Matrices and Determinants
Let $A, B$ and $C$ be three $2 \times 2$ matrices with real entries such that $B=(I+A)^{-1}$ and $\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{C}=\mathrm{I}$.
If $\mathrm{BC}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & -5 \\ -1 & 2\end{array}\right]$ and $\mathrm{CB}\left[\begin{array}{l}x_1 \\ x_2\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}12 \\ -6\end{array}\right]$, then $x_1+x_2$ is
4
2
0
-2
Let $P=\left[p_{i j}\right]$ and $Q=\left[q_{i j}\right]$ be two square matrices of order 3 such that $q_{\mathrm{ij}}=2^{(\mathrm{i}+\mathrm{j}-1)} \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{ij}}$ and $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{Q})=2^{10}$. Then the value of $\operatorname{det}(\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} \mathrm{P}))$ is:
81
16
124
32
Let $f(x)=\int \frac{7 x^{10}+9 x^8}{\left(1+x^2+2 x^9\right)^2} d x, x>0, \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 0} f(x)=0$ and $f(1)=\frac{1}{4}$.
If $\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}0 & 0 & 1 \\ \frac{1}{4} & f^{\prime}(1) & 1 \\ \alpha^2 & 4 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and $\mathrm{B}=\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} \mathrm{A})$ be such that $|\mathrm{B}|=81$, then $\alpha^2$ is equal to
2
4
3
1
The system of linear equations
$ \begin{aligned} & x+y+z=6 \\ & 2 x+5 y+a z=36 \\ & x+2 y+3 z=b \end{aligned} $
has :
unique solution for $a=8$ and $b=16$
infinitely many solutions for $a=8$ and $b=14$
infinitely many solutions for $a=8$ and $b=16$
unique solution for $a=8$ and $b=14$
Among the statements :
I: If $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & \cos \alpha & \cos \beta \\ \cos \alpha & 1 & \cos \gamma \\ \cos \beta & \cos \gamma & 1\end{array}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}0 & \cos \alpha & \cos \beta \\ \cos \alpha & 0 & \cos \gamma \\ \cos \beta & \cos \gamma & 0\end{array}\right|$, then $\cos ^2 \alpha+\cos ^2 \beta+\cos ^2 \gamma=\frac{3}{2}$, and
II: If $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}x^2+x & x+1 & x-2 \\ 2 x^2+3 x-1 & 3 x & 3 x-3 \\ x^2+2 x+3 & 2 x-1 & 2 x-1\end{array}\right|=\mathrm{p} x+\mathrm{q}$, then $\mathrm{p}^2=196 \mathrm{q}^2$,
both are true
both are false
only I is true
only II is true
Let n be the number obtained on rolling a fair die. If the probability that the system
$ \begin{aligned} & x-\mathrm{n} y+z=6 \\ & x+(\mathrm{n}-2) y+(\mathrm{n}+1) z=8 \\ & \quad(\mathrm{n}-1) y+z=1 \end{aligned} $
has a unique solution is $\frac{k}{6}$, then the sum of $k$ and all possible values of $n$ is :22
20
24
21
If $X=\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right]$ is a solution of the system of equations $A X=B$, where $\operatorname{adj} A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}4 & 2 & 2 \\ -5 & 0 & 5 \\ 1 & -2 & 3\end{array}\right]$ and $\mathrm{B}=\left[\begin{array}{l}4 \\ 0 \\ 2\end{array}\right]$, then $|x+y+z|$ is equal to :
3
2
$\frac{3}{2}$
1
If $\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}2 & 3 \\ 3 & 5\end{array}\right]$, then the determinant of the matrix $\left(\mathrm{A}^{2025}-3 \mathrm{~A}^{2024}+\mathrm{A}^{2023}\right)$ is
12
24
28
16
If the system of equations
$ 3x + y + 4z = 3 $
$ 2x + \alpha y - z = -3 $
$ x + 2y + z = 4 $
has no solution, then the value of $ \alpha $ is equal to:
13
4
19
23
For the matrices $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & -4 \\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} -29 & 49 \\ -13 & 18 \end{bmatrix}$, if $(A^{15} + B) \begin{bmatrix} x \\ y \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}$, then among the following which one is true?
$x = 16$, $y = 3$
$x = 5$, $y = 7$
$x = 11$, $y = 2$
$x = 18$, $y = 11$
Which one of the following matrices can be obtained by performing elementary row transformations on the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix?
