ONE MARK QUESTIONS

1. Write the number of all possible matrices of order 2 x 2 with each entry 1,2 or 3.
2. Find the Order of the following Matrices. Also find the total Number of elements in each
matrix.
(M0 0)
(a) A=A T 0 (b) B=2(1 0)3 (b)
HS L
1 2 2
2 39
(c) D=
5 3 0
6 1 3
3. Give an example of a 2 x 2 Non-zero matrices A, B and C such that
(a) AB=0 but BA 0 (b) AB = 0 and BA = 0 (c) AB = AC but B C
4. Give an example of a 3 x3 matrix which is
(a) Upper Triangular as well as Lower Triangular Matrix
(b) Symmetric Matrix
(c) Skew-Symmetric Matrix
(d) Neither Symmetric non Skew-Symmetric Matrix
(e) Symmetric as well as skew-symmetric
5 (a) How many Matrices of order 2 x 2 are possible with entry 0 or 1. How many of these
are diagonal matrices. List them.
(b) How many Matrices of order 3 x 3 are possible with 0 or-1. How many of these are
Diagonal matrices?
(c) If thereare five one's i.e. 1, 1,1,1, 1 and four zeroes i.e. 0,0, 0, 0. Thus how many
symmetric matrices of order 3 x3 are possible with these 9 entries?
(1 *-2 3
7 5 7
6 Find 'x, if A = is symmetric Matrix.
3 7 -5

x +6 1)
-5x x²-9 7
7 Find x, if A= is skew-symmetric Matrix.
-1 -7

(2y-7 0 0
8 Find (x + y), it A = X-3 0 is scalar Matrix.
0 7
 ( 2 0 y- X
9 Find the value of xy, if A=x+y
X+ y-2 3 is a diagonal matrix.
0 0 4

10. If (x 1) -2
0, then find x.

11. If Ais matrixX of order m xn and B is a matrix such that AB and BAare both defined,
then find the order of matrix B.
12. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then (A)T = kA², find the value of k.
13. If A is a symmetric matrix, then (A)T = kA°, find the value of k.
14. IfA is a square matrix such that A? = 1, then find the value of (A-1) + (A + /)7A.
-2
15. IfA = 3 find 'k for A' = kA -2/
(4 -2
2 3 5
16. IfA= X-2 1 6 is an Upper-Triangular matrix, then find the value of (x +y-z).
6-y z 4)
17. Ifall entries of a square matrix of order 2 are either 3, -3 or 0, then how many Non-zero
matrices are possible?
18. Ifall the entries of a 3 x3 Matrix A
are either 2 or 6, then how many DIAGONAL matrices
are possible?
19. If all the entries of a 3 x3 Matrix B are either 0 or 1, then how many SCALAR matrices
are possible?
20. If all the entries of a3 x 3 MatrixCare either 0 or 1, then how many|DENTITY matrices
are possible?
21. A matrix 'X has 'p' number of elements, where p is a prime number, then how many
orders X can have?
22. Let A and B are two matrices, such that the order of A is 3 x 4, if AB and BA are both
defined then find the order of B.
23. IfA =diag (3 -5 7), B =diag (-1 2 4) then find (A + 2B).
24. Find the value (x+ y) from the following matrix equation:
6
15 14

2
26. Find Matrix Awhere, A= 4l2
 TWO MARKS QUESTIONS
26. If A is a square matrix, then show that
(a) (A + A) is symmetric matrix.
(b) (A-A") is symmetric matrix.
(c) (AA) is symmetric matrix.
27. symmetric
Show that every square matrix can be expressed as the sum of asymmetric and askew
matrix.
28. If A
and Bare two symmetric matrices of same order, then show that
() (AB- BA) is skew-symmetric Matrix.
(ü) (AB t BA) is symmetric Matrix.
6 7Y (0 1 1 2
29. (a) If A=-6 0 8,B=1 0 2C =-2 Verify that (A + B)C= AC+ BC.
7 -8 0 120

1 1

(b) IfA+B= 1 1 and A- 2B 0 -1 then show that A =

3 3
2 1
3 3
0
30. IfA =(0 -1 and show that AB BA

31. Find a matrix X, for which

6-(3)
32. If A
and Bare symmetric matrices, show that AB is symmetric, if AB = BA.
33. Match the following:
Possible Number of Matrices (A) of order 3 x3 with entry Oor 1 which are

