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 Series ARSP/06 Set ~ 6
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/6/6
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.

 Please check that this question paper contains 06 printed pages.

 Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
 Please check that this question paper contains 38questions.
 Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
 15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.

MATHEMATICS

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory. However, there are internal

choices in some questions.

2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.

3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.

4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.

5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.

6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts.

Section A
1. A and B are square matrices of same order. If (A + B)2 = A2 + B2, then: [1]

a) AB = -BA b) AB = BA

c) AB = O d) BA = O
2. If A is a non singular matrix and A’ denotes the transpose of A, then [1]

a) |AA'| ≠ |A2| b) |A| - |A'| ≠ 0

c) |A| + |A'| ≠ 0 d) |A|≠ |A'|

∣6 0 −1 ∣ [1]
∣ ∣
3. The value of the determinant ∣ 2 1 4
∣
is
∣1 1 3 ∣

a) 10 b) -7

c) 7 d) 8
1
for |x| ≥ 1 [1]
4. Let f(x) = {
|x|
If f(x) is continuous and differentiable at any point, then
2
ax + b for |x| < 1

a) a = 1, b = –1 b)
1 3
a = ,b = −
2 2

c) a = 1

2
,b =
3

2
d) none of these
5. The direction ratios of the line x - y + z - 5 = 0 = x - 3y - 6 are proportional to [1]
−2
a) 3, 1, - 2 b)
3 1
, ,
√14 √14 √14

−4
c) 2, - 4, 1 d) 2
, ,
1

√41 √41 √41

[1]
3
dy
6. The sum of the order and the degree of the differential equation is
d
(( ) )
dx dx

a) 3 b) 0
 c) 2 d) 5
7. Solution of LPP maximize Z = 2x - y subject to x + y ≤ 2, x, y ≥ 0 [1]

a) 0 b) 1

c) 4 d) 2

8. If θ is the angle between any two vectors a⃗ and b,⃗ then ∣∣a⃗. b∣∣⃗ = ∣
∣
a⃗ × b
∣⃗
∣
when θ is equal to [1]

a) π b) π

c) π

[1]
2
√16+(log x)

9. ∫
x
dx =?

−−−−−−−−−− −−−−−−− −− − −−−−−−−−− − −−−−−−−−− −

a) 2 log x ⋅ √16 + (log x) b)
2 1 2 2 2
+ 8 log | log x + √16 + (log x)
log x
|+⋅√
C16 + (log x) + 4 log | log x + √16 + (log x) | + C
2

−−−−−−−−− − −−−−−−− −− − − −−−−−−−− − −−−−−−−−− −

c) log x ⋅ √16 + (log x)
2 1
+ 16 log | log x + √16 + (log x)
2
log|x+
⋅√C 16 + (log x)
2
d) 2
+ 8 log | log x + √16 + (log x) | + C
2

10. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (AB′ –BA′) is a [1]

a) Skew symmetric matrix b) Null matrix

c) Symmetric matrix d) Unit matrix

11. The corner points of the feasible region determined by the system of linear inequalities are (0, 0), (4, 0), (2, 4), and (0, [1]
5). If the maximum value of z = ax + by, where a, b > 0 occurs at both (2, 4) and (4, 0), then:

a) 3a = b b) 2a = b

c) a = 2b d) a = b
12. Find a vector in the direction of vector 5^i − ^j + 2k
^
which has a magnitude of 8 units. [1]

a) 40
^
i +
8
^
j +
16 ^
k b) −
40
^
i −
8
^
j +
16 ^
k
√30 √30 √30 √30 √30 √30

c) 40
^
i −
8
^
j +
16 ^
k d) 40
^
i −
8
^
j −
16 ^
k
√30 √30 √30 √30 √30 √30

∘ ∘

13. The value of ∣

∣ cos 20 sin 20 ∣
∣ is [1]
∘ ∘
∣ sin 70 cos 70 ∣

a) 0 b) 1

c) -1 d) 1

14. If P(A) = , and P(A ∩ B) = then P(B|A) is equal to [1]

4 7

5 10

a) b)
7 17

8 20

c) 1

10
d) 1

15. The general solution of the differential equation x dy - (1 + x2) dx = dx is: [1]
2 2

a) y = x

2
+ C b) y = 2 log x + x

2
+ C

3 3

c) y = 2 log x + x

3
+ C d) y = 2x + x

3
+ C

16. If a⃗, b ⃗ and c ⃗ are mutually perpendicular unit vector then |a⃗ + b ⃗ + c |⃗ =? [1]
–
a) 1 b) √2

–
c) √3 d) 2
17. The function f(x) = |cos x| is [1]

a) everywhere continuous but not differentiable b) everywhere continuous and differentiable

at (2n + 1) π

2
,n∈Z
 c) neither continuous nor differentiable at (2n + d) either continuous or differentiable at (2n + 1)
1) ,n∈Z ,n∈Z
π π

2 2

18. Find the shortest distance between the lines r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^

(1 − t) i + (t − 2) j + (3 − 2t) k and [1]
^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (s + 1) i + (2s − 1) j − (2s + 1) k

a) b)
8 8

√31 √35

c) 8
d) 8

√29 √33

19. Assertion (A): f(x) = 2x3 - 9x2 + 12x - 3 is increasing outside the interval (1, 2). [1]

Reason (R): f'(x) < 0 for x ∈ (1, 2).

