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1. Let α and β be real numbers. Consider a 3 × 3 matrix A such that A 2

= 3A + αI . If A 4
= 21A + βI , then
(1) α = 1 (2) α = 4

(3) β = 8 (4) β = −8

2. Let A =(
1 + i 1
) where i = √−1. Then, the number of elements in the set {n ∈ {1, 2, … . , 100} : A n
= A} is
−i 0

3. ⎡
√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

(1) 2004 (2) 2005

(3) 2007 (4) 2006

4. Let A =[
1 −1
] and B =[
β 1
], α, β ∈ R . Let α be the value of α which satisfies (A + B) 2
= A
2
+[
2 2
] and α be the value of α which satisfies
1 2
2 α 1 0 2 2

(A + B)
2
= B
2
. Then |α 1 − α2 | is equal to
5. ⎡
2 −1 −1
⎤
√3i−1
Let A =⎢ 1 0 −1 ⎥ and B = A − I . If ω = 2
, then the number of elements in the set {n ∈{1, 2, … , 100}: A n
+ (ωB)
n
= A + B} is equal to _____ .
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0

6. Let S ={(
−1 a
); a, b ∈{1, 2, 3, … 100}} and let T ={A ∈ S : A
n ( n+1 )
= I} . Then the number of elements in
100

is _____.
n ∩ Tn
0 b n=1

7. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤ ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

If the matrix A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥ satisfies the equation A 20

+ αA
19
+ βA =⎢ 0 4 0⎥ for some real numbers α and β, then β − α is equal to ______.
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
3 0 −1 0 0 1

8. Let A, B, C be 3 × 3 matrices such that A is symmetric and B and C are skew-symmetric.Consider the statements
(S1) A
13
B
26
− B
26
A
13
is symmetric
(S2) A
26
C
13
− C
13
A
26
is symmetric
Then,
(1) Only S2 is true (2) Only S1 is true
(3) Both S1 and S2 are false (4) Both S1 and S2 are true
9. Let A =[
0 −2
] . If M and N are two matrices given by M = ∑
10
A
2k
and N = ∑
10
A
2k−1
then M N is 2
k=1 k=1
2 0

(1) a non-identity symmetric matrix (2) a skew-symmetric matrix

(3) neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix (4) an identity matrix
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
(1) 6
10
(2) 10
6

(3) 9
10
(4) 10
9

11. The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having enteries from the set (0, 1, 2, 3) such that the sum of all the diagonal entries of AA is 9, is equal to T

12. Let A =⌊a ˆˆ ⌋⋅aij

ij
∈ Z ∩[0, 4], 1 ≤ i, j ≤ 2 . The number of matrices A such that the sum of all entries is a prime number p ∈(2, 13) is _____ .

13. The number of matrices A =[ a b

] , where a, b, c, d ∈{−1, 0, 1, 2, 3, … … , 10}, such that A = A , is ______. −1

c d

14. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix having entries from the set {−1, 0, 1}. The number of all such matrices A having sum of all the entries equal to 5, is _____
15. ⎡
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

(1) 9 (2) 11

(3) 12 (4) 10

16. 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
(1) 84 (2) 96

(3) 101 (4) 109

17. Let A be a matrix of order 3 × 3 and det(A)= 2. Then det(det(A) adj(5 adj(A 3
)) is equal to _____.
(1) 256 × 10
6
(2) 1024 × 10
6

(3) 512 × 10
6
(4) 256 × 10
11

18. ⎡
α β γ
⎤

Consider a matrix A =⎢ α
2
β
2
γ
2
⎥ , where α, β, γ are three distinct natural numbers.
⎣ ⎦
β + γ γ + α α + β
det ( adj(adj ( adj ( adj A ) ) )
If 16 16 16
= 2
32
× 3
16
, then the number of such 3- tuples (α, β, γ) is _______.
( α−β ) ( β−γ ) ( γ−α )

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19. LetA =[ 1 2
]. If A −1
= αI + βA, α, β ∈ R, I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then 4(α − β) is equal to :
−1 4

(1) 5 (2) 8

(3) 2 (4) 4

20. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that (A 2

− B )
2
is invertible matrix. If A 5
= B
5
and A 3
B
2
= A
2
B ,
3
then the value of the determinant of the
matrix A 3
+ B
3
is equal to :
(1) 2 (2) 4

(3) 1 (4) 0

21. If [ 1 1
][
1 2
][
1 3
]… .[
1 n − 1
]=[
1 78
], then the inverse of [
1 n
] is:
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

(1) [
1 – 12
]
(2) [
1 0
]
0 1 12 1

(3) [
1 0
]
(4) [
1 – 13
]
13 1 0 1

22. ⎡
3 −1 −2
⎤

Let P =⎢ 2 0 α ⎥, where α ∈ R. Suppose Q =[q ij ] is a matrix satisfying P Q = kI for 3

⎣ ⎦
3 −5 0
2

some non-zero k ∈ R. If q and |Q|= , then α is equal to_________.

k k 2 2
23 = − + k
8 2

23. ⎡
1
⎤ ⎡
−1 2 3
⎤

Let x =⎢ 1 ⎥ and A =⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥ . For k ∈ N, if X ′ k

A X = 33 , then k is equal to
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 0 0 −1

24. 1 −2 1
⎡ ⎤
0 1 0 5 5 5
⎡ ⎤
⎢ ⎥
Let X and Z .If Y , then (α − β + γ) is equal to ______.
2 2 2 2 −1 1 −2 2
=⎢ 0 0 1 ⎥, Y = αI + βX + γX = α I − αβX +(β − αγ)X , α, β, γ ∈ R =⎢
⎢ 0
⎥
⎥
⎢ 5 5 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
0 0 0 ⎣ 0
1
⎦
0
5

25. Let A =( 2 −2
) andB =(
−1 2
) . Then the number of elements in the set ({n, m): n, m ∈{1, 2, … … . 10} and nA n
+ mB
m
= I } is _____.
1 −1 −1 2

26. Let A be a n × n matrix such that |A|= 2. If the determinant of the matrix Adj(2. Adj(2 A −1
)) is 2 , then n is equal to _____ .
84

27. ⎡
5! 6! 7!
⎤

If A = 1

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

(1) 2
20
(2) 2
8

(3) 2
12
(4) 2
16

28. Let A =( 1 + i 1
) where i = √−1. Then, the number of elements in the set {n ∈ {1, 2, … . , 100} : A n
= A} is
−i 0

29. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

Let A =⎢ 0 1 1 ⎥. Then A 2025

− A
2020
is equal to
⎣ ⎦
1 0 0

(1) A
6
− A (2) A
6

(3) A
5
(4) A
5
− A

30. 1 0
If P =[
1
], then P 50
is:
1
2

(1) [
1 0
]
(2) [
1 50
]
25 1 0 1

(3) [
1 25
]
(4) [
1 0
]
0 1 50 1

31. ⎛
0 2q r
⎞

Let A = ⎜ p q −r ⎟ . If AA T
= I3 , then |p| is :
⎝ ⎠
p −q r

(1) 1
(2) 1

√5 √3

(3) 1
(4) 1

√2 √6

32. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix having entries from the set {−1, 0, 1}. The number of all such matrices A having sum of all the entries equal to 5, is _____
33. Let M ={A =[
a b
]: a, b, c, d ∈(±3, ±2, ±1, 0)} . Define f : M → Z, as f (A)= det(A), for all A ∈ M where Z is set of all integers. Then the number of
c d

A ∈ M such that f (A)= 15 is equal to .

34. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤ ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

If the matrix A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥ satisfies the equation A 20

+ αA
19
+ βA =⎢ 0 4 0⎥ for some real numbers α and β, then β − α is equal to ______.
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
3 0 −1 0 0 1

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35. ⎡
0 1 0
⎤

Let the matrix A =⎢ 0 0 1⎥ and the matrix B 0 = A

49
+ 2A
98
. If B n = Adj(Ba−1 ) for all n ≥ 1, then det(B 4) is equal to
⎣ ⎦
1 0 0

(1) 3
28
(2) 3
30

(3) 3
32
(4) 3
36

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (4) 2. (25) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (17) 6. (100) 7. (4) 8. (1)
9. (1) 10. (2) 11. (766) 12. (204) 13. (50) 14. (414) 15. (2) 16. (2)
17. (3) 18. (42) 19. (4) 20. (4) 21. (4) 22. (17) 23. (10) 24. (100)
25. (1) 26. (5) 27. (4) 28. (25) 29. (1) 30. (1) 31. (3) 32. (414)
33. (16) 34. (4) 35. (3)

1. (4)
Given, A 2
= 3A + αI

3 2
∴ A = A .A

3 2
⇒ A = 3A + αA

3
⇒ A = 3(3A + αI )+αA

3
⇒ A = 9A + αA + 3αI

Now, A 4
= A .A
3

4 2
A =(9 + α)A + 3αA

=(9 + α)(3A + αI )+3αA

= A(27 + 6α)+α(9 + α). . . . . . .(1)

Given, A 4
= 21A + βI . . . . . . . . .(2)

On comparing equation (1) and equation (2),

⇒ 27 + 6α = 21 ⇒ α = −1

⇒ β = α(9 + α)= −8

2. (25)
1 + i 1
We have A =[ ]
−i 0

1 + i 1 1 + i 1 i 1 + i
2
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
−i 0 −i 0 −i + 1 −i

i 1 + i 1 + i 1 0 i
3 2
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
1 − i −i −i 0 1 1 − i

0 i 1 + i 1 1 0
4 3
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ][ ]= I
1 1 − i −i 0 0 1

4
∴ A = I

So, A 5
= A
4
⋅ A = I ⋅ A = A

A
6
= A
4
⋅ A
2
= I ⋅ A
2
= A
2
and so on
1 5 9 97
∵ A = A = A =. . . . . = A = A

Hence, possible values of n, such that A n

= A

={1, 5, 9, … , 97}

Clearly, above sequence is in A.P. where

a = 1, d = 4 & tn = 97 ⇒ a +(n − 1)d = 97

⇒ 1 +(n − 1)4 = 97 ⇒ n = 25

∴ The number of elements in the given set = 25.

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

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

4. (2)
1 −1 β 1
Given A =[ ] and B =[ ], α, β ∈ R ,
2 α 1 0

β + 1 0
So, A + B =[ ]
3 α

β + 1 0 β + 1 0
Now (A + B)
2
=[ ][ ]
3 α 3 α
2
(β + 1) 0
=[ ]
2
3(β + 1)+3α α

1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 − α
Also, A 2
=[ ][ ]=[
2
]
2 α 2 α 2 + 2α α − 2

2 2
Now solving (A + B)
2 2
= A +[ ]
2 2
2
(β + 1) 0 1 −α + 1
⇒[ ]=[ ]
2 2
3(α + β + 1) α 2α + 4 α

Now on comparing both side we get, α = 1 = α 1

2
β 1 β 1 β + 1 β
And B 2
=[ ][ ]=[ ]
1 0 1 0 β 1

Now using (A + B)
2
2
= B

2
2
β + 1 β (β + 1) 0
⇒[ ]=[ ]
2
β 1 3(β + 1)+3α α

Again on comparing both side we get, β = 0, α = −1 = α 2

So, |α 1 − α2 |=|1 −(−1)|= 2

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5. (17)
2 −1 −1
⎡ ⎤
Given, A =⎢ 1 0 −1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0

2 −1 −1 2 −1 −1 2 −1 −1
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2
⇒ A =⎢ 1 0 −1 ⎥⎢ 1 0 −1 ⎥=⎢ 1 0 −1 ⎥= A
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0 1 −1 0 1 −1 0

n
⇒ A = A

Now ∀n ∈{1, 2, … , 100}

1 −1 −1
⎡ ⎤

Now, B = A − I =⎢ 1 −1 −1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 −1

1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2
B =⎢ 1 −1 −1 ⎥⎢ 1 −1 −1 ⎥= −⎢ 1 −1 −1 ⎥= −B

⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1

3 2
⇒ B = −B = B

5
⇒ B = B

99
⇒ B = B

Also, ω 3k
= 1

So, n = common of {1, 3, 5, … , 99} and {3, 6, 9, … , 99}= 17

6. (100)
Given,
−1 a
A =[ ]
0 b

−1 a −1 a 1 −a + ab
2
A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
2
0 b 0 b 0 b

n ( a+1 )
∴ Tn ={A ∈ S; A = I}

∴ b must be equal to 1
∴ In this case A will become identity matrix and a can take any value from 1 to 100
2

∴ Total number of common element will be 100.

