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MASTERSHEET: Matrices

EXERCISE # 1
5 2 2 3  2 0 0
If A =   and B =   , then | 2A– 3B | If A = 0 2 0 , then A5 equals-
Q.1
1 0 5 1 Q.8
equals - 0 0 2
(A) 77 (B) – 53 (C) 53 (D) – 77 (A) 5A (B) 10A (C) 16A (D) 32 A
Q.2 The minimum number of zeros in a upper
triangular matrix will be- 1 k  n
Q.9 If A =   then A equal to-
n (n  1) n (n  1) 0 1 
(A) (B)
2 2 1 k n  1 nk 
2n (n  1) (A)   (B)  
(C) (D) None of these 0 1  0 1 
2
Q.3 The total number of matrices formed with the k n 1
(C)   (D) None of these
help of 6 different numbers are -  0 1
(A) 6 (B) 6! (C) 2(6!) (D) 4 (6!)
1 2 
 and A – KA– I2 = 0, then value
2
Q.4 How many matrices can be obtained by using Q.10 If A = 
 2 3 
one or more numbers from four given numbers-
of K is -
(A) 76 (B) 148 (C) 124 (D) None
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) – 4
Q.5 If A and B are matrices of order m × n and
 4 2
n × n respectively, then which of the following Q.11 If A =   then (A– 2I) (A – 3I) equals-
are defined -  1 1 
(A) AB, BA (B) AB, A2 (A) A2 + 6I (B) I
(C) A2, B2 (D) AB, B2 (C) Zero matrix (D) None of these
Q.6 The root of the equation
 0 1
0 1 1  x 
2
Q.12 If A =   and (aI2 + bA) = A, then-
  1 0 
[x 1 2] 1 0 1  1 = O,
1 1 0  1  (A) a = b = 2 (B) a = b = 1/ 2
where O is null matrix is- (C) a = b = 3 (D) a = b = 1/ 3
(A) 1/3 (B) –1/3 (C) 0 (D) 1
 cos  sin  
  2 1 Q.13 If A=   , then which of
 and f(x) = 2x – 3x, then f(A)  sin  cos 
2
Q.7 If A = 
 0 3
equals - following statement is true -
14  1  14 1  cos n  sin n  
(A)   (B)   (A) A.A= A & (A)n =  n 
 sin  cos 
n
0 9   0 9
14 1   cos n sin n 
(C)   (D) None of these (B) A.A = A & (A)n = 
 0  9 
 sin n cos n

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 cos n  sin n   1 2 3 
If A = 2 3 4 , then the value of adj (adj A)
(C) A.A = A & (A)n =  n 
 sin  cos  Q.21
n

0 0 2
 cos n sin n 
(D) A.A= A & (A)n =   is -
 sin n cos n
(A) |A|2 (B) – 2A (C) 2A (D) A2
Q.14 If A, B are 3 × 2 order matrices and C is a 2 × 3 3 2 
order matrix, then which of the following Q.22 If A =   then A (adj A) =
1  4
matrices not defined - (A) –14 I (B) –10A (C) 8 I (D) –1.14 I
(A) AT+ B (B) B + CT
T
(C) A + C (D) AT + BT Q.23 If k is a scalar and I is a unit matrix of order 3,
then adj (kI) equals-
Q.15 If A is skew symmetric matrix & C is column (A) k3 I (B) k2I (C) – k3 I (D) – k2 I
matrix then CA C =
d1 0 0
1 0 0 1 
(A)   (B)   Q.24 The adjoint matrix  0 d 2 0  is equals -
0 1  1 0  0 0 d3 
(C) [1] (D) [0]
d1d 2 0 0
Q.16 For any square matrix A, A + AT will be
symmetric matrix then A – AT will be- (A)  0 d 2d3 0 
(A) unit matrix  0 0 d3 
(B) symmetric matrix d 2 d 3 0 0 
(C) skew symmetric matrix 
(B)  0 d1d 3 0 
(D) null matrix  0 0 d1d 2 
Q.17 If A is square matrix then A + AT will be- d1d3 0 0 
(A) inverse matrix 
(C)  0 d 2d 3 0 
(B) skew symmetric matrix  0 0 d1d 2 
(C) symmetric matrix
d11 0 0
(D) unit matrix  
(D)  0 d 2d 3 0
Q.18 Matrix A and transpose matrix AT then AAT  0 0 d3 
will be -  
(A) Symmetric (B) Inverse matrix a 0 0 
(C) Skew symmetric (D) None of these Q.25 If A = 0 a 0 then |A | | Adj A| is equal to-
Q.19 If A is symmetric as well as skew symmetric 0 0 a 
matrix, then- (A) a3 (B) a6 (C) a9 (D) a27
(A) A is a diagonal matrix   1 4
(B) A is a null marix Q.26 Matrix  3 0 1 is not invertible, if -
(C) A is a unit matrix   1 1 2
(D) A is a triangular matrix
(A)  = – 15 (B)  = – 17
Q.20 If A is a square matrix of order 3, then correct (C)  = – 16 (D)  = – 18
statement is -
(A) det (–A) = – det A (B) det (–A) = 0
(C) det (A+ I) = I + det A (D) det 2A = 2 det A

