Board Question Paper : March 2017

BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2017 
Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section  I
Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
 x y x  y  2 1
i. Find x, y, z, w if  =   (2)
 y  z + w 2w  z 9 5 
ii. Express the truth of the following statements with the help of Venn diagrams:
a. No circles are polygon
b. If a quadrilateral is rhombus, then it is a parallelogram. (2)
iii. Find the points of discontinuity, if any for the function:
x2  9
f(x) = (2)
sin x  9
iv. Write negation of the following statements:
a. The number 6 is an even number or the number 25 is a perfect square.
b. If x  A  B, then x  A and x  B (2)
v. Evaluate :  cos x  dx
2
(2)

d2 y
vi. Find , if y = log x. (2)
dx 2
ex  1
vii. Evaluate :  e x  x  dx (2)

dy
viii. Find , if x3 + y2 + xy = 10 (2)
dx

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

1 2 3
i. Find the inverse of the matrix 1 1 5 by adjoint method. (3)
2 4 7

e2 x  1
ii. If f(x) = , for x < 0, a  0
ax
= 1, for x = 0
log 1  7 x
= , for x > 0, b  0
bx
is continuous at x = 0, then find a and b. (3)
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iii. Demand function x, for a certain commodity is given as x = 200 – 4p where p is the unit
price.
Find : a. elasticity of demand as function of p.
b. elasticity of demand when p = 10, interpret your result. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. Using the truth table verify that
p  (q  r) = (p  q)  (p  r). (4)
2
ii. If the demand function is D = 150 – p  3p, find marginal revenue, average revenue and
elasticity of demand for price p = 3. (4)
π
2
sin x  cos x
iii. Evaluate:  1  sin
0
4
x
 dx . (4)

Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

i. Solve the following equations by reduction method:
x + 3y + 3z = 16
x + 4y + 4z = 21
x + 3y + 4z = 19 (3)
ii. If the function
15 x  3x  5 x  1
f(x) = , x  0 is continuous at x = 0, then find f(0). (3)
x tan x
25
iii. Examine the function f(x) = x + for maxima and minima (3)
x
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
x2 y2
i. Find the volume of a solid obtained by the complete revolution of the ellipse + =1
36 25
about X – axis. (4)
dy y
ii. If x3y5 = (x + y)8, then show that = (4)
dx x
1  log x
iii. Evaluate :   dx (4)
x 2  log x3  log x

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2017 
Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section  I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section  II

Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

i. The ratio of number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 30% of the
girls are scholarship holders, find the percentage of students who are not scholarship holders.
(2)
ii. Calculate crude death rates (CDR) for district A:

District A
Age groups (in Number of persons Number of
years) (in thousands) death
0 – 15 1 20
15 – 60 3 30
60 and above 2 40
(2)
iii. What is the sum due of ` 5,000, due 4 months, hence at 12.5% p.a. simple interest? (2)

iv. The following data gives the marks of 20 students in Mathematics (X) and Statistics (Y) each
out of 10, expressed as (x, y). Construct ungrouped frequency distribution considering single
number as a class:
(2,7), (3,8), (4,9) (2,8), (2,8), (5,6), (5,7), (4,9), (3,8), (4,8), (2,9), (3,8), (4,8), (5,6), (4,7),
(4,7), (4,6), (5,6), (5,7), (4,6) (2)

v. A wholesaler allows 25% trade discount and 5% cash discount, what will be the net price of
an article marked at ` 1,600? (2)

vi. Verify the following function, which can be regarded as p.m.f. for the given values of X:

X=x –1 0 1
P(x) –0.2 1 0.2
(2)
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vii. Solve the following minimal assignment problem:
Machines Jobs
I II III
M1 1 4 5
M2 4 2 7
M3 7 8 3
(2)
viii. If X has Poisson distribution with parameter m = 1, find P[X 1] [USE e–1 = 0.367879]. (2)
Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. Find the present value of annuity immediate of ` 18,000 p.a. for 3 years at 9% p.a.
compounded annually. [Given: (1.09)–3 = 0.7722] (3)
ii. Complete the following life table:
x lx dx qx px Lx
4 9100 60 ? ? ?
5 ? 45 ? ?
(3)

iii. Given that r = 0.4. (x – x ) (y – y ) = 108, y = 3 and (x – x )2 = 900. Find the number of
pairs of observations. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Find mean and standard deviation of the continuous random variable X whose p.d.f. is given
by
f (x) = 6x (1 – x) 0 < x < 1
=0 otherwise (4)
ii. Solve the following L.P.P. graphically
Minimize Z = 3x + 5y
Subject to 2x + 3y ≥ 12
–x+y≤3
x≤4
y≥3 (4)
iii. We have seven jobs each of which has to go through two machines M1 and M2 in the order
M1 – M2. Processing times (in hours) are given as:
Jobs A B C D E F G
Machine M1 3 12 15 6 10 11 9
Machine M2 8 10 10 6 12 1 3
Determine a sequence of these jobs that will minimize the total elasped time ‘T’, and idle
time for each machine. (4)
Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. Compute the age specific death rate for the following data:
Age groups Population Number of
(years) (in thousands) deaths
Below 5 15 360
5 – 30 20 400
Above 30 10 280
(3)
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ii. If the rank correlation coefficient is 0.6 and the sum of squares of differences of ranks is 66,
then find the number of pairs of observations. (3)
iii. The equations of the two regression lines are 2x + 3y – 6 = 0 and 5x + 7y – 12 = 0.
Find: a. Correlation coefficient.
x
b. (3)
y
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. John and Mathew started a business with their capitals in the ratio 8 : 5. After 8 months, John
added 25% of his earlier capital as further investment. At the same time, Mathew withdrew
20% of his earlier capital. At the end of the year, they earned ` 52,000 as profit. How should
they divide the profit between them? (4)
ii. A departmental store gives training to the salesmen in service followed by a test. It is
experienced that the performance regarding sales of any salesman is linearly related to the
scores secured by him. The following data gives the test scores and sales made by nine (9)
salesmen during a fixed period.
Test scores (X) 16 22 28 24 29 25 16 23 24
Sales (Y) 35 42 57 40 54 51 34 47 45
(` in hundreds)
a. Obtain the line of regression of Y on X.
b. Estimate Y when X = 17. (4)
iii. Three different aeroplanes are to be assigned to carry three cargo consignments with a view
to maximize profit. The profit matrix (in lakhs of `) is as follows:
Aeroplanes Cargo consignments
C1 C2 C3
A1 1 4 5
A2 2 3 3
A3 3 1 2
How should the cargo consignments be assigned to the aeroplanes to maximise the profit? (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2016

