(General Instructions)

 This question paper contains 9 printed pages.

 This question paper contains 38 questions.
 Write down the question number before attempting.
 An additional reading time of 15 minutes.
 This question paper contains 5 sections A, B, C, D and E.
 Each section is compulsory. However there are internal choices in some
questions.
 Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 2 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1
mark each.
 Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks
each.
 Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
 Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
 Section E has 3 case based questions of 4 marks each.

COMMON EXAMINATION Class –12

(MATHEMATICS- 041/SET – 1)
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
Roll No: Date:
SECTION – A
(In this section there are 18 MCQ’s and 2 Assertion-Reason
based questions of 1 mark each)
𝑥 𝑦
1. Given a matrix 𝐴 = ( ) then the value of |4𝐴𝐴−1 | is
𝑧 𝑡
(a) 4 (b) 4(𝑥𝑡 − 𝑦𝑧) (c) 0 (d) 16
2. If A and B are two matrices such that AB=A and BA= B
then 𝐴2 is equal to
(a) A (b) B (c) O (d) I

𝑥 𝑥2 𝑥3
3. The value of the determinant |𝑥 2 𝑥3 𝑥 4 | is
𝑥3 𝑥4 𝑥5
(a) 𝑥 8 (b) 0 (c) 𝑥 7 (d) 1
1 3 −4
4. The cofactor of the element 𝑎23 in 𝐴 = (2 −6 9)
0 4 −3
(a) 4 (b)−4 (c) 36 (d) −36
5. If 𝐴 = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ] is a skew symmetric matrix of order 3 then the

value of 5a12 + 6a22 − 5a21 is

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)−10𝑎12 (d) −10𝑎21
𝜋
𝑚𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ 2
6. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝜋 is continuous at
sin 𝑥 + 𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 2
𝜋
𝑥= then
2
𝑛𝜋
(a) 𝑚 = 1, 𝑛 = 0 (b) 𝑚 = +1
2
𝑚𝜋 𝜋
(c) 𝑛 = (d) 𝑚 = 𝑛 =
2 2
𝑑𝑦
7. If 𝑦 = √sin 𝑥 + 𝑦 then 𝑑𝑥 is equal to

cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥 sin 𝑥 sin 𝑥

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2𝑦−1 1−2𝑦 1−2𝑦 2𝑦−1

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8. The area of an equilateral triangle increases at the rate of
10√3 𝑐𝑚2 /𝑠𝑒𝑐 . The rate at which its perimeter increases when
side is 10𝑐𝑚 is
(a) 0. 6 𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 (b) 2 𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
(c) 10 𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 (d) 6 𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
9. The order and degree of the differential equation

𝑑 2𝑦 𝑑𝑦
=√ + 𝑥 is
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥

(a) O - 2 D – 2 (b) O – 2 D – not defined

1
(c) O – 1 D – not defined (d) O – 1 D – 2

𝑒 𝑥 (𝑥−1)
10. The value of ∫ 𝑑𝑥 is
𝑥2
𝑒𝑥 𝑥 1
(a) +𝑐 (b) 𝑥𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑐 (c) +𝑐 (d) 𝑥𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑐
𝑥 𝑒𝑥
2 2
11. If |𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗| + |𝑎⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗| = 400 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝑎⃗| = 5 then |𝑏⃗⃗|=
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 5

12. The value of 𝑖̂ × (𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂) + 𝑗̂ × (𝑘̂ + 𝑖̂) + 𝑘̂ × (𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂) is

(a) 0 (b) 𝑖̂ (c) 𝑗̂ (d) ⃗0⃗

13. If the direction cosines of a line are k, k, k then k =
1 1
(a) ±√3 (b) ±3 (c)± (d) ± 3
√3

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14. Equation of a line passing through (1,1,1) and parallel to z
axis
x−1 y−1 z−1 𝑥+1 𝑦+1 𝑧+1
(a) = = (b) = =
0 0 1 0 0 1
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥−1 𝑦−1 𝑧−1
(c)1 = =1 (d) = = .
1 1 0 0

15. The angle between the vectors (𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂) is
2𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
3

√3 𝜋
16. The value of cos{cos−1 (− ) + 6}
2
𝜋
(a) − 3 (b)−1 (c) 0 (d) 1
2
17. If A and B are any two events having 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 3 and
1
𝑃(𝐵̅ ) = 2 then 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵̅ ) is
1 2 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 3

18. E and F are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events. The

odds against the event E is 2:3 then odds in favour of F is
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:3 (c) 3:1 (d) 3:2

Assertion – Reason based questions

These type of questions consist of two statements.
Statement I is called Assertion (A) and statement II is called
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 correct explanation of A

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(c ) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A): The corner points of the feasible region for
an L.P.P. are (0,0), (0,40), (30,20) and (60,0).The objective
function 𝑍 = 𝑥 + 𝑦 has maximum value at (60,0).
Reason ( R) : If the feasible region for an L.P.P. is bounded
then the objective function 𝑍 = 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 has both minimum
and maximum values.
20. Assertion (A): The modulus function 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥| is
differentiable for all 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅
Reason (R): A function f(x) is said to be differentiable if it is
differentiable at every point on its domain.

