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MOCK TEST(2020-21)
Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes CLASS – XII M.M.: 40
Name: ……….. SUBJECT – APPLIED MATHEMATICS Date :
General Instructions:
1. The question paper contains three parts A, B and C
2. Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
3. Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
4 Section C consists of 10 questions based on two Case Studies. Attempt any 8 questions.
5. There is no negative marking.

Section A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
Q MCQ Marks
no.
1. (15 - 53) (mod 4) is: 1
a) 1 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
2. ω (32) is equal to: 1
a) 7 b) 1 c) 5 d) 3
3. If -3x + 17 < -13, then: 1
a) x ϵ (10, ∞) b) x ϵ ( - ∞, 10] c) x ϵ [-10, 10) d) x ϵ [10, ∞)
4. A, B and C invested ₹45,000, ₹70,000 and ₹90,000 respectively to start a business. At 1
the end of 2 years, they earned a profit of ₹164,000. B's share in the profit is:
a) ₹ 64,000 b) ₹ 36,000 c) ₹ 56,000 d) ₹ 72,000
5. A pipe can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank the pipe takes 3 hours 30 1
minutes to fill the tank. How much time will the leak take to empty the full tank?
a) 21 hours b) 7 hours c) 6 hours d) hours
6. In a race of 200 m, B can give a start of 10 m to A and C can give a start of 20 m to B. 1
The start that C can give to A in the same race is:
a) 30 m b) 25 m c) 29 m d) 27 m
7. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream. If he takes 6 hours to cover each 1
distance, then the speed of the stream in km/hr is:
a) b) 1 c) 2 d)

8. An outlet pipe can empty a cistern in 3 hours. The time taken by it to empty rd of the 1
cistern is:
a) 4 hours b) 6 hours c) 2 hours d) 3 hours
9. The number of all possible matrices of order 3 X 3 with each entry 0 or 1 is: 1
a) 512 b) 27 c) 81 d) 18
10. 1
If [ ]= [ ], then the value of x + y is:

a) x = 2, y = 4 b) x = 3, y = 1 c) x = 3, y = 3 d) x = 2, y = 3
11. The digit at units place of 2400 is 1
(a)2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

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12. 1
If S = [ ], then adj A is:

(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]

13. The maximum value of f(x) = on [-1, 1] is: 1

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

14. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 5:3 and 13:3 respectively. In 1
what ratio, the liquids in both the vessels can be mixed to obtain a new mixture in
vessel C containing milk and water in the ratio 3:1?
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 2:1 (d) 1:3
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15. f(x) = [x(x - 3)] is increasing in: 1
(a) (-∞, 0) (b) (0,3/2) U (3, ∞) (c) (1, 3) (d) (0,∞)
16. Three friends A, B and C agree to invest for time periods in the ratio 2:3:4. If their 1
profit-sharing ratio is 6:7:8, then the ratio of their investments is
(a)4:5:6 (b) 9:7:6 (c) 8:7:6 (d) 12:21:32
17. While computing a weighted index, the current period quantities are used in the: 1
a) Marshall Edgeworth method b) Fisher's ideal method
c) Laspeyre's method d) Paasche's method
18. If a random variable X has the following probability distribution: 1
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a
then the value of a is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
19. If the mean and variance of a Binomial distribution are 2 and 1 respectively, then the 1
probability of at most 1 success is
(a) 5/16 (b) 15/16 (c) 7/8 (d) 3/4
20. A dice is thrown twice, the probability of occurring of 5 atleast once is: 1
(a) none of these (b) (c) (d)

Section B
Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
21. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing ₹ 85 per kg and ₹ 100 per 1
kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth ₹ 92 per kg?
a) 8 : 7 b) 5 : 7 c) 7 : 8 d) 7 : 5
22. If x ≡ 4 (mod 7), then positive values of x are: 1
a) {4, 8, 12, ...} b) {4, 11, 18, ...} c) {11, 18, 25, ...} d) {1, 8, 15, ...}
23. If in a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m, then in a 180 m race, B will beat C 1
by:
a) 4.5 m b) 6 m c) 5.4 m d) 5 m
24. A, B, C subscribe ₹50,000 for a business. A subscribes ₹4,000 more than B and ₹5,000 1
more than C. Out of a total profit of ₹35,000, A receives:
a) ₹11,900 b) ₹14,700 c) ₹13,600 d) ₹8,400
25. A, B and C are three partners. They altogether invested ₹14,000 in business. At the end 1
of the year, A got ₹33750, B ₹1,125 C ₹637.50 as profit. The difference between the
investments of B and A was:
a) ₹ 2,200 b) ₹ 3,200 c) ₹ 5,250 d) ₹ 4,200
26. Two pipes can fill a tank separately in 12 and 20 hours respectively. The pipes are 1
opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom, 30 minutes extra
are taken for the cistern to be filled up. If the cistern is full, in what time would the leak
empty it?

