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Pre-Mid-Term Examination-2024
MATHEMATICS
Class - XII
(SET - B)

Time : 3 hrs. M. Marks : 80

General Instructions :
(i) This question paper contains five sections - A, B, C, D and E. Each
section is compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some
questions.
(ii) Section A has 18 MCQs and 02 Assertion - Reason based questions of
1 mark each.
(iii) Section B has 5 very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.
(iv) Section C has 6 short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.
(v) Section D has 4 long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each.
(vi) Section E has 3 source based / case based / passage based / integrated
units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts.

SECTION-A
1. If the sum of all the elements of a 3 × 3 scalar matrix is 9, then the product of all its
elements is :
(a) 0 (b) 9
(c) 27 (d) 729

a b c
a b c
2. If = kabc, then the value of k is
a b c

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 4
3. If A = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix where aij = i – 3j, then which of the following is false?
(a) a11 < 0 (b) a12 + a21 = – 6
(c) a13 > a31 (d) a31= 0

cos x  sin x 0
F ( x)   sin x cos x 0
4. If and [F(x)]2 = F(kx), then the value of k is
 0 0 
1

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) –2
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5. The number of all scalar matrices of order 3, with each entry –1, 0 or 1, is
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 3 3
(d) 39

 tan x 1 
6. If for the matrix A  , A  AT  2 3 I , then the value of
  1 tan x 
 
x  0,  is
 2


(a) 0 (b)
4

 
(c) (d)
3 6
7. The number of possible symmetric relations on the set consisting of 4 elements is :
(a) 512 (b) 1024
(c) 256 (d) 32
8. Which of the following statement is not true about equivalence classes
Ai (i = 1, 2, ....n) formed by an equivalence relation R defined on a set A?
n
(a) U Ai  A
i 1

(b) Ai  Aj   , i  j

(c) x  Ai and x  A j  Ai  A j
(d) All elements of Ai are related to each other, for all i.
9. Let f : R  R be a function given by f(x) = x – [x] where[x] is the greatest integer
function. The range of f is
(a) [0, 1] (b) R
(c) R–Z (d) [0, 1)

1  5 
10. The value of sin  sin  is
 4 

 
(a) (b) 
4 4

5 3
(c) (d)
4 4
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11.
d
dx
  
cos log x  e x at x  1 is

(a) -sin e (b) – sin (1 + e)

(c) – (1 + e) sin e (d) (1 + e) sin e
12. The number of points of discontinuity of

| x | 3 , x  3

f x     2 x ,  3  x  3
is
6 x  2 , x3

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) infinite
13. The derivative of tan–1(x2) w.r.t. x is
x 2x
(a) (b)
1 x4 1 x4

– 2x 1
(c) (d)
1 x4 1 x4

dy
14. If x  3a 2 cos 2  and y  4a sin 2  , then is
dx

3 4
(a) (b) –
4a 3a

4 3
(c) (d) 
3a 4a
15. Derivative of e tan x w.r.t. sec2x is :

e tan x e tan x
(a) (b)
2 sec 2 x tan x 2 tan x

2 tan x e tan x sin x

(c) (d)
e tan x 2 cos x

 1
 x sin , x0
16. The function f ( x )   x is continuous at x = 0, then the value of
 k , x0
k is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) all real values (d) no real value
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17. For what value of x is the rate of increase of x3 – 5x2 + 5x + 8 is twice the rate of
increase of x?
1 1
(a)  3,  (b)  3,
3 3

1
(c) 3, (d) None of these
3
18. The interval in which y = x2 e–x is increasing is :
(a)  ,   (b) (–2, 0)

(c) 2,  (d) 0, 2

Each of the following questions contains Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and has
the following four choices (a), (b), (c), (d). Mark the correct choice.
(a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true and R is false.
(d) A is false and R is true.
19. Assertion (A) : The function f : 1, 2, 3  x, y, z, p defined by
f : 1, x , 2, y , 3, z  is not a bijection.
Reasion (R) : The number of bijective function is zero if p < q where p = n (A) and
q = n (B) for a function f : A  B .
20. Assertion (A) : The function f  x   x | x |, x  R is neither increasing nor
decreasing on R.
Reason (R) : The function f(x) = x2 is neither increasing, nor decreasing on R.
SECTION - B
This section comprises of very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.

