MATHEMATICS - BOARD REVISION WORKSHEET 2025-2026
GRADE – 12 CHAPTER-3 MATRICES
Multiple Choice Questions:
3 2
1. If 𝐴 = [2 −3 4], 𝐵 = [2] , 𝑋 = [1 2 3] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑌 = [3] then 𝐴𝐵 + 𝑋𝑌
2 4
equal:
a) [28] b) [24] c) 28 d) 24
1 0
2. If [𝑥 1] [ ] = 𝑂, Then 𝑥 equal to
−2 0
a) 0 b) −2 c) −1 d) 2
2𝑖 + 3𝑗, 𝑖 < 𝑗
3. A matrix 𝐴 = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ]3×3 is defined by 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = { 5, 𝑖 = 𝑗 The number of
3𝑖 − 2𝑗 , 𝑖 > 𝑗
elements in A which are more than 5, is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
3 4
−1 2 1
4. For two matrices 𝑃 = [−1 2] and is 𝑄𝑇 = [ ] then 𝑃 − 𝑄 𝑖𝑠
1 2 3
0 1
2 3 4 3 4 3
𝐴) [−3 0 ] 𝐵) [−3 0 ] 𝐶) [ 0 −3]
0 −3 −1 −2 −1 −2
2 3
𝐷) [0 −3]
0 −3
5. The number of all possible matrices of order 2 × 3 with each entry 1 or 2 is
a) 16 b) 6 c) 64 d) 24
6. If the matrix A is both symmetric and shew symmetric, then
a) A is a diagonal matrix b) A is zero matrix c) A is a square
matrix d) none of these
−1 0 −1 1
7. If [2 1 3] [−1 1 0 ] [ 0 ] = 𝐴 , then the order of matrix 𝐴 is
0 1 1 −1
a) 1 × 3 b) 3 × 1 c) 1 × 2 d) 1 × 1
8. If A is square matrix such that 𝐴 = 𝐼, then (𝐴 − 𝐼) + (𝐴 + 𝐼)3 − 7𝐴 is
2 3
equal to
a) 𝐴 b) 𝐼 − 𝐴 c) 𝐼 + 𝐴 d) 3𝐴
9. 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
2 3
2 −1 3
10. If 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = [4 −2], then
−4 5 1
1 5
a) only AB is defined
b) only BA is defined
c) only AB and BA both are defined
d) only AB and BA both are not defined
0 1
11. If 𝐴 = [ ] and (3𝐼 + 4𝐴)(3𝐼 − 4𝐴) = 𝑥 2 𝐼 then the values
−1 0
𝑥 is /are:
a) ±√7 b) 0 c) ±5 d) 25
12. If for a square matrix A, 𝐴 − 3𝐴 + 𝐼 = 𝑂 and 𝐴−1 = 𝑥𝐴 + 𝑦𝐼, then the
2
value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 is:
a) −2 b) 2 c) 3 d) −3
𝑥 2
13. If [ ] is a singular matrix, then the product of all possible values
3 𝑥−1
of 𝑥 is:
a) 6 b) −6 c) 0 d) −7
3 4
14. If [ ] and 2𝐴 + 𝐵 is a null matrix, then B is equal to :
5 2
6 8 −6 −8 5 8 −5 −8
a)[ ] b)[ ] c)[ ] d)[ ]
10 4 −10 −4 10 3 −10 −3
15. If 𝑃 is a 3 × 3 matrix such that 𝑃 ′ = 2𝑃 + 𝐼, where 𝑃 ′ is the transpose of
𝑃, then :
a) 𝑃 = 𝐼 b) 𝑃 = −𝐼 c) 𝑃 = 2𝐼 d) 𝑃 = −2𝐼
Short Answer Question- I
3 1
16. If 𝐴 = [ ], show that 𝐴3 − 5𝐴 + 7𝐼 = 𝑂 then find 𝐴−1
−1 2
17. Find a matrix A such that 2𝐴 − 3𝐵 + 5𝐶 = 𝑂, where 𝐵 =
−2 2 0 2 0 −2
[ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 = [ ]
3 1 4 7 1 6
𝑥𝑦 4 8 𝑤
18. If [ ]=[ ], then find values of 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤.
𝑍+6 𝑥+𝑦 0 6
0 𝑎 3
19. If the matrix [2 𝑏 −1] is skew symmetric matrix, find the values of
𝑐 1 0
𝑎, 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐.
2 0 1
20. If 𝐴 = [2 1 3], then find (𝐴2 − 5𝐴)
1 −1 0
Short Answer Questions –II
0 2𝑦 𝑧
21. Find 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 if 𝐴 = [𝑥 𝑦 −𝑧] satisfies 𝐴′ = 𝐴−1
𝑥 −𝑦 𝑧
2 3 1
22. Express the matrix [1 −1 2] as the sum of a symmetric and a
4 1 2
skew Symmetric matrix.
1 0 −2
23. If 𝐴 = [−2 −1 2 ], then show that 𝐴3 − 𝐴2 − 3𝐴 − 𝐼 = 𝑂
3 4 1
2 −1 −1 −8 −10
24. If [ 1 0 ] 𝐴 = [ 1 −2 −5 ], then find 𝐴.
−3 4 9 22 15
2 −1 5 2 2 5
25. Let 𝐴 = [ ],𝐵 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 = [ ]. Find a matrix 𝐷
3 4 7 4 3 8
such that 𝐶𝐷 − 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂
𝛼
0 − tan
2
26. If 𝐴 = [𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 ] and I is the identity matrix of order 2, then
0
2
cos 𝛼 − sin 𝛼
show that 𝐴 = (𝐼 − 𝐴) [ ].
sin 𝛼 cos 𝛼
2 0 1
27. If 𝐴 = [2 1 3], find 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 + 4𝐼 and hence find a matrix X
1 −1 0
2
such that 𝐴 − 5A + 4I + X = 0
1 3 2
28. If 𝐴 = [2 0 −1] , then show that 𝐴3 − 4𝐴2 − 3𝐴 + 11𝐼 = 0
1 2 3
−1
Hence find 𝐴
1 3 2 1
29. Find the value of x if [1 𝑥 1] [ 2 5 1] [2] = 0
15 3 2 𝑥
30. If 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴 for any two square matrices, prove by mathematical
induction that (𝐴𝐵 )𝑛 = 𝐴𝑛 𝐵 𝑛 , for all 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁.