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Friday, 9 October

JEE Main 2020 · MathsMultiple choiceTwo statementsMediumMulti-step

JEE Main 2 September 2020, Shift 1, Maths Q54

Question 54 of 75 in this shift, Maths question 4 of 25.

Let AA be a 2×22\times2 real matrix with entries from {0,1}\{0, 1\} and ∣A∣≠0|A|\neq0. Consider the following two statements : (P) If A≠I2A\neq I_2, then ∣A∣=−1|A|=-1 (Q) If ∣A∣=1|A|=1, then tr(A)=2\mathrm{tr}(A)=2, where I2I_2 denotes 2×22\times2 identity matrix and tr(A)\mathrm{tr}(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of AA. Then :
  1. (1)(P) is true and (Q) is false
  2. (2)(P) is false and (Q) is trueOfficial answer
  3. (3)Both (P) and (Q) are false
  4. (4)Both (P) and (Q) are true

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key (Sep 2020).

Chapter
Matrices
Topic
No close match in our taxonomy
Idea tested
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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. Lumi analyses 42 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.