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MATHEMATICS HSSC–I (3rd Set)

SECTION – A (Marks 20)
Time allowed: 25 Minutes
Section – A is compulsory. All parts of this section are to be answered on this page and handed
over to the Centre Superintendent. Deleting/overwriting is not allowed. Do not use lead pencil.
Q.1 Fill the relevant bubble for each part. All parts carry one mark.

(1) What is simplest form of [√ ( )] ?

A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(2) Logically ( ) is equivalent to:
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(3) Under which of the following operations, the set * + is closed?
A. Addition ⃝ B. Subtraction ⃝
C. Multiplication ⃝ D. Division ⃝

(4) Rank of matrix [ ] is:

A. ⃝ B. 3 ⃝
C. 2 ⃝ D. ⃝
(5) Which of the following represents the root of equation ?
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(6) What is the solution of ?
A. * + ⃝ B. * + ⃝
C. * + ⃝ D. * + ⃝

(7) The partial fraction of will be in the form:

A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
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(8) For what value of k, if are in A.P
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(9) What will be the value of ∑ ?
( ) ( )( )
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
( ) ( )
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(10) What will be the probability of getting a number between 1 and 50 that is
divisible by 1 and the number itself?
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝

(11) For any natural number , is divisible by:

A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝

(12) In the expansion of ( )

the sum of coefficient of odd power of x is:
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(13) Which one of the following is the simplified form of ( ). /?
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(14) Which are Co-terminal angles?
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(15) If , express in term of
A. √ ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. √ ⃝
(16) What is the domain of ?
A. 2( ) 3 ⃝ B. 2( ) 3 ⃝
C. 2( ) 3 ⃝ D. ⃝
(17) If area of then is:
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(18) What is the angle of elevation of the sun when 10m high pole cast a shadow of 8m?
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
(19) The value of 0 . / 1 is:
√
A. ⃝ B. ⃝
√
C. ⃝ D. ⃝
√
(20) Solution set of is:
√
A. 2 3 2 3 ⃝ B. 2 3 2 3 ⃝
C. 2 3 2 3 ⃝ D. 2 3 2 3 ⃝

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 Federal Board HSSC-I Examination
Mathematics Model Question Paper
(Curriculum 2000)

Time allowed: 2.35 hours Total Marks: 80

Note: Sections ‘B’ and ‘C’ comprise pages 1-2 and questions therein are to be answered on the
separately provided Answer Book. Write your answers neatly and legibly.

SECTION – B (Marks 48)

Q.2 Attempt any TWELVE parts. All parts carry equal marks. (12  4 = 48)

i. If , then find:
a. Modulus of the complex number
b. Argument of complex number
ii. Show that the set { √ } is a group with respect to addition

iii. If | | , find values of .

iv. Find the values of s and t if are the roots of the polynomial
.
v. If are the roots of , form the equation whose roots are
( ) ( )

vi. Resolve ( ) ( )
into partial fraction

vii. In an A.P, first term is 74 and common difference is .

a. Show that sum of first n term is ( )
b. Find the values of , If

viii. The term of G.P is and up to infinity of the series is 2.

Find the first term and common ratio of the series.
ix. How many numbers greater then 2000,000 can be formed from the digits
0,2,2,2,3,4,4?
x. One card is selected from a deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that
the card is either a heart or a face card?
xi. Find the unknowns and , If ( ) ----

xii. Prove the identity

xiii. Prove that

xiv. The sides of a triangle are .

Prove that .
( ) ( )

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 xv. Solve ( )

xvi. Find the solution set of in the interval , -

SECTION – C (Marks 32)

Note: Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks. (4  8 = 32)

Q.3 If [ ] then find using row/column operations.

Q.4 a. A committee of 5 members is to be selected from 6 men and 4 women. Find the
number of ways if
i. the committee has exactly 3 men and
ii. the committee has at least 2 women
b. A fair coin and a die are tossed. Let A be the event ‘tail appear on the coin’ and B
be the event 4 on the die, check whether A and B are independent events or not

Q.5 Find the following in the expansion of . /

i. The term involving ii. The term independent of
iii. The middle term
Q.6 State and prove the Fundamental Law of Trigonometry.

Q.7 If where , then

a. write down the period and
b. sketch the graph of the given trigonometric function.

Q.8 Prove that . / . / . /

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 MATHEMATICS HSSC-I (3rd Set)
Student Learning Outcomes Alignment Chart
National Curriculum 2000

