03.01.

2025 Bihar Board

TAD
Test and Discussion for BSEB XII – 2024 – 25
Quantum Coaching Centre, Darbhanga
Mathematics Minor Test – 5
Total no. of Questions: 100+30+8 = 138 Full Marks – 100
Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Instructions for the candidates:
1. Candidate must enter his/her Question Booklet Serial No. (10 digits) in the OMR Answer
Sheet.
2. Candidates are required to give their answers in own words as far as practicable.
3. Figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks.
4. 15 minutes of extra time has been allotted for the candidates to read the questions carefully.
5. This question booklet is divided into two sections – Section-A and Section-B.
6. In Section-A, there are 100 objective type questions, out of which any 50 questions are to be
answered (each carrying 1 mark). First 50 answers will be evaluated by the computer in case
more than 50 questions are answered. For answering these darken the circle with blue / black
ball pen against the correct option on OMR Answer Sheet provided to you. Do not use
Whitener/liquid/blade/nail etc. on OMR-sheet, otherwise the result will be treated invalid.
7. In Section-B, there are 30 short answer type questions, out of which any 15 questions are to
be answered (each carrying 2 marks). Apart from this, there are 8 long answer type questions,
3out of which any 4 questions are to be answered (each carrying 5 marks).
8. Use of any electronic appliances is strictly prohibited.
Mathematics (Theory)
(English Medium)

Topic to be covered:

➢ Vector
➢ 3D Coordinate Geometry
➢ LPP
➢ Probability

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 Objective Type Questions (Section – A)
Question no’s 1 to 100 have four options, out of which only one is correct. Answer any 50
questions. You have to mark your selected option on the OMR-Sheet. 50×1=50
1. The position vector of the point (1, 2, 0) is:
(a) i + j + k (b) i + 2j + k (c) i + 2j (d) 2j + k
2. The magnitude of the vector 6i + 2j + 3k is equal to:
(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 12
3. What is the magnitude of vector – 3i + 5j?
(a) √34 (b) √32 (c) √8 (d) √16
4. If |a × b| = 4 and |a.b| = 2, then |a|² |b|² is equal to:
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 2
5. A point from a vector starts is called ____ and where it ends is called its ____.
(a) terminal point, endpoint. (b) initial point, terminal point
(c) origin, endpoint (d) initial point, endpoint
6. Time period is a ________.
(a) Vector quantity (b) Scalar quantity
(c) Neither scalar nor vector (d) None of these
7. What is the magnitude of vector, v = 1/√3 i + 1/√3 j + 1/√3 k?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. Can two different vectors have the same magnitude?
(a) Yes (b) No (c) Cannot be determined D. None of these
9. What is the value of x and y, if 2i + 3j = xi + yj?
(a) 4, 9 (b) 3, 2 (c) 2, 3 (d) 0, 0
10. The scalar product of 5i + j – 3k and 3i – 4j + 7k is:
(a) 15 (b) –15 (c) 10 (d) –10
11. Which of the following holds true for a vector quantity?
(a) It has only magnitude (b) It has only direction
(c) A vector has both direction and magnitude (d) A vector can never be negative
12. Which of the given qualities is a vector?
(a) Speed (b) Time (c) Weight (d) Volume
13. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
(a) Speed (b) Density (c) Force (d) Velocity
14. Which of the below given is a vector quantity?
(a) 8 kg (b) 4 seconds (c) 6 Newton (d) 90 cm3
15. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
(a) 80m3 (b) 5 Newton (c) 7 m/s towards east (d) 55m/s2
16. If l, m, n are the direction cosines of a position vector a⃗, then which of the following is true?
(a) l2+m2–n2=0 (b) lmn=1 (c) l2+m2+n2=1 (d) l2+m2+n2=1
17. Two vectors having the same initial points are called as ________________
(a) collinear vectors (b) unit vectors (c) coinitial vectors (d) equal vectors
18. Which of the following condition is true for equal vectors?
(a) They have the same direction but not same magnitude
(b) They have the same magnitude and direction

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(c) They have the same initial point
(d) They are parallel to the same line
19. If a⃗ = i +4j and b⃗ = 3i – 3j. Find the magnitude of a⃗ +b⃗.
(a) √6 (b) √11 (c) √5 (d) √17
20. Find the sum of the vectors a⃗ =6i – 3j and b⃗ =5i + 4j.
(a) 11i + j (b) 11i – j (c) –11i + j (d) i + j
21. Find vector c⃗, if a⃗ – b⃗ + c⃗ =6i + 8j where a⃗ =7i +2j and b⃗ =4i – 5j.
(a) –3i + j (b) 3i + j (c) 3i – j (d) –3i – j
22. Find the magnitude of a⃗ +b⃗ , if a⃗ =4i +9j and b⃗ =6i.
(a) √181 (b) √81 (c) √11 (d) √60
23. Find vector b⃗, if a⃗ +b⃗ +c⃗ =8i + 2j where a⃗ =i – 6j and c⃗ =3i + 7j.
(a) 4i + 4j (b) i + 4j (c) 4i – j (d) 4i + j
24. If a⃗ =9i – 2j + 7k, b⃗ =5i + j – 3k, find a⃗ +b⃗.
(a) i – j + 4k (b) 14i – j + 4k (c) 14i – 3j + 4k (d) 14i – j + 9k
25. Find the sum of the vectors a⃗ =8i + 5j and b⃗ =–2i + 6j
(a) 6i + j (b) 6i + 11j (c) 6i – 11j (d) i + 11j
26. Find the angle between the two vectors a⃗ and b⃗ with magnitude √3 and √2 respectively
and a⃗.b⃗ =3√2.
(a) cos−11/√3 (b) cos−1√3 (c) cos−13/√2 (d) cos−12/√3
27. Find |a⃗ +b⃗ |, if |a⃗ |=3 and |b⃗ |=4 and a⃗.b⃗ =6.
(a) 34 (b) √37 (c) 13 (d) √23
28. Find the scalar product of the vectors a⃗ =6i −7j + 5k and b⃗ = 6i − 7k
(a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 3
29. Find the vector product (a × b) of the two given vectors: a = 2i + 3j + 4k, b = 3i + 5j. Here, i,
j & k are unit vectors along three mutually perpendicular axes.
(a) –20i + 12j + k (b) 10i + 6j + ½k (c) 20i – 12j – k (d) 10i – 6j – ½k
30. Find the scalar product of the vectors a⃗ =2i + 5j and b⃗ =6i − 7j.
(a) −32 (b) −23 (c) 32 (d) 23
31. The direction cosines of the y-axis are:
(a) (9, 0, 0) (b) (1, 0, 0) (c) (0, 1, 0) (d) (0, 0, 1)
32. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points P(1, 1, 1), Q(3, -1, 2), R(-3, 5, -4).
(a) x + 2y = 0 (b) x – y – 2 = 0 (c) – x + 2y – 2 = 0 (d) x + y – 2 = 0
33. The equation x² – x – 2 = 0 in three-dimensional space is represented by:
(a) A pair of parallel planes (b) A pair of straight lines
(c) A pair of the perpendicular plane D. None of these
34. The direction ratios of the normal to the plane 7x + 4y – 2z + 5 = 0 are:
(a) 7, 4, – 2 (b) 7, 4, 5 (c) 7, 4, 2 (d) 4, -2, 5
35. If l, m, n are the direction cosines of a line, then;
(a) l2+ m2+ 2n2 = 1 (b) l2+ 2m2+ n2 = 1 (c) 2l2+ m2+ n2 = 1 (d) l2+ m2+ n2 = 1
36. Direction ratio of line joining (2, 3, 4) and (−1, −2, 1), are:
(a) (−3, −5, −3) (b) (−3, 1, −3) (c) (−1, −5, −3) (d) (−3, −5, 5)
37. If a line has direction ratios 2, – 1, – 2, determine its direction cosines:
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(a) ⅓, ⅔, -⅓ (b) ⅔, -⅓, -⅔ (c) -⅔, ⅓, ⅔ (d) None of these
38. The vector equation for the line passing through the points (–1, 0, 2) and (3, 4, 6) is:
(a) i + 2k + λ(4i + 4j + 4k) (b) i – 2k + λ(4i + 4j + 4k)
(c) – i +2k+ λ(4i + 4j + 4k) (d) – i + 2k+ λ(4i – 4j – 4k)
39. If the lines (x–2)/1 = (y–2)/1 =(z–4)/k and (x–1)/k = (y–4)/2 = (z–5)/1 are coplanar, then k
can have:
(a) Exactly two values (b) Exactly three values
(c) Exactly one value (d) Any value
40. What are the direction cosines of the equation of the plane 2x + 3y – z = 5?
(a) 1/√14, 3/√14, –2/√14 (b) 2/√14, 3/√14, –1/√14
(c) 2/√14, 1/√14, –1/√14 (d) 2/√14, –2/√14, –3/√14
41. If a, b, c are the direction ratios of the line and l, m, n are the direction cosines of the line,
then which of the following is true?
(a) l/a=m/b=n/c=μ (b) l/a=m/b=n/c=μ − 1
(c) l/a=m/c=n/b=μ (d) l/a=n+1/b=n/c=μ
42. The direction ratios of the line segment joining P(x1,y1,z1) and Q(x2,y2,z2) is given by
_______, ____________ and __________
(a) x2 + x1,y2 + y1,z2 + z1 (b) x2 − x1,y2 + y1,z2 − z1
(c) x2 − x1,y2 − y1,z2 − z1 (d) x2 + x1,y2 − y1,z2 + z1
43. If the direction cosines of a line are k/3, k/3, k/3, then value of k is
(a) k > 0 (b) 0 < k < 1. (c) k = 1/3 (d) k = ±3
44. The distance between the planes 2x − 3y + 6z + 12 = 0 and 2x − 3y + 6z − 2=0 is
(a) 10/7 (b) 2/7 (c) 2 (d) 24/7
45. The equation x² – x – 2 = 0 in three-dimensional space is represented by:
(a) A pair of parallel planes (b) A pair of straight lines
(c) A pair of the perpendicular plane (d) None of these
46. Three-line segments are drawn by joining any two of the points A (−1, 3), B (−2, 1), and C
(−5, −1). How many of them are intersected by the y-axis?
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
47. Region represented by x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is:
(a) first quadrant (b) second quadrant (c) third quadrant (d) fourth quadrant
48. The objective function of a linear programming problem is:
(a) a constraint (b) function to be optimised
(c) A relation between the variables (d) None of these
48. The linear inequalities or equations or restrictions on the variables of a linear programming
problem are called:
(a) a constraint (b) Decision variables
(c) Objective function (d) None of the above
49. A set of values of decision variables that satisfies the linear constraints and non-negativity
conditions of an L.P.P. is called its:
(a) Unbounded solution (b) Optimum solution
(c) Feasible solution (d) None of these
50. The maximum value of Z = 3x + 4y subjected to constraints x + y ≤ 4, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0 is:

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(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) None of these
51. The minimum value of Z = 3x + 5y subjected to constraints x + 3y ≥ 3, x + y ≥ 2, x, y ≥ 0 is:
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 11
52. Maximize Z = 3x + 5y, subject to constraints: x + 4y ≤ 24, 3x + y ≤ 21, x + y ≤ 9, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(a) 20 at (1, 0) (b) 30 at (0, 6) (c) 37 at (4, 5) (d) 33 at (6, 3)
53. The point which does not lie in the half-plane 2x + 3y −12 < 0 is:
(a) (2,1) (b) (1, 2) (c) (−2,3) (d) (2,3)
54. The optimal value of the objective function is attained at the points:
(a) on X-axis (b) on Y-axis
(c) corner points of the feasible region (d) none of these
55. Which of the following is a type of Linear programming problem?
(a) Manufacturing problem (b) Diet problem
(c) Transportation problems (d) All of the above
56. The minimum value of Z = 3x + 5y subjected to constraints x + 3y ≥ 3, x + y ≥ 2, x, y ≥ 0 is:
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 11
57. If the constraints in a linear programming problem are changed
(a) solution is not defined (b) the objective function has to be modified
(c) the problems is to be re-evaluated (d) none of these
58. The point which does not lie in the half plane 2x + 3y – 12 < 0 is
(a) (1, 2) (b) (2, 1) (c) (2, 3) (d) (–3, 2)
59. The region represented by x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is:
(a) first quadrant (b) second quadrant (c) third quadrant (d) fourth quadrant
60. A set of values of decision variables that satisfies the linear constraints and non-negativity
conditions of an L.P.P. is called its:
(a) Unbounded solution (b) Optimum solution (c) Feasible solution (d) None of these
61. Maximize Z = 3x + 5y, subject to constraints: x + 4y ≤ 24, 3x + y ≤ 21, x + y ≤ 9, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(a) 20 at (1, 0) (b) 30 at (0, 6) (c) 37 at (4, 5) (d) 33 at (6, 3)
62. Minimize Z = 20x1 + 9x2, subject to x1 ≥ 0, x2 ≥ 0, 2x1 + 2x2 ≥ 36, 6x1 + x2 ≥ 60.
(a) 360 at (18, 0) (b) 336 at (6, 4) (c) 540 at (0, 60) (d) 0 at (0, 0)
63. The optimal value of the objective function is attained at the points:
(a) on X-axis (b) on Y-axis
(c) corner points of the feasible region (d) none of these
64. Region represented by x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is
(a) first quadrant (b) second quadrant (c) third quadrant (d) fourth quadrant
65. In solving the LPP: minimize f = 6x + 10y subject to constraints x ≥ 6, y ≥ 2, 2x + y ≥ 10, x ≥
0, y ≥ 0 redundant constraints are
(a) x ≥ 6 (b) 2x + y ≥ 10, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(c) x ≥ 6, y ≥ 2 (d) None of these
66. The maximum value of Z=3x + 4y subjected to constraints x + y ≤40, x + 2y ≤60, x≥0, y≥0 is
(a) 130 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d) 140
67. Find P(E|F), where E: no tail appears, F: no head appears when two coins are tossed in the
air.
(a) 0 (b) ½ (c) 1 (d) None of these

