Concept Building Exercise

1  2
Expansion of determinants, Solution of equation in the 9. If  is the cube root of unity, then  2 1 =
form of determinants and properties of determinants 2 1 
ab b c ca (a) 1 (b) 0
1. x y y z zx  (c)  (d)  2
p q q r r  p 10. If a  b  c  0 , then the solution of the equation
ax c b
(a) a(x  y  z )  b ( p  q  r)  c
c bx a  0 is
(b) 0
(c) abc  xyz  pqr b a cx
(d) None of these 3 2
(a) 0 (b)  (a  b 2  c 2 )
2
1 a a 2  bc
2. 1 b b 2  ac  3 2
(c) 0 ,  (a  b 2  c 2 ) (d) 0 ,  a 2  b 2  c 2
1 c c  ab 2 2
1i 1i i
(a) 0 (b) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc
11. 1i i 1i 
(c) 3 abc (d) (a  b  c)3
i 1i 1i
1 1 1 (a) 4  7 i (b) 4  7 i
3. 1 1x 1  (c) 3  7 i (d) 7  4 i
1 1 1y x 1 3 5
(a) 1 (b) 0 12. If 2 x 2 5  0 , then x =
(c) x (d) xy 2 3 x 4
1 a a2 (a) 1, 9 (b) – 1, 9
4. 1 b b2  (c) – 1, – 9 (d) 1, – 9
1 c c2 ab c 2a 2a
13. 2b b c a 2b 
(a) a 2  b 2  c 2 (b) (a  b ) (b  c) (c  a)
2c 2c cab
(c) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a) (d) None of these
(a) (a  b  c)2 (b) (a  b  c)3
1 4 20
(c) (a  b  c)(ab  bc  ca) (d) None of these
5. The roots of the equation 1  2 5  0 are
a  b a  2b a  3b
1 2x 5 x 2
14. a  2b a  3b a  4 b 
(a) 1,2 (b) 1, 2
a  4 b a  5b a  6b
(c) 1,2 (d) 1, 2
(a) a 2  b 2  c 2  3 abc (b) 3 ab
1 5  (c) 3 a  5 b (d) 0
6. log e e 5 5  bc a a
log 10 10 5 e 15. b ca b 
(a)  (b) e c c ab
(c) 1 (d) 0 (a) abc (b) 2 abc
7. If a  b  c, the value of x which satisfies the equation (c) 3 abc (d) 4 abc
0 x a x b 1 x 1 1
x a 0 x  c  0 , is 16. The roots of the equation 1 1 x 1  0 are
x b x c 0 1 1 1 x
(a) x  0 (b) x  a
(c) x  b (d) x  c (a) 0, – 3 (b) 0, 0, – 3
1 1 1 (c) 0, 0, 0, – 3 (d) None of these
8. The determinant 1 2 3 is not equal to 17. One of the roots of the given equation
x a b c
1 3 6
b x c a  0 is
2 1 1 2 1 1
c a x b
(a) 2 2 3 (b) 3 2 3
2 3 6 4 3 6
(a) (a  b ) (b) (b  c)
(c) a (d) (a  b  c)
1 2 1 3 1 1
(c) 1 5 3 (d) 6 2 3
1 9 6 10 3 6
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x 1 x2 x 4  1 1 1
(a) xyz  1     (b) xyz
18. x 3 x 5 x 8   x y z
x 7 x  10 x  14 1 1 1 1 1 1
(c) 1    (d)  
(a) 2 (b) – 2 x y z x y z
2
(c) x  2 (d) None of these x 1  2
1 a b 27. If  is a cube root of unity, then  x 2 1 
19. a 1 c  2 1 x 
b c 1
(a) x 3  1 (b) x 3  
(a) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2 (b) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2 (c) x 3   2 (d) x 3
2 2 2 2 2 2
(c) 1  a  b  c (d) 1  a  b  c yz x y
1 1 1 28. If z  x z x  k (x  y  z )(x  z )2 , then k 
20. a b c  x y y z
a3 b3 c3 (a) 2 xyz (b) 1
3
(a) a  b  c  3 abc 3 3 (c) xyz (d) x 2 y 2 z 2
(b) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc x 3 7
(c) (a  b  c)(a  b )(b  c)(c  a) 29. If – 9 is a root of the equation 2 x 2  0 then the
(d) None of these 7 6 x
0 a b other two roots are
(a) 2, 7 (b) – 2, 7
21. a 0 c 
(c) 2, –7 (d) – 2, –7
b c 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 a b c
(a) 2 abc (b) abc 30. If A  a b c , B  a 2 b 2 c 2 , C  a2 b2 c2 ,
(c) 0 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2 a3 b 3 c 3 a3 b 3 c 3 a3 b3 c3
a b c then which relation is correct
22. b c a  (a) A  B (b) A  C
c a b (c) B  C (d) None of these
b c ab a
(a) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 (b) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 31. ca b c b 