7. (4)
1 0 0
⎡ ⎤

A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
3 0 −1

1 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2 3
A =⎢ 0 4 0 ⎥, A =⎢ 0 8 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 3 0 −1

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
4
A =⎢ 0 16 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

Hence,
1 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
20 20 19 19
A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥, A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 3 0 −1

1 + α + β 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

So A 20
+ αA
19
+ βA =⎢ 0 2
20
+ α. 2
19
+ 2β 0 ⎥ =⎢ 0 4 0⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
3α + 3β 0 1 − α − β 0 0 1

Therefore α + β = 0 and 2 20
+ 2
19
α − 2α = 4

18
4 ( 1−2 )

⇒ α = = −2
18
2(2 −1 )

Hence β = 2
So, (β − α)= 4

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8. (1)
Given,
Matrix A is symmetric, B is skew symmetric and C is skew symmetric,
So, A T
= A, B
T
= −B, C
T
= −C

Now let M = A
13
B
26
− B
26
A
13

T
Then, M T
= (A
13
B
26
− B
26
A
13
)

T T
13 26 26 13
= (A B ) − (B A )

26 13 13 26
T T T T
= (B ) ( A ) − (A ) ( B )

26 13 13 26
= B A − A B = −M

Hence, M is skew symmetric

Now let, N = A
26
C
13
− C
13
A
26

T T
Then, N T
= (A
26
C
13
) − (C
13
A
26
)

13 26 26 13
= −(C) (A) + A C = N

Hence, N is symmetric.
So, only S2 is true.
9. (1)
0 −2
Since A =[ ]
2 0

0 −2 0 −2 −4 0
So A 2
=[ ][ ]=[ ]= −4I
2 0 2 0 0 −4

and A 3
= −4A

Similarly A 4
=(−4I )(−4I )= (−4) I
2
,
2 6 3
5
A = (−4) A, A = (−4) I

Now M = ∑
10

k=1
A
2k
= A
2
+ A
4
+ … . +A
20

2 3 20
=[−4 + (−4) + (−4) + … . +(−4) ]I

= −k1 I

So M is symmetric matrix
10 2k−1 3 19
N = ∑ A = A + A + …… + A
k=1

2 9
= A[1 +(−4)+(−4) + … … + (−4) ]

= k2 A

So N is skew symmetric
⇒ N
2
is symmetric matrix
Hence, M N is non-identity symmetric matrix
2

10. ⎡
a b c
⎤

(2) A = ⎢ b d e ⎥ , a, b, c, d, e, f ∈ {0, 1, 2, … 9}
⎣ ⎦
c e f

Number of matrices = 10 ∘

11. (766)
a b c a d g
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

Let A =⎢ d e f ⎥, A
T
=⎢ b e h⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
g h i c f i

Diagonal elements of AA T
is a
2
+ b
2
+ c , d
2 2
+ e
2
+ f
2
, g
2
+ b
2 2
+ c .

Sum = a 2
+ b
2
+ c
2
+ d
2
+ e
2
+ f
2
+ g
2
+ h
2
+ i
2
= 9

a, b, c, d, e, f , g, h, i ∈{0, 1, 2, 3}

Case No. of Matrices

(1) All – 1 s ′ 9!
= 1
9!

(2) One → 3 s, remaining-0 s ′ ′ 9!

= 9
1!×8!

One-2 s ′

(3) Five-1 s ′ 9!
= 8 × 63
1!×5!×3!

Three-0 s ′

Two -2's
(4) One-1 s ′ 9!
= 63 × 4
2!×6!

Six-0's
Then, the total no. of ways = 1 + 9 + 8 × 63 + 63 × 4
= 766

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12. (204)
Given,
a11 a12
A =[ ] & a11 , a12 , a21 , a22 ∈{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
a21 a22

Now given a 11 + a12 + a23 + a22 = prime number,

So sum can be, p = 3, 5, 7, 11
Now using multinomial theorem we get,
4
Sum will be sum of coefficient of x 3
, x , x
5 7
& x
11
in expansion of (x 0
+ x
1
+ x
2
+ x
3
+ x )
4

5 4
1−x 4 −4
5
⇒ ( ) = (1 − x ) (1 − x)
1−x

r1 4+r2 −1 2
4 5 r
=( Cr (−x ) )( Cr x )
1 2

5r +r
4 3+r2 r1 1 2

= C Cr2 (−1) (x)

r1

Now taking, 5r 1 + r2 = 3, 5, 7, 11

when 5r 1 + r2 = 3 ⇒ r1 = 0, r2 = 3

when 5r 1 + r2 = 5 ⇒ r1 = 0, r2 = 5 or r 1 = 1, r2 = 0

when 5r 1 + r2 = 7 ⇒ r1 = 1, r2 = 2 or r 1 = 0, r2 = 7

when 5r 1 + r2 = 11 ⇒ r1 = 0, r2 = 11 or r 1 = 1, r2 = 6 or r 1 = 2, r2 = 1

So, sum of all coefficient = 4

C
0
×
6
C
3
+
4
C
0
8
C
5
−
4
C
1
3
C
0
+
4
C
0
10
C
7
−
4
C
1
5
C
2
+
4
C
0
14
C
11
−
4
C
1
9
C
6
+
4
C
2
4
C
1

= 20 + 56 − 4 + 120 − 40 + 364 − 336 + 24

= 204

13. (50)
a b
Given, A =[ ] and A = A −1

c d

So, A 2
= A ⋅ A
−1
= I

a b a b 1 0
⇒[ ][ ]=[ ]
c d c d 0 1
2
a + bc ab + bd 1 0
⇒[ ]=[ ]
2
ac + cd bc + d 0 1

On comparing both side we get,

2
∴ a + bc = 1 ⋯(1)

ab + bd = 0 ⋯(2)

ac + cd = 0 ⋯(3)

2
bc + d = 1 ⋯(4)

Now equation (1)−(4) gives

2 2
a − d = 0

⇒(a + d)= 0 or a − d = 0
Case-I
a + d = 0 ⇒(a, d)=(−1, 1),(0, 0),(1, −1)

Assuming case (a)⇒(a, d)=(−1, 1)

Now from equation (1)
1 + bc = 1 ⇒ bc = 0

When b = 0, c = 12 possibilities
When c = 0, b = 12 possibilities
But (0, 0) is repeated
∴ 2 × 12 = 24

So, total case will be 24 − 1 (repeated) = 23 pairs.

case (b) ⇒(a, d)=(1, −1)⇒ bc = 0 → 23 pairs
case (c)⇒(a, d)=(0, 0)⇒ bc = 1

⇒ (b, c)=(1, 1) and (−1, −1)→ 2 pairs

Case-II
When a = d
from (2) and (3)
a ≠ 0 then b = c = 0
2
a = 1

⇒ a = ±1 = d

(a, d)=(1, 1),(−1, −1)→ 2 pairs

∴ Total = 23 + 23 + 2 + 2
= 50 pairs.
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14. (414)
− − −
⎡ ⎤
Given Matrix 3 × 3 =⎢ − − −⎥
⎣ ⎦
− − −

Here we can see we have to find nine elements whose sum is 5

Case 1: When five 1's are there & four O's are there
Now by division & distribution Method
We get ⇒
9!
= 126 . . .(i)
5!4!

Case 2: when six 1's are there & one {−1} & two O's are there.
Again by division & distribution Method
we get ⇒ 9!

6!2!1!
= 252 . . .(ii)

Case 3: When seven 1's are there are two {−1} are there,
By division & distribution we get
9!
⇒ = 36 . . .(iii)
7!2!

Now adding equation (i)+(ii)+(iii)

We get 126 + 252 + 36 = 414
So total 414 ways will be there.
15. (2)
1 2 3
⎡ ⎤

Sol A = ⎢ a 3 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 1 2

|A| = 2

1(6 − 1) − 2(2α − 1) + 3(α − 3) = 2

5 − 4α + 2 + 3α − 9 = 2

− α − 4 = 0

α = −4

8|Ad(2Adj(2A))|

2
8∣ ∣
∣Adj (2 × 2 Adj(A))∣

3
8∣ ∣
∣Ady (2 AdA)∣

6
8∣ ∣
∣2 Adj(AdjA)∣

3
3 4
2 (2 ) |Adj(Ad)|

3 18 4
2 ⋅ 2 ∣ Al

5
21 4 25 5 5
2 ⋅ 2 = 2 = (2 ) = (32)

n = 5

α = −4

16. (2)
|A| = m − n

4m + n = 22

17m + 4n = 93

m = 5, n = 2

|A| = 3

16
5
∣ 2 adj(adj 5 A)) ∣ ∣ ∣
∣= 2 ∣ 5A∣

5 80 16
= 2 ,5 |A|

5 80 16
= 2 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 3

11 90 5
= 3 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 6

a + b + c = 96

17. (3)
Given |A|= 2
Now ∣∣|A|(adj(adj A))
3 3
∣ ∣ ∣
∣=∣2(adj(adj A)) ∣

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

3 12 15
= 2 ⋅ 2 = 2

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18. (42)
α β γ
⎡ ⎤

Given A =⎢ α
2
β
2
γ
2
⎥

⎣ ⎦
β + γ γ + α α + β

R3 → R3 + R1

α β γ
⎡ ⎤
2 2 2
A =⎢ α β γ ⎥

⎣ ⎦
α + β + γ α + β + γ α + β + γ

∣ α β γ ∣
∣ ∣
2 2 2
⇒|A|=|α + β + γ|∣ α β γ ∣
∣ ∣
∣ 1 1 1 ∣

⇒|A|=(α + β + γ)(α − β)(β − γ)(γ − α)

We know |adj A|= |A| n−1

2
( n−1 )
⇒|adj(adj A)|= |A|
4
( n−1 )
⇒|adj(adj(adj(adj A)))|= |A|
4

Here |adj(adj(adj(adj A)))|= |A|

2 16
= |A|

| ( adj(adj ( adj ( adj A ) ) ) |

Given 16 16 16
= 2
32
× 3
16

( α−β ) ( β−γ ) ( γ−α )

16 16 16 16
( α+β+γ ) ( α−β ) ( β−γ ) ( γ−α )
32 16
⇒ = 2 × 3
16 16 16
( α−β ) ( β−γ ) ( γ−α )

16 32 16
∴ (α + β + γ) = 2 ⋅ 3

16 16
⇒ (α + β + γ) = (12)

⇒ α + β + γ = 12

∵ α, β, γ ∈ N

(α − 1)+(β − 1)+(γ − 1)= 9

Possible number all tuples (α, β, γ) will be 11

C
2
= 55

1 case for α = β = γ and 12 case when any two of these are equal are also included here but α ≠ β ≠ γ
Hence, number of distinct tuples (α, β, γ)
= 55 − 13 = 42

19. (4)
Given,
1 2
A =[ ]⇒|A|= 6
−1 4
2 1
−
adj A 4 −2
So, A −1
=
|A|
=
1

6
[ ]=[
3

1 1
3
]
1 1
6 6
2 1
−
α 0 β 2β
Here, [
3 3
]=[ ]+[ ]
1 1
0 α −β 4β
6 6
2
α + β =
3 2 1 5
}⇒ α = + =
1 3 6 6
β = −
6

Hence, 4(α − β)= 4(1)= 4

20. (4)
Let C = A
2
− B ;|C|≠ 0
2

and A 5
= B
5
. . .(1)

3 2 2 3
A B = A B . . .(2)

Subtracting equation (2) from (1), we get A 5

− A B
3 2
= B
5 2
− A B
3

3 2 2 3 2 2
⇒ A ( A − B )+B ( A − B )= O

Post multiplying inverse of A 2

− B
2
:

3 3 3 3
A + B = O ⇒∣
∣A + B ∣
∣= 0

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21. (4)
1 1 1 2 1 3 1 n − 1 1 78
Given [ ][ ][ ]. . . .[ ]=[ ]
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 + 2
And, we have [ ][ ]=[ ]=[ ]
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3
Also, [ ][ ][ ]=[ ][ ]
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 6 1 1 + 2 + 3
=[ ]=[ ]
0 1 0 1

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 n − 1 1 1 + 2 + 3+. . . . +n − 1
⇒[ ][ ][ ]. . . .[ ]=[ ]
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

1 1 + 2 + 3+. . . . +n − 1 1 78
⇒[ ]=[ ]
0 1 0 1
n ( n+1 )
Using the sum of first n natural numbers i.e. 1 + 2 + 3+. . . +n = 2
, we get
n(n−1)
= 78
2

2
⇒ n − n − 156 = 0

⇒(n − 13)(n + 12)= 0

⇒ n = 13 or n = −12 (reject as n is a natural number)

1 13
∴ We have to find inverse of [ ]
0 1
adjA
Which can be find by using A −1
=
|A|

∣1 13 ∣
Now, |A|=∣ ∣= 1 − 0 = 1
∣0 1 ∣

A11 = 1, A12 = −13, A21 = 0, A22 = 1

1 −13
Hence, adjA =[ ]
0 1

1 −13
−1
∴A =[ ].
0 1

22. (17) P Q = kI
3
|P |.|Q|= k

⇒ |P |= 2k ≠ 0 ⇒ P is an invertible matrix
∵ P Q = kI

−1
∴ Q = kP I

adj.P
∴ Q =
2

k
∵ q23 = −
8
− ( 3α+4 )
k
∴ = − ⇒ k = 4
2 8

∴ |P |= 2k ⇒ k = 10 + 6α …(i)

Put value of k in (i).. we get α = −1

2 2
⇒ α + k = 17

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23. (10)
Given,
1 −1 2 3
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

X =⎢ 1 ⎥ & A =⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 0 0 −1

Also given, X T
A
K
X = 33

Now putting the value of matrices in X T

A
K
X = 33 we get,
k
−1 2 3 1
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

[1 1 1 ]⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥ ⎢ 1 ⎥= 33

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 −1 1

−1 2 3 −1 2 3 1 0 6
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

Now finding A
2
=⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥ =⎢ 0 1 0⎥
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 −1 0 0 −1 0 0 1

1 0 6 1 0 6 1 0 12
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
And A 4
=⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ =⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

1 0 24
⎡ ⎤

Similary A 8
=⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

1 0 6 1 0 24 1 0 30
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

And A 10
=⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ =⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

1 0 3K
⎡ ⎤

So, for K → Even A K

=⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

Now again putting the value in X T

A
K
X = 33 we get,
1 0 3 K 1
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤

⇒[ 1 1 1 ]⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥⎢ 1 ⎥= 33
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 1

1
⎡ ⎤

⇒[ 1 1 3 K + 1 ]⎢ 1 ⎥= 33
⎣ ⎦
1

⇒[3 K + 3]= 33

Now assuming 33 as [33]

We get, 3 K + 3 = 33 ⇒ K = 10

Now, if K is odd X T
A
K
X = 33

We can rewrite above expression as X T

AA
K−1
X = 33

−1 2 3 1 0 3k − 3 1
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤

⇒[ 1 1 1 ]⎢ 0 1 6 ⎥⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥⎢ 1 ⎥= 33
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
0 0 −1 0 0 1 1

3k − 2
⎡ ⎤

⇒[ −1 3 8 ]⎢ 1 ⎥=[33]

⎣ ⎦
1

⇒[−3k + 13]=[33]

⇒ k = 20/3 (not possible)

So, k = 10 is the required answer.

