SAMPLE PAPER 4

(with Solutions)

Time allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Same as given in Sample Paper 1.

SECTION A
(All questions are compulsory. No internal choice is provided in this section.)
1. [(3x 7) + 5] (mod 4) is
(a) 5 (b) 4 () 3 (d) 2
2. The last two digits of the product 5647 x 3548 are

(a) 16 (b) 56 (c) 76 (d) 86

3. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another
containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol is found to be 26%. The
of whisky replaced is quantity

(a)part (6)part (c) part (d)part

3

4. If x, y, z are
positive integers, then the value of the expression (x +y) (y +z) (z + x) is
(a) = 8xyz
(6) >8:xyz (c) <8xyz (d) = 4xyz

5. If A -
and A =A, then
5

(a) x= 5, y=-3 (b) x =-3, y = 5

()*=y a) none of these
6. Ifx=at, y 2at, then dx
"=

(a) 3 1
2at3 (b)2at2 (c) (a)-
7. The fixed cost of a
product is R 1800 and
the variable cost
functionis p(x) =
400-15x, then the breakeven values are
per unit is 7 55. If the ae
(a) x = 10, 15 at
(b) x = 8, 15
(c) x = 8, 20
(d) x =
12, 15
 dx
is equal to
s. +2

(b) 1 +C
(d) of these
+C 1+e*
(c) e +1
+C none

17 are
of 50 bulbs is taken at random. Out of 50 we found
15 bulbs are of Bajaj,
9. A sample of
estimate of population proportion
and 18 are of Crompton. What is the point
of Surya
Surya? (d) 0.4
(b) 0.34 (c) 0.36
(a) 0.3

10. Which of thefollowing statements are true?

.
I:The mean of a population is denoted by
statistic.
I1: The population mean is a
(d) none
(b) II only (c) Both I and II
(a) I only
11. Time series analysis helps to
behaviour of a variable in the past.
(a) understand the
behaviour of a variable.
(b) predict the future
c) plan future operations.
d) all of the above. of F2500, which is to be
invested now could establish a scholarship
12. What of money
sum worth 4% compounded annually?
forever, if money is
awarded at the end of every year of these
(b) R125000 (c)31250 (d) none

(a) 62500 of each year, if money is

of R750 payable at the beginning
13. The present value of a perpetuity
worth 5%% p.a., is of these
(c) F14250 (d) none
(b) F15750
(a) T15000 annual depreciation charge is
R10000 in 7 years. If
would reduce to
14. A machine costing C

R10000, then the value of Cis ( ) 60000 (d) none of these

(6) 70000
forever is
(a) 800000 on a fixed date and continue
begin
the periodic payments
5, An annuity in which
called (c) Bond (d) None of these
(b) Perpetuity than equal to
@) Sinking fund atleast once is more or
of getting head
The probability
b. A coin is tossedn times.
value of n is d) 5
0.8, then the least (c) 4
(b) 3
(a) 2 3x- 4y and the corner points for the bounded
L.P:P. is 2
=

for an then the minimum value of Z

17. If
I the objective function (4, 10) and (0, 8),
(6, 5), (6, 8),
Teasible region are (0, 0), (5, 0),
Occurs at ) (5, 0) a) (4, 10)
(b) (0, 8)
(a) (0, 0)

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 and (3, 0). If h.
for a n 1.P
are(0, 3), (, T) jective
feasible region
and q so that he minimum ot
the the minimu
1s. The c o r n e r points of
0 , then the
condition on p Zoccurs
=
f u n c t i o n is Z pr+qv, p. q
at (3,0) and (1, 1) is
()p
(d) p=q
(a)p 29 (p-
ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

labelled Assertion (A) and the othor

20, two
statements are given - one the codes (), (i), (ii) and (i.as
For questions 19 and answer to questions from
Select the correct
labelled Reason (R).
given below: the assertion.
correct explanation of
are true and R is the
() Both A and R correct explanation of the
assertion.
true but R is not the
(ii) Both A and Rare
(iii) A is true, but R is talse.

(iv) A is talse, but R is

true.

4r is parallel to y-axis.
19. Assertion (A): 1he tangent
at (0, 0) to y =

(R): For tangent to be parallel

to y-axis dx- 0.
Reason dy
(c) (ii) (d) (iv)
(a) (i) (b) (i)
is R, interest being
Present value of a perpetuity whose periodic payment
20. Assertion (A):
R
is given by
ro per period or i per period per rupee
and ratio is r is given by
infinite GP whose first term is a common

Reason (R): Sum of an

1- (c) (iii) (d) (iv)

(a) () (b) (ii)
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SECTION B
one question oniy
(All questions are compulsory. In of internal choice, attempt any
case
utes
same tank
in 6U h
and another pipe can empty the the
tank in 20 minutes
21. Apipe can fill a much time will they take to "
are opened together, then find how
If both the pipes
tank?
OR the
hours to fill
hours
A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leakage it took 2
tank?
ruu
the water of the a
tank. How much time will it take for the leakage to drain all

