General Instructions:

1. This question paper contains five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory.
2. Section - A carries 20 marks weightage, Section - B carries 10 marks weightage, Section - C carries 18
marks weightage, Section - D carries 20 marks weightage and Section - E carries 3 case-based with
total weightage of 12 marks.
Section – A:
3. It comprises of 20 MCQs of 1 mark each.
Section – B:
4. It comprises of 5 VSA type questions of 2 marks each.
Section – C:
5. It comprises of 6 SA type of questions of 3 marks each.
Section – D:
6. It comprises of 4 LA type of questions of 5 marks each.
Section – E:
7. It has 3 case studies. Each case study comprises of 3 case-based questions, where 2 VSA type
questions are of 1 mark each and 1 SA type question is of 2 marks. Internal choice is provided in 2
marks question in each case-study.
8. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions in Section - B, 2 questions in Section – C, 2 questions in
Section - D. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.

Section – A

01. The decimal equivalent of the binary number 10101 is

(a) 21 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 31
02. If , then the value of x is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) -4 (d) -2
03. The average of 100 numbers is 50. If one of the number which was 50 is replaced by 150, the new
average will be
(a) 50.5 (b) 51 (c) 51.5 (d) 52
04. If the sum of n terms of an AP is given by , then the common difference of the A.P. is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 4
05. The sum of all odd numbers between 1 and 1000 which are divisible by 3, is
(a) 90000 (b) 83367 (c) 93660 (d) none of these
06. The number of numbers divisible by 5 and lying between 40000 and 50000 that can be formed from
the digits 0, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9, when repetition of digits is not allowed is
(A) 431 (b) 48 (c) 432 (d) 84
07. The number of words which can be formed out of the letters of the word ‘ARTICLE’, so hat vowels
occupy the even place is
(a) 1440 (b) 144 (c) (d)

08. The domain of the function f defined by is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

09.
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) does not exist

10.

(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) (d) 1

11. If ¸then at = 1 is

(a) 1 (b) 1/2 (c) (d) 0

12. If
(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 1010 (d) 5050

13. If and then is equal to

(a) 1/10 (b) 1/8 (c) 7/8 (d) 17/20
14. The mean of five numbers is 30. If one number is excluded, their mean becomes 28. The excluded
number is
(a) 28 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 38
15. Section 80E refers to the deduction of
(a) interest on home loan (b) interest on education loan
(c) interest on savings account (d) interest on fixed deposit
16. Section 87A refers to
(a) tax rebate (b) interest on home load
(c) investment in NSC (d) investment in ELSS
17. If a line joining the points (-2,6) and (4,8) is perpendicular to the line joining the points (8,12) and
(x,24), then the value of x is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) -4 (d) 2
18. If the points and are three corners of square ABCD, then the slope of the
diagonal BD is
(a) 2/7 (b) 7/2 (c) 7/3 (d) -3/7
19. Assertion: the sets are mutually disjoint.
Reason: The intersection of any two of these sets is the empty set
20. If A and B are two independent events such that , then which of the
following is not correct?
(a) A and B are mutually exclusive (b) A and B’ are independent
(c) A’ and B are independent (d) A’ and B’ are independent

Section – B

21. What was the day on 28th December 1998?

OR
If 2 men or 3 boys take 40 hours to do a certain piece of work, how long will 4 men and 9 boys
working together tale to complete the work?
22. If and a relation R is defined from A to A by
.
(i) Write R in roster form (ii) Write its domain, codomain and range
23. Pointing to a girl, Rishabh said “ Her mother’s brother is the only son of my mother’s father? How is
the girl’s mother related to Rishabh?
24. The test scores of 10 students are given below:
13, 52, 42, 22, 44, 105, 45, 88, 88, 76
Find the percentile rank of score 88.
OR
The heights (to nearest cm) of 60 students of a certain school are given in the following frequency
distribution table:
 Find (i) median (ii) lower quartile (iii) upper quartile.
25. Manufacturer A sells a washing machine to a dealer B for 12500Rs. The dealer B sells it to a consumer
at a profit of Rs 1500. If the sales are intra-state and the rate of GST is 12%, find
(i) the amount of tax (under GST) paid by the dealer B to the Central Government
(ii) the amount of tax (under GST) received by the State Government
(iii) the amount that the consumer pays for the machine.