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I

Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

dy
i. If y = (sin x)x, find . (2)
dx
1 3
 show that A − 2A is a scalar matrix.
2
ii. If A =  (2)
 3 1 
iii. Write the negation of the following statements:
(a) ∀ y ∈ N, y2 + 3 ≤ 7
(b) If the lines are parallel then their slopes are equal. (2)
iv. The total revenue R = 720x − 3x where x is number of items sold. Find x for which total
2

revenue R is increasing. (2)

sec 2 x
v. Evaluate: ∫ tan 2
x+4
dx (2)

dy
vi. Find , if y = cos −1 (sin 5x) (2)
dx
vii. Discuss the continuity of function f at x = 0
4+ x −2
Where f (x) = , for x ≠ 0
3x
1
= , for x = 0 (2)
12
viii. State which of the following sentences are statements. In case of statement, write down the
truth value:
(a) Every quadratic equation has only real roots.
(b) −4 is a rational number. (2)

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

i. Solve the following equations by the inversion method:
2x + 3y = − 5 and 3x + y = 3 (3)
1
 1 2 0  1 5 −2     x 
ii. Find x and y, if 3  −  2 =
4      y 
(3)
  0 −1 3  −3 −4  1 

iii. Evaluate: ∫ tan −1 x dx . (3)

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(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. (a) Express the truth of each of the following statements using Venn diagram.
(1) All teachers are scholars and scholars are teachers.
(2) If a quadrilateral is a rhombus then it is a parallelogram.
(b) Write converse and inverse of the following statement:
“If Ravi is good in logic then Ravi is good in Mathematics.” (4)
ii. Find the area of the region bounded by the lines 2y + x = 8, x = 2 and x = 4. (4)
12 − x
9 3
iii. Evaluate: ∫ 3 dx (4)
3 x + 3 12 − x
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
e2 x − 1
i. If f (x) = , for x < 0, a ≠ 0
ax
=1 , for x = 0
log (1 + 7 x )
= , for x > 0, b ≠ 0
bx
Is continuous at x = 0 then find a and b. (3)
ii. If the function f is continuous at x = 0, then find f(0)
cos 3 x − cos x
where f (x) = ,x≠0 (3)
x2
iii. If f′(x) = 4x3 − 3x2 + 2x + k and f(0) = 1, f(1) = 4, find f(x). (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. Find MPC (Marginal Propensity to Consume) and APC (Average Propensity to Consume) if
the expenditure Ec of a person with income I is given as Ec = (0.0003) I2 + (0.075) I when
I = 1000. (4)
 x3 
ii. Cost of assembling x wallclocks is  − 40 x 2  and labour charges are 500x. Find the number
 3 
of wallclocks to be manufactured for which marginal cost is minimum. (4)
 x2 − y2 
iii. If cos−1  2 2  = 2k,
x +y 
dy
show that y = x tan2 k. (4)
dx

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2016

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II
Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
i. Anandi and Rutuja invested ` 10,000 each in a business. Anandi withdrew her capital after 7
months. Rutuja continued for the year. After one year, the profit earned by them was ` 5,700.
Find the profit earned by each person. (2)
ii. Calculate age specific death (A-SDR) rates for the following data:
Age group (in years) Population Number of
(′000) Deaths
Below 10 25 50
10 – 30 30 90
30 – 45 40 160
45 − 70 20 100
(2)
iii. For a bivariate data b YX = −1 ⋅ 2 and b XY = −0 ⋅ 3 ,
find the correlation coefficient between x and y. (2)
iv. A random variable x has the following probability distribution:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X = x) k 3k 5k 7k 9k 11k 13k
Find ‘k’. (2)
v. The probability distribution function of continuous random variable X is given by
x
f(x) = ,0<x<2
4
= 0, otherwise
Find P(x ≤ 1). (2)
vi. From the two regression equations
y = 4x − 5 and 3x = 2 y + 5 find x and y . (2)
vii. Draw scatter diagram for the following data and interpret it:
x 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
y 32 20 24 36 40 28 38
(2)
2
viii. If Σd = 66 and n = 10 then find the rank correlation coefficient. (2)
Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
27
i. Determine l92 and l93, given that l91 = 97, d91 = 38 and q92 = . (3)
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ii. Calculate CDR for districts A and B and compare them.
Also state which district is more healthy. (3)
Age group (in years) District A District B
No. of Persons No. of No. of Persons No. of
( ′000) Deaths ( ′000) Deaths
0 − 15 1 20 2 50
15 – 60 3 30 7 70
60 and above 2 40 1 25
iii. If for a bivariate data x = 10, y = 12, Var(X) = 9, σY = 4 and r = 0.6, estimate y when x = 5. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Calculate the coefficient of correlation between X and Y series from the following data:
n = 15, x = 25, y = 18, σX = 3.01, σY = 3.03, ∑ ( xi − x )( yi − y ) = 122 (4)
ii. Solve the following minimal assignment problem and hence find minimum time where ‘−’
indicates that job connot be assigned to the machine:
Processing time in hours
Machines
A B C D E
M1 9 11 15 10 11
M2 12 9 − 10 9
M3 − 11 14 11 7
M4 14 8 12 7 8 (4)
iii. Solve the following maximal assignment problem:
Monthly Business
Branch
(` lakh)
Manager
A B C D
P 11 11 9 9
Q 13 16 11 10
R 12 17 13 8
S 16 14 16 12 (4)
Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. Find the true discount, banker’s discount and banker’s gain on a bill of ` 36,600 due
4 months hence at 5% p.a. (3)
ii. Mr. Anil wants to invest at most ` 60,000 in Fixed Deposit (F.D.) and Public Provident Fund
(P.P.F.). He wants to invest at least ` 20,000 in F.D. and at least ` 15,000 in P.P.F. The rate
of interest on F.D. is 8% p.a. and that on P.P.F. is 10% p.a. Formulate the above problem as
L.P.P. to determine maximum yearly income. (3)
iii. Find graphical solution for the following system of linear inequations:
3x + 2y ≤ 180; x + 2y ≤ 120, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
Hence find co-ordinates of corner points of the common region. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Mrs. Menon plans to save for her daughter’s marriage. She wants to accumulate a sum of
` 4,00,000 at the end of 4 years. How much should she invest at the end of each year from
now, if she can get interest compounded at 10% p.a.? [Given : (1.1)4 = 1.4641] (4)
ii. A car valued at ` 4,00,000 is insured for ` 2,50,000. The rate of premium is 5% less 20%.
How much loss does the owner bear including the premium if value of the car is reduced to
60% of its original value? (4)
iii. If a random varibale X has probability distribution function
c
f(x) = , 1 < x < 3, c > 0,
x
find c, E(X) and Var (X). (4)
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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : JULY 2016

