Summer Assignment
XII (A1) - Mathematics
Date of Assignment: 29/04/2025
Date of Submission: 15/06/2025
Assigned by: Sachin Wani (Mathematics Mentor)
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Section A : (MCQ) Each question carry one mark.
1) If A is any m n matrix and B is a matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then B is
a matrix of order
a) n n b) m m c) m n d) nm
2) The number of all possible matrices of order 3 3 with each entry 0 or 1 is
a) 81 b) 512 c) 27 d ) None of these
3) If A and B are square matrices of same order, then AB’- BA’ is a
a) Symmetric matrix b) Skew-symmetric matrix c) Null matrix d) Unit
matrix
0 a 1
4) If A = −1 b 1 is a skew-symmetric matrix, then the value of (a + b + c)2 is
−1 c 0
a) 1 b) 0 c) 4 d ) None of these
3x 4 4 −3
5) If =
5 x 5 −2
a) − 2 b) 4 / 3 c) 3or − 3 d ) None of these
1 1 1
6) The value of b + c c+a a + b is
b+c −a c + a −b a +b −c
a) a+b+c b) 2(a+b+c) c) 1 d) 0
22 23 24
7) The value of 23 24 25 is
24 25 26
a) 29 b) 26 c) 213 d ) None of these
8) A = aij mn is a square matrix , if
a) m n b) m n c) m = n d ) none of these
3 4
9) If A = and 2A+ B is a null matrix, then B is equal to
5 2
6 8 −6 −8 5 8 −5 −8
a) b) c) d)
10 4 −10 −4 10 3 −10 −3
10) If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A , then ( I + A)3 − 7 A is equal to
a) I b) 2I c) A d ) none of these
1 1 1 x 6
11) If 0 1 1 y = 3 , then the value of (2x + y − z) is
0 0 1 z 2
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d ) none of these
12) If A is a 3 4 matrix and B is a matrix such that A’B and AB’ are both defined , then the
order of the matrix B is
a) 3 4 b) 3 3 c) 4 4 d ) none of these
2 −3
13) If A = 0 2 5 , then A−1 exist , if
1 1 3
a) = 2 b) 2 c) −2 d ) none of these
2 3 4
14) 5 6 8 is equal to
6 x 9 x 12 x
a) 0 b) 3x c) 9x 2 d ) none of these
Section B : (Very short answers type ) Each question carry two marks.
15) Find the values of a, b, c and d from the following equation:
2a + b a − 2b 4 −3
5c − d 4c + 3d = 11 24
−2 x − y 5
16 ) If the matrix 1 0 4 is symmetric , then find the values of x and z.
x + y z 7
1 0 2 x
17) Solve x −5 −1 0 2 1 4 = 0.
2 0 3 1
x + 3 −2
18) If x is natural number and = 8 , then find the value of x.
−3x 2 x
1 2
19) If A = , then show that 2 A = 4 A .
4 2
Section C : (Short answers type ) Each question carry three marks.
1 2 2
20) If A = 2 1 2 , verify that: A2 − 4 A − 5I = 0
2 2 1
21) Express the given matrix as the sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices:
2 4 −6
7 3 5
1 −2 4
22) Using Cramer’s rule solve: x + y + z + 1 = 0 , x + 2 y + 3z + 4 = 0 and x + 3 y + 4z + 6 = 0.
−1 1 2
23) Find the inverse of the matrix: 3 −1 1
−1 3 4
−1 2 3
24) Express the matrix A = 5 7 9 as the sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric
−2 1 1
matrices.
3 4
−1 2 1
25) If A ' = −1 2 and B = , then verify that ( A + B)' = A '+ B '.
1 2 3
0 1
26) Find the values of k, if the area of triangle is 4 sq. unit and vertices are : (-2,0) , (0,4)
and (0,k).
1 1 1
27) Find inverse of the matrix A = 1 2 −3 by using adjoint method.
2 −1 3
Section D : (Long answer type ) Each question carry five marks.
28) Solve the following system of linear equations using matrix method:
1 1 1
+ + = 9,
x y z
2 5 7
+ + = 52,
x y z
2 1 1
+ − = 0.
x y z
1 0 2
29) If A = 0 2 1 , then prove that A is a root of the polynomial f ( x) = x3 − 6x2 + 7 x + 2.
2 0 3
30) Using matrices solve the system of linear equations:
x − y + 2 z = 1,
2 y − 3z = 1,
3x − 2 y + 4 z = 3.
