Conquer Mathematics- XII Class Mathematics

4. Determinants
A: State True or False for the statement: Answers

1. For any real number a, the points (a + 5, a – 4), (a – 2, a + 3) and (a, a) lie on a
straight line.
2. (𝑨𝟑 )−𝟏 = (𝑨−𝟏 )𝟑 , where A is a square matrix and |A| ≠ 0
3. 𝟏
(𝒂𝑨 )−𝟏 = 𝑨−𝟏 , where 𝒂 is any real number and A is a square matrix.
𝒂
4. |𝑨−𝟏 | ≠ |𝑨|−𝟏 , where A is non-singular square matrix.
5. If A and B are matrices of order 3 and |A| = 5, |B| = 3, then |3AB| = 405.
6. If the value of a third order determinant is 12, then the value of the determinant
formed by replacing each element by its co-factor will be 144.
7. |𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = |𝑨|𝟐 , where A is a square matrix of order two.
8. If the co-ordinates of the vertices of an equilateral triangle with side of length 𝒂
𝒙 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
𝟑𝒂𝟒
𝐚𝐫𝐞 (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ) and (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 ), then |𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏| =
𝟒
𝒙 𝟑 𝒚𝟑 𝟏
9. 𝒙 𝟓 𝟐
If 𝑨 = [𝟐 𝒚 𝟑] , 𝒙𝒚𝒛 = 𝟖𝟎, 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎𝒛 = 𝟐𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝑨. 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨 =
𝟏 𝟏 𝒛
𝟖𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
[ 𝟎 𝟖𝟏 𝟎 ]
𝟎 𝟎 𝟖𝟏
10. 𝟏 𝟓
−𝟒 𝟐
𝟎 𝟏 𝟑 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑
If 𝑨 = [𝟏 𝟐 𝒙] , 𝑨−𝟏 = − 𝟐 𝟑 − 𝟐 , then 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒚 = −𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
[ 𝟐 𝒚 𝟐 ]

B: Choose the correct answer: Answers

1. 𝟐𝒙 𝒙+𝟑 𝟏 𝟓
If | |=| | , then the value of 𝒙 is…
𝟐(𝒙 + 𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟏 𝟑 𝟑
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) 2
2. 𝟐 −𝟑 𝟓
For the determinant |𝟔 𝟎 𝟒 |, the value of Minor of 𝒂𝟐𝟑 𝐢𝐬
𝟏 𝟓 −𝟕
(A) 6 (B) -12 (C) 13 (D) 20
3. Find the value of 𝒂𝟑𝟐 𝑨𝟑𝟐 , where 𝑨𝒊𝒋 is the cofactor of the element 𝒂𝒊𝒋 ,
𝟐 −𝟑 𝟓
|𝟔 𝟎 𝟒|
𝟏 𝟓 −𝟕
(A) 60 (B) 72 (C) 90 (D) 110
4. If A is a square ( or invertible ) matrix of order 3, then find the value of |𝟑𝑨|,
if |𝑨| = 𝟒
(A) 108 (B) 36 (C) 100 (D) 12

