Hence, the Correct Option is (A): \(24\)
Calculate the determinant of the matrix:

A, B, C, D are square matrices such that A + B is symmetric, A - B is skew-symmetric, and D is the transpose of C.
If
\[ A = \begin{bmatrix} -1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 3 & -2 \\ 3 & -4 & 5 \end{bmatrix} \]
and
\[ C = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 & -2 \\ 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \]
then the matrix \( B + D \) is:
Given matrices \( A \) and \( B \) where:
and the condition:
If matrix \( C \) is defined as:
then the trace of \( C \) is:

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In an insulated container, a gas is adiabatically shrunk to half of its initial volume. The temperature of the gas decreases.
Reason (R): Free expansion of an ideal gas is an irreversible and an adiabatic process.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The numbers or functions that are kept in a matrix are termed the elements or the entries of the matrix.
The matrix acquired by interchanging the rows and columns of the parent matrix is termed the Transpose matrix. The definition of a transpose matrix goes as follows - “A Matrix which is devised by turning all the rows of a given matrix into columns and vice-versa.”