Probability 1

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MATRICES

Exercise-1 :

1. Find the number of 2 2 matrix satisfying :

2 2 2 2
(i) a ij is 1 or –1 ; (ii) a11  a12  a 21  a 22  2; (iii) a11 a 21  a12 a22  0

2. Find the value of x and y that satisfy the equations.

3 2 x y  3 3 
3 0  x x   3 y 3 y
2 4    10 10 
 

3. Let A  a b  and B   p  0. Such that AB  B and a  d  5050. Find the value of ( ad  bc ).
c d   q  0

4. Define A  0 1. Find a vertical vector V such that ( A 8  A 6  A 4  A 2  I )V   0 

3 0 11
(where I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix).

1 0 2
5. If, A  0 2 1, then show that the matrix A is a root of the polynomial f (x )  x 3  6x 2  7x  2.
2 0 3

6. If the matrices A  1 2 and B  a b  (a, b, c, d not all simultaneously zero) commute, find
3 4 c d 
d b
the value of . Also show that the matrix which commutes with A is of the form
a  cb
   2 / 3.
   
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7. If a b  is an idempotent matrix. Find the value of f ( a ), where f (x )  x  x 2 , when bc  1/ 4.

c 1 a
Hence otherwise evaluate a.

1 1
8. If the matrix A is involuntary, show that ( I  A ) and ( I  A ) are idempotent and
2 2
1 1
(I  A )  ( I  A )  O.
2 2

9. Show that the matrix A  1 0 can be decomposed as a sum of a unit and a nilpotent matrix.
2 1
2007
Hence evaluate the matrix 1 0 .
2 1

1 x 1  3 3 z 
10. Given matrices A  x 2 y ; B  3 2 3
1 y 3  z 3 1 
Obtain x, y and z if the matrix AB is symmetric.

 0 1 1
11. Let X be the solution set of the equation A x  I , where A  4 3 4  and I is the
 3 3 4 
corresponding unit matrix and x  N , then find the minimum value of
 (cos x   sin x  ),   R.

 3 a 1  d 3 a 
12. A   2 5 c  is Symmetric and B   b  a e 2b  c  is Skew Symmetric, then find AB.
b 8 2   2 6  f 
  
Is AB a symmetric, Skew Symmetric or neither of them. Justify your answer.

13. A is a square matrix of order n.

I  maximum number of distinct entries if A is a triangular matrix
m  maximum number of distinct entries if A is a diagonal matrix
p  minimum number of zeroes if A is a triangular matrix
If I  5  p  2m, find the order of the matrix.

14. If A is an idempotent non zero matrix and I is an identity matrix of the same order, find the
value of n, n  N , such that ( A  I ) n  I  127 A.
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15. Consider the two matrices A and B where A   1 2; B   5 . If n( A ) denotes the number of
4 3 3
elements in A such that n( XY )  0, when the two matrices X and Y are not conformable for
 n(C ) ( | D 2 | n( D )) 
multiplication. If C  ( AB )( B A ); D  (B A )( AB ) then, find the value of  .
 n( A )  n( B ) 


Exercise-2 :

1. A 33 is a matrix such that | A |  a, B  ( adj A ) such that | B |  b. Find the value of ( ab 2  a 2 b  1) S
1 a a2 a3
where S    ..... up to , and a  3.
2 b b3 b5

 4 4 5 
2. For the matrix A  2 3 3 find A 2 .
 3 3 4 

1 1 1
3. Given A  2 4 1 , B  2 3. Find P such that BPA  1 0 1 .
3 4 0 1 0
2 3 1
1 3 5 
4. Given the matrix A   1 3 5 and X be the solution set of the equation A x  A , where
1 3 5 
 x 3  1
x  N {1}. Evaluate  
 x 3 1
 where the continued product extends x  X .
 

cos x  sin x 0
5. If F ( x )  sin x cos x 0 then show that F ( x ). F ( y )  F (x  y ) .
 0 0 1
Hence prove that [ F ( x )] 1  F (x ).

6. Use matrix to solve the following system of equations.

x y z 3 x y z 3 x y z 3
(i) x  2 y  3z  4 (ii) x  2 y  3z  4 (iii) x  2 y  3z  4
x  4 y  9z  6 2x  3 y  4 z  7 2x  3 y  4 z  9

7. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that a11  a 33  2 and all the other a ij  1. Let A 1  xA 2  yA  zI
then find the value of ( x  y  z ) where I is a unit matrix of order 3.
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8. Find the matrix A satisfying the matrix equation, 2 1  A  3 2   2 4 .

3 2 5 3 3 1

9. If A  k m and kn  lm; then show that A 2  ( k  n )A  ( kn  lm) I  O. Hence find A 1 .

 l n 

10. Given A  2 1 ; B  9 3. I is a unit matrix of order 2. Find all possible matrix X in the
2 1 3 1
following cases :
(i) AX  A (ii) XA  I (iii) XB  O but BX  O

11. If A  1 2 then, find a non-zero square matrix X of order 2 such that AX  O. Is XA  O.

2 4
If A  1 2 , is it possible to find a square matrix X such that AX  O. Give reasons for it.
2 3
3 2 1  x   b 
12. Determine the values of a and b for which the system 5 8 9  y   3 
2 1 a  z  1
(i) has a unique solution; (ii) has no solution and (iii) has infinitely many solutions.

x x2 
13. If A  1 2 ; B  3 1 ; C  1 2 and X   1 then solve the following matrix equation.
3 4 1 0 2 4 x 3 x4 
(a) AX  B  I (b) ( B  I )X  IC (c) CX  A

14. If A is an orthogonal matrix and B  AP where P is a non singular matrix, then show that the
matrix PB 1 is also orthogonal.

15. Consider the matrices A  3 4 and B  a b and let P be any orthogonal matrix and
1 1 0 1
Q  PAP T and R  P T Q K P also S  PBP T and T  P T S K P
Column I Column II
(A) If we vary K from 1 to n then the first row (P) G.P. with common ratio a
first column elements at R will form
(B) If we vary K from 1 to n then the 2nd row 2nd (Q) A.P. with common difference 2
column elements at R will form
(C) If we vary K from 1 to n then the first row first (R) G.P. with common ratio b
column elements of T will form
(D) If we vary K from 3 to n then the first row 2nd column (S) A. P. with common difference – 2
elements of T will represent the sum of
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Exercise-3 : JEE Advanced Previous Years Questions

a b c
1. If matrix A  b c a where a, b, c are real positive numbers, abc  1 and A T A  I , then find
c a b
the value of a 3  b 3  c3. [JEE 2003, Mains-2 out of 60]

2. If A   2  and | A 3 |  125, then   [JEE 2004(Scr)]

 2  
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 0

3. If M is a 3 × 3 matrix, where M T M  I and det ( M )  1, then prove that det(M  I )  0.

[JEE 2004, 2 out of 60]
2
a 1 0  a 1 1 f a x
4. A  1 b d  , B   0 d c  ,U   g  ,V   0  , X   y .
1 b c   f g h  h  0  z 
 
If AX  U has infinitely many solution, then prove that BX  V cannot have a unique solution. If
further afd  0, then prove that BX  V has no solution. [JEE 2004, 4 out of 60]

1 0 0 1 0 0 1
5. A  0 1 1 , I  0 1 0 and A 1   ( A 2  cA  dI ) , then the value of c and d are :

6 
0 2 4 0 0 1

[JEE 2005(Scr)]

(A) –6, –11 (B) 6, 11 (C) –6, 11 (D) 6, – 11

 1/ 2  , A  1 1 and Q  PAP T and x  P T Q 2005 P , then x is equal to :

6. If P   3 / 2
 1/ 2 3 / 2 0 1

[JEE 2005 (Screening)]

 6015 
(A) 1 2005 (B) 4  2005 3
0 1   2005 4  2005 3
1 1  1 
(C) 2  3 (D)  2005 2  3
4  1 2  3 4 2  3 2005 
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Comprehension (3 questions) [JEE 2006, 5 marks each]

1 0 0 1 2 2
7. A  2 1 0 ,U 1 ,U 2 and U 3 are columns matrices satisfying. AU1  0 ; AU 2  3 , AU 3  3
3 2 1 0 0 1
and U is 3 × 3 matrix whose columns are U 1 ,U 2 ,U 3 , then answer the following questions :
(a) The value of |U | is :
(A) 3 (B) – 3 (C) 3/2 (D) 2

(b) The sum of elements of U –1 is :