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68. The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the
probability of 2 success is
(a) 28/256 (b) 219/256 (c) 128/256 (d) 37/256
69. If P(A) = 0,4, P(B) = 0.8 and P(B|A) = 0.6 then P(A∪B) is equal to
(a) 0.24 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.48 (d) 0.96
70. The probability of solving the specific problems independently by A and B are 1/2 and 1/3
respectively. If both try to solve the problem independently, find the probability that exactly one
of them
(a) 1 (b) ½ (c) 1/3 (d) ¼
71. If A and B are two independent events, then the probability of occurrence of at least one of
A and B is given by:
(a) 1+ P(A′) P (B′) (b) 1− P(A′) P (B′) (c) 1− P(A′) + P (B′) (d) 1− P(A′) – P (B′)
72. An urn contains 10 black and 5 white balls. Two balls are drawn from the urn one after the
other without replacement. What is the probability that both drawn balls are black?
(a) 3/7 (b) 7/3 (c) 1/7 (d) ⅓
73. If P(A ∩ B) = 70% and P(B) = 85%, then P(A/B) is equal to:
(a) 17/14 (b) 14/17 (c) ⅞ (d) ⅛
74. The probability of a student getting 1, 2, 3 division in an examination are 1/10, 3/5 and 1/4
respectively. The probability that the student fails in the examination is
(a) 27/100 (b) 83/100 (c) 197/200 (d) None of these
75. A person writes 4 letters and addresses 4 envelopes. If the letters are placed in the envelopes
at random, then the probability that all letters are not placed in the right envelopes, is
(a) 23/24 (b) 15/24 (c) 11/24 (d) ¼
76. If E and F are independent events, then;
(a) P(E ∩ F) = P(E)/ P(F) (b) P(E ∩ F) = P(E) + P(F)
(c) P(E ∩ F) = P(E) . P(F) (d) None of these
77. A police officer fires three bullets at a thief. The probability that the thief will be killed by
one bullet is 0.8. Find the probability of the thief being still alive?
(a) 0.008 (b) 0.0016 (c) 0.64 (d) None of these
78. If E and F are two events associated with the same sample space of a random experiment
then P (E|F) is given by _________
(a) P(E∩F) / P(F), provided P(F) ≠ 0 (b) P(E∩F) / P(F), provided P(F) = 0
(c) P(E∩F) / P(F) (d) P(E∩F) / P(E)
79. Let E and F be events of a sample space S of an experiment, if P(S|F) = P(F|F) then value of
P(S|F) is __________
(a) 0 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 2
80. Given that E and F are events such that P(E) = 0.6, P(F) = 0.3 and P(E∩F) = 0.2, then
P(E|F)?
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/3 (c) ¾ (d) 1/4
81. Given that E and F are events such that P(E) = 0.5, P(F) = 0.4 and P(E∩F) = 0.3, then what
will be the value of P(F|E)?
(a) 2/5 (b) 3/5 (c) ¾ (d) 2/4
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of P(F|F) is __________
(a) 0 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 2
83. If P(A) = 7/11, P(B) = 6 / 11 and P(A∪B) = 8/11, then P(A|B) = ________
(a) 3/5 (b) 2/3 (c) ½ (d) 1
84. If P(A) = 1/5, P(B) = 0, then what will be the value of P(A|B)?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) Not defined (d) 1/5
85. If P(A) = 5/13, P(B) = 7/13 and P(A∩B) = 3/13, evaluate P(A|B).
(a) 1/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 3/5 (d) 2/7
86. Which of this represents the multiplication theorem of probability?
(a) P(A∩B) = P(B) P(B/A) (b) P(A∩B) = P(A) P(B/A)
(c) P(A∩B) = P(A) P(B/B) (d) P(A∩B) = P(A) P(A/A)
87. A box contains 5 brown and 7 black pebbles. What is the probability of drawing a brown
pebble if the first pebble drawn is black? The balls drawn are not replaced in the box.
