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LEVEL - 1
Questions
based on Expansion of Determinants

a 1 1 1
Q.1 If 1 1 1 = 4, then the value a is -
1 1 1

(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) –2 (D) 0

x y 2 3
Q.2 If = 7 and = 4, then -
4 2 y x

5 5 5 5
(A) x = – 3, y = – (B) x = – , y = – 3 (C) x = 3, y = (D) x = , y = 3
2 2 2 2

5  i 3 i
Q.3 The value of is -
4i 5 i

(A) 12 (B) 17 (C) 14 (D) 24

sec x sin x tan x

0 1 0
Q.4 is equal to -
tan x cot x sec x

(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) None of these

1 0 0
1 3
Q.5 The value of 3 x 1 is -
xy 3
5 y 1

(A) x + y (B) x2 – xy + y 2 (C) x2 + xy + y 2 (D) x3 – y 3

Questions
based on

1 2
Q.6 The cofactors of 1, – 2, – 3 and 4 in are -
3 4
(A) 4, 3, 2, 1 (B) – 4, 3, 2, –1 (C) 4, – 3, – 2, 1 (D)– 4, – 3, – 2, – 1

2 1 4
4 2 3
Q.7 The minors of the elements of the first row in the determinant are-
1 1 2

(A) 2, 7, 11 (B) 7, 11, 2 (C) 11, 2, 7 (D) 7, 2, 11

a1 b1 c1
Q.8 If  = a 2 b2 c2 and A 2 , B 2 , C 2 are respective ly cofacto rs of a 2 , b 2 , c 2 the n
a3 b3 c3

a1A 2 + b1B2 + c1C2 is equal to -

(A) –  (B) 0 (C)  (D) None of these

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Q.9 If A = (aij) is a 4 × 4 matrix and c ij is the co-factor of the element a ij in Det (A) , then
the expression a11c11+ a12c12+ a13c13 + a14 c14 equals-
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) Det. (A)

x 1 2
Q.10 If cofactor of 2x in the determinant 1 2x x  1 is zero, then x equals to -
x 1 x 0
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) –1
Questions
based on Some basic properties

a1 ma1 b1
Q.11 The value of the determinant a2 ma2 b2 is -
a3 ma3 b3
(A) 0 (B) ma1a2a3 (C) ma1b2a2 (D) mb1b2b3

a 0 0 p 2a 0 0
b c a pb c a
Q.12 If  = , then is equal to -
c a b pc a b

(A) p  (B) p2  (C) p3  (D) 2p 

1/ a 1 bc
Q.13 The value of the determinant 1/ b 1 ca is equal to
1/ c 1 ab
(A) abc (B) 1/abc (C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.14 If each row of a determinant of third order of value  is multiplied by 3, then the value of new
determinant is -
(A)  (B) 27  (C) 21  (D) 54 

1
1 2 1 2
2 4
Q.15 The sum of infinite series + 2 + 2 + ........ is -
6 4 2 4 4
3

(A) –10 (B) 0 (C) 10 (D) 

a ma  nx x
Q.16 The value of b mb  ny y is -
c mc  nz z
(A) a + b + c (B) x + y + z
(C) m(a + b + c) + n(x + y + z) (D) 0

a ab abc
Q.17 The value of 2a 3 a  2b 4a  3b  2c is equal to -
3a 6a  3b 10a  6b  3 c

(A) a3 (B) b3 (C) c3 (D) a3 + b3 + c3

ka k 2  a2 1
Q.18 The value of the determinant kb k 2  b 2 1 is -
kc k 2  c 2 1
(A) k (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (B) k abc (a2 + b2 + c2)
(C) k (a – b) (b – c) ( c – a) (D) k (a + b – c) (b + c – a) (c + a – b)

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r x n(n  1) / 2 n

Q.19 If D r = 2r  1 y n2 , then D r is equal to -

3r  2 z n(3n  1) / 2 r 1

1 1 2
(A) n(n + 1)(2n + 1) (B) n (n + 1) 2 (C) 0 (D) None of these
6 4

a x a x a x
Q.20 If a  x a  x a  x = 0, then value of x are-
a x a x a x

(A) 0, a (B) 0, – a (C) a, – a (D) 0, 3a

a b c
a2 b 2 c2
Q.21 The value of the determinant is -
bc ca ab

(A) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (B) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (a + b + c)

