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CHECK YOUR GRASP DETERMINANTS EXERCISE-I

MINORS & CO-FACTORS a1 b1 c1
1. The cofactors of elements in second row of the 7. If in the determinant   a2 b2 c2 , A1, B1,
a3 b3 c3
2 1 4
determinant 4 2 3 are- C1 etc. be the co-factors of a1, b1, c1 etc., then
1 1 2 which of the following relations is incorrect-
(1) a1A1 + b1B1 + c1C1 = 
(1) 5, 6, 4 (2) 6, 0, –3 (2) a2A2 + b2B2 + c2C2 = 
(3) 5, 1, 8 (4) 6, 0, 3 (3) a3A3 + b3B3 + c3C3 = 
2. If cofactor of 2x in the determinant (4) a1A2 + b1B2 + c1C2 = 
8. Let A = [aij]n×n be a square matirx and let cij be
x 1 2 cofactor of aij in A. If C = [cij], then-
1 2 x x  1 is zero, then x equals to-
(1) |C| = |A| (2) |C| = |A|n–1
x 1 x 0
(3) |C| = |A|n–2 (4) none of these
(1)0 (2)2 (3)1 (4) –1 x y 2 3
9. If = 7 and = 4, then-
3. The minors and cofactors of –4 and 9 in 4 2 y x

1 2 3 5 5
(1) x = –3, y = – (2) x = – , y = –3
determinant 4 5 6 are respectively 2 2
7 8 9
5 5
(1) 42, 3 ; –42, 3 (2) –42, –3 ; 42, –3 (3) x = 3, y = (4) x = ,y=3
2 2
(3) 42, 3 ; –42, –3 (4) 42, 3 ; 42, 3
1 2 3
a1 b1 c1 10. The value of the determinant 3 5 7 is equal
4. If = a 2 b2 c 2 and A2, B2, C2 are respectively 8 14 20
a3 b3 c3
to-
(1) 20 (2) 10 (3) 0 (4)5
cofactors of a2, b2, c2 then a1A2 + b1B2 + c1C2 is
equal to- PROPERTIES & VALUE OF DETERMINANTS
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(1) – (2)0
(3) (4) none of these a b c
c a b
5. If A = (aij) is a 4 × 4 matrix and Cij is the co-factor 11. If  = , then the value of
b c a
of the element aij in Det (A), then the expression
a11C11 + a12C12 + a13C13 + a14C14 equals-
a 2  bc b2  ca c 2  ab
(1)0 (2) –1 (3)1 (4) Det.(A)
c 2  ab a 2  bc b2  ca
is-
a1 b1 c1 b2  ca c 2  ab a 2  bc
6. If   a 2 b2 c 2 and A1, B1, C1 denote the co-
a3 b3 c3 (1) 2 (2) 22
(3) 3 (4) none of these
factors of a1, b1, c1 respectively, then the value of
a1 ma 1 b1
A1 B1 C1 12. The value of the determinant a 2 ma 2 b2 is-
the determinant A 2 B2 C 2 is- a3 ma 3 b3
A3 B3 C3
(1) 0 (2) ma1a2a3
(1)  (2)  2
(3)  3
(4)0 (3) ma1b2a2 (4) mb1b2b3

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a b c ka kb kc
x 1 x2 xa
13. If  = x y z then kx ky kz is equal to-
p q r kp kq kr 21. If a, b, c are in AP, then x  2 x3 xb
x3 x4 xc
(1) k  (2) 3k  (3) k3  (4) k 3
equals-
yz x x (1) a + b + c (2) x + a + b + c
14. y zx y equals- (3) 0 (4) none of these
z z xy
1/ a 1 bc
(1) x2y2z2 (2) 4x2y2z2 (3)xyz (4) 4xyz
22. The value of 1 / b 1 ca is-
1a 1 1 1 / c 1 ab
15. 1 1b 1 equals-
1 1 1c (1) 0 (2) abc (3) 1/abc (4)1

(1) a + b + c + 3 (2) abc

(3) ab + bc + ca (4) ab + bc + ca + abc a b  c a3
The value of b c  a b is-
3
23.
a  b c c a  b c3
16. If a b c + abc = 0, then  is equal to-
a b c (1) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
(1)2 (2)4 (3) –2 (4) –4 (2) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
(3) –(a + b + c)2 (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
1 1 1 (4) none of these
17. The value of a b c is- 24. Find the value of x in the equation
a2 b2 c2
1 4 20
(1) (a + b) (b + c)(c + a) (2) (a – b) (b – c)(c – a) 1 2 5 0
2
(3) a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc (4) (a – b)(b – c) (a – c) 1 2x 5x

xa b c
(1) –1, 2 (2) –1, 0 (3) 2, 0 (4) 1, 2
18. If a xb c = 0, then x equals- 25. If each row of a determinant of third order of value
a b xc

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 is multipled by 3, then the value of new
(1) a + b + c (2) –(a + b + c) determinant is-
(3) 0, (a + b + c) (4) 0, –(a + b + c) (1)  (2) 27  (3) 21  (4) 54 
6i 3i 1
a 0 0 p2 a 0 0
19. If 4 3i 1 = x + iy, then
20 3 i 26. If  = b c a , then pb c a is equal to-
c a b pc a b
(1) x = 3, y = 1 (2) x = 1, y = 3
(3) x = 0, y = 3 (4) x = 0, y = 0
(1) p (2) p2 (3) p3 (4) 2p 
2
1 / a bc a 27. In a third order determinant each element of the
20. 1 / b ca b2 is equal to- first column consists of sum of two terms, each
1 / c ab c 2 element of the second column consists of sum of
three terms and each element of third column
(1) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
consists of sum of four terms, then it can be
(2) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
decomposed into n determinants, where n has the
(3)0
value-
(4) none of these (1) 1 (2)9 (3) 16 (4) 24

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33. If A + B + C = , then
a b bc ca
28. b  c c  a a  b is equal to- sin(A  B  C) sin B
cos C
ca a b bc  sin B 0 tan A equals-
cos(A  B)  tan A 0
(1) abc (2) 2abc (3)0 (4) 4abc
(1) 0 (2) 2 sin B tan A cos C
a bc 2a 2a (3) 1 (4) none of these
29. The value of 2b bca 2b is -
2c 2c ca b PRODUCT OF DETERMINANT

1 0 1 0
34. If 1  and  2  then 21 is equal
(1) a + b + c (2) 2(a + b + c) a b c d
2
(3) (a + b + c) (4) (a + b + c)3
to-
1 2 (1)ac (2) bd
30. If  is a cube root of unity and   , then
 2
(3) (b – a)(d – c) (4) none of these
2 is equal to
(1) – (2)  (3)1 (4) 2 APPLICATION OF DETERMINANT

SYMMETRIC & SKEW SYMMETRIC DETERMINANT 35. The existence of unique solution of the system
31. The value of an odd order skew symmetric x + y + z = b, 2x + 3y – z = 6, 5x – y + az = 10
determinant is- depends on-
(1) perfect square (2) negative (1) b only (2) a only
(3) ± 1 (4)0 (3) a and b (4) neither a nor b
32. The value of an even order skew symmetric 36. The value of k for which the set of equations
determinant is- 3x+ky– 2z=0, x + ky + 3z = 0 and 2x+3y – 4z=0
(1)0 (2) perfect square has a non-trivial solution is-
(3) ± 1 (4) none of these (1) 15 (2) 16 (3) 31/2 (4) 33/2
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ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 2 3 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 1 3 4 4
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 2 2 4 4 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 2
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36
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BRAIN TEASERS DETERMINANTS EXERCISE-II

1 0 0
1
1. The value of 3 x3 1 is- 1i 1i i
xy 3
5 y 1 8. 1 i i 1  i (where i =
 1 ) equals-
(1) x + y 2
(2) x – xy + y 2 i 1 i 1 i
(3) x2 + xy + y2 (4) x3 – y3
(1) 7 + 4i (2) 7 – 4i (3) 4 + 7i (4) 4 – 7i
a b c
2. The value of the determinant a 2
b2 c 2 is- a x a x a x
bc ca ab 9. If a  x a  x a  x = 0 the value of x are-
(1) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) ax a x a x
(2) (a + b) (b – c) (c – a) (a + b + c)
(3) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (ab + bc + ca) (1) 0, a (2) 0, –a (3) a, –a (4) 0, 3a
(4) None
x x2 1  x3
ka k 2  a 2 1
10. If x  y  z and y y2 1  y3 = 0, then the value
The value of the determinant kb k  b
2 2
3. 1 is-
z z2 1  z3
kc k 2  c 2 1
(1) k (a + b) (b + c) (c + a)
of xyz will be-
(2) k abc (a2 + b2 + c2)
(1) 0 (2)1
(3) k (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
(3) –1 (4) none of these
(4) k (a + b – c) (b + c – a) (c + a – b)
bc ca a b
a b c y b q
11. If the determinant b ' c ' c ' a ' a ' b ' is
4. If 1 = x y z and 2 = x a p then 1 is
b " c " c " a " a " b "
p q r z c r

equal to- a b c
(1) 22 (2) 2 expressible as m a ' b ' c ' , then the value of m
(3) –2 (4) none of these
a " b" c"
1 a a 2  bc
is-

