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Chapter 3 (Matrices)
Important Questions Unsolved

SECTION - A
Question number 1 to 31 carry 1 mark each.

Q.1: Show that all the diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are zero.

Q.2: Find the value of 𝒙 and 𝒚 if:

𝟏 𝟑 𝒚 𝟎 𝟓 𝟔
𝟐[ ]+[ ]=[ ]
𝟎 𝒙 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟖

Q.3: If matrix A = [1 2 3], write AA’, where A’ is the transpose of matrix A.

𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶 −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜶
Q.4: 𝐈𝐟 𝑨 = ( ) , then for what value of 𝜶 is A an identity matrix
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜶 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶

𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 𝟕 𝟏𝟏
Q. 5: 𝐈𝐟 ( )( )=( ) , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒌
𝟑 𝟒 𝟐 𝟓 𝒌 𝟐𝟑

Q.6: For 𝒂 𝟐 × 𝟐 matrix, 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ], whose elements are given by 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝒊/𝒋, write the
value of 𝒂𝟏𝟐 .

𝟓−𝒙 𝒙+𝟏
Q.7: For what value of 𝒙, the matrix [ ] is singular?
𝟐 𝟒

𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟒 𝟔
Q.8: If ( )( )=( ), write the value of 𝒙.
𝟓 𝟕 −𝟐 𝟒 −𝟗 𝒙

𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 −𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽

Q.9: Simplify: 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 [ ] + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 [ ]
−𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽

Q.10: Find the value of a if

𝒂 − 𝒃 𝟐𝒂 + 𝒄 −𝟏 𝟓
[ ]=[ ]
𝟐𝒂 − 𝒃 𝟑𝒄 + 𝒅 𝟎 𝟏𝟑

𝟗 −𝟏 𝟒 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
Q.11: 𝐈𝐟 [ ]=𝑨+[ ] , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐀.
−𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 𝟎 𝟒 𝟗

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 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏 𝒚 𝟕 𝟎
Q.12: 𝐈𝐟 𝟐 [ ]+[ ]=[ ] , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 (𝒙 − 𝒚).
𝟓 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝟓

Q.13: Solve the following matrix equation

𝟏 𝟎
𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝒙:, [𝒙 𝟏]. [ ] = 𝟎.
−𝟐 𝟎

Q.14: If A is a square matrix such that 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐈, then find the simplified value of
(𝐀 − 𝐈)𝟑 + (𝐀 − 𝐈)𝟑 − 𝟕𝐀.

𝟎 𝟐𝒃 −𝟐
Q.15: Matrix 𝑨 = [ 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 ] is given to be symmetric, find values of 𝒂 and 𝒃.
𝟑𝒂 𝟑 −𝟏

𝟎 𝒂 −𝟑
Q.16: 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐀 = [𝟐 𝟎 −𝟏] Is skew symmetric, find the value of ‘a’ and ‘b’.
𝒃 𝟏 𝟎

𝟐 −𝟑
Q.17: Given 𝐀 = [ ] , 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐀−𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐀−𝟏 = 𝟗𝐈 − 𝐀
−𝟒 𝟕

Q.18: If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3, then prove that det 𝐀 = 𝟎.

𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟒 𝟔
Q.19: If ( )( )=( ), write the value of 𝒙.
𝟓 𝟕 −𝟐 𝟒 −𝟗 𝒙

Q.20: For what value of x, is the following matrix singular?

𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙 𝒙+𝟏
[ ]
𝟐 𝟒

Q.21: Find the value of 𝒙, if:

𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 −𝒚 𝟏 𝟐
( )=( ).
𝟐𝒚 − 𝒙 𝟑 −𝟓 𝟑

Q.22: Write the adjoint of the following matrix:

𝟐 −𝟏
( )
𝟒 𝟑

Q.23: If a matrix has 5 elements, write all possible orders it can have.

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 Q.24: Find the value of x + y from the following equation:
𝒙 𝟓 𝟑 −𝟒 𝟕 𝟔
𝟐[ ]+[ ]=[ ]
𝟕 𝒚−𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟒

𝟑 𝟒
𝑻 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
Q.25: If 𝑨 [−𝟏 𝟐] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩 = [ ] . 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑻 − 𝑩𝑻 .
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟎 𝟏

Q.26: For what value of x, is the matrix

𝟎 𝟏 −𝟐
𝑨 = [−𝟏 𝟎 𝟑 ] 𝐚 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐰 − 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 ?
𝒙 −𝟑 𝟎

𝟏 −𝟏
Q.27: If matrix 𝑨 = [−𝟏 ] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐊𝐀, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒌.
𝟏

Q.28: If A is a square matrix such that 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑨, then write the value of 𝟕𝑨 − (𝑰 + 𝑨)𝟑 ,
where I is an identity matrix.

𝒙−𝒚 𝒛 −𝟏 𝟒
Q.29: If [𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 𝒘] = [ 𝟎 ],find the value of 𝒙 + 𝒚.
𝟓

Q.30: Use elementary column operation 𝑪𝟐 → 𝑪𝟐 + 𝟐𝑪𝟏 in the following matrix

equation:
𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎
( )=( )( )
𝟐 𝟎 𝟐 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟏

Q.31: Write the number of all possible matrices of order 𝟐 × 𝟐 with each entry 𝟏, 𝟐
or 𝟑.

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 SECTION - B
Question number 32 to 39 carry 4 mark each.

𝟐 −𝟏 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐 𝟓
Q.32: Let 𝑨 = ( ),𝑩 = ( ),𝑪 = ( ),
𝟑 𝟒 𝟕 𝟒 𝟑 𝟖
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐃 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐃 − 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟎

𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
Q.33: 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑨 = [𝟒 𝟏 𝟑]. Express A as sum of two matrices such that one is
𝟎 𝟔 𝟕
symmetric and other is skew symmetric.

𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
Q.34: 𝐈𝐅 𝑨 = [𝟐 𝟏 𝟐] , 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟎.

Q.35: Using elementary row operations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
𝟐 𝟓
( )
𝟏 𝟑

𝟐 𝟎 𝟏
Q.36: 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = (𝟐 𝟏 𝟑) 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝟐 − 𝟓𝐀 + 𝟒𝐈
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎
and hence find a matrix x such that 𝐀𝟐 − 𝟓𝐀 + 𝟒𝐈 + 𝐗 = 𝟎.

𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
Q.37: 𝑰𝒇 𝑨 = [ 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟒] , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 (𝑨′ )−𝟏 .
−𝟐 𝟐 𝟏

Q.38: Find matrix A such that

𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟖
[ 𝟏 𝟎 ] 𝑨 = [ 𝟏 −𝟐 ]
−𝟑 𝟒 𝟗 𝟐𝟐

Q.39: Express the following matrix as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric
matrix, and verify your result:
𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟒
( 𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟓)
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟐

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 SECTION - C
Question number 40 to 46 carry 6 mark each.

Q.40: Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the matrix.

𝟏 𝟑 −𝟐
(−𝟑 𝟎 −𝟏)
𝟐 𝟏 𝟎

Q.41: Using elementary operations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
[𝟏 𝟐 𝟑]
𝟑 𝟏 𝟏

Q.42: Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the matrix

𝟖 𝟒 𝟑
𝑨 = (𝟐 𝟏 𝟏) and use it to solve the following system of linear equation:
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑𝒛 = 𝟏𝟗
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟓
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟕

Q.43: Using elementary row transformations, find the inverse of the matrix
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝐀=[ 𝟐 𝟓 𝟕]
−𝟐 −𝟒 −𝟓

Q.44: Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
[𝟐 𝟓 𝟕]
−𝟐 −𝟒 −𝟓

Q.45: Obtain the inverse of the following matrix using elementary operations;
𝟑 𝟎 −𝟏
𝑨 = [𝟐 𝟑 𝟎]
𝟎 𝟒 𝟏

Q.46: Find the inverse of the following matrix using elementary operations:
𝟏 𝟐 −𝟐
𝑨 = (−𝟏 𝟑 𝟎)
𝟎 −𝟐 𝟏

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