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Q1. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P = [2 −1]. Then the value of n ∈ N for which
5 −3
P = 5I − 8P is equal to ___ .
n

Q2. Let A = [1 −1] and B = [β 1], α, β ∈ R. Let α be the value of α which satisfies
1
2 α 1 0
] and α 2 be the value of α which satisfies (A + B) 2 = B 2 . Then |α 1 − α 2 | is equal to
2 2
(A + B) 2 = A 2 + [
2 2

Q3. Let A = (1 + i 1) where i = √−1. Then, the number of elements in the set
−i 0
{n ∈ {1, 2, … . , 100} : A n = A} is

Q4. Let A, B, C be 3 × 3 matrices such that A is symmetric and B and C are skew-symmetric.
Consider the statements
(S1) A 13 B 26 − B 26 A 13 is symmetric
(S2) A 26 C 13 − C 13 A 26 is symmetric
Then,
(1) Only S2 is true (2) Only S1 is true
(3) Both S1 and S2 are false (4) Both S1 and S2 are true

Q5. ⎡1 0 0 ⎤ ⎡1 0 0⎤
If the matrix A = 0 2 0 satisfies the equation A + αA + βA = 0 4 0 for some real numbers α
20 19

⎣3 0 −1⎦ ⎣0 0 1⎦
and β, then β − α is equal to ______.

Q6. ⎡ √3 1 ⎤
Let P = ] and Q = P AP T . If P T Q 2007 P = [ ]then 2a + b − 3c − 4d is equal to
2 2 1 1 a b
, A=[
⎣− 1 √3 ⎦ 0 1 c d
2 2
(1) 2004 (2) 2005
(3) 2007 (4) 2006

Q7. Let A = [0 −2]. If M and N are two matrices given by M = ∑ 10 A 2k and N = ∑ 10 A 2k−1 then MN 2
k=1 k=1
2 0
is
(1) a non-identity symmetric matrix (2) a skew-symmetric matrix
(3) neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix (4) an identity matrix

Q8. Let S = {(−1 a); a, b ∈ {1, 2, 3, … 100}} and let T = {A ∈ S : A n(n+1) = I}. Then the number of
n
0 b
100

n=1

⎢⎥
elements in ∩ T n is _____.

Q9. The number of symmetric matrices of order 3, with all the entries from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} is
(1) 6 10
(3) 9 10
(2) 10 6
(4) 10 9
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Q10. The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having enteries from the set (0, 1, 2, 3) such that the sum of all the
diagonal entries of AA T is 9, is equal to

Q11. The number of matrices A = [a b ], where a, b, c, d ∈ {−1, 0, 1, 2, 3, … … , 10}, such that A = A −1 , is

c d
______.

Q12. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix having entries from the set {−1, 0, 1}. The number of all such matrices A having sum
of all the entries equal to 5, is _____

Q13. ⎡1 2 3⎤
Let for A = α 3 1 , |A| = 2. If |2 adj (2 adj (2A))| = 32 n , then 3n + α is equal to
⎣1 1 2⎦
(1) 9 (2) 11
(3) 12 (4) 10

Q14. Let the determinant of a square matrix A of order m be m − n, where m and n satisfy 4m + n = 22 and
17m + 4n = 93. If det(n adj(adj(mA))) = 3 a 5 b 6 c , then a + b + c is equal to
(1) 84 (2) 96
(3) 101 (4) 109

Q15. Let A be a matrix of order 3 × 3 and det(A) = 2. Then det(det (A) adj (5 adj (A 3 )) is equal to _____.
(1) 256 × 10 6 (2) 1024 × 10 6
(3) 512 × 10 6 (4) 256 × 10 11

Q16. Let A and B be two square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = 3 and |B| = 2. Then
A T A(adj(2 A)) −1 (adj(4 B))(adj(AB)) −1 AA T is equal to :
(1) 108 (2) 32


Q17.
(3) 81

(1) 5
(3) 2

(3) 1
⎛

⎝

⎢⎥ 

0 1
⎞
⎠

divided by 9 is equal to __________.

