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Q.18 If A is an orthogonal matrix and B = AP where P is a non singular
- -1 - -- -

matrix then show that the matrix

–1
PB is also orthogonal.

3  4 a b
Q.19 APT
Consider the matrices A = 1  1  and B = 0 1 and let P be any orthogonal matrix and Q = PAP
   
and R = PTQKP also S = PBPT and T = PTSKP
Column I Column II
(A) If we vary K from 1 to n then the first row (P) G.P. with common ratio a
first column elements at R will form
(B) If we vary K from 1 to n then the 2nd row 2nd (Q) A.P. with common difference 2
'
column elements at R will form
(C) If we vary K from 1 to n then the first row first (R) G.P. with common ratio b
column elements of T will form
(D) If we vary K from 3 to n then the first row 2nd column (S) A.P. with common difference – 2.
elements of T will represent the sum of

EXERCISE-III
⑰
a b c
Q.1 If matrix A =  b c a  where a, b, c are real positive numbers, abc = 1 and ATA = I, then find the
 c a b 
value of a3 + b3 + c3 . [JEE 2003, Mains-2 out of 60]

Q.2 If A =  2  and  then  =

 2  
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 0 [JEE 2004(Scr)]

Q.3 If M is a 3 × 3 matrix, where MTM = I and det (M) = 1, then prove that det (M – I) = 0.
[JEE 2004, 2 out of 60]

a 1 0 a 1 1  f  a 2  x
Q.4 A = 1 b d  , B = 0 d c  , U = g , V = 0,X=  y .
1 b c  f g h  h 0 z
     

If AX = U has infinitely many solution, then prove that BX = V cannot have a unique solution. If further
afd  0, then prove that BX = V has no solution. [JEE 2004, 4 out of 60]

1 0 0 1 0 0
Q.5 A = 0 1 1  , I = 0 1 0 and A–1 = 1 (A 2  cA  dI) , then the value of c and d are
0  2 4 0 0 1 6

(A) –6, –11 (B) 6, 11 (C) –6, 11 (D) 6, – 11 [JEE 2005(Scr)]

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 3 1 
 2 
 2  1 1
Q.6 If P =   , A = APT and x = PTQ2005 P, then x is equal to
0 1 and Q = PAP
 1 3
 2 2 
 2005
1  4  2005 3 6015 
(A) 0 1  (B)  2005 4  2005 3 
  
1 2  3 1  1  2005 2  3 
(C) 
4  1 2  3  (D)
4 2  3 2005 
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]

Comprehension (3 questions)

1 0 0 1   2  2
Q.7 A  2 1 0 , U1, U2 and U3 are columns matrices satisfying. AU1 = 0 ; AU2 = 3  , AU3 = 3 
3 2 1 0 0  1 

and U is 3 × 3 matrix whose columns are U1, U2, U3 then answer the following questions
(a) The value of | U | is
(A) 3 (B) – 3 (C) 3/2 (D) 2

(b) The sum of elements of U–1 is

(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3
3
(c) The value of 3 2 0 U 2 is
0
(A) 5 (B) 5/2 (C) 4 (D) 3/2
[JEE 2006, 5 marks each]
5 5 
Q.8 Let A = 0  5 . If |A2| = 25, then || equals. [AIEEE 2007]
0 0 5
(A) 1/5 (B) 5 (C) 52 (D) 1

Q.9 Match the statements / Expression in Column-I with the statements / Expressions in Column-II and
indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in OMR.
Column-I Column-II
x 2  2x  4
(A) The minimum positive value of is (P) 0
x2
(B) Let A and B be 3 × 3 matrices of real numbers, (Q) 1
where A is symmetric, B is skew-symmetric, and
(A + B)(A – B) = (A – B)(A + B). If (AB)t = (–1)kAB, where (AB)t
is the transpose of the matrix AB, then the possible values of k are
a
(C) Let a = log3 log32. An integer k satisfying 1 < 2(  k 3 ) < 2, must be (R) 2
less than
1 
(D) If sin  = cos , then the possible values of       are (S) 3
 2
[JEE 2008, 6]
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Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries
are 1 and four of them are 0.
Q.10 The number of matrices in A is
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 3
Q.11 The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1
A  y   0
 z  0
 
