SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER MATHEMATICS (041) CLASSXII (2012-13)

Gene ral In st ruc t io n s

1. All q u e s t i o n s a r e c o m p u l s o r y .
2. T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r c o n s i s t o f 2 9 q u e s t i o n s d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s A , B a n d C . S e c t i o
n A c o m p r i s e s o f 1 0 q u e s t i o n s o f o n e m a r k e a c h , s e c t i o n B c o m p r i s e s o f 1 2 q u e s t i o n s o
f f o u r m a r k s e a c h a n d s e c t i o n C c o m p r i s e s o f 0 7 q u e s t i o n s o f s i x m a r k s e a c h .
3. A l l q u e s t i o n s i n S e c t i o n A a r e t o b e a n s w e r e d i n o n e w o r d , o n e s e n t e n c e o r a s p e r t h e e x a c t
r e q u i r e m e n t o f t h e q u e s t i o n .
4. T h e r e i s n o o v e r a l l c h o i c e . H o w e v e r , i n t e r n a l c h o i c e h a s b e e n p r o v i d e d i n 0 4 q u e s t i o n s o f f o u r
m a r k s e a c h a n d 0 2 q u e s t i o n s o f s i x m a r k s e a c h . Y o u h a v e t o a t t e m p t o n l y o n e o f t h e a l t e r n a t i
v e s i n a l l s u c h q u e s t i o n s .
5. U s e o f c a l c u l a t o r s i n n o t p e r m i t t e d . Y o u m a y a s k f o r l o g a r i t h m i c t a b l e s , i f r e q u i r e d .

SECTION A

Question numbers 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. Using principal values, write the value of 2

.
2. Evaluate

* (

)+
3. Write the value of x+y+z if [



] [

] [

]
4 . If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that |adj A| = 225, find |A|.
5. Write the inverse of the matrix *


+ .
6. The contentment obtained after eating x-units of a new dish at a trial function is given by
the Function C(x) = x
3
+6x
2
+5x+3. If the marginal contentment is defined as rate of change of (x)
with respect to the number of units consumed at an instant, then find the marginal contentment
when three units of dish are consumed.
7. Write the degree of the differential equation

2(

.
8. If

and

are two vectors of magnitude 3 and

respectively such that

is a unit
vector, write the angle between

and

.
9. Write the distance between the parallel planes 2xy+3z=4 and 2xy+3z=18.

10. If =

and

, find the projection of on

.

SECTION B


11. Prove that the function f: NN, defined by f(x) = x
2
+ x+1 is one one but not onto.

12. Show that [

}] (

13. Two schools A and B decided to award prizes to their students for three values honesty (x),
punctuality (y) and obedience (z). School A decided to award a total of Rs. 11000 for the three
values to 5, 4 and 3 students respectively while school B decided to award Rs. 10700 for the three
values to 4, 3 and 5 students respectively. If all the three prizes together amount to Rs. 2700, then.
i. Represent the above situation by a matrix equation and form Linear equations using
matrix multiplication.
ii. Is it possible to solve the system of equations so obtained using matrices?
iii. Which value you prefer to be rewarded most and why?