NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

TERM 1 EXAMINATION
Class XII

Session 2023-24

Mathematics (Code-041)

Time: 3 hours Maximum marks: 80

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
(Multiple Choice Questions)
[ Each question carries 1 mark ]

Q1. If A and B are matrices of same order , then (AB’-BA’) is a

(a) Skew symmetric matrix (b) Null matrix
(c) Symmetric matrix (d) Unit matrix
Q2. If A and B are invertible square matrices of the same order, then which of the following is not correct ?
| |
(a) | | (b) | |=
| | | || |

(c) (AB) -1 = B -1A -1 (d) (A+B) -1 = B -1 + A -1

Q3. If the area of the triangle with vertices (-3,0) , (3,0) and (0,k) is 9 sq.units , then the value/s of k will be
(a) 9 (b) ± 3 (c) - 9 (d) 6

Q4. If y = √ , then

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q5. The degree of the differential equation [ ( ) ] = ( ) is

(a) 4 (b) (c) 2 (d) none of these

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Q6. If f(x) = { is continuous at x = 0 , then the value of k is
| |

(a) -3 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) any real number

Q7. The corner points of the bounded feasible region determined by a system of linear constraints are
(0,3) , (1,1) , (3,0). Let Z = px + qy , where p , q > 0 . the condition on p and q so that minimum of Z
occurs at (3,0) and (1,1) is
(a) p = 2q (b) p = (c) p = 3q (d) p = q

Q8. For the curve y = 5x – 2x3 , if x increases at the rate of 2 units/sec , then how fast is the slope of the
curve changing when x = 3 ?
(a) slope of curve is increasing at the rate of 36 units/sec
(b) slope of curve is increasing at the rate of 72 units/sec
(c) slope of curve is decreasing at the rate of 72 units/sec
(d) slope of curve is decreasing at the rate of 36 units/sec

Q9. The integrating factor of the differential equation is

(a) (b) log x (c) log (log x) (d) x

Q10. The feasible region corresponding to the linear constraints of a Linear Programming Problem is
given below.

Which of the following is not a constraint to the given Linear Programming Problem?
(a) x + y ≥ 2 (b) x + 2y ≤ 10 (c) x – y ≥ 1 (d) x – y ≤ 1

Q11. If A = [ ] is a square matrix of order 2 s.t. aij ={ , then A2 is

(a) * + (b) * + (c) * + (d) * +

Q12. The general solution of differential equation y dx – x dy = 0 ; (given x,y > 0 ) , is of the form
2 2
(a) x y = c (b) x = c y (c) y = cx (d) y = c x
( where c is an arbitrary constant of integration)

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Q13. The set of all points where the function f(x) = x + | | is differentiable , is
(a) (0,∞) (b) (-∞,0) (c) (-∞,0) U (0,∞) (d) (-∞,∞)
Q14. Given that A is a square matrix of order 3 and | | -2 , then | | is equal to
(a) -26 (b) 4 (c) -28 (d) 28
Q15. Let f: R be defined by f(x) = x 2 + 1 . Then , pre-images of 17 and -3 , respectively , are
(a) Ø , {-4,4} (b) {-3,3} , Ø (c) {-4,4} , Ø (d) {-4,4} , {-2,2}

√
Q16. ∫
√ √

(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 3

√
+
Q17. The value of | | , if A = [ √ ] , where x ϵ R , is
√ √
2 3 2
(a) (2x+1) (b) 0 (c) (2x+1) (d) (2x-1)

Q18. For any integer n , the value of ∫ is

(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

(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.

Q19. ASSERTION (A) : The relation f :{1,2,3,4} →{x,y,z,p} defined by f = {(1,x) , (2,y) , (3,z)}is a
Bijective function.
REASON (R) : The function f :{1,2,3} →{x,y,z,p} s.t. f = {(1,x) , (2,y) , (3,z)}is one-one.

Q20. ASSERTION (A) : Inverse of sine function exists in the interval [0, .
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REASON (R) : sin function becomes bijective if we restrict its domain to [-1,1].

SECTION B
[This section comprises of very short answer type-questions (VSA) of 2 marks each]

Q21. Prove that tan 1 + tan 1 + tan 1 + tan 1 = .

