Class Xii QP Set 1 - N
Class Xii QP Set 1 - N
PRE-BOARD 2023-24
Series. S I N Gn SET 1
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MATHEMATICS (041)
CLASS XII
General Instructions
1. This Question paper contains 5 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 04 marks
each with subparts.
7. Use of Calculator is not permitted.
SECTION A
0 1
Q1. If 𝐴 = [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴2023 is equal to
0 0
0 1 0 2023 0 0 2023 0
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023
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Q2. The function 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0 has a stationary point at
1
a) 𝑥 = 𝑒 b) 𝑥 = c) 𝑥 = 1 d) 𝑥 = √𝑒
𝑒
Q3. The number of elements below the diagonal of a square matrix of order n are ?
𝑛 (𝑛+1) 𝑛 (𝑛−1) (𝑛−1) (𝑛−2) (𝑛+1) (𝑛+2)
a) b) c) d)
2 2 2 2
Q4. If 𝐴 is a square matrix of order 3, |𝐴𝑇 | = −3, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 |𝐴𝐴𝑇 | is
a) 9 b) −9 c) 3 d) −3
𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑎, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ 1
Q5. If 𝑓(𝑥 ) = { is everywhere differentiable, then
𝑏𝑥 + 2 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 1
a) 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 5 b) 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = 5 c) 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = 3 d) 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 3
𝜋
Q6. If 𝑓(𝑥 ) = |𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 |, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓 ′ ( ).
3
√3 1 2
a) b) c) d) none of these
2 2 √3
Q7. In a 3 × 3 matrix A, value of 𝑎12 𝑐13 + 𝑎22𝑐23 + 𝑎32𝑐33, where 𝑐𝑖𝑗 is the cofactor of
𝑎𝑖𝑗 is
a) −1 b) 0 c) 1 d) |𝐴|
Q8. If the rate of change of area of a circle is equal to the rate of change of its diameter, then its
radius is
1
a) 𝜋 b) c) 2 𝜋 d) none of these
𝜋
𝑎 0 1 0
Q9. If 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = [ ] then the value of 𝑎 for which 𝐴2 = 𝐵 is
1 1 5 1
a) 1 b) −1 c) 4 d) no real values
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𝑦 𝑦 𝑦 𝑦
a) b) c) d)
2𝑦+1 2𝑦−1 1+𝑦 1−𝑦
̂ is
Q13. The angle between the vectors 𝑎⃗ = 𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ and 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑗̂ − 𝑘
𝜋 2𝜋 𝜋 5𝜋
a) b) c) − d)
3 3 3 6
Q14. If 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ are unit vectors, then which of the following values of 𝑎⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗ is not possible?
√3 1 −1
a) √3 b) c) d)
2 √2 2
𝜋
1
Q15. The value of ∫𝜋3 𝑑𝑥 is
1+√𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥
6
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
a) 𝜋 b) c) d)
2 12 4
Q16. If a linear programming problem has same optimal value at two points, then it has
Q17. In a linear programming problem, the constraints on the decision variables 𝑥 and 𝑦 are 𝑥 −
3𝑦 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3. The feasible region
a) Is not in the first quadrant
b) Is unbounded in the first quadrant
c) Is bounded in the first quadrant
d) Does not exist
Q18. India play two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of
India getting 0, 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2 points are 0.45, 0.05 𝑎𝑛𝑑 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes
are independent, the probability of India getting atleast 7 points is
1
a) 0.0875 b) c) 0.1125 d) none of these
16
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Q19. 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐴): The acute angle 𝜃 between the lines 𝑟⃗ = (2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂) + λ(𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ ) and
𝜋
𝑟⃗ = (𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂) + 𝜇 (𝑖̂ + 𝑘̂) is .
4
𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 (𝑅): If two lines with direction ratios 𝑎1 , 𝑏1 , 𝑐1 ∶ 𝑎2 , 𝑏2 , 𝑐2 are parallel, then we always have
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
= =
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
Q20. 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐴): The relation 𝑓: {1,2,3} → {𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 } defined by 𝑓 = { (1, 𝑥 ), (2, 𝑦), (3, 𝑧 )} is a
bijective function.
SECTION B
1
Q21. Find the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (2𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 ).
5
OR
𝑥+1
Q22. Show that the function 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 − log ( ) is increasing, if 𝑥 > 0.
