Chapter - 3

MATRIX & DETERMINANTS

EXERCISE I
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
r r2 a n 1 1 a
1. Let r = 2 r 2 r  2 b where a, b, c are distinct real numbers. If  r  =  2 1 b , then  is
3r 3r  2 c r 1 3 1 c
equal to

n ( n  1)  n ( n  1)
(a) (b) n(n + 1) (c) (d) – n(n + 1)
2 2

ex  1 e3 x  1 x3  1
d
2. Let f (x) = x 4 x (e x  1) x 4  x then the value of f f ( x )  at x = 0, is
dx
x3  2 e2x  1 1

(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) – 2 (d) 1

3x  2
3. Consider, f(x) = . If [a, b) is the range of y = f {x} and A = [aij]2×2 is a matrix, where
x 1
aij  {a, b, a2, b2}, 1  i, j  2 (all elements of matrix A are distinct) then least absolute value of det.
(a) is
[Note: {y} denotes fractional part function of y and det. (P) denotes determinant of matrix P.]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

4.  
If M is a 3 × 3 matrix such that M2 = O, then det. ( I  M )50  50 M where I is an identity matrix of
order 3, is equal to
(a) 3 (b) 50 (c) 2 (d) 1

 a1 b1 c1 
 c 2  where
5. If A = a 2 b2
a i 2  bi 2  ci 2  1 , where i = 1, 2, 3 and a i ·a j  bi ·b j  ci ·c j  0 ,
a 3 b3 c3 

a1  1 b1 c1
i  j given that | A | = 1 then the value of of a2 b2  1 c2 is equal to
a3 b3 c3  1

(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

6. Let a square matrix A of order 3 be the zero of the polynomial f (x) = x 3 – 5x 2 + 7x – 6.
If l = Tr(A) and m = det. (A) then (l + m) equals
(a) 5 (b) – 2 (c) 11 (d) 18
7. If diagonal elements (, ,  ) of a non-singular diagonal matrix of order 3 are the roots of the
equation x3 – 9x2 + kx – 27 = 0, k  R and , ,  > 0 then number of such matrices is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 27

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a b 4 3 2
8. If A =  c d  where a, b, c, d are the roots of the equation x – 13x + px + qx – 64 = 0 whose three

roots are positive and one is negative then minimum positive value of det. (A) is
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 27 (d) 64

cos(x  ) cos(x  ) cos(x  ) 30

9. If f (x) = sin( x   ) sin( x  ) sin( x   ) and f (0) = –2 then  | f (r ) | equals
sin(    ) sin(   ) sin(   ) r 1

(a) 2 (b) 30 (c) 60 (d) 120

10. Let a, b and c be positive real numbers, then the system of equations in x, y, z

x2 y2 z2 x2 y2 z 2  x 2 y2 z 2
 2  2  1, 2  2  2  1 ,  2  2 1
a2 b c a b c a2 b c
has
(a) no solution (b) unique solution
(c) infinitely many solution (d) finitely many solutions

a11 a12 a13

11. Let 1 = a 21 a 22 a 23 , 1  0
a 31 a 32 a 33

b11 b12 b13

2 = b 21 b 22 b 23 where bij is cofactor of aij  i, j = 1, 2, 3
b 31 b32 b33

c11 c12 c13

and3 = c 21 c 22 c 23 where cij is cofactor of bij  i, j = 1, 2, 3.
c31 c32 c 33

then which one of the following is always correct.

(a) 1, 2, 3 are in A.P. (b) 1, 2, 3 are in G.P.

2 3 2
(c) 1  (d) 1 =
2 3

12. P is an orthogonal matrix and A is a periodic matrix with period 4 and Q = PAPT then X = PTQ2005P
will be equal to
(a) A (b) A2 (c) A3 (d) A4

13. Let M = [a uv ]nn be a square matrix of order n where auv = sin (u – v) + i cos (u – v),

then M is equal to (where M and M T are conjngate of M and transpose of M respectively.)

(a) M (b) – M (c) MT (d) – M T

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 r 2r  1 n
Let Ar = 0 1  , then the value of Lim
14.

 det(A r ) , is equal to
2 r 
n 
r 1

1 3
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2 2

x y  z
15. Let matrix A =  1 2 3  where x, y, z  N. If det.(adj.(adj. A)) = 28 · 34 then the number of
1 1 2 

such matrices A, is
[Note : adj. A denotes adjoint of square matrix A.]
(a) 91 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) 110
16. Number of all possible symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 0 or 1 and whose
trace equals 1, is
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 192 (d) 512
17. If a > b > c and the system of equations ax + by + cz = 0, bx + cy + az = 0 and cx + ay + bz = 0 has
non-trivial solution, then both the roots of the quadratic equation at2 + bt + c = 0 are
(a) positive (b) opposite in sign (c) imaginary (d) atleast one positive root

2 0 7    14 7 
18. The value of  for which the matrix A = 0 1 0  is inverse of matrix B =  0 1 0 
1  2 1     4  2 
   
is

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 5

If A   aij  22 , B   bij  22 such that aij  f  x  and bij  f  x 2i  j1  and
2i  j  2
19.

