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1. If a matrix has 28 elements, what are the possible orders It can have? What if it has 13 elements ?
 
a 1 x 
 2 
2. In the matrix A   2 3 x  y  , write :
 2 
0 5 
 5 
(i) The order of the matrix A (ii) The number of elements (iii) Elements a 23, a 31 and a 12
3. Construct a 22 matrix, where :

(i)
 i  2 j 2 (ii) aij  2i  3 j
aij 
2
4. Construct a 3  2 matrix whose elements are given by aij  ei  x sin jx .

 a  4 36   2a  2 b2  2 
5. Find the values of a and b, if A = B, where: A   and B   
 8 6   8 b 2  56 
 3 1 x y z
6. If possible, find the sum of the matrices A and B, where A    and B   .
 2 3  a b c 
3 1 1  2 1 1
7. If X    and Y    , then find :
5 2 3 7 2 4 
(i) X Y (ii) 2 X  3Y (iii) A matrix Z such that X  Y  Z is a zero matrix

8.
 2 x 2
Find non-zero values of x-satisfying the matrix equation: x    2
8 5 x 
4 4x  2
 x2  8
   24 
.
 3 x    10 
 6 x 
0 1 0 1
9. If A    and B  1 0  , then show that  A  B  A  B   A2  B 2 .
1 1  
 1 3 2 1 
10. Find the value of x, if : 1 x 1  2 5 1   
 2  0 .
15 3 2   x 
5 3 2 1
11. Show that A  
1  2  satisfies the equation A  3 A  7 I  0 and hence find the value of A .
 
 2 1    3 2  1 0 
12. Find the matrix A satisfying the matrix equation   A  .
 1 2   5  3  0 1 
 4   4 8 4  3  4
 2 1 2
Find A, if 1  A    If A  1 1  and B  
2 2 2
13.  1 2 1  14.  , then verify  BA   B A .
 1 2 4
 3    3 6 3   2 0 
4 1 
2 1 2 2 3
15. If possible, find the value of BA and AB, where A    and B   .
 1 2 4   1 2 
16. Show by an example that for A  0 ,B  0 and AB  0 .

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1 4 
2 4 0  
17. Given, A    and B   2 8  . Is  AB  '  B' A' ?
3 9 6  1 3 
 2 3    8 
18. Solve for x and y : x    y       0.
1
  5   11
19. If X and Y are 2  2 matrices, then solve the following matrix equation for X and Y
 2 3  2 2 
2 X  3Y    , 3 X  2Y   .
 4 0  1 5
20. If A  3 5 and B  7 3 , then find a non-zero matrix C such that AC = BC.

21. Give an example of matrices A, B and C such that AB = AC, where A is non-zero matrix but B  C .

 1 2 2 3   1 0
22. If A    ,B   3 4  and C   1 0  , verify
  2 1     
(i)  AB  C  A  BC  . (ii) A  B  C   AB  AC
 x 0 0  a 0 0  xa 0 0
23. If P  0 y 0  and Q   0 b 0  , then prove that PQ   0
    yb 0   QP .
0 0 z   0 0 c   0 0 zc 

1 0 1  1 
24. If  2 1 3 1 1 0   0   A , then find the value of A.
 0 1 1   1

5 3 4   1 2 1 
25. If A   2 1 ,B    and C    , then verify that A  B  C    AB  AC  .
8 7 6   1 0 2
1 0 1
26. If A  2 1 3  , then verify that A2  A   A  I  , Where I is 3  3 unit matrix.
0 1 1 
 4 0
0 1 2  1 3  , then verify that :
27. If A    and B   
 4 3  4   2 6 
(i)  A' '  A (ii)  AB '  B' A' (iii)  kA '   kA' 
1 2  1 2 
28. If A  4 1  and B   6 4  , then verify that :
5 6  7 3 
(i)  2 A  B '  2 A  B' . (ii)  A  B '  A'  B' .
29. Show that A' A and A A' are both symmetric matrices for any matrix A.
30. If A is square matrix such that A2  A , then show that  I  A 3  7 A  I .
2
31. Show that, if A and B are square matrices such that AB = BA, then  A  B   A2  2 AB  B 2 .
 1 2  4 0 2 0 
32. If A    ,B    ,C    ,a  4 , and b   2 , then show that
 1 3  1 5  1 2 
(i) A  B  C   A B  C (ii) A  BC    AB  C (iii)  a  b  B  aB  bB
T
(iv) a  C  A   aC  aA (v) A 
T
A (vi)  bA T  bAT

