MATH SIMPLIFIED BY M K MITTAL

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CLASS 12 - MATHEMATICS
test 1
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 70

Section A
1, i ≠ j [1]
1. If matrix A = [aij]2 × 2, where aij = { ,then A2 is equal to
0, i = j

a) 0 b) None of these

c) I d) A
2. The system of equations, x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 14, x + 3y + 5z = 20 has [1]

a) no solution b) a unique solution

c) infinitely many solutions d) only finitely many solutions

⎡
n 0 0
⎤ ⎡
a1 a2 a3
⎤ [1]
3. If A = ⎢ 0 n 0 ⎥ and B = ⎢ b1 b2 b3 ⎥
R
, then AB is equal to
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⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
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0 0 n c1 c2 c3
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a) Bn b) A + B
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67 D

c) nB d) B
85 FIE
21 LI

4. The order of the single matrix obtained from [1]

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1 −1
H

⎡ ⎤
−1 0 2 0 1 23
AT

⎢0 2 ⎥ {[ ] − [ ] } is
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2 0 1 1 0 21
⎣ ⎦ 2×3 2×3
2 3 3×2

a) 2 × 3 b) 3 × 3

c) 3 × 2 d) 2 × 2

⎡
0 0 4
⎤ [1]
5. The matrix P = ⎢ 0 4 0⎥ is a
⎣ ⎦
4 0 0

a) none b) diagonal matrix

c) square matrix d) unit matrix

6. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (AB′ –BA′) is a [1]

a) Skew symmetric matrix b) Null matrix

c) Symmetric matrix d) None of these

⎡
0 −1 2
⎤ [1]
7. If A = ⎢ 1 0 3⎥ ,A+ 2At equals
⎣ ⎦
−2 −3 0

a) b)

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c) A d) -At

2x + y 4x 7 7y − 13 [1]
8. If [ ] =[ ] , then the value of x, y is
5x − 7 4x y x+ 6

a) x = 3, y = 1 b) x = 2, y = 3

c) x = 2, y = 4 d) x = 3, y = 3

⎡
0 2 3
⎤ [1]
9. If A = ⎢ −2 0 −7 ⎥ , then, which of the following is true :
⎣ ⎦
−3 7 0

a) None of these b) A = - A’

c) A = - A d) A = A’

⎡
0 5 −7
⎤ [1]
10. The matrix ⎢ −5 0 11 ⎥ is
⎣ ⎦
7 −11 0

a) a diagonal matrix b) a skew-symmetric matrix

c) a symmetric matrix d) an upper triangular matrix

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x x− y 3 1 [1]
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11. If [ ] = [ ] then find the value of y.
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2x + y 7 8 7
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12. Find the values of x, y, and z from the following equations: [1]
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4 3 y z
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[ ] = [ ]
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x 5 1 5
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[1]
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3
13. If [x 2] [ = 2, find the value of x
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]
4
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AT

2 4 1 3 [1]
14. Let A = find AB.
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[ ],B = [ ]
3 2 −2 5

⎡
5 10 −15
⎤ [1]
15. If 5A = ⎢2 3 4⎥ find A.
⎣ ⎦
1 0 −5

3 1 −2 1 [1]
16. Find the matrix X such that 2A - B + X = 0, where A =[ ] and B =[ ]
0 2 0 3

17. Give an example of a diagonal matrix which is not scalar. [1]

2 −3 x 1 [1]
18. Solve for x given that [ ][ ] = [ ]
1 1 4 3

19. Construct a 2 × 2 matrix A = [aij] whose element aij =

|−3i+j|
. [1]
2

2 3 1 3 2 4 6 8 [1]
20. If A = , then which of the sums
1
[ ], B = [ ], C = [ ] ,D = [ ]
2
1 2 4 3 1 5 7 9

A + B, B + C, C + D and B + D is defined?
Section B

⎡
1 0 2
⎤⎡
1
⎤ [2]
21. If [ 1 1 x ]⎢ 0 2 1 ⎥⎢ 1 ⎥ = 0, find x.
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
2 1 0 1

22. Find non-zero values of x satisfying the matrix equation: [2]

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2x 2 8 5x (x + 8) 24
x[ ]+ 2[ ] = 2[ ] .
3 x 4 4x (10) 6x

⎡
1 4 7
⎤ [2]
23. A = ⎢2 5 8⎥ . Find a12.
⎣ ⎦
3 6 9

1 2 3 1 7 11 [2]
24. If [ ][ ] = [ ] , then write the value of k.
3 4 2 5 k 23

25. Match the column: [2]

If A, B, and C are three matrices of order m x n, then

(a) Commutative Law (i) A + 0 = A = 0 + A

(b) Associative Law (ii) A + (-A) = 0 = (-A) + A

(c) Existence of Additive Identity (iii) A + B = B + A

(d) Existence of Additive Inverse (iv) (A + B) + C = A + (B + C)

26. Match the column: [2]

2 −4 8 0
(a) The negative of a matrix A = [ ] is (i) [ ]
7 10 2 −18

4 0 6 −4
(b) 2× [ ] = 7 SI
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1 −9 8 1
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48 TA

T
−2 6 −2 4
20 IT

(c) Transpose of a matrix A =[ ] is (iii) [ ]

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5 −10 −7 −10
, 9 BY
67 D
85 FIE

2 −4 4 0 −2 5
(d) Addition of matrix A + B = [ ] [ + ] = (iv) [ ]
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7 10 1 −9 6 −10
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27. Match the column: [2]

