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Fast Track Test No. 007
Date : FAST - M007
Time : 00:45:00Mins MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
2.MATRICES,2.MATRICES

Single Correct Answer Type 9. 2 sin θ − 1 sin θ cos θ

1. 1 0 1 If [ sin(π + θ) 2 cos θ − √3 tan θ] is skew
If A = [0 1 1] then A is cos(θ − π) tan(π − θ) 0
1 0 0 symmetric matrix then the value of θi s in
a) Symmetric matrix [0,2π]
b) Singular matrix π π π π
a) b) c) d)
c) Non-singular matrix 6 3 4 2
d) Skew-symmetric matrix 10. 1 2 2
2. 1 0 0 If A = [2 1 2] then A2 − 4A =
If A = [0 1 0 ] then A2 = 2 2 1
a b −1 a) Unit matrix b) Null Matrix
a) Unit matrix b) Null matrix c) Nilpotent matrix d) Scalar matrix
c) A d) -A 11. If A = [
2 1
] then A + A′ =
3. If A = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ]2×2 where 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = 𝑖 + 𝑗 then A = −3 −1
a) Skew-symmetric matrix
1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ] b) Unit matrix
3 4 3 4 2 2 1 2
4. If A = [𝑥 1] and A2 = I then x= c) Symmetric matrix
1 0 d) Scalar matrix
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4 12. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3 and A =
5. 2 𝜆 −4 1 2
The matrix A = [−1 3 4 ]is non-singular [ ] then 𝑓(A) =
2 1
1 −2 −3 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0
, if a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0
a) 𝜆 ≠ −2 b) 𝜆 ≠ 2 c) 𝜆 ≠ 3 d) 𝜆 ≠ −3 13. 3 −3 4
6. 0 𝑓 𝑔 The adjoint matrix of [ 2 −3 4] is
0 −1 1
If A = [−𝑓 0 ℎ ] then A is 4 8 3 1 −1 0
−𝑔 −ℎ 0 a) [ 2 1 6] b) [ −2 3 −4]
a) Diagonal b) Upper triangular 0 2 1 −2 3 −3
c) Symmetric d) Skew-symmetric 11 9 3 1 −2 1
7. If A = [1 2] then An = c) [ 1 2 8] d) [ −1 3 −3]
0 1 6 9 1 −2 3 −3
1 2n 1 2n 2 n 1 n 14. 6 8 5
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ] If A = [4 2 3] is the sum of a symmetric
0 1 0 −1 0 1 0 1
8. 𝑎 0 0 9 7 1
Let A = [0 𝑎 0] , then An = matrix B and skew symmetric matrix C, then B
0 0 𝑎 is
𝑎𝑛 0 0 𝑎𝑛 0 0 6 6 7 0 2 −2
a) [ 0 𝑎 0] b) [ 0 𝑎𝑛 0 ] a) [6 2 5] b) [−2 5 −2]
0 0 𝑎 0 0 𝑎𝑛 7 5 1 2 2 0
𝑛𝑎 0 0 𝑛
𝑎 0 0 6 6 7 0 6 −2
c) [ 0 𝑛𝑎 0 ] d) [ 0 𝑎𝑛 0] c) [−6 2 −5] d) [ 2 0 −2]
0 0 𝑛𝑎 0 0 𝑎 −7 5 1 −2 −2 0
15. The solution of the following system of linear
equations is 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑧 = 6, 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2𝑥 =

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 5,2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
−
2 2 2 3 5 6
a) 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 1, 𝑧 = 1 1 1 1 1 7 5
a) − b) −
b) 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 2, 𝑧 = −1 2 2 2 2 4 12
c) 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 2, 𝑧 = 3 1 1 1 1 5 1
− ]
d) 𝑥 = −1, 𝑦 = −2, 𝑧 = −3 [ 2 2 2 [4 12 − 12]
16. If A is singular matrix , then adj A is 1 1 1 −1 1 1
−
a) Singular b) Non-singular 3 6 6 3 6 6
1 7 1 1 7 1
c) Symmetric d) Not defined c) − − d)
4 12 12 4 12 12
17. For any square matrix A , AAT is a 1 5 1 1 −5 1
a) Unit matrix [ 4 − ] [ − ]
12 12 4 12 12
b) Symmetric matrix 22. The cofactor of the elements of first column
c) Skew-symmetric matrix 1 1 −2
d) Diagonal matrix of [ 2 3 −5] are
18. 3 7 11 4 −1 −3
If A = [ 0 1 6 ], then which of the minor is a) 14,-5,3 b) -14,3,-6 c) -14,5,1 d) 5,-3,-2
2 4 9 23. −4 −3 −3
wrong : Adjoint of the matrix P=[ 1 0 1 ] is
a) M22 = 5 b) M31 = 31 4 4 2
a) P b) 2P c) -P d) 3P
c) M23 = 2 d) M12 = −12
24. 3 2
19. If A and B are invertible matrices the same If A = [
1 4
] then A(adj A) =
order , then (AB)−1 = 10 0 0 10 10 0 10 10
a) [ ]b) [ ]c) [ ]d) [ ]
a) A−1 B −1 b) A−1 B c) B −1 A−1 d) AB −1 0 10 10 0 1 10 10 10
25. −𝑥 −𝑦
20. 5 6 3 If X = [ ] , then transpose of adj X is
If A = [ −4 3 2] then the cofactor or the 𝑧 𝑡
𝑡 𝑧 𝑡 𝑦
−4 −7 3 a) [−𝑦 −𝑥 ] b) [ ]
−𝑧 −𝑥
elements of 2nd row are 𝑡 −𝑧 𝑡 𝑧
a) 39,-3,11 b) -39,3,11 c) - d) -39,- c) [𝑦 −𝑥 ] d) [−𝑦 𝑥 ]
39,27,11 3,11
21. 0 1 1
The inverse of the matrix [ 1 0 1] is
1 1 0

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 A Unit of Bhaskar Academy

AVISHKAAR EDUCATION
FOUNDATION | MHTCET | JEE | NEET
Bhaskar Academy Edu. Complex, Court Road, Ashti, Mob. 9850982129
Fast Track Test No. 007
Date : FAST - M007
Time : 00:45:00Mins MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
2.MATRICES,2.MATRICES

: ANSWER KEY :
1) c 2) a 3) b 4) a 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) c
5) a 6) d 7) a 8) b 21) a 22) c 23) a 24) a
9) a 10) d 11) c 12) d 25) c
13) b 14) a 15) c 16) a

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 A Unit of Bhaskar Academy

AVISHKAAR EDUCATION
FOUNDATION | MHTCET | JEE | NEET
Bhaskar Academy Edu. Complex, Court Road, Ashti, Mob. 9850982129
Fast Track Test No. 007
Date : FAST - M007
Time : 00:45:00Mins MATHEMATICS
Marks : 50
2.MATRICES,2.MATRICES

: HINTS AND SOLUTIONS :

Single Correct Answer Type We get A=[
1 2
]
1 (c) 0 1
|A| = 1(0 − 0) − 0(0 − 1) + 1(0 − 1) 8 (b)
𝑎 0 0 𝑎 0 0
|A| = −1
A2 = [0 𝑎 0] [0 𝑎 0]
|A| ≠ 0 0 0 𝑎 0 0 𝑎
2 (a) 𝑎2 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 A2 = [ 0 𝑎2 0 ]
A2 = [0 1 0 ] [0 1 0 ] 0 0 𝑎2
a b −1 a b −1 𝑎2 0 0 𝑎 0 0
1 0 0 3 2
A = A A = [ 0 𝑎 2 0 ] [ 0 𝑎 0]
A2 = [0 1 0] = I 0 0 𝑎2 0 0 𝑎
0 0 1 𝑎3 0 0
3 (b) 3
A = [ 0 𝑎3 0 ]
𝑎11 𝑎12 0 0 𝑎3
A = [𝑎 ]
21 𝑎22 𝑎𝑛 0 0
1+1 1+2 n
A = [ 0 𝑎𝑛 0 ]
A=[ ]
2+1 2+2 0 0 𝑎𝑛
2 3 9 (a)
A=[ ]
3 4
Since
4 (a)
𝑥 1 𝑥 1 2 sin θ − 1 sin θ cos θ
A2 = [ ][ ] [ sin(π + θ) 2 cos θ − √3 tan θ]
1 0 1 0
2 cos(θ − π) tan(π − θ) 0
A2 = [𝑥 + 1 𝑥 ]
𝑥 1 is skew symmetric matrix
∴𝑥=0 diagonal elements are zero
5 (a) i.e. 2 sin 𝜃 − 1 = 0 and2 cos θ − √3
2 𝜆 −4
∣ 𝐴 ∣= [−1 3 1 √3
4] sin 𝜃 = and cos 𝜃 =
1 −2 −3 2 2
𝜋
= 2(−9 + 8) − 𝜆(3 − 4) − 4(2 − 3) 𝜃=
6
= −2 + 𝜆 + 4
10 (d)
=𝜆+2 1 2 2 1 2 2
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐴 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 A2 = [2 1 2] [2 1 2]
∣ 𝐴 ∣≠ 0 2 2 1 2 2 1
𝜆+2≠0 9 8 8
𝜆 ≠ −2 A2 = [8 9 8]
8 8 9
6 (d) 9 8 8 1 2 2
A is Skew-symmetric matrix (by definition) A2 − 4A = [8 9 8] − 4 [2 1 2]
7 (a) 8 8 9 2 2 1
1 2n 5 0 0
Clearly An = [ ] A2 − 4A = [0 5 0]
0 1
Putting 𝑛 = 1 0 0 5

