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1. 4
If A = , find values of x and y such that A2 – xA + yI = O where I is a 2 × 2 unit matrix and O

is a 2 × 2 zero matrix.

2. 4
Find the matrix X so that X = .

3. 4
Let A = , then show that A2 – 4A + 7I = O. Using this result, calculate A5 also.

4. 4
If f(x) = , show that f(x) f(y) = f(x + y).

5. 4
Find the matrix X such that X = .

6. 4
Find a matrix X such that 2A′ + B + X = O, where A = and B′ = .

7. 1
Matrix A = is given to be symmetric, find values of a and b.

8. Find the number of all possible matrices of order 2 × 2 with each entry 1 or 2. 1

9. If Xm × 3 Yp × 4 = Z2 × b, find the values of m, p and b. 1

10. 2
If , find the value of x.

11. If A and B are symmetric matrices, show that AB is symmetric, if AB = BA. 2

12. 3
If is an identity matrix, find and .

13. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A, then write the value of (I + A)2 – 3A. 2
14. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A then write A2 + B2 in terms of A and B. 2

15. Show that all the elements on the main diagonal of a skew symmetric matrix are zero. 2

16. If A and B are symmetric matrices, show that AB + BA is symmetric and AB – BA is skew 2
symmetric.

17. For the matrix A, show that A + AT is a symmetric matrix. 2

18. Show that the matrix B′AB is symmetric or skew symmetric according as A is symmetric or skew 2
symmetric.

19. 2
Construct a 3 × 2 matrix A, if A = [aij], where aij = .

20. 1
If A = [aij] is a 2 × 3 matrix, such that aij = then a23 is

21. Total number of possible matrices of order 2 × 3 with each entry 1 or 0 is 1

(a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 32 (d) 64

22. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A, then (I + A)2 – 3A is 1

(a) I (b) 2A (c) 3I (d) A

23. The diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are 1

(a) all zeroes
(b) are all equal to some scalar k(≠ 0)
(c) can be any number
(d) none of these

24. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then AB – BA is a _________ matrix. 1

25. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric then matrix A is 1

(a) a scalar matrix
(b) a diagonal matrix
(c) a zero matrix of order n × n
(d) a rectangular matrix.

26. 1

(a) zero matrix (b ) A ( c) I (d) none of these

27. If matrix A is of order m × n, and for matrix B, AB and BA both are defined, then order of matrix B is 1

(a ) m × n (b ) n × n (c) m × m (d ) n × m
28. 1
The matrix is

(a) a symmetric matrix

(b) a skew-symmetric matrix

(c) a diagonal matrix

(d) none of these

29. 1
If A = , then the value of k if, A2 = kA – 2I is

(a ) 0 (b) 8 (c) – 7 (d ) 1

30. 1
If A = and A + A′ = I, then value of α is

31. The diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are 1

(a) all zeroes

(b) are all equal to some scalar k(≠ 0)

(c) can be any number

(d) none of these

32. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then AB – BA is a 1

(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew symmetric matrix

(c) diagonal matrix (d) unit matrix

33. For what value of x, is the matrix 1

A= a skew symmetric matrix?

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) –2 (d) –3 [AI 2013]

34. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric then matrix A is 1

(a) a scalar matrix

(b) a diagonal matrix

(c) a zero matrix of order n × n

(d) a rectangular matrix.

35. If A is a skew symmetric matrix then A2 is a 1

(a) square matrix

(b) diagonal matrix

(c) symmetric matrix

(d) skew symmetric matrix

36. 1
2
For the matrix X = , (X­ – X) is [CBSE 2021]

(a) 2I (b) 3I (c) I (d) 5I

37. A manufacture produces three stationery products Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener which he sells in 5
two markets. Annual sales are indicated below:

Market Products (in numbers)

Pencil Eraser Sharpener

A 10,000 2000 18,000

B 6000 20,000 8,000

If the unit Sale price of Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener are ₹ 2.50, ₹ 1.50 and ₹ 1.00 respectively, and
unit cost of the above three commodities are ₹ 2.00, ₹ 1.00 and ₹ 0.50 respectively, then, based on
the above information answer the following: [CBSE Question Bank]

