HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION, 2017-18

MATHEMATICS
Time : 3 hrs. Class - XII M.M. : 100

Name of the student ___________________________Section _____ Date – 19.09.2017 (Tuesday)

General Instructions :
 All questions are compulsory.
 This question paper is divided into four sections, Section A contains 4 questions each carrying
1 mark, Section B contains 8 questions each carrying 2 marks, Section C contains 11
questions each carrying 4 marks and Section D contains 6 questions each carrying 6 marks.
 Question No. 28 must be attempted in graph paper.
 Graph paper will be provided to you.
 Use of calculator or any other electronic devices is not allowed.

SECTION-A
Q.1 Let f : {1, 3, 4} → {1, 2, 5} and g : {1, 2, 5} → {1, 3} be given by
f = {(1, 2), (3, 5), (4, 1)} and g = {(1, 3), (2, 3), (5, 1)}. Write down gof.
−1
Q.2 Find the principal value of cot −1 .
3

8 0 2 −2
Q.3 If 𝐴 = 4 −2 and 𝐵 = 4 2 then find the matrix X, such that 2A + 3X = 5B.
3 6 −5 1
2
Q.4 Evaluate the determinant 𝑥 − 𝑥 + 1 𝑥−1 .
𝑥+1 𝑥+1
SECTION - B
Q.5 Define a binary operation ∗ on the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} as ,
𝑎 + 𝑏 𝑖𝑓 𝑎 + 𝑏 < 6
𝑎∗𝑏 =
𝑎+𝑏−6 𝑖𝑓 𝑎 + 𝑏 ≥ 6
Show that zero is the identity for this operation and each element a of the set is invertible
with (6–a) being the inverse of a.
1 1
Q.6 Show that sin−1 2𝑥 1 − 𝑥 2 = 2 sin−1 𝑥, − ≤𝑥≤ .
2 2

cos 𝑥 sin 𝑥 sin 𝑥 − cos 𝑥

Q.7 Simplify: cos 𝑥 + sin 𝑥
− sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥 sin 𝑥
𝑑𝑦 1 1
Q.8 Find of the given function: 𝑦 = sec −1 , 0<𝑥< .
𝑑𝑥 2𝑥 2 −1 2

Q.9 The volume of a cube is increasing at a rate of 9 cubic centimetres per second. How fast is
the surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 10 centimetres ?

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Q.10 Find the intervals in which the function f given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋
is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing.
1
Q.11 Integrate the function: x 3 − 1 3 𝑥 5 𝑑𝑥.
1
Q.12 Integrate the function: 𝑑𝑥.
cos 𝑥−𝑎 cos 𝑥−𝑏

SECTION-C
1, 𝑥 > 0
Q.13 Let 𝑓 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 be the Signum Function defined as 𝑓 𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 = 0
−1, 𝑥 < 0
and 𝑔 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 𝑏e the Greatest Integer Function given by 𝑔(𝑥) = [𝑥], where [x] is greatest
integer less than or equal to x. Then, does 𝑓𝑜𝑔 and 𝑔𝑜𝑓 coincide in (0, 1]?
1 1−𝑥
Q.14 Prove that: tan−1 𝑥 = cos −1 , 𝑥 ∈ 0,1
2 1+𝑥

OR
Find the value of the following:

1 2𝑥 1−𝑦 2
tan sin−1 + cos −1 | 𝑥 | < 1, 𝑦 > 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥𝑦 < 1.
2 1+𝑥 2 1+𝑦 2

Q.15 Obtain the inverse of the following matrix using elementary rows operations,
0 1 2
𝐴= 1 2 3
3 1 1
1+𝑎 1 1
1 1 1
Q.16 Show that: 1 1+𝑏 1 = 𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑎
+ + + 1 = 𝑎𝑏𝑐 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑎𝑏
𝑏 𝑐
1 1 1+𝑐
OR
1 𝑥 𝑥2
By using properties of determinants, show that: 𝑥 2 1 𝑥 = 1 − 𝑥3 2

𝑥 𝑥2 1
Q.17 Find all the points of discontinuity of f defined by f(x) = | x | – | x + 1 |.
1
Q.18 Differentiate the function 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 2
+ 𝑥 sin 𝑥 𝑥 w.r.t. x.
OR
1 𝑥 1
𝑥+
Differentiate the function 𝑦 = 𝑥 + + 𝑥 𝑥 w.r.t. x.
𝑥

Q.19 −1 𝑡 −1 𝑡 𝑑𝑦 y
If 𝑥 = 𝑎sin 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑎cos , show that =− .
𝑑𝑥 x

OR
2 2 2 𝑑𝑦 3 y
If 𝑥 3 + y 3 = a3 , then show that = −
𝑑𝑥 x

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Q.20 If 𝑦 = tan−1 𝑥 2 , show that 𝑥 2 + 1 2 𝑦2 + 2𝑥 (𝑥 2 + 1) 𝑦1 = 2
OR
If 𝑦 = 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥) + 4 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥), show that 𝑥 2 𝑦2 + 𝑥𝑦1 + 𝑦 = 0
Q.21 Find the approximate change in the surface area of a cube of side x metres caused by
decreasing the side by 1%.
𝑥+3
Q.22 Integrate the function: dx
5−4𝑥+𝑥 2

Q.23 3 sin 𝜑−2 cos 𝜑

Integrate the function: dφ
5−cos 2 𝜑−4 sin 𝜑

SECTION-D
Q.24 Given a non empty set X, consider P(X) which is the set of all subsets of X. Define the
relation R in P(X) as follows: For subsets A, B in P(X), ARB if and only if A ⊂ B, (where
ARB means A is related to B). Is R an equivalence relation on P(X)? Justify your answer.
OR
If R1 and R2 are equivalence relations in a set A, show that R1 ∩ R2 is also an equivalence
relation.
Q.25 Show that the semi-vertical angle of the right circular cone of the maximum volume and of
given slant height is tan−1 2.
OR
Show that semi-vertical angle of right circular cone of given surface area and maximum
1
volume is sin−1 .
3

Q.26 Show that the normal at any point 𝜃 to the curve

𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑎 𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃, 𝑦 = 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 – 𝑎𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is at a constant distance from the origin.
OR
Prove that the curves 𝑥 = 𝑦 2 and 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑘 cut at right angles, 𝑖𝑓 8𝑘 2 = 1.
𝑥 2 +𝑥+1
Q.27 Integrate the function: dx
𝑥+1 2 𝑥+2

Q.28 A dietician wishes to mix two types of foods in such a way that vitamin contents of the
mixture contain at least 8 units of vitamin A and 10 units of vitamin C. Food ‘I’ contains 2
units/kg of vitamin A and 1 unit/kg of vitamin C. Food ‘II’ contains 1 unit/kg of vitamin A
and 2 units/kg of vitamin C. It costs Rs 50 per kg to purchase Food ‘I’ and Rs 70 per kg to
purchase Food ‘II’. Formulate this problem as a linear programming problem to minimize
the cost of such a mixture.
a  x c b
Q.29 If a + b + c = 0 and c b  x a  0

b a c  x

then, show that x = 0 or x =  3 / 2  a 2  b

2
 c
2


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