(c) abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 (d) abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 ab ca c
b 2  ab b  c bc  ac (a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc
23. ab  a 2 a  b b 2  ab  (b) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3
bc  ac c  a ab  a 2 (c) a 3  b 3  c 3  a 2 b  b 2 c  c 2 a
(a) abc (a  b  c) (d) (a  b  c)(a 2  b 2  c 2  ab  bc  ca)
32. If a, b , c are unequal what is the condition that the value of
(b) 3 a 2 b 2 c 2
(c) 0 a a2 a3  1
(d) None of these the following determinant is zero   b b 2 b3 1
1 / a a2 bc c c2 c3  1
24. 1/b b2 ca  (a) 1  abc  0 (b) a  b  c  1  0
1/c c2 ab (c) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a)  0 (d) None of these
(a) abc (b) 1 / abc 33. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then the determinant
(c) ab  bc  ca (d) 0 2 2 2
b2  c2 a2 a2 1 1 1 
25. b2 c  a2
2
b2  1 1 0
c2 c2 a2  b 2
(a) 0 (b) 1
(a) abc (b) 4 abc (c) – 1 (d) None of these
(c) 4 a 2 b 2 c 2 (d) a 2 b 2 c 2 19 17 15
1 x 1 1 34. 9 8 7 
26. 1 1y 1  1 1 1
1 1 1z (a) 0 (b) 187
(c) 354 (d) 54
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x 1 x 2 x 3 1 k 3
35. If x  2 x3 x  4  0 , then a, b , c are in 44. If 3 k  2  0 ,then the value of k is
x a x b x c 2 3 1
(a) A. P. (b) G. P. (a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) H. P. (d) None of these (c) 1 (d) None of these
36. If  be a complex cube root of unity, then 45. The value of the determinant
1 1 1
1  2 / 2
b c ca ab is
1 1 1 
bca cab ab c
1 1 0
(a) abc (b) ab c
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these
(c)  (d)  2 a b c ka kb kc
2  3    1   3 46. If   x y z , then kx ky kz =
37. 4 3 2
If p   q   r  s  t    1 2     4 , the p q r kp kq kr
  3   4 3 (a)  (b) k 
value of t is (c) 3 k  (d) k 3 
(a) 16 (b) 18 a  1 a bc
(c) 17 (d) 19 47. b  1 b ca 
4 6 1 c  1 c ab
38. The value of the determinant  1  1 1 is (a) 0 (b) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a)
4 11  1 3
(c) a  b 3 3
 c  3 abc (d) None of these
(a) – 75 (b) 25 a1 ma 1 b1
(c) 0 (d) – 25 48. a 2 ma 2 b2 
1 a b c a 3 ma 3 b3
39. The value of the determinant 1 b c  a is (a) 0 (b) ma 1 a 2 a 3
1 c ab
(c) ma 1 a 2 b 3 (d) mb 1 a 2 a 3
(a) a  b  c (b) (a  b  c)2
265 240 219
(c) 0 (d) 1  a  b  c 49. The value of 240 225 198 is equal to
40. If a, b and c are non zero numbers, then
219 198 181
b 2c2 bc b  c
(a) 0 (b) 679
  c 2a2 ca c  a is equal to (c) 779 (d) 1000
a 2b 2 ab a  b
x2  x x 1 x 2
2 2 2 2
(a) abc (b) a b c 50. If 2 x  3 x  1 3x 3 x  3  Ax  12 , then the value
(c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these x2  2x  3 2x  1 2x  1
a b a  b of A is
41. The determinant b c b   c  0 , if a, b , c are (a) 12 (b) 24
a  b b   c 0 (c) –12 (d) – 24
in a ab abc
(a) A. P. (b) G. P. 51.   3a 4 a  3b 5 a  4 b  3 c
(c) H. P. (d) None of these 6 a 9 a  6 b 11 a  9 b  6 c
31 37 92
where a  i, b  , c   2 , then  is equal to
42. The value of the determinant 31 58 71 is
31 105 24 (a) i (b)   2
(c)  (d) i
(a) – 2 (b) 0
(c) 81 (d) None of these 2 8 4
1 2 3 52. The value of the determinant  5 6  10 is
43. The value of the determinant 3 5 7 is 1 7 2
8 14 20 (a) – 440 (b) 0
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 328 (d) 488
(c) 0 (d) 250 6i  3i 1
53. Let 4 3 i  1  x  iy , then
20 3 i
