1. Construct a 3 × 2 matrix whose elements are given by aij = 2i – j.

 x  y 1 z   1 1 4 
2. If   =  , find x, y, z, w.
 2x  y 0 w   0 0 5 
 4 –1  0 –1 0 –2 
3. Let A + B + C =   , 4A + 2B + C =   and 9A + 3B + C =   then find A
0 1   –3 2  2 1 
 1 2 
 4 5 6 
4. If A =  3 4  and B =  , will AB be equal to BA. Also find AB & BA.
 7 8 2 
 5 6 
 3 4   7 12 
5. If A =   , then show that A3 =  
 1 1   3 5 
  
 0  tan 
2  cos   sin  
6. If A =   show that ( + A) = ( – A)  
 tan    sin  cos  
0
 2 

 cos x  sin x 0
7. 
Given F(x) =  sin x cos x 0  . If x  R Then for what values of y, F(x + y) = F(x) F(y).
 0 0 1
8. Let A = [aij]n × n where aij = i2 – j2 . Show that A is skew-symmetric matrix.

1 4 6  0 2 3   1 7 9
9. If C = 7 2 5   –2 0 4   4 2 8  , then trace of C + C3 + C5 + ........ + C99 is
  
9 8 3   –3 –4 0   6 5 3 
0 1 sec 
10. If the minor of three-one element (i.e. M31) in the determinant tan   sec  tan  is 1 then find the
1 0 1
value of . (0 ).
11. Using the properties of determinants, evalulate:
23 6 11 0 c b
(i) 36 5 26 (ii) c 0 a
63 13 37 b a 0

103 115 114 113 116 104 13  3 2 5 5

(iii) 111 108 106 + 108 106 111 . (iv) 15  26 5 10
104 113 116 115 114 103 3  65 15 5
12. Prove that :
1 1 1
(i) a b c = (a  b) (b  c) (c  a) (a + b + c)
3 3 3
a b c
a b  c a2
(ii) b c  a b 2 =  (a + b + c) (a  b) (b  c) (c  a)
c a  b c2
bc a a
(iii) b c a b = 4 abc
c c a b
 1 a2 a4 1 1 1
(iv) If 1 b2 b4 = (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) a b c .
1 c2 c4 a2 b2 c2
13. If a, b, c are positive and are the pth, qth, rth terms respectively of a G.P., show without expanding that,
loga p 1
logb q 1 = 0.
logc r 1
14. Find the non  zero roots of the equation,     
a b ax  b 15  2 x 11 10
 (i) = b c bx  c = 0. (ii) 11  3 x 17 16 = 0
ax  b bx  c c 7  x 14 13
S0 S1 S2
15. If Sr = r + r + r then show that S1 S2 S3 = (  )2 ( )2 (  )2.
S2 S3 S4
a1 l1  b1 m1 a1 l2  b1 m2 a1 l3  b1 m3
16. Show that a2 l1  b2 m1 a2 l2  b2 m2 a2 l3  b2 m3 = 0.
a3 l1  b3 m1 a3 l2  b3 m2 a3 l3  b3 m3
ex sin x
17. If = A + Bx + Cx 2 + ....., then find the value of A and B.
cos x n(1  x)
 2 1   5 2   2 5 
18. If A =   ,B=   ,C=   and AB – CD = 0 find D.
3 4   7 4  3 8 
19. (i) Prove that (adj adj A) = |A|n–2 A
(ii) Find the value of |adj adj adj A| in terms of |A|
 3 1 1   1 2 2 
20. –1 
If A =  15 6 5  & B =  1 3 0  , find (AB)–1

 5 2 2   0 2 1 
21. If A is a symmetric and B skew symmetric matrix and (A + B) is non-singular and C = (A + B)–1 (A – B),
then prove that
(i) CT (A + B) C = A + B (ii) CT (A – B) C = A – B
0 1 2  1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2 
22. If A =  1 2 3  , A =  4
  –1 3 c  , then find values of a & c.
 3 a 1   5 / 2 3 / 2 1/ 2 
3 2  –1
23. For the matrix A =   find a & b so that A + aA + b = 0. Hence find A .
2

 1 1
24. Find the total number of possible square matrix A of order 3 with all real entries, whose adjoint matrix B
has characterstics polynomial equation as 3 – 2 +  + 1 = 0.
 1 1 2
25. If A =  0 2 1  , show that A3 = (5A – ) (A – )
 1 0 2 
26. Apply Cramer's rule to solve the following simultaneous equations.
(i) 2 x + y + 6 z = 46
5 x  6 y + 4 z = 15
7 x + 4 y  3 z = 19
(ii) x  2y + 3z = 2
x–y+z=3
5x – 11y + z = 17
4 3 6 6
27. Solve using Cramer’s rule:  = 1 &  =  5.
x5 y7 x5 y7
28. Find those values of c for which the equations:
2x+3y = 3
(c + 2) x + (c + 4) y = c + 6
(c + 2)² x + (c + 4)² y = (c + 6)² are consistent.
Also solve above equations for these values of c.
29. Solve the following systems of linear equations by matrix method.
(i) 2x  y + 3z = 8 (ii) x+y+z=9
 x + 2y + z = 4 2x + 5y + 7z = 52
3x + y  4z = 0 2x + y  z = 0
30. Investigate for what values of ,  the simultaneous equations
x + y + z = 6; x + 2 y + 3 z = 10 & x + 2 y +  z =  have;
(a) A unique solution
(b) An infinite number of solutions.
(c) No solution.
  4 4 4   1  1 1 
31. Determine the product   7  1 
3   1  2  2  and use it to solve the system of

 5  3  1   2 1 3 
equations x – y + z = 4, x – 2 y – 2 z = 9, 2 x + y + 3 z = 1.
3 2 3 
32. Compute A1, if A =  2 1 1 Hence solve the matrix equations
 4 3 2 
3 0 3  x 8  2y 
2 1 0  y    1   z  .
       
 4 0 2  z   4 3y 
33. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true:
4x  5y  2z  2
S1 : The system of equations 5x  4y  2z  3 is Inconsistent.
2x  2y  8z  1

S2 : A matrix ‘A’ has 6 elements. The number of possible orders of A is 6.

10 0 
S3 : For any 2 × 2 matrix A, if A (adjA) =   , then |A| = 10.
 0 10 
S4 : If A is skew symmetric, then BAB is also skew symmetric.