Class 12 Maths Chapter 4 Determinants MCQs For Practice

1. If A is a square matrix of order 3, such that A(adj A) = 10I, then |adj A| is equal to
(a) 100
(b) 1
(c) 10
(d) 101

2. If A is a matrix 3 × 3 matrix such that |A| = 8, then |3A| equals

(a) 8
(b) 24
(c) 72
(d) 216

3. If + 3 = 0, then the value of x is

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

4. Let A = and B = , then |AB| is equal to:

(a) 460
(b) 2000
(c) 3000
(d) -7000

5. If A = , then det(adj A) equals

(a) a27
(b) a9
(c) a6
(d) a2
6. The value of is
(a) 3
(b) 0
(c) -1
(d) 1

7. The value of is
(a) 1
(b) 0
(c) 2
(d) 3

8. The value of determinant is

(a) a3 + b3 + c3
(b) 3bc
(c) a3 + b3 + c3- 3abc
(d) None of the above

9. The area of a triangle with vertices (-3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. Then, the value of k will be
(a) 9
(b) 3
(c) -9
(d) 6

10. If A and B are invertible matrices, then which of the following is not correct?
(a) adj A = |A|. A -1
(b) det(A-1) = [det(A)]-1
(c) (AB)-1 = B-1 A-1
(d) (A + B) = B -1 + A -1
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Q.1 - (a) Q.2 - (d) Q.3 - (c) Q.4. - (d) Q.5 - (c)
Q.6 - (d) Q.7 - (b) Q.8 - (d) Q.9 - (b) Q.10 - (d)