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CBSE
Class 12
Mathematics
Mathematics Part - I
Determinants
Question Bank

Question Bank - Determinants

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Question Bank: Determinants

This chapter covers determinants, their properties, and applications, which are essential for solving linear equations using matrices.

Structured practice

Question Bank - Determinants

Q1.

What is the value of the determinant of a 1x1 matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077761
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Q2.

What is the determinant of a 1x1 matrix A = [5]?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077762
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Q3.

Which of the following statements about the determinant is true?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077763
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Q4.

Which of the following matrices has a determinant equal to zero?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077764
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Q5.

If a matrix has two identical rows, what is its determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077765
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Q6.

Calculate the determinant of matrix A = [3 1; 2 5].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077766
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Q7.

Find the determinant of the matrix |A| = [[1, 2], [3, 4]].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077767
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Q8.

For what value of k will the determinant of the matrix [1 1; k k] be zero?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077768
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Q9.

What is the cofactor of element a_{21} in matrix |A| = [[a, b, c], [d, e, f], [g, h, i]]?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077769
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Q10.

What is the determinant of the following matrix: A = [1 4 3; 2 0 1; 3 5 2]?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077770
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Q11.

Which of the following matrices will have a determinant of one?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077771
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Q12.

Which property does NOT hold for the determinant of a matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077772
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Q13.

For which of the following matrices is the determinant non-zero?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077773
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Q14.

The determinant of which 2x2 matrix is equal to 5?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077774
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Q15.

How can the determinant of a 3x3 matrix be expanded?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077775
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Q16.

If the determinant of a matrix A is -3, what is the determinant of -A?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077776
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Q17.

What does it mean if a 3x3 determinant equals zero?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077777
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Q18.

What is the effect of transposing a matrix on its determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077778
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Q19.

If one row of a matrix is a multiple of another row, what is the determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077779
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Q20.

Which of the following is a characteristic of determinants?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077780
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Q21.

Calculate the determinant of the matrix |A| = [[2, 3], [4, 6]].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077781
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Q22.

Evaluate the determinant of matrix B = [2 3 5; 1 0 2; 4 1 0].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077782
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Q23.

What is a minor of a matrix element?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077783
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Q24.

In a system of equations represented by a matrix, if det(A) = 0, what can we conclude?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077784
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Q25.

How does changing one row of a matrix affect its determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077785
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Q26.

If A is a 3x3 matrix and det(A) = 2, what is det(2A)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077786
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Q27.

What is the determinant of the identity matrix of order 3?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077787
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Q28.

Which of the following statements about determinants is true?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077788
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Q29.

If a matrix is upper triangular, how is its determinant computed?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077789
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Q30.

What is the effect on the determinant if two rows are interchanged?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077790
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Q31.

What is the formula to find the area of a triangle given vertices at (x1, y1), (x2, y2), and (x3, y3)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077818
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Q32.

If the vertices of a triangle are (1, 2), (3, 4), and (5, 6), what is the area?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077820
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Q33.

Given points (0, 0), (4, 0), and (0, 3), calculate the area of this triangle.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077822
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Q34.

Which of the following statements about the area of a triangle is true?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077824
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Q35.

For vertices (2, 3), (5, 11), and (12, 5), apply the determinant method to find the area.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077826
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Q36.

If the vertices of a triangle are at (a, b), (b, c), and (c, a), express the area in terms of a, b, and c.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077828
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Q37.

Calculate the area of the triangle with vertices (1, 0), (4, 0), and (2, 3) using determinants.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077830
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Q38.

Determine which scenario results in a triangle area of zero.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077832
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Q39.

Using the formula, what is the area of a triangle with vertices (0, 1), (2, 3), and (4, 5)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077834
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Q40.

For vertices (x1, y1), (x2, y2), and (x3, y3) in the first quadrant, the area of the triangle is:

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077836
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Q41.

Calculate the area of the triangle with vertices at (0, 0), (4, 2), and (4, 0).

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077838
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Q42.

Find the area of the triangle with vertices (1, 1), (2, 3), and (3, 2).

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077840
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Q43.

What is the area of a triangle with vertices (0, 0), (b, 0), and (0, c)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077842
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Q44.

For a triangle formed by points (2, 1), (4, 3), and (6, 5), what is the area?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077844
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Q45.

Which expression can correctly represent the area of a triangle formed by points on a coordinate grid?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077846
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Q46.

What is the definition of the adjoint of a matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077847
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Q47.

For a 2x2 matrix A = [[a, b], [c, d]], what is the adjoint of A?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077848
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Q48.

Which condition must be satisfied for a matrix to have an inverse?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077849
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Q49.

What is the product of a matrix and its adjoint?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077850
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Q50.

For matrix A = [[1, 2], [3, 4]], calculate adj A.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077851
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Q51.

If A = [[a, b], [c, d]], what is det(A)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077852
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Q52.

How do you find the inverse of a matrix using the adjoint?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077853
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Q53.

Which of the following matrices is non-invertible?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077854
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Q54.

What does the cofactor A_{ij} represent in matrix calculations?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077855
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Q55.

If the determinant of a matrix is zero, what can we say about the matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077856
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Q56.

Which method can be used to calculate the inverse of a 3x3 matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077857
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Q57.

What happens to a matrix when multiplied by its inverse?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077858
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Q58.

How do you denote the adjoint of a matrix A?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077859
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Q59.

What is the relationship between the determinant of a matrix A and the adjoint?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077860
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Q60.

Which of the following statements about the inverse of a matrix is true?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077861
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Q61.

If A = [[0, 1], [0, 0]], what can you conclude about det(A)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077862
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Q62.

What is the determinant of the matrix \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \ \end{bmatrix} \)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077875
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Q63.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the inverse of a matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077877
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Q64.

For the matrix \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \), what is \( |adj(A)| \)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077879
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Q65.

If the system of equations defined by matrix A is consistent, how many solutions does it have?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077880
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Q66.

What will be the value of \( \det(2A) \) if \( A \) is a 3x3 matrix with \( \det(A) = 5 \)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077881
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Q67.

Which of these matrices is non-singular?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077882
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Q68.

If A and B are invertible matrices, what is the relationship between their inverses?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077883
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Q69.

Given the matrix \( C = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \ 0 & 1 & 4 \ 1 & 0 & 5 \end{bmatrix} \), what is the determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077884
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Q70.

What is the inverse of the matrix \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 1 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \)?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077885
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Q71.

For the system of linear equations represented by the matrix equation AX = B, what does it mean if det(A) = 0?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077886
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Q72.

What is the determinant of the identity matrix of size 4?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077887
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Q73.

For the matrix \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \), calculate \( A^2 \).

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077888
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Q74.

Which of the following describes the adjoint of a matrix?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077889
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Q75.

For the linear transformation defined by the equation \( T: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2 \) represented by the matrix \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 0 \ 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix} \), what is the determinant?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00077890
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Q76.

What is the minor M_23 of the element 6 in the determinant \[ \Delta = \begin{vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{vmatrix} \]?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103054
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Q77.

Which formula defines the cofactor A_ij of an element a_ij?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103056
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Q78.

If M_11 is the minor of a_11, then which determinant do we need to compute?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103058
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Q79.

For a determinant of order 3, what is the order of its minor?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103060
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Q80.

Calculate the cofactor A_21 if M_21 = 4.

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103062
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Q81.

What is the cofactor A_12 for the element a_12 if M_12 = 5?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103064
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Q82.

If a determinant \[ \Delta \] is defined as \[ \Delta = \begin{vmatrix} a & b & c \\ d & e & f \\ g & h & i \end{vmatrix} \], what will be the first minor M_11?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103066
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Q83.

To find the value of a_11 A_11 + a_12 A_12 + a_13 A_13, which property is being tested?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103068
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Q84.

What property does the sign factor (-1)^(i+j) ensure in the calculation of cofactors?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103070
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Q85.

If the determinant of a matrix A is zero, what can be inferred about its cofactors?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103072
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Q86.

Which of the following statements is not true about minors?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103074
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Q87.

In matrix evaluation, what does \[ a_{ij}A_{ij} \] represent?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103075
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Q88.

Evaluate the determinant using cofactors from the second row: \[ \Delta = \begin{vmatrix} 5 & 3 & 8 \\ 2 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 & 3 \end{vmatrix} \].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103076
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Q89.

Using cofactors from the third column, evaluate \[ \Delta = \begin{vmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ x & y & z \\ y & z & x \end{vmatrix} \].

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103077
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Q90.

If \[ \Delta = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 2 & 2 \\ 3 & 3 & 3 \end{pmatrix} \], what is the relationship between its cofactors?

Single Answer MCQ
Q-00103078
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