Chapter 6

Matrices

1. The number of 3 × 3 non-singular matrices, with 4. Statement-1 : Determinant of a skew-symmetric

four entries as 1 and all other entries as 0, is matrix of order 3 is zero.
[AIEEE-2010] Statement-2 : For any matrix A, det(AT) = det(A)
and det(–A) = –det(A).
(1) Less than 4 (2) 5
Where det(B) denotes the determinant of matrix B.
(3) 6 (4) At least 7
Then [AIEEE-2011]
2. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with non-zero entries and (1) Statement-1 is false and statement-2 is true
let A2 = I, where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix. Define
(2) Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false
Tr(A) = sum of diagonal elements of A and
(3) Both statements are true
|A| = determinant of matrix A.
(4) Both statements are false
Statement-1 : Tr(A) = 0.
5. If   1 is the complex cube root of unity and
Statement-2 : |A| = 1. [AIEEE-2010]  0 
matrix H =  70
 , then H is equal to
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;  0 
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for [AIEEE-2011]
Statement-1 (1) H2 (2) H
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; (3) 0 (4) – H
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-1 1 0 0 
 
6. Let A   2 1 0  if u 1 and u 2 are column
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false 3 2 1 
 
(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
 1 0
   
3. Consider the following relation R on the set of real matrices such that Au1   0  and Au2   1  ,
square matrices of order 3. 0 0
   
R = {(A, B)|A = P–1 BP for some invertible matrix P}. then u1 + u2 is equal to [AIEEE-2012]
Statement-1 : R is an equivalence relation.
 1  1
Statement-2 : For any two invertible 3 × 3 (1)  1   
 
(2)  1
matrices M and N, (MN)–1 = N–1M–1.  1 0
   
[AIEEE-2011]
1  1
(1) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false    
(3)  1 (4) 1
(2) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true  1 0
   
(3) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true;
7. If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that
statement-2 is a correct explanation for
statement-1 AA  AA and B  A1A , then BB equals
[JEE (Main)-2014]
(4) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true;
statement-2 is not a correct explanation for (1) B–1 (2) (B 1)
statement-1 (3) I + B (4) I
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 0 2q r 
1 2 2   
12. Let A   p q T
r  . If AA = I3, then |p| is
8. If A =  2 1 2  is a matrix satisfying the
 p q 
a 2 b   r 

equation AAT = 9I, where I is 3 × 3 identity matrix, [JEE (Main)-2019]

then the ordered pair (a, b) is equal to
[JEE (Main)-2015] 1 1
(1) (2)
(1) (2, –1) (2) (–2, 1) 3 6

(3) (2, 1) (4) (–2, –1) 1 1

(3) (4)
5 2
cos  – sin 
9. If A =  sin  cos   , then the matrix
  13. Let A and B be two invertible matrices of order 3 × 3.
If det(ABAT) = 8 and det(AB–1) = 8, then det(BA–1BT)
 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
A–50 when  = , is equal to
12 (1) 1 (2) 16
[JEE (Main)-2019]
1 1
(3) (4)
16 4
1  3  1 3
2 2   2 2 
   1 0 0
(1)  3  (2) 1
14. Let P  3 1 0  and Q = [q ij ] be two 3 × 3
 1  – 3
 2 2   2 2 
9 3 1

q21  q31
 3 1   3 1 matrices such that Q – P5 = l3. Then is
   –  q32
 2 2   2 2 
(3)  1 3  (4)  1 3  equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
 – 2 2   2 2  (1) 10 (2) 135
(3) 9 (4) 15
e t t
e cos t t 
e sin t
   cos   sin  
A  e t t t
e cos t  e sin t t t
e sin t  e cos t  , 15. Let A    , (  R ) such that
10. If  t   sin  cos  
e 2e t sin t 2e  t cos t 
 0 1
A32    . Then a value of  is
then A is [JEE (Main)-2019] 1 0 
(1) Invertible only if t =  [JEE (Main)-2019]
(2) Invertible for all tR.
 
(1) (2)
 32 64
(3) Invertible only if t 
2

(4) Not invertible for any tR. (3) 0 (4)
16
16. Let the numbers 2, b, c be in an A.P. and
2 b 1
 
11. Let A  b b  1 b  where b > 0. Then
2
1 1 1
 
 1 b 2  A  2 b c  . If det(A)  [2, 16], then c lies in
 4 b2 c 2 
[JEE (Main)-2019] 
the interval [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) – 3 (2) 3
(1) [2, 3) (2) (2 + 23/4, 4)
(3) 2 3 (4) –2 3 (3) [3, 2 + 23/4] (4) [4, 6]

