SD VIDYA MANDIR, HUDA

CH-3 & 4 (MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS)

CLASS- XII

MCQs

1. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (AB′ –BA′) is a

(a) Skew symmetric matrix (b) Null matrix

(c) Symmetric matrix (d) None of these

2. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A^2 is a

(a) Skew symmetric matrix (b) Symmetric matrix

(c) Null matrix (d) Can not be determined

3. For any two matrices A and B, we have

(a) AB = BA (b) AB ≠ BA (c) AB = O (d) None of the above

4. Total number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 2 or 0 is

(a) 9 (b) 27 (c) 81 (d) 512

5. If A and B are two matrices of the order 3 × m and 3 × n, respectively, and m = n, then the order of
matrix (5A – 2B) is

(a) m × 3 (b) 3 × 3 (c) m × n (d) 3 × n

6. If A is matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB′ and B′A are both defined, then order of
matrix B is

(a) m × m (b) n × n (c) n × m (d) m × n

7. If A is a square matrix such that A^2 = I, then (A–I)^3 + (A + I)^3 –7A is equal to

(a) A (b) I – A (c) I + A (d) 3A

8. If A and B are invertible matrices, then which of the following is not correct?

(a) adj A = |A|. 𝐴−1 (b) det𝐴−1 =[𝑑𝑒𝑡 𝐴]−1 (c) (𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵 −1 𝐴−1 (d) (𝐴 + 𝐵)−1= 𝐵 −1+ 𝐴−1

9. The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. The value of k will be

(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) – 9 (d) 6

10. Multiplying a determinant by k means multiplying the elements of only one row (or one column) by
________.

(a) k (b) k^2 (c) k^3 (d) no change

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

(C) A is true but R is false

(D) A is False and R is True.

11. Assertion (A) : If A is a symmetric matrix, then B ’AB is also symmetric

Reason (R) : (ABC)’ = C’B’A’

12. Assertion(A): The system of equations has unique solution if k ≠ 0

Reason(R): The system of equations has unique solution if |A| = 1

13a. Three car dealers, say A, Band C, deals in three types of cars, namely Hatchback cars, Sedan
cars, SUV cars. The sales figure of 2019 and 2020 showed that dealer A sold 120 Hatchback, 50
Sedan, 10 SUV cars in 2019 and 300 Hatchback, 150 Sedan, 20 SUV cars in 2020; dealer B sold 100
Hatchback, 30 Sedan,S SUV cars in 2019 and 200 Hatchback, 50 Sedan, 6 SUV cars in 2020; dealer
C sold 90 Hatchback, 40 Sedan, 2 SUV cars in 2019 and 100 Hatchback, 60 Sedan,S SUV cars in
2020.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) The matrix summarizing sales data of 2019 is

(ii) The matrix summarizing sales data of 2020 is

(iii) The total number of cars sold in two given years, by each dealer, is given by the matrix
(iv) The increase in sales from 2019 to 2020 is given by the matrix

(v) If each dealer receive profit of Rs.50000 on sale of a Hatchback, Rs.100000 on sale of a Sedan
and Rs. 200000 on sale of a SUV (v) then amount of profit received in the year 2020 by each dealer
is given by the matrix.

13b. A manufacture produces three stationery products Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener which he sells
in two markets. Annual sales are indicated below

Market Products (in numbers)

Pencil Eraser Sharpener
A 10000 2000 18000
B 6000 20000 8000

If the unit Sale price of Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener are Rs. 2.50, Rs. 1.50 and Rs. 1.00
respectively, and unit cost of the above three commodities are Rs. 2.00, Rs. 1.00 and Rs. 0.50
respectively, then,

Based on the above information answer the following:

1. What is the Total revenue of market A ?

2. What is the Total revenue of market B ?

3. What are the Profit in market A and B respectively?

14. If A is square matrix such that A2 = A, show that (I + A)^3 = 7A + I

15. For which value of 'k' the points (7,−2),(5,1),(3,k) are collinear?

16. Show that the points (a + 5, a – 4), (a – 2, a + 3) and (a, a) do not lie on a straight line for any
value of a.

17. Find non-zero values of x satisfying the matrix equation:

2𝑥 2 8 5𝑥 2
𝑥[ ] + 2[ ] = 2[𝑥 + 8 24]
3 𝑥 4 4𝑥 10 6𝑥
18. Find the matrix A satisfying the matrix equation:

2 1 −3 2 1 0
[ ]𝐴[ ] =[ ]
3 2 5 −3 0 1
19. If A = [ 3 5] , B = [ 7 3] , then find a non-zero matrix C such that AC = BC.
 1 3 2
20. If A=[2 0 −1], then show that A satisfies the equation A^3–4A^2–3A+11I = O.
1 2 3
2 3 1
21. Express the matrix [1 −1 2] as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.
4 1 2
22. Two schools A and B want to award their selected students on the values of sincerity,
truthfulness, and helpfulness. The school A wants to award Rs. x each Rs. y each and Rs. z each for
the three respective values to 3,2 and 1 students respectively with total award money of Rs. 1600.
School B wants to spend Rs. 2,300 to award its 4,1 and 3 students on the respective values (by
giving the same award money to the three values as before). If the total amount of award for one
prize on each value is Rs. 900, using matrices, find the award money for each value. Apart from
these three values, suggest one more value which should be considered for award.

23. Solve the following system of equations by using Matrix inversion method.
2x – y + 3z = 9, x + y + z = 6, x–y+z=2

24. find the inverse of the matrix A= [(8,4,3)(2,1,1)(1,2,2)] and use it to solve the following system of
lines equation: 8x+4y+3z =19 2x +y+z = 5 x +2y + 2z =7

2 2 −4 1 −1 0
25. Given A=[−4 2 −4] B=[2 3 4] find BA and use this to solve the system of equations y
2 −1 5 0 1 2
+ 2z = 7, x – y = 3, 2x + 3y + 4z = 17

26. Using the matrix method, solve the following system of linear equations :

2/x +3/y +10/z=4 , 4/x-6/y+5/z=1 , 6/x +9/y -20/z=2

ANSWERS:

1.a 2.b 3.d 4.d 5.d 6.d 7.A 8.d 9.b 10.a 11.a 12.c 13b. 1.46000, 2.53000 3.(15000, 17000) 15.k=4
1 1
17.x=4 18. [ ] 21. 22. x=200,y=300 and z=400 23. x=1,y=2 and z=9 24. X=1, y=2 and z=1 25. x = 2, y
1 0
= – 1, z = 4 26.x=2,y=3 and z=5