Class 12 CBSE Maths Board Paper 2024

Maximum Marks: 80

Time Allowed: Three hours

(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time).

This paper is divided into four sections – A, B, C and D.

Answer all questions.

Section A consists of one question having sub-parts of one mark each.

Section B consists of seven questions of two marks each.

Section C consists of nine questions of three marks each, and

Section D consists of three questions of five marks each

. Internal choices have been provided in two questions each in Section B, Section C and Section D.

The intended marks for questions are given in brackets [ ].

All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as and adjacent to the rest of the answer.

Answers to sub parts of the same question must be given in one place only.

A list of useful physical constants is given at the end of this paper.

A simple scientific calculator without a programmable memory may be used for calculations.

Section-A

This section comprises multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each


Question 1



A function f: R→R defined as f(x) = x2-4x+5 is:
(A) injective but not surjective.
(B) surjective but not injective.
(C) both injective and surjective.
(D) neither injective nor surjective.

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Question 2



If A = is a skew-symmetric matrix, then the value of 2a - (b + c)

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Question 3



If A is a square matrix of order 3 the value of |adj A| = 8 then the value of |AT| is :
(A) √2
(B) -√2
(C) 8
(D) 2√2

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Question 4



If inverse of matrix is the matrix then value of λ is :
(A) -4
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 4

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Question 5



If [x 2 0] then value of x is :
(A) -1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2

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Question 6



Find the matrix A2, where A= [aij] is a 2 x 2 matrix whose elements are given by aij= maximum (i, j) - minimum (i, j) :

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Question 7



If xey= 1, then the value of dy/dx at x = 1 is :
(A) -1
(B) 1
(C) -e
(D) -1/e

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Question 8



Derivative of esin2x with respect to cos x is :
(A) sin x esin2x
(B) cos x esin2x
(C) -2 cos x esin2x
(D) -2 sin2x cos x esin2x

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Question 9



The function f(x) = x/2 + 2/x has a local minima at x equal to
(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) -2

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Question 10



Given a curve y = 7x - x3 and x increases at the rate of 2 units per second. The rate at which the slope of the curve is changing when x = 5 is
(A) -60 units/sec
(B) 60 units/sec
(C) -70 units/sec
(D) -140 units/sec

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Question 11



dx is equal to :
(A) 2 log (log x)+c
(B) -1/log x + c
(C) (logx)3/3 +c
(D) 3/(logx)3 + c

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Question 12



The value of dx is
(A) 1/6
(B) 1/3
(C) -1/6
(D) 0

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Question 13



Area of the region bounded by curve y2 = 4x and the X-axis between x = 0 and x=1 is :
(A) 2/3
(B) 8/3
(C) 3
(D) 4/3

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Question 14



The order of the differential equation = 5 is :
(A) -4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) not defined

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Question 15



The position vectors of points P and Q are p and q respectively. The point R divides line segment PQ in the ratio 3 : 1 and S is the mid-point of line segment PR. The position vector of S is :

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Question 16



The angle which the line x/1 = y/-1 = z/0 makes with the positive direction of Y-axis is
(A) 5π/6
(B) 3π/4
(C) 5π/4
(D) 7π/4

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Question 17



The Cartesian equation of the line passing through the point (1, -3, 2) and parallel to the line:





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Question 18



If A and B are events such that P(A/B) = P(B/A) ≠ 0, then :
(A) A⊂B,butA≠B
(B) A=B
(C) A⋂B≠φ
(D) P(A)=P(B)

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Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions carrying 1 mark each. Two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questons from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

(a) both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).

(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).

(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.

(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Question 19



Assertion (A) : Domain of y = cos-1(x) is [-1, 1], Reason (R) : The range of the principal value branch of y = cos-1(x) is [0,π]-{π/2}

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Question 20



Assertion (A) : The vectors

represent the sides of a right angled triangle.
Reason (R) : Three non-zero vectors of which none of two are collinear forms a triangle if their resultant is zero vector or sum of any two vectors is equal to the third.

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Section-B

This section comprises very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.