22. If A =
,then find k so that A2 =
kA- 21.

OR

A=
fIfA3 1find f(A), wheref (x) 2-2x+3.
=
 3 A furniture dealer deals in only two items-
23
and a space to store atmost 80 pieces. A tables
and chairs. He has R20000 to st
table costs him 7800 and a chair cOsts ni
T200. He can sell a table for 7950 and a chair for
280. Assume that he can sell all the
that he buys. Formulate this problem as
L.P.P. so that he can maximize his profit.
an
iteri
24, Find the present value of a perpetuity of T900 payable at the end of each year, if money 1s
worth 5% per annum.
25. A person has set up a sinking fund so that he can accumulate Z100000 in 10 years for his

children's higher education. How much amount should he

interest is 5% per annum deposit every six months ir

compounded semi-annually?
SECTION C
(All question are
compulsory. In case of internal choice, attempt any one question only.)
aa bc 1a a3
26. Without expanding, prove that b b2 ca=|1 b2 b
2 ab 1
OR
o 1 31
IfA =|1
1-8 5
2
xand A-l £|-1 =
6
-3,find the value(s) of x and y.
2 3 1| - 1 2y 1
27. Find the interval in which the following function is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing
fx)=x+ ,x:0
OR

The function Cx) of a firm is

cost 2x2-4x +5. Find
given by C(x) =

() the average cost, and (i) the marginal cost when x =10.
28. Find the effective rate of return
equivalent to declared rate of 12% compounded
() semi-annually (i) quarterly.
TUse (1.06)2 =
1.1236 and (1.03) =
1.1255]
The marginal revenue function of a commodity is MR =
7 (r+,find the revenue
runction. Also, find the obtained selling 4 units of the
revenue on
product.
Utkarsh purchased a laptop worth 780000. He paid R20000 as cash down and balance in
equal
monthly instalments in 2 years. If bank charges 9% p.a. compounded monthly. Calculate the
EMI. (Given
31 (1.0075)24 1.1964) =

A
confidence interval for a population mean was reported to be 83 to 87. If o =8, what
odmple size was used in this study?

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 SECTION D
(All question are compulsory. In case of internal choice, attempt any one question only)

32. A man rows to a place at a distance of 48 km and returns back in 14 hours. He finds that he
can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. Find the speed of
stream.
33. Ina culture, the bacteria count is 100000. The number is increased by 10% in 2 hours. In hour
many hours will the count reach 200000, if the rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to
the number present?
OR

Evaluate:22+4x-3 dx.
34. A manufacturer of screws knows that 4%o of his product is defective. If he sells the screws
in boxes of 100 and guarantees that not more than 5 screws will be defective, what is the
approximate probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality?
OR
The monthly salaries of 500 employees of a company are normally distributed with mean
10000 and standard deviation 1500. How many employees have salaries
i) less than 8000? (i) more than 13000?
(ii) between 9000 and 14500?
35. Daily absence from a school during 3 weeks is recorded as followws:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1 23 28 21 33 40

Week 2 38 52 43 58 63

Week 3 52 54 61 51 51

Draw a graph, illustrating these figures. Calculate 5 day moving averages and plot them on
the same graph.

SECTION E
(All question are compulsory. In case of intermal choice, attempt any one question only.
36. A trust invested some money in two type of bonds. The first bond pays 10% interest and
second bond pays 12% interest. The trust received 72800 as interest. However, if trust had
interchanged money in bonds, they would have got R 100 less as interest.
Let the amount invested in first type and second
type of bonds be x and y respectivey
Based on the above information, answer the
following questions:
() Express the above situation in algebraic form.
(it) Express the above situation in matrix form.
(ii) Find the amount invested by the trust in the first and the second bonds.
 OR
then what
(117) f A is the matrix formed by the coefficients of r and y of the given situation,
is the value of |adjA|?
37. The feasible region for an L.P:P is shown in the figure given below:

50D

20
C

40 X
(25, 0)

a n s w e r the following questions:

Based on the above information,
line AD
(i) Find the equation of the
of the line BC.
(i) Find the equation
C.
of the points B and
(ii) Find the coordinates
OR
objective function
Z = 3x + 4y.
maximum value of the
(ii) Find the loses T3 otherwise, when
a number greater than 3 and
a man wins T8 for getting 4 times but to quit as
and when he gets
38. In a game, decided to throw a die
The man
a fair die is thrown.
number greater
than 3.
a
answer the following questions:
information,
Based on the above
wins o r loses, then
find all the possible values
amount which the man

IfX denotes
the
i)
of X. of X.
distribution
probability
(i) Find the value ofX.
(ii) Find the expected OR

variance of X.
(iüt) Find the

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