$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$
$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 1 & 2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$
$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 2 & 5 & 8 \end{bmatrix}$
$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 2 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$
If the system of linear equations :
$ \begin{aligned} & x+y+z=6 \\ & x+2 y+5 z=10 \\ & 2 x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu \end{aligned} $
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of $\lambda+\mu$ equals:
12
16
22
28
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}\alpha & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 3 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 & 5\end{array}\right]$ and $B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & -5 \alpha & 0 \\ 0 & 4 \alpha & -2 \alpha\end{array}\right]+\operatorname{adj}(A)$. If $\operatorname{det}(B)=66$, then $\operatorname{det}(\operatorname{adj}(A))$ equals :
289
361
441
529
The sum of all possible values of $\theta \in[0,2 \pi]$, for which the system of equations :
$ \begin{aligned} & x \cos 3 \theta-8 y-12 z=0 \\ & x \cos 2 \theta+3 y+3 z=0 \\ & x+y+3 z=0 \end{aligned} $
has a non-trivial solution, is equal to :
${ }\pi$
$2 \pi$
$3 \pi$
$4 \pi$
Let $\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 3 & 1 & 0 \\ 9 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and $\mathrm{B}=\left[\mathrm{b}_{i j}\right], 1 \leq i, j \leq 3$. If $\mathrm{B}=\mathrm{A}^{99}-\mathrm{I}$, then the value of $\frac{\mathrm{b}_{31}-\mathrm{b}_{21}}{\mathrm{~b}_{32}}$ is :
99
199
149
159
If $f: \mathbf{N} \rightarrow \mathbf{Z}$ is defined by
$ f(n)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} n & -1 & -5 \\ -2 n^2 & 3(2 k+1) & 2 k+1 \\ -3 n^3 & 3 k(2 k+1) & 3 k(k+2)+1 \end{array}\right|, k \in N, $
and $\sum\limits_{n=1}^k f(n)=98$, then $k$ is equal to :
3
4
5
6
Let M be a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $\mathrm{M}\left(\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 2 \\ 3\end{array}\right), \mathrm{M}\left(\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 2\end{array}\right)$ and $\mathrm{M}\left(\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 0 \\ 1\end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}-1 \\ 1 \\ 1\end{array}\right)$. If $\mathrm{M}\left(\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}1 \\ 7 \\ 11\end{array}\right)$, then $x+y+z$ equals :
4
5
7
11
Let A be a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that
$ \mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}}\left[\begin{array}{l} 1 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l} 5 \\ 2 \\ 2 \end{array}\right], \mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}}\left[\begin{array}{l} 0 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l} 3 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{array}\right], \mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l} 1 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l} 3 \\ 4 \\ 4 \end{array}\right] \text { and } \mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l} 0 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l} 1 \\ 3 \\ 1 \end{array}\right] . $
If $\operatorname{det}(A)=1$, then $\operatorname{det}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(A^2+A\right)\right)$ is equal to:
16
25
49
64
Consider the system of linear equations in $x, y, z$ :
$ \begin{aligned} & x+2 y+t z=0 \\ & 6 x+y+5 t z=0 \\ & 3 x+t^2 y+f(t) z=0 \end{aligned} $
where $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a differentiable function. If this system has infinitely many solutions for all $t \in \mathbb{R}$, then $f$
is a constant function
is strictly increasing on $\mathbb{R}$
is strictly decreasing on $R$
has two critical points
If the system of equations :
$ \begin{aligned} & x+y+z=5 \\ & x+2 y+3 z=9 \\ & x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu \end{aligned} $
