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104-106

1. Which of the following is not a property of determinants?

a) The determinant of a matrix changes sign if any two rows (or columns) are
interchanged.
b) The determinant of a matrix is equal to the product of its diagonal entries.
c) The determinant of a matrix is zero if and only if the matrix is singular.
d) The determinant of a matrix is additive under the operation of matrix
multiplication.
2. If A is a 3x3 matrix and det(A) = 5, what is the determinant of the transpose of A?
a) 5 b) -5 c) 25 d) -25
3. Which of the following matrices is singular?
a) det is 1 b) det is 0 c) det is not define d) all of these
4. If A and B are two matrices of the same size and det(A) = 2 and det(B) = 3, what is the
determinant of AB?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 2/3 d) 6/5
5. If A is a 2x2 matrix and det(A) = 4, what is the determinant of A^-1 ?
a) 1/4 b) -4 c) 4 d) -1/4
6. Which of the following is not true about determinants?
a) The determinant of a matrix is equal to the determinant of its inverse.
b) The determinant of a matrix is equal to the determinant of its transpose.
c) The determinant of a matrix is equal to the product of the eigenvalues
of the matrix.
d) The determinant of a matrix is equal to the area (or volume) of
the parallelogram (or parallelepiped) spanned by its columns (or rows)..
7. If A is a 4x4 matrix and det(A) = 0, what can we conclude about the matrix?
a) A is invertible. b) A is singular. c) A has no eigenvalues.
d) A is a diagonal matrix.
8. If A and B are two matrices of the same size and det(A) = 5 and det(B) = 2, what is the
determinant of A^-1×B?
a) 2/5 b) 5/2 c) 10 d) -10
9. Which property of determinants is used to expand them by cofactors?
a) Transpose property b) Symmetry property c) Linearity property d) Inverse
property
10. Which property of determinants is used to expand them by cofactors?
a) Transpose property b) Symmetry property c) Linearity property d) Inverse
property
11. The expansion of a determinant along the first row is equal to:
a) The sum of the products of the first row elements and their cofactors
b) The sum of the products of the first column elements and their cofactors
 c) The difference between the sum of the products of the first row elements and
their cofactors and the sum of the products of the first column elements and their
cofactors
d) The determinant of the matrix with the first row and first column
deleted
12. What is the value of the determinant of a 2x2 matrix with elements a, b, c, d? `
a) ad – bc b) ac - bd c) ad + bc d) (a + d) (b + c)
13. Which property of determinants allows us to interchange two rows or columns of a
matrix without changing its value?
a) Symmetry property b) Linearity property c) Transpose property d) Sign property
14. What is the expansion of the determinant of a 3x3 matrix along the second row?
a) The sum of the products of the second row elements and their cofactors
b) The sum of the products of the second column elements and their
cofactors c) The determinant of the matrix with the second row and second
column deleted d) The difference between the sum of the products of the
second row elements and their cofactors and the sum of the products of the second
column elements and their cofactors
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15. Find the value | |
1 2
3 4

16. Find the value of x, if |24 35|=|2xx 35|

17. If A= |14 22| , then show that |2A|=4|A|
18. How do you calculate the determinant of a 2x2 matrix?

19. What is the determinant of a triangular matrix?

20. What is the relationship between the determinant of a product of matrices and the
determinants of the individual matrices?
21. What is the effect of multiplying a row or column of a matrix by a scalar on its
determinant?
22. What is the effect of swapping two rows or two columns of a matrix on its
determinant?
23. What is the effect of replacing one row or column of a matrix with the sum of that
row or column and a multiple of another row or column on its determinant?
24. Prove that If any two rows of a square matrix A of order n(>2) are identical then its
determinant is zero

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41 1 5
25. Without expanding evaluate the determinant 79 7 9
29 5 3

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b−a a−b c−a
26. Show that c−a b−c a−b =0
a−b c −a b−c

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0 a −b
27. Prove that −a 0 −c =0 without expanding.
b c 0

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1 1 15
28. In a triangle ABC, if 1+ sinA 1+sinB 1+ sinC =0 ABC is a …….. triangle.
2 2 2
sinA+sin A sinB+sin B sinC + sin C

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x x 2 1+Sx 3
2 3
29. For any scalar S prove that y y 1+Sy =(x-y)(y-z)(z-x)(1+Sxyz).
2 3
z z 1+ Sz

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10 11 12
30. Evaluate ∆= 11 12 13 .
12 ! 13! 14 !

