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GRADE 12 MATHEMATICS (FOR NATURAL SCIENCE)

MODEL EXAMINATIONS
2016E.C/ 2024G.C
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS: 65 TIME ALLOWED: - 3 HOURS

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNETIVE AND BLACKEN
THE RESPECTED LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE GIVEN ANSWER SHEET.
1. According to the division algorithm, what should be the value of p and q
respectively so that, 290 = 11𝑝 + 𝑞 ?
A. 3 and 26 C. 25 and 5
B. 26 and 4 D. 24 and 6
2. If the area of 12-sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle is 48 cm2, then what is the
radius of the circle?
A. 4 cm C. 3√3 cm
B. 3√2cm D. 2√3 cm
3√128 2√72 2√50
3. What is the simplified form of the expression − + is equal to:
4 3 5
A. 2√2 C. 4√2
B. 6√2 D. 3√2
4. If ABCD is a parallelogram with 𝐴𝐵 = 6𝑥 − 8, 𝐵𝐶 = 4𝑥 + 14 and
𝐶𝐷 = 2𝑥 + 36, then what type of parallelogram ABCD is?
A. Square C. rhombus
B. Difficult to identify D. rectangle
5. If a line passes through A(√3, 8) and B (−4√3, 13), then what is the degree measure of
the angle of inclination that the line makes with the positive x-axis?
A. 120𝑜 C. 135𝑜
B. 150𝑜 D. 30𝑜
3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6
6. What is the solution set of the following system of linear equation? {
−2y + 4x = 8
A. {(2, 0)} C. {(0, 2 )}
B. {(−2, 0)} D. {(0, −2)}
7. Given two sets R and S, such that R = {-1, 0, {−1, 1}} and S= {-1 ,0, 1} , then which one
of the following is true about these sets?
A. R∪S = S C. (𝑅\𝑆)\𝑆 = {}
B. 𝑆\𝑅 = ∅ D. (𝑅 ∩ S) ∪ {−1,1} = S
8. From a top of a mountain 300 meters above sea level the angle of depression of two boats
are 45o and 60o respectively. How far apart are the two boats?
A. 100(3 − √3) m C. 150√3 m
B. 150(3 − √3) m D. 100(√3 + 3)m
9. Given a right angle triangle ABC such that 𝑚(< 𝐶) = 90𝑜 , 𝑚(< 𝐴) = 60𝑜 and AB =
40cm which one of the following is the area of triangle ABC?
400√3 100√3
A. cm2 C. cm2
3 3
B. 200√3 cm2 D. 400√3 cm2
10. For 𝑏 > 0 and 𝑏 ≠ 1. If log 𝑏 2 = 𝑛 and log 𝑏 3 = 𝑚, then which one of the following
9
expression is equal to log 𝑏 (8𝑏) ?
A. 2𝑚 − 3𝑛 + 1 C. 2𝑛 − 3𝑚 − 1
B. 2𝑚 − 3𝑛 − 1 D. 3𝑚 − 2𝑛 − 1

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 11. Let a and b be non-zero real numbers, and r and s be positive integers. Which one of the
following statements is true?
A. (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑟 = 𝑎𝑟 + 𝑏 𝑟 C. (𝑏 𝑟 )𝑠 = 𝑏 𝑟+𝑠
𝑎𝑟
B. 𝑎𝑟 𝑎−𝑠 = 𝑎 −𝑟𝑠 D. = 𝑎 𝑠+𝑟
𝑎−𝑠
12. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 9 ≥ 0 has truth set all real numbers, then which one of
the following is the possible value of k is
A. { 𝐾 ∶ −6 ≤ 𝐾 ≤ 6} C. {𝐾: 𝐾 < −6 𝑜𝑟 𝑘 > 6}
B. {𝐾: − 6 < 𝐾 < 6} D. {𝐾: 𝐾 ≤ −6 𝑜𝑟 𝑘 ≥ 6}
13. If you divide the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 4x + x −20𝑥 + 8 𝑏𝑦 𝑥 – 1, then the remainder
3 2

