08 Matrices and Determinants

bc a b a
Q 1. The determinant ca bc b is equal to:
ab ca c
c b a c a b a c b
(a) a c b (b) a b c (c) b a c
b a c b c a c b a
(d) none of these.

a b c
Q 2. If a b c and a + b + c > 0, then the determinant b c a is:
c a b
(a) 0 (b) < 0 (c) > 0 (d) none of these.

a a2 1 a3
Q 3. Given that abc = - 1, then the value of the determinant b b2 1 b3 is:
c c2 1 c3
(a) abc (b) 2abc (c) positive (d) 0.

1 n 2n
If is a cube root of unity, then the value of determinant 2n
n
Q 4. 1 is:
2n
1 n
(a) 0 (b) 33 (c) 3 (d) 1.

1 2
Q 5. If is a cube root of unity, then the value of determinant 2 1 is:
2
1
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) none of these.

2 32
If is a cube root of unity, then the value of determinant 1 2 33 is:
2
Q 6.
1 1 31
(a) (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these.

n 2n 1
If 1, , 2, ., n-1 are nth roots of unity, then the value of determinant n
2n
Q 7. 1
1 n 2n
is equal to:
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 1.
 2 5i 7i
Q 8. If z = 5i 2 3i , then:
7i 3i 7

(a) arg (z) is 0 or (b) arg (z) is or - ) (c) 0 < arg (z) < /2 (d) none of
2 2
these.

Q 9. If f(x), g(x) and h(x) are three polynomials of degree two and (x) =
f ( x) g ( x) h( x )
f `( x ) g `( x) h`( x ) , then `(x) is:
f ``( x ) g ``( x ) h``( x)
(a) a one degree polynomial (b) a three degree polynomial
(c) a two degree polynomial (d) none of the above.

log a1 log a2 log a3

Q 10. If a1, a2, a3,., an are in G.P., then log a4 log a5 log a6 is equal to:
log a7 log a8 log a9
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 9 (d) none of these.

a1 a2 a3
a1 a2 a3 an
Q 11. If 2 ,2 ,2 ,.....,2 are in G.P., then an 1 an 2 an 3 is equal to:
a2 n 1 a2 n 2 a2 n 3
3
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) none of these.

log x x log x y log x z

Q 12. The value of determinant log y x log y y log y z is:
log z x log z y log z z
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) logex loge y logez (d) none of these.

an a n 1 a n2
Q 13. If bn b n 1 b n2 = (a b) (b c) (c a), then n is equal to:
cn c n 1 c n2
(a) n = 1 (b) n = 2 (c) any value of n (d) none of these.
Q 14. If (x1 x2)2 + (y1 y2)2 = a2, (x2 x3)2 + (y2 y3)2= b2 and (x3 x1)2 + (y3 y1)2= c2, then
2
x1 y1 1 x1 y1 1
4 x2 y2 1 4 x2 y2 1 is equal to:
x3 y3 1 x3 y3 1
(a) abc (a + b +c) (b) (a + b + c)4
(c) (a + b + c) (a + b c) (b + c a) (c + a b) (d) none of these.

Q 15. If , , are the roots of x + ax + b = 0, then the value of is:
3 2

(a) a3 (b) a3 3b (c) a3 (d) a2- 3b

1 2 a
Q 16. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of 2 3 b is:
3 4 c
(a) a + c (b) 2(a + c) (c) b (d) none of these.

1 2 log a1
Q 17. If 2 3 log a2 = 0, then:
3 4 log a3
(a) a1, a2, a3 are in A.P. (b) a1, a2, a3 are in G.P.
(c) a1, a2, a3 are in H.P. (d) none of the above

1 x 1 1
Q 18. 1 1 y 1 equals:
1 1 1 z
(a) x + y + z (b) xyz + xy + yz + zx(c) x3 + y3 + z3 (d) x2y2z2

x 1 2 3
Q 19. If 2 x2 3 = 0, then one value of x is:
2 2 x3
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these.

a1 b1 c1
Q 20. Consider the system of equation aix + biy + ciz = 0 (where i = 1, 2, 3), if a2 b2 c2 =
a3 b3 c3
0, then the system has:
(a) only one solution (b) one solution (0, 0, 0) and one more solution
(c) no solution (d) infinite solutions
2 5 8
Q 21. 32 35 38 is equal to:
362 365 368
(a) 1068 (b) 68 (c) 10 (d) 0.

