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GRADE 12 MATHEMATICS (natural) MODEL EXAMINATIONS
2015E.C/2023G.C

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS: 65 TIME ALLOWED: - 3 HOURS

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THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS MATHEMATICS (natural).IN THIS EXAMINATION, THERE ARE

A TOTAL OF 65 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. CAREFULLY SELECT THE BEST ANSWER
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 Choose the correct answer form the given alternatives and write your answer in
the space provided.

1. For three consecutive integers, if the square of the largest integer exceeds the product of
the other two integers by 22, then the LCM of the three integer is:

A. 23 x 33 x 7 C. 23 x 3 x 7
B. 23 x 32 x 7 D. 2 x 33 x 7
√ √
2. The simplified form of the expression +6 √ is equal to:

√
A. 6√ B. 3√ C. D. √

3. If one of the roots of the equation - 6x + k = 0 exceeds the other by 2, then which of
the following can be the value of K?

A. 8 C. 10
B. 5 D. 15

⁄ ⁄
4. What are the solution set of + - 2 = 0?

A. { } C. { }
B. { } D. { }

5. Suppose A  B = {2, d} and A  C = { e,d}, then A  (B  C) is given by

A. { 2, e, d, c } C. { 2, 3, e, d}
B. { d} D.{ 2, d, e }

6. Which of the following is not correct?

A. If A B = ,then A = and B =
B. For any two sets A and B, A (A B) and B (A B)
C. n(A )= n(A) + n(B)
D. If A B ,then A B = A

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7. Let A= {-1, 0, 1} and B = {0,2,3,4}, then which of the following relation is a relation from
A to B.
A. R1= {(-1,0), (3, 1), (0, 0)} C. R3 = {(0,0), (1,0), (0,1)}
B. R2 = {(-1, 2), (0,0), (1, 4)} D. R4= {(4,0), (1,0), (-1,0), (1,1)}

8. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 6. If the digits are interchanged, the
resulting number is 18 more than the original number. Find the original number.

A. 24 C. 15
B. 42 D. 36

9. In the parallelogram ABCD if AB = 4cm, BC = 6cm and m (<ABC) = 450, then what is
the area of parallelogram ABCD?

A.24cm2 C. 12cm2

B. 6√ cm2 D. 12√ cm2

10.What is the area of the fig. below consider the figure contain two quarters of a circle?

6cm
A. 45cm2 C. 35 cm2

10cm B. 20 cm2 D. 29 cm2

11.In the fig. Below ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral 0 is the center of the circle and m(
BOD) = 1350 and what is the angle measure of BCD

A. 1350 B 650 C

B. 2250 1350 D D

C. 112.50 o o

D. 450

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12.If the zeros of a polynomial function p(x) are 0 and -1 which of the following are zero of
P

A. 0,-1 and 2 C. 0,-1 and 3

B. 2 , 3 and 4 D. 0,-1,2 and 4

13.What number must be added to so that is a factor?

A. 2 B. 19 C. 19 D. 2

14.Which one of the following statements cannot be true about the graph shown below?
Y

A. It represents a polynomial function of odd degree.

B. It has four turning points.
C. The function represented by the graph has at least three roots.
D. The leading coefficient of the polynomial function it represents is positive

15.If , then is equal to:

A. B. C. 2 D. 9

16.If log2 and log3 , then what is log ?

√

A. x + y C.
B. D.

17.The solution set of - =0

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 A. {-3} C. {-5}

B. , - D.

18.The solution set of | | can be given by

A. ( ) B.[ , ) C. (- , ) ( , ) D. { }

19.Which of the following is the solution set for ?

A. * + C. ( )
B. ( ] [ D. * +

20.A circular hole of radius 2cm is drilled through the center of a right circular cylinder
whose base has radius 3cm and whose altitude is 4cm. What is the total surface area of the
resulting figure?

A. 45 cm2 C. (40-10 )cm2

B. 50 cm2 D. 24 cm2

21.Each side of a regular hexagon is 10 units long. What is the area of this hexagon?

A.27 unit2 C. 150√ unit2

B. 75 unit2 D. 54√ unit2

22.Let = {(-2, 0) , (-1, 1), (-2, 2)} and = {(0, 1), (1, -2), (2, 0)} ,then is equal to:-

A. {(-2, 1), (-1, -2), (-2, 0)} C. {(1, 0), (-2,2)}

B. {(1, 0)} D. {(-2, 1), (-1, -2), (1,0)}

23.If and for each , then what must be the value

of and ?

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 A. C.
B. D.
24.Which one of the following function is one to one correspondence?

A. [ | | C. [
B. [ D.

25.What is the solution set of ?

A. , - B. , - C. , - D. , -

26.Which one of the following is true about the graph of ?

A. The graph has y- intercept at (0,3)
B. The vertical asymptote of the graph is only x = -1 and its oblique asymptote is y = 2x
C. The graph has at least one x – intercept
D. The vertical asymptote of the graph are at x = 0 and x = -1 but it has no horizontal
asymptote.
27.Which one of the following is the equation of the line passes through (1, 3) and the angle
from the line with equation y = + 2 to the line is 450.
A. = 1 C. = +1

B. = 3 D. =1
28. At what point of the line = 2 is tangent to the circle with center at (-2, 6) ?
A. (0,0) B. (2,4) C. (4,8) D.(3,6)
29.Which of the following is the possible equation of a hyperbola whose asymptotes are
+ 2 = 0 and – 2 + 4 = 0

A. =1 C. =1

B. =1 D. =1

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30.Which of the following is NOT true about the conic section represented by
?

A. It is an ellipse whose major axis is horizontal when 4.5 < k < 9

B. It is a hyperbola whose transverse axis parallel to the -axis when k > 9
C. It is a circle whose centre is at the origin for some kR
D. it represents equilateral hyperbola when 0 < k < 9

31.Given P( ): 2x + 3 0 ,Q( ): 0, then which of the following statement has truth

value False. If the universal set is real numbers.

A. ( [ ] C. ( [ ]
B. ( [p( ) ] D. ( [

32.Which of the following is NOT tautology?

A. [p ] C. [ ]
B. [ ]
D.[ ]

33.In how many ways can 3 different white balls and 2 different black balls be arranged in a
row if balls of the same color are placed together?

A. 12 C. 5
B. 6 D. 24

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34.Answer questions based on the data given below.

V 3 4 5 6
F 1 2 3 4

What percent of the population is below the mean value?

A. 30% B. 50% C. 10% D. 20%

35.Items produced by a certain company are subject to kinds of defects D1 and D2. Out of the
total production, if 5% have defect D1, 10% have defect D2 and 2% have both defects,
then what is the probability for an item to have defect D1, given that it had defect D2.

A. 0.4 C. 0.1
B. 0.2 D. 0.5

36.In the expansion of the constant term is 270. What is the value of ?

A. 2 B. 3 C. -3 D. 5

37.If the truth value of ( [( ) ] is true, then which one of the

following must be true.

A. P B. q C. q D. r
38.A salesman sold items x1, x2 and x3 with different rates of commissions as shown in the
table below?

Months Sales of units Total commission

X1 x2 x3 (in Birr)
February 90 100 20 800
March 130 50 40 900
April 60 100 30 850
What are the rate of commission on items x1, x2 and x3 respectively?
A. 2, 4 and 11 C. 4 , 2 and 11
B. 4, 11 and 2 D. 11, 2 and 4
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39.Suppose that A = ( ) and B = ( ) are given, if C = ATB + AT

then what is the entry of C23

A. 2 C. 18
B. 0 D. 14

40. Which one of the following is true about the matrix( )?

A. The minor of the entry 0 is 14 C. The cofactor of the entry 1 is 14

B. The determinate of a matrix is 70 D. The cofactor of the entry 5 is -6

41.Let ( ) , then what is the value of z?

