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MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

SECTION-1
(SINGLE DIGIT INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS)

41. If the integers a, b, c in order are in A.P., lying between 1 and 9 and a 23, b53 and c83
2 5 8
are three-digit numbers, then the value of the determinant a 23 b53 c83 is...
a b c
42. A be set of 3  3 matrices formed by entries 0, 1, and 1 only. Also each of 1, 1,0
occurs exactly three times in each matrix. The number of symmetric matrices with trace
k
 A  0 is k, then  ..........
6
43. Let An ,  n  N  be a matrix of order  2n  1   2n  1 , such that aij  0  i  j and

aij  n 2  i  1  2n  i  j where aij denotes the element

n
of i th row and j th column of An . Let Tn   1  (sum of all the elements of An ). Then

 102 
  Tn 
the value of  n 1  is (where . represents the greatest integer function)
 520200 
 

cos 2  cos sin   sin 

 
44. The value of f   , where f    cos sin  sin 2  cos , is
6
sin   cos 0
3 4 
45. If A    , then det  A2005  equals
1 1
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cos  x    cos  x    cos  x   
1
46. If f  x   sin  x    sin  x    sin  x    and f  2  , then the value of
5
sin      sin      sin     
25

 f  r  is
r 1

1 1 1 
adj B
47. If A  0 2 3 and B   adj A  and C  5 A , then the value of is
C
 2 1 0 

48. The number of 3  3 matrices A , having entries either 0 or 1, for which the system
 x  1 
A y   0  has exactly two distinct solutions is
 z  0 

SECTION-2
(ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT OPTION QUESTIONS)

x 2  4x  3 2x  4 13
49. If   x   2x  5x  9 4x  5 26  ax 3  bx 2  cx  d , then
2

8x 2  6x  1 16x  6 104
A) a  3 B) a  0 C) c  0 D) b  2
50. Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?
A) If A and B are square matrices of the same order such that ABAB  0 , it follows that
BABA  0 .
B) Let A and B be different 3  3 matrices with real numbers. If A3  B 3 and

A2 B  B 2 A , then A2  B 2 is invertible.
1
1 
C) If A is a square, non-singular and symmetric matrix, then  A 1    is skew
 
symmetric.
D) The matrix of the product of two invertible square matrices of the same order is also
invertible.
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51. The system of equations in x, y and z, given by x  y cos  z cos2  0,
x cos2  y  z cos  0 , x cos2  y cos  z  0 has non-trivial solution if  equals
8  2 
A) B) C) D)
3 6 3 12
52. The system of equations (in x, y and z) x  3 y  2z  6 , x  y  2z  7 , x  3 y  2 z  
has
A) Unique solution if   2,   6 B) infinitely many solutions if   4,   6
C) no solution if   5,   7 D) no solution if   3,   5
53. If A and B are two orthogonal matrices of order 3 and
det  A   det  B   0 , then which one(s) of the following must be correct?
A) det  A  B   det  A  det  B 

B) det  A  B   0

C) A and B both are singular matrices

D) A  B  0
54. Let M be a 3  3 matrix satisfying M 3  0 . Then which of the following statement(s)
are true?
1 2 1 2
A) M M I 0 B) M M I 0
2 2
1 1
C) M 2  M  I  0 D) M 2  M  I  0
2 2
cos   sin  0
55. Let A   sin  cos  0  ,  ,    , then which of the following statement(s) are true?
 0 0 1 

A) A    A A B) A1  A C) A1   A D) A2  4

56. A 3  2A 2  A  2I  0 if A equals

 2 1 2   2 1 2
A) I B) 2I C)  1 0 0  D) 1 0 0 
 0 1 0  0 1 0 
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 1 2  cos  sin   2014 T
 ,Q  P AP , then PQ P is
T
57. If A   ,P  
0 1   sin  cos  

