The Shri Ram School - Aravali

First Term Examination (2023 – 2024)

Class: XII Time: 3 Hours
Subject: Mathematics Max. Marks: 80

This Question Paper consists of three sections A, B and C.

Candidates are required to attempt all questions from Section A and all questions EITHER
from Section B OR Section C.
Section A: Internal choice has been provided in two questions of two marks each, two
questions of four marks each and two questions of six marks each.
Section B: Internal choice has been provided in one question of two marks and
one question of four marks.
Section C: Internal choice has been provided in one question of two marks and
one question of four marks.
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as, and adjacent to the
rest of the answer.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Mathematical tables and graph papers are provided.
Scientific Calculator fx-82MS may be used.
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Section A – 65 marks
Question 1 [15 x 1]
In subparts (i) to (x) choose the correct options and in subparts (xi) to (xv), answer
the questions as instructed.
2 1
(i) If P(B) = , P(A∩ 𝐵) = , the value of P(A/B) is:
3 4

1 3 8
a) b) c) 1 d)
6 8 3
34𝜋
(ii) The principal value of sin−1 (cos ) is:
5

4𝜋 3𝜋 3𝜋
a) b) c) − d) none of these
5 10 10

−3 𝑥
(iii) If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐴 = 𝐴′ , then:
𝑦 5
a) 𝑥 = 5, 𝑦 = −3 b) 𝑥 = −3, 𝑦 = 5 c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 d) none of these

(iv) If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then the value of |2A| is:
a) 40 b) −10 c) −40 d) 10

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 √4+𝑥−2
(v) If 𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥 ,𝑥 ≠ 0 is continuous at 𝑥 = 0, then the value of 𝑘 is:
𝑘, 𝑥 = 0
1
a) 1 b) 4 c) d) 0
4
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(vi) The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is given below:
𝑋 0 1 2
𝑃(𝑋) 2/5 1/5 2/5
Then, mean (𝑋̅) is equal to:
a) 1 b) 3/5 c) 7/10 d) none of these

(vii) A balloon which always remains spherical is being inflated by pumping in

900cm3 of gas per second. Find the rate at which the radius of the balloon is
increasing when its radius is 15cm.
1 1 1
a) cm/sec b) cm/sec c) cm/sec d) none of these
3𝜋 𝜋 2𝜋

0 −1 −2
(viii) Assertion: The matrix A = [1 0 −3] is a skew symmetric matrix.
2 3 0
Reason: For the given matrix A we have 𝐴′ = 𝐴.

a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation
for Assertion.
b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct
explanation for Assertion.
c) Assertion is true, and Reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, and Reason is true.

(ix) If A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {a, b} then the number of functions from A to B are:
a) 3 b) 8 c) 6 d) 12

(x) Statement 1: The function 𝑓: 𝑁 ⟶ 𝑁 given by f(𝑥) = 5𝑥 is one to one and onto.
Statement 2: The function 𝑓: 𝑅 ⟶ 𝑅 given by f(𝑥) = 5𝑥 is one to one and onto.
Which one of the following options is correct?
a) Both the statements are true.
b) Both the statements are false.
c) Statement 1 is true, and Statement 2 is false.
d) Statement 1 is false, and Statement 2 is true.

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(xi) Find the derivative of y = sin √𝑥 w.r.t x.
1
(xii) Prove that the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 + is strictly decreasing.
𝑥

𝜋 √3
(xiii) Evaluate: sin ( − sin−1 (− )).
6 2

2 𝑥
(xiv) For what value of x, the matrix [ ] has no inverse?
2 5
(xv) If A is a square matrix such that 𝐴2 = 𝐴, then find the value of (𝐼 − 𝐴)3 + 𝐴.

Question 2 [2]
Check whether the relation R defined on set A = {1, 2, 3….13, 14} as
R = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 3𝑥 – 𝑦 = 0} is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.

Question 3 [2]

If A and B are square matrices of same order, prove that 𝐴𝐵′ − 𝐵𝐴′ is a skew-
symmetric matrix.

Question 4 [2]

Find the point on the curve 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 – 2𝑥 + 1 at which the slope of the tangent is 4.

