ASSIGNMENT

Types of Matrices

Basic Level

2 0 0 
 
1. If 0 3 0  be a diagonal matrix, then b =
0 b 1 

(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3

2. Which of the following is a diagonal matrix
 2 0 2  2 0 0  2 2 0
     
(a)  0 2 0 (b)  0 2 0  (c)  2 0 0 (d) None of these
 0 0 2   0 0 2   0 0 0 

3. If I is a unit matrix, then 3 I will be

(a) A unit matrix (b) A triangular matrix (c) A scalar matrix (d) None of these
 1 2 − 1
 
4. If A =  3 4 7  , then the value of X where A+X is a unit matrix, is
5 1 6 
 0 −2 1   0 − 3 5 0 − 1 − 2 
     
(a) − 3 − 3 − 7  (b)  − 2 − 3 1  (c) 3 3 7  (d) None of these
 − 5 − 1 − 6   − 1 − 7 6  5 1 6 

5. If A is diagonal matrix of order 2 × 2 , then wrong statement is

(a) AB = BA , where B is a diagonal matrix of order 2 × 2 (b) AB is a diagonal matrix
(c) A =A
T
(d) A is a scalar matrix

Algebra of Matrices

Basic Level

1 2 
If M =   and M − λM − I2 = O , then λ =
2
6. [MP PET 1990, 2001]
2 3 
(a) –2 (b) 2 (c) –4 (d) 4
cos α − sin α  cos β − sin β 
7. If A =   and B =   , then the correct relation is
 sin α cos α   sin β cos β 

(a) A2 = B2 (b) A+B = B−A (c) AB = BA (d) None of these

0 1  1 0 
8. If A =   and B =   , then
0 0  0 0 
(a) AB = BA (b) AB = BA = O (c) AB = O, BA ≠ O (d) AB ≠ BA = O

1 1
9. If A =   , then A =
n
[Rajasthan PET 1995]
0 1
 1 n  n n  n 1  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 n  0 n  0 n 

 1 −1 
10. If A =   , then A =
2

 − 1 1 
(a) A (b) 2A (c) – A (d) –2A
 2 −1  −3 7 
11. If 2 A +  =  , then A =
2 0   4 3 

−5 8  −5 / 2 4  −5 6 

(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 2 3  1 3 / 2  2 3

m 
12. If [m n]   = [25 ] and m < n , then (m , n) =
n
(a) (2, 3) (b) (3, 4) (c) (4, 3) (d) None of these
 cos 2 θ sin θ cos θ   cos 2 φ sin φ cos φ  π
13. If A =   , B =   and θ and φ differs by , then AB =
sin θ cos θ sin 2 θ  sin φ cos φ sin φ 
2
2

(a) I (b) O (c) –I (d) None of these

 0 r − q p 2 pq pr 
   
14. If A =  − r 0 p  and B =  pq q2 qr  , then AB =
 q − p 0   pr qr r 2 


p 0 0 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 1
       
(a) 0 q 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 0  (d) 1 1 1
 0 0 r  0 0 1  0 0 0  1 1 1

4 1  1 0 
15. If A =   and I =   , then A − 6 A =
2
[MP PET 1987]
 3 2  0 1 
(a) 3I (b) 5 I (c) −5 I (d) None of these
λ 1 
If A =   ,then for what value of λ , A = O
2
16. [MP PET 1992]
 − 1 − λ 
(a) 0 (b) ±1 (c) –1 (d) 1

 ab b2 
17. If A =  2  and A = O , then the minimum value of n is
n

− a − ab 

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

1 / 3 2  3 6 
18. If A =  , B=  and AB = I, then x = [MP PET 1987]
 0 2x − 3  0 − 1
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
6 4  0 2
19. If 2 A + B =   and A − B =   , then A =
 6 − 11  6 2

2 2  2 0   2 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
4 − 3  4 − 3  4 3 
 − 5 4 0 
 
20. If A=[1 2 3] and B =  0 2 − 1  , then AB = [MP PET 1988]
 1 − 3 2 

− 5 4 0  3  − 5 8 0 
     
(a)  0 4 − 2 (b) 1  (c) [− 2 − 1 4] (d)  0 4 − 3
 3 − 9 6  1   1 − 6 6 

1 1 − 1  − 1 − 2 − 1
   
21. If A =  2 − 3 4  and B =  6 12 6  , then AB is
3 − 2 3   5 10 5 
(a) Diagonal matrix (b) Null matrix (c) Unit matrix (d) None of these
2 0 0 
 
22. If A = 0 2 0  , then A 5 =
0 0 2 

(a) 5 A (b) 10 A (c) 16 A (d) 32 A

0 1 
23. If A =   and AB = O , then B = [MP PET 1989]
0 0 
1 1  0 1 0 −1 −1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 1 − 1 0  1 0  0 0
 cos t sin t 
24. If R(t) =   ,then R (s) R(t) = [Roorkee 1981]
 − sin t cos t 
(a) R(s) + R (t ) (b) R (st ) (c) R( s + t ) (d) None of these

0 1 2  − 4 3 6 
   
25. If A =  2 3 4  and 3 A − 4 B =  6 5 12  ,then B =
4 5 6   12 15 14 

0 0 1  1 0 0  1 0 0 
     
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 1  (d) None of these
1 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0 

1 a 
26. If A =  4
 ,then A is equal to [MP PET 1993]
0 1 
1 a 4  4 4 a 4 a4  1 4 a 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 4  0 4  0 1 
 3 1  5 − 1
27. If  X =   , then X = [MP PET 1994]
 4 1  2 3 
 −3 4   3 −4  3 4  −3 4
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
14 − 13   − 14 13  14 13   − 14 13 
5 −3   6 −4 
28. If A =   and B =   , then A − B = [Rajasthan PET 1995]
 2 4  3 6 
11 −7   −1 1  11 7  12 −7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 5 10  − 1 − 2   5 − 10  5 − 10 
29. If 3 X + 2 Y = I and 2 X − Y = O , where I and O are unit and null matrices of order 3 respectively, then [MP PET 1995]
1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1
(a) X = ,Y = (b) X = ,Y = (c) X = I, Y = I (d) X = I, Y = I
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
  4 2
30. If A =   and I is the identity matrix of order 2, then ( A − 2 I)( A − 3 I) = [Rajasthan PET 2002]
− 1 1 
1 0  0 0 
(a) I (b) O (c)   (d)  
0 0  0 1 
0 1 
31. If A =   , then A =
4
[EAMCET 1994]
1 0 
1 0  1 1  0 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 0  1 1  1 0 
 3 1
32. If A =   , then A =
2
[Karnataka CET 1994]
 − 1 2 
 8 −5  8 −5  8 −5   8 5
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
− 5 3  5 3  − 5 − 3 − 5 3 
 3 −4 
33. If X =  n
 , then the value of X is [EAMCET 1991]
 1 − 1
 3 n −4 n  2 + n 5 − n  3 n (−4 )n 
(a)   (b)   (c)  n  (d) None of these
n −n  n −n  1 (−1)n 

 i 0
34. If A =   , then A =
2
[EAMCET 1983]
0 i 
1 0   −1 0  1 0  −1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0 − 1  0 − 1 0 1   0 1
1 0  −1 1 
35. If A + B =   and A − 2B =   , then A = [Karnataka CET 1994]
1 1   0 − 1
1 1  2 / 3 1 / 3  1 / 3 1 / 3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 2 1 1 / 3 2 / 3  2 / 3 1 / 3 
 1 1 0 1 
36. If A =   , B=   , then AB = [EAMCET 1984]
 0 1 1 0 
0 0  1 1  1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 0  1 0  0 1  1 0 
 1 3 0  2 3 4
   
37. If A = − 1 2 1  , B =  1 2 3  , then AB = [EAMCET1987]

 0 0 2  − 1 1 2 
 5 9 13   5 9 13   1 2 4
     
(a) − 1 2 4  (b)  − 1 2 4  (c) − 1 2 4 (d) None of these
 − 1 2 4   − 2 2 4   − 2 2 4 

x 0  −2 1   3 5   2 4 
38. If  + = −  , then [Rajasthan PET 1994]
1 y   3 4  6 3   2 1 
(a) x = −3, y = −2 (b) x = 3, y = −2 (c) x = 3, y = 2 (d) x = −3, y = 2

1 −2  −1 4   0 − 1
39. If A =  , B = , C =   , then 5 A − 3 B − 2 C = [Rajasthan PET 1992, 94]
3 0   2 3 1 0 
8 20  8 −20   −8 20   8 7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
7 9 7 −9 − 7 9   − 20 − 9
 0 1 
If A =   , I is the unit matrix of order 2 and a, b are arbitrary constants, then (aI + bA ) is equal to
2
40.
0 0 
(a) a 2 I + abA (b) a 2 I + 2abA (c) a2I + b2 A (d) None of these
3  2
   
41. If U = [2 − 3 4 ] , X = [0 2 3 ] , V =  2  and Y =  2  , then UV + XY = [MP PET 1997]
1  4 

(a) 20 (b) [–20] (c) –20 (d) [20]

42. Which one of the following is not true [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
(a) Matrix addition is commutative (b) Matrix addition is associative
(c) Matrix multiplication is commutative (d) Matrix multiplication is associative
2
  1 5 
43. If A = [1 2 3 ] , B =  3  and C =   , then which of the following is defined [Rajasthan PET 1996]
4  0 2 

(a) AB (b) BA (c) ( AB).C (d) ( AC). B

1 2 3 
 
If A = − 2 3 − 1  and I is a unit matrix of 3 order, then ( A 2 + 9 I) equals
rd
44. [Rajasthan PET 1999]
 3 1 2 

(a) 2A (b) 4A (c) 6A (d) None of these

 i 1
45. If A =   , then A 4 equals [AMU 1999]
0 i 
 1 −4 i   −1 4 i   −i 4  1 4 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1   0 − 1 0 i 0 1 
 1
 
46.  − 1  [2 1 − 1 ] = [MP PET 2000]
 2 

 2   2 1 − 1
   
(a) [–1] (b)  − 1  (c)  − 2 − 1 1  (d) Not defined
 − 2   4 2 − 2 

1 2  3 2 
47. If 2 X −  =  , then X is equal to [Rajasthan PET 2001 ]
7 4  0 − 2 
2 2   1 2  2 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
7 4  7 / 2 2 7 / 2 1 
0 2   0 3a 
48. If A =   and kA =   , then the values of k , a, b are respectively [EAMCET 2001]
 3 − 4   2 b 24 
(a) –6, –12, –18 (b) –6, 4, 9 (c) –6, –4, –9 (d) –6, 12, 18
1 2 
49. If A =   , then A =
n
[Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
0 1 
1 2n  2 n   1 2n  1 n 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1 0 1   0 − 1 0 1 
0 −1 
50. If matrix A =   , then A =
16
[Karnataka CET 2002]
1 0

0 −1 0 1  −1 0  1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0 1 0   0 1 0 1 
  3 −5 
51. If A =   , then A − 5 A =
2
[Rajasthan PET 2002]
− 4 2
(a) I (b) 14I (c) 0 (d) None of these
1 1 
52. If A =   , then A
100
= [UPSEAT 2002]
1 1 

(a) 2 100 A (b) 2 99 A (c) 2 101 A (d) None of these

53. Which is true about matrix multiplication [UPSEAT 2002]
(a) It is commutative (b) It is associative (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
 i 0 − i  −i i 
   
54. If P =  0 − i i  and Q =  0 0  , then PQ is equal to [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
− i i 0  i − i 
  

 −2 2  2 −2  1 0 0 
     2 −2   
(a)  1 − 1  (b)  − 1 1  (c)   (d)  0 1 0 
 1 −1 −1 1  −1 1  0 0 1 
     
3 
7 1 2    4 
55.   4  + 2   is equal to [DCE 2002]
 9 2 1  5  2
 

 43   43   45   44 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 44   45   44   45 
 1 2 − 1 1 0 0 
   
56. If A =  3 0 2  , B =  2 1 0  , then AB is [MP PET 2003]
4 5 0  0 1 3 

5 1 − 3 11 4 3  1 8 4  0 1 2
       
(a) 3 2 6  (b)  1 2 3  (c) 2 9 6  (d) 5 4 3
14 5 0   0 3 3  0 2 0  1 8 2 

57. For 2 × 2 matrices A, B and I, if A + B = I and 2 A − 2 B = I , then A equals

1  1  3 
4 0  0 4 0 1 0 
 (b)  2
1 1  3
(a) (c) (d)  
0  0  0  0 1 
 4  2  4

1 0 0 
 
58. If A = 0 1 0  , then A 2 + 2 A equals [AMU 1988]
0 0 1 

(a) A (b) 2 A (c) 3 A (d) 4 A

2 
1 −6 2   
59. If A =   and B =  2  , then AB equals [AMU 1987]
0 − 1 5
1 

−8   2 −12 2   2 12 4 
(a) [− 8 3] (b)   (c)   (d)  
3 0 − 2 5   0 − 2 − 10 

1 0  0 0 
60. Let A =  , B =  , then [DCE 1999]
 2 0  1 12 
(a) AB = O, BA = O (b) AB = O, BA ≠ O (c) AB ≠ O, BA = O (d) AB ≠ O, BA ≠ O
61. If A, B are square matrices of order n × n , then ( A − B) 2 is equal to

(a) A2 − B2 (b) A 2 − 2 BA + B 2 (c) A 2 − AB − BA + B 2 (d) A 2 − 2 AB + B 2

 3 5 1 −3 
62. If A =   and B =   , then 2 A − 3 B is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1989,90]
 − 2 4  2 − 7 
3 −19   3 19  −3 19 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
10 29   − 10 29  10 29 
2 4  1 2 
63. If A =  , B =   , then 4 A − 3 B is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1993]
0 3  0 5 
1 2  7 14  5 10   −1 −2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 − 2  0 7  0 − 3   0 − 12 
 1 −2   2 1  2 12 
64. If A =   , B =   and C =   , then 5 A − 3 B + C equals [Rajasthan PET 1993]
3 4  − 4 3  − 17 9 
 1 10  1 −1   1 1   −1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 − 1 20   10 20   − 10 20   1 20 
 2 −1  2 3  1 0 
65. If A =  , B =  and C =   , then A + B − C equals [Rajasthan PET 1992]
 4 2   1 2  0 1 
3 2  5 2  5 2  3 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
5 3  5 5  3 5  5 5 
 x y   x 1  2 3 
66. If  + =  , then x and y are [Rajasthan PET 1994]
− 2 2  4 0  y 2 
(a) 1, 1 (b) 1, 2 (c) 2, 2 (d) 2, 1
1 a   2 3  1 3 
67. If X =   and 3 X −  =  , then the value of a is [Rajasthan PET 1987]
0 1  0 2  0 1 
(a) –2 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
0 1  0 −i
68. If A =   and B =   , then [Rajasthan PET 1985]
1 0  i 0

(a) AB = BA (b) AB = B 2 (c) AB = − BA (d) None of these

2 3  1 3 2 
69. If A =   and B =   , then AB is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1989, 90, 98]
1 2  2 3 4 
8 5 
8 15 16    8 5
(a)   (b) 15 9  (c)   (d) None of these
 5 9 10  16 10  15 9

5 2  1 −2 
70. If A =   and B =   , then AB equals [Rajasthan PET 1991]
 2 1  − 2 5 
0 0  0 1  1 0  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 1  1 0  0 1  0 0 
−1 2  −4 1 
71. A  =  , then A equals [EAMCET 1996]
 3 1  7 7
1 1   1 1 1 −1 −1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 3  − 2 3  2 3   2 3
  4 6 − 1  2 4  2 4 3 
       
72. If A =  3 0 2  , B =  0 1   0 1  and C = 1  , then which of the following is not defined
1 − 2 5  − 1 2   − 1 2   2 

(a) AB (b) B 'C (c) CC′ (d) A 2 + 2B − 2 A

73. If a matrix B is obtained by multiplying each element of a matrix A of order 2 × 2 by 3, then relation between A and B is
[Rajasthan PET 1986]
(a) A = 3B (b) 3 A = B (c) 9A = B (d) A = 9B

Advance Level

 1 −x x +y
74. For each real number x such that −1 < x < 1 , let A(x ) be the matrix (1 − x )−1   and z = . Then
− x 1 1 + xy

(a) A(z ) = A( x ) + A(y ) (b) A(z ) = A(x )[ A(y )]−1 (c) A(z ) = A(x ) A(y ) (d) A(z ) = A( x ) − A(y )

 0 i
75. If A =  40
 , then the value of A is [Rajasthan PET 1999]
 − i 0 
0 1  1 0  1 1   −1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  0 1  0 0   0 − 1
1 2 1 
 
76. If A = 0 1 − 1 , then [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
3 − 1 1 

(a) A 3 + 3 A 2 + A − 9 I 3 = 0 (b) A 3 − 3 A 2 + A + 9 I3 = 0 (c) A 3 + 3 A 2 − A + 9 I3 = 0 (d) A 3 − 3 A 2 − A + 9 I3 = 0

 2 −1 
77. If A =   and I is the unit matrix of order 2, then A 2 equals
− 1 2 
(a) 4 A − 3I (b) 3 A − 4 I (c) A−I (d) A+I
a 0 0 
 
78. If A = 0 b 0  , then A n =
0 0 c 

na 0 0 a 0 0  a n 0 0
     
(a)  0 nb 0 (b) 0 b 0  (c) 0 bn 0 (d) None of these
 0 0 nc  0 0 c  0 0 c n 

 cos α sin α 
79. If Aα =   , then which of following statement is true
 − sin α cos α 

 cos n α sin n α   cos n α sin n α 

(a) Aα . A β = Aαβ and ( Aα )n =   (b) Aα . A β = Aαβ and ( Aα )n =  
 − sin α cos n α   − sin n α cos n α 
n

 cos n α sin n α   cos n α sin n α 

(c) Aα . A β = Aα + β and ( Aα )n =   (d) Aα . A β = Aα + β and ( Aα )n =  
 − sin α cos n α   − sin n α cos n α 
n

Properties of Matrices

Basic Level

80. AB = 0 , if and only if [MNR 1981; Karnataka CET 1993]

(a) A ≠ 0, B ≠ 0 (b) A = 0, B ≠ 0 (c) A = 0 or B = 0 (d) None of these
 1 2 
81. If A ×   = [1 2 ] , then the order of A is
3 4 
(a) 1 × 1 (b) 2 × 1 (c) 1 × 2 (d) 2 × 2
82. If AB = C , then matrices A, B, C are [MP PET 1991]
(a) A 2× 3 , B 3× 2 , C 2× 3 (b) A 3× 2 , B 2× 3 , C 3× 2 (c) A 3× 3 , B 2× 3 , C 3× 3 (d) A3 × 2 , B 2 × 3 , C 3 × 3
83. A = [aij ]m ×n is a square matrix, if
(a) m < n (b) m > n (c) m =n (d) None of these
 0 2 0 1 2 3
   
84. If A =  0 0 3  and B = 3 4 rd
5  , then the element of 3 row and third column in AB will be
 − 2 2 0  5 − 4 0 
(a) –18 (b) 4 (c) –12 (d) None of these
85. If A and B be symmetric matrices of the same order, then AB − BA will be a
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Null matrix (d) None of these
86. If A and B are square matrices of order 2, then ( A + B) = 2
[MP PET 1992]

(a) A + 2 AB + B
2 2
(b) A + AB + BA + B
2 2
(c) A + 2 BA + B
2 2
(d) None of these
87. If the order of the matrices A and B be 2 × 3 and 3 × 2 respectively, then the order of A + B will be
(a) 2×2 (b) 3 × 3 (c) 2×3 (d) None of these
88. In a lower triangular matrix element a ij = 0 , if
(a) i ≤ j (b) i ≥ j (c) i> j (d) i < j

89. If A is a square matrix of order n and A = kB , where k is a scalar, then | A | = [Karnataka CET 1992]

(a) | B | (b) k | B | (c) kn | B| (d) n | B |

 4 6 − 1  2 4
   
90. Let A =  3 0 2  , B =  0 1  and C = [3 1 2 ] . The expression which is not defined is
1 − 2 5  − 1 2 

(a) B' B (b) CAB (c) A + B' (d) A2 + A

 a 
91. If A = [a b ] , B = [− b − a ] and C =   , then the correct statement is [AMU 1987]
− a
(a) A = −B (b) A+B = A−B (c) AC = BC (d) CA = CB
92. If A and B are two matrices and ( A + B)( A − B) = A − B , then 2 2
[Rajasthan PET 1995]

(a) AB = BA (b) A2 + B2 = A2 − B2 (c) A' B' = AB (d) None of these

93. If A and B are square matrices of same order, then [Roorkee 1995]
(a) A+B = B+A (b) A+B = A−B (c) A−B =B−A (d) AB = BA
94. Which of the following is incorrect
(a) A 2 − B 2 = ( A + B)( A − B) (b) ( A T )T = A

(c) ( AB )n = A n B n , where A,B commute (d) ( A − I)(I + A) = 0 ⇔ A 2 = I

95. Which of the following is/are incorrect
(i) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric,
(ii) Adjoint of unit matrix is a unit matrix,
(iii) A(adj A ) = (adj A ) A =| A | I and
(iv) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is a diagonal matrix
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these
96. Let A = [aij ]n×n be a square matrix and let c ij be cofactor of a ij in A. If C = [c ij ] , then

(a) | C | = | A | (b) | C | = | A | n −1 (c) | C | = | A | n − 2 (d) None of these

97. A, B are n-rowed square matrices such that AB = 0 and B is non-singular. Then
(a) A≠0 (b) A=0 (c) A=I (d) None of these
98. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A , then A + B = 2 2
[EAMCET 1994]
(a) 2 AB (b) 2 BA (c) A+B (d) AB
99. If A and B are two matrices such that A + B and AB are both defined, then [Pb. CET 1990]
(a) A and B are two matrices not necessarily of same order
(b) A and B are square matrices of same order
(c) Number of columns of A= number of rows of B
(d) None of these
x 1
100. If A =  2
 and A is the identity matrix, then x = [EAMCET 1993]
1 0
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
0 1  0 −i
If A =  , B =  , then ( A + B) equals
2
101. [Rajasthan PET 1994]
1 0  i 0

