Saarthi International Sr. Sec.

School
Class - XII
Subject - Maths
Mid Term Examination
Time : 3 hrs. M.M.:80
General Instructions:
This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory. However,
there are internal choices in some questions.
Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4 marks each)
with sub parts.

Section-A
1. Let N be the set of a natural numbers are R be the relation in N defined as R -{(a,b) : a=b-2 b>6} then:
a) (2, 4) = R b) (3, 8) = R c) (6, 8) = R d) (8, 7) = R
-1
2. if sin x=y then
a) 0 ≤ y ≤ π b) -π/2 ≤ y ≤ π/2 c) 0 < y < π d) -π/2 < y < π/2
-1
3. Sin [π/3 - sin (1/2)] is equal to
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 1

4. The number of all possible matrices of order 3x3 with each entry 0 or 1 is
a) 27 b) 18 c) 81 d) 512

5. Let A be a square matrix of order 3 x 3 then │KA│ is equal to

a) K│A│ b) k²│A│ c) K³│A│ d) 3K│A│

6. if f (x) = 1+x, when x ≤ 2

{ 5-x when x ≤ 3 then
a) f is continuous at x = 2 b) f is discontinuous at x = 2

c) f is continuous at x = 3 d) f is continuous at x = 3 and discontinuous at x = 2

7. d/dx (log tan x) is equal to
a) 2 sec 2x b) 2 cosec 2x c) sec 2x d) cosec 2x

8. The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r when r=6 is
a) 10π b) 12π c) 8π d) 11π

9. The interval in which the function f(x) = 2x³ + 9x² + 12x - 1 is decreasing is
a) (-1, ∞) b) (-2, -1) c) (-∞, -2) d) (-1, 1)

10. The function f(x) = │x│ is

a) Continuous and differentiable everywhere
b) Continuous everywhere but differentiable everywhere except at x-0
c) Neither Continuous nor differentiable
d) None of these
 -4 3
11. Inverse of is
7 -5

a) -5 -3 b) 5 3 c) -5 7 d) -5 -3
7 -4 7 4 3 -4 -7 -4

2 4 2x 4
12. If = then the possible value of x is
5 1 6 x
a) 3 b) √3 c) √3, -√3 d) -√3

13. if A = 1 0 and B = 1 0 then B ‘A’ is

0 0 1 0
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
a) b) c) d)
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

x+y
14. The general solution of the differential equation dy/dx = e = c is
x -y x y -x y -x -y
a) e + e = c b) e + e = c c) e + e = c d) e + e = c

15. Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements then the number of injective mapping that can be
defined from A to B.
a) 144 b) 12 c) 24 d) 64

16. A relation R set A = {1, 2, 3} is defined as R={(1, 1), (1, 2), (3, 3)} which of the following ordered
pair in R shall be removed to make it an equivalence relation R.
a) (1, 1) b) (1, 2) c) (2, 2) d) (3, 3)

17. The function f(x) =│x│, where [x] denotes the greatest integer function is continuous at
a) 4 b) -2 c) -1 d) -1.5
2
18. if x is real, the minimum value of x - 8x + 17 is
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2

Assertion and reason question

the following questions consists of two statements
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) answer the questions selecting the appropriate option given below:-
a) Both A and R are true and (R) is the correct explanation for A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

19. Assertion A - A and B are symmetric matrix of some older than AB-BA is also a symmetric matrix.
T T
Reason R - A square matrix A is said be skew symmetric matrix if A = -A , Where A is the transpose
of matrix A

20. Assertion A - let function f {1,2,3} → {1,2,3} be an onto function. Then it must be one one function.
Reason R - A one one function f : A → B finite set and having same number of elements, then it must
be onto and vice versa.

Section-B
21. Let A= R- {3}, B=R-{1}, if f:A→B be defined by f(x)=x-2/x-3 x→A, then show that f is bisective.
22. Find the value of sin-1 (sin 4π/5)
x+1 x-1 4 -1
23. If = then value of x.
x-3 x+2 1 3

24. Differentiate if y = cosec (cot √x)

25. The volume of cube is increasing at the rate of 9cm³/sec. How fast is its surface area increasing when
length of an edge is 10cm.
Section-C
-1 -1 -1
26. Prove that : Cos (4/5) + cos (12/13) = cos (33/65)

2 3
27. Let A = then show that A² - 4A + 71 = 0
-1 2

1 -2 3
28. if A = 0 -1 4 Find (A )
T -1

-2 2 1

29. If x = a sin 2t, y=a (cos 2t + log tan t) then find dy/dx.

30. Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12cm³/s. The falling sand forms a cone on the ground in such
a way that the height of the cone is always one sixth of the radius of base. How fast is the height of the
sand cone increasing when the height is 4cm.

31. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f(x) = 4x³ - 6x² - 72x + 30.
a) Increasing b) Decreasing

Section-D
32. Solve the following system of equation by matrix method
3x - 2y + 3z = 8
2x - y + z = 1
4x - 3y + 2z = 4

33. Express the matrix 2 -2 -4

as the sum of symmetric B= -1 3 4
and a skew symmetric 1 -2 -3
sin-1t cos-1t
34. if x = a y= a show that dy/dx = -y/x
4 3 2
35. Find both the maximum value and minimum value of 3x - 8x + 12x - 48x+25 on the
interval [0, 3]
Section-D (each 5 marks)
Case Study Question – 1
36. Two schools P and Q want to award their selected students on the values of Tolerance, Kindness, and
Leadership. The school P wants to award Rs x each, Rs y each and Rs z each for the three respective
values to 3, 2 and 1 students respectively with total award money of Rs. 2200.
School Q wants to spend Rs 3100 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students on the respective values (by giving
the same award money to the three values as school P). If the total amount of award for one prize on
 each value is Rs. 1200, using matrices, find the following:
1. What is award money for Tolerance?
1. 350 2. 300 3. 500 4. 400
2. What is the award money for Leadership?
1. 300 2. 280 3. 450 4. 500
3. What is the award money for Kindness?
1. 500 2. 400 3. 300 4. 550
4. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew-symmetric, then
1. A is a diagonal matrix 2. A is a scalar matrix
3. A is a zero matrix 4. A is a square matrix
5. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then B2 is equal to
1. B 2. A 3. 1 4. 0

37. Case Study Question – 2

A man has an expensive square shape piece of golden board of size 24 cm is to be made into a box without
top by cutting from each corner and folding the flaps to form a box.
An open box is to be made from a square piece of material, 24 cm on a side, by cutting equal squares –
1. Volume of open box formed by folding up the flap:
4(x3 – 24x2 + 144x) 4(x3– 34x2 + 244x) X3 – 24x2 + 144x 4x3 – 24x2 + 144x
2. In the first derivative test, if dy/dx changes its sign from positive to negative as x increases through c1, then
function attains a:
Local maxima at x = c1 Local minima at x = c1
Neither maxima nor minima at x = c1 None of these
3. What should be the side of the square piece to be cut from each corner of the board to behold the maximum
volume?
14 cm 12 cm 4 cm 5 cm
4. What should be the maximum volume of open box?
1034 cm3 1024 cm3 1204 cm3 4021 cm3
5.The smallest value of the polynomial x3 – 18x2 + 96x in [0, 9] is:
126 0 135 160

38. Case Study Questions Matrices -3

Read the case study carefully and answer any four out of the following questions:
Three friends Ravi, Raju and Rohit were buying and selling stationery items in a market. The price of per
dozen of Pen, notebooks and toys are Rupees x, y and z respectively.
Ravi purchases 4 dozen of notebooks and sells 2 dozen pens and 5 dozen toys. Raju purchases 2 dozen toys
and sells 3 dozen pens and 1 dozen of notebooks. Rohit purchases one dozen of pens and sells 3 dozen
notebooks and one dozen toys.
In the process, Ravi, Raju and Rohit earn ₹ 1500, ₹ 100 and ₹400 respectively.
Answer the following questions using the matrix method:

1. What is the price of one dozen of pens?

₹ 100 ₹ 200 ₹ 300 ₹ 400
2. What is the total price of one dozen of pens and one dozen of notebooks?
₹ 100 ₹ 200 ₹ 300 ₹ 400
3.What is the sale amount of Ravi?
₹ 1000 ₹ 1100 ₹ 1300 ₹ 1200
4.What is the amount of purchases made by all three friends?
₹ 1200 ₹ 1500 ₹ 1300 ₹ 1400
5.What is the price of sales made by all three friends?
₹ 3000 ₹ 2500 ₹ 2700 ₹ 2400