JEE EXPERTS (INFINITY)

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MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

JEE main - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 46 minutes Maximum Marks: 40
–
1 √3 [4]
1. If A = , then:
1
[ – ]
2
− √3 1

a) A30 + A25 + A = I b) A30 = A25

c) A30 + A25 - A = I d) A30 - A25 = 2I

2. Let α and β be real numbers. Consider a 3 × 3 matrix A such that A2 = 3A + αI . If A4 = 21A + βI , then [4]

a) β = -8 b) β =8

c) α = 4 d) α =1

3. Let A = [
cos α − sin α
] , (α ∈ R) such that A 32
= [
0 −1
] . Then, the value of α is [4]
sin α cos α 1 0

a) b) 0
π

64

c) π

16
d) π

32

⎡
cos x − sin x 0
⎤ [4]
4. If f(x) = ⎢ sin x cos x 0 ⎥, then f(x)f(y) is equal to
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

a) f(x) + f(y) b) f(x + y)

c) f(xy) d) f(x - y)
5. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 matrices such that AB = I and |A| = 1

8
then |adj(B adj (2A))| is equal to [4]

a) 16 b) 128

c) 64 d) 32

6. If [
1 1
] ⋅[
1 2
] ⋅[
1 3
] ⋯[
1 n − 1
] = [
1 78
] , then the inverse of [
1 n
] is [4]
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

a) 1 −12 b) 1 0
[ ] [ ]
0 1 12 1

c) 1 −13 d) 1 0
[ ] [ ]
0 1 13 1

⎡
x 3 2
⎤ [4]
7. Matrix A = ⎢ 1 y 4⎥ if xyz = 60 and 8x + 4y+ 3z = 20, then A(adj A) is equal to:
⎣ ⎦
2 2 z

a) ⎡ 64 0 0
⎤ b) ⎡
88 0 0
⎤

⎢ 0 64 0 ⎥ ⎢ 0 88 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 64 0 0 88

c) d)

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 68 0 0 34 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

⎢ 0 68 0 ⎥ ⎢ 0 34 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 68 0 0 34

8. [ ] denotes the greatest integer function. -1 ≤ x < 0, 0 ≤ y < 1, 1 ≤ z ≤ 2. Then the determinant [4]
∣ [x] + 1 [y] [z] ∣
∣ ∣
∣ [x] [y] + 1 [z] ∣ equals
∣ ∣
∣ [x] [y] [z] + 1 ∣

a) [x] b) [z]

c) [y] d) [x] + [y] + [z]

9. If the system of equations [4]
x+y+z=2
2x + 4y - z = 6
3x + 2y + λz = μ

has infinitely many solutions, then:

a) 2λ + μ = 14 b) λ + 2μ = 14

c) λ - 2μ = -5 d) 2λ - μ = 5
10. For α, β ∈ R , suppose the system of linear equations x - y + z = 5; 2x + 2y + αz = 8; 3x - y + 4z = β has [4]
infinitely many solutions. Then α and β are the roots of

a) x2 + 18x + 56 = 0 b) x2 + 14x + 24 = 0

c) x2 - 18x + 56 = 0 d) x2 - 10x + 16 = 0

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