(a) A2 + B2 (b) A 2 + B 2 + 2 AB (c) A 2 + B 2 + AB − BA (d) None of these

 i 0  0 −i
102. If A =   and B =   , then ( A + B)( A − B ) is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1994]
0 i  − i 0 
(a) A2 − B2 (b) A2 + B2 (c) A 2 − B 2 + BA + AB (d) None of these
103. If A is 3 × 4 matrix and B is a matrix such that A' B and BA ' are both defined. Then B is of the type [Himachal Pradesh PET 1986]
(a) 3×4 (b) 3 × 3 (c) 4×4 (d) 4 × 3
104. Which of the following is not true
(a) Every skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular
(b) If determinant of a square matrix is non-zero, then it is non-singular
(c) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric
(d) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is diagonal
105. Which one of the following statements is true [MP PET 1996]
(a) Non-singular square matrix does not have a unique inverse (b) Determinant of a non-singular matrix is zero
(c) If A' = A , then A is a square matrix (d) If | A | ≠ 0 , then | A. adj A | = | A | (n −1) , where A = (a ij )n×n

1 −1
106. If matrix A =   , then [MP PET 1996]
1 1 
1 1   1 1
(a) A' =   (b) A −1 =  
1 − 1  − 1 1
 1 1 λ −λ 
(c) A.  = 2I (d) λA =   , where λ is a non-zero scalar
− 1 1  1 1

 1 2 −1 0 
107. If A =   and B =   , then [MP PET 1996]
− 3 0   2 3
(a) A2 = A (b) B 2 = B (c) AB ≠ BA (d) AB = BA
108. Which one of the following is correct [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
(a) Skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular. (b) Skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is singular
(c) Skew-symmetric matrix of even order is always singular (d) None of these
109. Choose the correct answer [Karnataka CET 1999]
(a) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(b) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
(d) A square matrix whose each element is 1 is an identity matrix.
110. If A and B are two square matrices such that B = − A −1 BA , then ( A + B) 2 = [EAMCET 2000]

(a) 0 (b) A2 + B2 (c) A 2 + 2 AB + B 2 (d) A+B

111. For a matrix A, AI = A and AA T = I is true for [Rajasthan PET 2000 ]
(a) If A is a square matrix (b) If A is a non singular matrix (c) If A is a symmetric matrix (d) If A is any matrix
112. If two matrices A and B are of order p × q and r × s respectively, can be subtracted only, if [Rajasthan PET 2000]

(a) p=q (b) p = q, r = s (c) p = r, q = s (d) None of these

113. The set of all 2 × 2 matrices over the real numbers is not a group under matrix multiplication because
(a) Identity element does not exist (b) Closure property is not
satisfied
(c) Association property is not satisfied (d) Inverse axiom may not be satisfied
114. If the matrix AB = O , then [Pb. CET 2000; Kurukshetra CEE 1998; Rajasthan PET 2001]

(a) A = O or B = O (b) A = O and B = O

(c) It is not necessary that either A = O or B = O (d) A ≠ O, B ≠ O

1
115. If a ij = (3 i − 2 j) and A = [aij ] 2× 2 , then A is equal to [Rajasthan PET 2001]
2

 1 / 2 2 1 / 2 −1 / 2   2 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
− 1 / 2 1   2 1  1 / 2 − 1 / 2

116. Assuming that the sums and products given below are defined, which of the following is not true for matrices [Karnataka CET 2003]
(a) A+B = B+A (b) AB = AC does not imply B = C
(c) AB = O implies A = O or B = O (d) ( AB )' = B ' A '
117. Which of the following is true for matrix AB [Rajasthan PET 2003]
−1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
(a) ( AB ) =A B (b) ( AB ) =B A (c) AB = BA (d) All of these

118. If A and B are 3 × 3 matrices such that AB = A and BA = B , then

(a) A 2 = A and B 2 ≠ B (b) A 2 ≠ A and B 2 = B (c) A 2 = A and B 2 = B (d) A 2 ≠ A and B 2 ≠ B
119. If A and B are symmetric matrices of order n( A ≠ B) , then
(a) A + B is skew symmetric (b) A + B is symmetric
(c) A + B is a diagonal matrix (d) A − B is a zero matrix
120. The possible number of different order which a matrix can have when it has 24 elements is [Pb. CET 1998]
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 10
 ab b2 
121. If A =  2  and A = 0 , then minimum value of n is
n

− a − ab 

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3

122. If A, B, C are square matrices of the same order, then which of the following is true [JMIEE 1997]

(a) AB = AC (b) ( AB ) = A B
2 2 2
(c) AB = 0 ⇒ A = 0 or B = 0 (d) AB = I ⇒ AB = BA
123. If a matrix has 13 elements, then the possible dimensions (order) it can have are [MNR 1985]
(a) 1 × 13 , 13 × 1 (b) 1 × 26 , 26 × 1 (c) 2 × 13 , 13 × 2 (d) None of these
 Transpose of Matrices

Basic Level

124. If A, B, C are three n × n matrices, then (ABC )' = [MP PET 1988]

(a) A' B' C ' (b) C ' B' A' (c) B' C ' A' (d) B' A' C '
1 
 
125. If A =  2  , then AA ' = [MP PET 1992]
3 

1  1 2 3 
   
(a) 14 (b)  4  (c) 2 4 6  (d) None of these
 3   3 6 9 

1 −2 
126. If A =   , then A + A equals
T
[Rajasthan PET 1994]
5 3

2 3  2 −4   2 4
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
3 6  10 6  − 10 6

2 1 
1 −2 1   
If A =  = 3 2  , then ( AB) =
T
127.  and B [Rajasthan PET 1996, 2001]
 2 1 3  1 1 

 −3 −2   −3 10   −3 10   3 10 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
10 7  − 2 7   7 − 2 2 7 

2 1
 1 −2 1  
128. If A =   and B =  3 2  , then ( AB)T is equal to [Rajasthan PET 2001]
2 1 3 1 1 
 

 −3 −2   −3 10   −3 7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 10 7  − 2 7   10 2 
 0 1 − 2
 
129. If A =  − 1 0 5  , then [MNR 1982]
 2 5 0 

(a) A' = A (b) A' = − A (c) A' = 2 A (d) None of these

130. Transpose of a row matrix is a
(a) Row matrix (b) Column matrix (c) A square matrix (d) A scalar matrix
3 2   −1 2 
131. If A =   and B =   , then correct statement is [Rajasthan PET 1987]
1 4  − 1 1 

(a) AB = BA (b) AA T = A 2 (c) AB = B 2 (d) None of these

132. If matrix A is of order m × n and B is of order n × p , then order of ( AB) is equal to
T

(a) Order of AB (b) Order of BA (c) Order of A T B T (d) Order of B T A T

4 2 7 
133. If A =   , then AA T is [Rajasthan PET 1991]
6 0 8 
 69 80   69 80   69 80   69 100 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 80 100   100 69   80 69   100 69 
134. Let A is a skew-symmetric matrix and C is a column matrix, then C T AC is [Rajasthan PET 1995]

1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b) [0 ] (c) [1] (d)  
0 1  1 0 
135. If A and B are matrices of suitable order and k is any number, then correct statement is [Rajasthan PET 1987]
−1 −1 −1
(a) ( AB ) = A B
T T T
(b) ( A + B) = A + B
T T T
(c) ( AB ) =A B (d) (kA ) ≠ kA T
T

136. If A and B are matrices of suitable order, then wrong statement is

(a) ( AB ) T = A T B (b) ( A T )T = A (c) ( A − B) T = A T − B T (d) ( A T ) −1 = ( A −1 )T
137. If A is a square matrix such that | A | = 2 , then | A '| , where A’ is transpose of A, is equal to
(a) 0 (b) –2 (c) 1/2 (d) 2

Special types of Matrices

Basic Level

138. An orthogonal matrix is

 cos α 2 sin α   cos α sin α  cos α sin α  1 1
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 − 2 sin α cos α   − sin α cos α   sin α cos α  1 1
 0 −4 1 
 
