CBSE Class 12 Applied Mathematics 2024
36 questions · 78 marks · 17 with the board’s own marking-scheme answer, 19 with no official answer on the site.
Marks by chapter
Counted from the 36 questions listed below, as the 2024 papers print them. CBSE allocates marks per unit, not per chapter — this is what was observed, not an official CBSE weightage. Every year compared →
| Chapter | Marks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Calculus7 questions | 15 | 19.2% |
| Financial Mathematics6 questions | 14 | 17.9% |
| Probability Distributions5 questions | 11 | 14.1% |
| Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications5 questions | 11 | 14.1% |
| Algebra4 questions | 9 | 11.5% |
| Linear Programming4 questions | 8 | 10.3% |
| Inferential Statistics3 questions | 5 | 6.4% |
| Time-based data2 questions | 5 | 6.4% |
36 questions from 2024
- Q1In a 1 km race, player P beats player Q by 18 metres or 9 seconds. What is P’s time to complete the race?1 mk
- Q2If x>y and z<0, then:1 mk
- Q4The value of Δ= |42, 2, 5; 79, 7, 9; 29, 5, 3| is:1 mk
- Q5If y=e^-2 x, then (d^3 y)/(dx^3) is equal to:1 mk
- Q6The function f(x)=x^2-x+1 is:1 mk
- Q7The order and the degree of the differential equation y dx+x log (y/x) dy-2 x dy=0 are respectively:1 mk
- Q8A fair coin is tossed twice and outcomes are noted. If the random variable X represents the number of heads that…1 mk
- Q9What time will it be after 1275 hours, if the present time is 9:00 p.m.?1 mk
- Q10If for a Poisson variate X, P(X=k)=P(X=k+1), then the variance of X is:1 mk
- Q11If the calculated value of |t|<t_v(α) (critical value of t), then the null hypothesis:1 mkasked 2×
- Q12For testing the significance of difference between the means of two independent samples, the degree of freedom (v) is…1 mk
- Q13For the given values 23, 32, 40, 47, 58, 33, 42; the 5-yearly moving averages are:1 mk
- Q15A mobile phone costs ₹ 12,000 and its scrap value after a useful life of 3 years is ₹ 3,000. Then, the book value of…1 mk
- Q16What sum of money should be deposited at the end of every 6 months to accumulate ₹ 50,000 in 8 years, if money is worth…1 mk
- Q17The graph of the inequation 2 x+3 y>6 is the:1 mk
- Q18In an LPP, if the objective function Z=ax+by has same maximum value on two corner points of the feasible region, then…1 mk
- Q19Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions. Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion…1 mk
- Q20Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions. Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion…1 mk
- Q21If A= [1, 0; -1, 7], find the value of k such that A^2-8 A+kI=0. OR If [x-y, 2 x+z; 2 x-y, 3 z+w] = [-1, 5; 0, 13],…2 mk
- Q22Using Cramer's rule, solve the following system of equations: 2 x_1+3 x_2=5 11 x_1-5 x_2=62 mk
- Q23Find the solution to the following linear programming problem (if it exists) graphically: Maximize Z=x+y subject to the…2 mk
- Q24At 6% p.a., compounded quarterly, find the present value of a perpetuity of ₹ 600 payable at the end of each quarter.2 mk
- Q25Assume an investment's starting value is ₹ 20,000 and it grows to ₹ 50,000 in 3 years. Calculate CAGR (Compounded…2 mk
- Q26A container has 50 litres of juice in it. 5 litres of juice is taken out and is replaced by 5 litres of water. This…3 mk
- Q27Evaluate: ∫_0^2 x^2 dx and hence show the region on the graph whose area it represents. OR Evaluate: ∫_0^1…3 mk
- Q28Find the differential equation of all circles in the first quadrant which touches both the coordinate axes.3 mk
- Q29Given that the scores of a set of candidates on an IQ test are normally distributed. If the IQ test has a mean of 100…3 mk
- Q30The mean weekly sales of a 4-wheeler was 50 units per agency in 20 agencies. After an advertising campaign, the mean…3 mk
- Q31A recent accounting graduate opened a new business and installed a computer system that costs ₹ 45,200. The computer…3 mk
- Q32A cistern has three pipes A, B and C. Pipes A and B are inlet pipes whereas C is an outlet pipe. Pipes A and B can fill…5 mk
- Q33Find all the points of local maxima and local minima of the function: f(x)=-3/4 x^4-8 x^3-45/2 x^2+105. OR Find the…5 mk
- Q34Let X denote the number of hours a Class 12 student studies during a randomly selected school day. The probability that…5 mk
- Q35Amrita buys a car for which she makes a down payment of ₹ 2,50,000 and the balance is to be paid in 2 years by monthly…5 mk
- Q36On her birthday, Prema decides to donate some money to children of an orphanage home. If there are 8 children less,…4 mk
- Q37In number theory, it is often important to find factors of an integer N. The number N has two trivial factors, namely 1…4 mk
- Q38When observed over a long period of time, a time series data can predict trends that can forecast increase or decrease…4 mk
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