#L Determinants Exercise 1 :

Single Option Correct Type Questions

n This section contains 30 multiple choice questions. 7. If f ( x ) = a + bx + cx 2 and a , b and g are the roots of the
Each question has four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of a b c
which ONLY ONE is correct 3
equation x = 1, then b c a is equal to
3 1 + f (1) 1 + f (2)
c a b
1. If f (n ) = a n + b n and 1 + f (1) 1 + f (2) 1 + f (3)
(a) f ( a ) + f ( b ) + f ( g )
1 + f (2) 1 + f (3) 1 + f ( 4 ) (b) f ( a ) f ( b ) + f ( b ) f ( g ) + f ( g ) f ( a )
= k (1 - a ) 2 (1 - b ) 2 (a - b ) 2 , k 2 d is equal to (c) f ( a ) f ( b ) f ( g )
(a) 1 (b) - 1 (d) - f ( a ) f ( b ) f ( g )
(c) ab (d) abg cos 2x sin 2 x cos 4 x
x +a x +b x +a -c 8. When the determinant sin x 2
cos 2x cos 2 x is
2. Let D( x ) = x + b x + c x -1 and cos 4 x 2
cos x cos 2x
x +c x +d x -b +d
expanded in powers of sin x , the constant term in that
2
ò0 D( x ) dx = - 16, where a, b, c and d are in AP, then the expression is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) - 1 (d) 2
common difference of the AP is equal to
(a) ± 1 (b) ± 2 (c) ± 3 (d) ± 4 9. If [ ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to
the real number under consideration and
1+ x2
x x 3
- 1 £ x < 0, 0 £ y < 1, 1 £ z < 2, the value of the
3. If D( x ) = loge (1 + x 2 ) e x sin x , then
[x ] + 1 [y ] [z ]
cos x tan x sin 2 x
determinant [x ] [y ] + 1 [z ] is
(a) D( x ) is divisible by x (b) D( x ) = 0
[x ] [y ] [z ] + 1
(c) D ¢( x ) = 0 (d) None of these
(a) [ x ] (b) [y ]
4. If a, b and c are sides of a triangle and (c) [z ] (d) None of these
a2 b2 c2 y2 - xy x2
2 2 2
(a + 1) (b + 1) (c + 1) = 0, then 10. The determinant a b c is equal to
(a - 1) 2 (b - 1) 2 (c - 1) 2 a¢ b¢ c¢
(a) DABC is an equilateral triangle bx + ay cx + by a ¢ x + b ¢y bx + cy
(b) DABC is a right angled isosceles triangle (a) (b)
b ¢ x + a ¢y c ¢ x + b ¢y ax + by b ¢ x + c ¢y
(c) DABC is an isosceles triangle
(d) None of the above bx + cy ax + by ax + by bx + cy
(c) (d)
b ¢ x + c ¢y a ¢ x + b ¢y a ¢ x + b ¢y b ¢x + c ¢y
a x x x
x b x x 11. If A, B and C are angles of a triangle, the value of
5. If = f ( x ) - xf ¢( x ), then f ( x ) is equal to
x x g x e 2i A e - iC e - iB
x x x d e - iC e2i B
e - iA is (where i = - 1)
(a) ( x - a ) ( x - b ) ( x - g ) ( x - d) e - iB e - i BA e 2i C
(b) ( x + a ) ( x + b ) ( x + g ) ( x + d)
(c) 2( x - a ) ( x - b ) ( x - g ) ( x - d) (a) 1 (b) - 1 (c) - 2 (d) - 4
(d) None of the above n n+2 2n
x x x
a
a b -c c +b 12. If 1 x a = 0, " x Î R, where n Î N ,
n+5 a+6 2n + 5
6. If a + c b c - a = 0, the line ax + by + c = 0 x x x
a -b a +b c the value of a is
passes through the fixed point which is (a) n (b) n - 1
(a) (1, 2 ) (b) (1, 1 ) (c) ( - 2, 1 ) (d) (1, 0 ) (c) n + 1 (d) None of these
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13. If x , y and z are the integers in AP lying between 1 and 19. If f ( x ), g ( x ) and h( x ) are polynomials of degree 4 and
9 and x 51, y 41 and z 31 are three digits number, the f ( x ) g ( x ) h( x )
5 4 3 a b c = mx 4 + nx 3
+ rx 2 + sx + t be an
value of x 51 y 41 z 31 is p q r
x y z identity in x, then
(a) x + y + z f ¢¢¢(0) - f ¢¢(0) g ¢¢¢(0) - g ¢¢(0) h ¢¢¢(0) - h ¢¢(0)
(b) x - y + z a b c
(c) 0
(d) None of the above
p q r
is equal to
14. If a1 b1 c 1 , a 2 b 2 c 2 and a 3 b 3 c 3 are three digit even
(a) 2 (3n + r ) (b) 3 (2n - r )
c1 a1 b1 (c) 3(2n + r ) (d) 2(3n - r )
natural numbers and D = c 2 a2 b 2 , then D is cos ( x + a ) cos ( x + b ) cos ( x + g )
c 3 a3 b3 20. If f ( x ) = sin ( x + a ) sin ( x + b ) sin ( x + g ) , then
(a) divisible by 2 but not necessarily by 4 sin ( b - g ) sin ( g - a ) sin (a - b )
(b) divisible by 4 but not necessarily by 8
f (q ) - 2 f ( f) + f ( y ) is equal to
(c) divisible by 8
(a) 0 (b) a - b
(d) None of the above
(c) a + b + g (d) a + b - g
15. If a, b and c are sides of DABC such that 1 1 1
c b cos B + cb a cos A + ba + cg
21. If a b c = (a - b ) (b - c ) (c - a ) (a + b + c ), where
a c cos B + ab b cos A + ca + ag = 0
a3 b3 c3
b a cos B + bb c cos A + aa + bg
a, b and c are all different, then the determinant
æ + pö 1 1 1
ç where a , b, g Î R and ÐA, ÐB, ÐC ¹ ÷, DABC is
è 2ø ( x - a) 2
( x - b) 2
(x - c )2 vanishes
(a) an isosceles (b) an equilateral ( x - b) ( x - c ) ( x - c ) ( x - a) ( x - a) ( x - b)
(c) can’t say (d) None of these
when
16. If x 1 , x 2 and y 1 , y 2 are the roots of the equations (a) a + b + c = 0 (b) x =
1
(a + b + c )
2 2 3
3x - 18x + 9 = 0 and y - 4y + 2 = 0, the value of the
1
x 1x 2 y 1y 2 1 (c) x = (a + b + c ) (d) x = a + b + c
2
determinant x 1 + x 2 y1 + y 2 2 is
22. Leta, b, c Î R such that no two of them are equal and satisfy
sin ( p x 1 x 2 ) cos ( p / 2y 1y 2 ) 1
2a b c
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) None of these
b c 2a = 0, the equation24ax 2 + 4bx + c = 0 has
10 10 11 c 2a b
C4 C5 Cm
11 11 12 é 1ù
17. If the value of D = C6 C7 C m + 2 is equal to (a) atleast one root in ê 0, ú
12 12 13 ë 2û
C8 C9 Cm + 4
é 1 1ù
(b) atleast one root in ê - , ú
zero, then m is equal to ë 2 2û
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) atleast one root in [- 1, 0]
(c) 5 (d) None of these
(d) atleast two roots in [ 0, 2 ]
18. The value of the determinant
1 sin (a - b ) q cos (a - b ) q 23. The number of positive integral solution of the equation
3
a sin aq cos aq is independent of x +1 x 2y x 2z
2 3
a2 sin (a - b ) q cos (a - b ) q xy y +1 y 2z = 11 is
2 2 3
(a) a (b) b xz yz z +1
(c) q (d) a (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12
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24. If f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c , a, b, c Î R and equation 27. Given, f ( x ) = log10 x and g ( x ) = e pix .