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 1 1  1 2   1 3   1 n  1  1 78  2 2  1 0
17. If     ...    , 22. If A  and I    , then 10A is
–1
   1  0 1   9 4   0 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 0
equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
1 n  (1) 6I – A (2) 4I – A
then the inverse of   is [JEE (Main)-2019]
0 1  (3) A – 4I (4) A – 6I
1 1 2
 1 0  1 13 
(1)   0 23. If the matrices A  1 3 4  , B = adj A and
1 
(2)
13 1  1 1 3 
| adj B |
 1 12   1 0 C = 3A, then
(3)  | C | is equal to
1  12 1
(4)
0  
[JEE (Main)-2020]
18. The total number of matrices (1) 16 (2) 2
(3) 72 (4) 8
 0 2y 1
  24. Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix with entries from
A   2x y 1 , (x, y  R, x  y) for
{0, 1} and |A|  0. Consider the following two
 2x y 1  statements [JEE (Main)-2020]

(P) If A  I2, then |A| = –1
which ATA = 3I3 is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(Q) If |A| = 1, then tr(A) = 2,
(1) 6 (2) 3
where I2 denotes 2 × 2 identity matrix and tr(A)
(3) 4 (4) 2 denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then
19. If A is a symmetric matrix and B is a skew- [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) (P) is true and (Q) is false
2 3 
symmetric matrix such that A  B    , then (2) Both (P) and (Q) are false
5 –1
(3) Both (P) and (Q) are true
AB is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
(4) (P) is false and (Q) is true
 4 –2   4 –2  25. Let A = {X = (x, y, z)T : PX = 0 and x2 + y2 + z2 = 1},
(1)   (2)  –1 –4 
 1 –4   
 1 2 1
 –4 –2  –4 2  where P   2 3 4  , then the set A
(3)  (4)  1 4

 –1 4     1 9 1
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) Is an empty set.
 5 2 1 
20. If B   0 2 1  is the inverse of a 3 × 3 (2) Contains more than two elements.

 3 –1 (3) Contains exactly two elements.
(4) Is a singleton.
matrix A, then the sum of all value of  for which 26. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that
det (A) + 1 = 0, is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) –1 (2) 2  2 –1 1 
adj A  –1 0 2  and B = adj(adj A).
(3) 0 (4) 1
 1 –2 –1 
21. Let  be a root of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 and
If A   and (B –1 )T  , then the ordered pair,,
1 1 1
1     ,  is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
the matrix A  1   2  , then the matrix
3 2 
1  4   1
(1) (3, 81) (2)  9, 9 
A31 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]  
(1) A2 (2) A  1  1
(3) I3 (4) A3
(3)  3,  (4)  9, 81 
 81   

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34. Let A be a symmetric matrix of order 2 with integer

 cos  i sin     a b 
27. If A    ,    and A5   , entries. If the sum of the diagonal elements of A2 is
i sin  cos   24  c d  1, then the possible number of such matrices is :
where i  1, then which one of the following is [JEE (Main)-2021]
not true? [JEE (Main)-2020] (1) 6 (2) 1
(3) 4 (4) 12
2 2 1
(1) a  b  (2) a2 – c2 = 1
2
1 0 0 
(3) a2 – d2 = 0 (4) 0  a2 + b2  1 35. If the matrix A  0 2 0  satisfies the
3 0 1
  cos  sin  
28. Let   and A  4
  sin  cos   . If B = A + A ,
5  
 1 0 0
then det (B) [JEE (Main)-2020]
equation A 20  A19  A  0 4 0 for some
 
(1) Lies in (2, 3) (2) Is zero. 0 0 1
(3) Is one (4) Lies in (1, 2)
real numbers  and , then  –  is equal to
29. The number of all 3  3 matrices A, with enteries ______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
from the set {–1, 0, 1} such that the sum of the
diagonal elements of AAT is 3, is ____________. 36. The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having entries
from the set {0, 1, 2, 3} such that the sum of all
[JEE (Main)-2020]
the diagonal entries of AA T is 9, is equal to
_______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
 x 1
30. Let A , x  R and A 4 = [a ij ]. If
 1 0 a  b 
37. Let A   1  and B   1  be two 2 × 1 matrices
a11 = 109, then a22 is equal to _________.
 a2  b 2 
[JEE (Main)-2020] with real entries such that A = XB, where
31. Let A and B be 3 × 3 real matrices such that A is
1 1 1
 , and k  R. If a1  a2   b1  b2 
X 2 2
symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix. 
2 2 2

Then the system of linear equations (A2B2 – B2A2) 3 1 k  3

X = O, where X is a 3 × 1 column matrix of and (k 2  1) b22  2b1b2 , then the value of k is

unknown variables and O is a 3 × 1 null matrix,
has : [JEE (Main)-2021] _____. [JEE (Main)-2021]

