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ISC 2024 EXAMINATION

QUESTION PAPER 1
MATHEMATICS

Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Three hours
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time).

This 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 question of two marks and
one question of four marks.
Section C: Internal choice has been provided in one question 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
In subparts (i) to (x) choose the correct options and in subparts (xi) to (xv), answer the
questions as instructed.

(i) Which of the following is not an equivalence relation on I (set of all integers) ? [1]
(a) is even (b) is even
(c) (d)

(ii) If function f : is a bijection, then of is [1]

(a) the identity function on A (b) the identity function on B
(c) equal to (d) none of these

(iii) The principal value of is [1]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(iv) If then is equal to [1]

(a) A (b) (c) a null matrix (d) a unit matrix

(v) If then the value of x is [1]

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

(vi) If a, b, c are distinct real numbers and then [1]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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(vii) If , then is equal to [1]

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

(viii) The value of the function f at , so that the function , is

continuous at , is [1]
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)

(ix) The order and the degree of the differential equation ,

respectively, are [1]
(a) 2, 4 (b) 2, 2 (c) 2, 3 (d) 2, not defined

(x) If A and B are two events such that , then

P(A/B) is equal to [1]
(a) (b) 0.5 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.8

(xi) If is a function defined by , then the range of f is? [1]

(xii) If the matrix is skew symmetric, find the value of a, b and c. [1]

(xiii) Evaluate: [1]

(xiv) In a race, the probabilities of A and B winning the race are and respectively. Find the
probability of neither of them winning the race. [1]

(xv) Two balls are drawn one after another (without replacement) from a bag containing 3
white, 5 red and 2 black balls. What is the probability that atleast one ball is red? [1]

Question 2 [2]
(i) If prove that .
OR
(ii) Find the slope of tangent to the curve at the point whose x coordinate
is 2.

Question 3 [2]
Find gof and fog, if are given by Show
that gof fog.

Question 4 [2]
Show that the line touches the curve at the point where it crosses the
y axis.

Question 5 [2]
(i) Evaluate :
OR
(ii) Evaluate :

Question 6 [2]
Solve the differential equation: .

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Question 7 [4]
Prove that

Question 8 [4]
If prove that

Question 9 [4]
(i) Evaluate : .
OR
(ii) Evaluate :

Question 10 [4]
(i) A box contains 30 bolts and 40 nuts. Half of the bolt and half of the nuts are rusted. If two
items are drawn at random, find the probability that either both are rusted or both are
bolts.
OR
(ii) In a certain city, the probability of not reading the morning newspaper by the residents is
and that of not reading the evening newspaper is . The probability of reading both the
newspaper is . Find the probability that a resident reads either the morning or evening or
both the papers.

Question 11 [6]

Find , where . Hence, solve the system of equations

Question 12 [6]
(i) Solve the differential equation: when and
OR
(ii) Evaluate :

Question 13 [6]
(i) A rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle of radius r with one of its sides on the diameter of
semicircle. Find the dimensions of the rectangle so that its area is maximum. Also find the
maximum area.
OR
(ii) Find the point on the straight line which is closest to the origin.

Question 14 [6]
Three bags contain a number of red and white balls as follows:
Bag 1 : 3 red balls, Bag 2 : 2 red and 1 white ball. Bag 3 : 3 white balls.
The probability that bag i will be chosen and a ball is selected from it is where i = 1, 2, 3.
(i) What is the probability that a white ball is selected?
(ii) If a white ball is selected, what is the probability that it came from bag 2?

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SECTION C – 15 MARKS
Question 19 [5]
In subparts (i) to (ii) choose the correct options and in subparts (iii) to (v), answer the
questions as instructed.

(i) If the total cost of producing x units of a commodity is given by

then the marginal cost when is
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(ii) In a bivariate data, if , then the coefficient of correlation is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(iii) The total cost and the total revenue of a company that produces and sells x units of
particular product are respectively Find the
breakeven values.

(iv) A manufacturer finds that selling price of a product is ₹25 while cost is
. What would you advise him?

(v) The coefficient of correlation between the value denoted by X and Y is 0.5. The mean of
X is 3 and that of Y is 5. Their standard deviations are 5 and 4 respectively. Find the two lines
of regression.

Question 20 [2]
(i) A company produces a commodity with ₹24000 fixed cost. The variable cost is estimated
to be 25 of the total revenue recovered on selling the product at a rate of ₹8 per unit.
Find the following:
(a) Cost function (b) Revenue function (c) Breakeven point
OR
(ii) If the total cost function is given by , where x is the quantity of output.
Show that: where MC is the marginal cost and AC is the average
cost.

Question 21 [4]
For the given lines of regression, and find
(a) regression coefficients and
(b) coefficient of correlation .

Question 22 [4]
(i) A dietician wishes to mix two kinds of food X and Y in such a way that the mixture
contains atleast 10 units of vitamin A, 12 units of vitamin B and 8 units of vitamin C. The
vitamin contents of one kg food is given below
Food Vitamin A Vitamin B Vitamin C
X 1 unit 2 units 3 units
Y 2 units 2 units 1 unit
One kg of food X costs ₹24 and one kg of food Y costs ₹36. Using linear programming, find
the least cost of the total mixture which will contain the required vitamins.
OR
(ii) A mill owner buys two types of machines A and B for his mill. Machine occupies 1000 sq. m of
area and requires 12 men to operate; while machine B occupies 1200 sq. m of area and requires 8
men to operate it. The owner has 7600 sq. m of area available and 72 men to operate the machines.
If machine A produces 50 units and machine B produces 8 units daily, how many machines of each
type should he buy to maximise the daily output? Use linear programming to find the solution.

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