LAKSHYA-01,02,03,04 Matrices & Determinant DPP-01

7. If a  b  c, the value of x which satisfies the equation

0 x a x b
x a 0 x  c  0 , is
x b xc
 0
Expansion of determinants, Solution of equation in the
(a) x0 (b) x  a
form of determinants and properties of determinants
(c) x b (d) x  c
ab b c c a 1 1 1
1. x y y z z x  8. The determinant 1 2 3 is not equal to
p q q r r p 1 3 6
2 1 1 2 1 1
(a) a(x  y  z )  b( p  q  r)  c
(a) 2 2 3 (b) 3 2 3
(b) 0 2 3 6 4 3 6
(c) abc  xyz  pqr
1 2 1 3 1 1
(d) None of these (c) 1 5 3 (d) 6 2 3
1 a a 2  bc 1 9 6 10 3 6
2. 1 b b 2  ac  1  2
1 c c 2  ab If  is the cube root of unity, then  2 1 =
9.
(a) 0 3 3
(b) a  b  c  3 abc 3 2 1 
(c) 3 abc (d) (a  b  c)3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d)  2
1 1 1
3. 1 1 x 1 
1 1 1y 10. If a  b  c  0 , then the solution of the equation
(a) 1 (b) 0 a x c b
c bx a  0 is
(c) x (d) xy
b a cx
1 a a2
3 2
4. 1 b b2  (a) 0 (b)  (a  b 2  c 2 )
2
1 c c2
3 2
(c) 0,  (a  b 2  c 2 ) (d) 0,  a 2  b 2  c 2
(a) a 2  b 2  c 2 (b) (a  b ) (b  c) (c  a) 2
(c) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) (d) None of these 1i 1i i
1 4 20 11. 1i i 1i 
5. The roots of the equation 1  2 5  0 are i 1i 1i
1 2x 5x2 (a) 4  7 i (b) 4  7 i
(c) 3  7i (d) 7  4 i
(a) 1,2 (b) 1, 2 x 1 3 5
(c) 1,2 (d) 1, 2 12. If 2 x2 5  0 , then x =
2 3 x 4
1 5 
(a) 1, 9 (b) – 1, 9
6. log e e 5 5 
log10 10 5 e (c) – 1, – 9 (d) 1, – 9
ab c 2a 2a
(a)  (b) e 13. 2b b ca 2b 
(c) 1 (d) 0 2c 2c c ab
(a) (a  b  c)2 (b) (a  b  c)3
(c) (a  b  c)(ab  bc  ca) (d) None of these
 ab a  2b a  3b (a) 2 abc (b) abc
14. a  2b a  3b a  4 b 
(c) 0 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
a  4 b a  5b a  6b
a b c
22. b c a 
(a) a 2  b 2  c 2  3 abc (b) 3 ab c a b
(c) 3 a  5 b (d) 0
(a) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 (b) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3
bc a a
15. b ca b  (c) abc  a 3  b 3  c 3 (d) abc  a 3  b 3  c 3
c c ab b 2  ab b  c bc  ac
23. ab  a 2 a  b b 2  ab 
(a) abc (b) 2abc bc  ac c  a ab  a 2
(c) 3 abc (d) 4 abc
(a) abc(a  b  c)
1 x 1 1
16. The roots of the equation 1 1 x 1  0 are (b) 3 a 2 b 2 c 2
1 1 1 x (c) 0
(d) None of these

(a) 0, – 3 (b) 0, 0, – 3 1 / a a2 bc
24. 1/b b2 ca 
(c) 0, 0, 0, – 3 (d) None of these
1/ c c2 ab
17. One of the roots of the given equation
x a b c (a) abc (b) 1 / abc
b x c a  0 is (c) ab  bc  ca (d) 0
c a x b b c 2 2
a 2
a 2

25. b2 c2  a2 b2 
(a) (a  b ) (b) (b  c) c2 c2 a2  b 2

(c) a (d) (a  b  c) (a) abc (b) 4 abc

x 1 x2 x 4 (c) 4 a 2 b 2 c 2 (d) a 2 b 2 c 2

18. x 3 x 5 x 8  1 x 1 1
x 7 x  10 x  14 26. 1 1y 1 
1 1 1z
(a) 2 (b) – 2
 1 1 1
(c) 2
x 2 (d) None of these (a) xyz 1     (b) xyz
 x y z
1 a b 1 1 1 1 1 1
19. a 1 c  (c) 1    (d)  
x y z x y z
b c 1
x 1  2
2 2 2 2 2 2
(a) 1  a  b  c (b) 1  a  b  c 27. If  is a cube root of unity, then  x 2 1 
(c) 1  a  b  c 2 2 2 2
(d) 1  a  b  c2 2 2 1 x 
1 1 1
20. a b c  (a) x3 1 (b) x 3  
a3 b3 c3 3 2
(c) x  (d) x 3
(a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc yz x y
(b) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc 28. If z  x z x  k (x  y  z )(x  z ) 2 , then k 
x y y z
(c) (a  b  c)(a  b )(b  c)(c  a)
(a) 2 xyz (b) 1
(d) None of these
0 a b (c) xyz (d) x 2 y 2 z 2
21. a 0 c 
b c 0
 x 3 7 36. If  be a complex cube root of unity, then
29. If – 9 is a root of the equation 2 x 2  0 then the
1  2 / 2
7 6 x
1 1 1 
other two roots are 1 1 0

(a) 0 (b) 1

(a) 2, 7 (b) – 2, 7 (c)  (d)  2

(c) 2, –7 (d) – 2, –7 2  3    1   3
1 1 1 1 1 1 a b c 37. If p 4  q 3  r2  s  t    1 2     4 , the
2 2 2 2 2 2
30. If A a b c ,B  a b c ,C  a b c ,   3   4 3
a3 b3 c3 a3 b3 c3 a3 b3 c3
value of t is
then which relation is correct
(a) 16 (b) 18
(a) AB (b) AC
(c) 17 (d) 19
(c) B  C (d) None of these
4 6 1
b c ab a
38. The value of the determinant  1 1 1 is
31. ca b c b 
4 11 1
ab ca c

(a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc
(a) – 75 (b) 25
(b) 3 abc  a 3  b 3  c 3
(c) 0 (d) – 25
(c) a 3  b 3  c 3  a 2 b  b 2 c  c 2 a
1 a bc
(d) (a  b  c)(a 2  b 2  c 2  ab  bc  ca)
39. The value of the determinant 1 b c  a is
32. If a, b, c are unequal what is the condition that the value 1 c ab
a a2 a3  1
2
of the following determinant is zero   b b b3 1
(a) a  b  c (b) (a  b  c) 2
c c2 c3  1
(c) 0 (d) 1  a  b  c
40. If a, b and c are non zero numbers, then
(a) 1  abc  0 (b) a  b  c  1  0
b 2c 2 bc b  c
(c) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a)  0 (d) None of these   c 2a2 ca c  a is equal to
33. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then the determinant a2b 2 ab a  b
2 2   2
1 1 1  (a) abc (b) a 2 b 2 c 2
1 1 0 (c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these
(a) 0 (b) 1 a b a  b
41. The determinant b c b   c  0 , if a, b, c are
(c) – 1 (d) None of these
a  b b   c 0
19 17 15
34. 9 8 7  in
1 1 1
(a) A. P. (b) G. P.
(a) 0 (b) 187
(c) H. P. (d) None of these
(c) 354 (d) 54
31 37 92
x 1 x2 x 3 42. The value of the determinant 31 58 71 is
35. If x  2 x3 x  4  0 , then a, b, c are in 31 105 24
x a x b x c

(a) – 2 (b) 0
(a) A. P. (b) G. P. (c) 81 (d) None of these
(c) H. P. (d) None of these
 1 2 3 where a  i, b   , c   2 , then  is equal to
43. The value of the determinant 3 5 7 is
(a) i (b)   2
8 14 20
(c)  (d) i
(a) 20 (b) 10 2 8 4
(c) 0 (d) 250 52. The value of the determinant  5 6  10 is
1 k 3 1 7 2
44. If 3 k  2  0 ,then the value of k is
2 3 1
(a) – 440 (b) 0
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 328 (d) 488
(c) 1 (d) None of these 6 i  3i 1
45. The value of the determinant 53. Let 4 3 i  1  x  iy , then
1 1 1 20 3 i
b c ca ab is
(a) x  3, y  1 (b) x  0, y  0
b ca cab ab c
(c) x  0, y  3 (d) x  1, y  3
(a) abc (b) a  b  c
54. If a, b, c are positive integers, then the determinant
(c) ab  bc  ca (d) None of these
a b c ka kb kc a2  x ab ac
2
46. If   x y z , then kx ky kz =   ab b x bc is divisible by
p q r kp kq kr ac bc c2  x

(a)  (b) k  (a) x3 (b) x 2

2 2 2
(c) 3k  (d) k  3
(c) (a  b  c ) (d) None of these
a  1 a bc 55. If p q r  0  ab c, then the value of the
47. b 1 b ca  pa qb rc
c  1 c ab determinant qc ra pb is
(a) 0 (b) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) rb pc qa
3 3 3
(c) a  b  c  3 abc (d) None of these (a) 0 (b) pa  qb  rc
a1 ma 1 b1 (c) 1 (d) None of these
48. a2 ma 2 b2  a1 b1 c1
a3 ma 3 b3 56. Suppose D  a 2 b2 c2
(a) 0 (b) ma 1 a 2 a 3 a3 b3 c3

(c) ma 1 a 2 b 3 (d) mb 1 a 2 a 3 a1  pb 1 b1  qc 1 c1  ra1

and D  a 2  pb 2 b 2  qc 2 c 2  ra2 , then
265 240 219
a 3  pb 3 b 3  qc 3 c 3  ra3
49. The value of 240 225 198 is equal to
219 198 181
(a) D  D (b) D  D(1  pqr )
(a) 0 (b) 679
(c) D  D(1  p  q  r) (d) D  D(1  pqr )
(c) 779 (d) 1000
0 x 16
x2  x x 1 x 2
2 57. The roots of the equation x 5 7  0 are
50. If 2 x  3 x  1 3x 3 x  3  Ax  12 , then the value
0 9 x
x 2  2x  3 2x  1 2x 1

of A is
(a) 0, 12 , 12 (b) 0, 12, –12
(a) 12 (b) 24
(c) –12 (d) – 24 (c) 0, 12, 16 (d) 0, 9, 16
a ab ab c 1 2 3
51.   3 a 4 a  3b 5a  4 b  3c 58. If 2 x 3  0, then x =
6 a 9 a  6 b 11 a  9 b  6 c 3 4 5
 (a) – 5/2 (b) –2/5 (a) 6 (b) 3
(c) 5/2 (d) 2/5 (c) 0 (d) None of these
ab b c ca a b c sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
59. bc ca ab  K b c a , then K  66. cos 2 x sin 2 x 1 
ca ab b c c a b  10 12 2

(a) 0 (b) 12 cos 2 x  10 sin 2 x

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 12 sin 2 x  10 cos 2 x  2 (d) 10 sin 2 x
(c) 3 (d) 4 x 1 1 1
0 p q p r 67. The roots of the equation 1 x 1 1  0 are
60. qp 0 q r  1 1 x 1
rp rq 0

