MOUNT ZION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL(CBSE)

MATHEMATICS

QUESTION BANK (PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS)

CHAPTER 3 – MATRICES

SECTION – A(MCQ,AR)
3 2
1. If 𝐴 = [2 −3 4], 𝐵 = [2] , 𝑋 = [1 2 3], 𝑌 = [3] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝐵 + 𝑋𝑌 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠
2 4
[Ans: A] (2020)

a) [28] b) [24] c) 28 d) 24

𝑥+𝑦 7 2 7
2. If [ ]=[ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥. 𝑦 = − − − − − [Ans: -3] (2020)
9 𝑥−𝑦 9 4

1 0
3. If 𝐴 = [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴3 (2020)
1 1
 1 0 −1 1
4. If 𝐴 + 𝐵 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴 − 2𝐵 = [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴? (2020)
1 1 0 −1

1 0
5. If [𝑥 1] [ ] = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 − − − − − [Ans: D] (2020)
−2 0
a) 0 b) -2 c) -1 d) 2
 1 3 𝑦 0 5 6
6. Find the value of 𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 2 [ ]+[ ]=[ ]
0 𝑥 1 2 1 8

5 0 4 3
7. If 3𝐴 − 𝐵 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝐴? (2019)
1 1 2 5
8. If the matrix 𝐴 =
0 𝑎 −3
[2 0 −1] 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏? (2018)
𝑏 1 0

9. Write the number of all possible matrices of order 2 x 2 with each entry 1,2 or 3? (2016)

10. If A is a square matrix such that 𝐴2 = 𝐼, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 (𝐴 − 𝐼)3 + (𝐴 + 𝐼)3 −
7𝐴? (2016)

0 2𝑏 −2
11. Matrix 𝐴 = [ 3 1 3 ] 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏?
3𝑎 3 −1
 ASSERTION AND REASON

Directions: A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the
correct choice as:

(A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A.

(C) A is true and R is false.

(D) A is false and R is true.

1. Assertion(A): If A is a square matrix such that 𝐴2 = 𝐴, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 (𝐼 + 𝐴)2 − 3𝐴 = 𝐼

Reason(R): 𝐴𝐼 = 𝐼𝐴 = 𝐴 [Ans: A]
7 0 0
2. Assertion(A): [0 7 0] 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥
0 0 7
Reason(R): If all the elements of the principal diagonal are equal, it is called a scalar
matrix. [Ans: C]
3. Assertion (A): (𝐴 + 𝐵)2 ≠ 𝐴2 + 2𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵2

Reason (R): 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐴𝐵 ≠ 𝐵𝐴 [Ans: A]

4. Let A and B be two symmetric matrices of order 3.

Assertion (A): 𝐴(𝐵𝐴) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝐴𝐵)𝐴 are symmetric matrices

Reason (R): 𝐴𝐵 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐴 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐵 is

commutative. [Ans: B]

5. Assertion (A): If A and B are symmetric matrices, then AB-BA is a skew symmetric
matrix

Reason (R): (𝐴𝐵)| = 𝐵| 𝐴| [Ans: A]

SECTION – B(2 MARKS)

4 2
1. If 𝐴 = [ ] , 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 (𝐴 − 2𝐼)(𝐴 − 3𝐼) = 0 (2019)
−1 1
 −2 2 0
2. Find a matrix A such that 2𝐴 − 3𝐵 + 5𝐶 = 0, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐵 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑
3 1 4
2 0 −2
𝐶= [ ] (2019)
7 1 6

2 0 1
3. If 𝐴 = [2 1 3] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 (𝐴2 − 5𝐴) (2019)
1 −1 0
4. Show that all the diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are zero? (2017)

5. To promote the making of toilets for women, an organisation tried to generate awareness
through (i) house calls (ii) letters (iii) announcements. The cost for each mode per
attempt is given below: (i) Rs.50 (ii) Rs. 20 (iii) Rs. 40

The number of attempts made in three villages X, Y and Z are given below:

(i) (ii) (iii)

X 400 300 100
Y 300 250 75
Z 500 400 150
Find the total cost incurred by the organisation for the three villages seperately using
matrices? (2015)
 SECTION – C( 3 MARKS)
2 −1 −1 −8
1. Find a matrix A such that [ 1 0 ]𝐴 = [ 1 −2] (2017)
−3 4 9 22
 2 −1 5 2 2 5
2. Let 𝐴 = [ ],𝐵 = [ ],𝐶 = [ ].
3 4 7 4 3 8
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝐷 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝐷 − 𝐴𝐵 = 0 (2017)
 2 0 1
3. If 𝐴 = [2 1 3] , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 + 4𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 𝑋 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴2 −
1 −1 0
5𝐴 + 4𝐼 + 𝑋 = 0. (2015)
 SECTION – E(CASE BASED QUESTIONS)

Read the following text and answer the following questions on the basis of same:

I. A manufacture produces three stationary products pencil, eraser and sharpner which he
sells in two markets. Annual sales are indicated below:

Products(in numbers)
Market
Pencil Eraser Sharpner
A 10,000 2000 18,000
B 6000 20,000 8000

If unit sale price of pencil, eraser and sharpner are Rs.2.50, Rs.1.50 and Rs.1.00 respectively
and unit cost of the above three commodities are Rs.2.00, Rs.1.00 and Rs.0.50 respectively.

