Mathematics - Determinants
Practise 3 IAT (IISER) previous year questions on Determinants, compiled from papers spanning 2018 to 2022. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty IAT (IISER) tests.
Determinants has been asked in 3 of the 9 years of IAT (IISER) papers analysed (2017–2026), with 3 questions in all. 67% of them were easy, 33% moderate and 0% tough. Most of its questions came from 2022, with 1 question that year. In the last three years (2023–2026) it had 0 questions across 3 papers, about 0 per paper.
All of the chapter's questions come from a single topic, Expansion of Determinants.
- 1Let be the matrix For any natural number , the determinant of is2022Expansion of Determinants
- 2If three real numbers are in arithmetic progression, the value of the determinant is2021Expansion of Determinants
- 3Consider a matrix \(A= ( {array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 2 & x & y \\ 4 & 3 & 5 {array} )\) with integer entries and determinant -5. Then a possibl2018Expansion of Determinants
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How many questions are available for Determinants?
This chapter includes 3 questions compiled from IAT (IISER) papers spanning 2018 to 2022.
2.Are these questions only from IAT (IISER), or from other exams too?
These are IAT (IISER) questions specifically for the Determinants chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.
3.Is Determinants an important chapter for IAT (IISER) Mathematics?
Determinants has appeared in 3 of the 10 years of IAT (IISER) papers covered here, with 3 questions across 3 papers - about one per paper it appears in.
4.What is the difficulty level of Determinants questions in IAT (IISER)?
Of the 3 questions analysed for this chapter, 67% are easy, 33% moderate and 0% tough. 2022 had the most, with 1 question.
5.Which topics in Determinants should I focus on?
All of this chapter's questions come from a single topic: Expansion of Determinants.
6.Is Determinants's weightage in IAT (IISER) going up or down?
Across all 3 papers analysed, Determinants has averaged about 1.0 questions per paper. In the last three years (2023–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.