THE ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOL

End of Semester Examination

Founders’ Semester 2024-25

Class: 11 Max. Marks: 80

Subject: Mathematics Time: 3 Hours

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(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time)
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The Question Paper consists of three Sections A, B and 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.

SECTION A - 65 Marks
Question 1 [15]

In subparts (i) to (x) choose the correct option and in subparts (xi) to (xv), answer the questions as directed.

(i) The number of 5-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 0, 2, 4, 7, 9 if no digit is
repeated:
(a) 169 (b) 98 (c) 96 (d) 69

(ii) The number of ways in which a cricket eleven can be selected from 22 players always including 2
of them and excluding 4 of them is:

(a) 4,368 (b) 11,440 (c) 1,67,960 (d) 18,200

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 (iii) The standard deviation of the data 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 is:
(a) 2.4 (b) 2.5 (c) 2.7 (d) 2.8

(iv) The slope of the line which is perpendicular to the line 7x + 11y – 2 = 0 is
7 7 11 11
(a) (b) − (c) (d) −
11 11 7 7

(v) Assertion: P(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ) = 𝑃 (𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵 ) − 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)

Reason: A and B are mutually exclusive events
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
(c) Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and Reason is true.

(vi) The number of terms in the expansion of ((2𝑥 − 3𝑦)3 )4 is:

(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

(vii) If two dice are thrown together, then the probability of the product of the numbers on the dice to
be a perfect square is:
1 2 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 13 9 9

(viii) The number of triangles in a complete graph with 10 non-collinear vertices is:
(a) 360 (b) 240 (c) 120 (d) 60

(ix) The x-intercept and the y-intercept of the line 2x + 3y – 18 = 0 are

(a) 6 and 9 (b) 9 and 6 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 4 and 3

(x) The number of ways in which 6 boys and 5 girls can dine at a round table if no two girls are to sit
together is:
(a) 30 (b) 5! × 4! (c) 6! × 5! (d) 7! × 5!

(xi) Find the equation of a line passing through the point (4, -5) and parallel to the line 3x + 4y + 5 = 0

(xii) Find the mean deviation from the mean for the data: -1, 0, 4

(xiii) Find the angle between two straight lines 3𝑥 + 𝑦 − 11 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 5 = 0.

(xiv) Find the tenth term in the expansion of (2𝑥 + 𝑦)11

(xv) The probability of happening of an event A is 0.5 and that of B is 0.3. If A and B are mutually
exclusive events, then find the probability of neither A nor B.

Question 2

Find the number of ways in which 10 different pearls can be strung to form a necklace so that 4
pearls are never separated. [2]

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Question 3
𝑦 9
(i) Find the coefficient of x6y3 in the expansion of (𝑥 − ) [2]
3
OR

(ii) Find the middle term in the expansion of (x + 5)9

Question 4
Find the perpendicular distance between the lines: 3x + 4y = 5 and 6x + 8y = 45 [2]

Question 5
(i) Two cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that either both are black
or both are Queens? [2]
OR
(ii) There are four events E 1, E2, E3 and E4 one of which must and only one can happen. The odds are
2:5 in favour of E1, 3:4 in favour of E2 and 1:3 in favour of E3 . Find the odds against E4 .

Question 6
Find the coefficient of mean deviation from the mean for the following data: [2]
23, 27, 29, 31, 37, 40, 47, 48, 50, 58

Question 7
(i) How many different words can be formed of the letters of the word ‘GRANDMOTHER’ so that
(a)The word starts with G and ends with R
(b)The letters A, N, D are always together
(c)All vowels never come together [4]
OR

(ii) A committee of 6 members has to be formed from 8 boys and 5 girls. In how many ways can
this be done if the committee consists of: (i) exactly 3 girls (ii)at least 3 girls (iii)at most 3 girls

Question 8
(i) If p is the perpendicular distance of the origin from the line whose intercepts on the axes are
1 1 1
a and b, show that 2 = 2 + 2 [4]
𝑝 𝑎 𝑏
OR

(ii) Reduce the given equation to the normal form and find the values of p and 𝛼:
x + y + √2 = 0

Question 9
Find the standard deviation for the following data: [4]

x 8 11 17 20 25 30 35

f 2 3 4 1 5 7 3

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Question 10
2
The probability that a person will win a game is , and the probability that he will not win a horse
3
5 4
race is . If the probability of getting success in at least one of the events is , what is the
9 5
probability that he will be successful in both the events? [4]

Question 11 [3+3]
(i) Using binomial theorem, expand: (3𝑥 − 2𝑦)4
1 10
(ii) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of: (𝑥 − )
𝑥

Question 12 [3+3]
(i) 200 students appeared for two examinations. 160 students passed the first, 150 passed the
second and 130 passed both. Find the probability that a student selected at random has failed in
both examinations.

