TGT/PGT/NET/JRF

MATHS
By
SHUKLA SIR
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Practice Sheet
D.Phil (27 years experience)
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MATRICES & DETERMINANTS

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 SHUKLA SIR MATHS CLASSES
T.G.T / P.G.T MATHS : MATRICES & DETERMINANTS
( SHUKLA SIR MOB - 7800731619 )

1 a a 2  bc
1 b b 2  ac
1. =
1 c c 2  ab

(a) 0 (b) a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc (c) 3abc (d) (a + b + c)3

1 4 20
2. The roots of the equation 1  2 5  0 are :
1 2x 5x 2

3.
(a) – 1, – 2 (b) – 1, 2
ax
If a + b + c = 0, then the solution of the equation c
c
b x
b
(c) 1, – 2

a
b
a
cx
 0 is :
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(d) 1, 2

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(a) 0

x 1 x2 x4
(b) ±
3 2
2
(a + b2 + c2) (c) 0, 
3 2
2
(a  b 2  c 2 )
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(d) 0,  a 2  b 2  c 2

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4. x3 x5 x 8 
x7 x  10 x  14
(a) 2 (b) – 2 (c) x2 – 2 (d) None of these

5.
x 3 7

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If – 9 is a root of the equation 2 x 2  0 , then the other two roots are :

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7 6 x
(a) 2, 7 (b) – 2, 7 (c) 2, – 7 (d) – 2, – 7
a a2 a3  1

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If a, b, c are unequal then what is the condition that the value of the following determinant is zero  =

(a) 1 + abc = 0 (b) a + b + c + 1 = 0 (c) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) = 0

b b2
c c2
b3  1
c3  1

(d) None of these

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The determinant

(a) A.P.
a
b
a  b b  c
b
c
a  b
b  c

(b) G.P.
0
= 0, if a, b, c are in :

(c) H.P. (d) None of these

1 k 3
3 k 2 0
8. If , then the value of k is :
2 3 1
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these
1 1 1
2
1 3 1 1  2
9. Let  =   i . Then the value of the determinant is :
2 2 1 2 4
(a) 3 (b) 3 ( – 1) (c) 32 (d) 3 (1 – )
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 (a x  a  x ) 2 (a x  a  x ) 2 1
x 2
x
10. (b  b ) (b x  b  x ) 2 1 =
(c x  c  x ) 2 (c x  c  x ) 2 1

(a) 0 (b) 2abc (c) a2 b2 c2 (d) None of these

a b ab
11. The determinant b c b  c is equal to zero if a, b, c are in :
2 1 0
(a) G.P. (b) A.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
12. The number of values of k for which the linear equations,
4x + ky + 2z = 0
kx + 4y + z = 0
2x + 2y + z = 0
posses a non-zero solution is :

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(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) zero
13. The number of soulution of the equations x2  x3  1,  x1  2 x3  2 , x1  2 x2  3 :
(a) zero

value
are :
(a) – 1, 2
(b) one

(b) 1, 2
(c) two

of

(c) 0, 1
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(d) infinite
14. If the system of equations x – ky – z = 0, kx – y – z = 0 and x + y – z = 0 has a non zero solution, then the possible

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(d) – 1, 1
15. If the system of linear equation x + 2ay + az = 0, x + 3by + bz = 0, x + 4cy + cz = 0 has a non zero solution, then a,
k

b, c :

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(a) Are in A.P. (b) Are in G.P. (c) Are in H.P. (d) Satisfy a + 2b + 3c = 0
16. The system of equations x + y + z = 0, – x + y + z = 0, – x – y + z = 0, will have a non-zero solution if real values
of  are given by :

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(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d)
3
17. The number of values of k for which the system of equations (k + 1) x + 8y = 4k, kx + (k + 3) y = 3k – 1 has infinitely
many solutions, is :

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

1  a 2 x (1  b 2 ) x (1  c 2 ) x
18. If a2 + b2 + c2 = – 2 and f (x) = (1  a 2 ) x 1  b 2 x (1  c 2 ) x , then f (x) is a polynomial of degree :

(a) 3
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(b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

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0 1 
19. If A = 1 0 , then A100 is equal to :
 

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1 0  0 1  1 1  0 0 
(a) 0 1 (b) 1 0 (c) 0 0 (d) 1 1
       
20. A, B are two square matrices of same order 3 and det A = 2, det B = 3, then det (2AB) is equal to :
(a) 96 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 12
21. The system of equations, 2x + 2y – 3z – 1 = 0; 4x + 4y + z – 2 = 0; 6x + 6y – z – 3 = 0 has :
(a) unique solution (b) no solution (c) infinite solution (d) zero solution
22. For what value of , the system of equations x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + z = 12 is :
(a) = 1 (b) = 2 (c) = – 2 (d) = 3
23. If the system of equations x + ay = 0, az + y = 0 and ax + z = 0 has infinite solutions, then the value of a is :
(a) – 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) No real values
24. The value of  for which the system of equations 2x – y – z = 12, x – 2y + z = – 4, x + y + z = 4 has no solution is
:
(a) 3 (b) – 3 (c) 2 (d) – 2
25. Which of the following matrices does not have an inverse :
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 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1
(a)  2 2  (b)  2 2  (c)  2 1  (d)  1 2 
       

