MATHEMATICS

Topics : MATRIX & DETERMINANT

ASSIGNMENT- 1
(JEEMAIN PROBLEM)

i 0 0  1 0 i
Q.1 If A = 0  i , B =  1 0  and C =  i 0 , then A2 = B2 =C2 = [AIEEE 2002]
     

(A) I2 (B) I (C*) – I (D) 2 I

1 2 3  5 7 1
   
Q.2 If A = 3 1 2 and B =  1  5 7  , then AB = AIEEE 2002]
2 3 1  7 1  5

(A) I3 (B) 2 I3 (C) 4 I3 (D*) 18 I3

a b   
Q.3 If A = b a and A2 =     , then [AIEEE 2003]
   

(A)  = 2ab,  = a2 + b2 (B)  = a2 + b2,  = ab

(C*)  = a2 + b2,  = 2ab (D)  = a2 + b2,  = a2 – b2

 0 0  1
 
Q.4 Let A =  0  1 0  . The only correct statement about the matrix A is- AIEEE 2004]
1 0 0 
 

(A) A is a zero matrix (B) A = (– 1) I, where I is a unit matrix

(C) A–1 does not exist (D*) A2 = I

1 1 1   4 2 2
   
Q.5 Let A =  2 1  3  and (10)B =   5 0   . If B is the inverse of matrix A,then  is [AIEEE 2004]
1 1 1   1  2 3
  
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D*) 5

Q.6 If A2 – A + I = 0, then the inverse of A is [AIEEE-2005]

(A) A + I (B) A (C) A – I (D*) I – A

 1 0   1 0
Q.7 If A = 1 1 and I = 0 1 , then which one of the following holds for all n  1, by the principle of mathematical
   

induction [AIEEE-2005]

(A*) An = nA – (n – 1) I (B) An = 2n–1 A – (n – 1) I

(C) An = nA + (n – I) I (D) An = 2n–1A + (n – 1) I

Q.8 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]

(A*) AB = BA (B) Either of A or B is a zero matrix

(C) Either of A or B is an identity matrix (D) A = B

 1 2 a 0
Q.9 Let A =  3 4  and B =  0 b  , a, b  N. Then [AIEEE 2006]
   

(A) there exist more than one but finite number of B's such that AB = BA

(B) there exist exactly one B such that AB = BA

(C*) there exist infinitelymanyB's such thatAB = BA

(D) there cannot exist any B such that AB = BA

5 5  
Q.10 Let A = 0  5  If |A2| = 25, then || equals [AIEEE 2007]
0 0 5 

1
(A) 52 (B) 1 (C*) (D) 5
5

1 1 1
Q.11 If   1 1  x 1 for x  0, y  0 , then  is [AIEEE 2007]
1 1 1 y

(A) divisible by neither x nor y (B*) divisible by both x and y

(C) divisible by x but not y (D) divisible by y but not x

Q.12 Let A be a square matrix all of whose entries are integers. Then which one of the following is true ?

[AIEEE 2008]
(A*) If det A ± 1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are non-integers
(B) If det A = ± 1, then A–1 exists and all its entries are integers
(C) If det A = ± 1, then A–1 need not exist
(D) If det A = ± 1, then A–1 exists but all its entries are not necessarily integers
Q.13 Let a, b, c be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers x, y, z not all zero such that
x = cy + bz, y = az + cx, and z = bx + ay. Then a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc is equal to

(A) –1 (B) 0 (C*) 1 (D) 2

Directions : Question number 12-13 is Assertion-Reason type question. This question contains two statements:

Statement-1 (Assertion) and Statement-2 (reason).This questions also has four alternative choices,

only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select the correct choice.

Q.14 Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries. Let I be the 2 × 2 identity matrix. Denote by tr (A), the sum of diagonal entries

of A, Assume that A2 = I. [AIEEE 2008]

Statement- 1: If A  I and A  – I, then det A = – 1

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

(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1

(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1

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

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

Q.15 Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix [AIEEE 2009]

Statement- 1: adj (adj A) = A

Statement -2 : | adj A | = | A |

(A*) Statement-1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1

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

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

(D) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
 a a 1 a 1 a 1 b 1 c 1
Q.16 Let a, b, c be such that b(a+c) 0. If  b b  1 b  1 + a 1 b 1 c  1 = 0,then the value of n is
n2 n 1
c c 1 c 1 ( 1) a ( 1) b ( 1)n c

[AIEEE 2009]

(A) any even integer (B) any odd integer

(C*) any integer (D) zero

Q.17 Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with non-zero entries and let A2 = I, where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix. Define Tr(A) = sum

of diagonal elements of A and |A| = determinant of matrix A.

Statement 1 : Tr(A) = 0
Statement 2 : |A| = 1 [AIEEE 2010]

(A) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement 1

(B) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1

(C*) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false

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

Q.18 The number of 3  3 non singular matrices with four entries as 1 and all other entries as 0, is

[AIEEE 2010]

(A) Less than 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D*) atleast 7

Q.19 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

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

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

(C) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement 1

(D*) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1
Q.20 If A and B are different matrices satisfying A3 = B3 and A 2 B = B2A , then [AIEEE 2012]

(A) det  A2  B 2  must be zero

(B) det  A  B  must be zero

(C) det  A2  B 2  as well as det(A – B) must be zero.

