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Determinant



1. If a, b and c are non -zero real numbers, then
b a ab b a
a c ca a c
c b bc c b
+
+
+
= A
2 2
2 2
2 2
is equal to [AMU 1992; Karnataka CET 2000, 2011]
(a) abc (b)
2 2 2
c b a (c) ca bc ab + + (d) None of these
2. If e is a cube root of unity and
2
2 1
e e
e
= A , then
2
A is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1984]
(a) e (b) e (c) 1 (d)
2
e
3. The determinant
6 3 1
3 2 1
1 1 1
is not equal to [MP PET 1988]
(a)
6 3 2
3 2 2
1 1 2
(b)
6 3 4
3 2 3
1 1 2
(c)
6 9 1
3 5 1
1 2 1
(d)
6 3 10
3 2 6
1 1 3

4. If e is the cube root of unity, then
e e
e e
e e
1
1
1
2
2
2
=
[MP PET 1990, 2002; Karnataka CET 1992, 93, 2002; Rajasthan PET 1985, 93, 94]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) e (d)
2
e
5. If 0 = + + c b a , then the solution of the equation 0 =

x c a b
a x b c
b c x a
is [UPSEAT 2010]
(a) 0 (b) ) (
2
3
2 2 2
c b a + + (c) 0, ) (
2
3
2 2 2
c b a + + (d) 0,
2 2 2
c b a + +
6. =
r q p
z y x
c b a

(a)
r c z
p a x
q b y
(b)
c r z
a p x
b q y
(c)
r z c
x p a
q y b
(d)
p a x
r c z
q b y

7.
ab c c
ca b b
bc a a
2
2
2
/ 1
/ 1
/ 1
= [Rajasthan PET 1990, 99]
(a) abc (b) abc / 1 (c) ca bc ab + + (d) 0
B Ba as si ic c L Le ev ve el l
Expansion of Determinants





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Determinants
8.
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
b a c c
b a c b
a a c b
+
+
+
= [IIT 1980]
(a) abc (b) abc 4 (c)
2 2 2
4 c b a (d)
2 2 2
c b a
9. If 0
1 3 2
2 3
3 1
=

k
k
, then the value of k is [IIT 2011]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these
10. The value of the determinant
c b a b a c a c b
b a a c c b
+ + +
+ + +
1 1 1
is [Rajasthan PET 1986]
(a) abc (b) c b a + + (c) ca bc ab + + (d) None of these
11. =
+
+
y
x
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
[Rajasthan PET 1996]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) x (d) xy
12. =



b a c c c
b a c b b
a a c b a
2 2
2 2
2 2
[Rajasthan PET 1990, 95]
(a)
2
) ( c b a + + (b)
3
) ( c b a + + (c) ) ( ) ( ca bc ab c b a + + + + (d) None of these
13. The value of the determinant
1 11 4
1 1 1
1 6 4



is [Rajasthan PET 1992, 96]
(a) 75 (b) 25 (c) 0 (d) 25
14. The value of the determinant
b a c
a c b
c b a
+
+
+
1
1
1
is [MP PET 1993; Karnataka CET 1994; Rajasthan PET 2011]
(a) ) ( c b a + + (b)
2
) ( c b a + + (c) 0 (d) c b a + + + 1
15. =
1 log
log 1
b
a
a
b
[MP PET 1995]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) b
a
log (d) a
b
log
16.
ab c
ca b
bc a
1
1
1
is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1995]
(a)
3 3 3
3 c b a abc (b) ) )( )( ( a c c b b a + + + (c) ) )( )( ( a c c b b a (d) ) )( )( ( c a c b b a
17.
p r r q q p
x z z y y x
a c c b b a



= [MNR 1987]
(a) c r q p b z y x a + + + + + + ) ( ) ( (b) 0
(c) pqr xyz abc + + (d) None of these




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Determinant
18. =

ab c c
ac b b
bc a a
2
2
2
1
1
1
[IIT 1988; MP PET 1990, 91; Rajasthan PET 2002]
(a) 0 (b) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + (c) 3 abc (d)
3
) ( c b a + +
19. =