Q 22. If is a cube root of unity, then the root of the following equatior
x2 2
x 1 2 1 = 0 is:
2 1 x 1
(a) 0 (b) (c) 2 (d) 1.
Q 23. If the lines x + ay = a, bx + y = b and cx + cy = 1 are concurrent, then the value of
a b c
is:
1 a 1 b 1 c
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) none of these.

ab c bc
Q 24. a b c 3b c is equal to:
bc c ab
(a) a + b + c (b) 0 (c) a + 2b + c (d) none of these.

Q 25. If the value of a third order determinant is 13, then the value of the determinant formed
by the cofactors will be:
(a) 13 (b) 169 (c) 2197 (d) none of these.

3 x 6 3
Q 26. A root of the equation 6 3 x 3 = 0 is:
3 3 6 x
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) none of these.

(1 x ) (1 x) 2 (1 x ) 3
Q 27. If (1 x ) (1 x ) 5 (1 x ) 6 = a0 + a1 + a2x2 + .., then, a1 is equal to:
4

(1 x ) 7 (1 x )8 (1 x ) 9
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) none of these.

1 x x x2
Q 28. If x 1 x x2 = a + bx + cx2 + dx3 + ex4 + fx5, then a is equal to:
x2 x 1 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these.
1 1 x 1 x 2
Q 29. The value of 1 1 x 1 x 2 depends on:
1 1 x 1 x 2
(a) , , (b) x only (c) 0 (d) none of these.

Q 30. Maximum value of a second order determinant whose every element is either 0, 1 and 2
only:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

Q 31. If the equations x + 2y + 3 = 0, 2x + 3y + 5 = 0 and ax + by + 8 = 0 are consistent, then a

+ b is equal to:
(a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) none of these.

Q 32. If ri = (ai, bi, ci) where i = 1, 2, 3 be three mutually perpendicular unit vectors, then the
a1 a2 a3
value of b1 b2 b3 is:
c1 c2 c3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) none of these.

1/ x x2 yz
Q 33. If x, y, z are non-zero real numbers, then the value of 1/ y y2 zx is equal to:
1/ z z2 xy
1
(a) xyz (b) x2y2z2 (c) xyz (d) none of these.

1 a a 2 bc
Q 34. 1 b b 2 ca is equal to:
1 c c 2 ab
(a) 1 (b) abc (c) 0 (d) none of these.

2r 1 Crn
1 n
Q 35. If r = n2 2n 1 n , then
r 1
r depends upon:
a b c
(a) n only (b) a, b, c (c) 0 (d) none of these.

sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
2 2
cos x sin x 1
Q 36. 10 12 2
is equal to:

(a) 0 (b) 12 cos2 x 10 sin2x (c) 12 sin2x 10 cos2 x 2 (d) 10 sin 2x

x b b
x b
Q 37. If 1 = a x b and 2 = a x
, then:
a a x
d d
(1) = 3 2
2
(a) 1 = 3(2)2 (b) (1) = 32 (c) (d) 1 = 3(2)3/2
dx dx

5a 2 a2 1
Q 38. If 5b 2 b2 1 = k(a b) (b c) (c a), then k is equal to:
5c 2 c2 1
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) none of these.

2 2 2
Q 39. The value of 2 2 2 is equal to:
2 2 2
(a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) none of these.
 a b c
Q 40. If b c a = - (a + b + c) (a + bk + ck2) (a + bk2 + ck), then k equal to:
c a b
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these.

x 1 x2 x3
Q 41. If (x) = log(1 x )
2
ex sin x then:
cos x tan x sin 2 x
(a) (x) is divisible by x (b) (x) = 0 (c) `(x) = 0 (d) none of these.
x y z
log a log a log a
y x x
y z x
Q 42. The value of the determinant log b log b log b , is:
z x y
z x y
log c log c log c
x y z
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) loga xyz (d) nond of these.

2 3 1 3
4 3
Q 43. If p + q + r + s + t = 2 1 2 3 , then t equals:
3 4 3
(a) 33 (b) 39 (c) 27 (d) 24.

Q 44. The value of a for which the system of equations (a + 1)3x + (a + 2)3 y = (a + 3)3, (a + 1)x
+ (a + 2) y = a + 3, x + y = 1 is consistent, is:
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

Q 45. In a triangle ABC the value of the determinant

A B C
sin sin sin
2 2 A
B A
sin( A B C ) sin cos is less than or equal to:
2 2
( A B C) C
cos tan( A B C ) sin
2 2
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/8 (d) none of these.
2
x cos x ex
/2
Q 46. If f(x) = sin x x2 sec x , then the value of
/2
f ( x) dx is equal to:
tan x 1 2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these.

 xp y x y
Q 47. The determinant yp z y z = 0, if:
0 xp y yp z
(a) x, y, z are in A.P. (b) x, y, z are in G.P.
(c) x, y, z are in H.P. (d) xy, yz, zx are in A.P.

x3 sin x cos x
1
d3
Q 48. Let f(x) = 6 0 where p is a constant. Then {f(x)} at x = 0 is:
p p2 p3 dx 3
(a) p (b) p + p2 (c) p + p3 (d) independent of p

6i 3i 1
Q 49. If 4 3i 1 = x + iy, then:
20 3 i
(a) x = 3, y = 1 (b) x = 1, y = 3 (c) x = 0, y = 3 (d) x = 0, y = 0
1 x x 1
Q 50. If f(x) = 2x x ( x 1) ( x 1) x then f(100) is equal to:
3 x ( x 1) x ( x 1)( x 2) ( x 1) x( x 1)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 100 (d) 100

Q 51. If the system of equations x ky z = 0, kx y z = 0, x + y z = 0 has a non-zero

solution, then the possible values of k are:
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 2 (c) 0, 1 (d) 1, 1

1 1 a b
Q 52. If A = and B = 0 a are two matrices, then:
0 1
(a) AB = I (b) AB = BA (c) AB BA (d) none of these.

Q 53. Which of the following is wrong (A is a matrix n n)?

(a) (det A-1) = (det A)-1 (b) det (kA) = kn (det A)
(c) det (kA) = k(det A) (d) A + A + A = 3A

Q 54. Which of the following is an invertible matrix?

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

Q 55. If neither nor are multiples of /2 and the product AB of matrices

cos 2 cos sin cos 2 cos sin
A and B is null matrix, then -
cos sin sin cos sin sin 2
2

is:
(a) 0 (b) multiple of (c) an odd multiple of /2 (d) none of the above.

Q 56. If A and B are two matrices of size such that AB = A and BA = B then which one of the
following is wrong?
 (a) A2 = A (b) B2 = B (c) B2 = BA (d) AB = BA

Q 57. If A is a invertible symmetric matrix, then A-1 is:

(a) symmetric (b) skew symmetric (c) a diagonal matrix (d) none of these.

Q 58. If In is an identity matrix, then (k is a natural number):

(a) (In)k = In (b) (In)k = kIn (c) (In)k = knIn (d) none of these.

Q 59. If A is the diagonal matrix (order 3 3) diagonal (d1, d2, d3), then An n N is :
(a) diag (d1, d2, d3) (b) diag (nd1, nd2, nd3) (c) diag (d1n, d2n, d3n) (d) none of these.

