CBSE Test Paper 01
Chapter 4 Determinants
1. The roots of the equation det. are
a. None of these
b. 2 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3
2. If A’ is the transpose of a square matrix A, then
a. |A| + |A'| = 0
b. |A| = |A'|
c. |A| |A'|
d. None of these
3. If f(x) = then, f ( ) =.
a. 0
b. 1
c. -1
d. 2
4. The roots of the equation are
a. –1, –2
b. –1, 2
c. 1, –2
d. 1, 2
5. If A and B are any matrices , then det. (A+B) = 0 implies
a. det A + det B = 0
b. det A = 0 or det B = 0
c. None of these
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d. det A = 0 and det B = 0
6. If , then x is ________.
7. Multiplying a determinant by k means multiplying the elements of only one row (or
one column) by ________.
8. If elements of a row (or a column) in a determinant can be expressed as the sum of
two or more elements, then the given determinant can be expressed as the ________ of
two or more determinants.
9. Find adj A for
10. is singular or not.
11. Evaluate .
12. Evaluate: .
13. Find the area of whose vertices are (3, 8) (-4, 2) and (5, 1).
14. Find the equation of the line joining A (1, 3) and B (0, 0) using det. Find K if D (K, 0) is a
point such that area of is 3 square unit.
15. If A = , then find (A')-1.
16. If find matrix B such that AB = I.
17. Using properties of determinants, prove that
18. Given and . find AB and use this
result in solving the following system of equation.
x - y + z = 4, x - 2y - 2z = 9, 2x + y + 3z = 1
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CBSE Test Paper 01
Chapter 4 Determinants
Solution
1. c. 1 , 2 and 3
Explanation: Expanding along C1
(1 - x)(2 - x)(3 - x) = 0 x = 1, 2 ,3.
2. b. |A| = |A'|
Explanation: The determinant of a matrix A and its transpose always same.
Because if we interchange the rows into column in a determinant the value of
determinant remains unaltered.
3. c. –1
Explanation:
Put x = ,
4. b. –1 , 2
Explanation:
Apply, R3 R 3 - R 1, R 2 R 2 - R 1,
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-6(5x2 - 20) + 15(2x - 4) =0
(x - 2)(x + 1) = 0 x= 2 , -1.
5. c. None of these
Explanation: If det (A+B)=0 implies that A+B a Singular matrix.
6. x = 3
7. k
8. sum
9.
10.
=8-8
=0
Hence A is singular
11. According to the question, we have to evaluate .
Now,
12. Let
Expanding along first row,
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=1
13.
14. Let P (x, y) be any point on AB. Then the equation of line AB is,
y = 3x
Area square unit
15. If A = , then we have to find (A')-1.
Now, A = Therefore, we have,
= 1 (-1 - 8) + 2 (0 + 8) + 3 (0 - 2)
[expanding along R1]
=-9+16-6=1 0
Therefore, A is non-singular matrix and hence its inverse exists.
Cofactors of an element of |A| are given by
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Thus, adj A =
Hence,
Now, (A')-1 = (A-1)' =
16.
Therefore A-1 exists
AB = I
A-1 AB = A-1I
B = A-1
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Hence
17. According to the question,we have to use properties of determinants to prove that,
Let LHS =
Therefore,on applying C1 C1 + C2 + C3 we get,
on taking 2 common from ,we get,
On applying C2 C2 - C1 and C3 C3 - C12,
we get
on applying
[taking (-1) common from both C2 and C3]
= RHS
18. x - y + z = 4
x - 2y - 2z = 9
2x + y + 3z = 1
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Let
AX = C
AB = 8I
X = A-1C
x = 3, y = -2, z = -1
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