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EXERCISE - 01 CHECK YOUR GRASP

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE (ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER)

1 5   2 5 
1. If A – 2B =   and 2A – 3B =   , then matrix B is equal to -
3 7   0 7

 4 5   0 6 2  1  6 1 
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
 6 7  
 3 7  3 2 

0 1 

 cos  sin  
2. If A  =   , then A A  is equal to -
  sin  cos  

(A) A + (B) A  (C) A (D) none of these

3. If number of elements in a matrix is 60 then how many different order of matrix are possible -
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 24 (D) none of these
4. Matrix A has x rows and x + 5 columns. Matrix B has y rows and 11 – y columns. Both AB and BA exist, then -
(A) x = 3, y = 4 (B) x = 4, y = 3 (C) x = 3, y = 8 (D) x = 8, y = 3
5. If A2 = A, then(I + A)4 is equal to -
(A) I + A (B) I + 4A (C) I + 15A (D) none of these

1 1  1 2  1 3  1 n  1 378 
6. If the product of n matrices   0 1  0 1  ...... 0 1  is equal to the matrix 0 then the value
 0 1       1 
of n is equal to -
(A) 26 (B) 27 (C) 377 (D) 378
 0 1 2
7. If A =   and (aI2 +bA) = A , then -
  1 0 
(A) a = b = 2 (B) a = b = 1/ 2 (C) a = b = 3 (D) a = b = 1/ 3

8. If A is a skew symmetric matrix such that A TA = I, then A 4n–1  n  N  is equal to -

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(A) – AT (B) I (C) – I (D) AT
9. If A A T = I and det(A) = 1, then -
(A) Every element of A is equal to it's co-factor.
(B) Every element of A and it's co-factor are additive inverse of each other.
(C) Every element of A and it's co-factor are multiplicative inverse of each other.
(D) None of these
10. Which of the following is an orthogonal matrix -

 6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7  6 / 7 2 / 7 3/7 
  2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7 
(A) 2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7  (B)  
3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7  3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7 

 6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7   6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 
  2 / 7 3 / 7 
(C)  2 / 7 3/7 6 / 7  (D)  2 / 7
 3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7   6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 

11. If A is an orthogonal matrix & | A | = –1, then AT is equal to -

(A) –A (B) A (C) –(adj A) (D) (adj A)

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1 1 1  4 2 2
12. Let A = 2 1 3  and 10B =  5
 0   . If B is the inverse of matrix A, then  is -

1 1 1   1 2 3 
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 5
3 2  3 1 
13. Let the matrix A and B be defined as A =   and B    then the value of Det.(2A 9 B –1 ), is -
2 1  7 3 
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) –2

2 1   3 2  1 0 
14. If  A  
3  0 1 
, then matrix A equals -
7 4   5

 7 5  2 1   7 1  5 3
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
  11  8  
5 3 

34 5 

13 8 

0 5  2 16
15. If A =   and (x) = 1 + x + x + ...... + x , then (A) =
0 0 
1 5  1 5  0 5 
(A) 0 (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  0 0  1 1 
1 2  2
16. If M =   and M –M – I2 = O , then  equals -
2 3 
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) –4 (D) 4
1 2   1 4  4 8 
17. If A =  , B =   and ABC = 3 7  , then C equals -
3 0   2 3   
1 72 32  1  54 110  1  54 110  1  72 32 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
66 57 29  
66  3 11  
66  3 11  66  57 29 
18. If P is a two-rowed matrix satisfying PT = P–1, then P can be -
 cos   sin    cos  sin     cos  sin  
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) none of these
  sin  cos     sin  cos    sin   cos  
 a 0 0 
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 
19. If A   0 a 0  , then | A | | Adj A | is equal to -
 0 0 a 
(A) a25 (B) a27 (C) a81 (D) none of these
2 3 
20. If A    , then 19A–1 is equal to -
5 2 

1
(A) AT (B) 2A (C) A (D) A
2

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES (ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWERS)
21. If A and B are square matrices of same order, then which of the following is correct -
(A) A + B = B + A (B) A + B = A – B
(C) A – B = B – A (D) AB = BA
22. A square matrix can always be expressed as a
(A) sum of a symmetric matrix and skew symmetric matrix of the same order
(B) difference of a symmetric matrix and skew symmetric matrix of the same order
(C) skew symmetric matrix
(D) symmetric matrix
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23. Choose the correct answer :
(A) every scalar matrix is an identity matrix.
(B) every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(C) transpose of transpose of a matrix gives the matrix itself.
(D) for every square matrix A there exists another matrix B such that AB = I = BA.
24. Let aij denote the element of the ith row and jthcolumn in a 3 × 3 matrix and let aij = –aji for every i and j then this
matrix is an -
(A) orthogonal matrix (B) singular matrix
(C) matrix whose principal diagonal elements are all zero (D) skew symmetric matrix
25. Let A be an invertible matrix then which of the following is/are true :
(A) |A –1 | = |A| –1 (B) (A2)–1 = (A–1)2 (C) (AT)–1 = (A–1)T (D) none of these