 2  1   1 
  x f  x  f(1)   1  x 4  f  x 2  
   
A  BT   1 /x
  1  1  1  1  f(1)   , then  f(t)dt is always equal to
x
 f  x  1  x 2   x 2 f  x  
     

(a) f(1) (b) f(1) -1 (c) f(1) + 1 (d) None of these

20. Let A   aij  33 be a matrix such that AA T  4I and 2a ij  cij  0 where cij is the cofactor of aiji and j ,
I is the unit matrix of order 3 and A T is transpose of a matrix A.

a11  4 a12 a13 a 11  1 a12 a13

a 21 a 22  4 a23  5 a 21 a22  1 a 23 0
If ,
a 31 a 32 a 33  4 a 31 a 32 a 33  1

Then find the value of 25 .

(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 60

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 1 2 5 
21. Let M and N be any two 3  3 matrices with integer entries satisfying MN  2 0 2 0  then the
 
0 0 1 
maximum value of det M + det N is
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 64

ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

( ji  2 j  ij)x , if i  j, x  R

1. Let A = [aij] be a matrix of order 3 where aij =  1, if i  j
 0, if i  j

If f (x) = det.(a) then identify the correct statement(s) -

1
(a) minimum value of f (x) = .
4
1

(b)  f ( x ) dx = 24
1

 1
(c) If equation | f (x) | = k has four distinct solutions then k   0, .
 4
1
(d) A rea enclosed by the curve y = f (x) and x-axis is sq. units.
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1 2 3 x  14
2. Consider matrices A =  4 1 2 , X =  y  and C = 12 .
1  1 1  z 2
     
If the solution of system of equation AX = C is point L (x = x1, y = y1, z = z1)

and L' is the reflection of L in the plane r .( î  ĵ  k̂ ) = 9, then
(a) sum of coordinates of L is 6. (b) sum of coordinates of L is 12.
(c) sum of coordinates of L' is 6. (d) sum of coordinates of L' is 12.

3. The system of equation

x + 3y + 2z = 6
x + ay + 2z = 7
x + 3y + 2z = b
has
(a) unique solution, if a = 2 and b  6.
(b) infinitely many solution, if a = 4 and b = 6.
(c) no solution, if a = 5 and b = 7.
(d) no solution, if a = 3 and b = 5.

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4. Let M be a non zero 3 × 3 nilpotent matrix of index 3 and I represents identity matrix of order
3, then

 M2   M2 
(a) det.   M  I  = 0 (b) det.   M  I   0
 2   2 

 M2   M2 
(c) det.   M  I  = 0 (d) det.   M  I   0
 2   2 

i j i j
5. Consider three matrices A = [aij]2×p , B = [bij]3×n and C = [cij]m×2 such that aij = and bij = ,
2 2
then
(a) if AB = C, then value of m + n + p is equal to 7.
(b) if BA = C, then value of m – n + p is equal to 3.

1
(c) if AB = C, then c12 equals . (d) if BA = C, then c32 equals 1.
4

 x if i  j, x  R
6. Let A = aij be a matrix of order 3 where aij = 1 if | i  j | 1
0 otherwise

then which one of the following hold(s) good?
(a) For x = 2, A is a diagonal matrix.
(b) A is a symmetric matrix.
(c) For x = 2, det. A has the value equal to 4.
(d) Let f (x) = det. A, then the function f (x) has both local maxima and local minima.

1 2 0
7. Let A = 0 2 0 be a given matrix. If P = A4 + 8A and Q = – 5A3 + 8A2 – 10 A, then
0  1 2

(a) tr.(P + Q) = 10 (b) tr.(P + Q) = 0
(c) det.(P + Q) = 8 (d) det.(P + Q) = 32
[Note : tr.(M) denotes the trace of matrix M and det.(M) denotes determinant of matrix M.]
8. 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 andF   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 ?

1 0 0 
F  PEP and P  0 1 0 
2
(a) (b) EQ  PFQ 1  EQ  PFQ 1
0 0 1

(c)  EF 3  EF 2
(d) Sum of the diagonal entries of P-1 EP +F is equal to the sum of diagonal entries of E  P 1FP

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9. 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 ?
(a) FE  I  FE FGE (b)  I  FE  I  FGE   I
(c) EFG  GEF (d)  I  FE  I  FGE   I
10. Let A = [aij] is a square matrix of order 5. Then which of the following is/are correct?
(a) maximum number of distinct entries if A is an upper triangular matrix is 16
(b) maximum number of distinct entries if A is a non-null diagonal matrix is 6.
(c) minimum number of zeros if A is a lower triangular matrix is 10.
(d) maximum number of non-zero entries if A is skew-symmetric matrix is 20.

