SECTION-I

OBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I
Multiple Choice Questions with one correct Answers:

1. Which of the following is incorrect

(A) adj (adj A) = A (B) (AT)T = A
(C) (A–1)T = (AT)–1 (D) (A – I) (I + A) = 0  A2 = I

log a (x / y) log a (y / z) log a (z / x)

2. The value of the determinant log b (y / z) log b (z / x) log b (x / y) is
log c (z / x) log c (x / y) log c (y / z)
(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) logaxyz (D) none of these

x 1 x  2 x  
3. x  2 x  3 x   = 0, where  ,  , v are in A.P., is
x3 x 4 xv
(A) an equation whose all roots and real (B) an identity in x
(C) an equation with only one root is real (D) none of these

xp  y x y
4. If py  z y z  0 , then
0 xp  y yp  z

(A) x, y, z are in A.P. (B) x, y, z are in G.P.

(C) x, y, z are in H.P. (D) xy, yz, zx are in A.P.

1 x x 1
5. 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

sin x cos x cos x

 
6. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sin x cos x = 0 in the interval   x  is
4 4
cos x cos x sin x
(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 3
7. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = –1, 3x + y = 2, x + 2y = 1 is consistent, then
(A)   3 (B)  = 3
(C)  = 1 (D)   1

1
x 12
2r

1
8. If Sr = r
3
y 9 , then S
r 1
r is independent of
1
z 8
4r
(A) x only (B) y only
(C) 2 only (D) x, y, z

1 w 2007 w 2009
2007
9. The value of the determinant w w 2010 w 2008 , where w is a root of x3 - 1 = 0
w 2006 w 2005 1
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) none of these

 2 1   3 2  1 0 
10. If  A    , then A is
 7 4   5  3  0 1 
 7 5  2 1
(A)   (B)  
 11 8  5 3
 7 1  5 3
(C)   (D)  
34 5 13 8
 LEVEL-II
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:

x 2y  z z
If   y 2x  z z , then
1.
y 2y  z 2x  2y  z
(A) (x – y) is a factor of  (C) (x – y)2 is a factor of 
(C) (x – y)3 is a factor of  (D)  is independent of z

x 1 1
If 0  x  1 and f (x)  1 x 1 , then
2.
1 1 x
(A) least value of f(x) is 2 (C) greatest value of f(x) is 4
(C) f(x) has a local maximum at x = 2/3 (D) f(x) has a local minimum at x = 1/3

a b 
3. If A    , (where b  c) satisfies the equation x2 + k = 0, then
c d
(A) a + d = 0 (C) k = –|A|
(C) k = |A| (D) All the above

4. Let X be an unknown matrix of order 2 and I be an identity matrix of order 2, then the equation
X2 = I
 7i 10 
(A) is satisfied if X = I (C) is satisfied if X   
 5  7i 

  1    
(C) is satisfied if X    (D) has no solution except identity matrix
   1   

 1 x 
5. For all x in (–1, 1), let A(x) be a matrix defined by A(x)  1  x 2  then
 x 1 

 xy 
(A) A(x) A(y) = A(xy) (C) A(x)A(y)  A  
 1  xy 

 xy 
(C) A(x)A(y)  A   (D) (A(x))–1 = (A–x)
 1  xy 
6. If fr(x), gr(x), hr(x), r = 1,2,3, are polynomials in x such that fr(A) = gr(A) = hr(A), r = 1,2,3 and
 f1 (x) f 2 (x) f 3 (x)
F(x)  g1 (x) g 2 (x) g 3 (x)
h1 (x) h 2 (x) h 3 (x)
then F ' (x) at x = a is
(A) finite (C) 0
(C) 2 (D) –1

1 x x2
Let D(x)  x 2 1 x , then
7.
x x2 1

(A) 1 – x3 is a factor of D(x) (C) (1 – x3)2 is a factor of D(x)

(C) D(x) = 0 has 4 real roots (D) D '(1)  0

8. Let An be an n × n matrix in which diagonal elements are 1, 2, 3 ..... n(i.e., a11 = 1, a22 = 2, .....
aii = i, ....., ann = n) and all other elements are equal to n
(A) An is singular for all n (C) An is non singular for all n
n
(C) det An = (–1) n! (D) det An = (–1)n + 1 n!

9. If a square matrix A satisfies A2 = A then

(A) (I + A)2 = I + 3A (C) (I + A)3 = I + 4A
(C) (I + A)n = I + (2n – 1)A for n  N (D) (I + A)n = I + nA for all n  A

 cos   sin  0 
 
If A()   sin  cos  0 
10.
 0 0 1 


 cos  0 sin  
 
B()   0 1 0 
then
  sin  0 cos  
 

(A) (A()) 1  A( ) (C) A( )A()  A(  )

(C) B( )B()  B(  ) (D) (B())1  B()
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams:

ax c b
1. If a + b + c = 0, then the solution of the equation c bx a  0 is
b a cx

3 2 2 2
(A) 0 (B)  (a  b  c )
2

3 2
(C) 0,  (a  b2  c 2 ) (D) 0,  a 2  b 2  c 2
2

bc a b a
ca bc b 
2.
a b ca c

(A) a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc (B) 3abc – a3 – b3 – c3

(C) a3 + b3 + c3 – a2b – b2c – c2a (D) (a + b + c)(a2 + b2 + c2 + ab + bc + ca)

x 1 x  2 x  3
x  2 x  3 x  4  0,
3. If then a, b, c are in
xa xb xc

(A) A.P. (B) G.P.

(C) H.P. (D) none of these

b 2c2 bc b  c
  c2a 2 ca c  a
4. If a, b and c are non zero numbers, then is equal to
a 2b2 ab a  b

(A) abc (B) a2b2c2

(C) ab + bc + ca (D) none of these

265 240 219

240 225 198
5. The value of is equal to
219 198 181

(A) 0 (B) 679

(C) 779 (D) 1000
 x  2  1
 2 1 x  0
6. At what value of x, will
1 x 2

(A) x = 0 (B) x = 1
(C) x = –1 (D) none of these

1 cos(  ) cos 
cos(  ) 1 cos  is
7. The values of the determinant
cos  cos  1

(A)  2   2 (B)  2  2

(C) 1 (D) 0

1  sin 2  sin 2  sin 2 

8. cos 2  1  cos 2  cos 2   0 then sin 4 equal to
4sin 4 4 sin 4 1  4 sin 4

1
(A) (B) 1
2

1
(C)  (D) –1
2

x  3 2x 2  18 3x 3  81
9. If f (x)  x  5 2x 2  50 4x 3  500 then f(1). f(3) + f(3).f(5).f(1) + f(5).f(1) =
1 2 3

(A) f(1) (B) f(3)

(C) f(1) + f(3) (B) f(1) + f(5)

xn
sin x cos x
n n
If (x)  n! sin cos , dn
10. 2 2 then the value of n [(x)] at x = 0 is
2 3 dx
a a a

(A) –1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) dependent of a
 2 0 0
11. If A   0 2 0  , then A 5 
 0 0 2 

(A) 5A (B) 10A (C) 16A (D) 32A

12. If A and B are square matrices of order 2, then (A + B)2 =
(A) A2 + 2AB + B2 (B) A2 + AB + BA + B2
(C) A2 + 2BA + B2 (D) none of these

0 i
13. If A    , then the value of A40 is
 i 0 

0 1 1 0  1 1   1 1 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
1 0  0 1 0 0  0 1
14. Which one of the following statements is true
(A) Non-singular square matrix does not have a unique inverse
(C) Determinant of a non-singular matrix is zero
(C) If A '  A, then A is a square matrix
(D) If |A|  0, then |A.adj A| = |A|(n – 1), where A = [aij]nxn
  1 4
 3 0 1 
15. The matrix   is invertible, if
  1 1 2 
(A)    15 (C)    17 (C)    16 (D)    18

16. Let A be a square matrix all of whose entries are integers. Then which one of the following is true?
(A) If det A =  1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are integers
(B) If det A = 1, then A–1 need not exists
(C) If det A =  1, then A–1 exists but all its entries are not necessarily integers
(D) If det A  1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are non–integers
 SECTION-II

SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I

 cos 2  cos  sin    cos 2  cos  sin  

1. Show that the product of the matrices  2  and  
 cos  sin  sin    cos  sin  sin 2  


is the zero matrix, when  and  differ by an odd multiple of .
2
2*. If a, b, and c are the roots of an equation of the form x 3  x 2  p  0 , then Prove that the matrix

a b c 
 c a b
 b c a  is orthogonal.
 
3*. If a, b and c are positive and are the pth, qth and rth terms respectively of a G.P., then show that
log a p 1
log b q 1  0 .
log c r 1
4. If ‘A’ is a non-singular matrix, then prove that (KA)-1 = K-1 A-1, where ‘K’ is non-zero real number.
5. If A and B are two given square matrices, then show that
(i) BAB is symmetric, if A is symmetric .
(ii) BAB is skew-symmetric, if A is skew symmetric.

a 2  2a 2a  1 1
6. Prove that 2a  1 a  2 1  (a  1) 3 .
3 3 1


7*. Find the value o f  lying between 0 and , which satisfies the equation
2

1  cos 2  sin 2  4 sin 4

cos 2  1  sin 2  4sin 4  0
cos 2  sin 2  1  4 sin 4
8*. Consider the system of linear equation in x, y, z :
(sin 3) x  y  z  0 , (cos 2) x  4y  3z  0 and 2x + 7y + 7z = 0. Find the values of  for
which this system has non-trival solution.
  5 1 3  1 1 2
9. Find the product of two matrices A & B, where A =  7 1  5 & B =
  3 2 1 and
 
 1  1 1  2 1 3

use it to solve the following system of linear equations,

x + y + 2z = 1 ; 3x + 2y + z = 7 ; 2x + y + 3z = 2 .

 bc b 2  bc c2  bc
10. If none of a, b and c is zero, show that a 2  ac ac c2  ac = (bc + ca + ab)3 .
a 2  ab b 2  ab ab
 LEVEL-II

1*. If D = diag (a1, a2, a3, ... , an) where a i  0 i  1, 2, ...n, then show that D–1 = diag
(a1–1, a2–1 , ... , an–1).

2. Find all the value of c for which the equations 2x + 3y = 3, (c + 2)x + (c + 4)y = c + 6 and
(c + 2)2 x + (c + 4)2 y = (c + 6)2 are consistant. Also solve the above equations for these
values of ‘c’
3*. Investigate for what values of ,  the equations
x+ y+ z= 6
x + 2y + 3z = 10
x + 2y + z   have
(i) no solution
(ii) a unique solution
(iii) infinitely many solutions

ap bq cr
4. If bc + qr = ca + rp = ab + pq = – 1, show that a b c  0 .
p q r

x2  x x 1 x  2
2
5. Show that 2x  3x  1 3x 3x  3  Ax  B . Also find A and B, where A and B are
2
x  2x  3 2x  1 2x  1

determinants of order 3 not involving x.

x2  a2 x 2  b2 x 2  c2
6*. If a, b and c are distinct, solve the equation (x  a) 3 (x  b) 3 (x  c) 3  0 for x.
(x  a)3 (x  b)3 (x  c)3

(a  1) n 6 n

7. Let a  (a  1) 2
2n 2
4n  2 .Evaluate   a
a 1
(a  1)3 3n 3 3n 2  3n

cos(  ) cos(  ) cos(   )

8. Prove that sin(  ) sin(  ) sin(   ) is independent of  .
sin(   ) sin(  ) sin(  )
 a1 b1 c1
9. Let   a 2 b2 c2 and Ai, Bi, Ci be the co-factors of ai , bi, ci respectively and  i , i ,  i be
a3 b3 c3
the co -factors of A i, B i , C i respect ively, where i = 1, 2, 3. Sho w that
Ai B1 C1 1 1 1
A2 B2 C 2  1 2  2  6
.
A3 B3 C3 3 3 3

x x x x 1 x2
Cr C r 1 Cr2 x Cr C r 1 Cr 2
y y y y 1 y2
10. Show that Cr C r 1 Cr2  y Cr C r 1 Cr2 .
z z z z z 1 z2
Cr C r 1 Cr2 Cr C r 1 Cr2
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column-I Column-II

 2 2 4 
 1 3 4 
(A) Idempotent (p)  
 1 2 3

 4 1 4 
 3 0 4 
(B) Orthogonal (q)  
 3 1 3

1  i i  1 
 2 2 
 
(C) Unitary (r)  1 i 1 i 
 2 2 

 cos  sin  
(D) Involutory (s)   sin  cos  
 

2. If C & D are symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3

Column-I Column-II
(A) CD + DC (p) symmetric
(B) C+D (q) Antisymmetric
(C) CD – DC
(D) C–D
 SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

I. Minor (Mij) of an element (aij) of the determinant is obtained by eliminating ith row and jth column.
Cofactor (Cij) = (-j)i+j Mij .

1. If the cofactor of a23 is equal to the minor of a23, then the value of minor is
(A) 1 (B) -1
(C) 0 (D) 2

2. If the cofactor of a34 is 50, then the minor of a34 is

(A) 50-1 (B) 0
(C) 50 (D) – 50

 cos  sin  
II. Let A =  
  sin  cos  

3. An is
 cos n sin n   cos n  sin n
(A)   (B)  
 sin n cosn  sin n cos n 

 cos n  sin n    cosn   sin n 

(C)  n n  (D)  n n 
  sin  cos   sin  cos  
An
4. Let Lt is
n  n

(A) an identity matrix (B) a null matrix

 0 1
(C)   (D) none of these
 1 0 

III. For a given square matrix A, if there exists a matrix B such that AB = BA = I, then B is called
inverse of A. Every non–singular square matrix passes inverse and it exists if |A|  0.
adj(A)
A–1 = det (A)  adj A = |A| (A–1).

 2 3
5. Let, a matrix A =   , then it will satisfy the equation
1 2
(A) A2 – 4A + I = 0 (B) A2 + 4A + I = 0
2
(C) A – 4A – 5I = 0 (D) A2 – 4A + 5I = 0
  2 3
6. Let, a matrix A =   , then A–1 will be
1 2
 2 3  3 2 
(A)   (B)  
 1 2   2 1
 1 2   2 3 
(C)   (D)  
 2 3  1 2 

4b
3 2 3
7. Let matrix A = 1 1  satisfies the equation A2 + aA + bI = 0, then the value of
 
x
a
. cosxdx

equals
ab a  2b
(A) (B)
ab a b
a  4b a  4b
(C) (D)
4a  b 4a  b
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Instructions:
(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 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.
1 1 1
(2  2 x ) 2
x
(3  3 x ) 2
x
(5  5 x ) 2
x
1. Statement–1 : D = =0
(2 x  2  x ) 2 (3x  3 x ) 2 (5x  5 x ) 2

1 1 1
1 1 1 0
Statement–2 : D = 4 x x 2 x x 2 x x 2
(2  2 ) (3  3 ) (5  5 )
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D)

1 x x 1
2x x(x  1) x(x  1)
2. Let f(x) =
3x(x  1) x(x  1) (x  2) x(x 2  1)

100(101)
Statement–1 : f(100) + f(99) + f(98) + ... + f(1) =
2
Statement–2 : f(x) = 0
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D)

3. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries. let I be the 2 × 2 identity matrix. Denote by tr(A), the sum
of diagonal entries of A. Assume that A2 = I.
Statement–1: : If A  I and A  – I, then det A = –1
Statement–2: : If A  I and A  –I, then tr(A)  0.
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
 sin   cos  1 
 
4. Let A = cos  sin  0 
 0 0 1 
Statement–1 : A–1 = adj (A)
Statement–2 : |A| = 1
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
 PROBLEMS

A. Fill in the blanks

2  3   1   3
1. Let p4 + q3 + r2 + s + t =   1  2   4 be an identity in , where p, q, r, s and t
  3   4 3

are constants. Then, the value of t is ............. .

1 4 20
1 2 5
2. The solution set of the equation = 0 is ............. .
1 2x 5x 2

x 3 7
2 x 2
3. Given that x = –9 is a root of = 0 the other two roots are .............. and ........... .
7 6 x

4. The system of equation x  y  z  0 ,  x  y  z  0 ,  x  y  z  0 will have a nonzero

solution . If real values of  are given by .............

1 a a 2  bc
5. The value of the determinant 1 b b 2  ca is ..............
1 c c 2  ab

1 log x y log x z
6. For positive numbers x, y and z, the numerical value of the determinant log y x 1 log y z
log z x log z y 1
is ............. .