139. Matrix  4 0 − 5  is
 − 1 5 0 

(a) Orthogonal (b) Idempotent (c) Skew-symmetric (d) Symmetric

140. The inverse of a symmetric matrix is
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these
141. If A is a symmetric matrix and n ∈ N , then A is n

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) A diagonal matrix (d) None of these
n
142. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and n is a positive integer, then A is
(a) A symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these
 4 x + 2
143. If A =   is symmetric, then x = [Karnataka CET 1994]
2 x − 3 x + 1
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
144. If A is a square matrix, then A + A T
is [Rajasthan PET 2001]
(a) Non-singular matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Unit matrix
T
145. For any square matrix A, AA is a [Rajasthan PET 2000]
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
146. If A is a square matrix for which aij = i − j , then A is
2 2
[Rajasthan PET 1999]

(a) Zero matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d) Skew-symmetric matrix
147. If A is a square matrix and A + A T
is symmetric matrix, then A − A T
=
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Zero matrix
a 2
148. The value of a for which the matrix A =   is singular if [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
2 4 
(a) a ≠ 1 (b) a = 1 (c) a=0 (d) a = −1
  i 1 − 2i
149. The matrix A =   is which of the following [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
− 1 − 2 i 0 
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Hermitian (d) Skew-hermitian
 1 − 3 − 4
 
150. The matrix, A = − 1 3 4  is nilpotent of index [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
 1 − 3 − 4 

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

x y
151. If   is symmetric matrix, then
u v
(a) x +v = 0 (b) x −v = 0 (c) y +u = 0 (d) y − u = 0

 2 − 2 − 4
 
152. The matrix  − 1 3 4  is a
 1 − 2 − 3 

(a) Non-singular (b) Idempotent (c) Nilpotent (d) Orthogonal

153. For any square matrix A, which statement is wrong
(a) (adj A) −1 = adj ( A −1 ) (b) ( A T ) −1 = ( A −1 )T (c) ( A 3 ) −1 = ( A −1 ) 3 (d) None of these

1 0 0 0 
 
2 3 0 0
154. If A =  , then A is
4 5 6 0 
 
7 8 9 10 
(a) An upper triangular matrix (b) A null matrix
(c) A lower triangular matrix (d) None of these
155. If A is a square matrix, then A will be non-singular if
(a) | A | = 0 (b) | A | > 0 (c) | A | < 0 (d) | A | ≠ 0

a h g 
 
156. The matrix  h b f  is
 g f c 

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Scalar (d) None of these

− 1 0 0 
 
157. If A =  0 − 1 0  , then A 2 is [MNR 1980]
 0 0 − 1

(a) Null matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) A (d) 2A

158. If A is a symmetric matrix, then matrix M 'AM is [MP PET 1990]

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Hermitian (d) Skew-Hermitian

159. If A is a square matrix, then which of the following matrices is not symmetric
(a) A + A' (b) AA ' (c) A' A (d) A − A'
160. Square matrix [aij]n × n will be an upper triangular matrix, if

(a) a ij ≠ 0 for i > j (b) a ij = 0 for i > j (c) aij = 0 for i < j (d) None of these

0 1 − 2
 
161. If the matrix  − 1 0 3  is singular, then λ = [MP PET 1989]
 λ − 3 0 

(a) –2 (b) –1 (c) 1 (d) 2

 1 2 3 
 
162. In order that the matrix  4 5 6  be non-singular, λ should not be equal to [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
 3 λ 5 

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

163. If A is involutory matrix and and I is unit matrix of same order, then (I − A )(I + A ) is
(a) Zero matrix (b) A (c) I (d) 2A
1 0 1 
 
164. If A = 0 1 1  , then A is [MP PET 1991]
1 0 0 

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Non-singular (d) Singular

1 0 0 
 
165. If A = 0 1 0  , then A 2 = [MNR 1980; Pb. CET 1990]
a b − 1

(a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix (c) A (d) – A

1 3 λ + 2 
 
166. If the matrix  2 4 8  is singular, then λ = [MP PET 1990; Pb. CET 2000]
 3 5 10 

(a) –2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) –4

167. Out of the following a skew-symmetric matrix is [MP PET 1992]

 0 4 5   1 4 5   1 4 5  i + 1 4 5 
       
(a) 3 |  − 4 0 − 6 } (b) 3 |  − 4 1 − 6 (c) 3 |  − 4 2 − 6 (d) 3 |  − 4 i − 6
 − 5 6 0   − 5 6 1   − 5 6 3   − 5 6 i 

168. If A, B, C are three square matrices such that AB = AC implies B = C , then the matrix A is always
[MP PET 1989; Karnataka CET 1992]
(a) A singular matrix (b) A Non-singular matrix (c) An orthogonal matrix (d) A diagonal matrix
 1/ 2 1/ 2 
169. The matrix A =   is [MP PET 1988]
− 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 

(a) Unitary (b) Orthogonal (c) Nilpotent (d) Involutary

170. If a matrix A is symmetric as well as skew symmetric, then
(a) A is a diagonal matrix (b) A is a null matrix (c) A is a unit matrix (d) A is a triangular matrix.
171. A and B are any two square matrices. Which one of the following is a skew symmetric matrix
A + A' A+B A '− A
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above.
2 2 2
172. Choose the correct answer [Karnataka CET 1999]
(a) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(b) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
(d) A Square matrix whose each element is 1 is an identity matrix
173. For a square matrix A, it is given that AA ' = I , then A is a [DCE 1998]
(a) Orthogonal matrix (b) Diagonal matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d) None of these
174. A square matrix can always be expressed as a [DCE1998]
(a) Sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew-symmetric matrix (b) Sum of a diagonal matrix and a symmetric matrix
(c) Skew matrix (d) Skew- symmetric matrix
175. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and n is odd positive integer, then A n is
(a) A symmetric matrix (b) A skew-symmetric matrix (c) A diagonal matrix (d) None of these
176. If A, B symmetric matrices of the same order then AB – BA is
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix

Adjoint of Matrix

Basic Level

177. If k is a scalar and I is a unit matrix of order 3, then adj (k I) = [MP PET 1991]

(a) k 3 I (b) k 2 I (c) −k3I (d) − k 2 I

cos θ − sin θ 0
 
178. If A =  sin θ cos θ 0  , then adj A =
 0 0 1 

(a) A (b) I (c) O (d) A2

179. If A is a n × n matrix, then adj (adj A) =

(a) | A | n −1 A (b) | A | n − 2 A (c) | A | n n (d) None of these

− 4 − 3 − 3
 
180. Adjoint of the matrix N =  1 0 1  is [MP PET 1989]
 4 4 3 
(a) N (b) 2N (c) – N (d) None of these
181. If A is a non-singular matrix, then A (adj A) =

(a) A (b) I (c) | A | I (d) | A | 2 I

 cos α sin α  k 0 
182. If A =   and A adj A =   , then k is equal to [MP PET 1993]
− sin α cos α  0 k 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) sin α cos α (d) cos 2α

 1 0 0
 
183. Let A =  5 2 0  , then the adjoint of A is [MNR 1982]
− 1 6 1 

 2 − 5 32  − 1 0 0 − 1 0 0 
     
(a) 0 1 − 6  (b)  − 5 − 2 0  (c) − 5 − 2 0  (d) None of these
0 0 2   1 − 6 1   1 − 6 − 1 

3 2 
184. If A =   , then A (adj A) = [MP PET 1995; Rajasthan PET 1997]
1 4 
10 0   0 10  10 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 0 10  10 0   1 10 
185. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is [Karnataka CET 1993]

