DETERMINANTS
Q.1 If and square matrices of the same order 3, such that and , write the value of .
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Q.2 If is square matrix of order 3, with , then write the value of . Dehradun 2019
Q.3 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations and
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Q.4 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations
and . Delhi 2019
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Q.5 Given , compute and show that . CBSE 2018
Q.6 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations
and . CBSE 2018
Q.7 If be such that , then find the value of . CBSE 2018
Q.8 Given , compute . CBSE 2018
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Q.9 If is a invertible matrix, then what will be the value of if .
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Q.10 If for any square matrix , , then write the value of . All India 2017
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Q.11 If and , then write the . Foreign 2017
Q.12 If is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3, then prove that . All India 2017
Q.13 If and are square matrices of order 3 such that , then find the value of .
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Q.14 Use product to solve the system of equations
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Q.15 If , find . Using solve the system of equations
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Q.16 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations
and . Delhi 2017
Q.17 Use product to solve the system of equations
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Q.18 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations
and . All India 2017
Q.19 If and are two square matrices, find and hence solve the
system of linear equations and . Foreign 2017
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Q.20 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations
and . Foreign 2017
Q.21 If , find . Hence, solve the system of equations and
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Q.22 If is an invertible matrix of order 2 and , then write the value of .
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Q.23 Find the maximum value of Delhi 2016
Q.24 If , and , then find the value of . All India 2016
Q.25 If , write the value of . Foreign 2016
Q.26 The monthly incomes of Aryan and Babban are in the ratio and their monthly expenditures are in the
ratio . If each saves ` 15000 per month, find their monthly incomes using matrix method.
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Q.27 A trust invested some money in two type of bonds. The first bond pays 10% interest and second bond
pays 12% interest. The trust received 2800 as interest. However, if trust had interchanged money in
bonds, they would have got100 less as interest. Using matrix method, find the amount invested by the trust.
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Q.28 A coaching institute of English (subject) conducts classes in two batches I and II and fees for rich and
poor children are different. In batch I, it has 20 poor and 5 rich children and total monthly collection is
` 9000, whereas in batch II, it has 5 poor and 25 rich children and total monthly collection is ` 26000 .
Using matrix method find monthly fees paid by each child of two types. Foreign 2016
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Q.29 Find the inverse of the matrix and use it to solve the following system of linear equations
.
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Q.30 A shopkeeper has 3 varieties of pens and . Meenu purchased 1 pen of each variety for a total of `
21. Jeevan purchased 4 pens of ' ' variety, 3 pens of ' ' variety and 2 pens of ' ' variety for ` 60. While
Shikha purchased 6 pens of ' ' variety, 2 pens of ' ' variety and 3 pens of ' ' variety for ` 70. Using
matrix method, find cost of each variety of pen. All India 2016
Q.31 If , find and verify that Foreign 2016
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Q.32 If , then write the cofactor of the element of its 2nd row. Foreign 2015
Q.33 If , find . Delhi 2015
Q.34 Find the adjoint of the matrix and hence show that .
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Q.35 If , write the value of . Delhi 2014
Q.36 If , write the value of . All India 2014
Q.37 If is a matrix, and , then write the value of . Foreign 2014
Q.38 Two schools and want to award their selected students on the values 0f Discipline, Politeness and
Punctuality. The school wants to award ` each, ` each, and ` each for the three respective values
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to its and students with a total award money of ` 1000. School wants to spend ` 1500 to award its
and students on the respective values ( by giving the same award money for the three values as before).
If the total amount of awards for one prize on each value is ` 600, using matrices, find the award money for
each value. Delhi 2014
Q.39 Two schools and want to award their selected students on the values 0f sincerity, truthfulness and
helpfulness. The school wants to award ` each, ` each, and ` each for the three respective values
to its and students with a total award money of ` 1600. School wants to spend ` 2300 to award its
and students on the respective values ( by giving the same award money for the three values as before).
If the total amount of awards for one prize on each value is ` 900, using matrices, find the award money for
each value. All India 2014
Q.40 Two schools and want to award their selected students on the values 0f Tolerance, Kindness and
Leadership. The school wants to award ` each, ` each, and ` each for the three respective values
to its and students with a total award money of ` 2200. School wants to spend ` 3100 to award its
and students on the respective values ( by giving the same award money for the three values as before).
If the total amount of awards for one prize on each value is ` 1200, using matrices, find the award money for
each value. Foreign 2014
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Q.41 If , then write the value of . Delhi 2013
Q.42 If is the cofactor of the element of the determinant , then write the value of .
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Q.43 If is a square matrix and , then write the value of , where is the transpose of matrix
.
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Q.44 If , then write . Foreign 2013
Q.45 A school wants to award its students for the values of Honesty, Regularity and Hard work with a total cash
award of ` 6000. Three times the award money for Hard work added to that given for Honesty amounts to `
11000. The award money given for Honesty and Hard work together is double the one given for Regularity.
Represent the above situation algebraically and find the award money for each value, using matrix method.
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Q.46 The management committee of a residential colony decided to award some of its members (say ) for
Honesty, some (say ) for Helping others and some others (say ) for Supervising the workers to keep the
colony neat and clean. The sum of all the awardees is 12. Three times the sum of awrdees for Cooperation and
Supervision added to two times the number of awardees for Honesty is 33. If the sum of the number of
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awardees for Honesty and Supervision is twice the number of awardees for Helping others, using matrix
method, find the number of awardees of each category. All India 2013
Q.47 10 students were selected from a school on the basis of values for giving awards and were divided into three
groups. The first group comprises Hard workers, the second group has Honest and Law abiding students and
the third group contains Vigilant and Obedient students. Double the number of students of the first group
added to the number in the second group gives 13, while the combined strength of first and second group is
four times that of the third group. Using matrix method, find the number of students in each group.
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Q.48 If , write the minor of the element . Delhi 2012
Q.49 If , write the cofactor of the element . Delhi 2012
Q.50 If , write the minor of the element . Delhi 2012
Q.51 Let be a square matrix of order . Write the value of , where . All India 2012
Q.52 Write the value of the following determinants . Foreign 2012
Q.53 If and , find . Foreign 2012
Q.54 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . Delhi 2012
Q.55 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . All India 2012
Q.56 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . All India 2012
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Q.57 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . All India 2012
Q.58 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . Foreign 2012
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Q.59 For what value of , the matrix is singular? Delhi 2011
Q.60 Write for . Delhi 2011
Q.61 Evaluate . All India 2011
Q.62 If , write in terms of . All India 2011
Q.63 If , write the positive value of . Foreign 2011
Q.64 Using matrices solve the following system of linear equation: ,
and . Delhi 2011
Q.65 Use product to solve the system of equations: ,
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Q.66 What is the value of determinant ? Delhi 2010
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Q.67 Find the minor of the element of second row and third column in the following determinant :
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Q.68 If is a square matrix of order 3 and , then write the value of . Delhi 2010
Q.69 What positive value of makes the following pair of determinants equal? .
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Q.70 Write the adjoint of the matrix . All India 2010
Q.71 Using matrices, solve the following system of equations :
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Q.72 If , find . Using solve the following system of equations:
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