x2 x x 0 1 0 2
1. + = then x is equal to -
3 2 x 1 x 5 1
(A) – 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) No value of x
1 5 4 0
2. If A = 2 and B = 0 2 1 , then
3 1 3 2
5 8 0 1
(A) AB = 0 4 2 (B) AB = [– 2 – 1 4] (C) AB = 1 (D) AB does not exist
3 9 6 1
1 0 0 1 cos sin
3. If = ,J= and B = , then B =
0 1 1 0 sin cos
(A) cos + Jsin (B) cos – Jsin (C) sin + Jcos (D) – cos + Jsin
4. In an upper triangular matrix A = [aij]n × n the elements aij = 0 for
(A) i < j (B) i = j (C) i > j (D) i j
5. If A = diag (2, 1, 3), B = diag (1, 3, 2), then A2B =
(A) diag (5, 4, 11) (B) diag ( 4, 3, 18) (C) diag (3, 1, 8) (D) B
6. If A is a skew- symmetric matrix, then trace of A is
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) none of these
p q
7. Let A = such that det(A) = r where p, q, r all prime numbers, then trace of A is equal to
q p
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3
0 1 31
8. A= and (A + A + A + A + ) V = 62 .
8 6 4 2
2 0
(Where is the (2 × 2) identity matrix), then the product of all elements of matrix V is
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) –2
3x 2 (x 2)2 5x 2 2x
9. Let A = 1 , B = [a b c] and C = 5x 2 2x (x 1)2
6x 2x (x 2)2 5x 2
Where a, b, c and x R, Given that tr (AB) = tr(C), then the value of (a + b + c).
(A) 7 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4
10. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = – 1, |B| = 3, then |3AB| is equal to
(A) – 9 (B) – 81 (C) – 27 (D) 81
cos x cos y cos z
–1 –1 –1
11. Let A = cos –1 y cos –1 z cos –1 x such that |A| = 0, then maximum value of x + y + z is
cos –1 z cos –1 x cos –1 y
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
1 2 1
12. The absolute value of the determinant 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 is:
3 2 2 2 2 2 1
(A) 16 2 (B) 8 2 (C) 8 (D) none
13. If , & are the roots of the equation x3 + px + q = 0, then the value of the determinant =
(A) p (B) q (C) p2 2q (D) none
a a
2 2
x
a x x
a x 1
b b
2 2
14. If a, b, c > 0 & x, y, z R, then the determinant y
b y y
b y 1 =
c c
2 2
z
c z z
c z 1
(A) axbycz (B) axbycz (C) a2xb2yc2z (D) zero
b2 c 2 bc b c
15. If a, b & c are non-zero real numbers, then D = c 2 a2 ca c a =
a2b2 ab a b
(A) abc (B) a2 b2 c2 (C) bc + ca + ab (D) zero
b1 c1 c1 a1 a1 b1
16. The determinant b2 c 2 c 2 a2 a2 b2 =
b3 c 3 c 3 a3 a3 b3
a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 c1
(A) a2 b2 c2 (B) 2 a2 b2 c2 (C) 3 a2 b2 c2 (D) none of these
a3 b3 c3 a3 b3 c3 a3 b3 c3
x xy xyz
17. If x, y, z R & = 2x 5x 2y 7x 5y 2z = 16 then value of x is
3x 7x 3y 9x 7y 3z
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 3
cos ( ) sin ( ) cos2
18. The determinant sin cos sin is:
cos sin cos
(A) 0 (B) independent of (C) independent of (D) independent of & both
19. Let A be set of all determinants of order 3 with entries 0 or 1, B be the subset of A consisting of all
determinants with value 1 and C be the subset of A consisting of all determinants with value –1. Then
STATEMENT -1 : The number of elements in set B is equal to number of elements in set C.
and
STATEMENT-2 : (B C) A
(A) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is correct explanation for
STATEMENT-1
(B) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is not correct explanation
for STATEMENT-1
(C) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is false
(D) STATEMENT-1 is false, STATEMENT-2 is true
(E) Both STATEMENTS are false
1 2
20. If A = , then adj A =
2 1
1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
21. Identify statements S1, S2, S3 in order for true(T)/false(F)
cos sin 0
S1 : If A =, sin cos 0 then adj A = A'
0 0 1
a 0 0 a 0 0
S2 : If A = 0 b 0 , then A = 0 b 0
1
0 0 c 0 0 c
S3 : If B is a non-singular matrix and A is a square matrix, then det (B–1 AB) = det (A)
(A) TTF (B) FTT (C) TFT (D) TTT
22. If A, B are two n × n non-singular matrices, then
(A) AB is non-singular (B) AB is singular
(C) (AB)–1 = A–1 B–1 (D) (AB)–1 does not exist
1 2 1 0
23. Let A = and B = and X be a matrix such that A = BX, then X is equal to
3 5 0 2
1 2 4 1 2 4 2 4
(A) 3 5 (B) 3 5 (C) (D) none of these
2 2 3 5
–1 2 –3
24. Let A = –2 0 3 be a matrix, then (det A) x (adj A– 1) is equal to
3 –3 1
–1 2 –3 3 –3 1
(A) O3 × 3 (B) 3 (C) –2 0 3 (D) 3 0 –2
3 –3 1 –1 2 –3
a2 x 2 ab – cx ac bx x c –b
25. STATEMENT-1 : If A = ab xc b2 x 2 bc ax and B = –c x a , then |A| =|B|2.
ac – bx bc ax c 2 x 2 b –a x
STATEMENT-2 : If A is cofactor matrix of a square matrix A of order n then |Ac| = |A|n–1.
c
(A) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is correct explanation for
STATEMENT-1
(B) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is not correct explanation
for STATEMENT-1
(C) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is false
(D) STATEMENT-1 is false, STATEMENT-2 is true
(E) Both STATEMENTS are false
1 0 2
26. If A = 0 2 1 is a root of polynomial x – 6x2 + 7x + k = 0, then the value of k is
2 0 3
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) –2 (D) 1
a b
(where bc 0) satisfies the equations x + k = 0, then
27. If A = 2
c d
(A) a + d = 0 & k = |A| (B) a – d = 0 & k = |A|
(C) a + d = 0 & k = –|A| (D) a + d 0 & k = |A|
28. If the system of equations x + 2y + 3z = 4, x + py + 2z = 3, x + 4y + z = 3 has an infinite number of
solutions and solution triplet is
1
(A) p = 2, = 3 and (5 – 4, – 1 , ) (B) p = 2, = 4 and (5 – 4, , 2)
2
1
(C) 3 p = 2 and (5 – 4, – 1, 2) (D) p = 4, = 2 and (5 – 4, , )
2
29. Let and be real. Find the set of all values of for which the system of linear equations have infinite
solution real values of .
x + (sin )y + (cos ) z = 0
x + (cos )y + (sin ) z = 0
– x + (sin ) y + (cos ) z = 0
(A) (– , 2 ) ( 2 , ) (B) – 1 (C) (–5, – 2 ) (D) None of these
a o b x 0
30. Let A = 1 e 1 y = 0 where a,b, c, d, e {0, 1}
c o d z 0
then number of such matrix A for which system of equation AX = O have unique solution.
(A) 16 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) none
31. If the system of equations ax + y + z = 0,. x + by + z = 0 and x + y + cz = 0, where
1 1 1
a, b, c 1, has a nontrivial solution, then the value of + + is
1 a 1 b 1 c
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Answer Key
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12.(A)
13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22 (A) 23. (A) 24. (C)
25. (A) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (B) 30. (B) 31. (A)