 1 22014   1 4028 
A)   B) 
0 1  0 1 
2013
C)  P T  A 2014P 2013 D) P T A 2014P

cos      sin     cos 2

58. The value of sin  cos  sin  is independent of
 cos  sin  cos 

A)  B)  C)  ,  D) none of the above

SECTION-3
(MATRIX MATCHING TYPE QUESTIONS)

59. Let M1, M 2 , M 3 , M 4 be matrices given by

 2 1 0  2 1 0  2 3 4  2 3 4
M 1   3 0 1  , M 2   3 0 1  , M 3   1 0 0  , M 4   1 0 0 
     
 4 0 0   4 0 0   0 1 0   0 1 0 

Column – I Column – II
The matrix equation X 3  2X 2  3X  4I  0 is
A) (P) M1
satisfied by the matrix/matrices
The matrix equation X 3  2 X 2  3 X  4I  0 is
B) (Q) M2
satisfied by the matrix/matrices
The matrix equation X 3  2 X 2  3 X  4I  0 is
C) (R) M3
satisfied by the matrix/matrices
The matrix equation X 3  2X 2  3 X  4 I  0 is
D) (S) M4
satisfied by the matrix/matrices
(T) M1  M 2
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60. Let T7 be the set of 2  2 matrices given by T7   A    : a , b, c  0,1,...,6 .
 c a 
Column – I Column – II
The number of matrices A in T7 such that det A
A) (P) 36
is divisible by 7 is
The number of matrices A in T7 such that trace
B) A is not divisible by 7, but det A is divisible by (Q) 13
7 is
The number of matrices A in T7 such that det A
C) (R) 49
is not divisible by 7 is
The number of matrices A in T7 such that A is
D) either symmetric or skew-symmetric, and det A (S) 294
is divisible by 7 is
(T) Is a composite number
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SEQUENCES PROGRESSIONS
SECTION -I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

41. The roots of equation x 2  2  a  3 x  9  0 lie between -6 and 1 and 2, h1 , h2 ,....h20 ,  a  are in
H.P., where  a  denotes the integral part of a , and 2, a1 , a2 ,....a20 ,  a  are in A.P. then a3h18 
A) 6 B) 12 C) 3 D) none of these
42. If a, b, c be the pth,qth and rth terms respectively of an A.P. and G.P. both, then the product
of the roots of equation ab b c c a x 2  abcx  a cb a c b  0 is equal to:
A) -1 B) 1 C) 2 D)  b  c  c  a  a  b 
43. If ai  0, i  1, 2,3,....50 and a1  a2  a3  .......  a50  50 , then the minimum value of
1 1 1 1
   .......  is equal to:
a1 a2 a3 a50
2
A) 150 B) 100 C) 50 D)  50 
44. If a1 , a2 ,...., an are positive real numbers whose product is a fixed number c, then the
minimum value of a1  a2  ....  an 1  2an is:
1/ n 1/ n
A) n  2c  B)  n  1 c1/ n C) 2nc1/ n D)  n  1 2c 
45. Suppose a,b,c are in A.P. and a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in G.P.. If a  b  c and a  b  c  3 / 2 , then the
value of a is:
1 1 1 1 1 1
A) B) C)  D) 
2 3 2 3 2 2
46. The sum of the series 1.n  2.  n  1  3.  n  2   ...  n.1 is:

n  n  1 n  2 n  n  1 n  2 n  n  1 2n  1 n  n  1 2n  1

A) B) C) D)
6 3 6 3

47. If x  1, 2, 3,.....,9 and f n  x   xxx..x (n digits), then f n2  3  f n  2  is equal to:

A) 2 f 2 n 1 B) f n1 1 C) f 2 n 1 D)  f 2 n  4 

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48. One side of an equilateral triangle is 24cm. The mid points of its sides are joined to form
another triangle whose mid-points are in turn jointed to form still another triangle. This
process continues infinitely. The sum of the perimeters of all the triangles is:

A) 144 cm B) 169 cm C) 400 cm D) 625 cm

49. If the ratio of A.M. between two positive real numbers a and b to their H.M. is m:n; then a:b
equal to
m  n  n n m  n m m  n m  n  m
A) B) C) D)
 m  n  n n m  n m  m  n m  n  m
5 9 13
50. The sum of the infinite terms of the series 2
 2 2  2 2  ..... is:
2
3 .7 7 .11 11 .15
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
18 36 54 72
SECTION - II
(MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

51. If ai  0 for all i  N , then:

1 1 1  a1 a3 a5  a2 a4 a6 
A)  a1  a2  a3     9 B)         9
 a1 a2 a3   a2 a4 a6  a1 a3 a5 
C)  a1a2  a3a4  a1a3  a2 a4   4a1a2 a3a4 D) none of the above
52. Let be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 1,6,11…, and
be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 9,16,23,… . Then,
the number of elements in the set ∪ is
A) 3748 B) 3478 C) 3847 D) 3784
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53. If a,b,c are in A.P. and a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in H.P., then:
A) a  b  c B) a 2  b 2  c 2 / 2 C) a,b,c are in G.P. D)  a / 2, b, c are in G.P.
54. If three unequal numbers p,q,r are in H.P. and their squares are in A.P., then the ratio p : q : r
is:
A) 1  3 : 2 :1  3 B) 1: 2 :  3
C) 1:  2 : 3 D) 1  3 : 2 :1  3
55. For a positive integer n, let   n   1  1 / 2  1 / 3  1 / 4  ......  1 /  2 n  1 , then
A)  100   100 B)  100   100 C)   200   100 D)   200   100
SECTION - III
(INTEGER ANSWER TYPE)

56. A three digit number whose consecutive digits form a G.P. If we subtract 792 from this
number, we get a number consisting of the same digits written in the reverse order. Now, if
we increase the second digit of the required number by 2, the resulting digits will form an
A.P. The digit in hundreds place is_______
 a b   c b 
57. If a,b,c are in H.P. and if        ...... , then the value of  must
 2 a  b   2c  b 
be______
90
r 8191
58. If S   , then the value of S must be _________
r 1  r  r  1
4 2
455

59. Balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle. The first row consist of one ball,
the second row of two balls, the third row of three balls and so on. If 669 more balls are
added, then all the balls can be arranged in the shape of a square and each of the sides, then
contains 8 balls less than each side of the triangle, then the intial no.of balls is  then

 ___
385
60. If 1 2010   2 2009   3 2008  .....   20101   335 2011   , then the value of

must be ________
2012
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STRAIGHT LINES_2
SECTION-I
(SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE)

37. The area of parallelogram formed by the lines

4 y  3 x  1, 4 y  3x  3, 3 y  4 x  1  0, 3 y  4 x  2  0 is ________ sq.units
3 2 1
A) B) C) D) 2
8 7 6
38. The perpendicular bisector of x  y  2  0 and x  y  1  0 of sides AB and AC of a
ABC intersect them at  1, 1 and  2,1 respectively. If the middle point of side BC is
P, then distance of this point from the orthocenter of triangle is
A) 85 B) 41 C) 13 D) 2
39. If  belongs to set of all solutions of equation sin 3  sin   0 then all the lines
represented by equation  2 cos   3sin   x   3cos   5sin   y  5cos   2sin  always
passes through
A) (1,1) B) (1,1) C) (2, 1) D) (1,2)
40. Let d ( P, OA)  min d  P, AB  , d  P, BC  , d  P, OC  where d denotes the distance from the
point to the corresponding line and S be the region consisting of all those point P inside the
rectangle OABC such that 0(0,0) A (3,0) B(3,2) C (0,2) Then area of S is _____ units
1
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D)
2
41. Consider the family of lines  x  y  6     2 x  y  3  0 and
 x  2 y  4     3x  2 y  4   0.  ,  ,  are real variables. If the lines of these 2 families
are at right angles to each other then the locus of their point of intersection is
A) x 2  y 2  3x  4 y  3  0 B) x 2  y 2  3x  4 y  3  0
C) x 2  y 2  3x  4 y  3  0 D) x 2  y 2  3x  4 y  3  0
42. The coordinate of a point P on the line 2 x  y  5  0 such that PA  PB is maximum
where A  4, 2  and B  2, 4  will be
A) 11, 27  B)  11, 17  C)  11, 17  D)  0,5 
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SECTION-II
(MULTIPLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE)