that you will get is = _______

A. 33 C. 0
B. -7 D. 7
14. A frustum of altitude 4 cm is formed from a right circular cone of altitude 8cm and base
radius 6cm .What is the volume of the frustum?
A. 84 𝜋cm3 C. 80 𝜋cm3
B. 40 𝜋cm3 D. 100𝜋cm3
15. The graph of a certain polynomial function f is given below. Which one of the following is
not true about this function? Y
f
A. the leading coefficient of 𝑓 is positive
B. 𝑓 has a local maximum at x = c a b c X
C. 𝑓 has a local minimum at x = a.
D. the constant term of 𝑓 is positive
16. Let 𝜃 be an angle in standard position and a point 𝑃(𝑎, 𝑏) is on the terminal side of 𝜃. If
𝑎 > 0 and 𝑏 > 0, then the secant of 𝜃 is equal to:
√𝑎2 +𝑏2 𝑎
A. C. √𝑎2
𝑎 +𝑏 2
√𝑎2 +𝑏2 𝑏
B. D. √𝑎2
𝑏 +𝑏2
3𝑥−1 2𝑥
17. What is the value of x, if 9 + 24 = 27 ?
A. 27 B. −24 C. 1⁄2 D. 1⁄3
18. Two six faces fair dies are thrown once. What is the probability that the difference of the
two numbers shown up is 2?
5 1
A. C.
18 6
1 2
B. D.
3 9

19. Which one of the following system of linear inequalities represents the shaded region R?
Y y-x=2
A. 𝑅 = { (𝑥 , 𝑦) ∶ 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 + 2; 𝑦 ≥ 0 & 𝑥 ≤ 3}
B. 𝑅 = { (𝑥 , 𝑦) ∶ 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 + 2; 𝑦 ≥ 0& 𝑥 ≤ 3}
C. 𝑅 = { (𝑥 , 𝑦) ∶ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦 + 2; 𝑥 ≥ 0& 𝑥 ≤ 3}
D. 𝑅 = { (𝑥 , 𝑦) ∶ 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 + 2& 𝑥 ≤ 3} R

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20. What is the domain of the expression ?
√2−3𝑥
2 2
A. [ − 3 , ∞) C. ℝ\{3}
2 2
B. (−∞, ) D. (−∞, ]
3 3

21. If a hemispherical iron ball of radius 3cm is placed on the top of a right circular cylinder of
height 10 cm as shown in the figure below. What is the lateral surface area of this solid?
A. 108𝜋𝑐m2
B. 78𝜋cm2
C. 87𝜋cm2
D. 76𝜋cm2 3cm .

10cm

22. If 𝑥 = 0.323323332 … and 𝑦 = 0.232232223 … then 𝑥 + 𝑦 is equal to:

1 2
A. C.
3 3
5 1
B. D.
9 2
23. Given two similar triangles and whose areas are 36 cm2 and 48 cm2. If one side length of
the smaller triangle is 6cm, then what is length of the corresponding side of the larger
triangle?
A. 4√3 cm C. 6√3 cm
B. 4 √2cm D. 3√6 cm
24. In the circle shown below, O is the center, the radius measures 8cm and m(<POQ) = 120o.
Which one of the following is the area of the shaded region?