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
e 3x
i. Evaluate: ∫ 3x dx (2)
e +1
ii. The price P for demand D is given as
P = 183 + 120 D − 3D2, find D for which price is increasing. (2)
iii. Write the truth value of the negation of each of the following statements:
(a) The Sun sets in the East
(b) cos2 θ + sin2 θ = 1, for all θ ∈ R (2)
iv. Simplify the following:
1
 1 2 0   1 5 −2    
3  −  2 (2)
 0 −1 3   −3 −4 4    
 1 
v. Examine the continuity of f at x = 1, if
f(x) = 5x − 3, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
= x2 + 1, for 1 ≤ x ≤ 2 (2)
dy x
vi. Find , if y = xe (2)
dx
1 2 3 
vii. If A =  2 a 2  is a singular matrix, find the value of ‘a’. (2)
 5 7 3 
1
viii. Evaluate: ∫ dx (2)
x2 − 4x + 2

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

i. Show that the following statement pattern is contingency:
(∼ p ∨ q) → [p ∧ (q ∨ ∼ q)] (3)
e −1
2x
ii. If f(x) = , for x < 0, a ≠ 0
ax
=1 , for x = 0
log (1 + 7 x )
= , for x > 0, b ≠ 0
bx
is continuous at x = 0, then find a and b. (3)
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iii. If xy = ex − y, then show that
dy log x
= (3)
dx (1 + log x )2

(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]

1

∫ x ⋅ tan
−1
i. Evaluate: x dx (4)
0

1 −1 2 
ii. If A = 3 0 −2  , verify that
1 0 3 
A (adj A) = (adj A) A= |A| . I (4)
iii. A manufacturer can sell x items at a price of ` (280 − x) each. The cost of producing x
items is ` (x2 + 40x + 35). Find the number of items to be sold so that the manufacturer can
make maximum profit. (4)
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. Find k, if the function f is continuous at x = 0, where

f(x) =
(e x
− 1) ( sin x )
,x ≠0
x2
=k ,x=0 (3)
ii. Differentiate log (1 + x2) w.r.t. cot−1x (3)
iii. Using the Venn diagram, examine the logical equivalence of the following statements:
a. Some politicians are actors.
b. There are politicians who are actors.
c. There are politicians who are not actors. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
2 2
x y
i. Find the volume of the solid generated by the complete revolution of the ellipse + =1
36 25
about Y-axis. (4)
2
x
ii. Evaluate: ∫x
+ 5x 2 + 6
4
dx (4)

iii. The total cost of manufacturing x articles is C = (47x + 300x2 − x4). Find x, for which
average cost is
a. increasing
b. decreasing. (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : JULY 2016

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II
Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
i. Let X = amount of time for which a book is taken out of a college library by a randomly
selected student and suppose X has p.d.f.
0.5 x, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2
f(x) = 
 0 , otherwise
Calculate a. P(X ≤ 1) b. P(0.5 ≤ X ≤ 1.5) (2)
ii. If the correlation coefficient between X and Y is 0.8, what is the correlation coefficient
between:
X X −5 Y −3
a. and Y b. and (2)
2 7 8
iii. Raghu, Madhu and Ramu started a business in a partnership by investing ` 60,000, ` 40,000
and ` 75,000 respectively. At the end of the year they found that they have incurred a loss of
` 24, 500. Find that how much loss each one had to bear. (2)
iv. If the rank correlation coefficient is 0.6 and the sum of squares of differences of ranks is 66,
then find the number of pairs of observations. (2)
v. For an immediate annuity paid for 3 years with interest compounded at 10% p.a. its present
value is ` 10,000. What is its accumulated value after 3 years.
[Given: (1.1)3 = 1.331]. (2)
vi. Calculate CDR for district A and B
Age group District A District B
(in years) Population No. of Deaths Population No. of Deaths
0 - 10 1000 18 3000 70
10 - 55 3000 32 7000 50
Above 55 2000 41 1000 24 (2)

vii. Compute Age – Specific Death rate for the following data
Age group Population
No. of Deaths
(in years) (in thousands)
Below 5 15 360
5 – 30 20 400
Above 30 10 280 (2)

