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IMPORTANT POINTS p) If A is an orthogonal matrix and B = AP (P-non-
singular matrix) then PB 1 is also orthogonal
a) If A,B are symmetric matrices and commute matrix.
then A1 B , AB 1 , A1 B 1 are also symmetric
matrices LEVEL -V
b) If a square matrix, which is commutative with
every square matrix of the same order for SINGLE ANSWER QUESTIONS
multiplication then it is necessarily a scalar matrix.
c) There is no square matrix P of order 3, such that 1. Let A,B,C,D be (not necessarily square) real
DP-PD is equal to unit matrix, where D is a matrices such that A T=BCD,
scalar matrix of order 3. B =CDA,C =DAB and D =ABC for the
T T T

d) If product of two non-zero square matrices is a matrix S=ABCD which of the following is
zero matrix, then both of them must be singular true
matrices. a) S 2  S b) S 3  S
e) If A,B are symmetric matrices of same order and c) S 4  S d) SS T  S
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2. Let A and B be two square matrices of the
f) Product of two upper triangular matrices of same
order, is also an upper triangular matrix. same order such that
 AB BA
 , Am O ,
g) If A,B are two idempotent matrices of same Bn  O for some integers m and n, such that
order, then A + B is also an idempotent if greatest common divisor of m, n is 1. Then
AB  0
 BA the least positive integer ‘r’ such that
h) If A is idempotent and A  B  I then B is
O is
( A  B )r 
idempotent and AB  BA  0
i) If A,B are two idempotent matrices then A + B A) m  n B) m  n
is idempotent if AB = BA = 0 C) GCD m, n D) LCM m, n
j) If , an idempotent matrix is also a skew symmetric
then it is a null matrix a b 
3. A  and MA A2 m , m  N for
k) adj  AT    adjA  is a null matrix for all square
T
b a 
matrix A some matrix M, then which one of the
following is correct?
l) If A   adj nm and C   Cij n m is a cofactor
a 2m b2m 
matrix of A then C  A A) M   2m
n 1

b a 2 m 
m) If A be a square matrix of order 3, such that
transpose of inverse of A, is it self then 1 0
M (a 2  b 2 ) m 
B) 
adj  adjA   1 0 1 
n) matrix A, such that A 2
2 A  I and for all
1 0 
n  2, n  N then A  nA   n  1 I
n M (a m  b m ) 
C)  
0 1 
o) If A,B are square matrices of same order and
A  0 t hen for a po sit ive integer n, a b 
 (a 2  b 2 ) m1 
D) M 
b  a 
ABA   A1 B n A
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4. Let B  A3  2 A2  3 A  I where I is a unit 11. Let P be a non-singular matrix and
1 3 2 I  P  P 2   P n O then P 1 is
 2 0 3 a) P n b) P c) P n1 d) I
matrix and A =   then the
 1 1 1  12. The point of intersection of the planes
x  2 y  3 2 z (1   )(1   )
transpose of matrix B is equal to
2x  3 y  2 z ( 1),3x   y  22 z  1
 8 14 7   2 21 14 
 21 1 7  14 1 21 (where  is an imaginary cube root of
(A)   (B)   unity,1    2 0, 3 1 ) is
14 21 8   7 7 8 
a) (1, 1, 1) b) (1, –1, 1)
c) (1, –1, –1) d) (–1, –1, –1)
1 0 0 3 1 0
0 1 0 1 1 0 13. The number of 3  3 matrices A whose
(C)   (D)   entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the
 0 0 1  3 1 0
 x  1 
 1 2 A  y   0
5. If A    and if A
6
KA  205I then system     has exactly two distinct
 1 3   z   0 
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(C) K  33 (D) K  44
A) 0 B) 29  1 C) 168 D) 2
6. Let A is a 3  3 matrix and A   aij  33 . If 14. The system of equations
for every column matrix X, if X T . A.X  O x  y  z   1
and a23  2009 then a32  ...... x  y  z    1
(A) 2009 (B) -2009 (C) 0 (D) 2008 x  y  z    1
7. If A,B are two square matrices such that
has no solution , if  is
AB = B, BA =A then (A+B)n ( n  N ) is (A) Not - 2 (B) 1
a) A+B b) 2n (A+B) (C) -2 (D) Either -2 or 1
c) 2 (A+B)
n–2
d) 2n–1 (A+B)
15. One of the values of k for which the planes
 3  1 kx  4 y  z 0, 4 x  ky  2 z 0 and
8. If   is a symmetric matrix
 2  3   2  2x  2 y  z 0 intersect in a straight line
then the value of  is A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
A) 5 B) -4 C) 6 D) -6
1 2  a 0
9. If Adj B  A and, P  1 then
 Q 16. Let A     and B   a, b  N
3 4 0 b
Adj  Q 1 .B.P 1   then
(A) APQ (B) PAQ (C) B (D) A a) there exists exactly one B such that AB=BA
10. If A and B are any two 2  2 matrices , then b) There exists infinitely many B’s such that
det (A+B) = 0 does not implies AB=BA
(A) det A + det B = 0 c) there cannot exist any B such that AB=BA
(B) det A = 0 or det B = 0 d) there exists more than one but finite number
(C) det A =0 and det B = 0 of B’s such that AB=BA
(D) all the above
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 cos  sin    0 1 1 5 1 5

17. If A   , B  1 1 , 23. If i 1 , a  , b then
 sin   cos     2 2
which of the following matrix is idempotent
C  ABAT then
A C A equals to  n  N 
T n

a i  b i 
 n 1 1 n  (A)   (B)  
a)  b)   i b   i a
1 0  0 1 
a i  a b 
0 1 1 0 (C)   (D)  
c)  d)   i b b a 
1  n   n 1 
cos  sin  
24. Let    / 5 and A    , then
 1 0 1 0   sin  cos  
18. 
If A   ,I   and B  A11  A12  A13  A14 is
 1 7  0 1 (A) singular (B) non-singular
A2
8 A   I , then, the value of  is (C) symmetric (D) Idempotent
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) -7 (D) -8
1 0 0
0 c  b
25. The inverse of the matrix A   a 1 0  is
19. 
If A   c 0 a  and
 b c 1 
 b  a 0 
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 1 0 0
 a 2 ab ac 
 
 a 1 0
B  ab b 2 bc  , then ( A  B) 2  (A) 
 ac  b  c 1
 ac bc c 2 
 
1 0 0  1 0 0
(A) A (B) B (C) I (D) A2  B 2   a 0 0   a 1 0
(B)   (C)  
 0 a b  b  c 1   ac b 1
A   a 0 c  ,  1
20. If if Q1
2
 A  AT  and
1  a ac  b
 b c 0 
0 1  c 
1 (D) 
Q2

