HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION : SESSION 2016-17

CLASS XI (MATHEMATICS)
TIME - 3 HOURS MAX. MARKS 100
NOTE- Attempt all the questions. This question paper consists of four sections. There are 4
questions in section A of 1 mark each , 8 questions in section B of 2 marks each , 11 questions in section
C of 4 marks each and 6 questions in section C of 6 marks each.
SECTION A
1.Write the set {2 ,4 ,8 ,16 ,32 } in the set builder form.

(+1)(2+1)
2. Verify 12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + . . + 2 = 6
for n=2 .

3. Show the graph of the solution of inequality 3x-2 2x+1.

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4. If 6! + 7! = 8! , find x.
SECTION B
5. Let A={1,2} and B={3,4}. Write AXB. How many subsets will AXB ?. Type equation here..

6.Determine the domain and range of the relation R defined by R = {(x,x+5) :x { 0,1,2,3,4,5}.

7 .If in two circles ,arcs of the same length subtend angles 600 750 at the centre, find the ratio of
their radii.

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8. Prove that cos ( 4 + ) cos ( 4 -x) = -2 sinx.

9. Find the multiplicative inverse of 2-3i .

10. How many 5-digit telephone numbers can be formed using the digits 0 to 9 if each number starts
with 67 and no digit appears more than once?

11. Find the equation e of the line intersecting the x-axis at a distance of 3 units to the left of origin with
slope -2.

12. Which term of the sequence 3 ,3, 33 ,is 729?

SECTION C

13.If U ={1,2 , 3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ,8 ,9 }, A = {2 ,4 ,6 ,8 } and B = {2 ,3 ,5 ,7 } , verify that ( ) = .

14. Find the domain and range of the function f(x ) = 16 2

I5. Find the general solution of cos 3x + cos x cox 2x = 0.

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16. Find sin2 , 2 2 if tan x =3 , x in quadrant III.
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17. Convert the complex number 1+ in polar form.
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18. Find the square root of -15-8i.

19. In how many of the distinct permutations of the letters in MISSISSIPPI do the four I not come together?

20 .From a class of 25 students, 10 are to be chosen for an excursion party. There are 3 students who decide that either all of them
will join or none of them will join. In how many ways can the excursion party be chosen ?
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21 .Find the term independent of x in the expansion of (2 2 3)6.

22.Find in what ratio , the line joining (-1 ,1) and (5 ,7) is divided by the line x + y =4 ?

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23 .If 1 +1 is the A.. M. between a and b then find the value of n.

SECTION D
24. A college awarded 38 medals in football, 15 in basketball and 20 in cricket. If these medals went to a total of 58 men and only three
men got medals in all the three sports. How many received medals in exactly two of the three sports?

25. Prove that 2.7 + 3.5 - 5 is divisible by 24, for all nN.

26. Solve the following system of inequalities graphically :

4x + 3y 60, y 2x , x3 , x, y 0.Type equation here.

27. Find the coefficients of 5 in the product of (1 +2x)6 (1 )7 using binomial theorem.

28. If p ,q ,r are in G .P. and the equations p 2 + 2qx+r = 0 and d 2 + 2ex + f = 0 have a common root , then show that , , are

in A . P .
OR
Find the sum of the first n terms of the series : 3 +7 +13 +21 +31 + ..

29. A person standing at the junction (crossing) of two straight paths represented by the equations 2x-3y+4 =0 and 3x+4y-5 =0
wants to reach the path whose equation is 6x-7y+8 =0 in the least time. Find equation of the path that he sh ould follow.