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Practice Question LEVEL 1 Determinants

Question
based on
Expansion of Determinants

Q.1 If
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1 a

+
= 4, then the value a is -
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

Q.2 If
2 4
y x
= 7 and
x y
3 2
= 4, then -
(A) x = 3, y =
2
5
(B) x =
2
5
, y = 3
(C) x = 3, y =
2
5
(C) x =
2
5
, y = 3

Q.3 The value of
i 5 i 4
i 3 i 5
+
is -
(A) 12 (B) 17 (C) 14 (D) 24

Q.4
x sec x cot x tan
0 1 0
x tan x sin x sec
is equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1 (D) None of these

Q.5 The value of
y x
1
1 y 5
1 x 3
0 0 1
3
3
is -
(A) x + y (B) x
2
xy + y
2
(C) x
2
+ xy + y
2
(D) x
3
y
3

Question
based on
Minors &
Cofactor and their properties

Q.6 The cofactors of 1, 2, 3 and 4 in
4 3
2 1

are-
(A) 4, 3, 2, 1 (B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
Q.7 The minors of the elements of the first row in
the determinant
2 1 1
3 2 4
4 1 2
are-
(A) 2, 7, 11 (B) 7, 11, 2
(C) 11, 2, 7 (D) 7, 2, 11

Q.8 If A =
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
c b a
c b a
c b a
and A
2
, B
2
, C
2
are
respectively cofactors of a
2
, b
2
, c
2
then
a
1
A
2
+ b
1
B
2
+ c
1
C
2
is equal to-
(A) A (B) 0
(C) A (D) None of these

Q.9 If A = (a
ij
) is a 4 4 matrix and c
ij
is the co-
factor of the element a
ij
in Det (A), then the
expression a
11
c
11
+ a
12
c
12
+ a
13
c
13
+ a
14
c
14

equals-
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1 (D) Det. (A)

Q.10 If cofactor of 2x in the determinant
0 x 1 x
1 x x 2 1
2 1 x
is zero, then x equals to-

(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 1

Question
based on
Some basic properties

Q.11 The value of the determinant
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
b ma a
b ma a
b ma a

is -
(A) 0 (B) ma
1
a
2
a
3
(C) ma
1
b
2
a
2
(D) mb
1
b
2
b
3

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Q.12 If A =
b a c
a c b
0 0 a
, then
b a pc
a c pb
0 0 a p
2
is equal
to-
(A) pA (B) p
2
A
(C) p
3
A (D) 2pA
ab 1 c / 1
ca 1 b / 1
bc 1 a / 1
is
equal to
(A) abc (B) 1/abc

Q.14 If each row of a determinant of third order of
value A is multiplied by 3, then the value of
new determinant is -
(A) A (B) 27 A (C) 21 A (D) 54 A

Q.15 The sum of infinite series

4 6
2 1
+
4 2
2 2 / 1
+
4 3 / 2
2 4 / 1
+ ........ is -
(A) 10 (B) 0
(C) 10 (D)

Q.16 The value of
z nz mc c
y ny mb b
x nx ma a
+
+
+
is-
(A) a + b + c
(B) x + y + z
(C) m(a + b + c) + n(x + y + z)
(D) 0

Q.17 The value of
c 3 b 6 a 10 b 3 a 6 a 3
c 2 b 3 a 4 b 2 a 3 a 2
c b a b a a
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
is
equal to -
(A) a
3
(B) b
3

(C) c
3
(D) a
3
+ b
3
+ c
3

1 c k kc
1 b k kb
1 a k ka
2 2
2 2
2 2
+
+
+
is -
(A) k (a + b) (b + c) (c + a)
(B) k abc (a
2
+ b
2
+ c
2
)
(C) k (a b) (b c) ( c a)
(D) k (a + b c) (b + c a) (c + a b)

Q.19 If D
r
=
2 / ) 1 n 3 ( n z 2 r 3
n y 1 r 2
2 / ) 1 n ( n x r
2

+
, then
=
n
1 r
r
D
is equal to -
(A)
6
1
n(n + 1)(2n + 1) (B)
4
1
n
2
(n + 1)
2