2
 A  AT  . Then Q1.Q2 is equal to 0 0 1 

(A) I 3 (B) O3 (C) A (D) A2 cos x  sin x 0 

21. P is an orthogonal matrix and A is a periodic
F  x    sin x cos x 0  ,
matrix with period 4, Q  PAPT then 26. If  
 0 0 1 
X  PT Q 2021 P is equal to
A) A B) A2 C) A3 D) A4  cos y 0 sin y 
b  a
2 2
2ab  G( y)   0 1 0  then
 a2  b2 a2  b2   
   sin y 0 cos y 
22. The matrix  2ab a2  b2  is
 a2  b2 a2  b2  Adj ( F ( x ).G ( y )) =
A) Idempotent matrix (A) F (x) G(-y) (B) F 1  x  G 1  y 
B) nil potent matrix
C) Orthogonal matrix (C) G 1  y  F 1  x  (D) G (  y ) F (  x )
D) Unit matrix
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0 1 2  0 1 0 
32. If A 
  and B   , then the value of
A  1 2 3  1 1 5 1 
27. If and  for which A2 = B is [IIT-2003]
3 a 1 
(A) 1 (B) -1
(C) 4 (D) no real values.
1 / 2  1 / 2 1 / 2
33. If P is a 3  3 matrrix such that P
4 c 
T
3 2P  I
1
A   then where PT is the transpose of P and I is 3  3
5 / 2  3 / 2 1 / 2
identity matrix then there exists a column
(A) a  2, c  1 / 2 (B) a  1, c  1  x   0
(C) a  1, c  1 (D) a  1 / 2, c  1 / 2 X  y    0
matrix such that (IIT - 2012)
cos  sin  0   z   0
 
28. If A  ,     sin  cos  0  , then which
0 
0 0  
 PX  0 
of the following is not true? A) B) PX  X
0 
(A) A   ,   A   ,  
T

C) PX  2 X D) PX   X
(B) A  ,   A  ,  
1
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34. Let P   aij  be a 3  3 matrix and Let

(C) Adj  A   ,      A  ,   Q  bij  where bij  2i  j aij for 1  i, j  3.
(D) A   ,   A   ,  
T If the determinant of P is 2 then the
determinant of the matrix Q is (IIT - 2012)
29. If AK = O for some positive integral value of
A) 210 B) 211 C) 212 D) 213
K and (I–A)P = I+A+A2 ............+AK–1 then p
is ('O' is a null matrix, 'A' is square matrix 35. Let   1 be be a cube root of unity and S
of order n) be the set of all non-singular matrices of the
a) –1 b) –2 c) –3 d) 1
 1 a b
30. For the equations x  2 y  3z 
1,   1 c
form   , where each of a, b and
2 x  y  3z 2, 5 x  5 y  9 z 4  2  1 
(A) there is only one solution
c is either  or  2 . Then the number of
(B) there exist infinitely many solutions
distinct matrices in the set S is (IIT - 2011)
(C) there is no solution
A) 2 B) 6 C) 4 D) 8
(D) the equations are inconsistent.
31. The system of equations
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6x  5y  z  0
3x  y  4z 0 has
36. If the adjoint of a 3  3 matrix P is
x  2y  3z 0
 1 4 4
(A) only a trivial solution for   R  2 1 7
(B) exactly one nontrivial solution for some real   then the possible values of the
  1 1 3
(C) infinite number of nontrivial solutions for one determinent of P is (are) (IIT - 2012)
value of  A) -2 B) -1 C) 1 D) 2
(D) none of these.
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1 0  a b  43. About a square matrix the following
2012
37. If A    and A   c d  then statements given are observed
2 1    1) Sum of the eigen values of A is the trace
which of the following are correct of A
a) a=d b) a+b+c+d = 4026 2) The product of eigen values of A is equal
c) a  b  d 
2 2 2
2 d) b = 2012 to the determinant of A
1  2  3) All eigen values of A are non - zero if and
38. If A      (where  2  1 and only if A is non - singular
 1 2
4) If A1 exists then the eigen values of A1
1 , 2 , 1 , 2 are non-zero) satisfies the
are equal to the reciprocals of eigen values
equation x 2  k  0 then of A
A) trace A = 0 B) 1  2  0 Which of the following will be correct w.r.t
C) det A = 0 D) det A = -1 the above statements
39. If A is 3  3 matrix whose (i, j )th element is a) 3,4 are true
b) 2,3 are true and 1 is false
 2 if i  j c) 2,3,4 are true
 d) 1,2,3,4 are true
a  1 if i  j 1
given by ij  then 44. P is a non-singular matrix and A,B are two
 0 else where
 matrices such that B  P 1 AP then the true
A) A is symmetric
B) Trace A = 6 statements among the following are
C) det A is a perfect square A) A is invertible iff B is invertible
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 B n P 1 An P n  N
 4 2 3  C)   R, B   I P 1 ( A   I ) P
A   1 3 6   P  Q D) A,B are both singular matrices
40. Let where P is
 5 0 7  45. If A and B are respectively a symmetric and
symmetric and Q is skew symmetric. then a skew symmetric matrix such that AB = BA
then
A) P  Q  AT B) det Q  0
C) det P is perfect square A) ( A  B) 1 ( A  B) is orthogonal matrix when
D) Trace Q  0 ( A  B ) is non- singular..
41. If A is symmetic and B is skew symmetric
and A+B is non singular and also B) ( A  B) 1 ( A  B) is orthogonal matrix when
 A  B  A  B  then
1
C ( A  B ) is non- singular..
a) C T  A  B  C 
A B C) det  ( A  B ) 1 ( A  B )  
1 and det
b) C T  A  B  C 
A B
 ( A  B ) 1 ( A  B )  
1
c) C T AC  A d) C T AC  O
 cos   sin   D) det  ( A  B ) 1 ( A  B )  
1 and det
42. Let A   ,
 sin  cos    ( A  B ) 1 ( A  B )  
1
cos 2 sin 2  
B  where 0   
 sin 2   cos 2   2  0 1
 I   A
2
then which of the following is true 46. If A =   and A2

