Worksheet

MCQ ASSERTION REASON WORKSHEET- MATRIX

Class 12 - Mathematics

⎡
0 0 4
⎤ [1]
1. The matrix P = ⎢ 0 4 0⎥ is a
⎣ ⎦
4 0 0

a) none b) diagonal matrix

c) square matrix d) unit matrix

2. If A and B are two non-zero square matrices of same order such that (A + B)2 = A2 + B2, then: [1]

a) AB = O b) AB = - BA

c) BA = O d) AB = BA

3. If A is a square matrix and A2 = A, then (I + A)2 - 3A is equal to: [1]

a) I b) 2A

c) 3I d) A
4. If A and B are any two square matrices of the same order, then [1]

a) adj(AB) = adj(A) adj (B) b) (AB)t = BtAt

c) AB = O d) (AB)t = AtBt

⎡
cos x − sin x 0
⎤ [1]
5. If F(x) = ⎢ sin x cos x 0⎥ and [F(x)]2 = F(kx), then the value of k is:
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

a) -2 b) 2

c) 0 d) 1

⎡
1 4 x
⎤ [1]
6. If A = ⎢ z 2 y⎥ is a symmetric matrix, then the value of x + y + z is:
⎣ ⎦
−3 −1 3

a) 6 b) 8

c) 0 d) 10
7. If A and B are square matrices of the same order then (A + B)(A - B) = ? [1]

a) A2 - AB - BA - B2 b) A2 - AB + BA - B2

c) (A2 - B2) d) A2 + AB - BA - B2

8. If A = [
cos α sin α
] then (A 2
=? [1]
α α)
− sin α cos α

2 2
a) [ cos α sin α
]
b) [
2 cos α 2 sin α
]
2 2
− sin α cos α − sin α 2 cos α

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 c) 2 cos α − sin α d) cos 2α sin 2α
[ ] [ ]
sin α 2 cos α − sin 2α cos 2α

9. If A and B are any two matrices, then [1]

a) AB may or may not be defined. b) AB = O

c) A2 = O d) 2A2

10. Let A = ∣
∣1 3∣
∣ ,B=∣
∣1 4∣
∣ , then [1]
∣2 4∣ ∣2 5∣

a) AB = BA b) (BA)T = BTAT

c) ATBT = (AB)T d) BTAT = (AB)T

11. Number of symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 1 or -1 is [1]

a) 64 b) 512

c) 4 d) 8
sin
−1
(xπ) tan
−1
(
x
) − cos
−1
(xπ) tan
−1
(
x
) [1]
12. If A = π
1
[
−1 x −1
π
], B =
1

π
[
−1 x −1
π
] , then A - B is equal to
sin ( ) cot (πx) sin ( ) − tan (πx)
π π

a) 2I b) I

c) O d) 1

2
I
13. If A and B are two non-zero square matrices such that AB = 0, then [1]

a) neither matrix is singular b) either of them is singular

c) both A and B are singular d) B are singular

14. If A = [
1 −1
] and B = [
a 1
] and (A + B)2 = (A2 + B2) then [1]
2 −1 b −1

a) a = 1, b = - 4 b) a = -2, b = 3

c) a = 1, b = 4 d) a = 2, b = -3

15. If A = [
2 0
] and B = [
4 −3
] are such that 4A + 3X = 5B then X = ? [1]
−3 1 −6 2

a) [ 4 −5
]
b) [
4 5
]
−6 2 −6 −2

c) [ 4 −5
]
d) [
−4 5
]
−6 −2 6 −2

⎡
0 1 −2
⎤ [1]
16. For what value of x, the matrix A = ⎢ −1 0 3⎥ is skew-symmetric matrix?
⎣ ⎦
x −3 0

a) x = 2 b) x = -2

c) x = 1 d) x = 3
⎧ 2i + 3j
⎪
, i < j
[1]
17. A matrix A = [aij ]
3×3
is defined by a ij = ⎨ 5 , i = j
⎩
⎪
3i − 2j , i > j

