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JEE /BITSAT PRACTICE TEST

Booklet Code A Test Code : 2002
Matrices and Determinants-2
(Answer Key)
cos x  sin x 0 
 
Q1. Consider the matrix f  x    sin x cos x 0  . Given below are two statements :
 0 0 1 
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
(a) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Both Statement I and Statement II are true [27/1(I)]
3 3
1 
2 2
1 1
Q 2. The values of  , for which 1   , lie in the interval
3 3
2  3 3  1 0

 3 3
(a) (–2, 1) (b) (–3, 0) (c)   ,  (d) (0, 3)
 2 2
[27/1(II)]
Q 3. Let A be a square matrix such that
1 
     is equal to
2 2
AA T  I . Then A A  AT  A  AT
2  
(a) A2  I (b) A3  I (c) A2  A T (d) A3  A T
[29/1(I)]
Q 4. Consider the system of linear equation
x + y + z =4  , x + 2y + 2  z = 10  , x + 3y + 4  2 z =  2 +15, where
 ,   R. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?
1
(a) The system has unique solution if   and   1 , 15
2
1
(b) The system is inconsistent if   and   1
2
1
(c) The system has infinite number of solutions if   and   15
2
1
(d) The system is consistent if  
2
[30/1(I)]
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2 cos4 x 2 sin4 x 3  sin2 2x
1
Q 5. If f  x   3  2 cos4 x 2 sin4 x sin2 2x Then f '  0  is equal to ______
5
2 cos4 x 3  2 sin4 x sin2 2x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 6
[30/1(I)]
 2 1 1 0
Q.6 If A    ,B    , C = ABAT and X = ATC2A, then det X is equal to :
 1 2  1 1
(a) 243 (b) 729 (c) 27 (d) 891
[01/02(I)]

Q 7. If the system of linear equations x -2y + z =-4, 2x +  y +3z =5, 3x - y +  z =3

has infinitely many solutions, then 12  + 13  is equal to
(a) 60 (b) 64 (c) 54 (d) 58
[31/1(I)]

1 1  1   1  1 1

Q 8. Let A be a 3  3 real matrix such that A  0   2  0  , A  0   4  0  , A  0   2  0 
         
1 1 1 1 1 1
           
 x  1
   
Then, the system  A  3I  y    2  has
 z  3
   
(a) unique solution (b) exactly two solutions
(c) no solution (d)infinitely many solutions
[31/1(II)]
Q 9. Let the system of equations
x + 2y +3z=5, 2x+3y+z=9, 4x+3y+  z=  have infinite number of solutions. Then
 +2  is equal to :
(a) 28 (b) 17 (c) 22 (d) 15
[01/02(II)]
Q 10. If the system of equations
x+  
2 sin  y   
2 cos  z  0 , x +  cos   y   sin   z  0 , x +  sin   y   cos   z  0

 
has a non-trivial solution, then    0,  is equal to :
 2
3 7 5 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 24 24 24
[04/04(I)]
1 2  
 
Q 11. Let   (0,  ) and A = 1 0 1 
0 1 2 
If det(adj(2A – AT).adj(A – 2AT)) = 28, then (det(A))2 is equal to :
(a) 1 (b) 49 (c) 16 (d) 36
[04/04(I)]
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Q 12. If the system of equations x + 4y – z =  , 7x + 9y +  z = –3,

5x + y + 2z = –1 has infinitely many solutions, then (2  +3  ) is equal to :
(a) 2 (b) –3 (c) 3 (d) –2
[08/04(II)]

1 2
Q 13. Let A    and B=I+adj(A)+(adjA) +…+ (adj A) . Then, the sum of all the
2 10
0 1 
elements of the matrix B is :
(a) –110 (b) 22 (c) –88 (d) –124
[04/04(II)]

Q 14. Let A and B be two square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = 3 and |B| = 2.
Then |AT A(adj(2A))–1 (adj(4B))(adj(AB))–1AAT| is equal to :

(a) 64 (b) 81 (c) 32 (d) 108

[05/04(I)]
Q 15. The values of m, n, for which the system of equations
x + y + z = 4, 2x + 5y + 5z = 17, x + 2y + mz = n
has infinitely many solutions, satisfy the equation :
(a) m2 + n2 – m – n = 46 (b) m2 + n2 + m + n = 64
(c) m2 + n2+ mn = 68 (d) m2 + n2 – mn = 39
[05/04(II)]

  3  3 -9 3 
   
Q 16. Let   0 and A       . If B    7 2  is the matrix of cofactors of
   2   2 5 2 

the elements of A, then det(AB) is equal to :

(a) 343 (b) 125 (c) 64 (d) 216
[05/04(II)]

Q 17. If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that det(A) = 3 and

det(adj(–4 adj(–3 adj(3 adj((2A)–1))))) = 2m3n, then m +2n is equal to:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
[06/04(II)]
2 a 0
 
Q 18. Let A  1 3 1  . If A3=4A2–A–21 I, where I is the identity matrix of order 3×3,
0 5 b 
then 2a + 3b is equal to :
(a) –10 (b) –13 (c) –9 (d) –12
[08/04(I)]

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Q.19 0  1  1  1 1  0 
Let M be a 3 x 3 matrix satisfying M 1    2  , M  1    1  , and M 1   0 
       
then
2  3   0   1  1 12
sum of the diagonal entries of M is

(a.) 0 (b.) -3 (c.) 6 (d.) 9

0 2 
Q.20 if the matrix A     
satisfies A A3  3I  2I , then the value of k is:
 k 1 
1 1
(a) (b)  (c) -1 (d) 1
2 2

Integer Type Questions

2 0 1 
 
Q 21. Let A  1 1 0 , B  B1,B2 ,B3  , where B1, B2, B3 are column matrices, and
1 0 1 
1  2  3
AB1  0 , AB2  3 , AB3  2 If  = |B| and  is the sum of all the diagonal
   
0 0 1
elements of B, then  3   3 is equal to ……..(28)
[27/1(I)]
1 0 0 
  3
Q 22. Let A  0    and 2A  221 where  ,   Z , Then a value of  is……….(5)
0   
[29/1(I)]

2 1 2  1 2 0 
   
Q 23. Let A  6 2 11 , P  5 0 2  The sum of the prime factors of P1AP  2I …(26)
3 3 2  7 1 5 
[29/1(II)]

 
Q 24. Let A be a 3  3 matrix and |A|=2.If det adj adj .....  adjA     K506 , then k..(16)
2024-times

[31/1(II)]
1 3
Q 25. Let A be a 2 × 2 symmetric matrix such that A       and |A| be 1.
1 7
If A–1=  A+  I, where I is an identity matrix of order 2×2, then  +  equals….…(5)
[04/04(II)]

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Q.26 If the system of equations 2x + 3y – z = 5, x +  y + 3z = –4, 3x – y +  z = 7
has infinitely many solutions, then 13   is equal to (1120)
[01/02(I)]
Q 27. If the system of equations 11x + y +  z = –5, 2x+3y+5z=3, 8x–19y–39z = μ
has infinitely many solutions, then  4 – μ is equal to : (47)
[05/04(I)]

 
Q 28. Let A be a 3  3 real matrix. If det 2Adj 2Adj  Adj 2A     2 41
, then the value of

 
det A2 equal (4) [26/08(II)]

2 -1
Q 29. Let A =   . If the sum of the diagonal elements of A is 3 , then n is (7)
13 n
1 1 
[08/04(I)]

1 1
   
Q 30. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix of non-negative real elements such that A 1  3 1 .
1 1
Then the maximum value of det(A) is (27)
[04/04(I)]

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