(a) 0 (b) ( p  q)(q  r)(r  p ) (a) 1, 2 (b) – 1, 2

(c) pqr (d) 3 pqr (c) 1, – 2 (d) –1, – 2
2 2 2 bc b c  b c
b c
a b c
68. ca ca  ca ca is equal to
61. (a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2 
ab ab   ab ab 
(a  1) 2 (b  1) 2 (c  1) 2
(a) (ab  a b )(bc  b c )(ca  c a )
a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2
(a) 4 a b c (b) 3 a b c (b) (ab  ab )(bc  b c )(ca  c a)
1 1 1 1 1 1 (c) (ab   a b )(b c   b c)(ca   c a)

a2 b2 c2 (d) (ab   a b )(b c   b c)(ca   c a)

(c) 2 a b c (d) None of these 69. The roots of the determinant equation (in x)
1 1 1 a a x
m m m 0
11 12 13
b x b
62. 12 13 14 
13 14 15 (a) x  a, b (b) x  a,b

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) x  a, b (d) x  a,b

(c) –1 (d) 67 1 1 1
x 4 yz 70. 2 a b c 
63. y 4 zx  a 2  bc b 2  ac c 2  ab
z 4 x y

(a) 4 (b) x  y  z (a) 0 (b) 1

(c) xyz (d) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3 abc

p 15 8
1 1 1
71. If D p  p 2 35 9 , then D1  D2  D3  D4  D5 
64. The value of the determinant 1 1 1 is equal
p3 25 10
1 1 1
to
(a) 0 (b) 25

(a) – 4 (b) 0 (c) 625 (d) None of these

a ab a  2b
(c) 1 (d) 4
72. The value of a  2b a a  b is equal to
3x 6 3
ab a  2b a
65. A root of the equation 6 3x 3  0 is
3 3 6 x
(a) 9 a 2 (a  b) (b) 9 b 2 (a  b )
 (c) a 2 (a  b ) (d) b 2 (a  b) (c) 1/2, 1 (d) 11/3, 1
a a 2 3
a 1 81. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of
73. If a, b, c are different and b b 2 b 3  1  0 , then x2 x 3 x a
c c2 3
c 1 x 4 x 5 x  b is
x 6 x 7 x c

(a) a  b  c  0 (b) abc  1 (a) x  (a  b  c) (b) 9 x 2  a  b  c

(c) a  b  c  1 (c) ab  bc  ca  0 (c) ab c (d) 0

a 2
ab ac x y z x 2y z
74. If ab b 2 2 2 2
bc  Ka b c , then K  82. If   p q r , then 2 p 4q 2r equals
ac bc  c2 a b c a 2b c

(a) 2 (b) 4 
(c) 3 (d) None of these
(a) – 4 (b) 2 a 2b 2c
(c) 4 (d) 8 83. If a  6, b, c satisfy 3 b c  0, then abc 
1 1  ac 1  bc 4 a b
75. 1 1  ad 1  bd 
1 1  ae 1  be
(a) a  b  c (b) 0
(a) 1 (b) 0 3
(c) b (d) ab  bc
(c) 3 (d) a  b  c
1a 1 1
1 1 1
84. If a 1  b 1  c 1  0 such that 1 1b 1 ,
76. The value of the determinant 1 1x 1 is
1 1 1c
1 1 1y
then the value of  is

(a) 3  x  y (b) (1  x )(1  y ) (a) 0 (b) abc

(c) xy (d)  xy (c) – abc (d) None of these

2 2
13 16 19 a x ab ca
77. 14 17 20  85. ab b2  x2 bc is divisor of
15 18 21 ca bc c2  x 2

(a) 0 (b) – 39 (a) a 2 (b) b 2

(c) 96 (d) 57 (c) c 2
(d) x 2
a b a  b 1 1 1
1
78. If b c b   c  0 and   , then 86. cos(nx ) cos(n  1)x cos(n  2)x is not depend
2
2 1 0 sin(nx ) sin(n  1)x sin(n  2)x
(a) a, b, c are in A. P. (b) a, b, c are in G. P.
(c) a, b, c are in H. P. (d) None of these (a) On x
2
4 1 3 2 x 3 (b) On n
79. If   , then x =
2 1 1 x 2 1
(c) Both on x and n
(a) – 14 (b) 2 (d) None of these
(c) 6 (d) 7
87. The sum of the products of the elements of any row of a
3x  8 3 3
determinant A with the same row is always equal to
80. If 3 3x  8 3  0, then the values of x are
3 3 3x  8
(a) 1 (b) 0
1
(a) 0, 2/3 (b) 2/3, 11/3 (c) |A| (d) | A|
2
 1 2 3 a x b c
88. The value of the determinant given below 3 5 7 is 94.  b x c a ,which of the following is a factor
8 14 20 c a x b
for the above determinant
(a) 20 (b) 10 (a) x  (a  b  c) (b) x  (a  b  c)
(c) 0 (d) 5 (c) ab c (d) (a  b  c)
a b ab
52 53 54
89. If b b  c  0 ; then a, b, c are in
c
95. The value of 5 3 54 5 5 is
ab b c 0
54 55 57

(a) 5 2 (b) 0
(a) A. P. (b) G. P.
(c) 5 13 (d) 5 9
(c) H. P. (d) None of these
x 2  1
ax c b 2
96. At what value of x , will   1 x 0
90. If ab  bc  ca  0 and c bx a  0 , then one
1 x  2
b a cx
of the value of x is
1
1 (a) x 0 (b) x  1
3 2
(a) (a 2  b 2  c 2 ) 2 (b)  (a 2  b 2  c 2 ) (c) x  1 (d) None of these
2 
1 1 3
97. Let    i . Then the value of the determinant
1 2 2 2 2 2 2
(c)  2 (a  b  c ) (d) None of these
  1 1 1
a b c 6a 2b 2c 1 1  2  2 is
91. If m n p  k , then 3 m n p  1 2 4
x y z 3x y z
(a) 3 (b) 3 (  1)
2
(c) 3 (d) 3 (1   )
(a) k / 6 (b) 2k 2 2 2
(b  c) a a
(c) 3k (d) 6 k 98. If b2 (c  a)2 b2  k abc(a  b  c)3 , then the
1 2 4 2 4 2 c2 c2 (a  b )2
92. If A  3 1 0 and B  6 2 0 , then B is given by
value of k is
2 4 2 2 4 8
(a) – 1 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –2
(a) B  4 A (b) B  4 A
41 42 43
(c) B  A (d) B  6 A 99. The value of 44 45 46 
a1 b1 c1 47 48 49
93. If a 2 b2 c 2  5 ; then the value of
(a) 2 (b) 4
a3 b3 c3
(c) 0 (d) 1
b 2 c3  b3 c 2 c2 a3  c3 a2 a2 b3  a3 b 2
b3 c1  b1c3 c 3 a1  c1a3 a3 b1  a1b3 is 100. If A, B, C be the angles of a triangle, then
 1 cos C cos B
b1c 2  b 2 c1 c1a2  c 2 a1 a1b2  a2b1
cos C 1 cos A 
cos B cos A 1
(a) 5 (b) 25
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 125 (d) 0
(c) cos A cos B cos C (d) cos A  cos B cos C
 1 1 1 (c) 400 (d) 1
101. 1 2   109. The values of x in the following determinant equation,
1  2 a x ax ax
a  x a  x a  x  0 are
(a) 3 3 i (b)  3 3 i
ax ax ax
(c) i 3 (d) 3
(a) x  0, x  4 a (b) x  0, x  a
1 / a 1 bc
102. 1 / b 1 ca  (c) x  0, x  2 a (d) x  0, x  3 a
1 / c 1 ab x 1 3 0
110. If 2 x  3 4  0 , then x =
(a) 0 (b) abc
3 5 6
(c) 1/abc (d) None of these
(a) 0 (b) 2
(a x  a  x )2 (a x  a  x )2 1
(c) 3 (d) 1
103. (b x  b  x )2 (b x  b  x )2 1 
x 0 8
(c x  c  x )2 (c x  c  x )2 1
111. The roots of the equation 4 1 3  0 are equal to
(a) 0 (b) 2abc 2 0 x

(c) a 2 b 2 c 2 (d) None of these

a b ab (a) (4 , 4 ) (b) (2,  4 )
104. The determinant b c b c is equal to zero if (c) (2, 4 ) (d) (2, 8 )
2 1 0 x 1 0
a, b, c are in 112. The value of x , if 1 x 1  0 is equal to
0 1 x
(a) G. P.
(b) A. P.
(a)  6 (b)  2
(c) H. P.
(c)  3 (d) 2, 3
(d) None of these
5 3 1
x 1 1 1
113. 7 x  3  0 , then x is equal to
105. If 2 x2 2  0, then x is
9 6 2
3 3 x3

(a) 0, – 6 (b) 0, 6 (a) 3 (b) 5

(c) 6 (d) – 6 (c) 7 (d) 9

1 1 x 114. If  is an imaginary root of unity, then the value of
106. Solution of the equation p  1 p  1 p  x  0 are a b 2 a
3 x 1 x2 b c b  2 is
c 2 a c
(a) x  1, 2 (b) x  2, 3
(a) a 3  b 3  c 3  3 abc (b) a 2 b  b 2 c
(c) x  1, p, 2 (d) x  1, 2,  p
(c) 0 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
107. The values of the determinant 1 1 1
1 cos(   ) cos  115. The value of bc ca ab is
cos(   ) 1 cos  is bc ca ab
cos  cos  1
(a) 1 (b) 0
2 2
(a)    (b)  2   2
(c) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) (d) (a  b )(b  c)(c  a)
(c) 1 (d) 0 441 442 443
12 22 32 116. The value of 445 446 447 is
108. The value of 22 32 4 2 is 449 450 451
32 42 52
(a) 441 × 446 × 451 (b) 0
(a) 8 (b) – 8 (c) – 1 (d) 1
 a a3 a4  1 (c) f (1)  f (3) (d) f (1)  f (5 )
117. If a, b, c are all different and b b 3
b 4  1 = 0 , then
(e) f (1)  f (3)  f (5)
c c3 c4  1
yz xz x y
the value of abc(ab  bc  ca) is 124. If y  z zx y  x  k xyz , then the value of k is
(a) a  b  c (b) 0 zy zx xy

(c) a 2  b 2  c 2 (d) a 2  b 2  c 2
118. If a 2  b 2  c 2  2 (a) 2 (b) 4
1  a2 x (1  b 2 )x (1  c 2 )x (c) 6 (d) 8
and f (x )  (1  a )x 2 2
1  b x (1  c )x 2
then f(x) is a
(1  a 2 )x (1  b 2 )x 1  c 2 x Minors and Co-factors,
Product of determinants
polynomial of degree
(a) 3 (b) 2
1. The cofactor of the element '4' in the determinant
(c) 1 (d) 0
1 3 5 1
4  x2 6 2 2 3 4 2
119. The determinant 6 9  x2 3 is not divisible is
8 0 1 1
2 3 1 x2 0 2 1 1
by (a) 4 (b) 10
(a) x (b) x 3 (c) – 10 (d) – 4
(c) 14  x 2 (d) x 5 a1 b1 c1
120. The value of the determinant 2. If   a 2 b2 c2 and A1 , B1 , C 1 denote the co-factors
0 b 3  a3 c3  a3 a3 b3 c3
a3  b 3 0 c3  b3 is equal to of a1 , b 1 , c 1 respectively, then the value of the
a3  c3 b  c3
3
0
A1 B1 C1
(a) a 3  b 3  c 3 (b) a 3  b 3  c 3 determinant A 2 B2 C 2 is
A3 B3 C3
(c) 0 (d)  a 3  b 3  c 3
x 2 1 (a)  (b) 2
121. The solutions of the equation 2 5 x  0 are (c) 3 (d) 0
1 2 x a1 b1 c1
3. If in the determinant   a 2 b2 c 2 , A1 , B1 , C 1 etc. be
(a) 3,  1 (b) 3, 1 a3 b3 c3

(c) 3, 1 (d) 3,  1 the co-factors of a1 , b1 , c1 etc., then which of the

1  sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  following relations is incorrect

122. cos 2  1  cos 2  cos 2   0 then sin 4 equal (a) a1 A1  b 1 B1  c 1 C 1  
4 sin 4 4 sin 4 1  4 sin 4 (b) a 2 A 2  b 2 B 2  c 2 C 2  
to (c) a3 A 3  b 3 B 3  c 3 C 3  

(d) a1 A2  b1 B2  c1C 2  
(a) 1/2 (b) 1
1 2
(c) –1/2 (d) –1 4. If  is a cube root of unity and   , then 2 is
 2
x 3 2 x 2  18 3 x 3  81
123. If f (x )  x  5 2
2 x  50 4 x 3  500 then equal to
1 2 3 (a)  (b) 

f (1). f (3)  f (3). f (5 )  f (5 ). f (1) = (c) 1 (d)  2

(a) f (1) (b) f (3)

 1 0 1 0
5. If  1  and  2  , then  2  1 is equal to 2. If 2 x  3y 

5 z  7, x  y  z  6 , 3 x 4 y  2 z  1, then x =


a b c d
2 

5 7 7 3 

5
(a) 1 1 6  6 1 1
(a) ac (b) bd 4
3 2 1 1 2
(c) (b  a)(d  c) (d) None of these 

7 3 

5 2 3 

5
6. If A1 , B1 , C 1 .... are respectively the co-factors of the (b) 

6 1 1  1 1 1
elements a1 , b1 , c1 ,...... of the determinant 1 4 2 3 4 2
7 3 5 2 3 5
a1 b1 c1
B2 C2 (c) 6 1 1  1 1 1
  a2 b2 c 2 , then 
B3 C3 1 

4 2 3 

4 2
a3 b3 c3
(d) None of these
(a) a1  (b) a1 a 3 
3. x  ky  z  0 ,3 x  ky  z  0 and x  3 y  z  0 has non -

(c) (a1  b 1 ) (d) None of these

zero solution for k =
7. Let A  [a ij ]nn be a square matrix and let c ij be cofactor (c) 1 (d) 2
(a) – 1 (b) 0
of a ij in A. If C  [c ij ] ,then 4. The number of solutions of equations x  y 

z  0,
(a) | C | | A | (b) | C | | A | n 1
3x 

y 

z  0, x 

3 y  z  0 is

(c) | C | | A | n  2 (d) None of these (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite

log 2 512 log 4 3 log 2 3 log 8 3 5. If x  y  z  0 , 3 x  y  3 z  0, x  3 y  z  0 has non

8.  =
log 3 8 log 4 9 log 3 4 log 3 4 zero solution, then  
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) – 3
(a) 7 (b) 10
6. The number of solutions of the equations x  4 y 

z  0,
(c) 13 (d) 17
3x 

4y 

z  0,x 

3 y  z  0 is
5 6 3
9. If A   4 3 2 , then cofactors of the elements of 2
nd (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite
4 7 3
xn sin x cos x
row are n n
7. If  (x )  n ! sin cos , then the value of
2 2
(a) 39 ,  3, 11 (b) 39 , 3, 11 a a2 a 3

n
(c) 39 , 27 , 11 (d) 39 ,  3, 11 d
[( x )] at x  0 is
dx n
10. The minors of – 4 and 9 and the co-factors of – 4 and 9 in
1  2 3 (a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) Dependent of a
determinant 4 5  6 are respectively
7 8 9 8. The value of a for which the system of equations
3 3 3
a x  (a  1) y  (a  2) z  0,
(a) 42, 3 ; – 42, 3 (b) –42, –3 ; 42, –3
ax  (a  1)y  (a  2 )z  0,
(c) 42, 3 ; – 42, – 3 (d) 42, 3; 42, 3
x  y  z  0,
has a non zero solution is
System of linear equations, Some special determinants,
differentiation and integration of determinants (a) 1 –

(b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these

9. If a1 x  b1y  c1 z  0, a 2 x  b 2y  c2 z  0 a3 x  b3 y  c3 z  0
1. The following system of equation 3 x  2y  z  0 ,
a1 b1 c1
x  14 y  15 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0 has a solution other and a 2 b2 c 2  0, then the given system has
than x  y  z  0 for  equal to a3 b3 c3

(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) One trivial and one non-trivial solution
(c) 3 (d) 5
(b) No solution
(c) One solution
(d) Infinite solution
10. The value of k for which the set of equations 17. If a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,........, a n ,...... are in G.P. and a i  0 for each i,
x  ky  3 z  0, 3 x  ky  2 z  0, 2 x  3 y  4 z  0 has a then the value of the determinant
non trivial solution over the set of rationals is log an log an  2 log an  4
  log an  6 log an  8 log an 10 is equal to
log an 12 log an 14 log an 16
(a) 15 (b) 31/2
(c) 16 (d) 33/2 (a) 1 (b) 2

11. If the system of equations, x  2 y  3 z  1 , (k  3)z  3, (c) 0 (d) None of these

r 1 r 1 r 1
(2k  1)x  z  0 is inconsistent, then the value of k is 2 2.3 4.5
n
18. If Dr  x y z , then the value of  Dr 
r 1
2n  1 3n  1 5n  1
(a) – 3 (b) 1/2
(c) 0 (d) 2 (a) 1 (b) – 1

12. If the system of equations x  ky  z  0 , kx  y  z  0 (c) 0 (d) None of these

and x  y  z  0 has a non zero solution, then the 19. If ai2  bi2  ci2  1, (i  1, 2,3) and aia j  b ib j  c i c j  0
2
possible value of k are a1 a2 a3
(a) – 1, 2 (b) 1, 2 (i  j, i, j  1, 2,3) then the value of b1 b2 b3 is
c1 c2 c3
(c) 0, 1 (d) – 1, 1
13. Set of equations a  b  2 c  0, 2a  3 b  c  0 and
a  5 b  4 c   is consistent for  equal to (a) 0 (b) 1/2
(c) 1 (d) 2

(a) 1 (b) 0 20. If the system of equation

(c) –1 (d) 2 3 x  2 y  z  0 , x  14 y  15 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0

14. x 1  2 x 2  3 x 3  a2 x 1  3 x 2  x 3  have a non-trivial solution, then  

b 3 x 1  x 2  2 x 3  c this system of equations has (a) 5 (b) – 5

(c) – 29 (d) 29

(a) Infinite solution 21. The system of linear equations x yz2,

(b) No solution 2 x  y  z  3, 3 x  2 y  kz  4 has a unique solution if

(c) Unique solution

(d) None of these (a) k  0 (b) 1  k  1
15. The system of equations x  y  z  0,  x  y  z  0, (c) 2  k  2 (d) k  0
 x  y  z  0 , will have a non zero solution if real 22. The system of equations
x 1  x 2  x 3  2, 3 x1  x 2  2 x 3  6
values of  are given by
(a) 0 (b) 1 and 3 x 1  x 2  x 3  18 has

(c) 3 (d) 3 (a) No solution (b) Exactly one solution

N
n 1 5 (c) Infinite solutions (d) None of these
16. The value of  Un , if Un  n 2 2 N  1 2 N  1 is 23. The number of values of k for which the system of
n 1
n3 3N 2 3N equations (k  1)x  8 y  4 k , kx  (k  3)y  3 k  1 has
infinitely many solutions, is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) – 1 (d) None of these (c) 2 (d) Infinite
 1  ax 1  bx 1  cx (a) 2, 1, 5 (b) 1, 1, 1
24. If 1  a1 x 1  b1 x 1  c1 x ,  A0  A1 x  A 2 x 2  A 3 x 3
(c) 1, –2, –1 (d) 1, 2, –1
1  a2 x 1  b 2 x 1  c 2 x
32. The value of  for which the system of equations
then A1 is equal to
2 x  y  z  12, x  2 y  z  4 , x  y  z  4 has no
(a) abc (b) 0 solution is
(c) 1 (d) None of these
(a) 3 (b) – 3
25. The existence of the unique solution of the system
(c) 2 (d) – 2
x  y  z   , 5 x  y  z  10 , 2 x  3 y  z  6 depends
33. 2 x  3 y  4 z  9 , 4 x  9 y  3 z  10 , 5 x  10 y  5 z  1 then
on
the value of x is
(a)  only (b)  only
9 3 4 2 3 4
(c)  and  both (d) Neither  nor  (a) 10 9 3  4 9 3
26. The system of equations x  y  z  2 , 3 x  y  2 z  6 11 10 5 5 10 5

and 3 x  y  z  18 has 9 4 3 2 3 4

(b) 10 3 9  4 9 3
(a) A unique solution
11 5 10 5 10 5
(b) No solutions
9 4 9 3 2 4
(c) An infinite number of solutions
(c) 10 3 3  9 4 3
(d) Zero solution as the only solution 11 5 10 10 5 5
27. If a  0 and discriminant of ax 2  2bx  c is negative,
(d) None of these
a b ax  b
then b c bx  c is 34. The system of equations
ax  b bx  c 0 x  y  z  6 , x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  z   ,

(a) Positive (b) (ac  b 2 )(ax 2  2bx  c) has no solution for

(c) Negative (d) 0 (a)   3,   10 (b)   3,   10

28. For what value of  , the system of equations (c)   3,   10 (d) None of these
x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  z  12 is 35. If a, b, c are respectively the p th , q th r th terms of an A.P .,
inconsistent a p 1
(a)   1 (b)   2 the b q 1 
c r 1
(c)   2 (d)   3
29. If x is a positive integer, then (a) 1 (b) –1
x! ( x  1)! ( x  2)! (c) 0 (d) pqr
  (x  1)! (x  2)! (x  3)! is equal to 36. If the system of linear equation x  2 ay  az  0,
( x  2)! (x  3)! ( x  4 )!
x  3 by  bz  0, x  4 cy  cz  0 has a non zero
(a) 2( x !)(x  1)! (b) 2( x !)(x  1)!(x  2)! solution, then a, b, c
(c) 2(x !)(x  3)! (d) None of these (a) Are in A.P. (b) Are in G. P.
30. If the system of equations x  ay  0, az  y  0 and (c) Are in H. P. (d) Satisfy a  2b  3 c  0

ax  z  0 has infinite solutions, then the value of a is 37. The system of equations
x  y  z    1
x  y  z    1
(a) –1 (b) 1
x  y  z    1
(c) 0 (d) No real values
has no solution, if  is
31. The values of x , y, z in order of the system of equations
(a) Not – 2 (b) 1
3 x  y  2 z  3, 2 x  3 y  z  3 , x  2 y  z  4 , are
(c) – 2 (d) Either – 2 or 1
38. If a system of the equation (  1)3 x  (  2)3 y  (  3)3  0 (c) (2, 2) (d) (2, 2)
and (  1)x  (  2)y  (  3)  0, x  y  1  0 is constant. m 
9. If [m n]    [25 ] and m< n, then (m, n) =
what is the value of  n 
(a) 1 (b) 0 (a) (2, 3) (b) (3, 4)
(c) – 3 (d) – 2 (c) (4, 3) (d) None of these
4 6  1 2 4 3 
     
Types of matrices, Algebra of matrices 10. A  3 0 2 ,B  0 1 , C  1  ,
1  2 5   1 2   2 

