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Section–I(i) Single Correct Type (Maximum Marks:24)

1. A square matrix P satisfies P2 = I – P where I is an identity matrix. If Pn = 5I – 8P, then n is-

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
∣ 1 + sin2 x cos2 x sin 2x ∣
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
2. If maximum and minimum values of the determinant ∣ sin2 x 1 + cos2 x sin 2x ∣ are α and β
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
∣ sin2 x cos2 x 1 + sin 2x ∣

respectively then which one of the option is incorrect ?

(A) α + β 99 = 4
(B) α 3 – β 17 = 26
(C) ( α 2n – β 2n) is always an even integer for n ∈ N
(D) A triangle can be constructed having it's sides as α , β and 5 α – 13 β .

3. If a0, a1, a2, a3, a4 are in A.P. with commom difference d (where d ≠ 0 & ±1) , then the value of
∣ a1 a2 a1 a0 ∣
∣ ∣

a1 ∣ is
∣ ∣
aa
∣ 2 3
a2
∣ ∣
∣ a3 a4 a3 a2 ∣
(A) 2d4 (B) 2d3 (C) 2d2 (D) 4d4

4. Which of the following statement is correct about two square matrices A and B of same order -
(A) trace (Adj(AB)) = Adj(trace (AB).I)
(B) trace ((A + B) (A – B)) ≠ trace (A2) – trace(B2)
(C) trace(Adj(|A| |B| AB)) – trace(Adj(|AB| BA)) = 0
(D) If A is symmetric matrix and B is skew symmetric matrix then trace (AB' – BA') ≠ 0

1 4 9 −4
5. If A is a skew symmetric matrix of order 2 and B, C are [ ] , [ ] respectively, then A(B2C2)AT is -
2 9 −2 1
(A) a symmetric matrix (B) an identity matrix
(C) a skew symmetric matrix (D) neither symmetric nor skew symmetric

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6. Let B be a square matrix such that |B| = 1 and 2A + B = BT – AT, then |A + B| is -

(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

7. If A is a square matrix of order 'n' with |A| = 9 and |adjA| = 316, then number of elements in A, is -
(A) 81 (B) 27 (C) 9 (D) 3

∣ sin θ cos θ sin 2 θ ∣

∣ ∣
∣
2π ∣

8. Number of solutions of equation ∣ cos( θ + π

6
) cos( θ + 3
) − sin(2 θ + π
3
) ∣
= 0 in [0,2 π ] is-
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
2π 2π
∣
∣
− cos( θ − π
6
) cos( θ − 3
) sin(2 θ + 3
)
∣
∣

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) infinite

Section–I(ii) Multiple Correct Type : (Maximum Marks: 8)

9. System of equations x + y + az = b, 2x + 3y = 2a & 3x + 4y + a2z = ab + 2 has

(A) unique solution when a ≠ 0, b ∈ R
(B) no solution when a = 0, b = 1
(C) infinite solutions when a = 0, b = 2
(D) infinite solutions when a = 1, b ∈ R

⎡
1 1 0 ⎤

⎢ ⎥
10. If A = ⎢
⎢ 2 2 1 ⎥
⎥
and A3 – 2A2 + λ A + Ι = O (Null matrix), then-
⎢ ⎥
⎣
0 1 −1 ⎦
(A) λ = 4 (B) λ = – 4
(C) |A2 + A –1| = 56 (D) |A2 + A –1| = 14

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Paragraph for Questions 11 and 12

If A is invertible matrix of order 3 and B is another matrix of same order as of A such that
|B| = 2 and AT|A|B = A|B|BT, then
(where adj(A) and A –1 denote adjoint and inverse of matrix A)
11. −1 ∣
∣
∣
AB−1 adj(AT B) ∣
is equal to-
1 1 1
(A) 8
(B) 4
(C) 16
(D) 1
12. If B is symmetric matrix , then which of the following is incorrect ?
(A) adj(B) is symmetric matrix
(B) B –1 is symmetric matrix
(C) A2015 B2016 is symmetric matrix
(D) AB –1 is symmetric matrix if AB = BA
Paragraph for Questions 13 - 15
∣ p−y q r ∣
∣ ∣

g(y) = ∣
∣
r p−y q ∣
∣
, p>q>r>0
∣ ∣
∣ q r p−y∣
On the basis of above information answer the following :
13. Absolute term in g(y) can be -
(A) 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) all of the above
14. Coefficient of y in g(y) will be -
(A) independent of only p (B) independent of q as well as r
(C) independent of only r (D) none of these
15. If y1, y2 & y3 are the roots of y3 = 1 such that ƒ (y) = p + qy + ry2, then g(0) is equal to -
(A) ƒ (y1) . ƒ (y2) . ƒ (y3)
(B) ƒ (y1) + ƒ (y2) + ƒ (y3)
f (y1 ) + f(y2 ) + f(y3 )
(C)
3
(D) {f(y1 ) . f(y2 ) . f(y3 )}1/3

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1. If system of equations
x + (sin α )y + (sin2 α )z = 0,
x + (cos α )y + (cos2 α )z = 0
x + (sin2 α )y + (sin22 α )z = 0
has non trivial solutions, then number of distinct values of α (where α ∈ [0, π ]), is

∣ x2 + x (x − 2) 1 ∣
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
2. x4 x3
Let a4 + a3 + a2 + a1x + a0 =x2 ∣ (2x + 3) x 3 ∣ is an identity w.r.t x, then the value of
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
∣ (x − 5) −1 (x + 1) ∣

(a4+ a3+ a2+ a1 + a0) – 25 is

∣ a b c∣ ∣ a + 2b b + 3c c + 4a ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
A2
3. Let A1 = ∣
b c a∣ ≠
∣
0 & A2 = ∣
b + 2c c + 3a a + 4b ∣∣, then is -
∣ ∣
A1
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ c a b∣ ∣ c + 2a a + 3b b + 4c ∣

4. The number of all possible symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with entries – 1,0,1 and whose trace
equals 1, is

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MATHS

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Section–I(i) Single Correct Type

A. C D A C A C A D

Q. 9 10

Section–I(ii) Multiple Correct Type

A. B,C,D B,C

Q. 11 12 13 14 15
Section–I(iii) Comprehension Type
A. C C A D A

Q. 1 2 3 4

Section–III Numerical Type

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Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Section–I(i) Single Correct Type

A. C D A C A C A D

Q. 9 10
Section–I(ii) Multiple Correct Type

A. B,C,D B,C

Q. 11 12 13 14 15
Section–I(iii) Comprehension Type

A. C C A D A

Q. 1 2 3 4
Section–III Numerical Type

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DETERMINANT
EXERCISE (JA)
1. The number of all possible values of , where 0 < , for which the system of
equations
(y + z)cos3 = (xyz)sin3
2cos3 2sin3
xsin 3  
y z
(xyz)sin3 = (y + 2z)cos3 + ysin3
have a solution (x0, y0, z0) with y0z0  0, is
2. Which of the following values of  satisfy the equation.
1    1  2  1  3 
2 2 2

 2     2  2   2  3 
2 2 2
 648 ?

 3     3  2   3  3 
2 2 2

(A) –4 (B) 9 (C) –9 (D) 4

x x2 1 x3

3. The total number of distinct x  R for which 2x 4x 2 1  8x 3 = 10 is

3x 9x 2 1  27x3
4. Let a,,m  . Consider the system of linear equations
ax + 2y = 
3x – 2y = 
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct ?
(A) If a = –3, then the system has infinitely many solutions for all values of  and 
(B) If a  –3, then the system has a unique solution for all values of  and 
(C) If  +  = 0, then the system has infinitely many solutions for a = –3
(D) If  0, then the system has no solution for a = –3
Question Stem for Question Nos. 5 and 6
Question Stem :
Let ,  and  be real numbers such that the system of linear equations
x + 2y + 3z = 
4x + 5y + 6z = 
7x + 8y + 9z =  – 1
is consistent. Let |M| represent the determinant of the matrix
  2 
M    1 0
 1 0 1 
Let P be the plane containing all those () for which the above system of linear
equations is consistent, and D be the square of the distance of the point (0, 1, 0) from
the plane P.
5. The value of |M| is __________.

