S.S.K.

PUBLIC SCHOOL
Pre-Board Examination (2023-24)
Class-12th Subject- MATHEMATICS
Time:- 3 Hours Total Marks:-80
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
(i) This Question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This Question paper is divided into five Sections - A, B, C, D and E.
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs)
and Questions no. 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason based questions of 1
mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are Very Short Answer (VSA)-type
questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are Short Answer (SA)-type questions,
carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are Long Answer (LA)-type questions,
carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions no. 36 to 38 are Case study-based questions,
carrying 4 marks each.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided
in 2 questions in Section B, 3 questions in Section C, 2 questions in Section D
and one subpart each in 2 questions of Section E.
(ix) Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A
(This section comprises of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each.)
1. The value of k(k<0) for which the function f defined as
1−cos 𝑘𝑥
, 𝑥≠0
f (𝑥)={ 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 is continuous at x = 0 is
1
𝑥=0
2
1 1
(a) ±1 (b) −1 (c) ± (d)
2 2
2. If E and F are events such that P(E) = 0.8, P(F) = 0.7, (𝐸 ∩ 𝐹) =0.6, then the
value of 𝑃(− | −), is
𝐸 𝐹
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 3 9

3. The function f: R→ R defined by f(𝑥)=4+3 cos 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 is

(a) bijective (b) one-one but not onto
(c) onto but not one-one (d) neither one-one nor onto

4. The value of 𝑥 for which (𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ) is maximum, is

(a) 3⁄4 (b) 1⁄2 (c) 1⁄3 (d) 1⁄4

2 𝑥 4 −𝑥
5. Evaluate:∫1 𝑑𝑥
𝑥3
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d)-1

6. 𝐼𝑓 6𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1(𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8.5) = 𝜋, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)8

𝑑𝑦 𝑦
7. Find the integrating factor of the differential equation + = 𝑥.
𝑑𝑥 √1−𝑥 2
−1 𝑥 −1 𝑥 −1 𝑥 −1 𝑥
(a) 𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (b) 𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (c) −𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (d) −𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠

8. Find the area bounded by y = 𝑥 2 , the x-axis and the lines 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = 1.
2 4 5
(a) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 (b) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 (c) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 (d) 1 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
3 3 3

9. 𝐴 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑅 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑍 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑅𝑏 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑎2 − 7𝑎𝑏 + 6𝑏 2 =

0. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑅 𝑖𝑠
(a) reflexive and symmetric (b) symmetric but not reflexive
(c) transitive but not reflexive (d) reflexive but not symmetric

10. Find the value of 𝑖̂ ∙ (𝑗̂ × 𝑘̂ ) + 𝑗̂ ∙ (𝑖̂ × 𝑘̂ ) + 𝑘̂ ∙ (𝑖̂ × 𝑗̂).

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

11. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1 𝑥 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1𝑥.

(a) {0,1} (b) {1,2} (c) {0, −1} (d) {−1, 1}

12. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 (𝑠), 𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦

𝑥
,𝑥 < 0
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 {|𝑥| 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑠, 𝑖𝑠/𝑎𝑟𝑒
𝑥≥0
−1,
(a) 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅 (b) 𝑥 = 0 (c) 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅 − {0} (d) 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1

3−𝑥 2𝑦−1 𝑧
13. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒: = =
−1 2 4

1 1 4 1 1 4
(a)< , , > (b) < , , >
3√2 3√2 3√2 √2 √2 3√2
1 1 4 1 1 4
(c) < , , > (d) < , , >
3√2 √2 3√2 3√2 3√2 √2

14. 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
2
𝑑2𝑦 𝑑𝑦 3
( 2 ) + ( ) + 𝑥 4 = 0.
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

2
15. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 (⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑎 ∙ 𝑖̂)2 +(⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗ ∙ 𝑘̂ ) .
𝑎 ∙ 𝑗̂)2 + (𝑎
(a) |𝑎|2 (b) |𝑎| (c) 𝑎2 (d) None of these

