Practice Questions

Mathematics, Class XII

Chapter: Matrices and Determinants
1. Construct a matrix A   aij  whose elements aij are given by
22

i  2 j 
2

a) aij  e  c) aij  2i  3 j

2 ix
sin jx . b) aij
2
2. Show that a matrix which is both symmetric and skew symmetric is a zero matrix.
3 1 1 2 1  1
3. If X    and Y   , find a matrix Z such that X  Y  Z is a zero matrix.
 5  2  3 7 2 4 
a  4 3b   2a  2 b2  2 
4. Find values of a and b if A  B where A    and B   .
 8 6  8 b2  5b 
1 3 2  1 
5. Find the value of x if 1 x 1  2 5 1  2   O
15 3 2   x 
1 3 2
6. If A   2 0  1 , then show that A satisfies the equation A3  4 A2  3 A  11I  O .
1 2 3
 2 3
7. Let A    , then show that A2  4 A  7 I  O . Using this result calculate A5 also.
 1 2 
 3  5
8. If A    , then find A2  5 A  14 I . Hence obtain A3 .
 4 2 
0 a 3
9. If the matrix  2 b  1 is a skew symmetric matrix, find the values of a, b and c.
c 1 0 
 cos x sin x 
10. If P  x     , then show that P  x  .P  y   P  x  y   P  y  .P  x  .
  sin x cos x 
 cos  sin  
11. If A    and A1  A , find the value of α.
  sin  cos  
12. Find the matrix A satisfying the following equations:
 2 1   3 2  1 0 
a)   A  
3 2   5  3  0 1
4  4 8 4
  
b) 1 A  1 2 1
  
3   3 6 3 
 2  1  1  8  10

c) 1 0 A   1  2  5 


 3 4   9 22 15 

 cos  sin    cos 2 sin 2 

13. If A    , then show that A2  
  sin  cos     sin 2 cos 2 
 1 5  9 1
14. If A    and B   , find a matrix C such that 3 A  5B  2C is a null matrix
7 12  7 8

15. Show that A′A and AA′ are both symmetric matrices for any matrix A.

16. Express the following matrices as sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices
2 3 1 2 4  6

a) 1  1 2  
b) 7 3 5 
 
 4 1 2 1  2 4 
17. Give an example of matrices A, B and C such that AB = AC, where A is nonzero matrix, but B ≠ C.

18. Show by an example that for A ≠ O, B ≠ O, AB = O.

19. Find inverse of the following matrices, if exists.

 2  1 3  2 3  3 2 0  1

a) 5 3 
1 
b) 1  2 2  c) 5
 1 0 
  
 3 2 3  1 1  1  0 1 3 
1 3 2 0 2 6
a  ib c  id cos15 sin15 
20. Evaluate a) . b) c) 4
 1 2  d) 1
 5 0 
c  id a  ib sin 75 cos 75
3 5 2  3 7 1 
3 x 3 2

x 1 4 1
21. Find x if

22. Find the value of k such that the points are collinear
a) A( ─ 3, 7 ) , B( 7, k) and ( 2, 1 ).
b) A( 1, ─5 ) , B( ─4, 5) and ( k, 7 ).

23. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A (11, 7), B (5, 5) and C (-1, 3)
0 1 2
1 
24. Compute A for the matrix A  1 2 3 

3 1 1 
y  2z  8  0
Hence solve the system of equations: x  2 y  3 z  14  0
3x  y  z  8

0 1 1 
1   1 A2  3I
25. Find A for the matrix A  1 0 1  and show that A 
 2
 1 1 0 
26. Using matrix method solve the following system of equations:
2x  y  z  1
6 x  9 y  20 z  4 3x  2 y  2 z  3
3
a) 4 x  15 y  10 z  1 b) x  2 y  z  c) x  2 y  3z  6
2
2 x  3 y  5 z  1 2x  y  z  2
3 y  5z  9
 1 2 0
  1 1
27. If A  2  1  2 , find A . Using A solve the system of equations
 
