ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, DHAULA KUAN

Assignment on Matrices for Class - XII

I. MCQs (TYPE_A)
1. If A and B are two matrices such that AB=A and BA=B, then B2 is equal to

a) B b) A c) 1 d) 0

n 0 0  a x p
2. If A = 0 n 0  and B = b
 y q  , then AB is equal to
0 0 n   c z r 

a) B b) nB c) Bn d) A+B

1 2 x  1 − 2 y 
3. If A = 0 1 0  and B = 0 1 0  and AB =I , then x+ y equals
  3

0 0 1  0 0 1 

a) 0 b) -1 c) 2 d) none of these

0 2   0 3a 
4. If A =   and kA= 2b 24 , then the values of k, a, b are respectively
3 − 4  

a) -6, -12, -18 b) -6, 4, 9 c) -6, -4, -9 d) -6, 12, 18.

0 0 4
5. The matrix P = 0 4 0 is a
4 0 0

a) square matrix b) diagonal matrix c) unit matrix d) scalar matrix

1 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 ≠ 𝑗
6. If matrix A = [aij]2×2, where 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = { } Then A2 is equal to
0 if 𝑖 = 𝑗

a) I b) A c) O d) none of these

1 0 0
7. The matrix 0 2 0 is a
0 0 4

a) identity matrix b) symmetric matrix c) skew-symmetric matrix d) none of these

8. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (ABT-BAT) is

 a) skew symmetric matrix b) Null matrix c) unit matrix d) None of these

9. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I, then (A - I)3 + (A + I)3 - 7A is equal to

a) A b) I – A c) I + A d) 3A

10. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then (A + B)(A – B) is equal to

a) A2 – B2 b) A2 – BA – AB – B2 c) A2 – B2 + BA – AB d) A2– BA + B2+ AB

Assertion Reasoning (TYPE-B)

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

Reason (R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

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

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

1. Assertion: The possible dimensions of a matrix containing 32 elements is 6.

Reason: The No. of ways of expressing 32 as a product of two positive integers is 6.

2. Assertion: If A and B are skew symmetric matrices then AB – BA is a symmetric matrix.

Reason: For a matrix to be a symmetric AT = -A.
3. Assertion: If the order of matrices A, B and C are 2 × 3, 3 × 4, 4 × 2 then order of matrix
ABC is 2×2.
Reason: We can multiply two matrices if number of columns of first matrix is equal to
number of rows of second matrix.

II. VSAs and SAs

1. Construct a matrix of order 2×3 where

2𝑖 + 3𝑗; 𝑖 < 𝑗 𝑖
;𝑖 ≠ 𝑗 𝑖
i) aij= { 𝑖 𝑗 ; 𝑖 = 𝑗 ii) aij= { 𝑗 iii) aij= [𝑗], where [.] Is Greatest
3𝑖 − 2𝑗; 𝑖 > 𝑗 |2𝑖 − 3𝑗|; 𝑖 = 𝑗
integer function.

2 1  − 3 2  1 0
2. Find the matrix A satisfying the matrix equation :   A = .
3 2  5 − 3 0 1
  2 3  − 8 
3. Solve for x and y : x   + y   +  =O.
1  5 − 11
4. If X and Y are 2×2matrices, then solve the following matrix equations for X and Y

2 3 −2 2
2X+3Y = [ ], 3X+2Y = [ ],
4 0 1 −5
0 𝑎 3
5. i)If the matrix [2 𝑏 −1] is a skew symmetric matrix, find the value of a+b+c.
𝑐 1 0
1 𝑥2 − 2 3
ii) Find x if A = [7 5 7 ] is a symmetric matrix.
3 7 −5
2𝑦 − 7 0 0
iii) Find x and y if A = [ 0 𝑥 − 3 0] is a scalar matrix.
0 0 7
2 0 𝑦−𝑥
iv) Find x if the A = [𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2 3 0 ] is a diagonal matrix.
0 0 4
2 −2 2
6. If a matrix A = [ ] and A = pA, then write the value of p.
−2 2
7. If A is a skew –symmetric matrix and n is an odd natural number, write whether
An is symmetric or skew-symmetric or neither of these two.
8. How many scalar matrices of order 3 be made if each its element is either 0, i or -i .

III. Long Answer Type Questions

1. Express the following as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix:

3 −2 −4 1 3 5 −3 7 2
i) [ 3 −2 −5] ii) [−6 8 3] (iii) [ 7 8 3]
−1 1 2 −4 6 5 2 3 9
3 −5
2. If A = [ ], then find A2 – 5A – 14I. Hence find A3.
−4 2
3. i)There are 3 families A, B and C. The number of men, women and children in these
families are as under :

Men Women Children

Family A 2 3 1
Family B 2 1 3
Family C 4 2 6

Daily expenses of men , women and children are Rs. 200, Rs. 150 and Rs. 200 respectively.
Only men and women earn and children do not. Using matrix multiplication , calculate the
daily expenses of each family.
 iii)Three schools A, B and C want to award their selected students for the values of
Honesty, Regularity and Hard work . Each school decided to award a sum of Rs. 2500, Rs.
3100, Rs. 5100 per student for the respective values. The number of students to be awarded
by the three schools is given below in the table:

School→ A B C

Values
↓
Honesty 3 4 6
Regularity 4 5 2
Hard Work 6 3 4
Find the total money given in awards by the three schools separately, using matrices.

iv) In a parliament election, a political party hired a public relation company to promote
its candidates in three ways : telephone, house calls and letters. The cost per contact is
given in the following matrix P as
50 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒
P = [160 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒] ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙
40 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟
The number of contact of each type made by the party in the two cities A and B is given
by the matrix

𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟

2000 250 10000 → 𝐴
Q= [ ]
4000 500 8000 → 𝐵
Find the total amount spent by the party in the two cities A and B.

Case Study Based Questions

1. On her birth day, 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.).
Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:

(i) Write the equations in terms x and y.

(ii) Express the above equations in terms of matrix equations.
(iii) Find the number of children who were given some money by Seema.
(iv) How much amount is given to each child by Seema?
(v) How much amount Seema spends in distributing the money to all the students of the
Orphanage?

2. To promote the making of toilets for women, an organisation tried to generate awareness
through (i)house calls (ii) emails and (iii) announcements .
The cost for each mode per attempt is given respectively below (i) ₹ 50 (ii) ₹ 20 (iii) ₹40
The number of attempts made in the villages X,Y and Z are given below:

(i) (ii) (iii)

X 400 300 100
Y 300 250 75
Z 500 400 150

Also the chance of making of toilets corresponding to one attempts of given modes is
(i) 2% (ii) 4% (iii) 20%
Based on the above information answer the following questions :
(i) What is the cost incurred by the organization on village X?
(ii)What is the cost incurred by the village Y?
(iii) What is the total number of toilets that can be expected after the promotion in village X?