DPT DETERMINANTS - 2

1. The solution set for the equation 6i 3i 1

2x  3y  4z = 3, 9. Let 4 3 i  1 = x + iy.. Then x = ...... and y = .....
2x  3y  8z = 0, 20 3 i
x  2z = 0 is : (a) x = 0 and y = 1 (b) x = 0 and y = 0
(a) (1/2, 1/3, 1/4) (b) (2, 3, 4) (c) x = 1 and y = 0 (d) x = 1 and y = 1
(c) (– 1/2, – 1/3, – 1/4) (d) None of these 10. The system of equations
2. For the system of equation 2x + 3y = 7, 14x + 21y = 49 has :
x  y  z = 11, (a) infinitely many solutions (b) no solu-
2 x  6y  z = 0, tion
3 x  4y  2z = 0 (c) a unique solution (d) finitely many solutions
which is true : 11. If x = cy + bz, y = az + cx, z = bx + ay
x y z x y z where x, y, z are not all zero, then
(a) =  (b) = =
 88 77 286  88  77 286 a 2  b 2  c 2  2abc =
x y z (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) None of these
(c)   (d) None of these
8 7 2
xp  y x y
3. Following equation 12. The determinant xp  z y z = 0, if :
(a  b)x  (b  c )y  (c  a )z  0 ,
0 xp  y yp  z
(b  c )x  (c  a )y  (a  b )z  0 ,
(a) x, y, z are in A.P. (b) x, y, z are in G.P.
(c  a)x  (a  b )y  (b  c )z  0 , which is true :
(c) x, y, z are in H.P. (d) xy, yz, zx are in A.P.
(a) x  y  z (b) equation are consistent
13. If vertices of the triangle is (– 2, – 3), (3, 2), (– 1, – 8).
(c) x = 0 = y (d) None of these Then the area of the triangle is :
4. If A + B + C =  , then the value of : (a) 15 sq. units (b) 16 sq. units
tan ( A  B  C ) tan B tan C (c) 14 sq. units (d) 18 sq. units
tan ( A  C ) 0 tan A 14. The value of  lying between  = 0 and  / 2 satisfying:
is :
tan ( A  B )  tan A 0
1  sin2  cos2  4 sin 4
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) tan 2 x (d) sec 2 x 2 2
sin  1  cos  4 sin 4  0
sin2  cos2  1  4 sin 4
5. If x  y  z = 6, x  y  z = 2, 2x  y  z = 1, then the
value of x, y , z is :   
(a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) both (b) and (c)
(a) x = 1, y = 3, z = 2 (b) x = 1, y = 1, z = 2 24 24 24
(c) x = 2, y = 3, z = 1 (d) x = 1, y = 2, z = 3 1 a a2
a b c q b y   cos (n  1) x cos nx cos (n  1) x ,
15. If then  is :
6. If   x y z ,    p a x then : sin (n  1) x sin nx sin (n  1) x
p q r r c z (a) independent of x (b) independent of n
(c) independent of a (d) None of these
(a)    (b)   2 (c)     (d)   2 
7. Expansion of determinant can be made with : 1  
(a) by first column (b) by first row 16. If    2 1 , where  is a cube roots of unjity,,
(c) by any row or any column (d) None of these 2 1 2
then :
8. If x  y  z  1
(a)   1 (b)   1 (c)   0 (d) None
ax  by  cz  k
17. a1x  b1y  c1z  d1 , a2 x  b2 y  c2z  d 2 ,
a 2 x  b 2 y  c 2z  k 2 , then x =
a3 x  b3 y  c3 z  d 3
(a  b )(a  c ) (k  b )(k  c )
(a) (k  b )(k  c ) (b) (a  b )(a  c ) be a system of three linear equations in three variables
x, y and z. If d1, d 2, d3 are all zero, then system is called:
(a  b )(b  c )(a  c ) (a) quadratic system (b) homogeneous system
(c) (k  a )(k  b )(k  c ) (d) None of these (c) non Homogeneous system (d) None of these

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18. Given the system of equation (a) x 3 ( x   ) (b) x 2 ( x  3 )
2 x  3 y  4 z  1 , 3 x  y  2z  2 , 5 x  9 y  14 z  3 . (c) 2 (   3 x ) (d) None of these
Then which is true ;
a b c a g x
(a) the equations are consistent
25. If D1  d e f , D2  b h y and d = tx, e = ty,
(b) the equations are consistent & x = 1, y = 1, z = 1
(c) the equations are inconsistent g h k c k z
(d) None of these f = tz, then which of the following is true :
a b c (a) D1  tD2 (b) D1  tD2
19. The determinant   b c a is equal to zero, if : (c) tD1  D2 (d) tD1  D2
c a b
(a) a, b, c are in A.P. (b) a, b, c are in G.P. 26. If the equations
(c) a, b, c are in A.G.P. (d) None of these x + ay – z = 0, 2x – y + az = 0 and ax + y + 2z = 0
are consistent, then a is equal to :
( x  2)2 ( x  1)2 x2 (a) – 2, 2 (b) 2, 3
2 2
20. Evaluate ( x  1) x ( x  1)2 
(c) 2  3 ,  2 (d) 1  3 ,  2
x2 ( x  1)2 ( x  2)2
27. If the value of determinant is zero, then :
(a) (x + 2) (b) ( x  4 )2
(a) all the elements of one of its rows will be zero
(c) (x – 1) (x + 2) (d) – 8
(b) all the elements of principal diagonal will be zero
p 0 0 0 (c) all the elements of one of its column will be zero
a q 0 0 (d) it is not necessary that (a) or (b) or (c) has to be sat-
21. The value of det. is :
b c r 0 isfied
d e f s 28. If two adjacent rows of a determinant are interchanged
(a) p  q  r  s (b) 1 then :
(c) ab  cd  ef (d) pqrs (a) the value of determinant is changed
22. The cofactor of the elements of second row in det. (b) the value is not changed
1 2 3 (c) the sign of determinant is changed
4 3 6  (d) None of these
2 7 9 12  x 22 12  1  x
2 2
(a) – 39, 3, 11 (b) – 39, 3, – 11 29. If 2 x 3 22  2  x  0 , then x =
(c) 39, 3, 11 (d) 39, – 3, 11 32  x 42 32  3  x
sc a b
(a) 1 (b) – 1
c sa b
23. If s = (a + b + c), the value of is : (c) 2 (d) 0
c a sb
a 5x p 3a 3b c
(a) s 2 (b) 2s 2 (c) s 3 (d) 2 s3
30. If b 10 y 5  0.2 . Then x 2y z 
c 15 z 15 p 5 5
x  x x
(a) .04 (b) 1
24. If x x x , then  is :
(c) 4 (d) 8
x x x

SCORE SHEET
a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d
1 7 13 19 25
2 8 14 20 26
3 9 15 21 27
4 10 16 22 28
5 11 17 23 29
6 12 18 24 30
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