Determinant 2021

1. The system of linear equations 3x – 2y – kz = 10 ; 2x – 4y – 2z = 6 ; x + 2y – z = 5m is inconsistent if :

4 4 4
(A) k = 3, m  (B) k  3, m  (C) k = 3, m = (D) k  3, m  R
5 5 5

2. For the system of linear equations : x – 2y = 1, x – y + kz = –2, ky + 4z = 6, k  R, consider the following statements :

(A) The system has unique solution if k  2, k  – 2

(B) The system has unique solution if k = – 2
(C) The system has unique solution if k = 2
(D) The system has no-solution if k = 2.
(E) The system has infinite number of solutions if k  – 2
Which of the following statement are correct?
(A) (A) and (D) only (B) (C) and (D) only (C) (A) and (E) only (D) (B) and (E) only

3. The following system of linear equations 2x + 3y + 2z = 9, 3x + 2y + 2z = 9, x – y + 4z = 8

(A) has a solution (, , ) satisfying  + 2 + 3 = 12

(B) does not have any solution
(C) has a unique solution
(D) has infinitely many solutions

(a + 1)(a + 2) a + 2 1
4. The value of (a + 2)(a + 3) a + 3 1 is :
(a + 3)(a + 4) a + 4 1
(A) (a + 2)(a + 3)(a + 4) (B) (a + 1)(a + 2)(a + 3) (C) 0 (D) –2

sin 2 x 1 + cos 2 x cos 2x

5. The maximum value of f(x) = 1 + sin 2 x cos 2 x cos 2x , x  R is :
2 2
sin x cos x sin 2x
3
(A) 7 (B) (C) 5 (D) 5
4

6. The system of equations kx + y + z = 1, x + ky + z = k and x + y + zk = k2 has no solution if k is equal to :

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) –2

3 4 2 x
 
7. If x, y, z are in arithmetic progression with common difference d, x  3d, and the determinant of the matrix  4 5 2 y
5 k z 
 
is zero, then the value of k2 is
(A) 72 (B) 12 (C) 36 (D) 6

1 + sin 2 x sin 2 x sin 2 x

8. The solutions of the equation cos2 x 1 + cos 2 x cos2 x = 0, (0 < x < ), are
4sin 2x 4sin 2x 1 + 4sin 2x
   5 5 7  7  11
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
12 6 6 6 12 12 12 12

9. Let , ,  be the real roots of the equation, x3 + ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a, b, c  R and a, b  0). If the system of equations
(in u, v, w) given by u + v + w = 0, u + v + w = 0; u + v + w = 0 has non-trivial solution, then the value of
a2
is
b
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 0
10. Let the system of linear equations 4x + y + 2z = 0; 2x – y + z = 0; x + 2y + 3z = 0, ,   R. has a non-trivial solution.
Then which of the following is true?
(A)  = 6,   R (B)  = 2,   R (C)  = 3,   R (D)  = –6,   R

11. The value of k  R, for which the following system of linear equations
3x – y + 4z = 3, x + 2y – 3z = – 2, 6x + 5y + kz = – 3, has infinitely many solutions, is :
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) – 5 (D) – 3

12. The values of  and  such that the system of equations

x + y + z = 6, 3x + 5y + 5z = 26, x + 2y + z =  has no solution, are :
(A)  = 2,   10 (B)   2,  = 10 (C)  = 3,  = 5 (D)  = 3,   10

13. The values of a and b, for which the system of equations

2x + 3y + 6z = 8, x + 2y + az = 5, 3x + 5y + 9z = b has no solution, are :
(A) a  3, b = 3 (B) a = 3, b = 13 (C) a  3, b  13 (D) a = 3, b  13

sin x cos x cos x

 
14. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sin x cos x = 0 in the interval –  x  is :
4 4
cos x cos x sin x
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

 
15. Let    0,  . If the system of linear equations
 2
(1 + cos )x + sin2 y + 4 sin 3 z = 0; cos2x + (1 + sin2) y + 4 sin 3 z = 0; cos2x + sin2 y + (1 + 4 sin 3) z = 0
2

has a non-trivial solution, then the value of  is :

4 7  5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 18 18 18

 [x + 1] [x + 2] [x + 3] 
16. Let A =  [x] [x + 3] [x + 3]  , where [t] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t. If det(A) = 192, then the
 [x] [x + 2] [x + 4] 
 
set of values of x is the interval :
(A) [68, 69) (B) [62, 63) (C) [65, 66) (D) [60, 61)

17. Let [] be the greatest integer less than or equal to . The set of all values of  for which the system of linear equations
x + y + z = 4, 3x + 2y + 5z = 3, 9x + 4y + (28 + []) z = [] has a solution is :
(A) R (B) (–, –9)  (–9, ) (C) [– 9, – 8) (D) (–, –9)  [–8, )

18. If the following system of linear equations 2x + y + z = 5; x – y + z = 3; x + y + az = b has no solution, then :

1 7 1 7
(A) a = – ,b (B) a  ,b=
3 3 3 3
1 7 1 7
(C) a  – , b = (D) a = , b 
3 3 3 3

19. If  +  +  = 2, then the system of equations

x + (cos )y + (cos )z = 0; (cos )x + y + (cos )z = 0; (cos )x + (cos )y + z = 0 has :
(A) no solution (B) infinitely many solution
(C) exactly two solutions (D) a unique solution

20. Consider the system of linear equations – x + y + 2z = 0, 3x – ay + 5z = 1, 2x – 2y – az = 7

Let S1 be the set of all a  R for which the system is inconsistence and S2 be the set of all a  R for which the system has
infinitely many solutions. If n(S1) and n(S2) denote the number of elements in S1 and S2 respectively, then
(A) n(S1) = 2, n(S2) = 2 (B) n(S1) = 1, n(S2) = 0
(C) n(S1) = 2, n(S2) = 0 (D) n(S1) = 0, n(S2) = 2

21. If the system of equations kx + y + 2z = 1; 3x – y – 2z = 2; –2x – 2y – 4z = 3 has infinitely many solutions, then k is equal
to ____.
 If 1, log10(4x – 2) and log10  4 x +
18 
22.  are in arithmetic progression for a real number x, then the value of the determinant
 5 
 1
2  x –  x – 1 x2
 2
1 0 x is equal to :
x 1 0

23. Let a, b, c, d be in arithmetic progression with common difference . If

x+a –c x+b x+a
x –1 x + c x + b = 2, then value of 2 is equal to ________.
x –b+d x+d x+c

sin 2 x –2 + cos 2 x cos2x

24. Let f(x) = 2 + sin 2 x cos 2 x cos2x , x  [0, ]. Then the maximum value of f(x) is equal to ______.
2
sin x cos x 2
1 + cos2x

25. For real numbers  and , consider the following system of linear equations :
x + y – z = 2, x + 2y + z = 1, 2x – y + z = . If the system has infinite solutions, then  +  is equal to _________.

26. If the system of linear equations 2x + y – z = 3, x – y – z = , 3x + 3y + z = 3 has infinitely many solution, then
 +  –  is equal to ______.

Answer Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A C D C D A D B A
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C A D B B B A D B C
21 22 23 24 25 26
21 2 1 6 5 5