J D TYTLER SCHOOL

PREBOARD-EXAM (2024-25)
CLASS XII
MATHEMATICS (041)
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 of 4 marks
each with sub-parts.
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SECTION A (Multiple Choice Questions)

Each question carries 1 mark
4 𝜆 −3
1. If 𝐴 = [0 2 5 ] , is singular matrix then value of 𝜆 𝑖𝑠
1 1 3
(a) 𝜆 = 2 (b) 𝜆 ≠ 2 (c) 𝜆 = −2 (d) 𝜆 ≠ −2

7 0 7
2. If A = [aij] is a square matrix of order 3 such that A.adj A= [0 7 0] ,
0 0 7
then the value of |A|+|adj A| is
(a) 7 (b) 56 (c) 343 (d) 350

3. If A be the set of countries and a relation R on set A is defined as

R={(x,y): country x and y have common boundary} then relation R is
(a)Reflexive and transitive (c) 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒
(c)Reflexive but not symmetric (d) Equivalence

4. If A be a square matrix of order 3 such that |𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴| = 64, the the value of |5A|
(a) ±500 (b) ±40 (c) ±20 (d) ±1000

5. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 |2𝑥 𝑥 | = 5, then value of 𝛼 + 𝛽 is

3 𝑥
(a) 2/3 (b) -5/2 (c) 3/2 (d) -2/5

6. If the function f(𝑥) = |𝑥 + 1 | + |𝑥 + 2| is not differentiable at p and q then the value of

p + q is
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) ±3 (d) 0

𝑑𝑦 𝜋
7. If 𝑥 = 𝑎(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡 − 𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 + 𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡), then 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑡 𝑡 = 𝑖𝑠
𝑑𝑥 4
(a) 1 (b) √3 (c) 1/√3 (d) -1
 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
8. If ∫
𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥−𝑎)
𝑑𝑥 = 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵 𝑙𝑜𝑔|𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥 − 𝑎)| + 𝐶 then the value of A2+ B2 is
(a) 2x (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) π

9. The direction cosines of a line equally inclined to the axes are : ?

1 1 1
(a) 1, 1, 1 (b) ±1, ±1,±1 (c) ± ,± ,± (d) 1, 0, 0
√3 √3 √3

10. Let A and B be two events. If P (A) = 0.2, P (B) = 0.4, P (A∪B) = 0.6, then P (A|B) is
equal to
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.8 (c) 0.3 (d) 0

11. If m is the order and n is the degree of given differential equation,

3
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 5
(𝑑𝑥 2 ) + (𝑑𝑥 ) + 𝑥 4 = 0 then what is the value of m + n
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 4 (d) 7

3 12
12. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 5 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 13 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝐶 then C is equal to
(a) 65/66 (b) 24/65 (c) 16/65 (d) 56/65

13. If magnitude of vector 𝑥(𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂) is ‘3 units’ then the value of 𝑥 is

1 1
(a) (b) ) √3 (c) ± (d) ) ± √3
3 √3
𝑑𝑦
14. The Integrating factor of the differential equation (x log x) 𝑑𝑥 +y=2 log x ,is given by
(a)log(log x ) (b)ex (c) log x (d)x

3−2𝑥 𝑦+ 5 6− 𝑧
15. The direction ratio of the line = = is
4 3 6
(a) 4, 3, 6 (b) 2, 3, - 6 (c) 2, -3, 6 (d) – 2, -3, -6

16. The feasible solution for a LPP is shown

(4, 10)
in given figure. Let Z=3x-4y be the
(0, 8) (6, 8)
objective function. Minimum of Z occurs at
(6, 5)

(a) (0,0)
(b) (0,8)
(c) (5,0)
(d) (4,10)

17. The corner points of feasible solution region determined by the system of linear constraints
are (0, 10), (5, 5), (15,15), (0,20). Let 𝑍 = 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞𝑦, where p, q> 0.
Condition on p and q so that the maximum of Z occurs both the point (5,5) and (0,10) is
(a) p = 2q (b) p = q (c) q = 2p (d) q = 3p
18. If a line make angles 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 with the co-ordinate axes respectively, then, value of
cos 2𝛼+cos 2𝛽 +cos 2𝛾 will be

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

ASSERTION- REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, R is false.
(d) A is false, R is true.
7 −3 −3 1 3 3
19. Assertion (A):𝐼𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 [−1 1 0 ] 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 [1 𝑝 3] 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝 = 3
−1 0 1 1 3 4
Reason (R): 𝐴𝐴−1 = 𝐼

20. Assertion (A): 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑥 2 + 1 , 𝑥 ≤ 1 2𝑥 , 𝑥 > 1 } is continuous at x=1

Reason (R): LHL and RHL at x=1 both are equal and also equal to f(1).

SECTION-B
This section comprises of very short answer type question (VSA) of 2 marks each.
17𝜋
21.Find the principal value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑡𝑎 𝑛 ( ))
6
OR
Find the domain and range of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (2𝑥 − 1)?
𝑑𝑦
22. If 𝑥 𝑚 𝑦 𝑛 = (𝑥 + 𝑦 )𝑚 + 𝑛 , then find .
𝑑𝑥
OR
𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 𝑑𝑦
𝑦 = (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥) , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑥

23. A man 1.6 m tall walks at a rate of 0.3 m/sec away from a street light that is 4m above the
ground. At what rate is the tip of the shadow moving?

24. Show that the function (𝑥) = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥), 𝑥 > 0 is always an strictly increasing
𝜋
function in (0, 4 )
OR
1
Find the intervals in which 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥3
, 𝑥 ≠ 0 is (i) increasing (ii) decreasing.

25. If Sunil and his friend walking through along two sides of parallelogram shaped agricultural
field whose adjacent sides are represented by 𝑎⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ and 𝑏⃗⃗ = 3𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 7𝑘̂ . Find the
area of field.
 SECTION C
(This section comprises of short answer type question (SA) of 3 marks each)
𝑑2 𝑦
26. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝑡 , 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑐𝑜𝑠 2𝑡 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡), 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡 = 𝜋/6
𝑑𝑥2

27. Solve the differential equation: y (1 + ex) dy = (y + 1) ex dx.

OR
𝑑𝑦
Solve the differential equation: 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
𝑑𝑥

𝑥2
28. Evaluate ∫
(𝑥 2 + 1)(𝑥 2 + 4)
𝑑𝑥
OR
1
Evaluate∫
√(𝑎−𝑥)(𝑥−𝑏)
𝑑𝑥 where a>b

29. If P(2, -3,4) , Q( 3,6, -5) and R (5,0,7) be the vertices of a triangle then find the area of triangle.

30. Solve the following linear programming problem graphically:

Minimise & Maximise Z = 200x + 500y
Subject to constraints: 𝑥 + 2𝑦 ≥ 10 , 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 ≤ 24, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0;
OR
Solve graphically:
Maximise Z = 3x + 9y
Subject to the constraints: 𝑥 + 3𝑦 ≤ 60 , 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≥ 10 , 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦 , 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0

1 2 1
31. For two events A and B If 𝑃(𝐴) = 2 𝑃(𝐴𝑈𝐵) = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 6 , then find the value of
(𝑖)𝑃(𝐴/𝐵). (𝑖𝑖)𝑃(𝐴′/𝐵). (1+2)

SECTION D
(This section comprises of long answer-type question (LA) of 5 marks each)

2 3 1
32. If A = [−3 2 1 ] , find A-1 and use it to solve the system of equations:
5 −4 −2
2x – 3y + 5z = 11, 3x + 2y – 4z = - 5, x + y – 2z = - 3

2
33. 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 ∶ ∫−1|𝑥 3 − 𝑥| 𝑑𝑥
OR
𝜋
𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 ∶ ∫0 log sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
2

34. Using integration find the area of region bounded by

2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2 = 0, 𝑥 = −2, 𝑥 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.

35. If A(1,2,-3) , B(4,0,3) and C(6,4,9) be the vertices of triangle ABC . If AD be the median then
Find (i) Equation of side BC
 (ii) Equation of Median AD
(iii) Angle between AD and BC. (2+3 marks)

A(1,2,-3)

B(4,0,3) C(6,4,9)
OR
Find equation of line which passes through (1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to both the following lines
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑧−3 𝑥+2 3−𝑦 𝑧+1
= = and = = .
2 3 4 1 −2 4

SECTION E
(CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)

36. Case-Study I- 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓: 𝐴 → 𝐵 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝒐𝒏𝒆 − 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑖𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓

𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝐴 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝐵.
Also above function is said to be onto if all the elements of codomain B are images of some
elements of domain A
Based on above information answer the following
(𝑎)𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 1 , check whether function is one one and onto.
(𝑏)𝐼𝑓 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑌 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 2 − 3 is onto function then find codomain Y.
OR
(𝑏)𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 5, check whether function is bijective, justify
your answer.

37. Case-Study II- Priyanka is very fond of ice cream cone. She selected an ice cream cone as shown
in the figure. She wants to calculate the criteria for maximum volume of cream in cone. Help her
by answering the following questions

(a) If 𝛼 is the semi vertical angle of cone. Find radius and height of cone when slant height
is 110 mm
1
(b) Find volume of cone as a function of 𝛼 1
(c)Find value of 𝛼 for maximum volume of cream. 2
 38. Case-Study III - Read the text carefully and answers the questions:
A doctor is to visit a patient. From the past experience, it is known that the probabilities
that he will come by cab, metro, bike or by any other means of transport are respectively 0.3, 0.2,
0.1, and 0.4. The probabilities that he will be late are 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, and 0.1 if he comes by cab,
metro, bike and by any other means of transport respectively.

(a) When doctor visits a patient find the probability that he will be late. 2
(b) When the doctor arrives late, what is the probability that he came by metro? 2
OR
(c) When the doctor arrives late, what is the probability that he came by other
means of transport? 2