The number of elements in A which are more than 5, is 4:

a) 5 b) 6

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 c) 4 d) 3
18. If A is matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB′ and B′A are both defined, then order of matrix B is [1]

a) n × m b) m × n

c) m × m d) n × n
19. If a diagonal matrix is commutative with every matrix of the same order then it is necessarily [1]

a) A diagonal matrix with atleast two different b) A unit matrix

diagonal elements

c) A diagonal matrix with exactly two different d) A scalar matrix

diagonal elements

20. If A = [
0 1
] , then A2023 is equal to [1]
0 0

a) [ 2023 0
]
b) [
0 1
]
0 2023 0 0

c) [ 0 2023
]
d) [
0 0
]
0 0 0 0

21. If for the matrix A = [

tan x 1
],A + A
′ –
= 2√3I, then the value of x ∈ [0, π
] is: [1]
2
−1 tan x

a) 0 b) π

c) π

6
d) π

22. If the matrix AB is zero, then [1]

a) A = 1 and B = 1 b) It is necessary that either A = 0 or, B = 0

c) It is not necessary that either A = 0 or, B = 0 d) A = 0 or B = 0

23. If for a square matrix A, A2 - 3A + I = O and A-1 = xA + yI, then the value of x + y is: [1]

a) -2 b) -3

c) 2 d) 3

⎡
1 2 x
⎤ ⎡
1 −2 y
⎤ [1]
24. If A = ⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ and B = ⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ and AB = l3, then x + y equals
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 0 0 1

a) -1 b) 0

c) 1 d) 2

⎡
0 1 1
⎤ [1]
25. For the matrix X = ⎢1 0 1⎥ , (X2 - X) is:
⎣ ⎦
1 1 0

a) 2I b) 5I

c) I d) 3I
26. If AB = A and BA = B, where A and B are square matrices, then A and B are? 2 2
[1]

a) B2 ≠ B and A2 = A b) A2 ≠ A, B2 ≠ B

c) A2 ≠ A, B2 = B d) B2 = B and A2 =A

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27. If A = [ ] and (3I + 4A) (3I - 4A) = x2I, then the value(s) x is/are:
−1 0

–
a) 0 b) ± √7

c) ±5 d) 25
28. For any two matrices A and B, [1]

a) AB = BA is always true b) Whenever AB exists, then BA exists

c) Sometimes AB = BA and sometimes AB ≠ d) AB = BA is never true

BA

29. If A = [
0 2
] and kA = [
0 3a
] , then the values of k, a, b, are respectively [1]
3 −4 2b 24

a) - 6, - 12, - 18 b) -6, 12, 18

c) - 6, 4, 9 d) - 6, - 4, - 9

30. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3. If |A| = x, then (2023)x is equal to: [1]

a) 2023 b) (2023)2

c) 1

2023
d) 1
31. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n, and C is a column matrix of order n × 1, then CAC is [1]

a) An identity matrix of order n b) A unit matrix of order one

c) A unit matrix of order Zero d) A zero matrix of order one

32. A and B are skew-symmetric matrices of same order. AB is symmetric, if: [1]

a) AB = O b) AB = -BA

c) AB = BA d) BA = O

33. If (A - 2B) =[
1 −2
] and (2A - 3B) =[
−2 2
] then B = ? [1]
3 0 3 −3

a) [ −4 6
]
b) [
−4 −6
]
−3 −3 3 3

c) [ 4 −6
]
d) [
6 −4
]
3 −3 −3 3

34. If [
x 2
] is a singular matrix, then the product of all possible values of x is: [1]
3 x − 1

a) 6 b) -6

c) -7 d) 0
35. If A = [aij ] be a 3 × 3 matrix, where aij = i – 3j, then which of the following is false? [1]

a) a 31
= 0 b) a11 < 0

c) a 13
> a31 d) a12 + a21 = −6

36. If the sum of all the elements of a 3 × 3 scalar matrix is 9, then the product of all its elements is: [1]

a) 9 b) 0

c) 729 d) 27
[1]

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 a h g
⎡ ⎤

37. If A = [x y z], B=⎢ h b f ⎥ and C = [xyz]t, then ABC is

⎣ ⎦
g f c

a) not defined b) 1 × 1 matrix

c) 3 × 3 matrix d) 2 × 2 matrix

38. If [
1 2
] + [
a 4
] = [
5 6
] , then a2 + b2 is equal to [1]
−2 −b 3 2 1 0

a) 12 b) 10

c) 20 d) 22
39. Let I be an identity matrix, then [1]

a) 0 if i = j b) 1 if i = j
I = [aij]n, where aij = { I = [aij]n, where aij = {
1 if i ≠ j 0 if i ≠ j

