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 65-7-1 question paper with solution PDF is available here for download.

CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics 65-7-1 Question Paper with Solution PDF

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CBSE Class 12 2025 Mathematics Question paper with Solution

Question 1:

The given graph illustrates:


  • (A) \(y = \tan^{-1} x\)
  • (B) \(y = \csc^{-1} x\)
  • (C) \(y = \cot^{-1} x\)
  • (D) \(y = \sec^{-1} x\)
Correct Answer: (A) \(y = \tan^{-1} x\)
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Question 2:

Domain of \(f(x) = \cos^{-1} x + \sin x\) is:

  • (A) \(\mathbb{R}\)
  • (B) \((-1, 1)\)
  • (C) \([-1, 1]\)
  • (D) \(\varnothing\)
Correct Answer: (C) \([-1, 1]\)
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Question 3:

What is the total number of possible matrices of order \(3 \times 3\) with each entry as \(\sqrt{2}\) or \(\sqrt{3}\)?

  • (A) 9
  • (B) 512
  • (C) 615
  • (D) 64
Correct Answer: (B) 512
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Question 4:

The matrix \(A = \begin{bmatrix} \sqrt{5} & 0 & 0
0 & \sqrt{2} & 0
0 & 0 & \sqrt{5} \end{bmatrix}\) is an:

  • (A) scalar matrix
  • (B) identity matrix
  • (C) null matrix
  • (D) symmetric matrix
Correct Answer: (A) scalar matrix
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Question 5:

If \(A\) and \(B\) are two square matrices each of order 3 with \(|A| = 3\) and \(|B| = 5\), then \(|2AB|\) is:

  • (A) 30
  • (B) 120
  • (C) 15
  • (D) 225
Correct Answer: (C) 15
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Question 6:

Let \(A\) be a square matrix of order 3. If \(|A| = 5\), then \(|adj A|\) is:

  • (A) 5
  • (B) 120
  • (C) 25
  • (D) 5
Correct Answer: (C) 25
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Question 7:

If \(\begin{bmatrix} 2x-1 & 3x
0 & y^2 - 1 \end{bmatrix}\) is a matrix, then the value of \((x - y)\) is:

  • (A) 2 or 10
  • (B) -2 or 10
  • (C) 2 or -10
  • (D) 0 or 10
Correct Answer: (C) 2 or -10
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Question 8:

If \(f(x) = \begin{cases} ax + b, & x \leq 3
7, & 5 < x \end{cases}\) is continuous in \(\mathbb{R}\), then the values of \(a\) and \(b\) are:

  • (A) \(a = 3, b = -8\)
  • (B) \(a = 3, b = 8\)
  • (C) \(a = -3, b = -8\)
  • (D) \(a = -3, b = 8\)
Correct Answer: (C) \(a = -3, b = -8\)
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Question 9:

If \(f(x) = -2x^2\), then the correct statement is:

  • (A) \(f\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) = -\frac{1}{2}\)
  • (B) \(f\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) = \frac{1}{2}\)
  • (C) \(f\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) = -\frac{1}{2}\)
  • (D) \(f\left(\frac{1}`{2}\right) = \frac{1}{2}\)
Correct Answer: (C) \(f\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) = -\frac{1}{2}\)
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Question 10:

A spherical ball has a variable diameter \(\frac{5}{2}(3x + 1)\). The rate of change of its volume w.r.t. \(x\), when \(x = 1\), is:

  • (A) \(225\pi\)
  • (B) \(300\pi\)
  • (C) \(375\pi\)
  • (D) \(125\pi\)
Correct Answer: (B) \(300\pi\)
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Question 11:

If \(f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) is defined as \(f(x) = 2x - \sin x\), then \(f\) is:

  • (A) a decreasing function
  • (B) an increasing function
  • (C) maximum at \(x = \frac{\pi}{2}\)
  • (D) maximum at \(x = 0\)
Correct Answer: (B) an increasing function
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Question 12:

\(\int \frac{e^{\log x}}{e^{6 \log x} - e^{5 \log x}} dx\) is equal to:

  • (A) \(x + C\)
  • (B) \(\frac{x^2}{2} + C\)
  • (C) \(\frac{x^4}{4} + C\)
  • (D) \(\frac{x^3}{3} + C\)
Correct Answer: (A) \(x + C\)
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Question 13:

For a function \(f(x)\), which of the following holds true?

