)
Binomial Theorem and Mathematical Induction

a  x n  
n  n  n  n1  n  n2 2  n  n3 3  n  1 n1
a   a x   a x   a x  ...   a x  x n
 
0  
1  
2  
3  n  1 
1  x n  1  nx  n(n  1) x 2  n(n  1)(n  2) x 3  ...  n(n  1)(n  2)...(n  r  1) x r  ...
2! 3! r!
n
Tr 1   a n r x r
r 
Quadratic Equation

 b  b 2  4ac
x 2  Sx  P  0 x D  b 2  4ac
2a

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Introduction to Trigonometry and Trigonometric Identities

l  r sin 2   cos2   1 1  tan 2   sec 2 
1  cot 2   cos ec 2 cos     cos cos   sin  sin 
tan   tan  tan   tan 
sin      sin  cos   cos sin  tan      tan     
1  tan  tan  1  tan  tan 
 1  cos  1  cos  1  cos
cos  sin  tan 
2 2 2 2 2 1  cos
 

y
tan
a b c a b

nl
   2
a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos  
sin  sin  sin  ab

O
tan

ar 3
2

ng
Le 02
PQ PQ PQ PQ

ni
cos P  cos Q  2 sin sin P  sin Q  2 cos
in ap B
sin & r2 sin
2 2 2 2
ch l P -E

PQ P Q PQ PQ

g e
cos P  cos Q  2 cos sin P  sin Q  2 sin
ea de KU

cos cos
2 2 2 2
r T Mo A

 ( s  b)(s  c)  ( s  b)(s  c)
sin  tan 
2 bc 2 s ( s  a)
 s( s  a)
cos 
2 bc
Application of Trigonometry
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1 1 1
  bc sin   ac sin   ab sin    s(s  a)(s  b)(s  c)
2 2 2
c 2 sin  sin  b 2 sin  sin  a 2 sin  sin  a b c
   R  
2 sin  2 sin  2 sin  2 sin  2 sin  2 sin 
    abc
r1  , r2  and r3  r R
sa sb sc s 4
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Solution of
Trigonometric Equations


sin 1 A  sin 1 B  sin 1 A 1  B 2  B 1  A2  cos1 A  cos1 B  cos1 AB   1  A 1  B 
2 2

 A B 
tan 1 A  tan 1 B  tan 1  
 1  AB 

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1
1. The real part of the complex number  5 is equal to
i2
A. 6
B. 4
C. 4
D. 6

2. The complex conjugate of 2  i 2  2

is

A. 9
B. 6

y
C. 3

nl
D. 9

O
ar 3
ng
5  4i  (4  3i )

Le 02
3. On simplification of , we get

ni
i
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E

1 i
g e
A.
ea de KU

B. 1 i
1  i
r T Mo A

C.
D. 1  i

4. The factorised form of the expression x 4  y 4 is

A. x 2
 
 iy 2 x 2  iy 2
B. x
 iy   2ix y
2 2 2 2 2
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C. x
 iy x  iy 
2 2 2 2

D. x
 iy   2ix y
2 2 2 2 2

5. The square matrix a  will be an upper triangular matrix if it satisfies the condition
ij 33

(Note: i and j represents the row and column numbers respectively.)

A. ai j  0 for all j  i .
B. ai j  1 for all j  i .
C. ai j  0 for all j  i .
D. ai j  1 for all j  i .

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i  i 
6. The product of the matrices  2  and   is
 i  1 

A.  0 .
 1
B. 1  .
 
 1 
C.  1  .
 
D. not possible.

1 0 0

y
The determinant of the matrix 0 1 0 will be

nl
7.

O
0 0 1

ar 3
ng
Le 02
ni
1
in ap B
A. & r2
ch l P -E

B. 0
g e
C. 1
ea de KU

D. 2
r T Mo A

m 11 m 12
8. The determinant can also be written in another form as
m 21 m 22

(Note: k is a constant.)

m 11  k m 12
fo

A. .
m 21  k m 22
m 11  k m 12 m 12
B. .
m 21  k m 11 m 22
m 11  k m 21 m 12
C. .
m 21  k m 11 m 22
m 11 m 12  k m 11
D. .
m 21 m 22  k m 21

0 x 3
9. If M  1 1 1 is a singular matrix, then the value of x will be
0 0 1

A. 3
B. 1
C. 1
D. 0

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1 1 1
10. The adjoint of the matrix 1 1 1 is
1 1 1

0 0 0
A. 0 0 0 .
 
0 0 0
1 0 0
B. 0 1 0 .
 
0 0 1

y
nl
0 1 0
0 0 1 .

O
C.  

ar 3
ng
1 0 0

Le 02
ni
in ap B
1 1 1 & r2
ch l P -E

D. 1 1 1 .
g e
 
ea de KU

1 1 1
r T Mo A

 2 2  7
 
11. For the matrix  1 1 3  , the cofactor of the element  x will be
 x y z 

A.  13
1
fo

B.
C. 1
D. 13

 x 0 1
 
12. If the determinant of the matrix 1 4 1 is 3, then the value of x will be
0  2 2

1
A.  .
2
1
B.  .
10
1
C. .
10
1
D. .
2

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If the n term of a sequence is  2 , then (2n)th term of the sequence will be

th 2
13.

A.  2n .
B.  22n .
n

C.  2 .
4

D.  24n .
14. The sum of the 5th and 6th terms of an arithmetic sequence is 20. If the common difference is 2,
then the first term of the sequence will be

y
nl
–2

O
A.
–1

ar 3
B.

ng
Le 02
C. 1

ni
in ap B
D. 2 & r2
ch l P -E
g e
15. If Tn of an arithmetic sequence is 2n – 1, then Tn of the associated harmonic sequence will be
ea de KU
r T Mo A

2
A.
n 1
2
B. 1
n
1
C.
2n  1
1
fo

D. 1
2n

16. The harmonic mean between the two terms, x and y is

xy
A. .
x y
xy
B. .
x y
2 xy
C. .
x y
2 xy
D. .
x y

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17. The arithmetic mean between two numbers is c. If one number is a, then the other number will
be

ac
A. .
2
ca
B. .
2
C. 2a  c .
D. 2c  a .

18. The ratio of 3rd term to 5th term, i.e. a 3 : a 5 , of a geometric sequence is 1 : 4 . The common ratio
of the geometric sequence will be

y
nl
1

O
A.
2

ar 3
ng
Le 02
1
B. 

ni
2
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E

C. 2
g e
D. 2
ea de KU

9
r T Mo A

19. If the geometric mean between 3 and b is , then the value of b will be
2

A 6
B. 9
27
C.
2
fo

27
D.
4

1 1
20. The first term of an infinite geometric sequence is  . If the common ratio is  , then sum
2 2
of the infinite geometric series will be

1
A. 
2
1
B. 
3
C. 1
D. 1

 p
21. If  !  6 , then the value of p is equal to
2

A. 12 !
B. 6!
C. 12
D. 6

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22. A man goes to a bakery where he finds Samosas (S), Vegetable rolls (R) and Potato Cutlets (P).
They are served with Chatni (C) or Ketchup (K). The tree diagram which illustrates the given
situation for all the possible combinations will be

C R
C
S K
S K C
R C
P R
C K
P K

y
nl
O
K

ar 3
ng
Le 02
A B

ni
in ap B
S & r2 S
ch l P -E
g e
ea de KU

C P C
r T Mo A

R
R
S C K
K P

P K

C D
fo

23. 13 applicants applied for 4 positions in a firm. The job titles are manager, computer
programmer, accountant and specialist. The possible ways of selection of the applicants are

A. 52
B. 715
C. 17,160
D. 28, 561

24. The number of ways a teacher can select 6 students from a class of 30 students to create a
math’s club is

A. 180
B. 593,775
C. 427,518,000
D. 729,000,000

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25. A bag contains 6 red, 5 yellow, 8 white, 6 black and 10 blue balls. A ball is drawn at random
without replacement from the bag. The process is repeated two times. What is the probability
that both the balls drawn are blue?

10 9
A.  .
35 34
10 9
B.  .
35 35
10 10
C.  .
35 34
10 10
D.  .
35 35

y
nl
26. A fair coin is tossed three times. The probability of getting at least TWO heads is

O
ar 3
ng
3

Le 02
A .

ni
8
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E

4
B. .
g e
8
ea de KU

3
C. .
r T Mo A

6
4
D. .
6

27. With reference to the principle of mathematical induction, the TRUE statement for m = 1 is

A. 56 5  m 1
 is divisible by 3
5  7 5  is divisible by 3
fo

m 1
B.
5  6 5  is divisible by 5
m 1
C.
5  7 5  is divisible by 5
m 1
D.

6
 1
28. In the expansion of  x 2   , the condition required to obtain the constant term will be
 x

nr r
(Formula: Tr  1  nCr a b , where symbols have their usual meanings.)

