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79 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
79 MCQs

01
PYQ 2013
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
If and , then X is equal to
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2
3
4
02
PYQ 2015
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
If A = AA^T =9 I, I 3 \times 3 (a, b)\) is equal to
1
(2,-1)
2
(-2,1)
3
(2,1)
4
(-2,-1)
03
PYQ 2018
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If for a matrix A, |A| = 6 and adj , then k is equal to :
1
0
2
1
3
2
4
-1
04
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
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 P A P⁻¹ = B". Then which of the following is true ?
1
R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
2
R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
3
R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
4
R is an equivalence relation
05
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

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2
2
4
3
5
4

06
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The number of elements in the set where is the identity matrix, is _________.
07
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , where . Then the number of 2-digit numbers in the set S is __________.
08
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let I be an identity matrix of order 2 × 2 and P = [2 -1; 5 -3]. Then the value of n ∈ N for which Pⁿ = 5I - 8P is equal to ________.
09
PYQ 2021
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , where . Suppose is a matrix satisfying for some non-zero . If and , then is equal to __________.
10
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let
where
Then, the number of elements in the set

is ________.

11
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a matrix of order 3×3 and det (A) = 2. Then det (det (A) adj (5 adj (A3))) is equal to ______.
1

2

3

4

12
PYQ 2022
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a matrix with and . Then the sum of the diagonal elements of A can be
1

2

3

4

13
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The number of matrices
, where a,b,c,d ∈−1,0,1,2,3,…..,10
such that A = A-1, is ______.

14
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let .
Let be the value of α which satisfies
and be the value of α which satisfies
Then is equal to _________.
15
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let p and p + 2 be prime numbers and let

Then the sum of the maximum values of α and β, such that pα and (p + 2)β divide Δ, is _______.

16
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a matrix with det and . Then the sum of the diagonal elements of A can be:
1
2
2
3
1
4
17
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the matrix and the matrix If for all , then is equal to :
1
2
3
4
18
PYQ 2022
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A and B be any two 3 × 3 symmetric and skew symmetric matrices, respectively. Then Which of the following is NOT true?
1
A4 – B4 is a symmetric matrix
2
AB – BA is a symmetric matrix
3
B5 – A5 is a skew-symmetric matrix
4
AB + BA is a skew-symmetric matrix
19
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a 3 \times 3 invertible matrix. If |adj (24A)| = |adj (3 adj (2A))|, then |A|2 is equal to :
1

66

2

212

3

26

4
1
20
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let ,
Y = αI + βX + γX2 and
Z = α²l - αβX + (β² - αϒ)X² ,α,β,ϒ ∈ R.
If ,
then ( α - β + ϒ )² is equal to ________.

21
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a matrix of order 2 × 2, whose entries are from the set {0, 1, 3, 4, 5}. If the sum of all the entries of A is a prime number p, , then the number of such matrices A is ___________.
22
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A and B be two non-zero real matrices such that AB is a zero matrix. Then
1
the system of linear equations AX = 0 has a unique solution
2
the system of linear equations AX = 0 has infinitely many solutions
3
B is an invertible matrix
4
adj(A) is an invertible matrix
23
PYQ 2022
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let S be the set containing all 3 \times 3 matrices with entries from {-1, 0, 1}. The total number of matrices A ∈ S such that the sum of all the diagonal elements of AT A is 6 is ________.
24
PYQ 2022
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A and B be two matrices such that AB = I and |A| = . Then |adj (B adj(2A))| is equal to
1
16
2
32
3
64
4
128
25
PYQ 2022
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let . If and are two matrices given by and
then is :
1
a non-identity symmetric matrix
2
a skew-symmetric matrix
3
neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix
4
an identity matrix
26
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the system of linear equations have infinitely many solutions Then the system has:
1
infinitely many solutions
2
unique solution satisfying
3
no solution
4
unique solution satisfying
27
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main

If a point satisfying lies on the plane , then is equal to :

1
2
3
11
4
28
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
The number of real values , such that the system of linear equations has no solution, is :-
1
0
2
1
3
2
4
4
29
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the order of matrix A is and , then the value of is?
1
2
3
4
30
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a sample space and be an event. Then is equal to:
1
2
3
4
31
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the number of matrices of order 3 x 3 are possible using the digits [0, 1, 2, 3, … , 10) is mn, then (m + n) is ___. (where m is a prime number)
32
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
The number of square matrices of order 5 with entries from the set , such that the sum of all the elements in each row is 1 and the sum of all the elements in each column is also 1 , is
1
225
2
120
3
125
4
150
33
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If is a real matrix such that , where , then
1
2
3
is a singular matrix
4
34
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A,B,C be 3×3 matrices such that A is symmetric and B and C are skew symmetric. Consider the statements:
(S1) A13B26 − B26A13 is symmetric.
(S2) A26C13 − C13A26 is symmetric.Then:
1
Only is true
2
Both S1 and S2 are false
3
Both S1 and S2 are true
4
Only S2 is true
35
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main

Matrix A is 2×2 matrix and A2=I, no elements of the matrix are zero, let the sum of diagonal elements is a and det(A)=b, then the value of 3a2+b2 is?

36
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

The mean of coefficients of in the binomial expansion of is?

37
PYQ 2023
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let for A = , |A| = 2. If |2adj (2adj (2A))| = 32n , then 3n + α is equal to
1
9
2
10
3
11
4
12
38
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , , and . Then
1

2

3

4

39
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , where . If and the positive value of belongs to the interval , where , then is equal to:
40
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
The set of all values of , for which the matrix is invertible, is
1
2
3
4
41
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a symmetric matrix such that and . If the sum of the diagonal elements of is , then is equal to ____ .
42
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and , where If , then the inverse of the matrix is
1
2
3
4
43
PYQ 2023
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If = , then and are roots of the equation
1
4x2 – 24x + 27 = 0
2
4x2 – 24x – 27 = 0
3
4x2 – 24x + 27 = 0
4
4x2 + 24x – 27 = 0
44
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
If , , and , then is equal to:
1
243
2
729
3
27
4
891
45
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let

and where . Then a value of is:

1
5
2
3
3
9
4
17
46
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If is a square matrix of order 3 such that and then is equal to:
1
3
2
2
3
4
4
6
47
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , where is a real matrix of order such that the relation holds. If is a real number such that the relation holds for some non-zero real matrix of order , then the sum of squares of all possible values of is equal to:
48
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let

and . For a square matrix , let denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of . Then, among the statements:

  1. If , then has exactly one non-zero entry.

Which of the following is true?

1
Only(I) is true
2
Only (II) is true
3
Neither (I) nor (II) is true
4
Both (I) and (II) are true
49
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
For and a natural number , let Then is:
1
2
3
4
50
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
If the system of linear equations



has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to
1
60
2
64
3
54
4
58
51
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let A be a non-singular matrix of order 3. If and then is equal to __________.
52
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let . If the system of equations



has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to:
1
25
2
24
3
27
4
22
53
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let , , where are column matrices, and , , .
If and is the sum of all the diagonal elements of B, then is equal to _____.
54
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a real matrix such that**

Then, the system has
1
unique solution
2
exactly two solutions
3
no solution
4
infinitely many solutions
55
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a real matrix and be the identity matrix of order 2. If the roots of the equation be and , then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix is .....
56
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the system of equations have an infinite number of solutions. Then is equal to:
1
28
2
17
3
22
4
15
57
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider the matrix .
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: is the inverse of the matrix .
Statement II: .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:"
1
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
2
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
3
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
4
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
58
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and . If is the matrix of cofactors of the elements of A, then det(AB) is equal to:
1
343
2
125
3
64
4
216
59
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let , such that and If denotes the identity matrix, then the matrix is:

1

2

3

4

60
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let be a matrix such that If then the value of is:

1
866
2
750
3
820
4
732
61
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let . If for some , , then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix is equal to

62
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a matrix of order and . If then is equal to
1
2
3
4

63
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a set defined as . Find the number of singular matrices of order such that elements are from the set .
1
4
2
3
3
2
4
1
64
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let is a matrix of order 3 such that , then the value of is
1

2

3

4

65
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the centre of the circle be in the first quadrant and lie on the line . Let the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle be . Then the square of the length of the chord of the circle on the line is __________.
66
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Consider the system of equations



If the system of equations has infinitely many solutions, then the value of is equal to

67
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let matrix and . Find the sum of all the elements in .
1
2
3
4
68
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
The number of matrices , which can be formed using the elements of the set such that the sum of all the diagonal elements of is , is
69
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let the relation on the set be given by Then the minimum number of elements required to be added in , in order to make the relation symmetric, is equal to
1
3
2
4
3
2
4
1
70
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let and . Given that 

and , if , find the value of (where ). 
 

1
2
2
4
3
6
4
8
71
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
For the matrices and , if , then among the following which one is true?}
1
2
3
4
72
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a matrix of order 3 such that . Then, the value of is:
1

2

3

4
73
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Find the number of matrices of order whose elements are from the set , if .
1
310
2
312
3
320
4
325
74
PYQ 2026
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main

Let and . Given that 

 

75
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If then find the value of
76
PYQ 2026
easy
mathematics ID: jee-main
If is a solution of the system of equations , where then is equal to
1
2
3
4

77
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let be a matrix of order and . If then the value of is:
1
2
3
4
78
PYQ 2026
hard
mathematics ID: jee-main
If A = then value of det( ) :
79
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: jee-main
Let and . If , then find .

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