1 2 3
26. The value of the determinant given below 2 3 1 is :
3 1 2
(a) 18 (b) – 18 (c) 9 (d) – 9

a h g x
  
27. The order of  x y z h b f  y is :
g f c 
 z
(a) 3 1 (b) 1  1 (c) 1 3 (d) 3  3

xa b c
28. If a xb c  0 , then x equals to :
a b xc
(a) a + b + c (b) – (a + b + c)
x 3 7
(c) 0

29. If 7 and 2 are the roots of 2 x 2  0 , then the third root is :

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(d) none of these

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(a) 14
7 6 x

(b)
1
2
(c) – 9 S
(d) + 9

c
d

f
l
30. If A = b e m , and B = a b
n d
l m

e
n
c
f
then :
A
(a) A + B = 0 (b) A – B = 0
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A
B
0

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 1 2  2 6
31. If A    and B    then AB is equal to :
 1 2  1 3 

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0 0 1 0  1 1
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
0 0 0 1 1 1
a h g 


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(a) ab, bc, ca

32. If A =  0 b 0  then the characteristic value of adj A is :
 0 c c 

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1 1 1
, ,
a b c
(c)
1 1 1
, ,
ab bc ca
(d) None of these

33. For what value of  , the system of equation x  y  z  6 , x  2 y  3z  10 , x  2 y   z  12 is inconsistent ?

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) -3 (d) 3

34. If A and B are 3 × 3 matrices and |A|  0, then which of the following is true ?
(a) |AB| = 0  |B| = 0 (b) |AB| = 0  |B| = 0 (c) |A + A| = 2| A| (d) None of these
1 3
35. If A =   and A2 – kA – 51 = 0 then k is equal to :
 3 4
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 10

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 1 0 0  1 0 0
1
36. A = 0 1 1  ; I  0 1 0 A 1  [ A 2  cA  dI ] where c, d  R, then pair of values (c, d)
 
6
0  2 4 0 0 1

(a) (6, 11) (b) (6, – 11) (c) (– 6, 11) (d) (– 6, – 11)
3 2 4 
1 2  1 1
37. If matrix A =   and A–1 = adj (A), then K is :
0 1 1  K

1
(a) 7 (b) – 7 (c) (d) 11
7
1 1 1 4 2 2
38. Let A =  2 1  3  and (10) B = 5 0   . If B is the inverse of matrix A, then  is :

 1 1 1   1  2 3 
(a) 5 (b) – 1 (c) 2 (d) – 2

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39. If A2 – A + I = 0, then A–1 =
(a) A–2 (b) A + I (c) I – A (d) A – I

(a) 0 (b) 
1
40. If n  3k and 1, ,  are the cube roots of unity, then  =  2 n
2

n

(c) 2
 n  2n
1
 2n
 n has the value :
1

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(d) 1
1 log x y log x z

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41. For positive numbers x, y and z the numerical value of the determinant log y x 1 log y z is :
log z x log z y 1

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(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) loge xyz (d) None of these
log l p 1
th th th
42. l, m, n are the p , q and r term of a G.P., all positive, then log m q 1 equals :

(a) – 1 (b) 2
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43. If A and B are two matrices such that AB=B and BA=A then A2  B 2 
(c) 1
log n r 1
(d) 0

(a) 2AB

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1 4 20
(d) AB

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2 2
44. If x1 and x2 are the roots of the equation then 1 2 5  0 then the value of x1  x2 is :
1 2 x 5x 2

(a) 2

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45. The value of determinant of a 3 × 3 skew symmetric is always equal to :
(a) 3 (b) 0
1 4 4 
(c) 1
(d) 8

(d) -1

46. If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is 2 1 7 , then the possible value (s) of the determinant of P is (are) :
 
1 1 3
(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
47. A square matrix can always be expressed as a :
(a) Sum of a symmetric and skew symmetric matrix
(b) Sum of a diagonal matrix and a symmetric matrix
(c) skew matrix (d) skew symmetric matrix
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 2 4 5 

48. If A =  4 8 10  . Then rank of A is equal to :
 6  12  15

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

 2 3
49. If A =   and |A | = 125, then  =
2  
(a) ± 3 (b) ± 2 (c) ± 5 (d) 0
5 5 
 5  . If |A2| = 25, then || equals :
50. Let A = 0 
0 0 5 
(a) 52 (b) 1 (c) 1/5 (d) 5
a b   
51. If A =   and A2 =  , then :
b a    

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2 2
(a)  = a + b ,  = ab (b)  = a2 + b2,  = 2ab (c)  = a2 + b2,  = a2 – b2 (d)  = 2ab,
 = a2 + b2

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52. The system x  4 y  2 z  3 , 3x  y  5 z  7 and 2 x  3 y  z  5 has :
(a) Multiple Solutions (b) Unique solution (c) Trival Solution (d) No solution

