II PUC Mathematics (For MID TERM EXAM)

Relations and Functions 5marks questions 

1. Verify whether the function f : R  R defined by f  x   4 x  3 is one-one ,onto and

Bijective , Justify your answer. (2021 A)
x
2. Check whether the function f : [1,1]  R given by f ( x)  is one-one , onto and bijective (H.B)
x2
3. Check the injectivity and surjectivity of the function f : R  R defined by f ( x)  3  4 x . Is it a bijective
function?
x2
4. Verify whether the function f : R  3  R  1 , defined by f  x   is one-one and onto or not.
x 3
Give reason.(MQP)
5. Verify whether the function f : N  N defined by f ( x)  x 2 is one-one, onto and bijective.
6. Show that the Modulus function f : R  R given by f  x   x , is neither one-one nor onto.
7. Prove that the Greatest integer function f : R  R given by f  x    x is neither one-one nor onto.
1 if x  0

8. Prove that the Signum function f : R  R given by f ( x)  0 if x  0 is neither one-one nor onto.
 1if x  0

Relations and Functions 3marks questions 

1. Show that the relation R in the set Z of integers given by R   x, y  : 2divides ( x  y) is an equivalence
relation.(2014J,MQP,H.B)
2. Determine whether the relation R in the set A  1, 2, 3,13, 14 defined a R   x, y  : 3x  y  0 , is
reflexive, symmetric and transitive. (2015M,H.B,2019J)
3. Prove that the relation R in the set of integer Z defined by R   x, y  : x  y is an integer is an
equivalence relation. (2015J,2020S).
4. Show that the relation R in the set of real numbers R defined as R  {(a, b) : a  b} is reflexive and transitive
but not symmetric. (2017M, H.B).
5. Check whether the relation R defined in the set {1, 2,3, 4,5, 6} as R  {(a, b) : b  a  1} is reflexive or
symmetric.(2017J,H.B)
6. Show that the relation R in the set S  {x : x  Z and 0  x  12} given by R   a, b  : a  b is multiple of 4 .
is an equivalence relation? (2016M, MQP,H.B)
7. Show that the relation R in the set A  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 given by R   a, b  : a  b is even is an equivalence
relation. (2016J,2018 M)
8. Determine whether the relation R in the set A  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 as R  { x, y  : y is divisible by x} is
reflexive, symmetric and transitive.(MQP).
9. Show that the relation R in the set of real numbers R defined as R  { a, b  : a  b2 } is neither reflexive
nor symmetric nor transitive.(MQP)
10. Check whether the relation R in the set of real numbers R defined as R  {(a, b) : a  b3 } is reflexive ,
symmetric or transitive.(2019M)
11. Show that the relation R defined in the set of A of all triangles as R  {(T1 , T2 ) : T1 is similar to T2 } is an
equivalence relation (H.B,2020M,MQP)
12. Let ‘L’ be the set of all lines in XY plane and R be the relation in L defines as

R  { L1 , L2  : L1 is parallel to L2 } . Show that R is an equivalence relation.(2021A)

Matrices 5marks questions 

1 2 2 0 1 1
1. If A    , B  and C    . Calculate AB, AC and A( B  C ) . Verify that
2 1 1 3 2 3
AB  AC  A( B  C ) .(2014M,HB)
 0 6 7 0 1 1  2 
2. If A   6 0 8  , B   1 0 2  and C   2  . Calculate AC , BC and  A  B  C . Also, verify that
   
 7 8 0   1 2 0   3 
AC  BC   A  B  C .(2017J ,2016J, 2018M,MQP, HB,2019J,2020S,2021A)
 1 2 3   3 1 2  4 1 2
3. If A   5 0 2  , B   4 2 5  and C   0 3 2  , then compute
   
 A  B  and  B  C  . Also, verify
 1 1 1   2 0 3   1 2 3 
that A   B  C    A  B   C .(2015J,2020M,H.B)
1 2 3 2 3 4  2 3 1
4. If A   4 5 6  , B   5 3
 0  and C   4 5 6  verify that A( B  C )  AB  AC .(MQP)

 7 8 0   4 5 3  1 2 3 
1 1 1   1 3
1 2 3 4
5. If A   2 0 3  , B   0
 2  and C    , find A  BC  ,  AB  C and show that
 3  2 0 2 1 
1 2   1 4 
 AB  C  A  BC  .(HB)
1 2 3
6. If A   3 2 1  , then show that A3  23 A  40I  0. (2015M,2014J,HB,2019M)
 4 2 1 
1 0 2
7. If A   0 2 1  , prove that A3  6 A2  7 A  2I  0 .(2017M,HB)
 2 0 3 
 1 
8. For the matrices A   4  , B   1 2 1  , verify that  AB  '  B '  A ' .(2018J)
 3 
  2 
9. For the matrices A   4  and B  1 3 6 verify that  AB  '  B '  A ' .(2016M,HB)
 5 
 1 5
 3 1 2  4 1 2
10. If A '   2 0  , B    and C   find A  B and B  C . Show that
 4 2 5  0 3 2 
 3 2 
A B C   A B C .

Matrices 3marks questions 

1. Prove that for any square matrix A with real number entries, A  A ' is a symmetric matrix and A  A '
is a skew - symmetric matrix.(2014J)
3 5 
2. Express the matrix   as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.(2015J)
 1 1 
1 5
3. Express the matrix 
2 
as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.(MQP)
 1
1 5
4. For the matrix A   , verify that A  A ' is a symmetric matrix and A  A ' is a skew symmetric
6 7 
matrix.(MQP,2021A)
5. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order ,then show that AB is symmetric if and only if
AB  BA (2017M,H.B,MQP)
cos x  sin x 0 
6. If F ( x)   sin x cos x 0  , show that F ( x) F ( y )  F ( x  y ) (2020M)
 0 0 1 
 x y 2  6 2
7. Find the values of x, y and z from the equation  
xy   5 8 
.(MQP)
 5 z
x  2y 2  3 2
8. Find the values of x and y in    0 where 0 is null matrix (MQP)
 4 x  y   4 1 

5 2 3 6 
9. Find X and Y , if X  Y    and X  Y   .
0 9  0 1 
10. Prove that any square matrix can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.

Determinants 5marks questions 

1. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: 3x  2 y  3z  8, 2 x  y  z  1 and

4 x  3 y  2 z  4 .(2016J,MQP,HB,2019M,2019J)
2. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: x  y  z  4, 2 x  y  3z  0 and x  y  z  2 .
(MQP)(2014M)
3. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: 2 x  3 y  3z  5, x  2 y  z  4 and
3x  y  2 z  3 . (MQP,2015J,2015M,2020M,2020S,HB)
4. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: x  y  2 z  7, 3x  4 y  5z  5 and
2 x  y  3z  12 .(MQP,2014J,2018M)

5. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: x  y  2 z  1, 2 y  3z  1 and 3x  2 y  4 z  2

.(2017M)

3
6. Solve the following by using matrix method: 2 x  y  z  1, x  2 y  z  , 3 y  5 z  9 .(MQP,HB)
2

 1 1 2   2 0 1 
7. Use the product  0 2 3   9 2 3  to solve the system of equations x  y  2 z  1, .
 3 2 4   6 1 2 
2 y  3z  1,3x  2 y  4 z  2 (MQP,HB)

 2 3 5 
8. If A   3 2 4  , find A1 . Using A1 solve the system of equations 2 x  3 y  5z  11, 3x  2 y  4 z  5
1 1 2 
and x  y  2 z  3 .(HB)

9. Solve the following system of equations by matrix method: 2 x  3 y  5z  11, 3x  2 y  4 z  5 and

x  y  2 z  3 (2016M,MQP,2021A)

10. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply third number by 3 and add second number to it, we get 11.
By adding first and third numbers we get double of the second number. Represent it algebraically and find
the numbers using matrix method.(HB)

11. The cost of 4 kg onion, 3 kg wheat and 2 kg rice is Rs. 60. The cost of 2 kg onion, 4 kg wheat and 6 kg rice
is Rs. 90. The cost of 6 kg onion, 2 kg wheat and 3 kg rice is Rs. 70. Find cost of each item per kg by
matrix method.(HB)