43. If a straight line cuts off equal intercepts from axes so that the product of the intercepts is 25.
The line passes through
A) (2,3) B) ( 3, 2) C)  2, 3  D)  0,5 
44. If the vertices of a triangle at A  a, 0  B  0, b  , C  0, 0  and if medians through B and C are
mutually perpendicular, then the equation of line passing through the point (a, b) and
perpendicular to AB is
A) 2 x  y  b  0 B) 2 x  y  b  0
C) 2 x  2 y  a  0 D) 2 x  2 y  a  0
45. Points (2,3) and (2,6) are two vertices of a rhombus whose two sides are parallel to
2 x  y  1  0. If the point (0,3) lies inside the rhombus, then the coordinates of the other
vertices can be
3 11
A)  ,  
B) 2  5, 3  2 5 
4 4 
 3 7 
C)  , 
 4 2

D) 2,  5, 6  2 5 
46. The line which makes acute angle of 45° with the line 3x  y  5  0 and passes through the
point (2,3) is
A) x  2 y  4  0 B) 2 x  y  7  0 C) x  2 y  8  0 D) 2 x  y  1  0
47. A line passes through a point (3,4) and the point of intersection of the lines
x y x y
  1 and   1 . If the line makes intercepts of length ' a ' and ' b ' on the axes then
3 4 4 3
25 7
A) a  b  B) a  b  C) ab  1 D) a : b  3 : 4 or 4 : 3
12 12
48. If the straight line ax  cy  2b where a, b, c  0 makes a triangle of area 2 sq.units with axes
then
A) a, b, c are in GP B) a, b, c are in GP
C) a, 2b, c are in GP D) a, 2b, c are in GP
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49. 
If  , 2  lies inside the triangle formed by the lines
2 x  3 y  1  0, x  2 y  3  0, 5 x  6 y  1  0 then
A) 2  3 2  1  0 B)   2 2  3  0
C)   2 2  3  0 D) 6 2  5  1  0
50. The lines x  y  1  0, ( m  1) x  (m 2  7) y  5  0 and (m  2) x   2m  5  y  0 are
A) Concurrent for the three values of m
B) Concurrent for one value of m
C) Concurrent for no value of m
D) Parallel for m = 3

SECTION III
(COMPREHENSION TYPE)

Paragraph-1
A variable line L is drawn through, O(0,0) to meet the lines L1 and L2 given by
y  x  10  0 and y  x  20  0 at A and B respectively. A point P is taken on L. Then
51. Locus of P if OP 2  OA.OB is
2 2 2
A)  y  x   100 B)  y  x   50 C)  y  x   200 D) y 2  x 2  100
1 1 1
52. Locus of P if 2
 2
 is
OP OB OA2
A) ( y  x )2  80 B) ( y  x) 2  100 C) ( y  x )2  64 D) ( y  x) 2  200

Paragraph-2
Consider family of lines (a  2b) x  ( a  3b) y  3a  4b a, b  R . Let O be (0,0), P be (2,1)
53. The equation of line in the family which is at a maximum distance from O is
A) 2 x  y  0 B) x  2 y  5 C) 3x  y  1  0 D) 3x  4 y  5  0
54. Locus of image of P with respect to every line in the family is

A) x 2  y 2  5 B) x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  3  0

C) x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  3  0 D) x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  5  0