MATHEMATICS

Daily Practice Problems (DPP)

Agile Special DPP on Determinant DPP # 1

a 1 1 1
1. If 1 1 1 = 4, then the value a is -
1 1 1

(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) –2 (D) 0

x y 2 3
2. If = 7 and = 4, then -
4 2 y x

5 5 5 5
(A) x = – 3, y = – (B) x = – , y = – 3 (C) x = 3, y = (C) x = , y=3
2 2 2 2

5  i 3 i
3. The value of 4i 5i
is -

(A) 12 (B) 17 (C) 14 (D) 24

sec x sin x tan x

0 1 0
4. is equal to -
tan x cot x sec x

(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) None of these

1 0 0
1
5. The value of x  y 3 x3 1 is -
3
5 y 1

(A) x + y (B) x2 – xy + y2 (C) x2 + xy + y2 (D) x3 – y3

1 2
6. The cofactors of 1, – 2, – 3 and 4 in  3 4
are -

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

2 1 4
4 2 3
7. The minors of the elements of the first row in the determinant are-
1 1 2

(A) 2, 7, 11 (B) 7, 11, 2 (C) 11, 2, 7 (D) 7, 2, 11

a1 b1 c1
8. If  = a 2 b 2 c 2 and A , B , C are respectively cofactors of a , b , c then a A + b B + c C
2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
a3 b3 c3

is equal to -
(A) –  (B) 0 (C)  (D) None of these

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 x 1 2
9. If cofactor of 2x in the determinant 1 2x x  1 is zero, then x equals to -
x 1 x 0
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) –1
a1 ma1 b1
10. The value of the determinant a2 ma2 b2 is -
a3 ma3 b3
(A) 0 (B) ma1a2a3 (C) ma1b2a2 (D) mb1b2b3
a 0 0 p 2a 0 0
pb c a
11. If  = b c a , then is equal to -
c a b pc a b

(A) p  (B) p2  (C) p3  (D) 2p 

1/ a 1 bc
12. The value of the determinant 1/ b 1 ca is equal to
1/ c 1 ab
(A) abc (B) 1/abc (C) 0 (D) None of these
13. If each row of a determinant of third order of value  is multiplied by 3, then the value of new
determinant is -
(A)  (B) 27  (C) 21  (D) 54 

a ma  nx x
14. The value of b mb  ny y is -
c mc  nz z

(A) a + b + c (B) x + y + z
(C) m(a + b + c) + n(x + y + z) (D) 0

a a b abc
15. The value of 2a 3a  2b 4a  3b  2c is equal to -
3a 6a  3b 10a  6b  3c

(A) a3 (B) b3 (C) c3 (D) a3 + b3 + c3

ka k 2  a 2 1
16. The value of the determinant kb k 2  b 2 1 is -
kc k 2  c 2 1

(A) k (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (B) k abc (a2 + b2 + c2)

(C) k (a – b) (b – c) ( c – a) (D) k (a + b – c) (b + c – a) (c + a – b)
a x a x a x
17. If a x a x a x = 0, then value of x are-
a x a x a x

(A) 0, a (B) 0, – a (C) a, – a (D) 0, 3a

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 MATHEMATICS
Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Agile Special DPP on Determinant DPP # 2
a b c
a2 b2 c2
1. The value of the determinant is -
bc ca ab

(A) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
(B) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (a + b + c)
(C) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (ab + bc + ca)
(D) None of these

a2 b2 c2
a2 b2 c2
a b c
2. If (a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2 = k, , then k is equal to –
1 1 1
(a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 0
x1 x 2 x 
3. If x is real number such that x  2 x  3 x   = 0 then   are in
x 3 x 4 x 

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

1 1 1
4. The determinant a b c is equal to -
2 2 2
a  bc b  ca c  ab
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) None of these
1 1 1
m m 1 m 2
5. C1 C1 C1 =
m m 1 m 2
C2 C2 C2
(A) m(m + 1) (B) m(m – 1) (C) 1 (D) 0

0 ab ac
ba 0 bc
6. The value of is -
c  a c b 0

(A) 0 (B) abc

(C) (a – b)(b – c)(c – a) (D) None of these

x  2 x  3 x  2a
7. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of x  3 x  4 x  2b equals -
x  4 x  5 x  2c

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2a (D) 2x

1 i 1 i i
8. 1 i i 1 i (where i = 1 ) equals -
i 1 i 1 i

(A) 7 + 4i (B) 7 – 4i (C) 4 + 7i (D) 4 – 7i

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 ( x  2) 2 ( x  1) 2 x2
2 2
9. The value of the determinant ( x  1) x ( x  1) 2 is -
x2 ( x  1) 2 ( x  2) 2

(A) 0 (B) 8x2 (C) 8 (D) –8

7579 7589
10. 7581 7591
=

(A) 20 (B) – 2 (C) – 20 (D) 4

3x 6 3
11. If 6 3x 3 = 0 then x =
3 3 6  x

(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) None of these

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 MATHEMATICS
Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Agile Special DPP on Determinant DPP # 3

ab bc ca a b c

1. If b  c c  a a  b =  b c a then  is equal to-
ca ab bc c a b

(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
ax by cz
2 2 2
2. The determinant x y z is equal to –
1 1 1

1 1 1 a b c

(A) a2 b
2
c
2
(B) x y z
x y z yz zx xy

1 1 1
x y z
(C) (D) None of these
a2 b2 c2

3. If the determinant
bc ca ab a b c
b  c  c  a a  b is expressible as m a b c , then the value of m is-
b   c  c   a  a   b  a  b  c 

(A) – 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 2
4. 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 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

2r x n(n  1) r1

5. If Sr = 6r  1 2 2
y n (2n  3) then S
n
r does not depends on
3
4r  2nr z n 3 (n  1)

(A) x (B) y
(C) n (D) all of these
x p q
p x q
6. is equal to -
p q x
(A) (x + p) (x + q) (x – p – q) (B) (x – p) (x – q) (x + p + q)
(C) (x – p) (x – q) (x – p – q) (D) (x + p) (x + q) (x + p + q)

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 cos(  )  sin(  ) cos 2
7. The determinant sin  cos  sin  is –
 cos  sin  cos 

(A) 0 (B) independent of 

(C) independent of  (D) independent of both and 
8. If [a] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to a and – 1  x < 0, 0  y < 1, 1  z < 2, then
[ x]  1 [ y] [ z]
[ x] [ y]  1 [ z]
is equal to –
[ x] [ y] [ z]  1

(A) [x] (B) [y]

(C) [z] (D) None of these
5 5
C0 C 3 14
5 5
9. The value of the determinant C1 C4 1 is –
5 5
C2 C5 1

(A) 0 (B) –(6 !)

(C) 80 (D) None of these

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 MATHEMATICS
Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Agile Special DPP on Determinant DPP # 4

x 2  3x x 1 x  3
1. Let px4 + qx3 + rx2 + sx + t = x 1  2x x  4 be an identity,,
x 3 x  4 3x

Where p, q, r, s, t are constants. Then the value of t equals

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) – 1
1 4 20
2. The solution set of the equation 1  2 5 = 0 is
1 2x 5x 2
(A) {1, 2} (B) {–1, – 2} (C) {1, – 2} (D) {–1, 2}
x 3 7
3. Given x = – 9 is a root of the equation , 2 x 2 = 0, the other roots are
7 6 x
(A) 2, – 7 (B) – 7, 2 (C) – 2, – 7 (D) 2, 7

1 a bc a2 b2 c2
4. If 1 b ca =  a b c , then  =
1 c ab 1 1 1
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) – 3

1 a a 2  bc
5. 1 b b 2  ca =
1 c c 2  ab
(A) 0 (B)  a 2 ( b  c) (C) 2  a 2 (b  c) (D) – 2  ab(a  b)

1 log x y log x z
6. If x, y, z be positive, then log y x 1 log y z =
log z x log z y 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) None
sin x cos x cos x
cos x sin x cos x = 0 in   
7. The number of distinct real roots of the equation  4 , 4  is
cos x cos x sin x  
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
log a n log a n 1 log a n  2
8. If a1, a2, a3,........ are in G.P. then the value of determinant log a n 3 log a n  4 log a n 5 equals
log a n  6 log a n  7 log a n 8
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