0 1
(2) 83
(4) 64

Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix and det(A) = 2. If n = det adj(adj(. ...(adjA)))) , then the remainder when n is


(4) 4
2024−times

Q18. LetA = [ 1 2]. If A −1 = αI + βA, α, β ∈ R, I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then 4(α − β) is equal to :

−1 4

Q19. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that (A 2 − B 2 ) is invertible matrix. If A 5 = B 5 and
A 3 B 2 = A 2 B 3 , then the value of the determinant of the matrix A 3 + B 3 is equal to :
(1) 2 (2) 4
(4) 0

Q20. If [1 1][1 2][1 3] … . [1 n − 1] = [1 78], then the inverse of [1 n] is:

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
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(1) [1 –12
] (2) [ 1 0
]
0 1 12 1
(3) [ 1 0
] (4) [1 –13
]
13 1 0 1

Q21. ⎡3 −1 −2⎤
Let P = 2 0 α , where α ∈ R. Suppose Q = [q ij ] is a matrix satisfying P Q = kI 3 for
⎣3 −5 0⎦
some non-zero k ∈ R. If q 23 = − k8 and |Q| = k2 , then α 2 + k 2 is equal to_________.
2

Q22. ⎡0 1 0⎤
Let X = 0 0 1 , Y = αl + βX + γX 2 and Z = α 2 I − αβX + (β 2 − αγ)X 2 , α, β, γ ∈ R.
⎣0 0 0⎦
1 −2 1
⎡5 5 5 ⎤
If Y = 0 5
−1 1 −2
5
, then (α − β + γ) 2 is equal to ______.
⎣0 0 1 ⎦
5

Q23. Let A = (2 −2) andB = (−1 2) . Then the number of elements in the set {
1 −1 −1 2
(n, m) : n, m ∈ {1, 2, … … . 10} and nA n + mB m = I } is _____.

Q24. Let M = {A = [a b ] : a, b, c, d ∈ (±3, ±2, ±1, 0)}. Define f : M → Z, as f(A) =det (A), for all A ∈ M
c d
where Z is set of all integers. Then the number of A ∈ M such that f(A) = 15 is equal to .

Q25.

Q26.

Q28.
Let A = [

equal to
(1) 75
(3) 50

(1) 0
(3) −2
⎢⎥1
0 1
1
51
]. If B = [

(a + 1)(a + 2) a + 2 1
The value of (a + 2)(a + 3) a + 3 1 is
(a + 3)(a + 4) a + 4 1

Q27. Let p and p + 2 be prime numbers and let

p! (p + 1)! (p + 2)!
Δ = (p + 1)! (p + 2)! (p + 3)!
(p + 2)! (p + 3)! (p + 4)!
1 2
−1 −1
] A[
−1 −2
1 1
], then the sum of all the elements of the matrix ∑ 50

(2) 125
(4) 100

(2) (a + 2)(a + 3)(a + 4)

(4) (a + 1)(a + 2)(a + 3)

Then the sum of the maximum values of α and β, such that p α and (p + 2) β divide Δ, is _______.

Let A =
⎡[x + 1] [x + 2]
[x]
⎣ [x]
[x + 3]
[x + 2]
[x + 3] ⎤
[x + 3] , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If
[x + 4] ⎦
det (A)= 192, then the set of values of x is in the interval:
n=1 B is
n
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(1) [62, 63) (2) [65, 66)

(3) [60, 61) (4) [68, 69)

Q29. x−2 2x − 3 3x − 4
If Δ = 2x − 3 3x − 4 4x − 5 = Ax 3 + Bx 2 + Cx + D, then B + C is equal to :
3x − 5 5x − 8 10x − 17
(1) −1 (2) 1
(3) −3 (4) 9

Q30. ⎡−2 4+d (sin θ) − 2 ⎤

Let d ∈ R, and A = 1 (sin θ) + 2 d , θ ∈ [0, 2π]. If the minimum value of det(A) is
⎣ 5 (2 sin θ) − d (− sin θ) + 2 + 2d⎦
8, then a value of d is:
(1) 2(√2 + 2) (2) 2(√2 + 1)
(3) −5 (4) −7

Q31. If the system of equations

x + y + az = b
2x + 5y + 2z = 6

(3) 23

∣⎢ ⎥
x + 2y + 3z = 3
has infinitely many solutions, then 2a + 3b is equal to
(1) 25

Q32. For the system of linear equations

2x + 4y + 2az = b
x + 2y + 3z = 4
2x + 5y + 2z = 8
which of the following is NOT correct?
(1) It has unique solution if a = b = 6
(3) It has infinitely many solutions if a = 3, b = 8

Q33. If the system of equations

x + (√2 sin α)y + (√2 cos α)z = 0
x + (cos α)y + (sin α)z = 0
x + (sin α)y − (cos α)z = 0
has a non-trivial solution, then α ∈ (0,
(1) 11π
24
(3) 7π
24
π
2
(2) 20
(4) 28

(2) It has infinitely many solutions if a = 3, b = 6

(4) It has unique solution if a = b = 8

) is equal to :
(2)
(4)

Q34. The ordered pair (a, b), for which the system of linear equations
3x − 2y + z = b
5x − 8y + 9z = 3
2x + y + az = −1
has no solution, is
5π
24
3π
4
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(1) (3, 13 ) (2) (−3, 13 )

(3) (−3, − 13 ) (4) (3, − 13 )

Q35. ⎛1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞ ⎛1⎞ ⎛−1⎞ ⎛0⎞ ⎛1⎞

Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix such that A 1 = 1 ; A 0 = 0 and A 0 = 1 . If
⎝0⎠ ⎝ 0⎠ ⎝1⎠ ⎝ 1 ⎠ ⎝1⎠ ⎝2⎠
⎛4⎞
X = [x 1 x 2 x 3 ] and I is an identity matrix of order 3, then the system (A − 2I)X = 1 has
T

⎝1⎠
(1) no solution (2) infinitely many solutions
(3) unique solution (4) exactly two solutions

⎜⎟
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ANSWER KEYS
1. (6) 2. (2) 3. (25) 4. (1) 5. (4) 6. (2) 7. (1) 8. (100)
9. (2) 10. (766) 11. (50) 12. (414) 13. (2) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (4)
17. (7) 18. (4) 19. (4) 20. (4) 21. (17) 22. (100) 23. (1) 24. (16)
25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (1) 29. (3) 30. (3) 31. (3) 32. (2)
33. (2) 34. (3) 35. (2)

1. (6)
2 −1
P =[ ]
5 −3
5 0 16 −8 −11 8
5I − 8P =[ ]−[ ]=[ ]
0 5 40 −24 −40 29
2 −1 2 −1 −1 1
P 2 =[ ][ ]=[ ]
5 −3 5 −3 −5 4
2 −1 −1 1 3 −2
P 3 =[ ][ ]=[ ]
5 −3 −5 4 10 −7
3 −2 3 −2 −11 8
⇒ P 6 =[ ][ ]=[ ]= P n
10 −7 10 −7 −40 29
⇒n=6
2. (2)

1 −1 β 1
Given A =[ ] and B =[ ], α, β ∈ R,
2 α 1 0
β+1 0
So, A + B =[ ]
3 α
β+1 0 β+1 0
][ ]
2
Now (A + B) =[
3 α 3 α
2
]
(β + 1) 0
=[
3(β + 1)+3α α2
1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 − α
Also, A2 =[ ][ ]=[ ]
2 α 2 α 2 + 2α α2 − 2
2 2
]
2
Now solving (A + B) = A2 +[
2 2
2
]=[
(β + 1) 0 1 −α + 1
⇒[ ]
3(α + β + 1) α 2 2α + 4 α2
Now on comparing both side we get, α = 1 = α1
β 1 β 1 β2 + 1 β
And B2 =[ ][ ]=[ ]
1 0 1 0 β 1
2
Now using (A + B) = B2
(β + 1)2
]
β2 + 1 β 0
⇒[ ]=[
β 1 3(β + 1)+3α α2