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24. (100)
0 1 0 0 0 1
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
Given, X =⎢ 0 0 1⎥ , so X 2
=⎢ 0 0 0⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 0 0 0 0

Now, finding Y = αl + βX + γX
2
&Z 2
= α I − αβX +(β
2
− αγ)X
2
by putting the value of X & X we get,
2

2 2
α β γ α −αβ β − αγ
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2
Y =⎢ 0 α β ⎥ & Z =⎢ 0 α −αβ ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ 2 ⎦
0 0 α 0 0 α

We know that Y ⋅ Y
−1
= I

1 −2 1
⎡ ⎤
α β γ 5 5 5 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
⎢ 1 −2 ⎥
⇒⎢ 0 α β ⎥⎢⎢ 0
⎥ =⎢ 0
⎥ 1 0⎥
5 5
⎢ ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 α 1 0 0 1
⎣ 0 0 ⎦
5

α −2α β α 2β γ
⎡ + − + ⎤
5 5 5 5 5 5 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
⎢ ⎥
⇒⎢ ⎥=
α −2α β
⎢ 0 + ⎥ ⎢0 1 0⎥
⎢ 5 5 5 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
α 0 0 1
⎣ 0 0 ⎦
5

On comparing L.H.S and R.H.S we get,

α
⇒ = 1 ⇒ α = 5
5

2 β
⇒ − α + = 0 ⇒ β = 10
5 5

2β γ
α
⇒ − + = 0 ⇒ γ = 15
5 5 5

So, (α − β + γ) 2
= (5 − 10 + 15)
2
= 100

25. (1)
Given,
2 −2 2 −2 2 −2 2 −2
A =( ) So, A 2
=( )( )=( )= A
1 −1 1 −1 1 −1 1 −1

−1 2
Also, B =( )
−1 2

−1 2 −1 2 −1 2
2
B =( )( )=( )= B
−1 2 −1 2 −1 2

2 −2 −1 2 1 0
So, A + B =( )+( )=( )= I
1 −1 −1 2 0 1

Therefore the equation nA n

+ mB
m
= I is true for n = 1 & m = 1 so, only one set is possible.
26. (5)
Given,
|A|= 2

Now simplifying,
∣Adj(2. Adj(2 A−1 ))∣
∣ ∣
n−1
−1
= ∣
∣2 ⋅ Adj(2 A )∣
∣
n−1
n −1
= (2 ∣
∣Adj(2 A )∣
∣)

n−1
n−1
−1 n
= (2 ∣
∣2A ∣
∣ )

( n−1 )
( n−1 )
n ( n−1 ) n −1
= 2 ((2 ∣
∣A ∣
∣) )

−1 1 1
∴ ∣
∣A ∣
∣= =
|A| 2

( n−1 )
( n−1 )
n ( n−1 ) ( n−1 )
= 2 ((2 ) )

3
n ( n−1 ) + ( n−1 ) 84
= 2 = 2

Now comparing both side we get,

3
n(n − 1)+(n − 1) = 84

2
⇒(n − 1)(n + n − 2n + 1)= 84

2
⇒(n − 1)(n − n + 1)= 4 × 21

Now if n − 1 = 4 ⇒ n = 5 now checking n 2

− 3n + 1 = 25 − 5 + 1 = 21

Hence, n = 5

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27. (4) | adjadj(2A)| = |2A|

(n−1)

4
= |2 A|

4
3
= (2 | A|)

12 4 16
= 2 | A| ⇒ 2

∣1 6 42 ∣
1 ∣ ∣
|A| = 5!6! 1 7 56
5!6!7! ∣ ∣
∣1 8 72 ∣

R3 → R3 → R2

R2 → R2 → R1

∣1 8 42 ∣
∣ ∣
|A| = 0 1 14 = 2
∣ ∣
∣0 1 16 ∣

28. (25)
1 + i 1
We have A =[ ]
−i 0

1 + i 1 1 + i 1 i 1 + i
2
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
−i 0 −i 0 −i + 1 −i

i 1 + i 1 + i 1 0 i
3 2
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ]=[ ]
1 − i −i −i 0 1 1 − i

0 i 1 + i 1 1 0
4 3
A = A ⋅ A =[ ][ ][ ]= I
1 1 − i −i 0 0 1

4
∴ A = I

So, A 5
= A
4
⋅ A = I ⋅ A = A

A
6
= A
4
⋅ A
2
= I ⋅ A
2
= A
2
and so on
1 5 9 97
∵ A = A = A =. . . . . = A = A

Hence, possible values of n, such that A n

= A

={1, 5, 9, … , 97}

Clearly, above sequence is in A.P. where

a = 1, d = 4 & tn = 97 ⇒ a +(n − 1)d = 97

⇒ 1 +(n − 1)4 = 97 ⇒ n = 25

∴ The number of elements in the given set = 25.

29. (1)
1 0 0
⎡ ⎤

A =⎢ 0 1 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 0 0

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

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
4
A =⎢ 3 1 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 0 0

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
n
A =⎢ n − 1 1 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 0 0

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2025 2020 6
A − A =⎢ 2024 1 1 ⎥−⎢ 2019 1 1 ⎥ =⎢ 5 0 0 ⎥= A − A

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

30. (1)
1 0
P =[ ]
1
1
2

1 0 1 0 1 0
2
P =[ ][ ]=[ ]
1 1
1 1 1 1
2 2

1 0 1 0
1 0
3
P =[ ][ 1
]=[ 3
]
1 1 1 1
2 2

1 0 1 0 1 0
4
P =[ 1
][ 3
]=[ ]
1 1 2 1
2 2

1 0
1 0
50
∴ P =[ 1 1
]=[ ]
+ 49( ) 1 25 1
2 2

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31. ⎡
0 2q r
⎤

(3) A = ⎢ p q −r ⎥
⎣ ⎦
p −q r

0 2q r 0 p p
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
T
∴ A ⋅ A = ⎢p q −r ⎥ × ⎢ 2q q −q ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
p −q r r −r r
2 2 2 2 2 2
4q + r 2q − r −2q + r
⎡ ⎤
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
= ⎢ 2q − r p + q + r p − q − r ⎥

⎣ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ⎦
−2q + r p − q − r p + q + r

Given, AA T
= I

2 2 2 2 2
∴ 4q + r = p + q + r = 1

⇒ p
2
− 3q
2
= 0 and r 2
= 1 − 4q
2

and 2q 2
− r
2
= 0 ⇒ r
2
= 2q
2

∴ p
2
=
1

2
,q
2
=
1

6
and r 2
=
1

∴ |p| =
1
.
√2

32. (414)
− − −
⎡ ⎤

Given Matrix 3 × 3 =⎢ − − −⎥

⎣ ⎦
− − −

Here we can see we have to find nine elements whose sum is 5

Case 1: When five 1's are there & four O's are there
Now by division & distribution Method
We get ⇒ 5!4!
9!
= 126 . . .(i)

Case 2: when six 1's are there & one {−1} & two O's are there.
Again by division & distribution Method
we get ⇒
9!
= 252 . . .(ii)
6!2!1!

Case 3: When seven 1's are there are two {−1} are there,
By division & distribution we get
9!
⇒ = 36 . . .(iii)
7!2!

Now adding equation (i)+(ii)+(iii)

We get 126 + 252 + 36 = 414
So total 414 ways will be there.
33. (16)
.|A|= ad − bc = 15
where a, b, c, d ∈{±3, ±2, ±1, 0}
Case I : ad = 9 & bc = −6
For ad possible pairs are (3, 3),(−3, −3).
For bc possible pairs are (3, −2),(−3, 2),(−2, 3),(2, −3)
So, total number of matrices in case I= 2 × 4 = 8
Case II : ad = 6 & bc = −9
Similarly, total number of matrices in case II = 2 × 4 = 8
Hence, total number of matrices are 16.

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34. (4)
1 0 0
⎡ ⎤

A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
3 0 −1

1 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
2 3
A =⎢ 0 4 0 ⎥, A =⎢ 0 8 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 3 0 −1

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
4
A =⎢ 0 16 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

Hence,
1 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
20 20 19 19
A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥, A =⎢ 0 2 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 3 0 −1

1 + α + β 0 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

So A 20
+ αA
19
+ βA =⎢ 0 2
20
+ α. 2
19
+ 2β 0 ⎥ =⎢ 0 4 0⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
3α + 3β 0 1 − α − β 0 0 1

Therefore α + β = 0 and 2 20
+ 2
19
α − 2α = 4

18
4 ( 1−2 )

⇒ α = = −2
18
2(2 −1 )

Hence β = 2
So, (β − α)= 4
35. (3)
0 1 0
⎡ ⎤

Given A =⎢ 1 0 0⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

Now A 2
=⎢ 1 0 0 ⎥⎢ 1 0 0 ⎥ =⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥= I

⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

i.e. A 98
= I; A
49
= A

1 2 0
⎡ ⎤
98 49
∴ B0 = A + 2A = I + 2A =⎢ 2 1 0⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 3

Given B n = adj(Bn−1 )

∴ B4 = adj(B3 )= adj(adj B2 )= adj(adj(adj B1 ))

= adj(adj(adj(adj B0 )))
4
2 16
∴|B4 |= |B0 | = |B0 |

1 2 0
⎡ ⎤

Now |B 0
|=⎢ 2 1 0 ⎥= −9
⎣ ⎦
0 0 3

Hence, |B 4
|= |B0 |
16
= 9
16
= 3
32

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1 1 
Q1. Let the matrix A =   & B = A + A2 + A3 + A4 if B = A then  is
 2 2

 0 
Q2. If the matrix A =   1  a  R   0 & 2 A2 − 2 A = 144 then the value of
 2 
A + tr ( A) is

a b c 2
(a − b) 2 + (d − e) 2 = 36
Q3. Let M =  d e f  & N =
M
if (b − c) 2 + (e − f ) 2 = 64 then the value of N
 2
 1 1 1  (a − c)2 + (d − f )2 = 100

1 − cos(ix)
Q4. Let A is a matrix of order 3  3 defined by A = [aij ]33 where aij = lim
x →0 sin(ix) tan jx
(if 1  i, j  3) then A2 is

(a) A
3
(b) A
2
2
(c) A
3
1
(d) A
4

a 2 4
Q5. Let ar = r 4Cr br = (4 − r ) 4Cr Ar =  r
br 
& A =  Ar then the value of A
3 r =0

a b c 
Q6. If A =  b c a  abc = 1 & A7 A = I then the value of a3 + b3 + c3 where (a, b, c  0)
 
 c a b 

(a) 2
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 4

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 1 0 0
Q7. Let P =  4 1 0  & I be the identify matrix of order 3 if Q = [ qij ] is a matrix such
 
16 4 1 
q +q
that P 50 − Q = I then the value of 31 32 .
q21

3i + j
Q8. Let Pn be a square matrix of order 3 such that Pn = [ aij ] where aij = for 1  i, j  3
42 n
Then the value of lim tr (4 P1 + 42 P2 + ...4n Pn )
n →

 10 4 6 

Q9. Let A be a square matrix of order 3 such that A + A = a21 + a12 6 a23 + a32  where
T
 
 a31 + a13 8 4 
a12 a23 a31 are positive roots of the equation x3 − 6 x2 + px − 8 = 0 then the absolute value of
A.

200
  5 1 4   1 6 −7   5 7 1   a1 a2 a3 
 
Q10. If  7 6 2   6 2 4  1 6 3  =  b1 b2 b3 
 1 3 5   −7 4 3   4 2 5   c1 c3 
    c2

2 a2 − b1 + 3 a3 − c1 + 4 b3 − c2

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3

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3 1
Q1. Consider the matrix A =   then ( I + A)40
 −6 −2 

(a) I + 238 A

(b) I + 239 A

(c) I + (240 + 1) A

(d) I + (240 − 1) A

 3 −2 
Q2. Consider the matrix A =   & B be a square matrix of order 2 such that
0 1
BBT = BT B = I . Let C = BABT & D = [dij ]22 = B 7C 6 B then d11 is

(a) 25
(b) 27
(c) 30
(d) 81
Q3. The number of matrices X with entries {0, 2,3} for which sum of all the principal diagonal
elements of X  X T is 28 is
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 36
(d) 44

 a b
Q4. Consider a skew-symmetric matrix A =   such that a, b, c are selected from the set
 −b c 
S = {0,1, 2,...12} if A is divisible by 3. Then the number of such possible matrices is

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 12

Q5. If A is a non-null diagonal matrix of order 3 such that A4 = A2 then the possible number
of matrices A
(a) 27
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(b) 26
(c) 8
(d) 7
Q6. The total number of matrices formed with the help of 6 distinct numbers
(a) 6
(b) 6!
(c) 2(6!)

(d) 4(6!)

Q7. If the entries of a 3  3 determinant are either 0 or 1 then the greatest value of their
determinants is
Q8. Let A be set of all 3  3 symmetric matrices all where entries are either 0 or 1. Five of
these entries are 1 and four of them are 0. The number of matrices in A
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 3

 a b  
Q9. Let M =  A =   : a, b, c, d  (3, 2, 1, 0)  . Define f : M → Z as f ( A) = det( A)
 c d  
for all A  M where Z is set of all integers. Then number of A  M such that f ( A) = 15.

Q10. The number of matrices of order 3  3 whose entries are either 0 or 1 and sum of all the
entries is a prime number.
Q11. Let A be a matrix of order 2  2 whose entries are from the set {0,1, 2,3, 4,5}. If the sum
of all the entries of A is a prime number p(2  p  8) then number of such matrices A is

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1. ⎡
1 2 0
⎤ ⎡
2 −1 5
⎤

Let A + 2B =⎢ 6 −3 3⎥ and 2A − B =⎢ 2 −1 6⎥ then tr(A)−tr(B) has the value equal to

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
−5 3 1 0 1 2

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) None of these

2. The trace T r (A) of a 3 × 3 matrix A =(a jj ) is defined by the relation T r (A)= a11 + a22 + a33 (i.e, T r (A) is sum of the main diagonal elements). Which of the
following statements cannot hold ?
(1) Tr (kA)= kTr (A) k ( is a scalar) (2) Tr (A + B)= Tr (A)+Tr (B)

(3) Tr (l3 )= 3 (4) 2

Tr (A )= (Tr (A))
2

3. Let A[
1 2
] and B =[
a b
] are two matrices such that AB = BA and c ≠ 0 , then value of
a−d
is
3b−c
3 4 c d

(1) 0 (2) 2
(3) −2 (4) −1

4. If A = [
i −i
], B =[
1 −1
] , then A equals
8

−i i −1 1

(1) 4B (2) 128B

(3) −128B (4) − 64B

5. If A =[
0 5
] and f (x)= 1 + x + x
2
+ … . . +x
16
, then f (A) is equal to -
0 0

(1) 0 (2) [
1 5
]
0 1

(3) [
1 5
]
(4) [
0 5
]
0 0 1 1

6. Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P =[

2 −1
] . Then the value of n ∈ N for which P n
= 5I − 8P is equal to ___ .
5 −3

7. Which of the following is correct?

(1) B' AB is symmetric, if A is symmetric (2) B' AB is skew symmetric, if A is symmetric
(3) B' AB is symmetric, ifA is skew symmetric (4) ​None of these
8. The number of diagonal matrix A of order n for which A 3
= A , is
(1) 1 (2) 0

(3) 2
n
(4) 3
n

9. The number of all 3 × 3 matrices A, with entries from the set {−1, 0, 1} such that the sum of the diagonal elements of AA is 3, is ___________. T

10. Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1, five of these entries are 1 and four of them are zero. Then the number of
matrices in A is
(1) 3 (2) 6

(3) 9 (4) 12

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. (6) 7. (1) 8. (4)
9. (672) 10. (4)

1. (3)
2 4 0
⎡ ⎤

2A + 4B =⎢ 12 −6 6 ⎥ …(1)

⎣ ⎦
−10 6 2

2 −1 5
⎡ ⎤

2A − B =⎢ 2 −1 6 ⎥ …(2)
⎣ ⎦
0 1 2

Subtracting equation (2) from equation (1), we get

0 5 −5
⎡ ⎤

5B =⎢ 10 −5 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
−10 5 0

0 1 −1 1 0 2
⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

Hence,B =⎢ 2 −1 0 ⎥ & A =⎢ 2 −1 3⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
−2 1 0 −1 1 1

So tr(A)−tr(B)= 1 −(−1)= 2
2. (4) T r (A
2
)= Tr (A)
2
cannot hold in general.
3. (4) AB =[
1 2
][
a b
]=[
a + 2c b + 2d
]
3 4 c d 3a + 4c 2c + 4d

a b 1 2 a + 3b 2a + 4b
BA =[ ][ ]=[ ]
c d 3 4 c + 3d 2c + 4d

if AB = BA , then a + 2c = a + 3b

⇒ 2c = 3b ⇒ b ≠ 0

b + 2d = 2a + 4b

⇒ 2a − 2d = −3b

3
− b
A−d 2

= = − 1
3
3b−c
3b− b
2

4. (2) We have A = iB
2 2 2 2 2
⇒ A = (iB) = i B = − B

2 −2
=[ ] = −2B
−2 2

4 2 2
⇒ A = (−2B) = 4B = 4(2B)= 8B

2 2
8 4 2
⇒ A = (A ) = (8B) = 64B = 128B

5. (2) f (A)= I + A + A
2
+ … … . . +A
16

0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
2
A =[ ]⇒ A =[ ] [ ]=[ ]
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0
3 2
A = A . A =[ ]
0 0

0 0
Similarly A 4
= A
5
= …………. = A
16
=[ ]
0 0

1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
f (A)=[ ]+[ ]+[ ]+ … +[ ]
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 5
=[ ]
0 1

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6. (6)
2 −1
P =[ ]
5 −3

5 0 16 −8 −11 8
5I − 8P =[ ]−[ ]=[ ]
0 5 40 −24 −40 29

−1 1
2
P =[ ]
−5 4

3 −2 −11 8
3 6 n
P =[ ]⇒ P =[ ]= P
10 −7 −40 29

⇒ n = 6

7. (1)
Let A be a symmetric matrix, then A' = A
Now consider
X = B'AB

X = B' AB

⇒ X' = (B' A B)'

⇒ X' = B' A' (B')'

⇒ X' = B' AB = X

Hence it is symmetric.
8. (4)
A = diag(d1 , d2 , … , dn )

Given, A 3
= A

3 3 3
⇒ diag(d , d , … , dn )= diag(d1 , d2 , … , dn )
1 2

3 3 3
⇒ d = d1 , d = d2 , … , dn = dn
1 2

Hence, all d 1, d2 , d3 , … , dn have three possible values ±1 and 0. Each diagonal element can be selected in three ways. Hence, the number of different matrices
is 3 . n

9. (672) Let, A = [a ii ]3×3

T
tr(AA ) = 3

2 2 2 2 2
a + a + a + a +. . . . . . . +a = 3
11 12 13 21 33

Possible cases
0, 0,0, 0,0, 0,1, 1,1 → 1⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
0, 0,0, 0,0, 0, −1, −1, −1 → 1
9
⎬ C6 × 8 = 84 × 8 = 672
0, 0,0, 0,0, 0,1, 1, −1 → 3⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭
⎪
0, 0,0, 0,0, 0, −1,1, −1 → 3

10. (4)
Matrices are symmetric. So, we can only arrange entries of either upper right portion of matrices or lower left portion of matrices.
Assume we are arranging lower left portion and diagonal. So, two cases arise.
Case1: When non-diagonal elements have 2 zeros and 4 ones and diagonal elements have 2 zeros and 1 one
Number of ways = (arrangement of non-diagonal followed by diagonal)
3! 3!
∴ ( × 1)× = 9
2! 2!

Case 2: When non-diagonal elements has 4 zeros and 2 ones and diagonal elements have 3 ones
∴ Number of ways = (
3!

2!
× 1)×
3!

3!
= 3 (arrangement of non-diagonal followed by diagonal)
Hence, number of matrices in A= 9 + 3 = 0

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1 0 2 
Q1. The possible value of scalar K such that matrix A KI is singular where A =  0 2 1  .
−1

1 0 0 

Q2. If B, C are square matrices of same order such that C 2 = BC − CB and B2 = − I where I
is identity matrix than the inverse of C − B
(a) C
(b) C + B
(c) C − B
(d) I

( AB ) = Ak B k for
k
Q3. Let A & B be 2 non singular matrices of same order such that
consecutive positive integral values of k than AB2 A−1

(a) A2
(b) B
(c) A

(d) B2
adjA
Q4. Let A be a matrix of order 3  3 such that det ( A) = 2, B = 2 A−1 & C = 3
then the value
16
(
of det A3 B 2C 3 )
Q5. Let M be a square matrix of order 3 whose elements are real nos. & adj
36 0 −4 
( adiM ) =  0 6 0  then find the absolute value of tr (m)
 0 3 6 

1 1 1 
Q6. If A & B are non singular matrices of order 3 such that adj ( AB ) = 1  1  &
1 1  
B 2 adjA =  2 + 3 − 8 then  is

9
(a)
5
8
(b)
5

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(c) 3
(d) 2

Q7. Let P be a non-singular matrix such that I + P + P2 + ...Pn = 0 then P−1

(a) Pn

(b) −Pn

(
(c) − 1 + P + P 2 + ...P n )
(d) none

1 1 3 1 0 2 
 
Q8. Let Z = 5 1 2 & P =  2 1 0 
   
3 1 0   3 0 1 

If Z = PQ−1 where Q is a square matrix of order 3 then the value of tr ( ( adjQ ) P )

 −4 −3 −3
Q9. If B0 =  1 0 1  Bn = adj ( Bn −1 ) n  N then B1 + B3 + B5 + B7 + B9
 
 4 4 3 

(a) B0

(b) 5B0

(c) 25B0

(d) 5I

Q10. Let A & B be 2 non-singular matrices of order 3 such that A = 3 & A−1 B 2 + 2 AB = 0 then
the value of A4 − 2 A2 B

(a) 0

(b) 56

(c) 2356

(d) 3453
Q11. Let A& B be 2 square matrices of order 2 such that
 3 2  −2 −1
A + adjBT =   & AT − adjB =   then A2 + 2 A3 + 3 A4 + 5 A5 is equal to
 2 3  −1 −2

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(a) 4A
(b) 7A
(c) 11A
(d) 10I

Q12. Let A =  aij  be a square matrix of order 3 & B = bij  be a matrix such that bij = 2i − j aij

for 1  i, j  3 if the determinant of A is same as its order then the value of ( BT ) is

−1

1
(a)
3
(b) 3
(c) 9
1
(d)
27

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Q1. Let A be a matrix of order 3  3 & let det( A) = 2 . Then det(det( A)adj (5adjA3 )) is
equal to

AT
Q2. If we define AT = where f ( A) = AT and AT exists then prove that
f ( A)
A = adj adj adj .... adj A where n is the order of A.
n times

 x y −z
Q3. Let matrix A = 1 2 3  where x, y, z  N if det(adj (adj A)) = 2834 then number of
 
1 1 2 
such matrices A
(a) 220
(b) 45
(c) 55
(d) 110

    

Q4. Consider a matrix A =  2
 2
 2  where , ,  are 3 distinct natural nos.

 +   +   +  

det(adj (adj (adj (adj A)))

If = 232  316 then number of such 3-tuples (, , ) is
( − ) ( −  ) (  − )
16 16 16

 3 −1 −2 
Q5. Let P =  2 0   where   R suppose Q = [ qij ] is a matrix such that PQ = kI
 
 3 −5 0 
K k2
where k  R k  0 , if q23 = − & det(Q) =
8 2
(a)  = 0, k = 8

(b) 4 − k + 8 = 0

(c) det( P(adj (Q)) = 29

(d) det(Q adj P) = 213

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1. Let A be any 3 × 3 invertible matrix. Then which one of the following is not always true?
(1) adj (adj (A))= |A| . (adj (A))
2 −1
(2) adj (adj (A))=|A|. (adj (A))
−1

(3) adj (adj (A))=|A| . A (4) adj (A) =|A|. A

−1

2. Let A be a square matrix of order 3 such that |A|= 5 . Then |adj (adj A)|=
(1) 625 (2) 125

(3) 3025 (4) 325

3. If A =[
2 −3
] , then Adj(3A 2
+ 12A) is equal to:
−4 1

(1) [
72 −84
]
(2) [
51 63
]
−63 51 84 72

(3) [
51 84
]
(4) [
72 −63
]
63 72 −84 51

4. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A|= 3 and |B|= 2, then the value of ∣∣A −1
adjB
−1
adj(3A
−1
)∣
∣ is equal to
(1) 27 (2) 27

(3) 108
1
(4) 1

5. ⎡
cos x sin x 0
⎤

If A =⎢ − sin x cos x 0 ⎥= f (x) , then A −1

= _____
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

(1) f (−x) (2) f (x)

(3) −f (x) (4) −f (−x)

6. Let A=[
1 2
]and A
−1
=xA + yI , then the value of x and y are
−5 1

(1) (2)
−1 2 −1 −2
x = , y = x = , y =
11 11 11 11

(3) (4)
1 2 1 −2
x = , y = x = , y =
11 11 11 11

7. Let A and B are two non-singular matrices of order 3 such that A + B = 2I and A −1
+ B
−1
= 3I , then AB is equal to (where, I is the identity matrix of order
3 )
(1) A (2) B

(3) 2I

3
(4) 2I

8. If A and B are two non-singular matrices which commute, then (A(A + B)

−1
B)
−1

(AB) is equal to

(1) A + B (2) A
−1
+ B
−1

(3) A
−1
+ B (4) None of these
9. If A, B and C are three square matrices of the same order such that B = CAC −1
, then CA 3
C
−1
is equal to -
(1) B (2) B
2

(3) B
3
(4) B
9

10. ⎡
1 1 3
⎤ ⎡
1 0 2
⎤

Let Z =⎢ 5 1 2⎥ and P =⎢ 2 1 0⎥ . If Z = PQ , where Q is a square matrix of order 3, then the value of Tr((adjQ)P) is equal to (where Tr(A)
−1

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
3 1 0 3 0 1

represents the trace of a matrix A i.e. the sum of all the diagonal elements of the matrix A and adjB represents the adjoint matrix of matrix B)
(1) 3 (2) −1

