KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, RAIPUR REGION

FIRST PRE-BOARD EXAM (2024-25)

CLASS- XII SUBJECT-MATHEMATICS (041)
Max.Marks:80 Time: 3 Hrs.
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.
Q.No. Question Marks
Section - A (1X20=20)
1. Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3} given by 1
R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (1, 3), (3, 3), (2,3)}.
Choose the correct answer.
(a) R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.
(b) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.
(c) R is symmetric and transitive but not reflexive.
(d) R is neither symmetric nor transitive
2. 3 −5 1 17 1
If A = [ ] and B = [ ] , then |𝐴𝐵|=
2 0 0 −10

(a) 100 (b) −100 (c) 1000 (d) −1000

3. Total number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 0 or -1 is 1

(a) 9 (b) 64 (c) 81 (d) 512

4. If m and n, respectively are the order and the degree of differential equation (𝑦 ′′′ )2 + 1
(𝑦 ′′)3 + (𝑦 ′)4 + y5 = 0, then m + n is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠 4𝑥
5. 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 0 1
The value of ‘k’ for which the function f(x) = { 8𝑥 2 is continuous
𝑘 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
at x = 0 is
(a) 0 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 1+𝑥 𝑑𝑦 1
If sec −1 ( ) = 𝑎 , then is equal to
1−𝑦 𝑑𝑥

𝑥−1 x−1 𝑦+1 𝑦−1

(a) 𝑦−1 (b) y+1 (c) 𝑥−1 (d) 𝑥+1

7. 𝑑2𝑦 1
If y = log x , then 𝑑𝑥 2 =
1 −1 1
(a) 𝑥 (b) (c) 𝑥 (d) xlog x − x
x2

8. 6 √𝑥 𝑑𝑥 1
The value of ∫0 is:
√6−𝑥+√𝑥

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these

9. 1
∫ 𝑒 𝑥 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥(1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥)𝑑𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜

(𝑎) 𝑒 𝑥 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 + 𝐶 (b) 𝑒 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + 𝐶 (c) 𝑒 𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 + 𝐶 (d) 𝑒 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 + 𝐶

10. The general solution of the differential equation ydx − xdy = 0 is 1

(𝑎) 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑐 (b) x = cy 2 (c) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑥 (d) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑥 2
11. 𝑥+1 𝑦−3 5−𝑧 1
The direction cosines of the line = = are
−1 2 −3

−1 2 −3 −1 2 3
a) ±< –, , –> b) ±< –, , –>
√14 √14 √14 √14 √14 √14
−1 −2 −3
c) ±< –, , > d) None of these
√14 √14 √14

12. The point which lies in the half plane 2x + y − 4 ≤ 0 1

(a) (0,1) (b) (3,1) (c) (5,5) (d) (2,2)
13. The corner points of the bounded feasible region of an LPP are O (0, 0), A (250, 0), 1
B (200, 50) and C (0, 175). If the maximum value of the objective function
Z = 2ax + by occurs at the points A (250, 0) and B (200, 50), then the relation
between a and b is :

(a) 2a = b (b) 2a = 3b (c) a = b (d) a = 2b

14. The magnitude of projection of 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ on 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ 1

4 4 8 4
(a) 81
(b) 9
(c) 9 (d) 3

15. If 𝑎⃗ , 𝑏⃗⃗ and ( 𝑎⃗ +𝑏⃗⃗ ) are all unit vectors and θ is the angle between 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ then the 1
value of θ is:
2𝜋 5𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 6
3 6

16. The vector equation of a line which passes through the point (2, 4, 5) and is parallel 1
𝑥 3−𝑦 2𝑧+2
to the line 3 = =
2 4

(a) 2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ +μ (3𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂)

 (b) 2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ +μ (3𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂)
(c) 2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ +μ (3𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂)
(d) 3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ +μ (3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂)
17. An urn contains 6 balls of which two are red and four are black. Two balls are drawn 1
at random. Probability that they are of the different colours is
6 4 8 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 15

18. If A and B are two events such that P(A)=0.2, P(B)=0.4 and P (A ∪B) = 0.5, then 1
value of P(A/B) is

(a) 0.1 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.08

In the following question, 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.

19. (Assertion ): If det(A) = 2, where A is a 2×2 matrix, then det(2𝐴−1 ) =1 1

(Reason): If A is an invertible matrix of order n, then det (𝐴−1) is

1
equal to
𝑑𝑒𝑡(𝐴)
20. (Assertion ): The function f(x) = x 2 − 6x + 8 is strictly increasing in the interval 1
(3,∞)
(Reason): A function has maximum value at point x = a, if f ′(a) = 0 and
f ′′ (a)<0
Section - B (2X5=10)
21. √1+𝑥 2 −1 2
Write in the simplest form: 𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 [ ] , 𝑥 ≠ 0.
𝑥

22. (a) Find values of k if area of triangle is 4 sq. units and vertices are 2
(k, 0), (4, 0), (0, 2)
OR
2 1
(b) If A = [ ], find the value of 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 + 4𝐼 .
−2 3
23. The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 5 cm/sec. Find the rate of 2
increase of its area when its radius is 2 cm.
24. If three non-zero vectors are 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ and 𝑐⃗ such that 𝑎⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗=𝑎⃗ . 𝑐⃗ 2

and 𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑎⃗ × 𝑐⃗ , then show that 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑐⃗

OR
Find a vector in the direction of ⃗⃗ = 6𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 3k̂ that has magnitude 10 units.
𝑎

25. 1 1 2
Probability of solving specific problem independently by A and B are 2 and 3
respectively. If both try to solve the problem independently, find the probability that
the problem is solved.