64
A. 𝜋cm2 C. 64𝜋cm2 P
3
128
B. 𝜋cm2 D. 128 𝜋cm2 Q
3
O

1 4 −4 5
25. Let U and V be two vectors given by 𝑈 = 𝑖 − 𝑗 and 𝑉 = 𝑖 − 𝑗, then the
3 3 3 3
vector V + U is = ________________
A. 2i – 2j C. -i -2j
B. -2i – 2j D. –i – 3j

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26. Which one of the following is true about two similar polygons?
A. They are also congruent.
B. Their corresponding sides are congruent
C. Their corresponding angles are congruent
D. The ratio of their area is equal to the ratio of their corresponding sides.
27. In the figure given below, 𝑚 (< 𝐵𝐶𝐷) = 50o, 𝑚(< 𝐴𝐷𝐶) = 30 o. What is the
𝑚(< 𝐴𝑃𝐶)? D
o
A. 100 C
o
B. 40 P
C. 20 o
A
R B
o
D. 60
28. The solution set of the inequality |4 − 2𝑥| ≥ 10 is
A. [ 3, ∞) C. [−3, 7 ]
B. (-∞, −3 ] U [7, ∞) D. (-∞,−7 ] U [−3, ∞)
29. Which one of the following relations is a function?
A. 𝑅1 = {(7, 5), (4, 6), (3, 10), (7, 8)}
B. 𝑅2 = {(2, 6), (7, 14)(2, 8), (3, 12)}
C. 𝑅3 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥 = 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒}
D. 𝑅4 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥 = 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒}
30. Given; P: 2 is an even prime number.
q: All quadrilaterals are rectangles.
r: 𝜋 is an irrational number.
Using the above statements, which one of the following compound statements is
always true?
A. 𝑝 ∨ 𝑞 B. 𝑝 ∧ 𝑞 C. 𝑞 ∧ 𝑟 C. 𝑝 ⇒ 𝑞
𝑥−4
31. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 −16 , then which one of the fallowing is false?
A. domain of 𝑓 = ℝ\{±4} C. f has a hole at 𝑥 = − 4
B. the vertical asymptote is 𝑥 = −4 D. the horizontal asymptote is 𝑦 = 0
32. A Gardner wants to fence in his plot of land in two equal rectangular
sections. If he has 48 m of fence and the area of entire plot of land is 96 𝑚2 . Then,
what is the dimension of the garden?
A. 6 m by 8 m C. 6 m by 12 m
B. 6 m by 16 m D. 8 m by 12 m
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎𝑐
33. What is the determinant of the matrix A, det(𝐴), if 𝐴 = ( 𝑏 −𝑏 𝑏𝑐 )?
𝑐 𝑐 −𝑐 2
2
A. 2𝑎𝑏𝑐 B. 2𝑎𝑏𝑐 C. 4𝑎𝑏𝑐 D. 4𝐷𝑎𝑏𝑐 2
𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = −1
34. What is the solution set of the system { 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 2 ?
−𝑥 + 𝑧 = 1
A. {(0, 4, 1)} 𝐵. {(0, 4, 1)} 𝐶. {(1, 4, 2)} 𝐷. ∅

