RACE # 58 MATRICES MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT TYPE

sin 2  0 5
 
1. Number of values of  in [0, 4] such that tr(A) + tr(B) = 0, where A  cos   sin  1  &
 1
 3 2 
 4

 tan 2  5 0
 
2 tan 
B 6 9  (where tr(A) is sum of main diagonal elements) is -
 3 
 
 3 1
2
 3 

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

 4 3  a c  c
2. If    , then the value of
 b 5  1 5 
 a dx , is
b

(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 2 (D) 4

x  1 0 2 5 
 2 
3 x 2 4 1 
3. If the trace of the matrix A   is 0 then x is equal to
 1 2 x 3 1 
 
 2 0 4 x2  6

(A) {–2, 3} (B) (–2, 3) (C) {–3, 2} (D) (–3, 2)

x 2  x x   0 1   0  2 
4. If   +   = 5 1  then x is equal to
 3 2  x  1 x  
(A) –1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) No value of x
5. If 2x2 + 7xy + 3y2 + 8x + 14y +  = 0 can be factorised in to two linear factors, then value of
 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 8 (D) 4

1 3 1 0
6. Given A =  2 2  ;  = 0 1 . If A –   is a singular matrix then
   

(A)    (B)    – 4 = 0 (C)    + 4 = 0 (D)    – 6 = 0

8r
, then the value of 100   Tr  is equal to

7. If Tr  4 2
(16r  8r  1)  r 1 

(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 200 (D) 30

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 1 2 0 2 1 5 
8. Let A + 2B =  6 3 3  and 2A – B = 2 1 6  then Tr (A) – Tr (B) has the value equal to
   
 5 3 1  0 1 2 

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none

1 0   0 1  cos  sin  
9. If  =  ,J=   and B =   , then B equal to
0 1   1 0    sin  cos  
(A) cos + Jsin (B) cos – Jsin (C) sin + Jcos (D)  cos + Jsin
10. The total number of matrices formed with the help of 6 different numbers are -
(A) 6 (B) 6! (C) 2(6!) (D) 4 (6!)

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RACE # 59 MATRICES MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT TYPE

 2 1  4 1 
1. A=   & B = 7 2  then A + B is
T T

  7 4   
(A) a null matrix (B) an identity matrix
(C) scalar, but not an identity matrix (D) such that Tr (AT + BT) = 4

1   5 4 0 
 0 2 1
2. If A = 2 and B =   , then
3  1 3 2 

 5 8 0 
 
(A) AB =  0 4 2 (B) AB = [–2 –1 4]
 3 9 6 

 1
 
(C) AB =  1  (D) AB does not exist
 1 

1 0 0 
3.
 
If A = 0 1 0 then A2 =
 
 a b 1

(A) a unit matrix (B) A (C) a null matrix (D) –A

 0  1 0 

4. If A  , B   , where A = B, then the value of  is
2

1 1  5 1 
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 4 (D) No real value of 

1 2 3   5 7 1 
   1 5 7 
5. If A = 3 1 2  , B =   then AB =
2 3 1   7 1 5

(A) I3 (B) 2 I3 (C) 4 I3 (D) 18 I3

6. A and B are two given matrices such that the order of A is 3 × 4 , if A B and BA are both
defined then
(A) order of B is 3 × 4 (B) order of BA is 4 × 4
(C) order of BA is 3 × 3 (D) BA is undefined
7. If A = diag (2, –1, 3), B = diag (–1, 3, 2), then A2 B equal to
(A) diag (5, 4, 11) (B) diag (–4, 3, 18)
(C) diag (3, 1, 8) (D) B
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8. If the matrix AB is a zero matrix, then

(A) A = O or B = O
(B) A = O and B = O
(C) It is not necessary that either A = O or B = O
(D) All the above statements are wrong