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viii. The ratio of prices of two houses was 2 : 3. Two years later when price of first house has
increased by 30% and that of the second by ` 90,000 the ratio of prices becomes 5 : 7. Find
the original prices of two houses. (2)
Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. The income of an agent remains unchanged though the rate of commission is increased from
5% to 6.25%. Find the percentage reduction in the value of business. (3)
ii. A new treatment for baldness is known to be effective in 70% of the cases treated. Four bald
members from different families are treated. Find the probability that
a. exactly two members are successfully treated.
b. at least one member is successfully treated. (3)
iii. Find the graphical solution for following system of linear inequalities
x1 x
+ 2 ≤ 1; 5x1 + 8x2 ≤ 600, x1 ≥ 0, x2 ≥ 0 (3)
60 90
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Bring out the inconsistency, if any in the following:
a. bYX + bXY = 1.30 and r = 0.75
b. bYX = bXY = 1.50 and r = −0.9
c. bYX = 1.9 and bXY = −0.25
1
d. bYX = 2.6 and bXY = (4)
2.6
ii. A pharmaceutical company has four branches, one each at city A, B, C, D. A branch manager
is to be appointed one at each city, out of four candidates P, Q, R and S. The monthly
business depending upon the city and the effectiveness of the branch manager in that city is
given below:
City
A B C D
Monthly business (` lakh)
P 10 10 8 8
Q 12 15 10 9
R 11 16 12 7
S 15 13 15 11
Which manager should be appointed at which city so as to get the maximum total monthly
business? (4)
iii. Fill in the blanks which are marked with a question mark in the following extract from the
life table:
x lx dx qx px Lx Tx
20 88230 ? ? ? ? ?
21 79473 3205552 (4)
Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. For a bivariate data, x = 53, y = 28, bYX = −1.5 and bXY = −0.2
Find
a. Correlation coefficient between X and Y.
b. Estimate of Y for X = 50
c. Estimate of X for Y = 25 (3)
ii. If X has a Poisson distribution with variance 2, find
a. P(X = 4) b. P(X ≤ 4) c. Mean of X [Use e−2 = 0.1353] (3)
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iii. There are 5 jobs each of which is to be precessed through three machines A, B and C in the
order ABC. Processing times in hours are as shown in the following table:
Jobs 1 2 3 4 5
A 3 8 7 5 4
B 4 5 1 2 3
C 7 9 5 6 10
Determine the optimum sequence for the five jobs and the minimum elapsed time. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. A bill of ` 7,500 was discounted for ` 7290 at a bank on 28th October, 2006. If the rate of
interest was 14% p.a., what is the legal due date? (4)
ii. The following data gives the marks of 20 students in Mathematics (X) and Statistics (Y), each
out of 10, expressed as (X, Y). Construct ungrouped frequency distribution considering single
number as a class. Also prepare marginal distributions
(2, 7), (3, 8), (4, 9), (2, 8), (2, 8), (5, 6), (5, 7), (4, 9), (3, 8), (4, 8), (2, 9), (3, 8), (4, 8), (5, 6),
(4, 7), (4, 7), (4, 6), (5, 6), (5, 7), (4, 6). (4)
iii. Minimise: Z = 3x1 + 2x2
Subject to constraints
5x1 + x2 ≥ 10;
x1 + 2x2 ≥ 12;
x1 + 4x2 ≥ 12;
x1, x2 ≥ 0 (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2015

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I

Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

i. Express the following statement in symbolic form and write its truth value.
“If 4 is an odd number, then 6 is divisible by 3.” (2)
ii. Find the values of x and y, if
1 3   y 0  5 6 
2 +  =   (2)
 0 x   1 2  1 8 
iii. Find the value of ‘k’ if the function
tan 7 x
f(x) = , for x ≠ 0
2x
= k, for x = 0
is continuous at x = 0 (2)

iv. Find
dy
dx
if y = cos−1 ( x) (2)

v. The price P for demand D is given as P = 183 + 120D − 3D2.

Find D for which the price is increasing. (2)
1
vi. Evaluate: ∫ x(3 + log x) dx (2)

 2 1 2
vii. If A =   show that A – 3A + I = 0 (2)
 1 1
viii. Evaluate: ∫ x cos x dx . (2)

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

i. Prove that the following statement pattern is equivalent:
(p ∨ q) → r and (p → r) ∧ (q → r) (3)
ii. Examine the continuity of the following function:
f(x) = x2 – x + 9, for x ≤ 3
at x = 3
= 4x + 3, for x > 3 (3)
dy  6x 
iii. Find if y = tan−1  2 
(3)
dx  1 − 5x 
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(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. Find the inverse of the following matrix by elementary row transformations if it exists.
 1 2 −2 
A =  0 −2 1  (4)
 −1 3 0 

x2 y 2
ii. Find area of the ellipse + =1 (4)
a2 b2
iii. The expenditure Ec of a person with income I is given by Ec = (0.000035)I2 + (0.045) I.
Find marginal propensity to consume (MPC) and marginal propensity to save (MPS) when
I = 5000. Also find A (average) PC and A (average) PS. (4)
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. Express the truth of each of the following statements by Venn diagram:
a. Some hardworking students are obedient.
b. No circles are polygons.
c. All teachers are scholars and scholars are teachers. (3)
ii. If ‘f’ is continuous at x = 0, then find f(0).
15 x − 3x − 5 x + 1
f(x) = ,x≠0 (3)
x tan x
dy
iii. Find if x = e2t, y = e t (3)
dx
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
(1 + log x)
i. Evaluate: ∫ dx (4)
x(2 + log x)(3 + log x)
π
2
dx
ii. Evaluate: ∫ 1 + cot x
0
(4)

iii. A firm wants to maximize its profit. The total cost function is C = 370 Q + 550 and revenue
is R = 730Q – 3Q2. Find the output for which profit is maximum and also find the profit
amount at this output. (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2015

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II
Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
i. The ratio of number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. If 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the
girls are scholarship holders, find the percentage of students who are not scholarship holders (2)
ii. Obtain crude death rates (C.D.R.) for city A and city B from the data given below:
Age group (in years) City A City B
Population No. of deaths Population No. of deaths
Below 15 800 32 900 12
15 – 25 3000 12 1500 8
25 – 65 4800 48 4500 38
65 and above 1400 42 600 30 (2)

iii. Coefficient of rank correlation between x and y is 0.5 and ∑d 2

i = 42. Assuming that no ranks
are repeated, find the number of pairs of observations. (2)
iv. An agent charges 12 % commission on the sales. What does he earn if the total sale amounts
to ` 36,000? What does the seller get? (2)
v. Find the age standard death rate (S.D.R.) for the following data:

Age group Population

No. of deaths
(in years) (in ′000)
0 – 10 11 240
10 – 20 12 150
20 – 60 9 125
60 and above 2 90 (2)

vi. Following table gives the age of husbands and age of wives.
Age of wives Age of husbands (in years)
(in years) 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60
15 – 25 5 9 3 –
25 – 35 – 10 25 2
35 – 45 – 1 12 2
45 – 55 – – 4 16
55 – 65 – – – 4
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Find:
a. The marginal frequency distribution of the age of husbands.
b. The conditional distribution of the age of husbands when the age of wives lies between
25 – 35. (2)
vii. The present worth of the sum of ` 5,830, due 9 months hence, is ` 5,500. Find the rate of
interest. (2)
viii. For a binomial distribution mean is 6 and variance is 2. Find n and p. (2)
Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6) [14]
i. For the following problem, find the sequence that minimizes total elapsed time (in hours)
required to complete jobs on two machines M 1 and M2 in the order M1 − M2. Also find the
minimum elapsed time T.
Jobs A B C D E
Machine M1 5 1 9 3 10
Machine M2 2 6 7 8 4 (3)
ii. Mr. Natarajan and Mr.Gopalan are partners in the company having capitals in the ratio 4 : 5
and the profits received by them are in the ratio 5 : 4. If Mr. Gopalan invested capital in the
company for 16 months, how long was Mr. Natarajan’s investment in the company? (3)
iii. From a lot of 25 bulbs of which 5 are defective a sample of 5 bulbs was drawn at random
with replacement. Find the probability that the sample will contain
a. exactly 1 defective bulb
b. at least 1 defective bulb. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Given the following table which relates to the number of parrots at age x, complete the life
table for parrots.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
lx 1000 940 780 590 25 0 (4)