OR
Find the domain of sin -1(x 2 – 4 ).

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Q22. Find the interval/s in which the function f : R→R defined by f(x) = x , is increasing.

Q23. Evaluate ∫

Q24. Check whether the function f : R→R defined by f(x) = x 3 + x , has any critical point/s or not ?
If yes , then find the point/s .

Q25. If x sin(a +y) + sina cos(a +y) = 0 , prove that .

OR
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If y = cos , -1< x < 1 , find .

SECTION C
[ This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each ]

Q26. Find the intervals in which the function ‘f’ given by f(x) = sinx + cosx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2Π is increasing
or decreasing.

Q27. Find : ∫ ; x ≠ 0.

Q28. Solve the differential equation : y ( )

OR
Solve the differential equation : (

Q29. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically:

Minimize: z = x + 2 y ,
subject to the constraints: x + 2 y ≥ 100 , 2 x – y .
OR
Solve the following Linear Programming Problem graphically:
Maximize: z = - x + 2 y ,
subject to the constraints: x ≥ 3 , x + y ≥ 5 , x + 2 y ≥ 6 , y ≥ 0.

Q30. Find : ∫ OR ∫ dx.

Q31. If (a + b x) = x , then prove that x =

SECTION D
[ This section comprises of long answer-type questions (LA) of 5 marks each ]

Q32. Make a rough sketch of the region { (x,y) : 0 ≤ y ≤ x2 +1 , 0 ≤ y } and find the

Area of the region , using the method of integration.

OR
Solve the differential equation : (1 + y 2 ) dx = (tan -1 y – x ) dy.

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 Q33. Define the relation R in the set N x N as follows:
For (a, b), (c, d) ∈ N x N, (a, b) R (c, d) iff ad = bc. Prove that R is an equivalence relation in N x N.
Also , find the equivalence class of (2,6) , i.e. [(2,6)].

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Q34. Find the inverse of a matrix A = [ ] , Find A and hence solve the system of equations:

x – y + 2 z = 3 , 2 y – 3 z = 1 , 3 x – 2y + 4 z = 3.

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Q35. Find ∫ | | dx . OR ∫ dx

SECTION E
[ This section comprises of 3 case-study/passage-based questions of 4 marks each with two sub-parts.
First two case study questions have three sub-parts (i), (ii), (iii)of marks 1, 1, 2 respectively. The third
case study question has two sub-parts of 2 marks each. ]

Q36. Case-Study 1:

The relation between the height of the plant (y in cm) with respect to exposure to sunlight
is governed by equation y = 4 x - x 2 , where x is the number of days exposed to sunlight .

Answer the following based on above information :

(i) Find the rate of growth of plant with respect to number of days exposed to sunlight?
(ii) What are the number of days it will take for the plant to grow to maximum height ?
(iii) What is the maximum height of the plant ?
OR
What will be the height of the plant after 2 days ?

Q37. Case-Study 2:

Sumit has a doubt in continuity and differentiability problem , but due to COVID-19 , he is unable to
meet his friends. So he called his friends Sunita and Vikram for clarification. Sunita said that the given
function is continuous for all the real values of x while Vikram said that the function is continuous
for all the real values of x except at x = 3.

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 Given function is , f(x) =

Based on te above information , answer the following :

(i) Find the derivative of f(x) w.r.t. x.

(ii) Find the value of f ’ (3) .
(iii) Find the second derivative of f (x) w.r.t. x.
OR
Find the value of f ’’(2) .

Q38. Case-Study 3:

On her birthday , Seema decided to donate some money to children of orphanage home. If there were 8
children less , everyone would have got Rs.10 more . However if there were 16 children more ,
everyone would have got Rs.10 less. Let the number of children be x and the amount distributed by
Seema for one child be y (in Rs.) .
Based on above information , answer the following questions :

(i) Write matrix equation to represent the information given above.

(ii) Find the number of children who were given some money by Seema ?
(iii) How much amount is given to each child by Seema ?
OR
How much amount Seema spent in distributing the money to all the students of the orphanage ?