1. In a skew symmetric matrix, the diagonal elements are all then the expression which is not defined is
(a) A 2  2B  2 A (b) C C 
(a) Different from each other (b) Zero (c) BC (d) AB
(c) One (d) None of these i 0  0 i 
11. If A , B    , where i   1 , then the
1 2  2 0  i  i 0
2. If M    and M  M  I 2  0 , then  
2 3  correct relation is
(a) ABO (b) A2  B2
(a) – 2 (b) 2 (c) AB O (d) A 2  B 2  O
(c) – 4 (d) 4 1 3   2
 
cos   sin   cos   sin   12. If the matrix  2 4 8  is singular, then  
3. If A    and B    , then the
 sin  cos    sin  cos   3 5 10 

correct relation is
(a) A2  B2 (b) ABBA (a) – 2 (b) 4
(c) AB  BA (d) None of these (c) 2 (d) – 4
1 0 1   ab b2  n
13. If A   2  and A  O , then the minimum value
 
4. If A  0 1 1  , then A is  a  ab 
1 0 0  of n is
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) Non-singular (d) Singular (c) 4 (d) 5
1 0 0  1 / 3 2  3 6 
 
14. If A   , B    and AB  I , then x =
5. If A  0 1 0  , then A 2   0 2x  3 0  1 
a b  1
(a) –1 (b) 1

(a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix (c) 0 (d) 2

15. If AB  C , then matrices A, B, C are
(c) A (d) – A
 1 1 n
(a) A 2 3 , B 3  2 , C 2 3 (b) A 3  2 , B 2 3 , C 3  2
6. If A    , then A 
 0 1 (c) A 3  3 , B 2 3 , C 3  3 (d) A 32 , B 23 , C 33
1 n  n n   1 
(a)  (b)  16. If A   2

0 1 

0 n   , then for what value of , A  O
 1   
n 1  1 1 
(c)   (d)  
0 n  0 n  (a) 0 (b)  1
7. AB  0 , if and only if (c) – 1 (d) 1
(a) A  O, B  O (b) A  O, B  O 0 1  2
 
17. If A   1 0 5  , then
(c) A  O or B  O (d) None of these
 2  5 0 
2 2 2
8. If A    and A  O , then (a, b ) 
a b  (a) A  A (b) A   A
(a) (2,  2) (b) (2,  2) (c) A  2 A (d) None of these
 4 1  1 0  2  0 2 0 1 2 3
18. If A    and I    , A  6A     
3 2 0 1  25. If A   0 0 3  and B  3 4 5 , then the
 2 2 0  5  4 0 
rd
(a) 3I (b) 5I element of 3 row and third column in AB will be
(c) – 5I (d) None of these (a) – 18 (b) 4
1 2 3  (c) – 12 (d) None of these
  1 3 5 
19. If A  5 0 7  and B    , then which of the 2 0 0 
6 2 5  0 0 2   
26. If A  0 2 0 , then A 5 
following is defined 0 0 2 

(a) AB (b) AB

(c) A B  (d) B A  (a) 5A (b) 10A
 5 4 0  (c) 16A (d) 32A
  0 1 
20. If A  [1 2 3] and B   0 2  1 , then AB  27. If A    and AB  O , then B =
 1  3 2  0 0 

1 1 0 1
 5 4 0  3  (a)   (b)  
    1 1  1 0
(a)  0 4  2 (b) 1 
 3 0 1 1 0
9 6  1  (c)   (d)  
1 0  0 0
 5 8 0 
  28. If A and B are square matrices of order 2, then ( A  B) 2 
(c)  2 1 4 (d)  0 4  3
 1 6 6 
(a) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (b) A 2  AB  BA  B 2
21. If A is a m  n matrix and B is a matrix such that both AB
(c) A 2  2 BA  B 2 (d) None of these
and BA are defined, then the order of B is 1 0 0 0 
(a) m  n (b) n  m  
2 3 0 0
29. If A   , then A is
(c) m  m (d) n  n 4 5 6 0 
 
1  7 8 9 10 
 
22. If A   2 , then A A   (a) An upper triangular matrix
3 
(b) A null matrix
1  (c) A lower triangular matrix
 
(a) 14 (b) 4  (d) None of these
3  30. Square matrix [a ij ]nn will be an upper triangular matrix, if
1 2 3  (a) a ij  0, for i  j (b) a ij  0 , for i  j
 
(c)  2 4 6  (d) None of these
(c) aij  0, for i  j (d) None of these
3 6 9 
0 1  2
 2 3  a c  1 4   
23. If     , then (a, b, c, d )  31. If the matrix  1 0 3  is singular, then  =
4 0  b d   2  5     3 0 
(a) (1, 6, 2, 5 ) (b) (1, 2, 7, 5)

(c) (1, 2, –7, 5) (d) (–1, –2, 7, –5) (a) – 2 (b) – 1

 1 0 0  (c) 1 (d) 2
  32. Which of the following relations is incorrect
24. If A   0  1 0  , then A 2 is
 0 0  1 (a) ( A  B  ....  l)  A   B   ....  l 

(a) Null matrix (b) Unit matrix (b) ( AB .... l)  A B .... l 

(c) A (d) 2A (c) (kA )  k A 

(d) ( A)  A
33. If A is a square matrix of order n and A  k B, where k is a a h g x 
  
scalar, then |A|= 42. The order of [ x y z ]  h b f  y  is
(a) |B| (b) k | B |  g f c   z 

(c) k |B|
n
(d) n | B | (a) 3  1 (b) 1  1

34. If A  dig(2,1, 3), B  dig(1, 3, 2) , then A 2 B  (c) 1  3 (d) 3  3

43. If A and B are two matrices such that AB  B and
(a) dig (5, 4, 11) (b) dig (–4, 3, 18)
BA  A, then A 2  B 2 
(c) dig (3, 1, 8 ) (d) B
 cos  sin    sin   cos   (a) 2 AB (b) 2 BA
35. cos     sin   
 sin  cos   cos  sin   (c) AB (d) AB
0 0  1 0  44. If A and B are two matrices and ( A  B)( A  B)  A 2  B 2 ,
(a)   (b)  
0 0  0 0  then
0 1  1 0  (a) AB  BA (b) A2  B2  A2  B2
(c)   (d)  
1 0  0 1  (c)
AB  AB (d) None of these
36. If I is a unit matrix, then 3I will be 5 3  6 4 
45. A  and B   , then A  B 
(a) A unit matrix (b) A triangular matrix 2 4  3 6 
(c) A scalar matrix (d) None of these 11 7   1 1
(a)   (b)  
 a  5 10    1  2 
37. If A  [a b], B  [b  a] and C    , then the correct
 a  11 7  12 7 
(c)   (d)  
 5  10   5  10 
statement is
(a) A  B (b) AB AB 3 4  n
46. If X    , then the value of X is
(c) AC  BC (d) CA  CB 1  1 
1 a  4  3 n 4 n  2  n 5  n
38. If A    , then A is equal to (a)  (b) 
0 1   
 n n   n n 

3 n (4 )n 
1 a 4  4 4 a (c)  n n
(d) None of these
(a)   (b)   1 (1) 
0 1  0 4
 i 0
4 a4  1 4 a 47. If A   2
 , then A 
(c)   (d)   0 i 
0 4  0 1
 3 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 
(a)  (b) 
39. If  X   , then X = 0

 1

 0  1
4 1 2 3 
3 4   3 4  1 0  1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
14  13   14 13  0 1   0 1
3 4  3 4 48. If A and B are square matrices of same order, then
(c)   (d)  
14 13   14 13 
40. Which of the following is incorrect
(a) AB  B A (b) AB  AB
(a) A 2  B 2  ( A  B)( A  B)
(c) AB  BA (d) AB  BA
(b) ( A T )T  A
0 1  4
(c) ( AB )n  A n B n , where A, B commute 49. If A   , then A =
1 0 
(d) ( A  I)(I  A)  O  A 2  I
1 0  1 1 
(a)   (b)  
41. A, B are n-rowed square matrices such that AB  O and 0 1  0 0 
B is non-singular. Then
0 0  0 1 
(a) AO (b) AO (c)   (d)  
1 1  1 0 
(c) AI (d) None of these
 3 1 2
50. If A    , then A 
 1 2 
  8 5  8 5  x 1
 and A is the identity matrix, then x =
2
(a)   (b)   57. If A  
 5 3  5 3 1 0 
 8 5   8 5
(c)   (d)  
 5  3   5 3  (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 0
51. If A and B are two matrices such that A+B and AB are
0 1  0 i 2
both defined, then 58. If A   , B    then ( A  B) equals
1 0  i 0
(a) A and B are two matrices not necessarily of same
order (a) A2  B2 (b) A 2  B 2  2 AB
(b) A and B are square matrices of same order (c) A 2  B 2  AB  BA (d) None of these
(c) Number of columns of A= Number of rows of B 0 1 
59. If A   , I is the unit matrix of order 2 and a, b are
0 0 
(d) None of these
arbitrary constants, then (aI  bA )2 is equal to
 1 3 0  2 3 4
    (a) a 2 I  abA (b) a 2 I  2 abA
52. If A   1 2 1 , B   1 2 3  , then AB =
 0 0 2   1 1 2  (c) a 2 I  b 2 A (d) None of these
60. Matrix theory was introduced by
(a) Newton (b) Cayley-Hamilton
 5 9 13   5 9 13 
    (c) Cauchy (d) Euclid
(a)  1 2 4  (b)   1 2 4 
1 2 1 0 
 1 2 4   2 2 4  61. If A    and B    , then
 3 0  2 3
 1 2 4
  (a) A2  A (b) B 2  B
(c)  1 2 4  (d) None of these
(c) AB  BA (d) AB  BA
 2 2 4 
62. Which one of the following is not true
1 1  0 1 
53. If A   , B   , then AB 
0 1  1 0  (a) Matrix addition is commutative
(b) Matrix addition is associative
0 0  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c) Matrix multiplication is commutative
0 0  1 0  (d) Matrix multiplication is associative
1 0  1 0  1 2 3
(c)   (d)  
0 1  0 1   
63. In order that the matrix 4 5 6  be non-singular, 
 i 0  0 i  3  5 
54. If A    and B    , then ( A  B)( A  B) is
0 i   i 0  should not be equal to
equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) A2  B2 (b) A2  B2
(c) 3 (d) 4
(c) A 2  B 2  BA  AB (d) None of these
3  2 
 1 2  1 4  0 1    
55. If A   , B   , C   , then 64. If U  [2  3 4 ], X  [0 2 3], V   2  and Y  2  , then
 3 0   2 3  1 0  1  4 
5 A  3 B  2C =
UV  XY =
8 20  8 20 
(a)   (b)   (a) 20 (b) [– 20]
7 9  7 9 
(c) – 20 (d) [20]
 8 20   8 7 
(c)   (d)    0 i 40
 7 9    20  9 65. If A    , then the value of A is
  i 0 
 x 0  2 1  3 5   2 4
56. If      , then 0 1  1 0 
 1 y   3 4  6 3   2 1 (a)   (b)  
1 0  0 1 
(a) x  3, y  2 (b) x  3, y  2
1 1  1 1 
(c) x  3, y  2 (d) x  3, y  2 (c)   (d)  
0 0   0  1
 2 1   1
1 2 1    T  
66. If A    and B  3 2  , then ( AB)  74.  1 [2 1  1] =
2 1 3  1 1   2 

