Matrices and Determinants in JEE Main: weightage, trend and PYQs (2002–2026)
12 November 2026 · Counted from previous-year JEE Main papers on JEE Arc
Matrices and Determinants has appeared in 369 JEE Main questions between 2002 and 2026. In the last five years it ranks #7 of 19 Mathematics chapters by how often it was asked, with 192 questions.
It is being asked more: about 38.4 questions a year in the last five years, up from 27.4 before that.
Year-wise weightage
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 |
| 2025 | 26 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2023 | 47 |
| 2022 | 47 |
| 2021 | 61 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 |
Counts are questions per year across all sessions and shifts, so years with more shifts naturally have more.
Difficulty and question type
Of the 369 questions, 14% were easy, 71% medium and 15% hard. 72 were numerical-answer questions, so practise getting exact values, not just eliminating options.
Latest Matrices and Determinants questions
- JEE Main 2026 · 21 Jan Evening shift: For the matrices A= 3 -4 1 -1 and B= -29 49 -13 18, if (A¹⁵+B) x y = 0 0, then among the following which one is true?
- JEE Main 2026 · 2 Apr Evening shift: If the system of equations x+5y+6z=4, 2x+3y+4z=7, x+6y+az=b has infinitely many solutions, then the point (a, b) lies…
- JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr Evening shift: If the system of equations: x+y+z=5, x+2y+3z=9, x+3y+λ z=μ has infinitely many solutions, then the value of λ+μ is:
- JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr Morning shift: Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that A^(T) 1 0 1 = 5 2 2, A^(T) 0 0 1 = 3 1 1, A 1 0 1 = 3 4 4 and A 0 0 1 = 1 3 1. If…
- JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr Evening shift: If f:N is defined by f(n)= n -1 -5 -2n² 3(2k+1) 2k+1 -3n³ 3k(2k+1) 3k(k+2)+1, k, and Σ n=1 ^(k) f(n)=98, then k is…
- JEE Main 2026 · 8 Apr Evening shift: If the system of linear equations: x+y+z=6, x+2y+5z=10, 2x+3y+λ z=μ has infinitely many solutions, then the value of…
- JEE Main 2026 · 22 Jan Evening shift: If X= x y z is a solution of the system of equations AX=B, where adj A= 4 2 2 -5 0 5 1 -2 3 and B= 4 0 2, then |x+y+z|…
- JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr Morning shift: Consider the system of linear equations in x, y, z: x + 2y + tz = 0, 6x + y + 5tz = 0, 3x + t²y + f(t)z = 0, where f…
See all 369 with worked solutions on the Matrices and Determinants chapter page.
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