(a) Singular (b) Non-singular (c) Symmetric (d) Not defined

 1 1 1 
 
186. The adjoint of 1 2 − 3  is [Rajasthan PET 1993]
 2 − 1 3 

 3 − 9 − 5  3 −4 − 5 − 3 4 5 
     
(a) − 4 1 3  (b)  − 9 1 4  (c)  9 −1 − 4 (d) None of these
 − 5 4 1   − 5 3 1   5 − 3 − 1 

187. Adj .( AB ) − ( Adj. B)( Adj. A) = [MP PET 1997]

(a) Adj. A − Adj. B (b) I (c) O (d) None of these

1 2 0 
 
188. If A =  0 1 2  , then adj A = [Rajasthan PET 1996]
2 0 1
 
 1 4 − 2  1 −2 4   1 2 4
     
(a)  − 2 1 4  (b)  4 1 − 2 (c) − 4 1 2 (d) None of these
 4 −2 1  − 2 4 1  − 4 − 2 1 
   
1 2 3
 
189. If A = 1 4 9  , then the value of | adj A | is [Rajasthan PET 1999]
1 8 27 
(a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 144 (d) None of these
190. If A is a matrix of order 3 and | A | = 8, then | adj A | = [DCE 1999; Karnataka CET 2002]

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 3 (d) 2 6

191. If A and B are non-singular square matrices of same order, then adj (AB ) is equal to [AMU 1999]

(a) (adj A)(adj B) (b) (adj B)(adj A) (c) (adj B −1 )(adj A −1 ) (d) (adj A −1 )(adj B −1 )
192. If d is the determinant of a square matrix A of order n, then the determinant of its adjoint is [EAMCET 2000]
n n −1 n +1
(a) d (b) d (c) d (d) d
1 −1 
193. If A =   , then adj A is equal to [Rajasthan PET 2001]
2 3 
 −3 −1   3 1  3 −2   3 −1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 2 − 1  − 2 1 1 1  − 2 1 
3 4 
194. If A =   , then A. (adj A ) = [Rajasthan PET 2002]
5 7 
(a) I (b) | A | (c) | A | I (d) None of these
 −2 6 
195. If A =   , then adj (A) is [UPSEAT 2002]
− 5 7 
7 −6   2 −6  7 −5 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
5 − 2  5 − 7  6 − 2 
3 − 3 4 
 
196. The adjoint matrix of  2 − 3 4  is [MP PET 2003]
0 − 1 1 

4 8 3   1 −1 0  11 9 3   1 −2 1 
 
(a) 2 1 6 (b)  − 2 3 − 4  (c) 
 1 2 8

(d)  − 1 3 3 

 0 2 1   − 2 3 − 3   6 9 1   − 2 3 − 3 

 cos x sin x 
197. If A =   , then A. (adj( A )) = [Rajasthan PET 2003]
− sin x cos x 
 1 0  0 1  1 1   −2 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  1 0  0 0   0 − 2
a 0 0 
 
198. If A = 0 a 0  , then the value of | A | | Adj A | is [AMU 1987]
0 0 a 

(a) a 3 (b) a 6 (c) a9 (d) a 27

a 0 0 
 
199. If A = 0 a 0  , then the value of | adj A | is [AMU 1989]
0 0 a 

(a) a 3 (b) a 6 (c) a9 (d) a 27

1 2 − 1
 
200. If A = − 1 1 2  , then determinant (adj (adj A)) is
 2 − 1 1 

(a) (14 )1 (b) (14 ) 2 (c) (14 ) 3 (d) (14 ) 4

201. If A is a square matrix, then adj ( A ' ) − (adj A)' is equal to
(a) 2 | A| (b) 2 | A | I (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix

 1 −2 3 
 
202. If A =  4 0 − 1 , then (adj A) 23 is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1984]
− 3 1 5 

(a) 13 (b) – 13 (c) 5 (d) – 5

203. For a third order non-singular matrix A, | A (adj A ) | equals

(a) | A | (b) | A | 2 (c) | A | 3 (d) None of these

Advance Level

204. If A be a square matrix of order n and if | A | = D and | adj A | = D' , then [Rajasthan PET 2000]

(a) DD' = D 2 (b) DD' = D n −1 (c) DD' = D n (d) None of these

Inverse of a Matrix

Basic Level

 3 − 2 − 1
 
205. Inverse of the matrix  − 4 1 − 1  is [MP PET 1990]
 2 0 1 

 1 2 3  1 − 3 5  1 2 3 1 2 − 4
       
(a)  3 3 7  (b) 7 4 6 (c)  2 5 7  (d) 8 − 4 − 5
 − 2 − 4 − 5   4 2 7   − 2 − 4 − 5   3 5 2 

206. If A and B are non-singular matrices, then [MP PET 1991; Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

(a) ( AB ) −1 = A −1 B −1 (b) AB = BA (c) ( AB )' = A ' B ' (d) ( AB )−1 = B −1 A −1

i 0  −1
207. If A =  , (i = − 1 ) , then A = [MP PET 1992]
 0 i / 2 
 i 0   −i 0  i 0 0 i
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 i / 2   0 − 2 i 0 2i 2i 0 

cos α − sin α  −1
208. If A =   , then A =
 sin α cos α 

 cos α sin α  cos α sin α   − cos α sin α 

(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 − sin α cos α   sin α cos α   sin α − cos α 

a c  −1
209. If A =   , then A = [MP PET 1988 ]
d b 

1  b −c  1  b −c 1 b d 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
ab − cd − d a ad − bc − d a ab − cd c a 

 1 2 1
 
210. The element of second row and third column in the inverse of  2 1 0  is [MP PET 1992]
 − 1 0 1 

(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

1 0 0 
 
211. The inverse of the matrix 0 1 0  is [MP PET 1989; Pb. CET 1989, 93]
0 0 1 

0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0 
       
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 1  (d) 0 0 1 
1 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0 

 2 −3 
212. The inverse of   is [MP PET 1993]
− 4 2

− 1 2 3 − 1 3 2  1 2 3 1 3 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
8  4 2 8 2 4  8 4 2  8 2 4 

 3 −2 
213. The inverse of the matrix   is [MP PET 1994]
1 4 

 4 2  3 −2  4 −2  3 2 
 14 14   14   14 14   14 
−1 (b)  14 (d)  14
3  4  1 3  4 
(a) (c)
1 1
       
 14 14   14 14   14 14   14 14 

214. If a matrix A is such that 3 A 3 + 2 A 2 + 5 A + I = 0 , then its inverse is

(a) − (3 A 2 + 2 A + 5 I) (b) 3 A 2 + 2 A + 5 I (c) 3A2 − 2A − 5I (d) None of these

cos α − sin α 0  cos β 0 sin β 

215. If F(α ) =  sin α cos α

0  and G(β ) =

 0 1

0  , then [F(α ) G(β )]−1 =
 0 0 1  − sin β 0 cos β 

(a) F(α ) − G(β ) (b) − F(α ) − G(β ) (c) [F(α )]−1 [G(β )]−1 (d) [G(β )]−1 [ F(α )]−1

 1 tan θ / 2 
216. If A =   and AB = I , then B = [MP PET 1995, 98]
 − tan θ / 2 1 
θ θ θ
(a) cos 2 . A (b) cos 2 . A T (c) cos 2 .I (d) None of these
2 2 2
  2 1   − 3 2   1 1
217. If   A =  , then the matrix A =
 3 2   5 − 3   0 1
1 1  1 1  1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  0 1  1 1  1 1 
218. If A is an invertible matrix, then which of the following is correct
(a) A −1 is multivalued (b) A −1 is singular (c) ( A −1 )T ≠ ( A T )−1 (d) | A | ≠ 0
a 0 0 
 