𝑥
OR
1 2−𝑥
Q25. Evaluate ∫−1 log ( ) 𝑑𝑥.
2+𝑥
SECTION C
1
Q26. Find : ∫ 𝑑𝑥.
sin(𝑥−𝑎) cos(𝑥−𝑏)
OR
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Q28. Solve the following linear programming problem graphically:
𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑍 = 3𝑥 + 8𝑦
3𝑥 + 4𝑦 ≥ 8
5𝑥 + 2𝑦 ≥ 11
𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0.
1
Q29. Evaluate: ∫0 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 (1 − 𝑥 + 𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥.
OR
𝑥+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
Evaluate: ∫ 𝑑𝑥.
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥
Q30. Three cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards.
Find the mean of number of red cards.
OR
2 1
If A and B are two independent events such that 𝑃(𝐴𝑐 ∩ 𝐵 ) = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃 (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 𝑐 ) = , then find
15 6
𝑃(𝐴) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃 (𝐵 ).
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
Q31. If 𝑥 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡 , 𝑦 = sin 𝑝𝑡 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 (1 − 𝑥 2 ) − 𝑥 + 𝑝2 𝑦 = 0.
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
SECTION D
Q32. Using integration find the area of the smaller region bounded between 𝑦 = √36 − 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 =
4.
2 3 10
Q33. If 𝐴 = [4 −6 5 ], find 𝐴−1 . Using 𝐴−1 solve the following system of equations:
6 9 −20
2 3 10 4 6 5 6 9 20
+ + =2, − + =5, + − = −4.
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
Q34. Let 𝐴 = {1,2,3, … . ,9} and R be the relation on 𝐴 × 𝐴 defined by (𝑎, 𝑏 )𝑅 (𝑐, 𝑑) ⟺ 𝑎 + 𝑑 =
𝑏 + 𝑐 for all (𝑎, 𝑏 ), (𝑐, 𝑑) ∈ 𝐴 × 𝐴 . Prove that R is an equivalence relation and also obtain the
equivalence class {[2,5]} .
OR
𝑥
Show that the function 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 given by 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅, is neither injective nor
1+𝑥 2
surjective.
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Q35. Find the coordinates of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the point 𝐴 (−1, 8, 4) to the line
joining the points 𝐵(0, −1, 3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 (2, −3, −1). Hence, find the image of point A in the line BC.
OR
Determine the equation of a line passing through the point (1, 2, −4) and perpendicular to the
𝑥−8 𝑦+19 𝑧−10 𝑥−15 𝑦−29 5−𝑧
two lines = = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 = = .
3 −16 7 3 8 5
SECTION E
Q36. Following is the description for a particular page, selected by a school administration for
printing purposes. The total area of the page is 150 𝑐𝑚 2 . The combined width of the margin at the
top and bottom is 3 cm and at the sides it is 2 cm.
i) Obtain an expression for area of the page where printing can be done ( express in terms
of x and y both). Assume that the total length and width of the page is 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦. (1)
ii) Find the area of the printing page in terms of 𝑥 only. (1)
𝑑𝑠 𝑑𝑠
iii) Find , also find the value of x for which = 0. also write the corresponding value of
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
y. (2)
OR
For what values of x and y the area of the printing region is maximum?
Q37. Read the following passage and answer the following questions-
There are two anti craft guns, named A and B. The probabilities that the shell fired from them hits
an airplane are 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. Both of them fired one shell at an airplane at the same time.
(a) What is the probability that the shell fired from exactly one of them hit the plane? (2)
(b) If it is known that the shell fired from exactly one of them hits the plane, then what is the
probability that it was fired from B? (2)
Q38. Read the following passage and answer the following questions-
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Two motorcycles A & B are running at the speed more than the allowed speed on the roads
represented by the lines 𝑟⃗ = λ(𝑖̂ + 2 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂) and 𝑟⃗ = (3𝑖̂ + 3ĵ) + µ (2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ ) respectively.
(a) Write the direction ratios of the lines 𝑟⃗ = λ(𝑖̂ + 2 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂) and 𝑟⃗ = (3𝑖̂ + 3ĵ) + µ (2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ ) (1)
(b) Write a point, through which the line 𝑟⃗ = (3𝑖̂ + 3ĵ) + µ (2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ ) passes. (1)
(c) Will the lines intersect each other? Find the point at which the motorcycles may collide. (2)
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