 2
 
3 2   3 10  (a) [–1] (b)  1 
(a)   (b)  
10 7   2 7   2 
3 10  3 10   2 1  1
(c)   (d)    
 7  2 2 7  (c)   2  1 1 (d) Not defined
2   4 2  2 
  1 5 
67. If A  [1 2 3], B  3  and C    , then which of the 75. If two matrices A and B are of order p × q and r × s
4  0 2 
respectively, can be subtracted only, if
following is defined (a) pq (b) p  q, r  s
(a) AB (b) BA
(c) p  r, q  s (d) None of these
(c) ( AB ). C (d) ( AC ). B
1 3  2
76. If A    , then determinant of A  2 A is
68. The matrix product AB  O , then 2 1 

(a) A  O and B  O (b) A  O or B  O

(a) 5 (b) 25
(c) A is null matrix (d) None of these
(c) –5 (d) –25
69. If A and B are square matrices of order n × n, then
77. If the matrix AB  O , then
( A  B)2 is equal to
(a) A  O or B  O
(b) A  O and B  O
(a) A2  B2 (b) A 2  2 AB  B 2
(c) It is not necessary that either A  O or B  O
(c) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (d) A 2  AB  BA  B 2
(d) A  O, B  O
70. Choose the correct answer
1
(a) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix 78. If aij  (3 i  2 j) and A  [aij]2 2 , then A is equal to
2
(b) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
 1 / 2 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 
(d) A square matrix whose each element is 1 is an (a)   (b)  
 1 / 2 1   2 1 
identity matrix
 2 2 
1 0  0 0  (c)   (d) None of these
71. If A   , B    , then 1 / 2  1 / 2
2 0  1 12 
1 2  3 2 
(a) AB  O, BA  O (b) AB  O, BA  O 79. If 2 X     , then X is equal to
7 4  0  2 
(c) AB  O, BA  O (d) AB  O, BA  O
2 2   1 2
2 5  7  (a)   (b)  
  7 4  7 / 2 2 
72. The matrix 0 3 11  is known as
 2 2
0 0 9  (c)   (d) None of these
7 / 2 1 
1 2  n
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Diagonal matrix 80. If A   , then A 
 0 1 
(c) Upper triangular matrix (d) Skew symmetric matrix 1 2n  2 n
(a)   (b)  
 i 1 0 1  0 1
73. If A    , then A 4 equals
0 i  1 2 n  1 n
(c)   (d)  
 1 4 i   1 4 i  0  1  0 1
(a)   (b)  
0 1   0 1  0 2  0 3a
81. If A    and kA    , then the values of k,
 i 4  1 4  3  4   2b 24 
(c)   (d)  
0 i 0 1  a, b are respectively
 (a)  6, 12, 18 (b) – 6, 4, 9 (c) 2101 A (d) None of these
(c)  6 , 4 , 9 (d) – 6, 12, 18 90. Which is true about matrix multiplication
2  x 3 4  (a) It is commutative (b) It is associative
 
82. If  1 1 2  is a singular matrix, then x is (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
 x 1  5  1 0  k
91. Matrix A   2 1 
3  is invertible for
13 25 k 0 1 
(a) (b) 
25 13
5 25 (a) k  1 (b) k  1
(c) (d)
13 13 (c) k  0 (d) All real k
1 1 0  x  y 2 x  z  4 7 
83.
 
For the matrix A  1 2 1  , which of the following is
92. If    , then values of x, y, z, w are
x  y 2 z  w  0 10 
2 1 0 

correct (a) 2, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 3, 1, 2

(a) A3  3 A2  I  O (b) A3  3 A2  I  O
(c) 3, 3, 0, 1 (d) None of these
(c) A3  2 A2  I O (d) A 3  A 2  I  O
a 2
2   4 93. The value of a for which the matrix A    is singular
  2 4 
84. The matrix  1 3 4  is non singular, if
 1  2  3  if

(a)   2 (b)   2 (a) a  1 (b) a  1

(c)   3 (d)   3 (c) a0 (d) a  1

 1 1  a 1   2 1 
85. If A , B    and ( A  B)2  A 2  B 2 , 94. If A    and I is the unit matrix of order 2, then
 2  1 b  1 1 2 
then the value of a and b are A 2 equals
(a) a  4 , b  1 (b) a  1, b  4 (a) 4 A  3 I (b) 3 A  AI
(c) a  0, b  4 (d) a  2, b  4 (c) AI (d) A  I
86. If A, B are square matrices of order 3, A is non- singular  i 0  i  i i 
   
and AB  O , then B is a 95. If P   0  i i  and Q   0 0  ,then PQ is equal
i i 0   i  i
(a) Null matrix (b) Singular matrix    
(c) Unit matrix (d) Non- singular matrix to
 3 5  2  2 2   2  2
87. If A   , then A  5 A     
 4 2  (a)  1  1  (b)   1 1
 1  1 1 1 
(a) I (b) 14 I   
(c) 0 (d) None of these 1 0 0 
 2 2   
0 1 16 (c)   (d)  0 1 0 
88. If matrix A    , then A 
1 0  1 1  0 0 1 
 
96. If I is a unit matrix of order 10, then the determinant of I
0 1 0 1
(a)   (b)   is equal to
1 0  1 0
1 0  1 0 (a) 10 (b) 1
(c)   (d)  
 0 1 0 1 (c) 1/10 (d) 9

1 1 100
97. Assuming that the sums and products given below are
89. If A   , then A 
1 1 defined, which of the following is not true for matrices
(a) AB  BA
(a) 2 100
A (b) 2 A 99
(b) AB  AC does not imply B  C
(c) AB  O implies A  O or B  O
(d) (AB )  B A
 1 0   1 1 
1 2 

1 1 0 0  105. If A  B    and A 2 B    , then A= 

    1 1   0  1
98. If A  3 0
 2 , B  2 1 0  , then AB is
 4 5 0  0 1 3 
1 1  2 / 3 1/ 3 
(a)   (b)  
2 1 1 / 3 2 / 3
5 1 

3 11 4 3 
    1 / 3 1 / 3
(a)  3 2 6  (b)  1 2 3  (c)   (d) None of these
 14 5 0   0 3 3   2 / 3 1 / 3

1 8 4  0 1 2  106. The identity element in the group

(c)  2  (d)  5 4 3   x x 
 9 6  M    x  R; x  0  with respect to matrix
 x x 
 0 2 0   1 8 2  

99. If A and B are 3  3 matrices such that AB  A and multiplication is

BA  B , then 1 1 1  1 1 
(a)   (b)
2 2 2 2 1 1 2  1 1 
(a) A  A and B  B (b) A  A and B  B
(c) 2
A  A and B  B 2
(d) A 2  A and B 2  B  1 0 0 1 
(c)   (d)  
 0  1 0 0 1  1 0 
100. If A    and B    , then value of  for which
1 1  5 1  1 0  1 0 
107. If A    and I    , then which one of the
A 2  B , is 1 1  0 1 

(a) 1 (b) –1 following holds for all n  1 , (by the principal of

mathematical induction)
(c) 4 (d) No real values
(a) An  nA  (n 1) I n n 1
(b) A  2 A  (n 1) I


3 
 

7 1 2    4 
101.    4   2   is equal to (c) An  nA  (n  1)I (d) An  2 n1 A  ( n  1)I
9 2 1   5  2 
 
 43   43  Special types of matrices, Transpose, Adjoint
(a)  (b) 
  and Inverse of matrices
 44   45 
 45   44 
(c)   (d)   3  2  1
 44   45   
1. Inverse of the matrix  4 

1 1  is


 0 0 

1  2
  0 1 
102. Let A   0 

1 0  , the only correct statement about

  1 2 3  1 3 5
 1 0 0


(a)   
(b)  7 
 3 3 7  4 6
the matrix A is  2  4  5   4 2 7
(a) A2  I
1 2 3  1 2  4
(b) A  ( 1) I , where I is a unit matrix


   
(c)  2 5 7  (d)  8 4 5 
(c) A 1
does not exist  2 4 5   3 5 2 


  

(d) A is a zero matrix

2. If A and B are non-singular matrices, then
 1 2 3  5


7 1 
   
103. If A   3 1 2  and B   1 

5 7  then AB is
    (a) ( AB ) 1  A 1 B 1
(b) AB  BA
  

 2 3 1  7 1 5


(c) ( AB)  A B (d) ( AB )1  B 1A 1

equal to
(a) I3 (b) 2 I3  4  

3 

3
3. Adjoint of the matrix N   1 0 1  is
(c) 4 I3 (d) 18 I 3  
 4 4 3 
1 2  3 8 
104. What must be the matrix X if 2 X      (a) N (b) 2N
 3 4  7 2 
(c) – N (d) None of these

1 3  1 

3 4. From the following find the correct relation

(a)   (b)  
2 

1 2 

1 (a) (AB )  A B (b) ( AB)  BA 

2 6  2 

6 adj A
(c) (d)  (c) A 1
 (d) ( AB) 1
 A 1B 1
   

  
4 

2 4 

2 A
5. If A is involutory matrix and I is unit matrix of same a c  1
15. If A   , then A =
order, then (I  A)(I  A) is d b 

(a) Zero matrix (b) A 1 b c  1 b c 

(a)   (b)  
ab  cd  d a ad  bc  d a
(c) I (d) 2A
1 b d 
6. If k is a scalar and I is a unit matrix of order 3, then (c)   (d) None of these
adj(k I) 
ab  cd c a 
1 0 0 
(a) k 3 I (b) k 2 I  
16. The inverse of the matrix 0 1 0  is
(c)  k3I (d)  k 2 I
0 0 1 
7. If A is a n  n matrix, then adj(adj A)=
n 1 n2
(a) | A | A (b) | A | A
0 0 1  1 0 0 
n
(c) | A | n (d) None of these 
(a) 0 1 0 
 
(b) 0 1 0 


i 0  1
1 0 0  0 0 1 
8. If A    (i   1 ), then A =
0 i / 2  0 1 0  1 0 0 
i 0  i 0     
(c) 0 0 1  (d) 0 0 1 
(a)   (b)  
0 i / 2  0  2i 1 0 0  0 1 0 
i 0 0 i  2 3 
(c) (d)  17. The inverse of 

0

2i

 2i 0   is
 4 2
9. If A is a non- singular matrix, then A(adj A) =
(a) A (b) I  1 2 3  1 3 2 
(a)   (b)  
(c) |A|I (d) | A | 2 I 8 4 2  8 2 4 
10. The element of second row and third column in the 1 2 3 1 3 2 
(c)   (d)  
 1 2 1
 
8 4 2  8 2 4 
inverse of  2 1 0  is
 1 0 1   1 0 0
18. Let A   5 2 0  , then the adjoint of A is
(a) – 2 (b) – 1  1 6 1 
(c) 1 (d) 2
2  5 32   1 0 0
 cos t sin t     
11. If R(t)   , then R(s). R(t)  (a) 0 1  6 (b)  5  2 0
 sin t cos t  0 0 2   1  6 1 
(a) R(s)  R(t) (b) R (st)
 1 0 0
(c) (d) None of these  
R(s  t) (c)  5 2 0 (d) None of these
12. If A and B be symmetric matrices of the same order,  1 6  1
then AB  BA will be a 3 2 
19. If A    , then A(adj A) 
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew symmetric matrix 1 4 
(c) Null matrix (d) None of these
13. If A is a symmetric matrix, then matrix M AM is 10 0   0 10 
(a)   (b)  
 0 10  10 0 
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric 10 1 
(c)   (d) None of these
(c) Hermitian (d) Skew-Hermitian  1 10 
14. An orthogonal matrix is
20. If A is a square matrix, then which of the following
 cos  2 sin    cos  sin  
matrices is not symmetric
(a)   (b)  
 2 sin  cos    sin  cos  
(a) A  A (b) A A
cos  sin   1 1
(c)   (d)   (c) AA (d) A  A
 sin  cos   1 1
  cos  sin   k 0  6 5  6 5 
21. If A    and A adj A   , then k is (c)   (d)  
 sin  cos   0 k  7 6  7  6 
equal to 1 1 1 
 