Question 21



Find value of k if

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Question 22



(a) Verify whether the function f defined by

is continuous at x = 0 or not.
OR

(b) Check for differentiability of the function f defined by f(x) = |x - 5|, at the point x = 5.

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Question 23



The area of the circle is increasing at a uniform rate of 2 cm2/sec . How fast is the circumference of the circle increasing when the radius r = 5cm ?

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Question 24



(a) Find
OR

(b) Find

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Question 25



Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point (2, 3, -5) and making equal angles with the co-ordinate axes.

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Section-C

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


Question 26



(a) Find dy/dx if (cos x)y = (cos y)x
OR

(b) If √1-x2 + √1-y2 = a(x-y), prove that dy/dx = √(1-y2)/(1-x2)

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Question 27



If x = a sin3θ, y = b cos3θ, then find d2y/dx2 at θ = π/4

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Question 28



(a) Evaluate :
OR

(b) Find :

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Question 29



(a) Find the particular solution of the differential equation
dy/dx - 2xy = 3x2ex2 ; y(0) = 5.
OR

(b) Solve the following differential equation : x2dy + y(x+y)dx =0

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Question 30



Find a vector of magnitude 4 units perpendicular to each of the vectors and hence verify your answer.

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Question 31



The random variable X has the following probability distribution where a and b are some constants:

If the mean E(X) = 3, then find values of a and b and hence determine P(X ≥ 3).

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Section-D

This section comprises long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks eac h.


Question 32



(a) If A = then find A-1 and hence solve the following system of equations :
x+2y-3z=1; 2x-3z=2; x+2y=3
OR

(b) Find the product of the matrices
hence solve the system of linear equations : x+2y-3z=-4; 2x+3y+2z=2; 3x-3y-4z=11

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Question 33



Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 4x2 + y2 = 36 using integration.

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Question 34



(a) Find the co-ordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point (2, 3, -8) to the line 4-x/2 = y/6 = 1-z/3 Also, find the perpendicular distance of the given point from the line.
OR

(b) Find the shortest distance between the lines L1 & L2 given below :
L1 : The line passing through (2,-1,1) and parallel to x/1=y/1=z/3

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Question 35



Solve the following L.P.P. graphically :
Maximise Z = 60x + 40y
Subject to x+2y ≤ 12
2x+y ≤ 12
4x + 5y ≥ 20
x,y≥0

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Section-E

This section comprises 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each.


Question 36



(a) Students of a school are taken to a railway museum to learn about railways heritage and itg history.
An exhibit in the museum depicted many rail lines on the track near the railway station. Let L be the set of all rail lines on the railway track and R be the relation on L defined by
R={(l1,l2) : l1 is parallel to l2}
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find whether the relation R is symmetric or not.
(ii) Find whether the relation R is transitive or not.
(iii) If one of the rail lines on the railway track is represented by the equation y = 3x + 2, then find the set of rail lines in R related to it.
OR

(b) Let S be the relation defined by S ={(l1,l2) : l1 is perpendicular to l2 } check whether the relation S is symmetric and transitive.

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Question 37



A rectangular visiting card is to contain 24 sq.cm. of printed matter. The margins at the top and bottom of the card are to be 1 cm and the margins on the left and right are to be 11/2 cm as shown below:

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Write the expression for the area of the visiting card in terms of x.
(ii) Obtain the dimensions of the card of minimum area.

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Question 38



A departmental store sends bills to charge its customers once a month. Past experience shows that 70% of its customers pay their first month bill in time. The store also found that the customer who pays the bill in time has the probability of 0.8 of paying in time next month and the customer who doesn't pay in time has the probability of 0.4 of paying in time the next month.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Let E1 and E2 respectively denote the event of customer paying or not paying the first month bill in time. Find P(E1), P(E2).
(ii) Let A denotes the event of customer paying second month's bill in time, then find P(A|E1) and P(A|E2).
(iii) Find the probability of customer paying second month's bill in time.
OR

(iii) Find the probability of customer paying first month's bill in time if it is found that customer has paid the second month's bill in time.

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