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Manzil JEE (2024)

Matrices JEE
Revision Practice Sheet

Single Correct Type Questions (1 to 15)    1 0 

7. If A    and B    , then the value of
0 2   0 3a     5 1 
1. If A    and kA    then the values
 3 4   2b 24  '' for which A2  B , is
of k, a, b are respectively. (1) 1 (2) –1
(1) –6, –12, –18 (2) –6, 4, 9 (3) 4 (4) No real values
(3) –6, –4, –9 (4) –6, 12, 18
8. The number of solutions of the matrix equation
 1 1 a 1  2 1 1
2. If A  , B  and ( A  B) X2 
 2 1  b 1  is
 2 3
 A2  B 2 , then the values of a and b are: (1) More than 2 (2) 2
(1) a = 4, b = 1 (2) a = 1, b = 4 (3) 0 (4) 1
(3) a = 0, b = 4 (4) a = 2, b = 4
9. If A and B are square matrices of order n, then
3. If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that A  I and B  I commute for every scalar  ,
AAT  AT A and B  AT AT then BBT equals: only it
(1) AB = BA (2) AB + BA = 0
(1) B 1 (2) ( B 1 )T
(3) A = – B (4) none of these
(3) I  B (4) I
10. Let M and N be two 3 × 3 non-singular skew-
4. The number of diagonal matrix A of order n for symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If PT
which A3 = A denotes the transpose of P, then
(1) 1 (2) 0 1 T
(3) 2n (4) 3n 
M 2N2 M T N   MN 1  is equal to

(1) M 2 (2)  N 2
1 0 0
(3)  M 2 (4) MN
5. Let P   4 1 0  and I be the identity matrix of
16 4 1 
11. If Z is an idempotent matrix, then (I + Z)n is equals
order 3. If Q   aij  is a matrix such that (1) I + 2n Z (2) I + (2n – 1) Z
a31  a32 (3) I – (2n – 1) Z (4) None of these
P50  Q  I , then equals.
a21
(1) 52 (2) 103 5a b  T
(3) 201 (4) 205 12. If A    and A(adjA)  AA , then 5a + b
 3 2 
is equal to
 i i   1 1 8
6. If A    and B    then A equals (1) –1 (2) 5
 i i   1 1  (3) 4 (4) 13
(1) 4 B (2) 128 B
(3) –128 B (4) –64 B
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2 2 1 0 Passage Type Question (19-21)

13. A  , and I    then 10A–1 is equal to:
9 4  0 1 a b 
Let A be a matrix of order 2 × 2 , A    Such that
(1) A  4 I (2) A  6I c d 
(3) 4I  A (4) 6I  A
A2  0
 cos   sin   19. A2 – (a + d)A + (ad – bc)I is equal to
14 Let A    ,    R  such that (1) I (2) 0
 sin  cos  
 0 1  (3) – I (4) None of these
A32    . Then a value of '' is:
1 0 
 20. tr(A) is equal to
(1) (2) 0
 (1) 1 (2) 0
  (3) – 1 (4) None of these
(3) (4)
 
21. (I + A)100 =
15 Let a, b, c R be all non-zero and satisfy
a b c (1) 100 A (2) 100(I + A)
3 3 3   (3) 100 I +A (4) I + 100 A
a  b  c  2 . If the matrix A   b c a
c a b 