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35. The first five terms of the sequence, where 𝑎1 = 3, 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑎𝑛−1 + 2 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛 > 1
A. 3,15,40,110,330 C. 3,11,35,107,323
B. 3,20,45,110,330 D. 3,11,40,107,323
36. Which one of the following is a geometric series is convergent?
1 −𝑛 𝑛
A. ∑∞
𝑛=1 (10) C. ∑∞
𝑛=1(−3)
1 𝑛 𝑛
B. ∑∞
𝑛=1 (2) D. ∑∞
𝑛=1(√3)
1
37. Which of the following is the inverse of (𝑥) = ln(𝑥 − 2) , for 𝑥 > 2?
2
A. 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑒 2𝑥 − 2 C. 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑒 2𝑥 + 2
B. 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑒 𝑥 − 2 D. 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑒 𝑥 − 2
38. If 𝑧1 and 𝑧2 are complex numbers, then which one of the following statements is not true about
them?
A. 𝑧1 − 𝑧2 is a complex number. C. 𝑧1 − 𝑧2 is always a real number.
B. 𝑧1 + 𝑧2 is a complex number. D. 𝑧1 + 𝑧2 can be a real number.
39. Which one is the standard form of the equation of the parabola with vertex (-2,3) and focus (2,3)?
A. (𝑥 + 2)2 = 16(𝑦 − 3) C. (𝑥 − 2)2 = 16(𝑦 − 3)
2
B. (𝑦 − 3) = 16(𝑥 + 2) D. (𝑦 − 3)2 = −16(𝑥 − 2)
40. The sum of the integers between 12 and 280 which are divisible by 13 is
A. 2920 B. 3000 C. 3003 D. 3012
41. In pack of ten books, three are geometry books while the rest are book on algebra. If three books
are drawn at random, what is the probability that one of them is geometry book and the others are
book on algebra
21 21 2 7
A. 𝐵. 𝐶. 𝐷.
40 100 21 10
3 5 3 5 3 5
42. The sum of the series − 42 + 43 − 44 +45 − 46 +… is:
4
4 7 2 1
A. B. C. D.
5 15 5 3
43. After striking the floor, a certain ball rebounds (4⁄5) 𝑡ℎ of the height from which it has
fallen. Then the total distance that it travels before coming to rest, if it is gently dropped
from a height of 120 m is
A. 1260m B. 600m C. 1080𝑚 D. 1900m
2
44. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 7𝑥 − 10 . What the absolute maximum of 𝑓 on [−1,3]?
7 −129
A. −1 B. C. D. 9
4 8
45. The function 𝑓 is given by (𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 . on which of the following interval is f
strictly decreasing?
A. (−3,0) B. (0, ∞) C. (−3, ∞) D. (−∞, −3)
3⁄
46. A spherical balloon is expanding at a rate of 60𝜋 𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑐 . How fast is the surface area
of the balloon expanding in meter square per second, when the radius of the balloon is
4m?
A. 20𝜋 B. 45𝜋 C. 15𝜋 D. 30𝜋
2
47. A rectangular area of 3200𝑚 is to be fenced off. Two opposite sides will use fencing
Costing 1 birr per meter and the remaining side will use fencing costing 2 birr per meter.
What is the dimension of the rectangle of the least cost?
A. 32m and 100m C. 40𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 80𝑚

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 B. 16m and 200m D. 8m and 400m
2
48. Evaluate ∫−1(3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥)𝑑𝑥:
A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 14
2
49. Let 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 2. Then ∫ 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 is equal to:
𝑥3 𝑥3
A. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝐶 B. 𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 + 𝐶 C. + 2𝑥 + 𝐶 D. +𝑥 + 𝐶
3 3
50. The area of the region between the graph of 𝑦 = 4𝑥 3 + 2 and 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 from 𝑥 =
1 to 𝑥 = 2 𝑖𝑠
A. 36 B. 23 C. 20 D. 17
51. The mean deviation from the mean of the set of observations −1,0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4 is
A. 2 B. -2 C. 1 D. 3
52. Consider the following data

x 5 7 9 10 12 15

f 8 6 2 2 2 6

Then, the mean deviation about the median for the data is:

A. 3.15 B. 3.23 C. 3.25 D. 3.17

53. The mean and variance of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 4,respectively.on
rechecking it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation
was 11.then the correct variance is
A. 4.01 B. 4.02 C. 3.98 D. 3.99
54. If the following distribution the mean deviation about the mean and cofficeint of mean
deviation about the mean are 180 and 10, respectively, then what is the missing frequency

Value (x) 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25

Frequency(f) 7 6 9 13 𝑓 5 4

A. 40 B. 18 C. 20 D. 16
55. Consider the following frequency distribution of a grouped data, where a class interval
includes its lower-class boundary and excludes its upper-class boundary.

Class interval 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45

Frequency 10 20 15 5

Which one of the following is true about the distribution above?

A. It is positively skewed. C. The mode of the data is 20.

B. It is negatively skewed. D. The median of the data is 25.

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56. Which of the following system of linear inequalities represent the shaded region given
below?