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 A2 − 4A is a scalar matrix M31 = |
7 11
| = 7.6 − 11.1 = 42 − 11 = 31
11 (c) 1 6
3 7
2 1 2 −3 M23 = | | = 3.4 − 2.7 = 12 − 1 = −2
A + A′ = [ ]+[ ] 2 4
−3 −1 1 −1 0 6
4 −2 M12 = | | = 0.9 − 2.6 = −12
A + A′ = [ ] 2 9
−2 −2
∴ In the given alternatives M23 is wrong
A + A′ is symmetric matrix
19 (c)
12 (d)
By property of multiplication of invertible
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3
matrices
𝑓(A) = A2 − 2A − 3I
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 20 (c)
𝑓(A) = [ ][ ]−2[ ] − 3[ ] C21 = (−1)2+1 (18 + 21) = −39
2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1
𝑓(A) = [
1+4 2+2
]−[
2 4
]−[
3 0
] C22 = (−1)2+2 (15 + 12) = 27
2+2 4+1 4 2 0 3 C23 = (−1)2+3 (−35 + 24) = 11
5−2−3 4−4−0
𝑓(A) = [ ] 21 (a)
4−4−0 5−2−3
0 0 0 1 1
𝑓(A) = [ ] A = [ 1 0 1]
0 0
13 (b) 1 1 0
0 1 1
Since |A| = [ 1 0 1] =-1(0-1)+1(1-0)=1+1=2
3 −3 4 1 1 0
A = [ 2 −3 4] −1 1 1
0 −1 1 Adj A= [ 1 −1 1 ]
1 −2 −2 T 1 1 −1
Adj A = [−1 3 3] 1
0 −4 −3 ∴ A−1 = adj A
|A|
1 −1 0
Adj A = [ −2 3 −4] 1 −1 1 1
A−1 = [ 1 −1 1 ]
−2 3 −3 2
1 1 −1
14 (a) 1 1 1
6 8 5 −
2 2 2
A = [4 2 3] 1 1 1
9 7 1 A−1 = −
A + A′ 2 2 2
∴ Symmetric matrix B = 1 1 1
2 [ 2 − ]
2 2
1 6 8 5 6 4 9
22 (c)
⟹ B = {[4 2 3] + [8 2 7]}
2 C11 = (−1)2 (−14) = −14
9 7 1 5 3 1
6 6 7 C23 = (−1)3 (−5) = 5
B = [ 6 2 5] C31 = (−1)4 (1) = 1
7 5 1 23 (a)
15 (c) −4 −3 −3
Use : reduction method or satisfication cofactor or P = [ 1 0 1]
16 (a) 4 4 2
A is singular matrix => |A| = 0 c11 = −4, c12 = 1, c13 = 4,
And |adj A| = |A|𝑛−1 c21 = −3, c22 = 0, c23 = 4,
=> adj A is also singular matrix c31 = −3, c32 = 1, c33 = 3
17 (b) −4 −3 −3
T T adj. P = [ 1 0 1 ]=P
We have (AAT ) = (AT ) (A)T = AAT 4 4 2
∴ AAT is Symmetric matrix 24 (a)
18 (c) A(adj A) = |A|I = 10 [
1 0
]
3 7 11 0 1
A = [0 1 6] 10 0
A(adj A) = [ ]
2 4 9 0 10
3 11 25 (c)
M22 = | | = 3.9 − 11.2 = 27 − 22 = 5 𝑡 −𝑧
2 9 (adj X)T = [c𝑖𝑗 ] = [
𝑦 −𝑥 ]
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