8 7 2
2 , then tr(A) is equal to:
Q 60. If A = 5 8
7 2 8
(a) 8 (b) 49 (c) 24 (d) none of these.

1 2 a b
Q 61. If A = , and B = A = , then:
3 4 c
a b c
(a) B is a null matrix (b) B = A
(c) B is an identity matrix (d) none of these.

2 4 0 5
, and A2 - A + 4 15 5
Q 62. If A =
3 1 4 = 0, then is equal:
4
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) none of these.

cos x sin x 1 0
Q 63. If A = and A (adjA) = 0 1 , then is equal to:
sin x cos x
(a) sin x cos x (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these.

Q 64. A square matrix is an orthogonal matrix if:

(a) AA` = 0 (b) AA` = 1 (c) A + A = 1 (d) None of these.

1 1
Q 65. A square matrix A can be expressed as A = (A + A`) + (A A`), where :
2 2
1
(a) (A + A`) is a skew symmetric matrix of A
2
1
(b) (A A`) is a symmetric matrix of A
2
1
(c) (A A`) is a skew symmetric matrix of A
2
(d) none of the above.
 1 2 x 1
Q 66. , then:
5 7 y 2
(a) x = 1, y = - 1 (b) x = 0, y = 1 (c) x = - 1, y = 1 (d) x = 1, y = 0.

Q 67. If AB = I and B = A`, then:

(a) A-1 = A` (b) A-1 = A (c) A-1 = A2 (d) none of these.

Q 68. If 1, , 2 are cube roots of unity, then which of the following matrices exist its inverse:
2 3 4 2 n
(a) 4 (b) (c) 2 (d) none of these.
1 1 n
1 1
Q 69. Given A = , which of the following result is true:
2 1
1
(a) A2 = I (b) A2 = I (c) A2 = - I (d) None of these.
2

Q 70. A square matrix A is called involutory if:

(a) A2 = A (b) A2 = 0 (c) A2 = I (d) None of these.

Q 71. A square matrix A is called idemportent if:

(a) A2 = A (b) A2 = 0 (c) A2 = I (d) None of these.

a
Q 72. If A = [a, b], B = [-b, - a] and C = , then the correct statement is:
a
(a) A = - A (b) A + B = A B (c) AC = BC (d) CA = CB

1 2 -1
Q 73. If A = , then A is equal to:
3 5
5 2 5 3 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 1 2 1 3 1
None of these.

Q 74. If In is an identity matrix of order n, then (In)-1 is equal to:

(a) In (b) 0 (c) does not exist (d) In.

3 2
1
Q 75. If A = and A = A + B, then B is equal to:
1 2
5 4 5 4 5 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 1 4 1 4 1
none of these.

5 x 2
Q 76. A = is skew symmetric, then x is equal to:
2 x 3 0
(a) 1/3 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 1.
Q 77. If A = [aij]m n and B = [bij]pq and AB = BA, then:
(a) n = p (b) n = p, m = q (c) m = n = p = q (d) m = q.

Q 78. [adj A] is equal to:

(a) | a | (b) | A |-1 (c) | A |n-1 (d) none of these.

1
1
Q 79. If A = 2 then A is:
64

0 1

1 32 1 0 1 32
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
32 1
32 1 0 1

Q 80. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then which of the following statements
cannot be true:
(a) (A + B)-1 = B-1 + A-1 (b) (AB)-1 = B-1A-1
(c) AB = 0 | A | = 0 or | B | = 0 (d) adj (AB) = (adj B) (adj A)

Q 81. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then ABA is:

(a) diagonal matrix (b) identity matrix (c) skew symmetric (d) symmetric matrix

a b
Q 82. If A = , then adj(adj A) is equal to:
c d
(a) adj A (b) A (c) A` (d) A

Q 83. If A satisfies the equation x3 5x2 + 4x + k = 0, then A-1 exists if:

(a) k 1 (b) k 2 (c) k - 1 (d) none of these.