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1 2  1 0 Q.32 For the equation x + 2y + 3z = 1,
Q.27 If A =   ,B=   and X is a matrix
3  5 0 2  2x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5y + 9z = 4,
such that A = BX, then X equals - (A) there is only one solution
(B) there exists infinitely many solution
1   2 4 1 2 4 
(A)   (B)  
2  3 5 2 3  5 (C) there is no solution
(D) None of these
2 4 
(C)   (D) None of these
3  5 Q.33 The equations x + 2y + 3z = 1,
2x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5y + 9z = 4 have -
Q.28 If for a matrix A, A3 = I then A–1 equals -
(A) Unique solution
(A) A2 (B) A
(B) Infinite many solutions
(3) A3 (D) None of these
(C) Inconsistent
 5  8 0 
Matrix A =  3 0  is -
(D) None of these
Q.29 5
 1 2  1
 Fill in the blanks type questions
(A) Involutary (B) idempotent
(C) nilpotent (D) orthogonal Q.34 Let A be a square matrix which satisfies the

 1  3  4 equation A2 = A, then (I + A)4 =................

Q.30 Matrix A =  1 3 4  is -
 1  3  4 1 3   2 
Q.35 If A = 2 4 8  is a singular matrix then
(A) Involutory (B) idempotent 3 5 10 
(C) nilpotent (D) orthogonal
 = ........................ .
Q.31 If A is an idempotent matrix and I is identity
matrix of the same order, then the value of
n, n  N such that (A + I)n = I +127 A is-
(A) n = 7 (B) n = 8 (C) n = 9 (D) n = 3

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EXERCISE # 2
Only single correct answer type
Part-A
questions
Q.1 If A and B are square matrices of order 3 2 –1 3
3 × 3 and |A| = – 1, |B| = 3, then |3AB| equals- Q.7 If A =   , then (A ) is equal to –
 0 1 
(A) 81 (B) – 81 (C) – 27 (D) – 9
1 1  26  1  1 26 
(A) 0 27  (B)  
Q.2 If AB = C; then A, B, C are- 27   27  0 27 
(A) A2×3, B3×2, C2×3 1 1  26  1  1  26 
(B) A3×2, B2×3, C3×3 (C) 0  27  (D)  
27   27  0  27 
(C) A3×2, B2×3, C3×2
Q.8 The solution of the equation
(D) A3×3, B2×3, C3×3
1 0 1  x  1
 1 1 0  y  = 1 is-
0 1      
Q.3 If A =   , I is the unit matrix of the order  0  1 1  z  2
0 0 
two & a, b are arbitrary constant then (A) x =1, y =1, z =1 (B) x = – 1, y = 0, z = 2
(aI + bA)2 = (C) x = –1, y =2, z =2 (D) x = 0, y = –1, z =2
Q.9 Let three matrices
(A) a2I + ab A (B) a2I + 2abA
2 2
(C) a I + b A (D) None of these 2 1 3 4  3  4
A=  ; B =  and C =  ,
4 1 2 3  2 3 
Q.4 Which one of the following statements, is true-
 ABC   A(BC) 2 
(A) Non singular square matrix does not have a then tr (A) + tr   + tr  

unique inverse  2   4 
(B) Determinant of a non- singular matrix is  A(BC)3 
+ tr   +……… =

zero  8 
(C) If A = A, then A is a square matrix (A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) None
(D) If |A| 0, then |A. adj A| = |A |(n–1), where
Q.10 Let the matrix A and B be defined as
A = [aij]n×n
3 2  3 1
A=   and B =   , then the value of
Q.5 If A and B are non- zero square matrices of the 2 1  7 3
same order such that AB = O, where O is null Det (2A9B–1) is
matrices then - (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) –2
(A) adj A = O or adj B = O
4 6  1
(B) adj A = O and adj B = O
(C) | A| = 0 or |B| = 0 Q.11 Consider the matrices A = 3 0 2  ,
(D) None of these 1  2 5 
 2 4  3

