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of Mathematics, Jaipur
Course: IIT-JAM 2022 Module-: Linear Algebra
Unit-: Matrix and determinant

1. Minimum number of zeros in upper triangular matrices of order n × n

(a) n ( n − 1) / 2 (b) n ( n + 1) / 2 (c) 2n ( n − 1) / 2 (d)None of these
a −b−c 2a 2a
2. The value of 2b b−c−a 2b is
2c 2c c−a −b
(a) ( a + b + c ) (b) 2 ( a + b + c ) (c) 2 ( a + b + c ) (d) ( a + b + c )
2 3

1 -1 1 
0 2 -3 , B adjB
=
3. If A =
  ( adjA ) and C = 5A, then =
C
 2 1 0 
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 1
0 1 −1
4. For the matrix A =   , A is equal to
1 0 
1
(a) i (b) A (c) 2A (d) A (BHU 2012)
2
5. If A is a square matrix of order n, then adjA is equal to
n−2 n −1 n +1
(a) A (b) A (c) A (d) A (BHU 2011)
n

6 8 5
6. If the matrix  4 2 3  is expressed as A + B , where A is symmetric and B is skew-symmetric, then B is equal to
 
9 7 1 
0 2 − 2  0 − 2 2 6 6 7  6 6 7 

(a) −2 0 − 2  
(b) 2 0 2  
(c) 6 2 5  (d) 6 2 5 (BHU 2011)
      
 2 2 0   −2 − 2 0  7 5 1  1 5 7 
 0 0 1
7. For the matrix A = 0 1 0  , A−1 is equal to
 
1 0 0 
(a) I (b) A (c) − A (d) 2A (BHU 2011)
1 1   0 1 1 1 
8. If A =   =α M 1 + β M 2 + γ M 3 , where M 1 = I 2×2 , M 2 =   and M 3 =   then
1 0  1 1   1 1
(a) α= β= 1, γ= 2 (b) α == β −1, γ = 2
(c) α =− β =−1, γ =2 (d) α = 1, β =−1, γ = 2 (DU 2016)
9. If A is invertible symmetric matrix, then
(a) A−1 is symmetric (b) A−1 is skew-symmetric
(c) A2 − 2 A + I = 0 (d) None of these (SAU 2015)

cos θ − sin θ 
10. For 0 < θ < π , the matrix  
sin θ cos θ 
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(a) Has no real eigenvalue (b) Is orthogonal
(c) Is symmetric (d) Is skew symmetric (GATE 2000)

3 / 5 − 4 / 5 0 
11. Let N =  4 / 5 3 / 5 0  Then N is
 
0 0 1 
(a) Non-invertible (b) Skew-symmetric
(c) Symmetric (d) Orthogonal (GATE 2008)

12. Which of the following is/are correct?

(a) In a Skew-Hermitian matrix, the element on the principle diagonal must be either zero or purely imaginary
(b) If A is Hermitaian matrix, then iA is skew-Hermitian matrix
(c) If A is any square matrix, then A − AQ is Skew-Hermitian matrix
(d) All of the above
13. Let A, B and C be real n × n matrices such that AB + B 2 = C. Suppose C is non-singular. Which of the following is
always true?
(a) A is nonsingular (b) B is nonsingular
(c) A and B are both nonsingular (d) A + B is nonsingular
14. Let W be the set of all 3 × 3 real matrices A = ( aij ) with the property that aij = 0, if i > j and aii = 1 for all i. Let
B = ( bij ) be a 3 × 3 real matrix that satisfies AB = BA for all A in W . Then,
(a) Every A in W has an inverse which is in W (b) b12 = 0
(c) b13 = 0 (d) b23 = 0

15. Let S == {
A : A  aij  , aij =∀
5×5
0or 1, i, j , ∑ aij =
j
1, ∀i and ∑ aij =
i
}
1, ∀j Then, the number of elements in S is

(a) 52 (b) 55 (c) 5! (d) 55 (Net June 2011)

