# Plus Two Maths Chapter Wise Previous Questions Chapter 4 Determinants

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Maths Chapter Wise Previous Questions and Answers Chapter 4 Determinants.

## Kerala Plus Two Maths Chapter Wise Previous Questions Chapter 4 Determinants

### Plus Two Maths Determinants 3 Marks Important Questions

Question 1.
Prove that $$\begin{array}{|lll|} 1 ! & 2 ! & 3 ! \\ 2 ! & 3 ! & 4 ! \\ 3 ! & 4 ! & 5 ! \end{array}$$ (March – 2015)

Question 2.
Using properties of determinants prove the following. (March – 2010; Christmas -2017)

### Plus Two Maths Determinants 4 Marks Important Questions

Question 1.
Consider the matrix $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 2 & 5 \\ 3 & 2 \end{array}\right]$$

(ii) Find A1
(iii) Using A-1 solve the system of linear equations 2x + 5y = 13x + 2y = 7 (March – 2010)

### Plus Two Maths Determinants 6 Marks Important Questions

Question 1.
Consider the matrix $$A=\left[\begin{array}{lll} a & b & c \\ b & c & a \\ c & a & b \end{array}\right]$$

(i) Using the column operat,on
C1 → C1 + C2 + C3,
show that $$|A|=(a+b+c)\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & b & c \\ 1 & c & a \\ 1 & a & b \end{array}\right|$$
(ii) Show that |A| = – (a3 + b3 + e3 — 3abc)
(iii) Find A x adj(A) if a = 1,b = 10,c = 100 (May – 2010)

Question 2.
(i) (a) If $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 1 & 5 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \\ 0 & -1 & -2 \end{array}\right]$$

What is the value of |3A|?
(b) Find the equation of the line joining the points (1,2) and (-3,-2) using determinants.
(ii) Show that $$\left|\begin{array}{lll} 1 & a & a^{2} \\ 1 & b & b^{2} \\ 1 & c & c^{2} \end{array}\right|=(a-b)(b-c)(c-a)$$

(b) Let (x,y) be the coordinate of any point on The line, then (1,2), (-3, -2) and (x, y) are collinear.

Hence the area formed will be zero.

Question 3.
Consider the following system of linear equations; x + y + z = 6, x – y + z = 2, 2x + y + z = 1
(i) Express this system of equations in the Standard form AXB
(ii) Prove that A is non-singular.
(iii) Find the value of x, y and z satisfying the above equation. (May – 2011)

Question 4.
(i) lf $$\left|\begin{array}{ll} x & 3 \\ 5 & 2 \end{array}\right|=5$$, then x = ………..
(ii) Prove that
$$\left|\begin{array}{ccc} y+k & y & y \\ y & y+k & y \\ y & y & y+k \end{array}\right|=k^{2}(3 y+k)$$
(iii) Solve the following system of linear Equations, using matrix method; 5x + 2y = 3, 3x + 2y = 5 (March – 2012)

Question 5.
(i) Let B is a square matrix of order 5, then |kB| is equal to ………..
(a) |B|
(b) k|B|
(c) k5|B|
(d) 5|B|

(ii) Prove that $$\left|\begin{array}{lll} 1 & x & x^{2} \\ 1 & y & y^{2} \\ 1 & z & z^{2} \end{array}\right|=(x-y)(y-z)(z-x)$$
(iii) Check the consistency of the following equations; 2x + 3y + z = 6, x + 2y – z = 2, 7x + y + 2z =10 (May – 2012)

Therefore the system is consistent and has unique solutions.

Question 6.
(i) Find the values of x in which $$\left|\begin{array}{ll} 3 & x \\ x & 1 \end{array}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{ll} 3 & 2 \\ 4 & 1 \end{array}\right|$$

(ii) Using the property of determinants, show that the points A(a,b + c), B(b,c + a), C(c,a + b) are collinear.
(iii) Examine the consistency of system of following equations: 5x – 6y + 4z = 15, 7x + y – 3z = 19, 2x + y + 6z = 46 (EDUMATE – 2017; March – 2013)

Since, the system is consistent and has unique solutions.

Question 7.
Consider a system of linear equations which is given below;
$$\begin{array}{l} \frac{2}{x}+\frac{3}{y}+\frac{10}{z}=4 ; \frac{4}{x}-\frac{6}{y}+\frac{5}{z}=1 \\ \frac{6}{x}+\frac{9}{y}-\frac{20}{z}=2 \end{array}$$

(i) Express the above equation in the matrix form AX = B.
(ii) Find A-1, the inverse of A.
(iii) Find x,y and z. (May – 2013)

Question 8.
Consider the matrices $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 \end{array}\right]$$

(i) Find A2 – 7A – 21 = 0
(ii) Hence find A-1
(iii) Solve the following system of equations using matrix method 2x + 3y = 4; 4x + 5y = 6 (March – 2014)

(iii) The given system of equations can be converted into matrix form AX = B

Question 9.
(i) Let A be a square matrix of order 2 x 2 then |KA| is equal to
(a) K|A|
(b) K2|A|
(c) K3|A|
(d) 2K|A|

(ii) Prove that
$$\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c} & \mathbf{2 a} & 2 \mathbf{a} \\ 2 \mathrm{~b} & \mathrm{~b}-\mathrm{c}-\mathrm{a} & 2 \mathrm{~b} \\ 2 \mathrm{c} & 2 \mathrm{c} & \mathrm{c}-\mathrm{a}-\mathrm{b} \end{array}\right|=(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c})^{3}$$

(iii) Examine the consistency of the system of Equations. 5x + 3y = 5; 2x + 6y = 8 (May- 2014)

(iii) The given system of equation can be written in matrix form as

solution exist and hence it is consistent.

Question 10.
(a) Choose the correct statement related to the matnces $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}\right], B=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array}\right]$$
$$\begin{array}{l} \text { (i) } A^{3}=A, B^{3} \neq B \\ \text { (ii) } A^{3} \neq A, B^{3}=B \\ \text { (iii) } A^{3}=A, B^{3}=B \\ \text { (iv) } A^{3} \neq A, B^{3} \neq B \end{array}$$

(b) lf $$M=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 7 & 5 \\ 2 & 3 \end{array}\right]$$ then verity the equation M2 – 10M + 11 I2 = O

(c) Inverse of the matrix $$\left[\begin{array}{lll} 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 2 \end{array}\right]$$ (March – 2015)

Question 11.
Solve the system of Linear equations x + 2y + z = 8; 2x + y – z = 1; x – y + z = 2 (March – 2015)

Question 12.
(a) If $$\left|\begin{array}{ll} x & 1 \\ 1 & x \end{array}\right|=15$$ then find the value of X.

(b)Solve the following system of equations 3x – 2y + 3z = ?, 2x + y – z = 1 4x – 3y + 2z = 4 (May – 2015)

Question 13.
(i)The value of the determinant $$\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 & -1 \end{array}\right|$$ is
(a) -4
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 4

(ii) Using matrix method, solve the system of linear equations x + y + 2z = 4; 2x – y + 3z = 9; 3x – y – z = 2 (May – 2016)
(i) (d) 4
(ii) Express the given equation in the matrix form as AX = B

Question 14.
(i) If $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ll} a & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array}\right]$$ is such that A2 = I then a equals
(a) 1
(b) -1
(c) 0
(d) 2

(ii)Solve the system of equations x – y + z = 4; 2x + y – 3z = 0; x + y + z = 2 Using matrix method. (March – 2017)