0
0
0
c b
c a
b a
[MP PET 1992]
(a) abc 2 (b) abc (c) 0 (d)
2 2 2
c b a + +
20. =
3 3 3
1 1 1
c b a
c b a [AMU 1979; Rajasthan PET 1990; DCE 1999]
(a) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + (b) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + + (c) ) )( )( )( ( a c c b b a c b a + + (d) None of these
21. =
b a c
a c b
c b a
[MP PET 1991]
(a)
3 3 3
3 c b a abc + + + (b)
3 3 3
3 c b a abc (c)
3 3 3
c b a abc + + (d)
3 3 3
c b a abc +
22. If e is a cube root of unity, then =
+
+
+
e e
e e
e e
x
x
x
1
1
1
2
2
2
[MNR 1990; MP PET 1999]
(a) 1
3
+ x (b) e +
3
x (c)
2 3
e + x (d)
3
x
23. =

ab c c
ca b b
bc a a
1
1
1
[Rajasthan PET 2010 ]
(a) 0 (b) ) )( )( ( a c c b b a (c) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + (d) None of these
24. The value of the determinant
24 105 31
71 58 31
92 37 31
is [MP PET 1992]
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 81 (d) None of these
25. The value of the determinant
20 14 8
7 5 3
3 2 1
is [MNR 1991]
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 250
26. The value of the determinant
55 5 5
41 1 4
79 9 7
is [MP PET 2010]
(a) 7 (b) 0 (c) 15 (d) 27




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Determinants
27. =
1 1 1
7 8 9
15 17 19
[MP PET 1990]
(a) 0 (b) 187 (c) 354 (d) 54
28. =

1
1
1
c b
c a
b a
[MP PET 1991]
(a)
2 2 2
1 c b a + + + (b)
2 2 2
1 c b a + + (c)
2 2 2
1 c b a + + (d)
2 2 2
1 c b a + +
29. The value of the determinant
2 7 1
10 6 5
4 8 2
is [MP PET 1994]
(a) 440 (b) 0 (c) 328 (d) 488
30.
6 11 28
15 3 21
7 6 19
is equal to [Rajasthan PET 2008]
(a) 150 (b) 110 (c) 0 (d) None of these
31. =
+
+
+
c a c b a
b c b a c
a b a c b
[MP PET 1990]
(a) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + (b)
3 3 3
3 c b a abc
(c) a c c b b a c b a
2 2 2 3 3 3
+ + (d) ) )( (
2 2 2
ca bc ab c b a c b a + + + + + + +
32. For non-zero a, b, c if 0
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
=
+
+
+
= A
c
b
a
, then the value of = + +
c b a
1 1 1
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(a) abc (b)
abc
1
(c) ) ( c b a + + (d) None of these
33. The value of the determinant
2 2 2
2
1 1 1
t e is equal to [AMU 2009]
(a) 0 (b) e (c) t (d) ) 2 ( 2 + t e
34. If
a c
c b
b a
D
1
1
1
= , then
1 1 1
a c b
c b a
equals [AMU 1988, 90, 92]
(a) O (b) D (c) D (d) None of these
35. The value of the determinant
3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
b mb la a
b mb la a
b mb la a
+
+
+
is [AMU 1987]
(a) 0 (b) l (c) m (d) lm




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Determinant
36. If e is a complex cube root of unity, then the value of the determinant
1 1
1 1
1 1
+
+
+
e e
e e
e e
is [AMU 1989]
(a) 0 (b) e (c) 2 (d) 4
37. If
2 4 0
1 1 2
1 3 1
= A , the value of
8 16 0
4 4 8
4 12 4
is [T.S. Rajendra 2010]
(a) A 12 (b) A 64 (c) A 4 (d) A
2
4
38. If
r q p
T T T , , are pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P., then
1 1 1
r q p
T T T
r q p
is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) r q p + +
39. =
+ +
+ +
+ +
= A
be ae
bd ad
bc ac
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
[MP PET 1996]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) c b a + +
40. The value of the determinant
4 1 1
2 1 3
3 1 1
is [Rajasthan PET 1985]
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 5
41. If
8 6 0
8 7 5
4 3 0
= A , then the value of A is [Rajasthan PET 1984]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
42. The value of
4 2 2
2 1 3
4 2 1
is [Rajasthan PET 2008]
(a) 88 (b) 8 (c) 40 (d) 56
43. The value of
2 3 17
4 7 35
6 1 43
is [MNR 1991, 95; Rajasthan PET 1996]
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
44. =
20 14 8
7 5 3
3 2 1
[MNR 1991]
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 5
45. The value of
181 198 219
198 225 240
219 240 265
is [Rajasthan PET 2007]
(a) 100 (b) 0 (c) 100 (d) 1000