has a unique solution, is
(A) less than 4 (B) at least 4 but less than 7
(C) at least 7 but less than 10 (D) at least 10
Q.12 The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations
 x  1
A  y   0
 z  0
 
is inconsistent, is
(A) 0 (B) more than 2 (C) 2 (D) 1 [JEE 2009, 4+4+4]

 x  1 
Q.13 The number of 3 × 3 matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the system A  y   0 
 z  0 
has exactly two distinct solutions, is [JEE 2010]
(A) 0 (B) 29 – 1 (C) 168 (D) 2
Paragraph for Questions 14 to 16
Let P be an odd prime number and TP be the following set of 2 × 2 matrices :
 a b  
TP =  A    ;a, b,c  {0,1, 2,...., P  1} [JEE 2010]
 c a  

Q.14 The number of A in Tp such that A is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both, and det(A) divisible
by p is
(A) (p – 1)2 (B) 2(p – 1) (C) (p – 1)2 + 1 (D) 2p – 1

Q.15 The number of A in Tp such that the trace of A is not divisible by p but det(A) is divisible by p is
[Note : The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
(A) (p – 1)(p2 – p + 1) (B) p3 – (p – 1)2
(C) (p – 1)2 (D) (p – 1)(p2 – 2)

Q.16 The number of A in Tp such that det(A) is not divisible by p is

(A) 2p2 (B) p3 – 5p (C) p3 – 3p (D) p3 – p2

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1 9 7
Let a, b and c be three real numbers satisfying [a, b, c]  8 2 7  = [0 0 0] ........(C) [JEE 2011]
 7 3 7 
Q.17 If the point P(a, b, c), with reference to (E), lies on the place 2x + y + z = 1, then the value of
7a + b + c is
(A) 0 (B) 12 (C) 7 (D) 6

Q.18 Let  be a solution of x3 – 1 = 0 with Im() > 0. If a = 2 with b and c satisfying (E), then the value of
3 1 3
a
 b  c is equal to
  
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) –3

Q.19 Let b=6, with a and c satisfying (E). If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
 n
1 1
then     is
n 0   
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 6/7 (D) 

Q.20 Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If PT denotes
the transpose of P, then M2N2(MTN)–1(MN–1)T is equal to [JEE 2011]
(A) M 2 (B) –N 2 (C) –M2 (D) MN

1 ab
 
Q.21 Let  1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form   1c ,
 2  1 

where each of a, b and c is either  or 2. Then the number of distinct matrices in the set S is
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8 [JEE 2011]

Q.22 Let M be a 3 × 3 matrix satisfying

0 1  1  1  1  0 

       
M 1    2  , M  1  1  and M 1   0 
  
0  3   0   1 1 12 
Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is [JEE 2011]
Q.23 Consider the following relation R on the set of real square matirces of order 3.
R={(A, B)|A = P–1 BP for some invertible matrix P}.
Statement - 1 : R is an equivalence relation.
Statement - 2 : For any two invertible 3 × 3 martices M and N, (MN)–1 = N–1M–1
[AIEEE - 2011]
(A) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1.
(D) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.

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Q.24 Let P = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix and let Q = [bij] where bij = 2i+jaij for 1  i, j  3. If the determinant of P
is 2, then the determinant of the matrix Q is [JEE 2012]
(A) 210 (B) 211 (C) 212 (D) 213

Q.25 If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transposes of P and I is the 3 × 3 identity
 x  0 
   
matrix then there exists a column matrix X =  y   0  such that [JEE 2012]
 z  0 

0
 
(A) PX =  0  (B) PX = X (C) PX = 2X (D) PX = – X
 0 

 1 4 4
Q.26 If the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix P is  2 1 7  , then the possible value(s) of the determinant of P is(are)
 1 1 3
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2 [JEE 2012]

1  3
 
Q.27 If P =  1 3 3  is the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix A and |A| = 4, then is equal t o [IIT Main 2013]
 2 4 4 
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 11 (D) 5

