G.D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL,ROHINI

CLASS –XII (2019-20)
SUB : MATHEMATICS
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS(MCQ)

Q.1 Total number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 2 or 0 is

(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 81 (D) 512
Q.2 If A and B are two matrices of the order 3× 𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3 × 𝑛 , respectively , and m=n , then the
order of the matrix (5A -2B) is
(A) m× 3 (B) 3× 3 (C) m× 𝑛 (D) 3× 𝑛
1 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 ≠ 𝑗
Q.3 If the matrix A = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ] where 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = { then 𝐴2 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
2×2 , 0 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 = 𝑗
(A) I (B) A (C) O (D) None of these
0 −5 8
Q.4 The matrix [ 5 0 12] 𝑖𝑠 𝑎
−8 −12 0
(A) diagonal matrix (B) symmetric matrix (C) skew symmetric matrix
(D) scalar matrix
Q.5 If A and B are matrices of same order , then (𝐴𝐵 ′ − 𝐵𝐴′ ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎
(A) null matrix (B) symmetric matrix (C) skew symmetric matrix
(D) unit matrix
Q.6 If A is a square matrix such that 𝐴2 = 𝐼, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 (𝐴 − 𝐼)3 + (𝐴 + 𝐼)3 − 7𝐴 is equal to
(A) A (B) I- A (C) I + A (D) 3 A
Q.7 For any two matrices A and B , we have
(A) AB=BA (B) AB≠ 𝐵𝐴 (C) AB=O (D) None of the above
2𝑥 5 6 −2
Q.8 If | |=| | , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠
8 𝑥 7 3
(A) 3 (B) ±3 (C) ±6 (D) 6
Q.9 The area of a triangle with vertices (-3,0) , (3,0) and (0,k) is 9 sq. units . The value of k will
be
(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) −9 (D) 6
sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥
𝜋
Q.10 The number of distinct real roots of |cos 𝑥 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 | = 0 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙 − 4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤
cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥 sin 𝑥
𝜋
𝑖𝑠
4
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3
 cos 𝑡 1 𝑡
𝑓(𝑡)
Q.11 Let 𝑓(𝑡) = |2 sin 𝑡 2𝑡| , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 lim 𝑡 2 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
𝑡
𝑡→0
sin 𝑡 𝑡 𝑡
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) 2 (D) 3
1 1 1
Q.12 The maximum value of ∆ = | 1 1 + sin 𝜃 1| 𝑖𝑠 (𝜃 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟)
1 + cos 𝜃 1 1
1 √3
(A) (B) (C) √2 (D) 2√3
2 2
2 𝜇 −3
Q.13 If 𝐴 = [0 2 5 ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴−1 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑓
1 1 3
(A) 𝜇 = 2 (B) 𝜇 ≠ 2 (C) 𝜇 ≠ −2 (D) None of these
1+𝑥 1 1
Q.14 If x,y,z are all different from zero and | 1 1+𝑦 1 | = 0 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓
1 1 1+𝑧
𝑥 −1 + 𝑦 −1 + 𝑧 −1 𝑖𝑠
(A) xyz (B) 𝑥 −1 𝑦 −1 𝑧 −1 (C) –x-y-z (D) -1
Q.15 If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝐴| = 3 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |5 𝐴| 𝑖𝑠
(A) 15 (B) 75 (C) 135 (D) 125
Q.16 If A is invertible matrix of order 3 × 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝐴| = 5 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |𝐴−1 | 𝑖𝑠
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 1/5 (D) None of these
Q.17 If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝐴| = 5 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴| 𝑖𝑠
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 125 (D) √25
𝑎 𝑝 𝑥 𝑝+𝑥 𝑎+𝑥 𝑎+𝑝
Q.18 If ∆= |𝑏 𝑞 𝑦| = 16 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ∆1 = |𝑞 + 𝑦 𝑏 + 𝑦 𝑏 + 𝑞 | 𝑖𝑠
𝑐 𝑟 𝑧 𝑟+𝑧 𝑐+𝑧 𝑐+𝑟
A) 16 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D) 128
Q.19 The value of 𝑎11 𝐶31 + 𝑎12 𝐶32 + 𝑎13 𝐶33 (𝐶𝑖𝑗 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑖𝑗 )𝑖𝑠
(A) 0 (B) ∆ (C) 1 (D) none of these
Q.20 If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝐴| = 5 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴. 𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴 𝑖𝑠
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 0 (D) 5𝐼