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a b c
31. If a+b+c≠0 and b c a =0 then prove that a=b=c .
c a b

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a+ x a−x a−x
32. Solve a−x a+ x a−x =0. Find the values of x.
a−x a−x a+ x
33. Let A be a square matrix of order 4×4, then |zA| is equal to
34. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (x 1,y1), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) using
determinant.

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35. Find the area of triangle with vertices A(5,4), B(-2,4), C(2,-6).
36. If the point (a1,b1),(a2,b2)and (a1+a2,b1+b2) are collinear , show that a1b2=a2b1
37. Find the equation of the line joining A(1,3) and b(0,0) using determinants and find k
if D(k,0) is a point such that area of the ∆ ABD is 3 Sq. units.
38. What is the minor of a 2x2 matrix?
a) The determinant of the matrix
b) The sum of the elements on the diagonal
c) The product of the elements on the diagonal
d) The determinant of the matrix with the first row and column
removed

39. What is the cofactor of a 3x3 matrix?

a) The determinant of the matrix
b) The sum of the elements on the diagonal
c) The product of the elements on the diagonal
d) The determinant of the matrix with the first row and column
removed, multiplied by (-1)(i+j)
40. What is the relationship between the minor and cofactor of an element in a matrix?
a) The minor is the absolute value of the cofactor
b) The cofactor is the absolute value of the minor
c) The cofactor is the negative of the minor
d) The minor and cofactor are the same thing
41. What is the value of the cofactor of the element in the first row and second column
of the matrix below? | |1 2
3 4
a) 3 b)-3 c)4 d)-4

42. What is the value of the minor of the element in the first row and third column of the

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2 4 6
matrix below? 1 3 5
0 7 9
a) 16 b)-16 c)18 d)-18

43. If the minors and cofactors of a matrix are all zero, what can be said about the
determinant of the matrix?
a). The determinant is zero
b). The determinant is non-zero
c). The determinant is negative
 d). There is no particular relationship between the minors, cofactors,
and determinant of a matrix
44. If the elements of a row (or column) are multiplied with cofactors of any other row
(or column), then their sum is
a) 1 b)-1 c)0 d)not define

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2 −3 5
45. Find minors and cofactors of the elements of the determinant 6 0 4 and
1 2 3
verify that a11A31+a12A32+a13A33=0
46. What is the adjoint of a 1x1 matrix?
a) The same matrix b) The transpose of the matrix c) The negative of
the matrix d) None of the above
47. What is the adjoint of a diagonal matrix?
a) The same matrix b) The transpose of the matrix c) The negative of the
matrix d) A diagonal matrix with the entries as the corresponding cofactors
48. What is the adjoint of a skew-symmetric matrix?
a) The same matrix b) The transpose of the matrix c) The negative of the matrix
d) A skew-symmetric matrix with the entries as the corresponding cofactors
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49. If A be any given square matrix of order n then prove that A(adj A)=(adj A)A=|A|I
Where I is the identity matrix of order n
50. If A is matrix of order 3, such that A(adjA)=10I, then find |adj A|=
51. Prove that the determinants of the product of matrices is equal to product of their
respective determinants. |AB|=|A||B|, A and B are square matrices of the same order with
example.

[ ]
1 3 3
52. If A= 2 0 3 , then verify that A adj A=|A|I. also find A-1
1 −2 4
53. What is the inverse of a matrix with determinant 0?
a) The inverse does not exist
b) The inverse is the same as the original matrix
c) The inverse is the transpose of the original matrix
d) The inverse is a matrix of all zeroes
54. What is the product of a matrix and its inverse?
a) A matrix of all zeroes
b) A matrix of all ones
c) An identity matrix
d) The original matrix
55. If A and B are invertible matrices, what is the inverse of their product AB?
a) A-1B-1 b) B-1A-1 c) (AB)-1 d) None
56. If A and B are invertible matrices, what is the inverse of the sum A + B?
a) A-1 + B-1 b) (A + B)-1 c) A-1B-1 d) None
57. What is the inverse of a diagonal matrix?
a) The inverse does not exist
b) The inverse is the same as the original matrix
c) The inverse is a diagonal matrix with the reciprocals of the
diagonal elements d) The inverse is the transpose of the original matrix
58. What is the inverse of a scalar multiple of an identity matrix, kI, where k is a non-zero
scalar?
a) The inverse does not exist
b) The inverse is kI
c) The inverse is 1/k I
d) The inverse is I/k
59. If A is an invertible matrix of order 3*3 such that |A|=2 Then adj(adj A).
60. For the matrix A= [ ]3 1
7 5
find x and y so that A2+xI=yA. Hence ,find A-1

61. Find a 2*2 matrix B such that B[ 1 4][ ]

1 −2 6 0
=
0 6
.