(D*) Atleast one of det  A2  B 2  or det (A – B) must be zero.

Q.21 Let P and Q be 3 × 3 matrices with P  Q . If P3 = Q3 and P2Q = Q2P, then determinant of (P2 + Q2) is equal to

[AIEEE 2012]

(A*) 0 (B) –1 (C) –2 (D) –2

1 0 0   1 0
    and Au =  
Q.22 Let A   2 1 0  . . If u1 and u2 are column matrices such that Au1 = 0 2  1  , then u1 + u2 is
3 2 1  0 0
     

equal to [AIEEE 2012]

 1   1   1   1 
       
(A)  1  (B*)  1  (C)  1  (D)  1 
 0   1   0   1 
       

Q.23 The number of values of k, for which the system equations

( k  1) x  8 y  4k ,

kx  (k  3) y  3k  1 has no solution , is [JEEMAIN-2013]

(A*) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) Infinite

 1  3 
Q.24 If P  1 3 3  is the adjoint of a 3  3 matrix A and |A| = 4, then  is equal to [JEEMAIN-2013]
 
 2 4 4 

(A) 4 (B*) 11 (C) 5 (D) 0

Q.25. If A is an 3  3 non-singular matrix such that AA' = A'A and B = A 1A' , then BB' equals
[JEEMAIN-2014]
(A) I+B (B*) I (C) B1 (D) B '
1

3 1  f 1 1  f  2 
n n 2 2 2
Q.26. If  ,   0 and f  n      and 1  f 1 1  f  2  1  f  3  K 1    1        , then
1  f  2  1  f  3 1  f  4 
K is equal to [JEEMAIN-2014]
1
(A)  (B)
 (C*) 1 (D) –1

Q.27 Let A be a 3  3 matrix such that [JEEMAIN-2014]

1 2 3 0 0 1
A  0 2 3    1 0 0  , then A 1 is equal to
 0 1 1   0 1 0 

3 1 2 3 2 1
(A) 3 0 2 (B) 3 2 0
   
 1 0 1   1 1 0 

0 1 3 1 2 3
(C) 0 2 3 (D) 0 1 1
   
 1 1 1   0 2 3 

Q.28 Let for i = 1, 2,3 pi  x  be a polynomial of degree 2 in x, pi'  x  and pi''  x  be the first and second order

derivatives of respectively pi  x  . Let, [JEEMAIN-2014]

 p1 ( x) p1' ( x) p1'' ( x) 
 
A  x    p2 ( x) p2' ( x) p2'' ( x)  T
and B  x  =  A  x   A  x  . then determinant of B  x 
 p3 ( x) p3' ( x) p3'' ( x) 

(A) is a polynomial of degree 6 in x (B) is a polynomial of degree 3 in x
(C) is a polynomial of degree 2 in x (D) does not depend on x
Q.29 If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers and if the system of equations [JEEMAIN-2014]

 a  1 x  y  z
 b  1 y  z  x
 c  1 z  x  y
has a non-trivial solution, then ab  bc  ca equals

(A) abc (B) abc (C) 1 (D) –1

50
Q.30 If B is a 3  3 matrix such that B2  0 , then det  I  B   50B is equal to [JEEMAIN-2014]
 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 50
Q.31 If [JEEMAIN-2014]

a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2
2 2 2
 a    b     c     k a b c ,  0
2 2 2
 a    b     c    1 1 1

(A) 4 abc (B) 4 abc (C) 4 2 (D) 4 2

 y
1 2 x  6
Q.32 If A    and B   x  be such that AB    , then [JEEMAIN-2014]
 
3 1 2   1  8 

(A) y  2x (B) y  2 x (C) yx (D) y  x

Q.33 If
1 cos 1
f     sin  1  cos
and A and B are respectively the maximum and minimum values of f   ,
1 sin  1

then  A, B  is equal to

(A)  3,  1 (B)  4, 2  2  (C) 2  2, 2  2  (D) 2  

2,  1
Q.34 Let A and B be any two 3 × 3 matrices. If A is symmetric and B is skewsymmetric, then the matrix AB - BA is
(A) skewsymmetric (B) symmetric [JEEMAIN-2014]
(C) neither symmetric nor skewsymmetric (D) 1 or -i, where I is an identity matrix.

r 2r  1 3r  2 n 1
n
Q.35 If   n 1 a , then the value of  r [JEEMAIN-2014]
2 r 1
1 1
nn  1 n  12 n  13n  4
2 2

(A) depends only on a (B) depends only on a

(C) depends both on a and n (D) is independent of both a and n.
Q.36 The set of all values of  for which system of linear equations [JEEMAIN-2015]

2 x1  2 x2  x3   x1
2 x1  3x2  2 x3   x2
 x1  2 x2   x3
has a non-trivial solution
(A) is an empty set (B) is a singleton
(C*) contains two elements (D) contains more than two elements