1. What is the total revenue of market A?

2. What is the total revenue of market B?

3. What is the cost incurred in market A?

4. What are the profits in market A and market B respectively?

5. What is the gross profit in both the markets?

II. Amit, Biraj and Chirag were given the task of creating a square matrix of order 2. Below
are the matrices created by them. A,B,C are the matrices created by Amit, Biraj and Chirag
respectively
1 2 4 0 2 0
𝐴= [ ],𝐵 = [ ],𝐶 = [ ]. If a = 4 and b = -2
−1 3 1 5 1 −2
1. Find the sum of the matrices A, B and C, A+(B+C) ?
2. Find (𝐴𝑇 )𝑇 ?

3. Find (𝑏𝐴)𝑇 ?

4. Find −𝐵𝐶 ?
5. Find (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝐵?

III. Three schools DPS, CVC and KVS decided to organize a fair for collecting money for
helping the flood victims. They sold handmade fans, mats and plates from recycled material
at a cost of Rs.25, Rs.100 and Rs.50 each respectively. The numbers of articles sold are
given as.

School/Article DPS CVC KVS

Handmade fans 40 25 35
Mats 50 40 50
Plates 20 30 40

1. What is the total money(in rupees) collected by the school DPS?

2. If number of handmade fans and plates are interchanged for all the schools, then what is
the total money collected by all the schools? [Ans: Rs. 21,250]

3. How many articles(in total) are sold by three schools? [Ans. 330]
4. What is the total amount of money(in Rs) collected by schools CVC and KVS?

5. What is the total amount of money collected by all the three schools DPS, CVC and KVS?

IV. On her birthday, Seema decided to donate some money to children of an orphanage
home. If there were 8 children less, everyone would have got Rs.10 more. However if there
were 16 children more, everyone would have got Rs.10 less. Let the number of children be x
and the amount distributed by seema for one child be y(in Rs).

1. Write the equations in terms of 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦?

2. Write the above information in matrix form?

3. Find the number of children who were given some money by Seema?
4. How much amount is given to each child by Seema?

5. How much amount Seema spends in distributing the money to all the students of the
orphanage?

V. Two farmers Ramakishan and Gurucharan singh cultivate only three varieties of rice
namely Basmati, Permal and Naura. The sale(in Rs) of these varieties of rice by both the
farmers in the month of September and October are given by the following matrices A and
B.

September sales in Rs.

10000 20000 30000
𝐴= [ ], first row represents for Ramakishan and second row
50000 30000 10000
represents for Gurucharan singh.

October sales in Rs.

5000 10000 6000
𝐵= [ ], first row represents for Ramakishan and second row
20000 10000 10000
1. Represent the total sales in September and October for each farmer in each variety?

2. What is the value of 𝐴23 ? [Ans: 10000]

3. Represent the decrease in sales from September to October in matrix form?

4. If Ramkishan receives 2% profit on gross sales, compute his profit for each variety sold in
October?

5. If Gurucharan receives 2% profit on gross sales, compute his profit for each variety sold in
September?
VI. There are three families A, B and C. The number of members in these families are given
in the table below.

Family Men Women Children

A 3 2 1
B 2 4 2
C 4 3 2

The daily expenses of each man, woman and child are respectively Rs.200, Rs.100 and Rs.50

1. What is the total daily expense of family A?

2. What is the total daily expense of family C?

3. Find the combined daily expense of all the women?

4. Mention the family with highest expense? [Ans: C]

5. Find the combined expense of men in family A and children in family C?

VII. Three schools SNT, SNP and TKM organized a mela for collecting funds for helping
the rehabilitation of flood victims. They sold hand-made fans, mats and plates from recycled
material at a cost of Rs.25, Rs.100 and Rs.50 each. The number of articles sold are given
below.

SNT SNP TKM

Fans 40 25 35
Mats 50 40 50
Plates 20 30 40

1. What is the fund collected by SNT?

2. What is the fund collected by SNP?

3. What is the total fund raised by all the three schools together?

4. What is the total fund raised by selling fans?

5. How much amount TKM collected by selling plates?