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53. Consider the system of linear equations :
x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 3, 2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 3, 3x1 + 5x2 + 2x3 = 1. The system has :
(a) Infinite number of solutions (b) Exactly 3 solutions (c) A unique solution
(d) No solution
54. If A and B are two matrices and (A + B) (A – B) = A2 – B2, then :

A
(a) AB = BA (b) A2 + B2 = A2 – B2 (c) AB = AB (d) None of these
 0 0  1
 
55. Let A =  0  1 0  , the only correct statement about the matrix A is :
 1 0 0 

(a) A2 = I


(d) A is a zero matrix L

(b) A = (– 1) I, where I is a unit matrix (c) A–1 does not exist

1 0  k 
 
56. Matrix A =  2 1 3  is invertible for :
K
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k 0 1 
(a) k = 1 (b) k = – 1 (c) k = 0 (d) All real k
 0 1 0
57. If A = 

(a) 1
1

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 1 1 1

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 50
58. M = 1 1 1, M =
 1 1 1

1
and B =   , then value of  for which A2 = B, is :
5 1 
(b) – 1 (c) 4 (d) No real values

 
(a) 349 M (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) 1

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 QUESTION BASED ON INTERMEDIATE

a c a c
59. The value of a  b b a is equal to :
b bc c
(a) abc (b) 2abc (c) 3abc (d) 4abc

1 w6 w8
w6 w3 w7
60. The value of is equal to :
w8 w7 1
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) – 3 (d) 4

a b c 2a 2a
61. The value of 2b bca 2b is equal to :
2c 2c c  a b
(a) (a + b + c)2

p b c
(b) (a + b + c)3

p q r
(c) 0

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(d) (abc)3

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62. If a  p, b  q, c  r and a q c  0 then the value of + + is equal to :
pa q b r c
a b r
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) – 2

a  b  2c a b
63. The value of determinant c
c
b  c  2a
a
b
c  a  2b
is equal to :

A
(a) 2 (a + b + c)3

a bc
(b) (a + b + c)3

a2
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64. The value of determinant b

c a  b c2
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c  a b 2 is equal to :

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(a) – (a + b + c) (b – a) (c – a) (b – c) (b) – (a + b + c) (b – a) (c – a) (c – b)
(c) (a + b + c) (b – a) (c – a) (c – b) (d) None of these

 a2 ab ac

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65. The value of determinant

(a) a2 b2 c2
ab
ac

1 a 1
 b2
bc
(b) 2a2 b2 c2
bc
 c2

1
is equal to :

1
(c) 3a2 b2 c2 (d) 4a2 b2 c2

1 1 b 1 1
66. The value of determinant 1 1 1 c 1 is equal to :
1 1 1 1 d

1 1 1 1  1 1 1 1
(a) abcd      (b) abcd 1     
a b c d  a b c d
 1 1 1 1
(c) abcd 1      (d) None of these
 a b c d

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 13  3 2 5 5
15  26 5 10
67. The value of determinant is equal to :
3  65 15 5

(a) 5 3  6 5  (b) 5 3  6 5  (c) 5 3 5  6  (d) None of these

6i  3i 1
4 3i 1
68. Find the value of x and y in the given determinant = x + iy is :
20 3 i
(a) x = 0 y = 1 (b) x = 0 y = 2 (c) x = 0 y = 0 (d) x = 1 y = – 1

a2 a 1
69. Find the value of ‘x’ in given determinant sin( n  1) x sin n x sin( n  1) x = 0 is :
cos( n  1) x cos nx cos( n  1) x

(a) x = 0

0 1
 1 a2 
(b) x = cos–1 
 2a 
 (c) both (a) and (b)

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(d) None of these

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70. If A =   then A4 is equal to :
1 0
1 1 1 0 1 0
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
0 1 1 1 0 1

71. If A = 



 
then find adjoint A is equal to :
A

(a) 
 

 

(b) 
 

  
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(c) 
 

 
(d) None of these

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72. The characteristic roots of a Hermitian matrix are all :
(a) imaginary (b) Real
(c) Non zero (d) None of these
73. The characteristic roots of a real symmetric matrix are all :
(a) Zero

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(c) Imaginary
74. The characteristic roots of a skew-Hermation matrix are :
(b) Nonzero
(d) Real

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(a) zero (b) purely imaginary
(c) real (d) (a) and (b) both
75. The characteristic roots of an orthoganal matrix are :

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(a) unit moduley (b) real
(c) 0 (d) Imaginery
76. The characteristic roots of aunitary matrix are of :
(a) unit moduley (b) real
(c) imaginary (d) 0
77. The characteristic roots of an idempotent matrix are :
(a) zero (b) unity
(c) (a) and (b) both (d) real
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 ANSWERS (MATRICES & DETERMINANTS)
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c a b b a b c d a d b b b b,c

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c b a a d a a c d a c a a d

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c c b d a b a c b d d a a d

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a

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d

73.
b

74.
b

75.
c

76.
a

77.
b d c a c c c

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