Question 5 [2]
a) Kamal and Monica appear for an interview for two vacancies. The probability of
1 1
Kamal’s selection is and that of Monica’s selection is . Find the
3 5
Probability that only one of them will be selected.
OR
b) If P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.5 and P(B/A) = 0.4, then find the value of P(A∪B).

Question 6 [2]
1 1 𝜋
a) Prove that: tan−1 1 + tan−1 + tan−1 =
2 3 2
OR
1−cos 𝑥
b) Simplify: tan−1 (√ ),0 < 𝑥 < 𝜋
1+cos 𝑥

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Question 7 [4]
𝑥−1 𝑥+1 𝜋
Solve for 𝑥: tan−1 ( ) + tan−1 (𝑥+2) =
𝑥−2 4

Question 8 [4]
Let A = R – {–3} and B = R – {2}. Consider the function 𝑓: 𝐴 → 𝐵 defined by
2𝑥+1
𝑓(𝑥) = . Show that f is one – one and onto. Hence find 𝑓 −1 .
𝑥+3

Question 9 [4]

a) Using properties of determinants, prove that:

𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑐 𝑎 𝑏
| 𝑐 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 2𝑎 𝑏 | = 2(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)3
𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 + 𝑎 + 2𝑏

OR

b) Using properties of determinants, prove that:

1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 4𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥
2 2
| 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 4𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 | = 2 + 4𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥
2 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 1 + 4𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥

Question 10 [4]
𝑥 2 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ 1
a)Show that the function 𝑓(𝑥) = { 1 is continuous at 𝑥 = 1 but not
𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 1
𝑥
differentiable at 𝑥 = 1.
OR
b) Show that 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥 − 5| is continuous at 𝑥 = 5 but not differentiable.

Question 11 [6]
3 −2 3 −1 −5 −1
If A = [ 2 1 −1] and B =[ −8 −6 9 ] find 𝐴𝐵 and use it to solve
4 −3 2 −10 1 7

the system of equations: 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 8, 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 1, 4𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 4.

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Question 12 [6]

a) Differentiate (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥)𝑥 + (cos 𝑥)tan 𝑥 w.r.t. x.

OR
𝑑2𝑦 𝜋
b) If 𝑥 = 𝑎(𝜃 − sin 𝜃), 𝑦 = 𝑎(1 + cos 𝜃), find 𝑎𝑡 𝜃 = .
𝑑𝑥 2 3

Question 13

i) Find the intervals in which the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 36𝑥 + 7 is [2]

strictly decreasing.
ii) Prove that the curves 𝑥𝑦 = 4 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 8 touch each other. [4]

Question 14 [6]

a) A fair die is rolled. If face 1 turns up, a ball is drawn from Bag A. If face 2 or 3
turns up, a ball is drawn from Bag B. If face 4 or 5 or 6 turns up, a ball is drawn
from Bag C. Bag A contains 3 red and 2 white balls, Bag B contains 3 red and 4
white balls and Bag C contains 4 red and 5 white balls. The die is rolled, a bag is
picked up and a ball is drawn. If the drawn ball is red, what is the probability
that is drawn from Bag B?
OR
b) From a lot of 6 items containing 2 defective items, a sample of 4 items are
drawn at random. Let the random variable X denote the number of defective
items in the sample. If the sample is drawn without replacement, find:
i) The probability distribution of X
ii) Mean of X
iii) Variance of X

SECTION B - 15 MARKS
Question 15 [5]
In subparts (i) and (ii) choose the correct options and in subparts (iii) to (v), answer
the questions as instructed.

i)The value of 𝜆 for which the vectors 2𝑖̂ + 𝜆𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ are
perpendicular is:
3 5
a) 0 b) 1 c) d) −
2 2
ii) The reflection of the point P(𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾) in the 𝑥𝑦 plane is:
a) (𝛼, 𝛽, 0) b) (0, 0, 𝛾) c) (−𝛼, − 𝛽, 𝛾) d) (𝛼, 𝛽, −𝛾)

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iii)The distance between the planes 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 – 𝑧 +2 = 0 and 4𝑥 + 4𝑦 –2𝑧 +5 = 0 is:
a) 3/2 units b) ½ units c) 1/6 units d) none of these

iv) Find the length of perpendicular from the point P(1, −1, 2) on the line
𝑥+1 𝑦−2 𝑧+2
= = .
2 −3 4