c) 0 if i ≠ j d) I = [aij]n, where aij = k ∀ i, j, k ∈ R

I = [aij]n, where aij = {
1 if i ≠ j

⎡
2 0 0
⎤ [1]
40. If A = ⎢0 2 0⎥ , then A5 =
⎣ ⎦
0 0 2

a) 16A b) 10A

c) 5A d) 32A

⎡
0 −5 8
⎤ [1]
41. The matrix ⎢ 5 0 12 ⎥ is a
⎣ ⎦
−8 −12 0

a) symmetric matrix b) scalar matrix

c) diagonal matrix d) skew-symmetric matrix

∣a h g ∣ [1]
∣ ∣
42. Let A = ∣ h b f
∣
, then
∣g f c ∣

a) AT = -A b) AT = IA

c) AT = A d) AT = I

43. If A is a square matrix then (A - A') is [1]

a) A null matrix b) An identity matrix

c) A skew-symmetric matrix d) A symmetric matrix

44. For the matrix A = [

1 5
] , A - A' is a [1]
6 7

a) diagonal matrix b) symmetric matrix

c) scalar matrix d) skew-symmetric matrix

45. If A is square matrix, then A is symmetric, if [1]

a) A2 = A b) AT = A

c) AT = -A d) A2 = I

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 i 0 [1]
46. If A = [ ] , n ∈ N, then A4n equals
0 i

a) [ 0 0
]
b) [
1 0
]
0 0 0 1

c) [ 1 i
]
d) [
0 i
]
i 1 i 0

47. If A = [
2 −1
] , then An = [1]
3 −2

a) −1 0 b) 0 1
[ ] , if n ∈ N [ ] , if n is an even natural number
0 1 0 1

c) 1 0 d) 1 0
[ ] , if n is an even natural number [ ] , if n is an odd natural number
0 1 0 1

1 2 [1]
48. If A = [ ] and f(x) = 2x2 - 4x + 5 then f(A) = ?
4 −3

a) [ 19 −11
]
b) [
19 −32
]
−27 51 −16 51

c) [ 19 −16
]
d) [
29 −11
]
−32 51 −27 41

2 2
∣ cos θ cos θ sin θ ∣ ∣ cos ϕ cos ϕ sin ϕ ∣ [1]
49. The product of the matrix A = ∣ 2
∣ and B = ∣ 2
∣ is a null matrix if
∣ cos θ sin θ sin θ ∣ ∣ cos ϕ sin ϕ sin ϕ ∣

θ − ϕ equal to:

a) (2n + 1) π

2
b) nπ

c) 2nπ d) n π

50. 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 [1]
is:

a) 4 × 4 b) 4 × 3

c) 3 × 3 d) 3 × 4

⎡
4 −2 1 3
⎤ [1]
51. If A = [a ij ]
3×4
is matrix given by A = ⎢ 5 7 9 6⎥ . Then, a23 + a24 will be equal to the element
⎣ ⎦
21 15 18 −25

a) a14 b) a13

c) a32 d) a44

52. If matrices A and B anticommute then [1]

a) (AB) = (BA)-1 b) AB = BA

c) (AB)-1 = (BA) d) AB = -BA

−1

53. If ∣∣
A ∣
=
1
, where A is a 3 × 3 matrix, then the value of k is: [1]
2 ∣ k|A|

a) 1

8
b) 2

c) 8 d) 1

3 −2 1 0 [1]
54. Assertion (A): If A = [ ] and I = [ ] , then the value of k such that A2 = kA - 2I, is -1.
4 −2 0 1

Reason (R): If A and B are square matrices of same order, then (A + B)(A + B) is equal to A2 + AB + BA + B2.

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

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

55. Assertion (A): If A = [

2 4
] and B = [
1 3
] , then A + B = [
3 7
] . [1]
3 2 −2 5 1 7

Reason (R): Two different matrices can be added only if they are of same order.

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

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

56. Assertion (A): For any symmetric matrix A, B' AB is a skew-symmetric matrix. [1]
Reason (R): A square matrix P is skew-symmetric if P' = -P.

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

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

1 2 [1]
57. Assertion (A): A 2 × 2 matrix A= [aij], whose elements are given by aij = i × j, is [ ] .
2 4

Reason (R): If A is a 4 × 2 matrix, then the elements in A is 5.

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

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

⎡
3 4
⎤ [1]
−1 2 1
58. For the matrices A' = ⎢ −1 2 ⎥ and B = [ , consider the following statements.
]
1 2 3
⎣ ⎦
0 1

Assertion (A): (A + B)' = A' - B'

Reason (R): (A - B)' = A' - B'

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

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

k, i = j [1]
59. Assertion (A): Scalar matrix A = [a ij ] = { , where k is a scalar, is an identity matrix when k = 1.
0, i ≠ j

Reason (R): Every identity matrix is not a scalar matrix.

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

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

⎡
3 −1 0
⎤ [1]
–
60. Assertion (A): The matrix A = ⎢ is rectangular matrix of order 3.
3
3√2 1 ⎥
2

⎣ ⎦
4 3 −1

Reason (R): If A = [a ij ]
m×1
, then A is column matrix.

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

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 c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
61. Let A and B be two symmetric matrices of order 3. [1]
Assertion (A): A(BA) and (AB) A are symmetric matrices.
Reason (R): AB is symmetric matrix, if matrix multiplication of A with B is commutative.

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

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

62. Assertion (A): If A = [

2 4
] and C = [
−2 5
] , then 3A - C = [
8 7
] . [1]
3 2 3 4 6 2

Reason (R): If the matrices A and B are of same order, say m × n, satisfy the commutative law, then A + B = B
+ A.

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

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

⎡
2
⎤ [1]
2 −2 0
63. Assertion (A): If A = [ ] and B = ⎢ 6⎥, the (AB)T = [ −8 16 ] .
6 4 −2
⎣ ⎦
10

Reason (R): AB = [ −8 21 ] .

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

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

64. Assertion (A): If [ x

2 0
, then x = 2 [1]
2 ][ ] = 0
−4 0

2 0
Reason (R): If [ x 2 ][ ] = 0 , then x = 4.
−4 0

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

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

65. Assertion (A): If A = [

3 1
] , then (-A) is given by [
−3 −1
] . [1]
−5 x 5 −x

Reason (R): The negative of a matrix is given by -A and is defined as -A = (-1)A.

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

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

66. Assertion (A): If A = [

10 −2
] , then A-1 does not exist. [1]
−5 1

Reason (R): On using elementary column operations C2 → C2 - 2C1 in the following matrix equation
1 −3 1 −1 3 1 1 −5 1 −1 3 −5
[ ] = [ ][ ] , we have [ ] = [ ][ ] .
2 4 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 2 0

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

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

67. Assertion (A): If A = [

2 3
] and B = [
2 −3
] , then B is the inverse of A. [1]
1 2 −1 2

Reason (R): If A is a square matrix of order m and if there exists another square matrix B of the same order m,
such that AB = BA = I, then B is called the inverse of A.

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

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

68. Assertion (A): If the order of A is 3 × 4, then order of B is 3 × 4 and the order of C is 5 × 4, then the order of [1]
(A
T
B) C
T
is 4 × 5.
Reason (R): The multiply an m × n matrix by n × p matrix then n must be the same and result is an m × p
matrix. Also, A be a matrix of order m × n then the order of transpose matrix is n × m.

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

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

69. Let A, B and C are three matrices of same order. Now, consider the following statements [1]
Assertion (A): If A = B, then AC = BC.
Reason (R): If AC = BC, then A = B.

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

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

⎡
2 x− 3 x− 2
⎤ [1]
70. Assertion (A): If A = ⎢ 3 −2 −1 ⎥ is a symmetric matrix, then x = 6.
⎣ ⎦
4 −1 −5

Reason (R): If A is a symmetric matrix, then A = A'.

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

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

71. Assertion (A): If [

xy 4
] = [
4 w
] , then x = 2, y = 2, z = -5 and w = 4. [1]
z + 5 x+ y 0 4

Reason (R): Two matrices are equal, if their orders are same and their corresponding elements are equal.

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

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

72. Assertion (A): A matrix A = [1 2 0 3] is a row matrix of order 1 × 4. [1]
Reason R: A matrix having one row and any number of column is called a row matrix.

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

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

[1]

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73. Assertion (A): If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A2 is a symmetric matrix.
Reason (R): If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A' = -A.

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

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

5 −1 2 1 2 1 5 −1 [1]
74. Assertion (A): [ ][ ] = [ ][ ]
6 7 3 4 3 4 6 7

1 2 3 −1 1 0 −1 1 0 1 2 3
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤

Reason (R): ⎢ 0 1 0⎥⎢ 0 −1 1⎥ ≠ ⎢ 0 −1 1⎥⎢0 1 0⎥

⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
1 1 0 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 0

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

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

⎡
2 3
⎤ [1]
2 3 −1
75. Assertion (A): If A = [ ] and B = ⎢ 4 5 ⎥ , then AB and BA both are defined.
1 4 2
⎣ ⎦
2 1

Reason (R): For the two matrices A and B, the product AB is defined, if number of columns in A is equal to the
number of rows in B.

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

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

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