$f(x) = \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \sin^2 x & -2 + \cos^2 x & \cos 2x \\ 2 + \sin^2 x & \cos^2 x & \cos 2x \\ \sin^2 x & \cos^2 x & 1 + \cos 2x \end{array} \right|, x \in [0, \pi]$. The maximum value of $f(x)$ is equal to $.....$

If ${\Delta _1} = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} x & b & b \\ a & x & b \\ a & a & x \end{array}} \right|$ and ${\Delta _2} = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} x & b \\ a & x \end{array}} \right|$ are the given determinants,then:

$A$ is a singular matrix of order $5$. $B$ is another matrix having the rank $\rho(B)$ equal to the rank $\rho(A)$, and $B$ has a non-zero minor of order $3$. Then which one of the following is true?

If $f(x) = \begin{vmatrix} 1 + \sin x + \sin 2x + \sin 3x & \frac{3 + \sin 2x}{2} & \frac{-2 + \sin 3x}{3} \\ 3 + 4 \sin x & \frac{3}{2} & \frac{4}{3} \sin x \\ 1 + \sin x & \frac{1}{2} \sin x & \frac{1}{3} \end{vmatrix}$, then $\int_0^{\pi / 2} (f(x) + f^{\prime}(x)) dx =$

The rank of the matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 & 0 & -2 \\ -4 & 4 & 0 & 8 \\ -2 & 1 & 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ is

The number of distinct real roots of $\left|\begin{array}{lll}\sin x & \cos x & \cos x \\ \cos x & \sin x & \cos x \\ \cos x & \cos x & \sin x\end{array}\right|=0$ in the interval $-\frac{\pi}{4} \leq x \leq \frac{\pi}{4}$ is