Section - C (3X6=18)
26. 3 𝜋 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 3
Evaluate ∫1 (|𝑥 − 1| + |𝑥 − 2|)𝑑𝑥 OR Evaluate : ∫0 dx
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥

27. 𝑥 2 +1 3
Differentiate 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + (𝑥 2−1) with respect to 𝑥.

28. 𝑑𝑦 𝑦 𝑦 3
Find particular solution of differential equation 𝑑𝑥 − 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 (𝑥 ) = 0 with the

conditions x=1, y =0.

OR
Find the particular solution of the differential equation
𝑑𝑦 1
(1+x 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 = 1+𝑥 2 given that y = 0 when x = 1.
29. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically: 3
Mmaximise Z = 3x + 9y
subject to the constraints: x+3y ≤ 60, x + y ≥ 10 , x≤ y , & x ≥ 0, y ≥0
30. 2𝑥 2 +1 3
Evaluate: ∫ 𝑥 2(𝑥 2+1) 𝑑𝑥

31. Find the equation of a line which is perpendicular to both lines: 3

𝑥−3 𝑦−4 𝑧+2
L1 : = =
−3 2 4
𝑥−3 𝑦−4
L2 : 2 = 1 , 𝑧 = 3 and passes through (−2, 0, 5)
OR
1−𝑥 7𝑦−14 𝑧−3 7−7𝑥 𝑦−4 𝑧+2
Find the value(s) of p so that the lines = = and = =
3 2𝑝 2 3𝑝 1 −5
are at right angles.

Section - D (5X4=20)
32. 3 1 2 5
If A = [3 2 −3] find A-1. Hence, solve the system of equations:
2 0 −1
3x + 3y + 2z = 1 , x + 2y = 4, 2x – 3y – z = 5
OR
Evaluate the product AB, were
1 −1 0 4 4 −8
A = [2 3 4] and B = [−8 4 −8]
0 1 2 4 −2 10
and use product AB to solve the system of linear equations:

x − y = 4, 2x + 3y + 4z = 0, y + 2z = 2
33. Let N be the set of all natural numbers and R be a relation on N×N defined by (a,b) 5
R(c,d) ⇔ad=bc for all (a,b), (c,d )  N×N. Show that R is an equivalence relation on
N×N .
OR
4 4x
(b). Let f: R − {− 3} → R be a function defined as f(x) = 3x+4 . Show that f is a one
one function. Also check whether f is an onto function or not.
34. Find the shortest distance between lines 5
𝑥−4 𝑦+3 𝑧+1 𝑥−1 𝑦+1 𝑧+10
= 4 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4 = −3 = 5
3
35. Using method of integration, find the area of the region bounded by the line y = 3x + 5
2, the x-axis and the ordinates x = –1 and x = 1.

Section - E (4X3=12)
36. An insurance company believes that people can be divided into two classes: those who
are accident prone and those who are not. The company’s statistics show that an
accident-prone person will have an accident at sometime within a fixed one-year
period with probability 0.6, whereas this probability is 0.2 for a person who is not
accident prone. The company knows that 20 percent of the population is accident
prone.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) What is the probability that a new policyholder will have an accident within a 2
year of purchasing a policy?

(ii) Suppose that a new policyholder has an accident within a year of purchasing a 2
policy. What is the probability that he or she is accident prone?

37. A student has a wooden piece which looks like a sphere of radius R. he wants to cut 1+1+2
a right circular cone from this wooden piece for some math project as shown in Fig.
1. let h be the height of cone and r be the radius of cone. (as shown in Fig.2)

Fig 1 Fig.2
(i) If x represents the perpendicular from center of sphere to diameter of base of
 cone, find the relation between x, r and R.
(ii) Find the volume of cone in the terms of x and R.
(iii) (a) Find the value of x where the cone has maximum volume if the
value of R is given 15 cm.
OR
(iii) (b) Find the height of cone in terms of R when volume of cone is maximum.
38. A factory manufactures boxes and almirah from metal sheets. A rectangular sheet of
tin 45 cm by 24 cm is to be made into a box without top by cutting off squares of side
length 𝑥 cm from each corner and folding up the flaps.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) Write the expression for the volume (V) in terms of 𝑥. 1

𝑑𝑉 1
(ii) Find 𝑥 for which 𝑑𝑥 = 0.

(iii) What will be the maximum volume of the box? 2

OR
What is the outer surface area of the box of maximum volume?