Determinants 4marks questions 

 3 1
1. If A    satisfies the equation A  5 A  7 I  0, then find the inverse of A using this equation, where I
2

  1 2 
is the identity matrix of order 2.
2 3 1 0  0 0 
2. If A    satisfies the equation A2  4 A  I  0, where I    and O    .find A1 .(2021A)
1 2 0 1  0 0 
Determinants 2marks questions 

1. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (2, 3), (3, 2) and (1, 8) by using determinant
method. (2018M,2020M,HB,MQP).
2. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 0), (6, 0) and (4,3). by using determinant method
(2017J,MQP,HB).
3. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (3,8), ( 4, 2) and (5,1) using
determinant.(2016J,HB,2019M)
4. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1,3), (2,5) and (7,5) using determinant.(MQP)
5. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (2, 7), (1,1) and (10,8) by using determinant method
(2019M)
6. If the area of a triangle with vertices (2, 0), (0, 4) and (0, k ) is 4 square units, find the values of k
using determinants.(2015J,2015M,2020S)
7. If the area of a triangle with vertices (k , 0), (4, 0) and (0, 2) is 4 square units, find the values of k using
determinants.(2017M,HB)
8. If the area of a triangle with vertices (2, 6), (5, 4) and ( k , 4) is 35 square units, find the values of k
using determinants.(2018J,MQP)

9. Find the equation of a line passing through  3, 1  and  9, 3  using determinants.(2014J,HB,2021A)

10. Find the equation of a line passing through (1, 2) and (3, 6) using determinants. (2014M,HB)

Differentiation 5marks questions 

1. If y  3cos  log x   4 sin  log x  , show that x2 y2  xy1  y  0 . (2014J,2016J,2017J,HB,2019J)

d2y dy
2. If y  A emx  B enx , prove that 2
  m  n   mny  0 .(2015M,2018J,MQP,2020S,HB)
dx dx

d2y dy
3. If y  3 e2 x  2  e3 x , prove that 2
 5  6 y  0 .(2014M)
dx dx

4. If y   tan 1 x  then show that  x 2  1 

d2y
 2 x  x 2  1   2 . (2015J,2017M,2018M,2020M,MQP,HB)
2 2 dy
2
dx dx

d2y dy
5. If y  (sin 1 x) 2 , showthat (1  x 2 ) 2
x  2 (2016M)
dx dx

d2y
6. If y  sin 1 x, show that  1  x 2  
dy
2
 x  0 .(MQP,HB,2019M,2021A)
dx dx
2
7. If y  ea cos x ,  1  x  1, show that  1  x 2  ddxy  x  dy
1
a 2
y  0 .(HB)
dx
 2
d 2 y  dy 
8. If e y  x  1   1, prove that
dy
 e y . Hence prove that   . (MQP,HB)
dx dx 2  dx 

Differentiation 4marks questions 

 k cos x 
   2 x if x  2 
1. Find the value of k, if f  x    is continuous at x 
3  2
if x=
 2
.(2014M,2014J,2017M,HB,2019J,2020S)

1  cos 2 x
 ,x  0
2. Find the value of k if f ( x)   1  cos x is continuous at x  0 .(2016M,HB)

k , x  0

 ax  1, if x  3
3. Find the relationship between a and b so that the function f defined by f ( x)   is continuous at
bx  3, if x  3
x  3. (2018M,MQP,HB)
 5, if x2

4. Find the values of a and b such that the function defined by f  x   ax  b, if 2  x  10 is a
 21, x  10
 if
continuous function.(2015J,HB).

 kx  1, if x5
5. Find the value of k, if f  x    is continuous at x  5 .(2015M,HB,2019M)
3 x  5, if x5

 kx 2 , if x  2
6. Find the value of k , if f ( x)   is continuous at x  2. (2016J, 2018J, HB).
3, if x  2

7. Find the value of k so that the function f is continuous at the indicated points
kx  1 if x  
f ( x)   at x   (2020M,2021A,HB)
cos x if x  

 ( x 2  2 x), if x  0
8. For what value of  is the function defined by f ( x)   continuous at x  0.
 4 x  1, if x  0
(2017J,HB)