2 1  10 a b 
11. Let A   0 3  be a matrix if A   c d  , then
   
(a) a + d is a multiple of 13 (b) ‘b’ is an even integer
(c) Number of positive integral divisors of d - b is 11
(d) Number of positive integral divisors of a + b + c + d is 22
12. Which of the following value of  satisfy by the equation

 1    2  1  2   2  1  3  2
 2    2  2  2  2  2  3 2  –648
2 2 2
 3     3  2    3  3 

(a) -4 (b) 4 (c) -9 (d) 9

4
13. A is a 3 × 3 square matrix such that A = O and AB = A + B then
(a) A is singular matrix (b) B is singular matrix
(c) A + B is singular matrix (d) A – B is singular matrix

10  n 9 7
14. Let F  n   10 9n 7 , D(n) = number of positive integral divisors of n, then which of the
10 9 7n
following is correct
(a) FoD  11   DoF  11 (b) DoDOF  11   5

(c) DoFoDoDoD......D  1   4 (d) FoD  DoF

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COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS

PASSAGE I
If A is a square matrix of order less than 4 such that | A – AT|  0 and B = adj A.

1. If det. (a) = 3 then Tr adj. (AB)  is equal to

(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 81

2.  
The matrix adj B2 A 1B 1A is equal to
(a) A (b) B (c) | A | A (d) | B | B

PASSAGE II

Let A and B are inverse matrices of each other of order 3 such that A(B + A) = 2I.

3.  
The value of det . ( 2 adj. A ) 2  3( adj. B) 2 is equal to
(a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 49 (d) 343
4. If P = (A–1 + B–1) adj. (2A)  adj. (2B) then absolute value of trace of P, is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 48

  x4 1
13 
   adj. A 3x 1 
  x2  
 
 
5. If M(x) =  3x 3 x2 
 13 
 3 
 1 x2  2 adj. B 
 x  
 

then minimum integral vlaue of trace of M(x) is

(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 11

PASSAGE III
Consider two 3 × 3 matrices A and B satisfying A = adj. B – BT and B = adj A – AT
(where CT denotes transpose of matrix C.)
6. If A is a non-singular matrix, then (det. A)2 + (det. B)2 is equal to
(a) 16 (b) 48 (c) 64 (d) 128

7. The value of adj. ( 2B1 ) is equal to

(a) 1 (b) 16 (c) 64 (d) 128
8. If A is a non-singular matrix, then AB is equal to
(a) I (b) 2I (c) 3I (d) 4I

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MATRIX-MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS

 3 4  a b
1. Considet the matrices A   1 1 and B   0 1  and let P be any orthogonal matrix and Q =
   
PAPT and R = PTQKP also S= PBPT and T = PTSKP.
Column I Column II
(a) If we vary K from 1 to n then the
first row first column elements of R will form
(P) G.P with common ratio a
(b) If we vary K from 1 to n then the
2nd row 2nd column elements of R will form(Q) A.P. with common difference 2
(c) If we vary K from 1 to n then the first
row first column elements of T will form (R) G.P with common ratio b
(d) If we vary K from 3 to n then the first
row 2nd column elements of T will represent the sum of
(S) A.P. with common difference -2.

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

1 9 7
 
1. Let p, q, r be three real numbers satisfying [p q r] 8 2 7 = [0 0 0].
7 3 7
If the point M(p, q, r) lies on the plane 2x + y + z = 1, then find the value of (7p + q + r).

 x1 x2 x3   y1 0 0
2. Consider two matrices A =  0 x2 x1  and B =  y3 y2 0 ,
0 0 x 3  y y1 y3 
  2
w here each of x i, yj  {–1, 0, 1}  i, j = 1, 2, 3, then if N is the number of possible ordered pair of
N
matrices A and B for which det A = det B. Find the value of .
131
3. Let A be a non-singular matrix of order 3 satisfying the equation (A3 – 4A2)(A2 + 4A + 16 I) = 0.

If N = adj. adj. 2A  then find the number of digits in the number N.

4. Let 1, 2 and 1, 2 be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and px2 + qx + r = 0, respectively.
If the system of equations 1y + 2z = 0 & 1y + 2z = 0 has a nontrivial solution, then find the

 b 2 ac 
value of  2   .
q pr 

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5. Let A = [aij]3×3 be a scalar matrix whose elements are the roots of the equation
x9 – 6x8 + 12x7 – 8x6 = 0 and B = diag (b11, b22, b33) be a diagonal matrix

3 3 6
adj. B p
where brr =  a ij  r = 1, 2, 3. If adj. adj (adj A )
=  
q
j1 i 1

where p, q are relatively prime number, then find the value of (q – 2p).
[Note : adj P denotes adjoint matrix of matrix P.]

x 2  1 x 5
6. 
Let A be an orthogonal invertible square matrix of order 3 with A = sin x 3  2 x
2
3
 
 2 ln x 1

1  x 3 
and f(x) = tr.(A–1). Let B be an involutary invertible square matrix of order 2 with B =  5 2 x  1


1 x 0
and g(x) = tr.(B–1). Let C =  0 1 0 be an idempotent invertible matrix and h(x) = tr.(C–1), then
x x 1

find the number of points of non derivability of max. f (x ), g( x ), h (x ) .
[Note : tr.(P) denotes trace of matrix P.]
7. Let A be 3  3 matrix given by A= [aij] and B be a column vector such that BTAB is a null matrix
for every column vector B. If C  A  A T and a13  1 , a 23  5 , a 21  15 , then the value of
det(adj A)  det(adj C) is

a1 a 5 a1 a2 a 2 a10 a2 a3
 1  a 2 a6 a2 a3 &  2  a 3 a11 a3 a4
8. If a1, a2, a3,........a12 are in A.P and , then  2  1 is
a 3 a7 a3 a4 a 4 a12 a4 a5

5 5
 1  1
0 0
10 2
2  0 1  5   x  5x  20 
[1 25]   2 0       [40] then find
9. If  and  are roots of the equation  1 1    1 1   x  2 
 2   2 

the value of (1   )(1  ) .

10. The set of natural numbers is divided into arrays of rows and columns in the form of matrices as

6 7 8
 2 3  A   9 10 11 
A 1  (1),A 2   , 3   ........ so on. Find the value of Tr(A10)
4 5  12 13 14 
 
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EXERCISE II
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS JEE ADVANCED
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
1. If the system of equations x  ky  z  0, kx  y  z  0, x  y  z  0 has non zero solution, then
possible values of k are [2000]
(a) –1, 2 (b) 1, 2 (c) 0, 1 (d) –1, 1

sin x cos x cos x  

2. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sin x cos x =0 in the interval – < x < is
4 4
cos x cos x sin x

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 [2001,3]

3. The number of values of K for which the system of equations, (K + 1) x + 8y = 4K and
Kx + (K + 3) y = 3K – 1 has infinitely many solutions, is [2002]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite

1 1 1
1 3
4. Let  = – + i . Then the value of the determinant D = 1 1  2 2 is [2002]
2 2
1 2  4

(a) 3  (b) 3  (  – 1) (c) 3  2 (d) 3  (1 –  )

5. If x + ay = 0 ; y + az = 0 ; z + ax = 0, then value of ‘a’ for which system of equations will have
infinite number of solutions is [2003]
(a) a = 1 (b) a = 0 (c) a = –1 (d) no value of a

 0  1 0  2
6. If A    and B  5 1  , then the value of  for which A = B is [2003]
1 1   
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 4 (d) no real values.
7. If the system of equations 2x – y – 2z = 2 ; x – 2y + z = – 4 ; x + y +  z = 4 has no solutions
the  is equal to [2004]
(a) –2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) –3

 2  3
8. If A    and|A | 125 , then the value of  is : [2004]
 2  
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
9. Given 2x  y  2z  2 , x  2y  z  4 , x  y  z  4 then the value of  such that the given system
of equation has NO solution, is [2004]
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) -3

1 0 0  1 0 0
10. A  0 1 1  and I   0 1 0  and
 
[2005]
0 2 4   0 0 1

1 
 
A 1   A 2  cA  dI  , then the value of c and d are
6 
(a) (-6, -11) (b) (6, 11) (c) (-6, 11) (d) (6, -11)
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 3 1 
   1 1
2 2 
11. If P   and A  0 1 and Q = PAPT and X  P T Q 2005P then X is equal to [2005]
 1 3  
 
 2 2 

 1 2005   4  2005 3 6015 

(a) 0 1  (b)  
  2005 4  2005 3 

1 2  3 1  1  2005 2  3
(c) 4   (d) 4  
 1 2  3   2  3 2005 

12. Consider three points P    sin      ,  cos   , Q   cos      ,sin   and


R   cos       ,sin      , where 0   ,  ,   . [2008]
4
Then
(a) P lies on the line segment RQ (b) Q lies on the line segment PR
(c) R lies on the line segment QR (d) P, Q, R are non-collinear
13. Consider the system of equations [2008]
x – 2y + 3z = –1
–x + y – 2z = k
x – 3y + 4z = 1
STATEMENT-1 : The system of equations has no solution for k  3

1 3 1
STATEMENT-2 : The determinant 1 2 k  0, for k  3
1 4 1

(a) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is True; Statement–2 is a correct

explanation for Statement–1.
(b) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is True; Statement–2 is not a correct
explanation for Statement–1
(c) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(d) Statement–1 is False, Statement–2 is True

 x  1 
   
14. The number of 3 × 3 matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the system A  y   0 
 z  0 

has exactly two distinct solutions, is [2010]

9
(a) 0 (b) 2 – 1 (c) 168 (d) 2

1 a b
 
 1 c
15. Let   1 be a cube a root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form 
 2  1 


where each of a, b and c is either  or 2 . Then the number of distinct matrixws in the set S is
[2011]
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
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16. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If PT denotes
the transpose of P, then M2N2 (MTN)–1 (MN–1)T is equal to [2011]
(a) M 2 (b) –N2 (c) –M2 (d) MN
17. 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 [2011]
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
i+j
18. Let P = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [bij], where bij = 2 aij for 1  i, j  3. If the determinant of
P is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q is [2012]
(a) 2 10 (b) 2 11 (c) 2 12 (d) 2 13
19. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transpose of P and I is the 3 × 3 identity

 x  0
   
matrix, then there exists a column matrix X  y  0 such that [2012]
   
 z  0

0
 
(a) PX  0 (b) PX = X (c) PX = 2X (d) PX = - X
0

 1 0 0
 
20. Let P   4 1 0  and I be the identity matrix of order 3.
16 4 1 

q 31  q 32
If Q  [q ij ] is a matrix such that p50  Q  I , then q 21 equals [2016]

(a) 52 (b) 103 (c) 201 (d) 205

21. How many 3 × 3 matrices M with entries from {0, 1, 2} are there, for which the sum of the diagonal
entries of MT M is 5 ? [2017]
(a) 162 (b) 135 (c) 126 (d) 198

 5 3 
 2 2 
22. If M    , then which of the following matrices is equal to M2022 ? [2022]
 3 1
 

 1 2

 3034 3033   3034 3033   3033 3032   3032 3031 

(a)  3033 3032  (b)  3033 3032  (c)  3032 3031  (d)  3031 3030 
       

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ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Let M and N be two 3  3 non-singular skew-symmetric matrices such that MN = NM.

1
If PT denotes the transpose of P, then M 2 N 2 M T N   (MN 1 )T is equal to [2011]

(a) M 2 (b) -N 2 (c) -M 2 (d) MN

2. For 3 × 3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) NOT correct? [2013]
(a) N T MN is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew
symmetric
(b) MN - NM is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(c) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(d) (adj M) (adj N) = adj(MN) for all invertible matrices M and N

3. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with   1 and P   Pij  be a n × n matrix with pij  i j .

then P 2  0 when n = [2013]

(a) 57 (b) 55 (c) 58 (d) 56
4. Let M and N be two 3  3 matrices such that MN = NM. [2014]
Further, if M  N 2 and M 2  N 4 , then

2
(a) determinant of M  MN
2
  is 0
2 2

(b) three 3  3 non-zero matrix U such that M  MN U is the zero matrix 
2 2

(c) determinant of M  MN  1 
2 2
 
(d) for a 3  3 matrix U, if M  MN U equals the zero matrix then U is the zero matrix

5. Let M be a 2  2 symmetric matrix with integers entrices. Then M is invertible if [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 diagonal matrix with non-zero entries n the main diagonal
(d) The product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer
6. Which of the following values of  satisfy the equation

(1   )2 (1  2 )2 (1  3 )2
(2   ) (2  2 ) (2  3 )2  648 ?
2 2
[2015]
(3   )2 (3  2 )2 (3  3 )2

(a) –4 (b) 9 (c) –9 (d) 4

7. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3 × 3, non zero, skew symmetric matrices and Z be an arbitrary
3 × 3 non zero, symmetric matric matrix. Then which of the following matrices is(are) skew
symmetric? [2015]
(a) Y3Z4 - Z4Y3 (b) X44 + Y44 (c) X4Z3 – Z3X4 (d) X23 + Y23

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8. Let a,  ,  R . Consider the system of linear equations [2016]

ax + 2y = 
3x – 2y = 
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
(a) If a = – 3, then the system has infinitely many solutions for all values of  and 
(b) If a  – 3, then the system has a unique solution for all values of  and 
(c) If  +  = 0, then the system has infinitely many solutions for a = – 3
(d) If  +   0, then the system has no solution for a = – 3

3 1 2
9. Let P  2 0   , where   R . Suppose Q = [q ij] is a matrix such that PQ = kI, where k ,
 
3 5 0 

k k2
k  R and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q 23   8
and det(Q)  ,then
2
(a)   0, k = 8 (b) 4  k  8  0 [2016]

