CBSE Class 12th Board Mathematics exam was conducted on 8th March 2025 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.The Mathematics theory paper is worth 80 marks, and the internal assessment is worth 20 marks. The CBSE Mathematics question paper includes MCQ (1 mark each), short-answer type questions (2 and 3 marks each), and long-answer type questions (4 and 6 marks each), totaling 80 marks.

CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics 65-5-1 question paper with solution PDF is available here for download.

CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics 65-5-1 Question Paper with Solution PDF

CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics Question Paper with Answer Key Download PDF Check Solutions
CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics Question paper with Solution

Question 1:

If \[ A = \begin{bmatrix} 5 & 0\\0 & 5 \end{bmatrix}, \]
then \( A^3 \) is:

  • (A) \( \begin{bmatrix} 5^3 & 0\\0 & 5^3 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 125 & 0\\0 & 125 \end{bmatrix} \)
  • (B) \( \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 125\\0 & 125 \end{bmatrix} \)
  • (C) \( \begin{bmatrix} 15 & 0\\0 & 15 \end{bmatrix} \)
  • (D) \( \begin{bmatrix} 5^3 & 0\\0 & 5^3 \end{bmatrix} \)
Correct Answer: (A) \( \begin{bmatrix} 125 & 0\\0 & 125 \end{bmatrix} \)
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Question 2:

If \( P(A \cup B) = 0.9 \) and \( P(A \cap B) = 0.4 \), then \( P(A) + P(B) \) is:

  • (A) \( 0.3 \)
  • (B) \( 1 \)
  • (C) \( 1.3 \)
  • (D) \( 0.7 \)
Correct Answer: (C) \( 1.3 \)
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Question 3:

If \[ A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3\\-4 & 3 & 7 \end{bmatrix}, \quad B = \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 3\\-1 & 2\\0 & 5 \end{bmatrix}, \]
then the correct statement is:

Correct Answer: (1) Only AB is defined.
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Question 4:

If \[ \left| \frac{2x}{5} \right| = \left| \frac{6 - 5}{4} \right|, \quad then the value of x is: \]

Correct Answer: (D) \(\pm 3\)
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Question 5:

If \[ f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{\sin^2(ax)}{x^2}, & x \neq 0\\1, & x = 0 \end{cases} \]
is continuous at \( x = 0 \), then the value of \( a \) is:

Correct Answer: (A) 1
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Question 6:

If \[ A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0\\0 & 5 & 0\\0 & 0 & -2 \end{bmatrix}, \]
then \( |A| \) is:

Correct Answer: (C) 10
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Question 7:

The principal value of \( \cot^{-1} \left( -\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \right) \) is:

Correct Answer: (B) \( -\frac{2\pi}{3} \)
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Question 8:

If \[ \begin{bmatrix} 4 + x & x - 1\\-2 & 3 \end{bmatrix} \]
is a singular matrix, then the value of \( x \) is:

Correct Answer: (C) -2
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Question 9:

If \( f(x) = \lfloor x \rfloor \) is the greatest integer function, then the correct statement is:

Correct Answer: (B) \( f \) is neither continuous nor differentiable at \( x = 2 \).
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Question 10:

The slope of the curve \( y = -x^3 + 3x^2 + 8x - 20 \) is maximum at:

Correct Answer: (B) \( (1, 10) \).
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Question 11:

The integral \[ \int \sqrt{1 + \sin x} \, dx \]
is equal to:

Correct Answer: (A) \( 2\left( -\sin\left( \frac{x}{2} \right) + \cos\left( \frac{x}{2} \right) \right) + C \)
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Question 12:

The integral \[ \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \cos x \cdot e^{\sin x} \, dx \]
is equal to:

Correct Answer: (B) \( e - 1 \)
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Question 13:

The area of the region enclosed between the curve \( y = |x| \), x-axis, \( x = -2 \) and \( x = 2 \) is:

Correct Answer: (D) 8
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Question 14:

The integrating factor of the differential equation \[ e^{-\frac{2x}{\sqrt{x}}} \, \frac{dy}{dx} = 1 \]
is:

Correct Answer: (A) \( e^{-1/\sqrt{x}} \)
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Question 15:

The sum of the order and degree of the differential equation \[ \left( 1 + \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)^2 \right) \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)^3 \]
is:

Correct Answer: (C) 3
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Question 16:

For a Linear Programming Problem (LPP), the given objective function \( Z = 3x + 2y \) is subject to constraints:
\[ x + 2y \leq 10, \] \[ 3x + y \leq 15, \] \[ x, y \geq 0. \]

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The correct feasible region is:

Correct Answer: (B) AOEC
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Question 17:

Let \( \vec{a} \) be a position vector whose tip is the point (2, -3). If \( \overrightarrow{AB} = \vec{a} \), where coordinates of A are (–4, 5), then the coordinates of B are:

Correct Answer: (C) (–2, 2)
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Question 18:

The respective values of \( |\vec{a}| \) and \( |\vec{b}| \), if given \[ (\vec{a} - \vec{b}) \cdot (\vec{a} + \vec{b}) = 512 \quad and \quad |\vec{a}| = 3 |\vec{b}|, \]
are:

Correct Answer: (C) 24 and 8
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Question 19:

Assertion (A): The shaded portion of the graph represents the feasible region for the given Linear Programming Problem (LPP).

Reason (R): The region representing \( Z = 50x + 70y \) such that \( Z < 380 \) does not have any point common with the feasible region.


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Correct Answer: (A) Assertion (A) is correct and Reason (R) is correct, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation for Assertion (A).
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Question 20:

Assertion (A): Let \( A = \{ x \in \mathbb{R} : -1 \leq x \leq 1 \} \). If \( f : A \to A \) be defined as \( f(x) = x^2 \), then \( f \) is not an onto function.

Reason (R): If \( y = -1 \in A \), then \( x = \pm \sqrt{-1} \notin A \).

Correct Answer: (A) Assertion (A) is correct and Reason (R) is correct, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation for Assertion (A).
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Question 21:

Find the domain of the function \( f(x) = \cos^{-1}(x^2 - 4) \).

Correct Answer:
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Question 22:

Surface area of a balloon (spherical), when air is blown into it, increases at a rate of 5 mm²/s. When the radius of the balloon is 8 mm, find the rate at which the volume of the balloon is increasing.

Correct Answer:
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Question 23:

(a) Differentiate \(\frac{\sin x}{\sqrt{\cos x}}\) \text{ with respect to x.

Correct Answer:
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Question 24:

(b) If y = 5 \cos x - 3 \sin x, \text{ prove that \frac{d^2y{dx^2 + y = 0.

Correct Answer:
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Question 25:

(a) Find a vector of magnitude 5 which is perpendicular to both the vectors \( 3\hat{i} - 2\hat{j} + \hat{k} and 4\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - 2\hat{k} \).

Correct Answer:
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Question 26:

(b) Let \(\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}\) and \(\mathbf{c\) \text{ be three vectors such that \mathbf{a \times \mathbf{b = \mathbf{a \times \mathbf{c \text{ and \mathbf{a \times \mathbf{b \neq 0. \text{ Show that \mathbf{b = \mathbf{c.

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Question 27:

A man needs to hang two lanterns on a straight wire whose end points have coordinates A (4, 1, -2) and B (6, 2, -3). Find the coordinates of the points where he hangs the lanterns such that these points trisect the wire AB.

Correct Answer:
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Question 28:

Find the value of \( a \) for which \( f(x) = \sqrt{3} \sin x - \cos x - 2ax + 6 \) \text{ is decreasing in \mathbb{R.

