DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE EAST

MIDTERM EXAMINATION (2024– 2025)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: XII MAX- MARKS:80
DATE:12/09/2024 TIME: 3 HOURS
NAME:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is

compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some questions.
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment of
4 marks each with sub-parts.
Section A

1 Let A = {1, 2, 3}, then the relation R = {(1, 2), (2, 1), (1, 1)} on A is [1]
A) reflexive B) symmetric C) transitive D) symmetric and transitive
𝑑𝑦
2 If 𝑦 = sin(𝑥 𝑥 ) then 𝑑𝑥 = [1]

A) 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 𝑥 ) B) 𝑥 𝑥−1 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 𝑥 )

C)𝑥 𝑥−1 (1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 𝑥 ) D) 𝑥 𝑥 (1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 𝑥 )

3 If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then the value of |2A′| is: [1]
A) 40 B) −10 C) 10 D) − 40

4 𝑠𝑖𝑛 6 𝑥 [1]
∫ 𝑑𝑥 =
𝑐𝑜𝑠 8𝑥

1 1 𝑥 1 1
A) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 7 𝑥 + 𝐶 B) ( tan 2) + 𝐶 C) 6 𝑠𝑖𝑛6 𝑥 + 𝐶 D) 7 tan7 𝑥 + 𝐶
7 √6

5 1 −2 5 [1]
1
If there are two values of ‘a’ which makes determinant, 𝛥 = 2 2
| 𝑎 −1| = 86, then the
0 4 2𝑎
sum of these numbers is

A) − 4 B) 9 C) 4 D) 5
2
6 If |𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗| = 4, |𝑎⃗ ⋅ 𝑏⃗⃗| = 2 , then |𝑎⃗|2 |𝑏⃗⃗| = [1]

A) 2 B) 20 C) 8 D) 6

7 0 𝑎 1 [1]
If matrix 𝐴 = [−1 𝑏 1] is skew-symmetric matrix, then the value of (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )2 is
−1 𝑐 0
A) 1 B) 0 C)4 D) 3
8 Differential of log[ log(log x5 )] w.r.t x is: [1]
5𝑥 4 5 5 5
A) log(𝑥 5 )log(log𝑥 5) B) 𝑥 2log(log𝑥 5) C) 𝑥log(𝑥 5)log(log𝑥 5) D) 𝑥log(log𝑥 5)

9 [1]

The corner points of the feasible region are given by:

A) A(15, 20), B(40, 15) and C(2, 72) B) A(15, 20), B(2, 72) and C(40, 15)
C) A(23, 20), B(50, 23) and C(2, 72) D) A(15, 20), B(50, 23) and C(2, 72)

10 ∫ √𝑒 𝑥 − 1𝑑𝑥 = [1]
3
A) 2(𝑒 𝑥 − 1)1/2 + 2𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 √𝑒 𝑥 − 1 + 𝐶 B) (𝑒 𝑥 − 1)3/2 + 𝐶
2

1
C) 3 (𝑒 𝑥 − 1)3/2 + 𝐶 D) 2(𝑒 𝑥 − 1)1/2 − 2𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 √𝑒 𝑥 − 1 + 𝐶

11 Find the value of ‘x’ and ‘y’ are respectively, if [ 𝑥 𝑦 ] [1] = [3] . [1]
3𝑦 𝑥 2 5
A) 2, 1 B) 1, 1 C) 3, 2 D) 4, 3

12 Let 𝑎̂ and 𝑏̂ be two unit vectors and ‘𝜃’ be the angle between them. Then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝜃) equal to [1]
2

|𝑎̂−𝑏̂| ̂|
|𝐚̂−𝐛 ̂|
∣𝐚̂−𝐛 ̂|
|𝐚̂+𝐛
A) B) C) D)
2 2 4 4

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ + 𝐸𝐵
13 If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, then 𝐴𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ + 𝐹𝐶
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ equals to [1]

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
A) 2𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
B) 4𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
C) 3𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗
D) 0