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(a) x  3, y  1 (b) x  0, y  0 a2 b2 c2
(c) x  0, y  3 (d) x  1, y  3 (c) 2 a b c (d) None of these
54. If a, b , c are positive integers, then the determinant 1 1 1
a2  x ab ac
11 12 13
  ab b2  x bc is divisible by
62. 12 13 14 
ac bc c2  x
13 14 15
(a) x 3 (b) x 2 (a) 1 (b) 0
(c) (a 2  b 2  c 2 ) (d) None of these (c) –1 (d) 67
55. If p q r 0 ab c, then the value of the x 4 yz
pa qb rc 63. y 4 zx 
determinant qc ra pb is z 4 x y
rb pc qa (a) 4 (b) x  y  z
(a) 0 (b) pa  qb  rc (c) xyz (d) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these 1 1 1
a1 b1 c1 64. The value of the determinant 1  1 1 is equal to
56. Suppose D  a 2 b2 c2 1 1 1
a3 b3 c3
(a) – 4 (b) 0
a1  pb 1 b1  qc 1 c 1  ra1 (c) 1 (d) 4
and D  a 2  pb 2 b 2  qc 2 c 2  ra 2 , then 3x 6 3
a 3  pb 3 b 3  qc 3 c 3  ra 3 65. A root of the equation 6 3x 3  0 is
(a) D  D (b) D  D(1  pqr ) 3 3 6 x
(c) D  D(1  p  q  r) (d) D  D(1  pqr )
0 x 16 (a) 6 (b) 3
(c) 0 (d) None of these
57. The roots of the equation x 5 7  0 are
0 9 x sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
66. cos 2 x sin 2 x 1 
(a) 0 , 12 , 12 (b) 0, 12, –12
 10 12 2
(c) 0, 12, 16 (d) 0, 9, 16
1 2 3 (a) 0 (b) 12 cos 2 x  10 sin 2 x
2 2
58. If 2 x 3  0, then x = (c) 12 sin x  10 cos x  2 (d) 10 sin 2 x
3 4 5 x 1 1 1
(a) – 5/2 (b) –2/5 67. The roots of the equation 1 x 1 1  0 are
(c) 5/2 (d) 2/5 1 1 x 1
ab bc ca a b c (a) 1, 2 (b) – 1, 2
59. b  c c  a a  b  K b c a , then K  (c) 1, – 2 (d) –1, – 2
ca ab b c c a b bc b c  b c b c
(a) 1 (b) 2 68. ca ca  ca ca is equal to
(c) 3 (d) 4 ab ab   ab ab 
0 p q p r (a) (ab  a b )(bc  b c )(ca  c a )
60. qp 0 qr  (b) (ab  a b )(bc  b c )(ca  c a )
rp rq 0 (c) (ab   a b )(b c   b c)(ca   c a)
(a) 0 (b) ( p  q )(q  r)(r  p ) (d) (ab   a b )(b c   b c)(ca   c a)
(c) pqr (d) 3 pqr 69. The roots of the determinant equation (in x)
a a x
a2 b2 c2
m m m 0
61. (a  1) 2 (b  1)2 (c  1)2 
b x b
(a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1)2
(a) x  a, b (b) x  a,b
a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2 (c) x  a, b (d) x  a,b
(a) 4 a b c (b) 3 a b c
1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 70. 2 a b c 
a2  bc b 2  ac c 2  ab
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3x  8 3 3
(a) 0 (b) 1 80. If 3 3x  8 3  0 , then the values of x are
(c) 2 (d) 3 abc
3 3 3x  8
p 15 8
(a) 0, 2/3 (b) 2/3, 11/3
71. If D p  p 2 35 9 , then D1  D2  D3  D4  D5  (c) 1/2, 1 (d) 11/3, 1
p3 25 10 81. If a, b , c are in A.P., then the value of
x2 x 3 x a
(a) 0 (b) 25 x 4 x 5 x  b is
(c) 625 (d) None of these
x 6 x 7 x c
a a  b a  2b
72. The value of a  2b a a  b is equal to (a) x  (a  b  c) (b) 9 x 2  a  b  c
a  b a  2b a (c) a  b  c (d) 0
x y z x 2y z
(a) 9 a 2 (a  b) (b) 9 b 2 (a  b) 82. If   p q r , then 2 p 4q 2r equals
a b c a 2b c
(c) a 2 (a  b) (d) b 2 (a  b)
(a) 2 (b) 4 
a a2 a3  1
(c) 3  (d) None of these
73. If a, b , c are different and b b 2 b 3  1  0 , then
a 2b 2c
c c2 c3  1
83. If a  6, b , c satisfy 3 b c  0, then abc 
(a) a  b  c  0 (b) abc  1 4 a b
(c) a  b  c  1 (c) ab  bc  ca  0
(a) a  b  c (b) 0
 a2 ab ac
3
74. If ab  b2 bc  Ka 2b 2 c 2 , then K  (c) b (d) ab  bc
ac bc c 2 1a 1 1
84. If a 1  b 1  c 1  0 such that 1 1b 1 ,
(a) –4 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 8 1 1 1c
1 1  ac 1  bc then the value of  is
75. 1 1  ad 1  bd  (a) 0 (b) abc
1 1  ae 1  be (c) – abc (d) None of these
(a) 1 (b) 0 a2  x 2 ab ca
(c) 3 (d) a  b  c 85. ab b2  x2 bc is divisor of
2 2
1 1 1 ca bc c x
76. The value of the determinant 1 1  x 1 is
(a) a 2 (b) b 2
1 1 1y
(c) c 2 (d) x 2
(a) 3  x  y (b) (1  x )(1  y )
(c) xy (d)  xy 1 1 1
86. cos( nx ) cos( n  1)x cos( n  2)x is not depend
13 16 19
sin(nx ) sin(n  1)x sin(n  2)x
77. 14 17 20 
15 18 21 (a) On x
(a) 0 (b) – 39 (b) On n
(c) 96 (d) 57 (c) Both on x and n
a b a  b (d) None of these
1 87. The sum of the products of the elements of any row of a
78. If b c b   c  0 and   , then
2 determinant A with the same row is always equal to
2 1 0
(a) 1 (b) 0
(a) a, b , c are in A. P. (b) a, b , c are in G. P. 1
(c) |A| (d) | A|
(c) a, b , c are in H. P. (d) None of these 2
2
4 1 3 2 x 3 1 2 3
79. If   , then x =
2 1 1 x 2 1 88. The value of the determinant given below 3 5 7 is
(a) – 14 (b) 2 8 14 20
(c) 6 (d) 7
(a) 20 (b) 10
(c) 0 (d) 5
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a b ab 1 3
97. Let    i . Then the value of the determinant
89. If b c b  c  0 ; then a, b , c are in 2 2
ab b c 0 1 1 1
(a) A. P. (b) G. P. 1 1  2  2 is
(c) H. P. (d) None of these 1 2 4
ax c b (a) 3 (b) 3 (  1)
90. If ab  bc  ca  0 and c bx a  0 , then one (c) 3 2
(d) 3 (1   )
b a cx
(b  c) 2 a2 a2
of the value of x is
1 98. If b2 (c  a) 2 b2  k abc(a  b  c)3 , then the
1
(a) (a 2  b 2  c2 )2
3 2 2
(b)  (a 2  b 2  c ) c2 c2 (a  b ) 2
2  value of k is
1 (a) – 1 (b) 1
1 2 2
(c)  (a 2  b 2  c ) (d) None of these (c) 2 (d) –2
2 
41 42 43
a b c 6a 2b 2c 99. The value of 44 45 46 
91. If m n p  k , then 3 m n p  47 48 49
x y z 3x y z
(a) 2 (b) 4
(a) k / 6 (b) 2 k (c) 0 (d) 1
(c) 3 k (d) 6 k 100. If A, B, C be the angles of a triangle, then
1 2 4 2 4 2  1 cos C cos B
92. If A  3 1 0 and B  6 2 0 , then B is given cos C  1 cos A 
2 4 2 2 4 8 cos B cos A 1
by (a) 1 (b) 0
(a) B  4 A (b) B  4 A (c) cos A cos B cos C (d) cos A  cos B cos C
(c) B   A (d) B  6 A 1 1 1
a1 b1 c1 101. 1 2  
93. If a 2 b2 c 2  5 ; then the value of 1  2
a3 b3 c3 (a) 3 3 i (b)  3 3 i
b2c3  b3c2 c 2 a3  c 3 a2 a2 b3  a3 b 2 (c) i 3 (d) 3
b 3 c1  b1c 3 c 3 a1  c1a3 a3 b1  a1b 3 is
1 / a 1 bc
b1c 2  b 2 c1 c1a2  c 2 a1 a1b 2  a 2b1
102. 1 / b 1 ca 
(a) 5 (b) 25 1 / c 1 ab
(c) 125 (d) 0
(a) 0 (b) abc
ax b c (c) 1/abc (d) None of these
94.  b x c a ,which of the following is a factor
(a x  a  x )2 (a x  a  x )2 1
c a x b
103. (b x  b  x )2 (b x  b  x )2 1 
for the above determinant
(c x  c  x )2 (c x  c  x )2 1
(a) x  (a  b  c) (b) x  (a  b  c)
(c) a  b  c (d) (a  b  c) (a) 0 (b) 2 abc
(c) a 2 b 2 c 2 (d) None of these
52 53 54
a b a b
95. The value of 5 3 54 5 5 is
104. The determinant b c bc is equal to zero if
54 55 57
2 1 0
(a) 5 2 (b) 0 a, b, c are in
13 9
(c) 5 (d) 5 (a)
G. P.
2 (b)
A. P.
x   1
2 (c)
H. P.
96. At what value of x , will   1 x 0
(d)
None of these
1 x  2
x 1 1 1
(a) x  0 (b) x  1 105. If 2 x2 2  0 , then x is
(c) x  1 (d) None of these 3 3 x 3
 Concept Building Exercise
(a) 0, – 6 (b) 0, 6 1 1 1
(c) 6 (d) – 6
115. The value of bc ca ab is
1 1 x
bc ca ab
106. Solution of the equation p  1 p  1 p  x  0 are
(a) 1 (b) 0
3 x 1 x  2
(c) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a) (d) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a)

(a) x  1, 2 (b) x  2, 3 441 442 443

(c) x  1, p , 2 (d) x  1, 2,  p 116. The value of 445 446 447 is
107. The values of the determinant 449 450 451
1 cos(   ) cos  (a) 441 × 446 × 451 (b) 0
cos(   ) 1 cos  is (c) – 1 (d) 1
cos  cos  1 a a3 a4  1
(a)  2   2 (b)  2   2 117. If a, b, c are all different and b b 3 b 4  1 = 0 , then
(c) 1 (d) 0 c c3 c4  1
12 22 32 the value of abc (ab  bc  ca) is
108. The value of 22 32 4 2 is
32 42 52 (a) a  b  c (b) 0
2 2 2
(c) a  b  c (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
(a) 8 (b) – 8
(c) 400 (d) 1 118. If a 2  b 2  c 2  2
109. The values of x in the following determinant equation, 1  a 2 x (1  b 2 )x (1  c 2 )x
ax ax ax
and f (x )  (1  a 2 )x 1  b 2 x (1  c 2 )x then f(x) is a
ax ax a  x  0 are
(1  a 2 )x (1  b 2 )x 1  c2 x
ax ax ax
polynomial of degree
(a) x  0 , x  4 a (b) x  0 , x  a (a) 3 (b) 2
(c) x  0 , x  2a (d) x  0 , x  3 a (c) 1 (d) 0
x 1 3 0 4  x2 6 2
110. If 2 x  3 4  0 , then x = 119. The determinant 6 9  x2 3 is not divisible
3 5 6 2 3 1 x2
(a) 0 (b) 2
by
(c) 3 (d) 1
x 0 8 (a) x (b) x 3
111. The roots of the equation 4 1 3  0 are equal to (c) 14  x 2 (d) x 5
2 0 x
120. The value of the determinant
0 b3  a3 c 3  a3
(a) (4 , 4 ) (b) (2,  4 )
a  b3
3
0 c3  b3 is equal to
(c) (2, 4 ) (d) (2, 8 )
a3  c3 b 3  c3 0
x 1 0
112. The value of x , if 1 x 1  0 is equal to (a) a 3  b 3  c 3 (b) a 3  b 3  c 3
0 1 x (c) 0 (d)  a 3  b 3  c 3

(a)  6 (b)  2 x 2 1
121. The solutions of the equation 2 5 x  0 are
(c)  3 (d) 2, 3
1 2 x
5 3 1
(a) 3,  1 (b) 3, 1
113.  7 x  3  0 , then x is equal to
9 6 2 (c) 3, 1 (d) 3,  1

(a) 3 (b) 5 1  sin 2  sin 2  sin 2 

2
(c) 7 (d) 9 122. cos  1  cos 2  cos 2   0 then sin 4 equal
114. If  is an imaginary root of unity, then the value of 4 sin 4 4 sin 4 1  4 sin 4
a b 2 a to
b c b  2 is (a) 1/2 (b) 1
c 2 a c (c) –1/2 (d) –1

(a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc (b) a 2 b  b 2 c

(c) 0 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
 Concept Building Exercise
x 3 2 x 2  18 3 x 3  81 6. If A1 , B1 , C 1 .... are respectively the co-factors of the
123. If f (x )  x  5 2 x 2  50 4 x 3  500 then elements a1 , b 1 , c 1 ,...... of the determinant
1 2 3 a1 b1 c1
B2 C2
f (1). f (3)  f (3). f (5 )  f (5 ). f (1) =   a2 b2 c 2 , then 
B3 C3
(a) f (1) (b) f (3) a3 b3 c3
(c) f (1)  f (3) (d) f (1)  f (5 ) (a) a1  (b) a1 a 3 
(e) f (1)  f (3 )  f (5 ) (c) (a1  b 1 ) (d) None of these
yz xz xy 7. Let A  [aij ]nn be a square matrix and let c ij be cofactor of
124. If y  z zx y  x  k xyz , then the value of k is a ij in A. If C  [c ij ] ,then
z y zx xy
(a) | C | | A | (b) | C | | A | n 1
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8 (c) | C | | A | n  2 (d) None of these
log 2 512 log 4 3 log 2 3 log 8 3
Minors and Co-factors, 8.  =
log 3 8 log 4 9 log 3 4 log 3 4
Product of determinants
(a) 7 (b) 10
(c) 13 (d) 17
1. The cofactor of the element '4' in the determinant
1 3 5 1 5 6 3
2 3 4 2 9. If A   4 3 2 , then cofactors of the elements of 2nd
is 4 7 3
8 0 1 1
0 2 1 1 row are
(a) 39 ,  3, 11 (b) 39 , 3, 11
(a) 4 (b) 10
(c) – 10 (d) – 4 (c) 39 , 27 , 11 (d) 39 ,  3, 11
a1 b1 c1 10. The minors of – 4 and 9 and the co-factors of – 4 and 9 in
2. If   a 2 b2 c2 and A1 , B1 , C1 denote the co-factors 1  2 3
a3 b3 c3 determinant  4  5  6 are respectively[J & K

of a1 , b 1 , c 1 respectively, then the value of the 7 8 9

2005]
A1 B1 C1
(a) 42, 3 ; – 42, 3 (b) –42, –3 ; 42, –3
determinant A 2 B2 C 2 is
(c) 42, 3 ; – 42, – 3 (d) 42, 3; 42, 3
A3 B3 C3

(a)  (b) 2 System of linear equations, Some special determinants,

(c)  3
(d) 0 differentiation and integration of determinants
a1 b1 c1
1. The following system of equation 3 x  2 y  z  0 ,
3. If in the determinant   a 2 b2 c 2 , A1 , B1 , C 1 etc. be
x  14 y  15 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0 has a solution other
a3 b3 c3
than x  y  z  0 for  equal to
the co-factors of a1 , b 1 , c 1 etc., then which of the following
(a) 1 (b) 2
relations is incorrect
(a) a1 A 1  b 1 B1  c 1 C1   (c) 3 (d) 5
2. If 2 x  3 y  5 z  7 , x  y  z  6 , 3 x  4 y  2 z  1, then x =
(b) a 2 A 2  b 2 B 2  c 2 C 2  
2 5 7 7 3 5
(c) a 3 A 3  b 3 B 3  c 3 C 3  
(a) 1 1 6  6 1 1
(d) a1 A2  b1 B2  c1C 2   3 2 1 1 4 2
1 2 7 3 5 2 3 5
4. If  is a cube root of unity and   , then 2 is
 2 (b) 6 1 1  1 1 1
equal to 1 4 2 3 4 2
(a)  (b) 
7 3 5 2 3 5
(c) 1 (d)  2
(c) 6 1 1  1 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 4 2
5. If  1  and  2  , then  2  1 is equal to
a b c d
(d) None of these
(a) ac (b) bd 3. x  ky  z  0 ,3 x  ky  z  0 and x  3 y  z  0 has non-
(c) (b  a)(d  c) (d) None of these zero solution for k =
 Concept Building Exercise
(a) – 1 (b) 0 14. x 1  2 x 2  3 x 3  a2 x 1  3 x 2  x 3  b3 x 1  x 2  2 x 3  c
(c) 1 (d) 2 this system of equations has
4. The number of solutions of equations x  y  z  0 , (a) Infinite solution
3 x  y  z  0 , x  3 y  z  0 is (b) No solution
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) Unique solution
(c) 2 (d) Infinite (d) None of these
5. If x  y  z  0, 3 x  y  3 z  0, x  3 y  z  0 has non 15. The system of equations x  y  z  0,  x  y  z  0 ,
zero solution, then    x  y  z  0 , will have a non zero solution if real
(a) – 1 (b) 0 values of  are given by
(c) 1 (d) – 3
(a) 0 (b) 1
6. The number of solutions of the equations x  4 y  z  0 ,
3 x  4 y  z  0, x  3 y  z  0 is (c) 3 (d) 3
(a) 0 (b) 1 n 1 5
N
(c) 2 (d) Infinite 16. The value of  Un , if Un  n 2 2 N  1 2 N  1 is
n 1
x n
sin x cos x n3 3N 2 3N
n n
7. If ( x )  n! sin cos , then the value of (a) 0 (b) 1
2 2
(c) – 1 (d) None of these
a a2 a 3
17. If a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,........, a n ,...... are in G.P. and a i  0 for each i,
dn then the value of the determinant
[(x )] at x  0 is
dx n log an log an  2 log an  4
(a) – 1 (b) 0
  log an  6 log an  8 log an 10 is equal to
(c) 1 (d) Dependent of a
8. The value of a for which the system of equations log an 12 log an 14 log an 16
a 3 x  (a  1) 3 y  (a  2) 3 z  0, (a) 1 (b) 2
ax  (a  1)y  (a  2)z  0 , (c) 0 (d) None of these
x  y  z  0, 2 r 1 2 . 3 r 1 4 .5 r 1
n
has a non zero solution is 18. If Dr  x y z , then the value of  Dr 
r 1
(a) – 1 (b) 0 2n  1 3n  1 5n  1
(c) 1 (d) None of these
(a) 1 (b) – 1
9. If a1 x  b1y  c1 z  0 , a2 x  b 2 y  c2 z  0 a3 x  b3 y  c 3 z  0
(c) 0 (d) None of these
a1 b1 c1
19. If ai2  bi2  ci2  1, (i  1, 2,3) and ai a j  b i b j  c i c j  0
and a 2 b2 c 2  0, then the given system has
2
a3 b3 c3 a1 a2 a3
(a) One trivial and one non-trivial solution (i  j, i, j  1, 2,3 ) then the value of b1 b2 b3 is
(b) No solution c1 c2 c3
(c) One solution (a) 0 (b) 1/2
(d) Infinite solution (c) 1 (d) 2
10. The value of k for which the set of equations 20. If the system of equation
x  ky  3 z  0, 3 x  ky  2 z  0, 2 x  3 y  4 z  0 has a 3 x  2 y  z  0 , x  14 y  15 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0
non trivial solution over the set of rationals is
have a non-trivial solution, then  
(a) 15 (b) 31/2
(a) 5 (b) – 5
(c) 16 (d) 33/2
(c) – 29 (d) 29
11. If the system of equations, x  2 y  3 z  1 , (k  3)z  3,
21. The system of linear equations xyz2,
(2k  1)x  z  0 is inconsistent, then the value of k is
2 x  y  z  3, 3 x  2 y  kz  4 has a unique solution if
(a) – 3 (b) 1/2
(a) k  0 (b) 1  k  1
(c) 0 (d) 2
(c) 2  k  2 (d) k  0
12. If the system of equations x  ky  z  0 , kx  y  z  0
22. The system of equations
and x  y  z  0 has a non zero solution, then the
x 1  x 2  x 3  2, 3 x 1  x 2  2 x 3  6
possible value of k are
(a) – 1, 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3 x 1  x 2  x 3  18 has
(c) 0, 1 (d) – 1, 1 (a) No solution (b) Exactly one solution
13. Set of equations a  b  2 c  0, 2 a  3 b  c  0 and (c) Infinite solutions (d) None of these
a  5 b  4 c   is consistent for  equal to 23. The number of values of k for which the system of
(a) 1 (b) 0 equations (k  1)x  8 y  4 k , kx  (k  3)y  3 k  1 has
(c) –1 (d) 2 infinitely many solutions, is
(a) 0 (b) 1
 Concept Building Exercise
(c) 2 (d) Infinite 9 3 4 2 3 4
1  ax 1  bx 1  cx (a) 10 9 3  4 9 3
24. If 1  a1 x 1  b1 x 1  c1 x ,  A0  A1 x  A 2 x 2  A3 x 3 11 10 5 5 10 5
1  a2 x 1  b 2 x 1  c 2 x
9 4 3 2 3 4
then A1 is equal to
(b) 10 3 9  4 9 3
(a) abc (b) 0
11 5 10 5 10 5
(c) 1 (d) None of these
25. The existence of the unique solution of the system 9 4 9 3 2 4
x  y  z   , 5 x  y  z  10 , 2 x  3 y  z  6 depends (c) 10 3 3  9 4 3
on 11 5 10 10 5 5
(a)  only (b)  only
(d) None of these
(c)  and  both (d) Neither  nor  34. The system of equations
26. The system of equations x  y  z  2 , 3 x  y  2 z  6 x  y  z  6 , x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  z   ,
and 3 x  y  z  18 has has no solution for
(a) A unique solution (a)   3,   10 (b)   3,   10
(b) No solutions
(c)   3,   10 (d) None of these
(c) An infinite number of solutions
(d) Zero solution as the only solution 35. If a, b, c are respectively the p th , q th r th terms of an A.P .,
27. If a  0 and discriminant of ax 2  2bx  c is negative, a p 1
a b ax  b the b q 1 
then b c bx  c is c r 1
ax  b bx  c 0 (a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) pqr
(a) Positive (b) (ac  b 2 )(ax 2  2bx  c) 36. If the system of linear equation x  2 ay  az  0 ,
(c) Negative (d) 0 x  3 by  bz  0, x  4 cy  cz  0 has a non zero solution,
28. For what value of  , the system of equations then a, b, c
x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  z  12 is (a) Are in A.P. (b) Are in G. P.
inconsistent (c) Are in H. P. (d) Satisfy a  2b  3 c  0
(a)   1 (b)   2 37. The system of equations
x  y  z    1
(c)   2 (d)   3
x  y  z    1
29. If x is a positive integer, then
x! ( x  1)! ( x  2)! x  y  z    1
  (x  1)! (x  2)! (x  3)! is equal to has no solution, if  is
( x  2)! (x  3)! ( x  4 )! (a) Not – 2 (b) 1
(c) – 2 (d) Either – 2 or 1
(a) 2(x !)(x  1)! (b) 2(x !)(x  1)!(x  2)! 38. If a system of the equation (  1)3 x  (  2)3 y  (  3)3  0
(c) 2(x !)(x  3)! (d) None of these and (  1)x  (  2)y  (  3 )  0, x  y  1  0 is constant.
30. If the system of equations x  ay  0, az  y  0 and what is the value of 
ax  z  0 has infinite solutions, then the value of a is (a) 1 (b) 0
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) – 3 (d) – 2
(c) 0 (d) No real values
31. The values of x , y, z in order of the system of equations
3 x  y  2 z  3, 2 x  3 y  z  3 , x  2 y  z  4 , are Expansion of determinants, Solution of equation in the
form of determinants and properties of determinants
(a) 2, 1, 5 (b) 1, 1, 1
(c) 1, –2, –1 (d) 1, 2, –1 1 b 2 a 3 d 4 c 5 b
32. The value of  for which the system of equations 6 d 7 a 8 a 9 b 10 c
2 x  y  z  12 , x  2 y  z  4 , x  y  z  4 has no 11 b 12 d 13 b 14 d 15 d
solution is 16 b 17 d 18 b 19 a 20 c
(a) 3 (b) – 3 21 c 22 b 23 c 24 d 25 c
26 a 27 d 28 b 29 a 30 d
(c) 2 (d) – 2
31 b 32 a 33 a 34 a 35 a
33. 2 x  3 y  4 z  9 , 4 x  9 y  3 z  10 , 5 x  10 y  5 z  1 then 36 a 37 b 38 d 39 c 40 d
the value of x is 41 b 42 b 43 c 44 d 45 d
46 d 47 d 48 a 49 a 50 b
51 a 52 b 53 b 54 b 55 a
56 d 57 b 58 c 59 b 60 a
 Concept Building Exercise
61 a 62 b 63 d 64 d 65 c
66 a 67 b 68 c 69 a 70 a
71 d 72 b 73 b 74 c 75 b
76 d 77 a 78 b 79 c 80 b
81 d 82 b 83 c 84 b 85 d
86 b 87 c 88 c 89 b 90 a
91 d 92 b 93 b 94 b 95 b
96 a 97 b 98 c 99 c 100 b
101 a 102 a 103 a 104 a 105 a
106 a 107 d 108 b 109 d 110 d
111 a 112 b 113 d 114 c 115 c
116 b 117 a 118 b 119 d 120 c
121 a 122 c 123 b 124 d

Minors and Co-factors, Product of determinants

1 b 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 b
6 a 7 b 8 b 9 c 10 b

System of linear equations, Some special determinants,

differentiation and integration of determinants

1 d 2 c 3 c 4 d 5 d
6 b 7 b 8 a 9 d 10 d
11 a 12 d 13 b 14 c 15 a
16 a 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 d
21 a 22 c 23 b 24 b 25 a
26 a 27 c 28 d 29 b 30 a
31 d 32 d 33 a 34 b 35 c
36 c 37 c 38 d