SECTION – B
(This section comprises of VSA questions of 2 marks each.)
√1+𝑥 2 −1
21. Write tan−1 ( ) , 𝑥 ≠ 0 in its simplest form. (OR)
𝑥

Given set 𝐴 = {1,2,3}. 𝑅1 and 𝑅2 are relations on A given

by 𝑅1 = {(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,2), (3,3)} and
𝑅2 = {(1,1), (2,2), (1,3), (3,1)} Determine whether 𝑅1
and 𝑅2 are reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
22. Prove that the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 18 is
increasing on R
23. Solve the differential equation 𝑦 log 𝑦 𝑑𝑥 − 𝑥 𝑑𝑦=0 (OR)
𝑑𝑦 𝑦
Solve the differential equation 𝑦 − 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑥 = 0

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24. Find the shortest distance between the lines

𝑟⃑ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 4𝑘̂ + 𝜆(2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 6𝑘̂) and

𝑟⃑ = 3𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 5𝑘̂ + 𝜇(2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 6𝑘̂)

25. Find the value of 𝜆 when scalar projection of

𝑎⃗ = 𝜆𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ on 𝑏⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ is 4 units.

SECTION – C
(This section comprises of SA questions of 3 marks each.)
26. A circular blot of ink in a blotting paper increases in area in
such a way that the radius r cm at time ‘t’ seconds is given by
𝑡3
𝑟 = 2𝑡 2 − 4 . Find the rate of increase of area when t=2

27. Bag I contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag II contains 3

white and 5 black balls. One ball is transferred from Bag I to
Bag II and then a ball is drawn from bag II. The ball so drawn
is found to be black in colour. Find the probability that the
transferred ball is black.
28. Two cards are drawn successively without replacement
from a well shuffled pack of 52. Find the probability
distribution of the number of kings. Also find its mean.
𝑥2 𝑥+7
29. Evaluate ∫ 𝑥 4 −𝑥 2 −12 𝑑𝑥 (OR) Evaluate: ∫ 3𝑥 2 +25𝑥+28 𝑑𝑥
5 3 𝑑𝑥
30. Evaluate: ∫2 (|𝑥 − 1| + |𝑥 − 3|)𝑑𝑥 (OR) ∫2 𝑥(𝑥 3 −1)

𝑑𝑥
31. Solve the differential equation (3𝑥 2 + 𝑦) 𝑑𝑦 = 𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0

when 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 1

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 SECTION – D
(This section comprises of LA questions of 5 marks each.)
32. On the set of integers Z consider the relation
𝑅 = {(𝑎, 𝑏): (𝑎 − 𝑏) is divisible by 5} .Show that R is an
equivalence relation on Z .Write the equivalence class of 4.
(OR)
The function 𝑓: 𝑁 → 𝑁, defined by
𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑
𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥 − 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
Show that the function 𝑓 is both one-one and onto.

33. A diet is to contain 30 units of vitamin A, 40 units of

vitamin B and 20 units of vitamin C. Three types of foods F1,
F2 and F3 are available. One unit of Food F1 contain 3 units of
vitamin A, 2 units of vitamin B and 1 unit of vitamin C. One
unit of food F2 contains 1 unit of vitamin A, 2 units of vitamin
B and 1 unit of vitamin C. One unit of food F3 contains 5 units
of vitamin A, 3 units of vitamin B and 2 units of vitamin C.
If the diet contains x units of food F1, y units of food F2 and z
units of Food F3 ,find the values of x, y and z using matrix
method.

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34. Using integration find the area bounded by the curve
𝑦 2 = 𝑥 and 𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 3 in the second quadrant and x axis.
(OR)
Using integration find the area of the region
{(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ≤ 4, 𝑥 ≥ −1, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 2, 𝑦 ≥ 0}
35. Find the foot of the perpendicular and image of the point
𝑥 𝑦−1 𝑧−2
𝑃(1,6,3) with respect to line 1 = 2 = 3 . Also find the
equation of the perpendicular to the line from P.

SECTION – E
(This section contains 3 case study questions 4 marks each)
36. The feasible region for an L.P.P is shown in the figure;

(i) Write all the constraints representing the feasible region.in

the above L.P.P. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the point at which the maximum value of the objective
function 𝑧 = 10𝑥 + 5𝑦 occurs. (2 marks)

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37. A cable network provider in a small town has 500
subscribers and he used to collect ₹300 per month from each
subscriber. He proposes to increase the monthly charges and it
is believed from the past experience that for every increase of
₹1 one subscriber will discontinue the service. If ₹x is the
monthly increase in subscription amount then find the
(i) the number of subscribers (1 mark)
(ii) revenue function. (1 mark)

(iii) maximum revenue using first derivative test (OR)

(iii) maximum revenue using second derivative test. (2 marks)
38. A gardener wants to develop a rectangular lawn with an
area 800𝑚2. He also wants to construct a walking path of
width 1𝑚 surrounding the lawn.
(Refer figure)

If the length of the lawn is ‘x’ metres then

(i) find the area of the walking path (1 mark)
(ii) If the cost of developing lawn is ₹50 per sq.m. and cost of
constructing walking path is ₹100 per sq.m. then find the total
cost function. (1 mark)
(iii) Find ‘x’ at the least construction cost. (2 marks)

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