f ( x ) - x = 0 has imaginary roots a , b g and d be the roots f (x )× g(x ) ( f ( x )) g (x ) 1
2 2 2 g (x 2 )
2 a d If f( x ) = f ( x ) × g ( x ) ( f ( x )) 0 , the value of
of f ( f ( x )) - x = 0, then b 0 a is 3 3 3 g (x 3 )
f ( x ) × g ( x ) ( f ( x )) 1
g b 1 f (10), is
(a) 0 (b) purely real (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) None of these
(c) purely imaginary (d) None of these 28. The value of the determinant
1 (a 2 x - a - 2 x ) 2 (a 2 x + a - 2 x ) 2
25. If the system of equations 2x - y + z = 0, x - 2y + z = 0,
tx - y + 2z = 0 has infinitely many solutions and f ( x ) be 1 ( b 2x - b - 2x ) 2 ( b 2 x + b - 2 x ) 2 , is
a continuous function, such that f (5 + x ) + f ( x ) = 2, 1 ( g 2x - g - 2x ) 2 ( g 2x + g - 2x ) 2
- 2t
then ò f ( x ) dx is equal to (a) 0 (b) ( abg ) 2x (c) ( abg ) - 2x (d) None of these
0
(a) 0 (b) - 2t (c) 5 (d) t 29. If a, b and c are non-zero real numbers and if the
2 4 2 8 equations (a - 1)x = y + z, (b - 1) y = z + x ,
26. If (1 + ax + bx ) = a 0 + a1 x + a 2 x + ¼ + a8 x ,
(c - 1) z = x + y has a non-trivial solution, then
where a, b, a 0 , a1 , ¼ , a 8 Î R such that a 0 + a1 + a 2 ¹ 0 ab + bc + ca equals to
a 0 a1 a 2 (a) a + b + c (b) abc (c) 1 (d) None of these
and a1 a 2 a 0 = 0, then 30. The set of equations lx - y + (cos q ) z = 0,
a2 a0 a1 3x + y + 2z = 0, (cos q ) x + y + 2z = 0, 0 £ q £ 2p, has non-
3 5 1 5 trivial solution(s)
(a) a = , b = (b) a = , b = (a) for no value of l and q
4 8 4 32
(b) for all value of l and q
2
(c) a = 1, b = (d) None of these (c) for all values of l and only two values of q
3
(d) for only one value of l and all values of q