Q.28 For a 3 × 3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) NOT correct ?
(A) NTM N is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew symmetric
(B) M N – N M is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N [IIT Adv. 2013]
(C) M N is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N
(D) (adj M) (adj N) = adj(M N) for all invertible matrices M and N

Q.29 If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that AA' = A'A and B = A–1A' ; then BB' equals
(A) (B–1)' (B) I + B (C) I (D) B–1 [IIT Main 2014]

Q.30 Let M be a 2 × 2 symmetric matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible if [JEE Adv. 2014]
(A) the first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M
(B) the second row of M is the transpose of the first column of M
(C) M is a diagonal matrix with non-zero entries in the main diagonal
(D) the product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer

Q.31 Let M and N be two 3 × 3 matrices such that MN = NM. Further, if M  N2 and M2 = N4, then
(A) determinant of (M2 + MN2) is 0 [JEE Adv. 2014]
2 2
(B) there is a 3 × 3 non-zero matrix v such that (M + MN )U is the zero matrix
(C) determinant of (M2 + MN2)  1
(D) for a 3 × 3 matrix U, if (M2 + MN2)U equals the zero matrix then U is the zero matrix

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1 2 2 
 
Q.32 If A =  2 1 2  is a matrix satisfying the equation AAT = 9I, where I is 3 × 3 identity matrix, then the
 a 2 b 

ordered pair (a, b) is equal to [JEE Main 2015]

(A) (–2, –1) (B) (2, –1) (C) (–2, 1) (D) (2, 1)

Q.33 Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3 × 3, non-zero, skew-symmetric matrices and Z be an arbitrary 3 × 3,
non-zero, symmetric matrix. Then which of the following matrices is(are) skew symmetric ?
(A) Y3Z4 – Z4Y3 (B) X44 + Y44 (C) X4Z3 – Z3X4 (D) X23 + Y23
[JEE Adv. 2015]
5a  b  T
Q.34 If A =   and A adj A = AA , then 5a + b is equal to [JEE Main 2016]
 3 2 
(A) –1 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 13

 3 1 2 
 
Q.35 Let P =  2 0   , where R. Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix such that PQ = kI, where k  R,
 3 5 0 

k k2
k  0 and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q23 = – and det(Q) = , then [JEE Adv. 2016]
8 2
(A)  = 0, k = 8 (B) 4 – k + 8 = 0
(C) det(P adj(Q)) = 29 (D) det(Q adj(P)) = 213

 1 0 0
 
Q.36 Let P =  4 1 0  and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q = [qij] is a matrix such that
16 4 1 

q31  q 32
P50 – Q = I, then equals [JEE Adv. 2016]
q 21
(A) 52 (B) 103 (C) 201 (D) 205

1  3 i  ( z)r z 2s 
Q.37 Let z = , where i = 1 and r, s  {1, 2, 3}. Let P =  2s  and I be the identity
2  z z r 
matrix of order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs (r, s) for which P2 = – I is [JEE Adv. 2016]

 2 3
Q.38 If A = 
4 1  , then adj (3A2 + 12A) is equal to [JEE Mains 2017]
 

 73 84   51 63  51 84   72 63

(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 63 51  84 72  63 72  84 51 

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Q.39 How many 3 × 3 matrices M with entries from {0, 1, 2} are there, for which the sum of the diagonal
entries of MTM is 5 ? [JEE Adv. 2017]
(A) 135 (B) 198 (C) 162 (D) 126

Q.40 Which of the following is(are) NOT the square of a 3 × 3 matrix with real entries ? [JEE Adv. 2017]

1 0 0  1 0 0   1 0 0  1 0 0
(A)  0 1 0  (B)  0 1 0  (C)  0 1 0  (D)  0 1 0 
   
 0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 1 

1  2  x   1 
 
Q.41 For a real number,  if the system   1    y    1 of linear equation, has infinitely many
 2  1   z   1 

solutions, then 1 +  +  =2
[JEE Adv. 2017]

