Matrices
Previous year questions with solutions · 2024 – 2026
6 Questions
5 Papers covered
8.82% Weightage 2026 ▲ 41.2% vs last year
Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage Year Questions Papers Avg / paper Weightage 2026 3 2 1.5 8.82% ▲ 41.2% vs last year 2025 2 2 1 6.25% ▲ 112.5% vs last year 2024 1 2 0.5 2.94%
All 6 MCQ 2 Matching 1 Multiple Correct 3
Topic All topics Elementary Operations (Old Syllabus) Powers of a Matrix and Matrix Equations (JEE) Special Matrices: Idempotent, Nilpotent, Involutory, Orthogonal (JEE) Transpose, Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices Year All years 2026 2025 2024
Ques. 1 JEE Advanced 2026 (Paper-1)
Which one of the following matrices can be obtained by performing elementary row transformations on the 3 3 identity matrix ?
bmatrix 1 & 1 & 1 \ 1 & 1 & 1 \ 1 & 1 & 1 bmatrix bmatrix 1 & 1 & 1 \ 2 & 3 & 4 \ 1 & 2 & 1 bmatrix bmatrix 1 & 1 & 1 \ 2 & 3 & 4 \ 2 & 5 & 8 bmatrix bmatrix 1 & 1 & 1 \ -1 & 1 & 2 \ 0 & 2 & 3 bmatrix
Ques. 2 JEE Advanced 2025 (Paper-1)
Consider the matrix P = pmatrix 2 & 0 & 0 \ 0 & 2 & 0 \ 0 & 0 & 3 pmatrix. Let the transpose of a matrix X be denoted by XT. Then the number of 3 3 invertible matrices Q with integer entries, such that Q-1 = QT and PQ = QP, is
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