⃗⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ and ⃗⃗⃗

v) If 𝑎 𝑏 = 3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ − 7𝑘̂, find 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ . 𝑏

Question 16 [2]

a) If |𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ | = 3 and 𝑎
⃗⃗⃗ | = 2, |𝑏 ⃗⃗⃗ = −8, then find the value of |𝑎
⃗⃗⃗ . 𝑏 ⃗⃗⃗ |.
⃗⃗⃗ + 3𝑏
OR
b) Find the value of ‘a’ if the vectors 2𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ and 𝑎𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ − 8𝑘̂ are collinear?

Question 17 [4]

a) If 𝑎⃗⃗⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏⃗⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ , then find
i) the magnitude of 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ x 𝑏⃗⃗⃗ .
ii) a unit vector perpendicular to both 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗
𝑏.
iii) the sine of the angle between the vectors 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ .
⃗⃗⃗ and 𝑏
OR
b) Using vectors, find the area of the triangle with vertices 𝐴(1, 1, 2), 𝐵(2, 3, 5)
and 𝐶(1, 5, 5).

Question 18 [4]
Find the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes
𝑥 + 2𝑦 +3𝑧 −5 = 0 and 3𝑥 – 2𝑦 – 𝑧 +1 = 0 and cutting off equal intercepts on 𝑥 axis
and 𝑧 axis.
SECTION C - 15 MARKS
Question 19 [5]
In subparts (i) and (ii) choose the correct options and in subparts (iii) to (v), answer
the questions as instructed.
i) If the objective function for a L.P.P. is 𝑍 = 5𝑥 + 7𝑦 and the corner points of
the bounded feasible region are (0, 0), (7, 0), (3, 4) and (0, 2), then the maximum
value of Z occurs at:
a) (0, 0) b) (7, 0) c) (3, 4) d) (0, 2)

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ii) If the line of regression of y on x is 3x + 2y – 5 = 0, then the value of 𝑏𝑦𝑥 is
3 2 2 3
a) − b) c) − d)
2 3 3 2

iii) At FNG High School, teachers plotted students' scores in Science and Social
Studies with respect to their scores in Math and English, from their 10th grade
final examination. The graphs plotted by the teachers are shown below:

Which one of the given graphs could a line of best fit be drawn for?
a) only P b) only P and S c) only P, R and S d) all P, Q, R and S
3 1
iv) In a bivariate data, if 𝑏𝑥𝑦 = − and 𝑏𝑦𝑥 = − , then find the coefficient of
2 2
correlation.

v) Find regression coefficient 𝑏𝑥𝑦 if:

∑𝑥 = 15, ∑𝑦 = 25, ∑𝑥𝑦 = 83, ∑𝑥 2 = 55, ∑𝑦 2 = 135 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 5.

Question 20 [2]
a) Out of the two regression lines, find the line of regression 𝑥 on 𝑦:
3x + 12y = 8 and 9x + 3y = 46.
OR
b) Find the coefficient of correlation for the regression lines: 3x + 4y – 7 = 0 and
4x + y – 5 = 0.

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Question 21 [4]
a) You are given the following data:

x y
Mean 36 85
Standard Deviation 11 8

The correlation coefficient between x and y is 0.66. Find

i) the two regression coefficients
ii) the two regression equations
iii) the most likely value of y when x = 10

OR

b) Find the equation of regression line of 𝑦 on 𝑥, if the observations (𝑥, 𝑦) are as

follows:
(1, 4), (2, 8), (3, 2), (4, 12), (5, 10), (6, 14), (7, 16), (8, 6), (9, 18).

Also, find the estimated value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 14.

Question 22 [4]
A shopkeeper sells only tables and chairs. He has only ₹ 6000 to invest and
space for atmost 20 items. A table costs him ₹400 and chair ₹250. He can
sell a table at a profit of ₹25 and a chair for a profit of ₹40. Supposing that
he can sell whatever he buys, formulate the problem as LPP and solve it
graphically for maximum profit.

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