DPP-1

1 log y x log x z
1. log z x 1 log z z x, y, z being + ive
log z x log z y 1
a) logyx b) logzy c) logxz d*) 0

265 240 219

2. 240 225 198 =
219 198 181
a) 779 b) 679 c*) 0 d) none

3. If the number of distinct real roots of

sin x cos x cos x
 
cos x sin x cos x = 0 in the interval – x is
4 4
cos x cos x sin x
a) 0 b) 2 c*) 1 d) 3

x 1 x2 x4
4. The value of determinant x  3 x5 x  8 is
x7 x  10 x  14
2
A*) – 2 b) x + 2 c) 2 d) none of these

x 3 7
5. The roots of the equation 2 x 2 = 0 are
7 6 x
a) 9, 2, – 7 b) 9, – 2, 7 c*) – 9, 2, 7 d) none

cos(A  P) cos(A  Q) cos(A  R )

6. For the values of a, B, C and P, Q, R the determinant given below cos(B  P) cos(B  Q) cos(B  R ) is
cos(C  P) cos(C  Q) cos(C  R )
a) cos A cos B cos C b) sin P sin Q sin R
c*) 0 d)  sin (A + P)

x3 sin x cos x
d3
7. Let f (x) = 6 1 0 , where p is a constant. Then [f (x) ] at x = 0 is
2 3 dx 3
p p p
2
a) p b) p + p c) p + p3 d*) independent of p

8. If the system of equations x – ky – z = 0, kx – y – z = 0, x + y – z = 0 has a non-zero solution , then the possible values of k are
a) –1 , 2 b) 1, 2 c) 0, 1 d*) –1 , 1

9. If the system of equations x + ay + az = 0, bx + y + bz = 0, cx + cy + z = 0where a, b and c are non-zer0 and non-unity, has a non-trivial solution,
a b c
then the value of   is
1 a 1 b 1 c
a) 0 b) 1
abc
c*) – 1 d)
a  b2  c2
2

10. The number of values of k for which the system of equations (k + 1) x + 8y = 4k ; kx + (k + 3) y = 3k –1 has infinitely many solutions is

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 a) 0 b*) 1 c) 2 d) infinite

11. 2x – y – 2z = 2, x – 2y + z = – 4, x + y +z = 4 then the value of  such that system of equations has no solution, is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d*) – 3

DPP-2
1 x 2 3
1. The number of roots of 1 2x 3 = 0 is
1 2 3x
(a) one (b) two
(c) three (d) more than three

2x  4 3  4x 11
2. The roots of 16 12  2 x 4 x  2 = 0 are
7 6 2x
9 7 9 7
(a)  , 1,  (b)  , 1,  
2 2 2 2
 9 7 9 7
(c)   ,1 ,  (d)  , 1 , 
 2 2 2 2

cos (  ) sin (   ) cos2

3. The determinant   sin cos sin is independent of
cos sin cos
(a)  (b) 
(c)  and  (d) neither  nor 

1 1 1
m ( m 1) ( m  2)
4. The value of the determinant C1 C1 C1 is equal to
m ( m 1) (m2)
C2 C2 C2
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) none of these

6i 3i 1
5. If 4 3i 1  x  iy , then
20 3 i
(a) x = 3, y = 1 (b) x = 1, y = 3
(c) x = 0, y = 3 (d) x = 0, y = 0

6. If the system of equations x – ky – z = 0, kx – y – z = 0, x + y – z = 0 has a non-zero solution, then the possible values of k are
(a) – 1, 2 (b) 1, 2
(c) 0, 1 (d) – 1, 1

f 0  f 1 f 2
7. Let f x   x x  1 , then   f 1 f 2  f 3  is equal to
f 2 f 3  f 4 
(a) 2! (b)  3 !  2!
(c) 0 (d) none of these

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 1 a 1 1
1 1 1
8. If    0 , then 1 1 b 1 is equal to
a b c
1 1 1 c
(a) 0 (b) abc
(c) –abc (d) none of these

a1 b1 c1 2a1  b1  c1 b1 c1
9. If   a 2 b2 c 2 , then 2a 2  b2  c 2 b2 c 2 is equal to
a3 b3 c3 2a3  b3  c 3 b3 c3
(a)  (b) 2
1
(c)  (d) none of these
2
1 a b
2 2 2
10. If in a ABC, 1 c a  0, then the value of sin A  sin B  sin C is
1 b c
9 4
(a) (b)
4 9
3 3
(c) (d) 1
2
x a b
11. If   b x a , then a factor of  is
a b x
(a) x 2  a  b x  a 2  b 2  ab (b) x 2  a  b x  a 2  b 2  ab
(c) x 2  a  b x  a 2  b 2  ab (d) none of these

1 cos    cos   
12. If , ,   R, then   cos    1 cos    is equal to
cos    cos    1
(a) –1 (b) cos  cos  cos 
(c) cos  + cos  + cos  (d) none of these

xn x n 2 x n 3
 1 1 1
13. If yn y n2 y n  3  ( x  y ) ( y  z ) ( z  x )     , then n equals
zn z n 2 z n 3 x y z

(a) 1 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 2
e 2 iA e ic e iB
14. If A, B and C are the angles of a  and   e iC e 2 iB e iA , then
e iB e iA e  2iC
(a)  = –4 (b)  = –3
(c)  = –2 (d) none of these

x 2 y 2 z2 x 2 y 2 z2 x 2 y 2 z2
15. Let a, b, c  R  , then    1,    1 and     1 has
a2 b2 c 2 a2 b2 c 2 a2 b2 c 2

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 (a) unique solution (b) no solution
(c) infinitely many solution (d) finite number of solution

16. If the system of equation x  2y  3z  1 , a  2 z  3, 2a  1y  z  2 is inconsistent, then the value of a is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0
1
(c) –2 (d) –
2
a b ax  b
2
17. If a > 0 and discriminant of ax  2bx  c is negative, then b c bx  c is
ax  b bx  c 0
(a) positive (b) negative
(c) 0 (d) ac  b 2 ax 2  2bx  c 
sin x cos x tan x
f x 
If f x   x
3
18. x2 x , then lim 2 is
x 0 x
2x 1 1
(a) 3 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) 1
19. Let  1,  2 , ...... k  be the set of the third order determinants that can be made with the distinct non-zero real numbers a1, a 2 , ......a 9
(one or more entries may repeated), then
9
(a) k = C2 (b) k  9 P2
(c) at least one i  0 (d) none of these

5 4 3
20. If x, y , z are integers in A.P., lying 1 and 9, x 51, y 41 and z 31 are three digit numbers, then the value of x 51 y 41 z31 is
x y z
(a) xyz (b) x  y  z
(c) 0 (d) none of these

a1 b1 c1
21. Consider the system of equations a1 x  b1y  c 1z  0; a 2 x  b 2 y  c 2 z  0; a 3 x  b3 y  c 3  0 . If a 2 b2 c 2 = 0, then
a3 b3 c3
the system has
(a) more than two solutions (b) non-trivial and one trivial solutions
(c) no solution (d) only trivial solution (0, 0, 0)

1 a2x 1  b x 1  c x
2 2

22. If 
a 2  b 2  c 2  2 and f x   1  a 2 x 1  b x 1  c x
2 2
, then f x  is a polynomial of degree
1  a 2
x 1  b x 1  c x
2 2

(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 3 (d) 2
xp  y x y
23. The determinant yp  z y z  0 and xp 2  2yp  z has no real root, then
0 xp  y yp  z
(a) x, y , z are in A.P. (b) x, y , z are in G.P.
(c) x, y , z are in H.P. (d) xy , yz, zx are in A.P.

