KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, AGRA REGION

I-PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2023-24

Class – XII
Mathematics (Code-041) (SET-II)
Time: 3 hours Maximum marks: 80
General Instructions:

1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is

compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some questions.

2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.

3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.

4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.

5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.

6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of

assessment of 4 marks each with sub-parts.

Section – A
[Each question carries 1 mark]
Q1 : If A is any square matrix of order 3 × 3 such that |𝐴| = 3 , Then
the value of |𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴|2 is

(a)3 (b)81 (c) 9 (d) 27

𝑎 ℎ 𝑔 𝑥
Q 2:
What is the order of matrix [𝑥 𝑦 𝑧] [ ℎ 𝑏 𝑓 ] [𝑦]
𝑔 𝑓 𝑐 𝑧
(a)3 × 1 (b) 1×3 (c) 3 × 3 (d) 1 × 1

Q 3: The corner points of the bounded feasible region of a LPP are A(0,50),
B(20, 40), C(50, 100) and D(0, 175) and the objective function is
Z = 2x + y. Then the maximum value is
(a) 250 (b) 200 (c) 80 (d) none of these
Q 4: If the function f(x) is continuous at x= 0, then the value of k is

3 3 2 4
(a) (b) (c)  (d)
2 2 3 9
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 Q 5: What is the product of order and degree of differential equation
3
𝑑 2𝑦 𝑑𝑦
( ) + = 0.
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
Q 6: The number of arbitrary constants in the general solution of differential
equation of fourth order is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4

Q 7: If 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ are such that a.b  a  b , then the angle between 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ is
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(𝑎 ) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 4 2

Q 8: If a line makes angles 𝛼 , 𝛽, 𝛾 with the positive direction of co –

ordinate axes, then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 𝛼 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛽 +𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 𝛾 is.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)2 (d) 3

Q 9: If A is matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB′ and B′A

are both defined, then order of matrix B is
(a) m × n (b) n×n (c) n×m (d) m × m

Q 10: The derivative of sinx with respect to cos x is

(a) – cosec x (b) – tan x (c) cot x (d) – cot x

Q 11: 

1 x 
4

 log  1  x dx is equal to


4

(a)1 (b) 2 (c)3 (d) 0

Q 12: 𝑑𝑦
The solution of differential equation = 1+sin x is
𝑑𝑥
(a) y = cos x + x + C (b) y = -cos x + x + C
(c) y = sec x + C (d) y = sin x + C

Q 13: The point which does not lie in the half plane 3 𝑥 + 2 𝑦– 8 ≥ 0 is
(a) (1,2) (b) (2,2) (c) (2,3) (d) ( 3 , 2)

Q 14: Number of skew-symmetric matrices of order 3x3 with each entry

0 or 1 is
(a)64 (b)8 (c) 9 (d) none of these

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 Q 15: For what value of ‘p’ 𝑎⃗ = 3𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ and 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 𝑝𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ are
perpendicular vectors?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) -3

Q 16: If A and B are any two events such that P(A)+P(B)-P(A and B)= P(A),
then
(a) P(B/A)=1 (b) P(A/B)=1 (c) P(B/A)=0 (d) P(A/B)=0
Q 17: 1 1 1
If the direction cosine of a line are , , , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
(a) a=1 (b) a=±√2 (c) a=±√3 (d) a=±1

Q 18: If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A|=-1, |B|=3 ,
Then value of |2AB| is
(a)6 (b)-12 (c)-24 (d)12

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 but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q 19: Assertion (A) : f: N→N given by f(x)=5x is injective but not

surjective
Reason (R) :If co-domain ≠ range , then the function is not
surjective.

Q 20: Assertion (A) : The direction-cosines of the line joining the

−1 1 1
points (1,0,0) and (0,1,1) is ( , , )
√3 √3 √3
Reason (R) : direction ratios = direction cosines.

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 Section – B
[This section comprises of very short answer type questions
(VSA) of 2 marks each]
Q21: 3 √𝑥
Evaluate ∫2 √5−𝑥+ 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
√
OR
1
Evaluate ∫ 𝑥(𝑥 4 −1) 𝑑𝑥

Q22: Draw the graph of 2sin-1x

OR
Find the domain of sin-1(√(𝑥 2 − 9))
Q23:
If y = (x)sin x
dy
then find
dx

Q24: The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 9 cm3/sec. How fast is
the surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 10 cm.

