II PU Preparatory Examination, January 2024

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (35)

Time: 3 hr, 15 min Max. Marks: 80

Instructions
1. The question paper has 5 parts namely A, B, C, D and E. Answer all the parts.
2. Part-A has 15 multiple choice questions, 5 fill in the blank questions.
3. In Part-A, only first written answer will be considered for awarding marks. Use the graph sheet for question on
Linear Programming problem in Part E.

PART - A
I Answer ALL the multiple choice questions [15  1 = 15]
1. Let R be a relation on the set N of Natural numbers defined by nRm if ‘n Divides m’ then R is
(A) reflexive and symmetric (B) transitive and symmetric
(C) equivalence (D) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
Ans (D)
2. If f : R  R given by f(x) = x2,  x  R then f is
(A) one-one but not onto (B) onto but not one-one
(C) one-one and onto (D) neither one-one nor onto
Ans (D)
3. Which of the following is the principal value branch of cosec1 x?
           
(A)   ,  (B) [0, ]    (C)  ,   {0} (D)  , 
 2 2 2  2 2  2 2
Ans (C)
4. Matrices A and B will be inverse of each other if and only if
(A) AB = BA = I (B) AB = BA = 0 (C) AB = 0 and BA = I (D) AB = BA
Ans (A)
1 2 
5. If A    then | 2 A | =
3 4 
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D)  18
Ans (B)
6. Number of discontinuity points for f(x) = [x] (greatest integer function) where 0 < x < 3 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
Ans (C)
dy
7. If y  2(5x) then is
dx
(A) 5  25x log 2 (B) 5  25x (C) 25 (D) 25x log 5
Ans (A)
8. The point of inflection of the function y = x3 is
(A) (2, 8) (B) (1, 1) (C) (0, 0) (D) (3, 27)
Ans (C)

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 sec
2
9. 3x dx is
tan 3x sec3x
(A) tan 3x (B) (C) (D) 3 sec 3 x
3 3
Ans (B)
e
1
10.  x dx 
1

1
(A) 1 (B) e (C) 0 (D)
e
Ans (A)
11. Magnitude of the vector 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Ans (C)
12. Evaluate ˆi.iˆ  ˆj.jˆ  k.j
ˆ ˆ where ˆi, ˆj and kˆ are unit vectors
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 2
Ans (D)
13. The direction cosines of Z axis
(A) (1, 0, 0) (B) (0, 0, 1) (C) (0, 1, 0) (D) (1, 1, 0)
Ans (B)
14. Optimal value of objective function in LPP is obtained at
(A) on x-axis (B) corner points of the feasible region
(C) on y-axis (D) only at origin
Ans (B)
15. If P(A) = 0.5 and P(B) = 0 and P(A/B) is
1
(A) (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) not defined
2
Ans (D)

II. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate answer in the bracket [5  1 = 5]
 2 1
5, 2, 5 , 3, 5 
 
 1 
16. If sin  sin 1  cos 1 x   1 then x is _______
 5 
1
Ans
5
17. Let A be a non-singular matrix of order 3  3 and | adj.A | = 25 then possible value of | A | is _______
Ans 5
5
 d3 y  d 2 y dy
18. The order of the differential equation is  3   3 2   y  0 is ________
 dx  dx dx
Ans 3

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x 1 y  2 z  3 x 1 y 1 6  z
19. If the lines   and   are perpendicular then k is ______
3 2k 2 3k 5 1
Ans 2
4 1
20. If A and B are independent events and P(A)  and P(B)  , then P(A  B) is ______
5 2
2
Ans
5

PART - B
III Answer any SIX of the following questions [6  2 = 12]
  1 
21. Find the value of tan 1  2cos  2sin 1  
  2 
Solution
 
tan 1  2cos  [1]
 3

Getting tan 1 1  [1]
4
22. Find the values of k if the area of triangle is 4 sq. units and vertices are (2, 0), (0, 4) and (0, k).
Solution
2 0 1
1
A 0 4 1 [1]
2
0 K 1
Getting K = 0 (or) K = 8 [1]
dy
23. Find if ax  by 2  cos y
dx
Solution
dy dy
a  2by.   sin y. [1]
dx dx
dy a
 [1]
dx 2by  sin y
24. A balloon which always remains spherical has a variable radius. Find the rate at which its volume is
increasing with the radius when the radius is 10 cms.
Solution
dv 4
   3r 2   4r 2 [1]
dr 3
dv 
 400  cm3 / cm [1]
dr  r 10
25. Find the interval in which the function f(x) = x2  4x + 6 is strictly increasing.
Solution
f '(x) = 2x  4 [1]
Getting x  (2, ) [1]

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 x.tan
1
26. Find xdx
Solution
x2 x2 1
tan 1 x.   . dx [1]
2 2 1 x2
Final result
x2 1 1
.tan 1 x  x  tan 1 x.  C [1]
2 2 2
xe x dx
27. Evaluate  (x  1)2
Solution
 1 1  x
  x  1  (x  1)2  e .dx [1]

1
 ex . C [1]
(x  1)
     
28. If a is a unit vector and  x  a  .  x  a   8 then find | x |
Solution
 2  2
x  a 8 [1]

| x | 3 [1]
29. Find the angle between pair of lines given by
 ˆ ˆ
r  3i  j  2kˆ    ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ 

r  2iˆ  ˆj  56kˆ    3iˆ  5jˆ  4kˆ 
Solution
358
cos   [1]
1  1  4 9  25  16
 8 
  cos 1   [1]
5 3
30. Two cards are drawn at random and without replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability that the both drawn cards are black.
Solution
26
C 25 C
Required probability  52 1  51 1 [1]
C1 C1
25
 [1]
102
1 1 1
31. If A and B are two events such that P(A)  , P(B)  and P  A  B   , find P(neither A nor B).
4 2 8
Solution
P(neither A nor B) = P(A'  B')
= P(A  B)'
 1  P(A  B) [1]
3
Getting result  [1]
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PART - C
IV Answer any SIX of the following questions [6  3 = 18]
32. Determine whether the relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, . . . , 13, 14} defined as R = {(x, y) : 3x y = 0}
is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
Solution
R = {(1, 3), (2, 6), (3, 9), (4, 12)}
Showing it is not reflexive [1]
Showing it is not symmetric. [1]
Proving it is not transitive. [1]
1 
33. Prove that 3cos 1 x  cos 1  4x 3  3x  where x   , 1
2 
Solution
x = cos    = cos1 x [1]
R.H.S = cos1 (4 cos3   3 cos ) [1]
Proving L.H.S. [1]
 2 
34. If A   4  , B  [1 3  6] verify that (AB)' = B'.A'.
 5 
Solution
 2 6 12 
AB   4 12 24  [1]
 5 15 30 
 2 4 5 
(AB)   6 12 15 
 [1]
12 24 30 
 2 4 5 
BA   6 12 15 
 [1]
12 24 30 
Proving (AB)' = B'A'
35. Differentiate (log x)cos x with respect to x.
Solution
log y = cos x log (log x) [1]
1 dy 1 1
.  cos x . .  log(log x).(  sinx) [1]
y dx log x x
dy  cos x 
 (log x) cos x   sin x.log(log x)  [1]
dx  x.log x 
dy
36. Find if x  a(cos   .sin ) y  a (sin   .cos )
dx
Solution
dx
 a cos  [1]
d

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dy
 a. sin  [1]
d
dy
 tan  [1]
dx
37. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 15 and the sum of whose squares is minimum.
Solution
x + y = 15 [1]
S = x2 + y2 is minimum
dy
 4x  30
dx
dy 15
0  x [1]
dx 2
d2 y
Proving 0
dx 2
15
Getting y  [1]
2
2x dx
38. Evaluate  2
x  3x  2
Solution
2x = A(2x + 3) + B
A = 1 and B =  3 [1]
2x  3 1
 x 2  3x  2 dx  3 x 2  3x  2 dx [1]

x 1
 log(x 2  3x  2)  3log C [1]
x2
39. In a bank principal increases continuously at the rate of 5% per year. In how many years Rs. 1000
double itself?
Solution
dp p
Given  5% of p  [1]
dt 20
dp 1
 dt
p 20
1
Integrating and Getting log p  tC [1]
20
Getting t = 20 log 2 years [1]
40. Show that the position vector of the point P which divides the line joining the points A and B having the
 
  mb  na
position vectors a and b internally in the ratio m : n is
mn
Solution Q
From  ORQ and OPR
le
[Diagram 1 mark] n
    R
We get RQ  b  r b 
   r
PR  r  a [1] m
 
 mb  na O P
Getting r  [1] 
mn a

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    
41. Find the unit vector perpendicular to each of the vectors a  b and a  b where a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and

b  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ
Solution
ˆi ˆj kˆ
   
a  b  a  b  2 3 4
0 1 2
   
 a  b    a  b   2iˆ  4ˆj  2kˆ [1]
 
 a  b    a  b   2 6 [1]
1 ˆ 2 ˆ 1 ˆ
Required unit vector is i j k [1]
6 6 6
42. An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers. The
probabilities of an accidents are 0.01, 0.03, and 0.15 respectively. One of the insured person meets with
an accident. What is the probability that he is a scooter driver?
Solution
1 1 1
P  E1   , P  E 2   and P  E 3   [1]
6 3 2
A A A
P    0.01, P    0.03 and P    0.15 [1]
 E1   E2   E3 
1
Required probability  [1]
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PART - D
V. Answer any FOUR of the following questions [4  5 = 20]
43. Let f : N  Y be a function defined as f(x) = 4x + 3, where Y = {y  N ; y = 4x + 3, for some x  N}.
Show that f is invertible and find inverse of f.
Solution
Proving f is one-one [2]
Proving f is onto [2]
Showing invertible and writing inverse [1]
1 2 3  3 1 2   4 1 2
44. If A  5 0 2  , B   4 2 5  and C   0 3 2  . Compute A + B and B  C also verify that
   