If A = 
1 tan  / 2  
B =  0 1 , C = 1 . Out of the given matrix
1 
Q.6 and AB = I,
 tan  / 2  1 2 2
then B = products
  (i) (AB)T C (ii) CT C(AB)T
(A) cos2 . A (B) cos2 . AT
2 2 (iii) CTAB (iv) AT ABBTC
 (A) exactly one is defined
(C) cos2 . I (D) None of these
2 (B) exactly two are defined
(C) exactly three are defined
(D) all four are defined

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Q.19 If A and B are square matrices of the same
Q.12 Statement-I: If A is an invertible 3 × 3 matrix order such that A2 = A, B2 = B, AB = BA = O,
and B is a 3 × 4 matrix, then A–1 B is defined. then
Statement-II: It is never true that A + B, A – B (A) AB2 = O
and AB are all defined (B) (A + B) 2 = A + B
Statement-III: Every matrix none of whose
(C) (A – B) 2 = A – B
entries are zero is invertible
(D) none of these
Statement-IV: Every invertible matrix is
square and has no two rows the same
a b 
(A) TFFF (B) TTFF (C) TFFT (D) TTTF Q.20 If A =   (where bc  0) satisfies the
c d 
Q.13 P is an orthogonal matrix and A is a periodic
equations x2 + k = 0, then -
matrix with period 4 and Q = PAPT then
(A) a + d = 0 (B) k = – |A|
X = PTQ2005P will be equal to
(A) A (B) A2 (C) A3 (D) A4 (C) k = |A| (D) none of these

Q.14 If the value of a fourth order determinant is 3, 1  1 0 

then the value of the determinant formed by the Q.21 If A–1= 0  2 1  , then -
co-factors, is 0 0  1
(A) 27 (B) 64 (C) 1 (D) 81
(A) |A| = 2
One or more than one correct (B) A is non-singular
Part-B
answer type questions 1 / 2  1 / 2 0 

(C) Adj. A =  0 1 1 / 2 
Q.15 If D1 & D2 are two 3×3 diagonal matrices,
then-  0 0  1 / 2
(A) D1D2 is a diagonal matrix (D) A is skew symmetric matrix
(B) D1D2 = D2D1
(C) D12 + D 22 is a diagonal matrix x   x x 
Q.22 
Let A =  x x x  ,
(D) none of these
 x x x  
Q.16 If AB = A and BA = B, then -
(A) A2B = A2 (B) B2A = B then A–1 exists if -
(C) ABA = A (D) BAB = B (A) x  0 (B)   0
(C) 3x +   0,   0 (D) x  0,   0
1 a  1 n
Q.17 If A =   then lim A is -
 
0 1 n n Q.23 A square matrix A with elements from the set of
0 a  0 0 real numbers is said to be orthogonal if
(A)   (B)   A = A–1. If A is an orthogonal matrix, then -
 0 0  0 0
(A) A is orthogonal
0 1
(C)   (D) does not exist (B) A–1 is orthogonal
 0 0 (C) Adj. A = A
1 0 (D) |A–1| = 1
Q.18 Let A =   then -
1 1 Q.24 Let A, B and C be 2 × 2 matrices with entries
from the set of real numbers. Define * as
 1 0
(A) A–n =   nN AB  BA
 n 1 follows A * B =
2
, then
1 –n  0 0 (A) A * B = B * A
(B) lim A =  
n  n
  1 0 (B) A *A = A2
(C) A * (B + C) = A * B + A * C
1 –n 0 0 (D) A * I = A
(C) lim A =  
n2
n 
0 0 
(D) none of these

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Part-C Assertion-Reason type questions Q.29 Using n distinct real numbers matrices each
having distinct elements are to be used in
The following questions 25 to 27 consists of
making matrices of all possible order then
two statements each, printed as Assertion
possible arrangements are
and Reason. While answering these questions
Column-I Column-II
you are to choose any one of the following
four responses. (A) n = 4 (P) 2880 possible matrices
(A) If both Assertion and Reason are true (B) n = 3 (Q) 240 possible matrices
and the Reason is correct explanation of (C) n = 6 (R) 12 possible matrices
the Assertion. (D) n = 5 (S) 72 possible matrices
(B) If both Assertion and Reason are true 1 2   2c  2c
Let A =   , B = 
 
but Reason is not correct explanation of Q.30 ,
 1  1  c
the Assertion.
(C) If Assertion is true but the Reason is  1    
C =   , be matrices then
false.    1   
(D) If Assertion is false but Reason is true match the following:
Q.25 Assertion : There are only finitely many Column-I Column-II
2 ×2 matrices which commute with the matrix (A) AX = XA for X = (P) A
1 2 (B) X2 = I for X = (Q) C
 1  1 (C) X2 = – I for X = (R) none of A,B,C
 
(D) X2 = X for X = (S) B
Reason : If A is non-singular then it commutes
with I, Adj A and A–1.

Q.26 Assertion : If A is a skew symmetric of order 3

then its determinant should be zero.
Reason : If A is square matrix then
det A = det A = det (–A)

Q.27 Assertion : If a, b, c are distinct 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
Reason : a2 + b2 + c2 > ab + bc + ca if
a, b, c are distinct
Part-D Column Matching type questions
a 0
Let ak = nCk for 0  k  n and Ak =  k 1
a k 
Q.28
 0
n 1
a 0 
and B  Ak 1
k .A k 1  ,
0 b 
Column-I Column-II
2n 2 n
(A) a (P) ( Cn )
n 1
(B) a – b (Q) 0
(C) a + b (R) 2nCn+1
a
(D) (S) 1
b

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EXERCISE #3
PYQ JEE MAINS

 5 5  
1.
 
Let A = 0  5  . If |A2| = 25, then || equals : [AIEEE 2007]
0 0 5 
(1) 52 (2) 1 (3) (4)1/ 5

2. 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.
(1) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
(2) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statment-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.

3. 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 but 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.
[AIEEE 2010]
Statement -1: Tr(A) = 0
Statement -2: |A| = 1
(1) Statement -1 is true, Statement-2 is true ; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement -1.
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(3) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is true.
(4) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

7. Let A and B be two symmetric matrices of order 3.

[AIEEE 2011]
Statement-1 : A(BA) and (AB) A are symmetric matrices.
Statement-2 : AB is symmetric matrix if matrix multiplication of A and B is commutative.
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(3) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

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 1 0 0 1  0
     
8. Let A =  2 1 0  . If u1 and u2 are column matrices such that Au1 =  0  and Au2 =  1  , then u1 + u2
 3 2 1 0 0
     
is equal to :
[AIEEE 2012]
 –1   –1  –1  1
       
(1)  1  (2)  1 (3)  –1  (4)  –1
 0  –1   1  –1 
       

1  3
9.
 
If P =  1 3 3  is the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix A and | A | = 4, then  is equal to : [JEE 2013_Mains]
2 4 4 
(1) 4 (2) 11 (3) 5 (4) 0

10. If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that AA′ = A′A and B = A–1. A′, the BB′ equals :
[JEE (Main)- 2014]
(1) I + B (2) I (3) B–1 (4) (B–1)′

1 2 2 
11.
 
If A =  2 1 –2  is a matrix satisfying the equation AAT = 9I, where I is 3 × 3 identity matrix, then the
a 2 b 
ordered pair (a, b) is equal to : [JEE (Main)- 2015]
(1) (2, 1) (2) (–2, –1) (3) (2, –1) (4) (–2, 1)

5a –b 
12. If A =  and A adj A = AAT, then 5a + b is equal to - [JEE (Main)- 2016]
3 2 
(A) 13 (B) –1 (C) 5 (D) 4