219. If A = 0 b 0  , then A −1 = [AMU 1988]
0 0 c 
a 0 0  − a 0 0  1 / a 0 0 
     
(a) 0 b 0  (b)  0 − b 0  (c)  0 1 / b 0  (d) None of these
0 0 c   0 0 − c   0 0 1 / c 
−1
1 3 
220.   = [EAMCET 1994; DCE 1999]
 3 10 
10 3   10 −3  1 3   −1 −3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 3 1 − 3 1   3 10   − 3 − 10 
5 2  −1
221. If A =   , then A = [EAMCET 1988]
 3 1 
 1 −2   −1 2   −1 −2  1 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
− 3 5   3 − 5 − 3 − 5  3 5 
−1
− 6 5 
222.   = [Karnataka CET 1994]
− 7 6 
 −6 5   6 −5  6 5  6 −5 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
− 7 6  − 7 6  7 6  7 − 6 
0 1 0 
 
223. The inverse of matrix A = 1 0 0  is [Karnataka CET 1993]
0 0 1 
1 0 0  1 0 0 
   
(a) A (b) AT (c) 0 1 0  (d) 1 0 0 
0 0 1  0 1 0 
3 5 7 
 
224. The inverse of  2 − 3 1  is [EAMCET 1989]
1 1 2 
7 3 − 26  7 3 − 26   3 1 11 
     
(a)  3 1 − 11  (b)  3 1 11  (c)  7 3 − 26  (d) None of these
 − 5 − 2 0   − 5 − 2 1   − 5 2 1 
1 2 3 
 
225. The inverse of 0 1 2  is [EAMCET 1990]
0 0 1 
1 − 2 1  1 − 2 1  1 2 1 
     
(a)  0 1 − 2  (b) 0 1 − 2  (c) 0 1 2  (d) None of these
0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1 
 λ − 1 4
 
226. The matrix  − 3 0 1  is invertible, if [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]
 − 1 1 2 
 (a) λ ≠ −15 (b) λ ≠ −17 (c) λ ≠ −16 (d) λ ≠ −18
3 2
227. If A =   , then ( A −1 ) 3 is equal to [MP PET 1997]
0 1 
1  1 −26  1  −1 26  1  1 −26  1  −1 −26 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
27  0 27  27  0 27  27  0 − 27  27  0 − 27 
1 a 2 
 
228. The matrix 1 2 5  is not invertible, if ‘a’ has the value [MP PET 1998]
 2 1 1 
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) – 1
4 7
229. Inverse matrix of   [Rajasthan PET 1996, 2001]
1 2
 2 −7   2 −1   −2 7   −2 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
− 1 4  − 7 4   1 − 4  7 − 4
a a  2 2
230. If the multiplicative group of 2 × 2 matrices of the form   , for a ≠ 0 and a ∈ R , then the inverse of   is
a a  2 2
[Karnataka CET 1999]
1 1 1 1 1 1
     
(a) 8 8 (b)  4 4 (c) 2 2 (d) Does not exist
1 1 1 1 1 1
     
8 8 4 4 2 2
1 2 − 3 
 
231. The element in the first row and third column of the inverse of the matrix 0 1 2  is [MP PET 2000]
0 0 1 
(a) – 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 7
232. If I 3 is the identity matrix of order 3, then I 3−1 is [Pb. CET 2000]
(a) 0 (b) 3I 3 (c) I3 (d) Does not exist
−1
233. If a matrix A is such that 4 A + 2 A + 7 A + I = O , then A
3 2
equals [MP PET 2001]
(a) (4 A 2 + 2 A + 7 I) (b) − (4 A 2 + 2 A + 7 I) (c) − (4 A 2 − 2 A + 7 I) (d) (4 A 2 + 2 A − 7 I)
 2 2  0 − 1 −1 −1 −1
234. If A =   and B =   , then (B A ) = [EAMCET 2001]
− 3 2 1 0 
2 −2   3 −2  1  2 2 1  3 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 3 2 2  10 − 2 3  10 − 2 2 
235. If A 2 − A + I = 0 , then A −1 = [Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
(a) A −2 (b) A + I (c) I−A (d) A−I
2 3  −1
236. If A =   , then A = [Karnataka CET 2001]
 4 6 
 1 2  2 −3   −2 4 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) Does not exist
 − 3 / 2 3  4 6  − 3 6 
237. If for the matrix A, A 3 = I , then A −1 = [Rajasthan PET 2002]
(a) A 2 (b) A 3 (c) A (d) None of these
238. For two invertible matrices A and B of suitable orders, the value of ( AB ) −1 is [Rajasthan PET 2000, 02; Karnataka CET 2001]
−1
(a) (BA ) (b) B A −1 −1
(c) A B −1 −1
(d) ( AB ' ) −1
 −1 2  3 
239. If A =   and B =   , AX = B , then X = [MP PET 2002]
 2 − 1  1 
5  5 
(a) [5 7] (b)
1
  (c)
1
[5 7 ] (d)  
3 7  3 7 
 1 2  −1
240. If A =   , then A = [MP PET 2002]
3 − 5 
5 2   5 2
 −5 −2   11   − 11 −
11  5 2 
(b)  11
1   3 1 
(a)   (c) (d)  
− 3 1  
3
−  − −   3 − 1
 11 11   11 11 
0 3  −1
241. If A =   and A = λ (adj ( A)) , then λ= [UPSEAT 2002]
2 0 
−1 1 −1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 3 6
2 1
242. The multiplicative inverse of matrix   is [DCE 2002]
7 4
4 −1   −4 −1  4 −7   4 −1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 − 7 − 2 7 − 2 7 2 − 7 2 
0 1 2 
 
243. The inverse matrix of 1 2 3  is [MP PET 2003]
 3 1 1 
 1 1 1 1 5 
 −  2 −4 1 2 3  1 − 1 − 1
 2 2 2 2 1  1 
(a)  − 4 3 − 1 (b) 1 −6 3  (c) 3 2 1 (d) −8 6 − 2
 5 −3 1
  2 2
1 2 − 1 4 2 3   5 − 3 1 
 2 2   
 2
 1 −2 
244. Inverse of the matrix   is [Karnataka CET 2003]
3 4 
1  4 2 1  1 −2  1  4 −2   4 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
10 − 3 1  10  3 4  10 − 3 1  − 3 1 
245. If A is an orthogonal matrix, then A −1 is equal to
(a) A (b) A' (c) A2 (d) None of these
0 0 1 
 
246. The multiplicative inverse of the matrix A = 0 1 0  is [AMU 1989]
1 0 0 
0 0 0  0 1 − 1 − 1 0 0  0 0 1 
       
(a) 0 1 0  (b)  0 − 1 0  (c)  0 − 1 0  (d) 0 1 0 
0 0 1   − 1 0 0   1 0 − 1  1 0 0 
247. Let A be an invertible matrix. Which of the following is not true [Karnataka CET 1992]
(a) A −1 =| A | −1 (b) ( A 2 ) −1 = ( A −1 ) 2 (c) ( A' )−1 = ( A −1 )′ (d) None of these
1 2 3 
 
248. Inverse of  2 3 4  is [Kurukshetra CEE 1995]
 3 4 6 
2 0 − 1 1 2 3  − 2 0 1 
     
(a)  0 − 3 2 (b)  2 3 4  (c)  0 3 − 2 (d) None of these
 − 1 2 − 1  3 4 6   1 − 2 1 

 1 2 −1
249. If A =   , then A = [Karnataka CET 1997]
− 4 − 1

1 1 2  −1 −2  1 1 2 1 −1 −2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
7 − 4 − 1 4 1 9 4 1  7 4 1 
 0 1 
0 −1 2    −1
250. If A = 
−
 , B = 1 0  and M = AB , then M is equal to [Roorkee 1980]
 2 2 0  1 1 