Section – C

26. Solve for .

27. Squares each of side 6cm are cut off from the four corners of a sheet of tin measuring 42cm by 30cm.
The remaining portion of the tin sheet is made into an open box by folding up the flaps. Find the
capacity of the box.
OR
Two trains are running in the same direction at 90km/h and 126km/h respectively. The length of the
first train is 130m and time to cross each other is 25 seconds from the time they meet. Find the length
of the second train.
28. Find the domain and the range of the following functions:

(a) (b)

29. If the function is continuous at , find the values of a and b.

OR
Evaluate the following limits:

(i) (ii)

30. Find the derivatives of the functions:

31. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (-3,5) and perpendicular to the line through the
points (2,5) and (-3,6).
OR
Find the centre and the radius of the circle:

Section – D

32. The sum of three numbers in G.P. is 56. If we subtract 1, 7, 21 from these numbers in that order we
obtain and A.P. Find the numbers.
OR
The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P. is . Show that the ratio of mth and nth terms
is .
33. An insurance company insured 1500 scooter drivers, 2500 car drivers and 4500 truck drivers. The
probability of a scooter, a car and a truck driver meeting with an accident is 0.01, 0.02 and 0.04
respectively. If one of the insured person meets with an accident, then find the probability that he is a
scooter driver.
34. An examination of 8 applicants for a clerical post was taken by a firm. The marks obtained by the
applicants in the Reasoning and Aptitude tests are given below:
 Applicant A B C D E F G H
Reasoning test 20 28 15 60 40 80 20 12
Aptitude test 30 50 40 20 10 60 30 30
Calculate the Spearman’s coefficient of rank correlation from the data given above.
OR
The mean and the variance of 5 observations are 4.4 and 8.24 respectively. If the three observations are
1, 2 and 6, find the other two observations.
35. In financial year 2019-20, the gross salary of Sanjay (age 29 years) was Rs 850000 (exclusive of
HRA). He deposited Rs 9200 per month in G.P.F. and paid Rs 43000 as life insurance premium. He
donated Rs 25000 in Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. He took a home loan Rs 2400000 from
the State Bank of India and Paid Rs 76000 as interest on home loan and Rs 20000 as principal of home
loan. Calculate his income tax at the end of the financial year.
OR
In Financial year 201-20, the annual income of Mr. Rohit (age 30 years) was Rs 885400 (exclusive of
HRA). He deposited Rs 85000 in NPS, Rs 38000 in LIC and invested Rs 30000 in NSC. He paid Rs
18000 as tuition fee for her daughter’s education. If the paid Rs 1500 per month as advance income tax
for 11 months, calculate the income tax paid by him at the end of the financial year.

Section – E

36. In a survey of 40 students, it was found that 21 had taken Mathematics, 16 had taken Physics and 12
had taken Chemistry, 7 had taken Mathematics and Chemistry, 12 had taken Mathematics and Physics,
5 had taken Physics and Chemistry and 4 had taken all the three subjects.
Based on the above information, answer the following question:
(i) The number of students who had taken Mathematics only is
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
(ii) The number of students who had taken physics and Chemistry but not Mathematics is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
(iii) The number of students who had taken exactly one of the three subjects is
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18
(iv) The number of students who had taken atleast one of the three subjects is
(a) 40 (b) 38 (c) 34 (d) 32
(v) The number of students who had taken none of the subjects is
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 0
37. The letters of the word ‘COMPUTER’ are arranged in all possible ways. Based on the above
information, answer the following questions:
(i) The total number of words with or without meaning that can be formed is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) The number of words in which vowels occupy odd places is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(iii) The number of words in which vowels occur together is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(iv) The number of words starting with C and end with R is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(v) If all the words formed are arranged as in dictionary order, then the rank of the word COMPUTER is
(a) 1607 (b) 1512 (c) 1706 (d) 1152
38. An instructor has a Question Bank containing 300 easy True/False type questions, 200 difficult
True/False questions, 500 easy multiple choice questions and 400 difficult multiple choice questions.
Four students John, Sikandar, Mayank and Isha were given one questions each from the Question
Bank. If the choice of selecting the questions is random, from the Question Bank, based on the above
information, answer the following questions:
(i) What is the probability that John got an easy multiple choice questions?
(a) 5/9 (b) 5/14 (c) 9/14 (d) 8/14
(ii) What is the probability that Sikandar got an easy question given that it is multiple choice questions?
(a) 5/9 (b) 5/14 (c) 9/14 (d) 8/14
(iii) What is the probability that Isha got a difficult question given that it is a True/False questions?
(a) 2/3 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 1/7
(iv) What is the probability that Mayank got an easy True/False question?
(a) 3/5 (b) 3/14 (c) 5/14 (d) 2/5
(v) What is the probability that Mayank got a difficult question given that it is a multiple choice questions?
(a) 4/9 (b) 3/9 (c) 5/14 (d) 4/14