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1. 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
[2023 (06 Apr Shift 1)]
(1) 4

(2) 14

(3) 7

(4) 3

2. Let P be a square matrix such that P 2

= I − P . For α, β, γ, δ ∈ N , if P α
+ P
β
= γl − 29P and P α
− P
β
= δl − 13P , then α + β + γ − δ is equal to
[2023 (06 Apr Shift 2)]
(1) 18

(2) 40

(3) 22

(4) 24

3. ⎡
2 1 0
⎤

Let ⎢ 1 2 −1 ⎥ . If |adj(adj(adj2A))|= (16) , then n is equal to

n

⎣ ⎦
0 −1 2

[2023 (08 Apr Shift 1)]

(1) 8

(2) 10

(3) 9

(4) 12

4. ⎡
√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

[2023 (08 Apr Shift 1)]

(1) 2004

(2) 2005

(3) 2007

(4) 2006

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

[2023 (08 Apr Shift 2)]

(1) 12

(2) 19

(3) 14

(4) 10

6. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix and |A|= 2, then ∣∣3 adj(|3A|A 2

)∣
∣ is equal to
[2023 (10 Apr Shift 1)]
(1) 3
12
⋅ 6
11

(2) 3
12
⋅ 6
10

(3) 3
10
⋅ 6
11

(4) 3
11
⋅ 6
10

7. ⎡
5! 6! 7!
⎤

If A = 1

5!6!7!
⎢ 6! 7! 8! ⎥ , then |adj(adj(2A))| is equal to
⎣ ⎦
7! 8! 9!

[2023 (10 Apr Shift 2)]

(1) 2
20

(2) 2
8

(3) 2
12

(4) 2
16

8. ⎡
0 1 2
⎤

Let A =⎢ a 0 3⎥ , where a, c ∈ R. If A 3
= A and the positive value of a belongs to the interval (n − 1, n] , where n ∈ N, then n is equal to ____.
⎣ ⎦
1 c 0

[2023 (11 Apr Shift 1)]

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9. 1
1
1 2 −1 −2
Let A =[ 51
] . If B =[ ] A[ ] , then the sum of all the elements of the matrix ∑ 50

n=1
B
n
is equal to
−1 −1 1 1
0 1

[2023 (12 Apr Shift 1)]

(1) 75

(2) 125

(3) 50

(4) 100

10. The number of symmetric matrices of order 3, with all the entries from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} is
[2023 (13 Apr Shift 1)]
(1) 6
10

(2) 10
6

(3) 9
10

(4) 10
9

11. ⎡
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

[2023 (13 Apr Shift 1)]

(1) 0

(2) 16

(3) −16

(4) 32

12. ⎡
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

[2023 (13 Apr Shift 2)]

(1) 9

(2) 11

(3) 12

(4) 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
[2023 (15 Apr Shift 1)]
(1) 84

(2) 96

(3) 101

(4) 109

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (4) 8. (2)
9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (3) 12. (2) 13. (2)

1. (1)

Let,
p q
A =[ ]
r s
2
p q p q p + qr pq + qs
2
A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
2
r s r s rp + rs qr + s

Now given, A 2
= I

2
p + qr pq + qs 1 0
⇒[ ]=[ ]
2
rp + rs qr + s 0 1

Now on comparing both side we get,

2
⇒ p + qr = 1, q(p + s) = 0

And r(p + s) = 0, qr + s
2
= 1

Now on solving above relation we get,

q ≠ 0 ⇒ p + s = 0 ⇒ a = 0

And b = ∣∣A∣∣ = ps − qr = −p 2
− qr = −1(∵ s = −p)

2 2
∴ 3a + 4b = 4

2. (4)

Given,
P be a square matrix such that P 2
= I − P ,
Now solving P 2
= I − P we get,
4
⇒ P =(I − P )(I − P )

4 2
⇒ P = I + P − 2P

4
⇒ P = I + I − P − 2P = 2I − 3P

Now solving, P 4
⋅ P
2
= P
6
= 2I − 5P + 3P
2

⇒ P
6
= 2I − 5P + 3(I − P )= 5I − 8P ... (i)
Similarly P 8
= 13I − 21P ... (ii)
Now adding (ii)+(i) we get,
8 6
P + P = 18I − 29P