ii. You are given the following information about advertising expenditure and sales:
Advertisemet
Expenditure Sales
(` in lakh) (` in lakh)
(X) (Y)
Arithmetic mean 10 90
Standard deviation 3 12
Correlation coefficient between X and Y = 0.8.
a. Obtain the two regression equations.
b. What is the likely sales when the advertising budget is ` 15 lakh?
c. What should be the advertising budget if the company wants to attain sales target of
` 120 lakh? (4)
iii. Electro Corp.Co. manufactures two electrical products: Air conditioners and Fans. The
assembly process for each is similar in which both require a certain amount of wiring and
drilling. Each air conditioner takes 4 hours for wiring and 2 hours for drilling. Each fan also
takes 2 hours for wiring and 1 hour for drilling. During the next production period, 240 hours
of wiring time are available and upto 100 hours of drilling time may be used. Each air-
conditioner assembled may be sold for ` 2,000 profit and each fan assembled may be sold for
` 1,000 profit. Formulate this problem as an L.P.P. in order to maximize the profit.
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Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. The equations given of the two regression lines are:
2x + 3y – 6 = 0 and 5x + 7y − 12 = 0
Find:
a. Correlation coefficient
σX
b. (3)
σY
ii. Find graphical solution for the following system of linear inequations:
2x + 3y ≥ 12, –x + y ≤ 3, x ≤ 4, y ≥ 3 (3)
iii. The number of complaints which a bank manager receives per day is a Poisson random
variable with parameter m = 4. Find the probability that the manager will receive
a. only two complaints on any given day.
b. at most two complaints on any given day
[Use e−4 = 0.0183] (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. A warehouse valued at ` 10,000 contained goods worth ` 60,000. The warehouse was insured
against fire for ` 4,000 and the goods to the extent of 90% of their value. A fire broke out and
goods worth ` 20,000 were completely destroyed, while the remainder was damaged and
reduced to 80% of its value. The damage to the warehouse was to the extent of ` 2,000. Find
the total amount that can be claimed. (4)
ii. In the following data, one of the values of Y is missing. Arithmetic means of X and Y series
are 6 and 8 respectively.
X 6 2 10 4 8
Y 9 11 ? 8 7
a. Estimate the missing observation.
b. Calculate correlation coefficient. (4)
iii. A job production unit has four jobs A, B, C, D which can be manufactured on each of the
four machines P, Q, R and S. The processing cost of each job is given in the following table :
Machines
Jobs P Q R S
Processing Cost (` )
A 31 25 33 29
B 25 24 23 21
C 19 21 23 24
D 38 36 34 40
How should the jobs be assigned to the four machines so that the total processing cost is
minimum? (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : OCTOBER 2015

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Answers to the questions in Section − I and Section − II should be written in two separate answer
books.

Section − I
Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
7 0 3 0
i. Find x and y if x + y =   ,x−y=   (2)
2 5 0 3

ii. Find
dy
dx
if y = sin−1 1 − x 2 ( ) (2)

iii. Use the quantifiers to convert each of the following open sentences defined on N into true
statement:
a. 5x − 3 < 10 b. x2 ≥ 1 (2)
iv. Examine the continuity of the following function:
x 2 − 16
f(x) = , for x ≠ 4
x−4 at x = 4
= 8, for x = 4 (2)
 2 −3
v. Find the adjoint of the matrix A =   (2)
3 5 
vi. Find the elasticity of demand if the marginal revenue is ` 50 and price is ` 75. (2)
tan x
vii. Evaluate: ∫ x
dx (2)

1
viii. Evaluate: ∫x 2
+ 8 x + 20
dx (2)

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

i. Write converse, inverse and contrapositive of the statement.
“If two triangles are not congruent then their areas are not equal.” (3)

ii. Examine the continuity of the following function:

1
f(x) = x 2 cos   , for x ≠ 0
x at x = 0
= 0, for x = 0 (3)
dy
iii. Find if y = xx + 5x (3)
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(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. Solve the following equations by reduction method:
x + 2y + z = 8
2x + 3y − z = 11
3x − y − 2z = 5 (4)
ii. Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving about the X-axis, the region bounded by
x2 y 2
the curve − = 1 and the lines x = 2, x = 4 (4)
4 9
iii. If the demand function is D = 50 − 3p − p 2, find the elasticity of demand at
a. p = 5, b. p = 2, Interpret your result. (4)
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. By constructing the truth table, determine whether the following statement pattern is a
tautology, contradiction or contingency.
(p → q) ∧ (p ∧ ~ q) (3)
1 − sin x π π π
ii. If f(x) = , for x ≠ is continuous at x = , then find f   . (3)
(π − 2 x) 2
2 2 2
dy y
iii. If x5/3 y 2/ 3 = ( x + y )7/3 , then show that = . (3)
dx x
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
x  3
i. Cost of assembling x wall clocks is  − 40 x 2  and labour charges are 500 x.
 3 
Find the number of wall clocks to be manufactured for which average cost and marginal cost
attain their respective minimum. (4)
x.(sin −1 x) 2
1
ii. Evaluate: ∫
0 1 − x2
dx (4)

iii. Evaluate: ∫ log(1 + x 2 )dx (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : OCTOBER 2015

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II

Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

i. Alex spends 20% of his income on food items and 12% on conveyance. If for the month of
June 2010, he spend ` 900 on conveyance, find his expenditure on food items during the
same month. (2)
ii. Find the Age Specific Death Rates for the following data:

Age group
Population Number of Deaths
(in years)
0 − 20 7000 140
20 − 45 20,000 180
45 – 65 10,000 120
65 and above 4,000 160 (2)

iii. Compute the coefficient of correlation for the following data:

n = 100, x = 62, y = 53, σX = 10, σY = 12,

∑(x i )( )
− x yi − y = 8000 (2)

iv. A building is insured for 80% of its value. The annual premium at 70 paise percent amounts
to ` 2,800. Fire damaged the building to the extent of 60% of its value. How much amount
for damage can be claimed under the policy? (2)
v. A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X=x −2 −1 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
Find the value of k and calculate mean. (2)
vi. A, B and C are in partnership. A’s capital was ` 65,000. C’s capital was ` 50,000. The total
profit is ` 38,000, out of which B’s profit is ` 15,000. What was B’s capital? (2)
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vii.