(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3

3
(c) The value of [ 3 2 0]U 2 is :
0
(A) 5 (B) 5/2 (C) 4 (D) 3/2

8. Match the Statements / Expressions in Column-I with the Statements / Expressions in

Column-II and indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix
given in OMR.
Column-I Column-II
x 2  2x  4
(A) The minimum value of is (P) 0
x2
(B) Let A and B be 3 × 3 matrices of real numbers, (Q) 1
where A is symmetric, B is skew-symmetric, and
( A  B ) ( A  B )  ( A  B ) ( A  B ). If ( AB ) t  ( 1) k AB , where ( AB ) t
is the transpose of the matrix AB, then the possible values of k are
a
(C) Let a  log 3 log 3 2. An integer k satisfying 1  2(  k  3 )
 2, must be (R)2
less than
1 
(D) If sin   cos  then the possible values of       are (S) 3
 2
[JEE 2008, 6]
Paragraph for Question Nos. 9 to 11
Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of
these entries are 1 and four of them are 0. [JEE-2009]
9. The number of matrices in A is :
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 3
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 x  1
10. The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations A  y  0 has a unique
 z  0
solution, is
(A) less than 4 (B) at least 4 but less than 7
(C) at least 7 but less than 10 (D) at least 10

 x  1
11. The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations A  y  0 is
 z  0
inconsistent, is :
(A) 0 (B) more than 2 (C) 2 (D) 1

12. The number of 3 × 3 matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the system
 x  1
A  y  0 has exactly two distinct solutions, is : [JEE-2010]
 z  0
(A) 0 (B) 29 – 1 (C) 168 (D) 2

Paragraph for Questions 13 to 15

Let P be an odd prime number and T p be the following set of 2 × 2 matrices :
TP   A  a b ; a, b, c {012
, , .... P  1}
 
 c a 
 
13. The number of A in T p such that A is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both, and det( A )
divisible by p is :
(A) ( p 1) 2 (B) 2( p  1) (C) ( p  1)2  1 (D) 2 p  1

14. The number of A in T p such that the trace of A is not divisible by p but det( A ) is divisible by p is
[Note : The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
(A) ( p  1)( p 2  p  1) (B) p 3  ( p  1)2 (C) ( p 1)2 (D) ( p  1)( p 2  2)

15. The number of A in T p such that det( A ) is not divisible by p is : [JEE-2010]

2 3 3
(A) 2 p (B) p  5 p (C) p  3 p (D) p  p 2
3

Paragraph for question nos. 16 to 18

1 9 7
Let a, b and c be three real numbers satisfying [ a b c]8 2 7  [ 000] .......( E ) [JEE-2011]
7 3 7
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16. 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

17. Let be a solution of x 3  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

18. Let b  6, with a and c satisfying ( E ). If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation
 n
2  1 1
ax  bx  c  0, then     is :
 
n  0
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 6/7 (D) 

19. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew symmetric matrices such that MN  NM . If P T
denotes the transpose of P, then M 2 N 2 ( M T N ) 1 ( MN 1 )T is equal to : [JEE-2011]
(A) M 2 (B) N 2 (C) M 2 (D) MN

20. Let   1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form
 1 a b
  1 c , where each of a, b and c is either  or 2 . Then the number of distinct matrices in
2  1
the set S is : [JEE-2011]
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8

21. Let M be a 3 × 3 matrix satisfying [JEE-2011]

0 1  1   1  1  0 
M 1   2  , M 1   1  ,and M 1   0 
0  3   0  1 1 12
Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is :

22. Let P  [ aij ] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q  [ bij ] where bij  2i  j a ij for 1  i , j  3. If the
determinant of P is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q is : [JEE-2012]
(A) 210 (B) 211 (C) 212 (D) 213
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23. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that P T  2P  I , where P T is the transposes of P and I is the 3 × 3

 x  0
identity matrix, then there exists a column matrix X   y  0 such that [JEE-2012]
 z  0
0
(A) PX  0 (B) PX  X (C) PX  2X (D) PX   X
0

1 4 4
24. If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is 2 1 7, then the possible value(s) of the determinant of P
1 1 3
is (are): [JEE-2012]
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

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

26. 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 non-zero entries in the main diagonal
(D) the product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer

27. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 matrices such that MN  NM . Further, if M  N 2 and M 2  N 4 , then
(A) determinant of ( M 2  MN 2 ) is 0 [JEE Advanced 2014]
(B) there is a 3 × 3 non-zero matrix U such that ( M 2  MN 2 )U is the zero matrix
(C) determinant of (M 2  MN 2 )  1
(D) for a 3 × 3 matrix U, if ( M 2  MN 2 )U equals the zero matrix then U is the zero matrix

28. 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 3 Z 4  Z 4Y 3 (B) X 44  Y 44 (C) X 4 Z 3  Z 3 X 4 (D) X 23  Y 23
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3 1 2
29. Let P  2 0   , where  R. Suppose Q  [ q ij ] is a matrix such that PQ  kI , where
3 5 0 
k k2
k  R , k  0 and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q 23   and det(Q )  , then :
8 2
[JEE Advanced 2016]
(A)   0, k  8 (B) 4  k  8  0
(C) det(Padj(Q ))  29 (D) det(Q adj ( P ))  213

 1 0 0
30. Let P   4 1 0 and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q  [ q ij ] is a matrix such that
16 4 1
q  q 32
P 50  Q  I , then 31 equals : [JEE Advanced 2016]
q 21
(A) 52 (B) 103 (C) 201 (D) 205

 1   2  x   1 
31. For a real number , if the system   1    y  1 of linear equations, has infinitely
 2  1   z   1 

many solutions, then 1    2  [JEE Advanced 2017]

32. Which of the following is (are) NOT the square of a 3 × 3 matrix with real entries ?
[JEE-Advanced-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

 b1 
33. Let S be the set of all column matrices b2  such that b1 , b2 , b3  R and the system of equations
b3 
(in real variables)
x  2 y  5z  b1
2x  4 y  3z  b2
x  2 y  2z  b3
has at least one solution. Then, which of the following system(s) (in real variables) has (have)
b1 
at least one solution for each b2   S ? [JEE Advanced 2018]
b3 

(A) x  2 y  3z  b1 , 4 y  5z  b2 and x  2 y  6z  b3
Matrices 11

(B) x  y  3z  b1 , 5x  2 y  6z  b2 and 2x  y  3z  b3

(C) x  2 y  5z  b1 , 2x  4 y  10z  b2 and x  2 y  5z  b3
(D) x  2 y  5z  b1 , 2x  3z  b2 and x  4 y  5z  b3

34. 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 ______. [JEE Advanced 2018]

4
35.

Let M   sin  1 sin 2   I  M 1
2
1 cos  cos 4  
where    (  ) and   (  ) are real numbers, and I is the 2 × 2 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 : [JEE Advanced 2019]
29 37 17 31
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
16 16 16 16

0 1 a 1 1 1
36. Let M  1 2 3 and adj M   8 6 2 
3 b 1 5 3 1
where a and b are real numbers. Which of the following options is/are correct?
[JEE Advanced 2019]
   1
(A) ( adj M ) 1  adj M 1  M (B) If M     2 , then       3
   3
(C) det(adj M 2 )  81 (D) a  b  3

37. Let x  R and let

1 1 1 2 x x
P  0 2 2 , Q  0 4 0 and R  PQP 1 .
0 0 3 x x 6
Then which of the following options is/are correct? [JEE Advanced 2019]
(A) There exists a real number x such that PQ  QP
2 x x
(B) det R  det 0 4 0  8, for all x  R
x x 5
 1  1
(C) For x  0, if R a  6 a , then a  b  5
b b
12 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

  0
(D) For x  1, there exists a unit vector i  j  k for which R    0
   0
38. Let
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
P1  I  0 1 0 , P2  0 0 1 , P3  1 0 0 ,
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
P4  0 0 1 , P5  1 0 0 , P6  0 1 0
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 2 1 3 T
and X   Pk 13 0 2 Pk
k 1  2 1
where PkT denotes the transpose of the matrix Pk . Then which of the following options is/are
correct? [JEE Advanced 2019]
(A) X  30I is an invertible matrix (C) X is a symmetric matrix
1 1
(C) If X 1   1 , then   30 (D) The sum of diagonal entries of X is 18
1 1

39. 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 ?
[JEE Advanced 2020]
2
(A) M  I (B) det M  I (C) M  I (D) (adj M )2  I

40. The trace of a square matrix is defined to be 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 A 3 is – 18, then the value of the determinant
of A is _____ [JEE Advanced 2020]

41. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let | M | denote the determinant of M. Let

