Evaluate the determinant $\Delta=\left|\begin{array}{rrr}1 & 2 & 4 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 4 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right|$

Let $\lambda \in R .$ The system of linear equations

$2 x_{1}-4 x_{2}+\lambda x_{3}=1$

$x_{1}-6 x_{2}+x_{3}=2$

$\lambda x_{1}-10 x_{2}+4 x_{3}=3$  is inconsistent for 

Let $ \alpha _1, \alpha _2$ are two values of $\alpha $ for which the system $2 \alpha x + y = 5, x – 6y = \alpha $ and $x + y = 2$ is consistent, then $ |2(\alpha _1 + \alpha _2)| $ is –

If $\alpha \neq \mathrm{a}, \beta \neq \mathrm{b}, \gamma \neq \mathrm{c}$ and $\left|\begin{array}{lll}\alpha & \mathrm{b} & \mathrm{c} \\ \mathrm{a} & \beta & \mathrm{c} \\ \mathrm{a} & \mathrm{b} & \gamma\end{array}\right|=0$,then $\frac{a}{\alpha-a}+\frac{b}{\beta-b}+\frac{\gamma}{\gamma-c}$ is equal to :

Let $x, y, z > 0$ are respectively $2^{nd}, 3^{rd}, 4^{th}$ term of $G.P.$ and $\Delta  = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{{X^k}}&{{X^{k + 1}}}&{{X^{k + 2}}}\\
{{Y^k}}&{{Y^{k + 1}}}&{{Y^{k + 2}}}\\
{{Z^k}}&{{Z^{k + 1}}}&{{Z^{k + 2}}}
\end{array}} \right| = {\left( {r – 1} \right)^2}\left( {1 – \frac{1}{{{r^2}}}} \right)$ , (where $r$ is common ratio), then $k=$ …….