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Determinants

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 4th April Morning ShiftMCQMedium📈 Topic in 38% papers+4−1
Ques. 1JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Morning Shift)

Let A= bmatrix1 & 1 & 2\ -2 & 0 & 1\ 1 & 3 & 5 bmatrix. Then the sum of all elements of the matrix adj (adj (2(adj A)-1 ) ) is equal to:

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. -4
  4. -3

Answer

(4) -3

Solution

|A| = 1(0 - 3) - 1(-10 - 1) + 2(-6 - 0) = -3 + 11 - 12 = -4

adj A = |A|A-1, (adj A)-1 = A|A| = - A4.

Let B = 2(adj A)-1 = - A2, so

|B| = (- 12 )3|A| = - 18(-4) = 12

For a 3 3 matrix, adj(adj B) = |B|3 - 2B = |B| B, hence

adj(adj B) = 12 (- A2 ) = - A4

The sum of the elements of A is 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 = 12.

Required sum = - 124 = -3

Answer: (4)

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Ques. 2JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Evening Shift)

If the system of equations : x+y+z=5 x+2y+3z=9 x+3y+ z= has infinitely many solutions, then the value of + is :

  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 21
Ques. 3JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Evening Shift)

Let A= bmatrix1 & 2 & 7\ 4 & -2 & 8\ 3 & 8 & -7 bmatrix and (A- I)=0, where is a real number. If the largest possible value of is p, then the circle (x-p)2+(y-2p)2=320, intersects the co-ordinate axes at

  1. 1 point
  2. 2 points
  3. 3 points
  4. 4 points
Ques. 4JEE Main 2026, 2 April (Morning Shift)

Let , R be such that the system of linear equations x+2y+z=5 2x+y+ z=5 8x+4y+ z=18 has no solution. Then is equal to :

  1. -4
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. -8
Ques. 5JEE Main 2026, 2 April (Evening Shift)

If the system of equations x+5y+6z=4, 2x+3y+4z=7, x+6y+az=b has infinitely many solutions, then the point (a, b) lies on the line

  1. y-x=3
  2. x-y=3
  3. x+y=11
  4. x+y=12
Ques. 6JEE Main 2026, 24 January (Evening Shift)

Let P = [pij] and Q = [qij] be two square matrices of order 3 such that qij = 2(i+j-1)pij and (Q) = 210. Then the value of ( adj( adj P)) is:

  1. 81
  2. 16
  3. 124
  4. 32
Ques. 7JEE Main 2026, 24 January (Evening Shift)

Let f(x) = 7x10 + 9x8(1 + x2 + 2x9)2 dx, x > 0, x 0 f(x) = 0 and f(1) = 14. If A = bmatrix 0 & 0 & 1 \ 14 & f'(1) & 1 \ 2 & 4 & 1 bmatrix and B = adj(adj A) be such that |B| = 81, then 2 is equal to

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 1
Ques. 8JEE Main 2026, 23 January (Morning Shift)

Among the statements : I: If vmatrix 1 & & \ & 1 & \ & & 1 vmatrix = vmatrix 0 & & \ & 0 & \ & & 0 vmatrix, then 2 + 2 + 2 = 32, and II: If vmatrix x2 + x & x + 1 & x - 2 \ 2x2 + 3x - 1 & 3x & 3x - 3 \ x2 + 2x + 3 & 2x - 1 & 2x - 1 vmatrix = px + q, then p2 = 196q2.

  1. both are true
  2. both are false
  3. only I is true
  4. only II is true
Ques. 9JEE Main 2026, 23 January (Morning Shift)

Let |A| = 6, where A is a 3 3 matrix. If |adj (3 adj (A2 adj(2A) ) ) | = 2m 3n, m, n N, then m + n is equal to .

Ques. 10JEE Main 2026, 23 January (Evening Shift)

The system of linear equations x + y + z = 6 2x + 5y + az = 36 x + 2y + 3z = b has :

  1. unique solution for a = 8 and b = 16
  2. infinitely many solutions for a = 8 and b = 14
  3. infinitely many solutions for a = 8 and b = 16
  4. unique solution for a = 8 and b = 14
Ques. 11JEE Main 2026, 22 January (Morning Shift)

Let A be a 3 3 matrix such that A + AT = O. If A bmatrix 1 \ -1 \ 0 bmatrix = bmatrix 3 \ 3 \ 2 bmatrix, A2 bmatrix 1 \ -1 \ 0 bmatrix = bmatrix -3 \ 19 \ -24 bmatrix and (adj(2 adj(A + I))) = (2) (3) (11) , , , are non-negative integers, then + + is equal to

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