1
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 $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{A})$ is not divisible by $p$ is :
A
$2 p^2$
B
$p^3-5 p$
C
$p^3-3 p$
D
$p^3-p^2$
2
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.

The number of matrices in A is

A
12
B
6
C
9
D
3
3
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.

The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations $$A\left[ {\matrix{ x \cr y \cr z \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 0 \cr 0 \cr } } \right]$$ has a unique solution, is

A
less than 4
B
at least 4 but less than 7
C
at least 7 but less than 10
D
at least 10
4
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+3
-1

Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.

The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations $$A\left[ {\matrix{ x \cr y \cr z \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 0 \cr 0 \cr } } \right]$$ is inconsistent, is

A
0
B
more than 2
C
2
D
1
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