Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} \cos \theta & 0 & -\sin \theta \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \sin \theta & 0 & \cos \theta \end{bmatrix}$. If for some $\theta \in (0, \pi)$,$A^2 = A^T$,then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix $(A + I)^3 + (A - I)^3 - 6A$ is equal to . . . . . . .

Let $A$ and $B$ be any two $n \times n$ matrices such that the following conditions hold: $A B=B A$ and there exist positive integers $k$ and $l$ such that $A^k=I$ (the identity matrix) and $B^l=0$ (the zero matrix). Then,

If $A$ is a $2 \times 2$ matrix such that $\operatorname{det} A = -21$ and $\operatorname{trace}(A^3) = 2024$,then the trace of $A$ is

Let $|M|$ denote the determinant of a square matrix $M$. Let $g:\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right] \rightarrow R$ be the function defined by $g(\theta)=\sqrt{f(\theta)-1}+\sqrt{f\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\theta\right)-1}$,where $f(\theta)=\frac{1}{2}\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & \sin \theta & 1 \\ -\sin \theta & 1 & \sin \theta \\ -1 & -\sin \theta & 1\end{array}\right|+\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\sin \pi & \cos \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{4}\right) & \tan \left(\theta-\frac{\pi}{4}\right) \\ \sin \left(\theta-\frac{\pi}{4}\right) & -\cos \frac{\pi}{2} & \log _e\left(\frac{4}{\pi}\right) \\ \cot \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{4}\right) & \log _e\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) & \tan \pi\end{array}\right|$. Let $p(x)$ be a quadratic polynomial whose roots are the maximum and minimum values of the function $g(\theta)$,and $p(2)=2-\sqrt{2}$. Then,which of the following is/are $TRUE$?
$(A) \ p \left(\frac{3+\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) < 0$
$(B) \ p \left(\frac{1+3 \sqrt{2}}{4}\right)>0$
$(C) \ p \left(\frac{5 \sqrt{2}-1}{4}\right)>0$
$(D) \ p \left(\frac{5-\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) < 0$

Let $x, y, z > 1$ and $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & \log_x y & \log_x z \\ \log_y x & 2 & \log_y z \\ \log_z x & \log_z y & 3 \end{bmatrix}$. Then $|\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} A^2)|$ is equal to

Let $A$ be a matrix of order $2 \times 2$,whose entries are from the set $\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$. If the sum of all the entries of $A$ is a prime number $p$,where $2 < p < 8$,then the number of such matrices $A$ is: