SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.
 1  1
If matrix A    , satisfies A  5I  8 A, then n 
n
1.
1  2 
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

2. Let A   ars n  n be a n  n matrix such that ars  (r  s )2i ( r  s ) where i  1, then A  (A denotes [ ars ] complex
conjugate)
(A) A] (B) A (C) ( A)T (D) ( A )T
3. A1 is a matrix formed by replacing all the elements in Ann by corresponding cofactors, A2 is matrix formed by
replacing all elements of A1 by corresponding cofactors and A3 , A4 … formed so on, if | An | K , then | A |
1
n n n 1
Kn K ( n 1) K ( n 1)

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(A) (B) (C) (D) n
K ( n 1)
4. If A is an idempotent matrix i.e. A2  A, and B  I  A, then which of the following is incorrect:

(A) B2  B (B) B2  I (C) AB  0 (D) BA  0

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5. A  [aij ]nn be a square matrix, n is odd such that aij  (1)i n Ci  n C j , then trace (A) =
(Trace (A) denotes sum of diagonal elements of A)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 2
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6. Let A  [aij ]33 , B  [bij ]33 where bij  3i  j aij , C  [cij ]33 , where cij  4i  j bij be any three matrices. If | A | 4,
then | B |  | C | (| X | denotes determinant of matrix X)
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(A) 8 (B) 48 (C) 192 (D) 4

2 3
x 1 x x
7. If f ( x)  ln(1  x 2 ) ex sin x , then :
cos x tan x sin 2 x

(A) f ( x ) is divisible by x (B) f ( x)  0

f ( x)
(C) f '( x )  0 (D) lim 1
x 0 x
8. System of equations ax  4 y  z  0, 2 y  3z  1,3x  bz  2 then which of the following is not true
(A) Unique solution if ab  15 (B) Infinitely many solutions if a  3, b  5
(C) No solution if ab  15, a  3 (D) No solution if ab  15, a  5
9. If 1, , 2 are cube roots of unity then system of equations : x  2y  32 z  1  2 , 2 x  3y  2 z  2  
3 x  y  22 z    1 has
(A) unique solution (B) infinitely many solutions
(C) no solution (D) exactly 3 different solutions
10. Let S be the set of all 3  3 symmetric matrices whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of
them are 0. A matrix is selected from set S, what is the probability that the selected matrix is non singular
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 2/3
x cos x 2 x sin x x tan x
f ( x)
11. Let f ( x )  1 x 1 , then lim 
x 0 x 2
1 2x 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) Does not exist
a b c
3 2
12. If a, b, c are the roots of the equation x  2 x  1  0, then b c a 
c a b
(A) 8 (B) –8 (C) 0 (D) 2

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13. Matrix A is such that A  2 A  I , where I is identity matrix, then for n  2, A  n

(A) nA  (n  1) I (B) nA  I (C) 2n 1 A  (n  1) I (D) 2n 1 A  I

14. The system of homogeneous equations x  (  1) y  (  1) z  0 , (  1) x  y  (  2) z  0 ,
(  1) x  (  2) y  z  0 Has non trivial solution for :
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(A) Exactly 3 real values of  (B) Exactly 2 real values of 
(C) Exactly 1 real value of  (D) Infinitely many real values of 
cos( X  L) cos( X  M ) cos( X  N )
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15. For any real values of X , Y , Z , L, M , N value of cos(Y  L) cos(Y  M ) cos(Y  N ) 

cos( Z  L) cos(Z  M ) cos(Z  N )
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) cos X cos Y cos Z  cos L cos M cos N
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(D) (cos X  cos Y )(cos Y  cos Z )(cos Z  cos X )(cos L  cos M )(cos M  cos N )(cos N  cos M )
1 2  cos  sin   2014 T
If A   ,P    , Q  P AP then PQ P 
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 0 1    sin  cos  
 1 22014   1 4028 
(A)   (B)   (C) ( PT )2013 A2014 P 2013 (D) PT A2014 P
0 1  0 1 
17. Let A be a 3  3 non-singular matrix then which of the following is not true
(A) |  A |  | A | (B) | Adj ( A) |  | A |2

(C) Adj ( Adj A)  | A |2 A (D) A  Adj ( A)  | A | I3

18. If A be 3  3 non-singular matrix, | A | K , then | ( xA)1 |  (where x  0)
1 1 1
(A) xK (B) (C) (D)
xK 3 3 3
x K x K
19. Number of distinct real values of K, such that the system of equations x  2 y  z  1, x  3 y  4z  K ,

x  5 y  10 z  K 2 has infinitely many solutions is:

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

Paragraph for Questions 20 - 22

4 1 100  a b 
Let A    , and A   c d  , then:
 9  2   
20. ad 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
c
21. 
b
1
(A) 9 (B) –9 (C) (D) Not defined
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22. Which of the following is true:

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(A) A200  2 A100  I  0 (B) A200  2 A100  I  0

(C) A200  2 A100  I  0 (D) A200  2 A100  I  0

Paragraph for Questions 23 - 25

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Let A be a square matrix and I be identity matrix of same order then A  I is called characteristic matrix of A,  is some
complex number. | A  I | 0 is known as characteristic equation of matrix A; and its roots are called Characteristic roots or
Eigen values of A. Every matrix satisfies its characteristic equation.
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23. Eigen values of matrix  2 3 4  are :
 1 1 2
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1 7
(A) 1,  1, 3 (B) 2, (C) 3,3  2 2 (D) 2,  2,3
2
24. Which of the following matrices do not have eigen values 1 and  1

0 1   0 i  1 0 1 0 
(A) 1 0 (B) i 0  (C) 0 1  (D)  0 1
       

1 0 0  1 0 0
25. If A  0 1 2  & I  0 1 0 , then if A7  4 A6  6 A5  A2  A  I then (, ,  ) is :
 
0 2 3  0 0 1 

(A) (5,  11, 7) (B) (21,115,  91) (C) (13, 44,  28) (D) None of these
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Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or M ORE Choices may be Correct:

26. A and B be two 3  3 matrices such that A5  B5 and A4 B  B 4 A, A  B then :

(A) A4  B 4 (B) A4  B 4  0

(C) ( A4  B 4 )  ( A  B)  0 (D) ( A4  B 4 )  ( A  B)  0
27. Let X and Y be two matrices different from I, such that XY = YX and X n  Y n is invertible for some natural number n.
If X n  Y n  X n 1  Y n 1  X n  2  Y n  2 , then:
(A) I  X is singular (B) I  Y is singular
(C) X  Y  XY  I (D) ( I  X )( I  Y ) is non singular
2 2  4 5  4 5
28. Let matrices be X    , Y   and Z    , then (tr(A) denotes trace of A)
5 1   3 4  3 4 
 
tr ( X (YZ )k ) tr ( X (YZ )k )
(A)  2k
6 (B)  2k
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k 0 k 1
 
tr ( X (YZ )k ) tr ( X (YZ )k )
(C)  2k
6 (D)  2k
3
k 1 k 0

1 4 4
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 
29. Adj ( A)   2 1 7  , then | A |
1 1 3
 
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2
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(2 x  2 x ) 2 (2 x  2  x ) 2 1 2 x  2 x 1 x 1
x 2 x 2
30. Let f ( x)  (3  3 )
x
(3  3 )
x
1 & g ( x)  3 x  4 2 x  3 x  1 then :
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(4  4 )
x x 2
(4 x  4  x ) 2 1 3x  5 2x  4 2 x  4

(A) f (4)  0 (B) f (4)  1020

(C) f ( x )  g ( x) has one solution (D) f ( x )  g ( x) has three solutions

7 2 x 2  12
31. Let f ( x )  6 x 2  12 3 then :
2
x  12 2 7

(A) f ( x)  0 has 6 real roots (B) f ( x)  0 has 4 real roots

(C) Sum of real roots of f ( x)  0 is 0 (D) Sum of real roots of f ( x)  0 is 9
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32. Let X , Y , Z be 2  2 matrices with real entries. Define  as follows X  Y  ( XY  YX ) then :
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(A) X Y  Y  X (B) X I  X
(C) X X  X 2
(D) X  (Y  Z )  X  Y  X  Z
33. If A & B are two invertible matrices of same order, then Adj ( AB ) 
(A) | A || B | A1B 1 (B) adj ( A)  adj ( B ) (C) | A || B | ( AB) 1 (D) adj ( B)  adj ( A)

(1  x )a (1  2 x )b 1
34. If f ( x)  1 (1  x) a
(1  2 x )b , a , b being natural numbers, then:
(1  2 x)b 1 (1  x)a

(A) constant term of f ( x ) is 0 (B) coefficient of x in f ( x ) is 0

(C) constant term of f ( x ) is a  b (D) constant term of f ( x ) is a  b

x 2  sin x cos x x (1  sin x )

35. Atleast one root of the equation  0 lies in:
x  cos x x 1
           
(A)  0,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 6 6 3  3 4   4 6
36. Let in a skew symmetric matrix of order n the maximum number of non-zero elements is M 1 & let in an upper
triangular matrix of order n the minimum number of zero elements is M 2 then :
n 1 n
M 1 2(n  1)

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M1
(A) 2 (B) M1  2 k (C) M2  (D) 
M2 k 1 k 1
M2 n 1

Let A be a square matrix of order n , A  [aij ]nn , aij  i  j , then :

n n
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(A) | A | 0, n is odd
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(B) | A | is perfect square if n is even
(C) | A | 0  n
(D) A is skew symmetric when n is odd & symmetric when n is even
a x
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e x ln a x2
38. If f ( x)  a 3 x e3 x ln a x 4 then :
a 5 x e5 x ln a 1
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(A) Graph of f ( x ) is symmetric about origin (B) Graph of f ( x ) is symmetric about y axis
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(C) f iv (0)  0 (D) f ( x) ln   is an even function
ax
39. If A and B are square matrices of same order such that they commute then :
(A) Am & B n commute m, n  N (B) ( A  B) n  n C0 An  n C1 An 1B  ....  n Cn B n , n  N
(C) A  λI , B  μI commute  λ,μ  R (D) A  λI , μI  B commute λ,μ  R

1 2 3  3 2 5
40. A   2 3 4 , B  2 3 8 , then :

5 6 8  7 2 9
(A) adj (adjA)   A (B) | adj ( AB ) |  576
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(C) | adj (adj (adj (adjA))) |  1 (D) | adj ( B 1 ) | 
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41. If ax  by  cz  0, bx  cy  az  0, cx  ay  bz  0 , a, b, c  R  then :
(A) System have only trivial solution if a3  b3  c3  3abc
(B) System will have non trivial solution only if a  b  c
(C) System have no solution if a3  b3  c3  3abc
(D) If system have non trivial solution then minimum value of ( x  1) 2  ( y  2)2  ( z  3)2 is 12

42. A be the set of all square matrices of order 3 with elements either 0, 1, or –1, then:
(A) O ( A)  39
(B) Number of symmetric matrices in A whose trace is 0 = 7 × Number of skew symmetric matrices in A
(C) Number of matrices in A such that each of 0, 1, and –1 occurs atleast once at any position is 18150
(D) All skew symmetric matrices in A are singular

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43. Let A be set of all 2  2 matrices of the form   , such that a, b, c  {0,1, 2,3, 4} then :
 c a
(A) Number of matrices in A which are symmetric or skew symmetric is 25
(B) Number of matrices in A which are symmetric or skew symmetric & determinant divisible by 5 is 9

44.
(C)
(D)

If x a y b  e m , x c y d  e n , P 
m b
n d
,Q 
a m
c n
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Number of matrices in A for which trace is not divisible by 5 & determinant divisible by 5 is 16
Number of matrices in A for which determinant is not divisible by 5 is 109

, R
a b
c d
, then :
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(A) P log x e  Q log y e (B) x  e P / R , y  eQ / R

(C) P log e x  Q log e y (D) x  eR / P , y  eR / Q

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 3 1 2   x1   1   x2   0   x3   0   x1 x2 x3 
               
45. A   3 1 1 , A  y1    0  , A  y2    1  , A  y3    0  , B   y1 y2 y3  , then :
 4 2 5   z  0  z  0  z  1 z z3 
   1    2     3    1 z2
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(A) Trace ( B )  8 (B) | AdjB | 4

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(C) | Adj ( B) |  (D) Sum of all elements of B is –10
4
n n 1 n2
46. Let f  n   n
Pn n 1
Pn 1 n 2
Pn  2 , where the symbols have their usual meanings. Then f  n  is divisible by
n n 1 n 2
Cn Cn 1 Cn  2

(A) n2  n  1 (B)  n  1! (C) n! (D) None of these

 sin  i cos  
47. If A       , then which of the following is not true
i cos  sin  
1
(A) A   A    (B) A     A      is a null matrix
1
(C) A    is invertible for all   R (D) A     A   
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48. If   cos  cos  cos  sin   sin  then
 sin  sin  sin  sin  0
(A)  is independent of  (B)  is independent of 
d 
(C)  is a constant (D) 0
d     
2
2 2 2 2 2 2
bc  a ca  b ab  c   
49. If ca  b2 ab  c 2 bc  a 2  2 2 2 , then
ab  c 2 bc  a 2 ca  b 2 2 2 2