#L Determinants Exercise 2 :
More than One Correct Option Type Questions
n
This section contains 15 multiple choice questions. (a) 0 (b) independent of n
Each question has four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of (c) independent of q (d) independent of x, y and z
which MORE THAN ONE may be correct. a b aa + b
a +x2 2
ab ac 34. The determinant b c ba + c is equal to
31. The determinant D = ab 2
b +x 2
bc is aa + b ba + c 0
ac bc c2 + x2 zero, if
divisible by (a) a, b and c are in AP
(a) x (b) x 2 (c) x 3 (d) x 4 (b) a, b, c, are in GP
32. The value of the determinant (c) a, b and c are in HP
6 2i 3+ 6 (d) (x - a) is a factor of ax 2 + 2bx + c

12 3 + 8i 3 2 + 6 i , is (where i = - 1) 2 cos x 1 0
18 2 + 12 i 27 + 2i 35. Let f ( x ) = 1 2 cos x 1 , then
(a) complex (b) real (c) irrational (d) rational 0 1 2 cos x
æpö
(a) f ç ÷ = - 1
è3ø
1
2k - 1 sin k q æpö
k (k + 1 ) (b) f ¢ç ÷ = 3
n è3ø
33. If Dk = x y z , then å D k p
k =1 (c) ò f ( x ) dx = 0
æn + 1ö n
sin ç ÷ q sin q 0
n è 2 ø 2 p
2n - 1 (d) ò f ( x ) dx = 0
n+1 q -p
sin
2
is equal to
 Answers
Exercise for Session 1 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (c)
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (d) 61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (b)
7. (b) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (2) 68. (9) 69. (2)
70. (1) 71. (3) 72. (6) 73. (1) 74. (8) 75. (3)
Exercise for Session 2
76.(8) 77. (A) ® (p,r); (B) ® (p,r); (C) ® (p,q,s,t)
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b)
78. (A) ® (p,s,t); (B) ® (r,t); (C) ® (p,q)
7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (d)
79. (A) ® (r); (B) ® (r,t); (C) ® (p,q,s)
Exercise for Session 3 80. (A) ® (p,q,r); (B) ® (p,q,r,s,t); (C) ® (p,q,r,s,t)
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (d) 81. (A) ® (p,r); (B) ® (p,q,r,t); (C) ® (p,r,s)
7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (a) 82. (c) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (b)
13. (a) 14. (a) 88. (c) 91. 15 2 - 25 3
1
Exercise for Session 4 92. 0 99. xyz (x - y)( y - z )( z - x)
12
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (b)
100. (i) 6 (ii) 0 101. 0
7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (a)
2
105. - a (a1 - a2 )(a2 - a3 )(a3 - a1 )
Chapter Exercises a b c
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 106. b c a
7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (c)
c a b
13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (a)
19. (d) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (b) yz zx xy
107. (i) + + +1= 0 (ii) a3 + b3 + c3 = 5 abc
25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (a) x2 y2 z2
31. (a, b, c, d) 32. (b, d) 33. (a, b, c, d) 34.(b, d)
109. (b) 110. (c) 111. (b) 112. (b) 113. (a) 114. (c)
35. (a, c, d) 36. (a, b, c) 37. (a, b, c, d) 38. (a, b, d)
39. (a, b, c, d) 40. (a, c, d) 41. (a, b) 42. (a, b) 115. (d) 116. (b) 117. (c) 118. (b) 119. (a) 120. (a)
43. (a, b) 44. (a, c) 45. (a, b, c) 46. (a) 121. (a) 122. (b, c) 123. (c) 124. (2) 125. (b,c,d)
47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (b) 126. (c)