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 Series ARSP/05 Set ~ 5
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/5/5
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.

 Please check that this question paper contains 06 printed pages.

 Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
 Please check that this question paper contains 38questions.
 Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
 15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.

MATHEMATICS

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 (4 marks each) with sub

parts.

Section A
1. If a matrix has 18 elements, then the number of its possible order is [1]

a) 8 b) 4

c) 6 d) 2
2. For what values of a and b the system of equations [1]
2x + ay + 6z = 8
x + 2y + bz = 5
x + y + 3z = 4
has a unique solution?

a) a = 2, b = 3 b) a = -2, b = 3

c) a ≠ 2, b ≠ 3 d) a = -2, b = -3
3. If the trace of the matrix [1]
∣x− 5 0 2 4 ∣
∣ ∣
2
∣ 3 x − 10 6 1 ∣
A=∣ ∣
assumes the value zero, then the value of x equals to
−2 3 x− 7 1
∣ ∣
∣ 1 2 0 −2 ∣

a) 6, 4 b) -6, 4

c) 6, -4 d) -6, -4
dy
4. If y = e x x+…∞
+ e then = ? [1]
dx

y
a) (1−y)
b) 1

(y−1)

c) d)
 y
1

(1−y) (y−1)

5. If a line makes angles α, β, γ, δ with four diagonals of a cube then cos 2 2

α + cos
2
β + cos
2
γ + cos θ is equal [1]
to

a) b)
1 2

3 3

c) d)
8 4

3 3

dy 2

6. The general solution of = 2xe

x −y
is: [1]
dx

a) e x +y
=c b) ey = e x
2

+c
2

c) e-y + e x
2

+c d) x −y
e =c

7. Corner points of the feasible region determined by the system of linear constraints are (0, 3), (1, 1) and (3, 0). [1]
Let Z = px+qy, where p, q > 0. Condition on p and q so that the minimum of Z occurs at (3, 0) and (1, 1) is

a) p = 3q b) p = 2q
q
c) p = q d) p =
2

8. The area of the quadrilateral ABCD, where A(0,4,1), B (2, 3, -1), C(4, 5, 0) and D (2, 6, 2), is equal to [1]

a) 18 sq. units b) 81 sq. units

c) 9 sq. units d) 27 sq. units

π

2 [1]
9. is equal to
1
∫ dx
1+tan x
0

a) 1 b)
3π

c) π d)
π

10. A matrix A = [aij]n × n is said to be symmetric if: [1]

a) aij = -aij b) aij = 0

c) aij = 1 d) aij = aij

11. Feasible region shaded for a LPP is shown in figure. Maximum of Z = 2x + 3y occurs at the point [1]

a) (0, 0) b) (4, 0)

c) (0, -4) d) (0, 4)

12. A unit vector a
^ makes equal but acute angles on the co-ordinate axes. The projection of the vector a
^ on the [1]
vector b = ⃗ ^ ^ ^
5i + 7j − k is

a) 3
b) 11

15
5√3

c) 4

5
d) 11

5√3

13. If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that |adj A| = 36, find |A| [1]
 a) ± 6 b) ± 5

c) -6 d) 6
14. If A ⊆ B, then which one of the following is not correct? [1]

a) P(B/A) = P (B)
b) P(A/B) = P (A)

P (A) P (B)

c) P(A ∩B
¯
)=0 d) P(A/(A ∪ B)) =
P (A)

P (B)

15. The order of the differential equation of all circles of given radius a is: [1]

a) 4 b) 1

c) 2 d) 3
→
16. The diagonals of a parallelogram are represented by the vectors d ^ ^ ^
= (3 i + j − 2k) and d ⃗ ^ ^ ^
= ( i − 3j + 4k)
[1]
1 2

The area of the parallelogram is

– –
a) 3√5 b) 5√2

– –
c) 2√5 d) 7√3

dy
17. If x = a(cos θ + θ sin θ) and y = a(sin θ − θ cos θ) = ? [1]
dx

a) a cot θ b) cot θ

c) tan θ d) a tan θ
y+2
18. The point of intersection of the line x−1

3
=
4
=
z−3

−2
and the plane 2x - y + 3z -1 = 0, is [1]

a) (10, -10, -3) b) (10, 10, -3)

c) (10, -10, 3) d) (-10, 10, 3)

x −x

19. Assertion (A): y = e +e

2
is an increasing function on [0, ∞). [1]
x −x
e −e
Reason (R): y = 2
is an increasing function on (- ∞, ∞).

