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 Series ARSP/07 Set ~ 7
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/7/7
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. Out of the following matrices, choose that matrix which is a scalar matrix: [1]

a) ⎡ 0 ⎤ b) ⎡
0 0
⎤

⎢0⎥ ⎢0 0⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 0

c) [ 0 0
]
d) [
0 0 0
]
0 0 0 0 0

⎡
a 0 0
⎤ [1]
2. If A = ⎢0 a 0⎥ , then det (adj A) equals
⎣ ⎦
0 0 a

a) a2 b) a6

c) a9 d) a27

3.
∣
If A = ∣
1 tan x ∣
∣ then the value of A T
A
−1
is [1]
∣ − tan x 1 ∣

a) ∣∣ cos x sin x ∣ b) ∣ cos 2x − sin 2x ∣

∣ ∣ ∣
∣1 0 ∣ ∣ sin 2x cos 2x ∣

c) A' d) Zero matrix

2

4. If x = a cos nt - b sin nt, then d x

2
is [1]
dt

a) -n2x b) n2x

c) -nx d) nx
y+1
[1]
x−2 z−3
5. The Cartesian equations of a line are 2
=
3
=
−2
. What is its vector equation?
 a) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
(2 i − 3j − 2k) b) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (2 i + 3j − 2k) +λ(2 i − j + 3k)

c) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
(2 i − j + 3k) +λ(2i + 3j − 2k) d) ^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (2 i + 3j − 2k)

dy
6. A differential equation of the form dx
= F (x, y) where F(x, y) is a homogeneous function of degree zero. [1]
dy y
Differential equation of the form = f(
x
) is a homogeneous differential equation of degree:
dx

a) 3 b) 2

c) 0 d) 1
7. Corner points of the feasible region for an LPP are (0, 2), (3, 0), (6, 0), (6, 8) and (0, 5). Let F = 4x + 6y be the [1]
objective function. Maximum of F – Minimum of F =

a) 48 b) 60

c) 42 d) 18

8. If a⃗ and b ⃗ are unit vectors, then which of the following values of a⃗ ⋅ b ⃗ is not possible? [1]
– –
a) √3 b) √3/2

– –
c) −1/√2 d) 1/√2

9. ∫
dx
equals [1]
√9x−4x2

a) 1
sin
−1
(
9x−8
) + C b) 1
sin
−1
(
8x−9
) + C
3 8 2 9

c) 1
sin
−1
(
9x−8
) + C d) 1
sin
−1
(
9x−8
) + C
2 9 9 8

10. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I, then (A–I)3 + (A + I)3 –7A is equal to [1]

a) I - A b) A

c) I + A d) 3A
11. Objective function of an LPP is [1]

a) a function to be optimized b) a function between the variables

c) a constraint d) a relation between the variables

12. The vector b ⃗ = ^ ^

3 i + 4k is to be written as the sum of a vector α⃗ parallel to a⃗ = ^ ^
i + j and a vector β ⃗ [1]
perpendicular to a⃗ . Then α⃗ =

a) b)
2 3
(i + j) (i + j)
3 2

c) d)
1 1
(i + j) (i + j)
2 3

13. Let a, b, c be positive real numbers.What type of solutions do the following system of equations in x, y and z [1]
has?
2 2
2 2 2 2
y y
x

2
+
2
−
z

2
= 1 , x

2
−
2
+
z

2
= 1
a b c a b c

a) finitely many solutions b) no solution

c) unique solution d) infinitely many solutions

¯
¯¯¯

14. For any two events A and B, if P(A

¯
) =
1
, P(B
¯
) =
2
and P(A ∩ B) = 1
, then P ( A
) equals: [1]
2 3 4 ¯¯
¯¯
B

a) b)
1 3

4 8

c) d)
8 1

9 8
 dy
15. Solution of - y = 1, y(0) = 1 is given by [1]
dx

a) xy = - 1 b) y = 2ex - 1

c) xy = –ex d) xy = - e-x
→
16. The orthogonal projection of
→
a and b is [1]

a) a

2
b) ⃗
(a⃗⋅b)a⃗

|a⃗| 2
|a⃗|

→
c) d)
⃗ ⃗
(a⃗⋅b)b
b

⃗ 2 →
|b| 2
| b |

17. If tan (
x+y
) = k, then
dy
is equal to [1]
x−y dx

y −y
a) x
b) x

c) -sec2( y
)
d) sec2( y
)
x x

y−1 y−1
[1]
x−1 z−1 x−1 z−1
18. The angle between the lines 1
=
1
=
2
and = =
4
is
−√3−1 √3−1

a) π

3
b) π

c) π

6
d) cos
−1
(
1
)
65

19. Assertion (A): The rate of change of area of a circle with respect to its radius r when r = 6 cm is 12π cm2/cm. [1]
Reason (R): Rate of change of area of a circle with respect to its radius r is dA
, where A is the area of the circle.
dr

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.

n
if n is even [1]
20. Assertion (A): A function f: N → N be defined by f(n) = {
2
(n+1)
for all n ∈ N; is one-
if n is odd
2

one.
Reason (R): A function f: A → B is said to be injective if a ≠ b then f(a) ≠ f(b).

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. Using the principal values, write the value of cos [2]
−1 1 −1 1
( ) + 2 sin ( ).
2 2

OR
−1 3π
tan (tan ) =?
4

22. At what points in the interval [0, 2π], does the function sin 2x attain its maximum value? [2]
23. A men of height 2m walks at a uniform speed of 5km/h away from a lamp, past which is 6m high. Find the rate [2]
at which the lengths of his shadow increase.
OR
Find the point of local maxima or local minima and the corresponding local maximum and minimum values of

function: f(x) = -(x - 1) 3(x + 1)2

24. Evaluate the integral: ∫ sec 4
xdx [2]
25. Find the maximum and minimum values of f(x) = x50 - x20 in the interval [0, 1]. [2]

Section C
π

26. Prove that: ∫ x

dx = 0
[3]
2
(1+sin x)
0

27. One bag contains 4 yellow and 5 red balls. Another bag contains 6 yellow and 3 red balls. A ball is transferred [3]
from the first bag to the second bag and then a ball is drawn from the second bag. Find the probability that ball
drawn is yellow.
2

28. Evaluate: ∫ 4
x

2
dx . [3]
(x −x −12)

OR
−−−−−
Evaluate ∫ (5x + 3) √2x − 1 dx

29. Solve the differential equation: sin4 x

dy
= cos x [3]
dx

OR
Find the general solution for differential equation: x 2 2
(y + 1)dx + y (x − 1)dy = 0

30. Maximize Z = 3x1 + 4x2, if possible, [3]

Subject to the constraints

x1 - x2 ≤ -1

-x1 + x2 ≤ 0
x1, x2 ≥ 0
OR
Solve the Linear Programming Problem graphically:
Maximize Z = 15x + 10y
Subject to
3x + 2y ≤ 80
2x + 3y ≤ 70
x, y ≥ 0
⎧
⎪
sin x

x
+ cos x, x > 0 [3]
⎪

31. Show that the function f(x) defined by f(x) = ⎨ 2, x = 0 is continuous at x = 0.

⎪
⎩
⎪ 4(1−√1−x )
, x < 0
x

Section D

32. Find the area of the region {(x, y ) : x2 + y2 ≤ 4, x + y ≥ 2}. [5]

33. Let A = R – {3} and B = R – {1}. Consider the function f: A ⇒B defined byf(x) = (
x−2
) . Is f one-one and [5]
x−3

onto? Justify your answer.

OR
Show that the relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} given by R = {(a, b) : |a - b| is even}, is an equivalence relation.
Show that all the elements of {1, 3, 5} are related to each other and all the elements of {2, 4} are related to each
other. But no element of {1, 3, 5} is related to any element of {2, 4}.
34. For what values of a and b, the following system of equations is consistent? [5]
x+y+z=6
2x + 5y + az = b
x + 2y + 3z = 14
35. Find the angles of ΔABC whose vertices are A (-1, 3, 2), B(2, 3, 5) and C(3, 5, -2). [5]
 OR

Show that the straight lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations al + bm + cn = 0 and ul2 + vm2 + wn2
= 0 are perpendicular, if
a2 (v + w) + b2 (u + w) + c2 (u + v) = 0 and, parallel, if
2 2 2
a

u
+
b

v
+
c

w
=0

Section E
36. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
There are two antiaircraft guns, named as A and B. The probabilities that the shell fired from them hits an
airplane are 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. Both of them fired one shell at an airplane at the same time.

i. How is Bayes' theorem different from conditional probability? (1)

ii. Write the rule of Total Probability. (1)
iii. What is the probability that the shell fired from exactly one of them hit the plane? (2)
OR
If it is know that the shell fired from exactly one of them hit the plane, then what is the probability that it was
fired from B? (2)
37. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
The slogans on chart papers are to be placed on a school bulletin board at the points A, B and C displaying A
(follow Rules), B (Respect your elders) and C (Be a good human). The coordinates of these points are (1, 4, 2),
(3, -3, -2) and (-2, 2, 6), respectively.

i. If a⃗ , b ⃗ and c ⃗ be the position vectors of points A, B, C, respectively, then find |a⃗ + b ⃗ + c |⃗ . (1)
ii. If a⃗ = ^ ^ ^
4 i + 6j + 12k , then find the unit vector in direction of a⃗ . (1)
iii. Find area of △ABC. (2)
OR
Write the triangle law of addition for △ABC. Suppose, if the given slogans are to be placed on a straight
line, then the value of |a⃗ × b ⃗ + b ⃗ × c ⃗ + c ⃗ × a⃗| . (2)
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
In order to set up a rain water harvesting system, a tank to collect rain water is to be dug. The tank should have a

square base and a capacity of 250 m3. The cost of land is ₹ 5,000 per square metre and cost of digging increases
with depth and for the whole tank, it is ₹ 40,000 h2, where h is the depth of the tank in metres. x is the side of the
square base of the tank in metres.
ELEMENTS OF A TYPICAL RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM

i. Find the total cost C of digging the tank in terms of x. (1)

ii. Find dC

dx
. (1)
iii. Find the value of x for which cost C is minimum. (2)
OR
Check whether the cost function C(x) expressed in terms of x is increasing or not, where x > 0. (2)