 0  1 1
x  2 y  10, 2 x  y  z  8,  2 y  z  7 .
 1  1 2   2 0 1
28. Use product 0
  
2  3  9 2  3  to sole the system of equations

3  2 4  6 1  2 
x  y  2 z  1, 2 y  3z  1, 3x  2 y  4 z  2

 2 2  4  1 1 0

29. Given A  4

2  4  and B   2  3 4  , find BA and use this to solve the system of

 2  1 5  0 1 2 
equations y  2 z  7, x  y  3, 2 x  3 y  4 z  17

30. Prove that ( A 1 )  ( A) 1 , where A is an invertible matrix.

31. Show that the points  a  5, a  4  ,  a  2, a  3 and  a, a  do not lie on a straight line for any value
of a.
32. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply third number by 3 and add second number to it, we get 11.
By adding first and third numbers, we get double of the second number. Represent it algebraically and
find the numbers using matrix method.
33. If A and B are invertible matrices, then prove that  AB 
1
 B 1 A 1 .
3 1
34. If A  
 3 
, find adj A and A adj A .
2
 9 8  2
 8 7 2
1 2 3 
  5 4  1 
35. If A  0  1 4 , find  AT  . (Ans: )
2 2 1

Chapter: Relations and Functions

36. Let A  1, 2,3,........9 and R be the relation in A × A defined by  a, b  R  c, d  if a  d  b  c for
 a, b  ,  c, d   A  A . Prove that R is an equivalence relation and also obtain the equivalence class  2,5  
and 1,3   .
37. Show that the relation R on the set Z of all integers defined by  x, y   R   x  y  is divisible by 3 is
an equivalence relation.
38. Let N be the set of all natural numbers and let R be a relation on N × N, defined by
 a, b  R  c, d   ad  bc for all  a, b  ,  c, d   N  N . Show that R is an equivalence relation. Also, find
the equivalence class  2, 6   .
39. Let N be the set of all natural numbers and let R be a relation on N × N, defined by
 a, b  R  c, d   ad  b  c   bc  a  d  for all  a, b  ,  c, d   N  N . Show that R is an equivalence
relation. Also, find the equivalence class  2, 6   .
40. Let R be the equivalence relation in the set A  0,1, 2,3, 4,5 given by R   a, b  : 2 divides  a  b  .
Write the equivalence class  0 .
41. Let A   1,1 . Then discuss whether the following functions defined on A are one-one onto or bijective.
x
a) f  x   b) g  x   x c) h  x   x x d) k  x   x 2
2
42. Check whether following functions are one-one onto or not?

iii) f  x   9 x 2  6 x  5 , f : R   5,  
x
(i) f  x   , f :RR (ii) f  x   cos x
x 1
2

iv) f  x   5 x 2  6 x  9 , f : R   9,   (R+ is the set of all non-negative real numbers)

v) f  x   4 x 2  12 x  15 , f : N  S where S is the range of S
 x  1, if x is odd
43. Show that f : N  N given by f  x    is both one-one and onto.
 x  1, if x is even
44. Find the number of all one-one functions from set A  a, b, c to itself.

Chapter: Inverse Trigonometric Functions

 7  
45. Find the principal value of tan 1  tan  ( Ans: )
 6  6
 9   1   9 
46. Find the principal values of i) tan 1  tan  ii) cot 1    iii) sec1  sec 
 8   3  5 
  17   3
47. Evaluate: sin  cot 1  cot   . (Ans: )
  3  2
48. Find the domain of the following functions:
b) cos  3x  2 
1
a) sin x  sin 1 x
49. Evaluate: i) sin  sin10  ii) sin  sin 5  iii) cos  cos10 
1 1 1

5
 
50. Find the principal value of cot 1  3  tan 1 1  sec 1 
 2 
 3
 . (Ans:
4
)

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