(C) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (ab + bc + ca) (D) None of these

a 2 b2 c2
a2 b2 c2
a b c
Q.22 If (a  1)2 (b  1) 2 (c  1)2 = k , then k is equal to –
1 1 1
(a  1)2 (b  1) 2 (c  1)2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 0

a b  c a3
Q.23 The value of b c  a b3 is -
c a  b c3

(A) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (B) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)

(C) – (a + b + c)2 (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (D) None of these

x 1 x  2 x  
Q.24 If x is real number such that x2 x3 x = 0 then    are in
x 3 x 4 x 

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

1 1 1
Q.25 The determinant a b c is equal to -
2 2 2
a  bc b  ca c  ab
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) – 1 (D) None of these

1 1 1
m m 1 m 2
Q.26 C1 C1 C1 =
m m 1 m2
C2 C2 C2

(A) m(m + 1) (B) m(m – 1) (C) 1 (D) 0

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1 4 20
Q.27 Find the value of x in the equation 1 2 5 = 0
1 2x 5x 2
(A) –1, 2 (B) –1, 0 (C) 2, 0 (D) 1, 2

x  2 x  3 x  2a
Q.28 If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of x  3 x  4 x  2b equals -
x  4 x  5 x  2c

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2a (D) 2x

1 i 1 i i
Q.29 1 i i 1 i (where i = 1 ) equals -
i 1 i 1 i

(A) 7 + 4i (B) 7 – 4i (C) 4 + 7i (D) 4 – 7i

a a b a b c
Q.30  = 3a 4a  3b 5a  4b  3c where a = i,b =   c =    then   is equal to-
6a 9a  6b 11a  9b  6c
(A) i (B) – 2 (C)  (D) – i

( x  2) 2 ( x  1) 2 x2
2 2
Q.31 The value of the determinant ( x  1) x ( x  1)2 is -
2 2 2
x ( x  1) ( x  2)

(A) 0 (B) 8x 2 (C) 8 (D) –8

7579 7589
Q.32 =
7581 7591
(A) 20 (B) – 2 (C) – 20 (D) 4

3x 6 3
Q.33 If 6 3x 3 = 0 then x =
3 3 6  x

(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) None of these

Questions Symmetric and Skew symmetric

based on Determenants

sin( A  B  C) sinB cos C

Q.34 If A + B + C =  , then  sin B 0 tan A equals –
cos( A  B)  tan A 0

(A) 0 (B) 2sin B tanA cosC

(C) 1 (D) None of these

Q.35 The value of an even order skew symmetric determinant is -

(A) 0 (B) perfect square
(C)  1 (D) None of these

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Q.36 The value of an odd order skew symmetric determinant is -
(A) perfect square (B) negative (C)  1 (D) 0
0 a b a c
ba 0 bc
Q.37 The value of is -
ca cb 0
(A) 0 (B) abc
(C) (a – b)(b – c)(c – a) (D) None of these

Questions
based on Crammer’s Rule

Q.38 The equations x + 2y + 3z = 1,

2x + y + 3z = 2 and 5x + 5y + 9z = 4 have-
(A) unique solution (B) many solutions
(C) inconsistent (D) None of these
Q.39 The existence of unique solution of the system x + y + z = b, 2x + 3y – z = 6,
5x – y + az = 10 depends on ––
(A) b only (B) a only (C) a and b (D) neither a nor b
Q.40 Given the system of equations px + y + z = 1, x + py + z = p, x + y + pz = p 2, then for what value
of p does this system have no solution –
(A) 0 (B) 1, –2
(C) 1 (D) 0, 1
Q.41 The value of k for which the set of equations 3x + ky – 2z = 0, x + ky + 3z = 0 and
2x + 3y – 4z = 0 has a non – trivial solution is-
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 31/2 (D) 33/2

LEVEL - 2
a2  b2
c c
c
b2  c 2
Q.1 a a is equal to –
a
c2  a2
b b
b

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

23 33 3.2 2  3.2  1
3 3
Q.2 3 4 3.3 2  3.3  1 is equal to-
43 53 3.4 2  3.4  1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 92 (D) None of these

a b b c c  a a b c
Q.3 If b  c c  a a  b =  b c a then  is equal to-
ca ab bc c a b