A. 12  r  r .
B. 12  2r  r .
C. 12  r   r .
D. 12  2r   r .

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If 1  x
5
29.  1  5x  bx 2  ... , then the value of b will be

A.  15
B.  10
C. 10
D. 15
1
4
30. Which of the following conditions is valid for the convergence of (1 ̶ x) ?

A. x 4
x 4

y
B.

nl
1
x 

O
C. 4

ar 3
ng
1

Le 02
D. x 

ni
4
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E
g e
1
The solution set of the quadratic equation 2 x 2   0 is
ea de KU

31.
2
r T Mo A

A.  i, i .
 i
B. 0,  .
 2
i i
C.  ,  .
4 4
fo

i i
D.  ,  .
2 2

32. The nature of the roots of the equation x 2  2bx  b 2  0, where b  Z , is

A. real and equal.

B. real and unequal.
C. complex and equal.
D. complex and unequal.

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33. A polynomial Px  of degree 4 is divided by x  3 and the remainder is  11 as shown in the
given synthetic division.

3 1 0  10 2 4

3 9 3  15

 11
? ? 1 5

The quotient of the given division of the polynomial will be

y
nl
A. x 5

O
 x2  5 x

ar 3
B.

ng
Le 02
C. x3  3 x 2  x  5

ni
in ap B
x 4  3 x3  x 2  5 x
& r2
ch l P -E

D.
g e
ea de KU

34. If  and  are the roots of the equation a x 2  b x 1 , then the value of    2     2
r T Mo A

will be

1
A.  .
a
1
B.  4  .
a
fo

1
C. .
a
1
D. 4  .
a

35. If x 2  y 2  k 2 and y  a , then the value of x , in terms k and a , will be

A. 
 k2  a . 
B.  k 2
a 2
.
C.  k2  a .
D.  k 2  a2 .

36. For the equation a 2 x 2  bx  64  0 , the sum roots is equal to the product of the roots. The
value of b will be

A.  64
B. 8
C. 8
D. 64

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37. In degrees, 3 rad can be expressed as

A. 0.16 
B. 9.42 
C. 180
D. 540 

  1 
38. The positive square root of 4 1   will be equal to

  tan 2
 

A. 2 cot  .

y
nl
B. 2 tan  .

O
C. 2 sec  .

ar 3
ng
2cosec .

Le 02
D.

ni
in ap B
The terminal ray of angle 2360 o lies in the
& r2
ch l P -E

39.
g e
ea de KU

A. Ist quadrant.
B. IInd quadrant.
r T Mo A

C. IIIrd quadrant.
D. IVth quadrant.

1  sin 2 
40. equals to
1  tan 2 
fo

A. 1
B. cot 2 
C. sec 4 
D. cos4 

41. In the given triangle, the value of x will be

A NOT TO SCALE
x
5 cm 120
30
5 cm B
C

A. 5 cm.
5 3
B. cm.
2
C. 10 3 cm .
D. 5 3 cm.

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42. The area of the given triangle ABC is equal to

A
NOT TO SCALE
10 cm
75o

30o
B C
10 cm

A. 50  sin 30 o

y
B. 100  sin 30 o

nl
 

O
2
C. 100  sin 75o

ar 3
200  sin 75 

ng
o 2

Le 02
D.

ni
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E

43. The sides of a triangle ABC are 6 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm. If its area is 6 6 cm2 then the in-radius
g e
ea de KU

of the circle associated to the triangle ABC is calculated to be

r T Mo A

2 6
A. cm.
3
3
B. cm.
2 6
C. 2 6 cm.
1
fo

D. cm.
2 6

44. In the given triangle ABC, if b  10 cm , sin   0.39 and sin   0.99 , then a is
approximately equal to

A NOT TO SCALE
α
b

β
B a C

A. 3.94 cm.
B. 3.86 cm.
C. 4.86 cm.
D. 25.38 cm.

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45. In the given triangle, A is equal to

A
NOT TO SCALE
8 cm

70o
B 5 cm C

A. 25.96 o
B. 30.96 o

y
C. 35.96 o

nl
40.96 o

O
D.

ar 3
ng
Le 02
46. If two sides of a right angled triangle are equal to a cm, then the measurement of the third side

ni
will be
in ap B
& r2
ch l P -E
g e
A. 2 a cm.
ea de KU

B. 2a cm.
r T Mo A

C. 2a 2 cm.
D. 2a2 cm.

sin 
47. The range of is the set of all
cos

A. real numbers.
fo

B. real numbers except 1

C. real numbers except – 1
D. real numbers between –1 and 1

 4 
48. The period of cos ec   60  is
 5 

5
A. .
4
5
B. .
2
4
C. .
5
8
D. .
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49. A trigonometric equation is given as cot x  p. If p is undefined, then the value of x is

(Note: p is a constant.)

A. 0

B.
2

C.
4
D. also undefined

50. Which of the given functions is an even function?

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A. cos2  sin  .

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B. sin  tan  .

ar 3
cos tan  .

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C.

Le 02
sin cot 2  .

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& r2
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