9. Find the points of discontinuity of the function f  x   x   x  , where  x  indicates the greatest integer not
greater than x. Also write the set of all values of x, where the function is continuous.(MQP)
10. Find all the points of discontinuity on f defined by x  x  1 . (MQP)
Differentiation 3marks questions 

dy
1. Find , if x  a(cos    .sin  ) and y  a(sin    cos  ) .(2014M)
dx
dy 
2. If x  a(  sin  ) and y  a(1  cos  ) , prove that  tan .(2014J,HB,2019M, 2019J,2021A)
dx 2
dy
3. If x  sin t and y  cos 2t then prove that  4sin t. (2018M,HB)
dx

dy  
4. If x  a (  sin  ) and y  a(1  cos  ) , prove that   cot   .(2018J,2016J, HB)
dx 2

dy y
5. If x  a cos3  and y  a sin 3  , provethat   3 . (2016M,2017J,HB)
dx x
t dy
6. If x  a (cos t  log tan ), y  a sin t find .(2015J,2017J,HB)
2 dx
1 1 dy  y
7. If x  asin t
and y  a cos t

, then show that
.(2015M,MQP,HB)
dx x
8. Differentiate sin 2 x with respect to ecos x .(2017M)
dy
9. If x  2at 2 , y  at 4 then find .(2020M,HB)
dx
dy
10. Find , if xy  e x  y .(2020S)
dx

dy
11. Find , if y x  x y (HB)
dx
dy 1
12. If x 1  y  y 1  x  0 for 1  x  1and x  y ,prove that  .(HB).
dx (1  x) 2

dy cos  a  y 
2

13. If cos y  x cos  a  y  , with cos a  1 ,Prove that  .

dx sin a

( x  3)( x 2  4)
14. Differentiate w.r.t x
3x 2  4 x  5
 2 x 1  dy
15. If y  sin 1  x 
, find .(MQP)
 1 4  dx

 2x  dy 2
16. If y  cos 1  2 
, 1  x  1. show that  .
 1 x  dx 1  x 2

17. Prove that if the function is differentiable at a point c , then it is also continuous at that point.(MQP)

18. Differentiate xsin x   sin x 

cos x
w.r.t x .(MQP)
 dy
19. If y x  x y  x x  ab , find .(MQP)
dx
Application of Derivatives 3marks questions 

1. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f  x   x 2  4 x  6 is (i) strictly increasing (ii)
strictly decreasing.(2014M,2020M,MQP,HB)
2. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f  x   4 x3  6 x 2  72 x  30 is
(i) Strictly increasing (ii) strictly decreasing .(HB)

3. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f  x   2 x3  3x 2  36 x  7 is

(i) strictly increasing(2019M) (ii) strictly decreasing.(MQP)
4. Find the intervals in which the function f given by y  2 x 2  3x is (i) strictly increasing (ii) strictly
decreasing.(2021A)
2
5. Find the point at which the tangent to the curve y  4x  3  1 has its slope (2019J,HB)
3
6. Prove that the curve x  y and xy  k cut at right angles if 8k  1 .
2 2


7. Find the equation of tangent to the curve given by x  a sin 3 t , y  b cos3 t at a point where t  . (MQP)
2

8. Find the equation of tangent and normal to the curve y  x 4  6 x3  13x 2  10 x  5 at  0,5 . (MQP)

9. Find two positive numbers x and y such that x  y  60 and xy 3 is maximum.(2014J,2017M,HB)

10. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 15 and sum of whose squares is minimum.(2015M,2017J,2018J)
11. Find two numbers whose product is 100 and whose sum is minimum.(2016M)
12. Find two numbers whose sum is 24 and whose product is as large as possible. (2015J,2018M,2020S,HB)
13. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 16 and the sum of whose cube is minimum.(MQP)
14. A square piece of tin of side 18cm is to be made into a box without top, by cutting a square from each
corner and folding up the flaps to form the box. What should be the side of the square to be cut off so that
the volume of the box is maximum possible?
15. Find the absolute maximum value and absolute minimum value of the function
f  x   sin x  cos x, x  0,   .(MQP)