Q.42 Let P be a matrix of order 3 × 3 such that all the entries in P are from the set {–1, 0, 1}. Then, the
maximum possible value of the determinant of P is _____ . [JEE Adv. 2018]

 b1 
 
Q.43 Let S be the of all column matrices  b 2  such that b1, b2, b3  R and the system of equations (in real
 b3 
variables) [JEE Adv. 2018]
–x + 2y + 5z = b1
2x – 4y + 3z = b2
x – 2y + 2z = b3
has at least one solution. Then, which of the following system(s) (in real variables) has (have) at least one
 b1 
 
solution of each  b 2   S ?
 b3 
(A) x + 2y + 3z = b1, 4y + 5z = b2 and x + 2y + 6z = b3
(B) x + y + 3z = b1, 5x + 2y + 6z = b2 and –2x – y – 3z = b3
(C) –x + 2y – 5z = b1, 2x – 4y + 10z = b2 and x – 2y + 5z = b3
(D) x + 2y + 5z = b1, 2x + 3z = b2 and x + 4y – 5z = b3

cos   sin   
Q.44 If A    , then the matrix A–50 when   , is equal to :
 sin  cos   12
[JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-1)]

 3 1   1  3  3 1   1 3
       
2 2  2 2  2 2  2 2 
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
 1 3  3 1   1 3  3 1 
       
 2 2   2 2   2 2   2 2 

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et e  t cos t e  t sin t 

 t t t t t 
Q.45 If  e e cos t  e sin t e sin t  e cos t  then A is :
et 2e  t sin t 2e t cos t 
 
[JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-2)]

(A) not invertible for any tR (B) invertible only if t 
2
(C) invertible only if t =  (D) invertible for all tR

 0 2q r 
Q.46 L et A   p q r  . If AAT = I3, then |p| is :
 p q r 
 
[JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-1)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 3 2 6

1 0 0 
q q
Q.47 Let P  3 1 0  and Q = [qij] be two 3 × 3 matrices such that Q – P5 = I3. Then 21 31 is equal
  q 32
9 3 1 
to : [JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 135 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 15

 cos   sin    0 1

Q.48 Let A    ,    R  such that A32    . Then a value of  is :
 sin  cos   1 0 
[JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-1)]
  
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D)
64 32 16

 1 1 1 2 1 3  1 n  1 1 78 1 n 
Q.49 If    0  , then the inverse of  0 1  is :
 0 1  0 1  0 1  1   0 1   
[JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-1)]
 1 13  1 12   1 0  1 0
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  0 1  13 1  12 1 

 0 2y 1 
Q.50 The total number of matrices A   2x y 1 ,  x, y  R, x  y  for which ATA = 3I3 is :
 2x  y 1 
 
[JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

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Q.51 If A is a symmetric matrix and B is a skew-symmetrix matrix such that A  B    , then AB is
 5 1
equal to : [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-1)]
 4 2   4 2   4 2   4 2 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 1 4  1 4   1 4   1 4 

 5 2 1 
Q.52 If B   0 2 1  is the inverse of a 3  3 matrix A, then the sum of all values of  for which
  3 1
det (A) + 1 = 0, is : [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

1 0 0  1 0 0
   
Q.53 Let P1  I  0 1 0  , P2  0 0 1  ,
0 0 1  0 1 0

0 1 0 0 1 0
P3  1 0 0 P4  0 0 1 
 
, ,
0 0 1  1 0 0

0 0 1  0 0 1 
2 1 3
P5  1 0 0  P6  0 1 0 
  6
, and X   Pk  1 0 2  PKT where PKT denotes the transpose of the
0 1 0  1 0 0  k 1  3 2 1 
matrix PK. Then which of the following option(s) is /are correct?
[JEE (advanced) 2019]
(A) X - 30I is an invertible matrix (B) The sum of diagonal entries of X is 18
1 1
1   1 , then   30
(C) If  
X 
1 1

(D) X is symmetric matrix

1 1 1  2 x x
Q.54 Let x  R and let P  0 2 2 ,Q   0 4 0  and R = PQP-1. Then which of the following option(s)
   
0 0 3  x x 6 

is/ are correct?