14 If a matrix ‘A’ is such that 3A3 + 2A 2 + 5A + I = 0, then A −1 is equal to [1]

A) 3A2 −2A −5I B) 3A2 + 2A + 5 I C) 3A2 + 2A + 5 I D) −(3A2 + 2A + 5 I)

15 The angle between the lines 2x = 3y = − z and 6x = −y = −4z is [1]

A) 90𝑜 B) 0𝑜 C) 45𝑜 D) 30𝑜

16 ‘P’ is a point on the line segment joining the points (3,5, −1) and (6,3, −2). If Y coordinate [1]
of the point P is 2, then x-coordinate is
15 17
A) B) C) 2 D) −2
2 3

17 In an LPP, if the objective function 𝑍 = 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 has the same maximum value on two [1]
corner points of the feasible region, then the number of points at which z𝑚𝑎𝑥 occurs is:
A) finite B) 0 C) infinite D) 2
𝜋
18 If 𝜃 + 𝜙 = then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜙 has a maximum value of ′𝜃′ is [1]
3

𝜋 𝜋 2𝜋
A) B) 6 C) 𝜋 D)
4 3
19 Assertion (A): Maximum value of (𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 ) 2 is 𝜋 2
Reason (R): The range of the principal value branch of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 is [−𝜋, 𝜋] [1]
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.
20 Assertion (A): The absolute maximum value of the function 2𝑥3 − 4𝑥 in the interval [1]
[1, 3] is 89.
Reason (R): The absolute maximum value of the function can be obtained from the value
of the function at critical points and at boundary points.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Section B

21 Find the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (1 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 2

). [2]
2 √5

22 Let 𝐴 be 2×2 matrix such that 𝐴 [ 1 ] = [−1] and 𝐴2 [ 1 ] = [1], find the sum of [2]
−1 2 −1 0
elements in A.

23 If 𝐴 = [3 −2
] , find the value of 𝜆, so that A2 = 𝜆A – 2I. [2]
4 −2
OR
If A and B are invertible matrices of the same order then prove that (𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵−1 𝐴−1 .
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥
24 Evaluate:∫ 𝑑𝑥 [2]
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)2

OR
l
Evaluate ∫ 𝑑𝑥 .
1+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥

25 If 𝑎⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ and ⃗⃗

b = 2î + 4ĵ − 5k̂ represent two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, [2]
find unit vectors parallel to the diagonals of the parallelogram.
Section C

26 1+𝑥 2 [3]
Prove that cos(𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 {𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 𝑥 )}) = √2+𝑥 2
OR
𝑥+√1−𝑥 2 1
Write in the simplest form 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( 2
), <𝑥<1
√2
27 0 2𝑦 𝑧 [3]
Find x, y and z if the matrix 𝐴 = [𝑥 𝑦 −z] Satisfy the equation 𝐴𝐴′ = 𝐼.
𝑥 −𝑦 𝑧
28 Determine the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 for which the [3]
sin(𝑎+1)𝑥+sin𝑥
, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 < 0
𝑥
function𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑐 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 0 is continuous at x = 0.
√𝑥+𝑏𝑥 2 −√𝑥
{ , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 0
𝑏𝑥 3/2
29 Find the interval in which the function given by [3]
3 4 36
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 10 𝑥 4 − 5 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 11 is
5

a) Strictly increasing
b) Strictly decreasing

OR

Water is dripping out at a steady rate of 1𝑐𝑢 𝑐𝑚/sec through a tiny hole at the vertex of the
conical vessel, whose axis is vertical. When the slant height of water in the vessel is 4 cm,
𝜋
find the rate of decrease of slant height, where the vertical angle of the conical vessel is 6 .

30 Let 𝑎⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ , 𝑏⃗⃗ = 3𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 7𝑘̂ and 𝑐⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ . Find a vector 𝑑⃗ which is [3]
perpendicular to both 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ , and 𝑐⃗. 𝑑⃗ = 15.
31 Determine graphically the minimum value of the objective function [3]
𝑍 = −50𝑥 + 20𝑦 subject to the constraints
2𝑥 − 𝑦 ≥ −5
3𝑥 + 𝑦 ≥ 3
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 ≤ 12
𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0
Section D

32 Show that the relation R in the set A = {0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} given by 5
R = {(a, b): |a – b| is divisible by 4} is an equivalence relation and also find the elements
which are related to 1.