(ii) Two balls are drawn from an urn containing 3white, 4 red and 2 black balls, one by one
without replacement. What is the probability that:
(a) both balls are of the same colour
(b) at least one ball is white.
Question 13
(i) Find the mean and standard deviation by the step deviation method for the following
distribution: [6]

Class interval 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50

Frequency 170 110 80 45 40 35

OR

(ii) Find how many arrangements can be made with the letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’?
In how many of them the vowels occur together? [3]
A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose at
least 4 from the first five questions. Find the number of choices available to him. [3]
Question 14
(i) Find the equations of the bisectors of the angles between the following pair of straight lines
writing first the bisector of the angle in which the origin lies: [6]
12x + 5y = 4 and 3x + 4y = -7
OR

(ii) Find the equations of two straight lines drawn through the point (0, 1) on which perpendiculars
dropped from the point (2,2) are each of unit length.
.
SECTION B (15 Marks)

Question15 [5×1=5]
In sub-parts (i) and (ii) choose the correct option and in sub-parts (iii)to(v), answer
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the questions as instructed.

(i) Eccentricity of the conic curve 5x2+9y2=45 is

4
a)
3
1
b)
3
3
c)
2
2
d)
3
(ii)The sum of distances of the point (1,-2,3) from xy-pane, yz-plane and xz-plane is

a) 6 units
b) 2 units
c) 5 units
d) none of the above

(iii) Find the eccentricity of the conic curve: 4x 2 - 9y2 = 36

(iv) Find equation of the directrix of parabola y2 = 20x .

(v) Write the contrapositive of the conditional statement

“If 17 is an odd number, then 2 is not a factor of 17”

Question16 [2]

(i) If p:Malayasia is an archipelago ; q:Kualalampur is capital of Malayasia. Then express

(: p) Ù (: q) in words.
OR

(ii) Construct truth table for (: p Ù q) Þ (p Ú q) .

Question17 [4]

(i)Find the following for the conic curve: 25x 2 + 36y2 = 900

(a) Eccentricity (b) Coordinates of foci (c) Distance between foci

OR

(ii) Find the equation of conic curve with focus at (1,3), directrix being 2x+y-3=0 and
eccentricity equal to . Also name the conic curve.

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Question 18 [4]

Determine the point on xy-plane which is equidistant from (2,0,3), (0,3,2) and (0,0,1).

SECTION C - 15 Marks

Question 19 [1×5]

In sub-parts (i) and (ii) choose the correct option and in sub-parts (iii) to (v), answer the questions as
instructed.
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
(i) The median of , 𝑥, , , (𝑥 > 0) is 8, then the value of 𝑥 is:
5 4 2 3
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 32

(ii) If Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation is r then

(a) 𝑟 ≤ 1 (b) 𝑟 < −1 (c) |𝑟 | ≤ 1 (d) |𝑟 | ≥ 1

(iii) For the data 28, 17, 12, 25, 26, 19, 13, 27, 21, 16, find 𝑄3

(iv) Price relative of a commodity is 125 in 2024 compared to 2023. If the cost of the commodity is Rs 8
per kg in 2023, find its cost in 2024.

(v) A sample of 35 observations has mean 80 and another sample of 65 observations has mean 70. Find
the combined mean.

Question 20
(i) Find the median from the following distribution: [2]

Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 3 10 17 7 6 4 2 1

Or

(ii) Given r = 0.8, ∑ xy = 60, 𝜎𝑦 = 2.5 and ∑ x2 = 90, find the number of items, if x and y are
deviations from their respective means.

Question 21
Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation for the following data: [4]

X 15 18 21 24 27 30 36 39 42 48
Y 25 25 27 27 31 33 35 41 41 45

Question 22
(i) Find the consumer price index number for the year 2016 as the base year by using weighted
average of price relative method. [4]

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 Commodity Price(in Rs) in the year Price (in Rs) in the year Weights (in kg)
2016 2022
A 20 16 40
B 60 40 25
C 0.50 0.50 5
D 6.25 5.12 20
E 1.50 2.00 10

OR

(ii) Calculate the 3-yearly moving averages and draw a graph to represent the moving averages for
the following data:

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Production 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.6 3.7 2.2 6.4 3.6 5.4
(in lakhs)

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