Matrix Match Type Question (22-23)
satisfies AT A  I , then value of abc can be:
1 22. Match of following lists:
(1) 3 (2)
3
1 2 List I List-II
(3) (4) n
3 3 (A) (I – A) is if A is (P) 2n–1 (I – A)
idempotent
One or More Than One Type Questions (16 to 18)
(B) (I – A)n is if A is (Q) I – nA
16. If A is a matrix such that A2 + A + 2I = O, then
which of the following is/are true? involutory
(1) A is nonsingular (C) (I – A)n is if A is (R) A
(2) A is symmetric nilpotent of index 2
(3) A cannot be skew-symmetric
(D) It A is orthogonal, then (S) I–A
1
(4) A–1 = –  A  I  (AT)–1
2
Codes:
 1 1 a 1  A B C D
17. If A    ,B    and
2 1   b 1 (1) R P S Q
(A + B)2 = A2 + B2 + 2AB, then (2) S P Q R
(1) a = – 1 (2) a = 1 (3) R P Q S
(3) b = 1 (4) b = – 1
(4) Q P S R
1
 1  tan   1 tan   a b 
18. If     ,
 tan  1   tan  1  b a 
then
(1) a = cos 2 (2) a = 1
(3) b = sin 2 (4) b = –1
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23. Consider a matrix A = [aij] of order 3 × 3 such that Integer Type Question (24-25)
aij = (k)i+j where k  I. 0 1  0
Match List I with List II and select the correct 24. A  and (A8 + A6 + A4 + A2 + I) V   
answer using the codes given below the lists.  3 0 11
List I List-II (where I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix), then the
product of all elements of matrix V is _______
(A) A is singular if (P) k  {0}
(B) A is null matrix if (Q) k  
(C) A is skew-symmetric (R) k  I a b  2
25. If   is an idempotent matrix and f(x) = x – x
which is not null matrix  c 1  a 
if 1
(D) A2 = 3 A if (S) k  {–1, 0} and bc = , then the value of 4 f (a) is ________ .
4
Codes:
A B C D
(1) R P S Q
(2) S P Q R
(3) R P Q S
(4) Q P S R
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ANSWER KEY

1. (3) 14. (4)

2. (2) 15. (2)
3. (4) 16. (1, 3, 4)
4. (4) 17. (1, 4)
5. (2) 18. (1, 3)
6. (2) 19. (2)
7. (4) 20. (2)
8. (1) 21. (4)
9. (1) 22. (2)
10. (3) 23. (3)
11. (2) 24. (0)
12. (2) 25. (1)
13. (2)
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Hints and Solutions

1. (3) d13  d1 , d 23  d 2 ,........., dn3  d n

0 2 
A  Hence all d1, d 2 ,......., d n have three possible values
3 4
± 1, 0.
 K  0 2k   0 3a 
KA    Each diagonal element can be selected in three
 3k 4 k   2b 24 
ways
4k  24
k  6 Hence the number of different matrices is 3n .
18  2b  b  9
12  3a  a  4 5. (2)
Q = P50 – I
2. (2)  1 0 0
 1 1
A
a
,B  
1 P   4 1 0 
 1
 2 1 b 16 4 1 
 A  B 2  A2  B 2  1 0 0   1 0 0   1 0 0
A2  B 2  BA  AB  A2  B 2 P   4 1 0   4 1 0    8 1 0
2 

BA  AB  0 16 4 1  16 4 1   48 8 1 
 a 1   1 –1  1 1  a 1   0 0 
 b 1  2 –1   2 1  b –1   0 0 
         1 0 0  1 0 0
  
 a  2  a  1 a  b 1  1   0 0  50
P  200 1 0    200 1 0 
 b  2 b  1  2 a  b 2  1   0 0 
     16 1  2.50  200 1   20400 200 1 
 2 a  b  2 a  1  0 0  20400  200
 2a  2  a31  20400, a21  200,  103
 4  b   0 0  200
a 1 a32  200,
b4
3. (3) 6. (2)
BA T T
A We have
T A = iB
  AT
B  A1
 2 2
T A2  (iB) 2  i 2 B 2   B 2      2 B
B   AA1   2 2 
2
T Or A4   2 B   4 B 2  4  2 B   8 B
B  I 
2
B  I   A4  2
  8B   64 B 2
BT  I
A8  128 B
B.BT  I .I  I
7. (4)
4. (4)
A  diag (d1 , d 2,........, dn )  x 0 1 0 
A  &B 
1 1  5 1 
Given A3 = A
 x 0  x 0
diag ( d13 , d 23 ,......, d n3 )  diag (d1 , d 2 ,......, d n ) A2   
 1 1  1 1 
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 x 2 0  1 0  9. (1)
   (A – I) (B – I) = (B – I) (A – I)
 x  1 1  5 1 
or AB – (A + B)I + 2I2 = BA –(B + A)I + 2I2
x 2  1  x  1 or AB = BA
x 1  5  x  4
No real value
10. (3)
8. (1) M T  –M , NT  – N
a b 1 T
Let X   
c d 