4
16. Find the value of ∫1 |𝑥 − 5|𝑑𝑥.
15 15 23 25
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 2 4 3

𝑑2 𝑦
17. 𝐼𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑡 2 + 1, 𝑦 = 2𝑎𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡 = 𝑎 𝑖𝑠
𝑑𝑥 2
 1 1 1
(a) − (b) − (c) (d) 0
𝑎 2𝑎2 2𝑎2

𝜋⁄4
18. Evaluate: ∫𝜋⁄6 (𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

(a) 2⁄3 (b) 1/3 (c) 2⁄√3 (d) 1/√3

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

(Question numbers 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason based questions carrying 1

mark each. Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other
labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the options (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below.)
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

19. Let 𝐻1, 𝐻2, … , 𝐻𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ
𝑃(𝐻𝑖 ) > 0, 𝑖 = 1, 2, … , 𝑛. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝐸 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 0 < 𝑃(𝐸 ) < 1. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛.

Assertion (A): 𝑃 (𝐻𝑖 |𝐸) > 𝑃 (𝐸|𝐻𝑖 ) × 𝑃 (𝐻𝑖 )𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖 = 1, 2, … . , 𝑛

Reason (R): ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑃𝑖 = 1.

̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂
20.Assertion (A): The magnitude of the resultant of vectors 𝑎 = 2𝑖
and 𝑏⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗
̂ + 3̂𝑘 + 𝑘̂ 𝑖𝑠√34.
Reason (R) The magnitude of a vector can never be negative.

SECTION B
(This section comprises of 5 very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks
each.)
21. Find the general solution of the differential equation 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝑥 ∙ tan 𝑦 𝑑𝑥 +
𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑦 ∙ tan 𝑥 𝑑𝑦 = 0

1 2 1 3
22. (a) If A=[ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 |𝐴𝐵|.
3 −1 −1 1

OR
𝑥+1 𝑥−1 4 −1
22. (b) 𝐼𝑓 | |=[ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑥.
𝑥−3 𝑥+2 1 3

2𝑥−1 𝑦+2 𝑧−3

23. If the cartesian equation of a line AB is = = , then find the
12 2 3
direction cosines of a line parallel to line AB.

24. (a) Let E and F be events associated with the sample space S of an
experiment. Show that 𝑃 (𝑆|𝐹 ) = 𝑃 (𝐹|𝐹 ) = 1.

24. (b) Let A and B be two events associated with an experiment such that
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ) = 𝑃(𝐴)𝑃 (𝐵 ). 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃 (𝐴|𝐵 ) = 𝑃(𝐴)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝐵|𝐴) = 𝑃(𝐵 ).

̂ 𝑖𝑠 𝜋, then find the value of a.

25. If the angle between 𝑖̂ + 𝑘̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑎𝑘
3

SECTION C
(This section comprises of 6 short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.)

26. (a) Determine the constants a and b such that the function
𝑎𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥>2
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = { 2, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 2 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 2.
2𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏 𝑖𝑓 𝑥<2
OR
26. (b) Find the derivative of the function √𝑎 + √𝑎 + 𝑥 𝑤. 𝑟. 𝑡. 𝑥.

27. (a) Let 𝑢 ⃗⃗ 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 |𝑢

⃗ , 𝑣, 𝑤 ⃗ | = 1, |𝑣 | = 2, |𝑤
⃗⃗ | = 3. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑣
𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑢
⃗ 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑤
⃗⃗ 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑢
⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣 , 𝑤
⃗⃗ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟,
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 |𝑢 ⃗⃗ |.
⃗ −𝑣+𝑤

27. (b) Find the shortest distance between the lines given by
𝑟 = 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝜆(𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ ) and 𝑟 = (2𝑖̂ − 3𝑘̂ ) + 𝜇(𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ ).

𝑥
28. Evaluate: ∫ 𝑑𝑥
1−sin 2𝑥

−1 2 0
29. (a) 𝐼𝑓 𝐴 = [−1 1 1] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴−1 = 𝐴2.
0 1 0
OR
2 −1 5 2 2 5
29. (b) Let A=( ),𝐵 = ( ),𝐶 = ( ) . 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝐷 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
3 4 7 4 3 8
𝐶𝐷 − 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂.

𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑦
30. Solve the following differential equation: 𝑥 cos ( ) = 𝑦 cos ( ) + 𝑥; 𝑥 ≠ 0.
𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑥

1−𝑥 7𝑦−14 𝑧−3

31. Find the value of 𝜆, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 = = 𝑎𝑛𝑑
3 𝜆 2
7 − 7𝑥 𝑦 − 5 6 − 𝑧
= =
3𝜆 1 5

SECTION D
(This section comprises of 4 long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each.)

2 0 1
32. 𝐼𝑓 𝐴 = [2 1 3] , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 + 4𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝑋 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ
1 −1 0
2
𝐴 − 5𝐴 + 4𝐼 + 𝑋 = 𝑂.
33. Solve the following differential equation: (√1 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑥 +
𝑥𝑦 𝑑𝑦 = 0.
 𝜋⁄2 𝑥 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥
34. (a) Evaluate: ∫0 𝑑𝑥
𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝑥 +𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝑥
OR
𝑑𝑥 1
34. (b) If ∫ (𝑥+2)(𝑥 2 = 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑔|1 + 𝑥 2 | + 𝑏 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 |𝑥 + 2| + 𝐶,
+1) 5

Then find the value of a and b.

35. (a) Find graphically, the maximum value of 𝑧 = 2𝑥 + 5𝑦, 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜

Constraints given below: 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 ≤ 8, 3𝑥 + 4 ≤ 6, 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 4; 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0.

OR
35. (b) Maximise 𝑧 = 8𝑥 + 9𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤:
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 ≤ 6, 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 ≤ 6, 𝑦 ≤ 1; 𝑥, 𝑦 ≥ 0.

SECTION E
(This section comprises of 3 case-study/passage-based questions of 4 marks each
with subparts. The first two case study questions have three subparts (i), (ii), (iii)
of marks 1, 1, 2 respectively. The third case study question has two subparts of 2
marks each.)
Case Study-1
36. Sunil, a student of class XII, was preparing for board examination. One day
his teacher gave a lecture on "Inverse Trigonometric Functions" and discussed
its principal values and properties and next day took a test on this topic.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.

1
(i) Find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( ) + 4 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1√3.
2
5 2
(ii) Find the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 ).
3 3
1 𝜋
(iii) (a) If 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 ( ) + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (3𝑥 ) = , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑥.
2𝑥 2
(iv)
OR
1
(v) (b) find the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (− ) + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1(−2) − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1 (2).
√3
Case Study-2
37. Kyra has a rectangular painting canvas having a total area of 24 ft 2 which
includes a border of 0.5 ft on the left, right and a border of 0.75 ft on the bottom,
top inside it.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) If Kyra wants to paint in the maximum area, then which part
of painting does she need to maximize?
(ii) If x is the length of the outer rectangle, then find the area
of inner rectangle in terms of 𝑥.
(iii) (a) Find the range of 𝑥.
OR
(iii) (b) If area of inner rectangle is maximum, then find the
value of 𝑥.

Case Study-3
38. Box I contains 1 white, 3 black and 2 red balls. Box II contains 2 white, 1 black
and 3 red balls. Box III contains 3 white, 2 black and 1 red balls. One box is chosen
at random and two balls are drawn with replacement.

Let E1, E2, E3, be the events that the balls drawn from box I, box II and box III
respectively and E be the event that balls drawn are one white and one red.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the probability of occurrence of event 𝐸 given that the balls drawn are
from box 𝐼.

(ii) 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ∑3𝑖=1 𝑃(𝐸|𝐸𝑖 ).