MATHEMATICS ASSOCIATION MALAPPURAM

(MATRICES MODEL & PREVIOUS QUESTIONS)

2 x 4
01. a) Let A =
[ 5
4
3
y
8
9 ] , if A is symmetric , find value of

x and y

b) From part (a) verify that AA' and A + A' are symmetric
matrices [ A' means AT ]

3 1
02. a) A =
[ −1 2 ] , Show that A 2 – 5 A + 7 I = 0 . Hence find

A4

03. a) Construct a 3 x 3 matrix A ,whose (i , j ) th element is given

by aij = 2 i – j

b) Express A as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric

matrix.

x 2 + y − 1 = 10
04. Find x and y if
[] [ ] [ ]
3 1 5

2 −2 − 4
b) Express A =
[ −1 3 4
1 −2 −3 ] as the sum of a symmetric

and skew- symmetric matrices

05. a ) Construct a 2 x 2 matrix A = [a ij ] whose elements are
given by a ij = 2 i + j Also , find A + AT and A - AT

1 0 2
b) Find A 2
for A =
[ ]
0 1 2
0 4 9

1 k
06. a) The value of ‘ k ’ such that the matrix
[ −k 1 ] is

symmetric is
A) 0 B) 1 C) -1 D) 2

cos θ sin θ
b) If A =
[−sin θ cos θ ] then prove that

cos 2 θ sin 2 θ
A2 = [ −sin 2 θ cos 2 θ ]
c) If A=
[ 14 31 ] , then find | 3 A | T

a 1
07. If A =
[ 1 0 ] is such that A = I , then ‘ a ’ equals
2

A) 1 B) -1 C) 0 D) 2

08. a) The number of all possible 2x2 matrices with entries

‘ 0 ’ or ‘ 1’ is
A) 8 B) 9 C) 16 D) 25

b) If the area of triangle whose vertices are ( k , 0) , (5 , 0 )

and ( 0, 1 ) is 0 sq. Units then find the value of ‘ k ’
 0 1 1 0
09. a) If A =
[ ]
0 0 [ ] , then BA = - - - - -
,B=
0 0

A = 2 −6 as the sum of a symmetric and a

b) Write
[ 1 −2 ]
skew-symmetric matrix.

10. a) If a matrix is both symmetric and skew-symmetric ,

then A is - - - - -

1 3
b) If A =
[ −2 4 ] , then show that A2 – 5 A + 10 I = 0

1 0
11. Choose the correct Option related to A=
[ ]
0 1
and

0 1
B=
[ ]
1 0
A) A3 = A , B3 ≠ B B) A3 ≠ A , B3 = B

C) A3 = A , B3 = B D) A3 ≠ A , B3 ≠ B

7 5
b) If M =
[ ]
2 3
, then verify the equation

M 2 – 10 M + 11 I = 0

3 −2
12. Consider A =
[ 4 −2 ]
a) Find A2
b) Find ‘ k ’ so that A2 = k A – 2 I
13. a) Write two non-zero matrices A and B such that AB = 0
1 −1
b) Express A =
[ 2 3 ] as the sum of a symmetric and a

skew-symmetric matrix.

14. a) Let A = [ ai j ] 2 x 2 where a i j = i + j . Construct A

b) Find AA' and hence prove that AA' is symmetric

c) For any matrix A , prove that A + A' is symmetric

15. a) If a matrix A is both row and column, then A is of order - - -

b) For any square matrix A prove that A – A' is skew-
symmetric.