DOUGLAS MEMORIAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

SELECTION EXAMINATION, 2023 – 2024

SUBJECT - MATHEMATICS
CLASS – XII
Maximum Marks: 80
Time Allowed: Three Hours
[Candidates are allowed an additional 15 minutes only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time.]
The Question Paper consists of three Sections A, B and C.
Candidates are required to attempt all questions from Section A and all questions
EITHER from Section B OR Section C.
Section A: Internal choice has been provided in two questions of two marks each, two
questions of four marks each and two questions of six marks each.
Section B: Internal choice has been provided in one questions of two marks and one
questions of our marks.
Section C: Internal choice has been provided in one questions of two marks and one
question of four marks.
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as, and adjacent to
the rest of the answer.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Mathematical tables and graph papers are provided.

SECTION A – 65 MARKS
Question 1 [1X15=15]

In sub-parts (i) to (x) choose the correct options and in sub-parts (xi) to (xv), answer
the questions as instructed.

(i) If A and B are two matrices of the order 3 x m and 3 x 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
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 𝑛
(ii) ∫ dx, (n ∈ N) is:
𝑥
(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)² 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥
)² + c
𝑛
(a) +𝑐 (b) (logx)² + c (c) n(logx)² + c (d) (
2𝑛 2 𝑛
1 𝜋
(iii) The value of tan(2𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 5 − ), is:
4
7 7 7 7
(a) - 17 (b) 17 (c) - 5 (d) 5
(iv) The sum of the order and the degree of the differential equation:
𝑑²𝑦 𝑑𝑦
( )² + ( )³ + x ⁴ = 0 , is :
𝑑×2 𝑑𝑥

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

(v) If two events are independent, then:
a) they must be mutually exclusive.
b) the sum of their probabilities must be equal to 1.
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(vi) Value of a b c is:
a+2x b+2y c+2z
x y z
(a) 0 (b) xyz (c) abc (d) 1
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vii) Consider the graph of the following function, f (x):

Y

X′ X

Y′
State which of the following options is INCORRECT?
a) f (x) is defined at x=0
b) there is only one point of discontinuity in the given diagram.
c) in the given diagram, there are more than one point of discontinuity.
d) according to the graph , f(x) is continuous everywhere other than x=0.
viii) Consider the following statement:
‘f (x) is a smooth curve without any break in a given interval over R’.
Find which one of the following options is CORRECT.
(a) f(x) is only continuous over the given interval and nothing can be said
about the differentiability of f(x) in the interval .
(b) f (x) is both continuous and differentiability in the given interval.
(c) Nothing can be said definitively about the continuity of f (x) over the given
interval.
(d) f(x), most certainly will not be differentiable over the given interval.
(ix) Statement 1: f : R → R defined by f(x) =5x + 3 is one – one and onto.
Statement 2: f: N → N defined by f(x) = 5x + 3 is one – one but not onto.
Which one of the following options is CORRECT?
(a) Both the Statements are true.
(b) Both the Statements are false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
(x) Which of the following is INCORRECT?
(a) Multiplication of diagonal matrices of same order is
commutative.
(b) If the product of two matrices is zero, then it is not necessary that one of
the matrices is a zero matrix.
(c) Multiplication of two matrices of same order is non – commutative.
(d) For every square matrix A, there exits an identity matrix such that, A² = I

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(xi) A relation R in the set A = { 1, 2, 3} given by

 R = {(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3)}. Test whether the relation R is
transitive or not.
4 𝑥+2
(xii) If A = [ ] is a symmetric matrix, then find the value of ‘x’.
2𝑥 − 3 𝑥+1
(xiii) There is an independent enquiry of two persons A and B. The Probability
that A speaks the truth is 0.55 and that for B is 0.64. What is the probability
that they will lie together?
(xiv) Consider the function f : R →R defined by f(x) = sinx
f(x)

0
π/6
13π/6
1
17π/6 2
11
17π/6
R 1R
In the context of the above diagram, state1 why sinx is not invertible over entire
R.
1
(xv) A and B are two students. Their chances of solving a problem correctly are 3
1 1
and 4 respectively. If the probability of their making a common error is 20 and
they obtain same answer, then find the probability
1 that their answer is correct.