(3) 4 (4) 6

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

1. (2) ∵ A −1
=
|A|
1
(adj(A))

−1 2 −1
∴ adj(adjA)=|adj A|(adj A) = |A| (adj A) … …(i)

∵ A(adj A)=|A|I

−1
∴ adj(A)=|A|A

−1 1
∴ (adj A) = A
|A|

∴ from (i)

adj(adj A)=|A|. A

2. (1) |adj (adj A)|= |A|

( n–1 )

2
( 3–1 ) 4
= (5) = 5 = 625

3. (2)
2 −3
Given, A =[ ]
−4 1

2 −3 2 −3
2
⇒ A =[ ] [ ]
−4 1 −4 1

4 + 12 −6 − 3
2
⇒ A =[ ]
−8 − 4 12 + 1

16 −9
2
⇒ A =[ ]
−12 13

48 −27 24 −36
⇒ 3A
2
=[ ] and 12A =[ ]
−36 39 −48 12

72 −63
2
∴ (3A + 12A)=[ ]
−84 51
T
51 84 51 63
2
Adj(3A + 12A)= [ ] =[ ]
63 72 84 72

4. (2)
−1
∣A−1 adjB−1 adj(3A−1 )∣= |A| ∣
−1
∣ ∣ −1
)∣
∣ ∣ ∣adjB ∣∣adj(3A ∣

1 2 2
−1 −1
= ∣
∣B ∣
∣ × ∣
∣3A ∣
∣
|A|
6
1 1 3
= × ×
2 2
|A| |B| |A|

6
3 27
= =
3 2
3 ×2 4

5. (1) ∵ |A|= 1

cos x sin x 0
⎡ ⎤

and A c
=⎢ − sin x cos x 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

cos x − sin x 0
⎡ ⎤

and adj A = (A c '

) =⎢ sin x cos x 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

cos x − sin x 0
⎡ ⎤
adj A
−1
∴ A = =⎢ sin x cos x 0 ⎥= f (−x)
|A|
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

6. (1)
1
1 − 2 1
1 − 2
−1
A = [ ]= [ ]
1+10 11
5 1 5 1

Also, A −1
= xA + yI

1
1 − 2 x 2x y 0
⇒ [ ]=[ ]+[ ]
11
5 1 −5x x 0 y
1 −2
⇒ x + y = , 2x =
11 11
−1 2
⇒ x = , y =
11 11

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7. (3)
Given A + B = 2I ... (i)
and A −1
+ B
−1
= 3I ...(ii)
Multiplying by matrix A in eq. (ii), we get,
−1 −1
AA + AB = 3AI

−1
I + AB = 3A

Now, multiplying by matrix B, we get,

−1
I B + AB B = 3AB

⇒ B + A = 3AB

⇒ 3AB = 2I (from (i))

2I
⇒ AB =
3

8. (1)
Given,
−1
−1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB)

−1
−1
−1 −1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB) =(B (A + B)⋅A )(AB)

−1
−1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB) = B
−1
(A + B) ⋅ B (∵ A −1
A = I )
−1
−1
−1 −1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB) = B AB + B B ⋅ B

−1
−1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB) = B
−1
BA + B
−1
B ⋅ B (∵ AB = BA as A and B commute)
−1
−1
[A(A + B) ⋅ B] ⋅ (AB) = A + B (∵ B −1
B = I )

9. (3) ∵ B = CAC −1

⇒ BC = CA

−1
⇒ C BC = A

3 −1 −1
∴ CA C = CAAA C

−1 −1 −1 −1
= C(C BC)(C BC)(C BC)C

3
= B(I)(B)I(B)I = B

10. (2)
Given, Z = PQ −1

|P|= −5, |Z|= 10

|P| −5 1
|Z|= ⇒|Q|= = −
|Q| 10 2

1
Z|Q|= P. adj(Q) ⇒ P. adj(Q)= − Z
2

Tr((adjQ). P)=Tr(P. adjQ)

1
= (− Tr(Z))
2

= −1

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a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2
Q1. If ( a +  ) (b +  ) (c +  ) = K a
2 2 2
b c   0 then K is
(a − ) (b −  ) ( c −  )
2 2 2
1 1 1

(a) 4abc

(b) −42

(c) 42
(d) −4abc

  
Q2. If , ,  are the roots of the equation px + qx + r = 0 then value of    is
3

  

(a) pq

(b) qr

(c) 0
(d) pr

1 + sin 2 x cos 2 x sin 2 x

Q3. if the maximum & minimum values of determinant sin x 1 + cos x
2 2
sin 2 x are
2
sin x cos x 1 + sin 2 x
2

 &  respectively  + 2 is equal to

x3 + 1 x 2 y x2 z
Q4. The number of positive integral solutions of the equation xy 2 y 3 + 1 y 2 z = 11 is/are
xz 2 yz 2 z 3 + 1

a b c
Q5. If a, b, c  N & D = c a b then least positive value of D
b c a

(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 8

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x 2 + 3x x −1 x + 3
Q6. Let px 4 qx 3 + rx 2 sx + t = x + 1 −2 x x − 4 be an identity where p, q, r, s & t are
x−3 x + 4 3x
constants then find s

a1 a2 a3
a1 a2 a3 ar
Q7. If 2 2 2 ...2 are in geometric program an +1 an + 2 an +3 is equal to
a2 n +1 a2 n + 2 a2 n +3

(a) 25

(b) 23
(c) 0
(d) none

r 15 8
 −1 5 
Q8. If Dr = r 2 35 9 then the value of 5

 100
 D − 37
r =1 r 

r 3 25 10

(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 9
(d) 3

1 sin 3 sin 3 
Q9. The value of  = 2 cos  sin 6 sin 3 2
4 cos 2  − 1 sin 9 sin 3 3

(a) −2
(b) −1
(c) 1
(d) 0

x+ y y+z z+x x z y
Q10. If y + z z+x x+ y =k y x z then find k
z+x x+ y y+z z y x

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4x +1 − cos x − sin x
Q11. Let f ( x ) = 6 8sin  0 & f ( 0 ) = 0. if sum of all possible values of 
12sin  16sin  1 + 4sin 
2

is k  for    0, 2 then the value of k is equal to

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8

7 6 x 2 − 25
Q12. If one of the roots of the equation 2 x 2 − 25 2 = 0 is x = 3 then the sum of
x − 25
2
3 7
all other five roots is
(a) 0
(b) −3
(c) −6
(d) −8

 0 cos x − sin x 
   
Q13. If S =  x   0, 2 : sin x 0 cos x = 0  then  zS
tan  + x 
  3 
 cos x sin x 0 

y +1  
Q14. Let  &  be roots of the equation x + x + 1 = 0 then 
2
y + 1 is equal to
 1 y+

(
(a) y y 2 − 1)
(
(b) y y 2 − 3 )
(c) y 3

(d) y3 − 1

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Questions JEE Main Crash Course

1. ∣a 5x p ∣ ∣ 3a 3b c ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
If ∣ b 10y 5 ∣= 125, then ∣ x 2y z∣ is equal to
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ c 15z 15 ∣ ∣ p 5 5∣

(1) 25 (2) 50

(3) 75 (4) 100

2. ⎛ ⎞
∣ a −1 0 ∣
∣ ∣
If f ⎜x⎟ =∣ ax a −1 ∣ then f (2x) − f (x) is not a multiple of
∣ ∣
⎝ ⎠ 2
∣ ax ax a ∣

(1) x (2) 0
(3) 2 a + 3 x (4) x
2

3.
2 3
∣x x 1 + x ∣
∣ ∣
If x, y and z are all distinct and ∣ y y
2
1 + y
3
∣= 0 , then the value of xyz is
∣ ∣
2 3
∣z z 1 + z ∣

(1) −2 (2) −1

(3) −3 (4) None of these

4.
2
∣ x + x + 1 x + 1 2x − 3 ∣
∣ ∣
Let ∣ 3x
2
x + 2
4 3 2
x − 1 ∣= ax + bx + cx + dx + e be an identity in x, then the value of e is
∣ ∣
2
∣x + 5x + 1 2x + 3 x + 4 ∣

(1) 16 (2) 24

(3) 19 (4) 9

5. ⎡
1 1 1
⎤

Let the numbers 2, b, c be in an A.P. and A =⎢ 2 b c ⎥ . If det(A) ∈ [2,16], then c lies in the interval:
⎣ 2 2 ⎦
4 b c

(1) [2,3) (2) [4,6]

3 3

(3) [3,2 + 2 4
] (4) (2 + 2 4 , 4)

6. If A, B and C are n × n matrices and det det (A) = 2, det (B) = 3 and det (c) = 5. If det(A 2
BC
−1
) =
λ
, then find the value of λ.
5

7. If A, B and C are n × n matrices and |A|= 2, |B|= 3 and |C|= 5 , then the value of the ∣∣A 2
BC
−1
∣
∣ is equal to
(1) 6

5
(2) 12

(3) 18

5
(4) 24

8. ∣ x3 − 14x2 −x 3x + λ ∣
∣ ∣
The value ofλ , if ax 4
+ bx
3
+ cx
2
+ 50x + d =∣ 4x + 1 3x x − 4 ∣ , is
∣ ∣
∣ −3 4 0 ∣

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 3

9. |A − B|≠ 0, A
4 4
= B , C
3
A = C
3 3
B, B A = A B,
3
then ∣∣A 3
+ B
3
+ C
3
∣
∣=

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) (4)
3
3|A| 6

10. ∣ r 2r − 1 3r − 2 ∣
∣ n
∣
If Δ , then the value of ∑
n−1
n − 1 a
r =∣ 2
∣ Δr
r=1
∣ ∣
1 2 1
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2

(1) Is independent of both a and n (2) Depends only on a

(3) Depends only on n (4) Depends both on a and n

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

1. (1)
∣ 3a 3b c ∣ ∣ 3a x p∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ x 2y z ∣=∣ 3b 2y 5∣ [changing rows into columns]
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ p 5 5∣ ∣ c z 5∣

∣ 3a x p ∣ ∣a 5x p ∣
1
∣ ∣ 3 1
∣ ∣ 1
= ∣ 3b 2y 5 ∣= × ∣ b 10y 5 ∣= (125)
3 3 5 5
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ 3c 3z 15 ∣ ∣ c 15z 15 ∣

= 25.

2. (4)
Doing R 3
⟶ R3 − xR2 and R 2
⟶ R2 − xR1

∣a −1 0 ∣
⎛ ⎞
∣ ∣
we get f ⎜x⎟ =∣ 0 a + x −1
∣
⎝ ⎠
∣0 0 a + x∣
2
= a(a + x)

So that
f (2 x) − f (x)

2 2
= a[(a + 2x) − (a + x) ]

= a(a + 2 x − a − x)(a + 2 x + a + x)

= a x(2 a + 3 x)

3. (2)
2 3
∣x x 1 + x ∣
∣ ∣
2 3
∣ y y 1 + y ∣= 0
∣ ∣
2 3
∣ z z 1 + z ∣
2 2 3
∣x x 1∣ ∣x x x ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 3
⇒∣ y y 1 +∣ y
∣ y y ∣= 0
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 3
∣z z 1∣ ∣z z z ∣

2 2
∣x x 1∣ ∣1 x x ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2
⇒∣ y y 1 ∣+xyz∣ 1 y y ∣= 0
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2
∣z z 1∣ ∣1 z z ∣

2
∣x x 1∣
∣ ∣
2
⇒(1 + xyz)∣ y y 1 ∣= 0
∣ ∣
2
∣z z 1∣

2 2 2 2 2 2
⇒(1 + xyz)[x(y − z )−y(x − z )+z(x − y )]= 0

⇒(1 + xyz)[(x − y)(y − z)(z − x)]= 0

⇒ 1 + xyz = 0 or x = y = z
As x, y, z is distinct, x ≠ y ≠ z
⇒ xyz = −1

4. (1)
Given that
∣ x2 + x + 1 x + 1 2x − 3 ∣
∣ ∣
2 4 3 2
∣ 3x x + 2 x − 1 ∣= ax + bx + cx + dx + e
∣ ∣
2
∣x + 5x + 1 2x + 3 x + 4 ∣

It is a polynomial of degree 4
To get constant term f (0)=constant.
∣1 1 −3 ∣
∣ ∣
0 2 −1 = e
∣ ∣

∣1 3 4 ∣

e = 1(11)−1(1)−3(−2)= 16 .

