Determinants

1. Evaluate the determinant | |

(a) 15/2 (b) 12 (c) 14/3 (d) 6
2. Which of the following is correct:
(a) Determinant is a square matrix (b) Determinant is a number associated to a matrix
(c) Determinant is a number associated to a square matrix (d) Determinant is an expansion of a matrix.

3. Solution of the equation | | is:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

4. If * + and | | , then the value of is equal to :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5. If is an orthogonal matrix, then:
(a) det ( ) (b) det ( ) (c) det ( ) (d) det ( )
6. If every element of third order determinant of value is multiplied by 5, then the value of the new determinant is:
(a) Remains same (b) (c) (d)
7. If and are any matrices ,then | | implies :
(a) | | and | | (b) | | | | (c) | | or | | (d) | | and | |
8. If is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 5 ,then the value of the | | is :
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 125 (d) 0

9. The value of the minor of the element in the determinant | | is:

(a) 13 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 0

10. The value of the cofactors of and of the matrix [ ] [ ] are:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

11. The sum of the product of the elements of any row of a determinant with the corresponding cofactors of the same row
is always equal to :
(a) (b) | | (c) (d) | |
12. The sum of the product of the elements of any row of a determinant with the cofactors of the other row is always equal
to :
(a) (b) | | (c) (d) | |
13. The value of , for which ( ) is a singular matrix :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

14. if [ ] is a singular matrix, then the value of is:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

15. For a non-singular matrix , , then will be :
(a) (b) – (c) (d)

16. If matrix ( ) , then adj will be :

(a) (b) (c) (d) both (a) and (c)

17. If [ ] is a non-singular matrix, will exist if :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

18. If is a square matrix of order then | | will be :
(a) | | (b) | | (c) | | (d) | |

19. if [ ] , then the value of | | is :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

20. If is a invertible matrix ,then | | will be :
(a) | | (b) (c) | | (d) | |
21. If is a square matrix of order , such that , then the | | is equal to:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
22. If and are invertible matrices of same order, then which of the following is not correct:
(a) | | (b) | | | | (c) (d)
23. If is a square matrix of order ,then the number of minors of are :
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 12
24. If and are any two matrices ,such that| | and | | ,then the value of | | will be:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25. If is a square matrix of order ,then is equal to :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

26. If the value of a third order determinant is 12, then the value of the determinant obtained by replacing each element by
its cofactor will be :
(a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 144 (d) 12
27. The cofactor matrix of the given matrix ( ) will be :

(a) ( ) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d) ( )

28. If then z is equal to:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)
29. The system of equations is and , the value of are:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
30. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply the third number by 2 and add the first number to the result, we get 7. By
adding second and third number to three times the first number, we get 12. The numbers are:
(a) (b) (c) 4 (d)

Case Study

Yash scores 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each correct answer and losing one mark for each incorrect one. Had 4
marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each wrong one, then Yash would have scored
50 marks. Let number of correct answers is and number of the incorrect as .

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1. The equations in terms of and are:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2. Which of the following matrix equations represent the above information?

(a) * +* + * + (b) * +* + * +

(c) * +* + * + (d) * +* + * +
3. Using the Matrix method, the number of correct answers given by Yash:
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 40
4. The number of wrong answers given by Yash are:
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25
5. Total number of questions asked in the test:
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 40