 M 2N 2 M T N   MN 1 
1 T
 M 2 N 2 N 1  M T   N 1   M 
T
 a b  a b 
X2   
 c d  c d  1
 M 2 N  M    N  1   M 
 a 2  bc ab  bd 
X2   
 M  MN  M 1 N 1 M 
 ac  cd bc  d 2 
 
2
 a + bc = 1 and ab + bd = 1  b(a + b ) = 1 M2
ac + cd = 2  c (a + d) = 2  2b = c
Also, 11. (2)
bc + d2 =3  d2 – a2 = 2 Z is idempotent, then
(d – a) (d + a) = 2 Z2 = Z  Z3, Z4,……., Zn = Z
 d – a = 2b  I  Z n  nCo I n  n C1I n1Z  nC2 I n2 Z 2  ...... n Cn Z n
1
ad 
b  nC0 I  nC1Z  nC2 Z  nC3 Z  ....... n Cn Z
1 1
 2d  2b  , 2a   2b
b b I  n c1  nC2  nC3  .......  nCn  Z
1 1
d b , a b  I   2n  1 Z
2b 2b
C = 2b
 2 1  12. (2)
2
  b  2  1  2b  3
 4b  adjA  AT
1  2 b   ba 3
 3b 2  2  2  3 ba    b 2
4b    
12b 4  8b 2  1  0 ba = 2, b = 3
5a+b=2+3=5
 6b2  1 2b2  1  0
1 1 13. (2)
or b   or b  
6 2 A  I  0
Therefore matrices are 2   2 
 9 0
 1   1  
 2 1   4   
 
 0   0  6 6
 2    4     18  0
 2 , 2 ,
 2  2 4 
 2    2  2     2  6  10  0
 6 6
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A2  6 A  10 I  0 a 2  b2  c2  1
10 I  A2  6 A ab  bc  ca  0
Multiply by A-1  a  b  c 2  1  0
10A-1 = A – 6I a³  b³  c³  3abc
  a  b  c  a ²  b²  c²  ab  bc  ca 
14. (4)
 C os   Sin   16. (1, 3, 4)
A 
 Sin  Cos   A² + A + 2I = 0
C os   Sin    Cos   Sin   A² + A-1 + A A-1 + 2I A-1 = 0
A2     A + I + 2 A-1 = 0
 Sin  Cos    Sin  Cos   –A I
C os 2  Sin 2  A 1 
  2
 Sin 2 Cos 2  A1exist, A  0
Similarly
 A is non singular
C os32  Sin 32   0 1 A can be skew symmetric even order.
A32    
 Sin 32 Cos32   1 0 
Cos32  0,Sin 32  1 17. (1, 4)
Given, (A + B)2 = A2 + B2 +2AB

32   4n  1 , n  I (A + B) (A + B) = A2 + B2 + 2AB
2
A2 + AB + BA +B2 = A2 + B2 + 2AB

   4n  1 or BA = AB
64
  a 1   1 1  1 1  a 1 
Put n = 0,    b 1  2 1    2 1   b 1
64      
 a  2  a  1  a  b 1  1 
15. (2)  b  2 b  1   2a  b 2  1
   
a b c
   a + 2 = a – b, –a + 1 = 2  a = –1
A  b c a
c a b b – 2 = 2a + b, –b – 1 = 1  b = –2
   a = –1 , b = –2
a b c
T   18. (1, 3)
A  b c a
c a b 1
   1  tan    1 tan   a b 
 tan    
 a b c  a b c   1 0 0   1    tan  1  b a 