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5. (2)
∣1 1 1 ∣ ∣1 0 0 ∣
∣ ∣C2 →C2 −C1 , C3 →C3 −C1 ∣ ∣
∣2 b c ∣−− −−− −−− −− − −−− →∣ 2 b − 2 c − 2 ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 2 2
∣4 b c ∣ ∣4 b − 4 c − 4∣

=(b − 2)(c − 2)(c − b)

Let common difference of AP = d

∴ b = 2 + d, c = 2 + 2d

3
|A|= d × 2d × d = 2d ∈[2, 16]

3
⇒ d ∈[1, 8]⇒ d ∈[1, 2]⇒ 2d ∈[2, 4]

⇒ 2 + 2d ∈[4, 6]

∴ c ∈[4, 6]

6. (12)
|A| = 2, |B| = 3, |C| = 5

2
2
⇒∣
∣A ∣
∣= ∣
∣ A∣
∣ ,∣
∣ABC ∣
∣ = ∣
∣ A∣
∣∣∣B∣
∣∣∣C ∣
∣

−1 1
and ∣
∣A ∣
∣=
|A|

2
2 −1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ 1
⇒∣
∣A BC ∣
∣= A ⋅ B ⋅
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ |C|

2
1
= (2) (3) ×
5

2 −1 12
∣
∣A BC ∣
∣=
5

−1 λ
∣A2 BC ∣= … [ Given ]
∣ ∣ 5

⇒ λ = 12

7. (2)
Here we will use the properties of matrices as given below.
|ABC|=|A| |B||C| and ∣∣A −1
∣
∣=
|A|
1

2 −1 2 1 2 1 12
⇒∣
∣A BC ∣
∣= |A| |B| = 2 × 3 × =
|C| 5 5

8. (3) We have,
∣ x3 − 14x2 −x 3x + λ ∣
∣ ∣
4 3 2
ax + bx + cx + 50x + d =∣ 4x + 1 3x x − 4 ∣
∣ ∣
∣ −3 4 0 ∣

On differentiating with respect to x, we get

∣ 3x2 − 28x −1 3 ∣ ∣ x3 − 14x2 −x 3x + λ ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
3 2
4ax + 3bx + 2cx + 50 =∣ 4x + 1 3x x − 4 ∣+∣ 4 3 1 ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ −3 4 0 ∣ ∣ −3 4 0 ∣

Now, put x = 0, we get

∣ 0 −1 3 ∣ ∣ 0 0 λ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
50 = 1 0 −4 + 4 3 1
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

∣ −3 4 0 ∣ ∣ −3 4 0 ∣

⇒ 50 = 25λ

⇒ λ = 2

9. (1)
Given that,
|A − B|≠ 0

A
4
= B
4
,B 3
A = A B
3

and C 3
A = C
3
B

Adding all relations, we get

3 3 3 3 3 3
(A + B + C )A =(B + A + C )B

3 3 3
⇒(A + B + C )⋅(A − B)= 0

3 3 3
∣
∣A + B + C ∣
∣⋅|A − B|= 0

But, ∣∣A − B∣∣ ≠ 0 so ∣

3 3 3
∣A + B + C ∣∣= 0

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10. (1)
∣ r (2r − 1) (3r − 2) ∣
∣ n ∣
(n − 1) a
Δr =∣ 2 ∣
∣ 2
∣
1 1
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2

Since, the second and the third rows are independent of r, hence the sum is applied to the first row only.
n−1 n−1 n−1 n−1 n−1
∣ ∣
∑ r 2∑ r − ∑ 1 3∑ r − 2∑ 1
r=1 r=1 r=1 r=1 r=1
∣ ∣
n−1 ∣ n ∣
⇒ ∑ Δr = (n − 1) a
r=1 ∣ 2 ∣
∣ 2
∣
1 1
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2

n ( n+1 )
Using ∑ we get
n
r = ,
r=1 2

( n−1 ) n 2 ( n−1 ) n 3 ( n−1 ) n

∣ ∣
−(n − 1) − 2(n − 1)
∣ 2 2 2 ∣
n−1 ∣ n ∣
∑ Δr = (n − 1) a
r=1 ∣ 2 ∣
∣ 2
∣
1 1
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2

1 2 1
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2
∣ ∣
n−1 ∣ n ∣
⇒ ∑ Δr = (n − 1) a
r=1 ∣ 2 ∣
∣ 1 2 1
∣
∣ n(n − 1) (n − 1) (n − 1)(3n + 4) ∣
2 2

⇒ ∑
n−1

r=1
Δr = 0, (∵ R1 and R are identical)
3

Hence, the sum is independent of both n and a.

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Questions JEE Main Crash Course

1. If A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that A[

1
]=[
−1
] and A 2
[
1
]=[
1
] , then trace of A is (where, the trace of the matrix is the sum of all principal diagonal
−1 2 −1 0

elements of the matrix)

(1) 1 (2) 0

(3) 2 (4) 5

2. ⎡
a b c
⎤

If A =⎢ b c a ⎥, abc = 1 and A T
A = I, then the value of a 3
+ b
3
+ c
3
(where a, b, c > 0 and A is transpose of matrix A) is
T

⎣ ⎦
c a b

(1) 2 (2) 0

(3) 1 (4) 4

3.
3i+j
Let P be a square matrix of order 3 such that P
n n
=[aij ] , where a ij
=
2n
for 1 ≤ i ≤ 3, 1 ≤ j ≤ 3. Then the value of 2
lim Tr (4P1 + 4 P2 . . . . . 4 Pn )
n
is
4 n→∞

(where T r (A) denotes trace of matrix A i.e sum of principal diagonal elements of A)
(1) 7 (2) 8
(3) 25

3
(4) 9

4. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤ ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

If A =⎢ 0 1 1 ⎥ , I =⎢ 0 1 0⎥ and A −1
=
1

6
(A
2
+ cA + d) then the sum of values of c and d is
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 −2 4 0 0 1

5. Let P be a non-singular matrix such that I + P + P 2

+ … . . +P
n
= O (where O denotes the null matrix), then P −1
is
(1) P
n
(2) − P
n

(3) − (1 + P + P
2
+ ….+ P )
n
(4) None of these
6. 1/
2
3/
4
Let A =[ ] , then the value of sum of all the elements of A 100
is
−1
1 /2

7. ⎡
1 0 0
⎤
q31 +q32
Let P =⎢ 4 1 0⎥ and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q =[q ij ] is a matrix such that P 50
− Q = I, then the value of q21
is equal to
⎣ ⎦
16 4 1

(1) 52 (2) 103

(3) 201 (4) 205

x
8. 1 ⎡ 2
0 0
⎤
⎡x + 0 0 ⎤ 6 ( x +1 )
x
⎢ ⎥
For x > 0, let A =⎢ , B =⎢ be two matrices and C . Then, Tr( lim C) is equal to
x 2 n
⎥ 0 0 ⎥ = AB + (AB) + … + (AB)
⎢ 0 1/
x 0 ⎥
⎢ 4 ⎥ n→∞
⎣ ⎦ 1
0 0 12 ⎣ 0 0 ⎦
36

(Where Tr(A) is the trace of the matrix A i.e. the sum of the principal diagonal elements of A)
(1) 1 (2) 31

30

(3) 6

5
(4) 1

9. A square matrix A of order 3 satisfies A 2

= I − 2A , where I is an identity matrix of order 3. If A n
= 29A − 12I , then the value of n is equal to
(1) 3 (2) 4

(3) 5 (4) 6

10. Let A and B be two non singular matrices of same order such that (AB) k k
= A B
k
for consecutive positive integral values of k, then AB 2
A
−1
is equal to
(1) A
2
(2) B

(3) A (4) B
2

11. Let A and B are 3 × 3 matrices with real number entries, where A is symmetric, B is skew-symmetric and (A + B)(A − B)=(A − B)(A + B). If
, then the sum of all possible integral value of k in [2, 10] is equal to (where A represent transpose of matrix A)
T k T
(AB) = (−1) AB

(1) 20 (2) 24

(3) 28 (4) 45

12. Let A =[a ij ] be a square matrix of order 3 and B =[b ij ] be a matrix such that b ij = 2
i−j
aij for 1 ≤ i, j ≤ 3, ∀i, j ∈ N . If the determinant of A is same as its
−1
order, then the value of ∣
∣
T
(B )
∣
∣
is
(1) 1

3
(2) 3

(3) 9 (4) 1

27

13. Let A be a non-singular square matrix such that A 2

= A satisfying (I − 0.8A) −1
= I − αA where I is a unit matrix of the same order as that of A, then the
value of −4α is equal to
14. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A|= 3 and |B|= 2, then the value of ∣∣A −1
adjB
−1
adj(3A
−1
)∣
∣ is equal to
(1) 27 (2) 27

(3) 108
1
(4) 1

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15. Let A and B are square matrices of order 2 such that A + adj(B T
)=[
3 2
] and A T
− adj(B)=[
−2 −1
] , then A 2
+ 2A
3
+ 3A
4
+ 5A
5
is equal to (where
2 3 −1 −2

M
T
and adj(M ) represent the transpose matrix and adjoint matrix of matrix M respectively and I represents the identity matrix of order 2)
(1) 4A (2) 7A

(3) 11A (4) 10I

16. Let M be a square matrix of order 3 whose elements are real numbers and
36 0 −4
⎡ ⎤

adj(adjM )=⎢ 0 6 0 ⎥ , then the absolute value of T r(M ) is

⎣ ⎦
0 3 6

[Here, adjP denotes adjoint matrix of P and T r (P ) denotes trace of matrix P i.e. sum of all principal diagonal elements of matrix P ]
17. ⎡
−4 −3 −3
⎤

If B 0 =⎢ 1 0 1 ⎥ ,B n = adj(Bn−1 ), ∀n ∈ N and I is an identity matrix of order 3, then B 1 + B3 + B5 + B7 + B9 is equal to

⎣ ⎦
4 4 3

(1) B0 (2) 5B0

(3) 25B0 (4) 5I

18. The number of all possible symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 1 or 2 and whose sum of diagonal elements is equal to 5, is
19. If A is a non-null diagonal matrix of order 3 such that A 4
= A ,
2
then the possible number of matrices A are
(1) 27 (2) 26

(3) 8 (4) 7

20. Consider a skew-symmetric matrix A =[ a b

] such that a, b and c are selected from the set S ={0, 1, 2, 3, . . . . . . . . 12}. If |A| is divisible by 3, then the
−b c

number of such possible matrices is

(1) 4 (2) 5

(3) 6 (4) 12

21.
2 2 2
∣ a b c ∣ 2 2 2
∣a b c ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 2
If ∣ (a + λ) (b + λ) (c + λ) ∣= kλ∣ a b c ∣, λ ≠ 0, then k is equal to:
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 2
∣ 1 1 1 ∣
∣ (a − λ) (b − λ) (c − λ) ∣

(1) 4λabc (2) −4λ

2

(3) 4λ
2
(4) −4λabc

22. ∣x − 4 2x 2x ∣
∣ ∣
If ∣ then the ordered pair (A, is equal to
2
2x x − 4 2x =(A + Bx) (x − A) , B)
∣

∣ 2x 2x x − 4∣

(1) (4, 5) (2) (−4, − 5)

(3) (−4, 3) (4) (−4, 5)

23*.
2
∣ x + 3x x − 1 x + 3∣
∣ ∣
Let px 4
+ qx
3
+ rx
2
+ sx + t =∣ x + 1 −2x x − 4∣ be an identity, where p, q, r, s and t are constants, then the value of s is equal to
∣ ∣
∣x − 3 x + 4 3x ∣

24. ⎡
a b c
⎤
2

Let M and N If (a − b) , then value of |N | is equal to

M 2 2 2 2 2 2
=⎢ d e f ⎥ = . + (d − e) = 36, (b − c) + (e − f ) = 64, (a − c) + (d − f ) = 100
2
⎣ ⎦
1 1 1

(1) 1152 (2) 48

(3) 144 (4) 288

25*. ∣r 15 8 ∣
∣ ∣
If D , then the value of √((− is equal to
1 5
2 5

r =∣ r 35 9 ∣ )∑ Dr )−37
100 r=1
∣ ∣
3
∣r 25 10 ∣

(1) 5 (2) 2

(3) 9 (4) 3

26*. Let a, b and c be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers x, y and z not all zero such that x = cy + bz, y = az + cx and z = bx + ay, then
a
2
+ b
2
+ c
2
+ 2abc is equal to
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) −1 (4) 0

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27*. If the system of equations

x − 2y + 5z = 3,

2x − y + z = 1,

and 11x − 7y + pz = q
has infinitely many solutions, then
(1) p + q = 2 (2) p + q = 10

(3) p − q = 2 (4) p − q = 5

28*. If the system of equations 3x + y + z = 1, 6x + 3y + 2z = 1 and μx + λy + 3z = 1 is inconsistent, then

(1) μ ≠ 9 , λ ≠ 5 (2) μ ≠ 9 , λ = 5

(3) μ = 9 , λ = 5 (4) μ = 9 , λ ≠ 5

29*. The value of θ for which the system of equations

(sin 3θ)x − 2y + 3z = 0, (cos 2θ )x + 8y − 7z = 0 and 2x + 14y − 11z = 0 has a non-trivial solution, is (here, n ∈ Z)
(1) (2)
n
nπ nπ + (−1) π/3

(3) nπ + (−1)
n
π/8 (4) None of these
30*. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers, the system of equations y + z = a + 2x, is consistent and b = 4a + then the sum of the
c
x + z = b + 2y, x + y = c + 2z ,
4

roots of the equation at 2

+ bt + c = 0 is
(1) 3 (2) 2

(3) −2 (4) −3

Note: Question with * denotes it is optional but good to solve.

