KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN-KOLKATA REGION

COMMON SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION: 2014-15

CLASS-XI
SUB: MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 26 questions divided into three sections A, B & C.
(ii) Section A consists of 6 questions each of 1 mark.
(iii) Section B consists of 13 questions each of 4 marks.
(iv) Section C consists of 7 questions each of 6 marks.
(v) All questions are compulsory.
(vi) There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in 4
questions of four marks each and 2 questions of six marks each. You have to
attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.

SECTION A

1. Let A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {5, 6}. Find the number of possible relations
from A to B. 1
2. If the distance of the focus of a parabola from its directrix is 4, find the
length of the latus rectum. 1
3. Write 4 in polar form. 1
4. Write the contrapositive of the following statement: If a number is
divisible by 9, then it is divisible by 3. 1
5. Identify the type of OR (inclusive or exclusive) used in the following
statement: Two lines intersect at a point or are parallel. 1
6. Write the component statements of the following compound statement:
A point occupies a position and its location can be determined. 1

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 SECTION B

7. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8} and C

= {3, 4, 5, 6}.
Verify: A (BUC) / = (A B) U (A C) 4
1
8. Find the domain and the range of the function: f ( x)
9 x2
OR
x2

Draw the graph of f ( x) x 2 , x 2 Also write the range of the
0, x2
function. 4

9. Let R be a relation from Z to Z defined by R = { (a, b): a, b Z, the set of

integers and a b Z}. Show that
i) (a, a) R for all a Z
ii) (a, b) R implies that (b, a) R
iii) (a, b) R and (b, c) R implies that (a, c) R
4

10. (i) Prove that: 2 2 2 cos 4 x = 2cosx, 0 < x <
4
(ii) Find the general solution of the equation: tan3x 3 tan x = 0 4

3 2i sin
11. Find real such that is purely real.
1 2i sin
OR
16
Convert in the polar form. 4
1 3i

12. If the letters of the word EXAMINATION are arranged in all possible
ways as listed in dictionary. How many words are there in the list before
the first word starting with E? 4

13. A group consists of 4 girls and 7 boys. In how many ways can a team of
5 members be selected if the team has at least 1 boy and 1 girl? 4

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14. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (1, 3) such that the
intercept on the y-axis exceeds the intercepts on the x-axis by 4. 4

15. An arch is in the form of a semi-ellipse. It is 8m wide and 2m high at the

centre. Find the height of the arch at a point 1.5m from the end.
OR
Find the equation of the circle whose centre lies on the line x 4y = 1
and which passes through the points ( 3, 7 ) and ( 5, 5). 4

16. Show that the points A (1, 2, 3), B (-1,-2, -1), C (2, 3, 2) and D (4, 7, 6)
are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, but it is not a rectangle. 4

17. Find mean deviation about the mean for the following data:
xi 3 5 7 9 11 13
fi 6 8 15 25 8 4
4

18. Coefficients of variation of two distributions are 60 and 75, and their
standard deviations are 18 and 15, respectively. What are their arithmetic
means? 4

19. A committee of two persons is selected from two men and three women.
What is the probability that the committee will have (a) no man? (b) one
man and one woman?
OR
Four boys and two girls sit in a row at random. Find the probability that
two girls do not sit together. 4

SECTION C

20. In a survey it was found that 21 people liked product A, 26 people liked
product B and 29 people liked product C. If 14 people liked products A
and B, 12 people liked products A and C, 15 people liked products C and
B and 8 liked all the three products. Find how many liked product C only.
6

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21. If a, b, c are in A.P.; b, c, d are in G.P. and 1/c, 1/d, 1/e are in A.P. Prove
that a, c, e are in G.P. 6
OR
13 13 2 3 13 2 3 33
Find the sum to n terms of the series: .......
1 1 3 1 3 5

22. By using principle of mathematical induction prove that 2.7n + 3.5n 5 is

divisible by 24, for all n N. 6

23. Solve the following system of inequalities graphically:

x + 2y 10, x + y 1, x y 0, x 0, y 0 6

24. The coefficients of three consecutive terms in the expansion of (1 + x)n

are in the ratio 1: 7 : 42. Find n and r . 6

25. (i) Find the derivative of the function f(x) = x cos x with respect to x
from first principle. 6
e5x e 2x
(ii) Evaluate:
x
26. A lamp post is situated at the middle point M of the side AC of a
triangular plot ABC with BC = 7 m, CA = 8 m and AB = 9 m. Lamp post
subtends an angle 150 at the point B. Determine the height of the lamp
post. 6
OR
b2 c2 c2 a2 a2 b2
In triangle ABC, prove that: sin 2 A sin 2 B sin 2C 0
a2 b2 c2

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