1 9 7 
 n 
26. If A  i  8  , where i  1 and   is complex cube root of unity, then tr(A) will be-
1 6 2 n 
(A) 1, if n = 3k, k  N (B) 3, if n = 3k, k  N (C) 0, if n  3k, k  N (D) –1, if n  3k, n  N
27. If A is a square matrix, then -
(A) AAT is symmetric (B) AAT is skew-symmetric (C) ATA is symmetric (D) ATA is skew symmetric.

a b
28. If A =  satisfies the equation x 2 + k = 0, then -
c d 

(A) a + d = 0 (B) k = –|A| (C) k = a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + d 2 (D) k = |A|

29. If A and B are invertible matrices, which one of the following statement is/are correct -

(A) Adj(A) = |A|A –1 (B) det(A –1 ) =|det(A)| –1

(C) (A + B) –1 = B –1 + A –1 (D) (AB) –1 = B –1 A –1

a b  a  b  
 

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30. Matrix  b c  b   c   is non invertible if -
2 1 0 
(A)  = 1/2 (B) a, b, c are in A.P. (C) a, b, c are in G.P. (D) a, b, c are in H.P.

CHE CK Y OU R G R ASP ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. A A A C C B B D A A
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. C D D A B D B B D D
Que. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. A A,B B,C B,C,D A, B, C B,C A,C A,D A,B,D A,C

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EXERCISE - 02 BRAIN TEASERS

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES (ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWERS)

1. If A and B are square matrices of same order and AAT = I then (ATBA)10 is equal to -
(A) AB10AT (B) ATB10A (C) A 10B 10 (A T) 10 (D) 10ATBA

2. If A is a invertible idempotent matrix of order n, then adj A is equal to -

(A) (adj A)2 (B)  (C) A–1 (D) none of these
x 3 2 
 
3. Matrix A = 1 y 4  , if xyz = 60 and 8x + 4y + 3z = 20, then A (adj A) is equal to -
2 2 z 

64 0 0  88 0 0  68 0 0  34 0 0 

       0 34 0 
(A)  0 64 0  (B)  0 88 0  (C)  0 68 0  (D)  
 0 0 64   0 0 88   0 0 68   0 0 34 

2 1  3 4  3 –4 
4. Let three matrices A =  4 1  ; B = 2 3  and C =  –2 3 
then
    
 ABC   A (BC)2   A (BC) 3 
t r (A )  t r    tr    tr    ......   
 2   4   8 
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) none of these
5. Let A, B, C, D be (not necessarily square) real matrices such that AT = BCD ; BT = CDA; CT = DAB and
DT = ABC for the matrix S = ABCD, then which of the following is/are true
(A) S3 = S (B) S2 = S4 (C) S = S2 (D) none of these
 1 tan x 
6. If A =   tan x 1 
then let us define a function f(x) = det (ATA–1) then which of the following can be the value

of f(f(f(f...........f(x))))
  (n  2)
n times

(A) fn(x) (B) 1 (C) fn–1(x) (D) nf(x)

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1 2r  1  1 2r  1 
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7. For a matrix A = 0 1 
, the value of  0 1 
is equal to -
 r 1 
1 100  1 4950  1 5050  1 2500 
(A) 0 1 
(B) 0 1 
(C) 0 1 
(D) 0 1 
   
8. If A and B are two invertible matrices of the same order, then adj (AB) is equal to -
(A) adj (B) adj (A) (B) |B||A| B –1 A –1 (C) |B||A| A –1 B –1 (D) |A||B|(AB) –1
0 1 2  1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 
9. If A = 1 2 3  , A 1   4 3 c  , then -
3 a 1  5 / 2 3 / 2 1 / 2 
1 1 1
(A) a = 1, c = –1 (B) a = 2, c = –
(C) a = –1, c = 1 (D) a = , c =
2 2 2
10. 3 3 2 2
If A and B are different matrices satisfying A = B and A B = B A, then which of the following is/are
incorrect-
(A) det (A 2 + B 2 ) must be zero
(B) det (A – B) must be zero
(C) det (A 2 + B 2 ) as well as det (A – B) must be zero
(D) At least one of det (A 2 + B 2 ) or det (A – B) must be zero
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0 0 1 
11. If A  0 1 0  , then-
1 0 0 

 0 0 1 
(A) AdjA is zero matrix (B) Adj A   0 1 0 
 1 0 0 
(C) A–1 = A 2
(D) A = I

12. If A and B are square matrices of the same order such that A2 = A, B2 = B, AB = BA, then which one of the
following may be true-

(A) A(B)2 = O (B) (A + B)2 = A + B (C) (A – B)2 = A – B (D) none of these

13. If B is an idempotent matrix and A = I – B, then-
(A) A2 = A (B) A2 = I (C) AB = O (D) BA = O
a 11 a 12 a 13
14. Let  0 = a 21 a 22 a 23 (where  0  0) and let  1 denote the determinant formed by the cofactors of
a 31 a 32 a 33
elements of 0 and 2 denote the determinant formed by the cofactor at 1 and so on n denotes the determinant
formed by the cofactors at n–1 then the determinant value of n is -
2n n 2 2
(A)  0 (B)  20 (C)  0n (D)  0

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BRAIN TEASER S ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-2

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. B A, B, C C A A,B A, B, C D A,B,D A A, B, C
Que. 11 12 13 14
Ans. B,C,D A, B, C A ,C , D B

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EXERCISE - 03 MISCELLANEOUS TYPE QUESTIONS

TRUE / FALSE
1. Let A, B be two matrices such that they commute, then A 2 – B 2 = (A – B)(A + B)
2. If A is a periodic matrix with period 2 then A 6 = A.
3. Let A, B be two matrices such that they commute, then (AB) n = A nB n .
4. All positive odd integral powers of skew symmetric matrix are symmetric.
5. Let A, B be two matrices, such that AB = A and BA = B, then A 2 = A and B 2 = B.
6. If A & B are symmetric matrices of same order then AB – BA is symmetric.
7. If A and B are square matrices of order n, then A and B will commute, iff A – I and B – I commute
for every scalar .
MATCH THE COLUMN
Following questions contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. The statements in
Column-I are labelled as A, B, C and D while the statements in Column-II are labelled as p, q, r and s. Any given
statement in Column-I can have correct matching with ONE statement in Column-II.
1. Column-I Column-II

Matrix Type of matrix

 2 2 4 
(A)  1 3 4  (p) Idempotent

 1 2 3 
 5 8 0
3 5 0 
(B)  (q) Involutary
 1 2 1 
1 2 2
1
(C) 2 1 2  (r) Nilpotent
3
 2 2 1 

1 1 3
5 2 6 
(D)  (s) Orthogonal
 2 1 3 

2. Column-I Column-II
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(A) If A is a square matrix of order 3 and (p) 6

A
det A = 162 then det   =
3
(B) If A is a matrix such that A 2 = A and (q) 5
2  1
(I + A) 5 = I + A then
7
4 3 
(C) If A =   and A 2 – xA + yI = 0 (r) 0
2 5 
then y – x =
 9 10 11 12 
 
(D) If A = 13 14 15 16  and (s) 9
17 18 19 20 

1 3 5 7 
 3 3 10 10 

B =  5 10 5 0  then (AB) 23
 
 7 10 0 7 

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ASSERTION & REASON

These questions contains, Statement I (assertion) and Statement II (reason).

(A) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is correct explanation for Statement-I.
(B) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is NOT a correct explanation for statement-I
(C) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is false
(D) Statement-I is false, Statement-II is true

1. Statement - I : If a, b, c are distinct real number and x, y, z are not all zero given that
ax + by + cz = 0, bx + cy + az = 0, cx + ay + bz = 0, then a + b + c  0

Statement - II : If a, b, c are distinct positive real number then a 2 + b 2 + c 2  ab + bc + ca.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

2. Statement - I : If A is skew symmetric matrix of order 3 then its determinant should be zero

Statement - II : If A is square matrix, then det A = det A' = det(–A')

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

3. Statement-I : If A is a non-singular symmetric matrix, then its inverse is also symmetric.

Because

Statement-II : (A–1)T = (AT)–1, where A is a non-singular symmetric matrix.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

1 2
4. Statement - I : There are only finitely many 2 × 2 matrices which commute with the matrix  .
 1 1 

Because
Statement - II : If A is non-singular, then it commutes with I, adj A and A –1 .