A. C.
B. 1 D.

42.Which one of the following is conjugate of | | ?

A. C.
B. D.

43.If Al and A2 are arithmetic means between any two real numbers and , and G1 and G2
are geometric means between a and b, then interms of and is:

A. C.
–
– D.
B.

44. If the sum of n term of an arithmetic progression is + 5n and = 164, then n is

equal to:
A. 26 C. 27
B. 28 D. 24

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45.Look at the following graph of a function
ℓ

b a

Which of the following statement is NOT true about?

A. is continuous at = a C.
B. D. )

46. is equal to:

A. C. -1
B. - D. doesn’t exist

47.The absolute maximum of = – 3 + 2 in 0 2 is

A. 4 C. 2
B. 6 D. 0

48.A farmer wants to make three identical rectangular enclosures (same width and same
length) along a straight river, as in the diagram shown below. If he has fencing material of
1,200 meters and sides along the river need not fence, what should be the dimensions
(length l and width w) of each enclosure if the total area of the enclosure is to be
maximized?
(Take the side parallel to the river as the length of the enclosures)
________________________________ A.
~~~~~~~~ River~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B.

C.
D.
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49.What is the value of∫ ?

A. C.

B. D.

50.What is the value of∫ ?

A. 2 C.
B. D.

51.What is the area of the region enclosed by the graph of and ?

A. square unit C. square unit

B. square unit D. square unit

52. then which one of the following is equal

t

A. -8 B. , C. , D. ,

53.Which of the following is the set of all critical numbers of | |?

A. { , 2} B. {-2, ¼, 2} C. {-2, 2} D.{ }

54. The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate 6cm/min. What is the rate of change of the
area when the radius is 20cm?

A. 40 cm2/min C. 240 cm2/min

B. 120 cm2/min D. 240 cm2/min

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55.Given

A. C.

B. D.

56.∫ is equal to:

A. – – +c C. ln| |

B. – +c D. – +c

57.For vectors ⃗ and ⃗⃗ such that ‖ ⃗ ‖ = 3 and ‖ ⃗ ⃗⃗ ‖ = ‖ ⃗ ⃗⃗ ‖then ⃗ ⃗⃗ is equal to

A. 18 B. 36 C. 4 D. 6

58.If then (2 + (2 is equal to:

A. B. C. D.

59.What is the solution set of in the interval [0, 2 )

A. {0, } C. { }
B. {0, } D. {0, }

60.The equation of the image of the line . After it has been rotated by through
2700 about (3,2) is:

A. B. C. D.

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61.Consider the circle given by 2 + y2 = 5 and the line ℓ given by parametric vector equation
( , ) = (2, 1) + t(-1,2) which of the following is true?

A. ℓ and the circle have no common point

B. ℓ intersect with circle at two distinct points
C. ℓ is tangent to the circle at (2, 1)
D. The distance from the center of the circle to ℓ is 5
62.Consider the following statement
‘If n2 + 2 is an even, then n is even’
To show this: start from ‘n is an odd, then n2 + 2 is an odd’ which is true
Which of the following is better used in the above procedures?

A. Proof by contradiction
B. Direct proof
C. Indirect proof
D. Mathematical induction

63.If (-1, 2,2) and (1, 0, -2) are endpoints of a diameter of a sphere, then which one of the
following is True about the sphere?

A. (0,1,0) is a point on the sphere

B. The equation of the sphere is 2 + (y – 1) 2 + z2 = 6
C. The equation of the sphere is 2 + (y – 2)2 + z2 = 6
D. The radius of the sphere is 6

64.The simplified form of in terms of s: _______

A. C. √
√

√
B. D.
65.Which of the following is true about the trigonometric value of the given pair of angles?

A. C.

B. D.

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