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5. The value of the determinant 1 b b2  ca is-
(1) –1 (2)0 (3)1 (4)2
1 c c 2  ab
a a b a bc
(1) a + b + c (2) a2 + b2 + c2
(3)0 (4)1 12. The value of 2a 3a  2 b 4a  3b  2c is equal
3a 6a  3 b 10a  6 b  3c
a b bc ca a b c
6. If b  c c  a a  b =  b c a then  is to-
ca a b bc c a b (1) a3 (2) b3
(3) c3 (4) a3 + b3 + c3
equal to-
13. The value of the determinant
(1)1 (2)2 (3)3 (4)4
7. If a, b, c, are non-zero real number, then
a  b  2c a b
2 2
b c bc b  c c b  c  2a b
is-
c2 a 2 ca c  a is equal to- c a c  a  2b
a 2 b2 ab a  b
(1) 2(a + b + c) (2) 2(a + b + c)2
2 2 2
(1) abc (2) a b c (3) 2(a + b + c)3 (4) (2a + 2b + 2c)3
(3) ab + bc + ca (4) none of these

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a a  b
b x y z 2 x  4 p p  6a a
14. If b b  c = 0, then a, b, c are
c 21. If  = p q r , then 2 y  4 q q  6 b b is
a   b b  c 0 a b c 2z  4 r r  6c c
in-
equal to-
(1) AP (2) GP (3) HP (4) none (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) none
15. If x, y, z are positive numbers, then value of the
1 log x y log x z 3  x 6 3

determinant log x 1 log y z is equal to- 22. One root of the equation 6 3  x 3 =0
y

log z x log z y 1 3 3 6  x

(1)0 (2)3 (3) log xyz (4) none is-

(1)6 (2)3 (3)0 (4) none
2r x n(n  1) 23. If a, b, c are pth, qth and rth terms respectively of a
r 1
16. If Sr = 6 r2  1 y n 2 (2n  3 ) then  Sr H.P., then value of the determinant
4 r 3  2nr z n 3 (n  1) n
bc ca ab
p q r
does not depend on- is-
(1)x (2)y 1 1 1
(3)n (4) allof these (1) p + q + r (2)0
(3) 1/p + 1/q + 1/r (4) none of these
cos x 1 0
1 2 cos x 1 24. If  1 be a cube root of unity and i = 1 , then
17. If f(x) = , then
0 1 2 cos x 1 1  i  2 2
/ 2
value of the determinant 1  i 1 2  1
 f(x) dx 
0 i i    1 3
1 is equal to-
1 1
(1)  (2) (3) (4) none (1)0 (2)1 (3)i (4) 
3 4 2
25. For any ABC, the value of determinant
cos(  )  sin(  ) cos 2 
18. The determinant sin  cos  sin  is- sin 2 A cot A 1
 cos  sin  cos  sin 2 B cot B 1 is-
(1)0 sin 2 C cot C 1
(2) independent of 
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(3) independent of  (1)0 (2)1

(4) independent of both  and  (3) sin A sin B sin C (4) sin A + sin B + sin C

a 2 ab ac r x n(n  1)/ 2
n

19. If ab b2 bc = ka2b2c2, then k is equal to- 26. If Dr = 2r  1 y n2 , then D r is

ac bc c 2 3r  2 z n(3n  1)/ 2 r 1

equal to-
(1)2 (2)4 (3) –4 (4)8
1 1 2
xyz 2x 2x (1) n(n + 1) (2n + 1) (2) n (n + 1)2
6 4
20. If 1 = 2y yzx 2y and (3)0 (4) none of these
2z 2z zxy
1 1 1
m m 1 m 2
x  y  2z x y 27. C1 C1 C1 =
m m 1 m 2
z y  z  2x y C2 C2 C2
2 = then-
z x z  x  2y (1) m(m + 1) (2) m(m – 1)