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(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

 3 1 3 1  3 1 1 3
   
2 2 2 2   2 2 2 2 
5. Statement-I : If x =  A & if A is idempotent matrix then x is also idempotent
1  3 3  1   3  1 3  1 

 2 2 2 2   2 2 2 2 
matrix.
Because

Statement-II : If P is an orthogonal matrix & Q = PAPT, then Qn = PAnPT.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

6. Statement-I : The determinants of a matrix A = [a ij ] 5 × 5 where a ij + a ji = 0 for each i and j is zero.

Because

Statement-II : The determinant of a skew symmetric matrix of odd order is zero.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

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COMPREHENSION BASED QUESTIONS
Comprehension # 1

Let P(x, y) be any point and P'(x1, y1) be its image in x-axis then
x1 = x
y1 = –y
This system of equation is equivalent to the matrix equation.
 x1  x 
 A 
y1  y 
where A is a square matrix of order 2
x2  x3 
x  x  x 4  x 
Similarly    B  ,
   C  ,    D  
y
 2 y 
y
 3 y
   4y y 
represents the reflection of point (x, y) in y-axis, origin and the line y = x respectively.
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
1. The value of A + B + C + D is -

 1 1   1 1  1 0  0 1 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 0 0  1 1   0 1  1 0 

2. Let X be a square matrix given by X = A + AD2 + AD4 +.........+AD2n – 2, then X is -

n 0 n 0  n 0  n 0 
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
0 n  
0 n 

0  n   0 n


x  a 
3. Let P(a, b) be a point &    DCBA   then Q(x, y) represents the reflection of point P(a, b) in -
y  b 
(A) x-axis (B) y-axis (C) origin (D) line y = x

Comprehension # 2
a 1 a 2 a 3 
T T  
Matrix A is called orthogonal matrix if AA = I = A A. Let A =  b1 b 2 b 3  be an orthogonal matrix. Let
 c 1 c 2 c 3 
           
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ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
a  a 1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k , b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k , c  c 1 i  c 2 j  c 3 k . Then | a|| b| | c| 1 & a . b  b.c  c .a  0 i.e.
  
a, b & c forms mutually perpendicular triad of unit vectors.

a b c 
If abc = p and Q =  c a b  , where Q is an orthogonal matrix. Then.
 
 b c a 
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
1. The values of a + b + c is -
(A) 2 (B) p (C) 2p (D) ±1
2. The values of ab + bc + ca is -
(A) 0 (B) p (C) 2p (D) 3p
3. The value of a 3 + b 3 + c 3 is -
(A) p (B) 2p (C) 3p (D) None of these
4. The equation whose roots are a, b, c is -
(A) x 3 – 2x 2 + p = 0 (B) x 3 – px 2 + px + p = 0
(C) x 3 – 2x 2 + 2px + p = 0 (D) x 3 ± x 2 – p = 0
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Comprehension # 3
 2 2 4   4 3 3 
 
If A 0   1 3 4  and B 0   1 0 1


 1 2 3   4 4 3 
B n = adj(B n – 1), n  N and I is an identity matrix of order 3.
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :

1. det. (A 0  A 02 B 02  A 03  A 04 B 04  .......10 terms) is equal to -

(A) 1000 (B) –800 (C) 0 (D) –8000

2. B 1 + B 2 + ....... + B 49 is equal to -
(A) B 0 (B) 7B 0 (C) 49B 0 (D) 49I
3. For a variable matrix X the equation A 0X = B 0 will have -
(A) unique solution (B) infinite solution (C) finitely many solution (D) no solution

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M ISCEL L AN E OU S TYP E Q U ESTION ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-3

 Tr u e / Fals e
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T
 Matc h th e C o lu mn
1. (A)  (p), (B)  (q), (C)  (s), (D)  (r) 2. (A)  (p), (B)  (s), (C)  (q), (D)  (r)
 A s s er ti o n & R eas o n
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. A
 C o mp rehe ns i o n B as ed Qu e st i o ns
Comprehensi on # 1 : 1. B 2. C 3. D
Comprehensi on # 2 : 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. D
Comprehensi on # 3 : 1. C 2. C 3. D

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EXERCISE - 04 [A] CONCEPTUAL SUBJECTIVE EXERCISE

1. Find the value of x and y that satisfy the equations -

3 2  3 3
3 0   y y 
 3y 3y 
  x x  
2 4   10 10 

2. A is a square matrix of order n.

 = maximum number of distinct entries if A is a triangular matrix
m = maximum number of distinct entries if A is a diagonal matrix
p = minimum number of zeroes if A is a triangular matrix
If  + 5 = p + 2m, find the order of the matrix.

