Matrices & Determinant

Section – I(Straight Objective Type)

x 2  4x  3 2x  4 1
1. If (x)  2x  5x  9 4x  5
2
2  ax 3  bx 2  cx  d , then
8x 2  6x  1 16x  6 8
(A) a = 0 (B) b = 0 (C) c = 0 (D) d = 189

 6 11
2. Matrix A is given by A =   , then the determinant of (A
2005
 6.A 2004 ) , is
 2 4 
2006 2005 2005 2004
(A) 2 (B) (–11). 2 (C) –2 (D) (–9). (2)

3. If 3 digit numbers A28, 3B9 and 62C are divisible by a fixed constant ‘K’ where A, B, C are integers lying between
A 3 6
0 and 9, then determinant 8 9 C is always divisible by
2 B 2
2
(A) K (B) A (C) ABC (D) K

4. If 0  [x]  2 ;  1  [y]  1 and 1  [z]  3 where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then the maximum value of
[x]  1 [y] [z]
the determinant [x] [y]  1 [z] is
[x] [y] [z]  1
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

2bc  a2 c2 b2
5. If c2 2ac  b2 a2  0 and a, b, c are different real numbers, then the value of 3( a + b + c) + 2 is
b 2
a 2
2ab  c 2

(A) 5 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 6

6. If the system of equation

p  q  r  0
p  q  r  0
p  q  r  0
has non trivial solution, then the value of  can be the roots of quadratic equation, which is
(A) x 2  x  2  0 (B) x 2  x  2  0 (C) x 2  4x  1  0 (D) x 2  3x  2  0

1 cos x 1  cos x x
7. If f(x) = 1  sin x cos x 1  sin x  cos x , g(x)   f(t) dt , then range of g'(x) equal to
0
sin x sin x 1
 1  1 1
(A) 0,  (B)   ,  (C)  0,  (D) none of these
 2  2 2

n
r.r! Cr 2r n
8. If r  (n  1)! 2n n  n  2 , then
2

r 1
r is equal to
1 1 2
n(n  1) n
(A) 0 (B)
2
(C) n2 (D) r
r 2

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r n 6 n 1
9. If  r  r 2
2n 2
4n  2 , then 
r 0
r equal to
r 3
3n 3
3n  3n
2

1
(A) n2 (n  2) (B) n(n  2)2 (C) n(n3  2) (D) none of these
12

2 2 2
n 3 n 6
10. If   C1
n
C1 C1 = x, then number of possible relative prime factors of ‘x’, is
n n3 n 6
C2 C2 C2
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) none of these

11. If A and B are two 3 × 3 order matrices, then which one of the following is not true.
(A) (A + B) = A’ + B’ (B) (AB)’ = A’B’
(C) det (AB) = det (A) det B (D) A (adj A) = |A| 3

x 3 2
12. If A   3 y 7  and A = – A’ , then x + y is equal to
 2 7 0 
(A) 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 12

13. If A is 3×3 skew symmetric matrix, then trace of A is equal to

(A) 1 (B) |A| (C) – 1 (D) none of these

14. The number of values of k for which the system of equation (k + 1) x + 8y = 4k, kx + (k + 3) y = 3k – 1 has no
solution is
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite

15. The system of equations

(p  q) x  py  qz  0
(q  r)x  qy  rz  0
(p  q)y  (q  r)a  0
has a non trivial solution is
2
p q 2 1 1
(A) 2p = q + r (B)   (C)   (D) p2  2q  r  0
r p q p r

16. If a matrix A satisfy A 2  5A  7  0 and A 8  q then the value of p is -

(A) 9621 (B) 1265 (C) 5299 (D) undefine

17. If A is askew-symmetric matrix such that A 2    0 ,, then

(A) A is nilpotent matrix of even order (B) A is orthogonal matrix of even order
(C) A is involutory matrix of odd order (D) A is singular matrix

cos   sin  0 
18. If f(  )   sin  cos  0  , then f(  ) is equal to
 0 0 1
(A) f 1( ) (B) [f()]1 (C)  f( ) (D) none of these