(c) det(P adj(Q))  29 (d) det(Q adj(P))  213

cos(2x) cos(2x) sin(2x)

10. If f(x)   cos x cos x  sin x , then [2017]
sin x sin x cos x

(a) f(x) attains its maximum at x = 0

(b) f(x) attains its minimum at x = 0
(c) f’(x) = 0 at more than three points in (, )
(d) f’(x) = 0 at exactly three points in (, )
11. Which of the following is(are) not the square of a 3 × 3 matrix with real entries? [2017]

1 0 0  1 0 0   1 0 0  1 0 0 
0 1 0  0 1 0   0 1 0   0 1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0 0 1  0 0 1   0 0 1  0 0 1

 b1 
 
12. Let S be the set of all column matrices  b2  such that b1, b2, b3  R and the system of equations (in
 b 3 

real variables) [2018]

–x + 2y + 5z = b1
2x – 4y + 3z = b2
x – 2y + 2z = b3
has at least one solution. Then, which of the following system(s) (in real variables) has (have) at

 b1 
b   S ?
least one solution for each  2 
 b 3 

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(a) x + 2y + 3z = b1, 4y + 5z = b2 and x + 2y + 6z = b3

(b) x + y + 3z = b1, 5x + 2y + 6z = b2 and – 2x – y – 3z = b3
(c) –x + 2y – 5z = b1, 2x – 4y + 10z = b2 and x – 2y + 5z = b3
(d) x + 2y + 5z = b1, 2x + 3z = b2 and x + 4y – 5z = b3

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 1
     
13. Let P1  I   0 1 0  , P2   0 0 1 , P3   1 0 0  , P4   0 0 1 , P5   1 0 0  ,
 
 0 0 1   0 1 1  0 0 1  1 0 0   0 1 0 

0 0 1 6
2 1 3
  X  Pk  1 0 2  PkT
P6   0 1 0 
and
k 1
 [2019]
 1 0 0   3 2 1 

Where PkT denotes the transpose of the matrix Pk. Then which of the following options is/are correct?
(a) X is a symmetric matrix (b) The sum of diagonal entries of X is 18

 1  1
x 1    1
 
(c) X - 30I is an invertible matrix (d) If   , then a = 30
 1  1

0 1 a   1 1 1
   
14. Let M   1 2 3  and  adjM    8 6 2  where a and b are real numbers.
 3 b 1   5 3 1

Which of the following options is/are correct ? [2019]

2
(a) a + b = 3 (b) det(adj M ) = 81

  1 
M     2 
(c) (adj M)1  adjM 1  M (d) If , then       3
    3 

1 1 1 2 x x
 
15. Let x  R and let P   0 2 2  , Q   0 4 
0  and R  PQP 1 . [2019]

 0 0 3   x x 6 
Then which of the following options is/are correct ?

2 x x
 
(a) det R  det  0 4 0   8 , for all x  R
 x x 5 

  0 
   
(b) For x = 1, there exists a unit vector iˆ  ˆj  kˆ for which r     0 
    0 

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(c) There exists a real number x such that PQ = QP

1  1 
R a  6  a 
 
(d) For x =0, if   , then a + b = 5
 b   b 

16. 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? [2020]
(a) M = I (b) det M = 1 (c) M2 = I (d) (adj M)2 = I
17. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let |M| denote the determinant of M. Let [2021]

1 2 3  1 0 0 1 3 2 
E   2 3 4  ,P  0 0 1 andF   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?

1 0 0 
F  PEP and P  0 1 0 
2
(a) (b) EQ  PFQ 1  EQ  PFQ 1
0 0 1

(c)  EF 3  EF 2
1
(d) Sum of the diagonal entries of P-1 EP +F is equal to the sum of diagonal entries of E  P FP
18. 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 ?
(a) FE  I  FE FGE (b)  I  FE  I  FGE   I [2021]

(c) EFG  GEF (d)  I  FE  I  FGE   I

 
19. Let |M| denote the determinant of a square matrix M. Let g; 0,   R be the function defined by
 2

1 sin  1
  1
g()  f( )  1  f      1 where f( )  2  sin  1 sin 
+
2  1  sin  1

   
sin  cos     tan    
 4  4
    4
sin      cos log e  
 4 2   [2022]
  
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 ?

3 2   13 2   5 2 1 5 2 

(a) p  4   0 (b) p
 4
  0 (c) p  4
  0 (d) p  4   0
       

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20. Let M = (aij ), i, j  {1, 2, 3}, be the 3  3 matrix such that aij = 1 if j + 1 is divisible by i, otherwise
aij = 0.
Then which of the following statements is(are) true? [2023]
(a) M is invertible

 a1   a1   a 1 
     
a M  a 2    a 2 
(b) There exists a nonzero column matrix  2  and such that
a   a   a 
 3  3  3

0
 
0  0
(c) The set {X  R 3 : MX  0}  {0}, where
0
 

(d) The matrix (M – 2I) is invertible, where I is the 3  3 identity matrix

COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS

PASSAGE I

1 0 0 
A  2 1 0  . if U1, U2 and U3 are column matrices satisfying
3 2 1 
 

1  2  2
AU1  0 , AU2  3 and AU3  3 ,U
   
is 3 3 matrix whose columns are U1,U2 ,U3 then an-
0  0  1 
     
swer the following questions [2006]

1. The value of U is
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) 3/2 (d) 2
2. The sum of the elements of U1 is
(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3

3
 
3. The value of [3 2 0] U 2  is
0 

5  3
(a) [5] (b)  2  (c) [4] (d)  
2
PASSAGE II

Let A be the set of all 3  3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these
entrices are 1 and four of them are 0. [2009]
4. The number of matrices in A is
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 3

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5. The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations

 x  1 
A  y    0 
 x   0 
has a unique 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
6. The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1 
A  y    0 
 x   0 
is inconsistent, is
(a) 0 (b) more than 2 (c) 2 (d) 1

PASSAGE III

Let p be an odd prime number and Tp be the following set of 2 × 2 matrices.

 a b  
Tp = A    :a,b,c  {0, 1, 2, ...,p  1}  [2010]
 c a  
7. The number of A in Tp 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) 2p – 1
8. The number of A in Tp 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 – q) (p2 - p + 1) (b) p3 – (p – 1)2
(c) (p – 1)2 (d) (p – 1) (p2 – 2)
9. The number of A in Tp such that det (a) is not divisible by p is
(a) 2p 2 (b) p3 – 5p
(c) p3 – 3p (d) p3 – p2

PASSAGE IV
Let  ,  and  be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

x  2y  3z  

4x  5y  6z  

7x  8y  9z    1
is consistent. Let |M| represent the determinant of the matrix [2021]
  2 
M    1 0 
 1 0 1 

Let P be the plane containing all those   ,  ,   for which the above system of linear equations is
consistent, and D be the square of the distance of the point (0, 1, 0) from the plane P.

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10. The value of |M| is ___ .

11. The value of |D| is ___ .

MATRIX MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Consider the following linear equations [2007]
ax + by + cz = 0
bx + cy + az = 0
cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions / expressions in Column I with statements in Column II and indicate your
answers by darkening the appropriate bubbles in 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
Column I Column II
2 2 2
(a) a + b + c  0 and a + b + c = ab + bc + ca (p) the equations represent
planes meeting only at a single point.
(b) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca (q) the equations represent the
line x = y = z.
(c) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca (r) the equations represent iden
tical planes.
(d) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (s) the equations represent the
whole of the three dimensional
space.
2. Consider the lines given by
L 1 : x  3y  5  0 ; L 2 : 3x  ky  5  0 ; L 3 : 5x  2y  12  0
Match the Statements/ Expressions in Column I with the Statements/ Expressioins in Column II
and indicate your answer by darking the appropriate bubbles in the 4  4 matrix given in the ORQ.
Column I Column II [2008]
(a) L 1 , L 2 , L 3 are concurrent, if (p) k = -9

6
(b) One of L 1 , L 2 , L 3 is parallel to at least one of the other two, if (q) k  
5

5
(c) L 1 , L 2 , L 3 from a triangle, if (r) k 
6
(d) L 1 , L 2 , L 3 do not form a triangle, if (s) k = 5

3. 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 the
ORS. [2008]
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, where A is symmetric, B is skwe-symmetric, and
(A+B) (A - B) = (A- B) (A+B). If (AB)t = (-)k AB, where (AB)t is the transpose of the matrix AB, then
the possible values of k are (q) 1
(c) Let a  log 3 log 3 2 An integers k satisfying 1  2  k  3  a   2 , must be less than
(r) 2
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1 
(d) If sin   cos  , then the possible values of       are
 2
(s) 3
4. Let p, q, r be nonzero real numbers that are, respectively, the 10th, 100th and 1000th terms of a
harmonic progression. Consider the system of linear equation [2022]
x+y+z=1
10x + 100y + 1000z = 0
qrx + pry + pqz = 0
List-I List-II

q 10 1
(I) If  10 , then the system of linear equations has (P) x  0, y  ,z  
r 9 9

p 10 1
(II) If  100 , then the system of linear equations has (Q) x  , y   ,z  0 as a solution
r 9 9

p
(III) If q  10 , then the system of linear equation has (R) infinitely many solutions

p
(IV)If q  10 , then the system of linear equations has (S) no solution

(T) at least one solution

The correct option is:
(a) (I)  (T); (II)  (R); (III)  (S); (IV)  (T)
(b) (I)  (Q); (II)  (S); (III)  (S); (IV)  (R)
(c) (I)  (Q); (II)  (R); (III)  (P); (IV)  (R)
(d) (I)  (T); (II)  (S); (III)  (P); (IV)  (T)
5. Let  ,  and  be real numbers. Consider the following system of linear equations
x + 2y + z = 7 [2023]
x + z = 11
2x - 3y +  z = 
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entries in List-II.
List - I List - II
1
(p) If    7   3  and   28 , then the system has (1) A unique solution
2