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of $\lambda+\mu$ is :
16
18
19
21
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 2 & 7 \\ 4 & -2 & 8 \\ 3 & 8 & -7\end{array}\right]$ and $\operatorname{det}(A-\alpha I)=0$, where $\alpha$ is a real number. If the largest possible value of $\alpha$ is $p$, then the circle $(x-p)^2+(y-2 p)^2=320$, intersects the co-ordinate axes at
1 point
2 points
3 points
4 points
Let $\mathrm{S}=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}a & b \\ c & d\end{array}\right]: a, b, c, d \in\{0,1,2,3,4\}\right.$ and $\left.\mathrm{A}^2-4 \mathrm{~A}+3 \mathrm{I}=0\right\}$ be a set of $2 \times 2$ matrices. Then the number of matrices in S , for which the sum of the diagonal elements is equal to 4 , is :
20
17
21
19
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 2 \\ -2 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 3 & 5\end{array}\right]$. Then the sum of all elements of the matrix $\operatorname{adj}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(2(\operatorname{adj} \mathrm{~A})^{-1}\right)\right)$ is equal to:
3
4
-4
-3
If the system of equations
$x + 5y + 6z = 4$
$2x + 3y + 4z = 7$
$x + 6y + az = b$
has infinitely many solutions, then the point $(a, b)$ lies on the line
$y - x = 3$
$x - y = 3$
$x + y = 11$
$x + y = 12$
Let $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$ be such that the system of linear equations
$ \begin{aligned} x + 2y + z &= 5 \\ 2x + y + \alpha z &= 5 \\ 8x + 4y + \beta z &= 18 \end{aligned} $
has no solution. Then $\frac{\beta}{\alpha}$ is equal to :
-4
4
8
-8
Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 1 & \alpha \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 \\ \beta & 2 \end{bmatrix}$. If $A^2 - 4A + I = O$ and $B^2 - 5B - 6I = O$, then among the two statements:
(S1) : $[(B-A)(B+A)]^T = \begin{bmatrix} 13 & 15 \\ 7 & 10 \end{bmatrix}$
and
(S2) : $\det(\mathrm{adj}(A+B)) = -5$
only (S1) is correct
only (S2) is correct
both (S1) and (S2) are correct
both (S1) and (S2) are wrong
Let α be a solution of $x^2 + x + 1 = 0$, and for some a and b in
$R, \begin{bmatrix} 4 & a & b \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 16 & 13 \\ -1 & -1 & 2 \\ -2 & -14 & -8 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$. If $\frac{4}{\alpha^4} + \frac{m}{\alpha^a} + \frac{n}{\alpha^b} = 3$, then m + n is equal to _______
11
3
8
7
Let $ A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2+p & 2+p+q \\ 4 & 6+2p & 8+3p+2q \\ 6 & 12+3p & 20+6p+3q \end{bmatrix} $.
If $ \det(\text{adj}(\text{adj}(3A))) = 2^m \cdot 3^n $, $ m, n \in \mathbb{N} $, then $ m + n $ is equal to
22
20
24
26
Let the system of equations
x + 5y - z = 1
4x + 3y - 3z = 7
24x + y + λz = μ
λ, μ ∈ ℝ, have infinitely many solutions. Then the number of the solutions of this system,
if x, y, z are integers and satisfy 7 ≤ x + y + z ≤ 77, is :
4
5
3
6
Let $A$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $|\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} \mathrm{A}))|=81$.
If $S=\left\{n \in \mathbb{Z}:(|\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} A)|)^{\frac{(n-1)^2}{2}}=|A|^{\left(3 n^2-5 n-4\right)}\right\}$, then $\sum_\limits{n \in S}\left|A^{\left(n^2+n\right)}\right|$ is equal to :
Let the system of equations :
$ \begin{aligned} & 2 x+3 y+5 z=9 \\ & 7 x+3 y-2 z=8 \\ & 12 x+3 y-(4+\lambda) z=16-\mu \end{aligned}$
have infinitely many solutions. Then the radius of the circle centred at $(\lambda, \mu)$ and touching the line $4 x=3 y$ is :
Let the matrix $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$ satisfy $A^n=A^{n-2}+A^2-I$ for $n \geqslant 3$. Then the sum of all the elements of $\mathrm{A}^{50}$ is :
Let $A$ be a matrix of order $3 \times 3$ and $|A|=5$. If $|2 \operatorname{adj}(3 A \operatorname{adj}(2 A))|=2^\alpha \cdot 3^\beta \cdot 5^\gamma, \alpha, \beta, \gamma \in N$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to
If the system of equations
$ \begin{aligned} & 2 x+\lambda y+3 z=5 \\ & 3 x+2 y-z=7 \\ & 4 x+5 y+\mu z=9 \end{aligned} $