[ ]
2 −1 1
62. If A= −1 2 −1 verify that A3-6A2+9A-4I=O and hence find A-1
1 −1 2

63. For matrix A= [ ]3 2

1 1
, find the number a and b such that A2+aA+bI=0.

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64. What is the inverse method used for?

a) Solving systems of linear equations
b) Finding the determinant of a matrix
c) Multiplying matrices
d) None of the above

65. The sum of three number is 2 . if twice the second number is added to the sum of
first and third , the sum is 1. By adding second and third number to five times the first
number ,we get 6 . find the three numbers by using matrices.

[ ]
1 2 2
66. show that the matrix A= 2 1 2 satisfies the equation A2-4A-5I=O and hence find A-1
2 2 1
67. What is the solution of the system of linear equations using the inverse method?
2x + 3y = 8 ; 4x + 5y = 14
a) x = 2, y = 1 b) x = 1, y = 2 c) x = 3, y = 2 d) x =
2, y = 3
68. An amount of Rs 10000 is put into three investment at the rate 10, 12 and 15% per
annum. The combined income is Rs is 1310 and the combined income of first and
second investment is Rs 190 short of the income from the third . Find the investment in
each using matrix method.
69. A company produces three products every day. Their production on a certain day is
45 tons. It is found that the production of third product exceeds the production of first
product by 8 tons while the total production of first and third product is twice the
production of second product. Determine the production level of each product using
matrix method.
70. The prices of three commodities P,Q and R are Rs. x, y and z per unit respectively. A
purchases 4 units of P and 1 unit of R. C purchases 1 unit of P and 5 units of Q. B
purchases 3 units of Q and sells 2 units of P and 1 unit of R. C purchases 1 unit of P and
sells 4 units of Q and 6 units of R. In the process A, B and C earn Rs. 6,000 Rs. 5,000 and
Rs. 13,000 respectively. If selling the units is positively earning and buying the units is
negative earnings, find the price per unit of three commodities by using matrix method.
71. The management committee of a residential colony decided to award some of its
members (say x) for honesty, some (say y) for helping others (say z) for supervising the
workers to keep the colony neat and clean. The sum of all the awardees is 12. Three
times the sum of awardees for cooperation and supervision added to two times the
number of awardees for honesty is 33. If the sum of the number of awardees for honesty
and supervision is twice the number of awardees for helping others, using matrix
method, find the number of awardees of each category. Apart from these values,
namely, honesty, cooperation and supervision, suggest one more value which the
management must include for awards.

72. A school wants to award its students for the values of honesty, regularity and
hardwork with a total cash award of Rs. 6,000. Three times the award money for hard
work added to that given for honesty amounts to Rs. 11,000. The award moneyh given
for honesty and hardwork together is double the one given for regularity. Represent the
above situation algebraically and find the award for each value, using matrix method.
Apart from these values, namely honesty, regularity and hardwork, suggest one more
value which the school must include for awards.
73. Two institutions decided to award their employees for the three values of
resourcefulness, competence and determination in the form of prizes at the rate of Rs.
Rs. x, Rs. y and Rs. z respectively per person. The first institution decided to award
respectively 4, 3 and 2 employees with a total prize money of Rs. 37,000 and the second
institution decided to award respectively 5, 3 and 4 employees with a total prize money
of Rs. 47,000. If all the three prizes per person together amount to Rs. 12,000, then
using matrix method find the value of x, y and z. what values are described in this
equations?

74. Two factories decided to award their employees for three values of (a) adaptable to
new techniques, (b) careful and alert in difficult situations and see keeping calm in tense
situation at the rate of Rs. x, Rs. y and Rs. z per person respectively. The first factory
decided to honour respectively 2, 4 and 3 employee with a total prize money of 29,000.
The second factory decided to honour respectively 5, 2 and 3 employee with a prize
money of 30,500. If the 3 prizes per person together cost 9,500 then
1. Represent the above situation by matrix equation form a linear equation
using matrix multiplication.
2. Solve these equations using matrix.
75. Two school A and B want to award their selected students on the values of sincerity,
truthfulness and helpfulness. The school A wants to award Rs. x each Rs. y and Rs. z each
of the three respective value to 3, 2 and 1 respectively with a total award money of Rs.
1,600. School B wants to spend Rs. 2,300 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students respectively.
If total amount of award for one prize on each values is Rs. 900 using matrices. Find the
award money of each value.

76.solve system of linear equations, using matrix method,

2x+3y +3z = 5
x-2y +z=-4
3x-y-2z=3
77. solve system of linear equations, using matrix method,
x-y+z = 4
2x+y-3z= 0
x+y+z = 2