 1 0 
a)  AB   I b)  AB   AB
2 1

c) BAB  A1
 ,  are complex  then
d) The least positive value of  for which a)  2   2 
1 b)  2   2 
0
2
BA4 B  A1 is 3 c) 2  1 d)  2   2 
1
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52. Which of the following statements are false
 0 0 1
a) If A and B are square matrices of same order
 A  0 1 0  such that ABAB=0 then it follows that
47. If , then,
 1 0 0  BABA = 0
b) Let A and B be different nxn matrices with
A) Trace of A is -1 B) Trace of A2012 is 3 real entries. If A3  B3 and A2 B  B 2 A then
C) A is an involutary matrix
A2  B 2 is invertible
D) Trace of A2013 is 1 c) If A is square singular and symmetic matrix
4 1 0  2 0 1
 A  
1
1 1
48.
If A   ,B  , then is skew symmetric
1 2 2  3 1 x 
d) The matrix of product of two invertible square
1 matrices of same order is also invertible.
C   2 , D     53. If S is a real skew symmetric matrix then
 2  which of the following is true
 1   
a) I-S is non-singular
such that (2 A  3B )C 
D, then b)  I  S  I  S  is orthogonal
1

A)   9 B)   8 C) x   5 D) x  5
c)  I  S  I  S  is non-singular
1
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A  1 5 2 
49. Give that , and if 0 0 1
3 2 1 
54. If A   0 1 0  , then :
3 2
I then
A  kA  A  1 0 0 
A) K = 11 B)   15
(A) Adj A is a zero matrix
C) k = -11 D)   10
 0 0 1
 l1 m1 n1 
l (B) Adj
 A  0 1 0 
m2 n2 
50. If the matrix  2 is orthogonal  1 0 0 
 l3 m3 n3 
(C) A-1 = A (D) A2  I
then
A) (l1 , m1 , n1 ), (l2 , m2 , n2 ), (l3 , m3 , n3 ) can be COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS
the Dc’s of a line
B) The rays with Dc’s (l1 , m1 , n1 ), Paragraph - I

(l2 , m2 , n2 ), (l3 , m3 , n3 ) are orthogonal  2 2 4 

C) The rays are parallel A   1 3 4 
If 0  and
D) The rays lie on the same plane
 1 2 3
1  1 1 i 
51. The matrix A    is  4 3 3
3 1  i 1 
A) Idempotent B) Involutary B0   1 0 1 
 , Bn adj ( Bn1 ), n  N
C) A1  A D) Adj A = A  4 4 3 
and I is an identity matrix of order 3.
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For a given square matrix A, if there exists
 4   3  3 a matrix B such that AB
 BA  I , then B is
 C  1 ,C  
 0  , C3
1
called inverse of A. Every non–singular
as shown 1   2  
 4   4   3  square matrix possesses inverse and it exists
adj(A)
then if A  0 A –1 =  adj A
det (A)
55. det ( A0  A0 B0  A0  A0 B0  ....... up to
2 2 3 4 4
= |A| (A–1).
10 terms) =
A) 1000 B) -800 C) 0 D) -8000  2 3
61. Let, a matrix A =   , then it will satisfy
56. B1  B2  ........  B49  1 2
the equation
A) B0 B) 7 B0 C) 49 B0 D) 51 B0
(A) A2  4 A  I O
57. For a variable matrix the equation A0 X  C1
(B) A2  4 A  I O
will have
A) unique solution B) No solution (C) A  4 A  5I 
2
O
C) Infinitely many solutions D) None (D) A2  4 A  5 I 
O
Paragraph - II  2 3
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1 0 0  1 2
A  1 0 1   2 3  3 2 
Let satisfies
0 1 0  (A)   (B)  
 1 2   2 1
An  An 2  A2  I for n  3 . Further  1 2   2 3 
consider a matrix B33 with colums B1 , B2 , B3 (C)   (D)  
 2 3  1 2 
1 0
3 2
 A50 B1  25 , A50 B2 1  ,
63. Let matrix A = 1 1  satisfies the equation
such that    
 25  0 
O , then the value of
A2  aA  bI 
0 ab 
____
A B3   0 
50
then (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
1  Paragraph - IV
58. Deteminant of A50  a11 x1  a12 x2  ..............a1n xn  b1;
A) 0 B) 1 C) -1 D) 25 Let
a21 x1  a22 x2  ..............a2n xn  b2 ;
59. Trace of A 
50

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 -----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
60. Sum of product of elements of B1 with its
corresponding cofactors in the adjoint matrix bn be a system of
an1x1  an2 x2 .........  ann xn 
B is equal to n linear equations in n unknowns. Then this
A) Trace of B B) Det (2B) canbe written in the matrix form as AX=B
C) Trace of A2 D) Det ( B3 )

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 x1   b1  1 2 2

x  b  AC1 0
  , AC
 2
3 
  and AC3  3 of matrix
 2  2
 x3   b3  0 0 1
   
Where A = [ a ij ]
n n ; X . B .  1
.  .  B. If the matrix C  AB then
    3
.  . 
x  b  67. The value of sum of elements of B 1 is
 n  n
a) -1 b) 0 c) 4 d) 2
Then 68. The ratio of trace of matrix A to the det of
(I) If |A|  0, the system is consistent, and matrix B is
has a unique solution given by X  A1B
a) 1 : 3 b) 2 :3 c) 1 : 1 d) 3 : 1
(II) If |A| =0 and (adj A) B =0, then the
system is consistent and has infinitely many 69. The value of sin 1 A  cos 1 C is (where
solutions.
A is determinant of A)
(III) If A = 0 and (adj A ) B  0, then the
system is inconsistent.   
64. The system of equations a) b) c) d) 1
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has
Consider the system of equations
(A) a unique solution
(B) infinitely many solutions  3 2 1   x   b 
(C) no solution  5 8 9   y    
(D) finite number of solutions.     3 .
 2 1 a   z   1
65. Let 2x  y  z 4, x  3 y  2 z 
12,
(I is the set of integers)
3 x  2 y  kz 
10 . The value of k in the
Now answer the following questions.
above system of equations so that system
does not have a unique solution is 70. The values of a,b for which the system has
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) -1 (D) -2 no solution
66. If xyz 6, x  2y  3z 
10, A) a 
3, b  I B) a 
3, b 
1/ 3
x  2y  z   , the values of  and  , for C) a  3, b  1/ 3 D) a 
3, b  1/ 3
which the system has infinitely many
solutions is 71. The values of a,b for which the system has
unique solution
(A)   3,   9 (B)   3,   10
A) a  3, b  I B) a 
3, b  I
(C)   2,   10 (D)   10,   3
Paragraph - V C) a  3, b  1/ 3 D) a 
3, b  1/ 3
72. The values of a,b for which the system has
1 0 0  infinite solutions
A   2 1 0 
Let be a square matrix and A) a 
3, b  I B) a 
3, b 
1/ 3
 3 2 1 
C) a  3, b  1/ 3 D) a 
3, b  1/ 3
C1 , C2 , C3 be 3 column matrices satisfying
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MATRIX MATCHING QUESTIONS
A   c a b 
75. If abc  1 and is an
 b c a 
 4a 2 4a 1  f ( 1)  3a 2  3a  orthogonal matrix, then,
 2   2 
 4b 4b 1  f (1) 
 3b  3b  COLUMN-I COLUMN-II
73. If  
 4c 2 4c 1  f (2)   3c 2  3c  a) The value of a  b  c can be, p) -1
  