0 1
Q.37 If A    , then which one the following statement is NOT correct ? [JEEMAIN-2015]
1 0 

(A) A4  I  A2 + I (B) A3  I  A  A + I 

(C) 
A2 + I  A A2  I  (D) 
A3 + I  A A3  I 

x2  x x 1 x2
2
Q.38 If 2 x  3x  1 3x 3 x  3  ax  12 , then a is equal to [JEEMAIN-2015]
2
x  2 x  3 2x 1 2x 1

(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) – 12 (D) – 24

5a b  T
Q.39 If A    and AadjA  AA , then 5a  b is equal to [JEEMAIN-2016]
 3 2 

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 13 (D) –1

Q.40 The system of linear equations [JEEMAIN-2017]

xy z  0
x  y  z  0
x  y  z  0
has a non-trivial solution for
(A) exactly one value of  (B) exactly two value of 
(C*) exactly three value of  (D) infinitely many value of 

 2 3
, then adj  3A  12A  is equal to
2
Q.41 If A    [JEEMAIN-2017]
 4 1 
  72 84   51 63
(A)  63 51  (B*) 84 72 
   
 51 84   72 63
(C) 63 72  (D)  84 51 
   

Q.42 Let  be a complex number such that 2  1  z where z  3 . If [JEEMAIN-2017]

1 1 1
1   1  2  3k , then k is equal to
2

1 2 7
(A*) z (B) z (C) –1 (D) 1
Q.43 If the system of linear equations [JEEMAIN-2018]

x  ky  3 z  0
3 x  ky  2 z  0
2 x  4 y  3z  0

xz
has non-zero solution  x, y, z  , then is equal to
y2
(A) 30 (B) – 10 (C*) 10 (D) – 30
x  4 2x 2x
2
Q.44 If 2 x x  4 2x   A  Bx  x  A  , then the ordered pair  A, B is equal to [JEEMAIN-2018]
2x 2x x4

(A)  4, 5 (B)   4,  5 (C)   4, 3 (D*)   4, 5

ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. A

8. A 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. C

15. A 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. A

22. B 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. 28.

29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

36. C 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. B 42. A 43.

C 44. D
 MATHEMATICS
Topics : MATRIX & DETERMINANT
ASSIGNMENT-2
(JEEMAIN JANUARY-2019)

1. The system of linear equations

x yz 2
2x  3y  2z  5
 
2 x  3 y  a 2  1 z  a  1 , then

(A) is inconsistent when a = 4 (B) has a unique solution for a  3

(C) has infinitely many solutions for a = 4 (D*) is inconsistent when a  3

cosθ sinθ  
2. If A=   , then the matrix A 50 when θ = , is equal to
 sinθ cosθ  12

 1 3  3 1
     
 2 2   2 2
(A) (B)
 3 1   1 3
   
 2 2   2 2 

 3 1   1 3
   
(C*)  2 2 
(D)  2 2 
 1 3  3 1 
   
 2 2   2 2 

e t e t e t sint 
 t 
3. If A= e  e-t cost  e-t sint t t
 e sint+e cost  , then A is
e t 2e  t sint 2e  t cost 
 


(A) Invertible only if t  (B) not invertible for any t  R
2

(C*) Invertible for all t  R (D) Invertible only if t  

4. If the system of linear equations

x  4 y  7z  g
3 y  5z  h
2 x  5 y  9 z  k

is consistent, then
(A) g hk 0 (B*) 2g  h  k  0
(C) g  h  2k  0 (D) g  2h  k  0

 2 4d sin   2 
5. Let d  R and A=  1 sin   2 d  ,    0, 2  .If the minimum value of
 
 5 2sin   d  sin   2  2d 

Det(A) is 8, then a value of d is

(A*) –5 (B) –7 (C) 2  2 1 (D) 2  2 2 

6. If the system of linear equations

x y z 5
x  2 y  3z  9
x  3y   z  

has infinitely many solutions,    equals

(A) 21 (B*) 8 (C) 18 (D) 5

2 b 1 
det  A 
7. Let A  b 2
b 1 b  where b > 0 . Then the minimum value of is
b
1 b 2 

(A*) 2 3 (B) –2 3 (C) – 3 (D) 3

8. The number of values of    0,   for which the system of linear equations

x  3y  7z  0
x  4 y  7z  0
 sin   x   cos 2  y  2 z  0
has a non-trivial solutions, is
(A) 3 (B*) 2 (C) 4 (D) 1
  0 2q r 
 
9. Let A   p q r  . If A A T  I3 , then p is
 p q r 
 
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C*) (D)
5 3 2 6

10. If the system of linear equations

2 x  2 y  3z  a
3x  y  5 z  b
x  3 y  2z  c
Where a, b, c are non-zero real numbers.has more than one solution, then
(A) bca  0 (B*) bca  0
(C) bca  0 (D) bca  0