1 0 2  1
  
9. The value of x such that 1 1 x  0 2 1  1   0 is
2 1 0  1

(A) –1 (B) –2 (C) 1 (D) 2

10. Number of values of   [0, 2 ] satisfying the matrix equation

 1 
sin  
 cos  sin    cos 2 0   2
    is -
sin   cos    sin  1   3 
  2  cos  


(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

11. Let A and B are two square matrices such that AB = A, BA = B, then (A2 – AB + B2) is always
equal to -
(A) A + B (B) B (C) A (D) 2BA

a b   5 10  0 0 
12. If     , then the smallest possible value of (a + b + c + d) if a, b, c, d are all
 c d   3 6   0 0 
positive integers -
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16

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RACE # 60 MATRICES MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT TYPE

1. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then ABA is
(A) symmetric matrix (B) skew symmetric
(C) diagonal matrix (D) scalar matrix

4 6 1  2 4 3 
2. Consider the matrices A = 3 0 2  , B =  0 1 , C = 1  . Out of the given matrix products
     
1 2 5   1 2  2

(i) (AB)TC (ii) CTC(AB)T

(iii) CTAB and (iv) ATABBTC
(A) exactly one is defined (B) exactly two are defined
(C) exactly three are defined (D) all four are defined

1 a 
3. If A =   , then A (where n  N) equals
n

 0 1 

 1 na   1 n 2a   1 na   n na 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  0 1  0 0  0 n 

4. Identify the incorrect statement in respect of two square matrices A and B conformable for
sum and product.
(A) tr(A + B) = tr(A) + tr(B) (B) tr(A) =  tr(A),   R
(C) tr(AT) = tr(A) (D) tr(AB)  tr(BA)

 1 1  a 1  a
5. If A    and B  1 b  satisfy equation (A + B) = A + B + 2AB, then b (where
2 2 2

 1 1   
a,b  0) is equal to

1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
2
6. Let M = [aij]2×2 whose all entries are distinct and aij  {1,2,5,10}, then number of such singular
matrices M is
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 2 (D) 4

1 2 
7. Let A is a symmetric & B is a skew symmetric matrix, such that A  B 
  , then |A| is -
3 4 

3 1 11 9
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
4 4 4 4

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MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE

 x  a tan x 
 1 lim b  cos1 y 4  2y 2  1 
 x 0 x3 
 d
4 
8. 
Given matrix X 


3
1  
c   log 2 z dz  such that XT = X,

2
 2 
 tan 1 y4  2y 2  1 

2

2z dz 0
 
 1 

then (where xT means transpose of matrix X and [.] denotes greatest integer function)
(A) [a] = 1 (B) [d] = 1 (C) [b] = 0 (D) [c] = 6

1 1
9. Which of the following is true for matrix A =  
2 3 
(A) A + 4 I is a symmetric matrix
(B) A2 – 4A + 5I2 = 0

  1 
(C) A – B is a diagonal matrix for any value of  if B =  
2 5 
(D) A – 4I is a skew symmetric matrix
10. Which of the following is a nilpotent matrix

1 0   cos   sin   0 0  1 1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  sin  cos   1 0  1 1

 2 2 4 
11. If A =  1 3 4  is an idempotent matrix, then x is equal to -
 
 1 2 x 

(A) –3 (B) –2 (C) 0 (D) 1

12. If A is an idempotent matrix, then (I + A) is (where I is identity matrix of order same as A)
4

(A) I + 11A (B) I + 8A (C) I + 17A (D) I + 15A

13. If A and B are two idempotent matrices of same order and A + B is idempotent, then -
(A) AB + BA = I (B) AB + BA = 0 (C) A = B (D) none of these
14. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct answer.
Column-I Column-II
(A) If maximum number of distinct elements in a symmetric (P) 5
matrix of order n is 45, then value of n is
(B) If maximum number of distinct elements in a skew symmetric (Q) 6
matrix of order n is 31, then value of n is
(C) If minimum number of zeroes in upper triangular (R) 7
matrix of order n is 10, then value of n is
(D) If maximum number of distinct elements in lower triangular (S) 9
matrix of order n is 29, then value of n is
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SINGLE CORRECT TYPE

1. Let a matrix A satisfies A – 3A + 4I = 0. If A4 = aA + bI, then a – b is-
2

(A) 17 (B) 23 (C) 16 (D) –16

1 2 2
2. If A  2 1 2 is zero divisor of ƒ(x) = x2 – 4x – 5, then A3 is equal to
2 2 1 

41 42 42 42 41 42  43 42 41 41 42 41

       
(A) 42 41 42 (B)  41 42 41  (C) 44 41 42  (D) 42 41 42
42 42 41 44 41 42  42 43 43  42 42 41

3. A square matrix M of order 3 satisfies M2 = I – M, where I is an identity matrix of order 3.

If Mn = 2I – 3M, then n is equal to -
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
4. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = –1, |B| = 3, then |3AB| is equal to
(A) –9 (B) –81 (C) –27 (D) 81

1 a2 a4 1 1 1
5. If 1 b2 4
b =k a b c then k is
1 c2 c4 a2 b2 c2

(A) (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (B) ab + bc + ac
(C) a2b2c2 (D) a2 + b2 + c2

 x 2y x  y   3xy  x 2 2x  y 2  2y xy  4x 
 2 
Let A  y 2x x  y  and B 
6.  x  xy  2y
2
2x  xy  2y 4y2  x 2  , then which of the
 
 2 x y   2x 2  2y 2 2xy  y2  x 2 2x 2  2y 2 


following option(s) is/are always correct -

(A) If |A| = 3, then |B| = 27 (B) If |A| = 4, then |B| = 16
(C) If |B| = 50, then |A| = 5 (D) If |B| = 1000, then |A| = 10

If A is a square matrix of order n such that adj  adj A   A , then the value of n can be
9
7.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
8. Let S = {a, b, c, p, q, r, s, , m}, then the value of determinant

ap  bq ar  bs a  bm
bp  cq br  cs b  cm is -
cp  aq cr  as c  am

(A) dependent of two elements of S (B) dependent of three elements of S

(C) independent of all elements of S (D) independent of two elements of S

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9. Let A and B are two non-singular square matrices of order n with real entries such that
adjA = adjB, then which of the following is necessarily true-
(A) A = B if n is even (B) A = –B if n is even
(C) A = – B if n is odd (D) A = B if n is odd

  3 a b 
 d  , B = adj(A) and C = adj(B). If |A| = 5, then tr(C) is (where |X|, tr(X)
10. Let A   c 6
 e f 9   

& adj(X) denote determinant value, trace and adjoint of matrix X respectively)-
(A) 5 (B) 12 (C) 30 (D) 60

x   x x 
 x x x  , then A–1 exists if
11. Let A = 
 x x x   

(A) x  0 (B)   0 (C) 3x +   0,   0 (D) x  0,   0

COMPREHENSION TYPE
Paragraph for Question 12 to 13

1 1 0 2 1
  3 7 5 
Let A  1 2  & B is a matrix of order (2 × 3) such that 
AB  
1 4   5 13 9 

(where tr(X) denotes trace of X)

12. tr(BA)
(A) is equal to zero (B) is equal to –3
(C) is equal to 2 (D) can't be determined
13. If X = BA, then sum of all elements in X 2015
is-
(A) 3 (B) 2015 (C) 2016 (D) 2017

MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE

cos   sin  0
14. If A  sin  cos  0 is a orthogonal matrix then  can be
 
 0 0 1 

 2  2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 2 3

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 cos   sin  
1. If A =   , A is given by
–1

sin  cos  
(A) –A (B) AT (C) –AT (D) A

 4 2 
2. Consider the matrix A    . Then sum of all possible values of scalar  such that |A –
 1 1 

1 0
I| = 0, {where I    and |X| denotes determinant value of X} -
0 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

 cos   sin  
3. For a given matrix A =  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

1 1 2
 
4. If A  0 2 1 and A3 = (aAI) (bAI), where a, b are integers and I is a 3 × 3 unit matrix then
1 0 2

value of (a + b) is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
5. The system of equation –2x + y + z = 1, x – 2y + z = –2, x + y + z = 4 will have no solution if
(A)  = –2 (B)  = –1 (C)  = 3 (D) none of these
6. If system of equation
(tan)x + (cot)y + (8cos2)z = 0
(cot)x + (8cos2)y + (tan)z = 0
(8cos2)x + (tan)y + (cot)z = 0
have non trivial solution, then sin4 is equal to -

3 1 1
(A)  (B) –1 (C)  (D)
2 2 2
7. Let ax + a3y + a4z = z,
bx + b3y + b4z = z,
cx + c3y + c4z = z, where a,b,c are different real numbers.
If system has non trivial solution, then which of the following is true ?
(A) a + b + c = 0 (B) (a b c) (a + b + c) = ab + bc + ca
(C) (a + b + c) + ab + bc + ca = 0 (D) abc(ab + bc + ca) = a + b + c

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cos x sin x cos x


8. Let ƒ(x)  cos 2x sin 2x 2 cos 2x , then ƒ '   is equal to-
2
cos3x sin 3x 3cos 3x

(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2

9. If the system of equation ax + (b – )y + (c – )z = 0, (a – )x + by + (c – )z = 0 and
(a – )x + (b – )y + cz = 0, (where    are distinct) has a non-trivial solution, then the value

a b c
of   is
  
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2

sin2  0 0  cos2  0 0 
 2  1  2 
10. If A –1 =  0 sin  0  and B   0 cos  0  where , , are any real
 0 0 sin2    0 0 cos2  
 

numbers and C = (A–5 + B–5) + 5A–1 B–1(A–3 + B–3) + 10A–2B–2(A–1 + B–1) then find |C|.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE

11. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect ?

(A) If the matrices A, X, B, C are such that the product A X B exists, then A X B = C always
implies X = A–1CB–1

(B) If A & B are square matrices, then Trace(Adj(AB)) = Trace((AdjA)(AdjB))

(C) If ƒ(x) = x3 + x2 + 5x – 7 & ƒ(A) = O, where A is 3 × 3 matrix & O is null matrix, then Trace(A)
must be –1.

(D) If A & B are orthogonal matrices, then matrix ABA must be orthogonal.

2 0 0 
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12. Let A 0 1 2 . If A 1 aA 2 
 A  bI , (where I is identity matrix of order 3), then select
16
0 2 4 

correct option(s)

1 9 1 9
(A) a  (B) b  (C) a  (D) b 
8 4 16 8

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ANSWER KEY

RACE # 58

1. Ans. C 2. Ans. B 3. Ans. C 4. Ans. A 5. Ans. C 6. Ans. B

7. Ans. B 8. Ans. C 9. Ans. A 10. Ans. D

RACE # 59

1. Ans. C 2. Ans. D 3. Ans. A 4. Ans. D 5. Ans. D 6. Ans. B

7. Ans. B 8. Ans. C 9. Ans. B 10. Ans. B 11. Ans. B 12. Ans. D

RACE # 60

1. Ans. A 2. Ans. C 3. Ans. A 4. Ans. D 5. Ans. B 6. Ans. B

7. Ans. D 8. Ans. A,B,C,D 9. Ans. B,C 10. Ans. C 11. Ans. A

12. Ans. D 13. Ans. B 14. Ans. (A-S), (B-Q), (C-P), (D-R)

RACE # 61

1. Ans. B 2. Ans. A 3. Ans. A 4. Ans. B 5. Ans. A 6. Ans. B

7. Ans. D 8. Ans. C 9. Ans. A 10. Ans. D 11. Ans. C 12. Ans. C

13. Ans. D 14. Ans. A,B,C,D

RACE # 62

1. Ans. B 2. Ans. C 3. Ans. C 4. Ans. C 5. Ans. A 6. Ans. C

7. Ans. D 8. Ans. C 9. Ans. D 10. Ans. B 11. Ans. A,B,C,D

12. Ans. C,D

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