Condition No. of matrices

1) A, is diagonal Matrix P 20

(2 A, is upper triangular Matrix 2

(3) A, is identity Matrix R 23

(4) A, is scalar Matrix S 2

cOs X -sin x cos 3x -sin 3x

34. IfA=
sin x
|then prove that A3 =
COS X sin 3x cos 3x
35. Express the following Matrices as a sum of a symmetric and skey-symmetric matrix.
(Note: Part (b) and (c) can be asked for one marker, SO THINKABOUT THIS!)
1 2 3 12 5 (0 2 -3
7 25 7 -2 0 4
(a) A = 2 5
(b) A = (c) A =
-2 -4 -5 5 7 -5 3 -4 0

(2 3
36. Show that the Matrix A =
1 2 satisfies the equation A? -4A + 1=0.

37. Find the values of x and y, if A = satisfies the equation A2 + XA + yl =0.

(2 3
38. Find fRA), if A
=|4 1such that f(x) =x-4x +7

39. Find A² if A 4

cos X -sin x)
40. Find 2A² when x =, where A= sin x COS X "

THREE MARKS QUESTIONS

(1 0 0
41. LetP=|3 1 0 and Q= [g] be two3 x 3 matrices such that Q = p + I,, then Prove
9 3 1

that
921+ 931 = 10.
32
42. Construct a 3 x 3 matrix A = [a] such that
i+j; i> j 2'; i>j
(a) a, = (b) a, =3ij; i=j
l|i-j; i<j h3'; i<j
(c) a, (d) a, = |2i-3j|
5
i=j

where [.] represents Greatest lnterger Function.

 cos i sin0 COs 20 isin 20
43. A= isin where i =1
cos ) then prove that A²= isin 20 cos 20
2 3
44. F1 2 evaluate A- 44 +A,

COS X -sin x 0
45. If f(x) = sin x COS X 0 then prove that f(x).fy) = f(x+ y)
0 1

46. If fx)= Prove that f).\y) =f 1+ xy

Hence show that fx).f-x)
=1, where |x < 1.
FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS

0 2y
X y -Z
47. Find x, yand zifAT= A- and A = Also find how many triplets of (x, y, z)
are possible. (NOTE: A.A =A"A=)
2 3
48. If Ais a symmetric Matrix and B is skew-symmetric Matrix such that A+ B =
5 -1)

hen show that AB =-1 -4 )

4 1 a b
49. IfA=9- and A0 = then show that (a +b+c+d+398) = 0.
 ANSWER
One Mark Questions
1. 81 (a) Order =3 x 3; 9 (b) Order =2 x 2; 4
2
(c) Order=3 x 1;3 (d) Order = 4x 3;12 (e) Order =2 x 1; 2
3. Open ended Question (So Any Suitable Answer)
4. Open ended Question (So Any Suitatble Answer)
5. (a) 16;4 (b) 512; 8 (c) 12 6. X= 13 7. x=3
8. x +y= 17 9. xy=1 10. 2
11. mxn 12. k = 1 13. k= 1
14. A 15. k = 1 16. x +y-z=8
17.80 18. Zero 19. 2
20. 1 21. Two 22. (4 x 3)

23. diag (1 -1 15) 24. x +y= 11 26.

Two Marks Questions

31.x-7) 33. (1) ’R (2) ’S (3) ’P (4)’Q

1
1 2 0
2
3 11
35. (a) 2 5 + 0
2 2
1 3 -5 -11
-5
2 2 2 2
 (12 5 0 0 0 (0 0 0 0 2 -3
35. (b)2 5 7 00 0 35. (c) 0 0 o+-2 0 4

5 7 -5 0 0 0 (0 0 0 3 -4

37. x =-2, y =0 38. 39.

40
-1 -3
v3 -1
Three Marks Questions

-1 -2 1 9 27 0 5 10
42. (a) 3 1 42. (b) 4 4 27 42. (c)5 0 13
4 5 8 8 9 10 13 0

(1 0 0 )
40. (d) 1 (0 0
5 42. (e) 2 1 0 44.
0 0
3 11

1 1 1
47. X=*GY=Z =*a