2 – 3 2
13. If A =   , adj (3A + 12A) is equal to [JEE MAIN 2017]
 –4 1 
72 – 63 72 – 84  51 63  51 84 
(1)   (2)   (3)  (4) 
 –84 51  –63 51  
84 72  63 72 

cos  – sin   
 , then the matrix A when  = 12 , is equal to :
–50
14. If A =  [IIT JEE 2019]
 sin  cos  
 1 3  1 3  3 1   3 1
   –     – 
(1)  2 2  (2)  2 2  (3)  2 2  (4)  2 2
 3 1   3 1   1 3  1 3
–    –   
 2 2   2 2   2 2   2 2 

e t e –t cos t e –t sin t 
 
15. If A = e t –e –t cos t – e –t sin t –e –t sin t  e –t cos t  then A is : [IIT JEE 2019]
 
e t 2e –t sin t –2e –t cos t 
 
(1) invertible only if t =  (2) invertible for all t  R

(3) invertible only if t = (4) not invertible for any t  R
2

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 –2 4d (sin ) – 2 
16.

Let d  R, and A =  1 (sin )  2 d  ,   [0, 2]. If the minimum value of det(A) is 8, then a

 5 (2sin ) – d (– sin )  2  2d 
value of d is –
[IIT JEE 2019]
(1) –7 (2) 2( 2 + 2) (3) – 5 (4) 2( 2 + 1)

2 b 1
  det(A)
17. Let A =  b b  1 b  where b > 0 . Then the minimum value of
2
is - [IIT JEE 2019]
1  b
 b 2

(1) 3 (2) – 2 3 (3) – 3 (4) 2 3

 0 2q r 
 
18. Let A =  p q –r  . If AAT = I3, then |p| is [IIT JEE 2019]
 p –q r 
 
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 5 6 3

19. Let A and B be two invertible matrices of order 3 × 3. If det(ABAT) = 8 and det(AB–1) = 8, then det (BA–1 BT) is
equal to :
[IIT JEE 2019]
1 1
(1) (2) 16 (3) (4) 1
4 16

1 0 0 
q q
20. Let P = 3 1 0  and Q = |qij| be two 3 × 3 matrices such that Q – P5 = I3. Then 21 31 is equal to :
q32
9 3 1 
[IIT JEE 2019]
(1) 15 (2) 9 (3) 135 (4) 10

 1 sin  1 
  3 5 
21. If A =  – sin  1 sin  ; then for all    ,  , det (A) lies in the interval : [IIT JEE 2019]
 4 4 
 –1 – sin  1 
3   3  5   5
(1)  ,3 (2)  0,  (3)  , 4  (4)  1, 
2   2  2   2

 cos  – sin    0 –1

 , (a  R) such that A =  . Then a value of  is -
32
22. Let A =   [IIT JEE 2019]
 sin  cos   1 0 
  
(1) (2) 0 (3) (4)
64 32 16

1 1 1
 
23. 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 interval -
 2 
4 b c2 
[IIT JEE 2019]
(1) (2 + 23/4, 4) (2) [4, 6] (3) [3, 2 + 23/4] (4) [2, 3)

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1 1 1 2  1 3 1 n – 1 1 78 1 n 
24. If       …......   =   , then the inverse of  0 1  is :
0 1 0 1   0 1 0 1  0 1   
[IIT JEE 2019]
 1 0  1 2 1 –12  1 –13
(1)   (2)   (3)   (4)  
12 1  13 1  0 1  0 1 

 0 2y 1 
 
25. The total number of matrices A =  2x y –1 , (x, y  R, x  y) for which ATA = 3I3 is :
 2x –y 1 
[IIT JEE 2019]
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 6

2 3 
26. If A is a symmetric matrix and B is a skew-symmetric matrix such that A + B =   , then AB is equal to :
 5 –1
[IIT JEE 2019]
 4 –2   –4 –2   –4 –2   4 –2 
(1)   (2)   (3) 
4 
(4)  
 1 –4   –1 4  1  –1 –4 

 5 2 1 
 
27. If B =  0 2 1  is the inverse of a 3 × 3 matrix A, then the sum of all values of  for which det(A) + 1 = 0, is
 3 –1
[IIT JEE 2019]
(1) 2 (2) –1 (3) 0 (4) 1

28. The number of all 3 × 3 matrices A, with entries from the set {–1, 0, 1} such that the sum of the diagonal elements
of AAT is 3, is ________. [IIT JEE Mains 2020]

x 1
Let A =   . x  R and A = [aij]. If a11 = 109, then a22 is equal to …….
4
29. [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
 1 0

1 1 1
1 
30. Let  be a root of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 and the matrix A = 1   2  , then the matrix A31 is equal
3 
1  2  4 
to :
[IIT JEE Mains 2020]
(1) A (2) A2 (3) I3 (4) A3

 2 2 1 0 –1
31. If A =   and I =   , then 10A is equal to : [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
9 4 0 1
(1) A – 6I (2) 4I – A (3) A – 4I (4) 6I – A

32. Let A = [aij] and B = [bij] be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that bij = 3i+ j – 2aji, where i, j = 1, 2, 3. If the determinant
of B is 81, then the determinant of A is : [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
(1) 1/81 (2) 1/3 (3) 3 (4) 1/9

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1 1 2
If the matrices A = 1 3 4  , B = adj A and C = 3A, then
| adj B |
33. is equal to :
|C|
1 –1 3
[IIT JEE Mains 2020]
(1) 8 (2) 72 (3) 16 (4) 2
a b c
 
34. Let a, b, c  R be all non-zero satisfy a + b + c = 2. If the matrix A =  b c a 
3 3 3

 c a b
 
Satisfies ATA = I, then a value of abc can be : [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
2 1 1
(1) (2) – (3) 3 (4)
3 3 3

1 2 1
35. 2 2 2  
Let A = {X = (x, y, z) : PX = O and x + y + z = 1} where P = –2 3 –4 , then the set A :
T
 
 1 9 –1
[IIT JEE Mains 2020]
(1) is a singleton (2) contains exactly two elements
(3) contains more than two elements (4) is an empty set

36. 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 I2 denotes 2 × 2 identity matrix and tr(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then :
[IIT JEE Mains 2020]
(1) (P) is true and (Q) is false (2) Both (P) and (Q) are false
(3) Both (P) and (Q) are true (4) (P) is false and (Q) is true

37. Suppose the vectors x1, x2 and x3 are the solutions of the system of linear equations, Ax = b when the vector b on
1 0 0  1  0

the right side is equal to b1, b2 and b3 respectively. If x1 = 1 , x2 =
2 , x = 0   b = 0  b =  2  and
   3   1   2  
1  1  1   0   0 
0
 
b3 = 0 , then the determinant of A is equal to - [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
 
 2 
1 3
(1) (2) 4 (3) (4) 2
2 2
 2 –1 1 
38. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that adj A = –1 0
 2  and B = adj (adj A).

 1 –2 –1
If |A| =  and |(B–1)T| = , then the ordered pair, (||, ) is equal to : [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
 1   1   1 
(1)  9,  (2)  9,  (3)  3,  (4) (3, 81)
 9   81   81 
 cos  i sin     a b 
39. If A =   .   and A5 =   , where i = –1 , then which one of the following is not
i sin  cos    24  c d
true?
[IIT JEE Mains 2020]
1
(1) 0  a2 + b2 1 (2) a2 – d2 =0 (3) a2 – b2 = (4) a2 – c2 = 1
2

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  cos  sin  
40. Let  = and A = 4
 – sin  cos  . If B = A + A , then det(B) : [IIT JEE Mains 2020]
5  
(1) is one (2) lies in (1, 2) (3) is zero (4) lies in (2, 3)

JEE Advanced PYQ

1. Let M and N be two 2n × 2n non-singular skew-symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If PT denotes the
transpose of P, then M2 N2 (MT N)–1 (MN–1)T is equal to [IIT-JEE 2011]
(A) M2 (B) – N 2 (C) – M2 (D) MN
 1 a b
 
2. Let   1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form :   1 c  ,where
 2 
  1
each of a, b and c is either  or 2. Then the number of distinct matrices in the set S is :
[IIT-JEE 2011]
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8
0   1 1 1 1  0 
           
3. Let M be a 3 × 3 matrix satisfying M  1   2  , M  1   1  and M 1   0  Then the sum of the diagonal
0   3   0   1 1 12
entries of M is. [IIT-JEE 2011]

Passage
Let a, b and c be three real numbers satisfying
1 9 7
 
[a b c] 8 2 7  = [0 0 0] ...(E) [IIT-JEE 2011]
7 3 7 
4. If the point P(a, b, c), with reference to (E), lies on the plane 2x + y + z = 1, then the value of 7a + b + c is :
(A) 0 (B) 12 (C) 7 (D) 6

