JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Adjoint and Inverse
Let .
If , , then is equal to
- (A)
22
- (B)
20
- (C)
24
- (D)
26
Answer: (C)
Step-by-step solutionDeterminants 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).
Updated
| Year | Questions | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 22 |
| Topic | Questions | Share of chapter | Last asked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency of Linear Equations | 82 | 49% | 2025 |
| Properties of Determinants | 52 | 31% | 2025 |
| Adjoint and Inverse | 26 | 16% | 2025 |
| Cramer's Rule | 4 | 3% | 2024 |
| Minors and Cofactors | 2 | 1% | 2025 |
JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Adjoint and Inverse
Let .
If , , then is equal to
22
20
24
26
Answer: (C)
Step-by-step solutionJEE 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 :
4
5
3
6
Answer: (C)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 1 · Properties of Determinants
The number of singular matrices of order 2 , whose elements are from the set , is __________.
Answer: 36
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2025 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Minors and Cofactors
Let . If is the cofactor of , , and , then is equal to :
288
262
222
242
Answer: (D)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2024 · 9 Apr · Shift 2 · Cramer's Rule
Consider the matrices : and . Let the set of all , for which the system of equations has a negative solution (i.e., and ), be the interval . Then is equal to _________.
Answer: 450
Step-by-step solutionAll 166 questions are in the free PDF above, grouped by topic.
166 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 28 per year. In 2025 it had 22.
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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