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5. If A is a square (or invertible) matrix of order 3, then find the value of |𝒂𝒅𝒋 𝑨| if
|𝑨| = 𝟓
(A) 20 (B) 15 (C) 5 (D) 25
6. If A is a square (or invertible) matrix of order 3, then find the value of 𝑲 if
|𝟑𝑨| = 𝑲|𝑨|
(A) 30 (B) -3 (C) 9 (D) 27
7. If A is a square ( or invertible ) matrix of order 3, then find the value of |𝑨|, if
|𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = 𝟔𝟒 and order is 3.
(A) 8 (B) ±𝟖 (C) 4 (D) ±𝟒
8. If A is a square ( or invertible ) matrix of order 3, then find the value of |𝑨−𝟏 |, if
|𝑨| = 𝟑
𝟏 𝟏
(A) -3 (B) 𝟐 (C) 𝟑 (D) 9
9. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A|= 2, then find the value of |– AA’|.
(A) 6 (B) -4 (C) 4 (D) 5
10. The equation of the line joining the points (2,3) and (4,1) is…
(A) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟓 (B) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
(C) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟔 (D) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
11. Let points A and B are respectively (1,2) and (2,1). Then using determinants find
the value of k if C(k,0) is a point such that area of ∆ABC is 1 square units.
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) 2
12. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 5, then the value of |2A’| is…
(A) – 10 (B) 10 (C) – 40 (D) 40
13. 𝟐 𝟎 𝟎
If A =[−𝟏 𝟐 𝟑], then find A (adj A).
𝟑 𝟑 𝟓
𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟒 𝟎 𝟎
|𝑨| 𝟑
(A) [𝟎 𝟐 𝟎] (B) (C) [𝟎 𝟒 𝟎] (D) I
𝟎 𝟎 𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟒
14. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix and |A| = – 2, then value of |A(adj A)| is
(A) – 2 (B) 2 (C) – 8 (D) 8
15. 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑
The matrix [ 𝝀 𝟎 𝟕] is not invertible for
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟒
(A) 𝝀 = – 1 (B) 𝝀 = 0 (C) 𝝀 = 1 (D) 𝝀 ∈ 𝑹 − {𝟏}
16. If A is non-singular square matrix of order 3 and 𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐𝑨, then find the value of
|A|.
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8
17. If A =[𝟑 −𝟓] and B = [𝟏 𝟏𝟕 ], then |AB| =……..
𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 −𝟏𝟎
(A) 10 (B) -100 (C) 110 (D) 120
18. If A is a square matrix of order 3, such that A (adj A) = 10I, then |adj A| is equal to
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19. If |𝟐𝒙 𝟓| = |𝟔 𝟓| , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝒙 is…

𝟖 𝒙 𝟖 𝟑
(A) 𝟑 (B) -3 (C) ±𝟑 (D) ±𝟐
20. If |𝟐𝒙 𝟓| = |𝟔 𝟐| , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒙 is…
𝟖 𝒙 𝟕 𝟑
(A) 3 (B) ±𝟑 (C) ±𝟔 (D) 6
21. The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. The
value of k will be…
(A) ±9 (B) ±𝟑 (C) ±𝟔 (D) ±𝟐
22. 𝟏 −𝟐 𝟓
There are two values of 𝒂 which makes determinant, ∆= |𝟐 𝒂 𝟏 | = 𝟖𝟔, then
𝟎 𝟒 𝟐𝒂
sum of these numbers is…
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) -4 (D) 9
23. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3, then |3A| = _______ .
(A) 3|A| (B) 9|A| (C) 27|A| (D) -3|A|
24. If A is invertible matrix of order 3 × 3, then |𝑨−𝟏 | is…
𝟏 𝟐
(A) |A| (B) |𝑨| (C) |𝑨| (D) 2|A|
25. If A is invertible matrix of order 3 × 3, then (𝑨𝟐 )−𝟏 is…
𝟏 𝟐
(A) |𝑨|𝟐 (B) |𝑨|𝟐 (C) (𝑨−𝟏 )𝟐 (D) |𝑨|

26. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3, then number of minors in determinant of A are…

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9
27. The sum of the products of elements of any row with the co-factors of
corresponding elements is equal to ……
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) I (D) Value of the determinant
28. 𝒙 𝟑 𝟕
If 𝒙 = – 9 is a root of |𝟐 𝒙 𝟐| = 𝟎, then other two roots are…
𝟕 𝟔 𝒙
(A) 7,2 (B) 5,4 (C) 2,5 (D) 4,7
29. If 𝒙 ∈ 𝑵 and |𝒙 + 𝟑 −𝟐| = 𝟖, then the value of x is
−𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝟐𝒙
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) ±𝟐 (D) Not defined
30. If |𝟑𝒙 𝟖| = |−𝟔 𝟐| and 𝒙 > 0, then value of 𝒙 is:
𝟓 𝒙 𝟖 𝟏
(A) 1 (B) √𝟔 (C) 3 (D) 6
31. Value of the determinant |𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟏𝟓𝒐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟓𝒐
| 𝐢𝐬
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟓𝒐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟕𝟓𝒐
𝟏 √𝟑
(A) 0 (B) 𝟐 (C) 𝟐 (D) 1
32. Value of the determinant | 𝒂 𝒂−𝟏
| is
𝒂+𝟏 𝒂
𝟐
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 𝒂 (D) 𝒂𝟐 +1

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33. Value of the determinant | 𝒂 + 𝒊𝒃 𝒄 + 𝒊𝒅 |.