1 2 3  1 0 0 1 3 2 
E  2 3 4  , P  0 0 1 and F  8 18 13
8 13 18 0 1 0 2 4 3 
If Q is a nonsingular matrix of order 3 × 3, then which of the following statements is (are)
TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2021]
1 0 0
(A) F  PEP and P 2  0 1 0
0 0 1
(B) [ EQ  PFQ 1 ]  | EQ |  | PFQ 1 |
(C) |( EF )3 | | EF |2
Matrices 13

(D) Sum of the diagonal entries of P 1 EP  F is equal to the sum of diagonal entries of
E  P 1 FP

42. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let | M | denote the determinant of M. Let I be the 3 × 3 identity matrix.
Let E and F be two 3 × 3 matrices such that ( I  EF ) is invertible. If G  ( I  EF )1 , then which
of the following statements is (are) TRUE? [JEE Advanced 2021]
(A) | FE | | I  FE || FGE | (B) ( I  FE )( I  FGE )  I
(C) EFG  GEF (D) ( I  FE )( I  FGE )  I

 
43. Let|M |denote the determinant of a square matrix M. Let g : 0,  R be the function defined
 2 
by

g ( )  f ( )  1  f      1
2 
where
 
sin  cos    tan   
 4  4
1 1 sin  1   4
sin   sin   

f( )   sin  1  cos log e  
2 1  sin  1  4 2  
 
cot   
 
log e   tan 
 4  4
Let p( x ) be a quadratic polynomial whose roots are the maximum and minimum values of the
function g( ), and p( 2)  2  2. Then, which of the following is/are TRUE ?
[JEE Advanced 2022]
3 2 1  3 2 
(A) p 0
 (B) p 0

 4   4 
 5 2 1 5 2
(C) p 0 (D) p 0
 4   4 


44. Let  be a real number. Consider the matrix [JEE Advanced 2022]
 0 1 
A   2 1 2.
 3 1 2
 
If A 7  (  1)A 6  A 5 is a singular matrix, then the value of 9 is ________.

45. Let M  ( a ij ), i, j {1, 2, 3}, be the 3 × 3 matrix such that a ij  1if j  1is divisible by i, otherwise a ij  0.
Then which of the following statements is (are) true ?
14 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

[JEE Advanced 2023]

(A) M is invertible
 a1   a1   a1 
(B) There exists a nonzero column matrix  a 2  such that M  a 2    a2 
     
 a3   a 3   a3 
 0
(C) The set {X  R 3 : MX  0}  {0}, where 0   0
 0
 
(D) The matrix ( M  2I ) is invertible, where I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix

 a 3 b  
46. Let R   c 2 d : a, b, c, d  {0, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}. Then the number of invertible matrix in R is
 0 5 0  
[JEE Advanced 2023]

 0 1 c 
47. Let S   A   1 a d : a, b, c, d , e {0, 1} and | A | {1, 1} , where | A | denotes the determinant of A.
 1 b e 
 
Then the number of elements in S is_____ [JEE Advanced 2024]

48. Let  and  be the distinct roots of the equation x 2  x  1  0. Consider the set T  {1,  , }. For a 3 × 3
matrix M  ( a ij )33 , define R i  a i1  a i 2  a i 3 and C j  a1 j  a2 j  a 3 j for i  1, 2, 3 and j  1, 2, 3
[JEE Advanced 2024]
List-I List-II

(P) The number of matrices M = (aij)3×3 with all entries in T such that (1) 1
Ri = C j = 0 for all i, j, is

(Q) The number of symmetric matrices M = (aij)3×3 with all entries in (2) 12
T such that Cj = 0 for all j, is

(R) Let M = (aij)3×3 be a skew symmetric matrix such that aij  T for (3) infinite
i > j. Then the number of elements in the set

 x   x   a12 
     
 y  : x, y , z  R, M  y    0  is
 z   z    a 
     23 
(S) Let M = (aij)3×3 be a be a matrix with all entries in T such that Ri = 0 (3) 6
for all i. Then the absolute value of the determinant of M is

(5) 0

The correct options is

Matrices 15

(A) (P)  (4); (Q)  (2); (R)  (5); (S)  (1)

(B) (P)  (2); (Q)  (4); (R)  (1); (S)  (5)
(C) (P)  (2); (Q)  (4); (R)  (3); (S)  (5)
(D) (P)  (1); (Q)  (5); (R)  (3); (S)  (4)
16 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

Exercise-4 : JEE Main Previous Years Questions

1. If A and B are square matrices of size n  n such that A 2  B 2  ( A  B )( A  B ), then which of the
following will be always true ? [AIEEE 2006]
(1) AB  BA (2) Either of A or B is a zero matrix
(3) Either of A or B is an identity matrix (4) A  B

2. Let A   1 2  and B   a 0 , a, b  N . Then : [AIEEE 2006]

 3 4  0 b
(1) there exist more than one but finite number of B ' s such that AB  BA
(2) there exist exactly one B such that AB  BA
(3) there exist infinitely many B ' s such that AB  BA
(4) there cannot exist any B such that AB  BA

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

4. Let A be a square matrix all of whose entries are integers. Then which one of the following is
true ? [AIEEE 2008]
–1
(1) If det A  1, then A exists and all its entries are non-integers
(2) If det A  1, then A –1 exists and all its entries are integers
(3) If det A  1, then A –1 need not exist
(4) If det A  1, then A –1 exists but all its entries are not necessarily integers

Directions : Question number 5-6 is Assertion-Reason type question. This question contains
two statements: Statement-1 (Assertion) and Statement-2 (reason).This questions also has
four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select the correct
choice.

5. 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 A 2  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 true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-1
Matrices 17

(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

6. 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 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. The number of 3 × 3 non-singular matrices with four entries as 1 and all other entries as 0 is :
[AIEEE 2010]
(1) at least 7 (2) less than 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

8. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with non-zero entries and let A 2  I , where I is a 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 false, Statement 2 is true.
(2) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 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.

9. 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 with B is commutative.
(1) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
(2) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 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.
18 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

1 0 0  1  0
10. Let A  2 1 0. If u1 and u 2 are column matrices such that Au1   0 and Au 2   1, then
3 2 1  0  0
   
u1  u 2 is equal to : [AIEEE 2012]
 1  1  1  1
(1)  1  (2)  1  (3)  1 (4)  1
 0  1  0  1
       

11. Let P and Q be 3 × 3 matrices P  Q. If P 3  Q 3 and P 2Q  Q 2 P, then determinant of ( P 2  Q 2 )

is equal to : [AIEEE 2012]
(1) –2 (2) 1 (3) 0 (4) –1

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

13. If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that AA  A A and B  A 1 A , then BB equals :
[JEE Main 2014]
1 1
(1) ( B ) (2) I  B (3) I (4) B

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

15. If A  5a b and A adj A  AA T , then 5a  b is equal to : [JEE Main 2016]
 3 2 
(1) –1 (2) 5 (3) 4 (4) 13

16. If A   2 3 , then adj ( 3A 2  12A ) is equal to : [JEE Main 2017]

4 1 
(1) 51 84 (2)  72 63 (3)  72 84 (4)  51 63
63 72 84 51  63 51  84 72

17. Let A be a matrix such that A  1 2 is a scalar matrix and |3A |  108. Then A 2 equals :
0 3
[JEE Main 2018]
Matrices 19

(1) 4 32 (2)  36 0 (3)  4 0 (4) 36 32

0 36  32 4 32 36  0 4 

18. Suppose A is any 3 × 3 non-singular matrix and ( A  3I ) ( A  5I )  O, where I  I 3 and O  O 3 . If

  A 1  4I , then    is equal to : [JEE Main 2018]
(1) 8 (2) 7 (3) 13 (4) 12

1 0 0
19. Let A  1 1 0 and B  A 20 . Then the sum of the elements of the first column of B is
1 1 1
[JEE Main 2018]
(1) 211 (2) 210 (3) 231 (4) 251

1 0 0 q  q 31
20. Let P  3 1 0 and Q  [ q ij ] be two 3 × 3 matrices such that Q  P 5  I 3 . Then 21 is
9 3 1 q 32
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 135 (2) 15 (3) 10 (4) 9

 0 2q r 
21. Let A   p q r. If AA T  I 3 , then p is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
 p q r 
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 2 5 6


22. If A  cos   sin , then the matrix A 50 when   , is equal to:
sin  cos   12
[JEE Main Online 2019]
 3 1   3 1  1 3  1 3
    2  2 
(1)  2 2  
(2)  2 2 
(3)  2 2  (4) 
   
 1 3  1 3  3 1   3 1 
 2 2   2 2   2 2   2 2 

23. Let A   cos   sin  , (   R ) such that A 32   0 1. Then a value of  is :
 sin  cos   1 0 
[JEE Main Online 2019]
  
(1) (2) (3) 0 (4)
16 32 64
20 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

1 1 1
24. Let the numbers 2, b, c be in an A.P. and A  2 b c . If det( A ) [ 2, 16], then c lies in the
4 b 2 c 2 
interval : [JEE Main Online 2019]
3/4 3/4
(1) [2, 3) (2) [4, 6] (3) (2 + 2 , 4) (4) [3, 2 + 2 ]

25. 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  0 1  0 1
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(1)  1 0 (2)  1 0 (3) 1 13 (4) 1 12
12 1 13 1 0 1  0 1 

 0 2y 1 
26. The total number of matrices A   2x y 1, ( x, y  R , x  y ) for which A T A  3I 3 is :
 2x  y 1 
 
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 2 (2) 6 (3) 3 (4) 4

27. If A is a symmetric matrix and B is a skew symmetric matrix such that A  B  2 3 , then AB
5 1
is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 4 2 (2) 4 2 (3)  4 2 (4) 4 2
1 4  1 4 1 4  1 4 

 5 2 1 
28. If B   0 2 1  is the inverse of a 3 × 3 matrix A, then the sum of all values of  for which
 3 1
det ( A )  1  0, is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) –1 (4) 2

1 1 1
1 
29. Let  be a root of the equation x 2  x  1  0 and the matrix A  1   2  , then the matrix
3 1  2  4 
 
A 31 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2020]
(1) A 2 (2) I 3 (3) A (4) A 3

1 1 2 | adj B |
30. If the matrices A  1 3 4 , B  adj A and C  3A, then is equal to :
1 1 3 |C |
[JEE Main Online 2020]
(1) 16 (2) 72 (3) 2 (4) 8
Matrices 21

31. Let A  [ a ij ] and B  [ bij ] be two 3×3 real matrices such that bij  ( 3) ( i  j  2) a ij , where i , j  12
, ,3.
If the determinant of B is 81, then the determinant of A is :
[JEE Main Online 2020]
(1) 3 (2) 1/81 (3) 1/3 (4) 1/9

32. If A   2 2  and I   1 0, then 10A 1 is equal is : [JEE Main Online 2020]
 9 4  0 1
(1) A  4I (2) 6I  A (3) A  6I (4) 4I  A

33. If for the matrix, A   1   , AA T  I 2 , then the value of  4   4 is:

  
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) 4

34. Let A and B be 3 × 3 real matrices such that A is symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric
matrix. Then the system of linear equations ( A 2 B 2  B 2 A 2 ) X  0, where X is a 3 ×1 column
matrix of unknown variable and O is a 3 × 1 null matrix has :
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) exactly two solutions (2) no solution
(3) infinitely many solutions (4) unique solution

35. Let A be a symmetrical matrix of order 2 with integer entries. If the sum of the diagonal
elements of A 2 is 1, then the possible number of such matrices is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 12 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 1

36. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix with det ( A )  4. Let R i denote the i th row of A. If a matric B is obtained
by performing the operation R 2  2R 2  5R 3 on 2A, then det( B ) is equal to:
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 64 (2) 128 (3) 80 (4) 16

37. Define a relation R over a class of n  n real matrices A and B as " ARB iff there exists a
non-singular matrix P such that PAP –1  B". Then which of the following is true?
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
(2) R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
(3) R is an equivalence relation
(4) R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
22 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

38. Let A   i i , i  1. Then, the system of linear equations A 8  x    8  has :
i i   y 64
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) A unique solution (2) Infinitely many solutions
(3) No solution (4) Exactly two solutions

 1 2 0 2 1 5
39. Let A  2B   6 3 3 and 2A  B  2 1 6. If Tr( A ) denotes the sum of all diagonal
5 3 1 0 1 2
elements of the matrix A, then Tr( A )  Tr( B ) has value equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 3

40. If x, y. z are in arithmetic progression with common difference d , x  3d , and the determinant of
3 4 2 x 
the matrix 4 5 2 y is zero, then the value of k 2 is :
5 k z 
 
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 72 (2) 12 (3) 36 (4) 6

41. Let A  2 3 , a  R be written as P  Q where P is a symmetric matrix and Q is skew symmetric

a 0
matrix. If det(Q )  9, then the modulus of the sum of all possible values of determinant of P is
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 36 (2) 24 (3) 18 (4) 45

42. 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 :
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 4
43. Let A   1 2  1
. If A  I  A ,  , , R , I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then 4(   ) is equal to :
1 4
[JEE Main Online 2021]
8
(1) (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 5
3

44. Let A  [ a ij ] be a real matrix of order 3 × 3, such that a i 1  a i 2  a i 3  1, for i  1, 2, 3. Then, the
sum of all the entries of the matrix A 3 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 1 (2) 9 (3) 3 (4) 2
Matrices 23

1 0
45. If P   1 , then P 50 is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
1
 2 
(1)  1 0 (2) 1 25 (3) 1 50 (4)  1 0
25 1 0 1  0 1  50 1

 1 0 0
46. Let A   0 1 1. Then A 2025  A 2020 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 1 0 0
 
(1) A 6 (2) A 5  A (3) A 5 (4) A 6  A

47. If the matrix A   0 2  satisfies A ( A 3  3I )  2I , then the value of K is :

K 1
[JEE Main Online 2021]
1 1
(1) (2) –1 (3)  (4) 1
2 2

 1 2 
 
48. If A   5 5  , B   1 0, i  1 and Q  A T BA, then the inverse of the matrix A Q 2021 A T is
 2 1   i 1
 
 5 5
equal to: [JEE Main Online 2021]
 1 2021

1 2021i 
(1)  1 0
 (2)  5  (3)  1 0
 (4) 
 2021i 1  2021 1   2021i 1 0 1 
 
 5 

49. The number of elements in the set [JEE Main Online 2021]
 A   a b : a, b, d  {101 3 3
, , }and (I – A )  I  A , where 1 is 2 × 2 identity matrix, is______.
 0 d
   

 1 1 0 
50. Let A   0 1 1 and B  7A 20  20A 7  2I , where I is an identify matrix of order 3 × 3. If
0 0 1 
 
B  [bij ], then b13 is equal to_________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

51. Let A  {a ij } be a 3 × 3 matrix, where

 ( 1) j i if i  j,

a ij   2 if i  j,
 ( 1) i  j if i  j,
then det( 3Adj (2A 1 )) is equal to ___________. [JEE Main Online 2021]
24 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

0 1 0
52. Let A  1 0 0. Then the number of 3 × 3 matrices B with entries from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
0 0 1
and satisfying AB  BA is___________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

1 1 1
53. If A  0 1 1 and M  A  A 2  A 3 ..... A 20 , then the sum of all the elements of the matrix M
0 0 1
is equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

54. The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having entries from the set {0, 1, 2, 3} such that the sum
of all the diagonal entries of AA T is 9, is equal to _____. [JEE Main Online 2021]

a b
55. Let A   1  and B   1  be two 2 × 1 matrices with real entries such that A  XB, where
a 2  b2 
1 1 1 2
X  and k  R. If a12  a 22  ( b12  b22 ) and ( k 2  1)b22  2b1 b2 , then the value of k is :
3 1 k  3
[JEE Main Online 2021]

56. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P  2 1. Then the value of n  N for which
2 3
n
P  5I  8P is equal to ______ . [JEE Main Online 2021]

57. Let A  a b  and B     0 such that AB  B and a  d  2021, then the value of ad  bc is
c d     0
equal to _____ . [JEE Main Online 2021]

3 1 2
58. Let P  2 0   where  R. Suppose Q  [q ij ] is a matrix satisfying PQ  kI 3 for some
3 5 0 
k k2
non-zero k  R. If q 23   and |Q |  , then  2  k 2 is equal to__________.
8 2
[JEE Main Online 2021]

   
 0  tan 
 2  and ( I  A )( I  A ) 1  a b , then 13( a 2  b 2 ) is equal to ____ .
59. If A    2 2
 
tan    b a 
0
  2  
[JEE Main Online 2021]
Matrices 25

60. Let M be any 3 × 3 matrix with entries from the set {0,1, 2}. The maximum number of such
matrices, for which the sum of diagonal elements of M T M is seven, is________.
[JEE Main Online 2021]

x y z
61. Let A   y z x  where x, y and z are real numbers such that x  y  z  0 and xyz  2 . If
 z x y
A  I 3 , then the value of x 3  y 3  z 3 is ___________ .
2
[JEE Main Online 2021]

1 0 0  1 0 0
62. If the matrix A  0 2 0  satisfies the equation A 20  A 19  A  0 4 0 for some real
3 0 1 0 0 1
numbers  and , then    is equal to ______. [JEE Main Online 2021]

63. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 non-zero real matrices such that AB is a zero matrix. Then :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) The system of linear equations AX  0 has a unique solution
(2) The system of linear equations AX  0 has infinitely many solutions
(3) B is an invertible matrix
(4) adj ( A ) is an invertible matrix

64. Let A   4 2. If A 2  a  18I  O , then det ( A ) is equal to ____.

  
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) –18 (2) 18 (3) –50 (4) 50

65. Let A   1 2 . Let  ,   R be such that A 2  A  2I . Then    is equal to :

 2 5
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) –10 (2) –6 (3) 6 (4) 10

1  92 102 112 

66. Let A  1 and B   122 132 14 2 , then the value of A BA is :
1 152 162 172 
 
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 1224 (2) 1042 (3) 540 (4) 539

67. Let A and B be any two 3 × 3 symmetric and skew symmetric matrices respectively. Then
which of the following is NOT true? [JEE Main Online 2022]
26 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

(1) A 4  B 4 is a symmetric matrix (2) AB  BA is a symmetric matrix

5 5
(3) B  A is a skew-symmetric matrix (4) AB  BA is a skew-symmetric matrix

68. Which of the following matrices can NOT be obtained from the matrix 1 2  by a single
 1 1
elementary row operation? [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1)  0 1  (2)  1 1  (3)  1 2  (4) 1 2
1 1 1 2  2 7 1 3

0 1 0
69. Let the matrix A  0 0 1 and the matrix B 0  A 49  2A 98 . If B n  Adj (B n 1 ) for all n  1, then
1 0 0
det(B 4 ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
28 30 32 36
(1) 3 (2) 3 (3) 3 (4) 3

70. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with det ( A ) = – 1 and det(( A  I )( adj ( A )  I ))  4. Then the sum of the
diagonal elements of A can be : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) –1 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4)  2

71. Let A be a matrix of order 3 × 3 and det ( A ) = 2. Then det(det( A )adj ( 5adj ( A 3 )) is equal to
_____.
[JEE Main Online 2022]
6 6 6 11
(1) 512 × 10 (2) 256 × 10 (3) 1024 × 10 (4) 256 × 10

72. Let A  [ a ij ] be a square matrix of order 3 such that a ij  2 j i , for all i , j  1, 2, 3. Then, the matrix
A 2  A 3 ...... A 10 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
 310  3   310  1  310  1  310  3 
(1)  A (2)  A (3)  A (4)  
  2   2   2 A
 2       

73. Let A   2 1. If B  I  5C1 (adjA )  5C 2 ( adjA ) 2 ..... 5C 5 ( adjA )5 , then the sum of all
0 2 
elements of the matrix B is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) –5 (2) –6 (3) –7 (4) –8

74. Let A be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix. If | adj( 24 A )| | adj( 3 adj( 2A ))| , then | A |2 is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
6 12 6
(1) 6 (2) 2 (3) 2 (4) 1
Matrices 27

1
75. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 matrices such that AB  I and | A |  . Then | adj ( Badj ( 2A ))| is equal to :
8
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 16 (2) 32 (3) 64 (4) 128

10 10
76. Let A  0 2. If M and N are two matrices given by M   A 2k and N   A 2k 1 , then MN 2
2 0  k 1 k 1
is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) a non-identity symmetric matrix
(2) a skew-symmetric matrix
(3) neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix
(4) an identity matrix

 1 0 a
77. Lets { n : 1  n  50 and n is odd}. Let a  S and A   1 1 0. If
a 0 1

det( adjA )  100, then  is
aS
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 218 (2) 221 (3) 663 (4) 1717

 1  1  1  1  0  1
78. Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix such that A 1   1; A 0   0  and A 0   1 . If X  ( x1 , x 2 , x 3 )T
 0  0  1  1   1  2
           
 4
and I is an identity matrix of order 3, then the system ( A  2I ) X   1  has :
 1
 
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) No solution (2) Infinitely many solution
(3) Unique solution (4) Exactly two solutions

79. Let A   2 2 and B   1 2. Then the number of elements in the set
 1 1  1 2
, ,...... ,10} and nA n  mB m  I } is_______.
{( n, m): n, m{12 [JEE Main Online 2022]

49
80. Let M   0   , where  is a non-zero real number and N  M 2k . If ( I  M 2 )N  2I, then

 0 
k 1
the positive integral value of  is ______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

81. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix having entires from the set {–1, 0, 1}. The number of all such matrices
A having sum of all the entries equal to 5, is________. [JEE Main Online 2022]
28 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

82. 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 _________. [JEE Main Online 2022]

 14 28 14 
83. The positive value of the determinant of the matrix A, whose Adj( Adj ( A ))   14 14 28 ,
 28 14 14 
 
is _______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

0 1 0
84. Let X  0 0 1, Y  l  X  X 2 and Z   2 l  X  ( 2   ) X 2 ,  , ,   R. If
0 0 0
 1 2 1 
5 5 5
 1 2
Y 1  0 2
, then (     ) is equal to _______. [JEE Main Online 2022]
 5 5 
1
0 0 
 5

1 1 2 3 
85. Let x  1 and A   0 1 6 . For k  N , if X ' A k X  [ 33], then k is equal to :
1  0 0 1
[JEE Main Online 2022]

    
86. Consider a matrix A    2 2  2  , where  , ,  are three distinct natural numbers.
        
 
det( adj( adj( adj( adjA ))))
If  232  316 , then the number of such 3 – tuples ( , ,  ) is ______.
(    )16 (   )16 (    )16
[JEE Main Online 2022]

87. The number of matrices A  a b , where a, b, c, d {1,012

, , ,3......10}, such that A  A 1 , is
c d 
_____. [JEE Main Online 2022]

1 a a 1 48 2160
88. Let A  0 1 b , a, b  R. If for some n  N , A n  0 1 96  then n  a  b is equal to
0 0 1 0 0 1 
_______ . [JEE Main Online 2022]
Matrices 29

89. The number of matrices of order 3 × 3, whose entries are either 0 or 1 and the sum of all the
entries is a prime number, is______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

 1
90. Let A  1 1 and B   ,  , ,R. Let  1 be the value of  which satisfies
2   1 0
( A  B ) 2  A 2  2 2 and  2 be the value of  which satisfies ( A  B ) 2  B 2 . Then |  1   2 | is
2 2
equal to _______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

91. Let S be the set containing all 3 × 3 matrices with entries from {–1, 0, 1}. The total number of
matrices A  S such that the sum of all the diagonal elements of A T A is 6 is _______.
[JEE Main Online 2022]

2 1 1 3i  1
92. Let A  1 0 1 and B  A  I. If   , then the number of elements in the set
1 1 0  2

{n {1, 2,...... ,100}: A n  ( B ) n  A  B}is equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2022]

 1 3 
 10 10  and B  1 i where i  1.
93. Let A  
3 1  0 1 
 
 10 10 
If M  A T B A , then the inverse of the matrix AM 2023 A T is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 1 0 (2) 1 2023i  (3) 1 2023i  (4)  1 0
2023i 1 0 1  0 1  2023i 1

1 0 0 
94. Let A   0 4 1. Then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix ( A  I )11 is equal to :
 0 12 3
 
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 6144 (2) 4094 (3) 4097 (4) 2050

95. If P is a 3 × 3 real matrix such that P T  aP  (a  1)I , where a  I , then :

[JEE Main Online 2023]
1
(1) | Adj P |  1 (2) | Adj P | 
2
(3) P is a singular matrix (4) | Adj P |  1

96. Let A   m n , d | A |  0 and | A  d ( Adj A )|  0. Then [JEE Main Online 2023]
 p q
30 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

(1) (1 d ) 2  m2  q 2 (2) (1 d )2  ( m  q ) 2

(3) 1 d 2  (m  q ) 2 (4) 1 d 2  m 2  q 2

97. The set of all values of t  R , for which the matrix

e t e t (sin t  2cos t ) e  t ( 2sin t  cos t )
 t t 
e t e (2sin t  cos t ) e  t (sin t  2cos t )  is invertible, is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
e e  t cos t e  t sin t 
     
(1) {k, k  Z} (2)  ( 2k  1) , k  Z  (3)  k  , k  Z  (4) R
 2   4 

98. Let  and  be real numbers. Consider a 3 × 3 matrix A such that A 2  3A  I . If A 4  21A  I ,
then : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1)   8 (2)   1 (3)   4 (4)   8

1 3, then :
99. If A   1 [JEE Main Online 2023]
2  3 1 
(1) A 30  A 25  A  I (2) A 30  A 25 (3) A 30  A 25  A  I (4) A 30  A 25  2I

100. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that | adj ( adj ( adj A ))|  124 . Then | A 1 adj A | is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 6 (2) 1 (3) 12 (4) 2 3

101. If A and B are two non-zero n  n matrics such that A 2  B  A 2 B , then :

[JEE Main Online 2023]
2 2 2
(1) AB  I (2) A B  BA (3) A B  I (4) A 2  I or B  I

102. Let  be a root of the equation ( a  c )x 2  ( b  a )x  ( c  b )  0

 2  1
where a, b, c are distinct real numbers such that the matrix  1 1 1 is singular. Then, the
 a b c
 
2 2 2
(a  c ) (b  a ) (c  b )
value of   is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
( b  a )(c  b ) ( a  c )( c  b ) ( a  c )( b  a )
(1) 9 (2) 12 (3) 6 (4) 3
Matrices 31

 1 log x y log x z
103. Let x, y, z  1 and A  log y x 2 log y z . Then | adj (adj A 2 )| is equal to :
log x log y 3 
 z z 
[JEE Main Online 2023]
8 4 4 8
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 6 (4) 2

104. Let A , B , C be 3 × 3 matrices such that A is symmetric and B and C are skew-symmetric.
Consider the statements
( S 1) A 13 B 26  B 26 A 13 is symmetric
( S 2) A 26C 13  C 13 A 26 is symmetric
Then : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) Only S1 is true (2) Only S 2 is true
(3) Both S1 and S 2 are true (4) Both S1 and S 2 are false

105. Let A  [a ij ]22 , where a ij  0 for all i , j and A 2  I. Let a be the sum of all diagonal elements of
A and b | A |. Then 3a 2  4b 2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 4 (2) 14 (3) 7 (4) 3

106. Let the system of linear equations

x  2 y  9z  7
x  3 y  7z  9
2x  y  5z  8
3x  y  13z  
has a unique solutions x   , y  , z  .
Then the distance of the point (  , ,  ) from the plane 2x  2 y  z   is :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 9 (2) 11 (3) 13 (4) 7

107. If the system of equations

2x  y  z  5
2x  5 y  z  
x  2 y  5z  7
has infinitely many solutions, then (   ) 2  (  –  ) 2 is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 912 (2) 916 (3) 904 (4) 920

108. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix and | A |  2, then | 3adj (|3A | A 2 | ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
11 10 12 11 12 10 10 11
(1) 3 .6 (2) 3 .6 (3) 3 .6 (4) 3 .6
32 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

 1 2 3
109. Let for A   3 1 , | A |  2. If |2adj( 2adj ( 2A ))|  32n , then 3n   is equal to :
 1 1 2
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 11 (2) 9 (3) 10 (4) 12

110. If the system of linear equations

7x  11y  z  13
5x  4 y  7z  
175x  194 y  57z  361
has infinitely many solutions, then     2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 5

 1 3    
111. Let B   1 2 3  ,   2 be the adjoint of a matrix A and | A |  2. Then [   2  ] B 2  is
  4    
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 16 (2) 0 (3) –16 (4) 32
112. For the system of equations
x y z  6
x  2 y  z  10
x  3 y  5z  ,
which one the following is Not true? [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) System has a unique solution for   3,   14.
(2) System has infinitely many solutions for   3,   14.
(3) System has a unique solution for   3,   14.
(4) System has no solution for   3,   24

113. If the system of equations

x  y  az  b
2x  5 y  2z  6
x  2 y  3z  3
has infinitely many solutions, then 2a  3b is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 25 (2) 28 (3) 23 (4) 20
Matrices 33

 3 1 
 2  , A  1 1, and Q  PAP T . If P T Q 2007 P  a b  , then 2a  b  3c  4d equal to
114. Let P   2 
 1 3 0 1  c d 
 2 2 
: [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 2005 (2) 2004 (3) 2007 (4) 2006

115. If A   1 5  , A 1  A  I and     2, then 4 2   2  2 is equal to :

 10
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 10 (2) 19 (3) 14 (4) 12

116. Let P be a square matrix such that P 2  I  P. For  , ,  ,  IN, if P   P   I  29P and
P   P   I 13P, then a  b     is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 40 (2) 24 (3) 18 (4) 22

117. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries such that A  A  I where   R  {1, 1}. If
det( A 2  A )  4,, then the sum of all possible values of  is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
3 5
(1) (2) 0 (3) (4) 2
2 2

 1 50
118. Let A  1 51. If B   1 2  A 1 2, then the sum of all the elements of the matrix Bn 
0 1  
 1  1 
  1 1 
 n1

is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]

(1) 125 (2) 50 (3) 100 (4) 75

0 1 2
119. Let A  a 0 3, where a, c  R. If A 3  A and the positive value of a belongs to the interval
1 c 0
( n 1, n], where n  N , then n is equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2023]

2 1
120. Let A be a symmetric matrix such that | A |  2 and 3 3 A   1 2. If the sum of the diagonal
 
 2
S
elements of A is s, then is equal to ___________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
2

121. Let A be a n  n matrix such that | A |  2. If the determinant of the matrix

84
Adj (2. Adj( 2A 1 )). is 2 , then n is equal to ____________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
34 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

cos x  sin x 0
122. Consider the matrix f ( x )  sin x cos x 0.
 0 0 1
Given below are two statements :
Statement-I : f (x ) is the inverse of the matrix f ( x ).
Statement-II : f (x ) f ( y )  f (x  y ).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
[JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) Statement-I is true but Statement-II is false
(2) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true
(3) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false
(4) Statement-I is false but Statement-II is true

 x 0 0
123. Let R   0 y 0  be a non-zero 3 × 3 matrix, where
0 0 z
 
2 4
x sin   y sin     z sin     0,   ( 0,2 ). For a square matrix M, let trace (M ) denote

 3   3 
the sum of all the diagonal entries of M. Then, among the statements :
[JEE Main Online 2024]
(I) Trace ( R )  0
(II) If trace ( adj( adj( R ))  0, then R has exactly one non-zero entry.
(1) Only (I) is true (2) Both (I) and (II) are true
(3) Only (II) is true (4) Neither (I) nor (II) is true

 1  1  1  1  0  0
124. Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix such that A  0  2  0, A  0   4  0 , A  1  2  1.
 1  1  1   1   0  0
           
 x   1
Then, the system ( A  3I )  y    2 has : [JEE Main Online 2024]
 z   3
   
(1) No solution (2) Infinitely many solutions
(3) Unique solution (4) exactly two solutions

1
125. Let A be a square matrix such that AA T  I . Then A [( A  A T )2  ( A  A T )2 ] is equal to :
2
[JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) A 2  A T (2) A 2  I 3
(3) A  I (4) A 3  A T
Matrices 35

126. Let A  I 2  2MM T , where M is a real matrix of order 2 × 1 such that the relation M T M  I1
holds. If  is a real number such that the relation AX  X holds for some non-zero real matrix
X of order 2 × 1, then the sum of squares of all possible values of  is equal to _______.
[JEE Main Online 2024]

Exercise-5 : Revision Phase 1

a2 a 1
1. The value of the determinant cos( nx ) cos( n  1) cos( n  2) x is independent of :
sin( nx ) sin( n  1)x sin( n  2)x

(A) n (B) a (C) x (D) a, n and x

2. If A  1 1 and det. ( A n  I )  1 n , n  N then the value of , is

1 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

0 1 1 A
3. A is an involutary matrix given by A  4 3 4  then the inverse of will be
3 3 4  2

A 1
(A) 2A (B) (C) 2 (D) A2
2

4. If A  cos   sin  , A 1 is given by

sin  cos  
(A) A (B) A T (C) A T (D) A

5. If the product of n matrices 1 1 1 2 1 3 ....... 1 n is equal to the matrix 1 378 then

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 
the value of n is equal to
(A) 26 (B) 27 (C) 377 (D) 378

 a b c  4x 2a  p
6. Let A   p q r  and suppose that det. ( A )  2 then the det. ( B ) equals, where B  4 y 2b q 
 x y z   4 z 2c r 
(A) det( B )  2 (B) det(B )  8 (C) det( B )  16 (D) det( B )  8

7. If an idempotent matrix is also skew symmetric then it must be

(A) an involutary matrix (B) an identity matrix
36 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

(C) an orthogonal matrix (D) a null matrix.