[JEE (advanced) 2019]
  0 
   
(A) For x = 1, there exists a unit vector ˆi  ˆj  kˆ for which R     0 
   0 

(B) There axists a real number x such that PQ = QP

2 x x
 
(C) det R = det  0 4 0   8 for all x  R
 x x 5 

9
81
 Matrix
F

1  1 
a   
(D) For x = 0, if R   =6  a  then a+b = 5
 b   b 

 sin 4  1  sin 2  
Q.55 Let M     I  M 1 . [JEE Advanced 2019]
2
1  cos  4
cos  
where  = () and  = () are real number, and I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix. If
* is the minimum of the set {() :  [0, 2)} and
* is the minimum of the set {() :  [0, 2)},
then the value of * + * is
37 29 31 17
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
16 16 16 16

0 1 a   1 1 1
Q.56 Let M  1 2 3 and adjM   8 6 2  where a and b are real numbers. Which of the
 
   
 3 b 1   5 3 1
following option(s) is/are correct ? [JEE Advanced 2019]
(A) a + b = 3 (B) det(adjM ) = 81
2

  1 
(C) (adjM) + adjM = – M
–1 –1
(D) If M     2 , then  –  +  = 3
   3 

1 1 1
1 1 
Q.57 Let  be a root of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 and the matrix A   2  , then the matrix
3
1  2  4 

A31 is equal to [JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-1)]

(A) A (B) A3 (C) A2 (D) I3

Q.58 Let A = [aij] and B = [bij] be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that bij = (3)(i+j-2)aji, where i,j = 1, 2, 3. If the
determinant of B is 81, then the determinant of A is: [JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) 1/3 (B) 3 (C) 1/81 (D) 1/9

Q.59 The number of all 3 × 3 matrices A, with enteries from the set {–1,0,1} such that the sum of the diagonal
elements of AAT is 3, is ______ [JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-1)]

 2 2 1 0
Q.60 If A    and I    , then 10A–1 is equal to :
9 4 0 1
[JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) A – 6I (B) 4I – A
(C) 6I –A (D) A – 4I

10
82
 F
Matrix

1 1 2 
adjB
Q.61 If the matrices A  1 3 4  , B = adj A and C = 3A , then is equal to :
C
1 1 3 
[JEE Main 2020 (09-01-2020-Shift-1)]
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 16 (D) 72

Q.62 Let A be a 2×2 real matrix with entries from 0,1 and | A | 0 . Consider the following two statements:
(P) If A  I2, then | A | 1 [JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(Q) If |A|=1, then tr(A) =2,
where I2 denotes 2 × 2 identity matrix and tr(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then:
(A) Both (P) and (Q) are false (B) (P) is true and (Q) is false
(C) Both (P) and (Q) are true (D) (P) is false and (Q) is true

1 2 1
Q.63 L et A ={ X = (x, y, z) T : PX = O and x2 + y2 + z2 = 1} ,where P   2 3 4  , then the set A:
 
 1 9 1
[JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) contains more than two elements (B) is a singleton.
(C) contains exactly two elements (D) is an empty set.

Q.64 Let a, b, c  R be all non-zero and satisfy a3 + b3 + c3 = 2. If the matrix

a b c
 
A  b c a 
[JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-2)]
c a b
 
satisfies ATA=I, then a value of abc can be:
2 1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C)  (D)
3 3 3
 x 1
Let A   , x  R and A   a ij  . If a11=109, then a22 is equal to ______
4
Q.65 
 1 0
[JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-1)]

 2 1 1
 2  and B=adj(adj A).
Q.66 Let A be a 3×3 matrix such that adj A   1 0
 1 2 1
If | A |  and |  B1  |  , then the ordered pair,, |  |,   is equal to:
T

[JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-2)]

 1   1  1
(A)  9,  (B)  9,  (C)  3,  (D) (3, 81)
 81   9  81 

11
83
 Matrix
F

 cos  i sin      a b 
Q.67 If A    ,     and A 5    , where i  1 , then which one of the
i sin  cos    24  c d
following is not true? [JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-1)]
1
(A) a2  d2 = 0 (B) a2  c2 = 1 (C) 0  a 2  b2  1 (D) a 2  b 2 
2

Q.68 Suppose the vectors x1, x2 and x3 are the solutions of the system of linear equations, Ax=b when the
vector b on the right side is equal to b1, b2 and b3 respectively. if
1 0 0 1  0 0
x1  1 , x 2   2  , x 3   0  , b1  0  , b 2  2  and b3  0  , then the determinant of A is equal to
         