5. Let  be a solution of x3 – 1 = 0 with Im() > 0. If a = 2 with b and c satisfying (E), then the value of
3 1 3
  is equal to :
a
 b
c
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) – 3

6. Let b = 6 with a and c satisfying (E). If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
 n
 1 1
then     is :
n 0    

6
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) (D) 
7
7. Let P = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [bij], where bij = 2i+jaij for 1  i, j  3. If the determinant of P is 2,
then the determinant of the matrix Q is : [IIT-JEE 2012]
(A) 210 (B) 211 (C) 212 (D) 213


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8. 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
x 0 
   
matrix, then there exists a column matrix X = y  0 such that : [IIT-JEE 2012]
   
 z  0 
0 
 
(A) PX = 0 (B) PX = X (C) PX = 2X (D) PX = – X
 
0 
 1 4 4
9. If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is 2 1 7  , then the possible value(s) of the determinant of P is/are:
 
 1 1 3 
[IIT-JEE 2012]
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2

10. For 3 × 3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is(are) NOT correct?
[JEE-Advanced 2013]
T
(A) N M N is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew symmetric
(B) MN – NM is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(C) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(D) (adj M) (adj N) = adj (M N) for all invertible matrices M and N

11. Let M be a 2 × 2 symmetric matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible if

[JEE-Advanced 2014]
(A) the first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M
(B) the second row of M is the transpose of the first column of M
(C) M is a diagonal matrix with nonzero entries in the main diagonal
(D) the product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer

12. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 matrices such that MN = NM. Further, if M N2 and M2 = N4, then
[JEE-Advanced 2014]
(A) determinant of (M2 + MN2) is 0
(B) there is a 3 × 3 non-zero matrix U such that (M2 + MN2)U is zero matrix
(C) determinant of (M2 + MN2)  1
(D) for a 3 × 3 matrix U, if (M2 + MN2)U equals the zero matrix than U is the zero matrix

13. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3 × 3 non-zero skew-symmetric matrices and Z be an arbitrary 3 × 3, non-
zero, symmetric matrix. Then which of the following matrices is (are) skew symmetric?
[JEE-Advanced 2015]
(A) Y Z –Z Y
3 4 4 3 44
(B) X + Y 44 (C) X Z – Z X
4 3 3 4 (D) X23 + Y23

3 –1 –2
 
14. Let P = 2 0   , where  R, Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix such that PQ = k I, where k R, k 0
3 –5 0 

k k2
and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q23 = – and det(Q) = , then -
8 2
[JEE-Advanced 2016]
(A)  = 0, k = 8 (B) 4– k + 8 = 0 (C) det(P adj(Q)) = 29 (D) det(Q adj(P)) = 213

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 1 0 0
15. Let P =  4 1 0  and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q = [qij] is a matrix such that P50 – Q = I,
16 4 1

q31  q32
then equals - [JEE-Advanced 2016]
q21
(A) 52 (B) 103 (C) 201 (D) 205

1  3i (z) r z 2s 
16. Let z  , where i = 1 , and r, s {1,2,3}. Let P =  2s  and I be the identity matrix of order 2.
2  z zr 
Then the total numbered pairs (r, s) for which P 2= –I is
[JEE Adv 2016]

17. Which of the following is (are) NOT the square of a 3 × 3 matrix with real entries ?
[IIT JEE 2017]
1 0 0  1 0 0 1 0 0  1 0 0
(A) 0 1 0  (B) 0 1 0  (C) 0 1 0  (D)  0 1 0 
0 0 1  0 0 1 0 0 1  0 0 1
1   2   x  1 
 
18. For a real number , if the system   1    y    –1 of linear equations, has infinitely many
 2 
  1   z  1 
solutions, then 1 +  + 2 = [IIT JEE 2017]

19. How many 3 × 3 matrices M with entries from {0, 1, 2} are there, for which the sum of the diagonal
entries of MT M is 5 ? [IIT JEE 2017]
(A) 126 (B) 198 (C) 162 (D) 135
b1
20. Let S be the set of all column matrices b2 such that b1, b2, b3,  R and the system of equations (in real
b3
variables) –x  2y  5z  b1 , 2x  4y  3z  b2 , x  2y  2z  b3 has at least one solution Then, which of the
 b1 
following system(s) (in real variables) has (have) at least one solution of each  b 2   S?
 b3 

[IIT JEE 2018]

(A) x + 2y + 3z = b1, 4y + 5z = b2 and x + 2y + 6z = b3
(B) x + y + 3z = b1, 5x + 2y +6z = b2 and –2x – y – 3z = b3
(C) –x + 2y – 5z = b1, 2x – 4y + 10z = b2 and x – 2y + 5z = b3
(D) x + 2y + 5z = b1, 2x + 3z = b2 and x + 4y – 5z = b3

21. Let P be a matrix of order 3 × 3 such that all the entries in P are from the set {–1, 0, 1}. Then, the
maximum possible value of the determinant of P is ________.
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 sin 4  –1 – sin 2 
22. Let M =   = M–1 where = () and  = () are real numbers, and I is the 2 × 2
1  cos 2  cos 4  
identity matrix. If * is the minimum of the set {() : [0, 2} and * is the minimum of the set
{() : [0, 2, Then the value of * + * is [IIT JEE 2019]
37 31 29 17
(A) – (B) – (C) – (D) –
16 16 16 16

0 1 a   –1 1 –1
1 2 3 and adj M   8 –6 2 
23. Let M =     where a and b are real numbers.
3 b 1   –5 3 –1
Which of the following option is/are correct? [IIT JEE 2019]
(A) a + b = 3 (B) (adj M)–1 + adj M–1 = – M
  1 
   
(C) det(adjM2) = 81 (D) If M     2  , then – + = 3
   3 
1 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 1 
24. Let P1 = I = 0 1 0  , P2 = 0 0 1  , P3 = 1 0 0  P4 =  0 0 1  , P5 = 1 0 0  ,
         
0 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0 

0 0 1  6 2 1 3
P6 = 0 1 0  and X =  Pk  1 0 2  PkT where PkT denotes the transpose of the matrix P k.
 
1 0 0  k 1  3 2 1 
Then which of the following options is/are correct? [IIT JEE 2019]
1 1
(A) If X 1 =  1 , then = 30 (B) X is a symmetric matrix
   
1 1
(C) The sum of diagonal entries of X is 18 (D) X – 30I is an invertible matrix.
1 1 1  2 x x
 0 2 2  
25. Let x R and let P =  –1
 , Q =  0 4 0  and R = PQP . Then which of the following option is/are
 0 0 3  x x 6 
correct? [IIT JEE 2019]

 2 x x
 
(A) There exist a real number x such that PQ = QP (B) det R = det  0 4 0  + 8, for all x R
 x x 5 

1  1 
  a 
(C) For x = 0, if R  a  = 6   , then a + b = 5
 b   b 

  0
   
(D) For x = 1, there exists a unit vector ˆi ˆj  kˆ for which R   =  0 
    0 

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26. Let M be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix with real entries and let I denote the 3 × 3 identity matrix.
If M–1 = adj (adj M), then which of the following statements is/are ALWAYS TRUE? [IIT JEE 2020 ]
2
(A) M = I (B) det M = 1 (C) M = I (D) (adj M)2 = I

27. The trace of a matrix is defined to the sum of its diagonal entries. If A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that the trace of A is 3
and the trace of A3 is – 18, then the value of the determinant of A is ___ [IIT JEE 2020]

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 1
Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Ans. B A D B D A A C B A C B D A D C C
Qus. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ans. A B A B A B B C B B A A C A A A
34. I + 15 A 35. 4

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

Qus. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ans. A,B,C A,B,C,D A A,B,C A,B A,C B,C C A,B A,B,C,D
25. D 26. C 27. D 28. A  R; B  Q; C  P; D  S
29. A  S; B  R; C  P; D  Q 30. A PS; B Q; C P; D R

Exercise # 3
JEE MAINS PYQ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 4 3 3 4 2 1 4 2 2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 3 3 3 2 3 4 1 3 4
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 1 2 4 2 4 4 672.00 10 4
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 4 1 4 2 4 4 3 3 2
JEE Advanced PYQ

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (9) 4(D) 5(A) 6(B) 7.(D) 8.(D) 9.(AD) 10.(CD) 11.(CD) 12.(AB)
13.(CD) 14.(BC) 15.(B) 16.(1) 17.(BD) 18.(1) 19. (B) 20.(AD) 21.(4) 22.(C)
23.(ABD) 24.(ABC) 25.(BC) 26.(BCD) 27.(5)

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