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DETERMINANT
DPP - 1
1. If a, b and c are non -zero real numbers, then b y q y b q
b c 2 2
bc b  c (c) a p x (d) z c r
  c2a2 ca c  a is equal to c z r x a p
a2b 2 ab a  b
1 / a a2 bc
(a) abc (b) a 2 b 2 c 2 7. 1/b b2 ca =
1 / c c2 ab
(c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these
1 2 (a) abc (b) 1 / abc
2. If  is a cube root of unity and   , then 2 is
  2
(c) ab  bc  ca (d) 0
equal to b c2 2
a 2 2
a
(a)  (b)  8. b2 c  a2
2
b2 =
(c) 1 (d)  2 c2 c2 a  b2
2

1 1 1 (a) abc (b) 4 abc

3. The determinant 1 2 3 is not equal to (c) 4 a b c 2 2 2
(d) a 2 b 2 c 2
1 3 6
1 k 3
2 1 1 2 1 1 9. If 3 k  2  0 , then the value of k is
(a) 2 2 3 (b) 3 2 3 2 3 1
2 3 6 4 3 6
(a) –1 (b) 0
1 2 1 3 1 1
(c) 1 (d) None of these
(c) 1 5 3 (d) 6 2 3
1 9 6 10 3 6 10. The value of the determinant
1 1 1
1  2 bc ca ab is
4. If  is the cube root of unity, then  2 1 = b c a c ab ab c
2 1 
(a) abc (b) a  b  c
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these
(c)  (d)  2 1 1 1
1 1 x 1 
5. If a  b  c  0 , then the solution of the equation 11.
1 1 1y
ax c b
c bx a  0 is (a) 1 (b) 0
b a cx (c) x (d) xy

(a) 0 (b) 
3 2
(a  b 2  c 2 ) ab c 2a 2a
2 12. 2b b ca 2b 
3 2 2c 2c c ab
(c) 0,  (a  b 2  c 2 ) (d) 0,  a 2  b 2  c 2
2 (a) (a  b  c)2 (b) (a  b  c)3
a b c (c) (a  b  c)(ab  bc  ca) (d) None of these
6. x y z 
p q r 4 6 1
13. The value of the determinant 1 1 1 is
y b q y q b 4 11 1
(a) x a p (b) x p a
z c r z r c a (a) –75
(c) 0
(b) 25
(d) –25

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14. The value of the determinant 1 b c  a is
1 c ab

(a) (a  b  c) (b) (a  b  c)2

(c) 0 (d) 1  a  b  c
1 logb a
15. 
loga b 1

(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) loga b (d) logb a

1 a bc
16. 1 b ca is equal to
1 c ab

(a) 3abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 (b) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a)

(c) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) (d) (a  b)(b  c)(a  c)
ab bc ca
17. x y yz zx =
p q q r rp

(a) a(x  y  z)  b(p  q  r)  c

(b) 0
(c) abc  xyz  pqr
(d) None of these
1 a a 2  bc
18. 1 b b 2  ac 
1 c c 2  ab

(a) 0 (b) a 3  b 3  c 3  3abc

(c) 3 abc (d) (a  b  c)3
0 a b
19. a 0 c 
b c 0

(a) 2abc (b) abc

(c) 0 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
1 1 1
20. a b c 
a3 b3 c3

(a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3abc
(b) a 3  b 3  c 3  3abc
(c) (a  b  c)(a  b)(b  c)(c  a)
(d) None of these

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