Age group (in years) Population Number of deaths

0 − 20 40,000 350
20 − 65 65,000 650
65 and above 15,000 x

Using the above information, find x if CDR = 13.4 per thousand. (2)
viii. Draw scatter diagram for the following data and identify the type of correlation.

Capital 2 3 4 5 6 8 9
(` in crore)
Profit 6 5 7 7 8 12 11
(` in lakh) (2)

Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]

i. Mrs. Menon plans to save for her daughter’s marriage. She wants to accumulate a sum of
` 4,00,000 at the end of 4 years. How much should she invest at the end of each year from
now, if she can get interest compounded at 10% p.a.?
[Given (1.1)4 = 1.4641] (3)
ii. A fair coin is tossed 12 times. Find the probability of getting
a. exactly 7 heads
b. at least 2 heads (3)
iii. For the following problem find the sequence that minimizes total elapsed time (in hrs)
required to complete the jobs on 2 machines M1 and M2 in the order M1 − M2. Also find the
minimum elapsed time T:

Job A B C D E F
M1 4 8 3 6 7 5
M2 6 3 7 2 8 4 (3)

(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)

th th
i. A bill of ` 2,000 drawn on 15 February 2003 for 10 months was discounted on 13 May
3
2003 at 3 % p.a. Calculate the banker’s discount. (4)
4
ii. Given the following table which relates to the number of animals of a certain species at age x.
Complete the life table:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
lx 1000 850 760 360 25 0 (4)

iii. A person makes two types of gift items A and B requiring the services of a cutter and a
finisher. Gift item A requires 4 hours of the cutter’s time and 2 hours of finisher’s time. Gift
item B requires 2 hours of the cutter’s time and 4 hours of finisher’s time. The cutter and
finisher have 208 hours and 152 hours available time respectively every month. The profit on
one gift item of type A is ` 75 and on one gift item of type B is ` 125. Assuming that the
person can sell all the gift items produced, determine how many gift items of each type
should he make every month to obtain the best returns? (4)
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Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. In a partially destroyed laboratory record of an analysis of regression data, the following data
are legible:
Variance of X = 9
Regression equations: 8x − 10y + 66 = 0 and 40x − 18y = 214
Find on the basis of the above information:
a. Mean values of X and Y.
b. Correlation coefficient between X and Y. (3)
ii. Mr. Rajesh has ` 1,800 to spend on fruits for a meeting. Grapes cost ` 150/kg and peaches
` 200/kg. Let x and y represent the number of kilogrammes of grapes and peaches he can buy.
Write and graph an inequation to model the amounts of grapes and peaches he can buy within
his budget. (3)
iii. If a random variable X follows Poisson distribution such that P[X = 1] = P[X = 2], find
a. mean of the distribution
b. P[X = 0]
[Given e−2 = 0.1353]. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Ranking of 8 trainees at the beginning (X) and at the end (Y) of a certain course are given
below:
Trainees A B C D E F G H
X 1 2 4 5 6 8 3 7
Y 2 4 3 7 8 1 5 6
Calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. (4)
ii. A computer centre has four expert programmers. The centre needs four application
programmes to be developed. The head of the computer centre, after studying carefully the
programmes to be developed, estimates the computer time in minutes required by the
respective experts to develop the application programmes as follows:
Programmes
Programmers 1 2 3 4
Times in minutes
A 120 100 80 90
B 80 90 110 70
C 110 140 120 100
D 90 90 80 90
How should the head of the computer centre assign the programmes to the programmers so
that the total time required is minimum? (4)
iii. From the data of 7 pairs of observations on X and Y following results are obtained:
2
∑ ( xi − 70 ) = − 38; ∑ ( yi − 60 ) = −5; ∑ ( xi − 70 ) = 2990;
2
∑ ( yi − 60 ) = 475; ∑ ( xi − 70 ) ( yi − 60) = 1063
Obtain:
a. The line of regression of Y on X.
b. The line of regression of X on Y. (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2014

Note:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Graph papers are not necessary for L.P.P. Only rough sketch of the graph is expected.
iv. Answers to both the sections should be written in the separate answer books.
v. Answer to every new question must be written on a new page.

Section − I

Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

1 2 −3  1 4 3
i. If A =  ,B=  −2 5 0 
5 4 0   
then find 2A + 3B. (2)
ii. If the function f is continuous at x = 1, then find f(1).
x 2 − 3x + 2
Where f(x) = for x ≠ 1. (2)
x −1
dy
iii. If x = tan−1t and y = t3, find . (2)
dx
iv. Evaluate: ∫ sin 2 x dx. (2)

v. Write negation of the following statements:

a. Chetan has black hair and blue eyes.
b. ∃ x ∈ R such that x2 + 3 > 0. (2)
1 1 1 2 
vi. If A =   ,B=   then find AB . (2)
2 2 3 4 
dx
vii. Evaluate: ∫ 4 − 9x 2
(2)

viii. If the function f is continuous at x = 2, then find ‘k’

x2 + 5
where f(x) = , for 1 < x ≤ 2
x −1
= kx + 1, for x > 2 (2)

Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]

dy log x
i. If xy = ex − y, show that = (3)
dx (1 + log x ) 2
ii. If sin y = x sin (a + y)
dy sin ( a + y )
2
prove that = (3)
dx sin a
iii. Discuss extreme values of the function f(x) = x log x. (3)

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(B) Attempt any TWO of the following:
i. Discuss the continuity of the function f at x = 0,
5 x + 5− x − 2
where f(x) = , for x ≠ 0
cos 2 x − cos 6 x
1
= ( log 5 ) ,
2
for x = 0 (4)
8
ii. The expenditure EC of a person with income I is given by EC = (0.000035) I2 + (0.045) I
Find marginal propensity to consume (MPC) and average propensity to consume (APC)
when I = 5000. (4)
iii. Evaluate: ∫ x cot −1 x dx (4)
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. If p : It is a day time.
q : It is warm.
Given the verbal statements for the following symbolic statements:
a. p∧∼q
b. p∨q
c. p↔q (3)
ii. Using the truth table, examine whether the statement pattern (p → q) ↔ (∼ p ∨ q) is a
tautology, a contradiction or a contingency. (3)
iii. The cost C of producing x articles is given as
C = x3 − 16x2 + 47x.
For what values of x will the average cost be decreasing? (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following:
1 0 0
i. If A =  2 1 0  then find A−1 by using elementary transformation. (4)
 3 3 1 
3
dx
ii. Evaluate: ∫x+
0 9 − x2
(4)

x2 y 2
iii. Find the volume of a solid obtained by the complete revolution of the ellipse + =1
36 25
about X - axis. (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2014