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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a b c y b q
Q.4 If   = x y z and 2 = x a p then 1 is equal to –
p q r z c r
(A) 2 2 (B)  2 (C) –  2 (D) None of these

ax by cz
Q.5 The determinant x2 y2 z2 is equal to –
1 1 1

1 1 1 a b c 1 1 1
a b c x y z x y z
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
x2 y2 z2 yz zx xy a 2 b2 c2

p 15 8
2
Q.6 If D p = p 35 9 , then D 1 + D 2 + D 3 + D 4 + D 5 is equal to –
p3 25 10

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

bc ca a b a b c
Q.7 If the determinant b  c c   a a  b is expressible as m a b c , then the value
b   c  c   a  a   b  a  b  c 

of m is-
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
Q.8 In a third order determinant each element of the first column consists of sum of two terms,
each element of the second column consists of sum of three terms and each element of third
column consists of sum of four terms, then it can be decomposed into n determinants, where
n has the value –
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 16 (D) 24

sin 2 A cot A 1
Q.9 For any ABC, the value of determinant sin2 B cot B 1 is –
2
sin C cot C 1

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

2r x n(n  1) r 1

Q.10 If S r = 6r 2  1 y n2 (2n  3) then S

n
r does not depends on
3
4r  2nr z n 3 (n  1)

(A) x (B) y (C) n (D) all of these

b2 c 2 bc b  c
Q.11 If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers, then c a 2 2 is equal to
ca c  a
2 2
a b ab a  b
(A) abc (B) a2b2c2 (C) ab + bc + ca (D) None of these

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x p q
p x q
Q.12 is equal to -
p q x

(A) (x + p) (x + q) (x – p – q) (B) (x – p) (x – q) (x + p + q)
(C) (x – p) (x – q) (x – p – q) (D) (x + p) (x + q) (x + p + q)

x! ( x  1)! ( x  2)!
Q.13 If x is a positive integers then the value of determinant ( x  1)! ( x  2)! ( x  3)! is -
( x  2)! ( x  3)! ( x  4)!

(A) (2x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !. (x + 3) ! (B) 2 (x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !

(C) (2x) !. (x + 3) ! (D) None of these

cos(  )  sin(  ) cos 2

Q.14 The determinant sin  cos  sin  is –
 cos  sin  cos 

(A) 0 (B) independent of 

(C) independent of  (D) independent of both and 

13  3 2 5 5
Q.15 15  26 5 10 equals –
65  3 15 5
(A) 0 (B) 5 3 ( 6 – 5) (C) 5 3 (5 – 6) (D) None of these
Q.16 If [a] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to a and – 1  x < 0, 0  y < 1, 1  z <
[ x]  1 [ y] [ z]
2, then [ x] [ y]  1 [ z] is equal to –
[ x] [ y] [ z]  1
(A) [x] (B) [y] (C) [z] (D) None of these
5 5
C0 C 3 14
5 5
Q.17 The value of the determinant C1 C4 1 is –
5 5
C2 C5 1
(A) 0 (B) –(6 !) (C) 80 (D) None of these

a b c
Q.18 If  = b c a , then 2 is equal to –
c a b
bc  a2 ca  b2 ab  c 2 bc  a2 ca  b2 ab  c 2
(A) ca  b 2 ab  c 2 bc  a 2 (B) ca  b 2 ab  c 2 bc  a2
ab  c 2 bc  a 2 ca  b 2 ab  c 2 bc  a 2
ca  b 2

a 2  bc b2  ca c 2  ab
(C) b 2  ca c 2  ab a2  bc (D) None of these
c 2  ab a 2  bc b 2  ca

x y z a b c
Q.19 If ax + by + cz = 1, bx + cy + az = 0 = cx + ay + bz, then z x y c a b is equal to -
y z x b c a
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 2

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xn x n 2 x n 3
yn y n 2 y n 3
Q.1 If n
z z n 2 z n 3

