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Half Yearly Examination – 2024 - 2025

Class : XI Max. Marks : 80

Subject : Mathematics Duration : 180min
Date : 24/02/2025
General Instructions:

1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory.
2. Section A has 20 MCQ’s and 2 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 case based questions of 4 marks each with sub-parts.

[Link] SECTION-A

1 The number of subsets of a set containing n elements is : 1M

(a) 2n (b) 2n – 1 (c) 2n – 1 (d) nn
2 Representation of set A = {x | x ∈ Z, x2 < 20} in the roster form is : 1M

(a) {1, 2, 3, ..., 20} (b) {1, 2, 3, 4} (c) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

(d) {–4, –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

3 If n(A) = 3, n(B) = 2, then number of non empty relations from set A to set B 1M
are :
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 64 (d) 63
4 If sin θ + cosec θ = 2, then sin θ + cosec θ is equal to
2 2
1M
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
5 The value of sin (45° + θ) – cos (45° – θ) is 1M
(a) 2 cos θ (b) 2 sin θ (c) 1 (d) 0

6 cos 40° + cos 80° + cos 160° + cos 240° = 1M

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

7 1+i 1M
Find the modulus of
1−i
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
15
8 If Pr = 2730 then 5Pr = ? 1M
(a) 3 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 20

9 The total number of terms in the expansion of (x + a)51 – (x – a)51 after 1M

simplification is :

(a) 102 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) none of these

10 Which term of the GP 5, 10, 20, 40…is 5120? 1M

(a) 9th (b) 10th (c) 11th (d) 12th

11 How many terms of the GP 2, 6, 18,…will make the sum 728? 1M

(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7

12 The equation of line whose intercepts on the axes of x and y are –2 and 3 1M
respectively is

(a) 3x – 2y = 6 (b) 3x – 2y + 6 = 0 (c) 3x + 2y = 6

(d) 3x + 2y = –6

13 The centre of the circle x2+ y2 − 6x + 4y −12 = 0 is 1M

(a) (–3, 2) (b) (3, 2) (c) (3, –2) (d) (–3, –2)

14 Find the distance between the points P(1, –3, 4) and Q(–4, 1, 2). 1M

(a) √5 units (b) 5√3 units (c) 3√5 units (d) 2√2 units

15 The derivative of x2 cos x is 1M

(a) 2x sin x – x2 sin x (b) 2x cos x – x2 sin x

(c) 2x sin x – x2 cos x (d) cosx – x2 sin x cos x

16 If f(x) = x sin x, then f' (π/2) is equal to 1M

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) ½

17 What is the total number of sample spaces when a coin is tossed, and a die is 1M

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 thrown simultaneously?
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 16
18 A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. Ram pulls out two socks. What is 1M
the probability that both socks are the same color?

(a) 9/20 (b) 2/9 (c) 3/20 (d) 4/9

19 Assertion (A): Let A = {1, 2} and B = {3, 4}. Then, the number of relations 1M
from A to B is 16.
Reason (R): If n(A) = p and n(B) = q, then the number of relations is 2pq.

(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): cosec x is negative in the third and fourth quadrants. 1M
Reason (R): cot x decreases from 0 to -∞ in the first quadrant and increases
from 0 to ∞ in the third quadrant.

(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 If U = {x: x ≤ 10, x ∈ N}, A = {x: x ∈ N, x is prime}, B = {x: x ∈ N, x is even} 2M

write A ∩ B′in roster form.
22 3 2M
If sin x = , and x ∈Q 2then find the value of cos x, tan x, sec x and cot x.
5

23 (a) A committee of 3 persons is to be constituted from a group of 2 men and 3 2M

women. In how many ways can this be done? How many of these committees
would consist of one man and two women?

OR

(b) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points
(1, 3) and (3, 1).
24 Find the coordinates of the focus, the equation of directrix, vertex, and length of 2M
latus rectum for the parabola y2 = –12x.

25 Differentiate the function with respect to x: ¿ 2M

SECTION – C
26 Find the Domain and Range of the real-valued function: f(x) = √ 9− x2 3M

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27 1 3M
(a) Prove that: cos 200 cos 400 cos 600 cos 800 =
16
OR
3 12
(b) If sin x = , cos y = - and x, y both lie in the second quadrant, find the
5 13
values of sin (x + y)

28 1 3 3M
Express the complex number (−2− i ¿ ¿ in the form of a + ib.
3

29 Solve the following inequation : 3M

30 Using Binomial theorem find (a + b) 4 – ( a – b )4 3M

Hence evaluate (√ 3 + √ 2) 4 – ( (√ 3 – √ 2 )4

31 Show that the points (–2, 6, –2), (0, 4, –1), (–2, 3, 1) and (–4, 5, 0) are vertices 3M
of a square.

SECTION-D

32 Prove that : 5M
2π 4π 8π 16 π 1
Cos ( 15 ).Cos ( 15 ) .Cos ( 15 ).Cos ( 15 ) = 16 .

3 3
33 4
x −1 x −k 5M
(a) If lim = lim 2 2 , then find the value of k.
x →1 x−1 x →k x −k

OR
2
x −1
(b) Find the derivative of the function: f(x) = using First Principle of
x
Derivative.
34 Find the equations of the lines which pass through the point (4, 5) and make 5M
equal angles with the lines 5x – 12y + 6 = 0 and 3x = 4y + 7.

35 (a) In an increasing GP, the sum of the first and last terms is 66, the product of 5M
the second and the last but one is 128 and the sum of the terms is 126. How
many terms are there in this GP?

OR

(b) If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of a G.P, then prove that

(S10 – S20)2 = S10 (S30 – S20).

SECTION E (Case Study)

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36 Four friends, Dinesh, Yuvraj, Sonu, and Rajeev, are playing cards. Dinesh shuffles the 4M
cards and tells Rajeev to choose any four cards.

i. What is the probability that Rajeev will get all face cards?

ii. What is the probability that Rajeev will get two red cards and two black
cards?
iii. What is the probability that Rajeev will get one card from each suit?
OR

iv. What is the probability that Rajeev will get two king and two Jack cards?

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37 Ashish is writing examination. He is reading 4M
question paper during reading time. He reads
instructions carefully. While reading instructions,
he observed that the question paper consists of
15 questions divided in to two parts -part I
containing 8 questions and part II containing
7 questions.

i. If Ashish is required to attempt 8 questions in all selecting at least 3 from

each part, then in how many ways can he select these questions?

ii. If Ashish is required to attempt 8 questions in all selecting 3 from part I, then
in how many ways can he select these questions?

iii. If Ashish is required to attempt 8 questions in all selecting 4 from part I and
4 from part II, then in how many ways can he select these questions?
OR
iv. If Ashish is required to attempt 8 questions in all selecting 6 from one
section and remaining from another section, then in how many ways can he
select these questions?

38 A farmer wishes to install 2 handpumps in his field for watering. 4M

The farmer moves in the field while watering in such a way that the sum of
distances between the farmer and each handpump is always 26m. Also, the
distance between the hand pumps is 10 m.

i. Name the curve traced by the farmer and hence find the foci of the curve. (1)
ii. Find the equation of the curve traced by the farmer. (1)
iii. Find the length of the major axis, minor axis, and eccentricity of the curve
along which the farmer moves.
OR
iv. Find the length of the latus rectum.

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