GALAXY ACADEMY, NOLAMBUR & ANNA NAGAR, CH-95.

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General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
(i) This Question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This Question paper is divided into five Sections - A, B, C, D and E.
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and
Questions no. 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are Very Short Answer (VSA)-type
questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are Short Answer (SA)-type questions,
carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are Long Answer (LA)-type questions,
carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions no. 36 to 38 are Case study-based questions, carrying 4
marks each.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in 2
questions in Section B, 3 questions in Section C, 2 questions in Section D and
one subpart each in 2 questions of Section E.
(ix) Use of calculators is not allowed.

COMMON EXAMINATION
Class-12
( Mathematics 041)
Set 1
RollNo.:........................ Maximum Marks:80
Date:06/03/2025 Time allowed: 3 hours

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 SECTION A
(Question numbers 01 to 20 carry 1 mark each.)
Followings are multiple choice questions. Select the correct option in each one of them.
3 4 
01. If A    and 2A  B is a null matrix, then B is equal to
5 2 
6 8  6 8  5 8  5  8
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
10 4   10 4 10 3  10 3
 1 2 1
02. If  2 3 1 is non-singular matrix and a  A, then the set A is
 3 a 1
(a)  (b) {0} (c) {4} (d)   {4}
x 1 y  2 z  3
03. If the point P(a, b, 0) lies on the line   , then (a, b) is
2 3 4
1 2 1 1
(a) (1, 2) (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d) (0, 0)
2 3 2 4
 
04. If a  4i  j  k and b  2i  2j  k , then how many vectors will be along the vector
 
ab?
(a) no such vectors (b) only one vector(c) only two vectors (d) infinite vectors
cos x  sin x dx
05. If y  , then is
cos x  sin x dy
   
(a)  sec2   x  (b) sec2   x  (c)  cos2   x  (d)  log sec   x 
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  4   4   4 
dy y
06. Let integration factor of the D.E.   x 2 e 2 x
is denoted by f (x) . Then f (1) 
dx x
(a) e2 x
(b) e 2 x
(c) e 2 (d) e 2
2 cos 2x  1
07.  dx is equal to
1  2sin x
(a) x  2 cos x  C (b) x  2 cos x  C (c)  x  2 cos x  C (d)  x  2 cos x  C
08. The point (x, y, 0) on the xy-plane divides the line segment joining the points
(1, 2, 3) and (3, 2, 1) in the ratio
(a) 1: 2 internally (b) 2 : 1 internally (c) 3 : 1 internally (d) 3 : 1 externally
09. If A is a square matrix and A 2  A , then (I  A) 2  3A is equal to
(a) I (b) A (c) 2A (d) 3I
10. The number of feasible solutions of the linear programming problem given as
Maximize z  15x  30y
Subject to constraints 3x  y  12, x  2y  10, x  0, y  0 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) infinite

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11. For an L.P.P. the objective function is Z  4x  3y, and the feasible region
determined by a set of constraints (linear inequations) is shown in the graph.

Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) Maximum value of Z is at R

(b) Maximum value of Z is at Q
(c) Value of Z at R is less than the value at P
(d) Value of Z at Q is less than the value of R
  cos x sin x 
12. For what value of x  0,  , is A  A  3 I , where A   ?
 2   sin x cos x 
  
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
3 6 2
13. Given that A  a ij  is a square matrix of order 3  3 and A  7 , then the value of


3
i 1
a i2 A i2 , where A ij denotes the cofactor of element a ij is
(a) 7 (b) –7 (c) 0 (d) 49

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14. If for any two events A and B, P(A)  and P(A  B)  , then P(B | A) is equal to
5 10
1 1 7 17
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 8 8 20
15. The interval in which the function f (x)  2 x  9x  12x  1 is decreasing, is
3 2

(a) x  (1, ) (b) x  (2,  1) (c) x  ( ,  2) (d) x [1, 1]

16. The function f (x)  x x , x   is differentiable
(a) only at x  0 (b) only at x  1 (c) in  (d) in   {0}
dy y  1
17. The number of solutions of the differential equation  , when y(1)  2, is
dx x  1
(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) infinite
x  1 3y  6
18. One of the point on the line  , z  4 is
3 2
(a) (1, 2,  4) (b) ( 1, 2,  4) (c) (  1, 2, 4) (d) (1,  2, 4)

Followings are 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 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.

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19. Assertion (A) : (cos x)  , when x  0 .
1 2

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 
Reason (R) : When   x   , then   tan 1x  .
2 2
20. Assertion (A) : The equation of a line which passes through the points ˆi  2ˆj and

ˆi  4ˆj  6kˆ is given by r  ˆi  2ˆj   ( 2iˆ  2ˆj  6k)
ˆ .
Reason (R) : The equation of line which passes through  
two points with position
  
vectors a and b is given by r  a   (b  a) .
SECTION B
(Question numbers 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.)
   3
21. Using principal values, evaluate : cot 1  sin      cos1  cos   tan 1 (1) .
  2   4 
22. Show that for all m  1, f (x)  3 sin x  cos x  2m x  n is decreasing on 
(real numbers).
     