  • (A) \(\int_a^b f(x) dx = \int_a^b f(a + b - x) dx\)
  • (B) \(\int_a^b f(x) dx = 0\), if \(f\) is an even function
  • (C) \(\int_a^b f(x) dx = 2 \int_0^a f(x) dx\), if \(f\) is an odd function
  • (D) \(\int_0^a f(x) dx = \int_0^a f(2a + x) dx\)
Correct Answer: (A) \(\int_a^b f(x) dx = \int_a^b f(a + b - x) dx\)
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Question 14:

\(\int \frac{e^x}{\sqrt{4 - 2x}} dx\) is equal to:

  • (A) \(\frac{1}{2} \cos^{-1} (e^x) + C\)
  • (B) \(\frac{1}{2} \sin^{-1} (e^x) + C\)
  • (C) \(\frac{e^x}{2} + C\)
  • (D) \(\sin^{-1} \left( \frac{e^x}{2} \right) + C\)
Correct Answer: (D) \(\sin^{-1} \left( \frac{e^x}{2} \right) + C\)
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Question 15:

A student tries to tie ropes, parallel to each other from one end of the wall to the other. If one rope is along the vector \(3\hat{i} + 15\hat{j} + 6\hat{k}\) and the other is along the vector \(2\hat{i} + 10\hat{j} + \lambda \hat{k}\), then the value of \(\lambda\) is:

  • (A) 6
  • (B) 1
  • (C) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  • (D) 4
Correct Answer: (B) 1
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Question 16:

If \(|\mathbf{a} + \mathbf{b}| = |\mathbf{a} - \mathbf{b}|\) for any two vectors, then vectors \(\mathbf{a}\) and \(\mathbf{b}\) are:

  • (A) orthogonal vectors
  • (B) parallel to each other
  • (C) unit vectors
  • (D) collinear vectors
Correct Answer: (A) orthogonal vectors
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Question 17:

If \(P(A) = \frac{1}{7}\), \(P(B) = \frac{5}{7}\) and \(P(A \cap B) = \frac{4}{7}\), then \(P(A | B)\) is:

  • (A) \(\frac{6}{7}\)
  • (B) \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  • (C) \(\frac{1}{5}\)
  • (D) \(\frac{1}{6}\)
Correct Answer: (B) \(\frac{3}{4}\)
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Question 18:

A coin is tossed and a card is selected at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. The probability of getting head on the coin and a face card from the pack is:

  • (A) \(\frac{2}{3}\)
  • (B) \(\frac{3}{26}\)
  • (C) \(\frac{9}{52}\)
  • (D) \(\frac{1}{26}\)
Correct Answer: (D) \(\frac{1}{26}\)

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Question 19:

Assertion (A): \(f(x) = \begin{cases} x \sin \frac{1}{x}, & x \neq 0
0, & x = 0 \end{cases}\) is continuous at \(x = 0\).

Reason (R): When \(x \to 0\), \(\sin \frac{1}{x}\) is a finite value between -1 and 1.

Correct Answer: True, True (Assertion and Reason are both correct)
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Question 20:

Assertion (A): The set of values of \(\sec^{-1} \left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \right)\) is a null set.

Reason (R): \(\sec^{-1} x\) is defined for \(x \in \mathbb{R} - (-1, 1)\).

Correct Answer: True, True (Assertion and Reason are both correct)
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Question 21:

Let \(f: A \to B\) be defined by \(f(x) = \frac{x - 2}{x - 3}\), where \(A = \mathbb{R} - \{3\}\) and \(B = \mathbb{R} - \{1\}\). Discuss the bijectivity of the function.

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Question 22:

If \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3
-1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}\), then show that \(A^2 - 4A + 7I = 0\).

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Question 23:

(a) Differentiate \( \left( \frac{5x}{x^5} \right)\) with respect to \(x\).

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Question 24:

(b) If \(2x^2 - 5xy + y^3 = 76\), then find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).

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Question 25:

In a Linear Programming Problem, the objective function \(Z = 5x + 4y\) needs to be maximised under constraints \(3x + y \leq 6\), \(x \leq 1\), \(x \geq 0\), \(y \geq 0\). Express the LPP on the graph and shade the feasible region, and mark the corner points.

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Question 26:

(a) 10 identical blocks are marked with '0' on two of them, '1' on three of them, and '2' on four of them. If \(X\) denotes the number written on the block, then write the probability distribution of \(X\) and calculate its mean.

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Question 27:

(b) In a village of 8000 people, 3000 go out of the village to work and 4000 are women. It is noted that 30% of women go out of the village to work. What is the probability that a randomly chosen individual is either a woman or a person working outside the village?

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Question 28:

Show that the function \( f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \) defined by \( f(x) = 4x^3 - 5 \), \( \forall x \in \mathbb{R} \), is one-one and onto.

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Question 29:

Let \( R \) be a relation defined on a set \( \mathbb{N} \) of natural numbers such that \( R = \{(x, y) : xy is a square of a natural number, x, y \in \mathbb{N} \} \). Determine if the relation \( R \) is an equivalence relation.