8. Let the matrix A and B be defined as A  3 2 and B  3 1 then the value of det. ( 2A 9 B 1 ), is
2 1 7 3
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) – 2

9. Which of the following statements is not correct

(A) ( AB )T  A T B T (B) ( A T )T  A
(C) ( A  B )T  B T  A T (D) ( kA )T  kA T (k is a scalar)

10. If A and B are invertible matrices, which one of the following statements is not correct
(A) Adj. A | A | A 1 (B) det( A 1 ) |det( A )| 1
(C) ( A  B )1  B 1  A 1 (D) ( AB ) 1  B 1 A 1

11. Tr ( A ) of a 3 × 3 matrix A  (a ij ) is defined by the relation Tr ( A )  a11  a 22  a 33 (i.e. Tr ( A ) is

sum of the main diagonal elements). Which of the following statement cannot always hold?
(A) Tr ( kA )  kTr ( A ) (k is a scalar) (B) Tr ( A  B )  Tr ( A )  Tr ( B )
(C) Tr (I 3 )  3 (D) Tr ( A 2 )  (Tr ( A )) 2

12. If A and B are different matrices satisfying A 3  B 3 and A 2 B  B 2 A , then

(A) det( A 2  B 2 ) must be zero.
(B) det( A  B ) must be zero.
(C) det( A 2  B 2 ) as well as det( A  B ) must be zero.
(D) At least one of det( A 2  B 2 ) or det( A  B ) must be zero.

13. Identify the incorrect statement in respect of two square matrices A and B conformable for sum
and product.
(A) t r ( A  B )  t r ( A )  t r ( B ) (B) t r ( A )   t r ( A ),   R
(C) t r ( A T )  t r ( A ) (D) t r ( AB )  t r ( BA )

14. Which of the following statements is incorrect for a square matrix A. (| A |  0)

(A) If A is a diagonal matrix, A 1 will also be a diagonal matrix
(B) If A is a symmetric matrix, A 1 will also be a symmetric matrix
(C) If A 1  A  A an idempotent matrix
(D) If A 1  A  A is an involutary matrix
Matrices 37

2 2
15.

If A   cos  sin  cos   ; B   cos  sin  cos  are such that, AB is a null matrix,
sin  
2  
sin  cos  sin  cos  sin 2  

then which of the following should necessarily be an odd integral multiple of .
2
(A)  (B)  (C)    (D)   
16. For a given matrix A  cos   sin  which of the following statement holds good?
sin  cos  

(A) A  A 1   R (B) A is symmetric, for   ( 2n  1) , n  I
2
(C) A is an orthogonal matrix for   R (D) A is a skew symmetric, for   n; n  I

17. If A is matrix such that A 2  A  2I  O , then which of the following is INCORRECT ?

(A) A is non-singular (B) A  O
1 1
(C) A 1  ( A  I ) (D) A 1   ( A  I )
2 2
(Where I is unit matrix of order 2 and O is null matrix of order 2 )

 1 2 0 2 1 5
18. Let A  2B   6 3 3 and 2A  B  2 1 6
5 3 1 0 1 2
then Tr( A )  Tr( B ) has the value equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none

19. The number of solutions of the matrix equation X 2  I other than I , is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2
(where I is the 2 × 2 unit matrix )

20. Given A  1 3 ; I  1 0. If A  I is a singular matrix then

2 2 0 1
(A)    (B) 2  3  4  0 (C) 2  3  4  0 (D) 2  3  6  0

 1 sin  1 
21. Let A   sin  1 sin  , where 0    2, then
 1  sin  1 
(A) Det ( A )  0 (B) Det A  ( 0,  ) (C) Det ( A ) [ 2, 4] (D) Det A [ 2,  )
22. Let A , B , C , D be (not necessarily square) real matrices such that
A T  BCD; B T  CDA; C T  DAB and DT  ABC
38 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

for the matrix S  ABCD, consider the two statements.

I S 3 S
II S 2 S4
(A) II is true but not I (B) I is true but not II
(C) both I and II are true (D) both I and II are false.

23. A  1 tan x then let us define a function f (x )  det. ( A T A 1 ) then which of the following
 tan x 1 
can not be the value of f ( f ( f ( f ........ f ( x )))) is ( n  2)

(A) f n ( x ) (B) 1 n times (C) f n 1 ( x ) (D) n f (x )

24. There are two possible values of A in the solution of the matrix equation
1
2A  1 5  A  5 B   14 D  where A , B , C , D, E , F are real numbers. The absolute
 4 A  2A  2 C   E F 
value of the difference of these two solutions, is
8 11 1 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3

25. If every element of a square non singular matrix A is multiplied by k and the new matrix is
denoted by B then | A 1 | and | B 1 | are related as
1 1
(A) | A 1 |  k | B 1 | (B) | A 1 |  |B | (C) | A 1 |  k n | B 1 | (D) | A 1 |  k  n | B 1 |
k
where n is order of matrices.

1 1 1   4 2 2
26. Let A  2 1 3 and 10B  5 0  . If B is the inverse of matrix A, then  is
1 1 1   1 2 3 
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) 5

27. Matrix A satisfies A 2  2A  I where I is the identity matrix then for n  2, A n is equal to (n  N )
(A) nA  I (B) 2n 1 A  ( n  1)I (C) nA  ( n  1)I (D) 2n 1 A  I

1 2 3 0
28. Let A  2 0 5 and b  3. Which of the following is true?
0 2 1  1 
(A) Ax  b has a unique solution. (B) Ax  b has exactly three solutions.
(C) Ax  b has infinitely many solutions. (D) Ax  b is inconsistent.
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29. If A , B and C are n  n matrices and det( A )  2,det( B )  3 and det(C )  5, then the value of the
det( A 2 BC 1 ) is equal to
6 12 18 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

30. Let three matrices A  2 1 ; B  3 4 and C   3 4 then

4 1 2 3 2 3 
ABC   A ( BC ) 2   A ( BC ) 3 
t r ( A )  t r    t r    tr  ....... 
 2  4   8 
   
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) none

31. A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that A  1   1 and A 2  1   1. The sum of the elements of A, is
1  2  1 0
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 5

32. In a square matrix A of order 3 the elements, a i i ' s are the sum of the roots of the equation
x 2  ( a  b )x  ab  0; a i , i  1 ' s are the product of the roots, a i , i 1 ' s are all unity and the rest of the
elements are all zero. The value of the det. ( A ) is equal to
(A) 0 (B) ( a  b )3 (C) a 3  b 3 (D) ( a 2  b 2 ) ( a  b )

33. Let D k is the k  k matrix with 0' s in the main diagonal, unity as the element of 1st row and
( f ( k )) th column and k for all other entries. If f ( x )  x  {x} where {x} denotes the fractional part
function then the value of det. ( D2 )  det. ( D3 ) equals
(A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 36 (D) none

50
34. For a matrix A  1 2r  1 , the value of  10 2r  1 is equal to
0 1 
r 1
1 

(A) 1 100 (B) 1 4950 (C) 1 5050 (D) 1 2500

0 1  0 1  0 1  0 1 

35. Consider a matrix A(  )   sin  cos  then

 cos  sin  
(A) A(  ) is symmetric (B) A(  ) is skew symmetric

(C) A 1 (  )  A (    ) (D) A 2 (  )  A  2 
2 
40 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

x 2 0 
 y 2/ 3 0  dy
36. Let A    dy   and B  
1/ 3
1/ 3 
. Equation tr( AB )  is a differential equation of
0     0 x  dx
  dx  
order ' m ' and degree ' n ' then ( m  n ) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

37. Let A and B be 3 × 3 matrices such that AB  A  B  0

Statement-1 AB  BA
Statement-2 PP 1  I  P 1 P for every matrix P which is invertible.
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is NOT correct explanation for
Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

38. Let A be any 3 × 2 matrix

Statement-1 Inverse of AA T does not exist.
Statement-2 AA T is a singular matrix
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is NOTcorrect explanation for
Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

Paragraph for question nos. 39 & 40

Consider the system of equations
x  y  z  b1
2x  z  b2
x  y  az  b3

39. If this system is denoted by AX  B then for a  1, the value of A 1

 1/ 2 0 1/ 2   1/ 2 0 1/ 2 
(A) 1/ 2 1 3 / 2 (B) 1/ 2 1 3 / 2
 1 1 1   1 1 1 
Matrices 41