Question 2 [2]

(i) The table below shows some of the value of differentiable functions f and g
and their derivatives:
x u(x) u ′(x) v(x) v′(x)
–1 4 6 0 –2
0 –3 –
1 7 –1
2
1
1 2 3 3 –4
−
2
If w(x) = u (v(x)), find w′(– 1)

Or
(ii) Find the points of absolute maxima1 and absolute minima of the function
2x³ - 15x² + 36x +1 on the interval [1, 5]
Question 3 [2]
𝜋
𝑆𝑖𝑛³𝑥
Evaluate: ∫02 dx.
𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝑥+𝑐𝑜𝑠³𝑥

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Question 4 [2]
If an edge of a variable cube is increasing at the rate of 0.5 cm/sec, at what rate its
surface area increasing when its edge is 12 cm?
Question 5
𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥+𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑥
i. Evaluate : ∫ 𝑑𝑥 [2]
1+2𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑥

Or
ii. Evaluate: ∫ x.10x dx.
Question 6 [2]
Let f : N Y be a function defined as, f(x) = 4x + 3, where Y = {y : y = 4x + 3, x ∈ 𝑵}.
Show that f is invertible. Also find 𝑓 −1 .

Question 7 [4]
Prove that, co𝑡 −1 7 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 8 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 18 = 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 3

Question 8 [4]

𝑑𝑥
Evaluate: ∫ 3⁄
𝑥 2 (1+ 𝑥 4 ) 4

Question 9 [4]
i) For what value of ‘λ’ is the function,
f(x) = λ (x² -2x), x ≤ 0
4x +1, x > 0
Continuous at x = 0?
Or.
ii) If x = a sin t – b cos t and y = a cos t + b sin t, prove that,
𝑑²𝑦 𝑥 2 +𝑦²
=-( )
𝑑𝑥² 𝑦³

Question 10 [4]
i) A group of friends decided to have a picnic on a particular day. According
to the forecast of the weather office, the probability of raining on that
particular day is 80%. If it rains, then the probability of having a decent
picnic is 0.3 and if it does not rain, then the probability of having a decent
picnic is 0.9. What is the probability that the group of friends will have a
decent picnic on that particular day?
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ii) A jar contains two white balls and three black balls. The balls are drawn
from the jar one by one and placed on the table in the order they were
 drawn. What is the probability that they are drawn in the order white,
black, black, white, black?
Question 11 [6]
−4 4 4 1 −1 1
Given that A = [− 7 1 3] and B = [1 −2 −2], find AB and use it to solve the
5 −3 −1 2 1 3
system of equations:
x – y + z = 4 , x – 2y – 2z = 9, 2x + y + 3z = 1
Question 12 [6]
i) Show that the differential equation
𝑥 𝑥
2y𝑒 𝑦 dx + (y – 2x𝑒 𝑦 )𝑑𝑦 = 0 is homogeneous and find the particular
solution given that x=0 when y =1
Or

ii) Evaluate: ∫ √𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 dx.

Question 13 [6]
i) A municipality corporation decided to build a cuboidal water reservoir
with a square base and an open top to store 500000 litres of water. The
cost of the stainless steel sheet required for construction is ₹60,000 per
square meter. Find the dimensions of the tank that will minimise the cost
of the stainless-steel sheet and determine the minimum cost.
Or
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ii) A closed right circular cylinder has volume 2 cubic units. Find the
radius and the height of the cylinder so that the total surface area is
minimum.
Question 14 [6]
From an urn containing 5 white and 5 black balls, 5 balls are transferred at
random into an empty second urn from which one ball is drawn and it is found to
be white.
E₀, E₁, E₂, E₃, E₄, E₅ are events defined as follows:
E₀: ‘5 black balls drawn from the first urn’
E₁ : ‘1 white and 4 black balls drawn from the first urn’
E₂ : ‘2 white and 3 black balls drawn from the first urn’
E₃ : ‘3 White and 2 black balls drawn from the first urn’
E₄ : ‘4 white and 1 black ball drawn from the first urn’
E₅ : ‘5 white balls drawn from the first urn’
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Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:
(i) What are the values of P(E₀) and P(E₅)? Are they equal? Justify.
(ii) How much times is P(E₁) of P (E₅)?
(iii) What is the probability that all balls transferred from the first urn to the
second urn are white?

