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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
CLASS XI EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 2011
Mathematics Paper II
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes Marks 65

INSTRUCTIONS
Please read the following instructions carefully.
1.

Check your name and school information. Sign that it is correct.

I agree that this is my name and school.
Candidate's signature

2.

RUBRIC. There are TWELVE questions. Answer ALL questions. Choices are specified inside
the paper.

3.

When answering the questions:

Read each question carefully.
Use a black pencil for diagrams. DO NOT use coloured pencils.
DO NOT use staples, paper clips, glue, correcting fluid or ink erasers.
Complete your answer in the allocated space only. DO NOT write outside the answer box.

4.

The marks for the questions are shown in brackets ( ).

5.

You may use a scientific calculator if you wish.

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Q.1.

(Total 4 Marks)

2i
Find the real part of
.
1+ i
2

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Q.2.

(Total 7 Marks)

2 1
2 3
. Find a matrix X, if X = 3B 2 At A .
For given matrices A = 3 1 and B =

1 1
2 3

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Q.3.

(Total 5 Marks)

The nth term of an arithmetic progression is 3n + 2 . Find the sum of 11th term to 50th term.
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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.4.)

Q.4.
a.

(Total 3 Marks)
The third term of a geometric progression is

1
. Find the product of first five terms of the
2

progression.
b.

) (

) (

Find the sum of the series 1 + 13 + 2 + 2 3 + 3 + 33 + .................. + 30 + 30 3 .

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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.5.)

Q.5.
a.

b.

(Total 4 Marks)
In an examination hall there are three rows; each containing 10 chairs. A supervisor has to make
a seating plan for 20 students of class IX and 10 students of class X in the hall. In how many
ways can these 30 students be seated if all the students seated in each row belong to the same
class and that
i.

no two adjacent rows are allotted to class IX.

ii.

two adjacent rows are allotted to class IX.

A table below shows the choices made by girls and boys for their HSSC qualification:
Pre-Medical
Pre-Engineering

Girls
30
20

Boys
11
25

A student is chosen at random. Find the probability that the student is a

i.

boy.

ii.

girl of Pre-Engineering.

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Q.6.

(Total 6 Marks)

By using the principle of Mathematical induction, prove that

3
1
4n n
+ 1 + + ................... +
= (7 n ); n N .
2
2
2
4
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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.7.)

Q.7.
a.

b.

(Total 7 Marks)
If , be the roots of the equation x 2 + x 3 = 0 , then form a quadratic equation whose roots
1 1
1
and + .
are
+

Solve 32 x 4(3x +1 ) + 27 = 0 .

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Q.8.

(Total 2 Marks)

For two sets A = {1,3} and B = {2,4} , write or illustrate with the help of a diagram a function
from A to B which is
i.

one to one function.

ii.

not one to one function.

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Q.9.

(Total 6 Marks)

Find the feasible region of a linear programming problem whose constraints are defined as
5 x + 6 y 30 0
x y + 3 0;
x 0, y 0
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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.10.)

Q.10.
a.

(Total 6 Marks)
For the given figure, sin = 0.34 and cos = 0.76 , find the value of tan ( + ) .
Y

b.

Prove that

sin 3 sin 1 tan 2

=
.
sin 3 + sin
2

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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.11.)

Q.11.
a.

(Total 8 Marks)
Use cos =

b2 + c2 a2

to prove that cos =

2bc
2

s (s a )
.
bc

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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.11.)

b.
The area of floor of a hall is 30 7 m 2 . An interior decorator has designed triangular tiles
for the floor, as shown in the figure. Find the number of the tiles needed for the floor.
(5 Marks)
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i.

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4cm

4cm

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6cm

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ii.

If is the area of the given triangle, then prove that cos

cos

cos

s
.
abc

(3 Marks)

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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.12.)

Q.12.

(Total 7 Marks)
Solve the trigonometric equation sin x cos x = 0 graphically by completing the following table
and graph.
(7 Marks)

a.

sin x cos x

5
6
3

4
2

0.433
0.5

1
0.433

5 2

6
3 2 3 6

2 5
3 6

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2
2
3
3
4
5
6

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(ATTEMPT EITHER PART a OR PART b OF Q.12.)

b.

1 x
1 1 x
Prove that sin 1
.
= tan
1+ x
2 x

(7 Marks)

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