Sec-A Q 1 Contents and Scope Student Learning Outcomes

 . Concept of Complex Numbers 
to know four binary operations on complex
i and Basic Operations on them. numbers (distinct and repeated) and their properties
Conjugate and its properties. (commutative, associative and distributive);
 Introduction to the logical statements (simple and
 Logical Proofs of the Operation compound) and their composition (common
on Sets connectives, negation, conjunction, disjunction,
ii
conditional and biconditional); truth values and
truth tables of logical statements and their logical
equivalence
• To have the concept of a binary operation on a set and
the idea of algebraic system; to know the properties of
 Binary Operations and its binary operations (closure, commutative, non-
iii Different Properties commutative, associative, non-associative, existence of
identity and inverse in an algebraic system with respect
to a given binary operation) Addition modulo and
multiplication modulo be introduced.
 To know the elementary row and column operations
on matrix, To define the following types of
matrices:
 Determinants and their
Upper and lower triangular, symmetric and skew-
Application in the study of the
symmetric, Hermitain and skew-hermitian and echelon and
iv Algebra of Matrices
reduced echelon forms; to reduce a matrix to its echelon or
reduced echelon form and be able to apply them in finding
the inverse and rank (rank of matrix to be taken as number of
non zero rows of the matrix in echelon form) of a matrix upto
order 3 x 3
 To find cube roots and fourth roots of unity and
 Cube roots and Fourth
v their properties  and 2 to be introduced as
Roots of unity
complex cube roots of unity
 Solution of Equations
 To solve equation reducible to quadratic equations in
vi Reducible to Quadratic
one variable .
Equations in one Variable
 To reduce a fraction into partial fractions when its
denominate consists of
vii  Partial Fractions a) Linear factor
 Non-repeated quadratic factor.
 Arithmetic sequence  To have the concept of an arithmetic mean
(A.M) and of n arithmetic means between two
viii
numbers: to be able to find a A.M and to insert
n AMs between two numbers
Sum of series  To know the meaning of the symbol
 n, n ,  n
2 3
ix and apply them in evaluating the
sum of series.
 Probability (Basic Concepts
 To know the formula for finding the probability;
x and Estimation of Probability)
To apply the formula for finding probability in simple cases.
 Application of Mathematical
 To know the principle of mathematical
xi Induction.
induction and its various applications.
 Find the number of terms and general terms
n
Binomial Theorem for Positive in the expansion of (a +b) and apply it to
xii
Integral Index. expand positive integral powers of the
binomials and find their particular terms.
 To establish the following relations between the
trigonometric ratios;
cosec θ= 1/ sin θ, sec θ = 1/con θ,
cot θ = 1/tan θ , tan θ = sin θ / cos θ
xiii  Trigonometric Functions cot θ= cos θ/sin θ, sin2 θ+ cos2 θ=1 ,
1+ tan2 θ = sec2 θ and
1+cot2 θ = cosec2 θ:
to be able to apply the above mentioned relations in
b) proving the trigonometric identities;
 to have the concept of the measure of an angle as the
 Units of Measures of Angles.
amount of rotation including the senses of clock wise and
xiv
anti-clock wise rotation so as to have the idea of general
angle and circular residue.
 Trigonometric Ratios of Double  To find the values of the trigonometric ratios of
xv
Angles and Half Angles double and half the angles and apply them.
 Periods of  To know the domains and ranges of the
Trigonometric trigonometric functions to have the concept of
xvi
Functions period of a trigonometric function and the
period of the basic trigonometric functions.
 Areas of Triangular Regions.  To establish and apply the formula for finding the areas
xvii of triangular regions;

 Heights and Distances  To be able to use solution of right triangles in solving the
xviii
problems of heights and distances.
 Inverse Trigonometric  To know the general and principle trigonometric
xix Functions functions their inverses and their values.
 Solution of  To solve trigonometric equations and check
Trigonometric their answers by substitution in the given
Functions equations so as to discard extraneous roots and
xx
to make use of the period of trigonometric
functions for finding the general solution of
the equations.

Sec-
Q2
B
 Concept of Complex Numbers  To know the conjugate and modulus of a complex
and Basic Operations on them.
number
Conjugate and its properties.
Modulus (absolute value) and
i its properties
 Geometrical Representation of
Complex numbers by Argand’s
 To know that for complex numbers
where r is modulus and θ
Diagram.
is called argument.
  Groups  To know the definitions of a group, a semi group, a
ii
monoid and a group.
Determinants and their  Concept of a determinant of a square matrix
iii expansion of the determinants up to order 4
Application
(simple cases )
 Application of Remainder
 To use synthetic division in finding depressed equations
iv Theorem in the Solution of
for solving them.
Equations
 Formation of Quadratic
 To form quadratic equations in one variable
Equations from Given
v Conditions whose roots are related in various ways with
the roots of given quadratic equation
 To define proper and improper rational fraction, to
distinguish identities from conditional equations, to
 Partial Fractions reduce a fraction into partial fractions when its
vi
denominate consists of
a) Linear factors
b) Repeated linear factors (at the most cubes)
vii  Arithmetic sequence  To solve problems pertaining to the terms of an A.P.
 Geometric Series  To establish the formulas for finding the sum of
viii
geometric series upto n terms and to infinity .
 Permutations  To establish the formula for n Pr and apply it in
solving problems of finding the number of
ix
arrangements of n things taken r at a time
(when some of them are alike)
 Addition of Probability  Know the following rules
=1 , =0 ,
x
 If X and Y are not compliments of each other, then
P(XY) = P (X) +P(Y) – P(X Y)
 Binomial Series  To be able to identify given series as a binomial
xi
expansion .
 To establish the following relations between the
trigonometric ratios;
cosec θ= 1/ sin θ, sec θ = 1/con θ,
cot θ = 1/tan θ , tan θ = sin θ / cos θ
 Trigonometric Functions
xii cot θ= cos θ/sin θ, sin2 θ+ cos2 θ=1 ,
1+ tan2 θ = sec2 θ and
1+cot2 θ = cosec2 θ:
to be able to apply the above mentioned relations in
b) Proving the trigonometric identities.
 Trigonometric Ratios of Double  To find the values of the trigonometric ratios of double
xiii
Angles and Half Angles and half the angles and apply them.
 To establish the cosine formula and apply it in
xiv  Cosine Formula
the solution of oblique triangles
 Inverse Trigonometric  Development of formulas for inverse
xv Functions trigonometric functions and their application.
 Solution of  To solve trigonometric equations and check
Trigonometric their answers by substitution in the given
xvi
Functions equations so as to discard extraneous roots and
to make use of the period of trigonometric
 functions for finding the general solution of the
equations.
Sec-
Q No
C
 To know the elementary row and column operations on
matrix, To define the following types of matrices:
Upper and lower triangular, symmetric and skew-
 Types of Matrices and the Row symmetric, Hermitain and skew-hermitian and echelon
3 and Column Operations on and reduced echelon forms; to reduce a matrix to its
Matrices echelon or reduced echelon form and be able to apply
them in finding the inverse and rank (rank of matrix to be
taken as number of non zero rows of the matrix in
echelon form) of a matrix upto order 3 x 3
 To apply combination in solving problems
 Combinations
 Know the following rules
 Addition and Multiplication of
P(S) = 1 , P (Ǿ) = 0 , 0 ≤ P (E) ≤ 1
4 Probability
P(E) = n (E)/n (S)
d) If X and Y are independent events, then  =

 To state and prove the binomial theorem for positive

 Binomial Theorem for integral index, find the number of terms and general
5 Positive Integral Index terms in the expansion of (a +b)n and apply it to expand
positive integral powers of the binomials and find their
particular terms (without expansion).
 To know the domains and ranges of the trigonometric
 Periods of Trigonometric functions to have the concept of period of a trigonometric
Functions function and the period of the basic trigonometric
 Graphs of Trigonometric functions.
6
Functions  To draw the graphs of the six basic trigonometric
function sin the domains ranging from -2 π to 2 π and
know that the graphs of these trigonometric functions are
repeated depending upon the period of the functions
 Fundamental Formulas
 a) Informal introduction of distance formula;
of Sum and Difference
7 b) to establish the formula:
of two Angles and their cos(α–β) = cosαcosβ +sinαsinβ
Application
 Inverse Trigonometric  To know the definition of inverse
Functions trigonometric functions their domains and
ranges; to know the general and principle
8 trigonometric functions their inverses and
their values; development of formulas for
inverse trigonometric functions and their
application.
 MATHEMATICS HSSC-I (3rd Set)
Systems Table of Specification
1. Number

2. Sets, Functions

3. Matrices and

Equations
4. Quadratic

5. Partial Fractions

Series
6. Sequences and

Probability
Combination and
7. Permutation,

Binomial Theorem
Inductions and
8. Mathematical

of Trigonometry
9. Fundamentals

10. Trigonometric

Trigonometry
of
11. Fundamentals

12. Application of

Trigonometric
13. Inverse

Equations
Trigonometric
14. Solution of
objective
assessment
each
Total marks for

% age
and Groups

Determinants

Functions
Identities

Trigonometry
Topics

1(2)(1) 1(9)(1) 28%

Knowledge 1(1)(1) 2iv(4) 37
2ii(4) 1(7)(1) 2vii(4) 1(11)(1) 1(14)(1) 6(8) 7(2)
based 2v(4)
1(10)(1) 2viii(4)
1(4)(1) 1(10)(1) 1(16)(1) 1(19)(1) 2xvi(4) 50.8%
Comprehension 1(5)(1) 2xi(4) 2xiv(4) 67
2i(4) 2iii(4) 2vi(4) 1(8)(1) 2x(4) 1(15)(1) 7(2) 8(8) 1(20)(1)
based 1(6)(1) 5(8)
3(8) 4(4)
Application 2ix(4) 1(13)(1) 1(17)(1) 28 21.2%
1(12)(1) 2xiii(4) 7(4) 2xv(4)
based 4(4) 2xii(4) 1(18)(1)
Total marks 100%
05 06 13 10 05 10 17 14 06 13 09 06 13 05 132
for each topic
KEY:
1(1)(01)
Question No (Part No.) (Allocated Marks)
Note: (i) The policy of FBISE for knowledge based questions, understanding based questions and application based questions is approximately
as follows:
a) 30% knowledge based.
b) 50% understanding based.
c) 20% application based.
(ii) The total marks specified for each unit/content in the table of specification is only related to this model question paper.
(iii) The level of difficulty of the paper is approximately as follows:
a) 40% easy
b) 40% moderate
c) 20% difficult