16. Let A = ( aij ) be an n × n complex matrix and let A * denote the conjugate transpose of A. Which of the following
statements are necessarily true?
(a) If A is invertible, then tr ( A * A ) ≠ 0 , i.e. the trace of A * A is nonzero
(b) If tr ( A * A ) ≠ 0 , then A is invertible
(c) If tr ( A * A ) < n 2 , Then aij < 1 for some i, j
(d) If tr ( A * A ) = 0 , then A is the zero matrix (Net Dec. 2012)
17. Let A be a 5 × 5 skew-symemtric matrix with entries in R and B be the 5 × 5 symmetric matrix whose ( i, j )
th

i 
entry is the binomial coefficient   for 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ 5. Consider the 10 × 10 matrix, given in block form by
 j
 A A+ B
C =  Then
0 B 
(a) det C = 1 or -1 (b) det C = 0 (c) trace of C is 0 (d) trace of C is 5
(Net Dec. 2012)
18. Let
= An×n (( a )) , n ≥ 3, where a =
ij ( b − b ) , i, j =
ij i
2 2
j 1, 2,....., n for some distinct real numbers b , b ,....., b . Then
1 2 n

det ( A ) is

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(a) ∏ i < j ( bi − b j ) (b) ∏ i < j ( bi + b j ) (c) 0 (d) 1 (Net Dec. 2013)
19. Let A be a 5 × 5 matrix with real entries such that the sum of the entries in each row of A is 1. Then the sum of all
the entries in A3 is
(a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 125 (Net June 2014)
20. Let A, B be n × n matrices such that BA + B 2 =I − BA2 where I is the n × n identity matrix. Which of the following
is always true?
(a) A is nonsingular (b) B is nonsingular
(c) A + B is nonsingular (d) AB is nonsingular (Net Dec. 2014)
 1
 1 

 ⋅ 
 
21. The determinant of the n × n permutation matrix  ⋅ 
 ⋅ 
 
 1 
1 
 
n
(a) ( −1) (b) ( −1)  2  (c) −1 (d) 1
n

(Here  x  denotes the greatest integer not exceeding x. (Net Dec. 2014)
1 1 + x 1 + x + x2
22. The determinant 1 1 + y 1 + y + y 2 is equal to
1 1+ z 1 + z + z2
(a) ( z − y )( z − x )( y − x ) (b) ( x − y )( x − z )( y − z )
(c) ( x − y ) ( y − z ) ( z − x) (d) ( x 2 − y 2 )( y 2 − z 2 )( z 2 − x 2 ) (Net Dec. 2014)
2 2 2

5 9 8
23. The matrix A = 1 8 2  satisfies: (Net Dec. 2014)
9 1 0
 
(a) A is invertible and the inverse has all integer entries (b) det ( A ) is odd
(c ) det ( A ) is divisible by 13 (d) det ( A ) has at least two prime divisors
24. Let A, B be n × n matrices. Which of the following equals trace ( A B 2 ) ? 2

(a) ( trace ( AB ) )
2
(b) trace ( AB 2 A ) (
(c) trace ( AB )
2
) (d) trace ( BABA ) (Net June 2015)
25. Let u be a real n × 1 vector satisfying u ' u = 1. where u ' is the transpose of u. Define A= I − 2uu ' where I is the
nth order identity matrix. Which of the following statements are true
(a) A is singular (b) A2 = A (c) Trace ( A )= n − 2 (d) A2 = I (Net June 2015)

a b c   −x a − p 
26. Let D1 =  x y z  and =
D2

 y −b

q  . Then
 p q r z −c r 
  
(a) D1 = D2 (b) D1 = 2 D2 (c) D1 = − D2 (d) 2D1 = D2 (Net Dec. 2016)