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Determinants
46. The value of
2 1 1
1 2 1
1 1 2
is [Rajasthan PET 1986]
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10
47. The value of the determinant
ab ca bc
c b a
c b a
2 2 2
is [Rajasthan PET 1988]
(a) ) )( )( ( a c c b b a abc (b) ) )( )( )( ( c b a a c c b b a + +
(c) ) )( )( )( ( ca bc ab a c c b b a + + (d) None of these
48. The value of the determinant
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
b ma a
b ma a
b ma a
is [Rajasthan PET 1989]
(a) 0 (b)
3 2 1
a a ma (c)
2 2 1
a b ma (d)
3 2 1
b b mb
49.
ab c c
ca b b
bc a a
/ 1
/ 1
/ 1
equals to [Rajasthan PET 1989]
(a) ) )( )( ( a c c b b a (b) abc c b a 3
3 3 3
+ + (c) 0 (d) None of these
50.
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
2
2
2
a bc b c
b c ab a
c a b ac

equals [Rajasthan PET 1998]

(a) abc 4 (b) abc 4 (c) 0 (d)
2 3 3 3
) 3 ( abc c b a + +
51. The value of the determinant
15 14 13
8 7 6
3 2 1
is [Rajasthan PET 1991]
(a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 46 (d) 50
52. The value of the determinant
z y x
z y x
z y x

is [Rajasthan PET 1991]
(a) 0 (b) xyz (c) 2 xyz (d) 4 xyz
53. If a, b, c are all different and
b a a c c b
c b a
c b a
+ + +
2 2 2
= 0, then correct statement is [Rajasthan PET 1991]
(a) 0 = + + c b a (b) 0 = + + ca bc ab (c) ab ca bc c b a + + = + +
2 2 2
(d) None of these
54. If c b a = = and 0
1 1 1
3 3 3
=
c b a
c b a , then the value of ) ( c b a + + is [Rajasthan PET 1990]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) a
55. The value of
21 18 15
20 17 14
19 16 13
is [Rajasthan PET 1992; MP 2009]
(a) 652 (b) 576 (c) 0 (d) None of these




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Determinant
56. If e is a cube root of unity, then one root of the equation 0
1
1
1
2
2
2
=
+
+
+
e e
e e
e e
x
x
x
is [MNR 1990; DCE 1998]
(a) 1 (b) e (c)
2
e (d) 0
57. If 0 = +



abc
c b a
c b a
c b a
then equals [Rajasthan PET 1998]
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) None of these
58. If c b a = = and 0
1
1
1
3 2
3 2
3 2
=

c c c
b b b
a a a
then [EAMCET 2011]
(a) 0 = + + c b a (b) abc = 1 (c) 1 = + + c b a (d) 0 = + + ca bc ab
59.
1 0 sin
cos cos 0
0 1 sin
|
u |
u
is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1996]
(a) ) cos( | u + (b) ) sin( | u + (c) ) cos( | u (d) ) sin( | u
60.
1 log log
log 1 log
log log 1
y x
z x
z y
z z
y y
x x
= (where x, y, z being positive) [IIT 1993; UPSEAT 2002]
(a) x
y
log (b) y
z
log (c) z
x
log (d) 0
61. If , kxyz
y x x y
x x z z
y z z y
=
+
+
+
then k = [Roorkee 1980; Rajasthan PET 1999]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
62. Let
1 sin 1
sin 1 sin
1 sin 1
o
o o
o

= A , then A lies in the interval
(a) [2, 3] (b) [3, 4] (c) [1, 4] (d) (2, 4)
63. If r c q b p a = = = , , and 0 =
r b a
c q a
c b p
, then the value of
c r
r
b q
q
a p
p

is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
64. The value of the determinant
z y x
z y x
z y x
3 log 3 log 3 log
2 log 2 log 2 log
log log log
= A is [AMU 2008]
(a) 0 (b) ) log( xyz (c) ) 6 log( xyz (d) ) log( 6 xyz
65. If a, b, c are negative distinct real numbers, then the determinant
b a c
a c b
c b a
is