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AT

−3 1 4 −3
M

⎡ ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
(a) If A = ⎢ −2 4 ⎥ and B = ⎢ 0 −2 ⎥ then, the order of matrix 3A - 2B is (i) 3 × 3
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
5 −1 −2 4

1
⎡ ⎤
(ii)
(b) The order of the matrix ⎢ 2 ⎥ [ 2 3 4] is
⎣ ⎦ 4× 4
3

(iii)
(c) If a matrix has 3 elements then a possible order it can have is
3× 2

(d) If A is a matrix of order 4 × 3 and B is a matrix of order 3 × 4, then the order (iv)
of matrix AB is 1× 3

28. Match the column: [2]

If A and B are matrices of order m x n, then

(a) k(A + B) = (i) -(kA) = k(-A)

(b) (k1 + k2)A = (ii) kA + kB

(c) k1k2A = (iii) k1A + k2A

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 (d) (-k)A = (iv) k1(k2A) = k2(k1A)

29. Using elementary transformation, find the inverse of the matrix: [2]
4 5
[ ]
3 4

30. Compute the following: [2]

a b a b
i. [ ]+ [ ]
−b a b a
2 2 2 2
a + b b + c 2ab 2bc
ii. [ ]+ [ ]
2 2 2 2
a + c a + b −2ac −2ab

Section C
31. Show that a matrix which is both symmetric and skew symmetric is a zero matrix. [3]
⎡
6 −2 2
⎤ [3]
32. Express matrix as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric matrix: ⎢ −2 3 −1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
2 −1 3

Section D
33. Read the case study carefully and answer any four out of the following questions: [4]
Once a mathematics teacher drew a triangle ABC on the blackboard. Now he asked Jose," If I
increase AB by 11 cm and decrease the side BC by 11 cm, then what type of triangle it would
be?" R
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Jose said, "It will become an equilateral triangle."

56 L
48 TA
20 IT
21 M
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67 D
85 FIE
21 LI
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98 SIM
H
AT
M

Again teacher asked Suraj," If I multiply the side AB by 4 then what will be the relation of this
with side AC?"
Suraj said it will be 10 cm more than the three times of AC.
Find the sides of the triangle using the matrix method and  answer the following
questions:
i. What is the length of the smallest side?
a. 54 cm
b. 43 cm
c. 30 cm
d. 35 cm
ii. What is the length of the largest side?
a. 54 cm
b. 43 cm
c. 65 cm

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iii. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
a. 150 cm
b. 160 cm
c. 165 cm
d. 162cm
iv. What is the side of the equilateral triangle formed?
a. 54 cm
b. 43 cm
c. 30 cm
d. 35 cm
v. What is the order of the matrix formed?
a. 3 ×  3
b. 2 ×  3
c. 3 ×  2
d. 2 ×  2
34. Read the case study carefully and answer any four out of the following questions: [4]
Three friends Ravi, Raju and Rohit were doing buying and selling of stationery items in a
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market. The price of per dozen of Pen, Notebook and toys are Rupees x, y and z respectively.
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Ravi purchases 4 dozens of notebooks and sells 2 dozens of pens and 5 dozens of toys. Raju
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21 M

purchases 2 dozens of toy and sells 3 dozens of pens and 1 dozen of notebooks. Rohit
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67 D

purchases one dozen of pens and sells 3 dozens of notebooks and one dozen of toys.
85 FIE
21 LI

In the process, Ravi, Raju and Rohit earn ₹ 1500, ₹ 100 and ₹400 respectively.
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H
AT
M

Answer the following questions using the matrix method:

i. What is the price of one dozen of pens?
a. ₹ 100
b. ₹ 200
c. ₹ 300
d. ₹ 400
ii. What is the total price of one dozen of pens and one dozen of notebooks?
a. ₹ 100
b. ₹ 200
c. ₹ 300
d. ₹ 400

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 iii. What is the sale amount of Ravi?
a. ₹ 1000
b. ₹ 1100
c. ₹ 1300
d. ₹ 1200
iv. What is the amount of purchases made by all three friends?
a. ₹ 1200
b. ₹ 1500
c. ₹ 1300
d. ₹ 1400
v. What is the price of sales made by all three friends?
a. ₹ 3000
b. ₹ 2500
c. ₹ 2700
d. ₹ 2400
Section E
35. Fill in the blanks: [5]
a) In applying one or more row operations while finding A-1 by elementary row operations,
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we obtain all zeros in one or more, then A-1 ________.
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48 TA
20 IT

b) If A and B are two skew symmetric matrices of same order, then AB is symmetric matrix
21 M
, 9 BY

if ________.
67 D
85 FIE

c) ________ matrix is both symmetric and skew symmetric matrix.

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d) If A is skew symmetric, then kA is a ________ where k is any scalar.

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e) If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then [k(A - B)]' = ________ where k is any
H
AT

scalar.
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⎡
1 1 1
⎤ [5]
36. If A = ⎢ 0 1 1⎥ , then use the principle of mathematical induction to show that An =
⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

1 n n(n + 1)/2
⎡ ⎤

⎢0 1 n ⎥ for every positive integer n

⎣ ⎦
0 0 1

Section F
37. State True or False: [6]
a) If matrix AB = O, then A = O or B = O or both A and B are null matrices.
b) Two matrices are equal if they have same number of rows and same number of columns.
c) If (AB)′ = B′ A′, where A and B are not square matrices, then a number of rows in A is
equal to number of columns in B and number of columns in A is equal to the number of
rows in B.
d) A matrix denotes a number.
e) Matrices of any order can be added.
f) If A and B are two matrices of the same order, then A - B = B - A.

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85 FIE
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21 M
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