Class 12th Maths Chapter 3 (Matrices)
Class 12th Maths Chapter 3 (Matrices)
Chapter 3 (Matrices)
CBSE 12th Mathematics
Chapter 3 (Matrices)
Important Questions Unsolved
SECTION - A
Q.1: Show that all the diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are zero.
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶 −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜶
Q.4: 𝐈𝐟 𝑨 = ( ) , then for what value of 𝜶 is A an identity matrix
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜶 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 𝟕 𝟏𝟏
Q. 5: 𝐈𝐟 ( )( )=( ) , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒌
𝟑 𝟒 𝟐 𝟓 𝒌 𝟐𝟑
Q.6: For 𝒂 𝟐 × 𝟐 matrix, 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ], whose elements are given by 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝒊/𝒋, write the
value of 𝒂𝟏𝟐 .
𝟓−𝒙 𝒙+𝟏
Q.7: For what value of 𝒙, the matrix [ ] is singular?
𝟐 𝟒
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟒 𝟔
Q.8: If ( )( )=( ), write the value of 𝒙.
𝟓 𝟕 −𝟐 𝟒 −𝟗 𝒙
𝟗 −𝟏 𝟒 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
Q.11: 𝐈𝐟 [ ]=𝑨+[ ] , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐀.
−𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 𝟎 𝟒 𝟗
𝟑 𝟒 𝟏 𝒚 𝟕 𝟎
Q.12: 𝐈𝐟 𝟐 [ ]+[ ]=[ ] , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 (𝒙 − 𝒚).
𝟓 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
Q.14: If A is a square matrix such that 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐈, then find the simplified value of
(𝐀 − 𝐈)𝟑 + (𝐀 − 𝐈)𝟑 − 𝟕𝐀.
𝟎 𝟐𝒃 −𝟐
Q.15: Matrix 𝑨 = [ 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 ] is given to be symmetric, find values of 𝒂 and 𝒃.
𝟑𝒂 𝟑 −𝟏
𝟎 𝒂 −𝟑
Q.16: 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐀 = [𝟐 𝟎 −𝟏] Is skew symmetric, find the value of ‘a’ and ‘b’.
𝒃 𝟏 𝟎
𝟐 −𝟑
Q.17: Given 𝐀 = [ ] , 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐀−𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐀−𝟏 = 𝟗𝐈 − 𝐀
−𝟒 𝟕
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟒 𝟔
Q.19: If ( )( )=( ), write the value of 𝒙.
𝟓 𝟕 −𝟐 𝟒 −𝟗 𝒙
Q.23: If a matrix has 5 elements, write all possible orders it can have.
Q.24: Find the value of x + y from the following equation:
𝒙 𝟓 𝟑 −𝟒 𝟕 𝟔
𝟐[ ]+[ ]=[ ]
𝟕 𝒚−𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟒
𝟑 𝟒
𝑻 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
Q.25: If 𝑨 [−𝟏 𝟐] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩 = [ ] . 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑻 − 𝑩𝑻 .
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏
Q.27: If matrix 𝑨 = [ ] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐊𝐀, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒌.
−𝟏 𝟏
Q.28: If A is a square matrix such that 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑨, then write the value of 𝟕𝑨 − (𝑰 + 𝑨)𝟑 ,
where I is an identity matrix.
𝒙−𝒚 𝒛 −𝟏 𝟒
Q.29: If [𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 𝒘] = [ 𝟎 ],find the value of 𝒙 + 𝒚.
𝟓
Q.31: Write the number of all possible matrices of order 𝟐 × 𝟐 with each entry 𝟏, 𝟐
or 𝟑.
SECTION - B
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐 𝟓
Q.32: Let 𝑨 = ( ),𝑩 = ( ),𝑪 = ( ),
𝟑 𝟒 𝟕 𝟒 𝟑 𝟖
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐃 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐃 − 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
Q.33: 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑨 = [𝟒 𝟏 𝟑]. Express A as sum of two matrices such that one is
𝟎 𝟔 𝟕
symmetric and other is skew symmetric.
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
Q.34: 𝐈𝐅 𝑨 = [𝟐 𝟏 𝟐] , 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟎.
Q.35: Using elementary row operations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
𝟐 𝟓
( )
𝟏 𝟑
𝟐 𝟎 𝟏
Q.36: 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = (𝟐 𝟏 𝟑) 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝟐 − 𝟓𝐀 + 𝟒𝐈
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎
and hence find a matrix x such that 𝐀𝟐 − 𝟓𝐀 + 𝟒𝐈 + 𝐗 = 𝟎.
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
Q.37: 𝑰𝒇 𝑨 = [ 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟒] , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 (𝑨′ )−𝟏 .
−𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
Q.39: Express the following matrix as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric
matrix, and verify your result:
𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟒
( 𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟓)
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
SECTION - C
Q.41: Using elementary operations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
[𝟏 𝟐 𝟑]
𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
Q.43: Using elementary row transformations, find the inverse of the matrix
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝐀=[ 𝟐 𝟓 𝟕]
−𝟐 −𝟒 −𝟓
Q.44: Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
[𝟐 𝟓 𝟕]
−𝟐 −𝟒 −𝟓
Q.45: Obtain the inverse of the following matrix using elementary operations;
𝟑 𝟎 −𝟏
𝑨 = [𝟐 𝟑 𝟎]
𝟎 𝟒 𝟏
Q.46: Find the inverse of the following matrix using elementary operations:
𝟏 𝟐 −𝟐
𝑨 = (−𝟏 𝟑 𝟎)
𝟎 −𝟐 𝟏