30. The adjoint of 1 2  3  is
(a) 0 (b) 1
 2  1 3 
(c) sin  cos  (d) cos 2
 3 9  5  3 4  5
22. If a matrix A is such that 3 A  2 A 2  5 A  I  0, then its
3 
(a)  4 1 3 
 
(b)  9 1 4 

inverse is   5 4 1   5 3 1 
2 2
(a)  (3 A  2 A  5 I) (b) 3 A  2 A  5 I  3 4 5 
 
2 (c)  9  1  4 (d) None of these
(c) 3A  2A  5I (d) None of these
 5  3  1 
23. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then
5 2 1
31. If A   , then A =
(a) ( AB )  AB 3 1
1 2  1 2 
(b) ( AB )  BA (a)   (b)  
 3 5  3  5
(c) AB  O ; If | A |  0 or | B |  0
 1 2  1 2 
(d) AB  O ; If A  I or B  I (c)   (d)  
 3  5 3 5 
24. Which of the following  4 x  2
32. If A    is symmetric, then x =
(i) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric, 2 x  3 x  1
(ii) Adjoint of a unit matrix is a unit matrix,
(iii) A(adj A)  (adj A) A | A | I and (a) 3 (b) 5
(iv) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is a diagonal matrix, (c) 2 (d) 4
is/are incorrect 3 2 
33. The inverse of the matrix   is
(a) (i) (b) (ii) 1 4 
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these  4 2  3 2 
 14 14   14 
1 (a)  (b)  14
1 3  1 3  1 4
25.       
3 10   14 14   14 14 
10 3  10 3  4 2  3 2 
(a)  (b)   14
3

1  3 1 

(c) 1 14  
(d)  14 14 
3 1 4
   
1 3   1 3   14 14   14 14 
(c)   (d)  
3 10   3  10   0 4 1 
26. The inverse of a symmetric matrix is  
34. Matrix  4 0  5  is
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew symmetric  1 5 0 
(c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these (a) Orthogonal (b) Idempotent
27. If A is a symmetric matrix and n  N , then A n is (c) Skew- symmetric (d) Symmetric
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew symmetric 1 2  T
35. If A    , then A  A equals
(c) A Diagonal matrix (d) None of these 5 3  []
28. If A is a skew symmetric matrix and n is a positive integer, 2 3   2 4 
(a)   (b)  
then A n is  3 6  10 6 
(a) A symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix  2 4
(c)   (d) None of these
(c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these   10 6
1
 6 5  0 1 0 
29.   =  
 7 6  36. The inverse of matrix A  1 0 0  is
 6 5   6 5  0 0 1 
(a)   (b)  
 7 6   7 6  (a) A (b) AT
 1 0 0  1 0 0   1 4  2  1 2 4 
       
(c) 0 1 0  (d) 1 0 0  (a)   2 1 4  (b)  4 1  2
0 0 1  0 1 0   4 2 1   2 4 1 
  
37. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is  1 2 4
 
(c)   4 1 2 (d) None of these
(a) Singular (b) Non-singular  4  2 1 

(c) Symmetric (d) Not defined
43. Which one of the following is correct
1 2 3 
 
38. The inverse of 0 1 2  is
0 0 1  (a) Skew- symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular

1  2 1  1  2 1  (b) Skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is singular

   
(a) 0 1  2  (b) 0 1  2  (c) Skew-symmetric matrix of even order is always
0 0 0  0 0 1  singular
1 2 1  (d) None of these
(c) 0 1 2  (d) None of these 44. Adj . ( AB )  ( Adj. B)( Adj. A) 
0 0 1 
(a) Adj . A  Adj B (b) I
39. Which one of the following statements is true
(a) Non- singular square matrix does not have a unique (c) O (d) None of these
inverse 3 2
45. If A    , then ( A 1 )3 is equal to
(b) Determinant of a non-singular matrix is zero 0 1
(c) If A  A, then A is a square matrix
(d) If | A|  0 , then | A.adj A | | A | (n 1) , where 1  1 26  1  1 26 
(a)   (b)  
A  [aij ]nn 27  0 27  27  0 27 
1 1 1  1 26  1  1 26 
40. If matrix A   (c)   (d)  
, then
1 1 
27  0  27  27  0  27 
1 1  1 a 2
(a) A    
 46. The matrix  1 2 5  is not invertible, if ‘a’ has the value
1  1
2 1 1
 1 1  
(b) A 1   
  1 1
 1 1 (a) 2 (b) 1
(c) A.    2I
  1 1 (c) 0 (d) –1

   10 0 
(d) A   47. For any 2  2 matrix A, if A(adj. A) =   , then
 where  is a non zero scalar  0 10 
1  1
| A| 
41. Which of the following is not true
(a) Every skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non- (a) 0 (b) 10
singular (c) 20 (d) 100
(b) If determinant of a square matrix is non-zero, then it 48. If A is a square matrix for which aij  i   j 2 , then A is
is non singular
(c) Adjoint of symmetric matrix is symmetric (a) Zero matrix (b) Unit matrix
(d) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is diagonal (c) Symmetric matrix (d) Skew symmetric matrix
1 2 0  4 7 
  49. Inverse matrix of 
42. If A   0 1 2 , then adj A 
2 0 1 1 2 
 
 2 7   2 1 
(a)   (b)  
 1 4   7 4 
 2 7  2 1  (a) Upper triangular matrix (b) Skew symmetric matrix
(c)   (d)  
 1  4  7  4 (c) Symmetric matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
3  3 4  2 1
   1 2 1   
50. If A   2  3 4  , then A 1 = 59. If A    and B   3 2  , then ( AB)T is equal to
 2 1 3  1 1
0  1 1   

(a) A (b) A2
 3 2   3 10 
(c) A3 (d) A 4 (a)   (b)  
 10 7   2 7 
51. If d is the determinant of a square matrix A of order n,
 3 7 
then the determinant of its adjoint is (c)   (d) None of these
n n 1
 10 2 
(a) d (b) d
1 1
(c) d n 1
(d) d 60. If A    , then adj A is equal to
2 3 
52. If A and B are non-singular square matrices of same 3 1   3 1
(a)   (b)  
order, then adj(AB ) is equal to
 2  1  2 1
(a) (adj A)(adj B) (b) (adj B)(adj A) 3 2   3 1
(c)   (d)  
(c) (adj B 1 )(adj A 1 ) (d) (adj A 1 )(adj B 1 ) 1 1   2 1 
61. If A is a square matrix, then A  A T is
53. The element in the first row and third column of the
1 2  3  (a) Non singular matrix (b) Symmetric matrix
  (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Unit matrix
inverse of the matrix 0 1 2  is
0 0 1  a b 
62. The inverse of a matrix A    is
c d 
(a) – 2 (b) 0
 d b  1  d b 
(c) 1 (d) 7 (a)   (b)  
 c a  (ad  bc )   c a 
54. For any square matrix A, AA T is a
1 1 0  b a 
(c)   (d)  
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix | A |  0 1  d  c 
(c) Skew symmetric matrix (d) Diagonal matrix cos   sin  
63. If A  , then which of the following
  1 4  sin  cos  
 
55. The matrix  3 0 1  is invertible, if
statements is not correct
  1 1 2 
(a) A is orthogonal matrix (b) A is orthogonal matrix
(c) Determinant A = 1 (d) A is not invertible
(a)   15 (b)   17 64. If A 2  A  I  0 , then A 1 =
(c)   16 (d)   18
56. For a matrix A, AI = A and AA T  I is true for (a) A 2 (b) AI
(c) IA (d) A  I
(a) If A is a square matrix
 2 2 0 1 1 1 1
(b) If A is a non singular matrix 65. If A    and B   , then (B A ) =
 3 2  1 0 
(c) If A is a symmetric matrix
(d) If A is any matrix  2 2  3 2 
(a)   (b)  
57. If I3 is the identity matrix of order 3, then I31 is 2 3  2 2 
[P 1  2 2 1  3 2
(c)   (d)  
(a) 0 (b) 3I3 10  2 3  10  2 2 
(c) I3 (d) Does not exist 66. A square matrix A  [aij] in which aij  0 for i  j and
0 5  7 aij  k (constant) for i  j is called a
 
58. The matrix  5 0 11  is known as
 7  11 0  (a) Unit matrix (b) Scalar matrix
(c) Null matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
67. For two invertible matrices A and B of suitable orders, 3  3 4 
 
the value of ( AB )1 is 74. The adjoint matrix of  2  3 4  is
0  1 1 

(a) (BA )1 (b) B 1 A 1 4 8 3   1 1 0 

   
(a)  2 1 6  (b)  2 3  4 
(c) A 1 B 1 (d) ( A B)1 0 2 1   2 3  3 
1 2  3  11 9 3   1 2 1 
68. If A    and B   , AX  B , then X 
 2  1 1     
(c)  1 2 8 (d)   1 3 3 
 6 9 1   2 3  3 

1 5  0 3  1
(a) [5 7] (b)   75. A  and A  (adj( A)), then  
3 7  2 0 
1 5 
(c) [5 7] (d)   1 1
3 7  (a) (b)
6 3
1 2  1 1 1
69. If A    , then A = (c) (d)
3  5  3 6
5 2  76. Which of the following is true for matrix AB
 5 2   11 
(a)   (b)  11 (a) ( AB )1  A 1 B 1 (b) ( AB )1  B 1 A 1
 3 1  3 1
  
 11 11  (c) AB  BA (d) All of these
 5 2  cos x sin x 
77. If A    , then A. (adj( A)) =
 11 
11  5 2   sin x cos x 
(c)  3 (d) 
1 
3  1
   1 0  0 1 
 11 11  (a)   (b)  
0 1  1 0 
2 3 1
70. If A    , then A = 1 1  2 0 
4 6  (c)   (d)  
0 0   0  2
 1 2  2 3  0 1 2 
(a)   (b)  
 3 / 2 3  4 6   
78. The inverse matrix of 1 2 3 , is
 2 4  3 1 1 
(c)   (d) Does not exist
 3 6   1 1 1  1 5 
 2 4
4 2
 2 2 2 2
71. If A    ,then | adj A | is equal to (a)  4 3  1 (b)  1 6 3 
 5 1   
3 4

3
 1 2  1
 2 2 2   
(a) 16 (b) 10
1 2 3 1 1  1
(c) 6 (d) None of these 1  1 
(c) 3 2 1 (d) 8 6  2
 1  3  4 2 2
4 2 3   5  3 1 
 
72. The matrix A   1 3 4  is nilpotent of index
2 1 
 1  3  4  79. The multiplicative inverse of matrix   is
7 4 
 4 1  4 1 
(a)   (b)  
(a) 2 (b) 3  7  2  7  2
(c) 4 (d) 6 4 7   4 1 
(c)   (d)  
 i 1  2i 7 2  7 2 
73. The matrix A    is which of the following
  1  2 i 0   2 6 
80. If A    , then adj (A)
 5 7 
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric 7 6   2 6 
(a)   (b)  
(c) Hermitian (d) Skew-hermitian 5  2  5  7 
 7 5  (c) 20 (d) 100
(c)   (d) None of these
6  2  89. If A, B, C are three n  n matrices, then (ABC ) 
3 2 4 
  1
81. If matrix A  1 2  1 and A 1  adj( A), then K is
K (a) A B C  (b) C  B  A 
0 1 1 
(c) B C  A (d) B  A  C 