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (5) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (2)
9. (3) 10. (4) 11. (2) 12. (1) 13. (16) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (8)
17. (2) 18. (24) 19. (2) 20. (2) 21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (71) 24. (4)
25. (4) 26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (4) 29. (1) 30. (4)

1. (1) Let, A =[
a b
]
c d

1 −1 a b 1 −1
A[ ]=[ ]⇒[ ][ ]=[ ]
−1 2 c d −1 2

On solving, we get,
a − b = −1, c − d = 2

Also,
1 1 −1 1
2
A [ ]= A(A[ ])= A[ ]=[ ]
−1 −1 2 0

This gives, −a + 2b = 1, − c + 2d = 0

⇒ b = 0, a = −1, d = 2, c = 4

2. (4) A T
A = I

As A T
= A

2
⇒ A = I

⇒ a
2
+ b
2
+ c
2
= 1 and ab + bc + ca = 0
As (a + b + c)
2
2 2 2
= a + b + c + 2(ab + bc + ca)

⇒ a + b + c = 1

Now, a 3
+ b
3
+ c
3
− 3abc =(a + b + c)(a
2
+ b
2
+ c
2
− ab − bc − ca)

3 3 3
⇒ a + b + c − 3 =(a + b + c)

3 3 3
⇒ a + b + c = 3 + 1

3 3 3
⇒ a + b + c = 4

3. (2) ∵ P n =[
3i+j

2n
]=
1

2n
[3i + j]
4 4

n 1
4 Pn = n
[3i + j]
4

2 n 2 n
Tr (4P1 + 4 P2 . . . 4 Pn )= Tr (4P1 )+Tr (4 P2 ). . . . +Tr (4 Pn )

24 24 24
= + ......... n
2
4 4 4

2 n
lim (Tr (4P1 + 4 P2 . . . . +4 Pn ))
n→∞

24 24 24
lim ( + ....... n
)
2
n→∞ 4 4 4

6
= = 8
1
1−
4

4. (5) Method I
We evaluate A and A and write the given equation as AA
2 3 –1
= I =
1

6
[A
3
+ cA
2
+ dA] .
Comparing the corresponding elements on both the sides, we get c = −6, d = 11 .
Method II
∣1 − x 0 0 ∣

Characteristic equation for A is |A − xI |= 0 =∣ 0 1 − x 1

∣
= 0
∣ ∣
∣ 0 −2 4 − x∣

⇒(1 − x)[(1 − x)(4 − x)+2]= 0

Hence characteristic equation is x 3

− 6x
2
+ 11x − 6 = 0

Then by Caley Hamilton theorem

3 2
A − 6A + 11A − 6I = 0

multiply by A −1
both the sides,
we get 1

6
(A
2
− 6A + 11I )= A
−1
...(i)
given A −1
=
1

6
(A
2
+ cA + d) ...(ii)
then from equation (i) and (ii)
we get c = −6 d = 11

then c + d = 5

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5. (1) Given, I + P + P 2
+ …… + P
n
= O

−1 −1 −1 −1 n−1
P +(P P )+(P P )P + … … . +(P P )P = O

−1 n−1
⇒ P + I + IP + … … . . + IP = O

−1 n
⇒ P = P

6. 1
/2 3
/4 1
/2 3
/4 1 0
(2) A 2
=[
−1
][
−1
]=[ ]
1 /2 1 /2 0 1

2 100
⇒ A = I ⇒ A = I ⇒ sum = 2

7. (2)
1 0 0
⎡ ⎤

P =⎢ 4 1 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
16 4 1

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
2
⇒ P =⎢ 8 1 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
16 + 32 8 1

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤

So, P 3
=⎢ 12 1 0⎥

⎣ ⎦
16 + 32 + 48 12 1

Using symmetry, we can write

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
50
P =⎢ 200 1 0⎥
⎢ ⎥
16.50.51
⎣ ⎦
200 1
2

0 0 0
⎡ ⎤

As, P 50
− Q = I ⇒ Q = P
50
− I = ⎢
⎢
200 0 0⎥ ,
⎥
16.50.51
⎣ 200 0⎦
2

q31 =
16.50.51

2
, q32 = 200 and q 21 = 200
q31 +q32
16.50.51
∴ = + 1 = 102 + 1 = 103
q21 2.200

8. ⎡
1

6
0 0 ⎤

⎢ ⎥
(2) AB =⎢ 0
1
0 ⎥
⎢ 4 ⎥
1
⎣ 0 0 ⎦
3

1
⎡ 0 0 ⎤
2
6

2
⎢ 1 ⎥
(AB) =⎢ 0 0 ⎥
⎢ 4
2 ⎥
⎢ ⎥
1
⎣ 0 0 ⎦
2
3

1 1 1
⎡ + + … + n
0 0 ⎤
6 2 6
6

⎢ 1 1 1 ⎥
C = ⎢ 0 + + … + 0 ⎥
⎢ 4
4
2 4
n
⎥
⎢ ⎥
1 1 1
⎣ 0 0 + + … + n
⎦
3 2
3
3

1
⎡ 0 0 ⎤
5

⎢ 1 ⎥
lim C =⎢ 0 0 ⎥
n→∞ ⎢ 3 ⎥
1
⎣ 0 0 ⎦
2

1 1 1 6+10+15
Tr( lim C)= + + =
5 3 2 30
n→∞

9. (3) A 3 2
= A A =(I − 2A)A = A − 2A
2
= A − 2(I − 2A)= 5A − 2I

4 3 2
A = A A =(5A − 2I)A = 5A − 2A = 5(I − 2A)−2A = 5I − 12A

5 4 2
A = A (A)=(5I − 12A)A = 5A − 12A = 5A − 12(I − 2A)= 29A − 12I

10. (4) |A|≠ 0, |B|≠ 0 (given)

3 3 3
(AB) = A B …(i)

Also, (AB)
3 2 2 2
= (AB) (AB)= A B AB …(ii)

From (i) and (ii)

2 2
AB = B A

2 −1 2 −1 2
AB A = B AA = B

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11. (2) A T
= A, B
T
= −B

(A + B)(A − B)=(A − B)(A + B)

2 2 2 2
⇒ A − AB + BA − B = A + AB − BA − B

⇒ AB = BA … …(i)

Now, (AB)
T T T k
= B A = −BA = −AB = (−1) AB

⇒ k is an odd number
⇒ k = 3, 5,7, 9

Sum = 24
12. (1) ∵|A|= 3
1 1
⎡ a11 2
a12
4
a13 ⎤

⎢ 1 ⎥
B =⎢ ⎥
⎢ 2a21 a22
2
a23 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
4a31 2a32 a33
1 1
∣a a12 a13 ∣
11
2 4 ∣ a11 a12 a13 ∣
∣ ∣
∣ 1 1 ∣ ∣ ∣
|B|= 8 a21 a22 a23 = a21 a22 a23 =|A|= 3
∣ 2 4 ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ ∣
1 1 ∣ a31 a32 a33 ∣
∣ a31 2
a32
4
a33 ∣

−1
∣ T ∣ 1 1 1
(B ) = = =
∣ ∣ ∣ BT ∣ |B| 3

13. (16) (I − 0.8A) −1

= I − αA

−1
(I − 0.8A)(I − 0.8A) =(I − 0.8A)(I − αA)

4 4α 2
I = I −(α + )A + A
5 5

4 4α α 4
A(α + )= A ⇒ = − ⇒ α = −4
5 5 5 5

14. (2) ∣∣A −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1

adjB adj(3A )∣
∣= |A| ∣
∣adjB ∣ ∣
∣∣adj(3A )∣
∣

1 2 2
−1 −1
= ∣
∣B ∣
∣ × ∣
∣3A ∣
∣
|A|
6
1 1 3
= × ×
2 2
|A| |B| |A|

6
3 27
= =
3 2 4
3 ×2

15. (3) Let, X =[

3 2
], Y =[
−2 −1
]
2 3 −1 −2

T
A + adj(B )= X

T
A − adj(B)= Y

T T
A − adj(B )= Y

1 1 1
1 1
T
2A = X + Y =[ ]⇒ A = [ ]
2
1 1 1 1

5 3 1
5 3
T T T
2adj(B )= X − Y =[ ]⇒ adj(B )= [ ]
2
3 5 3 5

1
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 1
1 1
2
A = [ ][ ]= [ ]= [ ]= A
4 4 2
1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

3 4 5
A = A = A = A

16. (8) adj(adjM )= |M | n−2

M

∴ order of M is 3
36 0 −4
⎡ ⎤

adj(adjM )=|M |M =⎢ 0 6 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 6 6

36 0 −4
⎡ ⎤

Taking determinant on both the sides |M |

4
=⎢ 0 6 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 3 6
4 4
|M | = 6

⇒ |M |= ±6

2
⎡ ±6 0 ±
3
⎤

hence, M ⎢
=⎢ 0
⎢
±1 0
⎥
⎥
⎥
1
⎣0 ± ±1 ⎦
2

|Tr (M )|= 8

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17. (2)
−4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3
⎡ ⎤⎡ ⎤
2
B = B0 B0 =⎢ 1 0 1 ⎥⎢ 1 0 1 ⎥
0
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
4 4 3 4 4 3

1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
−1
⇒ B0 B0 =⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥= I = B B0
0
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

Also, |B 0 |= 1

−1
B1 = adj(B0 )=|B0 |B = B0
0

B2 = adj(B1 )= B0

B3 = B5 = B7 = B9 = B0

Hence, B 1 + B3 + B5 + B7 + B9 = 5B0

18. (24) Since, trace is equal to 5 ⇒ diagonal elements are 1,2, 2

∵ Matrix is also symmetric
Therefore, possible number of such matrices =
3! 3
× 2 = 3 × 8 = 24
2!

19. ⎡
d1 0 0
⎤

(2) Let, A =⎢ 0 d2 0 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 d3
2 4
d 0 0 d 0 0
⎡ 1 ⎤ ⎡ 1 ⎤
2 4
=⎢ ⎥ & A4 = ⎢ 0 ⎥
2
A ⎢0 d 0 ⎥ ⎢ d 0 ⎥
2 2

⎣ 2 ⎦ ⎣ 4 ⎦
0 0 d 0 0 d
3 3

4 2 4 2
∵ A = A ⇒ d = d ⇒ d1 = 0,1, −1
1 1

4 2
d = d ⇒ d2 = 0,1, −1
2 2

4 2
d = d ⇒ d3 = 0,1, −1
3 3

∵ A can't be a null matrix so the total number of possible matrices is = 3 3

− 1 = 26

20. (2) ∵ A is skew symmetric ⇒ a = c = 0

2
|A|= b

∵|A| is divisible by 3
⇒ b can be 0,3, 6,9, 12 (five possibilities)
21. (3) R 2
→ R2 − R1 , R1 → R1 − R3

∣ λ(2a − λ) λ(2b − λ) λ(2c − λ) ∣

∣ ∣
∣ 4aλ 4bλ 4cλ ∣
∣ ∣
2 2
∣ (a − λ) (b − λ) (c − λ) ∣

1
R3 → R3 + R1 , R1 → R1 − R2
2
2 2 2
∣ −λ −λ −λ ∣
∣ ∣
=∣ 4aλ 4bλ 4cλ ∣
∣ ∣
2 2 2
∣ a b c ∣

∣ 1 1 1 ∣
∣ ∣
3
= 4λ ∣ a b c ∣
∣ ∣
2 2 2
∣a b c ∣
2 2 2
∣a b c ∣
∣ ∣
3
= 4λ ∣ a b c ∣
∣ ∣
∣ 1 1 1 ∣

2
∴ K = 4λ

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22. ∣x − 4 2x 2x ∣
∣ ∣
(4) ∣
2
2x x − 4 2x =(A + Bx) (x − A)
∣

∣ 2x 2x x − 4∣

∣ −4 0 0 ∣
∣ ∣
Put x = 0 ⇒∣ 0 −4 0
∣
= A
3
⇒ A = −4

∣ 0 0 −4 ∣

∣x − 4 2x 2x ∣

∣ ∣ 2
2x x − 4 2x =(Bx − 4)(x + 4)
∣ ∣
∣ 2x 2x x − 4∣
4
∣1 − 2 2 ∣
x
∣ ∣
2
∣ 4 ∣ 4 4
2 1 − 2 =(B − )(1 + )
∣ x ∣ x x
∣ ∣
4
∣ 2 2 1 − ∣
x

∣1 2 2∣

Put x → ∞ ⇒∣ 2 1
∣
2 = B ⇒ B = 5
∣ ∣
∣2 2 1∣

23. (71) Differentiating both sides, we get,

2 2
∣ 2x + 3 1 1 ∣x ∣ + 3x x − 1 x + 3∣ ∣ x + 3x x − 1 x + 3∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
3 2
4px + 3qx + 2xr + s= x + 1 −2x x − 4 +∣ 1 −2 1 ∣+∣ x + 1 −2x x − 4∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣x − 3 x + 4 3x ∣ ∣x − 3 x + 4 3x ∣ ∣1 1 3 ∣

∣3 1 1 ∣ ∣0 −1 3∣ ∣0 −1 3 ∣

Putting x = 0, we get, s =∣ 1 0
∣ ∣
−4 + 1 −2
∣ ∣
1 + 1 0 −4
∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
∣ −3 4 0 ∣ ∣ −3 4 0∣ ∣1 1 3 ∣

s = 64 − 3 + 10 = 71

24. (4) |M |= 2×Area of the triangle with vertices (a, d), (b, e) & (c, f ) with the length of sides as 6, 8, 10

∵ Triangle is a right angle triangle, hence,

1
Area = × 6 × 8 = 29
2

|M |= 48
2
2 ( 48 )
∣ M ∣ 1 2
|N |= = |M | = = 288
∣ 2 ∣ 8 8

25. ∣∑
r=1
r
5
15 8 ∣
∣ 15 15 8 ∣
∣ ∣
∣ ∣
(4) ∑ 5

r=1
Dr
∣
= ∑
∣
5

r=1
r
2
35 9
∣
∣
= 55
∣
35 9
∣
∣ ∣
5 3 ∣ 225 25 10 ∣
∣∑ r
r=1
25 10 ∣

applying C 1 ↔ C1 − C2 , we get,
∣0 15 8 ∣
5 ∣ ∣
∑ Dr = 20 35 9 = −28000
r=1 ∣ ∣

∣ 200 25 10 ∣

5
1 5 5
√(− )∑ Dr − 37 = √243 = 3
100 r=1

26. (1) System of equations

x − cy − bz = 0

cx − y + az = 0

bx + ay − z = 0

has non trivial solution if the determinant of coefficient matrix is zero.