b) The value of ab  bc  ca is q) 0
where f(x) is a quadratic function and
c) The value of a 2  b 2  c 2 is r) 1
f ( x)  ax 2  bx  c whose maximum value
d) The value of a 3  b3  c 3 can be
occurs at a point V say ( ,  ) . Let A be s) 2
the point of intersection of y  f ( x ) with  1 tan x 
negative x-axis, say, (p,o) and point B is such 76. Let A  
 tan x 1 
that the chord AB subtends a right angle at
V. Let B be (r,s). Let  be the area enclosed COLUMN I
(A) A1
by y  f ( x ) and the chord AB. Then,
(B)  adjA   1
COLUMN-I COLUMN-II
(C) ad j  a djA 
a)     p) 125/3
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(p) 
d)   s) 1   tan x 1 

74. Match the following : For 3  3 matrix, aij  1  tan x

(q) 2 
tan x 1 
represents the element of ith row and j th
column. 1 1  cos 2 x  sin x 
(r) 
Column - I 2  sin 2 x 1  cos 2 x 
1  cos x sin 2 x 
0 then
A) aij  a jk  aki  (s)  
  sin 2 x 1  cos 2 x 
0 then
B) aij  a jk  aki 
INTEGER QUESTIONS
i j
C) aij  a jk  aki  (1)  (1)
 2 1
D) (1)i  j aij  (1) j  k a jk  (1)k i aki 0 77. Consider three matrices A ,
 4 1
Column - II
 3 4  3 4 
p) Symmetric B  and C    then the
 2 3  2 3 
q) Skew symmetric
 ABC 
r) All diagonal elements are zeroes absolute value of det( A)  det  
 2 
s) Value of determinant is zero
 A  BC  2   A  BC 3 
t) Trace of the matrix is zero  det    det   + --------
 4   8 
   
--  is
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78. If  3  6 2  7  2 0 is the characteristic  

equation of a matrix A then trace A + det A 1 0 0 
 
is 1  i 3
A   i 0 

a b  87. If 2 is the
79. A 
 T
 , AA 2 I . If P ( ,  ) divides  
 c d  0 1  i 3 
 1  2i 
Q (1, 2) and R (2, 5) in the ratio c : b then 2
   given matrix then trace of A102 will be equal
80. Let A be a matrix of order 2  2 such that to
a b 
A2  O. If (I  A)100 
I   A,   R , then, 88. If A    is nth root of 4I 2 then the
numerical value of   96 is, 0 a
81. A be the set of 3x3 matrices formed by value of a n (n  N ) is
entries o, –1 and 1 only. There are three (1),  0  1 0 
three (–1) and three (0). The number of 89. 
If A   ,B   , then, the
symmetric matrices with trace (A) = 0 is K  1 1 5 1 
K number of real values of  for which A2  B
then is happens is/are
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90. If A   ,B   and if
82. If A   and if  i i   1 1 
3 1  i 1 
A8  B,  R  , then the numerical value
 
 AA    
T

 
then numerical value of
of

is,
 32
       is (here, AT means
Transposed conjugate of A) cos x  sin x 0 
83. If A and B are any two square matrices of 91. f  x   sin x cos x 0  , then the value
order 3 with A3  B3 and  0 0 1
A2 B B 2 A  A  B  then det  A2  B 2  =

of k if    .f  
 kf (  )
2 1
84. If A   and if 92. Let M be a 2  2 matrix such that
 4 2 
 1   1  1  1 
  M      and M 2      If x1
I  2 A  3 A2  .......  then  1  2   1  0
  
and x2  x1  x2  are the two values of x for
numerical value of        is, which det (M-X I)=0 where I is identity
85. If 2x  3y  3z 
0 matrix of order 2 then the value of
5x  2y  2z 
19 5 x1  2 x2 is
x  7y  5z 
5 1 1 3
Then the value of x  y  z 5 2 6
93. The matrix   is a nilpotent
1 0   2 1 3
86. If A    and A
8
KA  I then
1 2  matrix of index
K  
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 1 2 1 3x  y  4 z  3, x  2 y  3z  2 and
 4 1 1 6x  5 y   z  3 has at least one solution
  then sum of squares of possible for any real number   5 . Find the set of
 4 7 3
solutions, if   5 . (IIT - 1983)
values of determinant of P is 105. Consider the system of linear equations in
95. Let (x, y, z) be a non-zero solution of the x, y , z
equations x   y  2 z  0 , 2x   z 
0 and (sin 3 ) x  y  z  0,
2 x  2 y  3 z 0 where   R then the
(cos 2 ) x  4 y  3 z  0 , and
x yz 2x  7 y  7z  0 find the values of  for
value of is
y which this system has non-trivial solution.
96. For what value of 2k/33 the (IIT - 1986)
equations x  ky  3z  0, 3x  ky  2z  0, 106. Let  ,  ,  ,  be the roots of
1 2 1 2
2x  3y  4z  0 possess a nontrivial
ax 2  bx  c  0 and px 2  qx  r 0
solution over the set of rationals?
respectively. If the system of equations
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 1 y   2 z  0 and 1 y   2 z  0 has a non-
 0 1 b 2 ac
97. Show that the matrix A   trivial solution, then prove that  .
 satisfies q 2 pr
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107. Let  and  be real. Find the set of all
A2   I . Hence or other wise find the
values of  for which the system fo linear
1 1
sixteenth power of the matrix   equations  x  (sin  ) y  (cos  ) z  0,
1 1 
98. Let A,B be two square matrices such x  (cos  ) y  (sin  ) z  0, and
that A+B = AB . Prove that AB =BA  x  (sin  ) y  (cos  ) z 0 has a non -
0 1 1 trivial solution. For   1, find all values of
99. Find the inverse of the matrix S   1 0 1 
 (IIT 1993)
 1 1 0 
108. If M is a 3  3 matrix, where M T M  I and
and show that SAS 1 is a diagonal matrix
det ( M )  1 , then prove that det
b  c c  a b  a 
1 (M  I )  0. (IIT 2004)
where A  c  b c  a a  b 
2 a b c 
b  c a  c a  b 
109. If matrix A   b c a  , where a, b, c are real
100. If A & B are different matrices satisfying
 c a b 
and A2 B B 2 A Find A  B
2 2
 A3 B 3
positive numbers, abc = 1 and AT A = I, then
101. Given, x  cy  bz , y  az  cx, z  bx  ay , find the value of a3 + b3 + c3. [IIT-2003]
where x, y, z are not all zero, prove that a 0 1  a 1 1  f 
a 2  b2  c2  2abc  1 . (IIT - 1978) A  1 c b  , B  0 d c  , U   g  ,
102. For what value of m does the system of 110.
1 d b  f g h   h 
equations 3x  my  m and 2 x  5 y  20
has a solution satisfying the conditions a 2 
 
x  0, y  0 . (IIT - 1979) V0
If there is a vector matrix X, such
103. For what value of k does the following system 0
 
of equations possess a non-trivial solution that AX = U has infinitely many solutions,
over the set of rationals x  y  2 z  0, then prove that BX=V cannot have a unique
2x  3 y  z  0, and x  5 y  4 z  k . Find all solution. If a+d  0. Then prove that BX = V
the solutions. (IIT - 1979) has no solution. [IIT-2004]
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103. m  or m  30
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 2
5. D 6. A 7. D 8. B 104. K  0
9. B 10. D 11. A 12. D
13. A 14. C 15. C 16. B 4  5k 13k  9
105. x  , y , zk
17. D 18. C 19. D 7 7
20. B 21. B 22. C 23. C n
106.   n , n   1
6 nZ
24. B 25. A 26. D 27. B ,
28. C 29. A 30. A 31. C

32. D 33. D 34. D 35. A 107. 108.   n or n 
4
MULTI ANSWER QUESTIONS
36. A, D 37. A, B, C
38. A, B 39. A, B, C HINTS
40. A, B, C, D 41. A, B, C
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44. A, B, C 45. A, B
46. A, B, C, D 1.  A. AT ,
S ABCD
47. A, B, C 48. A, C
S 3   ABCD  ABCD  ABCD 
49. A, B 50. A, B
51. B, C, D 52. A, B, C   ABC  DAB  CDA BCD 
53. A, B, C, D 54. B, C, D  DT C T B T AT
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  BCD AT  AA
T
55. C 56. C 57. B 58. B . T S

59. D 60. D 61. A 62. A 2. ( A  B ) r  Ar  rc1 Ar 1 B  .......  B r  0 if ‘r’’
63. C 64. A 65. B 66. B is L.C.M of m,n
67. B 68. C 69. A 70. D 3. Clearly option (D) Satisfies the given conditions.
4. The matrices A3 and A2 can be computed as
71. A 72. B usual.
MATRIX MATCHING QUESTIONS  A3  2 A2  3 A  I
73. A-S; B-R; C-Q; D-P
 24 14 34  9 1 13
74. A-Q,R,S,T; B-P,R,T; C-R,T;D-Q,R,S,T 18 8 26  2 5 3 7 
75. A-P,R; B-Q; C-R, D-S =   
76. A-R; B-S; C-P, D-Q  4 0 6  0 2 0 
INTEGER QUESTIONS 1 3 2  1 0 0 
77. 2 78. 4 79. 5 80. 4 3  2 0 3  0 1 0 
81. 6 82. 2 83. 0 84. 2 1 1 1  0 0 1 
85. 1 86. 1 87. 3 88. 4
 8 14 7 
89. 0 90. 1 91. 1 92. 8
 B '  21 1  7 
 
93. 3 94. 8 95. 5 96. 1
1 4 21 8 
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5. A2
4 A  5I  1    2 3 0 6 6
3
A 11A  20 I
   1  =
3 1   1  3 1
A6 A3
 . A3 44 A  205 I 1 1 2 1 1 2
 X1 
=    1 6(2  1)  6(  3) 
X   X 2 
6. Let
 X 3 
=    1 6  12 
 X 1. A. X 0
= 6    1  2  = 6   2    2  =18
 a11 X 1  a22 X 22  a33 X 32   a12  a21  X 1 X 2
2
13. The system can have unique or infinitely many
  a13  a31  X 1 X 3   a23  a32  X 2 X 3 
0 solutions. If can not have two distinct solutions.
14. For no solution or infinitely many solutions
This is true X i
 1 1
a
11 a
22 a
33 0
1  1  0    1,   2
0
a12  a21 
1 1 
0
a13  a31 
But for  1 , clearly there are infinitely many
0
a23  a32  solutions and when we put   2 in given
 a32 a23   2009  2009 system of equations and adding them together
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= 2 (A+B) K 4 1
(A+B) = 2(A+B)
3 2
= 2  2( A  B ) 4 K 2 0
= 23–1(A+B)  (A+B)n = 2n–1(A+B) 15.
2 2 1
8.  1 2  3   4 
9. Adj  Q 1.B.P 1   Adj  Q 1 .B  P 1  1 2  a 0   a 2b 
 16. AB     
 3 4  0 b   3a 4b 
 AdjP 1 . Adj  Q 1.B 
 a 0  1 2 
 AdjP 1 . Adj.B. AdjQ 1 BA    
 0 b  3 4 
 PAQ .
10. Det (A+B) cannot be expressed in terms of det  a 2b 
A and det B . Hence the given equation gives
   AB  BA  a  b
 3a 4b 
no information.
17. AT A I  C n  ABAT  ABAT  - - -
11. I  P  P2    Pn  0
 P 1  I  P     P n 1  0  ABA  (n times )
T

 p 1    I  P    P n 1      P n   P n = AB n AT
 1 0
1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2  AT C n A 
AT AB n AT A 
Bn  
n 1
  2 3 2 0  5 2
12. =  1 0   1 0  1 0 
3  2 2 0 5 7 2 2
18. A 
    
= 1(7–25) = –18  1 7   1 7   8 49 
1   2 2 3 2  8 0   0 
I 
8A   
1  2   3  2  8 56   0  
=
 1  2
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8   0   5  
  And sin   sin 2  sin 3  sin 4
 8 56   
 