(a) 7 (b) –7 90. If X is a square matrix of order 3 × 3 and  is a scalar,

1 then adj ( X ) is equal to
(c) (d) 11
7
(a)  adjX (b) 3 adj X
3 4 
82. If A    , then A (adj A) = (c)  2 adj X (d) 4 adj X
5 7 
 x y 
(a) I (b) |A| 91. If X    then transpose of adj X is
z t 
(c) | A | I (d) None of these
 t z   t y 
(a)   (b)  
83. If for the matrix A, A  I , then A 1 
3
 y  x  z  x
(a) A2 (b) A3  t z 
(c)   (d) None of these
(c) A (d) None of these y  x 
0 0 1  5 2 
  92. The inverse of the matrix   is
84. If A  0 1 0 , then A 1  3 1 
1 0 0 
1  1 2  1 2
(a)   (b)  
(a) I (b) – I 11  3 5   3 5 
(c) – A (d) A 1 2 5   1 3
(c)   (d)  
 1 2  13  1 3   2 5 
85. Inverse of the matrix   is
3 4  1 0 0 1 0 0 
    1
93. A  0 1 1 ; I  0 1 0  A 1  [ A 2  cA  dI ]
1  4 2 1  1 2  6
(a)   (b)   0  2 4  0 0 1 
10  3 1 10 3 4 
where c, d  R , then pair of values (c, d )
1  4 2   4 2
(c)   3 1  (d)  
10    3 1
(a) (6, 11) (b) (6, –11)
cos 2  sin 2 
86. Inverse of the matrix   is (c) (–6, 11) (d) (–6, –11)
 sin 2 cos 2 
 3 1 
 
94. If P 2 2 , A  1 1 and Q  PAP T , then
cos 2  sin 2  cos 2 sin 2   
(a)  (b) 
 1 3  0 1
   
 sin 2 cos 2   sin 2  cos 2   2 2 
cos 2 sin 2   cos 2 sin 2  P(Q 2005 )P T equal to
(c)   (d)  
 sin 2 cos 2   sin 2 cos 2  1 2005   3 / 2 2005 
(a)   (b)  
1 1 1   4 2 2 0 1   1 0 
   
87. Let A   2 1  3  and (10 )B    5 0   . If B is  1 2005  1 3 / 2
1 1 1   1 2 3  (c)   (d)  
   3 / 2 1  0 2005 
the inverse of matrix A, then  is 1  1 1 
 
(a) 5 (b) – 1 95. If A  0 2  3  and B  (adj A) , and C  5 A, then
(c) 2 (d) – 2  2 1 0 

10 0  | adjB |
88. For any 2  2 matrix A, if A(adj A)   =
 then | A | is | C|
 0 10 
equal (a) 5 (b) 25
(c) –1 (d) 1
(a) 0 (b) 10
 (e) 125 2 0 0  1 2 3 
   
96. If A is a unit matrix of order n, then A(adj A) is 7. If A= 0 2 0  and B  0 1 3 , then | AB | is equal to
0 0 2  0 0 2 
(a) Zero matrix (b) Row matrix
(c) Unit matrix (d) None of these
97. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n, and C is a (a) 4 (b) 8

column matrix of order n  1 , then C AC is

T (c) 16 (d) 32

(a) A Identity matrix of order n 8. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that | A |  1,
(b) A unit matrix of order one | B |  3, then | 3 AB | =
(c) A zero matrix of order one (a) – 9 (b) – 81
(d) None of these (c) – 27 (d) 81
9. Equations x  y  2, 2 x  2 y  3 will have
Relation between determinants and matrices,
Rank of matrices and Solution of the equations (a) Only one solution (b) Many finite solutions
(c) No solution (d) None of these
1. If A is a square matrix of order 3, then the true statement 1 2 3
is (where I is unit matrix)  
10. If A  1 4 9  , then the value of | adj A | is
(a) det ( A)   det A (b) det A  0 1 8 27 
(c) det ( A  I)  1  det A (d) det 2 A  2 det A
2 5  0 3  (a) 36 (b) 72
2. If A    and B   , then
 3 7  4 1  (c) 144 (d) None of these
(a) | AB | | A || B | (b) | AB | | A | 11. If A be square matrix of order n and if | A |  D and

(c) | AB | | B | (d) | AB |  | A || B | | adj A |  D , then

1 2 3   x   4  2  (a) DD  D 2 (b) DD  Dn 1

     2
3. If 3 1 2  y    0  6    , then ( x , y, z ) =
1 (c) DD  Dn (d) None of these
 2 3 1   z   1 2   
12. The number of solution of the following equations
(a) (4 , 2, 2) (b) (4 ,  2,  2) x 2  x 3  1,  x 1  2 x 3  2, x 1  2 x 2  3 is
(c) (4 , 2, 2) (d) (4 ,  2,  2)
1 0 1   x  1  (a) Zero (b) One
4. The solution of the equation  1 1 0  y   1  is (c) Two (d) Infinite
 0  1 1  z  2  1 0 1 
 
( x , y, z ) = 13. If A   2 1 0 , then det A =
3 2 1 
(a) (1, 1 , 1) (b) (0,  1 2)
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) (1, 2, 2) (d) (–1, 0, 2)
(c) 4 (d) 5
5. Let A be a skew- symmetric matrix of odd order, then |A| 2 3 1 4 
is equal to  
14. The rank of the matrix, A  0 1 2  1 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 0  2  4 2 
(c) – 1 (d) None of these
6. The equation (a) 2 (b) 3
x  2 y  3 z  1, 2 x  y  3 z  2, 5 x  5 y  9 z  4 have (c) 1 (d) Indeterminate
15. The number of solutions of the system of equations
(a) Unique solution (b) Infinitely many 2 x  y  z  7, x  3 y  2 z  1, x  4 y  3 z  5 is
solutions
(c) Inconsistent (d) None of these (a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 0
  2 4 5  (c) 80 (d) None of these
 
16. If A   4 8 10  . Then rank of A is equal to i i 
a b
 6  12  15  23. If Ai   i i
b a 
and if | a |  1,| b |  1 , then  det( A ) is
i 1
i

equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3 a2 b2
(a) 2

 2  (1  a) (1  b)2
3
17. If A    and | A | =125, then  
 2   a2  b 2
(b)
(1  a 2 )(1  b 2 )
(a)  3 (b)  2
a2 b2
(c)  5 (d) 0 (c) 
(1  a)2 (1  b )2
1 1 1   x  0  x 
18.
      
If 1  2  2  y   3  , then y  is equal to a2 b2
(d) 
1 3 1   z  4   z  (1  a)2 (1  b)2
a b
(e) 
1  1 1a 1b
   
(a) 1 (b)  2  4 1 0 0 
1  3   
24. Rank of matrix  3 0 1 0  is
 1  1 6 0 2 0 
   
(c)  2  (d)  2 
 1   3  (a) 4 (b) 3

19. If A  O and B  O are n × n matrix such that AB  O, (c) 2 (d) 1

then 1 0  1 0 
25. If A    and I    , then which one of the
1 1  0 1 
(a) Det ( A)  0 or Det (B )  0
(b) Det ( A)  0 and Det (B )  0 following holds for all n  1 , (by the principal of
mathematical induction)
(c) Det (A)  Det (B)  0
(a) A n  nA  (n  1)I
(d) A 1  B 1
20. Let a, b, c be positive real numbers. The following system (b) A n  2 n 1 A  (n  1)I
of equations in x, y and z (c) A n  nA  (n  1)I
2 2  2 2  2 2 
x y z x y z x y z
   1 , 2  2  2  1, 2  2  2  1 (d) A n  2 n 1 A  (n  1)I
a2 b 2 c2 a b c a b c

has

(a) No solution (b) Unique solution

(c) Infinitely many solutions (d)Finitely many solutions

3 5  1 17 
21. If A    and B    then | AB | is equal to
2 0  0  10 
a b  2  
1. If A    and A   , then
b a    
(a) 80 (b) 100
(a)   a 2  b 2 ,   ab (b)   a 2  b 2 ,   2ab
(c) –110 (d) 92
(c)   a 2  b 2 ,   a 2  b 2 (d)   2ab,   a 2  b 2
22. Let the determinant of a 3  3 matrix A be 6 then B is a
matrix defined by B  5 A 2 . Then det of B is

(a) 180 (b) 100

 1a 1 1 8. If a, b, c and d are complex numbers, then the
2. For non zero, a, b, c if   1 1b 1  0 , then
determinant
1 1 1c 2 ab cd ab  cd
the value of
1 1 1   ab cd 2(a  b )(c  d ) ab(c  d )  cd (a  b ) is
  
a b c ab  cd ab(c  d )  cd (a  d ) 2abcd
1
(a) abc (b) (a) Dependent on a, b, c and d
abc
(b) Independent of a, b, c and d
(c) (a  b  c) (d) None of these
(c) Dependent on a, c and independent of b, d
a b c
(d) None of these
3. If b c a  k (a  b  c)(a 2  b 2  c 2 bc  ca  ab ) ,
9. If n  3 k and 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then
c a b
1 n  2n
then k = 2n
  1  n has the value
(a) 1 (b) 2 n  2n 1
(c) – 1 (d) – 2
b p c (a) 0 (b) 
4. If a  p, b  q, c  r and p  a q  b 2c = 0, then 2
(c)  (d) 1
a b r
a b 0
p q r
   10. If 0 a b  0 , then
p a q b rc
b 0 a
(a) 3 (b) 2
(a) a is one of the cube roots of unity
(c) 1 (d) 0 (b) b is one of the cube roots of unity
1 cos(    ) cos(   ) a
(c)   is one of the cube roots of unity
5. The value of cos(   ) 1 cos(   ) is b
cos(   ) cos(    ) 1 a
(d)   is one of the cube roots of –1
b

cos  sin  1
2
sin  cos  0
2 1 a b
(a) cos  sin  1 (b) sin  cos  0 11. In a ABC , if 1 c a  0 , then
cos  sin  1 sin  cos  0 1 b c
2 2 2
2 sin A  sin B  sin C 
cos  sin  0 9 4
(c) sin  0 cos  (d) None of these (a) (b)
4 9
0 cos  sin 
(c) 1 (d) 3 3
6. The value of x obtained from the equation 12. For positive numbers x, y and z the numerical value of
x    1 log x y log x z
 x   0 will be the determinant log y x 1 log y z is
  x  log z x log z y 1
(a) 0 and (     ) (b) 0 and (     )
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 and (     ) (d) 0 and ( 2   2   2 )
(c) log e xyz (d) None of these
x 3 7
th th th
7. If 5 is one root of the equation 2 x  2  0 , then 13. l, m , n are the p , q and r term of a G.P., all positive,
7 8 x log l p 1
then log m q 1 equals
other two roots of the equation are
log n r 1
(a) – 2 and 7 (b) – 2 and –7
(c) 2 and 7 (d) 2 and –7 (a) –1 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 0
 m b a m (c) 3 If a  2 (d) 1 if a  6
14. If x a y b  e m , x c y d  e n , 1  2  and
n d c n  cos  sin   2
21. If A    , then A 
3 
a b
, then the values of x and y are respectively  sin  cos  
c d
cos 2 sin 2  cos 2  sin 2 
(a)   (b)  
 sin 2 cos 2   sin 2 cos 2 
(a) 1 /  3 and  2 /  3  cos 2 sin 2   cos 2 sin 2 
(c)   (d)  
(b)  2 /  1 and  3 /  1  sin 2 cos 2    sin 2  cos 2 