B. True/False

1 a bc 1 a a2
1. The determinants 1 b ca and 1 b b 2 are not identically equal.
1 c ab 1 c c2
 x1 y1 1 a1 b1 1
x2 y2 1  a 2 b2 1
2. If then the two triangles with vertices (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3), and
x3 y3 1 a 3 b3 1
(a1, b1), (a2, b2), (a3, b3) must be congruent.

C. Multiple choice Question with One or More than One Correct Answer
a b a  b
1. The determinant b c b  c is equal to zero, if
a  b b  c 0
(A) a, b, c are in A.P. (B) a, b, c are in G.P.
(C) a, b, c are in H.P. (D)  is a root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
(E) (x –  ) is a factor of ax2 + 2bx + c =0

2. The values of  lying between  = 0 and    / 2 and satisfying the equation

1  sin 2  cos 2  4 sin 4

sin 2  1  cos 2  4 sin 4  0 , are
sin 2  cos 2  1  4 sin 4

7 5 11 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
24 24 24 24

6i  3i 1
3. 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

D. Multiple choice Question with One Correct Answer

1. Consider the set A of all determinants of order 3 with entries 0 or 1 only. Let B be the subset of A
consisting of all determinants with value 1. Let C be the subset of A consisting of all determinants
with value –1. Then
(A) C is empty (B) B has as many elements as C
(C) A = B C
(D) B has twice as many elements as elements as C
 1 1  i  2 2
2. Let ( 1) is a cube root of unity, then 1  i 1 2  1 is equal to
 i  i   1 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) i (D) 

3. If A and B are square matrices of equal degree, then which one is correct among the following

(A) A + B = B + A (C) A + B = A – B (C) A – B = B – A (D) AB = BA

x 3 sin x cos x
d 3 f ( x)
4. Let f(x) = 6 1 0 , where p is a consistent. Then at x = 0 is
2
dx 3
p p p3

(A) p (B) p + p2
(C) p + p3 (D) independent of p
xp  y x y
5. The determinant yp  z y z = 0 if
0 xp  y yp  z

(A) x, y, z are in A. P. (B) x, y, z are in G. P.

(C) x, y, z are in H. P. (D) xy, yz, zx are in A. P.

6. The parameter, on which the value of the determinant

1 a a2
cos(p  d )x cos px cos(p  d ) x does not depend upon, is
sin( p  d ) sin px sin( p  d ) x

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

1 x x 1
7. If f(x) = 2 x x( x  1) ( x  1) x , then f(100) is equal to
3x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2) x ( x  1)( x  1)

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 100 (D) -100
8. If the system of equations x - ky - z = 0, kx - y - z =0, x + y - z = 0 has a nonzero solution, then the
possible values of k are

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

1 1 1
1  i 3 2
9. Let   , then the value of the determinant 1  1   2 is
2
1 2 4

10. The number of values of k for which the system of equations, (k + 1) x + 8y = 4k; kx + (k + 3)y
= 3k – 1 has infinitely many solution is

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

 0 1 0 2
11. If A    and B    , then value of  for which A = B is
 1 1  5 1 

(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 4 (D) no real values

12. Given 2x – y + 2z = 2, x – 2y + z = –4, x + y + z = 4 then the value of such that the given system
of equation has no solution, is
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) –3

 2 
13. Let A    and |A3| = 125, then  equals
 2 

(A)  3 (B)  5 (C)  1 (D) 0

1 0 0  1 0 0 
1 
14. If A  0 1 1  , and I  0 1 0  and A 1   (A 2  cA  dI)  , then (c, d) is
 
6 
0 2 4  0 0 1 

(A) (–6, 11) (B) (–11, 6) (C) (11, 6) (D) (6, 11)
  3 1 
 
15. If P   2 2  , A  1 1 and Q = PAP
APT, then PT Q2005 P is
0 1
 1 3  
 2 
2 

1 2005  1 2005  1 0 1 0
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
0 1   2005 1  
 2005 1

0 1
(E) Write-up

1 0 0
 2 1 0
I. A=   , if U1, U2 and U3 are column matrices satisfying.
 3 2 1 

1 2  2
 0  , AU   3  , AU   3
AU1 =   2   3   and U is 3 × 3 matrix whose column are U1, U2, U3 then
 0   0   1 
answer the following questions