1 2  a b
3. If the matrices A =   and B = 
3 4  c d 

db
(a, b, c, d not all simultaneously zero) commute, find the value of . Also show that the matrix which
acb
   2  / 3 
commutes with A is of the form 
   

1 2  5 
4. Consider the two matrices A and B where A =  ; B =  3  . Let n(A) denotes the number of elements in
4 3   
A. When the two matrices X and Y are not conformable for multiplication then n(XY) = 0
 n(C )  (| D|2  n(D )  
If C = (AB)(B'A); D = (B'A)(AB) then, find the value of   .
 n(A )  n(B )

0 1  0 
5. Define A =   . Find a vertical vector V such that (A8 + A6 + A4 + A2 + I)V =  
3 0  11 
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(where I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix).

6. If A is an idempotent matrix and I is an identity matrix of the same order, find the value of n, n N, such that
(A + I)n = I + 127 A.
1 1 1 1
7. If the matrix A is involutary, show that (I + A) and (I – A) are idempotent and (I + A). (I –A) = 0.
2 2 2 2

0 1 1 
 3 4  and I is the corresponding unit matrix
8. Let X be the solution set of the equation Ax = I, where A = 4
3 3 4 
x
and x  N then find the minimum value of  (cos   sin x ),   R.

1 2 5 
 2 3 6
9. Express the matrix   as a sum of a lower triangular matrix & an upper triangular matrix with zero
  1 0 4 

in leading diagonal of upper triangular matrix. Also express the matrix as a sum of a symmetric and a skew
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 1 1 1

2 3  1 0 1 
10. Given A = 2 4 1  , B =   . Find P such that BPA =  .
  3 4  0 1 0 
2 3 1 

 sin   cos  0 
 
11. If A = cos  sin  0  then find |A T| and |A –1|.
 0 0 1 
1
 1  tan    1 tan    cos   sin  
 2  2
12. Show that, =  .
 tan  1    tan  1   sin  cos  
 2   2 
cos x  sin x 0 
 cos x 0  then show that F(x).F(y) = F(x + y). Hence prove that [F(x)]–1 = F(–x).
13. If F(x) =  sin x
 0 0 1 

1 0 2 
 
14. If A = 0 2 1  , then show that the matrix A is a root of the polynomial f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 7x + 2.
2 0 3 

15. Use matrix to solve the following system of equations

xyz3 xyz6 xy z3 xyz3
(a) x  2y  3z  4 (b) x y z2 (c) x  2y  3z  4 (d) x  2y  3z  4
x  4y  9z  6 2x  y  z  1 2x  3y  4z  7 2x  3y  4z  9

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CON CEP TUAL SU BJ ECTIVE E X ER CISE ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-4(A)

0
1. x = 3/2, y = 2 2. 4 3. 1 4. 650 5. V1  6. n = 7
 
11 

 1 0 0 0 2 5  1 2 2  0 0 3
2  4 7 7 
8. 2   
9. 2 3 0 + 0 0  6  ;
 3 3    0 0 3  10. 3 11. 1, 1
    5 5 
  1 0 4  0 0 0  2 3 4   3 3 0 
1 5 . (a) x = 2, y = 1, z = 0 (b) x = 1, y = 2, z = 3
(c) x = 2 + k, y = 1  2k, z = k where k  R (d) inconsistent, hence no solution

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EXERCISE - 04 [B] BRAIN STORMING SUBJECTIVE EXERCISE

a b
1. If A =  then prove that value of f and g satisfying the matrix equation A 2 + fA + gI = O are equal to
c d 
1 0  0 0 
– tr (A) and determinant of A respectively. Given a, b, c, d are non zero reals and I =   ; O = 0 0  .
0 1   
2. A3 × 3 is a matrix such that |A|=a, B = (adj A) such that |B|= b. Find the value of (ab 2 + a 2b + 1)S where
1 a a2 a3
S =  3  5  ....... up to , and a = 3.
2 b b b
3. Find the number of 2 × 2 matrix satisfying :

2 2 2 2
(a) aij is 1 or –1 ; (b) a 11  a 12  a 21  a 22 2; (c) a 11 a 21 + a 12 a 22 = 0

