Class 12 Mathematics Chapter 4: Determinants — Important Questions & Mock Tests
Practice Determinants topic-wise important questions, MCQs and 1, 2, 3 and 5 mark questions for CBSE revision.
300 Questions 55 Topics MCQs: 100 1 Mark: 50 2 Mark: 50 3 Mark: 50 5 Mark: 50
Topic-wise important and practice questions
Review question distribution across chapter topics for MCQs, 1 Mark questions, 2 Mark questions, 3 Mark questions, 5 Mark questions.
| Topic | MCQ | 1 Mark | 2 Mark | 3 Mark | 5 Mark | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjoint of a 2×2 Matrix | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Area of a Triangle Using Determinants | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Determinant of a 2×2 Matrix | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Determinant of the Adjoint | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Singular and Non-Singular Matrices | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Adjoint and Inverse of a 2×2 Matrix | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Adjoint and Inverse of a 3×3 Matrix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Adjoint Identity A(adj A)=|A|I | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area and Line Equation Using Determinants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Area from a Coordinate Diagram Using Determinants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area of a Triangle with an Unknown Coordinate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Assertion-Reason on Determinants and Invertibility | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Case-Based System of Equations Solved by Matrix Method | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Cofactor of an Element | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cofactor Orthogonality Between Different Rows | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Collinearity from Zero Determinant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Collinearity Using a Determinant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Complete Three-Variable Matrix-Method Solution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Comprehensive Determinant and Cofactor Analysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Comprehensive Visual Application of Determinants in Coordinate Geometry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Condition for Existence of an Inverse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Consistency and Number of Solutions of Linear Equations | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Consistency of a Three-Variable Linear System | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Consistency of a Two-Variable Linear System | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Consistency, Inconsistency and Number of Solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Coordinate-Graph Area Calculation | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Determinant Equation in One Variable | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Determinant Equation Leading to a Quadratic | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Determinant Identities for Products, Inverses and Adjoint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Determinant of a 3×3 Matrix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Determinant of a Product | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Determinant of an Inverse Matrix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Efficient Cofactor Expansion | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Equality of Row/Column Expansions of a Determinant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Equation of a Line Using a Determinant | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Expansion of a 3×3 Determinant | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Finding an Inverse from a Matrix Polynomial Identity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Full Adjoint and Inverse Calculation for a 3×3 Matrix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Inverse by the Adjoint Formula | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Inverse of a 2×2 Matrix from Adjoint | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Inverse of a Product | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Invertibility Criterion and the Adjoint Formula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Matrix Method for Two Linear Equations | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Minor and Cofactor of an Element | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Minor of an Element | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Minors and Cofactors of Selected Elements | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Obtaining the Inverse from a Matrix Equation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Reading Coordinates and Setting Up the Area Determinant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Real-Life Cost Problem Using the Inverse Matrix Method | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Scaling Property of Determinants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Selected Minors and Cofactors of a 3×3 Determinant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Solving Three Linear Equations by Matrix Method | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Solving Two Linear Equations by Matrix Method | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Verification of the Fundamental Adjoint Identity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Visual Coordinate Geometry with Determinants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |