CHENNAI SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX

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 Reading time of 15 minutes is given to read the question paper alone. No writing
during this time.
 This Question paper contains - five sections A,B,C,D and E. Each section
is compulsory. However, there is some internal choice in some questions.
 Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
 Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)questions of 2 marks each.
 Section C has 6 Short Answer(SA)questions of 3marks each.
 Section D has 4 Long Answer(LA)questions of 5 marks each.
 Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units
of assessment (04 marks each) with sub parts.

COMMON EXAMINATION
Class-12 APPLIED MATHEMATICS (241) - SET 1

Roll No.: Maximum Marks: 80

Date: Time allowed: 3hours
SECTION A (20 X1 = 20 marks)
1. The solution set of is
a) b) c) d)
2. The least positive integer satisfying is
A )2 b) 4 c) 3 d)1
3. The speed of a boat in Stillwater is 15 km/h and the rate of the stream is 5 km/h, then the
distance travelled by the boat downstream in 24 minutes is
a) 4km b) 3 km c) 8km d) 6km
4. The unit digit of is
a)7 b)8 c)9 d)1
5. The equation of the tangent to the curve at (1,2) is
a) b)) c)) d) none of these

6. The sum of the order and degree of the differential equation is

a) 3 b)7 c) 5 d) 4
7. A pair of dice is thrown n times in succession. The probability of obtaining double 6 at least
once is
a) b) 1- c) 1- d)
8. If X has a Poisson distribution such that , then is
a) b) c) d) None of these

9. The area under the standard normal curve which lies to the right of is
a) F(0.58) b)F(0.58)-1 c)F(-0.58) d)1-F(0.58)

10. For testing the significance of difference between the means of two independent samples, the
degree of freedom is taken as
a) b) c) d)

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 11. The assumed hypothesis which is tested for rejection considering it to be true is called
a) Null hypothesis b) alternative hypothesis
c)simple hypothesis d) true hypothesis
12. The ages of 6 dogs randomly selected were 12,3,1,4,3,7. Then the point estimation of the
population mean is
a) 3 b) 5 c) 5.24 d) 6
13. If then
(a) b) c) d)
14. For the given five values 7,8,9,10,14 ,three years moving averages are
a) 9,10,11 b)8,9,10 c)8,9,11 d)8,9,10
15. At 6% converted quarterly, the present value of a perpetuity of ₹600 payable at the end of a
quarter is
a) ₹ 4000 b) ₹ 40000 c) ₹10000 d)None of these
16. is
a) b)x c) d)
17. Kabir purchase 4000 shares of ₹ 100 each at premium of ₹25. If the company declares a
dividend of 10%, then the rate of return is.
a)8% b) 10% c) 12% d)15%
18. The present value of a perpetuity of ₹ 75 payable at the beginning of each year , if money
worth 5% per annum is
a) ₹ 15000 b)₹ 15750 c) ₹14750 d)None of these.
ASSERTIONREASONBASED 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 Aand 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.

19. ASSERTION A: If the total cost function is , then the derivative of

the average cost curve is 4
REASONR: The derivative of cost function is the average cost.

20. ASSERTION A:
REASON R:

SECTION B (5X2 =10 marks)

21. In a kilometrerace, A beats B by 100m , B beats Cby 150m. In the same race by how many
metres does A beat C?
OR
Find the last three digits of the product 2345 6789.

22. If A= find K so that

23. A company produces wires of inner diameter 2 cm. Sample of 10 wires give an inner
diameter 2.01cm and a variance of 0.0004 . Is the difference in the values of the means
significant? (Given

24. An asset costing ₹ 95,000 is expected to have a useful life of 8 years , has final annual
depreciation of ₹ 8000. Find the final scrap value of the asset.
OR

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 Anil invested ₹ 35000 in shares of a company and reinvested the earning every year in buying
the shares of the same company at the end of 5 years. The value of shares increased to
₹56000,calculate the CAGR of his investment. (given

25. Find the effective rate that is equivalent to nominal rate of 8% compounded semiannually.

SECTION C( 6 X 3 = 18 marks)

26. How many litres of water should be added to 30 litre mixture of milk and water containing
milk and water in the ratio 7:3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% of water in it ?
OR
Three pipes A, B and C fill a tank in 30 mins,20 mins and 10 mins respectively. When
the tankis empty, all the three pipes are opened. If A,B and C discharge solutions P,Q and R
respectively, then find the part of solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 mins.