(a) Total revenue of market A

(i) ₹ 64,000 (ii) ₹ 60,400 (iii) ₹ 46,000 (iv) ₹ 40,600

(b) Total revenue of market B

(i) ₹ 35,000 (ii) ₹ 53,000 (iii) ₹ 50,300 (iv) ₹ 30,500

 (c) Cost incurred in market A

(i) ₹ 13,000 (ii) ₹ 30,100 (iii) ₹ 10,300 (iv) ₹ 31,000

(d) Profit in market A and B respectively are

(i) (₹ 15,000, ₹ 17,000) (ii) (₹ 17,000, ₹ 15,000)

(iii) (₹ 51,000, ₹ 71,000) (iv) (₹ 10,000, ₹ 20,000)

(e) Gross profit in both market

(i) ₹ 23,000 (ii) ₹ 20,300 (iii) ₹ 32,000 (iv) ₹ 30,200

38. Two farmers Ramakishan and Gurucharan Singh cultivate only three varieties of rice namely 5
Basmati, Permal and Naura. The sale (in rupees) of these varieties of rice by both the farmers in the
month of September and October are given by the following matrices A and B.

September sales (in Rupees)

A=

October sales (in Rupees)

B= [CBSE

Question Bank]

(a) The total sales in September and October for each farmer in each variety can be represented
as _________.

(i) A+B (ii) A – B

(iii) A > B (iv) A < B

(b) What is the value of A23?

(i) 10000 (ii) 20000

(iii) 30000 (iv) 40000

(c) The decrease in sales from September to October is given by _________.

 (i) A+B (ii) A – B

(iii) A > B (iv) A < B

(d) If Ramkishan receives 2% profit on gross sales, compute his profit for each variety sold in
October.

(i) ₹ 100, ₹ 200 and ₹ 120

(ii) ₹ 100, ₹ 200 and ₹ 130

(iii) ₹ 100, ₹ 220 and ₹ 120

(iv) ₹ 110, ₹ 200 and ₹ 120

(e) If Gurucharan receives 2% profit on gross sales, compute his profit for each variety sold in
September.

(i) ₹ 100, ₹ 200, ₹ 120

(ii) ₹ 1000, ₹ 600, ₹ 200

(iii) ₹ 400, ₹ 200, ₹ 120

(iv) ₹ 1200, ₹ 200, ₹ 120

39. Three schools DPS, CVC and KVS decided to organize a fair for collecting money for helping the 5
flood victims. They sold handmade fans, mats and plates from recycled material at a cost of ₹
25, ₹ 100 and ₹ 50 each respectively. The numbers of articles sold are given as
 School /Article DPS CVC KVS

Handmade fans 40 25 35

Mats 50 40 50

Plates 20 30 40

Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:

(a) What is the total money (in Rupees) collected by the school DPS?

(b) What is the total amount of money (in ₹) collected by schools CVC and KVS?

(c) What is the total amount of money collected by all three schools DPS, CVC and KVS?

(d) If the number of handmade fans and plates are interchanged for all the schools, then what is the
total money collected by all schools?

(e) How many articles (in total) are sold by three schools?

On her birth day, Seema decided to donate some money to children of an orphanage home. If 5
there were 8 children less, everyone would have got ₹ 10 more. However, if there were 16 children
more, everyone would have got ₹ 10 less. Let the number of children be x and the amount
distributed by Seema for one child be y (in ₹).

Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:

(a) Represent the equations in terms x and y.

(b) Write matrix equations to represent the information given above.

(c) Find the number of children who were given some money by Seema.

(d) How much amount is given to each child by Seema?

(e) How much amount Seema spends in distributing the money to all the students of the
Orphanage?

If X and Y are 2 × 2 matrices, then solve the following matrix equations of X and Y. 6

2X + 3Y = , 3X + 2 Y = .