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Previous year questions with solutions · 2025 – 2026

34Questions
23Papers covered
4.42% ↑2%Weightage in 2026
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YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
202621191.14.42% ↑2%
202513121.14.33%

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1

Let A= bmatrix-1 & 1 & -1\ 1 & 0 & 1\ 0 & 0 & 1 bmatrix satisfy A2+ (adj (adj(A) ) )+ (adj(A) (adj (adj(A) ) ) )= bmatrix2 & -2 & 2\ -2 & 0 & -1\ 0 & 0 & -1 bmatrix for some , R. Then ( - )2 is equal to .

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift
2

Let |A| = 6, where A is a 3 3 matrix. If |adj (3 adj (A2 adj(2A) ) ) | = 2m 3n, m, n N, then m + n is equal to .

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift
3

Let A be a 3 3 matrix such that A + AT = O. If A bmatrix 1 \ -1 \ 0 bmatrix = bmatrix 3 \ 3 \ 2 bmatrix, A2 bmatrix 1 \ -1 \ 0 bmatrix = bmatrix -3 \ 19 \ -24 bmatrix and (adj(2 adj(A + I))) = (2) (3) (11) , , , are non-negative integers, then + + is equal to

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift
4

The number of singular matrices of order 2, whose elements are from the set \2, 3, 6, 9\, is .

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5

Let I be the identity matrix of order 3 3 and for the matrix A = bmatrix & 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 & 6 \ 7 & -1 & 2 bmatrix, |A| = -1. Let B be the inverse of the matrix adj (A adj (A2 ) ). Then |( B + I)| is equal to

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift