1
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let $$\omega$$ $$\ne$$ 1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & a & b \cr \omega & 1 & c \cr {{\omega ^2}} & \omega & 1 \cr } } \right]$$, where each of a, b, and c is either $$\omega$$ or $$\omega$$2. Then the number of distinct matrices in the set S is

A
2
B
6
C
4
D
8
2
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

The number of $3 \times 3$ matrices A whose entries are either 0 or 1 and for which the system

$\mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$ has exactly two distinct solutions, is

A
0
B
$2^9-1$
C
168
D
2
3
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and $T_p$ be the following set of $2 \times 2$ matrices :

$$ \mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{p}}=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} a & b \\ c & a \end{array}\right]: a, b, c \in\{0,1,2, \ldots, p-1\}\right\} $$

The number of $A$ in $T_p$ such that $A$ is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both, and $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{A}) \operatorname{divisible}$ by $p$ is :
A
$(p-1)^2$
B
$2(p-1)$
C
$(p-1)^2+1$
D
$2 p-1$
4
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and $T_p$ be the following set of $2 \times 2$ matrices :

$$ \mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{p}}=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} a & b \\ c & a \end{array}\right]: a, b, c \in\{0,1,2, \ldots, p-1\}\right\} $$

The number of A in $\mathrm{T}_p$ such that the trace of A is not divisible by $p$ but $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{A})$ is divisible by $p$ is

[Note : The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]

A
$(p-1)\left(p^2-p+1\right)$
B
$p^3-(p-1)^2$
C
$(p-1)^2$
D
$(p-1)\left(p^2-2\right)$
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