# Matrices and Determinants JEE Advanced PYQ Chapter Wise

> Matrices and Determinants JEE Advanced PYQs: all 34 questions from 22 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/jee-advanced/chapters/matrices-determinants/

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## Answer first

Matrices and Determinants PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Matrices and Determinants (Mathematics) had **34 questions** across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 20 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Determinants, Matrix Powers, System of Linear Equations.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Matrices and Determinants PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Matrices and Determinants questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Matrices and Determinants in other exams

The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: [JEE Main](/jee-main/chapters/matrices-determinants/) (21 questions).

## Other Mathematics chapters

- [Sets, Relations and Functions PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/sets-relations-functions/)
- [Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/complex-numbers-quadratic/)
- [Permutations and Combinations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/permutations-combinations/)
- [Binomial Theorem PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/binomial-theorem/)
- [Sequences and Series PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/sequences-series/)
- [Limits, Continuity and Differentiability PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/limits-continuity-differentiability/)
- [Integral Calculus PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/integral-calculus/)
- [Differential Equations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/differential-equations/)
- [Coordinate Geometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/coordinate-geometry/)
- [Three-Dimensional Geometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/three-dimensional-geometry/)
- [Vector Algebra PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/vector-algebra/)
- [Statistics and Probability PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/statistics-probability/)
- [Trigonometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/trigonometry/)

## FAQ

### How many Matrices and Determinants questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2020, 4 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2017 and 5 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 34 questions in all, about 9% of Mathematics.

### Which Matrices and Determinants topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Determinants, Matrix Powers, System of Linear Equations. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.