1 2
Q 84. If f(x) = x2 + 4x 5 and A = , then f(A) is equal to:
4 3
0 4 2 1 1 1 8 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
8 8 2

0 1 0

8 0

1 0 1 1
Q 85. If A + B = and A B = 0 , then A is equal to:
1 1 1

1
1 1 0
(a)
0 0 2
2 (b) 2 (c)
1 (d) none of these.
1 0 1 0 0

2

x 1
Q 86. If A = and A2 = I, then A-1 is equal to:
1 0
 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 0 0 1
1 1 0 0

Q 87. If A and B are two matrices, such that AB = B and BA = A, then A2 + B2 is equal to:
(a) 2AB (b) 2BA (c) A + B (d) AB

1
2
Q 88. If A = , then A + A` is equal to:
3
4
2 5 1 3 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
5 8 2 4 6 8

1 2
Q 89. If A = , then adj (A) is equal to:
3
4
4 2 1 4 2 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of
3 1 2 3 1 3 1
these.

i 0 0 i
Q 90. If A = and B = i 0 , then (A + B) (A B) is equal to:
0 i
2 2 2 2
(a) A B (b) A + B (c) A2 B2 + BA + AB (d) none of these.

1
1 4 1
Q 91. If the matrix A is such that ,A= , then A is equal to:
2 3 7
7
1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 1
3 1

3 1

3 1

8 6 2
4 is singular, then is equal to:
Q 92. If the matrix A = 6 7
2 4
(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 1

Q 93. A square, non-singular matrix A satisfies A2 A + 2I = 0 then A-1 is equal to:

1 1
(a) I A (b) (I A) (c) (I + A) (d) I + A
2 2

0 1 0
0 is:
Q 94. The inverse of matrix A = 1 0
0 0 1
1 0 0
T 0
(a) A (b) A (c) I (d) 1 0
0 1 0
 1 2
Q 95. If A = and AA` = I, then x can be:
x y
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) none of these.

Q 96. The equation 2x + y = 5, x + 3y = 5, x 2y = 0 have:

(a) no solution (b) one solution (c) two solution (d) infinite solutiosn
Q 97. Matrix theory was introduced by:
(a) Cauchy Riemann (b) Caley Hamilton (c) Cauchy Schwarz (d) Einstien

0 0 1
0 , then A-1 is equal to:
Q 98. If A = 0 1
1 0 0
(a) A (b) I3 (c) 0 (d) None of these.

Q 99. If A = adj A, then |A | is equal to:

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) | A-1 | (d) none of these.

Q 100. If A = [aij]nn is a skew symmetric matrix then tr (A) is equal to:

n 1
(a) 0 (if n is even) (b) aij [if n is odd, where i 2

n
(c) a
i 1
ij (d) none of the above

Q 101. If A is a scalar matrix of size n n and tr (A) = 2n, then A is equal to:
1
(a) 2In (b) In (c) In2 (d) None of these.
2

0 1 0
Q 102. If A = and B = , then value of for which A2 = B, is:
1 1 5 1
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 4 (d) no real values

Q 103. If is to be square root of a determinant of the two rowed unit matrix, then ,
and should satisfy the relation :
(a) 1 + 2 + = 0 (b) 1 - 2 - = 0 (c) 1 - 2 + = 0 (d) 2 + = 1

0 1 2
3 , then A + 2AT equals:
Q 104. If A = 1 0
2 3 0
(a) A (b) - AT (c) AT (d) 22

1 0 0 0
Q 105. If A = , B = 1 12 , then:
2 0
(a) | AB | = 0, | BA | = 0 (b) AB = BA
 (c) | AB | 0, | BA | = 0 (d) | AB | 0, | BA | 0

Q 106. The inverse of a symmetric matrix is:

(a) symmetric (b) skew symmetric (c) diagonal matrix (d) none of these

Q 107. If A, B are symmetric matrices of the same order then (AB BA) is:
(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew symmetric matrix (c) null matrix (d) unit matrix