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A. explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): Let A ={2, 4, 6} and B = {3, 5, 7, 9} and defined a function f = {(2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 7)} from A to B. [1]
Then, f is not onto.
Reason (R): A function f : A → B is said to be onto, if every element of B is the image of some elements of A under f.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A. explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
21. sin
−1
(
−1
) [2]
2

OR
Find the principal value of cosec -1(− √–
2) .

22. Prove that the function does not have maxima or minima: h(x) = x3 + x2 + x +1 [2]

23. Find the local extremum values of the following function: f(x) = (x - 1) (x - 2)2. [2]

OR
Find the maximum and minimum value, g(x) = -|x + 1| + 3
24. Evaluate: ∫ π
sin 2x

π
dx [2]
sin(x− ) sin(x+ )
6 6

25. On which of the following intervals is the function f(x) = x100 + sin x - 1 increasing [2]
Section C
26. Evaluate: ∫ 2
1

2
dx . [3]
(x +1)(x +2)

27. A speaks truth in 60% of the cases and B in 90% of the cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to contradict [3]
each other in stating the same fact?
3 −1 2

28. Evaluate: ∫ x sin x

dx [3]
√1−x4

OR
x
(x−3)e
Integrate the function 3
(x−1)

29. Find a particular solution of

dy
+ y tan x = 2x + x2 tan x, given that y = 1 when x = 0 [3]
dx

OR
y dy y
Find the particular solution of the differential equation x cos( x
)
dx
= y cos( x
) + x, given that when x = 1, y = π

30. Maximize Z = 100x + 170y subject to [3]

3x+2y≤ 3600
 x+4y≤ 1800
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0

OR
Solve the Linear Programming Problem graphically:
Maximize Z = - x1 + 2x2 Subject to

-x1 + 3x2 ≤ 10

x1 + x2 ≤ 6

x1 - x2 ≤ 2

x1, x2 ≥ 0

31. Find
dy
of the function (cos x)y = (cos y)x. [3]
dx

Section D
32. Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by the line x - y + 2 = 0, the curve x = √y and Y-axis. [5]
33. Let A = [-1, 1]. Then, discuss whether the following functions defined on A are one-one, onto or bijective: [5]
i. f(x) =
x

ii. g(x) = |x|

iii. h(x) = x|x|

iv. k(x) = x2
OR
If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, define relations on A which have properties of being:
a. reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
b. symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
c. reflexive, symmetric and transitive.

⎡
1 0 −2
⎤ [5]
34. Show that the matrix, A = ⎢ −2 −1 2 ⎥ satisfies the equation, A3 – A2 – 3A – I3 = O. Hence, find A-1
⎣ ⎦
3 4 1

35. Find the vector equation of the line passing through (1,2,3) and || to the plane r .⃗ (^i − ^j + 2k
^
) = 5 and [5]
^ ^ ^
r .⃗ (3 i + j + k) = 6

OR
Find the distance of the point (-1,-5,-10) from the point of intersection of the line
→ →
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r = (2 i − j + 2k) + λ(3 i + 4 j + 2k) and the plane ^ ^ ^
r ⋅ ( i − j + k) = 5 .
Section E
36. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
For an audition of a reality singing competition, interested candidates were asked to apply under one of the two
musical genres-folk or classical and under one of the two age categories-below 18 or 18 and above.
The following information is known about the 2000 application received:
i. 960 of the total applications were the folk genre.
ii. 192 of the folk applications were for the below 18 category.
iii. 104 of the classical applications were for the 18 and above category.
Questions:
i. What is the probability that an application selected at random is for the 18 and above category provided it is under
the classical genre? Show your work. (1)
ii. An application selected at random is found to be under the below 18 category. Find the probability that it is under
the folk genre. Show your work. (1)
 iii. If P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.8 and P(B|A) = 0.6, then P(A ∪ B) is equal to. (2)
OR
iv. If A and B are two independent events with P(A) = 3

5
and P(B) = 4

9
, then find P(A' ∩ B'). (2)
37. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Ram's house is situated at Gandhi Nagar at Point O, for going to school he first travels by bus in the east. Here at Point
A, a hospital is situated. From Hospital Ram takes an auto and goes 3 km in the north direction, here at point B school

is situated. Suresh's house is at 30o east, 6 km from point B.

i. Find the displacement between Ram's house and school. (1)

ii. How many km Ram travels to reach school? (1)
iii. What is the vector distance from school to Suresh's home? (2)
OR
What is the displacement from Ram's house to Suresh house? (2)
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
The relation between the height of the plant (y in cm) with respect to exposure to sunlight is governed by the following
equation y = 4x - 1

2
x2 where x is the number of days exposed to sunlight.

i. Find the rate of growth of the plant with respect to sunlight. (1)
ii. What is the number of days it will take for the plant to grow to the maximum height? (1)
iii. Verify that height of the plant is maximum after four days by second derivative test and find the maximum height
of plant. (2)
OR
What will be the height of the plant after 2 days? (2)