Q.20 If
x a x a x a
x a x a x a
x a x a x a
+
+
+
= 0, then value of x
are-
(A) 0, a (B) 0, a
(C) a, a (D) 0, 3a

ab ca bc
c b a
c b a
2 2 2
is -
(A) abc (a b) (b c) (c a)
(B) (a b) (b c) (c a) (a + b + c)
(C) (a b) (b c) (c a) (ab + bc + ca)
(D) None of these

Q.22 If
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
) 1 c ( ) 1 b ( ) 1 a (
) 1 c ( ) 1 b ( ) 1 a (
c b a

+ + +
= k
1 1 1
c b a
c b a
2 2 2
,
then k is equal to-
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 0

Q.23 The value of
3
3
3
c b a c
b a c b
a c b a
+
+
+
is-
(A) (a b) (b c) (c a)
(B) abc (a b) (b c) (c a)
(C) (a + b + c)
2
(a b) (b c) (c a)
(D) None of these

Q.24 If x is real number such that
+ + +
| + + +
o + + +
x 4 x 3 x
x 3 x 2 x
x 2 x 1 x
= 0 then o, |, , are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these

Q.25 The determinant
ab c ca b bc a
c b a
1 1 1
2 2 2

is
equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1

Q.26
2
2 m
2
1 m
2
m
1
2 m
1
1 m
1
m
C C C
C C C
1 1 1
+ +
+ +
=
(A) m(m + 1) (B) m(m 1)
(C) 1 (D) 0

Q.27 Find the value of x in the equation
2
x 5 x 2 1
5 2 1
20 4 1
= 0
(A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 0
(C) 2, 0 (D) 1, 2

Q.28 If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of
c 2 x 5 x 4 x
b 2 x 4 x 3 x
a 2 x 3 x 2 x
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
equals -
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2a (D) 2x

Q.29
i 1 i 1 i
i 1 i i 1
i i 1 i 1
+
+
+
(where i = 1 ) equals -
(A) 7 + 4i (B) 7 4i
(C) 4 + 7i (D) 4 7i

Q.30 A =
c 6 b 9 a 11 b 6 a 9 a 6
c 3 b 4 a 5 b 3 a 4 a 3
c b a b a a
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
where a = i,
b = e , c = e
2
, then A is equal to-
(A) i (B) e
2

(C) e (D) i

2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
) 2 x ( ) 1 x ( x
) 1 x ( x ) 1 x (
x ) 1 x ( ) 2 x (
+ +
+

is-
(A) 0 (B) 8x
2
(C) 8 (D) 8

Q.32
7591 7581
7589 7579
=
(A) 20 (B) 2 (C) 20 (D) 4

Q.33 If
x 6 3 3
3 x 3 6
3 6 x 3

= 0 then x =
(A) 6 (B) 3
Question
based on
Symmetric and skew symmetric
Determinants

Q.34 If A + B + C = t , then
0 A tan ) B A ( cos
A tan 0 B sin
C cos B sin ) C B A ( sin
+
+ +
equals-
(A) 0 (B) 2sinB tanA cosC

Q.35 The value of an even order skew symmetric
determinant is-
(A) 0 (B) perfect square

Q.36 The value of an odd order skew symmetric
determinant is-
(A) perfect square (B) negative
(C) 1 (D) 0

Q.37 The value of
0 b c a c
c b 0 a b
c a b a 0

is-
(A) 0
(B) abc
(C) (a b) (b c) (c a)
(D) None of these

Question
based on
Crammer's Rule

Q.38 The equations x + 2y + 3z = 1,
2x + y + 3z = 2 and 5x + 5y + 9z = 4 have-
(A) unique solution (B) many solutions
(C) inconsistent (D) None of these

Q.39 The existence of unique solution of the
system
x + y + z = b, 2x + 3y z = 6, 5x y + az = 10
depends on-
(A) b only (B) a only
(C) a and b (D) neither a nor b

Q.40 Given the system of equations px + y + z = 1,
x + py + z = p, x + y + pz = p
2
, then for what
value of p does this system have no solution -
(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 1 (D) 0

Q.41 The value of k for which the set of equations
3x + ky 2z = 0, x + ky + 3z = 0 and
2x + 3y 4z = 0 has a non trivial solution
is-
(A) 15 (B) 16
(C) 31/2 (D) 33/2