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Question 30:

Let \( 2x + 5y - 1 = 0 \) and \( 3x + 2y - 7 = 0 \) represent the equations of two lines on which the ants are moving on the ground. Using matrix method, find a point common to the paths of the ants.

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Question 31:

A shopkeeper sells 50 Chemistry, 60 Physics and 35 Maths books on day I and sells 40 Chemistry, 45 Physics and 50 Maths books on day II. If the selling price for each subject book is \( Rs 150 \) (Chemistry), \( Rs 175 \) (Physics) and \( Rs 180 \) (Maths), then find his total sale in two days, using matrix method. If cost price of all the books together is \( Rs 35,000 \), what profit did he earn after the sale of two days?

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Question 32:

Differentiate \( y = \sqrt{\log \sin \left( \frac{x^3}{3} - 1 \right)} \) with respect to \( x \).

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Question 33:

Amongst all pairs of positive integers with product as 289, find which of the two numbers add up to the least.

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Question 34:

In the Linear Programming Problem for objective function \( Z = 18x + 10y \) subject to constraints \[ 4x + y \geq 20 \] \[ 2x + 3y \geq 30 \] \[ x, y \geq 0 \]
Find the minimum value of \( Z \).

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Question 35:

The scalar product of the vector \( \mathbf{a} = \hat{i} - \hat{j} + 2\hat{k} \) with a unit vector along sum of vectors \( \mathbf{b} = 2\hat{i} - 4\hat{j} + 5\hat{k} \) and \( \mathbf{c} = \lambda \hat{i} - 2\hat{j} - 3\hat{k} \) is equal to 1. Find the value of \( \lambda \).

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Question 36:

Find the shortest distance between the lines: \[ \mathbf{r}_1 = (2\hat{i} - \hat{j} + 3\hat{k}) + \lambda (\hat{i} - 2\hat{j} + 3\hat{k}) \] \[ \mathbf{r}_2 = (\hat{i} + 4\hat{k}) + \mu (3\hat{i} - 6\hat{j} + 9\hat{k}) \]

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Question 37:

Find \[ \int \frac{x^2 + 1}{(x^2 + 2)(2x^2 + 1)} \, dx \]

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Question 38:

Evaluate \[ I = \int_0^\pi \frac{x \, \tan x}{\sec x + \tan x} \, dx \]

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Question 39:

A woman discovered a scratch along a straight line on a circular table top of radius 8 cm. She divided the table top into 4 equal quadrants and discovered the scratch passing through the origin inclined at an angle \( \frac{\pi}{4} \) anticlockwise along the positive direction of x-axis. Find the area of the region enclosed by the x-axis, the scratch and the circular table top in the first quadrant, using integration.

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Question 40:

Solve the differential equation \[ \frac{dy}{dx} = \cos x - 2y \]

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Question 41:

(a) Find the point Q on the line \( \frac{2x + 4}{6} = \frac{y + 1}{2} = \frac{-2z + 6}{-4} \) at a distance of \( \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} \) from the point \( P(1, 2, 3) \).

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Question 42:

Three friends A, B, and C move out from the same location O at the same time in three different directions to reach their destinations. They move out on straight paths and decide that A and B after reaching their destinations will meet up with C at his pre-decided destination, following straight paths from A to C and B to C in such a way that \( \overrightarrow{OA} = \hat{i}, \overrightarrow{OB} = \hat{j} \), and \( \overrightarrow{OC} = 5 \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} \), respectively.






Based upon the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Complete the given figure to explain their entire movement plan along the respective vectors.

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Question 43:

Camphor is a waxy, colourless solid with strong aroma that evaporates through the process of sublimation if left in the open at room temperature.
A cylindrical camphor tablet whose height is equal to its radius (r) evaporates when exposed to air such that the rate of reduction of its volume is proportional to its total surface area. Thus, the differential equation \( \frac{dV}{dt} = -kS \) is the differential equation, where \( V \) is the volume, \( S \) is the surface area, and \( t \) is the time in hours.
Based upon the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Write the order and degree of the given differential equation.

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Question 44:

Based upon the results of regular medical check-ups in a hospital, it was found that out of 1000 people, 700 were very healthy, 200 maintained average health and 100 had a poor health record.

Let \( A_1 \): People with good health,
\( A_2 \): People with average health,

and \( A_3 \): People with poor health.

During a pandemic, the data expressed that the chances of people contracting the disease from category \( A_1, A_2 \) and \( A_3 \) are 25%, 35% and 50%, respectively.

Based upon the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) A person was tested randomly. What is the probability that he/she has contracted the disease?

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