SECTION B - 15 MARKS
QUESTION 15 [5]
In sub-parts (i) and (ii) choose the correct options and in sub-parts (iii) to (v), answer
the questions as instructed.
(i) Consider the following vector diagram:

C B
C

O A
a
The vector AC is given by :

(a) b + c (b) b – c (c) a – c (d) a + c

(ii) If | a| = 10 , |b | = 2 and a . b = 12 , then the value of | a × b| is :

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 16.

(iii) If the direction cosines of a line is (k, k, k) then find the value of k.
(iv) Find the angle between 𝑖̂ – 𝑗̂ and 𝑗̂ – 𝑘̂
(v) Find the equation of the plane which cuts x-axis at (4, 0, 0) and does not
cut y axis and z axis.

Question 16 [2]
(i) Show that the four points A,B,C and D with position vectors
4𝑖̂ + 5𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂, - 𝑗̂ - 𝑘̂ , 3𝑖̂ + 9𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ and 4( - 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ ) are coplanar.

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 (ii) Find the volume of a parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the
vectors a = 2 𝑖̂ – 3 𝑗̂ – 4𝑘̂ , b = 𝑖̂ + 2̂𝑗 - 𝑘̂ and c = 3 𝑖̂+ 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ .
Question 17 [4]

𝑥−1 𝑦+1 𝑧 𝑥+1 𝑦−1

(i) Show that the lines = = and = , z=2 does not intersect each
2 3 1 5 1
other.
Or

(ii) A variable plane which remains at a constant distance 3p from origin cuts
the co – ordinate axes at A , B and C. Show the locus of the centroid of the
∆ABC is, xˉ² + yˉ² + zˉ² = pˉ².
Question 18 [4]
Find the area of the region bounded by the curve y = x 2 and the line, y = 4.

SECTION C – 15 MARKS
Question 19 [5]
In sub-parts (i) and (ii) choose the correct options and in sub-parts (iii) to (v), answer
the questions as instructed.
(i) The revenue function of a monopolist is given by R(x) = 120𝑥 2 + 300𝑥 − 𝑥.
Then the average revenue function AR(x) at x = 10 will be:
(a) ₹1499 (b) ₹ 1500 (c) ₹1210 (d) ₹12310
(ii) If r = 0, then regression lines are :
(a) perpendicular to each other.
(b) parallel to the axes.
(c) bisect the axes.
(d) coincidental with each other.

iii) If fixed cost of a new product is ₹18000 and the variable cost is ₹ 550
per unit and p(x) = 4000 – 150x, then find the break – even points.
iv) The average cost function (AC) of a medicine producing factory is given by:
50
AC = 2x -11 + 𝑥 . The manufacturer should produce more than 5 units.
State reason.
v) If the profit function is maximum then what should be the relation between
Marginal Cost (MC) and Marginal Revenue (MR)?

Question 20 [2]
(i) The demand function for a new product introduced by a company is
x = (30000 -1500p), Where ‘p’ is the price per unit and ‘x’ is the number of
unit demanded. The fixed cost for the product is ₹26000 and the per unit
variable cost is ₹8. What price the company should charge per unit to
obtain the maximum profit? Also find the number of units sold at this price.

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(ii) A product can be manufactured at a total cost c(x) = 100 + 100𝑥 + 40, where
x is the number of units produced. The price at which each unit can be
𝑥
sold is given by: P(x) = 200 − 400 . Determine the production level at which
the profit is maximum.
Question 21 [4]
The two lines of regressions are x + 2y – 5 = 0 and 2x + 3y – 8 = 0 and the variance
of x is 12. Find the variance of y and the coefficient of correlation.

Question 22 [4]
(i) Solve the following LLP graphically :
Maximize: Z = 30x + 40y ,
Subject to the constraints, x + y ≤ 6, 2x +3y ≤ 14,
x, y ≥ 0.
Also find the maximum value of Z.
Or

(ii) Two tailors P and Q earn ₹150 and ₹ 200 per day respectively.
P can stitch 6 shirts and 4 trousers a day, While Q can stitch 10 shirts
and 4 trousers per day. How many days should each work to produce at
least 60 shirts and 32 trousers? Formulate this problem as a L.P.P and
solve it graphically.

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