LEVEL 2

Q.1
b
a c
b b
a
a
c b
a
c c
c
b a
2 2
2 2
2 2
+
+
+
is equal to-

(A) abc (B) 2abc
(C) 4abc (D) 0

Q.2
1 4 . 3 4 . 3 5 4
1 3 . 3 3 . 3 4 3
1 2 . 3 2 . 3 3 2
2 3 3
2 3 3
2 3 3
+ +
+ +
+ +
is equal to-
(A) 0 (B) 1

Q.3 If
c b b a a c
b a a c c b
a c c b b a
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
=
b a c
a c b
c b a
then
is equal to-
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

Q.4 If A
1
=
r q p
z y x
c b a
and A
2
=
r c z
p a x
q b y
then
A
1
is equal to-
(A) 2A
2
(B) A
2

(C) A
2
(D) None of these

Q.5 The determinant
1 1 1
z y x
cz by ax
2 2 2
is equal to-
(A)
2 2 2
z y x
c b a
1 1 1
(B)
xy zx yz
z y x
c b a

(C)
2 2 2
c b a
z y x
1 1 1
(D) None of these

Q.6 If D
p
=
10 25 p
9 35 p
8 15 p
3
2
, then
D
1
+ D
2
+ D
3
+ D
4
+ D
5
is equal to-
(A) 0 (B) 25

Q.7 If the determinant
'' '' '' '' '' ''
' ' ' ' ' '

b a a c c b
b a a c c b
b a a c c b

is expressible as m
'' '' ''
' ' '
c b a
c b a
c b a
, then the
value of m is-
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

Q.8 In a third order determinant each element of
the first column consists of sum of two terms,
each element of the second column consists
of sum of three terms and each element of
third column consists of sum of four terms,
then it can be decomposed into n
determinants, where n has the value-
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 16 (D) 24

Q.9 For any AABC, the value of determinant
1 C cot C sin
1 B cot B sin
1 A cot A sin
2
2
2
is-
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) sin A sin B sin C
(D) sin A + sin B + sin C

Q.10 If S
r
=
) 1 n ( n z nr 2 r 4
) 3 n 2 ( n y 1 r 6
) 1 n ( n x r 2
3 3
2 2
+
+
+
then
=
n
1 r
r
S does not depends on
(A) x (B) y
(C) n (D) all of these

Q.11 If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers, then
b a ab b a
a c ca a c
c b bc c b
2 2
2 2
2 2
+
+
+
is equal to
(A) abc (B) a
2
b
2
c
2

(C) ab + bc + ca (D) None of these

Q.12
x q p
q x p
q p x
is equal to -
(A) (x + p) (x + q) (x p q)
(B) (x p) (x q) (x + p + q)
(C) (x p) (x q) (x p q)
(D) (x + p) (x + q) (x + p + q)

Q.13 If x is a positive integer then the value of
determinant
)! 4 x ( )! 3 x ( )! 2 x (
)! 3 x ( )! 2 x ( )! 1 x (
)! 2 x ( )! 1 x ( ! x
+ + +
+ + +
+ +
is-
(A) (2x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !. (x + 3) !
(B) 2 (x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !
(C) (2x) !. (x + 3) !
(D) None of these

Q.14 The determinant
| u u
| u u
| | + u | + u
cos sin cos
sin cos sin
2 cos ) ( sin ) ( cos
is-
(A) 0
(B) independent of u
(C) independent of |
(D) independent of both u and |

Q.15
5 15 3 65
10 5 26 15
5 5 2 3 13
+
+
+
equals-
(A) 0
(B) 5 3 ( 6 5)
(C) 5 3 (5 6 )
(D) None of these

Q.16 If [a] denotes the greatest integer less than or
equal to a and 1 s x < 0, 0 s y < 1, 1 s z <
2, then
1 ] z [ ] y [ ] x [
] z [ 1 ] y [ ] x [
] z [ ] y [ 1 ] x [
+
+
+
is equal to-
(A) [x] (B) [y]
(C) [z] (D) None of these

1 C C
1 C C
14 C C
5
5
2
5
4
5
1
5
3
5
0
5
is-
(A) 0 (B) (6!)

Q.18 If A =
b a c
a c b
c b a
, then A
2
is equal to-
(A)
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
b ca a bc c ab
a bc c ab b ca
c ab b ca a bc

