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Determinants
EXERCISE - 01 CHECK YOUR GRASP

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE (ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER)

ab bc c a
1. The value of determinant bc ca ab is equal to -
c a ab bc

(A) abc (B) 2abc (C) 0 (D) 4abc

sin 2x cos 2 x cos 4 x

2. If cos 2 x cos 2x sin 2 x = a0 + a1 (sinx) + a2 (sin2x) +.......+ an (sinnx) then the value of a0 is -
cos 4 x sin 2 x sin 2x
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2

a b c
3. The value of the determinant a b c is equal to -
a b c

(A) 0 (B) (a – b)(b – c)(c – a) (C) (a + b)(b + c)(c + a) (D) 4abc

sin 2 A cot A 1
4. For any ABC, the value of determinant sin 2 B cot B 1 is equal to -
sin 2 C cot C 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) sin A sin B sin C (D) sin A + sin B + sin C

p 15 8
2
5. If Dp = p 35 9 , then D1 + D2 + D3 + D4 + D5 is equal to -
p3 25 10

(A) 0 (B) 25 (C) 625 (D) none of these

sin(A  B  C ) sin B cos C

6. If A + B + C = , then  sin B 0 tan A is equal to -
cos(A  B )  tan A 0

(A) 0 (B) 2 sin B tan A cos C (C) 1 (D) none of these

x 3x  2 2x  1
7. The number of real values of x satisfying 2x  1 4x 3x  1 = 0 is -
7x  2 17x  6 12x  1
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) infinite

log a p 1
8. If a, b, c are pth, qth and rth terms of a GP, then log b q 1 is equal to -
log c r 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) log abc (D) pqr

log a n log a n 2 log a n  4

9. If a1, a2,.......an, an+1,...... are in GP and ai > 0 i, then log a n  6 log a n 8 log a n 10 is equal to -
log a n 12 log a n 14 log a n 16

(A) 0 (B) n log an (C) n(n + 1) log an (D) none of these

 x 2  3x x 1 x3
10. 4 3 2
If px + qx + rx + sx + t = x 1 2x x 3 then t is equal to -
x 3 x4 3x
(A) 33 (B) 0 (C) 21 (D) none
1 log x y log x z
11. For positive numbers x, y and z, the numerical value of the determinant log y x 1 log y z is -
log z x log z y 1
(A) 0 (B) log xyz (C) log(x + y + z) (D) logx logy logz

(a x  a  x ) 2 (a x  a  x ) 2 1
12. If a, b, c > 0 and x, y, z  R, then the determinant (b y  b  y )2 (b y  b  y )2 1 is equal to -
(c z  c  z )2 (c z  c  z )2 1
(A) axbycx (B) a–xb–yc–z (C) a2xb2yc 2z (D) zero

a 2  b2
c c
c
b2  c2
13. For a non-zero real a, b and c a a =  abc, then the values of  is -
a
c2  a 2
b b
b
(A) –4 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 4

(1  x)2 (1  x)2 (2  x 2 ) (1  x) 2 2x  1 x 1

14. The equation 2x  1 3x 1  5x  (1  x)2 3x 2x = 0
x 1 2x 2  3x 1  2x 3x  2 2x  3

(A) has no real solution (B) has 4 real solutions

(C) has two real and two non-real solutions (D) has infinite number of solutions, real or non-real
a b c px qy rz
15. Let a determinant is given by A = p q r and suppose determinant A = 6. If B = ax by cz
x y z ap bq cr
then -
(A) det. B = 6 (B) det. B = –6 (C) det. B = 12 (D) det. B = –12
a b c
2 2
16. If a  b  c and a b c2 = 0 then -
bc ca ab
(A) a + b+ c = 0 (B) ab + bc + ca = 0
(C) a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (D) abc = 0
b2 c 2 bc bc
17. If a, b, & c are nonzero real numbers, then c2 a2 ca ca is equal to -
a 2 b2 ab ab
(A) a2 b 2c 2(a + b + c) (B) abc(a + b + c) 2 (C) zero (D) none of these

1 x x 1
18. If f(x) = 2x x(x  1) (x  1)x , then f (100) is equal to - [JEE 98]
3x(x  1) x(x  1)(x  2) (x  1)x (x  1)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 100 (D) –100
 a b 0
19. The value of the determinant 0 a b is equal to -
b 0 a
(A) a3 – b3 (B) a3 + b3 (C) 0 (D) none of these
20. An equilateral triangle has each of its sides of length 6 cm. If (x1, y1); (x2, y2) & (x3, y3) are its vertices then the
2
x1 y1 1
value of the determinant, x 2 y2 1 is equal to -
x3 y3 1

(A) 192 (B) 243 (C) 486 (D) 972

21. If the system of equations x + 2y + 3z =4, x + py + 2z = 3,  x + 4y + z = 3 has an infinite number of
solutions, then -
(A) p = 2, µ = 3 (B) p =2, µ= 4 (C) 3p = 2µ (D) none of these

CHE CK Y OU R G R ASP ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. C A D A D A D A A C
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A D D D C A C A B D
Que. 21
Ans. D