6. The value of D is __________.

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7. Let |M| denote the determinant of a square matrix M. Let g; 0,    be the function
 2
 
defined by g     f     1  f      1
2 
   
sin 
cos     tan    
 4   4 
1 sin  1
1    4
where f( )   sin  1 sin   sin      cos log e  
2  4  2 
1  sin  1
  
cot     log e   tan 
 4 4
Let p(x) be a quadratic polynomial whose roots are the maximum and minimum values
of the function g(). and p(2) = 2  2 . Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?
3 2  1  3 2   5 2 1  5 2 
(A) p    0 (B) p    0 (C) p    0 (D) p    0
 4   4   4   4 
8. Let ,  and  be real numbers. Consider the following system of linear equations
x + 2y + z = 7
x + z = 11
2x – 3y + z = 
Match each entry in List – I to the correct entries in List-II.
List - I List - II
1
(P) If  
2
 7  3 and = 28, then the system has (1) A unique
solution
1
(Q) If  
2
 7  3 and   28, then the system has (2) No solution

1
(R) If    7  3 where   1 and   28, then the system has (3) Infinitely
2
many solution
1
(S) If  
2
 7  3 where   1 and = 28, then the system has (4) x = 11, y = –2
and z = 0 as a
solution
(5) x = – 15, y = 4
and z = 0 as a
The correct option is
(A) (P)  (3); (Q)  (2); (R) (1); (S)  (4)

(B) (P)  (3); (Q)  (2); (R) (5); (S)  (4)

(C) (P)  (2); (Q)  (1); (R) (4); (S)  (5)

(D) (P)  (2); (Q)  (1); (R) (1); (S)  (3)

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EXERCISE (JA)
Comprehension (3 questions)
1. Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1.
Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.
(a) The number of matrices in A is -
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 3
(b) The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1 
   
A  y   0 
 z  0 
   
has a unique solution, is -
(A) less than 4 (B) at least 4 but less than 7
(C) at least 7 but less than 10 (D) at least 10
(c) The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1 
   
A  y   0 
 z  0 
   
is inconsistent, is -
(A) 0 (B) more than 2 (C) 2 (D) 1
2. (a) The number of 3  3 matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the
x  1 
   
system A  y   0 has exactly two distinct solutions, is
 z  0 
   
9
(A) 0 (B) 2 – 1 (C) 168 (D) 2
(b) Let k be a positive real number and let
 2k  1 2 k 2 k   0 2k  1 k 
   
A2 k 1 2k  and B  1  2k 0 2 k.
   
 2 k 2k 1 
 

 k 2 k 0 

6
If det (adj A) + det(adj B) = 10 , then [k] is equal to
[Note : adj M denotes the adjoint of a square matrix M and [k] denotes the largest
integer
less than or equal to k].
(c) Let p be an odd prime number and Tp be the following set of 2  2 matrices :
 a b  
Tp  A    : a,b,c  0,1,2,....., p  1
 c a  
(i) The number of A in Tp such that A is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both,
and det(A) divisible by p is -
2 2
(A) (p – 1) (B) 2 (p – 1) (C) (p – 1) + 1 (D) 2p –1