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  1
f (x) f    f (x)
1 x
24. If f (x) is a polynomial satisfying f ( x )  and f (2) = 17, then f (5) =
2  1
1 f 
x
(a) 126 (b) 626
(c) 124 (d) 624

Tp Tq Tr
25. th th th
If Tp, Tq, Tr are the p , q and r terms of an A. P., then p q r is equal to
1 1 1
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) p+q+r
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d)
6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (a)
16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (c)
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c)

DPP-3
ax c b
1. If a  b  c  0, one root of c bx a  0 is
b a cx
(a) x=1 (b) x=2
2 2 2
(c) x  2a  3b  4c (d) x=0
  
3
2. If ,  and  are the roots of the equation x  px  q  0 , then determinant    is equal to
  
(a) p (b) q
2
(c) p  2q (d) none of these
2 cos x 1 0

3. If f x   1 2 cos x 1 , then f   
3
0 1 2 cos x
(a)  3 (b) –4

(c) –3 (d)  2
 1 sin  0 
4.

The value of det(A) where A   sin  1 sin  lies in the interval

  1  sin  1 
(a) [1, 2] (b) [0, 2]
(c) (1, 2) (d) none of these
2r x n(n  1) n
5. If Sr = 6r 2  1
3
y n 2 (2n  3 ) , then the value
3
S r 1
r is independent of
4r  2nr z n (n  1)
(a) x only (b) y only
(c) x, y, z and n (d) n only

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 p q r
6. If p, q, r are negative and distinct, then the determinant   q r p is
r p q
(a) <0 (b) 0
(c) 0 (d) >0
sin ( A  B  C ) sinB cosC
7. If A + B + C = , then the value of sinB 0 tan A is
cos ( A  B ) tan A 0
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 sinB tanA cosC (d) none of these

8. If the capital letters denote the cofactors of the corresponding small letters in the determinant
a1 b1 c1 A1 B1 C1
  a2 b2 c 2 , then the value of    A2 B2 C2
a3 b3 c3 A3 B3 C3
(a)  (b)  2

(c) 2 (d) 0
9. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then for –1  x < 0, 0  y < 1,
[x ]  1 [y ] [z]
1  z < 2, the value of the determinant [x] [y ]  1 [z] is
[x] [y ] [z]  1
(a) [x] (b) [y]
(c) [z] (d) [x + 1]
loga m loga m 1 loga m  2
10. If a1 a2 …. form a G. P. and ai > 0 for all i  1, then   loga m  3 loga m  4 loga m  5 is
logam  6 loga m 7 loga m  8
(a) log am+8 – log am (b) log am+8 + log am
(c) zero (d) log2 am+4
a1 a 2 a3
11. Given a i2  bi2  c i2  1 i  1, 2, 3  and a i a j  bi b j  c i c j  0 i  j i , j  1, 2, 3  , then the value of b1 b2 b3 is
c1 c 2 c3
1
(a) 0 (b)
2
(c) 1 (d) 2
x
e sin x
 A  Bx  Cx 2  ...... , then A = …… and B = ……
12. If
cos x log e 1  x 2  
(a) –1, 1 (b) 0, –1
(c) –2, 2 (d) 0, –2
x 1 1 .........
1 x 1 .........
13.  is equal to
1 1 x .........
... .... .... .... n n

(a) x  1 n 1
(b) x  1n 1 x  n 
(c) x  1n 1 x  n  1 (d) none of these

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 x y  z
log a   log a   log a  
y  z x
y z x
14. The value of the determinant log b   log b   log b   is equal to
z x y
z x y
log c   log c   log c  
x y z
(a) 1 (b) –16
(c) log z xyz (d) none of these

x3 sin x cos x
d3
15. Let f x   6 1 0 , where p is a constant. Then the value of f x  at x = 0
2 dx 3
p p p3
(a) p (b) p  p2
(c) p  p3 (d) independent of p

cos 2 x sin 2 x cos 4 x

2
16. If the determinant sin x cos 2 x cos 2 x is expanded in powers of sin x, then the constant term in the expansion is
cos 4 x cos 2 x cos 2 x

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) –1 (d) none of these
xa x2 1 1
17. If a, b, c are in A.P. and f x   x  b 2 x  1 1 , then f x  is
2

x  c 3x 2  2 1
(a) 0 (b) 1
abc
(c) a  bc (d)
abc
2
If x 1, x 2 and y 1, y 2 are the roots of the equation 3 x  18 x  9  0 and y  4 y  2  0 , then the value of the determinant
2
18.