8  1  4cos cos a(say)
5 10
  7
2  
B a 16cos 2 cos 2 0
0 0 0 5 10
AB  0 0 0  0  B is non singular
19.
0 0 0 33  1 0 0
 a 1 0
0 a b 25. adj A = 
20.   ac  b  c 1
A   a 0 c 
|A| = 1
  b  c 0
 1 0 0
1 1
  
A  A  A1  A  A1   A 1 
  a 1 0 
2 2
 a c  b c 1 
 0 a b   0 a b 
1 26. {F ( x ).G ( y )}1  G 1  y  .F 1  x  if
Q1   a 0 c    a 0 c 
2 f  x   0. G  x   0
 b c 0   b c 0 
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0 0 0 0 0 0 
1
   0 0 0  0 0 0 
 
 cos x sin x 0
2
 0 0 0  0 0 0  F  x     sin x cos x 0  F  x 
1
Also ,
 0 0 1
0 a b
1
Similarly 2
 1

Q2  A  A   a 0 c 
 cos y 0  sin y 
  b  c 0   0 1 0  G  y 
and G  y
1

 sin y 0 cos y 
Q1 Q2  O3
21. We have PPT  I , A5  A   F  x  .G  y   
1
G 1  y  F  x 
1

Q 2021  PA2021 PT
 G  y F x
X  A2021  A2 27. we must have AA1  I
22. Every row vecor is a unit vector and every pair
of vectors are orthoganal. It is orthogonal. (3,1)th entry of AA 1  0 = (1, 3)th entry of
 a i  a i   a  1
2
 a  b  i AA1
23.  i b .  i b    a  b i  1 5
      b2  1   3   a   4   1  0
2 2
 a 2  1 a , a  b 
1 1 1
 0 1 c  2 = 0
1 5 1 5 2 2
a  .b
2 2  4a  4  0 and c+1 =0
24. We have  a =1 and c = - 1.
 cos n sin n  28. We have
An    A  ,  ' A  ,  
  sin n cos n 
We have Also , A  ,   A  ,  = I
cos   cos 2  cos3  cos 4  0
 A  ,   A  ,  
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Next AdjA  , 
 A  ,   A  ,  
1
M 1  (a  c)  ac 2 observe the table

  A  ,  a c a  c ac
29. I +A +A 2 ............+AK–1  2 1 1
( AK  I ) I ( I ) I   2  2
= I    ( I  A)1
AI A I I  A 2  1 1
 P = –1  2
 2
2 2

1 2 3
The possible value of 1  (a  c)  ac 2 are
Here,  2 1 3  0

30. 1   2 
0, 1  2 2   3 2 ,
5 5 9
1   2  0, 1  2 3   3  0
6 5  Thus the det A  0 if and only if a c 
3 1 4 
0 Thus b can take two values b   ,  2 .
31.
1 2 3 Hence the number of matrices is 2.
 0 2 1 0  MULTI ANSWER QUESTIONS
Given, A 
32.  1 1  and B 5
1  and A B
   
 0   0    2 0 
 A2 

36. det (adJ P) (det P )2  det P 2 or  2
   
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2
 A2 
B 37. A 
    
 2 1 2 1 4 1
  2 0 1 0 
     1 0   1 0  1 0
  1 1 5 1    A3      
or   2 1 and  1 5  4 1   2 1  6 1 
which is not possible at the same time  1 0
no real values of  . A2012   

 4024 1 
33. We have PT  2 P  I  PT  2 P  I  (1)  a d , a  b  c  d 4026
 P  2 PT  I  (2) 38. A2   kI
 From (1) and (2) 1  2  1  2    K 0 
P  I  ( P  I ) X 0  PX  X          0  K 
 1 2 1 2 
2 2 a11 23 a21 24 a13
 2 1 0 
a  23 a21 24 a21 25 a23  1 2 1
34. Let A
2 4 a31 25 a32 26 a33 39.  
 0 1 2 
a11 a12 a13 1 1
9 P
40.  ( A  AT ) andQ ( A  AT )
 2 2a21 2a22 2a33 2 2
22 a31 22 a32 22 a33 41.  A  BC  A  B  A  B   A  B 
1

212 det P  213  AB

35. Given a, b, c   ,  2
  A  B
CT 
T
 A  B  1 T

1 a b
 A  B  
1
 A  B
T T

M   1 c
Let but
 A  B  A  B  A  B  A  B 
T 1 1
2  1 
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CT  A  B  C  
1
,

2 2
 A  B  A  B   A  B  A  B
1

47. Tr ( A)  1 , Tr ( A)  1
----------1
Taking transpose  A2012  I  Tracef of A2012 is 3.
( I )1006 
A is involutary.
 C T  A  B   C T  
T
 A B
T T

8 2 0   6 0 3
 C T  A  B  C 
A B ----------2 48.  2 4 4  9 3 3x 
   
1  2  C T .2 A.C  2 A  C T AC  A
1
cos   2   sin   2    2

2 3  
2
42. AB    7 4  3 x   
 sin   2   cos   2    7  1 
  AB  
2
I  9   
    
  AB  AB  
I A BAB 1
 17  3x   2 
  9,3 x  15  x 5
 AB 
1
 AB
5 7 3
 B 1 A1 AB 1 5 2  0
49.
 BB A  BAB  A1  BAB
1 1
3 2 1 
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 (5   )(5  6   2  4)
 AB  
4 1
 A B AB 7( 5   )  3(2  15  3 ) 0
 A4 A  cos4 cos ,sin 4 sin   5 2  30  5   3  6 2
2   35  7  39  9  0
4  2      3 2
3    11  15  1 0
43. Write the characteristic equation   3  11 2  15  1  0
44. B  P 1 AP, B 2  ( P 1 AP)( P 1 AP) 3 2
 A  11A  15 A  I  0  K  11, l  15
 P 1 A 2 P 
 B n P 1 A n P  n  N 50. Every row vector is unit vector and the vectors
1 of any two rows are orthogonal.
B P  AP P 1A P A
51. A2  I A1  A  adj A  A
 if A  0 then B  0
 A1  A
1
52.
 and ( AB)1 B 1 A1
1 1
P ( A   I ) P  P AP  P  P  B   I 1
53. ((I+S)(I–S)–1 )T (I+S) (I–S)–1
( A  B )  A  B   ( A  B )T  = ((I–S)–1)T (I+S)T(I+S)(I–S)–1
1
 A  B
1 T
45.
= (I+S)–1 (I–S)(I+S) (I–S)–1
 A  B  ( A  B )  A  B  ( A  B ) 1