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(ii) The number of A in Tp such that the trace of A is not divisible by p but det (A) is
divisible by p is -
[Note : The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
(A) (p – 1) (p2 – p + 1) (B) p3 – (p – 1)2
2
(C) (p – 1) (D) (p – 1) (p2 – 2)
(iii) The number of A in Tp such that det (A) is not divisible by p is -
2 3 3 3 2
(A) 2p (B) p – 5p (C) p – 3p (D) p – p
3. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew-symmetric matrices such that MN = NM.
T 2 2 T –1 –1 T
If P denotes the transpose of P, then M N (M N) (MN ) is equal to -
2 2 2
(A) M (B) –N (C) –M (D) MN
4. Let 1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form
 1 a b
  2
  1 c  , where each of a,b and c is either  or  . Then the number of distinct
 2  1 
 
matrices in the set S is-
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8
0   1 1 1 1  0 
           
5. Let M be 3 × 3 matrix satisfying M 1    2  , M  1   1  and M 1   0 
0   3   0   1 1 12 
           
Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is
i+j
6. Let P =[aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [bij], where bij = 2 aij for 1 < i, j < 3. If the
determinant of P is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q is -
10 11 12 13
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
7. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transpose of P and I is the 3
 x  0 
   
× 3 identity matrix, then there exists a column matrix X   y   0  such that
 z  0 
   
0 
 
(A) PX  0 (B) PX = X (C) PX = 2X (D) PX = –X
0 
 
1 4 4 
 
8. If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is  2 1 7  , then the possible value(s) of the
1 1 3 
 
determinant of P is (are) -
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2
9. For 3 × 3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) NOT correct ?
T
(A) N M N is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew
symmetric
(B) MN – NM is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(C) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
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10. Let M be a 2 × 2 symmetric matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible if
(A) the first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M
(B) the second row of M is the transpose of the first column of M
(C) M is a diagonal matrix with nonzero entries in the main diagonal
(D) the product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer
2 2 4
11. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 matrices such that MN = NM. Further, if M N and M = N
, then
(A) determinant of (M2 + MN2) is 0
2 2
(B) there is a 3 × 3 non-zero matrix U such that (M + MN )U is zero matrix
(C) determinant of (M2 + MN2)  1
2 2
(D) for a 3 × 3 matrix U, if (M + MN )U equals the zero matrix then U is the zero
matrix
12. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3 × 3, non-zero, skew-symmetric matrices and Z be an
arbitrary
3 × 3, non-zero, symmetric matrix. Then which of the following matrices is (are) skew
symmetric?
3 4 4 3 44 44 4 3 3 4 23 23
(A) Y Z – Z Y (B) X + Y (C) X Z – Z X (D) X + Y
 3 1 2 
 
13. Let P   2 0   , where  , Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix such that PQ = kI,
 3 5 0 
k k2
where k  , k  0 and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q23 = – and det(Q) = ,
8 2
then-
(A)  = 0, k = 8 (B) 4 – k + 8 = 0
9 13
(C) det(Padj(Q)) = 2 (D) det(Qadj(P)) = 2
 1 0 0
14. Let P   4 1 0 and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q = [qij] is a matrix such
 
16 4 1 
that
50 q 31  q 32
P – Q = I, then equals
q 21
(A) 52 (B) 103 (C) 201 (D) 205
15. Which of the following is(are) NOT the square of a 3 × 3 matrix with real entries ?
1 0 0   1 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 0 
       
(A) 0 1 0  (B)  0 1 0  (C) 0 1 0  (D) 0 1 0 
0 0 1  0 0 1 0 0 1  0 0 1
16. How many 3 × 3 matrices M with entries from {0,1,2} are there, for which the sum of
T
the diagonal entries of M M is 5 ?
(A) 198 (B) 126 (C) 135 (D) 162
17. For a real number , if the system
 1   2  x   1 
    
  1    y  =  1
  2  1   z   1 
2
of linear equations, has infinitely many solutions, then 1 +  +  =

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 b1 
 
18. Let S be the set of all column matrices  b 2  such that b1, b2, b3   and the system of
b 
 3
equations (in real variables)
–x + 2y + 5z = b1
2x – 4y + 3z = b2
x – 2y + 2z = b3
has at least one solution. Then, which of the following system(s) (in real variables) has
 b1 
 
