Matrices and Determinants

418 Questions
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline

Consider the system of equations:

$x-2y+3z=-1$

$-x+y-2z=k$

$x-3y+4z=1$

Statement - 1 : The system of equations has no solution for $k\ne3$.

and

Statement - 2 : The determinant $\left| {\matrix{ 1 & 3 & { - 1} \cr { - 1} & { - 2} & k \cr 1 & 4 & 1 \cr } } \right| \ne 0$, for $k \ne 3$.

A.
Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1
B.
Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement - 1
C.
Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is False
D.
Statement - 1 is False, Statement - 2 is True
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006
The value of $|U|$ is :
A.
3
B.
$-3$
C.
$3 / 2$
D.
2
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

The sum of the elements of $\mathrm{U}^{-1}$ is:

A.

-1

B.

0

C.

1

D.

3

2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

The value of $\left[\begin{array}{lll}3 & 2 & 0\end{array}\right] U\left[\begin{array}{l}3 \\ 2 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$ is :

A.

5

B.

$5 / 2$

C.

4

D.

$3 / 2$

2024 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 Online

Let $S=\left\{A=\left(\begin{array}{lll}0 & 1 & c \\ 1 & a & d \\ 1 & b & e\end{array}\right): a, b, c, d, e \in\{0,1\}\right.$ and $\left.|A| \in\{-1,1\}\right\}$, where $|A|$ denotes the determinant of $A$. Then the number of elements in $S$ is __________.

2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let $R=\left\{\left(\begin{array}{lll}a & 3 & b \\ c & 2 & d \\ 0 & 5 & 0\end{array}\right): a, b, c, d \in\{0,3,5,7,11,13,17,19\}\right\}$.

Then the number of invertible matrices in $R$ is :
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 2 Online
Let $\beta$ be a real number. Consider the matrix

$ A=\left(\begin{array}{ccc} \beta & 0 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 & -2 \\ 3 & 1 & -2 \end{array}\right) $

If $A^{7}-(\beta-1) A^{6}-\beta A^{5}$ is a singular matrix, then the value of $9 \beta$ is _________.
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 1 Online
Let $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

x + 2y + 3z = $\alpha$

4x + 5y + 6z = $\beta$

7x + 8y + 9z = $\gamma $ $-$ 1

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

$M = \left[ {\matrix{ \alpha & 2 & \gamma \cr \beta & 1 & 0 \cr { - 1} & 0 & 1 \cr } } \right]$

Let P be the plane containing all those ($\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$) 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.

The value of | M | is _________.
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 1 Online
Let $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

x + 2y + 3z = $\alpha$

4x + 5y + 6z = $\beta$

7x + 8y + 9z = $\gamma $ $-$ 1

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

$M = \left[ {\matrix{ \alpha & 2 & \gamma \cr \beta & 1 & 0 \cr { - 1} & 0 & 1 \cr } } \right]$

Let P be the plane containing all those ($\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$) 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.

The value of D is _________.
2020 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 2 Offline
The trace of a square matrix is defined to be the sum of its diagonal entries. If A is a 2 $ \times $ 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 .............
2019 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2 Offline
Suppose

det$\left| {\matrix{ {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n k } & {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {{}^n{C_k}{k^2}} } \cr {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {{}^n{C_k}.k} } & {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {{}^n{C_k}{3^k}} } \cr } } \right| = 0$

holds for some positive integer n. Then $\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {{{{}^n{C_k}} \over {k + 1}}} $ equals ..............
2018 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 2 Offline
Let P be a matrix of order 3 $ \times $ 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 ............ .
2017 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 1 Offline
For a real number $\alpha $, if the system

$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & \alpha & {{\alpha ^2}} \cr \alpha & 1 & \alpha \cr {{\alpha ^2}} & \alpha & 1 \cr } } \right]\left[ {\matrix{ x \cr y \cr z \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr { - 1} \cr 1 \cr } } \right]$

of linear equations, has infinitely many solutions, then 1 + $\alpha $ + $\alpha $2 =
2016 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 1 Offline

The total number of distinct x $\in$ R for which

$\left| {\matrix{ x & {{x^2}} & {1 + {x^3}} \cr {2x} & {4{x^2}} & {1 + 8{x^3}} \cr {3x} & {9{x^2}} & {1 + 27{x^3}} \cr } } \right| = 10$ is ______________.

2016 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 1 Offline

Let $z = {{ - 1 + \sqrt 3 i} \over 2}$, where $i = \sqrt { - 1} $, and r, s $\in$ {1, 2, 3}. Let $P = \left[ {\matrix{ {{{( - z)}^r}} & {{z^{2s}}} \cr {{z^{2s}}} & {{z^r}} \cr } } \right]$ and I be the identity matrix of order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs (r, s) for which P2 = $-$I is ____________.

2011 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline

Let M be a 3 $\times$ 3 matrix satisfying $M\left[ {\matrix{ 0 \cr 1 \cr 0 \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 1} \cr 2 \cr 3 \cr } } \right]$, $M\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr { - 1} \cr 0 \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr { - 1} \cr } } \right]$ and $M\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr 1 \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 \cr 0 \cr {12} \cr } } \right]$. Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is ___________.

2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline

Let $k$ be a positive real number and let

$ \begin{aligned} A & =\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 2 k-1 & 2 \sqrt{k} & 2 \sqrt{k} \\ 2 \sqrt{k} & 1 & -2 k \\ -2 \sqrt{k} & 2 k & -1 \end{array}\right] \text { and } \\\\ \mathbf{B} & =\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 0 & 2 k-1 & \sqrt{k} \\ 1-2 k & 0 & 2 \sqrt{k} \\ -\sqrt{k} & -2 \sqrt{k} & 0 \end{array}\right] . \end{aligned} $

If $\operatorname{det}(\operatorname{adj} A)+\operatorname{det}(\operatorname{adj} B)=10^6$, then $[k]$

is equal to _________.

[ Note : adj M denotes the adjoint of a square matrix M and $[k]$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $k$ ].

1985 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1985
If $\left| {\matrix{ a & {{a^2}} & {1 + {a^3}} \cr b & {{b^2}} & {1 + {b^3}} \cr c & {{c^2}} & {1 + {c^3}} \cr } } \right| = 0$ and the vectors
$\overrightarrow A = \left( {1,a,{a^2}} \right),\,\,\overrightarrow B = \left( {1,b,{b^2}} \right),\,\,\overrightarrow C = \left( {1,c,{c^2}} \right),$ are non-coplannar, then the product $abc=$ .......