NEW INDIAN MODEL SCHOOL,DUBAI

Worksheet 4
Determinants
𝑎−𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑎
1. The value of determinant| 𝑏 − 𝑐 𝑐 + 𝑎 𝑏 |
𝑐−𝑎 𝑎+𝑏 𝑐
3 3 3
(a)𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 (b)3bc (c)𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 (d)none of these
2. The area of a triangle with vertices (-3,0),(3,0) and (0,k) is 9sq.units.The value of k will
be
(a)9 (b)3 (c)-9 (d)6
2 𝜆 −3
3. If 𝐴 = |0 2 5 | then 𝐴−1 exist if
1 1 3
(a)𝜆 = 2 (b)𝜆 ≠ 2 (c) )𝜆 ≠ −2 (d)none of these
4. If A and B are invertible matrices, then which of the following is not correct?
(a)𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴 = |𝐴|. 𝐴−1 (b)det⁡(𝐴)−1 = [det(𝐴)]−1
(c)(𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵 −1 𝐴−1 (d)(𝐴 + 𝐵)−1 = 𝐵 −1 + 𝐴−1
1 −2 5
5. There are two values of a which makes determinant ∆= |2 𝑎 −1|=86,then sum of
0 4 2𝑎
these number is
(a)4 (b)5 (c)-4 (d)9
𝑥 + 2 𝑥 + 4 𝑥 + 2𝑎
6. If a,b,c are in A.P, then the determinant ∆= |𝑥 + 3 𝑥 + 4 𝑥 + 2𝑏 |is
𝑥 + 4 𝑥 + 5 𝑥 + 2𝑐
(a)0 (b)1 (c)x (d)2x
𝑥 0 0
7. If x,y,z are non zero real numbers then the inverse of matrix 𝐴 = [0 𝑦 0]is
0 0 𝑧
𝑥 −1 0 0 𝑥 −1 0 0
(a)[ 0 𝑦 −1 0 ] (b)𝑥𝑦𝑧 [ 0 𝑦 −1 0 ]
−1
0 0 𝑧 0 0 𝑧 −1
𝑥 0 0 1 0 0
1 1
(c)𝑥𝑦𝑧 [0 𝑦 0] (d)⁡𝑥𝑦𝑧 [0 1 0]
0 0 𝑧 0 0 1
8. If area of triangle is 35squnits with vertices(2,-6)(5,4)and (k,4),then k is
(a)12 (b)-2 (c)-12,-2 (d)12,-2
9. Let A be a square matrix of order 3 × 3 then |𝐾𝐴| is equal to
(a)𝐾|𝐴| (b)𝐾 2 |𝐴| (c)⁡𝐾 3 |𝐴| (d)3𝐾|𝐴|
−1
10. If A is an invertible matrix of order 2,then 𝑑𝑒𝑡(𝐴) is equal to
 1
(a)det(A) (b)det⁡(𝐴) (c)1 (d)0
11. Let A be a nonsingular square matrix of order 3 × 3.Then |𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴| is equal to
(a)|𝐴| (b)|𝐴|2 (c)⁡|𝐴|3 (d)⁡3|𝐴|