Matrix 2021

1. Let A and B be 3 × 3 real matrices such that A is symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix. Then the system of
linear equation (A2B2 – B2A2) X = O, X is a 3 × 1 column matrix of unknown variables and O is a 3 × 1 null matrix, has
(A) no solution (B) exactly two solution
(C) a unique solution (D) Infinite many solution

2. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix with det(A) = 4. Let Ri denote the ith row of A, if matrix B is obtained by performing the operation
R2 2R2 + 5R3 on 2A, then det(B) is equal to :
(A) 64 (B) 128 (C) 80 (D) 16

 1 – 
 , AA = I2, then the value of  +  is :
T 4 4
3. If for the matrix, A = 
   
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4

4. Let A be a symmetric matrix of order 2 with integer entries. If the sum of the diagonal elements of A2 is 1, then the
possible number of such matrices is :
(A) 12 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 1

 0 sin    2 1 
5. If A = 
  and det  A – I  = 0, then a possible value of  is
 sin 0   2 
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6

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

7. Let A = [aij] be a real matrix of order 3 × 3, such that ai1 + ai2 + ai3 = 1, for i = 1, 2, 3. Then, the sum of all the entries of
the matrix A3 is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 2

1 0
8. If P =  1  , then P50 is :

 2 
1

 1 0 1 25 1 50   1 0
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 25 1  0 1  0 1  50 1 

 1 2
 . If A = I + A, ,  R, I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then 4( – ) is equal to :
–1
9. Let A = 
 –1 4 
8
(A) (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5
3

10. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that (A2 – B2) is invertible matrix. If A5 = B5 and A3B2 = A2B3, then the value
of the determinant of the matrix A3 + B3 is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 4

 1 2 
  1 0 
5 5
11. If A =  ,B=  , i = –1 , and Q = ATBA, then the inverse of the matrix A Q2021 AT is equal to :
 –2 1  i 1
 
 5 5
 1 
 –2021
5  1 0  1 0  1 –2021i 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 1   –2021i 1   2021i 1  0 1 
 2021 
 5 
 1 0 0
12. Let A =  0 1 1  . Then A2025 – A2020 is equal to :
1 0 0
 
(A) A6 – A (B) A5 (C) A5 – A (D) A6

0 2 3
13. If the matrix A =   satisfies A(A + 3I) = 2I, then the value of K is :
 K –1 
1 1
(A) (B) – (C) – 1 (D) 1
2 2

14. 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 the diagonal elements of MTM is seven, is _______.

 3 –1 –2 
Let P =  2 0   , where  R. Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix PQ = k I3 for some non-zero k  R. If q23 = – and
k
15.
8
 3 –5 0 
k2
|Q| = , then 2 + k2 is equal to ______.
2

x y z 
 
16. Let A =  y z x  , where x, y and z are real numbers such that x + y + z > 0 and xyz = 2. If A2 = I3, then the value of x3 +
 z x y 
y3 + z3 is _____.

   
 0 – tan   
 2   a –b 
17. If A =  and (I2 + A) (I2 – A)–1 = 2 2
 b a  , then 13(a + b ) is equal to ________.
    
 tan   0 
 2 

1 0 0  1 0 0 
18.
 
If the matrix A = 0 2 0  satisfies the equation A20 + A19 + A =
0 4 0  for some real numbers  and , then
 
 3 0 –1 0 0 1 
 –  is equal to _________.

19. The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having entries from the set {0, 1, 2, 3} such that the sum of all the diagonal entries

of AAT is 9, is equal to _____.

 –30 20 56  2 7 2 
  –1  i 3
20. Let P =  90 140 112  and A =  –1 –  1  where = , and I3 be the identity matrix of order
2
120 60 14   0 –  –   1
 
3. If the determinant of the matrix (P–1AP – I3)2 is 2, then the value of  is equal to _____.

a   b1  1 1 –1
21. Let A =  1  and B =   be two 2 × 1 matrices with real entries such that A = XB, where X = , and
a 2   b2  3 1 k 
k  R. If a 12 + a 22 =  b12  b22  and (k2 + 1) b 22  –2b1b2. then the value of k is ____.
2
3

2 3 
 , then the value of det(A ) + det (A – (Adj(2A)) ) is equal to ______.
4 10 10
22. If A = 
 0 –1

a b    0 
23. Let A =   and B =      0  such that AB = B and a + d = 2021, then the value of ad – bc is equal to _____.
c d    
  2 –1
 . Then the value of n  N for which P = 51 – 8P is equal to
n
24. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P = 
 5 –3 
____.

 1 –1 0 
25. Let A =  0 
1 –1 and B = 7A20 – 20A7 + 2I, where I is an identity matrix of order 3 × 3. If B = [bij], then b13 is equal
0 0 1 
 
to ______.

(–1) j–i if i  j

26. Let A = {aij} be a 3 × 3 matrix, where aij = 2 if i  j , then det(3 Adj(2 A–1)) is equal to _______.
 i j
(–1) if i  j

0 1 0 
 
27. 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 ____.

 n
0 i  a b a b 
 
28. Let S = n  N       a, b,c,dR  , where i = –1 . Then the number of 2-digit numbers in the set S
 1 0  c d   c d  
is ______.

 a b 
29. Let M = A    : a, b,c,d{3,  2,  1,0} . Define f : M  Z, as f(A) = det(A), for all A  M, where Z is set of all
 c d 
integers. Then the number of A  M such that f(A) = 15 is equal to _________.

1 1 1
 
30. If A = 0 1 1 and M = A + A2 + A3 + …… + A20, then the sum of all the elements of the matrix M is equal to _______.
0 0 1

31. Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix.


 a b 
3
32. The number of elements in the set A    : a, b,d {–1,0,1}and (I – A)  I – A  , where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix, is
3

 0 d 


Answer Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C A B B C B C A B B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B A A 540 17 7 13 4 766 36
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 16 2020 6 910 108 3125 11 16 2020
31 32
4 8