1 1 1   2 0 3  1 2 3 
A + (B  C) = (A + B)  C.
Solution
 4 1 1
Getting A  B   9 2 7  [1]
 3 1 4 
 1 2 0 
B  C   4 1 3 [1]
 1 2 0 

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 0 0 3
A  B  C  9 1 5 
  [1]
 2 1 1 
 0 0 3
 A  B   C   9 1 5  [1]
 
 2 1 1 
Showing L.H.S. = R.H.S. [1]
45. Solve the system of linear equations by matrix method
2x + 3y + 3z = 5, x  2y + z =  4 and 3x  y  2z = 3
Solution
2 3 3  5 x

A  1 2 1   
B   4  X   y  [1]
 3 1 2   3   z 
|A| = 40  0 [1]
X = A–1 B
5 3 9
adj  A   5 13 1 
 [2]
5 11 7 
x = 1, y = 2 and z = – 1 [1]
1 2 2 2 2
46. If y = (tan x) show that (x + 1) y2 + 2x (1 + x )y1 = 2.
Solution
1
y1  2 tan 1 x  [2]
1  x 2 
1
 1  x 2  y 2  2xy1  2 [2]
1  x 2 
Getting result [1]
1 1
47. Find the integral of
x a
2 2
with respect to x and hence evaluate  x  2x  2
2
dx

Solution
Substitution x = a tan 
dx = a sec2  d  [1]
Proving result log x  x  a  c
2 2
[2]
Getting log x  1  x 2  2x  2  c [2]
2 2
x y
48. Find the area of the region bounded by the ellipse   1 using integration.
a 2 b2
Solution
a
A  4  y dx [1] [Diagram 1 mark] B (0, b)
0
a
A A
b 2
 4
 a  x2 [1] O dx
X
a (–a, 0) (a, 0)
0

B (0, –b)

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a
4b  x 2 a2 x
  a  x 2
 sin 1 
a 2 2 a 0
A = ab [2]
dy 2
49. Solve x.log x  y  log x.
dx x
Solution
dy 1 2
 y 2 [1]
dx x log x x
I.F = log x [2]
2 2
G.S. y   log x   c [2]
x x
50. Derive the equation of the line in space through a given point and parallel to a vector both in the vector
and Cartesian forms.
Solution
Diagram [1]
Proving vector form [2]
Proving cartesian form [2]

PART - E
VI. Answer the following questions [6 + 4 = 10]
 a
51. Prove that  f (x)dx   0
2a
2 f (x)dx if f (2a  x)  f (x) 2

 cos
5
and hence evaluate x dx
0 0 if f (2a  x)   f(x)
0

OR
Solve the following linear programming problems graphically.
Minimize and maximize Z = 5x + 10 y
Subject to x + 2y  120, x + y  60, x  2y  0, x, y  0 [6]
Solution
2a a a
Writing  f (x)dx   f (x)dx   f (2a  x)dx
0 0 0
[2]

Case (i): if f(2a – x) = f(x)

then
a
 2  f (x)dx [1]
0

Case (ii): if f(2a – x) = – f(x)

0 [1]
Applying property and getting result is 0 [2]
OR

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x + 2y = 120
x 0 120
y 60 0
[1]
x + y = 60
x 0 60
y 60 0
Y

80
70
(0, 60)
60

50
40
(60, 30)
30

20 (40, 20)

10
X
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 [Graph 3 marks]
(60, 0) (120, 0)

C.P Z = 5x + 10y
(60, 0) 300  minimum
(40, 20) 400

(60, 30) 600

maximum
(120, 0) 600

[2]
 3 1
 show that A  5A + 7I = 0, where I is 2  2 identity matrix and 0 is 2  2 zero matrix.
2
52. If A  
 1 2 
Using this equation hence find A1.
OR
kx  1 if x
Find the value of k so that the function f (x)   is continuous function at x = .
 cos x if x
[4]
Solution
 8 5
A2    [1]
 5 3
Showing A2 – 5A + 7I = 0 [1]
A2 – 5A + 7I = 0 (pre multiplying or post multiplying by A–1) [1]
1
Getting A 1   5I  A 
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1  2 1
A 1  [1]
7  1 3 
OR
LHL = RHL = f(a) [1]
Since function is continuous at x = 
L.H.L = R.H.L
lim  kx  1  lim  cos x  [1]
x  x 

k + 1 = cos 
k + 1 = – 1
2
k [2]


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