MATHS PRACTICAL : PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Practice Questions for Maths Practical : 2024 – 25

1) Using the truth table, examine whether (𝑝 → 𝑞) ↔ (~𝑝 ∨ 𝑞) is a tautology, contradiction or
neither. P2 - 1
2) Prove using truth table that : (𝑝 ↔ 𝑞) ≡ [(~𝑝 ∨ 𝑞) ∧ (∼ 𝑞 ∨ 𝑝)] P3- 2
3) Consider the following statements:
a) If a man is rich, then he buys a car.
b) If a man is not rich, then he does not buy a car.
c) If a man buys a car then he is rich.
d) If a man does not buy a car, then he is not rich.
Identify the statements having the same meaning. P5 - 4
4) State the dual of each of the following statements by applying the principle of duality
a) If Shantanu passes in Accountancy, then Pratik passes in Mathematics.
b) 𝑝 ∨ (𝑞 ∨ 𝑟) ≡ [(𝑝 ∧ 𝑞) ∨ (𝑟 ∨ 𝑠)] P5 - 5
5) Solve the following equations by the method of reduction
𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 6 , 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 5, 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 6𝑧 = 7 P18 - 3
6) In a factory, for production of Q articles, standing charges are Rs. 500/-, labour charges are Rs.
700/- and processing charges are Rs. 50Q. The price of an article is Rs. 1700 – 3Q. For what
value of Q the profit is increasing? P46 - 1
7) For manufacturing x units , labour cost is 150 – 54x and processing cost is x2. Price of each unit
is p = 10800 – 4x2. Find the values of x for which the total cost is decreasing. P48 - 4
8) Find the value of x for which
i) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 10 is increasing
ii) 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 9 is decreasing. P47-2
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9) The total cost of manufacturing x articles is C = 47𝑥 + 300𝑥 − 𝑥 . Find the values of x for
which the average cost is increasing. P49 - 5
10) Find the area of the regions bounded by the following curves, the X axis lying in the first
quadrant and the given lines
a) 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 , 𝑥 = 1, 𝑥 = 3
b) 𝑦 2 = 4𝑥, 𝑥 = 1, 𝑥 = 4 P94- 2
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11) Find the area of the region bounded by the parabola 𝑦 = 16𝑥 and the line x = 4. P94 - 3
1 2 3
12) Find the inverse of the matrix [1 1 5] by the elementary row transformations. P9 - 1
2 4 7
1 2 1
13) Find the inverse of the matrix [3 0 1] using adjoint method. P10 - 2
0 2 1
3 1
14) If A = [ ], show that A −5A +7I = 0. Hence find A-1.
2
P11 - 3
−1 2
15) The cost of 4kg potato, 3kg wheat and 2 kg rice is Rs. 60. The cost of 1 kg potato, 2 kg wheat
and 3 kg rice is Rs. 45. The cost of 6 kg potato, 2 kg wheat and 3 kg rice is Rs. 70. Find the per
kg cost of each item by matrix method. P14 - 1
1 1
16) A salesman is allowed 52% commission on the total sales made by him, plus a bonus of 2% on
the sales over Rs. 20000. If his total earning amounts to Rs. 3980, find the sales made by him.
P21 - 1

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17) Stock worth Rs. 3,75,000 was insured for Rs. 2,25,000. Stock worth Rs. 1,50,000 was burnt
completely due to fire and the balance was reduced to 75% of its value. What sum can be
claimed under the policy? P24 - 1
18) A wholesaler allows 25% trade discount and 5% cash discount. What will be the net price of an
article marked at Rs. 1600? P21 - 2
19) Find the true discount, banker’s discount and banker’s gain on a bill of Rs. 4240 due six months
hence at 9% p.a. P22 - 3
20) If X has Poisson distribution with parameter m & if
P[X=2]=P[X=3], find P[X ≥ 2]. [given e-3 = 0.0497] P90 - 1
21) If a fair die is rolled 5 times, what is the probability that the two of rolls will show 1’s? P88 - 1
22) Calculate the cost of living index number
Base year Current year
Group
Price Quantity Price
Food 40 5 20
Clothing 30 10 35
Fuel and lighting 20 17 10
House rent 60 22 10
Miscellaneous 70 25 08
P44 - 3
23) It is observed that, it rains on 12 days out of 30 days. Find the probability that it rains exactly 3
days of the week. P89 - 3
24) Find x if the price index number by simple aggregate method is 125.
Commodity P Q R S T
Base year Price(in Rs.) 8 12 16 22 18
Current year Price (in Rs.) 12 18 x 28 22
P42 - 1
25) Find the sequence that minimizes the total elapsed time required to complete the following
tasks. The table below gives the processing time in hours. Also find the minimum elapsed time
and idle times for both the machines
Jobs 1 2 3 4 5
M1 3 7 4 5 7
M2 6 2 7 3 4
P80 - 2
26) Find k if the following is p.d.f. of a r.v. X
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑥 2 (1 − 𝑥) for 0< 𝑥 < 1
= 0 , otherwise P86 - 3
27) The probability distribution of X is as follows
X 0 1 2 3 4
P[X = x] 0 k 2k 2k k
Find i) k, ii) P[X< 2] , iii) P[X ≥ 3], iv) P[1≤X< 4] P85 - 2
28) There are six jobs each of which is to be processed through the machines M1 and M2 in the
order M1M2. The processing time is given in hours. Determine the sequence of these jobs which
minimizes the total elapsed time. Also find the idle times for each of the machines M1 and M2:

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Jobs 1 2 3 4 5 6
Processing time on M1 5 9 4 7 8 5
Processing time on M2 8 4 8 3 6 6
P80 - 1
29) Calculate Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s Price index number:
Commodity Base year Current year
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 8 20 11 5
B 7 10 12 10
C 3 30 5 20
D 2 50 4 15
P43 - 2
30) If X has a Poisson distribution with variance 2, find
i) P[X = 4] , ii) mean of X.[given e-2 = 0.1353] P91 - 2
31) Three coins are tossed simultaneously. X is the number of heads. Find expected value and
variance of X. P85 – 1
32) A department head has four subordinates and four tasks have to be performed. Subordinates
differ in efficiency and tasks differ in their intrinsic difficulty. The time required by each
subordinate to perform each task is given in the following effectiveness matrix. How the tasks
should be allocated to each person so as to minimize the total man-hours?
Subordinates
Tasks
1 2 3 4
A 8 26 17 11
B 13 28 4 26
C 38 19 18 15
D 19 26 24 10
P74 – 1
33) Solve the following LPP graphically
Maximize Z = 2𝑥 + 3𝑦
𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 1, 3𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 4, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0 P64 – 1
32 5
34) Mr. Pritesh orders x mobiles at the price 𝑝 = 2𝑥 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥. how many mobiles should he order
for the most economical deal ? P58 – 3
35) Find the maximum and minimum value of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 24𝑥 + 5 P 52 - 1