VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, MAIN

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24

PRACTISE TEST-QUARTELY PAPER 1

TIM:3 HRS MAX MARK:80

SECTION A 20 X 1 = 20

1. The principal value of tan-1(tan 3π/5) is____________

(a) 2π/5 (b) -2π/5 (c) 3π/5 (d) -3π/5

2. The domain of sin–1(2x) is ______________

(a) [0, 1] (b) [– 1, 1] (c) [-1/2, 1/2] (d) [–2, 2]

3. The value of the expression sin [cot–1 (cos (tan–1 1))] is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/√3 (d) √(2/3)

4. If α ≤ 2 sin–1x + cos–1x ≤ β, then

(a) α = -π/2, β = π/2 (b) α = 0, β = π (c) α = -π/2, β = 3π/2

(d) α = 0, β = 2π

5. If A and B are two matrices of the order 3 × m and 3 × n, respectively, and m

= n, then the order of matrix (5A – 2B) is

(a) m × 3 (b) 3 × 3 (c) m × n (d) 3 × n

6. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (AB′ –BA′) is a

(a) Skew symmetric matrix(b) Null matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d)
None of these

7. Transpose of a rectangular matrix is a _____________

a) Rectangular b) square c) diagonal d) scalar

8. For a non-trivial solution | A | is

a) |A| > 0 b) |A| < 0 c) |A| ≠ 0 d) |A| = 0

 9. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then the value of |2A′| is

(a) -10 (b) 10 (c) -40 (d) 40

10.The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. The
value of k will be

(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) -9 (d) 6

11.Given that A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = -4, then |adj A| is equal
to

(a) -4 (b) 4 (c) -16 (d) 16

12.Given that A = [aij] is a square matrix of order 3×3 and |A| = -7, then the
value of ∑i=13 ai2 Ai2, where Aij denotes the cofactor of element aij is

(a) 7 (b) -7 (c) 0 (d) 49

13.The absolute maximum value of y = x3 – 3x + 2 in 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 is

a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

14.The function f(x) = x + cos x is

a) Always increasing b) Always decreasing c) Increasing for a certain
range of x d) None of these
15.The point(s) on the curve y = x², at which y-coordinate is changing six times
as fast as x-coordinate is/are
A) (6, 2) b) (2, 4) c) (3, 9) d) (3, 9), (9, 3)
16.Find the local minimum value of the function f(x) = sin4x + cos4x, 0 < x < π2
(a) 1/√2(b) ½ (c) √3/2 (d) 0
ax−b
17.If y= has a turning point P(2, -1), then find the value of a and b
( x−1)(x −4)
respectively.
(a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 1 (c) 0, 1 (d) 1, 0
-1
18.If tan (cot θ) = 2θ, then θ is equal to
(a) π/3 (b) π/4 (c) π/6 (d) None of these

ASSERTION REASON QUESTIONS

A: BOTH R AND A IS TRUE AND R IS THE CORRECT EXPLANATION FOR A

B: BOTH R AND A IS TRUE AND R IS NOT THE CORRECT EXPLANATION FOR A

C: A IS CORRECT AND R IS FALSE

D: A IS FALSE AND R IS CORRECT

19.A: If A is 3×3 invertible matrix then for any scalar k(non-zero), then,
is kA invertible.
R: A is invertible matrix that means its determinant is zero.

20.A: The inverse of the matrix P if

1+P+P2+...+Pn=0 and P is a non-singular matrix is pn−1
R: As we see there are n-1 matrices in the equation.

SECTION B 5 X 2 = 10

21. If A=( cosα

sinα cosα )
−sinα
,then the least value of α for which A+A’=I

22. If A=(
4 5)
2 3
, show that A-A’ is skew symmetric.

23. Evaluate sin ⁡(2 cos ( ) )

3 −1
5
24. Write in simplest form sin−1 ¿
25. Find k if A(2,-6);B(0,4) and C(0,k) form the vertices of triangle whose area is 4 sq
units
SECTION C 6 X 3 = 18

26. Find matrix A satisfying the matrix equation (23 12) A (−35 −32 )=( 10 01)
1 3
27. Show that the function f ( x )=x + 3 is decreasing on [-1,1].
x
1 π
28. Find the maximum and minimum values of f ( x )=sinx+ cosx in 0 ≤ x ≤ .
2 2

29. Prove that cot

(
−1 √ 1+ sinx+ √ 1−sinx

√1+ sinx− √1−sinx 2

=
x
)
( ( ) ( 1+ x ))
2
1 −1 2 x 1 −1 1+ x
30. Evaluate tan sin 2
+ cos 2
2 1+ x 2

31. If A= (−43 4
−3 )
, find f(A) where f ( x )=x 2−5 x +7

SECTION D 4 X 5 = 20

( ) ( )
1 −1 1 4 −4
4
32. Given A= 1 −2 −2 and B= −7 1 3 find AB and use the result in
2 1 3 5 −3 −1
solving x−2 y + z=4 ; x−2 y−2 z=9 ; 2 x + y +3 z=1.
2 3 10 4 6 5 6 9 20
33. Using matrices solve: + + =4 ; − + =1 ; + − =2
x y z x y z x y z
34. Show that the volume of largest cone that can be inscribed in a sphere is 8/27
times the volume of sphere.
 35. A wire of length k mts is cut into two pieces. One piece is turned in form of a
square and other in form of a circle. Find the length of each piece so that the sum
of there is minimum.
SECTION E 3 X 4 =12
36. A man has an expensive square shape piece of golden board of size 24 cm is
to be made into a box without top by cutting from each corner and folding
the flaps to form a box.

(i) Find the volume equation of the box

(ii) In the first derivative test, if dy/dx changes its sign from positive to
negative as x increases through c1, check if the function attains
maximum or minimum
(iii) What should be the side of the square piece to be cut from each
corner of the board to behold the maximum volume?
37. Three friends Ravi, Raju and Rohit were buying and selling stationery items
in a market. The price of per dozen of Pen, notebooks and toys are Rupees x,
y and z respectively.
Ravi purchases 4 dozen of notebooks and sells 2 dozen pens and 5 dozen
toys. Raju purchases 2 dozen toys and sells 3 dozen pens and 1 dozen of
notebooks. Rohit purchases one dozen of pens and sells 3 dozen notebooks
and one dozen toys.
In the process, Ravi, Raju and Rohit earn ₹ 1500, ₹ 100 and ₹400
respectively.

(i) Represent this in a matrix form.

(ii) What’s the sales amount for Ravi?
(iii) What is the amount of purchases made by all three friends?
38. A telephone company in a town has 500 subscribers on its list and collects
fixed charges of 300 per subscriber per year. The company proposes to
increase the annual subscription and it is believed that for every increase of
1 one subscriber will discontinue the service.

(i) If x be the annual subscription, then what is the total revenue of the
company after increment?
(ii) How much fee the company should increase to have maximum profit?
(iii) Find the maximum profit that the company can make if the profit
function is given by P(x) = 41 + 24x – 18x2.