11. Let A and B be two invertible matrices of order 3  3 .If det  ABA T   8 and det  AB1   8 , then

 
det BA 1BT is equal to

1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C*) (D) 16
4 16

a bc 2a 2a
2
12. If 2b bca 2b   a  b  c  x  a  b  c  , x  0 and a  b  c  0 , then
2c 2c ca b

x is equal to

(A) abc (B*)  a  b  c

(C) 2 a  b  c (D) 2  a  b  c 

 1 sin  1 
13. If A    sin  1 sin   , then for all    3 , 5  ,det(A) lies in the interval
 1  sin  1   4 4 

 5 5   3 3 
(A) 1,  (B)  2 , 4  (C) 1,  (D*)  , 3
 2  2 2 
14. The set of all values of  for which the system of linear equations

x  2 y  2z   x
x 2y  z   y
x  y  z

(A*) is a singlton (B) contains exactly two elements

(C) is an empty set (D) contains more than two elements

15. An ordered pair  ,   for which the system of linear equations

1    x   y  z  2
 x  1    y  z  3
 x   y  2z  2

has a unique solution, is

(A*)  2, 4  (B)  3, 1 (C)  4, 2  (D) 1,  3

1 0 0  q 21 +q 31
16. Let P  3 1 0 and Q   qij  be two 3  3 matrices such that Q  P 5 = I3 . Then q is
  32
9 3 1 

equal to

(A*) 10 (B) 135 (C) 15 (D) 9

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Topics : MATRIX & DETERMINANT
ASSIGNMENT-3
(JEEMAIN APRIL-2019)

1. The greatest value of for c  R which the system of linear equations

x  cy  cz  0
cx  y  cz  0
cx  cy  z  0
has a non-trivial solution, is
1
(A) –1 (B*) (C) 2 (D) 0
2
cos sin   0 1
2. If A=   ,   R  such that A32    . Then a value of  is
 sin cos   1 0 
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D*)
16 32 64
3. If the system of linear equations
x  2 y  kz  1
2x  y  z  2
3 x  y  kz  3

has a solution  x, y, z   0 , then  x, y  lies on the straight line whose equation is

(A) 3x  4 y  1  0 (B*) 4x  3y  4  0
(C) 4x  3y 1  0 (D) 3x  4 y  4  0

1 1 1
4. Let the number 2, b, c be in an A.P. and A   2 b c  . .If det  A    2, 16 , then c lies in the

 4 b 2 c 2 
interval
(A) 3, 2  22 / 4  (B) 2  2 3/ 4
,4 
(C)  2, 3 (D*)  4, 6
1 1 1 2 1 3 1 n  1 1 78 1 n 
5. If       .....     , then the inverse of   is
0 1 0 1  0 1 0 1  0 1  0 1 
1 12   1 0
(A) 0 1  (B) 13 1 
   
 1 0 1 13
(C) 12 1  (D*) 0 1 
   
6. Let  and  be the roots of the equation x 2  x  1  0 . Then for y  0 in R,

y 1  
 y 1 is equal to
 1 y 

(A) 
y y2  3  (B) y3  1 (C*) y3 (D) 
y y2 1 
7. If the system of linear equations
2x  3 y  z  0
x  ky  2 z  0
2x  y  z  0

x y z
has a non-trivial solution  x, y, z  , then    k is equal to
y z x
3 1 1
(A) (B) –4 (C*) (D) 
4 2 4

 0 2x 2x 
8. The total number of matrices A   2 y y  y  ,  x, y  R, x  y  for which AA T  3 I3
 1 1 1 
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D*) 4

x sin  cos x sin 2 cos 2

 
9. If 1  sin  x 1 and  2  sin 2 x 1 , x  0 ; then for all    0, 
 2
cos 1 x cos 2 1 x

(A) 1   2  2x 3 (B) 

1   2  2 x3  x  1 
(C*) 1   2  2x 3 (D) 1   2  x  cos 2  cos 4 
10. If the system of linear equations
x yz 5
x  2 y  2z  6
x  3y  z  
 ,   R , has infinitely many solutions, then the value of    is
(A) 12 (B) 7 (C*) 10 (D) 9
11. The sum of the real roots of the equation
x 6 1
2 3 x x  3  0 is equal to
3 2 x x  2
(A) –4 (B*) 0 (C) 6 (D) 1
12. Let  be a real number for which the system of linear equations
x yz 6
4x   y   z    2
3 x  2 y  4 z  5
has infinitely many solutions.Then  is a root of the quadartic equation
(A*) 2    6  0 (B)  2  3  4  0
(C)  2  3  4  0 (D) 2    6  0
5 2 1
13. If B   0 2 1  is the inverse of a matrix A. Then the sum of all values of  for which

 3 1
det(A) + 1 = 0 is
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C*) 1 (D) 2
2 3 
14. If A is a symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix such that A + B=   , then AB is equal
 5 1
to
 4 2   4 2   4 2  4 2 
(A) 1 4  (B*)   (C)  1 4 (D)  1 4 
   1 4     
15. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. then the system of linear equations
sin   x    cos  y  0
cot   x  y  0

  2   7 
(A*) have infinitely many solutions if    ,  and has a unique solution if     , 
2 3   6 