A. 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 ≥ 80, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 20, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≤ 0
B. 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 ≥ 80, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 20, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0
C. 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 ≤ 80, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 20, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0
D. 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 ≤ 80, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 20, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≤ 0
57. A small firm manufactures necklaces and bracelets. The total number of neck less and
bracelets that it can handle per day is at most 24. It takes one hour to make a bracelet and
half an hour to make necklace. The maximum number of hours available per day is 16. If
the profit on a necklace is birr 100 and that on a bracelet is 300. What is a linear
programming problem for finding how many of each should be produced daily to
maximize the profit if it is being given that at least one of each must be produced?
A. 𝑧 = 100𝑥 + 300𝑦 C. 𝑧 = 100𝑥 + 300𝑦

𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 24 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 24
1 1
Subject to {𝑥 + 2 𝑦 ≤ 16 subject to { 𝑥 + 2 𝑦 ≥ 16
𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0

B. 𝑧 = 100𝑥 + 300𝑦 D 𝑧 = 100𝑥 + 300𝑦

𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 24 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 24
1 1
Subject to {𝑥 + 2 𝑦 ≤ 16 Subject to{𝑥 + 2 𝑦 ≥ 16
𝑥 ≥ 1, 𝑦 ≥ 1 𝑥 ≥ 1, 𝑦 ≥ 1

58. One of the Ethiopian air line aeroplane can carry a maximum of 200 passengers. A profit
of birr 1,000 is made on each executive class ticket and a profit of 600 birr is made on
each economy class ticket . The airline reserves at least 20 seats for executive class.
However at least 4 times as many passengers prefer to travel by economy class,than by
executive class. The air line wants to maximize its profit. What is the maximum profit the
air line can earn in birr?
A. 128,000 B. 136,000 C. 144,000 D. 168,000

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59. Furniture manufacturing company produces two different types of chairs A and B, to
produce Chair A, it takes 3 hours for cutting and 5 hours for assembling. To produce chair
B, it takes 6 hours for cutting and 3 hours for assembling .The Company has at most 120
hours for cutting labor and 95 hours for assembly labour per day. The company’s profit is
40 birr for each chair A produced and 60 birr for each chair B produced. If the company
wants to maximize the profit, how many of each type should be made daily?
A. 10 type A and 12 type B C. 10 type A and 15 type B
B. 12 type A and 10 type B D. 15 type A and 10 type B
60. The quartile deviation of daily wages (in birr) of seven workers are given below :
12,7,15,10,17,17,25 is
A. 3.5 B. 4. 5 C. 9 D. 14.5
61. Let 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑘𝑥 = 1 be equation of a circle for some𝑘 ∈ ℝ. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒

circle if its center is (3, 0)?

A. √3 𝐵. 3 𝐶. 10 𝐷. √10
5𝜋
62. Which of the following is equal to 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝑠𝑖𝑛 )?
4
5𝜋 𝜋 √2 √2
A. 4
B. − 4 C. − 2 D. 2
1
63. Which one of the following is true about 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 sin (2 𝑥 + 3) − 2?
A. The amplitude is 1 C. The range is[-5, 1]
B. The period is 2𝜋 D. The phase shift is 6
64. A Boat that on a sea sailed from its station 10 km to south and then changed its course and
sailed 5 + √6 km in the direction of 𝑁60° 𝐸. Then, what is the distance of the Boat should
travel in order to return to its station by the short route?
A. 5 − √6 km B. √6 − 5 km C. 9 km D. 12 km
65. A translation T takes P=(-1,0) to Q=(1,3) what is the image of the ellipse

9(𝑥 − 1)2 + 4(𝑦 + 2)2 = 36?

A. 9(𝑥 − 3)2 + 4(𝑦 − 1)2 = 36 C. 9(𝑥 + 1)2 + 4𝑦 2 = 36

B. 9(𝑥 + 3)2 + 4(𝑦 − 1)2 = 36 D. 9(𝑥 − 2)2 + 4(𝑦 − 1)2 = 36

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