Note:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II

Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

i. Alex spends 20% of his income on food items and 12% on conveyance, If for the month of
June 2010, he spent ` 900 on conveyance, find his expenditure on food items during the same
month. (2)
ii. Find the premium on a property worth ` 12,50,000 at 3% if the property is fully insured. (2)
iii. The following table gives the age of the husbands and of the wives:

Age of wives Age of husbands (in years)

(in years) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
15 – 25 5 9 3 −
25 – 35 − 10 25 2
35 – 45 − 1 12 2
45 – 55 − − 4 16
55 – 65 − − − 4

Find the marginal frequency distribution of the age of husbands. (2)

iv. For a bivariate data x = 53, y = 28, bYX = −1.5, bXY = −0.2. Estimate Y, when X = 50. (2)
v. Values of two regression coefficients between the variables X and Y are bYX = −0.4 and
bXY = −2.025 respectively. Obtain the value of correlation coefficient. (2)
vi. Verify whether the following function can be regarded as probability mass function (p.m.f.)
for the given values of X: (2)

X −1 0 1
P (X = x) −0.2 1 0.2

vii. The p.m.f. of a random variable X is

1
P(x) = , for x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
5
= 0, otherwise
Find E (X). (2)
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viii. The time (in hours) required to perform the printing and binding operations (in that order) for
each book is given in the following table:

Books I II III IV V
Printing Machine M1 3 7 4 5 7
Binding Machine M2 6 2 7 3 4
Find the sequence that minimizes the total elapsed time (in hours) to complete the work. (2)

Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]

i. Find the present value of an annuity immediate of ` 18,000 p.a. for 3 years at 9% p.a.
compounded annually. [Given (1.09)−3 = 0.7722] (3)
ii. Compute rank correlation coefficient for the following data:

Rx 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ry 6 3 2 1 4 5 (3)

2
iii. If the rank correlation coefficient is
3
and ∑d 2
i = 55, then find the number of pairs of
observations. Assume that no rank is repeated. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following:
i. From the following data, find crude death rates (C.D.R.) for Town I and Town II, and
comments on the results:

Age group Town I Town II

(years) Population No. of deaths Population No. of deaths
0 – 10 1500 45 6000 150
10 – 25 5000 30 6000 40
25 – 45 3000 15 5000 20
45 and above 500 22 3000 54 (4)
ii. Calculate the quantities indicated by ‘?’ for the following part of a life table:

x lx dx qx Lx Tx e0x
4 9100 60 ? ? 510000 ?
5 ? 45
(4)
1
iii. The Probability that a bomb dropped from an aeroplane will strike a target is . If four
5
bombs are dropped, find the probability that
a. exactly two will strike the target.
b. at least one will strike the target. (4)

Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]

i. Amit and Rohit started a business by investing ` 20,000 each. After 3 months Amit withdrew
` 5,000 and Rohit put in ` 5,000 additionally. How should a profit of ` 12,800 be divided
between them at the end of the year? (3)
ii. A bill of ` 7,500 was discounted for ` 7,290 at a bank on 28th October 2006. If the rate of
interest was 14% p.a., what is the legal due date of the bill? (3)

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iii. Let X be the number of matches played by the player and Y be the number of matches in
which he scored more than 50 runs. The following data shown is obtained for 5 players:
No. of Matches Data of matches of 5 players
Played (X) 21 25 26 24 19
Scored more than
19 20 24 21 16
50 in a match (Y)
Find the regression line of X on Y. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following:
i. Find the sequence that minimizes total elapsed time (in hours) required to complete the
following jobs on two machines M 1 and M2 in the order M1 − M2. Also find the minimum
elapsed time T and idle times for the two machines. (4)

Jobs
A B C D E
Machines
M1 5 1 9 3 10
M2 2 6 7 8 4
ii. Solve the following L. P. P. :
Minimize : Z = 4x + 2y
Subject to : 3x + y ≥ 27,
x + y ≥ 21,
x + 2y ≥ 30,
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 (4)
iii. Solve the following L. P. P.:
Maximize : Z = 4x + 10y
Subject to : 2x + 5y ≤ 10
5x + 3y ≤ 15
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 (4)

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : OCTOBER 2014

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Q.1. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]
i. Write the following statements in symbolic forms:
a. Either 49 is a perfect square or 39 is divisible by 11.
b. It is not true that if ‘i’ is a real number, then ‘2’ is an even prime number. (2)
1 2 3
ii. If A =  2 k 2  is a singular matrix, then find the value of ‘k’. (2)
 5 7 3 
 7 1 1 2 
iii. If A =   and B =   , then verify that |AB| = |A|.|B| (2)
 2 5 3 −1
iv. Discuss the continuity of the function at the point given. If the function is discontinuous
then remove the discontinuity.
sin 2 5x
f(x) = , for x ≠ 0
x2
= 5, for x = 0; at x = 0 (2)
v. Find the value of x for which the function
f(x) = x3 – 3x2 – 9x + 25 is increasing. (2)
vi. Differentiate: tan−1(cot 2x) w.r.t.x. (2)
vii. Discuss the continuity of the function

f(x) =
(3 − 2x + 7 ) , for x ≠ 1
x −1
1
= − , for x = 1; at x = 1 (2)
3
 x+3 
viii. Evaluate: ∫ e x  2
dx (2)
 ( x + 4) 
Q.2. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. Without using the truth table, show that
p ∧ [(~p ∨ q) ∨ ~q] ≡ p (3)
 cos 2 x − sin 2 x  dy
ii. If y = tan−1   then find . (3)
 sin 2 x + cos 2 x  dx
tan x
iii. Evaluate: ∫ sec x + tan x ⋅ dx (3)