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(vii)  AB T  BT AT (viii)  A  B  C  AC  BC
(ix)  A  B T  AT  BT
 cos q sin q  2  cos 2q sin 2 q 
33. If A    , then show that A    sin 2q cos 2q  .
  sin q cos q   
0  x  0 1  2 2 2 2
34. If A  
x 0  ,B  1 0  and x   1 , then show that  A  B   A  B .
   
0 1 1
35. Verify that A  I , when A  4 3 4  .
2

3 3 4 

36.
n
 
Prove by mathematical induction that  A'   An ' where n  N for any square matrix A.

37. Find inverse, by elementary row operations (if possible), of the following matrices.
 1 3  1 3
(i) A  (ii) A 
  5 7   2 6 
 xy 4  8 w
38. If   , then find the values of x, y, z and w.
 z  6 x  y  0 6 
1 5   9 1
39. If A    and B    , then find a matrix C such that 3 A  5 B  2C is null matrix.
7 12   7 8
 3 5  2 3
40. If A    , then find A  5 A  14 I . Hence, obtain A .
  4 2 
a b   a 6  4 a  b
41. Find the values of a, b, c and d, if 3     1 2d   c  d .
 c d     3 
 2 1  1 8 10 
42. Find the matrix A such that  1 0  A   1 2 5  .
 

 3 4   9 22 15 
1 2  2
43. If A    , then find A  2 A  7 I
 4 1 
 cos  sin   1
44. If A    and A  A' , then find the value of .
  sin  cos  
0 a 3 
45. If matrix  2 b 1 is a skew-symmetric matrix, then find the values of a, b and c.
 c 1 0 
 cos x sin x 
46. If P  x     , then show that P  x   P  y   P  x  y   P  y   P  x  .
  sin x cos x 
47. If A, B are square matrices of same order and B is a skew-symmetric matrix, then show that A BA is
skew-symmetric.

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Choose the correct alternative. Only One choice is correct.

0 0 4 
48. The matrix P  0 4 0  is a :
 4 0 0 
(A) Square matrix (B) diagonal matrix (C) unit matrix (D) None of these

49. Total number of possible matrices of order 3  3 with each entry 2 or 0 is :

(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 81 (D) 512

 2 x  y 4 x   7 7 y  13
50.  5 x  7 4 x    y x  6  , then the value of x  y is
   
(A) x  3, y  1 (B) x  2, y  3 (C) x  2, y  4 (D) x  3, y  3

 1 1  x    1 1  x  
 sin  x  tan     cos  x  tan   
1 
  1   
51. If A   and B   . Then A – B is equal to :
  1  x  1
  1  x  1

 sin   cot  x    sin    tan  x 
       
1
(A) I (B) 0 (C) 2I (D) I
2
52. If A and B are two matrices of the order 3  m and 3  n , respectively and m  n then order of matrix  5 A  2 B 
is :
(A) m3 (B) 3 3 (C) mn (D) 3 n

0 1  2
53. If A    , then A is equal to
1 0 
0 1  1 0  0 1  1 0
(A)  1 0 (B) 1 0  (C) 0 1 (D) 0 1 
       

54. If matrix A  aij  where a ij  1, if i  j  0 and if i  j , then A2 is equal to :

22'

(A) I (B) A (C) 0 (D) None of these

1 0 0 
55. The matrix 0 2 0  is a :
0 0 4 
(A) Identity matrix (B) Symmetric matrix
(C) Skew-symmetric matrix (D) None of these

 0 5 8 
56. The matrix  5 0 12  is a:
 8 12 0 
(A) Diagonal matrix (B) symmetric matrix
(C) skew-symmetric matrix (D) scalar matrix
57. If A matrix of order m  n and B is a matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then order of matrix B is :
(A) mn (B) nn (C) n m (D) mn

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58. If A and B are matrices of same order, then  AB'  BA'  is a :

(A) Skew-symmetric matrix (B) Null matrix
(C) Symmetric matrix (D) Unit matrix

59. If A is a square matrix such that A2  I , then :

 A  I 3   A  I 3  7 A is equal to
(A) A (B) IA (C) IA (D) 3A
60. For any two matrices A and B, we have :
(A) AB  BA (B) AB  BA (C) AB  0 (D) None of these

61. On using elementary column operations C2  C2  2C1 in the following matrix equation
1 3 1 1  3 1 
 2 4   0 1   2 4  , we have :
    
1 5  1 1  3 5  1 5 1 1  3 5
(A) 0 4    2 2   2 0  (B) 0 4   0 1   0 2 
         
1 5  1 3  3 1  1 5  1 1  3 5 
(C)  2 0   0 1   2 4  (D)  2 0   0 1   2 0 
         

 4 2  1 2   2 0 
62. On using elementary row operation R1  R1  3R2 in the following matrix equation    ,
 3 3   0 3  1 1 
we have :
 5 7  1 7   2 0   5 7  1 2   1 3
(A)  3 3    0 3  1 1  (B)  3 3   0 3   1 1 
         
 5 7  1 2   2 0   4 2   1 2   2 0
(C)  3 3   1 7  1 1  (D)  5 7   3 3 1 1 
         
FILLERS
63. ………. matrix is both symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix.
64. Sum of two skew-symmetric matrices is always ………. matrix.
65. The negative of matrix is obtained by multiplying it by ……… .
66. The product of any matrix by the scalar ………. is the null matrix.
67. A matrix which is not a square matrix is called a ………. matrix.
68. Matrix multiplication is ………. over addition.

69 If A is a symmetric matrix, then A3 is a ………. matrix.

70. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A2 is a ……….
71. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then
(i)  AB '  ........ (ii)  kA '  ....... (where, k is any scalar) (iii)  k  A  B  '  ........
72. If A is a skew-symmetric, then k A is a ………. (Where, k is any scalar).
73. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then :
(i) AB  BA is a (ii) BA  2 AB is a
74. If A is symmetric matrix, then B' AB is ………..

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TRUE/FALSE
75. A matrix denotes a number.
76. Matrices of any order can be added.
77. Two matrices are equal, if they have same number of rows and same number of columns.
78. Matrices of different order cannot be subtracted.
79. Matrix addition is associative as well as commutative.
80. Matrix multiplication is commutative.
81. A square matrix where every element is unity is called an identity matrix.
82. If A and B are two square matrices of the same order, then A  B  B  A .
83. If A and B are two matrices of the same order, then A  B  B  A .
84. If matrix AB  0 then A  0 or B  0 or both A and B are null matrices.
85. Transpose of a column matrix is a column matrix.
86. If A and B are two square matrices of the same order, then AB  BA .
87. If each of the three matrices of the same order are symmetric, then their sum is a symmetric matrix.
88. If A and B are any two matrices of the same order, then  AB '  A' B' .
89. If  AB '  B' A' where A and B are not square matrices, then number of rows in A is equal to number of columns
in B and number of columns in A is equal to number of rows in B.
90. If A, B and C are square matrices of same order, then AB = AC always implies that B = C
91. AA is always a symmetric matrix for any matrix A.
 2 3
2 3 1  4 5 , then AB and BA are defined and equal.
92. If A    and B 
1 4 2  
 
