Test- Matrices and Determinant

1. For non zero, c b a , , if 0

1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
=
+
+
+
= A
c
b
a
, then the value of = + +
c b a
1 1 1

(a) abc (b)
abc
1

(c) ) ( c b a + + (d) None of these
2. The value of x obtained from the equation 0 =
+
+
+
| o
o |
| o
x
x
x
will be
(a) 0 and ) ( | o + + (b) 0 and ) ( | o + +
(c) 1 and ) ( | o (d) 0 and ) (
2 2 2
| o + +
3. If 5 is one root of the equation 0
8 7
2 2
7 3
=
x
x
x
, then other two roots of the equation are
(a) 2 and 7 (b) 2 and 7
(c) 2 and 7 (d) 2 and 7
4. If k n 3 = and 1,
2
, e e are the cube roots of unity, then
1
1
1
2
2
2
n n
n n
n n
e e
e e
e e
= A has the value
(a) 0 (b) e
(c)
2
e (d) 1
5. If 0
0
0
0
=
a b
b a
b a
, then
(a) a is one of the cube roots of unity
(b) b is one of the cube roots of unity
(c) |
.
|

\
|
b
a
is one of the cube roots of unity
(d) |
.
|

\
|
b
a
is one of the cube roots of 1
6. For positive numbers y x, and z the numerical value of the determinant
1 log log
log 1 log
log log 1
y x
z x
z y
z z
y y
x x
is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) xyz
e
log (d) None of these
7. n m l , , are the
th th
q p , and
th
r term of a G.P., all positive, then
1 log
1 log
1 log
r n
q m
p l
equals
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 0
8. If ay bx z cx az y bz cy x + = + = + = , , (where x, y, z are not all zero) have a solution other than 0 = x , 0 = y , 0 = z then a, b and c are
connected by the relation
(a) 0 3
2 2 2
= + + + abc c b a
(b) 0 2
2 2 2
= + + + abc c b a
(c) 1 2
2 2 2
= + + + abc c b a
(d) 1
2 2 2
= + + ab ca bc c b a
9. If |A| denotes the value of the determinant of the square matrix A of order 3, then | 2A|=
(a) | | 8 A (b) | | 8 A
(c) | | 2 A (d) None of these
10. If A is a matrix of order 3 and |A| = 8, then = | | A adj
Test- Matrices and Determinant

[
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c)
3
2 (d)
6
2
11. If
(

=
o o
o o
cos sin
sin cos
A , then =
2
A
(a)
(

o o
o o
2 cos 2 sin
2 sin 2 cos
(b)
(

o o
o o
2 cos 2 sin
2 sin 2 cos

(c)
(

o o
o o
2 cos 2 sin
2 sin 2 cos
(d)
(

o o
o o
2 cos 2 sin
2 sin 2 cos

12. If
(
(
(

=
2 1 3
1 3 2
3 2 1
A and I is a unit matrix of
rd
3 order, then ) 9 (
2
I A + equals
(a) 2A (b) 4A
(c) 6A (d) None of these
13. If
(

=
1 2 / tan
2 / tan 1
u
u
A and I AB = , then = B

(a) A .
2
cos
2
u
(b)
T
A .
2
cos
2
u

(c) I .
2
cos
2
u
(d) None of these
14. If
(

=
1 1
2 4
A and I is the identity matrix of order 2, then = ) 3 )( 2 ( I A I A
(a) I (b) O
(c)
(

0 0
0 1
(d)
(

1 0
0 0

15. If I Y X = + 2 3 and O Y X = 2 , where I and O are unit and null matrices of order 3 respectively, then

(a) ) 7 / 2 ( ), 7 / 1 ( = = Y X (b) ) 7 / 1 ( ), 7 / 2 ( = = Y X
(c) I Y I X ) 7 / 2 ( , ) 7 / 1 ( = = (d) I Y I X ) 7 / 1 ( , ) 7 / 2 ( = =
16. If ,
3
2
1
(
(
(

= A then = ' A A
(a) 14 (b)
(
(
(

3
4
1

(c)
(
(
(

9 6 3
6 4 2
3 2 1
(d) None of these
17. If
(
(
(

=
c
b
a
A
0 0
0 0
0 0
, then =
n
A
(a)
(
(
(

nc
nb
na
0 0
0 0
0 0
(b)
(
(
(

c
b
a
0 0
0 0
0 0

(c)
(
(
(

n
n
n
c
b
a
0 0
0 0
0 0
(d) None of these
Test- Matrices and Determinant

18. The inverse of
(
(
(

2 1 1
1 3 2
7 5 3
is
(a)
(
(
(

0 2 5
11 1 3
26 3 7
(b)
(
(
(

1 2 5
11 1 3
26 3 7

(c)
(
(
(

1 2 5
26 3 7
11 1 3
(d) None of these
19. If matrix
(
(
(

=
7 6 0
5 4 3
1 0 1
A and its inverse is denoted by
(
(
(

33 32 31
23 22 21
13 12 11
1
a a a
a a a
a a a
A , then the value of
23
a =
(a)
20
21
(b)
5
1

(c)
5
2
(d)
5
2

20. Let
(
(
(

=
1 0 0
0 cos sin
0 sin cos
) ( o o
o o
o F , where . R e o
Then
1
)] ( [

o F is equal to
(a) ) ( o F (b) ) (
1
o F
(c) ) 2 ( o F (d) None of these
21. Out of the following a skew- symmetric matrix is

(a)
(
(
(

0 6 5
6 0 4
5 4 0
(b)
(
(
(

1 6 5
6 1 4
5 4 1

(c)
(
(
(

3 6 5
6 2 4
5 4 1
(d)
(
(
(

+
i
i
i
6 5
6 4
5 4 1

22. 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 the 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