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Matrices & Determinants Test Paper

1. The area of the triangle is 9 square units. The value of k that makes this true is 3. 2. If the determinant of the given matrix is equal to 86, the two values of a that satisfy this are 4 and 5. 3. If a non-singular square matrix A of order 3 satisfies A2 = 3A, then the value of the determinant of A is 3.

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Matrices & Determinants Test Paper

1. The area of the triangle is 9 square units. The value of k that makes this true is 3. 2. If the determinant of the given matrix is equal to 86, the two values of a that satisfy this are 4 and 5. 3. If a non-singular square matrix A of order 3 satisfies A2 = 3A, then the value of the determinant of A is 3.

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Test Matrices and Determinants

Time Allowed: 90 minutes Max. Marks: 42

1. The area of the triangle with vertices 1 2 


7. If A    , then the value of | 2 A | is
 3, 0  ,  3, 0  and  0, k  is 9 sq. units. The 4 2
value of k will be (a) 4 | A | (b) | A |
(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 2 | A | (d) none of these
(c)  9 (d) 6 2x 5 6 5
2. There are two values of a which makes 8. If  , then x 
8 x 8 3
1 2 5 (a) 3 (b) 3
determinant   2 a 1  86 , then (c) 3 (d) 2
0 4 2a 9. If the points  2, 3 ,   , 1 and  0, 4  are
sum of these numbers is collinear, then the value of  is
(a) 4 (b) 5 10
(c) 4 (d) 9 (a) (b) 7
7
3. If A is a non-singular square matrix of (c) 10 (d) 0
order 3 such that A2  3 A , then value of 10. Suppose P and Q are two matrices of
| A | is order 3  n and n  p , then the order of
(a)  3 (b) 3 the matrix P  Q is?
(c) 9 (d) 27
(a) 3  p (b) p  3
2 3 2
(c) n  n (d) 3  3
4. If x x x  3  0 , then the value of x is
 1 0
4 9 1 11. If  x 1    0 , then x =
 2 0 
(a) 3 (b) 0 (a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
5. What is the maximum value of
 0 5 a 
12. The matrix b 0 12  is a skew-
1 1 1
 1 1  sin  1 where  is a  
8 12 c 
1  cos  1 1
symmetric matrix, then a  b  c 
real number. (a) 3 (b)  3
1 3 (c) 2 (d) 2
(a) (b)
2 2 1 2 x   1 2 y 
(c)
2 3
(d) 13. If A  0 1 0 and B  0 1 0 
 
2    
4  0 0 1   0 0 1 
x 3 7
and AB  I 3 , then x  y equals
6. If x  9 is a root of 2 x 2  0 , then
(a) 0 (b) 1
7 6 x
(c) 2 (d) none of these
other two roots are 1 3 
(a) x  2, x  7 (b) x  2, x  7 14. If A    and A2  kA  5 I  O , then
3 4 
(c) x  1, x  7 (d) none of these
k

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