1. The value of |U| is

(A) 3 (B) –3
(C) 3/2 (D) 2

2. The sum of the elements of U–1 is

(A) – 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 3

 3
 2
3. The value of [3 2 0 ] U   is
 0 
(A) [5] (B) [5/2]
(C) [4] (D) [3/2]

(F) MATCHING
1. Consider the following linear equation
ax + by + cz = 0
bx + cy + az = 0
cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions/expressions in Column-I with statements in Column II and indicate your
answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
 Column I
(A) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
(B) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
(C) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
Column II
(p) the equations represent
planes meeting only at a single point
(q) the equations represent the line
x=y=z
(r) the equations represent identical
planes.
(s) the equations represent the whole
of the three dimensional space.

(G)
1. 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 solutions for k 3
and
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 STATEMENT–1
(C) STATEMENT–1 is True, STATEMENT–2 is False
(D) STATEMENT–1 is False, STATEMENT–2 is True
 SUBJECTIVE
a b c
1. Let a, b, c be positive and not all equal. Show that the value of determinant b c a is negative.
c a b

x2  x x 1 x  2
2
2. Without expanding a determinant at any stage, show that 2 x  3x  1 3x 3x  3 = x A + B,
x 2  2 x  3 2x  1 2 x  1

where A and B are determinants of order 3 not involving x.

3. Show that the system of equations 3x – y + 4z = 3, x + 2y – 3z = – 2, 6x  5y  z  3 has at

least one solution for any real number  . Find the set of solutions if  = – 5.

4. If  be a repeated root of a quadratic equation f(x) = 0 and A(x), B(x) and C(x) be polynomials
A (x ) B(x ) C( x )
of degree 3, 4 and 5 respectively, then show that A () B() C() is divisible by f(x),
A() B() C()
where prime denotes the derivatives.

x x x x x 1 x2
Cr C r 1 C r2 Cr C r 1 Cr 2
y 1 y 2
5. Show that y
Cr y
C r 1 y
C r2 = y Cr C r 1 Cr .
z z z z z 1 z2
Cr C r 1 C r2 Cr C r 1 C r2

6. Consider the system of linear equations in x, y, z :

(sin 3) x  y  z  0, (cos 2) x  4 y  3z  0, 2x  7 y  7z  0 . Find the values of  for which
this system has nontrivial solutions.

a 1 n 6 n
2 2
7. Let a  (a  1) 2n 4n  2 . Show that 
a 1
a  c is a constant.
(a  1)3 3n 3 2n 2  3n

8. Let the three digit numbers A28, 3B9 and 62C, where A, B and C are integers between 0 and 9,be
A 3 6
divisible by a fixed integer k. Show that the determinant 8 9 C is divisible by k.
2 B 2
 x x x
C1 C2 C3
y y y
9. Evaluate : C1 C2 C3 .
z z z
C1 C2 C3

10. Suppose three digit number A 28, 3 B 9 and 62 C where A, B, C are integers between 0 and 9, are
A 3 6
divisible by a fixed integer k. Prove that the determinant 8 9 C is also divisible by k.
2 B 2

p b c
a q c p q r
11. If a p, b q, c r and = 0. Then find the value of   .
a b r pa qb rc

n! ( n  1)! ( n  2)!
L
M O
 4 Pis
D
12. For a fixed integer n, if D = ( n  1)! ( n  2)! ( n  3)! , then show that
( n  2)! ( n  3)! ( n  4)!
M
Nbg
n!
3
P
Q
divisible by n.

1 log x y log x z
13. For positive number x, y and z the numerical value of determinant log y x 1 log y z .
log z x log z y 1

14. Let  and  be real. Find the set of all values of  for which the system of linear equation
x  (sin  ) y  (cos  ) z  0 , x  (cos  ) y  (sin  ) z  0 ,  x  (sin  ) y  (cos  ) z  0 has
nontrivial solution for  = 1, find the value of  .
 cos(A  P) cos(A  Q) cos(A  R )
15. For all values of A, B, C and P, Q, R, show that cos(B  P) cos(B  Q) cos(B  R ) = 0
cos(C  P) cos(C  Q) cos(C  R )