1
(Q) If    7   3  and   28 , then the system has (2) No solution
2

1
(R) If    7   3  where   1 and   28 , (3) Infinitely many solution
2
then the system has
1
(S) If    7   3  where   1 and   28 , (4) x = 11, y = – 2 and z = 0 as a solution
2
then the system has (5) x = – 15, y = 4 and z = 0 as a solution

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The correct option is:

(a) (P)  (3) (Q)  (2) (R)  (1) (S)  (4)
(b) (P)  (3) (Q)  (2) (R)  (5) (S)  (4)
(c) (P)  (2) (Q)  (1) (R)  (4) (S)  (5)
(d) (P)  (2) (Q)  (1) (R)  (1) (S)  (3)

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

p b c
p q r
1. If a  p,b  q,c  r and a q c  0 Then find the value of p  a  q  b  r  c [1991]
a b r

bc ca ab
2. Find the value of the determinant p q r where a,b and c are respectively the pth, qth and
1 1 1

rth terms of a harmonic progression. [1997]

2 2
3. Let  be the complex number cos  i sin . Then the number of distinct complex numbers z
3 3

z1  2
satisfying  z  2 1  0 is equal to [2010]
2 1 z

4. Let M be a 3×3 matrix satisfying

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 [2011]

5. Let k be a positive real number and let

 2k  1 2 k 2 k  0 2k  1 k 
   
2 k 1 2k   1  2k 0 2 k
A=   and B =  .
 2 k 2k 1 
   k 2 k 0 


If det (adj A) + det (adj B) = 106, then [k] is equal to

{Note: adj M denotes the adjoint of a square matrix M and [k] denotes the largest integer less than
or equal to k]. [2010]

x x2 1  x3
2x 4x2 1  8x 3  10
6. The total number of distinct x  R for which is [2016]
3x 9x2 1  27x 3

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( z)r z 2s 
1  3i
7. Let z  , where i  1 , and r,s  {1, 2, 3} . Let P   2s  and I be the identity matrix
2  z zr 
of order 2.
Then the total number of ordered pairs (r, s) for which p2 = - I is [2016]

 1  2   x  1 
    
  1    y    1
8. For a real number , if the system    z  1  of linear equations, has infinitely
2  1     


many solutions then 1    2  [2017]

9. Let P be a matrix of order 3  3 such that all the entries in P are form the set {-1, 0, 1}. Then, the
maximum possible value of the determinant of P is [2018]
10. 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 A3 is -18, then the value of the determinant of A is
[2020]

 0 2 
 
11. Let  be real number. Consider the matrix A   2 1 2  . [2022]
 3 1 2 
 

If A 7     1  A 6   A 5 is a singular matrix, then the value of 9 is _______.

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

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ANSWER KEY

EXERCISE I
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. D
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. C
16. A 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. A
21. C
ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
1. ABCD 2. AD 3. BCD 4. BD 5. AB
6. BCD 7. AD 8. ABD 9. ABC 10. ABC
11. ACD 12. CD 13. ABCD 14. AC
COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. C
6. D 7. A 8. D
MATRIX-MATCH QUESTIONS

1. A – Q, B – S, C – P, D – P
INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. 6 2. 3 3. 11 4. 0 5. 2
6. 3 7. 0 8. 0 9. 51 10. 3355

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EXERCISE II
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS JEE ADVANCED
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. D 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. A
16. C 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. B
21. D 22. A
ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE
1. C 2. CD 3. BCD 4. BC 5. CD
6. BC 7. CD 8. BCD 9. BC 10. AC
11. AC 12. AD 13. ABD 14. ACD 15. AD
16. BCD 17. ABD 18. ABC 19. AC 20. BC
COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. 1
11. 1.5
MATRIX-MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS
1. A–r B–q C–p D–s
2. (A)  s;(B)  p, q;(C)  r;(D)  p, q,s

3. A  r; B  q,s; C  r,s; D  p,r

4. B
5. A
INTEGER TYPE QUESTION
1. 2 2. 0 3. 1 4. 9 5. 4
6. 2 7. 1 8. 1 9. 4 10. 5
11. 3 12. 3780

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