Q 108. If A is any m n matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then B is an:
(a) m n matrix (b) n m matrix (c) n n matrix (d) m m matrix

Q 109. If A, B, C are invertible matrices, the (ABC)-1 is equal to:

(a) A-1B-1C-1 (b) B-1C-1A-1 (c) C-1A-1B-1 (d) C-1B-1A-1

1 5 7
9
Q 110. If A = 0 7 , then trace of matrix A is:

11 8 9

(a) 17 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) 2

1 3
Q 111. If A = and A2 kA 5I2 = 0, then the value of k is:
3 4
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 7

Q 112. If A = [Aij] is a scalar matrix of order n n such that aij = k for all i, then | A| is equal to:
(a) nk (b) n + k (c) nk (d) kn

Q 113. If for a matrix A, A2 + I = 0, where I is the identity matrix then A equals to:
1 0 i 0 1 2 1 0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
0 1 0 i
1 1 0 1

Q 114. If A is an orthogonal matrix, then:

(a) | A | = 0 (b) | A | = 1 (c) | A | = 2 (d) none of these

x a x b x c
x a = 0, where a, b, c are different is satisfied:
Q 115. The equation x b xc
x c xa x b
1
(a) x = 0 (b) x = a (c) x = (a + b + c) (d) x = a + b + c
3

0 0 0 2
Q 116. If A + B = and A B = , then A is equal to:
2 1 0 1
0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 1 1

1 1

0 1
Q 117. If A and B are square matrices of equal degree, then which one is correct?
(a) A + B = B + A (b) A + B = A B (c) A B = B A (d) AB = BA

3 2
2
Q 118. If U = [2 3 4], V = 2 , X = [0 2 3] and Y = , then UV + XY is equal to:

1

4

(a) 20 (b) [-20] (c) 20 (d) [20]

0 5 7
11 is known as:
Q 119. The matrix 5 0
7 11 0
(a) symmetric matrix (b) diagonal matrix
(c) upper triangular matrix (d) skew-symmetric matrix

1 0 0
0 2
Q 120. If A = 0 1 , then A is equal to:

a b 1

(a) A (b) A (c) null matrix (d) I

Q 121. If A and B are tow matrices such that A + B and AB on both defined, then:
(a) A and B are two matrices not necessarily of same order
(b) A and B are square matrices of same order
(c) number of columns of A = number of rows of B
(d) none of the above

1 0 1 1
Q 122. If A + B = and A 2B = 0 , then A is equal to:
1 1 1

1 1 2 / 3 1/ 3 1 / 3 1 / 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
2 1 1 / 3 2 / 3
2 / 3 1 / 3

Q 123. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is :

(a) singular (b) non-singular (c) symmetric (d) not defined

3 4
Q 124. If X = , then value of Xn is :
1 1
3n 4n 2 n 5 n 3n ( 4) n
(a) (b) (c) n (d) none of these
n n n n 1 (1) n

0 1
Q 125. If A = , then A4 is equal to:
1 0
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Q 126. If every element of a third order determinant of value is multiplied by 5, then the value
of the new determinant is:
(a) (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 125

1 2 3
Q 127. The value of the determinant is 3 5 7 :
8 14 20
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 5

xa b c
Q 128. If c xb a = 0, then one of the values of x is:
a b xc
(a) a + b + c (b) (a + b + c) (c) a2 + b2 + c2 (d) a3 + b3 + c3

sin( x y z ) sin B cos C

Q 129. If x + y + z = , then the value of = sin B 0 tan A is equal to:
cos( A B ) tan A 0
(a) 0 (b) 2 sin B tan A cos C (c) 1 (d) none of these

x xa x 2a
Q 130. The value of the determinant x 1 x 2a x 4a is:
x2 x 3a x 6a
(a) 0 (b) a3 x3 (c) x3 a3 (d) (x a)3

x 1 1 1
Q 131. The roots of the equation x x 1 1 = 0 are:
1 1 x 1
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 2 (c) 1, - 2 (d) -1, - 2

1 1 1
Q 132. 1 1 x 1 equals:
1 1 1 y
(a) x + y (b) xy (c) x y (d) 1 + x + y

xa b c
Q 133. If a xb c = 0, then x equals
a b xc
(a) a + b + c (b) (a + b + c) (c) 0, a + b + c (d) 0, - (a + b + c)

11 12 13
Q 134. 12 13 14 is equal to:
13 14 15
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 67.
 x 4 yz
Q 135. y 4 zx is equal to:
z 4 x y
(a) 4 (b) x + y + z (c) xyz (d) 0

x p q
Q 136. p x q is equal to:
p q x
(a) (x + p) (x + q) (x p a) (b) (x p) (x q) (x + p + q)
(c) (x p) (x q) (x p q) (d) (x + p) (x + q) (x + p + q)

ab bc ca a b c
Q 137. bc ca ab =k b c a , then k is equal to:
ca ab bc c a b
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

7 6 x
Q 138. If one root of the equation 2 x 2 = 0, is x = - 9, then the other roots are:
x 3 7
(a) 2, 6 (b) 3, 6 (c) 2, 7 (d) 3, 7

x 1 2
Q 139. If is a cube root of unity, then a root of the equation x 2 1 = 0 is:
2 1 x
(a) x = 1 (b) x = (c) x = 2 (d) x = 0

1 f ( x) f (1 / x) f ( x)
Q 140. If f(x) is a polynomial satisfying f(x) = and f(2) = 17, then the
2 1 f (1 / x)
value of f(5) is:
(a) 624 (b) 124 (c) 626 (d) 126

Q 141. Consider the following statements:

(1) A square matrix A is Hermitian if A = A`
(2) Let A = [aij] be a skew-Hermitian matrix, then aij is purely imaginary
(3) All integral powers of a symmetric matrix are symmetric.
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 1 (d) 1,2 and 3

Q 142. Consider the following statements:

(1) If A and B are two square matrices of same order, then (A+B)(AB) = A2 B2
(2) If A and B are two square matrices of same order then (AB)n = AnBn
(3) If A and B are two matrices such that AB = A and
BA = B, then A and B are idempotent.
Which of these is/are not correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 1 (d) all of these
Q 143. Consider the following statements:
(1) There can exist two matrices A, B of order 2 2 such that AB BA = I2
(2) Positive odd integral power of a skew-symmetric matrix is symmetric.
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) both of these (d) none of these

1 ka k 2 a2
Q 144. The value of determinant 1 kb k 2 b2 is:
1 kc k 2 c2
(a) k(a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (b) k(a b) (b c) (c a)
(c) kabc (a2 + b2 + c2) (d) k (a + b c) (b + (c a) (c + a b))

1
a2 bc
a
1
Q 145. If A = b2 ca , then | A| is :
b
1
c2 ab
c
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) abc

Answers
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (c)
8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (c)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (d) 21. (d)
22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b)
29. (c) 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (c)
36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (a) 42. (d)
43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (d)
50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (d)
57. (a) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61. (a) 62. (c) 63. (b)
64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c)
71. (a) 72. (c) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (a) 77. (c)
78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (a) 81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (d) 84. (d)
85. (c) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (a) 91. (d)
92. (c) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (b) 97. (b) 98. (a)
99. (a) 100. (d) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (a)
106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (a) 111 (b) 112. (d)
113. (b) 114. (b) 115. (c) 116. (c) 117. (a) 118. (d) 119. (d)
120. (d) 121. (b) 122. (c) 123. (a) 124. (d) 125. (a) 126. (d)
127. (c) 128. (b) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (b) 132. (b) 133. (d)
134. (b) 135. (d) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. (c) 139. (d) 140. (c)
141. (b) 142. (a) 143. (d) 145. (b) 145. (a)