KV HPCL JAGIROAD

CLASS: XII
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER: DETERMINANTS
Q.NO QUESTION MARK
S
SECTION A
1. 1
Let A be the area of a triangular playground of multiple games
having the vertices (x1,y1), (x2,y2) and (x3,y3). Which of the
following is correct?

| |
x1 y1 1

| | x1 y1 1
(a (b)
)
x2 y2 1 = ±A x2 y2 1 = ±2A

| | | |
x3 y3 1 x3 y3 1
(c x1 y1 1 (d) x1 y1 1
) A 2
x2 y2 1 =± x2 y2 1 = ±A
2
x3 y3 1 x3 y3 1

If |A| = 2, where A is a 2×2 matrix, then |4A | equals :

-1
2. 1
(a 4 (b) 2
)
(c 8 (d) 1
) 32

3. Let A be a 3×3 matrix sucht that |adj A| = 64. Then |A| is equal to : 1
(a 8 (b) -8
)
(c 64 (d) 8 or -8
)

| |
-1
4. A 1 1
If = , where A is a matrix of 3×3 matrix, then the value of k is :
2 k |A |
(a 1 (b) 8
) 8
(c 2 (d) 1
) 2

5.
[
3 x-1 ]
If x 2 is a singular matrix, then the product of all values of x is 1
(a 6 (b) -6
)
(c 0 (d) -7
)
6.
[ 1 2 1
]
If 2 3 1 is a non-singular matrix and a ∈ A, then the set A is
3 a 1
(a R (b) {0}
1

)
(c {4} (d) R - {4}
)

7. If |A| = |kA|, where A is a square matrix of order 2, then sum of all possible 1
values of k is
(a 1 (b) -1
)
(c 2 (d) 0
)

8. 1
| |a b c
If |A| = p q r
x y z
Under which of the following conditions will |A| be equal to 0?
1

i) a - 2p = b - 2q = c - 2r = 0
ii) x = y = z = 0
iii) a:b:c = x:y:z
(a Only ii) (b) Only i) and ii)
)
(c Only i) and iii) (d) All i), ii) and iii)
)

9. 3
If A.(adjA) = 0

(a 12
0
[ 0
3
0
0
]
0 , then the value of |A| + |adjA| is equal to:
3
(b) 9
1

)
(c 3 (d) 27
)

10. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3. If |A| = x, then (2023)x is 1

equal to
(a 2023 (b) 1
) 2023
(c (2023)2 (d) 1
)

11. Using determinants, find the area of a triangular sheet PQR of cloth if its 2
vertices are P(3,1) , Q(9,3) and R(5,7).
12. A determinant is a number assinged to a square matrix hence if entries of a 2

[ ]
matrix are real then its determinant is a real number. Then show that
x sin θ cos θ
determinant assigned to matrix -sin θ -x 1 is independent of θ.
cos θ 1 x

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13. Find the equation of line joining (1,2) and (3,6) using determinats. 2
14. 1 sin x 1 3
If x is a real number then show that -sin x 1 sin x lies between 2 and
-1 -sin x 1
 4(both inclusive).
| | | |
15. Find values of x for which 3 x = 3 2 .
x 1 4 1
2

16. Using matrices solve the following system of equation 5

2 3 10
+ + =4
x y z
4 6 5
- + =1
x y z
6 9 20
+ - =2
x y z
17. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply the third number by 2 and add 5
the first number to the result, we get 7. By adding second and third numbers
to the three times the first number, we get 12. Using matrices find the
numbers.
18. An amount of Rs 5000 is put into three investments at the rate of interest of 5
6%, 7% and 8% oer annum respectively. The total annual income is Rs 358.
If the cobined income from the first two investments is Rs 70 more that
income from third, find the amont of each investment by matrix method.

19. A mixture is to be made of three foods A, B and C.The three foods A, B, C 5

contain nutrients P, Q, R as shown below:

Food Ounces per pound of Nurtients

P Q R
A 1 2 5
B 3 1 1
C 4 2 1

How to form a mixture which will have 8 ounces of P, 5 ounces of Q and 7

ounces of R ?
20.
[ ][
-4 4 4 1 -1 1
]
Determine the product -7 1 3 1 -2 -2 and use it to solve the
5 -3 -1 2 1 3
following system of linear equations
5

x - y + z = 4, x - 2y - 2z = 9, 2x + y + 3z = 1 .
21. Sravan is a nutritionist. He wants to create a mixture of orange juice,
beetroot juice and kiwi juice that can provide 1860 mg of vitamin C, 22 mg
of iron and 760 mg of calcium.The quantity of each nutrient per litre of juice
is shown below.
Using the matrix method, find how many litres of each juice Sravan should
add into the mixture. Show your work.