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(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. If the function
f(x) = x2 + ax + b, x<2
= 3x + 2, 2≤x≤4
= 2ax + 5b, 4<x
is continuous at x = 2 and x = 4, then find the values of a and b. (4)
ii. The total cost function of a firm is C = x2 + 75x + 1600 for output x. Find the output for
which the average cost is minimum. Is CA = C m at this output? (4)
x2 y 2
iii. Find the area of the ellipse + =1 (4)
4 25
Q.3. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: [6][14]
i. Examine whether the following statement (p ∧ q) ∨ (~p ∨ ~q) is a tautology or
contradiction or neither of them. (3)
dy π
ii. Find: if x = a cosecθ, y = b cotθ, at θ = (3)
dx 4
1
iii. Evaluate: ∫ 2 dx (3)
x + 8 x + 20
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: [8]
i. Express the following equations in matrix form and solve them by the method of inversion.
x + 2y + 3z = 8, 2x – y + z = 1, 3x + y − 4z = 1 (4)
ii. The expenditure Ec of a person with income x is given by Ec = (0.000035)x2 + (0.045)x.
Find the marginal propensity to consume and marginal propensity to save when x = 5000.
Also find the average propensity to consume and average propensity to save. (4)
π
3
1
iii. Evaluate: ∫1+
π cot x
⋅ dx (4)
6

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BOARD QUESTION PAPER : OCTOBER 2014

Notes:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iii. Answer to every question must be written on a new page.
iv. L.P.P. problem should be solved on graph paper.
v. Log table will be provided on request.
vi. Write answers of Section – I and Section – II in one answer book.

Section − I
Question 1 to 3 (based on section I) are given in our book STD XII (COMMERCE) MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS - I

Section − II

Q.4. Attempt any SIX of the following: [12]

i. Obtain the Crude Death Rate (CDR) for city A from the data given below. (2)

Age group City A

(in years) Population No. of deaths
Below 15 800 32
15 – 25 3000 12
25 – 65 4800 48
65 and above 1400 42

ii. Compute the product moment coefficient of correlation for the following data:

( )(
n = 100, x = 62, y = 53, σx = 10, σy = 12, ∑ xi − x yi − y = 8000 ) (2)

iii.
Age group
Population No. of deaths
(in years)
0 – 20 40000 350
20 – 65 65000 650
65 and above 15000 x

Using the above information find x, if the CDR = 13.4 per thousand. (2)
iv. The ranks of the 10 students in Mathematics and Accountancy are as follows:
Two numbers given in the brackets denote the ranks of the students in Mathematics and
Accountancy respectively.
(1, 1), (2, 10), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 7), (7, 2), (8, 6), (9, 8), (10, 9).
Calculate the rank correlation coefficient. (2)
v. If X ~ N(4, 25), then find P(x ≤ 4). (2)
vi. Find common region for the following system of linear inequations:
x ≥ –3, 4x – 5y ≥ –20, 3x + 4y ≤ 12, y ≥ –2 (2)
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vii. For the following problem, find the sequence that minimizes total elapsed time (in hours)
required to complete the following jobs on two machines M1 and M2 in the order M1 – M2:
Jobs A B C D E
Machine M1 5 1 9 3 10
Machine M2 2 6 7 8 4 (2)
viii. A company produces mixers and food processors. Profit on selling one mixer and one food
processor is ` 2,000 and ` 3,000 respectively. Both the products are processed through three
machines A, B, C. The time required in hours for each product and total time available in
hours per week on each machine are as follows:
Food Available
Machine Mixer
Processor Time
A 3 3 36
B 5 2 50
C 2 6 60
Formulate the problem as L.P.P. in order to maximize the profit. (2)
Q.5. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. The defects on a plywood sheet occur at random with an average of the defect per 50 sq.ft.
What is the probability that such sheet will have −
a. No defect
b. At least one defect
[Use e−1 = 0.3678] (3)
ii. A Banker’s discount calculated for 1 year is 26 times his gain. Find the rate of interest. (3)
iii. For the two regression equations, 4y = 9x + 15 and 25x = 6y + 7, find correlation coefficient r,
x, y. (3)

(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)

i. Incomes of Mr. Shah, Mr. Patel and Mr. Mehta are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3, while their
expenditures are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. If Mr. Shah saves 20% of his income, find the ratio of
their savings. (4)
ii. A sample of 5 items is taken from the production of a firm. Length and weight of the five
items are given below:

Length (cm.) 3 4 6 7 10
Weight (gm.) 9 11 14 15 16

Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between the length and weight and
interpret the result. (4)
iii. A departmental head has three jobs and four subordinates. The subordinates differ in their
capabilities and the jobs differ in their work contents. With the help of the performance
matrix given below, find out which of the four subordinates should be assigned which jobs?
Subordinates Jobs
I II III
A 7 3 5
B 2 7 4
C 6 5 3
D 3 4 7 (4)
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Q.6. (A) Attempt any TWO of the following: (6)[14]
i. Raghu, Madhu and Ramu started a business in partnership by investing ` 60,000, ` 40,000
and ` 75,000 respectively. At the end of the year, they found that they have incurred a loss of
` 24,500. Find how much loss each one had to bear. (3)
ii. A card is drawn at random and replaced four times from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards.
Find the probability that −
a. Two diamond cards are drawn.
b. At least one diamond card is drawn. (3)
iii. Find the agent’s commission at 15% on the first premium if he places insurance for
` 2,00,000 on the life of a person, the premium being at the rate of ` 35 per thousand, per
annum, paid annually. (3)
(B) Attempt any TWO of the following: (8)
i. Given the following table which relates to the number of animals of a certain species at age
‘x’, complete the life table.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
lx 1000 850 760 360 25 0
(4)
ii. Information on vehicles (in thousands) passing through seven different highways during a
day (X) and number of accidents reported (Y) is given as follows:
∑xi = 105, ∑yi = 409, n = 7, ∑xi2 = 1681, ∑yi2 = 39350, ∑xiyi = 8075.
Obtain the linear regression of Y on X. (4)
iii. In a factory there are six jobs to be performed, each of which should go through two
machines A and B in the order A− B. The processing timing (in hours) for the jobs are given
here. You are required to determine the sequence for performing the jobs that would
minimize the total elapsed time T. What is the value of T? Also find the idle time for
machines A and B.
Jobs J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6
Machine A 1 3 8 5 6 3
(4)
Machine B 5 6 3 2 2 10

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