1 =
(I+S)–1 (I+S) (I–S)(I–S)–1 = I
: . (I+S) (I–S)–1 is orthogonal .
46. A2   I
0 0 1
  I   A   2 I   2 A2  2 A
2

A   0 1 0 
54.
 2   2 2  1 0 0 
 2 2
 2     |A| = -1
2   2  0, 2  1,  0 0 1
1   0 1 0 
1 Adj.A =  
  Z   2   , 
2 2 2  1 0 0 
Hence A-1 = A
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The solution is unique
. If the system does not have a unique solution
55,56,57. B0 2  I and A0 2  A0 the value of the determinant of coefficients =0
2
 det ( A0  A0  .........10terms) 2 1 1
 det(10
 A0 ) 1000 1 3 2 0 k 3
X0=0 3 2 k
B B ...........B B0
1 2 49
. The required conditions are A  0 and (Adj
A0 X  C1 has no solution. A) B = 0
58,59,60. A50  A48  A2  I 1 1 1
 1 0 0  1 2 3  0,
and
 25 A  24 I   25 1 0   det A50  1
2
1 2 
 25 0 1 
 2  6 2   1  6   0 
and Trace A50  3     3   1  210    0 
    
2 3 2 3  0 1 1     0 
61,62,63 A2    
1 2 1 2 i.e., 2  6  3     0  0 and 0.6 - 10 +
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       3,   10
 7 12   8 12   1 0 67,68,69
     O
 4 7   4 8  0 1   1 0 0   a  1 
 2 1 0  b    0 
A2  4A I  0     
 3 2 1   c   0 
 
A1 A2  4A1A A1I  0 a 1, 2a  b 0  b 2
3a  2b  c  0  c  1
A  4I  A1  A1  4I  A
1 0 0  d   2
1 0 2 3  4 0 2 3  2 1 0  e    3
A1  4     
0 1 1 2 0 4 1 2
    
 3 2 1   f   0 
 2  3
   d 2, 2d  e 3  e 1
 1 2  3d  2e  f  0  6  2  f  0  f 4
Clearly a = -4, b = 1
4 1 0 0  p  2
  x 3 cos xdx  0  2 1 0  q   3
4
    
 3 2 1   r   1 
a  4b 4  4
Also   0  p 2, 2 p  q 3  q 1
4a  b 4  4  1
64,65,66 3 p  2q  r  1 r 3
 2 1 3  1 2 2
A 1 1 2 
 2 1 1
 B 
 
 
1 1 1   1 4 3

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3
4
 1 0 0  1 2 2  __________________
C  2 1 0  2 1 1 2b  0  b  0
 3 2 1   1 4 3 4a  c 0
3
1 2 2  ac
1 4
  0 3 3 A 1,
 C 1 ——————————
3
 0 0 1  3 1
3a   a 
  1 7 9 4 4
3 1
2   5    6  c   1
4 4
0 3 3 1
f ( x)   x2  1
 1 2 0  4
1
B   7 5 3
1
( ,  )  (0,1)
3 A  (2, 0)  P 2
 9 6 3 
Sum of elements = 0 x2

70,71,72 4  1 1  x 8
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 14( a  3) 
15b  5at a  3 (3, 0)
 a  3, b  R , unique solution
1
a 3, b  , no solution
3 (0,1)
1
a 3, b , infinite solutions.
3

MATRIX MATCHING QUESTIONS  x2 

 x,  1
 4 
4a 2 f (1)  4af (1)  f (2) 3a 2  3a
73. 3
4b 2 f (1)  4bf (1)  f (2) 3b 2  3b y  0  ( x  2)
2
______________________________ 3
4 f (1)(a 2  b 2 )  4 f (1)(a  b)  2 y 3 x  6  y  x  3
2
 3(a 2  b 2 )  3(a  b)  3x  2 y  6 0
4 f ( 1)(a  b)  4 f (1)  3(a  b)  3 x2 3 x2 3x
 1 x  3 
y1  y2    4
4 f (1)  3 4 f (1)  3 4 2 4 2
3 3 3/2
f (1)  , f (1)  , 9 1 
4 4   4   4 125 8
4 4 
f (2)  0  
  
1 8 3
6
f (2)  0 16
4 a  2b  c  0 74. Put i j k and then j  k , k  i etc.
3 75. a2  b2  c 2 
1, ab  bc  ca 
0
a  b  c 
4
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3 3 3
a  b  c  3abc
77. BC  I
 (a  b  c)(a 2  b 2  c 2  ab  bc  ca )
 A  A
 1  det  A   det    det   + ------- 
 a 3  b3  c 3 1  3 4 or 2 2 4
 1 1 
 1 tan x   det  A   1         2
76. A  2 4 
  tan x 1  78. In the characeristic equation sum of the roots
 1  tan x  gives trace and product of roots gives det of the
 adj ( A)   tan x matrix
 1 
 2c  b 5c  2b 
adj  A  79.    ( ,  )
1  bc bc 
A 
A   
7c  3b
bc
1  1  tan x 
  a b   a c   2 0

1  tan x  tan x
2
1   c d  b d   0 2
    
 cos 2 x  sin x cos x  a2  b2  2
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sin x cos x cos 2 x 
ac  bd  0
1 1  cos 2 x  sin 2 x  b c

2  sin 2 x 1  cos 2 x  80.   100
  96  4
 ( A)   R  81. The elements 0, –1, 1 can be arranged in the
principal diagnol in 3. ways (and remaining places
 1  tan x  can be filled 3! ways corresponding to each case
Adj  AdjA   A
 tan x 1   a ij  a ji 

Adj  AdjA K
6
 :. No of matrices = 3! 3! = 36 
  AdjA 
1
 6
AdjA
T 1  1 1  i 1  1 1  i
82. AA     
1 1  cos2x sin2x  3 1  i 1  3 1  i 1 
 
2  sin2x 1  cos2x  
1 3 0 1 0
3 0 3  0 1 
 B   S ; and C    P        2
 1
2 A  2
 tan x  83. A 2
 B2   A  B 
 tan x 1   A3  A2 B  B 2 A  B 3  0
( adj 2 A)  2 2 1 adj ( A) If A2  B 2  0 then A  B 0  A  B
 1  tan x   A2  B 2 
0
 2 D  Q
 tan x 1  84. Let S I  2 A  3 A2  ......
AS  A  2 A2  ......