 1/ 2 0 1/ 2   1/ 2 0 1/ 2 
(C) 1/ 2 1 3 / 2 (D) 1/ 2 1 3 / 2
 1 1 1   1 1 1 

40. If B  0 then the value of ' a ' for which AX  B have non trivial solution, is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) none

Paragraph for question nos. 41 to 43

If A is a symmetric and B skew symmetric matrix and A  B is non singular and
C  ( A  B )1 ( A  B ) then
41. C T ( A  B )C 
(A) A  B (B) A  B (C) A (D) B

42. CT ( A  B )C 
(A) A  B (B) A  B (C) A (D) B

43. C T AC
(A) A  B (B) A  B (C) A (D) B

Paragraph for question nos. 44 to 46

 2 2 4 4 3 3
If A 0  1 3 4  and B 0   1 0 1 
 1 2 3  4 4 3 
B n  adj ( B n 1 ), n  N and I is an identity matrix of order 3 then answer the following questions.
44. det. ( A 0  A 02 B 03  A 03  A 04 B 04 .........10 terms ) is equal to
(A) 1000 (B) – 800 (C) 0 (D) – 8000

45. B1  B 2 ..... B 49 is equal to

(A) B 0 (B) 7B 0 (C) 49B 0 (D) 49I

46. For a variable matrix X the equation A 0 X  B 0 will have

(A) unique solution (B) infinite solution
(C) finitely many solution (D) no solution

Paragraph for question nos. 47 & 48

42 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

Let A is a matrix of order 3 × 3 and a ij is its element of i th row and j th column. t r is arithmetic
mean of elements of r th row and a ij  a jk  a ki  0 holds for all 1  i , j, k  3 then answer the
following questions.
47.  a ij is not equal to
1i, j 3

(A) t 1  t 2  t 3 (B) zero (C) (det( A ))2 (D) t 1 t 2 t 3

48. A is
(A) non singular (B) symmetric
(C) skew symmetric (D) neither symmetric nor skew symmetric

[MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE]

49. A square matrix A with elements from the set of real numbers is said to be orthogonal if
A '  A 1 . If A is an orthogonal matrix, then
(A) A' is orthogonal (B) A 1 is orthogonal
(C) Adj. A  A ' (D) | A 1 |  1

50. If A  a b  (where bc  0) satisfies the equations x 2  k  0, then

c d 
(A) a  d  0 (B) k  | A | (C) k | A | (D) none of these

1 2 2
51. Let A  2 1 2 , then the correct statement is
2 2 1
1
(A) A 2  4 A  5I 3  0 (B) A 1  ( A  4I 3 )
5
(C) A 3 is not invertible (D) A 2 is invertible

52. D is a 3 × 3 diagonal matrix. Which of the following statements is not true?

(A) D  D (B) AD  DA for every matrix A of order 3 × 3
(C) D 1 if exists is a scalar matrix (D) none of these

53. Given the matrices A and B as A   1 1 and B  1 1

4 1 2 2
The two matrices X and Y are such that XA  B and AY  B then which of the following hold(s)
true?
Matrices 43

 1
(A) X   1 1 (B) Y   3 0 (C) det. X  det. Y (D) 3( X  Y )  4 1
3 2 2  3 4 0 2 2 

54. If A and B are two 3 × 3 matrices such that their product AB is a null matrix then
(A) det. A  0  B must be a null matrix.
(B) det. B  0  A must be a null matrix.
(C) If none of A and B are null matrices then atleast one of the two matrices must be singular.
(D) If neither det. A nor det. B is zero then the given statement is not possible.

55. If there are three square matrix A , B , C of same order satisfying the equation A 2  A 1 and
n (n 2)
let B  A 2 & C  A 2 then which of the following statements are true?
(A) det. ( B  C )  0 (B) ( B  C )( B  C )  0
(C) B must be equal to C (D) none

Answers
EXERCISE–1
0
3  
1. 8 2. x  , y  2 3. 5049 4. V    6. 1 7. f (a )  1/ 4, a  1/ 2
2 1
 
11
 4 2 2  4 2 2 
9.  1 0 10.   , ,2 2 ,  , ,2 2 , ( 3, 3,  1) 11. 2
4014 1  3 3  3 3 
12. AB is neither symmetric nor skew symmetric 13. 4 14. n  7 15. 650

EXERCISE–2
 17 4 19
1. 225 2. 10 0 13  3. 4 7 7 4. 3/2
 3 5 5 
21 3 25 
6. (i) x  2, y  1, z  0; (ii) x  2  k , y  1 2k , z  k where k  R;
(iii) inconsistent, hence no solution
1 1  n m
7. 1 8.  48 25 9.
19 
 70 42 
 kn  m  k 
10. (i) x   a b  for a, b  R; (ii) X does not exist ;
2  2a 1 2b
(iii) X  a 3a , a, b  R; and 3a  c  0; 3b  d  0
c d 
44 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

11. X  2c 2d  , where c, d  R  {0}, NO

 c d 
12. (i) a  3, b  R; (ii) a  3 and b  1/ 3; (iii) a  3, b  1/ 3
3 3
13. (a) X   5 , (b) X   1 2  , (c) no solution
2 1 2
 /2 
15. (A) Q; (B) S; (C) P; (D) P

EXERCISE–3
1. 4 2. A 5. C 6. A 7. (a) A, (b) B, (c) A
8. (A) R (B) Q,S (C) R,S (D) P,R 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. A
13. D 14. C 15. D 16. D 17. A 18. B
19. Bonus 20. A 21. 9 22. D 23. D 24. A, D
25. C, D 26. C, D 27. A, B 28. C, D 29. B, C 30. B
31. 1 32. A, C 33. A, D 34. 4 35. A 36. A, B, D
37. B, C 38. B, C, D 39. B, C, D 40. 5.00 41. A, B, D 42. A, B, C
43. A, C 44. 3 45. B, C 46. 3780 47. 16 48. C

EXERCISE–4

1. 1 2. 3 3. 3 4. 2 5. 3 6. 1
7. 1 8. 4 9. 3 10. 4 11. 3 12. 3
13. 3 14. 1 15. 2 16. 4 17. 4 18. 1
19. 3 20. 3 21. 2 22. 1 23. 4 24. 2
25. 3 26. 4 27. 3 28. 1 29. 4 30. 4
31. 4 32. 3 33. 2 34. 3 35. 2 36. 1
37. 3 38. 3 39. 2 40. 1 41. 1 42. 2
43. 2 44. 3 45. 1 46. 4 47. 1 48. 1
49. 8.00 50. 910 51. 108 52. 3125 53. 2020 54. 766
55. 1.00 56. 3.00 57. 2020 58. 17.00 59. 13.00 60. 540
61. 7.00 62. 4.00 63. 2 64. 2 65. 4 66. 4
67. 3 68. 3 69. 3 70. 2 71. 1 72. 1
73. 3 74. 3 75. 3 76. 1 77. 2 78. 2
79. 1.00 80. 1.00 81. 414 82. 25.00 83. 14.00 84. 100
85. 10.00 86. 42.00 87. 50.00 88. 24.00 89. 282 90. 2.00
91. 5376 92. 17.00 93. 2 94. 3 95. 4 96. 2
97. 4 98. 1 99. 3 100. 4 101. 2 102. 4
Matrices 45

103. 4 104. 2 105. 1 106. 4 107. 2 108. 1

109. 1 110. 2 111. 3 112. 3 113. 3 114. 1
115. 3 116. 2 117. 3 118. 3 119. 02.00 120. 5.00
121. 5.00 122. 2 123. 4 124. 3 125. 4 126. 2.00

EXERCISE–5
Q.1 A Q.2 B Q.3 A Q.4 B Q.5 B Q.6 C
Q.7 D Q.8 D Q.9 A Q.10 C Q.11 D Q.12 D
Q.13 D Q.14 C Q.15 C Q.16 C Q.17 C Q.18 C
Q.19 D Q.20 B Q.21 C Q.22 C Q.23 D Q.24 D
Q.25 C Q.26 D Q.27 C Q.28 A Q.29 B Q.30 A
Q.31 D Q.32 D Q.33 B Q.34 D Q.35 C Q.36 C
Q.37 A Q.38 A Q.39 D Q.40 A Q.41 A Q.42 B
Q.43 C Q.44 C Q.45 C Q.46 D Q.47 D Q.48 C
Q.49 A, B Q.50 A, C Q.51 A, B, D Q.52 B, C Q.53 C, D Q.54 A, B, C, D
Q.55 A, B, C