(a) 5/11 (b) 8/11 (c) 4/18 (d) 14/11
88. Which of this represents the multiplication theorem of probability?
(a) P(A∩B) = P(B) P(B/A) (b) P(A∩B) = P(A) P(B/B)
(c) P(A∩B) = P(A) P(A/A) (d) P(A∩B) = P(B) P(A/B)
89. A bag contains 6 pink and 8 white pebbles. What is the probability of drawing a brown
pebble if the first pebble drawn is pink? The balls drawn are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 0 (b) 8/11 (c) 1 (d) 14/11
90. A bag contains 9 identical balls, of which are 4 are blue and 6 are green. Three balls are
taken out randomly from the bag after one another. Find the probability that all three balls are
blue?
(a) 5/8 (b) 6/19 (c) 5/21 (d) 4/7
91. A box contains 3 red and 4 blue marbles. Two marbles are drawn without replacement.
What is the probability that the second marble is red if it is known the first marble is red?
(a) 3/7 (b) 4/7 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/7
92. A bag contains 4 red and 7 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a blue ball if the
first ball drawn is red? The balls drawn are replaced into the bag.
(a) 8/11 (b) 7/11 (c) 4/11 (d) 7/4
93. A bag contains 4 red and 7 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a blue ball if the
first ball drawn is red? The balls drawn are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 7/10 (b) 8/10 (c) 7/1 (d) 4/11
94. A bag contains 4 red and 7 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a red ball if the
first ball drawn is blue? The balls drawn are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 7/11 (b) 7/10 (c) 4/10 (d) 9/11
95. A bag contains 4 red and 7 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a red ball if the
first ball drawn is blue? The balls drawn are replaced in the bag.
(a) 4/11 (b) 8/11 (c) 4/18 (d) 14/11
96. A bag contains 3 red, 2 white and 4 green balls. What is the probability of drawing the
second ball to be white if the first ball drawn is white? The balls are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 1/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 7/8 (d) 1/8
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second ball to be white if the first ball drawn is white? The balls are replaced in the bag.
(a) 1/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 1/8 (d) 2/8
98. A bag contains 3 red, 2 white and 4 green balls. What is the probability of drawing the
second ball to be green if the first ball drawn is red? The balls are replaced in the bag.
(a) 3/9 (b) 4/9 (c) 4/3 (d) 4/17
99. A bag contains 3 red, 2 white and 4 green balls. What is the probability of drawing the
second ball to be green if the first ball drawn is red? The balls are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 0.82 (b) 0.91 (c) 1.23 (d) 0.5
100. A bag contains 3 red, 2 white and 4 green balls. What is the probability of drawing the
second ball to be yellow if the first ball drawn is red? The balls are not replaced in the bag.
(a) 1/3 (b) ½ (c) 1 (d) 0
Question Nos. 1 to 30 are short Answer Type. Answer any 15 questions. Each question
carries 2 marks. 𝟏𝟓 × 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎
1. Find the direction cosines of the line passing through the two points (– 2, 4, – 5) and (1, 2, 3).
2. Show that the points A (2, 3, – 4), B (1, – 2, 3) and C (3, 8, – 11) are collinear.
3. If a line makes angles 90°, 135°, 45° with the x, y and z-axes respectively, find its direction
cosines.
4. Find the angle between the pair of lines given by