has infinitely many solutions, then $\left(\lambda^2+\mu^2\right)$ is equal to :
Let $\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\alpha & -1 \\ 6 & \beta\end{array}\right], \alpha>0$, such that $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{A})=0$ and $\alpha+\beta=1$. If I denotes $2 \times 2$ identity matrix, then the matrix $(I+A)^8$ is :
Let $a \in R$ and $A$ be a matrix of order $3 \times 3$ such that $\operatorname{det}(A)=-4$ and $A+I=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & a & 1 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 \\ a & 1 & 2\end{array}\right]$, where $I$ is the identity matrix of order $3 \times 3$. If $\operatorname{det}((a+1) \operatorname{adj}((a-1) A))$ is $2^{\mathrm{m}} 3^{\mathrm{n}}, \mathrm{m}$, $\mathrm{n} \in\{0,1,2, \ldots, 20\}$, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to :
If the system of linear equations
$ \begin{aligned} & 3 x+y+\beta z=3 \\ & 2 x+\alpha y-z=-3 \\ & x+2 y+z=4 \end{aligned} $
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of $22 \beta-9 \alpha$ is :
Let $A = [a_{ij}]$ be a $2 \times 2$ matrix such that $a_{ij} \in \{0, 1\}$ for all $i$ and $j$. Let the random variable $X$ denote the possible values of the determinant of the matrix $A$. Then, the variance of $X$ is:
$\frac{5}{8}$
$\frac{1}{4}$
$\frac{3}{4}$
$\frac{3}{8}$
Let $ \alpha, \beta \ (\alpha \neq \beta) $ be the values of $ m $, for which the equations $ x+y+z=1 $, $ x+2y+4z=m $ and $ x+4y+10z=m^2 $ have infinitely many solutions. Then the value of $ \sum\limits_{n=1}^{10} (n^{\alpha}+n^{\beta}) $ is equal to :
3410
560
3080
440
Let $\mathrm{A}=\left[a_{i j}\right]$ be a matrix of order $3 \times 3$, with $a_{i j}=(\sqrt{2})^{i+j}$. If the sum of all the elements in the third row of $A^2$ is $\alpha+\beta \sqrt{2}, \alpha, \beta \in \mathbf{Z}$, then $\alpha+\beta$ is equal to :
210
280
224
168
Let $ A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{ij} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \log_5 128 & \log_4 5 \\ \log_5 8 & \log_4 25 \end{bmatrix} $. If $ A_{ij} $ is the cofactor of $ a_{ij} $, $ C_{ij} = \sum\limits_{k=1}^{2} a_{ik} A_{jk} , 1 \leq i, j \leq 2 $, and $ C=[C_{ij}] $, then $ 8|C| $ is equal to :
288
262
222
242
Let M and m respectively be the maximum and the minimum values of
$f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1+\sin ^2 x & \cos ^2 x & 4 \sin 4 x \\ \sin ^2 x & 1+\cos ^2 x & 4 \sin 4 x \\ \sin ^2 x & \cos ^2 x & 1+4 \sin 4 x\end{array}\right|, x \in R$
Then $ M^4 - m^4 $ is equal to :
1280
1040
1215
1295
127
2049
258
65
For some $a, b,$ let $f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\mathrm{a}+\frac{\sin x}{x} & 1 & \mathrm{~b} \\ \mathrm{a} & 1+\frac{\sin x}{x} & \mathrm{~b} \\ \mathrm{a} & 1 & \mathrm{~b}+\frac{\sin x}{x}\end{array}\right|, x \neq 0, \lim \limits_{x \rightarrow 0} f(x)=\lambda+\mu \mathrm{a}+\nu \mathrm{b}.$ Then $(\lambda+\mu+v)^2$ is equal to :
If the system of equations
$
\begin{aligned}
& x+2 y-3 z=2 \\
& 2 x+\lambda y+5 z=5 \\
& 14 x+3 y+\mu z=33
\end{aligned}
$
has infinitely many solutions, then $\lambda+\mu$ is equal to :
If the system of equations
$\begin{aligned} & 2 x-y+z=4 \\ & 5 x+\lambda y+3 z=12 \\ & 100 x-47 y+\mu z=212 \end{aligned}$
has infinitely many solutions, then $\mu-2 \lambda$ is equal to
The system of equations
$\begin{aligned} & x+y+z=6, \\ & x+2 y+5 z=9, \\ & x+5 y+\lambda z=\mu, \end{aligned}$
has no solution if
Let $A=\left[a_{i j}\right]$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $A\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 0 \\ 1\end{array}\right], A\left[\begin{array}{l}4 \\ 1 \\ 3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$ and $A\left[\begin{array}{l}2 \\ 1 \\ 2\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$, then $a_{23}$ equals :
If the system of equations
$
\begin{aligned}
& (\lambda-1) x+(\lambda-4) y+\lambda z=5 \\
& \lambda x+(\lambda-1) y+(\lambda-4) z=7 \\
& (\lambda+1) x+(\lambda+2) y-(\lambda+2) z=9
\end{aligned}$
has infinitely many solutions, then $\lambda^2+\lambda$ is equal to