Q25: Show that the function f(x) = 4x 3 – 18x2 + 27x – 7 is always increasing
on R.

Section – C
[This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3
marks each]
Q26: y dy
Solve the differential equation x cos    y
 y cos    x
 x  dx  x
OR
 dy 
Solve the differential equation:   + y sec x = tan x
 dx 
Q27: If y = log(x+√𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 )prove that (x2 + a2) y2 + x y1 = 0
OR
𝑥+𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑦
If sec ( ) = 𝑎, where a is any constant. Prove that =
𝑥−𝑦 𝑑𝑥 𝑥

Q28: Evaluate: ∫ sin3 x cos2x dx

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 Q29: A couple has 2 children. Find the probability that both are boys, if it is
known that
(i) One of them is a boy.
(ii) The older child is a boy.
OR
An urn contains 6 white and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn one by
one with replacement from the urn. Find the probability distribution of
the number of red balls drawn. Find the mean of the probability
distribution.

Q30: 3x  2
Evaluate  ( x  1)2 ( x  3)dx
Q31: Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically :

Maximize : 𝑧 = 4𝑥 + 𝑦 subject to x  y  50,3x  y  90, x  0, y  0

Section – D
[This section comprises of long answer type questions (LA) of
5 marks each]

Q32: Show that the relation R in the set A= { X ∈ Z , 0 ≤ x ≤ 12} given by

R= {(a,b ) : | a − b | is a multiple of 4 } is an equivalence relation
. Also find the set of all elements related to 1.
OR
Given a non-empty set X, define the relation R in P(X) as follows:
For A, B ∈ P(x), (A,B) ∈R iff A⊂B. Prove that R is reflexive,
transitive and not symmetric.

Q33: 1 −2 0 7 2 −6
If A = [2 1 3] and B = [−2 1 −3] find AB. Hence solve the
0 −2 1 −4 2 5
system of equations
x − 2y = 10, 2x + y + 3z = 8, −2y + z = 7
Q34: Find the Cartesian and vector equation of the line passing through
(1,2,-4) and perpendicular to the lines :
𝑥−8 𝑦+19 𝑧−10 𝑥−15 𝑦−29 𝑧−5
= = and = =
3 −16 7 3 8 −5
OR
Find the image of the point P(1,6,3) with respect to the line
𝑥 𝑦−1 𝑧−2
= = . Also find the distance of the point P from x-axis.
1 2 3

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 Q35: Using integration find the area of region bounded by the curve 𝑥 2 = 4𝑦
and the line 𝑥 = 4𝑦 − 2.

Section – E
[This section comprises of 3 case- study/passage based
questions of 4 marks each with sub parts. The first two case
study questions have three sub parts (i), (ii), (iii) of marks 1,1,2
respectively. The third case study question has two sub parts of
2 marks each.]

Q36: In a park, an open tank is to be constructed using metal sheet with a

square base and vertical sides so that it contains 4000 cubic meter of
water.

i)If the edge of square is x meter and height of tank is y m then find the
correct relation in x and y.( 1 mark)
ii) Find the eqation for surface area of tank in terms of x and y .
(1 mark)
iii) When the surface area of tank is minimum then find x .(2 marks)
OR
iii) Find the minimum surface area of tank (2 marks)

Q37: A doctor is to visit a patient. From the past experience, it is known that
he will come by a cab, metro, bike or by other means of transport are
respectively 0.3,0.2,0.1 and 0.4.The probability that he will be late are
0.25,0.3,0.35 and 0.1 if he comes by cab, metro, bike and other means
of transportation respectively.
Based on above information Answer the following questions.
(i) By which theorem, the probability of doctor comes late can
be find. (1mark)
(ii) Find the probability that doctor use metro and comes
late.(1 mark)
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 (iii) When the doctor arrives late ,what is the probability that
he
Comes by metro?
(2 marks)
OR
(iii) When the doctor arrives late ,what is the probability that he
comes by cab
(2 marks)

Q38:

The paths of two aeroplanes one taking off and the other just landing on
the runway are respectively along the vectors
(î + 2ĵ + k̂)and (2i
̂ − ĵ − k̂)
i) Find a vector perpendicular to both vectors
ii) Find the projection of first vector on second vector.

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