(1) 1 = 22 (2) 2 = 21

(3)1 (4)0
(3) 1 = 2 (4) none of these
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cos x 1 0 32. If a, b, c all are non-zero and unequal and
28. If f(x) = 1 cos x 1 then f ’ (/3) equals-
1a 1 1
0 1 cos x 1 1 1
1 1b 1 = 0, then 1    is
11 3 5 3 a b c
1 1 1c
(1) (2)
8 8
5 3 equal to -
(3)  (4) none of these 1
8
(1) abc (2)
29. If [a] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal abc
to a and –1  x < 0, 0  y < 1, 1  z < 2, then 1 1 1
(3)   (4)0
a b c
[x]  1 [y] [z]
[x] [y]  1 [z] is equal to- x3 sin x cos x
[x] [y] [z]  1 33. Let f(x) = 6 1 0 where p is a constant,
2 3
p p p
(1)[x] (2)[y]
(3)[z] (4) None of these
d3
23 33 3.2 2  3.2  1 then at x = 0, [f(x)] is-
dx3
30. 33 43 3.3 2  3.3  1 is equal to-
43 53 3.4 2  3.4  1 (1)p (2) p + p2
3
(3) p + p (4) independent of p
(1)0 (2)1
(3) 92 (4) None of these 1 x x 1
34. If f(x) = 2x x(x  1) (x  1)x
31. If ax + by + cz = 1, bx + cy + az = 0 = cx + ay + bz,
3 x(x  1) x(x  1)(x  2 ) (x  1)x(x  1)
x y z a b c
then z x y c a b is equal to- then f(100) is equal to-
y z x b c a
(1)0 (2)1 (1)0 (2)1
(3) –1 (4)2
(3) 100 (4) –100

PASSAGE BASED QUESTION

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Passage - 1 :
Consider the determinant
a1 a2 a3
b1 b2 b3
=
c1 c 2 c 3
Mij = Minor of the element of ith row & jth column.
Cij = Cofactor of element of ith row & jth column.

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :

35. Value of b1.C31 + b2.C32 + b3.C33 is :-

(1)0 (2)  (3) 2 (4) 2
36. a2.C12 + b2.C22 + c2.C32 is equal to :-
(1)0 (2)  (3) 2 (4) 2
37. If all the elements of the determinant are multiplied by 2, then the value of new determinant is :-
(1)0 (2) 8 (3) 2 (4) 29
38. a3M13 – b3M23 + c3M33 is equal to :-
(1)0 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 
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ASSERTION & REASON TYPE :
Each of these questions contains two statements, Statement-1 (Assertion) and Statement-2 (Reason).
Codes :
(A) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is correct explanation for Statement-I.
(B) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is NOT a correct explanation for statement-I
(C) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is false
(D) Statement-I is false, Statement-II is true
2
a 2  x2 x c
ab  cx ac  bx b
39. Statement-I ab  cx b  x bc  ax = c x
2 2 a
ac  bx bc  ax c 2  x2 b a x

Statement-II C = n–1 , where n is order of determinant, and C is the determinant of cofactors of  :

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

f1 (x) f2 (x) f1 '(x) f2 '(x)

40. Statement-I If (x) = g (x) g (x) then '(x)  g '(x) g 2'(x)
1 2 1

d d d
Statement-II {f(x)g(x)}  f(x) g(x)
dx dx dx
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Match the column :

1. Column-I Column-II
(A) If x,y,z are in AP then the value of the determinant (P) 1

a 3 a 2 a  2x
a 4 a 3 a  2 y is
a5 a4 a  2z
(B) The value of k for which the system of equation x + ky – z = 0, (Q) 0
3x – ky – z = 0, x – 3y + z = 0 has non-zero solution

(b  c)2 a2 a2
(C) If b2 (c  a )2 b2 = k abc (a + b + c)3 then value of k is (R) 8
c 2
c 2
(a  b) 2
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xa p d u
(D) If the determinant y  b q  e m  v splits into exactly k (S) 2
zc rf nw
determinants of order 3, each element of which contains
only one term, then the value of k is :

ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 1
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1
 Match the column
1. (A)  (Q), (B)  (P), (C)  (S), (D)  (R)
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PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS DETERMINANTS EXERCISE-III

1. If a, b, c are pth, qth and rth terms of a GP, then 7. Let a, b, c be any real numbers. Suppose that there
are real numbers x, y, z not all zero such that
log a p 1
x = cy + bz, y = az + cx and z = bx + ay, then
log b q 1 is equal to- [AIEEE-2002]
a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc is equal to [AIEEE - 2008]
log c r 1
(1)2 (2) –1 (3)0 (4)1
(1)0 (2)1 8. Let a, b, c be such that b(a + c)  0. If :-
(3) log abc (4) pqr
2. If 1, , 2 are cube roots of unity and n  3p, a a 1 a 1 a 1 b 1 c 1
b b  1 b  1 + a  1 b 1 c  1 = 0,
1 n 2 n c c 1 c 1 (1)n 2
a ( 1)n 1
b ( 1)n c
p  Z, then  n is equal to-
2n
1
n 2 n 1 then the value of n is :- [AIEEE - 2009]
(1) Any odd integer (2) Any integer
[AIEEE-2003] (3) Zero (4) Any even integer
(1)0 (2)  (3) 2 (4)1 9. If the system of equations
3. If a1, a2,.......an, an+1,...... are in GP and ai > 0 i, x – ky – z = 0, kx – y – z = 0, x + y – z = 0
has atlest one non zero solution, then passible
log a n log a n 2 log a n  4 values of k are - [IIT-2000]

