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Determinants JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Determinants has 166 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 28 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Consistency of Linear Equations (82 questions), followed by Properties of Determinants (52) and Adjoint and Inverse (26).

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166Total PYQs
6Years covered
5Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Determinants questions per year

YearQuestions
202522
202427
202329
202226
202140
202022

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Consistency of Linear Equations8249%2025
Properties of Determinants5231%2025
Adjoint and Inverse2616%2025
Cramer's Rule43%2024
Minors and Cofactors21%2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Adjoint and Inverse

Let A=[22+p2+p+q46+2p8+3p+2q612+3p20+6p+3q]A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2+p & 2+p+q \\ 4 & 6+2p & 8+3p+2q \\ 6 & 12+3p & 20+6p+3q \end{bmatrix}.

If det⁡(adj(adj(3A)))=2m⋅3n\det(\text{adj}(\text{adj}(3A))) = 2^m \cdot 3^n, m,n∈Nm, n \in \mathbb{N}, then m+nm + n is equal to

  1. (A)

    22

  2. (B)

    20

  3. (C)

    24

  4. (D)

    26

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Consistency of Linear Equations

Let the system of equations

x + 5y - z = 1

4x + 3y - 3z = 7

24x + y + λz = μ

λ, μ ∈ ℝ, have infinitely many solutions. Then the number of the solutions of this system,

if x, y, z are integers and satisfy 7 ≤ x + y + z ≤ 77, is :

  1. (A)

    4

  2. (B)

    5

  3. (C)

    3

  4. (D)

    6

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 1 · Properties of Determinants

The number of singular matrices of order 2 , whose elements are from the set {2,3,6,9}\{2,3,6,9\}, is __________.

Answer: 36

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Minors and Cofactors

Let A=[aij]=[log⁡5128log⁡45log⁡58log⁡425]A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{ij} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \log_5 128 & \log_4 5 \\ \log_5 8 & \log_4 25 \end{bmatrix}. If AijA_{ij} is the cofactor of aija_{ij}, Cij=∑k=12aikAjk,1≤i,j≤2C_{ij} = \sum\limits_{k=1}^{2} a_{ik} A_{jk} , 1 \leq i, j \leq 2, and C=[Cij]C=[C_{ij}], then 8∣C∣8|C| is equal to :

  1. (A)

    288

  2. (B)

    262

  3. (C)

    222

  4. (D)

    242

Answer: (D)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 9 Apr · Shift 2 · Cramer's Rule

Consider the matrices : A=[2−53m],B=[20m]A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}2 & -5 \\ 3 & m\end{array}\right], B=\left[\begin{array}{l}20 \\ m\end{array}\right] and X=[xy]X=\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y\end{array}\right]. Let the set of all mm, for which the system of equations AX=BA X=B has a negative solution (i.e., x<0x<0 and y<0y<0), be the interval (a,b)(a, b). Then 8∫ab∣A∣dm8 \int\limits_ a^b|A| d m is equal to _________.

Answer: 450

Step-by-step solution

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How many questions come from Determinants in JEE Main?

166 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 28 per year. In 2025 it had 22.

Which Determinants topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Consistency of Linear Equations (49%), Properties of Determinants (31%) and Adjoint and Inverse (16%) of all Determinants questions.

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