HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION Subject- MATHEMATICS Class-XII (2017-18) 

Time: 3 Hours M. M: 100 

................................................................................................................... General Instructions: 
• This question paper comprises 4 pages and 29 questions in all. It is divided into three 
sections: Section A comprises 4 questions of 1 mark each Section B comprises 8 questions of 2 
marks each Section C comprises 11 questions of 4 marks each Section D comprises 6 
questions of 6 marks each. 
• All the questions are compulsory. Internal choices are provided. 
• Use of calculator is not permitted. 
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SECTION A 
1. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then show that AB − BA is skew symmetric. 2. If the 
binary operation * on the set Z of integers is defined by a * b = a + b – 5, then write 
the identity element for the operation * in Z. 3. Write the value of tan−1 (tan( 
2π 3 

)). 
4. Evaluate ∫ −1 
1 

sin5xcos4x 
dx. 
SECTION B 
5. Solve for x: 2tan−1(cosx) = tan−1(2cosec x). 
6. Let A = [ 
2 3 −1 
4 
], B = [ 
5 7 2 4 
], C = [ 
2 3 5 8 
], find a matrix D such that CD − AB = 0. 
7. If (cos x)y = (cosy)x ,find 
dy dx 

. 
8. Find the approximate value of √49.5 . 9. If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that |Adj A| = 
225, find |A′|. 
10. Evaluate ∫ 
(x−3)e 
(x−1)3 
x 

dx. 
11. If f:R → R is defined as f(x) = (3 − x3) 
1 3 

, then find fof. 12. Sand is pouring from a pipe at 

the rate of 12 cm3/sec. 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 the base. How fast is the height of the sand cone 
increasing when the height is 4 cm? 
SECTION C 13. Prove that sin−1( 
12 13 

)+ cos−1 ( 
4 5 

) + tan−1 ( 
63 16 

) = π. 
14. Using properties of determinants, prove that | 
1 x x2 x2 1 x x x2 1 
| = (1 − x3)2. 
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 OR sin(A + B + C) sinB cosC If A + B + C = π, evaluate | 
−sinB 0 tan A cos(A + B) −tanA 0 
|. 
15. 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 and 1800 for children and 45 grams of proteins for men, 55 grams for women and 33 grams for 
children. Represent the above information using matrices. Using a matrix multiplication, calculate the 
total requirement of calories and proteins for each of the two families. What awareness can you create 
among the people about the balanced diet from this question? 
16. Find x if tan−1(x + 1) + tan−1(x − 1) = tan−1 
31 8 

. OR 
If a 
1 

,a 
2 

,a 
3 

,.......,a 
n 

is an arithmetic progression with common difference d, then evaluate the 

following expression. 
tan[tan−1 ( 
1+a d 
1 

) +tan−1( 
1+a d 
2 

)tan−1( 
1+a d 
3 

) + ⋯.....+tan−1( 
1+a 
n−1 d 
)]. 
17. Integrate: ∫ 
a 
2 
a 
3 
a 
4 
a 
n 
x 
2 
(x2+4)(x2+9) 

dx. 
OR Integrate: ∫ 
cos(x−a)cos(x−b) 1 

dx. 
3 0 −1 18. Obtain the inverse of A = [ 
2 3 0 0 4 1 
] , using elementary row transformation only. 
19. If y = log[x + √x2 + a2], show that (x2 + a2) 
d dx2 2 
y 

+ x 
dy dx 

= 0. 
20. Show that the relation R in the set A = {1,2,3,4,5} given by 
R = {(a,b):|a − b| is divisible by 2} is an equivalence relation. Show that all the elements of 
{1,3,5} are related to each other and all the elements of {2,4} are related to each other, but no 
element of {1,3,5} is related to any element of {2,4}. 
21. Define a binary operation * on the set {0,1,2,3,4,5} as 
a ∗ b = { 
a a + + b, b − 6, if a + b < 6 if a + b ≥ 6 Show that 0 is the identity element for this operation and 
 each element a ≠ 0 of the set is invertible with 6 − a being the inverse of a. 
OR 
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Let A = Q x Q and let * be the binary operation on A defined by (a, b) * (c, d) = (ac, b + ad) 
for (a, b), (c, d) ∈ A. then with respect to * on A, then determine 
(i) * is commutative and associative 
(ii) Identity element in A 
(iii) Invertible element of A. 
22. Find the intervals in which the function f(x) = sinx + cosx is strictly increasing or 
strictly decreasing on [0, 2 ]. 
OR 
For the curve y = 4x3 − 2x5, find all the points at which the tangent passes through the origin. 
23. For what value of k, the following function is continuous at x = 0: 
1−cos4x f(x) = { 

8x2 k , , x ≠ 0 
x = 0 
SECTION D 
24. Show that the height of the cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere 
of radius R is 
2R √3 

. Also find the maximum volume. 

OR 
Prove that volume of the largest cone that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius R is 
27 8 

of the 
volume of the sphere. 
25. Find the inverse of the matrix A = [ 
1 2 −2 −1 3 0 0 −2 1 
]. 
Using A−1, solve the system of linear equations: 
x − y = 1 
2x + 3y − 2z = 2 
−2x + z = 3. 
26. Evaluate using properties of definite integrals: 
π ∫ 0 

1 − x 
sinx 
dx 
OR 
Integrate: ∫tan−1(√ 
1−x 1+x 

)dx. 
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→ 27. Consider f:R 
+ 

[4,∞) given by f(x) = x2 + 4, where R 

+ 

is set of positive real 

numbers. . Show that f is invertible. Also find its inverse. 
28. If (x − a)2 + (y − b)2 = c2,for some c > 0, then show that 
[1+( 
dy dx 
) 
2 
] 
3 2 
d 
2 
y dx 
2 

is a constant independent of a and b. 

29. Integrate: ∫ 
√5−4x−x2 x+3 

dx. 
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