23. If a, b, c are three non-zero unequal vectors such that a  b  a  c , then find the angle
  
between a and b  c .
24. Differentiate sin2x w.r.t. ecosx OR
d2 y 
If x  a cos t and y  b sin t, then find 2
at t  .
dx 6
25. Show that A (2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ ) , B(ˆi  3ˆj  5kˆ ) and C (3ˆi  4ˆj  4kˆ ) respectively, form the
vertices of a right angled triangle.
OR
Find the value of p, for which the following lines are perpendicular :
1  x 2y  14 z  3 1  x y  5 6  z
  ;   .
3 2p 2 3p 1 5
SECTION C
(Question numbers 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.)
26. Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm3/s. The falling sand forms a
cone on the ground in such a way that the height of the cone is always one-
sixth of the radius of the base. How fast is the height of the sand cone
increasing when the height is 4 cm?
27. A committee of 4 students is selected at random from a group consisting of 7 boys
and 4 girls. Find the probability that there are exactly 2 boys in the committee,
given that at least one girl must be there in the committee.
OR
The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below:
X 1 2 3
k k k
P(X)
2 3 6
(i) Find the value of k. (ii) Find P(1  X  3).
(iii) Find E(X), then mean of X .

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28.
      
Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the condition a  b  c  0.
     
(i) Show that a  b  b  c  c  a .
        
(ii) Evaluate the quantity   a  b  b  c  c  a, if a  3, b  4 and c  2.


(OR)

If a and b are unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then prove that
 1  
sin  a  b .
2 2
dy y
29. Find the general solution of the differential equation : x  y  x sin   .
dx x
1
30. Find  dx
cos (x  a) cos (x  b)
OR

x tan x
Evaluate  sec x  tan x dx .
0

31. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically.

Maximize : P  70x  40y
Subject to : 3x  2y  9, 3x  y  9, x  0, y  0.
SECTION D
(Question numbers 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.)
 1  sin 3 x 
 2
,if x 
 3cos x 2
 
32. Find the values of p and q, for which f (x)   p,ifx 
 2
 q(1  sin x) 
 (  2x)2 ,if x  2



is continuous at x OR
2

1 d2 y dy 2
If y  ea cos x , -1 ≤ x ≤ 1 show that (1  x 2 ) 2
x a y  0
dx dx
33. Find the area of the following region using integration :
{(x, y) : y 2  2 x and y  x  4} .

34. Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point P(0, 2,3)
x  3 y 1 z  4
to the line   . Also find the image of P on the line.
5 2 3
OR

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 x 6 2 y z2
Janani is standing at a point P on a path represented by the line  
1 2 2
and she wants to reach a point Q on another path represented by the line
x  4 y z 1
  in least time.
3 2 2
Determine the equation of the path PQ, which should be traced by her.

 1 1 1
35. If A  0 1 3 , find A–1.
1 2 1
Hence, solve the following system of equations :
x  y  z  6, y  3z  11 and, x  2y  z  0 .

SECTION E
(Question numbers 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.)
This section contains three Case-study / Passage based questions.
First two questions have three sub-parts (i), (ii) and (iii) of marks 1, 1 and 2
respectively.
Third question has two sub-parts (i) and (ii) of 2 marks each.
36. CASE STUDY I : Read the following passage and then answer the questions
given below.

A poster is to be made by the

Government to promote the event
on G-20 Summit in India.
The top and bottom margins of
the poster are each 6 cm, and the
side margins are each 4 cm.
Area of the printed material on the
poster (i.e., the area between the
margins) is fixed at 384 cm 2.

(i) If ‘a’ cm be the width and ‘b’ cm be the height of the poster, then express the
area of the printed material in terms of ‘a’ and ‘b’.
(ii) If ‘a’ cm be the width and ‘b’ cm be the height of the poster, then express the
value of ‘b’in terms of ‘a’ only.
(iii) If ‘a’ cm be the width and ‘b’ cm be the height of the poster, then express the
dA d2A
area (A) of the poster in terms of ‘a’ only. Find and 2 . For what value (s) of
da da
dA
‘a’,  0?
da
OR
(iii) Find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ so that area (A) of the poster is minimized. Also
find the minimum value of area (A). Use derivatives.

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37. CASE STUDY II : Read the following passage and then answer the questions
given below.
Recent studies suggest that roughly 12% of the world population is left handed.

Depending upon the parents, the chances of having a left handed child are as
follows :
A: When both father and mother are left handed :
Chances of left handed child is 24%.
B: When father is right handed and mother is left handed :
Chances of left handed child is 22%.
C: When father is left handed and mother is right handed :
Chances of left handed child is 17%.
D: When both father and mother are right handed :
Chances of left handed child is 9%.
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Assuming that P(A)  P(B)  P(C)  P(D)  and L denotes the event that child is
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left handed.

(i) Find P(L | C) .

(ii) Find P(L | A) .
(iii) Find P(A | L) .
OR
(iii) Find the probability that a randomly selected child is left handed given that
exactly one of the parents is left handed.
38. CASE STUDY III : Read the following passage and then answer the questions
given below.

In two different societies, there are some school going students - including girls as
well as boys. Satish forms two sets with these students, as his college project.
Let A  a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , a 5  and B  b1 , b2 , b3 , b4  where a i ’s and bi ’s are the school
going students of first and second society respectively.
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 Satish decides to explore these sets for various types of relations and functions.
(i) Satish wishes to know the number of reflexive relations defined on set A. How
many such relations are possible?
(ii) Satish and his friend Rajat are interested to know the number of symmetric
relations defined on both the sets A and B, separately. Satish decides to find the
symmetric relation on set A, while Rajat decides to find the symmetric relation on
set B. What is difference between their results?