5. Find the angle between the pair of lines given below.

(x + 3)/3 = (y –1)/5 = (z + 3)/4
(x + 1)/1 = (y – 4)/1 = (z – 5)/2
6. Find the distance between the lines l1 and l2 given by:

7. Show that the lines (x – 5)/7 = (y + 2)/–5 = z/1 and x/1 = y/2 = z/3 are perpendicular to each
other.
8. Find the intercepts cut off by the plane 2x + y – z = 5.
9. If a line makes angles 90°, 135°, 45° with the x, y and z axes respectively, find its direction
cosines.
10. What are the direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the coordinate axes?
11. A line passes through the point with position vector 2î – ĵ + 4k̂ and is in the direction of the
vector î + ĵ – 2k̂. Find the equation of the line in cartesian form.
12. If a line makes angles 90° and 60°, respectively with the positive directions of X and Y-
axes, find the angle which it makes with the positive direction of Z-axis.
13. If a line makes angles 90°, 60° and θ with X, Y and Z-axis respectively, where θ is acute
angle, then find θ.
14. The equations of a line is 5x – 3 = 15y + 7 = 3 – 10z. Write the direction cosines of the line.
15. If a line makes angles α, β, γ with the position direction of coordinate axes, then write the
value of sin2α + sin2β + sin2 γ.
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16. If the cartesian equation of a line is (3 − x)/5 = (y + 4)/7 = (2z − 6)/4 then write the vector
equation for the line.
17. Write the equation of the straight line through the point (α β γ) and parallel to Z-axis.
18. Find the direction cosines of the line (4 − x)/2 = y/6 = (1−z)/3.
19. Write the vector equation of a line passing through point (1, – 1, 2) and parallel to the line
whose equation is (x−3)/1=(y−1)/2=(z+1)/−2.
20. Find the cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point (–2, 4, – 5) and is
parallel to the line (x+3)/3=(4−y)/5=(z+8)/6.
21. If a line has direction ratios (2, – 1, – 2), then what are its direction cosines?
22. Write the direction cosines of the line joining the points (1, 0, 0) and (0, 1, 1).
23. A small firm manufactures necklaces and bracelets. The total number of necklaces 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 a necklace. The maximum number of hours available per day is 16. If the profit
on a necklace is ₹ 100 and that on a bracelet is ₹ 300. Formulate on L.P.P. for finding how
many of each should be produced daily to maximise the profit? It is being given that at least one
of each must be produced.
24. Two tailors A and B, earn ₹ 300 and ₹ 400 per day respectively. A can stitch 6 shirts and 4
pairs of trousers while B can stitch 10 shirts and 4 pairs of trousers per day. To find how many
days should each of them work and if it is desired to produce at least 60 shirts and 32 pairs of
trousers at a minimum labour cost, formulate this as an LPP.
25. Solve the following LPP graphically:
Minimise Z = 5x + 10y subject to the constraints
x + 2y ≤ 120, x + y ≥ 60, x – 2y > 0 and x, y ≥ 0
26. If P(not A) = 0.7, P(B) = 0.7 and P(B/A) = 0.5, then find P(A/B).
27. A black and a red die are rolled together. Find the conditional probability of obtaining the
sum 8, given that the red die resulted in a number less than 4.
28. Evaluate P(A ∪ B), if 2P (A) = P(B) = 5/13 and P(A/ B) = 25.
29. A and B throw a pair of dice alternately. A wins the game, if he gets a total of 7 and B wins
the game, if he gets a total of 10. If A starts the game, then find the probability that B wins.
30. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases, while B in 90% of the cases. In what percent of cases
are they likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact? Do you think that statement of
B is true?
Questions Nos. 31 to 38 are Long Answer Type Questions. Answer any 4 questions. Each
question carries 5 marks. 𝟒 × 𝟓 = 𝟐𝟎
31. Find the position vector of a point which divides the join of points with position
vectors a⃗ −2b⃗ and 22a⃗ +b⃗ externally in the ratio 2:1.
32. If a⃗ = 4î – ĵ + k̂ and b⃗ = 2î – 2ĵ + k̂, then find a unit vector parallel to the vector a⃗ +b⃗ .
33. Find the equations of the planes that passes through three points (1, 1, 0), (1, 2, 1), and (– 2,
2, – 1).
34. O is the origin and A is (a, b, c). Find the direction cosines of the line OA and the equation
of the plane through A at the right angle to OA.

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35. A die marked 1, 2, 3 in red and 4, 5, 6 in green is tossed. Let A be the event ‘number is
even’ and B be the event ‘number is marked red’. Find whether the events A and B are
independent or not.
36. A die, whose faces are marked 1,2, 3 in red and 4, 5, 6 in green, is tossed. Let A be the
event “number obtained is even” and B be the event “number obtained is red”. Find if A and B
are independent events.
37. A manufacturer has employed 5 skilled men and 10 semi-skilled men and makes two
models A and B of an article. The making of one item of model A requires 2 h work by a skilled
man and 2 h work by a semi-skilled man. One item of model B requires 1 h by a skilled man
and 3 h by a semi-skilled man. No man is expected to work more than 8 h per day. The
manufacturer profit on an item of model A is t 15 and on an items of model B is 10. How many
of items of each model should be made per day in order to maximize daily profit? Formulate the
above LPP and solve it graphically and find the maximum profit.
38. A company produces two types of goods, A and B, that require gold and silver. Each unit of
type A requires 3 g of silver and 1 g of gold while that of type B requires 1 g of silver and 2 g of
gold. The company can use at the most 9 g of silver and 8 g of gold. If each unit of type A
brings a profit of ₹ 40 and that of type B ₹ 50, find the number of units of each type that the
company should produce to maximize profit. Formulate the above LPP and solve it graphically
and also find the maximum profit.

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