1 1   1  0   0   2
[JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-2)]
1 3
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 4
2 2
  cos  sin  
Q.69 Let   and A    . If B = A + A , then det (B):
4
5   sin  cos  
[JEE Main 2020 (06-09-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) is one (B) lies in (1,2) (C) lies in (2,3) (D) is zero

Q.70 Let M be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix with real entries and let I denote the 3 × 3 identity matrix.
If M–1 = adj (adj M), then which of the following statements is/are ALWAYS TRUE ?
[JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) M = I (B) det M =1 (C) M = I
2
(D) (adj M2) = I

Q.71 The trace of a square matrix is defined to be the sum of its diagonal entries. If A is a 2 × 2 matrix such
that the trace of A is 3 and the trace of A3 is –18 , then the value of the determinant of A is
[JEE Advanced 2020]

Q.72 Let M be any 3 × 3 matrix with entries from the set {0, 1, 2}. The maximum number of such matrices,
for which the sum of diagonal elements of MTM is seven, is _______.
[JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-1)]

 3 –1 –2 
Q.73 Let P =  2 0 α  , where α  R. Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix satisfying PQ = kI 3 for some
 
 3 –5 0 

k k2
non-zero k  R. If q 23 = – and | Q |= , then 2 + k2 is equal to _______.
8 2

[JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-1)]

12
84
 Matrix
=

Q.74 Let A and B be 3 × 3 real matrices such that A is symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix.
Then the system of linear equations (A2B2 – B2A2)X = O, where X is a 3 × 1 column matrix of
unknown variables and O is a 3 ×1 null matrix, has : [JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) no solution (B) exactly two solutions
(C) infinitely many solutions (D) a unique solution

x y z 
 
Q.75 Let A =  y z x  , where x, y and z are real numbers such that x + y + z > 0 and xyz = 2. If A2 = I 3,
 z x y 
then the value of x3 + y3 + z3 is_____. [JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-1)]

  θ 
 0 –tan   
 2  a – b
Q.76 If A =  and (I 2 + A) (I 2 – A) –1 =  , then 13 (a 2 + b2 ) is equal
 θ  b a 
 tan   0 
  2 

to ________ . [JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-1)]

Q.77 Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix with det(A) = 4. Let Ri denote the ith row of A. If a matrix B is obtained by
performing the operation R2  2R2 + 5R3 on 2A, then det(B) is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 16 (B) 80 (C) 128 (D) 64

1 – α T 4 4
Q.78 If for the matrix, A =   , AA = I 2, then the value of  +  is :
α β 

[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1

Q.79 Let A be a symmetric matrix of order 2 with integer entries. If the sum of the diagonal elements of A2 is
1, then the possible number of such matrices is : [JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 12

1 0 0  1 0 0 
 
Q.80 If the matrix A =  0 2 0  satisfies the equation A + αA + βA = 0 4 0  for some real
20 19

 3 0 –1 0 0 1 

numbers  and , then  –  is equal to ______. [JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-2)]

85 13
 F
Matrix

 i – i 8 x  8 
Q.81 Let A =   ,i = –1 . Then, the system of linear equations A =
 y  64  has :
– i i     

[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]

(A) A unique solution (B) Infinitely many solutions

(C) No solution (D) Exactly two solutions

Q.82 The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having enteries from the set (0, 1, 2, 3) such that the sum of all the
diagonal entries of AAT is 9, is equal to _____. [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]

 30 20 56  2 7 2 
   
Q.83 Let P   90 140 112 and A  1  1 
120 60 14   0    1


1  i 3
Where   , and I3 be the identity matrix of order 3. If the determinant of the matrix (P–1 AP – I3)2
2
is 2, then the value of  is equal to _______. [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]

a1   b1 
Q.84 Let A =   and B =   be two 2 × 1 matrices with real entries such that A = XB, where
a 2   b2 

1 1 –1 2
X= 1 k  , and k  R. If a12 + a 22 =  b12 + b22  and (k 2 + 1) b 22  – 2b1b 2 , then the value of k
3  3
is _______. [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]

 0 sinα   2 1 
Q.85 If A =   and det  A – I  = 0, then a possible value of  is
 sinα 0   2 

[JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]

π π π π
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6

2 3 
Q.86 If A =   , then the value of det(A4) + det (A10  (Adj(2A))10) is equal to _________ .
 0 –1

[JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]

8614
 Matrix
=>>>

Q.87 If x, y, z are in arithmetic progression with common difference d, x  3d, and the determinant of the

3 4 2 x
  2
matrix  4 5 2 y  is zero, then the value of k is [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]
5
 k z 

(A) 72 (B) 12 (C) 36 (D) 6

a b   α  0 
Q.88 Let A =   and B =      such that AB = B and a + d = 2021, then the value of
c d  β  0 
ad – bc is equal to ________. [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]

1 2 0  2 –1 5 
Q.89 Let A + 2B =  6 – 3 3  and 2A – B =
  2 –1 6  . If Tr (A) denotes
the sum of all diagonal
 
 – 5 3 1  0 1 2 
elements of the matrix A, then Tr(A) – Tr(B) has value equal to

[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 3

2 – 1
Q.90 Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P =   . Then the value of n  N for which Pn = 5I – 8P
 5 – 3
is equal to _______. [JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-2)]

Q.91 Define a relation R over a class of n × n real matrices A and B as “ARB iff there exists a non-singular
matrix P such that PAP–1 = B”. Then which of the following is true ?
(A) R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive, [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(B) R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
(C) R is an equivalence relation
(D) R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric

 1, if i  j

Q.92 Let A = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix, where a ij   –x, if | i– j | 1 . Let a function f : R  R be
2x  1, otherwise

defined as f(x) = det(A). Then the sum of maximum and minimum values of f on R is equal to :

8715
 Matrix
F

[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]

20 20 88 88
(A) (B)  (C) – (D)
27 27 27 27

Let A   
2 3
Q.93
 a 0  ,a  R be written as P + Q where P is a symmetric matrix and Q is skew symmetric matrix.
If det(Q) = 9, then the modulus of the sum of all possible values of determinant of P is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 45 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) 36

 1 1 0 
Q.94 Let A   0 1 1 and B = 7A20 – 20A7 + 2I , where I is an identity matrix of order 3 × 3. If B = [bij],
0 0 1 
 
then b13 is equal to – [JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]

(–1) j–i if i  j,

Q.95 Let A = {aij} be a 3 × 3 matrix, a ij   2 if i  j, , then det (3 Adj(2 A–1)) is equal to _________.
(–1)i  j if i  j,

[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-2)]

Q.96 Let A = [aij] be a real matrix of order 3 × 3, such that ai1 + ai2 + ai3 = 1, for 1, 2, 3. Then, the sum of all
the entries of the matrix A3 is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 9 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

0 1 0
 
Q.97 Let A =  1 0 0  . Then the number of 3 × 3 matrices B with entries from the set {1,2,3,4,5} and
 0 0 1 

satisfying AB = BA is : [JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]

 n
0 i  a b a b 
Q.98 Let n  N       a, b,c,d,R  , where i  1. then the numbers of 2-digit
 1 0  c d c d 
number in the set S is _________ [JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-1)]

 a b 
Q.99 Let A   c d  :a,b,c,d{3,  2,  1,0} . Define f : M Z, as f(A) = det(A), for all A  M, where Z
   
is set of all integers. Then the number of A  M such that f(A) = 15 is equal to _______

[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-1)]

88 16
 Matrix
=>>

 1 0
Q.100 If P =  1  , then P50 is : [JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
 1
2 
 1 25  1 50   1 0  1 0
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  0 1   25 1  50 1 

 1 2
Q.101 Let A =   . If A–1 = I + A, ,  R , I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then 4( – ) is equal to :
 1 4 

[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-1)]

8
(A) (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5
3

Q.102 Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that (A2 – B2) is invertible matrix. If A5 = B5 and
A3B2 = A2B3, then the value of the determinant of the matrix A3 + B3 is equal to :

[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4

1 1 1
 
Q.103 If A =  0 1 1 and M = A + A2 + A3 + ….. + A20, then the sum of all the elements of the matrix M
 0 0 1
is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-2)]