x1x 2 y 1y 2 1
x1  x 2 y1  y 2 2 is
 
sinx 1 x 2  cos x 1 x 2  1
2 
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) c (d) none of these
f  x  g x  h  x 
19. If f x , g x  and h x  are three polynomials of degree 3, then f x  g x  h x  is a polynomial of degree
f x  g x  h x 
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) none of these

t 2  3t t 1 t  3
4 3 2
20. If At  Bt  Ct  Dt  E = t 1 2t t  3 , then E equals
t 3 t4 3t
(a) 33 (b) –39
(c) 27 (d) 24
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 1 x x 1
21. If f(x) = 2x x( x  1) x ( x  1) , then f (100) is equal to
3 x ( x  1) x ( x  1) ( x  2) ( x  1) x ( x  1)
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 100 (d) –100

sinx cos x cos x

22. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sinx cos x  0
cos x cos x sinx
 
in the interval   x  is
4 4
(a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 3
1 log x y log x z
23. Suppose x, y, z are positive and none of x, y, z is 1. If  log y x 1 log y z then  is independent of
sin( x  y )  cos( x  y ) sin 2 z
(a) x only (b) x and y only
(c) y and z only (d) x, y, and z

1
2 K 1 sin K
K K  1 n
24. If DK  x y z , then  DK is equal to
 n  1 n K 1
sin   sin 
n  2  2
2n  1
n 1 
sin
2
(a) 0 (b) –1
(c) 2 (d) –2

25. If the system of equations x  a y  z , y  bz  x ; z  c x  y  a, b, c  1 has a non-trivial solution, then the value of
a b c
  is
1 a 1 b 1 c
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) –1 (d) 2

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c)

6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (d)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (a)

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 DPP-4

1. The entries in a 3 × 3 determinant are either 1 or –1, then match the following:

Column I Column II

I. Total number of such determinants are A. 4

II. The number of determinants whose value is 6 are B. 3

III. The maximum value of such a determinant is C. 512

IV. The maximum value of trace of such determinants D. zero

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

Let the given equations be a1 x  b1y  c1z  d 1 , a 2 x  b2 y  c 2 z  d 2

and a 3 x  b3 y  c 3 z  d 3 .
a1 b1 c1 d1 b1 c1 a1 d1 c1 a1 b1 d1
Let   a2 b2 c2 ,  x  d2 b2 c 2 ,  y  a2 d2 c 2 ,  z  a2 b2 d2
a3 b3 c3 d3 b3 c3 a3 d3 c3 a3 b3 d3
Case I: If   0, then system of equations have unique solution.
Case II: If  = 0,  x  0,  y  0,  z  0 , then system has infinite number of solutions.

Case III: If  = 0 and at least one of  x ,  y or  z non zero, then system has no solution.

If system of equations have solution, then they are consistent, otherwise inconsistent. If in given equations d 1  d 2  d 3  0 , then  =
0 gives non trivial solution whereas   0 gives trivial solution.

2. If the given system of equations 3x – y + 4z = 3, x + 2y – 3z = – 2 and 6x + 5y + z = –3 had at least one solution for any real number ,
then the number of solution(s), if  = –5
is (are)
(a) infinite solution (b) unique solution
(c) no solution (d) none of these

3. If the given equations 2x + 3y = 3, (c + 2) x + (c + 4) y = c + 6 and

(c + 2)2x + (c + 4)2 y = (c + 6)2 are consistent. Then the value(s) of c is (are)
(a) c = 0 (b) c = – 10
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these

4. If a  b, then the system of equations ax + by + bz = 0; bx + ay + bz = 0; ax + by + az = 0 will have a non-trivial solution if

(a) a + b = 0 (b) a + 2b = 0
(c) 2a + b = 0 (d) a + 4b = 0

Answer key
1. I-[C], II-[D], III-[A], IV-[B]
2.a
3.c
4.c

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