 1 1 1
= (x–y) (y–z) (z–x)  x  y  z  , then n is equals to-
 
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2
  
Q.2 If    are the roots of x3 + ax2 + b = 0, then the value of    is equals to-
  
(A) – a3 (B) a3 –3b (C) a3 (D) a2 – 3b

1 1 1
Q.3 If A, B and C are the angles of a triangle and 1  sin A 1  sin B 1  sin C 0,
sin A  sin 2 A sin B  sin2 B sin C  sin 2 C
then the triangle ABC is-
(A) isosceles (B) equilateral (C) right angled isosceles (D) none of these

cos   sin  1
Q.4 The value of the determinant sin  cos  1 is-
cos(   )  sin(   ) 1
(A) independent of  (B) independent of 
(C) independent of  and  (D) none of these

a 2r 216  1 16
Q.5 Let Dr  b 3(4 ) 2(416  1) ,then the value of Σ Dr is equals to-
r
k 1
c 7(8 r ) 4(816  1)

(A) 0 (B) a + b + c (C) ab + bc + ca (D) none of these

Q.6 The values  and  for which the system of equations x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10
and x + 2y + z =  have unique solution are-
(A)   3,   R (B)   3,   10 (C)   3,   10 (D)   3,   10

Q.7 The system of linear equations x + y + z = 2, 2x + y – z = 3, 3x + 2y + kz = 4 has a unique

solution if-
(A) k   (B) –1 < k > 1 (C) –2 < k < 2 (D) k = 0

x2  x x 1 x  2
2
2x  3x  1 3x 3x  3
Q.8 If = Ax – 12 , then the value of A is-
x 2  2x  3 2x  1 2x  1

(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) –12 (D) –24

441 442 443

Q.9 The value of 445 446 447 is-
449 450 451

(A) 441 × 446 × 451 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) 1

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x  3 2x 2  18 3 x 3  81
x  5 2x 2  50 4x 3  500
Q.10 If f(x) = 1 2 3 then f(1).f(3) + f(3).f(5) + f(5).f(1) is equal to-

(A) f(1) (B) f(3) (C) f(1) + f(3) (D) f(1) + f(5)
Q.11 If the system of equations, x + 2y – 3z =1, (k + 3)z = 3, (2k + 1) x + z = 0 is inconsistent, then the
value of k is-
(A) –3 (B) 1/2 (C) 0 (D) 2

1 a b
Q.12 In a ABC, if 1 c a  0 then sin2 A + sin2 B + sin2 C is equal to-
1 b c

9 4
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 3 3
4 9

Q.13 The equation x + 2y + 3z = 1, 2x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5y + 9z = 4 have-

(A) Unique solution (B) Infinitely many solutions
(C) Inconsistent (D) None of these

1 1 1
Q.14 cos(nx ) cos(n  1)x cos(n  2)x is not dependent-
sin(nx ) sin(n  1)x sin(n  2)x

(A) On x (B) On n (C) Both on x and n (D) None of these

LEVEL - 4
(Questions asked in Previous AIEEE & IIT-JEE)
SECTION - A

log  p 1
Q.1 If p , q , r term of a GP are , m, n then the value of log m q 1 is equal to-
th th th

log n r 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  + m + n (D) None of these

a a2 1  a3
Q.2 If b b 2 1  b 3 = 0 and vectors (1, a, a2), (1, b, b2) and (1, c, c2) are non- coplanar, then the product abc
c c 2 1 c3

equals-
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) 1
Q.3 If a1, a2, a3,......, an,..... are in G.P., then the value of the determinant

log an log a n1 log an 2

log an 3 log an  4 log an 5 , is-
log an 6 log a n7 log an 8

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) – 2

Q.4 The system equations x + y + z =  – 1, x + y + z =  – 1, x + y + z =  – 1 has no solution, if  is -
(A) –2 (B) either –2 or 1 (C) not – 2 (D) 1

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Q.5 If a2 + b2 + c2 = – 2 and f(x) =

1 a2x (1  b 2 )x (1  c 2 )x
(1  a 2 )x 1  b2 x
(1  c 2 )x then f(x) is a polynomial of degree -
(1  a )x (1  b )x 1  c 2 x
2 2

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 2

1 1 1
1 1 x 1
Q.6 If D = for x  0, y  0 then D is-
1 1 1 y
(A) divisible by neither x nor y (B) divisible by both x and y
(C) divisible by x but not y (D) divisible by y but not x

Q.7 Let a, b, c be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers x, y, z not all zero such that x
= cy + bz, y = az + cx, and z = bx + ay. Then a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc is equal to