 1 2 
 5 5  B  1 0 
Q.104 If A   ,  i 1  , i  1 , and Q  A T BA , then the inverse of the matrix A Q 2021A T
 2 1   
 5 
 5
is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-1)]

 1 2021i   1 0
(A) 
1 
(B)  
0  2021i 1 
 1 
 5 2021
   1 0
(C)  1  (D)  
 2021  2021i 1 
 5 

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 1 0 0
Q.105 Let A   0 1 1 . Then A 2025  A 2020 is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]
 
 1 0 0 

(C) A  A
5
(A) A 6  (B) A 6  A (D) A5 (A)

 
Q.106 Let A be a 3  3 real matrix. If det 2Adj  2Adj  Adj(2A    2 , then value of det  A 2  equals ______.
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 n 
n  n    ,if 0  l  n
Q.107 Let   denotes n Ck and     k  .
k  k  0, otherwise

9
 9   12  8  8   13 
If A k          i  13  k  i  and A 4  A 3  190p , then p is equal to _____.
i  0  i  12  k  i  i 0    

[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]

0 2
Q.108 If the matrix A    satisfies A  A  3I   2I , then the value of K is:
3

 K  1 
[JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-1)]

1 1
(A) (B) – (C) – 1 (D) 1
2 2

Q.109 Let    be the greatest integer less than or equal to  . The set of all values of  for which the system of
lines equations x  y  z  4 , 3x  2y  5z  3 , 9x  4y   25     z    has a solution is :

[JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) R (B)  , 9    8,   (C)  , 9    9,   (D)  9, 8 

 x  1  x  2   x  3 

Q.110 Let A    x   x  3  x  3 , where [t] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t. If
  x   x  2  x  4 
det  A   192 , then the set of values of x is in the interval :

[JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) [62, 63) (B) [65, 66) (C) [60, 61) (D) [68, 69)

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F

 a b 
Q.111 The number of elements in the set A   0 d  : a, b, d   1, 0,1 &  I  A   I  A  , where I is
3 3

   
2  2 identity matrix, is [JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-2)]
1
xn
Q.112 Let J n,m   2
dx,  n  m and n, m  N , consider a matrix A   a ij  33 where
0 xm 1

J  J i 3,3 , i  j
a ij   6i,3 . Then adjA 1 is: [JEE Main 2021 (02-09-2021-Shift-2)]
 0 , i j

(A) (105)2 × 238 (B) (15)2 × 242

(C) (105)2 × 236 (D) (15)2 × 234

Question Stem for Question Nos. 113 and 114
Question Stem

Let ,  and  be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

x + 2y + 3z = 

4x + 5y + 6z = 

7x + 8y + 9z =  – 1

is consistent. Let |M| represent the determinant of the matrix

  2 
M    1 0
 
 –1 0 1 

Let P be the plane containing all those (, , ) for which the above system of linear equations is
consistent, and D be the square of the distance of the point (0, 1, 0) from the plane P.

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113. The value of |M| is __________.

114. The value of D is __________.

115. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let |M| denote the determinant of M. Let

1 2 3  1 0 0  1 3 2 
E  2 3 4 , P  0 0 1 and F  8 18 13
   
     
 8 13 18 0 1 0   2 4 3 

If Q is a non singular matrix of order 3 × 3, then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE ?
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1 0 0
 
(A) F = PEP and P   0 1 0
2
[Jee Advanced 2021 (Paper-1)]
 0 0 1

(B) |EQ + PFQ–1| = |EQ| + |PFQ–1|

(C) (EF)3|EF|2

(D) Sum of the diagonal entries of P–1 EP + F is equal to the sum of diagonal entries of E + P–1FP

116. For any 3 × 3 matrix M, let |M| denote the determinant of M. Let I be the 3 × 3identity matrix. Let E
and F be two 3 × 3 matrices such that (I – EF) is invertible. If G = (I – EF)–1, then which of the following
statements is (are) TRUE ? [Jee Advanced 2021 (Paper-1)]
(A) |FE| = |I – FE||FGE| (B) |I – FE| (I + FGE) = I
(C) EFG = GEF (D) (I – FE) (I – FGE) = I

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