(have) at least one solution of each  b 2   S ?
b 
 3
(A) x + 2y + 3z = b1, 4y + 5z = b2 and x + 2y + 6z = b3
(B) x + y + 3z = b1, 5x + 2y + 6z = b2 and –2x – y – 3z = b3
(C) –x + 2y – 5z = b1, 2x – 4y + 10z = b2 and x – 2y + 5z = b3
(D) x + 2y + 5z = b1, 2x + 3z = b2 and x + 4y – 5z = b3
19. Let P be a matrix of order 3 × 3 such that all the entries in P are from the set {–1, 0, 1}.
Then, the maximum possible value of the determinant of P is _____ .
 sin 4  1  sin 2   1
20. Let M     I  M ,
2 4
1  cos  cos  
where       and       are real number, and I is the 2 × 2 identify matrix. If
 * is the minimum of the set     :  [0,2) and
 * is the minimum of the set     :   [0, 2 ) ,
then the value of  *  * is
37 31 29 17
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
16 16 16 16
0 1 a   1 1 1
   
21. Let M  1 2 3 and adjM   8 6 2  where a and b are real numbers. Which
3 b 1  5 3 1
of the following options is/are correct?
(A) a + b = 3
1
(B)  adjM   adjM1  M
(C) det  adjM 2   81
   1 
   
(D) If M      2  , then       3
    3 

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1 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 0 
       
22. Let P1  I  0 1 0  , P2  0 0 1 , P3  1 0 0 , P4  0 0 1 ,
0 0 1  0 1 0 0 0 1  1 0 0

0 0 1  0 0 1  6
2 1 3
     
P5  1 0 0  , P6  0 1 0  , and X   PK 1 0 2  PKT
0 1 0 1 0 0  k 1  3 2 1 

where PKT denotes the transpose of the matrix PK. Then which of the following options

is/are correct?

1 1
   
(A) If X 1   1 , then   30 (B) X is a symmetric matrix
1 1

(C) The sum of diagonal entries of x is 18 (D) X – 30I is an inversible matrix

1 1 1  2 x x 
   
23. Let x   and let P  0 2 2  ,Q  0 4 0  and R = PQP–1.
0 0 3  x x 6 

Then which of the following options is/are correct?

(A) There exists a real number x such that PQ = QP

2 x x 
 
(B) det R  det  0 4 0   8, for all x  
x x 5
1  1 
   
(C) For x = 0, if R  a   6  a  , then a + b = 5
 b   b 
  0 
ˆ ˆ ˆ    
(D) For x = 1, there exists a unit vector  i   j  k for which R     0
   0 

24. Let M be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix with real entries and let I denote the 3 × 3 identity
–1
matrix. If M = adj(adj M), then which of the following statements is/are ALWAYS
TRUE?
(A) M = I (B) det M = 1
2 2
(C) M = I (D) (adj M) = I
25. The trace of a square matrix is defined to be the sum of its diagonal entries. If A is a 2 ×
3
2 matrix such that the trace of A is 3 and the trace of A is –18, then the value of the
determinant of A is _____

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26. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let |M| denote the determinant of M. Let

1 2 3  1 0 0  1 3 2 
     
E  2 3 4  , P  0 0 1  and F  8 18 13
8 13 18 0 1 0  2 4 3 

If Q is a nonsingular matrix of order 3 × 3, then which of the following statements is

(are) TRUE ?

1 0 0 
 2 
(A) F  PEP and P  0 1 0
0 0 1

(B) EQ  PFQ 1  EQ  PFQ 1

3 2
(C)  EF   EF
–1
(D) Sum of the diagonal entries of P EP + F is equal to the sum of diagonal entires of
–1
E + P FP
27. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let |M| denote the determinant of M. Let I be the 3 × 3 identity
matrix. Let E and f be two 3 × 3 matrices such that (I – EF) is invertibel. If G = (I –
EF)–1, then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
(A) |FE| = |I – FE| |FGE| (B) (I – FE) (I + FGE) = I
(C) EFG = GEF (D) (I – FE) (I – FGE) = I

28. Let  be a real number. Consider the matrix

 0 1 
 
A   2 1 2  .
 3 1 2 
 

If A7     1 A6  A 5 is a singular matrix, then the value of 9 is ___.

 5 3 
 2  , then which of the following matrices is equal to M2022 ?
29. If M =  2
 3 1
 

 2 2

 3034 3033   3034 3033 

(A)   (B)  
 3033 3032   3033 3032 

 3033 3032   3032 3031 

(C)   (D)  
 3032 3031   3031 3030 

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30. Let M   a ij  , i, j  1,2,3, be the 3 × 3 matrix such that aij = 1 if j + 1 is divisible by i,

otherwise aij = 0. Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
(A) M is invertible
 a1   a1   a1 
     
(B) There exists a nonzero column matrix  a 2  and such that M  a 2    a 2 
a   a   a 
 3  3  3
0
 
0
 
(C) The set X   3 : MX  0  0, where 0   
0
 
 
(D) The matrix (M – 2I) is invertible, where I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix
 a 3 b  
  
31. Let R   c 2 d  : a, b,c,d  0,3,5,7,11,13,17,19 . Then the number of invertible
 0 5 0  
  
matrices in R is

 0 1 c  
32. Let S = A  1 a d  : a, b, c, d, e  0,1 and A  –1,1 , Where A denotes the determinant of
 1 b e  
   
A. Then the number of elements is S is _____.
33. Let α and  be the distinct roots of the equation x2 + x – 1 = 0. Consider the set T = {1, α,  }.

For a 3 × 3 matrix M = (aij) 3 × 3 , define Ri = ai1 + ai2 + ai3 and Cj = aj1 + aj2 + aj3 for i = 1, 2, 3 and

j = 1, 2, 3.

Match each entry in List-I to the correct entries in List-II.

List-I List-II

(P) The number of matrices M = (aij)3×3 with all (1) 1

entries in T such that Ri = Cj = 0 for all i, j, is
(Q) The number of symmetric matrices M =(aij)3×3 with (2) 12
all entries in T such that Cj = 0 for all j, is
(R) Let M = (aij)3×3 be a skew symmetric matrix such that (3) infinite
aij  T for i > j. Then the number of elements in the set
 x   x   a12  
     
y
  : x, y, z  R, M  y    0   is
 z   z   –a  
     23  

(S) Let M =(aij)3×3 bea matrix with all entries in T such (4) 6
that Ri = 0 for all i. Then the absolute value of
determinant of M is
(5) 0

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(A) (P)  (4) (Q)  (2) (R)  (5) (S)  (1)
(B) (P)  (2) (Q)  (4) (R)  (1) (S)  (5)
(C) (P)  (2) (Q)  (4) (R)  (3) (S)  (5)
(D) (P)  (1) (Q)  (5) (R)  (3) (S)  (4)



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ANSWER KEY

DETERMINANT
EXERCISE (JA)
1. 3 2. B,C 3. 2 4. B,C,D 5. 1.00 6. 1.50 7. A,C
8. A
MATRIX
EXERCISE (JA)
1. (a) A, (b) B,(c) B 2. (a) A, (b) 4; (c) (i) D, (ii) C, (iii) D 3. Bonus 4. A
5. 9 6. D 7. D 8. A,D 9. C,D 10. C,D 11.
A,B
12. C,D 13. B,C 14. B 15. A,B 16. A 17. 1 18.
A,D
19. 4 20. C 21. A, B, D 22. A,B,C 23. B,C 24. B,C,D 25. 5
26. A,B,D 27. A,B,C 28. 3 29. A 30. B,C

31. 3780 32. 16 33. C.

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