  2   7 
(B) have infinitely many solutions if    ,    , 
2 3   6 

 2  and have infinitely many solutions if  7 

(C) has a unique solution if    ,     , 
2 3   6 

  2   7 
(D) has a unique solution if    ,    , 
2 3   6 

1  cos 2 θ sin 2θ 4 cos 6θ

  2 2
16. A value of    0,  for which cos θ 1  sin θ 4 cos 6θ  0 , is
 3 2 2
cos θ sin θ 1  4 cos 6θ

  7 7
(A) (B*) (C) (D)
18 9 36 24
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ASSIGNMENT-4
(JEEMAIN JAN-2020)

1 1 1
1 
1. 2
Let  be a root of the equation x + x + 1 = 0 and the matrix A  1   2  ,then the matrix
3 
1  2  4 
A31 is equal to
(A*) A3 (B) A (C) I 3 (D) A2
2. If the system of linear equations 2x + 2ay + az = 0 , 2x + 3by + bz = 0, 2x + 4cy + cz = 0 where
a, b, c,  R are non-zero and distinct: has a non-zero solution, then
(A) a + b + c = 0 (B) a, b, c are in A.P.

1 1 1
(C*) , , are in A.P.. (D) a, b, c are in G.P.
a b c

3. If the system of linear equations,

x+y+z=6
x + 2y + 3z = 10
3x + 2y + z= 
has more than two solutions, then   2 is equal to

Ans 13

4.    
Let A  aij and B  bij be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that bij  3
i  j 2 
a ji , where i, j = 1, 2, 3. If the

determinant of B is 81, then the determinant of A is

1 1 1
(A) (B*) (C) (D) 3
3 9 81

5. The number of all 3×3 matrices, A, with enteries from the set {–1,0,1} such that the sum of the diagonal

elements of AAT is 3, is

Ans 672
6. For which of the following ordered pairs  ,  , the system of linear equations

x + 2y + 3z = 1

3x + 4y + 5z = 

4x + 4y + 4z =  is inconsistent?

(A) (3, 4) (B) (1, 0) (C*) (4, 3) (D) (4, 6)

 2 2 1 0 –1
7. If A    and I    , then 10A is equal to
 9 4   0 1 

(A) 4I  A (B*) A  6I (C) A  4I (D) 6I  A

8. The system of linear equations

 x  2 y  2z  5
2 x  3 y  5 z  8
4 x   y  6 z  10
has / have
(A) no solution when  = 8 (B) infinitely many solutions when  = 2

(C*) no solution when  = 2 (D) a unique solution when  = – 8

9. If for some  and  in R, the intersection of the following three planes

x  4 y  2z  1
x  7 y  5z  
x  5 y  z  5

is a line in R3, then    is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C*) 10 (D) –10

1 1 2 adjB
10. If the matrices A  1 3 4 , B = adjA and C = 3A, then C is equal to
1 1 3

(A) 72 (B*) 8 (C) 16 (D) 2

 xa x2 x 1
11. Let a  2b  c  1 .If f  x   x  b x  3 x  2 , then
xc x4 x3

(A) f  50   501 (B*) f  50   1

(C) f  50   501 (D) f  50   1

12. The following system of linear equations
7x  6 y  2z  0
3x  4 y  2 z  0
x  2 y  6z  0
has
(A*) infinitely many solutions  x, y, z  satisfying x = 2z
(B) no solution
(C) only the trivial solution

(D) infinitely many solutions  x, y, z  satisfying y = 2z

 MATHEMATICS
Topics : MATRIX & DETERMINANT
ASSIGNMENT-5
(JEEMAIN SEPTEMBER-2020)

 1 2 1
1.  2 2 2

Let A= X =  x, y, z  :PX = 0 and x  y  z  1 where P =   2
T

 3  4 , then the set A

 1 9  1

(A) is a singleton (B) contains more than two elements

(C*) contains exactly two elements (D) is an empty set

2. Let a, b, c  R be all non-zero satisfy a 3  b 3  c 3  2

a b c 
If the matrix A = b c a  satisfies A T A = I , then the value of abc can be
 c a b 

1 1 2
(A*) (B) – (C) 3 (D)
3 3 3

3. Let S be the set of all   R for which the system of linear equations

2x  y  2z  2

x  2 y   z  4

xy z  4

has no solution, then the set S

(A) is a singlton (B*) contains exactly two elements

(C) contains more than two elements (D) is an empty set

4. Let A be a 2  2 real matrix with entries from 0,1 and A  0 .Consider the following two statements:

(P) If A  I2 .then A  1

(Q) If A  1 , then tr(A) = 2

Where I 2 denotes 2  2 identity matrix and tr(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then

(A) (P) is true and (Q) are false (B*) Both (P) and (Q) are true

(C) Both (P) and (Q) are false (D) (P) is false and (Q) are true

 2 1 1 
5. Let A be a 3  3 matrix such that adjA=  1 0 2  and B=adj  adjA  . If A   and
 1 2 1

1 T
B    , then the ordered pair   ,   is equal to

 1  1  1
(A)  9,  (B)  9,  (C*)  3,  (D)  3, 81
 9  81   81 

6. If the system of equations

x yz 2
2x  4 y  z  6
3x  2 y   z  
has infinitely many solutions, then

(A)   2   5 (B) 2    5

(C*) 2    14 (D)   2   14
7.
 cos 
If A  
i sin  
, 
 and 5  a b  where i  1 , then which one of the following
 A  
i sin  cos   24 c d 

is not true ?

(A) 0  a 2  b2  1 (B) a2  d 2  0

1
(C*) a 2  b2  (D) a2  c2  1
2

8. Suppose the vectors x1 , x2 and x3 are the solutions of the system of linear equations Ax = b when the

vector b on the right side is equal to b1 ,b 2 and b3 respectively.If

1 0  0 1  0  0

x1 = 1 , x 2 =  2 , x 3 =  0 , b1 =  0 , b2 =  2  and b3 =  0  , then the
1 1  1   0  0   2
determinant of A is equal to
1 3
(A) (B) 4 (C) (D*) 2
2 2
9. If a + x = b + y = c + z + 1, where a, b, c, x, y, z are non-zero distinct real numbers, then

x a y xa
y b y y  b is equal to
z c y zc

(A) 0 (B*) y (a – b) (C) y (b – a) (D) y (a – c)

10. If the system of linear equations

x + y + 3z = 0

x + 3y + k2z = 0

3x + y + 3z = 0

 y
has a non-zero solution (x, y, z) for some k  R, then x +   is equal to
z

(A) 9 (B*) –3 (C) –9 (D) 3

   
11. If the minimum and the maximum values of the function f :  ,   R, defined by
4 2

 sin 2 θ 1  sin 2 θ 1
2 2
f  θ    cos θ 1  cos θ 1 are m and M respectively, then the ordered pair (m, M) is
12 10 2

equal to

(A) (0, 4) (B) (– 4, 4) (C) (0, 2 2 ) (D*) (– 4, 0)

12. The values of  and  for which the system of linear equations

x+y+z=2

x + 2y + 3z = 5

x + 3y + z = 

has infinitely many solutions are, respectively

(A) 5 and 7 (B) 6 and 8 (C) 4 and 9 (D*) 5 and 8

  cosθ sin θ  4
13. Let   and A    If B = A + A , then det(B)
5   sin θ cosθ 

(1) is one (2*) lies in (1, 2) (3) is zero (4) lies in (2, 3)

14. Let  R. The system of linear equations

2x1 – 4x2 + x3 = 1

x1 – 6x2 + x3 = 2

x1 – 10x2 + 4x3 = 3

is inconsistent for :
(A*) exactly one negative value of  (B) exactly one positive value of .

(C) every value of . (D) exactly two values of 

 cox 2 x 1  sin 2 x sin 2 x
2
15. Let m and M be respectively the minimum and maximum values of 1  cos x sin 2 x sin 2 x .
2 2
cos x sin x 1  sin 2 x

Then the ordered pair (m,M) is equal to

(A*) (–3, –1) (B) (–4, –1) (C) (1, 3) (D) (–3, 3)
16. If the system of equation
x  2 y  3z  9
2x  y  z  b
x  7 y  az  24
has infinitely many solutions, then a – b is equal to

Ans 5
17. The sum of distinct values of for which the system of equations

( – 1)x + (3 + 1)y + 2z = 0

( – 1)x + (4 – 2)y + ( + 3)z = 0

2x + (3 + 1)y + 3( – 1)z = 0,

has non-zero solutions, is

Ans (3.00)

x2 2x  3 3x  4
18. If 2 x  3 3 x  4 4 x  5  Ax3  Bx 2  Cx  D , then the absolute value of B + C is
3x  5 5 x  8 10 x  17

Ans –3

 x 1 4
19. Let A  
1 0  be a 2  2 matrix such that A   aij  22 . If a11  109 , then a22 is equal to
 

Ans 10
 20. Let S be the set of all integer solutions (x, y, z) of the system of equations

x  2 y  5z  0
2 x  4 y  z  0
7 x  14 y  9 z  0

such that 15  x 2  y 2  z 2  150 .Then, the number of elements in the set S is equal to
Ans 8
 MATHEMATICS
Topics : MATRIX & DETERMINANT
ASSIGNMENT-6
(JEEMAIN FABRUARY-2021)

1. Let A and B be 3 x 3 real matrics such that A is symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix. Then the

system of linear equations (A 2 B 2  B2 A 2 )X  O , where X is a 3 x 1 column matrix of unknown variables and

O is a 3 x 1 null matrix, has :

(A) no solution (B) exactly many solutions

(C) infinitely many solutions (D) a unique solution

2. For the system of linear equation :

x  2 y 1
x  y  k z  2
k y  4z  6
k R ,

consider the following statements :

(A) The system has unique solution if k  2, k  2

(B) The system has unique solution if k = –2

(C) The system has unique solution if k = 2

(D) The system has no-solution if k = 2

(E) The system has infinite number of solutions if k  2

Which of the following statements are correct ?