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Determinants
(a) 0 < (b) 0 s (c) 0 > (d) 0 >
66. If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle, then the value of
1 cos cos
cos 1 cos
cos cos 1

= A
A B
A C
B C
is [Karnataka CET 2002]
(a) C B A cos cos cos (b) C B A sin sin sin (c) 0 (d) None of these
67. =
x q q
q x p
q p x
[Karnataka CET 1994]
(a) ) )( )( ( q p x q x p x + + (b) ) )( )( ( q p x q x p x + + (c) ) )( )( ( q p x q x p x (d) ) )( )( ( q p x q x p x + + + +
68. =
15 14 13
14 13 12
13 12 11
[Karnataka CET 1991]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 67
69. =
+
+
+
y x z
x z y
z y x
4
4
4
[Karnataka CET 1991]
(a) 4 (b) z y x + + (c) xyz (d) 0
70. The value of the determinant
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1

is equal to [Roorkee 2009]

(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 4
71. =
2 12 10
1 sin cos
1 cos sin
2 2
2 2
x x
x x
[EAMCET 1994]
(a) 0 (b) x x
2 2
sin 10 cos 12 (c) 2 cos 10 sin 12
2 2
x x (d) x 2 sin 10
72. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of
c x x x
b x x x
a x x x
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
7 6
5 4
3 2
is [Rajasthan PET 1999]
(a) ) ( c b a x + + (b) c b a x + + +
2
9 (c) c b a + + (d) 0
73. The value of the determinant given below
20 14 8
7 5 3
3 2 1
is [UPSEAT 2000]
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 5
74.
x n x n nx
x n x n nx
) 2 sin( ) 1 sin( ) sin(
) 2 cos( ) 1 cos( ) cos(
1 1 1
+ +
+ + is not depend [Rajasthan PET 2000]
(a) On x (b) On n (c) Both on x and n (d) None of these
75. The value of
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
5 4 3
4 3 2
3 2 1
is [Kerala (Engg.) 2010]




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Determinant
(a) 8 (b) 8 (c) 400 (d) 1
76. The value of
a b a b a
b a a b a
b a b a a
2
2
2
+ +
+ +
+ +
is equal to [Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
(a) ) ( 9
2
b a a + (b) ) ( 9
2
b a b + (c) ) (
2
b a a + (d) ) (
2
b a b +
77. The value of =
49 48 47
46 45 44
43 42 41
[Karnataka CET 2001]
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) 1
78. Let .
2
3
2
1
i + = e Then the value of the determinant
4 2
2 2
1
1 1
1 1 1
e e
e e is [IIT Screening 2002]
(a) e 3 (b) ) 1 ( 3 e e (c)
2
3e (d) ) 1 ( 3 e e
79. If u cos 2 = C , then the value of the determinant
C
C
C
1 6
1 1
0 1
= A is [Orissa JEE 2002]
(a)
u
u
sin
4 sin
(b)
u
u
sin
2 sin 2
2
(c) ) 1 cos 2 ( cos 4
2
u u (d) None of these
80. =
2
2
1
1
1 1 1
e e
e e [Rajasthan PET 2002]
(a) i 3 3 (b) i 3 3 (c) 3 i (d) 3
81. =
ab c
ca b
bc a
1 / 1
1 / 1
1 / 1
[Rajasthan PET 2002]
(a) 0 (b) abc (c) 1/abc (d) None of these
82. =
+
+
+



1 ) ( ) (
1 ) ( ) (
1 ) ( ) (
2 2
2 2
2 2
x x x x
x x x x
x x x x
c c c c
b b b b
a a a a
[UPSEAT 2002]
(a) 0 (b) 2abc (c)
2 2 2
c b a (d) None of these
83. The determinant
0 1 2
c b c b
b a b a

is equal to zero if a, b, c are in [UPSEAT 2011]

(a) G.P. (b) A.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
84. If ) )( (
2 2 2
ab ca bc c b a c b a k
b a c
a c b
c b a
+ + + + = , then k = [Rajasthan PET 2003]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 2




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Determinants
85. The value of the determinant
! 14 ! 13 ! 12
! 13 ! 12 ! 11
! 12 ! 11 ! 10
is [Orissa JEE 2003]
(a) 2(10! 11!) (b) 2(10! 13!) (c) 2(10! 11! 12!) (d) 2(11! 12! 13!)
86. The value of
2
2
2
c bc ca
bc b ab
ac ab a

is [Tamilnadu (Engg.) 2002]
(a)
2 2
4 b a (b)
2 2
4 c b (c)
2 2
4 a c (d)
2 2 2
4 c b a
87.
x
x
x
+
+
+
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
is equal to
(a) ) 3 (
2
+ x x (b)
3
3x (c) 0 (d)
3
x
88. If iy x
i
i
i i
+ =

3 20
1 3 4
1 3 6
, then
(a) 1 , 3 = = y x (b) 3 , 1 = = y x (c) 3 , 0 = = y x (d) 0 , 0 = = y x
89. The determinant 0
2 ) ( 2 3 2
) 2 ( ) (
2
2 2 2
=
+ + +
+ +
+ +
d a d a d a
d a d a a
d a d a a
, then
(a) 0 = d (b) 0 = + d a (c) 0 = d or 0 = + d a (d) None of these
90. The value of the determinant
|
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|

|
.
|

\
|
+ |
.
|

\
|
+ |
.
|

\
|
+
3
4
2 sin
3
2
cos
3
2
sin
3
4
2 sin
3
2
cos
3
2
sin
2 sin cos sin
t
u
t
u
t
u
t
u
t
u
t
u
u u u
is
(a) 0 (b) u sin 2 (c) u 2 sin (d) None of these



91. If 12
1 2 1 2 3 2
3 3 3 1 3 2
2 1
2
2
2
=
+ +
+
+ +
Ax
x x x x
x x x x
x x x x
, then the value of A is [IIT 1982]
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 24
92. =
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
b a b a b a
b a b a b a
b a b a b a
6 5 4
4 3 2
3 2
[MNR 1985; IIT 1986; MP PET 1998]
(a) abc c b a 3
2 2 2
+ + (b) ab 3 (c) b a 5 3 + (d) 0
A Ad dv va an nc ce e L Le ev ve el l




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Determinant
93. =
+
+
+
b a c c
b a c b
a a c b
[Roorkee 1980; Rajasthan PET 1997, 99, Karnataka CET 1999, MP PET 2001]
(a) abc (b) 2abc (c) 3abc (d) 4abc
94. If a, b, c are unequal what is the condition that the value of the following determinant is zero
1
1
1
3 2
3 2
3 2
+
+
+
= A
c c c
b b b
a a a

[IIT 1985; DCE 1999]
(a) 0 1 = + abc (b) 0 ) )( )( ( = a c c b b a (c) 0 1 = + + + c b a (d) None of these
95. If 0
1 1 1
= + +
c b a
, then
c
b
a
+
+
+
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
is equal to [Karnataka CET 1991; Rajasthan PET 2000]
(a) 0 (b) abc (c) abc (d) None of these
96. The value of the determinant
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
7 6 5 4
6 5 4 3
5 4 3 2
4 3 2 1
= A is equal to [AMU 1994]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
97. If
2 2 2
2
2
2
c b a
c bc ac
bc b ab
ac ab a
=

then the value of is [MP PET 1999; Kurukshetra CEE 1990, 2002]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
98. The parameter, on which the value of the determinant
x d p px x d p
x d p px x d p
a a
) sin( sin ) sin(
) cos( cos ) cos(
1
2
+
+ does not depend upon is
[IIT 2009]
(a) a (b) p (c) d (d) x
99. The value of the determinant
! 5 ! 4 ! 3
! 4 ! 3 ! 2
! 3 ! 2 ! 1
= A is [Karnataka CET 1991]
(a) ! 2 (b) ! 3 (c) ! 4 (d) ! 5
100. If
2
0
t
u < < and 0
4 sin 4 1 cos sin
4 sin 4 cos 1 sin
4 sin 4 cos sin 1
2 2
2 2
2 2
=
+
+
+
u u u
u u u
u u u
than u is equal to [MNR 1992]
(a)
24
5
,
24
t t
(b)
24
7
,
24
5 t t
(c)
24
11
,
24
7 t t
(d) None of these