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Previous year questions with solutions · 2025 – 2026

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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

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
6

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
7

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
8

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
9

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
10

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
11

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