Now subtracting (ii)−(i) we get,

8 6
P − P = 8I − 13P

Now comparing with P α

− P
β
= δl − 13P & P
α
+ P
β
= γl − 29P we get,
α = 8, β = 6, γ = 18, δ = 8

Hence, α + β + γ − δ = 8 + 6 + 18 − 8 = 24

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3. (2)

2 1 0
⎡ ⎤

Given that A =⎢ 1 2 −1 ⎥ and |adj(adj(adj2A))|= 16 . n

⎣ ⎦
0 −1 2
2

We know that |adjA|= |A| and |adj(adjA)|= |A|

n−1 ( n−1 )

Similarly, |adj(adj(adjA))|= |A| where n is the order of the square matrix.

( n−1 )

Let us find |A|.

|A|= 2(2 × 2 −(−1)(−1))−1(1 × 2 − 0(−1))+0(1 ×(−1)−0 × 2)

= 2(3)−(2)+0 = 4
3 3
( n−1 ) ( 3−1 )
⇒ |2A| = |2A|

8 3 8
8
= |2A| = (2 ) |A|

24 8 n
⇒ 2 × 4 = 16

6 4 n
⇒ 16 × 16 = 16

10 n
⇒ 16 = 16

⇒ n = 10

Therefore, the value of n is 10.

4. (2)

Given:
√3 1
⎡ ⎤
2 2
P =⎢ ⎥
1 √3
⎣− ⎦
2 2

√3 1 √3 1
⎡ ⎤⎡ − ⎤
2 2 2 2 1 0
T
∴ PP =⎢ ⎥⎢ ⎥=[ ]
√3 √3
⎣ 1
⎦⎣ 1
⎦ 0 1
−
2 2 2 2

T
⇒ PP = I

Now,
2007
T T T T T T T
P (P AP ) P = P (P AP )(P AP )(P AP ). . .(P AP )P

2007 times

2007
T T 2007
⇒ P (P AP ) P = A

Now,
1 1
A =[ ]
0 1

1 2
2
A =[ ]
0 1

1 3
3
A =[ ]
0 1

⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮

⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮

1 2007
2007
A =[ ]
0 1

So,
2007 1 2007
T T
⇒ P (P AP ) P =[ ]
0 1

1 2007 a b
T
⇒ P QP =[ ]=[ ]
0 1 c d

So,
a = 1, b = 2007, c = 0, d = 1

2a + b + 3c − 4d = 2 + 2007 − 4 = 2005

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5. (3)

Given,
1 5
A =[ ], A
−1
= αA + βI and α + β = −2,
λ 10

Now solving by using characteristic equation, we get

∣ ∣ ∣1 − k 5 ∣
∣ A − k∣ = 0 ⇒∣ ∣= 0
∣ ∣ ∣ λ 10 − k ∣

2
⇒ k − 11k + 10 − 5λ = 0

⇒ A
2
− 11A + (10 − 5λ)I = 0 {by putting k = A}
−1 1
⇒ A = (−A + 11I )
10−5λ

Now on comparing with A −1

= αA + βI we get,
1 11
⇒ α = − , β =
10−5λ 10−5λ

And given,
1 −11
α + β = −2 ⇒ λ = 3, α = , β =
5 5

Hence, the value of 4α 2

+ β
2
+ λ
2
= 14

6. (4)

We need to find the value of ∣∣3adj(|3A|A 2

)∣
∣

We know that |kA|= k n

|A| where n is the order of the matrix and k is a constant.
3
⇒|3A|= 3 (2)

2 3 3 2
⇒∣ ∣ ⋅ 2)A )∣
∣3adj(|3A|A )∣
∣= 3 ∣adj((3 ∣

We know that adj(kA)= k n−1

adj(A)

2
3∣ 3 ∣ 2
= 3 (3 ⋅ 2) adj(A )
∣ ∣

Now we know that |adjA|= |A| n−1

3
2
3 3 2
= 3 ((3 ⋅ 2) ) ∣ ∣
∣adj(A )∣

6 3−1
3 3 2
= 3 (3 ⋅ 2) ∣
∣A ∣
∣

6 4
3 3
= 3 (3 ⋅ 2) (2)

10 21
= 2 ⋅ 3

Hence, the required answer is 2 10

⋅ 3
21
= 6
10
⋅ 3
11

7. (4)

Given,
5! 6! 7!
⎡ ⎤
1
A = ⎢ 6! 7! 8! ⎥
5!6!7!
⎣ ⎦
7! 8! 9!

