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1

Let A= bmatrix1 & 0 & 0\ 3 & 1 & 0\ 9 & 3 & 1 bmatrix and B= [bij ], 1 i, j 3. If B=A99-I, then the value of b31-b21b32 is :

  1. 99
  2. 199
  3. 149
  4. 159
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift
2

Let M be a 3 3 matrix such that M bmatrix1\ 0\ 0 bmatrix= bmatrix1\ 2\ 3 bmatrix, M bmatrix0\ 1\ 0 bmatrix= bmatrix0\ 1\ 2 bmatrix and M bmatrix0\ 0\ 1 bmatrix= bmatrix-1\ 1\ 1 bmatrix. If M bmatrixx\ y\ z bmatrix= bmatrix1\ 7\ 11 bmatrix, then x+y+z equals :

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 11
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift
3

Let S= \A= bmatrixa & b\ c & d bmatrix : a, b, c, d \0, 1, 2, 3, 4\ and A2-4 A+3I=0 \ be a set of 2 2 matrices. Then the number of matrices in S, for which the sum of the diagonal elements is equal to 4, is :

  1. 20
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 19
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift
4

Let A= bmatrix1 & 2\ 1 & bmatrix and B= bmatrix3 & 3\ & 2 bmatrix. If A2-4A+I=0 and B2-5B-6I=0, then among the two statements: (S1) : [(B-A)(B+A) ]T= bmatrix13 & 15\ 7 & 10 bmatrix and (S2) : (adj(A+B))=-5

  1. only (S1) is correct
  2. only (S2) is correct
  3. both (S1) and (S2) are correct
  4. both (S1) and (S2) are wrong
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift
5

Consider the matrices A= bmatrix2 & -2\ 4 & -2 bmatrix and B= bmatrix3 & 9\ 1 & 3 bmatrix. If matrices P and Q are such that PA=B and AQ=B, then the absolute value of the sum of the diagonal elements of 2(P+Q) is .

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
6

Let A, B and C be three 2 × 2 matrices with real entries such that B = (I + A)-1 and A + C = I. If BC = bmatrix 1 & -5 \ -1 & 2 bmatrix and CB bmatrix x1 \ x2 bmatrix = bmatrix 12 \ -6 bmatrix, then x1 + x2 is

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 0
  4. −2
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift
7

Let A = bmatrix 3 & -4 \ 1 & -1 bmatrix and B be two matrices such that A100 = 100B + I. Then the sum of all the elements of B100 is

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift
8

The number of 3 2 matrices A, which can be formed using the elements of the set \-2, -1, 0, 1, 2\ such that the sum of all the diagonal elements of ATA is 5, is

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift
9

Let A = bmatrix 0 & 2 & -3 \ -2 & 0 & 1 \ 3 & -1 & 0 bmatrix and B be a matrix such that B(I - A) = I + A. Then the sum of the diagonal elements of BTB is equal to

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift
10

If A = bmatrix 2 & 3 \ 3 & 5 bmatrix, then the determinant of the matrix (A2025 - 3 A2024 + A2023 ) is

  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 28
  4. 16
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift
11

For some , R, let A = bmatrix & 2 \ 1 & 2 bmatrix and B = bmatrix 1 & 1 \ 1 & bmatrix be such that A2 - 4A + 2I = B2 - 3B + I = O. Then ( ( adj(A3 - B3)))2 is equal to .

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift
12

For the matrices A = bmatrix 3 & -4 \ 1 & -1 bmatrix and B = bmatrix -29 & 49 \ -13 & 18 bmatrix, if (A15 + B) bmatrix x \ y bmatrix = bmatrix 0 \ 0 bmatrix, then among the following which one is true?

  1. x = 16, y = 3
  2. x = 5, y = 7
  3. x = 11, y = 2
  4. x = 18, y = 11
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift
13

Let A = bmatrix & 0 & - \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ & 0 & bmatrix. If for some (0, ), A2 = AT, then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix (A + I)3 + (A - I)3 - 6A is equal to .

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift
14

Let the matrix A = bmatrix 1 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 bmatrix satisfy An = An-2 + A2 - I for n 3. Then the sum of all the elements of A50 is :

  1. 44
  2. 39
  3. 52
  4. 53
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift
15

Let A = bmatrix & -1 \ 6 & bmatrix, > 0, such that (A) = 0 and + = 1. If I denotes 2 2 identity matrix, then the matrix (I + A)8 is :

  1. bmatrix 257 & -64 \ 514 & -127 bmatrix
  2. bmatrix 766 & -255 \ 1530 & -509 bmatrix
  3. bmatrix 1025 & -511 \ 2024 & -1024 bmatrix
  4. bmatrix 4 & -1 \ 6 & -1 bmatrix
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift
16

Let A be a 3 3 real matrix such that A2(A - 2I) - 4(A - I) = O, where I and O are the identity and null matrices, respectively. If A5 = A2 + A + I, where , , and are real constants, then + + is equal to :

  1. 76
  2. 12
  3. 4
  4. 20
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
17

Let S = \m Z : Am2 + Am = 3I - A-6 \, where A = bmatrix 2 & -1 \ 1 & 0 bmatrix. Then n(S) is equal to .

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift
18

Let M denote the set of all real matrices of order 3 3 and let S = \-3, -2, -1, 1, 2\. Let S1 = \A = [aij] M : A = AT and aij S, i, j\, S2 = \A = [aij] M : A = -AT and aij S, i, j\, S3 = \A = [aij] M : a11 + a22 + a33 = 0 and aij S, i, j\. If n(S1 S2 S3) = 125 , then equals .

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift
19

Let A = bmatrix 1 2 & -2 \ 0 & 1 bmatrix and P = bmatrix & - \ & bmatrix, > 0. If B = PAP , C = P B10P and the sum of the diagonal elements of C is mn, where (m, n) = 1, then m + n is :

  1. 127
  2. 2049
  3. 258
  4. 65
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift