Mathematics (DPP-2)

DETERMINANTS
t1 t2 t3 T1 T2 T3
1. The value of t 2 t 3 t 4  T2 T3 T4 where ti’s are in A.P (a,d) and Tk’s are in G.P (A,R) is:
t3 t4 t5 T3 T4 T5

(A) a+A (B) d + R (C) 0 (D) N.O.T

10 4 3 4 x 5 3
2. If 1  17 7 4 and  2  7 x  12 4 such that 1   2  0 then
4 5 7 5 x  1 7

(A) x = 5 (B) x has no real value (C) x = 0 (D) N.O.T

( 1) n a ( 1) n 1 b ( 1) n 1 c ( 1) n 1 a a  1 a  1

4. The value of the determinant is equal to :

(A) (B) (C) (D) N.O.T

x  a a2 a3
5. If x  b b 2 b 3  0 ,the the value of x is:
x  c c2 c3

(A)x = abc / (ab + bc + ca)(B)x = –abc / (ab + bc + ca)(C)x = 2abc / (ab + bc + ca)(D)None

ab b c
6. If a , b, c >0 and  = b  c c a =0, then
ca a b

(A) = – (a3+b3+c3–3abc ) (B)   0 (C)  = 0 => a + b + c = 0 (D) = 0 if a =b = c

t 2 t3 t2 t1
7. If t1, t2, t3, t4, t5 be in A.P of common difference d then the value of D = t 3 t 4 t3 t 2 is :
t 4 t5 t4 t3

(A) 2 d (B) 2d2 (C) 2d3 (D) 2d4

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 1 x x3
8. The value of the determinant 1 y y 3 is
1 z z3

(a) ( x  y )( y  z)( z  x) (b) 2( x  y)( y  z)( z  x)

x n 1 x n 1 x n2
9. If y n 1 y n 1 y n 2  ( x  y)( y  z)( z  x)( x 1  y 1  z 1 ), then n is equal to
z n 1 z n 1 z n 2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 2

1 1 1
10. If A ,B and C are the angles of a triangle and 1  SinA 1  SinB 1  SinC = 0 then the triangle ABC
SinA  Sin 2 A SinB  Sin 2 B SinC  Sin 2 C

is :

(A) Isosceles (B) equilateral (C) right angled isosceles (D) N.O.T

a2 b2 c2
11. a,b,c are sides of a triangle and (a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2  0 , then ABC is
(a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2

(A) an equilateral  (B) right angled isosceles (C)Isosceles (D) N.O.T

(a  x) 2 (a  y) 2 (a  z) 2
12. The value of determinat (b  x)2 (b  y) 2 (b  z) 2 is equal to :
(c  x) 2 (c  y) 2 (c  z) 2

(A) 2 (a-b)(b-c)(c-a)(x-y)(y-z)(z-x) (B) 2 (a-b)(b-c)(c-a)(xy+yz+zx)

(C) 2 (a-b)(b-c)(c-a)(x+y+z) (D) N.O.T

a a2 a3  1
13. If a, b, c are unequal, what is condition that the value of the following determinant is zero?   b b 2 b3  1
c c2 c3  1
(a) 1 + abc =0 (b) a + b + c + 1 = 0 (c) (a-b)(b-c)(c-a)=0 (d) None

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 cos(A  P) cos(A  Q) cos(A  R)
14. The value of the determinant cos( B  P ) cos( B  Q) cos( B  R ) is:
cos( C  P ) cos( C  Q) cos( C  R )
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) none of these
a 1 l1  b 1 m1 a 1 l 2  b 1 m2 a 1 l 3  b1 m 3
15. The value of the determinant a 2 l1  b 2 m1 a 2 l 2  b 2 m2 a 2 l 3  b 2 m3 is:
a 3 l1  b 3 m1 a 3 l 2  b 3 m2 a 3 l 3  b 3 m3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) none of these

2         
16. The value of the determinant        2 (  ) (   )   (   )    (  ) is:
      (   )    (  ) 2   
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) none of these

a1 a2 a3
2 2 2
17. Given a  b  c  1(i  1,2,3) and a i a j  b i b j  c i c j  0(i  j; i, j  1,2,3), then the value of b1
i i i b2 b 3 is
c1 c2 c3

1
(a) (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
2

a b c 2a 2a
18. The value of the determinant 2b b  ca 2b is:
2c 2c c a  b
(A) (a + b + c)3 (B)(a + b + c)2 (C)(a + b + c) (D)None

a b c b  c c a ab
19. If D = c a b and D = a  b b  c c  a then D=
b c a ca ab bc
(A) D (B)2D (C)3D (D)None

  
3
20. If  ,  ,  are roots of the equation x + px + q = 0 then    
  
(a) p (b) q (c) p2 - 2q (d) None

a1 b1 c1 A1 B1 C1
21. If   a 2 b2 c2 , and A1,B1,C1 denote cofactors of a1 ,b1, c1 respectively, then A 2 B2 C2 
a3 b3 c3 A3 B3 C3

(a)  (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

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 1 a 2  b 2 2 ab  2b
2 2
22. The value of the determinant 2 ab 1 a  b 2a is:
2b  2a 1 a 2  b2

(A) (1 + a² + b²) (B) (1 + a² + b²)2 (C) (1 + a² + b²)3 (D)None .

a 2  2a 2a 1 1
23. The value of the determinant 2 a  1 a 2 1 is:
3 3 1

(A) (a  1) (B) (a  1)2 (C) (a  1)3 (D) None

ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. A 3. D 4.. A 5. B 6. A,B,C,D
7. D 8. C 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. A 13. A
14. B 15. B 16 B 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. C

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