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 cos θ sin θ  2π
27. Consider the matrix A =   , where θ = Then A2015 equals
 − sin θ cos θ  31
 cos13θ sin13θ 
 0 1
(a) A (b) I (c)  (d)   
 − sin13θ cos13θ 
 −1 0 
(Net Dec. 2016)
28. Let A =  aij  be an n × n matrix such that aij is an integer for all i. j. Let AB = I with B = bij  (where I is the
identity matrix). For a square matrix C , det C denotes its determinant. Which of the following statements is true?
(a)If det A = 1 then det B = 1.
(b) A sufficient condition for each bij to be an integer is that det A is an integer.
(c) B is always an integer matrix
(d) A necessary condition for each bij to be an integer is det ∈ {−1 + 1} . (Net Dec. 2016)
(Net Dec. 2016)
0 1
29. Let A =   . Then the smallest positive integer n such that A = I is
n

 −1 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6 (Net Dec. 2017)
30. Let A = (( a )) be a 3 × 3 complex matrix. Identify the correct statements.
ij (NET JUNE 2019)

(a) det ((( −1) i+ j

aij )) =
det A (b) det ((( −1) i+ j
aij )) =
− det A

(c) det 

 (( aij  =
−1

)
i+ j
det A ) 
(d) det 

−1 aij  =
i+ j


((
− det A ) )
31. Let M and N be any two 4 × 4 matrices with integer entries satisfying
1 0 0 1 
 
 0 1 1 0
MN = 2 Then the maximum value of det ( M ) + det ( N ) is……………….. (JAM MA 2019)
0 0 1 0
 
 0 0 0 1
32. Let Χ be the set of all invertible 5 × 5 matrices with entries 0 and 1. For each M ∈ Χ, let n1 ( M ) and n0 ( M )
denote the number of 1' s and 0 ' s in M , respectively. Then. min n1 ( M ) − n0 ( M ) =
Μ∈Χ
(a)1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 15 (JAM MA 2017)
33. Let P be a 4 × 4 matrix whose determinant is 10. The determinant of the matrix −3P is.
(a)-810 (b) -30 (c) 30 (d)810 (JAM MA 2012)
34. The number of 2 × 2 matrix over  3 (the field with elements) with determinant 1 is.
(a)24 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) 30 (JAM MA 2010)
π π 
n

 cos 4 sin 4 
35. The least positive integer n, such that   is the identity matrix of order 2, is .
 − sin π cos π 
 
 4 4
(a)4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16 (JAM MA 2008)

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 5 
2
 −
c
 3 3

2 
5
36. If  d  is real orthogonal matrix, then a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + d 2 equals ……………… (JAM MS 2019)
3 3
a b 1
 
 
a b 0 0
3 10 2 p q 
37. If ad − bc =2 and ps − qr = 1 then the determinant of   equals ……………… (JAM MS 2019)
c d 0 0
 
2 7 2r s 

38. Let M = [ X Y Z ] be an orthogonal matrix with X , Y , Z ∈  3 as its column vectors. Then

= Q X X T +Y YT
(a)is a skew – symmetric matrix. (b) is the 3 × 3 identity matrix
(c) satisfies Q 2 = Q (d)satisfies QZ = Z (JAM MS 2018)
α β
39. Let α , β , γ be real number such that β ≠ 0 and γ ≠ 0. suppose P =   and P −1 = P. Then.
γ 0 
(a) α = 0 and βγ = 1 (b) α ≠ 0 and βγ = 1
(c) α = 0 and βγ = 2 (d) α = 0 and βγ = −1 (JAM MS 2016)

x 1 1
 
40. The number of distinct real values of x for which the matrix 1 x 1  is singular is.
1 1 x 
 
(a)1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)infinite (JAM MS 2015)

(( a )) be an orthogonal matrix of order n such that=

n n
1 1
41. Let A = ij a
1j = , j 1,...n. If a = 2 ∑∑ aij , then
n n =i 1 =j 1

∑∑ ( a − a ) equals.
n n
2
ij
=i 1 =j 1

n +1 n −1 n2 + 1 n2 − 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) (JAM MS 2009)
n n n n
42. Let A be a 4 × 4 nonsingular matrix and B be the matrix obtained from A by adding first row to its third row. Then
det ( 2A−1 B ) equals.
(a)2 (b) 4 (c)8 (d) 16 (JAM MS 2007)

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1 t 0 
 2
43. For t ∈  define M ( t ) = 1 1 t  then which of the following statements is true? (Net Dec. 2019)
0 1 1 
 
(A) det M ( t ) is a polynomial function of degree 3 in t .

(B) (B) det M ( t ) = 0 for all t ∈ 

(C) det M ( t ) is zero for infinitely many t ∈ 

(D) (D) det M ( t ) is zero for exactly two t ∈ 

44. Let n ≥ 1 and let α , β ∈  with α ≠ β for. Suppose An (α , β ) =  aij  is an n × n matrix such that aii = α and
aij = β for i ≠ j , 1 ≤ i, j ≤ n . Let Dn be the determinant of An (α , β ) . Which of the following statements are
true? (Net Dec. 2019)
(α − β ) Dn−1 + β for n ≥ 2 .
(A) Dn =
D Dn −1
(B) (B ) =
n
+ β for n ≥ 2
(α − β ) (α − β )
n −1 n−2

(C) Dn = (α + ( n − 1) β ) (α − β ) for n ≥ 2
n −1

(D) Dn = (α + ( n − 1) β ) (α − β ) for n ≥ 2
n −1

1 i 
45. Let A =   be matrix. Which of the following is true?
 i 1
(a) A* = A−1 (b) AA* = A* A
(c) A* = A (d) A2 = Id ( 2 × 2 identity matrix) (Net Dec. 2019 (2nd P))
3 − 2
46. If A =  20
 , then A equals ?
 2 −1 
 41 40   41 − 40 
(a)   (b)  
 −40 − 39   40 − 39 
 41 − 40   41 40 
(c)   (d)   (Net Dec. 2020)
 −40 − 39   40 − 39 
47. Let A and B be 2 × 2 matrices. Then which of the following is true?
(a) det ( A + B ) + det ( A − B )= det A + det B
(b) det ( A + B ) + det ( A − B
= ) 2 det A − 2 det B
(c) det ( A + B ) + det ( A − B
= ) 2 det A + 2 det B
(d) det ( A + B ) − det ( A − B
= ) 2 det A − 2 det B (Net Dec. 2020)

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48. Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix with det A = 1 and trace A = 3 What is the value
(a) 2 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) 7 (Net Dec. 2020)
49. Let P be a square matrix such that P = P. Which of the following statements are true?
2

(a) Trace of P is an irrational number

(b) Trace of P = rank of P
(c) Trace of P is an integer
(d) Trace of P is an imaginary complex number (Net Dec. 2020)
50. Let A be an n × n matrix of rank 1. Let
= α det ( I + A ) , where I is the identity matrix and let β = trace A .
Which of the following is true?
(a) β − α =1 (b) α − β =
1
(c) α < β + 1 (d) α > β + 1 (Net Dec. 2020 (P-2))
 X 11 X 12 
51. Let A be an n × n invertible matrix and C be an n × n nilpotent matrix. If X =   is a 2n × 2n matrix
 X 21 X 22 
A 0 
(each X ij being n × n ) that commutes with the 2n × 2n matrix B   , then?
0 C 
(a) X 11 and X 22 are necessarily zero matrices.
(b) X 12 and X 21 are necessarily zero matrices.
(c) X 11 and X 21 are necessarily zero matrices.
(d) X 12 and X 22 are necessarily zero matrices. (IIT-JAM 2021)
 2021 2020 2020 2020 
 
2021 2021 2020 2020 
52. The determinant of the matrix  is_____________? (IIT-JAM 2021 )
 2021 2021 2021 2020 
 
 2021 2021 2021 2021 

Answer Key
1. A 11. D 21. B
2. D 12. A,B,C,D 22. A
3. D 13. B,D 23. C,D
4. B 14. A,B,D 24. B
5. B 15. C 25. C,D
6. A 16. A,C,D 26. C
7. B 17. B,D 27. B
8. B 18. C 28. A,D
9. A 19. C 29. D
10. B 20. B 30. A,C

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31. 17 36. 0 41. D
32. A 37. -4 42. D
33. D 38. C 43. D
34. A 39. A 44. B,D
35. B 40. B 45. B

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