−𝒄 + 𝒊𝒅 𝒂 − 𝒊𝒃
(A) 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 + 𝒅𝟐 (B) 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐
(C) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 (D) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 + 𝒅𝟐
34. 𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
If |− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 −𝒙 𝟏 | = 𝟖, then the value of x is
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟏 𝒙
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) -2 (D) 1

35. If 𝑨 = [𝟑 𝟒
], then the value of |𝟓𝑨| 𝐢𝐬
𝟏 𝟐
(A) 10 (B) 25 (C) 20 (D) 50
36. If |𝑨| =3 and 𝑩 = [𝟐 𝟑 ], then the value of |𝑨𝑩| 𝐢𝐬
𝟐 −𝟏
(A) 10 (B) 18 (C) -21 (D) -24
37. If A is a square matrix of order 4 and |𝑨| = −𝟑, then the value of |𝟐𝑨′| is…..
(A) -48 (B) -16 (C) -16 (D) 48
38. 𝟎 𝒙−𝒂 𝒙−𝒃
If 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙 + 𝒂 𝟎 𝒙 − 𝒄 |, then…
𝒙+𝒃 𝒙+𝒄 𝟎
(A) 𝒇(𝒂) = 𝟎 (B) 𝒇(𝒃) = 𝟎 (C) 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝟎 (D) 𝒇(𝟏) = 𝟎
39. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3, then the value of |𝑨| is…
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 9 (D) 27
40. 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
The maximum value of |𝟏 𝟏 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝟏 | is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
𝟏
(A) 0 (B) 𝟐 (C) 1 (D) Not defined
41. 𝟏 𝟏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝜽
The value of 𝜽 satisfying |−𝟒 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝜽| = 𝟎 are
𝝅 𝝅
𝟕 −𝟕 𝝅 𝝅
−𝟐 𝝅 𝝅
(A) 0, 𝟔 (B) 0, 𝟐 (C) 𝟑 , 𝟒 (B) 𝟒 , 𝟐
42. 𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝟐
If 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝜽 = 𝟎, then |𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝟎 | is equal to….
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
𝟏 𝟏
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 𝟐 (D) 𝟒

43. Area of the triangle with vertices (1,2), (-2,3), (5, 1) is

𝟏 𝟏
(A) 𝟒 sq. units (B) 𝟐 sq. units (C) 1 sq. units (D) 2 sq. units
44. If the area of a triangle with vertices (0,0), (2,5) and (k, 0) is 12.5 sq. units, then
the value of k is…
(A) ±𝟑 (B) ±𝟓 (C) 𝟑, −𝟓 (D) −𝟑, 𝟓
45. Value of k if the points (5,5), (1,2) and (k, -4) are collinear, then the value of k is
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) -3 (D)-7

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46. If (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ) and (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 ) are the vertices of an equilateral triangle with
𝒙 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟓
each side 𝒑 , then |𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟓| is equal to…
𝒙 𝟑 𝒚𝟑 𝟓
√𝟑 𝟐 √𝟑 𝟓√𝟑 𝟓√𝟑
(A) 𝒑 (B) 𝟐 𝒑𝟐 (C) 𝒑𝟐 (D) 𝒑𝟐
𝟒 𝟐 𝟒

47. 𝟐 𝝀 −𝟑
If 𝑨 = [𝟎 𝟐 𝟓 ], then 𝑨−𝟏 exists, if….
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
(A) 𝝀 = 𝟐 (B) 𝝀 ≠ 𝟐 (C) 𝝀 ≠ −𝟐 (D) None of these
48. 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
−𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏
(C) (𝑨𝑩) = 𝑩 𝑨 (D) (𝑨 + 𝑩)−𝟏 = 𝑩−𝟏 + 𝑨−𝟏
49. Value of 𝒂 for which the matrix [𝟔 − 𝒂 𝟒] has no inverse is …
𝟑−𝒂 𝟏
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
50. 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙
Value of 𝒙 for which the matrix [𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 ] is singular …
𝟐 𝟏 −𝟏
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6
C: Assertion-Reason Type Questions: Answers

