MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER – 4 DETERMINANTS

1 1 1 1 bc a
Q1. If 1  a b c ,  2  1 ca b then:
a2 b2 c2 1 ab c

(a) 1   2  0 (b) 1  22  0 (c) 1   2 (d) none of these

52 53 54
Q2. The value of 53 54 55 is:
54 55 56

(a) 52 (b) 0 (c) 513 (d) 59

1 x 2 3
Q3. If 0 x 0  0 , then its roots are:
0 0 x

(a) 1 only (b) 0,1 (c) 0 only (d) 1,0,1

Q4. If A  3, 4  , B  7, 2  , C  x , y  are collinear, then:

(a) x  5 y 17  0 (b) x  5 y 13  0 (c) x  5 y 17  0 (d) none of these

 3 4  2 2
then  A  B  is:
1
Q5. If A    , B 
 2 3  0 1

 1 1 
(a)   (b) does not exist (c) is a skew-symmetric (d) none of these
 1  1
 2

Q6. If A is a square matrix such that A2  I , then A1 is equal to:

(a) 2A (b) O (c) A (d) A  I

Q7. The system of equations x  2 y 11 ,  2 x  4 y  22 has:

(a) Only one solution (b) finitely many solutions

(c) no solution (d) infinitely many solutions

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 cos ecx sec x sec x
 
Q8. The number of distinct real roots of   sec x cos ecx sec x  0 lying in   x  is:
4 4
sec x sec x cos ecx

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

cos150 sin150
Q9. Value of is:
sin150 cos150

1 3
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 2

a  ib c  id
Q10. Value of is:
c  id a  ib

(a) a 2  b2  c 2  d 2 (b) a 2  b2  c 2  d 2 (c) a 2  b2  c 2  d 2 (d) none of these

x y x x
Q11. Value of 5 x  4 y 4 x 2 x is:
10 x  8 y 8 x 3x

(a) 0 (b) x 3 (c) y 3 (d) none of these

1! 2! 3!
Q12. Value of 2! 3! 4! is:
3! 4! 5!

(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) 120

1 1 1
Q13. Value of 1 1  x 1 is:
1 1 1 y

(a) x  y (b) x  y (c) xy (d) none of these

1
a2 bc
a
1
Q14. Value of b2 ac is:
b
1
c2 ab
c

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) none of these

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 cos      sin     cos 2
Q15. The value of sin  cos  sin  is:
 cos  sin  cos 

(a) Independent of  only (b) Independent of  only

(c) Independent of both  and  (d) Dependent of both  and 

x 3 7
Q16. The solution set of the equation 2 x 2  0 is:
7 6 x

(a) 2,  3, 7 (b) 2, 7,  9 (c) 2,3, 7  (d) none of these

5 3 1
Q17. The solution set of the equation 7 x 2  0 is:
9 6 2

(a) 0  (b) 6  (c) 6  (d) 0,9 

Q18. If the points A  3,  2  , B  k , 2  and C 8,8 are collinear, then the value of k is:

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4

x 1 x2 x4
Q19. The value of x  3 x  5 x  8 is:
x  7 x  10 x  14

(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) x 2  2 (d) x 2  2

a b c
Q20. The value of b c a is:
c a b

(a) abc  a  b  c  (b) a3  b3  c3  3abc

(c)  a3  b3  c3  3abc (d) none of these

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ANSWERS

1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. c 8. b 9.c 10. c 11. b 12. c 13. c 14. a

15. a 16. b 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. c

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