BOSCOSS PU COLLEGE, MANGALORE-08

FIRST PREPARATORY EXAMINATION, JANUARY - 2025

MATHEMATICS (35)
Class : II PUC Total no. of questions : 47
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 80
Instructions :
1. The question paper has five parts namely A, B, C, D and E. Answer all the parts.
2. Part A has 15 multiple choice questions, 5 fill in the blank questions.
3. Use the graph sheets for question on LPP in PART – E.

PART – A
I Answer all the multiple choice questions 15  1 = 15

1. The maximum number of reflexive relations defined on a set A = {1, 2, 3} is

A) 8 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64

2. The function f : R  R defined by f (x) = 3

x 3  x 2 is
A) one - one B) onto C) bijective D) many - one
 
3. The value of cos   cos 1   1  is
3 
1 1 3 3
A)  B) C) D) 
2 2 2 2
cos   sin  
4. If A    satisfies A + A = I, then a value of  is
 sin  cos  
   2
A) B) C) D)
6 3 2 3
3x  1 2x  1 x  2
5. The constant term in the expansion of the determinant 5x  1 3x  2 x  1 is
x  2 3x  1 4x  1
A) – 10 B) 0 C) 6 D) 2
6. Let f : R  R be defined by f  x   x x  x  1  x  2 . Then the number of points where f is not
differentiable is
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
7. Consider the following statements:
1
Statement 1: If f (x) = sec– 1x, then f    2 
2 3
  
Statement 2 : If g (x) = sec x, then g  2 3
 3 
Then which of the statements are true?
A) Both (1) and (2) B) (1) but not (2) C) (2) but not (1) D) neither (1) nor (2)
x 3
8. The function f  x    decreases in
3 x
A) (– 3, 0)  (0, 3) B) (– , – 3) C) (3, ) D) (– 3, 3)
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9. 1  e x
dx 

A) log (1 + e– x) + c B) x – log (1 + e– x) +c C) x + log (1 + ex) +c D) log (1 + ex) + c

1.7

  x  dx , where [x] has the usual meaning, is equal to

2
10.
0

A) 2.4 – 2 B) 2.4 – 3 2 C) 3.4 – 2 2 D) 1.7 – 2 2

11. If a , b , c are there different vectors of same magnitude such that a  b  c  0 , then the angle between
the vectors a and c is
  2 5
A) B) C) D)
6 3 3 6
12. If a is a vector of magnitude  units and  a is a vector of magnitude 16 units, then  =
1
A)  4 B) 4 C) D) 16
4
1 3
13. The direction cosines of a line are 0 ,  ,  , then the angle made by the line with the positive direction
2 2
of y – axis is
2  5 
A) B)  C) D)
3 3 6 6
14. If A and B are two events such that P (A/B) = P (B/A) then
A) A and B are complementary events B) P (A) = P (B)
C) A and B are independent events D) A and B are disjoint events
15. Two salesmen X and Y appear for an interview for the posts. The respective chances of their selection are
1 1
and . What is the probability that only one of them is selected?
4 3
7 5 1 1
A) B) C) D)
12 12 3 4
II Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate answer given in the bracket:
(3, 5, 0, 4, – 4, 1) 51=5
 2 2
16. The value of sin  sin 1  cos1  is ________
 5 5
x 2 x 2
17. The sum of the roots of the equation  is _________
3 x 3  x
18. The number of points of discontinuity of the function x [x] in – 1  x  1 is _________
3
 d2 y 
4
 dy 
19. The sum of order and degree of the differential equation  2   2    sin x is _______
dx   dx 
x 1 y  2 z  4 x  2 y  3 z 1
20. If the lines   and   are perpendicular, then the value of 
2 2 6 4  4 4
is ________

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 PART – B
III. Answer any SIX questions. 6  2 = 12
 1 1 
21. Prove that 3 sin– 1x = sin – 1 (3x – 4x3), x    , 
 2 2
1 x 1
22. Solve for x : tan– 1  tan  1 x .
1 x 2
 0 2y z 
23. Find x, y, z if the matrix A   x y  z  satisfies the equation AT A  I .
 x  y z 
24. Find the value of k if the area of the triangle formed by the points (– 2, 0), (0, 4) and (0, k) is 4 sq. units.
dy
25. Find if x = a(cos  +  sin ), y = a (sin  –  cos )
dx
26. Find the interval in which the function f(x) = 4x2  8x  16 is strictly decreasing.
x
27. Find  dx .
(x  1) (x  2)
28. Find the projection of the vector 3i + 2j +2k on the vector i + 2j – 2k.
29. A and B throw a die alternatively till one of them gets a six and wins the game. If A starts first, what is
the probability of A winning the game?

PART – C
IV. Answer any SIX questions 6  3 = 18

30. Let f : X  Y be a function. Define a relation R on X given by R = {(a, b) : f(a) = f(b)}. Examine
whether R is an equivalence relation or not.

31. Solve for x : sin 1 1  x   2sin 1 x  .
2
dy
32. Find if (cos x)y = (cos y)x.
dx
33. The length of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 3cm/min and the width is increasing at the rate of
2cm/min. Find the rate of change of the area of the rectangle when the rectangle becomes a square of
side 4cm.
34. Find  ex sin x dx .
dy 1  y2
35. Solve the differential equation  , when x = 1, y  3 .
dx 1  x 2

36.    
Find a unit vector  to both a  b and a  b if a  i  j  k and b  i  2j  3k .

37. Find the vector equation of a line passing through the point (1, 2, – 4) and perpendicular to the two lines
x  8 y  19 z  10 x  15 y  29 z  5
  and   .
3 16 7 3 8 5
38. An urn contains 5 red and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random, its colour is noted and is returned to
the urn. Moreover 2 additional balls of the colour drawn are put into the urn and then a ball is drawn at
random. What is the probability that the second ball drawn is red?

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 PART – D
V. Answer any FOUR questions. 4  5 = 20
x2
39. Let A  R  3 and B  R  1 . Consider the function f : A  B defined by f (x)  .
x3
Is f one – one and onto? Justify your answer.
1 2 3
40. If A  3  2 1 , then show that A3  23A  40I  0 .
4 2 1
41. Solve the following system of linear equations by matrix method
3
2x + y + z = 1, x – 2y – z = and 3y – 5z = 9
2
42. If y  e a cos1 x
 
, prove that 1  x 2 y 2  x y1  a 2 y  0.
1 1
43. Find the integral of
x  a2
2
w.r.t x and hence evaluate  3  2x  x 2
dx .

x 2 y2
44. Find the area of the ellipse   1 using integration.
16 9
dy 
45. Find the general solution of the differential equation cos2 x  y  tan x , 0  x  .
dx 2

PART – E

VI. Answer the following questions


b b 3
1
46. Prove that  f ( x ) dx 
a
 f a  b  x  dx , and hence evaluate  1 
a  tan x
dx (6)
6
OR

Solve the following linear programming problem graphically:

Minimize and maximize Z  x  2 y
Subject to: x  2 y  100 , 2 x  y  0 , 2 x  y  200, x , y  0 .

 2 1 1 
47. If the matrix A   1 2 1 , satisfies A3  6A2  9A  4I  0 , then find A1 (as 3  3 matrix).
 1 1 2 
(4)
OR
 k cos x 
   2x , if x  2 
If f (x)   is continuous at x  , find k
3  2
, if x 
 2

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