(B)
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
b ca a bc c ab
a bc c ab b ca
c ab b ca a bc
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +

(C)
ca b bc a ab c
bc a ab c ca b
ab c ca b bc a
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2

(D) None of these

Q.19 If ax + by + cz = 1, bx + cy + az = 0 = cx + ay +
bz, then
x z y
y x z
z y x
a c b
b a c
c b a
is equal to-
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1 (D) 2

LEVEL 3

Q.1 If
3 n 2 n n
3 n 2 n n
3 n 2 n n
z z z
y y y
x x x
+ +
+ +
+ +

= (xy) (yz) (zx)
|
|
.
|
\
|
+ +
z
1
y
1
x
1
, then n =
(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 2

Q.2 If o, |, are the roots of x
3
+ ax
2
+ b = 0,
then the value of
| o
o |
| o
is equals to-
(A) a
3
(B) a
3
3b
(C) a
3
(D) a
2
3b

Q.3 If A, B and C are the angles of a triangle and
0
C sin C sin B sin B sin A sin A sin
C sin 1 B sin 1 A sin 1
1 1 1
2 2 2
=
+ + +
+ + + ,
then the triangle ABC is-
(A) isosceles
(B) equilateral
(C) right angled isosceles
(D) none of these


1 ) sin( ) cos(
1 cos sin
1 sin cos
| + o | + o
o o
o o
is-
(A) independent of o
(B) independent of |
(C) independent of o and |
(D) none of these

Q.5 Let
1) 4(8 ) 7(8 c
1) 2(4 ) 3(4 b
1 2 2 a
D
16 r
16 r
16 r
r
= , then the
value of
r
16
1 r
D
=
is equals to-
(A) 0
(B) a + b + c
(C) ab + bc + ca
(D) none of these

Q.6 The values and for which the system of
equations x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10 and
x + 2y + z = have unique solution are-
(A) = 3, e R (B) = 3, = 10
(C) = 3, = 10 (D) = 3, = 10

Q.7 The system of linear equations x + y + z = 2,
2x + y z = 3, 3x + 2y + kz = 4 has a unique
solution if-
(A) k = 0 (B) 1 < k > 1
(C) 2 < k < 2 (D) k = 0

Q.8 If
1 x 2 1 x 2 3 x 2 x
3 x 3 x 3 1 x 3 x 2
2 x 1 x x x
2
2
2
+ +
+
+ +
= Ax 12,
then the value of A is-
(A) 12 (B) 24
(C) 12 (D) 24

Q.9 The value of
451 450 449
447 446 445
443 442 441
is-
(A) 441 446 451 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 1

Q.10 If f(x) =
3 2 1
500 x 4 50 x 2 5 x
81 x 3 18 x 2 3 x
3 2
3 2

then
f(1).f(3) + f(3).f(5) + f(5).f(1) is equal to-
(A) f(1) (B) f(3)
(C) f(1) + f(3) (D) f(1) + f(5)

Q.11 If the system of equations,
x + 2y 3z =1, (k + 3)z = 3,(2k + 1)x + z = 0
is inconsistent, then the value of k is-
(A) 3 (B) 1/2
(C) 0 (D) 2

Q.12 In a AABC, if 0
c b 1
a c 1
b a 1
= then
sin
2
A + sin
2
B + sin
2
C is equal to-
(A) 9/4 (B) 4/9
(C) 1 (D) 3 3


Q.13 The equation
x + 2y + 3z = 1, 2x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5y + 9z =
4 have-
(A) unique solution
(B) infinitely many solutions
(C) inconsistent
(D) None of these
Q.14
x ) 2 n ( sin x ) 1 n ( sin ) nx ( sin
x ) 2 n ( cos x ) 1 n ( cos ) nx ( cos
1 1 1
+ +
+ + is not
dependent-
(A) on x (B) on n
(C) both on x and n (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY

LEVEL- 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ans. D B C C C A B B D C A B C B A D A C C D C
Q.No. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Ans. C C A A C A B C A D C C A B D A A B A D

LEVEL- 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ans. C A B B B D B D A D D B B B B C D A B

LEVEL- 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ans. B C A A A A A B B B A A A B

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