 2 1   1  1  
If a  sin  2   cos  2  and b  tan  cot  , then find the value of
1
21.
     6
a + b.
22. Find the domain of the function f(x) = cos–1 (2x – 1). Also find its range.
OR

1

1 x 3  3x 2  1
Simplify : cos x  cos   ,  x  1
 2 2  2
23. Show that positive odd integral powers of a skew-symmetric matrix are skew
symmetric and positive even integral powers of a skew symmetric matrix are
symmetric.
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24. Using determinants, find the value of k, if the area of ABD is 3 units whose
vertices are A(1, 3), B (0, 0) and D (k, 0).
25. Check the differentiability of f(x) = | sin x | at x   .
OR

If f(x) = | tan 2x | , then find the value of f ' ( x ) at x  .
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SECTION - C
This section comprises of short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.

 3 1
26. For the matrix A    , find x and y so that A2 + xI = yA. Hence find A–1.
 7 5
OR

1  1 1 
A  2  1 0
If , show that A–1= A2.
1 0 0

2  1 5 2   2 5
27. Let A  ,B    ,C  , find a matrix D such that
3 4  7 4   3 8
CD – AB = 0.
dy
, if cos x   cos y  .
y x
28. Find
dx
OR

dy 1 y2
If 1  x  1  y  a  x  y  , prove that
2 2  .
dx 1 x2

1 
 
2
2 d y dy
29. If x  tan log y  , show that 1  x  2 x  a   0 .
a  dx 2
dx
30. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) = x – [x] at all integral points. Here, [x] is
the greatest integer less than or equal to x.
31. A water-tank has the shape of an inverted cone with its axis vertical and vertex
lower-most. Its semi vertical angle is tan–1(0.5). Water is poured into it at the rate of
5 cu m/hr. Find the rate at which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the
depth of water in the tank is 4 m.
OR
A man of height 2 metres walks at a uniform speed of 5 km/h away from a lamp post
which is 6 metres high. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow increases.
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SECTION - D
This section consists of long answer (LA) type question of 5 marks each.
x
32. Show that the function f : R  x  R : –1  x  1 defined by f ( x)  is
1 | x |
one-one and onto function.
OR
A relation R is defined on N × N (where N is the set of natural numbers) as :
( a , b ) R (c , d )  a – c  b  d .
Show that R is an equivalence relation.

1 2  3
A  2 0  3
33. If , then find A–1 and hence solve the following system of
1 2 0 
equations :
x + 2y – 3z = 1
2x – 3z = 2
x + 2y = 3

 t d2y 
34. If x  a cos t  log tan  and y=a sin t, find 2 at
t .
 2 dx 3

2x
35. Find the interval in which the function f ( x )  log(1  x )  is strictly
2 x
increasing or strictly decreasing.
OR

 
Separate the interval 0,  into subintervals in which f(x) = sin4x + cos4x is strictly
 2
increasing or strictly decreasing.
SECTION - E
This section comprises of 3 case study / passage based questions of 4 marks each with
sub-parts. First two case study questions have 3 sub-parts (I), (II), (III) of 1, 1, 2 marks
respectively. The third case study question has two sub parts (I) and (II) of 2 marks each.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
Case Study - I
36. An owner of a bike company has decided to rent bikes. Let n be the number of
bikes rented per day and x be the rental charges per bike per day. Relation between
the rental charges and number of bikes rented is given by linear function
n = 2000 – 10 x
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Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the total revenue R as a function of x.
(ii) Find rate of change of revenue w.r.t. the rental charges per day.
(iii) For what values of x, the revenue function will increase.
OR
(iii) Find the rental charges if the revenue collected is Rs. 1,00,000.
Case Study - II
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
37. Students of a school are taken to a railway museum to learn about railway heritage
and its history.
An exibhit in the museum depicted many rail lines on the track near the railway
station. Let L be the set of all rail lines on the railway track and R be the relation on
L defined by R   1 ,  2  : 1 is parallel to  2 .
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find whether the relation R is symmetric or not.
(ii) Find whether the relation R is transitive or not.
(iii) If one of the rail line on the railway track is represented by the equation
y = 3x + 2, then find the set of rail lines in R related to it.
OR
(iii) Let S be the relation defined by S  1 ,  2  : 1 is perpendicular to  2 ,
check whether the relation S is symmetric and transitive.
Case Study - III
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
38. Three students, Ram, Mohan and Ankit go to a shop to buy stationary. The number
of articles purchased by them are given as under :

Articles Ram Mohan Ankit

Notebooks 24 12 6
Pens 12 6 4
Pencils 4 8 6
A note book costs Rs. 15, a pen costs Rs. 4.50 and a pencil costs Rs. 1.50 each.
Let A and B be the matrices representing the number of items purchased by 3
students and price of these items respectively.
(i) Using matrix method, find the total bill amount of all 3 students.
(ii) If the number of articles purchased by Mohan and Ankit are doubled, write
the new matrix A and also find its determinant.