 2 1 
93. If A is skew-symmetric matrix, then A2 is a symmetric matrix.
94.  AB 1  A1 .B 1 , where A and B are invertible matrices satisfying commutative property with respect to
multiplication.
ax y z
x2  x  1 x  1
95. Evaluate 96. Simplify x a y z
x 1 x 1
x y az
0 xy 2 xz 2 3x  x  y  x  z
2 2
97. Simplify x y 0 zy 98. Evaluate x  y 3y z y
2 2 xz yz 3z
x z zy 0
x4 x x a b c 2a 2a
99. Simplify x x4 x 100. Simplify 2b bca 2b
x x x4 2c 2c c a b
y2 z2 yz yz yz z y
2 2
101. Find the value of z x zx zx 102. Find the value of z zx x
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a 2  2 a 2a  1 1 1 cos C cos B
103. Simplify 2a  1 a2 1 104. If A+ B + C = 0, then prove that cos C 1 cos A  0
3 3 1 cos B cos A 1
105. If the coordinates of the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides of length ‘a’ are  x1 , y1  , x2 , y2  and
2
x1 y1 1
3a 4
 3 3
x , y , then prove that x2 y2 1  .
4
x3 y3 1

1 1 sin 3 
106. Find the value of θ satisfying   4 3 cos 2   0
 7 7 2 
4 x 4 x 4 x
107. If 4  x 4  x 4  x  0 , then find the value of x.
4 x 4 x 4 x
ar 1 ar 5 ar 9
108. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,...., ar are in GP, then prove that the determinant ar  7 ar 11 ar 15 is independent of r.
ar 11 ar 17 ar  21
109. Show that the points  a  5,a  4  , a  2 ,a  3  and  a,a  do not lie on a straight line any value of a.
110. Show that  ABC is an isosceles triangle, if the determinant

1 1 1
 1  cos A 1  cos B 1  cos C 0
2 2 2
cos A  cos A cos B  cos B cos C  cos C
0 1 1
A2  3 I
111. Find A1 , if A  1 0 1 and show that A1 
2
1 1 0
1 2 0
112. If A   2 1  2 , then find the value of A1
0 1 1
Using A1 , solve the symmetry of linear equations x  2 y  10 , 2 x  y  z  8 and 2 y  z  7 .

113. Using matrix method, solve the system of equations 3 x  2 y  2 z  3 , x  2 y  3 z  6 and 2 x  y  z  2 .

2 2 4 1 1 0
114. If A  4 2 4 and B  2 3 4 , then find BA and use this to solve the system of equations
2 1 5 0 1 2
y  2 z  7 , x  y  3 and 2 x  3 y  4 z  17 .
a b c
115. If a  b  c  0 and b c a  0 , then prove that a = b = c.
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bc  a 2 ca  b 2 ab  c 2
116. Prove that ca  b 2 ab  c 2 bc  a 2 is divisible by  a  b  c  and find the quotient.
ab  c 2 bc  a 2 ca  b 2

xa yb zc a b c
117. If x + y + z = 0, then prove that yc za xb  xyz c a b.
zb xc ya b c a

Choose the correct alternative. Only One choice is correct.

2x 5 6 2
118. If  , then the value of x is :
8 x 7 3
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 6
a b b c a
119. The value of b  a c  a b is :
ca ab c

(A) a 3  b3  c3 (B) 3bc

3 3 3
(C) a  b  c  3abc (D) None of these
120. If the area of a triangle with vertices  3 ,0  , 3 ,0  and  0 ,k  is 9 sq units. Then, the value of k will be :
(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) -9 (D) 6

b 2  ab b  c bc  ac
2
121. The determinant ab  a a  b b 2  ab equals to :
bc  ac c  a ab  a 2

(A) abc b  c c  a a  b  (B) b  cc  a a  b

(C) a  b  c b  c c  a a  b (D) None of these

sin x cos x cos x

 
122. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sin x cos x  0 in the interval   x  is :
4 4
cos x cos x sin x
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