(c) log ( 1 /  3 ) and log ( 2 /  3 ) 1 2 3

22. If A   2 3  1 and I is a unit matrix of 3 rd order,
(d) e 1 /  3 and e  2 /  3  3 1 2 
15. If a, b, c be positive and not all equal, then the value of the
then ( A 2  9 I) equals
a b c
determinant b c a is (a) 2A (b) 4A
c a b (c) 6A (d) None of these
 1 tan  / 2 
(a) –ve (b) + ve 23. If A    and AB  I , then B 
 tan  / 2 1 
(c) Depends on a, b, c (d) None of these
16. If x  cy  bz , y  az  cx , z  bx  ay (where x, y, z are (a) cos 2

.A (b) cos 2

.A T
2 2
not all zero) have a solution other than x  0 , y  0 ,

(c) cos 2 .I (d) None of these
z  0 then a, b and c are connected by the relation 2
 4 2
(a) a 2  b 2  c 2  3 abc  0
24. If A    and I is the identity matrix of order 2, then
 1 1 
(b) a 2  b 2  c 2  2 abc  0 ( A  2 I)( A  3 I) 
(c) a 2  b 2  c 2  2 abc  1 (a) I (b) O
(d) a 2  b 2  c 2  bc  ca  ab  1 1 0  0 0 
(c)   (d)  
17. If |A| denotes the value of the determinant of the square 0 0  0 1 
matrix A of order 3, then |– 2A|= 1 2 1
 
25. If A  0 1  1 , then
(a) 8 | A | (b) 8 | A | 3  1 1 

(c) 2 | A | (d) None of these (a) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I3  O

(b) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I3  O
18. If the system of equations ax  y  z  0 ,
x  by  z  0 and x  y  cz  0 , where a, b, c  1, has a (c) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I3  O

non trivial solution, then the value of (d) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I3  O

1 1 1 26. If 3 X  2Y  I and 2 X  Y  O , where I and O are unit
  is
1a 1b 1c
and null matrices of order 3 respectively, then
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these (a) X  (1 / 7 ), Y  (2 / 7) (b) X  (2 / 7), Y  (1 / 7)
19. If A is a matrix of order 3 and |A| = 8, then | adj A |  (c) X  (1 / 7 )I, Y  (2 / 7 ) I (d) X  (2 / 7) I, Y  (1 / 7 ) I
4 6  1  2 4
   
(a) 1 (b) 2 27. Let A   3 0 2 , B   0 1  and C  [3 1 2] . The
(c) 23 (d) 2 6 1  2 5   1 2 
 1 2 5  expression which is not defined is
 
20. The rank of the matrix  2  4 a  4  is (a) BB (b) CAB
 1  2 a  1  (c) A  B (d) A 2  A
28. If A is 3×4 matrix and B is a matrix such that AB and
(a) 1 if a  6 (b) 2 if a  1 B A  are both defined. Then B is of the type
 21 1
(a) (b)
(a) 3 × 4 (b) 3 × 3 20 5
(c) 4 × 4 (d) 4 × 3 2 2
(c)  (d)
1  5 5
  cos   sin  0
29. If A   2 , then A A  
 
3  35. Let F( )   sin  cos  0  , where   R.
 0 0 1 
1 
 
(a) 14 (b) 4  Then [F( )]1 is equal to
3 
(a) F( ) (b) F( 1 )
1 2 3  (c) F(2 ) (d) None of these
 
(c) 2 4 6  (d) None of these
3 6 9  36. If A and B are two square matrices such that B   A 1 BA,
then ( A  B) 2 
30. If A , B  are transpose matrices of the square matrices
(a) 0 (b) A2  B2
A, B respectively , then ( AB ) is equal to
(c) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (d) A  B
(a) A B  (b) B A 
37. The set of all 2  2 matrices over the real numbers is not
(c) AB  (d) B A  a group under matrix multiplication because
a 0 0 
 
31. If A  0 b 0  , then A n 
0 0 c  (a) Identity element does not exist
(b) Closure property is not satisfied
na 0 0 a 0 0 
    (c) Association property is not satisfied
(a)  0 nb 0 (b) 0 b 0 
 0 0 nc  0 0 c  (d) Inverse axiom may not be satisfied
a n 0 0 38. If A, B, C are three square matrices such that AB  AC
 
(c) 0 bn 0 (d) None of these implies B  C , then the matrix A is always a/an
0 0 c n 

3 5 7  (a) Singular matrix (b) Non-singular matrix
 
32. The inverse of  2  3 1  is
(c) Orthogonal matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
1 1 2 
39. Out of the following a skew- symmetric matrix is
7 3  26  7 3  26 
   
(a)  3 1  11  (b)  3 1 11 
 5  0 4 5   1 4 5 
2 0   5 2 1     
(a)  4 0  6 (b)  4 1  6
3 1 11    5 6 0    5 6 1 
 
(c) 7 3  26  (d) None of these
 5 2 1   1 4 5  i  1 4 5 
   
(c)  4 2  6 (d)   4 i  6
33. For each real number x such that 1  x  1, let A(x ) be   5 6 3    5 6 i 
1
1  x  x y
the matrix (1  x )   and z  Then 40. If A is a square matrix A  A T is symmetric matrix, then
 x
 1 1  xy
A  AT =
(a) A(z )  A(x )  A(y ) (b) A(z )  A( x )[ A(y )]1
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix
(c) A(z )  A(x ) A(y ) (d) A(z )  A(x )  A(y )
(c) Skew symmetric matrix (d) Zero matrix
1 0  1
   1/ 2 1/ 2 
34. If matrix A  3 4 5  and its inverse is denoted by 41. The matrix A    is
0 6 7   1 / 2  1 / 2 

 a11 a12 a13  (a) Unitary (b) Orthogonal

 
A 1  a21 a22 a23  , then the value of a 23 =
(c) Nilpotent (d) Involutory
a31 a32 a33 
 1 2 2 
1 
42. The matrix A  2 1  2  is
3
 2 2  1 

(a) Orthogonal (b) Involutory

(c) Idempotent (d) Nilpotent
43. In a upper triangular matrix n  n , minimum number of
zeros is
(a) n(n  1) / 2 (b) n(n  1) / 2

(c) 2n(n  1) / 2 (d) None of these

44. The product of a matrix and its transpose is an identity

matrix. the value of determinant of this matrix is

(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c)  1 (d) 1
45. In a third order determinant, each element of the first
column consists of sum of two terms, each element of the
second column consists of sum of three terms and each
element of the third column consists of sum of four terms.
Then it can be decomposed into n determinants, where n
has the value
(a) 1 (b) 9
(c) 16 (d) 24

* * * * * * *
 26 c 27 d 28 b 29 c 30 b
31 d 32 b 33 c 34 b 35 d
36 c 37 c 38 d 39 a 40 a
41 b 42 b 43 c 44 a 45 b
46 d 47 b 48 a 49 a 50 d
51 b 52 b 53 b 54 a 55 b
56 b 57 d 58 a 59 b 60 b
61 c 62 c 63 d 64 d 65 b
Expansion of determinants, Solution of equation in the 66 b 67 b 68 d 69 d 70 a
71 b 72 c 73 a 74 c 75 c
form of determinants and properties of determinants
76 b 77 c 78 b 79 c 80 a
81 c 82 b 83 b 84 a 85 b
1 b 2 a 3 d 4 c 5 b 86 a 87 b 88 d 89 b 90 b
6 d 7 a 8 a 9 b 10 c 91 d 92 a 93 b 94 a 95 b
11 b 12 d 13 b 14 d 15 d 96 b 97 c 98 a 99 c 100 d
16 b 17 d 18 b 19 a 20 c 101 a 102 a 103 d 104 a 105 c
21 c 22 b 23 c 24 d 25 c 106 b 107 c
26 a 27 d 28 b 29 a 30 d
31 b 32 a 33 a 34 a 35 a Special types of matrices, Transpose, Adjoint
36 a 37 b 38 d 39 c 40 d
41 b 42 b 43 c 44 d 45 d
and inverse of matrices
46 d 47 d 48 a 49 a 50 b
51 a 52 b 53 b 54 b 55 a 1 c 2 d 3 a 4 b 5 a
56 d 57 b 58 c 59 b 60 a 6 b 7 b 8 b 9 c 10 b
61 a 62 b 63 d 64 d 65 c 11 c 12 b 13 a 14 b 15 a
66 a 67 b 68 c 69 a 70 a 16 b 17 a 18 d 19 a 20 d
71 d 72 b 73 b 74 c 75 b 21 b 22 a 23 b 24 d 25 b
76 d 77 a 78 b 79 c 80 b 26 a 27 a 28 d 29 a 30 b
81 d 82 b 83 c 84 b 85 d 31 b 32 b 33 a 34 c 35 a
86 b 87 c 88 c 89 b 90 a 36 a 37 a 38 b 39 c 40 c
91 d 92 b 93 b 94 b 95 b 41 a 42 b 43 b 44 c 45 a
96 a 97 b 98 c 99 c 100 b 46 b 47 b 48 d 49 a 50 c
101 a 102 a 103 a 104 a 105 a 51 b 52 b 53 d 54 b 55 b
106 a 107 d 108 b 109 d 110 d 56 a 57 c 58 b 59 b 60 b
111 a 112 b 113 d 114 c 115 c 61 b 62 b 63 d 64 c 65 a
116 b 117 a 118 b 119 d 120 c
66 b 67 b 68 b 69 b 70 d
121 a 122 c 123 b 124 d
71 b 72 a 73 d 74 b 75 a
76 b 77 a 78 a 79 d 80 a
Minors and Co-factors, Product of determinants 81 d 82 c 83 a 84 d 85 a
86 d 87 a 88 b 89 b 90 c
1 b 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 b 91 c 92 a 93 c 94 a 95 d
6 a 7 b 8 b 9 c 10 b 96 a 97 c

System of linear equations, Some special determinants, Relation between determinants and matrices,
differentiation and integration of determinants Rank of matrices and Solution of the equations

1 d 2 c 3 c 4 d 5 d 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 d 5 a
6 b 7 b 8 a 9 d 10 d 6 a 7 c 8 b 9 c 10 c
11 a 12 d 13 b 14 c 15 a 11 c 12 a 13 a 14 a 15 d
16 a 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 d 16 b 17 a 18 d 19 a 20 b
21 a 22 c 23 b 24 b 25 a 21 b 22 a 23 b 24 c 25 c
26 a 27 c 28 d 29 b 30 a
31 d 32 d 33 a 34 b 35 c
36 c 37 c 38 d Critical Thinking Questions

Types of matrices, Algebra of matrices 1 b 2 d 3 c 4 b 5 b

6 a 7 d 8 b 9 a 10 d
1 b 2 d 3 c 4 c 5 a 11 a 12 a 13 d 14 d 15 a
6 a 7 d 8 a 9 b 10 a 16 c 17 a 18 c 19 d 20 b, d
11 b 12 b 13 a 14 b 15 d 21 c 22 d 23 b 24 b 25 d
16 b 17 b 18 c 19 c 20 c 26 c 27 c 28 a 29 c 30 b
21 b 22 c 23 c 24 b 25 b
31 c 32 d 33 c 34 c 35 a
36 b 37 d 38 b 39 a 40 c
41 c 42 a 43 a 44 c 45 d