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

1 2
0 0

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

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

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

Q6. If A is a square matrix such

A2  I , then A1 is equal to:
that

(a) 2A (b) O (c) A (d) A  I

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x  2y 11 ,  2x  4y  22 has:
equations

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

(c) no solution (d) infinitely many solutions

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

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

cos150 sin150
Q9. Value sin150 cos150 is:
of

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

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

(a) a2  b2  c2  d (b) a2 b2  c2  d (c) a2  b2  c2  d (d) none of these

2 2 2

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

(a) 0 (b) x3 (c) y3 (d) none of these

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

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

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

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

y
1
a2 bc
a
1
Q14. Value of b b2 ac is:
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(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) none of these

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 cos  sin   cos
2
Q15. The value   cos is:
of sin 
sin sin
cos
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, (b) 2, 7 ,  9 (c) 2,3, 7 (d) none of these

7 

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

(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) x2  2 (d) x2  2

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

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

(c)  a3 b3  c3  (d) none of these

3abc

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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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