1 cos C cos B
123. If A,B and C are angles of triangle, then the determinant cos C 1 cos A is equal to :
cos B cos A 1
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) None of these

cos t t 1
f t 
124. If f  t   2 sin t t 2t , then lim is equal to :
t 0 t2
sin t t t
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

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1 1 1
125. The maximum value of  1 1  sin  1 is : (where, θ is real number)
1  cos  1 1
1 3 2 3
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D)
2 2 4
xa
0 xb
126. If f  x   x  a 0 x  c , then :
xb xc 0
(A) f a  0 (B) f b  0 (C) f 0  0 (D) f 1  0

2  3
127. If A  0 2 5 , then A1 exists, if :
1 1 3
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C)   2 (D) None of these
128. If A and B are invertible matrices, then which of the following is not correct ?
1 1
(A) adj A  A  A1 (B) det  A   det  A

(C)  AB 1  B 1 A1 (D)  A  B 1  B1  A1

1 x 1 1
129. If x, y and z are all different from zero and 1 1 y 1  0 , then the value of x 1  y 1  z 1 is :
1 1 1 z
(A) xyz (B) x1 y1 z1 (C) x  y  z (D) 1
x x y x  2y
130. The value of x  2 y x x  y is :
x y x  2y x

(A) 9x 2  x  y  (B) 9 y2  x  y  (C) 3y 2  x  y  (D) 7x 2  x  y 

1 2 5
131. If there are two values of a which makes determinant,   2 a 1  86 , then the sum of these number is :
0 4 2a
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 9

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132. If A is a matrix of order 3  3 , then 3A is equal to _____.
133. If A is invertible matrix of order 3 3 then | A1 | is equal to _____.
2 2
2 x
 2 x  2 x
 2 x  1
2 2
134. If x, y, z  R , then the value of 3 x
 3 x  3 x
 3 x  1 is _____.
2 2
4 x
 4 x  4 x
 4 x  1

2
0 cos  sin 
135. If cos 2  0 , then cos  sin  0 is equal to _____.
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1
136. If A is a matrix of order 3  3 , then A2   is equal to _____.

137. If A is a matrix of order 3 3 , then the number of minors in determinant of A are _____.

138. The sum of products of elements of any row with the cofactors of corresponding elements is equal to _____.
x 3 7
139. If x   9 is a root of 2 x 2  0 , then other two roots are ………. .
7 6 x
0 xyz x z
140. yx 0 y  z is equal to _____.
zx zy 0

1  x 17 1  x 19 1  x 23

23
141. If f  x   1  x  1  x 29 1  x 34  A  Bx  Cx 2  ........ , then A is equal to _____.
1  x 41 1  x 43 1  x 47
TRUE/FALSE
1 3
142. A  3
 
 A1 , where A is a square matrix and A  0 .

1 1
143.  aA1  A Where a is any real number and A is a square matrix.
a
1
144. A1  A , where A is a non-singular matrix.

145. If A and B are matrices of order 3 and A  5, B  3 , then 3 AB  27  5  3  405 .

146. If the value of a third order determinant is 12, then the value of the determinant formed by replacing each element
by its cofactor will 144.
x 1 x2 xa
147. x2 x3 x  b  0 , where a, b and c are in AP.
x3 x4 xc
2
148. adj A  A , where A is a square matrix of order two.
sin A cos A sin A  cos B
149. The determinant sin B cos A sin B  cos B is equal to zero.
sin C cos A sin C  cos B
xa pu l f
150. If the determinant y  b q  v m  g splits into exactly k determinants of order 3, each element of which
z c r  w nh
contains only one term, then the value of k is 8.
a p x px ax a p
151. If   b q y  16 , then 1  q  y b  y b  q  32 .
c r z rz cz cr
1 1 1
1
152. The maximum value of 1 1  sin  1 is .
2
1 1 1  cos 

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