Sure Shot Questions

Chapter – 04
Determinants
 MCQ (1 mark) 6. If A, B and C are angles of a triangle, then the
1 cosC cos B
2 x 5 6 2 determinant cos C 1 cos A 
1. If  , then value of x is
8 x 7 3 cos B cos A 1
(a) 3 (b)  3 (a) 0 (b) -1
(c)  6 (d) 6 (c) 1 (d) None of these

a b bc a cos t t 1
2. The value of determinant b  c c  a b is f (t)
7. Let f (t)  2sin t t 2t , then lim 2 is equal
t 0 t
ca ab c sin t t t
(a) a3  b3  c3 (b) 3abc to
(c) a3  b3  c3  3abc (d) None of these (a) 0 (b) -1
(c) 2 (d) 3
3. The area of a triangle with vertices (-3, 0), (3, 0)
and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. The value of k will be 8. The maximum value of
(a) 9 (b) 3 1 1 1
(c) -9 (d) 6
 1  sin  1 is (  is real number)
1
1  cos  1 1
b 2  ab b  c bc  ac
4. The determinant ab  a a  b b 2  ab equals 1 3
2
(a) (b)
bc  ac c  a ab  a 2 2 2
(a) abc(b c)(c a)(a  b) 2 3
(c) 2 (d)
(b) (b c)(c a)(a  b) 4
(c) (a  b c)(b c)(c a)(a  b)
0 x a x b
(d) None of these
9. If f (x)  x  a 0 x  c , then
5. The number of distinct real roots of xb xc 0
sin x cos x cos x (a) f(a) = 0 (b) f(b) = 0
cos x sin x cos x  0 in the interval (c) f(0) = 0 (d) f(1) = 0
cos x cos x sin x
 2  3
   
 x is 10. If A  0 2 5 , then A1 exists if
4 4  
(a) 0 (b) 2 1 1 3 
(c) 1 (d) 3 (a)   2 (b)   2
(c)   2 (d) None of these

11. If A and B are invertible matrices, then which of

the following is not correct?

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 (a) adj A | A | .A
1
 2 
17. If A    and | A | 27 , then the value of
3
1
(b) det(A)  [det(A)]
1
 2  
(c) (AB)  B A
1 1 1  is [Term I, 2021 – 22]
1 1 1
(a)  1 (b)  2
(d) (A B)  B  A
(c)  5 (d)  7

12. If x, y, z are all different from zero and

5 3 1
1 x 1 1
18. If 7 x 3  0 , then the value of x is
1 1 y 1  0 , then value of
9 6 2
1 1 1 z
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
x1  y 1  z 1 is (a) 3 (b) 5
1 1 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
(a) xyz (b) x y z
(c)  x  y  z (d) -1
yk y y
19. The determinant y yk y is equal to
13. The value of the determinant y y yk
x x y x  2y
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
x  2y x x  y is (a) k(3 y k )
2
(b) 3y  k
3

x y x  2y x (c) 3y  k
2
(d) k (3 y k)
2

(a) 9 x (x  y) (b) 9 y (x  y)
2 2

(c) 3 y (x  y) (d) 7 x (x  y)
2 2

1 2 3
14. The are two values of a which makes determinant, 20. The value of 2 2 3 3 4 4 is
1 2 5 3 4 5
 2 a 1  86 , then sum of these number [Term I, 2021 – 22]
0 4 2a (a) 12 (b) -12
(c) 24 (d) -24
is
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) -4 (d) 9
21. If A is a non – singular square matrix of order 3
such that A2 = 3A, then value of |A| is
2 7 1 [2020]
15. The value of the determinant 1 1 1 is (a) -3 (b) 3
(c) 9 (d) 24
10 8 1
[2023]
x 0 8
(a) 47 (b) -79
(c) 49 (d) -51 22. The roots of the equation 4 1 3  0 are
2 0 x
 3 4 [2020C]
16. If 1 2 1 = 0, then the value of  is (a) -4, 4 (b) 2, -4
(c) 2, 4 (d) 2, 8
1 4 1
[2023]
(a) 1 (b) 2 23. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then
(c) 3 (d) 4 the value of |2A’| is [2020]
(a) -10 (b) 10
(c) -40 (d) 40
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24. If A is a skew – symmetric matrix of order 3, then (a) 64 (b) 16
the value of |A| is [2020] (c) 0 (d) -8
(a) 3 (b) 0
(c) 9 (d) 27 31. If A is a square matrix of order 3, such that A (adj
A) = 10 l, then |adj A| is equal to [2020]
(a) 1 (b) 10
25. If A is a 3 x 3 matrix such that |A|= 8, then |3A| (c) 100 (d) 101
equals [2020]
(a) 8 (b) 24 2 4 2x 4
(c) 72 (d) 216 32. If  , then the possible value(s) of ‘x’
5 1 6 x
is/are [2022 – 23]
 4 3  (a) 3 (b) 3
26. The inverse of   is
 7 5 (c) - 3 (d) 3,  3
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
 5 3  5 3
(a)   (b)   33. If A is a square matrix of order 3, [A’] = -3, then
 7 4  7 4  |AA’| = [2022 – 23]
 5 7   5 3
(c)   (d)  
 3 4   7 4 
(a) 9 (b) -9
(c) 3 (d) –3