∣1 −c −b ∣
∣ ∣
⇒ c −1 a = 0
∣ ∣
∣ b a −1 ∣

2
⇒ 1(1 − a )+c(−c − ab)−b(ca + b)= 0

2 2 2
⇒ a + b + c + 2abc = 1

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27. (3) ⇒ for infinite solution

D = 0, D1 = 0, D2 = 0, D3 = 0

∣1 −2 5∣
∣ ∣
D =∣ 2 −1 1 ∣= 0 ⇒(−p + 7)+2(2p − 11)+5(−14 + 11)= 0
∣ ∣
∣ 11 −7 p∣

⇒ −p + 7 + 4p − 22 − 15 = 0

⇒ 3p − 30 = 0

⇒ p = 10

∣3 −2 5 ∣
∣ ∣
D1 = ∣ 1 −1 1 ∣= 0 ⇒ 3(−10 + 7)+2(10 − q)+5(−7 + q)= 0
∣ ∣
∣q −7 10 ∣

⇒ −9 + 20 − 2q − 35 + 5q = 0

⇒ −24 + 3q = 0

q = 8

∣1 3 5 ∣
∣ ∣
D2 = ∣ 2 1 1 ∣= 0 ⇒(10 − q)−3(9)+5(2q − 11)
∣ ∣
∣ 11 q 10 ∣

⇒ 10 + 9q − 27 − 55 = 0

⇒ q = 8

∣1 −2 3∣
∣ ∣
D3 = ∣ 2 −1 1 ∣= 0 ⇒(−q + 7)+2(2q − 11)+3(−3)= 0
∣ ∣
∣ 11 −7 q ∣

⇒ q = 8

28. ∣3 1 1∣
∣ ∣
(4) Δ =∣ 6 3 2 ∣= 3(9 − 2λ)−1(18 − 2μ)+1(6λ − 3μ)= 9 − μ
∣ ∣
∣μ λ 3∣

∣1 1 1∣
∣ ∣
Δ1 = 1 3 2 = 1(9 − 2λ)−1(1)+1(λ − 3)= 5 − λ
∣ ∣

∣1 λ 3∣

∣3 1 1∣
∣ ∣
Δ2 =∣ 6 1 2 ∣= 3(3 − 2)−1(18 − 2μ)+1(6 − μ)= μ − 9
∣ ∣
∣μ 1 3∣

∣3 1 1∣
∣ ∣
Δ3 =∣ 6 3 1 ∣= 3(3 − λ)−1(6 − μ)+1(6λ − 3μ)= 3 + 3λ − 2μ
∣ ∣
∣μ λ 1∣

For the system of equations to be inconsistent, Δ = 0 ⇒ μ = 9

and atleast one of Δ 1, Δ2 , Δ3 is non zero ⇒ λ ≠ 5
29. ∣ sin 3θ −2 3 ∣
∣ ∣
(1) The system of equations has a non-trivial solution if and only if ∣ cos 2θ 8 −7
∣
= 0

∣ 2 14 −11 ∣

Applying R 2 → R2 + 4R1 , R3 → R3 + 7R1 , we get,

∣ sin 3θ −2 3 ∣

∣ ∣
cos 2θ + 4 sin 3θ 0 5 = 0
∣ ∣
∣ 2 + 7 sin 3θ 0 10 ∣

Expanding along C , we get, 2

2(cos 2θ + 4 sin 3θ)− (2 + 7 sin 3θ)= 0

⇒ 2 − 2 cos 2θ − sin 3θ = 0

2 3
⇒ 4sin θ − (3 sin θ − 4sin θ)= 0

2
⇒ sin θ (4sin θ + 4 sin θ − 3)= 0

⇒ sin θ (2 sin θ − 1) (2 sin θ + 3)= 0

⇒ sin θ = 0 or sin θ = 1/2 .

[ sin θ = −3/2 is not possible]
∴ For, θ = nπ the system of equations has a non-trivial solution.

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30. (4)
Given,
2x − y − z = −a

x − 2y + z = b

x + y − 2z = c

For consistent system of equations Δ ≠ 0 or Δ = Δ 1

= Δ2 = Δ3 = 0

∣2 −1 −1 ∣
∣ ∣
Δ = 1 −2 1 = 0
∣ ∣
∣1 1 −2 ∣

∣ −a −1 −1 ∣
∣ ∣
Δ1 = b −2 1 = 0
∣ ∣
∣ c 1 −2 ∣

⇒ a + b + c = 0

∣2 −a −1 ∣
∣ ∣
Δ2 = 1 b 1 = 0
∣ ∣
∣1 c −2 ∣

⇒ a + b + c = 0

∣2 −1 −a ∣
∣ ∣
Δ3 = 1 −2 b = 0
∣ ∣
∣1 1 c ∣

⇒ a + b + c = 0

a + b + c = 0 a b c
}⇒ = =
5 15 −20
16a − 4b + c = 0

⇒ a = λ

b = 3λ

c = −4λ

−b
⇒ Sum of roots = a
= −3

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System of Linear Inequations Class Questions
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Q1. If the set of linear equation has no solution then find a & b

x + ay + z = 3
x + 2 y + 2z = 6
x + 5 y + 3z = b

(a) a = 1 b  9

(b) a  −1 b = 9

(c) a = −1 b = 9

(d) a = −1 b  9

x + ky + 3z = 0
xz
Q2. 3x + ky − 2 z = 0 has a non zero solution ( x, y , z ) then 2 is
y
2 x + 4 y − 3z = 0

(a) 10
(b) −30
(c) 30
(d) −10
Q3. If S is the set of distinct values of ' b ' for which the following system of equation has no
solution, then S

x + y + z =1
x + ay + z = 1
ax + by + z = 0

(a) a singleton
(b) empty set
(c) infinite set
(d) finite set containing 2 or more elements
Q4. The number of real values of  for which the system of linear equation has infinitely many
solutions?
2 x + 4 y − z = 0
4 x + y + 2 z = 0
x + 2 y + 2 z = 0

(a) 0

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(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3

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1. The greatest value of c ∈ R for which the system of linear equations x − cy − cz = 0, cx − y + cz = 0, cx + cy − z = 0 has a non-trivial solution, is
(1) −1 (2) 2

(3) 1

2
(4) 0

2. The system of equations x + ky + 3z = 0, 3x + ky − 2z = 0, 2x + 3y − 4z = 0 possess a non-trivial solution over the set of rationals, then 2k , is an
integral element of the interval :
(1) [10, 20] (2) (20, 30)

(3) [30, 40] (4) (40, 50)

3. The system of equations 2x + 6y + 11 = 0, 6x + 20y − 6z + 3 = 0 and 6y − 18z + 1 = 0 will have:

(1) Consistent with unique solution. (2) Consistent with infinitely many solution.
(3) Inconsistent. (4) Data insufficient to give the answer.
4. The sum of distinct values of λ for which the system of equations :
(λ − 1) x +(3λ + 1) y + 2λz = 0

(λ − 1) x +(4λ − 2) y +(λ + 3) z = 0

2x +(3λ + 1) y + 3 (λ − 1) z = 0 ,
Has non-zero solutions, is ....... .
5. The value of λ and μ for which the system of equations x + y + z = 6 , x + 2y + 3z = 10 and x + 2y + λz = μ have no solution, are
(1) λ = 3, μ ≠ 10 (2) λ ≠ 3, μ = 10

(3) λ ≠ 3, μ ≠ 10 (4) None of these

6. Let S be the set of all real values of k for which the system of linear equations
x + y + z = 2

2x + y − z = 3

3x + 2y + kz = 4

has a unique solution. Then S is :

(1) equal to R – {0} (2) an empty set
(3) equal to R (4) equal to {0}
7. The value of k ∈ R, for which the following system of linear equations
3x − y + 4z = 3

x + 2y − 3z = −2

6x + 5y + kz = −3

has infinitely many solutions, is:

(1) 3 (2) −5

(3) 5 (4) −3

8. If the system of equations

kx + y + 2z = 1

3x − y − 2z = 2

−2x − 2y − 4z = 3

has infinitely many solutions, then k is equal to ______ .

9. Consider the following system of equations:
x + 2y − 3z = a

2x + 6y − 11z = b

x − 2y + 7z = c

where a, b and c are real constants. Then the system of equations :

(1) has a unique solution when 5a = 2b + c (2) has no solution for all a, b and c
(3) has infinite number of solutions when 5a = 2b + c (4) has a unique solution for all a, b and c

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10. For the system of linear equations:

x − 2y = 1, x − y + kz = −2, ky + 4z = 6, k ∈ R

Consider the following statements:

(A) The system has unique solution if k ≠ 2, k ≠ −2.
(B) The system has unique solution if k = −2.
(C) The system has unique solution if k = 2.
(D) The system has no-solution if k = 2.
(E) The system has infinite number of solutions if k ≠ −2.
Which of the following statements are correct?
(1) (A) and (E) only (2) (B) and (E) only
(3) (A) and (D) only (4) (C) and (D) only

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (1) 6. (1) 7. (2) 8. (21)
9. (3) 10. (3)

1. (3)
∵ System of equation has non trivial solution. It is possible only when Δ = 0.
∣1 −c −c ∣
∣ ∣
∴ Δ = c −1 c = 0
∣ ∣
∣c c −1 ∣

2 2 2
⇒ 1(1 − c )+c(−c − c )−c(c + c)= 0

3 2
⇒ 2c + 3c − 1 = 0

1
⇒ c = −1,
2

Hence, the greatest value of c = 1

2
.
2. (3) For the given system to have a non-trivial solution, we must have

∣ 1 k 3 ∣

∣ ∣ 33
3 k −2 = 0 ⇒ k =
∣ ∣ 2

∣ 2 3 −4 ∣

3. (3)
∣2 6 0 ∣

∣ ∣
Δ = 6 20 −6 = 0
∣ ∣
∣0 6 −18 ∣

∣ −11 6 0 ∣ ∣ −2 −11 6 ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
Δ1 = −3 20 −6 ≠ 0 : Δ2 = 6 −3 20 ≠ 0
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

∣ −1 6 −18 ∣ ∣ 0 −1 6 ∣

∣2 6 −11 ∣
∣ ∣
and Δ 3 = 6
∣
20 −30 ≠ 0
∣
∣0 6 −1 ∣

Hence, the system is inconsistent.

4. (3)
∣λ − 1 3λ + 1 2λ ∣
∣ ∣
∣λ − 1 4λ − 2 λ + 3 ∣= 0
∣ ∣
∣ 2 3λ + 1 3(λ − 1) ∣

R2 → R2 − R1

R3 → R3 − R1

∣λ − 1 3λ + 1 2λ ∣
∣ ∣
0 λ − 3 −λ + 3 = 0
∣ ∣
∣3 − λ 0 λ − 3 ∣

C1 → C1 + C3

∣ 3λ − 1 3λ + 1 2λ ∣
∣ ∣
3 − λ λ − 3 3 − λ = 0
∣ ∣
∣ 0 0 λ − 3∣
2
⇒ (λ − 3) [6λ]= 0 ⇒ λ = 0, 3

sum of values of λ = 3

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5. (1) Given system of equation is

x + y + z = 6

x + 2y + 3z = 10

x + 2y + λz = μ

If given system of equation has no solution, then D = 0 and atleast one of the determinants D 1, D2 , D3 ≠ 0

Here D = 0

∣1 1 1 ∣
∣ ∣
⇒ 1 2 3 = 0
∣ ∣
∣1 2 λ∣

⇒ 1(2λ − 6)−1(λ − 3)+1(2 − 2)= 0

⇒ 2λ − 6 − λ + 3 + 0 = 0

⇒ λ − 3 = 0

⇒ λ = 3

∣ 6 1 1 ∣
∣ ∣
Also, D 1
=∣ 10 2 33 ∣≠ 0
∣ ∣
∣ μ 2 3 ∣

⇒ 6(6 − 6)−1(30 − 3μ)+1(20 − 2μ)≠ 0

⇒ 0 − 30 + 3μ + 20 − 2μ ≠ 0

⇒ μ − 10 ≠ 0

⇒ μ ≠ 0

6. (1)
For unique solution, Δ ≠ 0.
∣1 1 1 ∣

∣ ∣
⇒ 2 1 −1 ≠ 0
∣ ∣
∣3 2 k ∣

⇒ 1(k + 2)−1(2k + 3)+1(4 − 3)≠ 0

⇒ −k ≠ 0 ⇒ k ≠ 0

Thus, S = R −{0} .
7. (2)
We have,
3x − y + 4z = 3

x + 2y − 3z = −2

6x + 5y + kz = −3

For infinitely many solutions,

|A|= 0

∣3 −1 4 ∣
∣ ∣
⇒ 1 2 −3 = 0
∣ ∣
∣6 5 k ∣

⇒ 3(2k + 15) + k + 18 − 28 = 0

⇒ 7k + 35 = 0

⇒ k = −5

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8. (21) We observe 5P 2 − P1 = 3P3

So, 15 − K = −6

⇒ K = 21

9. (3)
P1 : x + 2y − 3z = a

P2 : 2x + 6y − 11z = b

P3 : x − 2y + 7z = c

Clearly
5P1 = 2P2 + P3 if 5a = 2 b + c
⇒ All the planes sharing a line of intersection
⇒ infinite solutions
10. (3)
∣1 −2 0∣
∣ ∣ 2
D = 1 −1 k = 4 − k
∣ ∣
∣0 k 4∣

so, A is correct and B, C, E are incorrect. If k = 2

∣ 1 −2 0∣
∣ ∣
D1 = −2 −1 2 = −48 ≠ 0
∣ ∣
∣ 6 2 4∣

So no solution

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