OR
a) Check whether the relation S in the set R of real numbers defined as 3

S = {(𝑎, 𝑏): 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ R and 𝑎 ≤ 𝑏3 } is reflexive, symmetric or transitive. 2

b) check whether the function 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 defined by 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1 is one-one or
onto.

33 1 −1 1 5
If 𝐴 = [2 1 −3] , then find A−1 and hence solve the system of equations
1 1 1
𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 4

−𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 4
 5
34 2𝑥
Evaluate:∫ (𝑥 2+2)(𝑥 4+4)
𝑑𝑥

OR
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥+cos𝑥
Evaluate:∫ 𝑑𝑥
9+16sin2𝑥

35 Show that the lines 𝑥+1 = 𝑦+3 = 𝑧+5 and 𝑥−2 = 𝑦−4 = 𝑧−6 intersect and find their point of 5
3 5 7 1 3 5
intersection also find the equation of line passing through that point of intersection and
1−𝑥 𝑦−14 2𝑧−3
parallel to 6 = 2 = 2 .

OR

Find the shortest distance between the lines 𝑟⃗ = (1 − 𝑡)𝑖̂ + (𝑡 − 2)𝑗̂ + (3 − 2𝑡)𝑘̂ and 𝑟⃗ =
(𝑠 + 1)𝑖̂ + (2𝑠 − 1)𝑗̂ − (2𝑠 + 1)𝑘̂

SECTION E

36 A toy manufacturer designs a conical toy which is made from sphere with radius ‘r’.
If ‘y’ cm be the radius and ‘x’ cm be the perpendicular distance from centre of the sphere to
base of the cone
i. Find the relationship among x, y
and r. 1
ii. Express volume of cone in terms of
x and r.
iii. Prove that height of the largest 1
4𝑟
cone is 3 .
2
OR
Prove that volume of largest cone
8
is equal to 27 volume of sphere.
2

37
Let 𝑥 = 𝑓(𝑡) and 𝑦 = 𝑔(𝑡) be parametric forms with ‘𝑡’ as a parameter, then
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑡 𝑔′(𝑡)
= × 𝑑𝑥 = , where 𝑓(𝑡) ≠ 0.
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑡 𝑓′ (𝑡)

3 1
i) Find the derivative of 𝑒 𝑥 with respect to ‘logx’.
1 2 𝑑𝑦 1
ii) If 𝑦 = 4 𝑢4 and 𝑢 = 3 𝑥 3 + 5 , then find 𝑑𝑥 .
2𝑥 1−𝑥 2 1
2
iii) Find the derivative of 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (1+𝑥 2 ) with respect to 𝑐𝑜𝑠−1 (1+𝑥 2 ) 0< 𝑥 <
√2
OR
2
𝑑𝑦 √𝑒 𝑥 −1
If 𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(1 + 𝑡2 ) and 𝑦 = 𝑡 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 t, then 𝑑𝑥 = 2
38 If 𝑎1 , 𝑏1 , 𝑐1 and 𝑎2 , 𝑏2 , 𝑐2 are direction ratios of two lines say 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 respectively.
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
Then 𝐿1 || 𝐿2 iff 𝑎1 = 𝑏1 = 𝑐1 and 𝐿1 ⊥ 𝐿2 iff 𝑎1 𝑎2 + 𝑏1 𝑏2 + 𝑐1 𝑐 2 = 0.
2 2 2

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

1−2𝑥 𝑦+4 𝑧−13
i) Find the value of ‘𝜆’ and ‘𝜇’ so that the line = = is parallel to the
−2 𝜆 𝜇
line passing through points (−1, −2, 7) and (1, 4, 34) 2
1−𝑥 7𝑦−14 𝑧−3
ii) Find the value(s) of ‘𝑝’ so that the lines = = 𝑎𝑛𝑑
3 2𝑝 2

7−7𝑥 𝑦−5 6−𝑧 2

= = are at right angles.
3𝑝 1 5

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