(1) exactly two solutions a b     0 

(2) infinitely many solutions 38. Let A =   and B =      such that AB
c d     0 
(3) no solution = B and a + d = 2021, then the value of ad – bc
(4) a unique solution is equal to ____. [JEE (Main)-2021]

 1   T  1 2 0  2 1 5 
32. If for the matrix, A =   , AA = I2, then the    
   39. Let A  2B   6 3 3  and 2A – B  2 1 6  .
 5 3 1 0 1 2 
value of  4  4 is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
If Tr(A) denotes the sum of all diagonal elements of
(1) 1 (2) 2 the matrix A, then Tr(A) – Tr(B) has value equal to:
(3) 4 (4) 3 (1) 1 (2) 3
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 0 (4) 2
33. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix with det(A) = 4. Let Ri
[JEE (Main)-2021]
denote the ith row of A. If a matrix B is obtained
40. Define a relation R over a class of n × n real
by performing the operation R2  2R2 + 5R3 on
matrices A and B as “ARB iff there exists a non-
2A, then det(B) is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2021]
singular matrix P such that PAP –1 = B”. Then
(1) 64 (2) 128 which of the following is true?
(3) 80 (4) 16 [JEE (Main)-2021]

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(1) R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive

 1 0
(2) R is an equivalence relation 47. If P   1  , then P50 is
 2 1
(3) R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(4) R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
 1 25   1 0
2 3  (1)   (2)  
41. Let A    , a  R be written as P + Q where 0 1  50 1
a 0 
P is a symmetric matrix and Q is skew symmetric  1 0  1 50 
(3)   (4)  
matrix. If det(Q) = 9, then the modulus of the sum 25 1 0 1 
of all possible values of determinant of P is equal to
1 2
[JEE (Main)-2021] 48. Let A =  . If A–1 = I + A, ,   R, I is
(1) 24 (2) 18  1 4 
2  2 identity matrix, then 4( – ) is
(3) 45 (4) 36
[JEE (Main)-2021]
 1 –1 0  8
  (1) (2) 5
42. Let A   0 1 –1 and B = 7A20 – 20A7 + 2I, 3
0 0 1  (3) 4 (4) 2
 
49. Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that
where I is an identity matrix of order 3 × 3. If
(A2 – B2) is invertible matrix. If A5 = B5 and A3B2 =
B = [bij], then b13 is equal to _______. A2B3, then the value of the determinant of the matrix
[JEE (Main)-2021] A3 + B3 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]
43. Let A = {aij} be a 3 × 3 matrix, where (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) 0
( 1) j – i if i  j , 1 1 1

aij  2 if i  j , 50. If A  0 1 1 and M = A + A2 + A3 + ...+ A20,
 203117
i j 0 0 1
( 1) if i  j ,
then the sum of all the elements of the matrix M is
then det(3 Adj(2A–1)) is equal to _____. equal to ________. [JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2021] 51. Two fair dice are thrown. The numbers on them are
taken as  and , and a system of linear equations
44. Let A = [aij] be a real matrix of order 3 × 3, such
x+y+z=5
that ai1 + ai2 + ai3 = 1, for i = 1, 2, 3. Then, the
sum of all the entries of the matrix A3 is equal to x + 2y + 3z = 
[JEE (Main)-2021] x + 3y + z = 1
(1) 1 (2) 3 is constructed. If p is the probability that the
system has a unique solution and q is the
(3) 2 (4) 9 probability that the system has no solution, then
[JEE (Main)-2021]
0 1 0  1 1 5 5
45. Let A   1 0 0  . Then the number of 3 × 3 (1) p  and q  (2) p  and q 
  6 36 6 36
0 0 1
1 5 5 1
matrices B with entries from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (3) p  and q  (4) p  and q 
6 36 6 36
and satisfying AB = BA is _______.
[JEE (Main)-2021] 0 2 
52. If the matrix A   3
 satisfies A(A + 3I) =
 K 1
 n
 0 i   a b  a b  2I, then the value of K is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
46. Let S  n  N |       a, b, c, d    ,
  1 0  c d  c d 
1
(1) (2) –1
where i  –1. Then the number of 2-digit 2
numbers in the set S is _______.
1
[JEE (Main)-2021] (3) 1 (4) 
2
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53. The number of elements is the set

0 1 0
0 0 1
 59. Let X =  , Y = I + X + X2 and
a b 3 3
 0 0 0 
A    : a, b, d  {1, 0, 1} and (I  A)  I  A ,
  0 d  

where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix, is _______.

2 2
 2

Z =  I   X     X ,      .

[JEE (Main)-2021]

5a b   2 1
54. If A   and A.adj A = A AT, then 5a + b 1 5 
3 2  5
5

1  1 2 
is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2021] If Y  0 , then ( –  + )2 is equal
 5 5 
0 
(1) 5 (2) 4  0 1
 5 
(3) 13 (4) –1

 2 3  to ___________. [JEE (Main)-2022]

55. If A   2
 , then adj (3A + 12A) is equal to
 4 1 
[JEE (Main)-2021] 60. Let A be a matrix of order 2 × 2, whose entries
are from the set {0, 1, 3, 4, 5}. If the sum of all
 51 63   51 84  the entries of A is a prime number p, 2 < p < 8,
(1)   (2) 63 72  then the number of such m atrices A is
84 72    ___________. [JEE (Main)-2022]

 72 63   72 84  1  i 1
(3)   (4)  63 51  61. Let A    where i  1. Then, the
 84 51     i 0
num ber of elements in the set
0 2
56. Let A    . If M and N are two matrices given
2 0 
n  1, 2, ..., 100 : An  A is ________.
[JEE (Main)-2022]
10 10
by M   A2k and N  A2k 1 then MN2 is :
62. Let A = [aij] be a square matrix of order 3 such
that aij = 2j–i, for all i, j = 1, 2, 3. Then, the matrix
k 1 k 1
A2 + A3 + … + A10 is equal to :
[JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) a non-identity symmetric matrix
 310  3   310  1 
(2) a skew-symmetric matrix
(1)  2  A (2) 
 2 
A
(3) neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix    

(4) an identity matrix

 310  1   310  3 
57. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix having entries from the set (3)  2  A (4) 
 2 
A
   
{–1, 0, 1}. The number of all such matrices A
having sum of all the entries equal to 5, is
____________. [JEE (Main)-2022]  0 – 
63. Let M    , where  is a non-zero real
 0 
 2 2   1 2  49
58. Let A =   and B =   . Then the
 1 1   1 2  number an N   M 2k . If (I – M 2 )N  –2I, then
k 1
number of elements in the set {(n, m) : n, m  {
1, 2……….., 10} and nA n + mB m = I} is the positive integral value of  is ____ .
____________. [JEE (Main)-2022] [JEE (Main)-2022]
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70. Which of the following matrices can NOT be

 2 1 1
  3i  1
A   1 0 1  1 2 
64. Let and B = A – I. If   ,
 1 1 0  2 obtained from the matrix   by a single
   1 1
then the number of elements in the set
elementary row operation?
n  1,2,....,100 : A n n
 is equal to
  B   A  B [JEE (Main)-2022]
_______.
[JEE (Main)-2022] 0 1   1 1
(1)   (2)  –1 2 
 1 1  
 1 2
65. Let A    . Let , ,   be such that
 2 5 
 1 2   1 2 
A2 + A = 2I. Then  +  is equal to (3)   (4)  1 3 
 2 7   
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) –10 (2) –6
(3) 6 (4) 10 1  1 2 3 
x  1 and A   0 1 6 .
  For k  , if
66. Let S be the set containing all 3 × 3 matrices with 71. Let
1  0 0 1
entries from {–1, 0, 1}. The total number of
matrices A  S such that the sum of all the
diagonal elements of AT A is 6 is ________. X  Ak X  33, then k is equal to _______.
[JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
 4 2 
67. Let A    If A2 + A + 18I = 0, then det (A)
    92 102 112 
1  
is equal to ______.  
72. Let A  1 and B   122 13 2 142  , then
[JEE (Main)-2022]  
1  152 162 172 
(1) –18 (2) 18  
(3) –50 (4) 50
the value of ABA is [JEE (Main)-2022]
 1 1  1 
68. Let A    and B   1 0  , ,   R. Let 1 (1) 1224 (2) 1042
2    
be the value of  which satisf ies (3) 540 (4) 539

2 2 
 A  B 2  A 2    and 2 be the value of   1 a  
2 2  73. Let S =  0 b  ; a, b  {1, 2, 3, ..... 100}  and let
  
which satisfies (A + B)2 = B2. Then 1  2 is
equal to _________. T = {A  S : An(n + 1) = I}. Then the number of
n

[JEE (Main)-2022]
100
69. Let A and B be any two 3 × 3 symmetric and skew  T
symmetric matrices respectively. Then Which of the elements in n  1 n is ____. [JEE (Main)-2022]
following is NOT true?
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) A4 – B4 is a symmetric matrix 74. The number of matrices of order 3 × 3, whose entries
are either 0 or 1 and the sum of all the entries is a
(2) AB – BA is a symmetric matrix
prime number, is _________.
(3) B5 – A5 is a skew-symmetric matrix
(4) AB + BA is a skew-symmetric matrix [JEE (Main)-2022]

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