then log a n  6 log a n 8 log a n 10 is equal to- (1) –1, 2 (2) 1, 2
log a n 12 log a n 14 log a n 16 (3) 0 ,1 (4) –1, 1
10. In the interval [–/4, /4], the number of real
[AIEEE-04,05]
(1)0 (2) n log an sin x cos x cos x
(3) n(n + 1) log an (4) none of these solutions of the equation cos x sin x cos x  0
4. 2 2 2
If a + b + c = -2 and cos x cos x sin x
is- [IIT 2001]
1  a 2 x (1  b2 )x (1  c 2 )x (1)0 (2)2
f(x)  (1  a 2 )x 1  b2 x (1  c 2 )x ,thenf(x)is a (3)1 (4)3
(1  a 2 )x (1  b2 )x 1  c 2 x 11. The number of such values of k so that the system
of equations (k+1) x + 8y = 4k; kx+(k+3)y=3k–1

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polynomial of degree- [AIEEE 2005] will have infinite solution is- [IIT -2002]
(1)2 (2)3 (3)0 (4)1 (1)0 (2)1
5. The system of equations (3)2 (4)infinite
x + y + z =  - 1
1 3
x + y + z =  - 1 12. Let = – +i . Then the value of the
2 2
x+y+z=-1
has no solution, If  is [AIEEE 2005]
1 1 1
(1) 1 (2) not –2
(3) either -2 or 1 (4) –2 determinant = 1 –1 – 2 2 is- [IIT -2002]
1 2 4
1 1 1
6. If D = 1 1  x 1 for x 0, y 0 then D is- (1) 3 (2) 3( – 1)
1 1 1y (3) 32 (4) 3(1 – )
13. If the system of equations x + ay = 0, az + y = 0
[AIEEE - 2007] and ax + z = 0 has infinite solutions, then value of
(1) Divisible by both x and y ais- [IIT -2003]
(2) Divisible by x but not y (1) –1 (2)1
(3) Divisible by y but not x (3)0 (4) no real number
(4) Divsible by neither x nor y
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14. If system of equations 2x – y – z = 2, x – 2y + z =–4, 18. If the system of equations

x + y + z = 4 has no solution, then  is equal to- x+y+z=6
[IIT -2004] x + 2y + 3z = 10
(1)0 (2)3 x + 2y + z = 0
(3) –3 (4) –2 has a unique solution, then  is not equal to :-
[AIEEE - 2012 (Online)]
15. The number of values of k for which the linear (1) 0 (2) 3
equations (3) 1 (4) 2
4x + ky + 2z = 0 19. If a, b, c are non zero complex numbers satisfying
kx + 4y + z = 0 b2  c 2 ab ac
2x + 2y + z = 0 ab c  a2
2
bc
a2 + b2 + c2 = 0 and
possess a non-zero solution is :- ac bc a  b2
2

[AIEEE - 2011]
= k a2 b2 c2, then k is equal to :-
(1) 1 (2) zero [AIEEE - 2012 (Online)]
(3) 3 (4) 2 (1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 1 (4) 2
16. Ifthetrivialsolution isthe onlysolution ofthe system
of equations 2a a  b a  c
x – ky + z = 0 20. If b  a 2b b  c =(a+b)(b+c)(c+a) 0then
kx + 3y – kz = 0 ca bc 2c
3x + y – z = 0
Then the set of all values of k is : [AIEEE - 2011]  is equal to :- [AIEEE - 2012 (Online)]
(1) {2, –3} (2) R – {2, –3} (1) 1 (2) a + b + c
(3) R – {2} (4) R – {–3} (3) abc (4) 4
21. Let P =[aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [bij],
17. Let P and Q be 3 × 3 matrices with P Q. i+j
where bij = 2 aij for 1 < i, j < 3. If the determinant
If P3 = Q3 and P2Q = Q2P, then determinant of of P is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q
(P2 + Q2) is equal to : [AIEEE - 2012] is- [IIT - 2012]
10 11
(1) –1 (2) –2 (1) 2 (2) 2
12 13
(3) 2 (4) 2
(3) 1 (4) 0
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ANSWER KEY
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Ans. 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 3 2 2 1 4 4
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