27. From a lot of 15 bulbs which include 5 defectives, a sample of 2 bulbs is drawn at random
(without replacement). Find the probability distribution of the number of defective bulbs.

28. The demand and supply functions are and respectively. Determine the
consumer surplus and producer surplus at equilibrium price.
OR
Evaluate :

29. If , then find the value of

30. A manufacturer produces two models of bikes,X and Y. Model X takes 6 man hours to make per
unit, while model Y takes 10 man hours per unit. There is a total of 450-man hours availableper
week. Handling and marketing costs are ₹ 2000 and ₹ 1000 for models X and Y respectively. The
total funds available for these purposes are ₹ 80000 per week. Profit per unitfor models X and Y
are ₹ 1000 and ₹ 600 respectively. Formulate an LPP to maximise the profit.

31. Mr Sharma wishes to purchase a house for ₹ 45,00,000 with a down payment of ₹ 5,00,000
and balance in EMI for 25 years. If the bank charges 6 % per annum compounded monthly.
Calculate the EMI (Given = 4.4650).

SECTION D( 4 X 5 = 20 marks)

32. If A= B= find the product and hence solve the system of

equations
OR
Check for consistency and hence solve the following system of equations using Cramer’s rule

33. A machine costing ₹ 200000 has effective life of 8 years and its scrap value is ₹ 30000.What
amount should the company put into a sinking fund earning 5% per annum, so that it can replace
the machine after its useful life. Assume that a new machine will cost ₹ 300000 after
8 years. (given

34. Fit a straight-line trend for the following data and find the trend values of 2006,2007, 2018.
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Sales(lakhs) 33 35 60 67 68 82 90

OR

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 The average number , in lakhs of working days lost in strikes during each year of the period
(1981-90) was as given:
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
1.3 1.5 1.7 2.3 2.5 3.5 3.7 4 4.5 5.5

Calculate the three yearly moving average and draw the moving average graph.

35. A dietician wishes to mix two types of foods P and Q ,in such a way that the vitamin contents of
the mixture contains at least 8 units of Vitamin A and 10 units of vitamin C. Food P contains 2
units per kg of vitamin A and 1 unit per kg of vitamin C while
Food Q contains 1 unit per kg of vitamin A and 2 units per kg of vitamin C. It costs
Rs.5 per kg to purchase food P, Rs.7 per kg to purchase food Q. Find the minimum cost of such a
mixture. Formulate the above as an LPP and solve it graphically

SECTION E (3X4 = 12 marks)

Case study
36. A population grows at the rate of 8% per year. Based on this information answer the following:
( use
(i) If P is the population at an instant t year, what is the differential equation which represents the
given data 1
(ii) If is the initial population , then what is the value of C , the constant of integration? 1
(iii) How long does it take for the population to double? 2

37. A given product can be manufactured at a total cost , where is the

number of units produced. The price at which each unit can be sold is given by
Based on the above information
Find the revenue function. 1
find the profit function. 1
Find the production level at which the profit is maximum. 2

What is the price per unit?

38. Prabhu was working on a school project, which depicts the average number of hours spent
on study by a student selected at random. At the end of the survey Prabhu prepared the following
report:
If X denotes the average number of hours spent on study by students.The probability
that X can take the value x has the following format where k is constant.

Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) Find the value of k 1
(ii) What is the probability that the average study time of student is exactly 2 hours. 1
(iii) What is the probability that the average study time of student is at least 3 hours. 2
OR
(iv) What is the probability that the average study time of student is at most 2 hours

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