(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

Q.8 Let a, b, c be such that b(a+c) 0. If

a a 1 a 1 a 1 b 1 c 1
 b b 1 b 1 + a 1 b 1 c  1 =0, then the value of n is :
c c  1 c  1 ( 1)n 2 a (1)n 1b ( 1)n c

(A) any even integer (B) any odd integer (C) any integer (D) zero

SECTION - B

2r 1 2.3r 1 4.5 r 1 n
Q.1 If D r =    , then the value of  Dr is-
r 1
2n  1 3 n  1 5n  1
(A) 0 (B)  (C)  +  +  (D) . 2n + . 3n + . 4n

a b ax  b
b c bx  c
Q.2 If a, b, c are in G.P., then the value of determinent  = is-
ax  b bx  c 0
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) – 1 (D) None of these
Q.3 If the system of equations x + ay + az = 0 ; bx + y + bz = 0 ; cx + cy + z = 0 where a, b and c
are no n- zero and non- uni ty, has a no n- trivi al solution, the n th e value of
a b c
+ + is-
1 a 1 b 1 c
abc
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D)
a  b2  c 2
2

1 1  i  2 2
Q.4 If  (1) is a cube root of unity , then 1  i 1 2  1 equals
 i i   1 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) i (D) 

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x3 sin x cos x
d3
Q.5 Let f(x) = 6 1 0 where p is a constant. Then [f(x)] at x = 0 is -
2 3
dx 3
p p p

(A) p (B) p + p2 (C) p + p3 (D) independent of p

1 a a2
cos(p  d)x cos px cos(p  d)x
Q.6 The parameter on which the value of the determinant does not
sin(p  d)x sin px sin(p  d)x
depend upon is -

(A) a (B) p (C) d (D) x

6i  3i 1
Q.7 If 4 3i  1 = x + iy, then -
20 3 i

(A) x = 3, y = 1 (B) x = 1, y = 3 (C) x = 0, y = 3 (D) x = 0, y = 0

1 x x 1
Q.8 If f(x) = 2x x( x  1) ( x  1)x then f(100) is equal to -
3x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2) ( x  1) x ( x  1)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 100 (D) –100

Q.9 If the system of equations x – Ky – z = 0, Kx – y – z = 0, x + y – z = 0 has a non- zero solution,

then the possible values of K are-

(A) – 1, 2 (B) 1, 2 (C) 0 ,1 (D) – 1, 1

sin x cos x cos x

Q.10 The number of disti nct real roo ts of cos x sin x cos x = 0 in th e in terval
cos x cos x sin x
 
– < x < is
4 4

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

Q.11 The number of values of K for which the system of equations, (K + 1) x + 8y = 4K and Kx +
(K + 3) y = 3K – 1 has infinitely many solutions, is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Infinite

1 1 1
1 3 2 2
Q.12 Let  = – + i . Then the value of the determinant  = 1  1    is
2 2 2
1  4
(A) 3 (B) 3 (– 1) (C) 32 (D) 3 (1– )

Q.13 If x + ay = 0 ; y + az = 0 ; z + ax = 0, then value of ‘a’ for which system of equations will have infinite
number of solutions is

(A) a =1 (B) a = 0 (C) a = –1 (D) no value of a

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Q.14 If the system of equations 2x – y – 2z = 2 ; x – 2y + z = – 4 ; x + y + z = 4 has no solutions
the  is equal to

(A) –2 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) –3

Q.15 Consider the system of equations
x – 2y + 3z = –1
–x + y – 2z = k
x – 3y + 4z = 1
STATEMENT-1 : The system of equations has no solution for k  3

1 3 1
1  2 k
STATEMENT-2 : The determinant  0, for k  3
1 4 1

(A) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is True; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for

Statement–1.
(B) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is True; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for State
ment–1
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement–1 is False, Statement–2 is True

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ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ans. D B C C C A B B D C A B C B A D A C C D C
Q.No. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Ans. C C A A C A B C A D C C A B D A A B A D

LEVEL - 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ans. C A B B B D B D A D D B B B B C D A B

LEVEL - 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ans. B C A A A A A B B B A A A B

LEVEL - 4
Section-A
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ans. A C A A D B C C

Section-B
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. A B C A D B D A D C B B C D A

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