16. Let a > 0, d > 0. Find the value of the determinant

1 1 1
a a (a  d ) a (a  d )(a  2d )
1 1 1

ad (a  d )(a  2d ) (a  2d )(a  3d )
1 1 1
a  2d (a  2d )(a  3d ) (a  3d )(a  4d )

17. Find those values of c for which the equations 2x + 3y = 3, (c+2)x + (c+4)y = c+ 6, (c+2)2 x
+ (c+4)2 y = (c+6)2 are consistent. Also solve above equations for there values of c.
 a2 a 1
sin( n  1) x sin nx sin( n  1) x
18. Solve for x : = 0.
cos( n  1) x cos nx cos( n  1) x
19. If the p th , q th and r th terms of an H.P. be a, b, c respectively, then prove that
bc ca ab
 p q r = 0.
1 1 1

sin  cos  sin 2

F
G 2 I F 2 I F 4 I
20.
H 3 JK
Prove that for all values of  , sin   G
H 3 JK
cos   G
H 3 JK= 0.
sin 2 

F  2 IJ
sinG
F  2 IJ
cosG
F2  4 IJ
sinG
H 3K H 3K H 3K

21. Find the real values of r for which the following system of linear equations has a nontrivial solutions.
Also find the non-trival solutions : 2rx - 2y + 3z = 0, x + ry + 2z = 0, 2x + 0 y + r z = 0.

22. Let a, b, c be real numbers with a2+b2 +c2 = 1. Show that the equation
 ax  by  c bx  ay cx  a
bx  ay  ax  by  c cy  b = 0 , represents a straight line.
cx  a cy  b  ax  by  c

a b c 
 
23. If matrix A  b c a  , where a, b, c real positive numbers, abc = 1 and AT A = I, then find the
 c a b
value of a3 + b3 + c3.
24. If M is a 3 × 3 matrix, where det M = 1 and MMT = I, where ‘I’ is an identity matrix, prove that det
(M – I) = 0.

a 0 1  a 1 1  f  a 2 
       
25. Let A  1 c b  , B  0 c d  , U  g  and V   0  .
1 d b  f g h  h  0
 
If there is a vector matrix, X, so that AX = U has infinitely many solutions, prove that BX = V
can not have a unique solution. If afd  0 , then that BX = V has no solution.
 ANSWERS
SECTION-I
LEVEL-I

1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (C)

7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A)

LEVEL-II

1. (A B) 2. (A B) 3. (A B C D) 4. (A B C) 5. (B D) 6. (A B)
7. (A B D) 8. (B D) 9. (A C) 10. (A B C D)

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams:
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (A)

7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (B)

13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (A)

SECTION-II
LEVEL-I
7
7. 
24

8.   m or   n  (–1) n  / 6 , where m, n  I

9. x = 2, y = 1, z = - 1
LEVEL-II

2. c = 0, – 10; when c = 0, x = 3, y = – 3, when c = – 10 ; x = –1/2, y = 4/3

3. (i)   3,   10 (ii)   3,   R (iii)   3,   10

1
6. x = 0,  (bc  ca  ab) 7. 0
3
 SECTION-III-A
1. (A-p), (B-s), (C-r), D-q) 2. (A-p), (B-p), (C-q), D-p)

SECTION-III-B
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (A)
7. (C)

SECTION-III-C
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A

PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE
(A)
1. 0 2. –1, 2
3. 2, 7 4. 0 5. 0 6. 0

(B)
1. F 2. F

(C)
1. B, E 2. A, C 3. D

(D)
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. B
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. A

(E)
1. A 2. B 3. A

(F)
1. (A-r), (B-q), (C-p), (D-s)

(G)
1. A
SUBJECTIVE

n 
6. 
3 3
 
 ( 1) n  1 , where   tan 1 2

xyz( x  y)( y  z)(z  x)

9.
12
11. 2
13. 0
 
14. 2  2  
4 4
4d 4
16.
a(a  d )2 (a  2d )2 (a  3d )2 (a  4d )
1 4
17. c = 0, x = -3, y = 3 c = –10, x =  , y =
2 3

1 a2
1
18. x  n, 2n  cos
2a
k
21. r = 2, x = k, y = , z = -k
2
23. 4