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a) 112 hours b) 115 hours c) 120 hours d) 100 hours
27. If x is a negative integer, then the solution set of -12x > 30 is: 1
a) {-2, -1} b) {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2 ...} c) {..., -5, -4, -3, -2} d) {..., -5, -4, -3}
28. If A, B are square matrices of order 3, A is non-singular and AB = 0, then B is a: 1
a) non-singular matrix b) null matrix c) singular matrix ) unit matrix
29. 1
If A = [ ]and A = AT, then x is:
a) x = 0, y = 5 b) none of these c) x = y d) x + y = 5
30. 1
The matrix [ ] is a singular matrix, if the value of b is:

a) 3 b) Non-existent c) -3 d) 0
31. Price index by Paasche’s method takes 1
(a) q0 as weights (b) q1 as weights (c) as weights (d) √ as
weights
32. A random variable X has the following probability distribution: 1
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X) 0.15 0.23 0.12 0.10 0.20 0.08 0.07 0.05

For the events E = (X : X is a prime number), F = {X : X < 4}, the probability P(E U F)
is:
a) 0.50 b) 0.77 c) 0.35 d) 0.87
33. An urn contains 5 red and 2 black balls. Two balls are randomly drawn. Let X represent 1
the number of black balls. What are the possible values of X? Is X a random variable?
a) X = 2, 3, 4; no b) X = 2, 3, 5; yes
c) X = 2, 1, 3; yes d) X = 0, 1, 2; yes
34. Let X be a random variable assuming values x1, x2,....,xn with probabilities p1, p2, 1
...,pn, respectively such that pi ≥ 0, ∑ . Mean of X denoted by µ is defined as:
a) µ = ∑ b) µ = ∑ c) µ = ∑ d) µ = ∑
35. Laspeyre's price index number is also called: 1
a) Current year weighted b) Base year weighted
c) Simple aggregative index d) Cost of living index
36. The index for the base period is always taken as: 1
a) 100 b) 0 c) 1 d) 200
37. An index number is called a simple index when it is computed from: 1
a) Multiple variables b) None of these
c) Single variable d) Bi-variable
38. The function f(x) = 4 - 3x + 3x2 – x3 is decreasing: 1
a) Strictly decreasing on R b) Strictly increasing on R
c) Decreasing on R d) Increasing on R
39. If the function f(x) = x3 - 9kx2 + 27x + 30 is increasing on R, then: 1
a) 0 < k < 1 b) -1 < k < 1 c) k < - 1 or k > 1 d) -1 < k < 0
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40. The minimum value of the function f(x) = 2x - 21x + 36x - 20 is: 1
a) none of these b) -128 c) -120 d) -126

SECTION - C
Case study based questions:
Section C consists of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Any 8 questions are to be
attempted.
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Q41- Q45 are based on Case Study -1
The management committee of a residential colony decided to award some of its
members (say x) for honesty, some(say y)for helping others and some others(say z) for
supervising the workers to kept the colony neat and clean. The sum of all the awardees is
12.Three times the sum of awardees for cooperation and supervision
added to two times the number of awardees for honesty is 33. The sum of the number of
awardees for honesty and supervision is twice the number of awardees for helping.

41. (i) Value of x + y + z is 1

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 12
42. Value of x − 2 y is 1
(a) z (b) -z (c) 2z (d) -2z
43. The value of z is 1
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
44. The value of x + 2 y is 1
(a) 9 (b) 1042 (c) 11 (d) 12
45. The value of 2x + 3y + 5z is 1
(a) 40 (b) 43 (c) 50 (d) 53
Q46- Q50 are based on Case Study -2
A cuboidal tank, open at the top is to be constructed so that its depth is 2 m and volume
is 8 m3 . The cost of building its base is ₹ 70 per m2 and that of its sides is ₹ 45 per m2 .
Let x be the length and y be the breadth of rectangular base.
On the basis of above, answer the following questions:
46. The value of y can be written in terms of x as follows: 1
(a)y = (b) y = (c) y = (d) y =
47. The total area of the tank is 1

(a) 4 + 4 ( + ) (b) 4 + (c) 4 + 4x + (d). 4 + 2 ( + )

48. The cost of building the tank is given by C = 1
(a)140 + 90 ( + ) (b) 180 + 280 ( + )
(c) 280 + 180 ( + ) (d) 180 + 280 ( + )
49. The value of x for which the cost C is minimum is 1
(a)2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
50. The minimum cost of building the tank is 1
(a) ₹ 1000 (b) ₹ 1500 (c) ₹ 2000 (d) ₹ 2500

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