(A)  2  a 2  b2  c 2 (B) 2  ab  bc  ca (C)  2  ab  bc  ca (D) 2  a 2  b 2  c 2

50. Let a, ,   R consider the system of linear equations ax  2 y   , 3x  2 y  

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?
(A) If a  3 then the system has infinitely many solutions for all values of  and 

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(B) If a  3 , then the system has a unique solution for all values of  and 
(C) If     0 the system has infinitely many solutions for a  3
(D) If     0 , then the system has no solutions for a  3

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51.   1 2a  b a b is divisible by
0 1 2a  3b

(A) a b (B) a  2b (C) 2a  3b  1 (D) a2

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52. Which of the following values of  satisfy the equation

1   2 1  2 2 1  3 2
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 2   2  2  2 2  2  3 2   684
 3   2  3  2 2  3  3 2
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 9 (D) 4
1 2 2 
If A   2 1 2 is an orthogonal matrix of order 3, then:
1
53.
3
 a 2 b 
(A) a  2 (B) a  2, b 1 (C) b  1 (D) b=1

54. How many 3  3 matrices M with entries from {0, 1, 2} are there for which the sum of the diagonal entries of MTM is 5.
(A) 198 (B) 162 (C) 126 (D) 135

55. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with   1 and P   Pij  be a n  n matrix with Pij  i  j . Then P 2  0 ,
when n =
(A) 57 (B) 55 (C) 58 (D) 56
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56. The value of  lying between   0 and   and satisfying the equation sin 2  1  cos 2  4sin 4  0 is:
2
2 2
sin  cos  1  4sin 4

7 5 11 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
24 24 24 24
1  sin 2 x cos2 x sin 2 x
57. If maximum and minimum values of the determinant sin 2 x 1  cos 2 x sin 2 x are  and  , then:
2 2
sin x cos x 1  sin 2 x

(A)   99  4

(B) 3  17  26

(C)  2n  2n  is always an even integer for nN

(D) A triangle can be constructed having it sides as    ,    and   3

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58. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3  3 , non-zero skew-symmetric matrices and Z be an arbitrary 3  3 , non-zero symmetric
matrix. Then which of the following is (are) skew symmetric:
(A) Y 3 Z 4  Z 4Y 3 (B) X 44  Y 44 (C) X 4Z 3  Z 3 X 4 (D) X 23  Y 23

59. Which of the following is (are) not the square of a 3  3 matrix with real entries :
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1 0 0  1 0 0   1 0 0  1 0 0
(A) 0 1 0  (B)  0 1 0  (C)  0 1 0  (D) 0 1 0
       
 0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 1 0 0 1 
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60. Let M be a 2  2 symmetrix matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible, if:
(A) The first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M.
(B) The second row of M is the transpose of first column of M
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(C) M is a diagonal matrix with non-zero entries in the main diagonal

(D) The product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer

a b a  b
61. The determinant b c b  c is equal to zero, if:
a  b b  c 0
(A) a, b, c are in A.P (B) a, b, c are in G.P
(C) a, b, c are in H.P (D)  x    is a factor of ax 2  2bx  c
bc ca ab
62. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers such that ca ab bc  0 , then:
ab bc ca
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A)   0 (B)   0 (C)   0 (D) None of these
a b c2 a b2 c a b2 c
63. Let 1 , 2 , 3 , .. k  be the set of third order determinants that can be made with the distinct non-zero real numbers
a1 , a2 , .... a9 , Then:
k
(A) k = 9! (B)  i  0
i 1

(C) At least one i  0 (D) None of these

64. For 3  3 Matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) not correct
(A) N T MN is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew symmetric
(B) MN – NM is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(C) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(D) (adj M) (adj N) = adj(MN) for all invertible matrices M and N.

65. The system of equations 6 x  5 y  z  0 , 3 x  y  4 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0 , has:

(A) Only a trivial solution for  R
(B) Exactly one non-trivial solution for some real 
(C)
(D) Only one solution for    5
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Infinite number of non-trivial solutions for one value of 
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M ATRIX M ATCH TYPE
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Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. Statements in Column
1 are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column 2 are labeled as p, q, r, s & t. M ore than one choice from
Column 2 can be matched with Column 1.
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x y
66. Consider the 2  2 matrix A   
0 1 

Column 1 Column 2

(A) A is idempotent (p) Either x  1, y  0 or x  1, y  R

(B) A is involutory (q) Either x  0, y  R or x  1, y  0

(C) A is orthogonal (r) x  0, y  R

(D) A is singular (s) x  1, y  0

 (αx  1) cos 2 x x 1 x
67. If f ( x )  βsin x x 2
2x
(γx 2  1) tan x x 1 x2

Column 1 Column 2
(A) f ( x) f ( x) (p) 0
lim  lim 2
x 0 x x 0 x

(B) f ' ( x) (q) –1

lim  f '(0)
x 0 x
(C) x3 (r) –2
1
lim
x  0 x6  f ( x)dx  A,[ A] is ([.] denotes greatest integer function)
x2

(D) f ( x)     (s) f "(0)

If       0, g ( x )  then  g    is ([.] denotes greatest integer function)
  4 
2
x

The elements of 3  3 matrix A are either 1 or –1, then

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68.
Column 1 Column 2
(A) Total number of such A which are symmetric (p) 3
(B) Maximum value of determinant | A | (q) 4
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(C) Minimum value of determinant | A | (r) –4

(D) Maximum value of trace of A (s) 64

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69. A is non singular matrix of order n.

Column 1 Column 2
(A) (adj ( A))1 (p) A
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| A|
(B) adj (kA) (q) adj (adj A)
| A |n 1
(C) adj (adj ( kA)) (r) k n 1 (adj A)
(D) adj ( A1 ) (s) 2
k ( n 1) | A |n  2 A

70. x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  αz  β
Column 1 Column 2
(A) Unique solution (p) α3
(B) No solution (q) α3
(C) Infinitely many solutions (r) β  10
(D) Atleast 2 solutions (s) β  10
 NUM ERICAL VALUE TYPE
This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUM ERICAL/ INTEGER VALUE. For
each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.

71. Let A  [aij ]nn , n is odd natural number. Then determinant of matrix ( A  AT ) 2015 is _______.
x yz 2x 2x
72. If x, y , z distinct common roots of z  1  0 and z 6 21
 1  0 then 2y yxz 2y is equal to_____.
2z 2z zx y
  
1 1  cos 12 sin 12  2014 T a b 
73. Let A    &P  and Q  P AP, then if PQ
T
P   then sum of digits of b is____.
0 1   sin  cos   c d 
 12 12 
1 a b
 4 
74. Let ω be complex cube root of unity. Let S   1 c  , where each of a, b, c are either ω or ω2 . Then number
 2 
  1 
7

75.
of distinct non singular possible such matrices S is________.

Let
x 2  3x
x 1
x 1
2 x
x3 IR  a  b  c  d  e  
x  4  ax 4  bx3  cx 2  dx  e be an identity in x, then     is ____. ([.])
S
 ae 
x 3 x  4 3x
denotes greatest integer function).
5 5 5 5 6 7
C1 C2 C3 C1 C2 C3
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76. 4
C1 4
C2 4
C3  C14 5
C2 6
C3  ______.
3 3 3 3 4 5
C1 C2 C3 C1 C2 C3
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1 
| [ x ] | | sin y | {x} { y}
77. A  2 ,B    , if x  [2, 2] , y , z  (  π, π) if number of triplets ( x, y , z ) such that A  B is
  {z} 1 
 cos z 1 
k, then value of k/7 is _______.

1 2 
78. A  , then A
2014
 λA2013  μA2012 , λ  μ  ___________.
 3 4 

79. Let A be a 3  3 matrix which contains five ‘a’ & four ‘b’ then number of symmetric matrices possible is k, number of
zeros at the end of k! is _________.
λI  kA3
80. Matrix A satisfies A2  3 A  2 I , and A1  , then λ  kμ is ________.
μ
1 a b
81. In a ABC , if 1 c a  0 , then sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  _____ .
1 b c
  2 tan   sec2  3 
   
82. For all values of   0,  , the determinant of the matrix     sin  cos  sin   is always greater than
 2  3 4 3 
 
or equal to _____.

 1 0 0
83. Let P   4 1 0  and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q   qij  is a matrix such that P 50  Q  I , then
16 4 1 
q31  q32
equals _____.
q21

x3  1 x2 y x2 z
84. Number of positive integral solutions of the equation xy 2 y3  1 y 2 z  30 are _____.
xz 2 yz 2 z3  1

 1  i 3 
 1 

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2
85. Let A    , Then A100  2k . A where k is ____.
 1  i 3 
 1 
 2 

86. If the system of linear equations x  ky  3z  0 , 3 x  ky  2 z  0 , 2 x  4 y  3z  0 has a non-zero solution (x, y, z),
S
xz
then is equal to ____.
y2
S0 S1 S2
2
If Sr       the value of S1 S3 is equal to     
k
    2 k 2      k 2
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r r r
87. S2 . Then k is ____.
S2 S3 S4

 2 1 3 4  3 4 
Consider three matrices A    , B   2 3  and C   2 3  , then the value of the sum
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88.
 4 1    

 ABC   A  BC 2   A  BC 3 
tr  A   tr    tr    tr    ...   is ____
 2  4   8 
   
x4 2x 2x
2 x   A  Bx  x  A  then A  2 B equals ____
2
89. If 2x x4
2x 2x x 4
90. Let 1 ,  2 , 3 , .... k  be the set of third order determinants that can be made with the distinct nonzero real numbers
a1 , a2 , a3 , .... a9 then k   a  b  ! where a  b equals ____
 2k  1 2 k 2 k  0 2k  1 k 
   
91. Let k be a positive real number and let A   2 k 1 2 k  B  1  2k 0 2 k
   
 2 k 2k 1    k 2 k 0 

If det (adj A) + det (adj B) = 10 6 , then greatest integer of k is equal to ____

 1  2   x   1 
 
92. For a real number  , if the system   1    y    1 of linear equations, has infinitely many solutions, then
 2 
  1   z   1 

1    2 =

x x y x y z
93. If 2 x 3x  2 y 4 x  3 y  2 z  64 , then the real value of x is____
3x 6 x  3 y 10 x  6 y  3z
a b c a b ac
1
94. Let 1  c d cd and  2  b d bd then the value of , where b  0 and ad  bc is
2
a b a b c a c ad c

0 1 1 1 1  0 

95. Let M be a 3  3 matrix satisfying M 1   2  , M  1   1  and M 1   0  . Then the sum of diagonal entries of
0  3   0   1 1 12 

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M is ____.

2 2
96. Let  be the complex number cos  i sin . Then, the number of distinct complex numbers z satisfying
3 3
z 1  2
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 z  2 1  0 is equal to____.
2
 1 z
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97. The characteristic equation of a matrix A is  3  5 2  3  2  0 then |adj A| =

2
a1 a2 a3
98. If ai  bi  ci  1,  i  1, 2, 3  and ai a j  bi b j  ci c j  0  i  j ; i, j 1, 2, 3 then the value of b1 b2
2 2 2
b3 is
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c1 c2 c3

e x1 e x4 e x7
99. If x1 , x2 , x3 , ...., x13 are in A.P then the value of e x4 e x7 e x10 is
e x7 e x10 e x13

 a  x 2  b  x  2  c  x 2 1  ax 2 1  bx 2 1  cx 2
1   a  y   b  y   c  y   2  1  ay  1  by  1  cy 
2 2 2 2 2 2
100. For a, b, c , x , y , z  R , if and then
 a  z  2  b  z 2  c  z  2 1  az 2 1  bz 2 1  cz 2
| 1 /  2 |  _____ .
M ATRICES & DETERM INANTS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C D C B C A D D A C

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

C A A C A B C D C C

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

B C A C B BCD ABC AB CD AD

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

AC ABC CD AB BCD AB AB ACD ABCD ABC

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

ABD ABCD ABC AB ACD AC ABC BD AB BCD

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

AC BC AC A BCD AC ABC CD AC CD

61 62 63 64 65 66 67

[A-q, r] [B-p, s] [A-q] [B-r, s]

BD ABC AB CD CD
[C-s] [D-r] [C-p] [D-p]

68 69 70 71 72 73 74

[A-s] [B-q] [A-p, q] [B-r] [A-q] [B-p, s]

0 0 7 2
[C-r] [D-p] [C-s] [D-p, q] [C-p, r] [D-p, r]

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

9 0 6 7 2 1 2.25 3 103 3

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

99 10 2 6 6 9 4 1 4 2

95 96 97 98 99 100

9 1 4 1 0 1