(A) (C) and (D) only (B) (B) and (E) only

(C) (A) and (E) only (D) (A) and (D) only

3. The system of linear equations

3 x  2 y  kz  10
2x  4 y  2z  6
x  2 y  z  5m
is consistent if

4
(A) k  3, m  (B) k  3, m  R
5

4 4
(C) k  3, m  (D) k  3, m 
5 5
4. Let M be any 3  3 matrix with entries from the set { 0, 1, 2}. The maximum number of such matrices, for

which the sum of diagonal elements of M T M is seven, is

 3 1 2 
5. Let P   2 0   , where   R . Suppose Q   qij  is a matrix satisfying PQ  k I3 for some non-zero
   
 3 5 0 

k k2
q
k  R . If 23   and Q  , then  2  k 2 is equal to
8 2

6. Let A be a 3  3 matrix with det(A) = 4. Let R i denote the ith row of A. If a matrix B is obtained by performing

the operation R 2  2R 2 + 5R 3 on 2A, then det(2A) is equal to

(A) 16 (B) 80 (C) 128 (D) 64

1  
7. For the matrix, A    , AA T  I 2 , then the value of  4   4 is equal to
  

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

8. The following system of linear equations

2x  3 y  2z  9
3x  2 y  2 z  9
x  y  4z  8

(A) has a solution  ,  ,   satisfying    2   3  12

(B) has infintely many solutions

(C) does not have any solution

(D) has a unique solution

9. If the system of equations

kx  y  2 y  1
3x  y  2 z  2
2 x  2 y  4 z  3

has infinitely many solutions, then k is equal to

  θ 
 0  tan   
 2  1  a b 
10. If A   and  I 2 + A  I 2  A     , then 13  a 2  b 2  is equal to
 θ  b a 
 tan   0 
 2 

x y z
11. Let A   y z x  , where x,y and z are real numbers such that x  y  z  0 and xyz  2 . If A 2 = I3 , then

 z x y 

the value of x 3  y 3  z 3 is

12. Consider the system of equationss

x  2 y  3z  a
2 x  6 y  11z  b ,
x  2 y  7z  c
where a, b, and c are real constants. Then the system of equations

(A) has a unique solution for all a, b and c

(B) has infinite number of solutions when 5a = 2b + c

(C) has no solution for all a, b and c

(D) has a unique solution when 5a = 2b + c

 1 0 0  1 0 0
13. If the matrix A = 0 2 0  satisfies the equation A 20  αA19  βA  0
 4 0  for some real number
3 0 1  0 0 1 

 and  , then  –  is equal to

14. Given three planes P1 : 3x + 15y + 21z = 9

P2 : x – 3y – z = 5
P3 : 2x + 10y + 14z = 10
Then
(A) P1, P2 are parallel (B) P1, P2, P3 are parallel
(C) P1, P3 are parallel (D) P2, P3 are parallel

(a  1)(a  2) (a  1) 1
15. Value of (a  2)(a  3) (a  2) 1 is equal to
(a  3)(a  4) (a  3) 1

(A)  a  2  a  3 a  4  (B) –2

(C)  a  1 a  2  a  3 (D) 0

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1. C 2. D 3. D 4. 540 5. 17 6. D 7. A

8. D 9. 21 10. 13 11. 7 12. B 13. 4 14. C

15. B
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sin 2 x 1  cos 2 x cos 2 x

2
1. The maximmum value of f  x   1  sin x cos 2 x cos 2 x , x  R is
2 2
sin x cos x s in 2 x

3
(A) 7 (B) (C) 5 (D) 5
4

a  b  1 1 1
2. Let A=  1  and B=  1  be two matrices with real entries such that A = X B , where X =   , and
a 2  b2  3 1 k 

2 2
2 2
k  R . If a1  a2 
3
 
b1  b22 and  k 2  1 b22  b1 b2 , then the value of k is

 i i   x  8 
3. Let A    , i  1 . Then, the system of linear equations A8      has
 i i   y  64 

(A) A unique solution (B) Infinitely many solutions

(C) No solution (D) Exactly two solutions

4. The total number of 3  3 matrices A having enteries the set 0, 1, 2, 3 such that the sum of all the diagonal

enteries of AA T is 9, is equal to

 30 20 56  2 7 w2 
  1  i 3
5. Let P =  90 140 112  and A=  1  w 1  where w  and I3 be the identity matrix of
  2
120 60 14   0  w  w  1
 
 2
order 3. If the determinant of the matrix  P 1AP  I3  is  w2 , then the value of  is equal to

6. If x, y, z are in arithmetic progression with common difference d, x  3d and the determinant of the

3 4 2 x
  2
matrix  4 5 2 y  is zero, then the value of k is
5 k z 
 

(A) 72 (B) 12 (C) 36 (D) 6

 18 
7. If 1, log10  4 x  2  and log10  4 x   are in arithmetic progression for a real number x, then the value of the
 5

 1
2  x   x 1 x2
 2
determinant 1 0 x is equal to
x 1 0

a b    0
8. Let A    and B       such that AB = B and a + d = 2021, then the value of ad – bc is equal to
c d     0 

9. The system of equations

kx  y  z  1
x  ky  z  k
x  y  kz  k 2

has no solution if k is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) –2

 0 sin    2 1 
10. If A    and det  A  2 I   0 , then a possible value of  is
 sin  0   

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6
 2 3 
11. If A   
 0 1
 
, then the value of det A 4  det A10   Adj2A  
10
is equal to 
12. Let the system of linear equations

4x +  y + 2z = 0
2x  y + z = 0
 x + 2y + 3z = 0,
,   R

has a non-trivial solution. Then which of the following is true ?