Correct Answer:
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Question 29:

27. (a) Find: \[ \int \frac{2x}{(x^2 + 3)(x^2 - 5)} \, dx \]

Correct Answer:
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Question 30:

27. (b) Evaluate: \[ \int_1^5 \left( |x-2| + |x-4| \right) \, dx \]

Correct Answer:
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Question 31:

Find the particular solution of the differential equation: \[ x \sin^2 \left( \frac{y}{x} \right) \, dx + x \, dy = 0 \quad given that \quad y = \frac{\pi}{4}, when x = 1. \]

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Question 32:

In the Linear Programming Problem (LPP), find the point/points giving the maximum value for \( Z = 5x + 10y \text{ subject to the constraints:

x + 2y \leq 120

x + y \geq 60

x - 2y \geq 0

x \geq 0, y \geq 0
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Question 33:

If \(\vec{a} + \vec{b} + \vec{c} = \vec{0}\) such that \(|\vec{a}| = 3\), \(|\vec{b}| = 5\), \(|\vec{c}| = 7\), then find the angle between \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\).

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Question 34:

The probability that a student buys a colouring book is 0.7, and a box of colours is 0.2. The probability that she buys a colouring book, given that she buys a box of colours, is 0.3. Find:


(i) The probability that she buys both the colouring book and the box of colours.

(ii) The probability that she buys a box of colours given she buys the colouring book.

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Question 35:

A fruit box contains 6 apples and 4 oranges. A person picks out a fruit three times with replacement. Find:


(i) The probability distribution of the number of oranges he draws.

(ii) The expectation of the number of oranges.

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Question 36:

Sketch a graph of \( y = x^2 \). Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by \( y = 9 \), \( x = 0 \), and \( y = x^2 \).

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Question 37:

A furniture workshop produces three types of furniture: chairs, tables, and beds each day. On a particular day, the total number of furniture pieces produced is 45. It was also found that the production of beds exceeds that of chairs by 8, while the total production of beds and chairs together is twice the production of tables. Determine the units produced of each type of furniture, using the matrix method.

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Question 38:

(a) For a positive constant \( a \), differentiate \( \left( t + \frac{1}{t} \right)^a \) with respect to \( t \), where \( t \) is a non-zero real number.

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Question 39:

(b) Find \( \frac{dy}{dx} \) if \( x^3 + y^3 + x^2 = a^b \), where \( a \) and \( b \) are constants.

Correct Answer:
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Question 40:

(a) Find the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point \( (1, 1, 4) \) on the line \( \frac{x+2}{5} = \frac{y+1}{2} = \frac{z-4}{-3} \).

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Question 41:

(b) Find the point on the line \( \frac{x-1}{3} = \frac{y+1}{2} = \frac{z-4}{3} \) at a distance of \( \sqrt{2} \) units from the point \( (-1, -1, 2) \).

Correct Answer:
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Question 42:

(i) Taking length = breadth = \( x \) m and height = \( y \) m, express the surface area \( S \) of the box in terms of \( x \) and its volume \( V \), which is constant.

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Question 43:

(ii) Find \( \frac{dS}{dx} \).

Correct Answer:
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Question 44:

(iii) (a) Find a relation between \( x \) and \( y \) such that the surface area \( S \) is minimum.

Correct Answer:
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Question 45:

(iii) (b) If surface area \( S \) is constant, the volume \( V = \frac{1}{4}(Sx - 2x^3) \), \( x \) being the edge of the base. Show that the volume \( V \) is maximum for \( x = \frac{\sqrt{6}}{6} \).

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Question 46:

(i) Is \( f \) a bijective function?

Correct Answer:
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Question 47:

(ii) Give reasons to support your answer to (i).

Correct Answer:
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Question 48:

iii)(a) Let \( R \) be a relation defined by the teacher to plan the seating arrangement of students in pairs, where \( R = \{(x, y) : x, y are Roll Numbers of students such that y = 3x \} \).
List the elements of \( R \). Is the relation \( R \) reflexive, symmetric, and transitive? Justify your answer.

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Question 49:

iii)(b) Let \( R \) be a relation defined by \( R = \{(x, y) : x, y are Roll Numbers of students such that y = x^3 \} \).
List the elements of \( R \). Is \( R \) a function? Justify your answer.

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Question 50:

(i) Calculate the probability of a randomly chosen seed to germinate.

Correct Answer:
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Question 51:

(ii) What is the probability that it is a cabbage seed, given that the chosen seed germinates?

Correct Answer:
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