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 cos 2x sin 2 x cos 4x
9. If the determinant sin x cos 2x cos 2 x is expanded in powers of sin x, then the constant term is
2

cos 4x cos 2 x cos 2x

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 2

a bc 2a 2a
10. If 2 b b  c  a 2 b = k (a + b + c)3, then k =
2c 2c ca b

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

1 x x 1
11. If f (x) = 2x x ( x  1) ( x  1) x then f (100) =
3x ( x  1) x ( x  1)(x  2) ( x  1) x ( x  1)

(A) 0 (B) 100 (C) 1 (D) –100

2xy x2 y2
12. x2 y 2 2xy =
y2 2xy x 2

(A) (x3 + y3)2 (B) (x2 + y2)3 (C) – (x2 + y2)3 (D) – (x3 + y3)2

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 MATHEMATICS
Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Agile Special DPP on Determinant DPP # 5

1. If A = (aij) is a 4 × 4 matrix and cij is the co-factor of the element aij in Det (A), then the
expression a11c11+ a12c12+ a13c13 + a14 c14 equals-
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) Det. (A)

r x n(n  1) / 2 n

2. If Dr = 2r  1 y n2 , then D r is equal to -
3r  2 z n(3n  1) / 2 r 1

1 1 2
(A) n(n + 1)(2n + 1) (B) n (n + 1)2
6 4
(C) 0 (D) None of these

a b  c a3
3. The value of b c  a b3 is -
c a  b c3

(A) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (B) abc (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)

(C) – (a + b + c)2 (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (D) None of these

sin( A  B  C) sin B cos C

4. If A + B + C =  , then  sin B 0 tan A equals –
cos( A  B)  tan A 0

(A) 0 (B) 2sin B tanA cosC

(C) 1 (D) None of these
5. Given the system of equations px + y + z = 1, x + py + z = p, x + y + pz = p2, then for what value
of p does this system have no solution –
(A) 0 (B) –2 (C) 1 (D) 0, 1
6. The value of k for which the set of equations 3x + ky – 2z = 0, x + ky + 3z = 0 and
2x + 3y – 4z = 0 has a non – trivial solution is-
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 31/2 (D) 33/2

a b c y b q
7. If  = x y z and 2 = x a p then 1 is equal to –
p q r z c r

(A) 22 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) None of these

p 15 8
8. If Dp = p 2 35 9 , then D1 + D2 + D3 + D4 + D5 is equal to –
p3 25 10

(A) 0 (B) 25 (C) 625 (D) None of these

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 x! ( x  1)! ( x  2)!
9. If x is a positive integers then the value of determinant ( x  1)! ( x  2)! ( x  3)! is -
( x  2)! ( x  3)! ( x  4)!

(A) (2x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !. (x + 3) ! (B) 2 (x) !. (x + 1) !. (x + 2) !

(C) (2x) !. (x + 3) ! (D) None of these

xn x n 2 x n 3
yn y n 2 y n 3  1 1 1
10. If n     , then n is equals to-
n3 = (x–y) (y–z) (z–x)  x y z
z zn2 z

(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2

  
11. If    are the roots of x3 + ax2 + b = 0, then the value of    is equals to-
  

(A) – a3 (B) a3 –3b (C) a3 (D) a2 – 3b

1 1 1
12. If A, B and C are the angles of a triangle and 1  sin A 1  sin B 1  sin C  0 , then the
sin A  sin2 A sin B  sin2 B sin C  sin2 C

triangle ABC is-

(A) isosceles (B) equilateral (C) right angled isosceles (D) none of these

a 2r 216  1 16
13. Let Dr  b 3(4r ) 2(416  1) ,then the value of Σ Dr is equals to-
k 1
c 7(8 r ) 4(816  1)

(A) 0 (B) a + b + c (C) ab + bc + ca (D) none of these

x2  x x 1 x  2
2x 2  3 x  1 3 x 3x  3
14. If = Ax – 12 , then the value of A is-
x 2  2x  3 2 x  1 2x  1

(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) –12 (D) –24

1 a b
15. In a ABC, if 1 c a  0 then sin2 A + sin2 B + sin2 C is equal to-
1 b c

9 4
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 3 3
4 9

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 ANSWER KEY

DPP - 01
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B

8. B 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. D

15. A 16. C 17. D

DPP - 02
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. C

DPP - 03
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. B

8. C 9. D

DPP - 04
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B

8. A 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. D

DPP - 05
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. B
8. D 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B
15. A

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