4. If A is a skew symmetric matrix and I + A is non singular, then prove that the matrix B = (I – A)(I + A)–1 is an
0 5
orthogonal matrix. Use this to find a matrix B given A =  .
 5 0 

2 1  9 3 
5. Given A =   ; B =   . I is a unit matrix of order 2. Find all possible matrix X in the following cases.
2 1  3 1 
(a) AX = A (b) XA = I(c) XB = O but BX  O.
3 2 1   x  b 
6. Determine the values of a and b for which the system 5 8 9   y   3 
    
2 1 a   z   1 

(a) has a unique solution ; (b) has no solution and (c) has infinitely many solutions
7. If A is an orthogonal matrix and B = AP where P is a non singular matrix then show that the matrix PB–1 is also
orthogonal.
n
1 2 a  1 18 2007 
8. If 0 1 4   0 1
  36  then find a + n.
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0 0 1  0 0 1 

a b  p  0 
9. Let A    and P       . Such that AP = P and a + d = 5050. Find the value of (ad – bc).
c d  q  0 

BRAIN STOR MIN G SUBJ ECTIVE E X ER CISE ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-4(B)

1  12 5 
2. 225 3. 8 4. 13  5 12 
 a b  a 3a 
5. (a) X=   for a, b  R ; (b) X does not exist ; (c) X =  a, c  R and 3a + c  0
2  2a 1  2b  c 3c 
6. (a) a  –3 ; b  R ; (b) a = –3 and b  1/3 ; (c) a = –3, b = 1/3 8. 200 9. 5049
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EXERCISE - 05 [A] JEE-[MAIN] : PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

a b    
1. If A =   and A2 =   then [AIEEE 2003]
b a   
(1)  = a2 + b2,  = a2 – b2 (2)  = a2 + b2,  = ab
(3)  = a2 + b2,  = 2ab (4)  = 2ab,  = a2 + b2

0 0 1 
 
2. If A =  0 1 0  then- [AIEEE 2004]
 1 0 0 

(1) A–1 does not exist (2) A2 =  (3) A = 0 (4) A = (–1) 

1 1 1  4 2 2
   
3. If A = 2 1 3  and 10B =  5 0   where B = A–1, then  is equal to- [AIEEE 2004]
1 1 1   1 2 3 

(1) 2 (2) –1 (3) –2 (4) 5

2
4. If A – A + I = 0, then the inverse of A [AIEEE 2005]
(1) I – A (2) A – I (3) A (4) A + I

LM1 0OP LM1 0 OP ,

5. If A =
N1 1Q and I =
N0 1 Q
then which one of the following holds for all n1, (by the principal of

mathematical induction) [AIEEE-2005]

(1) An = nA – (n–1) I (2) A n = 2 n-1 A+ (n–1) I
(3) An = nA + (n–1) I (4) A n = 2 n-1A– (n–1) I
6. If A and B are square matrices of size n × n such that A2 – B2 = (A – B) (A + B), then which of the following will
be always true- [AIEEE- 2006]
(1) AB = BA (2) Either of A or B is a zero matrix
(3) Either of A or B is an identity matrix (4) A = B

1 2   a 0

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7. Let A =   and B =  , a, b  N. Then- [AIEEE- 2006]
 3 4   0 b 
(1) there exist more than one but finite number of B's such that AB = BA
(2) there exist exactly one B such that AB = BA
(3) there exist infinitely many B's such that AB =BA
(4) there cannot exist any B such that AB = BA
5 5   
8. Let A = 0  5   If |A2 | = 25, then || equals- [AIEEE- 2006]
 
0 0 5 
(1) 52 (2) 1 (3) 1/5 (4) 5

9. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries. Let I be the 2 × 2 identity matrix. Denoted by tr(A), the sum of diagonal
entries of A. Assume that A2= I.
Statement –1: If A  I and A   I , then det A = –1 [AIEEE- 2008]

Statement –2 : If A  I and A   I , then tr(A)  0.

(1) Statement –1 is false, Statement –2 is true.
(2) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(4) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false
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10. Let A be a square matrix all of whose entries are integers. Then which one of the following is true? [AIEEE- 2008]
(1) If det A = ± 1, then A–1 exists but all its entries are not necessarily integers
(2) If det A  ±1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are non–integers
(3) If det A = ±1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are integers
(4) If det A = ±1, then A–1 need not exist
11. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix [AIEEE- 2009]

Statement–1 : adj (adj A) = A

Statement–2 : | adj A | = |A|
(1) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(2) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
(3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(4) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for statement–1.
12. The number of 3 × 3 non-singular matrices, with four entries as 1 and all other entries as 0, is :- [AIEEE-2010]
(1) Less than 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) At least 7
13. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with non-zero entries and let A 2 = I, where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix. Define
Tr(A) = sum of diagonal elements of A and |A| = determinant of matrix A. [AIEEE-2010]

Statement–1 : Tr(A) = 0.
Statement–2 : |A| = 1.
(1) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(2) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for statement–1.
(3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(4) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
14. Let A and B be two symmetric matrices of order 3.
Statement-1 : A(BA) and (AB)A are symmetric matrices.
Statement-2 : AB is symmetric matrix if matrix multiplication of A with B is commutative. [AIEEE-2011]

(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.

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(2) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
15. Statement-1 : Determinant of a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3 is zero.
Statement-1 : For any matrix A, det(A T ) = det(A) and det(–A) = –det(A).
Where det(B) denotes the determinant of matrix B. Then : [AIEEE -2011]

(1) Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false (2) Both statements are true
(3) Both statements are false (4) Statement-1 is false and statement-2 is true.

 0 
16. If   1 is the complex cube root of unity and matrix H   70
 , then H is equal to: [AIEEE -2011]
 0  

(1) H (2) 0 (3) –H (4) H2

17. Let P and Q be 3 × 3 matrice s with P  Q. If P 3 = Q 3 and P 2 Q = Q 2 P, then determi nant of
(P 2 + Q 2) is equal to : [AIEEE-2012]

(1) –1 (2) –2 (3) 1 (4) 0

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1 0 0  1  0 
     
18. Let A   2 1 0  . If u1 and u2 are column matrices such that Au 1   0  and Au 2   1  , then u1 + u2 is
3 2 1  0  0 
     

equal to : [AIEEE-2012]

1   1   1   1 
       
(1)  1  (2)  1  (3)  1  (4)  1 
 1  0   1  0 
       

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P RE VIOU S Y EARS QU E STION S ANSWER KEY E XE R CISE -5 [A]

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 3 4 3
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ans. 4 4 3 4 1 1 4 1

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EXERCISE - 05 [B] JEE-[ADVANCED] : PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

a b c 
 
1. If matrix A =  b c a  where a,b,c are real positive numbers, abc = 1 and AT A = I, then find the value of
 c a b 
3 3 3
a + b + c. [JEE 2003, Mains 2M out of 60]
 2 
2. If A    and |A3| = 125, then  is equal to - [JEE 2004 (Screening)]
2  
(A) ±3 (B) ±2 (C) ±5 (D) 0
3. If M is a 3 × 3 matrix, where MT M = I and det (M) = 1, then prove that det (M–I) = 0.
[JEE 2004 (Mains), 2M out of 60]

 a 1 0   a 1 1   f   a2  x 
       
4. A   1 b d  , B  0 d c , U   g  , V   0  , X = y 
   
 1 b c   f g h   h   0   z 
 
If AX = U has infinitely many solutions, then prove that BX = V cannot have a unique solution. If
further afd  0, then prove that BX = V has no solution [JEE 2004 (Mains), 4M out of 60]

1 0 0 1 0 0 
  ,   0  1
5. A  0 1 1  1 0  and A 1  (A 2  cA  d  ) , then the value of c and d are -
6
0 2 4  0 0 1 
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]
(A) –6, –11 (B) 6, 11 (C) –6, 11 (D) 6, –11

 3 1 
 
6. If P   2 2  , A  1 1
APT and x = PT Q2005 P, then x is equal to -
and Q = PAP
0 1 
 1 3 
 
 2 2 
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]
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1 2005  4  2005 3 6015 

(A)  (B)  
0 1   2005 4  2005 3 

1 2  3 1  1 2005 2  3
(C)   (D)  
4  1 2  3  4 2  3 2005 

Comprehension (3 questions)

1 0 0 1  2  2 
7.   , if U , U and U are columns matrices satisfying. AU  0  , AU 2  3  , AU  3  and
A  2 1 0 1 2 3 1     3  
   0  1 
3 2 1  0   
U is 3×3 matrix whose columns are U1, U2, U3 then answer the following questions -
(a) The value of |U| is -

(A) 3 (B) –3 (C) 3/2 (D) 2

(b) The sum of the elements of U–1 is -
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3 
(c) The value of 3 2 0  U 2  is -
0 
(A) [5] (B) [5/2] (C) [4] (D) [3/2]
[JEE 2006, 5 marks each]
8. Match the Statement / Expressions in Column I with the Statements / Expressions in Column II and indicate
your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
Column I Column II

x 2  2x  4
(A) The minimum value of is (P) 0
x 2
(B) Let A and B be 3 × 3 matrices of real numbers, (Q) 1
where A is symmetric, B is skew-symmetric, and
t k t
(A+B)(A–B) = (A – B) (A + B). If (AB) = (–1) AB, where (AB)
is the transpose of the matrix AB, then the possible values of k are
a
(C) Let a = log 3 log 3 2. An integer k satisfying 1  2 (  k 3 )
2 , (R) 2
must be less than

1 
(D) If sin = cos, then the possible values of       are (S) 3
 2
[JEE 2008, 6]

9. Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are
1 and four of them are 0.
(a) The number of matrices in A is -
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 3
(b) The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1 
   
A  y   0 

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 z  0 
has a unique solution, is -
(A) less than 4 (B) at least 4 but less than 7
(C) at least 7 but less than 10 (D) at least 10
(c) The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1 
   
A  y   0 
 z  0 
is inconsistent, is -
(A) 0 (B) more than 2 (C) 2 (D) 1
[JEE 2009, 4+4+4]

 x  1 
10. (a) The number of 3  3 matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the system A  y   0 
 z  0 
has exactly two distinct solutions, is
9
(A) 0 (B) 2 – 1 (C) 168 (D) 2

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(b) Let k be a positive real number and let

2k  1 2 k 2 k  0 2k  1 k 
   
A 2 k 1 2k  and B  1  2k 0 2 k .
   
 2 k 2k 1 
   k 2 k 0 

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If det (adj A) + det(adj B) = 10 , then [k] is equal to
[Note : adj M denotes the adjoint of a square matrix M and [k] denotes the largest integer less
than or equal to k].
(c) Let p be an odd prime number and T p be the following set of 2  2 matrices :

 a b 
Tp   A    : a, b, c  0,1,2,....., p  1
 c a 

( i ) The number of A in T p such that A is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both, and

det(A) divisible by p is -
2 2
(A) (p – 1) (B) 2 (p – 1) (C) (p – 1) + 1 (D) 2p –1
( i i ) The number of A in T p such that the trace of A is not divisible by p but det (A) is divisible
by p is -
[Note : The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
2 3 2
(A) (p – 1) (p – p + 1) (B) p – (p – 1)
2 2
(C) (p – 1) (D) (p – 1) (p – 2)

(i i i ) The number of A in T p such that det (A) is not divisible by p is -

2 3 3 3 2
(A) 2p (B) p – 5p (C) p – 3p (D) p – p

[JEE 2010, 3+3+3+3+3]

T
11. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew-symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If P denotes the
2 2 T –1 –1 T
transpose of P, then M N (M N) (MN ) is equal to - [JEE 2011, 4]
2 2 2
(A) M (B) –N (C) –M (D) MN
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1 a b
12. Let 1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form   
1 c ,

2  1 
2
where each of a,b and c is either  or  . Then the number of distinct matrices in the set S is-
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8
[JEE 2011, 3, (–1)]
13. Let M be 3 × 3 matrix satisfying

0   1  1  1  1   0 
        and    
M 1    2  , M  1    1  M 1    0 
0   3   0   1  1  12 

Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is [JEE 2011, 4]

i+j
14. Let P =[a ij ] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [b ij ], where b ij = 2 a ij for 1 < i, j < 3. If the determinant of
P is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q is - [JEE 2012, 3M, –1M]
10 11 12 13
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2

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15. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transpose of P and I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix, then

 x  0 
there exists a column matrix X   y   0  such that [JEE 2012, 3M, –1M]
 z  0 

0 
(A) PX  0  (B) PX = X (C) PX = 2X (D) PX = –X
 
0 

1 4 4 
 
16. If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is 2 1 7  , then the possible value(s) of the determinant of P
2 1 3 
is (are) - [JEE 2012, 4M]
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2

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P RE VIOU S Y EARS QU E STION S ANSWER KEY E XE R CISE -5 [B]

1. 4 2. A 5. C 6. A 7. (a) A, (b) B, (c) A

8. (A) R (B) Q,S (C) R,S (D) P,R 9. (a) A, (b) B, (c) B
10. (a) A, (b) 4; (c) (i) D, (ii) C, (iii) D 11. Bonus 12. A 13. 9
14. D 15. D 16. A,D

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