(A)   6,   R (B)   2,   R (C)   3,   R (D)   6,   R

 2 1 n
13. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2  2 and P    . Then the value of n  N for which P  5I  8 P iis
 5 3

equal to

14. The solution of the equation

1  sin 2 x sin 2 x sin 2 x

cos 2 x 1  cos 2 x cos 2 x  0 , 0  x   , are
4 sin 2 x 4sin 2 x 1  4 sin 2 x

   5 5 7 7 11
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
12 6 6 6 12 12 12 12

 1 2 0  2 1 5 
15. Let A + 2B  6 3 3 and 2A  B   2 1 6  . If Tr(A) denotes the sum of all diagonal elements
 
   
 5 3 1   0 1 2 
 of the matrix A, then Tr(A) – Tr(B) has value equal to

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 3

16. Let  ,  ,  be the real roots of the equation x3  ax 2  bx  c  0 ,  a, b , c  R and a, b  0  ,If the

system of equations ( in u, v, w) given by

 u   v w  0
 u   v  w  0
 u  v   w  0

a2
has non-trivial solution, then the value of is
b

(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 0

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1. C 2. 1 3. C 4. 766 5. 36 6. 7. 2

8. 2020 9. D 10. C 11. 16 12. A 13. 6 14. D

15. B 16. B
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1. The value of k   for which the following system of linear equations

3x  y  4 z  3
x  2 y  3 z  2
6 x  5 y  kz  3

has infinitely many solutions, is

(A) 3 (B*) – 5 (C) 5 (D) –3

 2 3
2. Let A    , a   be written as P + Q where P is a symmetric matrix and Q is a skew symmetric matrix.
 a 0
If det(Q) = 9 , then the modulus of the sum of all possible values of determinant of P is equal to
(A*) 36 (B) 24 (C) 45 (D) 18

xac xb xa

3. Let a, b, c, d be in arithmetic progression with common difference  . If x 1 xc x  b  2 , then
xbd xd xc

velue of  2 is equal to
Ans. 1

 1 1 0 
 
4. Let A   0 1 1 and B=7A 20  20A 7 + 2I , where I is an idendity matrix of order 3  3 . If B  bij  ,
0 0 1 
 

then b13 is equal to

Ans. 910
5. The values of  and  such that the system of equations

x y z 6
3 x  5 y  5 z  26
x  2y  z  

has no solution, are

(A)   3,   5 (B)   3,   5
(C)   2,   10 (D*)   2,   10
 0 1 0
6. Let A  1 0 0 . Then the number of 3 × 3 matrices B with entries from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and satisfying
0 0 1
AB = BA is ...
Ans. (3125)
7. The enumber of distinct real roots of

sin x cos x cos x

 
cos x sin x cos x  0 in the interval   x  is
4 4
cos x cos x sin x

(A) 4 (B*) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

 1 0
8. If P   1  , then 50 is equal to
P
 1
2 

 1 0 1 50 1 25  1 0
(A*)  25 1  (B) 0 1  (C) 0 1  (D) 50 1 
       
9. The values of a and b, for which the system of equations

2x  3 y  6z  8
x  2 y  az  5
3x  5 y  9 z  b
has no solution, are
(A*) a  3, b  13 (B) a  3, b  13
(C) a  3, b  13 (D) a  3, b  13

 a b  
10. Let M  A    : a, b, c, d  3,  2,  1, 0 .
 c d 

Define f :M  Z as f  A   det  A  , for all A  M where Z is set of all integers. Then the number of

A  M such that f  A   15 is equal to

Ans. 16

11. Let A and B be two 3  3 real matrices such that  A 2  B2  is invertible matrix. If A 5 = B5 and A3B2 = A 2B3 ,

then the value of the determinant of the matrix A3 + B3 is equal to

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D*) 0

1 1 1
12. If A  0 1 1 and M  A + A 2  A 3  A 4  ...  A 20 , then the sum of all the elements of the matrix M is
 
0 0 1
 equal to
Ans. 2020

 1 2
 . If A   I   A,  ,    is a 2 x 2 identity matrix, then 4     is equal to
1
13. Let A  
  1 4 

8
(A) 5 (B) (C) 2 (D*) 4
3
14. For real numbers α and β, consider the following system of linear equations :

x yz  2
x  2y  az  1
2x  y  z  β
If the system has infinite solutions, then α  β is equal to
Ans. 5
15. Let

sin 2 x 2  cos 2 x cos 2 x

2 2
f  x   2  sin x cos x cos 2 x
2 2
sin x cos x 1  cos 2 x

Then the maximum value of f x  is equal to

Ans. 16
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