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): If A = {0, 1} and N be the set of natural numbers. Then, the mapping f : N → A defined by f (2n [1]
- 1) = 0, f (2n) = 1, ∀ n∈ N, is onto.
Reason (R): Range = Codomain

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B

21. Write the interval for the principal value of function and draw its graph: cosec-1 x. [2]

OR
Write the value of sin −1 1 −1 1
( ) − cos (− )
3 3

22. Write the set of values of a for which f(x) = cos x + a2 x + b is strictly increasing on R. [2]

23. Show that the function f(x) = x100 + sin x - 1 is increasing on the interval ( π
, π)
[2]
2

OR
 If f(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c has a maximum at x = -1 and minimum at x = 3. determine a, b and c.
−−− −−−− −−− −
24. Evaluate: ∫ 0
π/2
3 2 2
√cos x − cos x (sec x − 1) cos xdx [2]

25. Prove that function f(x) = 3x5 + 40x3 + 240x is increasing on R. [2]
Section C
26. Evaluate: ∫ 1

sin x+sin 2x
dx [3]
27. In a bulb factory, three machines, A, B, C, manufacture 60%, 25% and 15% of the total production respectively. [3]
Of their respective outputs, 1%, 2% and 1% are defective. A bulb is drawn at random from the total product and
it is found to be defective. Find the probability that it was manufactured by machine C.
28. Integrate ∫ x 2
tan
−1
x dx [3]
OR
π/2 √cot x
Evaluate ∫ 0
dx
√cot x +√tan x
2 2

29. Find the equation of the family of curves for which the slope of tangent at any point (x, y) on it, is
x +y
. [3]
2xy

OR
Solve the following differential equation.
dy
(x log |x|) + y = 2 log |x|
dx

30. Solve the following LFP graphically: [3]

Maximize Z = 20x + 10y
Subject to the following constraints
x + 2y ≤ 28
3x + y ≤ 24
x≥2
x, y ≥ 0
OR
Show that the solution set of the linear constraints is empty: x − 2y ≥ 0, 2x − y ≤ −2, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0

−−−− −−−−−
31. If x√1 + y + y√1 + x = 0 and x ≠ y, prove that
dy
= −
1

2
. [3]
dx (x+1)

Section D

32. Find the area of the region enclosed by the parabola y2 = x and the line x + y = 2. [5]
33. Show that the function f: R0 → R0, defined as f (x) = 1

x
, is one-one onto, where R0 is the set non-zero real [5]
numbers. Is the result true, if the domain R0 is replaced by N with co-domain being same as R0?

OR
Let n be a fixed positive integer. Define a relation R on Z as follows:
(a, b) ∈ R ⇔ a - b is divisible by n. Show that R is an equivalence relation on Z.
34. Solve the following system of equations by using determinants: [5]
x+y+z=1
ax + by + cz = k

a2 x + b2 y + c2 z = k2
y−1 y+15
35. Find the length shortest distance between the lines:
x+1
= =
z−9
and
x−3
= =
z−9
[5]
2 1 −3 2 −7 5

OR
Show that the lines r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(2 i − 3k)+ λ( i + 2j + 3k) and r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(2 i + 6j + 3k) +μ(2 i + 3j + 4k) intersect. Also,
find their point intersection.
Section E
36. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
In an office three employees Govind, Priyanka and Tahseen process incoming copies of a certain form. Govind
process 50% of the forms, Priyanka processes 20% and Tahseen the remaining 30% of the forms. Govind has an
error rate of 0.06, Priyanka has an error rate of 0.04 and Tahseen has an error rate of 0.03.

i. The manager of the company wants to do a quality check. During inspection he selects a form at random
from the days output of processed forms. If the form selected at random has an error, find the probability that
the form is NOT processed by Govind. (1)
ii. Find the probability that Priyanka processed the form and committed an error. (1)
iii. Find the total probability of committing an error in processing the form. (2)
OR
iv. Let A be the event of committing an error in processing the form and let E1, E2 and E3 be the events that
3

Govind, Priyanka and Tahseen processed the form. The value of ∑ P (E i

∣ A) ? (2)
i=1

37. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
A plane started from airport O with a velocity of 120 m/s towards east. Air is blowing at a velocity of 50 m/s
towards the north As shown in the figure.
The plane travelled 1 hr in OA direction with the resultant velocity. From A and B travelled 1 hr with keeping
velocity of 120 m/s and finally landed at B.

i. What is the resultant velocity from O to A? (1)

ii. What is the direction of travel of plane O to A with east? (1)
iii. What is the total displacement from O to A? (2)
OR
What is the resultant velocity from A to B? (2)
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
An Apache helicopter of the enemy is flying along the curve given by y = x2 + 7. A soldier, placed at (3, 7) want
to shoot down the helicopter when it is nearest to him.

i. If P (x1, y1) be the position of a helicopter on curve y = x2 + 7, then find distance D from P to soldier place at

(3, 7). (1)

ii. Find the critical point such that distance is minimum. (1)
iii. Verify by second derivative test that distance is minimum at (1, 8). (2)
OR
Find the minimum distance between soldier and helicopter? (2)