∣ 5! 6! 7! ∣
1 ∣ ∣
⇒|A|= 6! 7! 8!
5!6!7! ∣ ∣
∣ 7! 8! 9! ∣

∣1 6 42 ∣
1 ∣ ∣
⇒|A|= 5! × 6! × 7! 1 7 56
5!6!7! ∣ ∣

∣1 8 72 ∣

⇒ |A| = 2

Now using the property of adjoint of matrix we get,

2

, where n is order of square matrix,

(n−1) n
|adj(adj(A))|= |A| & |kA|= k |A|

Now using the above two formula we get,

4 12 4
|adj(adj(2A))|= |2A| = 2 |A|

12 4
⇒|adj(adj(2A))|= 2 ⋅ 2

16
⇒|adj(adj(2A))|= 2

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8. (2)

Given,
0 1 2
⎡ ⎤

A =⎢ a 0 3⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 c 0

0 1 2 0 1 2
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤
2
⇒ A =⎢ a 0 3 ⎥⎢ a 0 3⎥
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
1 c 0 1 c 0

a + 2 2c 3
⎡ ⎤
2
⇒ A =⎢ 3 a + 3c 2a ⎥

⎣ ⎦
ca 1 2 + 3c

Now finding,
a + 2 2c 3 0 1 2
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤
3
A =⎢ 3 a + 3c 2a ⎥⎢ a 0 3⎥

⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
ca 1 2 + 3c 1 c 0

2ca + 3 α + 2 + 3c 2a + 4 + 6c
⎡ ⎤
3 2
⇒ A =⎢ a + 3ca + 2a 3 + 2ac 6 + 3a + 9c ⎥

⎣ 2 ⎦
a + 2 + 3c ca + 2c + 3c 2ca + 3

Now equating A 3
= A and comparing both side we get,
−3
2ca + 3 = 0 ⇒ c =
2a

And a + 2 + 3c = 1
−3
⇒ a + 2 + 3( )= 1
2a

9
⇒ a + 1 − = 0
2a

2
⇒ 2a + 2a − 9 = 0

−2+√4+4×9×2 −2+√76 6.7

⇒ a = = ≈ ≈ 1. 4
4 4 4

Hence, a ∈ (1, 2]
So, on comparing with a ∈ (n − 1, n] we get n = 2

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9. (4)
Given,
1
1
A =[
51
] ,
0 1

1 2 −1 −2
B =[ ] A[ ]
−1 −1 1 1

So, B = M AN
1 2 −1 −2
Now let M =[ ] & N =[ ]
−1 −1 1 1

Now solving,
(M ) (N )

1 2 −1 −2 1 0
[ ] [ ] =[ ]
−1 −1 1 1 0 1

∴ MN = I = NM

Now using, B = M AN we get

n n
B = (M AN ) =(M AN ) (M AN ) . . . . . . .(M AN )

n
⇒ B = M AN M AN M . . . . . . . N M AN
  

I I I

n n
⇒ B = M AAAAA. . . . . AN = MA N

n times

1
1
Now, using A =[ 51
]

0 1

1
1 0 0
51
⇒ A =[ ]+[ ]= I + E
0 1
0 0

1 1
0 0 0 0
Now finding, E 2
=[
51
][
51
]=[ ]

0 0 0 0 0 0

⇒ E
2
= 0 , so all higher power will also be zero,
n n n 2 n 3 n 4
∴ A = (I + E) = I + nE + C2 E + C3 E + C4 E . . . . . . . . . . .
  