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87. A3 =I A102  I  trace 3
( I  A)S  I  A  A2  .....
 4 0 a b 
n n
I 88.  0   n

 an 4 .
  I ( I  A) 1  4  0 a 
I A

1 0   2 1   0 1 0 
Given, A   and B 5  and A B
2
I A  89. 
   1 1   1 
 0 1   4 2 
 0   0    2 0 
 1 1  A2 
    
   1 1   1 1    1 1 
5 3  A2 
B
( I  A)1   2 0 1 0 
S   
IA  
  1 1 5 1 
13 1 or   2 1 and  1 5
( I  A)1 
2  5 1 which is not possible at the same time
 no real values of  .
  (I  A) 
1 2
 i i   i i 
90. A2    
1  3 1  3 1   i i   i i 

4  5 1  5 1  2 2   1 1 
  2
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1 4 2   2
     1 1   1 1 
4  10 4   5 A4  4   
 1  1 1  1 1
 2 
 2 2   1 1
      2  4 2 2  4  1 1 
   
85. 2x  3y  3z 0 ...(1)
5x  2y  2z 19 ...(2)  1 1  1 1
A8  16   
x  7y  5z 5 ...(3)  1 1   1 1 
5  (3)  (2)  37y  27z 6 ...(4)  2 2   1 1
 16  2 2  32 1 1  32 B
2  (3)  (1)  11y  7z 
10 ...(5)
   
Solving (4) & (5) we have
91. Clearly f ( ). f ( ) f (   )  k 1
y 6,
 z 8
from (1) x = 3 a b 
x + y –z = 3 + 6 –8 = 1 92. Let m   
c d 
1  0
86. =0  1    2    
0
 a  b 1, c  d 2  1 0 
1 2 m
 4 2
a  2b  1, c  2d  0  
 2  3   2  0 0
 m  xI 
2
 A  3 A  2I
  x  2  x  1 
0 x1 2 x2 1
A4   3 A  2I  3 A  2I 
5 x1  2 x2
 9 A2  12 A  4 I  15 A  14 I
 1 1 3  1 1 3 
15 A  14I 15 A  14I 
A8   5 2 6  5 2 6 
 225  3 A  2 I   420 A  196I 93.   
 2 1 3  2 1 3
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SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
  3 3 9   5 2 6 
 1 1 3  2 1 3
1 1
 0 0 0 97. Let B     B  A I
1 1 
  0 0 0
 B 2  2 A  B16  28 I
 0 0 0
98. Since AB  A  B  0 n , by adding I n to both
A3  0  Index  3
sides and factoring we obtain
1 2 1
2 I n  AI n  B   I n .
P 4 1 14 P 
2
94. follows that I n  A is invertible, and its inverse
4 7 3
is I n  B . Hence In  B In  A  
In , which
1  2
95. 2 0  0  implies BA  A  B 
0n, . Consequently,,
2 x 2 3 BA  A  B  AB .
1 1 1  1 1 1 
1 ( 1(2 )  x (6  2 2 )  2(4) 
0 1
S   1 1 1   S 1   1 1 1 
99. s  2 and adj 2
= 2  4  8  0 =   2  4 
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2
0 1 1  b  c c  a b  a 
K 1 1
2y = 2 x 
2
 3K SA 0 1  c  b c  a a  b 
2
2 2
 (  2)( x  2   2)  0 1 1 0  b  c a  c a  b 
=  =2
3K   2 K  0 2a 2a 
3K –x K = y 
2
1
2   2b 0 2b  and
 K 3K   2 K 2
 K  2c 2c 0 
2 2
3K   2 K
 0 2a 2a   1 1 1 
2 1
SAS 1
 2b 0 2b   1 1 1 
  3    2     1 5
2 2
4
=    5  2c 2c 0   1 1 1
3  2
3  2
1
1 k 3
4a 0 0  a 0 0
3 k 2  0 1
96. Coefficient of det = 0     0 4b 0   0 b 0 
2 3 4 4
 0 0 4 c   0 0 c 
 ( 4k  6)  k( 12  4)  3(9  2k) 0
which is a diagonal matrix.
  4k  6  12k  4k  27  6k  0
100. We have
  2k  33 0
2K  33 ( A2  B 2 )( A  B)  A3  A2 B  AB 2  B 3 .
2K since A  B , this shows that A2  B 2 has a
1
33 zero divisor. Hence it is not invertible, so its
determinant is 0.
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1 c b  3sin   4sin 3   2(1  2sin 2  )  2 0

 c 1 a 0  a 2  b 2  c 2  2abc 1  sin  (4sin 2   4sin   3) 
0
101.
b a 1  sin  (2 sin   1)(2sin   3) 
0
 sin   0,sin   1 / 2
25m
102. For x  0, 0m0 (neglecting sin   3 / 2 )
15  2m
15

  n , n  (1)n  / 6, n  z
or m   106. Since, 1 ,  2 are the roots of ax 2  bx  c 
2 0
2m  60 b c
and y  0, 0  1   2 
 and  1 2  ------(1)
2m  15 a a
15 Also, 1 ,  2 are the roots of px 2  qx  r 0
 m  30 or m   -----(2)
2 q r
from Equations (1) and (2) we get  1   2  and 12  ------(2)
p p
15 Given system of equations
m or m  30
2
1 y   2 z 
0
103. Since, the given system of equations possess non-
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0 1 2 1  2
 0

0 3 1 
0 1  2
k 5 4
1 1
 
k  0 2 2
On solving the equations x y z  (say) Applying componendo - divedendo
 For k  0, the system has infinite solutions of 1   2 1   2

R . 1   2 1   2
104. for   5 the system has atleast one solution  (1   2 )(1   2 )  (1   2 )( 1   2 )
for   5 the system has infinitly many solutions
 (1   2 ) 2 ( 1   2 ) 2  4 1 2 
4  5k 13k  9
x
 ,y
 , z k (k  R)
7 7 ( 1   2 ) 2 (1   2 ) 2  41 2 
105. The system of equations has non - trivial solution, From Eqs. (1) and (2), we get
if  0 .
b 2  q 2 4r  q 2  b 2 4c 
sin 3 1 1       
a 2  p 2 p  p2  a 2 a 
 cos 2 4 30
2 7 7 b 2q 2 4b 2 r b 2 q 2 4q 2 c
   
a 2 p 2 a 2 p a 2 p 2 ap 2
Expanding along C1 , we get
b2 r q 2c b 2 ac
sin 3 (28  21)  cos 2 ( 7  7)  2( 3  4) 0    2 
a p q pr
 7 sin 3  14 cos 2  2 0

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