      1 tan 
 b c a  b c a    0 1 0  x
 c a b  c a b   0 0 1 
      tan  1 
 a 2  b 2  c 2 ab  ac  bc ab  ac  bc   1  tan  
Minors 
 
 tan  1 
 ab  ac  bc a 2  b2  c 2 ab  ac  bc 
 2 2 2  1 tan 
 ab  ac  bc ab  ac  bc a  b  c  Coffactors 
  tan  1 
1 0 0   1  tan  
  0 1 0  Adj 
1 
 tan 
 0 0 1 
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n
 1  tan    I  A  n C0 I  nC1 A  n C2 A2  nC3 A3  ....
 tan  1 
A1   
 I  n C1  nC2  nC3  ....... A 
1  tan 2 
 1
 tan 
 tan   1
 
1   tan 
 tan 
1 
  
 I   n C0  n C1  nC2  n C3  ........  n C0  A


IA
1  tan 2 
B. A is involutory.
 1 2 tan  
 Hence, A2 = I
2 
 2 tan  1  tan   A3  A5  ........  A and A2  A 4  A6  ........  I
1  tan 2 
cos 2  sin 2  I  An  nC0 I  nC1 A  nC2 A2  nC3 A3  ......
 sin 2 Cos 2 
   n C0 I  n C1 A  nC2 I  n C3 A  n C4 I .........
a  Cos2
b  sin 2
  n C0  nC2  nC4  .... I   n C1  nC3  nC5  ... A
= 2n1  I  A 
19. (2)
A  I  0 C. If A is nilpotent of index 2, then
A2 = A3 = A4 = …… = An = 0
a  b n
c d 
0   I  A  n Co I  n C1 A  nC2 A2  n C3 A3  ......
 I  nA  0  0  ......
ad   2  a  d   bc  0
 I  nA
A2  A  a  d    ad  bc  I  0
D. A is orthogonal. Hence,
AAT  I
20. (2) 1
2
 a b   a b   a  bc ab  bd 
 AT  A

 c d  c d   
    ac  cs d 2  bc  23. (3)
2
a  bc  0  k 2 k3 k4
  
b  b  d   0 ad 0 A  k3 k4 k5 
  4 
c  a  d   0 Tr  A  0  k k5 k6 


d 2  bc  0  A 0
1 1 1
21. (4)
2 3 4
k k ,k k k k 0
 I  A 100  100C0 A0 I 100
k2 k2 k2
100C1 A1I 99  100C2 A2 I 98 _______
k I
 I  100 A  0
A is null matrix it k = 0
 I  100 A A is not skew symmetric matrix
A² = 3A
22. (2)
Since A is idempotent, we have
A2 = A
A3 = A4 = ………. = An = A
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 k4  k6  k8 k5  k7  k9 k 6  k 8  k10  25. (1)

  a b  a b  a b 
 k 5  k 7  k 9 k 6  k 8  k10 k 7  k 9  k11  c 1  a c 1  a  c 1  a
 6 8 10      
 k  k  k k 7  k 9  k11 k 4  k 6  k8 
  ab  bc ab  b  ba   a b 
3k 2 3k 3 3k 4   2    
   ac  c  ac bc  1  a  2a   c 1  a 
  3k 3 3k 4 3k 5  ab  bc  a
 4 
3k 3k 5 3k 6  2
bc  1  a   1  a

k ,0,1 bc  a  a 2
1
a  a2 
4
24. (0)
4 f  a
0 1 
A 
 3 0 4 a  a 2 
 
 0 1  0 1   3 0 1
A2      4
 3 0   3 0   0 3 4
=1
 3 0   3 0   9 0
A4     
 0 3  0 3  0 9 
9 0 3 0   27 0 
A6     
0 9 0 3  0 27 
9 0  9 0 81 0 
A8     
0 9  0 9   0 81

 A8  A6  A4  A2  I  v  110 
121 0   a   0 
 0 121 b   11
    
121a   0 
121b   11
   
a0
1
b
11
1
0  0
11

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