DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JODHPUR

Half Yearly Examination (2015 - 16)

Subject – Mathematics
Class – XII
Time: 3 hours M.M. 100

General Instructions:
(i) Please check that this question paper contains 03 printed pages and 26 questions.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Please write down the Serial Number of the question before attempting it.
(iv) 15-minute time has been allotted to read this question paper, during this period students will read the
question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book.
(v) Questions 1-6 in Section A are very short-answer type questions carrying 1 mark each.
(vi) Questions 7-19 in Section B are long-answer I type questions carrying 4 marks each.
(vii) Questions 20-26 in Section C are long-answer II type questions carrying 6 marks each.

Section – A
(Questions number 1 to 6 carry 1 mark each)
1   1  3
Find the principal value of cos   2   cos  2 .
1
1.
   

2. Is the relation R  {(a, b) : a, b  Real Numbers and a  b  3  Qr } is symmetric ? Give proper

reason in support of your answer.
3. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A, then write the value of (I + A)2 – 3A.
1 4 4
 7  then find the possible value of | A | .
4. If adjA  2 1
1 1 3

e log sin x
5. Differentiate log cos x with respect to ‘x’.
e
1

 x cos
4
6. Evaluate : x dx.
1

Section – B
(Questions number 7 to 19 carry 4 marks each)
2
3 d y 
2
 dy 
7. If ( ax  b ) e y/x
 x , then show that x 
 dx 2    x dx  y  .
   
12  4  63 
Prove that : sin    cos    tan     .
1 1 1
8.
13
  5
  16 
OR
1  x 1  1  x  1  
Solve the following equation tan    tan   .
 x2  x2 4
9. State Lagrange’s Mean Value theorem, they verify this theorem for the function f ( x)  x 3  5 x 2  3x in
the interval [1, 3].

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  sin 4 x
 sin 2 x x  0

10. Show that the function, f ( x)   2 x  0 is continuous at x = 0.
 log(1  4 x)
 2x x0
 e 1
1 3 4 7
11. Show that tan  sin 1   .
2 4 3
( y  z )2 xy zx
12. Using properties of determinants, prove that : xy ( x  z) 2
yz  2 xyz( x  y  z )3 .
xz yz ( x  y)2
OR
a2 bc ac  c 2
Using properties of determinants, prove that : a 2  ab b2 ac  4 a 2b 2 c 2 .
ab b 2  bc c2
1 2 3
 1 , then show that A3 – 23A – 40I = O.
13. If A  3 2
 4 2 1

4 sin   
14. Prove that y    is an increasing function in 0, .
2  cos   2
OR
Show that the area of the triangle formed by the tangent and the normal at the point (a, a) on the
5a 2
curve y 2 ( 2a  x)  x 3 and the line x  2a, is sq. units.
4
15. Evaluate :  tan x  
cot x dx.

x
16. Evaluate :  x 1
3
dx.

OR
2
x
Evaluate :  ( x sin x  cos x) 2
dx.

17. Evaluate : 
1
x 3  x dx.

18. Find the area bounded by the curve y  x | x |, x-axis and the ordinates x = 1 and x = – 2, using
definite integration.
19. Consider f : R   [5, ) given by f ( x)  9 x 2  6 x  5 show that f is invertible, also find f 1.
Section – C
(Questions number 20 to 26 carry 6 marks each)
20. Given X   , let *: P(X)  P(X)  P(X) be defined as A* B = (A–B)  (B–A),  A, B  P(X)
show that  is the identity element for the operation * and all the elements A of P(X) are invertible
with A–1 = A.

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21. There are 2 families A and B. There are 4 men, 6 women and 2 children in family A, and 2 men, 2
women and 4 children in family B. The recommended daily amount of calories is 2400 for men,
1900 for women, 1800 for children and 45 gm. of proteins for men, 55 gm. for women and 33 gm.
for children. Represent the above information using matrices. Using Matrix multiplication, calculate
the total requirement of calories and proteins for each of two families. What awareness can you
create among people about the balanced diet from this question ?
22. Using matrices solve the following system of equations :
x  y  2z  7
3 x  4 y  5 z  5
2 x  y  3 z  12
OR
a 1 0
If f ( x)  ax a  1 using properties of determinants find the value of f ( 2 x)  f ( x ).
ax 2 ax a

 
Find the interval in which the following function f ( x)  sin x  cos x in  0,
4 4
23.  is increasing or
 2
decreasing.
24. A window of fixed perimeter (including the base of the arc) is in the form of a rectangle surmounted
by a semi-circle. The semicircular portion is filled with coloured glass while the rectangular part is
filled with clear glass. The clear glass transmits three times as much light per sq. meter as the
coloured glass does. What is the ratio of the sides of the rectangle so that the window transmits the
maximum light ?
4

x 
 x dx.
2
25. Evaluate definite integral as limit of sums.
1

OR
1
log x
Evaluate : 
0 1 x2
dx.

26. Find the area lying above x-axis and included between the circle x2 + y2 = 8x and inside the parabola
y2 = 4x.
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