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x2 x3 x4
19. If p is a constant and f(x) = 2 3 6 if f ''(x)  0 have roots ,, then
p p2 p3
(A)  and  have opposite sign and equal magnitude at p = 3
(B) At p = 1, f ''(x) = 0 represent an identity
(C) At p = 2, product of roots are unity
(D) At p =  3 product of roots are positive

ar br cr 
20. If  r  a b c . If  r  0, then
r 0
1 a 1 b 1 c
Which statement is true.
(A) a = b = c, a  R (B) a = b = c, |a| < 1 (C) a = b = c  1 (D) a = b  c, |c| < 1

0 2b c 
21. If the matrix A = a b c  is an orthogonal matrix, then
a b c 
1 1 1 1
(A) c  (B) a  (C) b   (D) c  
3 6 2 6

22. If AB = A and BA = B, then

2 2 2 2
(A) A = B (B) A = A (C) B = 2B (D) B = A

16 16 15
C8 C8 C8
23. The value os   C7
14 14
C6 13
C5 is
12 12 11
C6 C5 C4
(A) 25 (B) 52 (C) 14
C8 13 C5 (D) 2. 13C6 14 C7

24. If a + b + c  0, then system of equation

(b + c) (y + z) – ax = b – c
(c + a) (z + x) – by = c – a
(a + b) (x + y) – cz = a – b
has
(A) a unique solution (B) no solution
(C) infinite number of solution (D) exactly two solution

1
 1  tan    1 tan    1 0
25. If      , then number of values of '  ' in [ 2, 2] satisfying it, is
 tan  1    tan  1   0 1
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7

 1 3 1  
26. If the rank of the matrix 3 5 7  is '  ', then find the value of  [x 2 ] dx , where [.] denote greatest integer
5 8 8  0

function.
(A) 8  2  1 (B) 9 (C) 12  2  1 (D) 9  2  1

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sin x 2cos x 2 tan x

27. If f(sin x) = 1 sin x cos x and g(x)   f(x)dx,g  2   0 , then
tan x cos x sin x
(A) g(x) is an odd function (B) lim f(x)  2
x 1

(C) g(2)  9  ℓn3 (D) Time period of f(sin x) is 

tan x sin x cos x

28. (x)  2 1 1 , then  '(x)  0 has
2 3 3
   
(A) no solution in  0,  (B) At least two solution in 0, 
 4  2
     
(C) At least one solution in  ,  (D) No solution in  , 
6 2 6 2

29. Let P denotes the set of all values of  for which the system of equation
 x1  x 2  x 3  1
x1   x 2  x 3  1
x1  x 2   x 3  1
is inconsistent, then
(A)  |  | 2 (B)  is an even prime number
 P

| x  2| 1
(C) ℓ im  (D) Cube roots of  are 1, , 2
x  x2  4 4

  
30. If , ,  are the roots of the cubic equation ax  bx  cx  d  0 , then find the determinant   
2 2
 
  
b  3abc
3
b  4ac
2
b  4abc
3
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D)
a3 a2 a3

Section – II : (Assertion & Reasoning Type)

i99 0 0
31. Statement-1 : 20 98
i 0  2 , where  and i are cube and fourth roots of unity respectively.
 20 2i97
Statement-2 : If all the diagonal element of a determinant are zero and aij  a ji , then value is always zero.
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

32. For a system of equation AX = B

Statement-1 : System have unique solution if B a non singular matrix and matrix A can be singular.
Statement-2 : Singular matrix have value of its determinant equal to zero.
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

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 1 2 3 a b c 
33. Statement-1 : A  3 4 5  and B  b c  1 a  1 , then AB = BA is possible if B = A 1 or value of a  b  c  1 .
  
6 7 8  c a  1 b  1
Statement-2 : A  A is possible when  is the unit matrix of order '3' or   A 1 .
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

1 logx y logx z
34. Statement-1 :  logy x 1 logy z  0
logz x logz y 1
loga
Statement-2 : logb a  and if any two rows are identical then   0 .
logb
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

 a2  x 2 ab  cx ac  bx   x c b 
 
35. Statement-1 : A  ab  xc b  x bc  ax  and B   c x
2 2
a  , then | A |  | B |2 .
 ac  bx bc  ax c 2  x 2   b a x 
 
Statement-2 : If A is cofactor matrix of a square matrix A of order n then | A c || A |n1 .
c

(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

Answer Key

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

D B A B C A B A D B B C B B D B B B

19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
A B A B D A C C C C A A D D D A A

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