Q: In the following question a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of Reason (R). Pick the correct option:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
e) Both A and R are false.
1. A: For a matrix 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , 𝐢𝐟 𝒅𝒆𝒕(𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨) = 𝟒𝟗, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕(𝑨) = ±𝟕
𝟑
R: For a square matrix A of order 𝒏. |𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = |𝑨|𝒏−𝟏
2. 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎
A: Value of 𝒙 for which the matrix [𝟎 𝟏 𝟐] is singular is -5.
𝟏 −𝟐 𝒙
R: A matrix 𝑨 is singular if |𝑨| ≠ 𝟎
3. 𝟏
A: For a square matrix 𝑨, (𝟐𝑨)−𝟏 = 𝟐 𝑨−𝟏 .
R: For any matrix 𝑨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝒌, 𝒌𝑨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 mu𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑨 𝐛𝐲 𝒌
4. 𝟎 𝟐 𝟔
A: Minor of the element 6 in the matrix [𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏] is 3
𝟐 𝟏 𝟑
R: Minor of an element 𝒂𝒊𝒋 of a matrix is the determinant obtained by
deleting its 𝒊𝒕𝒉 row
5. A: For two matrices A and B of order 3, |𝑨| = 𝟑, |𝑩| = −𝟒, then |𝟐𝑨𝑩| 𝒊𝒔 -96.
R: For a matrix A of order n and a scalar k, |𝒌𝑨| = 𝒌𝒏 |𝑨|

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6. 𝟐 𝟏
𝟎
𝟐 𝟐 𝟎 𝟓 𝟓
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
A: Inverse of the matrix [−𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 ] is the matrix − 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
𝟐 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
[ 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟏𝟎]
𝟏
R: Inverse of a square matrix A, if it exists, is given by 𝑨−𝟏 = |𝑨| 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨

7. 𝟒 𝟏 𝟓 𝟎
A: For a matrix 𝑨 = [ ] , 𝑨(𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨) = [ ]
𝟑 𝟐 𝟎 𝟓
R: For a square matrix 𝑨, 𝑨(𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨) = (𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨)𝑨 = |𝑨|𝑰
8. 𝟏
A: For a square matrix of order 2, 𝑨−𝟏 = 𝟓 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨, so |𝟐𝑨| = 𝟐𝟎
𝟏
R: For a square matrix of order n, 𝑨−𝟏 = |𝑨| 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨 and |𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = |𝑨|𝒏−𝟏

9. 𝒂 𝒃 𝒄
A: For the matrix [𝒑 𝒒 𝒓 ] ,
𝒍 𝒎 𝒏
𝒂 𝒃 𝒄
𝒂 𝒄 𝒃 𝒄 𝒂 𝒃
|𝒑 𝒒 𝒓 | = 𝒒 | |− 𝒑| | − 𝒓| |
𝒍 𝒏 𝒎 𝒏 𝒍 𝒎
𝒍 𝒎 𝒏

R: Reason: For a matrix 𝐀 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , |𝑨| = 𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝑪𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐𝟏 𝑪𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐𝟑 𝑪𝟐𝟑
𝒏

10. A: Values of k for which area of the triangle with vertices (1,1), (0,2), (k,0) is
3 sq units are 4 and 8.
𝒙 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟏
𝟏
R: Area of the triangle with vertices (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ), (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 ) 𝐢𝐬 𝟐 |𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏|
𝒙 𝟑 𝒚𝟑 𝟏
11. A: If (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ), (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 ) are the vertices of an equilateral triangle
𝒙 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟐
√𝟑
with side 𝒂, then |𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟐| = 𝟒 𝒂𝟐
𝒙 𝟑 𝒚𝟑 𝟐
R: Area of the triangle with vertices (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ), (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 ) is…
𝒙 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟏
𝟏
| 𝒙 𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏|
𝟐
𝒙 𝟑 𝒚𝟑 𝟏

XII-4-D-mcqs Conquer Mathematics With Consistent Practice…….. Meena Nagpal Bagga

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