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SECTION-I
This section contains 10multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONLY ONE is correct. (+3, - 1)

x2  x  3 1 4
1. 1. If the expression 2 x  x  2 x  1 2 3 is equal to ax4 + bx3+ cx2 + dx + e, then the value of e
4 3

x2  x 1 1
is equal to
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none of these
For A  a 2  b2  c 2 , B  ab  bc  ca,  a 3  b3  c 3  3abc  is equal to
2
2.
B A B A B B B B A
(A) B B A (B) B B A (C) B A B (D) none of these
A B B B A B A B B

3. If maximum and minimum values of the determinant

1  sin 2 x cos2 x sin 2 x
sin x 1  cos x
2 2
sin 2 x are and , then
2
sin x cos x 1  sin 2 x
2

(A)  +99 = 5
(B) 3 - 17 = 25
(C) (2n - 2n) is always an even integer for nN
(D) a triangle can be constructed having it’s sides as ,  and  - 

0 0
4. If A =   , then the matrix given by B = I + A + A2 + ……… + Ak, is
0 1
k 1 1 k  1 0 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) none of these
1 k  0 1  0 k  1

5. If A is a n n matrix such that aij = sin–1 sin (i – j)  i, j then which of the following statement is not
true
(A) if n is even, then A is an invertible matrix
(B) if n is odd, then A is an invertible matrix
(C) for all values of n, A is not invertible matrix
(D) none of these
 1 1
2 2    2 
6. If  is the complex cube root of unity, then     is equal to
     2 
1 
  2   0
1 0
(A)   (B)   (C)  2  (D) none of these
   0 1 0 1
 2 
xp  y x y
7. If x, y, z are in G.P (x, y, z > 0), then the determinant p y  z y z is equal to
0 xp  y yp  z
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) a multiple of p (D) None of these
1  2 1 1
8. If , ,  are the roots of the equation (x + x + x + 1) = 0 then
3 2
1 1  2
1 is equal to
1 1 1  2

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) none of these

n2

1
k 0
n  n  1 n2

n
9. If  1 n  1n  1 n n  1
k 1
= 72, then n is equal to
n 1

1
k 1
n2  1 n2

(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) none of these

10. Let A and B are two square matrices of order n. If AA = I and BB = I (where A is the conjugate
transpose of A) then (AB) is equal to
(A) AB (B) (AB)-1 (C) (BA)-1 (D) None of these

SECTION-II
This section contains 7 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONE OR MORE is/are correct. (+4, -1)

11. If ai, i = 1, 2, . . ., 9 are perfect odd squares, then

a1 a2 a3
a4 a5 a 6 is always a multiple of
a7 a8 a9
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 16 (D) 5

12. If a, b, c are even natural numbers, then

a 1 a a 1
  b  1 b b  1 is a multiple of
c 1 c c 1
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) None of these
13. If A and B are invertible matrices both of order n, then
(a) adj. A = | A | A–1 (b) (A + B)–1 = A–1 + B–1
(c) (AB)–1 = B–1A–1 (d) |A–1| = |A|–1

a b  th
14. If A =   is n root of I2 then choose the correct statements
 0 a 
(A) if n is odd, a = 1, b = 0 (B) if n is odd, a = –1, b = 0
(C) if n is even, a = 1, b = 0 (D) if n is even, a = –1, b = 0

a b  th
15. If A =   is n root of I2 then choose the correct statements
 0 a 
(A) if n is odd, a = 1, b = 0 (B) if n is odd, a = –1, b = 0
(C) if n is even, a = 1, b = 0 (D) if n is even, a = –1, b = 0

 x2 6 8 2 x 3 5 
   2 2y
16. Let A =  3 y2 9, B = 6  . If trace A = trace B then x + y + z is equal to
 
4 5 z 2   1 4 2 z  3

(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) none of these

17. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then det (A) cannot be
(A) 0 (B) ± 1 (C) ± 2 (D) ± 3

SECTION-III (Paragraph Type)

This section contains 2 groups of questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D)
for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. (+3, -1)

I. If A be a square matrix of order n. Then

A (adjA) = | A | In = (adjA) A
II. If A and B are non-singular square matrices of the same order, then
adjAB = (adjB) (adjA)
III. If A be a non-singular square matrix of order n. Then
| adjA | = | A |n–1.
IV. If A is a non-singular square matrix, then
adj (adjA) = | A |n–2A
18. If A is a square matrix, then adjAT–(adjA)T is equal to
(A) 2 | A | (B) 2 | A | I (C)null matrix (D) unit matrix

19. Let A be a non-singular square matrix. Then det (adjadjA) is equal to

2
(A) | A |n (B) | A |(n–1) (C)| A |n–2 (D) none of these
 SECTION-IV (Integer Answer Type)

This section contains 2 questions. The answer to each of the questions is a single digit integer,
ranging from 0 to 9. The correct digit below the question number in the ORS is be bubbled.
(+4, 0)

20. In the system of equations

ax + by + cz = A
bx + cy + az = B
cx + ay + bz = C,
a b c
A, B, C are the cofactors of a, b, c in the determinant b c a .
c a b
Then the value of a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc + x3 + y3 + z3 – 3xyz is
 (i  j )2 
21. A is a n n matrix (n > 2) [aij] where aij = cos   . Then the determinant A =
 n 

(ANSWER KEY)

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B

6. C 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. B

11. A,C 12. D 13. A,C,D 14. A,C,D 15. A,C,D

16. D 17. B,C 18. C 19. B 20. 0.

21. 0