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Questions JEE Main Crash Course

Algebra and Product of Matrices

1. Let α and β be real numbers. Consider a 3 × 3 matrix A such that A 2

= 3A + αI . If A 4
= 21A + βI , then
(1) α = 1 (2) α = 4

(3) β = 8 (4) β = −8

2. 1 0
If P =[
1
], then P 50
is:
1
2

(1) [
1 0
]
(2) [
1 50
]
25 1 0 1

(3) [
1 25
]
(4) [
1 0
]
0 1 50 1

3. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries such that A ′

= αA + 1, where α ∈ R −{−1, 1}., If det (A 2
− A)= 4 , the sum of all possible values of α is equal to
(1) 0 (2) 3

(3) 2 (4) 5

4. Let A =(
1 + i 1
) where i = √−1. Then, the number of elements in the set {n ∈ {1, 2, … . , 100} : A n
= A} is
−i 0

5. Let A = [a ij
]
2×2
, where a ij
≠ 0 for all i, j and A 2
= I , Let a be the sum of all diagonal elements of A and b =|A| Then 3a 2
+ 4b
2
is equal to
(1) 4 (2) 14

(3) 7 (4) 3

6. ⎡
√3
1
⎤
1 1 a b
Let P =⎢
2 2
⎥, A =[ ] and Q = P AP . If P
T T
Q
2007
P =[ ] then 2a + b − 3c − 4d is equal to
√3
⎣−
1
⎦ 0 1 c d
2 2

(1) 2004 (2) 2005

(3) 2007 (4) 2006

7. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

Let A =⎢ 0 . Then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix (A + I ) is equal to:
11
4 −1 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 12 −3

(1) 6144 (2) 4094

(3) 4097 (4) 2050

8. ⎡
2 −1 −1
⎤
√3i−1
Let A =⎢ 1 and B = A − I . If ω = , then the number of elements in the set {n ∈{1, 2, … , 100}: A is equal to _____ .
n n
0 −1 ⎥ + (ωB) = A + B}
2
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0

9. ⎡
x y z
⎤

Let A =⎢ y z x ⎥, where x, y and z are real numbers such that x + y + z > 0 and xyz = 2. If A 2
= I3 , then the value of x 3
+ y
3
+ z
3
is
⎣ ⎦
z x y

10. Let A =( 2 −2
) andB =(
−1 2
) . Then the number of elements in the set ({n, m): n, m ∈{1, 2, … … . 10} and nA n
+ mB
m
= I } is _____.
1 −1 −1 2

Adjoint and Inverse of Matrix

11. ⎡
1 1 2
⎤
| adjB |
If A =⎢ 1 3 4 ⎥, B = adjA and C = 3A, then |C|
is equal to
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 3

(1) 8 (2) 16

(3) 72 (4) 2

12. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix and |A|= 2, then ∣

∣3 adj(|3A|A )∣
∣
2
is equal to
(1) 3
12
⋅ 6
11
(2) 3
12
⋅ 6
10

(3) 3
10
⋅ 6
11
(4) 3
11
⋅ 6
10

13. Let the determinant of a square matrix A of order m be m − n, where m and n satisfy 4m + n = 22 and 17m + 4n = 93. If det(n adj(adj(mA)))= 3 a b
5 6
c
,
then a + b + c is equal to
(1) 84 (2) 96

(3) 101 (4) 109

14. ⎡
1 2 3
⎤

Let for A =⎢ α 3 1 ⎥,|A|= 2 . If |2 adj(2 adj(2A))| = 32 , then 3n + α is equal to

n

⎣ ⎦
1 1 2

(1) 9 (2) 11

(3) 12 (4) 10

15. Let A be a n × n matrix such that |A|= 2. If the determinant of the matrix Adj(2. Adj(2 A −1
)) is 2 , then n is equal to _____ .
84

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16. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that |adj(adj(adj. A))|= 12 . Then ∣∣A 4 −1

adj A∣
∣ is equal to
(1) 2√3 (2) √6

(3) 12 (4) 1

17. ⎡
1 0 a
⎤

Let S {
= √n : 1 ⩽ n ⩽ 50 and n is odd}. Let a ∈ S and A =⎢ −1 1 0⎥ . If Σ det(adj A)= 100λ , then λ is equal to
a∈S
⎣ ⎦
−a 0 1

(1) 218 (2) 221

(3) 663 (4) 1717

18. Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix. If det(2 Adj(2 Adj(Adj(2A)))) = 2 41

, then the value of det(A 2
) equals ______.
19. ⎡
1 3 α
⎤ ⎡
α
⎤

Let B =⎢ 1 2 3 ⎥, α > 2 be the adjoint of a matrix A and |A|= 2. Then [α −2α α ]B⎢ −2α ⎥ is equal to
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
α α 4 α

(1) 0 (2) 16

(3) −16 (4) 32

20. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with det(A)= −1 and det ((A + I )(Adj(a)+I ))= 4. Then the sum of the diagonal elements of A can be:
(1) −1 (2) 2

(3) 1 (4) −√2

21. If A =[ 1 5
], A
−1
= αA + βI and α + β = −2, then 4α 2
+ β
2
+ λ
2
is equal to :
λ 10

(1) 12 (2) 19

(3) 14 (4) 10

22. ⎡ 0 − tan(
θ
)⎤
2 a −b
If A =⎢ and (I then 13(a is equal to _____ .
−1 2 2
⎥ 2 + A)(I2 − A) =[ ], + b )
θ b a
⎣ tan( ) 0 ⎦
2

23. If [ 1 1
][
1 2
][
1 3
]… .[
1 n − 1
]=[
1 78
], then the inverse of [
1 n
] is:
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

(1) [
1 – 12
]
(2) [
1 0
]
0 1 12 1

(3) [
1 0
]
(4) [
1 – 13
]
13 1 0 1

24. ⎡
3 −1 −2
⎤

Let P =⎢ 2 0 α ⎥, where α ∈ R. Suppose Q =[q ij ] is a matrix satisfying P Q = kI for 3

⎣ ⎦
3 −5 0
2

some non-zero k ∈ R. If q 23 = −
k

8
and |Q|= k

2
, then α 2
+ k
2
is equal to_________.

System of Linear Equations

25. For the system of linear equations2x + 4y + 2az = bx + 2y + 3z = 42x + 5y + 2z = 8which of the following is NOT correct?
(1) It has unique solution if a = b = 6 (2) It has infinitely many solutions if a = 3, b = 6

(3) It has infinitely many solutions if a = 3, b = 8 (4) It has unique solution if a = b = 8

26. ⎛
2 10 8
⎞

If a point P (α, β, γ) satisfying ( α β γ )⎜ 9 3 8 ⎟=( 0 0 0) lies on the plane 2x + 4y + 3z = 5, then 6α + 9β + 7γ is equal to

⎝ ⎠
8 4 8

(1) 5

4
(2) −1

(3) 11 (4) 11

27. If α + β + γ = 2π, then the system of equations

x +(cos γ)y +(cos β)z = 0

(cos γ)x + y +(cos α)z = 0

(cos β)x +(cos α)y + z = 0

has :
(1) infinitely many solutions (2) a unique solution
(3) no solution (4) exactly two solutions

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28. Let S and S be respectively the sets of all a ∈ R −{0} for which the system of linear equations
1 2

ax + 2ay − 3az = 1

(2a + 1) x +(2a + 3) y +(a + 1)z = 2

(3a + 5) x +(a + 5) y +(a + 2) z = 3

has unique solution and infinitely many solutions. Then

(1) n(S1 )= 2 and S is an infinite set
2
(2) S1 is an infinite set an n(S 2
)= 2

(3) S1 = ϕ and S 2 = R −{0} (4) S1 = R −{0} and S 2 = ϕ

29. Suppose the vectors x 1

, x2 and x are the solutions of the system of linear equations, Ax = b when the vector b on the right side is equal to b
3 1
, b2 and b 3

1 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

respectively. If x 1
=⎢ 1 ⎥ , x 2 =⎢ 2 ⎥ , x 3 =⎢ 0 ⎥ ;b 1
= ⎢ 0 ⎥ , b2 = ⎢ 2 ⎥ , b3 = ⎢ 0 ⎥ , then the determinant of A is equal to
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 1 1 0 0 2

(1) 4 (2) 2

(3) 1

2
(4) 3

30. ⎛
1
⎞ ⎛
1
⎞ ⎛
1
⎞ ⎛
−1
⎞ ⎛
0
⎞ ⎛
1
⎞

Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix such that A⎜ 1 ⎟=⎜ 1 ⎟; A⎜ 0 ⎟=⎜ and A⎜ 0 ⎟=⎜ 1 ⎟. If X and I is an identity matrix of order 3,
T
0 ⎟ = [x1 x2 x3 ]

⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
0 0 1 1 1 2

4
⎛ ⎞
then the system (A − 2I )X =⎜ 1 ⎟ has
⎝ ⎠
1

(1) no solution (2) infinitely many solutions

(3) unique solution (4) exactly two solutions

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