INFINITY MATHS ACADEMY
Class-XII
TEST- MATRICES
Full Marks: 40 Time: 90 minutes
A)Answer the very short questions: 2*5=10
2
i + 2j
1. Construct a 2 × 2 matrix whose elements are aij =
2
2. For what value of x, is the matrix
0 1 −2
A = −1 0 3
x −3 0
a skew symmetric matrix?
3. Number of symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 1 or −1 is
(a) 512 (b) 64 (c) 8 (d) 4
4. For Q4 and Q5, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Choose
the correct answer out of the following choices.
(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 but R is true.
Assertion (A): If
2 0
= 0, then x = 2.
x 2
−4 0
Reason (R): If
2 0
= 0, then x = 4.
x 2
−4 0
5. Assertion (A): If the order of A is 3 × 4, the order of B is 3 × 4 and the order of C is 5 × 4, then the
order of (AT BC)T is 4 × 5.
Reason (R): To multiply an m × n matrix by an n × p matrix, the n must be the same and the result is
an m × p matrix. Also, let A be a matrix of order m × n, then the order of its transpose is n × m.
B) Answer the following: 3*5=15
1. Simplify
cos θ sin θ sin θ − cos θ
cos θ + sin θ .
− sin θ cos θ cos θ sin θ
2. If
3 −5
A= ,
−4 2
show that
A2 − 5A − 14I = O.
2 3
2 −1 3
3. If A = and B = 4 −2 then nd AB and BA.
−4 5 1
1 5
Show that AB ̸= BA.
4. Find matrices X and Y, if
5 2
X +Y =
0 9
and
3 6
X −Y =
0 −1
5. Find the value of x, if
1 3 2 1
1 x 1 2 5 1 2 = 0
15 3 2 x
C) Answer the following: 5*3=15
− tan α2
0
1. Let A = and I is the identity matrix of order 2.
tan α2 0
cos α − sin α
Show that (I + A) = (I − A) .
sin α cos α
2. Express the matrix given below as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix.
6 −2 2
A = −2 3 −1
2 −1 3
3 2 1 −2 5 8 1 −6
3. If A = ,B= and C = ,
1 0 0 7 3 2 −5 0
verify that A(B + C) = (AB + AC).