k 8 
1 0 0 34. Value of k, for which A    is a singular

27. If A  0 1 0  , then A-1  4 2k 
 matrix is [Term I, 2021 – 22]
59 69 1
[Term I, 2021 – 22] (a) 4 (b) -4
(a) is A (b) is (-A) (c) 4 (d) 0
(c) is A2 (d) does not exist

1 2 4  35. Given that A is a non – singular matrix of order 3

 
28. If A  2 1 3 is the adjoint of a square
such that A2 = 2A, then value of |2A| is
  [Term I, 2021 – 22]
 4 2 0  (a) 4 (b) 8
matrix B, then B-1 is equal to (c) 64 (d) 16
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
(a)  A (b)  2A 36. Given that A  [a ij ] is a square matrix of order 3 x
3
1 1
(c) 
2
B (d) 
2
A 3 and |A| = -7, then the value of a
i 1
i2 Ai 2 , where

29. If Aij denotes the cofactor of element aij is

1
 1  tan    1 tan    a b  [Term I, 2021 – 22]
 tan   ,
 1    tan  1  
b a  (a) 7 (b) -7
then [Term I, 2021 – 22] (c) 0 (d) 49
(a) a = 1 = b (b) a  cos 2 , b  sin 2
37. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then
(c) a  sin 2 , b  cos  (d) a  cos , b  sin  |adj A| = [2022 – 23]
(a) 5 (b) 25
 2 0 0  1
 
30. If A  0 2 0 , then the value of |adj A|
(c) 125 (d)
5
 
 0 0 2 
is [2020]

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38. Given that A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A|
= -4, then |adj A| is equal to 43.
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
(a) -4 (b) 4
(c) -16 (d) 16

 2 5
39. For matrix A    , (adjA) ' is equal to
 11 7 
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
 2 5   7 5
(a)   (b)  
 11 7  11 2 
 7 11  7 5 44.
(c)   (d)  
 5 2  11 2 

 3 1
40. For A    , then 14A-1 is given by
 1 2 
[Term I, 2021 – 22]
 2 1  4 2 
(a) 14   (b)  
1 3  2 6 
 2 1  3 1
(c) 2   (d) 2   45.
1 3  1 2 

 Assertion-Reasoning (1 mark)
41.

 Case Study Question

46. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Three shopkeepers Sunil, Vinod and Neeraj are
using polythene bags, handmade bags (prepared
42. by prisoners) and newspapers envelope as carry
bags. It is found that the shopkeepers Sunil, Vinod
and Neeraj are using (20, 30, 40), (30, 40, 20) and
(40, 20, 30) polythene bags, handmade bags and
newspapers envelopes respectively. The
shopkeepers Sunil, Vinod and Neeraj spent |250,
|270 and |200 on these carry bags respectively.

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 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students on the respective
values (by giving the same award money to the
three values as school A). The total amount of
award for one prize on each value is Rs 1200.

(a) What is the award money for Honesty?

a) Rs 350 b) Rs 300
c) Rs 400 d) Rs 500

(b) What is the award money for Punctuality?

a) Rs 300 b) Rs 500
c) Rs 280 d) Rs 450

(a) What is the cost of one polythene bag? (c) What is the award money for Hard work?
a) Rs 550 b) Rs 500
a) Rs 3 b) Rs 2 c) Rs 400 d) Rs 300
c) Rs 5 d) Rs 1
(d) If a matrix P is both symmetric and skew -
(b) What is the cost of one handmade bag? symmetric, then |P| is equal to

a) Rs 2 b) Rs 5 a) 0 b) None of these
c) Rs 1 d) Rs 3 c) 1 d) – 1

(c) What is the cost of one newspaper envelope? (e) If P and Q are two matrices such that PQ = Q and
QP = P, then |Q2| is equal to
a) Rs 2 b) Rs 5
c) Rs 1 d) Rs 3 a) 1 b) |P|
c) |Q| d) 0
(d) Keeping in mind the social conditions, which
shopkeeper is better?

a) Neeraj b) Sunil
 Questions
c) Vinod d) None of these 2 3
48. For the matrix A    , verify the
 4 6 
(e) Keeping in mind the environmental conditions,
following: A(adj A)  (adjA) A | A | l .
which shopkeeper is better?
[2020C]
a) Sunil b) Neeraj
c) None of these d) Vinod
 2 3 1
49. Given A    , compute l and show that
 4 7 
47. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Two schools A and B want to award their selected 2 A1  9l  A . [2018]
students on the values of Honesty, Hard work and
Punctuality. School A wants to award each, each 50. If A is a skew – symmetric matrix of order 3, then
and each for the three respective values to its 3, 2 prove that 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝐴 = 0.
and 1 students respectively with a total award
money of |2200. School B wants to spend Rs 3100

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51. Using matrix method, solve 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 1 2 1
3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = −7. 63. If 𝐴 = [−1 1 1], find 𝐴−1 . Hence solve the
1 −3 1
system of equations:
5 2 − 13 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 4, −𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0, 𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 4.
52. Let 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = [ ], find a matrix
3 −1 1
𝑋 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑋 = 𝐵.
1 −1 0 2 2 −4
64. If 𝐴 = [2 3 4]and 𝐵 = [−4 2 −4]are
3 −4 0 1 2 2 −1 5
53. If 𝐴 = [ ], find matrix B such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐼. square matrices, find 𝐴 ∙ 𝐵 and hence solve the
−1 2
system of equations:
𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3, 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 17 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 7.
1 5
54. If 𝐴 = [ ], 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴.
6 7 65. If a, b, c are real numbers, then prove that
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
|𝑏 𝑐 𝑎| = −(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑎 + 𝑏𝜔 + 𝑐𝜔2 )(𝑎 +
55. If A is a square matrix satisfying 𝐴′ 𝐴 = 𝐼, write the 𝑐 𝑎 𝑏
value of |A|. 𝑏𝜔2 + 𝑐𝜔)

56. If A is a 3x3 matrix, |𝐴| ≠0 |3𝐴|= 𝑘|𝐴|, then write 66. In a triangle ABC, if
the value of k. 1 1 1
| 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐶 | =
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐵 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐶 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐶
0 then prove that 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an isosceles triangle.
4 6
57. If A = ( ), then what is the value of A. (adj A) ?
7 5
67. A shopkeeper has 3 varieties of pen ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’.
58. For what value of 𝑥, the given matrix A = Meenu purchased 1 pen of each variety for a total
3 − 2𝑥 𝑥 + 1 of Rs. 21. Jeevan purchased 4 pens of ‘A’ variety, 3
( )is singular matrix?
2 4 pens of ‘B’ variety and 2 pens of ‘C’ variety for Rs.
60. While Shikha purchased 6 pens of ‘A’ variety, 2
pens of ‘B’ variety and 3 pens of ‘C’ variety for Rs.
1+𝑥 7 70. Using matrix method, find cost of each variety
59. For what value of 𝑥, the matrix ( )is a
3−𝑥 8 of pen.
singular matrix?
68. A school wants to award its students for the values
of honesty, regularity and hard work with a total
60. If A,B are square matrices of the same order, then
cash award of Rs. 6,000. Three times the award
prove that
money for hard work added to that given for
𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝐴𝐵) = (𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐵)(𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴).
honesty amounts to Rs. 11,000. The award money
given for honesty and hard work together is double
𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛼 −𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 0 the one given for regularity. Represent the above
61. If A = ( 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛼 0) find 𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴 and verify situation algebraically and find the award money
0 0 1 for each value, using matrix method. Apart from
that these values, suggest one more value which the
A(𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴) = (𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴) 𝐴 = |𝐴|𝐼3 . school must include for awards.

69. Find the equation of the line joining A(1, 3) and B(0,
3 2 1 0) using determinants and find the value of k if D(k,
62. If 𝐴 = [4 −1 2 ], then find 𝐴−1 and hence 0) is a point such that area of ∆ABD is 3 square
7 3 −3 units.
solve the following system of equation: 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 +
7𝑧 = 14. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 4. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 0
1 −2 3
70. If 𝐴 = [ 0 −1 4],find (𝐴′)−1
−2 2 1

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71. Find the adjoint of the matrix 𝐴 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 −𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 0
−1 −2 −2 73. If 𝐴 = [ 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 0] find adj A and verify
[2 1 −2]and hence show that A. (adj 0 0 1
2 −2 1 that 𝐴(𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴) = (𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴)𝐴 = |𝐴|𝐼3 .
A)=|𝐴|𝑙3 .
Here
2 −3 5
2 −1 74. If A = -4 then find 𝐴 = [3 2 −4], then find 𝐴−1
72. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐼 is the identity matrix of
−1 2 1 1 −2
order 2, then show that 𝐴2 = 4𝐴 − 3𝐼. Hence find Using 𝐴−1 , solve the following system of equations:
𝐴−1 . 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 11,3𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 4𝑧 = −5 𝑥 + 𝑦 −
2𝑧 = −3

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