# Matrices and Determinants JEE Main PYQ Chapter Wise

> Matrices and Determinants JEE Main PYQs: all 21 questions from 11 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 3 of 3 years.

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

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## Answer first

Matrices and Determinants PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Main: Matrices and Determinants (Mathematics) had **21 questions** across the 11 official JEE Main papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 11 of them. Asked in 3 of 3 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: System of Linear Equations, Adjoint of Matrix, Determinants.

## 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 Advanced](/jee-advanced/chapters/matrices-determinants/) (34 questions).

## Other Mathematics chapters

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

## FAQ

### How many Matrices and Determinants questions come in JEE Main?
In the official papers we tagged: 17 in 2026 (9 papers), 2 in 2017 (1 paper) and 2 in 2016 (1 paper). That is 21 questions in all, about 7% of Mathematics.

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

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