0 0 0

n
⇒ A = I + nE

n
1
n 51
⇒ A =[ ]
0 1
n
n
1 1 + 2
1 2 −1 −2 51 −1 −2
So, B n
= M A N =[
n
] [
51
][ ]⇒ B
n
= [
−n
][ ]
−1 −1 0 1 1 1 −1 − 1 1 1
51
n n
1 +
51 51
n
⇒ B =[ ]
−n n
1 −
51 51
50⋅51 50⋅51
⎡ 50 + ⎤ 75 25
50 n 2⋅51 2⋅51
∑ B = =[ ]
n=1 −50⋅51 50⋅51
⎣ 50 − ⎦ −25 25
2⋅51 2⋅51

∴ Sum = 100
10. (2)

Given that A = {0, 1, 2, 3, … 8, 9}

We need to find the number of symmetric matrices.
We know that a matrix is symmetric if A τ
= A .
a11 a12 a13
⎡ ⎤

A =⎢ a21 a22 a23 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
a31 a32 a33

Now a 11 , a22 , a33 can have any digit from 0 to 9.

Number of ways this can be done is 10 × 10 × 10 = 10 3

Now a 12 = a21 . So number of ways this can be done is 10 × 1.

Similarly a 13 = a31 , So number of ways this can be done is 10 × 1.
Also, a 23 = a32 . So number of ways this can be done is 10 × 1.
∴ Total symmetric matrix= 10 3
× 10 × 10 × 10 = 10
6

Hence this is the correct option.

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11. (3)

1 3 α
⎡ ⎤

We have been given that B =⎢ 1 2 3 ⎥, α > 2

⎣ ⎦
α α 4

And adj(A) = B, |A| = 2

⇒ | adj(A)| = |B|

We know that |adjA|= |A| n−1

2
⇒ 2 = (8 − 3α) − 3(4 − 3α) + α(−α)

2
⇒ α − 6α + 8 = 0

⇒ (α − 4)(α − 2) = 0

α = 4, 2 but α > 2 so α = 4

α 1 3 4 4
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤

Now [α −2α α ]B⎢ −2α ⎥= [4 −8 4 ]⎢ 1 2 3 ⎥⎢ −8 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
α 4 4 4 4

4
⎡ ⎤

=[ 12 12 8 ]⎢ −8 ⎥= 48 − 96 + 32 = −16
⎣ ⎦
4

Hence this is the correct option.

12. (2)

1 2 3
⎡ ⎤

Given that A =⎢ α 3 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 1 2

⇒ |A| = 2

⇒ 1(6 − 1)−α − 7 = 2

⇒ −α − 2 = 2

⇒ α = −4

n
⇒ |2 adj(2 adj(2A))| = 32
2

We know that |kA|= k , adj(adj(A)) = |A| and adj(kA)= k .

n ( n−1 ) n−1
|A| adj(A)

3
= 2 ∣ ∣
∣ adj(2 adj(2A))∣

3 3−1
= 2 ∣
∣2 adj(adj(2A))∣
∣

3 3
= 2 ⋅ (4) ∣ ∣
∣ adj(adj(2A))∣
2
(2)
9∣ ∣
= 2 2A
∣ ∣
4
9
= 2 ⋅ ∣ ∣
∣2A∣

4
9 12
= 2 ⋅ 2 ∣ A∣
∣ ∣
n 5n
21 4 25
= 2 ⋅ 2 = 2 = (32) = (2)

∴ n = 5

⇒ 3n + α = 15 − 4 = 11

Hence this is the correct option.

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13. (2)

We have been given that

|A|= m − n , where 4m + n = 22 . . . . . . .(i)
and 17m + 4n = 93 . . . . . . .(ii)
Solving (i) and (ii)
m = 5, n = 2

Order = 5
⇒|A|= 3
2

We know that |adjA|= |A| w−1

|adj(adjA)|= |A|
( w−1 )
where w × w is the order of the matrix.
∴ det (n adj (adj(mA)))

=|2adj (adj (5A))|

5 16
= 2 |5A|

5 80 16 5 16 80
= 2 5 |A| = 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 5

11 80 5
= 3 5 6

So, a + b + c = 96
Hence this is the required option.

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