 2 −2   1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 −1 / 3   1 / 3 −1 / 3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 1  − 1 / 3 1 / 6  1 / 3 1 / 6  − 1 / 3 1 / 6 
251. If for a square matrix A, AA −1 = I , then A is [DCE 1998]
(a) Orthogonal matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Diagonal matrix (d) Invertible matrix
1 2 3 
 
252. If matrix  4 5 6  is invertible, then [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
 3 λ 5 

(a) λ ≠ 4 (b) λ ≠ 3 (c) λ≠2 (d) λ ≠ 0

−1
 1 − tan θ   1 tan θ  a − b 
253. If    =  , then
 tan θ 1   − tan θ 1  b a 
(a) a = 1, b = 1 (b) a = cos 2θ , b = sin 2θ (c) a = sin 2θ , b = cos 2θ (d) None of these

Advance Level

 1 − 2 3
 
254. If A =  0 − 1 4  , then (A' ) −1 =
− 2 2 1 

− 9 − 8 − 2  1 0 − 2 − 9 8 − 5  1 0 0 
       
(a)  8 7 2  (b)  − 2 − 1 2  (c) − 8 7 − 4  (d) 0 1 0 
 − 5 − 4 − 1   3 4 1   2 2 − 1  0 0 1 

1 1 1 
 
255. If ω is a cube root of unity and A = 1 ω ω 2  , then A −1 =
1 ω 2 ω 

 1 ω ω2 1 1 1  1 ω ω2 1 ω ω2

 2  1    1 
ω ω  1 ω2 ω  1 ω ω  1 ω ω 
2 2
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
ω 3 2
 ω2 1  1 ω ω 2  1 1
 1  1 1 1 

3 − 3 4 
 
256. If A =  2 − 3 4  , then A −1 = [DCE 1999]
0 − 1 1 

(a) A (b) A2 (c) A3 (d) A4

−1
257. If D = diag (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , ...., d n ) , where d i ≠ 0 for all i = 1, 2, ..., n , then D is equal to

(a) D (b) diag (d 1−1 , d 2−1 , ....d n−1 ) (c) I (d) None of these

258. If A = diag (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , ...., d n ) , then A n is equal to

(a) diag (d 1n −1 , d 2n −1 , d 3n −1 , ..... d nn −1 ) (b) diag (d 1n , d 2n , d 3n , .... d nn )

(c) A (d) None of these
Relation between Determinants and Matrices

Basic Level

259. If A is a square matrix of order 3, then true statement is (where I is unit matrix) [MP PET 1992]
 (a) det (− A) = −det A (b) det A = 0 (c) det ( A + I) = 1 + det A (d) det 2A = 2 det A
2 0 0  1 2 3 
   
260. If A = 0 2 0  and B = 0 1 3  , then | AB | is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1995]
0 0 2  0 0 2 
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32
261. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that | A | = −1, | B | = 3 , then | 3 AB | = [IIT 1988; MP PET 1995, 99]
(a) – 9 (b) – 81 (c) – 27 (d) 81
262. Which of the following is correct
(a) Determinant is a square matrix (b) Determinant is a number associated to a matrix
(c) Determinant is a number associated to a square matrix (d) None of these
263. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then | A | is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) None of these
264. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of even order, then | A |
(a) Is a perfect square (b) Is not a perfect square (c) Is always zero (d) None of these
10 0 
265. For any 2 × 2 matrix A, if A(adj.A) =   , then | A | = [MP PET 1999]
 0 10 
(a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 100
1 3 
266. If A =   , then determinant of A − 2 A is
2
[EAMCET 2000]
 2 1 
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) – 5 (d) – 25
2 + x 3 4 
 
267. If  1 − 1 2  is a singular matrix, then x is [Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
 x 1 − 5 
13 25 5 25
(a) (b) − (c) (d)
25 13 13 13
268. The product of a matrix and its transpose is an identity matrix. The value of determinant of this matrix is
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) ±1 (d) 1
1 0 1 
 
269. If A =  2 1 0  , then det A = [EAMCET 2002]
3 2 1 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
270. If A ≠ O and B ≠ O are n × n matrix such that AB = O , then [Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) Det ( A) = 0 or Det (B) = 0 (b) Det ( A) = 0 and Det (B) = 0
(c) Det ( A ) = Det (B) ≠ 0 (d) A −1 = B −1

271. If A is a square matrix such that A 2 = A , then det (A) equals [AMU 1991]
(a) 0 or 1 (b) – 2 or 2 (c) – 3 or 3 (d) None of these
272. If A is a square matrix such that | A | = 2 , then for any +ve integer n, | A n | is equal to [AMU 1991]
n 2
(a) 0 (b) 2n (c) 2 (d) n
273. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and entries of A are positive integers, then | A | is
(a) Different from zero (b) 0 (c) Positive (d) An arbitrary integer.
274. If A and B are any 2 × 2 matrix, then det ( A + B) = 0 implies [Karnataka CET 1993, 98]
(a) DetA + DetB = 0 (b) DetA = 0 or DetB = 0 (c) DetA = 0 and DetB = 0 (d) None of these

System of Linear Equations

Basic Level
  x + y + z  9 
   
275. If  x + y  = 5  , then (x, y, z) =
 y + z  7 
(a) (4, 3, 2) (b) (3, 2, 4) (c) (2, 3, 4) (d) None of these
1 0 1   x  1 
    
276. The solution of the equation  − 1 1 0   y  = 1  is (x, y, z) = [MP PET 1991]
 0 − 1 1   z   2 
(a) (1, 1, 1) (b) (0, –1, 2) (c) (–1, 2, 2) (d) (–1, 0, 2)
 1 1
 3 − −
9  2 2
  3 5
277. If AX = B , B = 52  and A −1 =  − 4  , then X is equal to [MP PET 1996]
 4 4
 0   1 3
 2 − − 
 4 4
 1  3 
− 2  
1   − 4 
  1    3
(a) 3  (b)  −  (c)  2  (d)  
 2  4
5     3   3
 2  − 4 
 

Rank of a Matrix

Basic Level

278. If A is a non-zero column matrix of order m × 1 and B is a non-zero row matrix of order 1 × n , then rank of AB is equal to
(a) m (b) n (c) 1 (d) None of these
1 2 − 1
 
279. If A = 1 1 2  , then
2 − 1 1 

(a) ρ ( A) = 2 (b) ρ ( A) = 1 (c) ρ (A) = 3 (d) None of these

280. If I n is the identity matrix of order n, then rank of I n is
(a) 1 (b) n (c) 0 (d) None of these
281. The rank of a null matrix is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) Does not exist (d) None of these
282. If A is a non-singular square matrix of order n, then the rank of A is
(a) Equal to n (b) Less then n (c) Greater then n (d) None of these
283. If A and B are two matrices such that rank of A = m and rank of B = n , then
(a) rank (AB) = mn (b) rank (AB) ≥ rank (A)
(c) rank (AB) ≥ rank (B) (d) rank (AB) ≤ min (rank A, rank B
284. If A is an inevitable matrix and B is a matrix, then
(a) rank (AB) = rank (A) (b) rank (AB) = rank (B) (c) rank (AB) > rank (A) (d) rank (AB) > rank (B)

Advance Level

 x1 y1 1
285. If the points (x 1 , y 1 ), (x 2 , y 2 ) and ( x 3 , y 3 ) are collinear, then the rank of the matrix  x 2 y2

1 will always be less than
 x 3 y3 1
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(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
286. If A is a matrix such that there exists a square submatrix of order r which is non-singular and every square submatrix of order
r + 1 or more is singular, then
(a) rank (A) = r +1 (b) rank (A) = r (c) rank (A) > r (d) rank (A) ≥ r +1
1 2 3 0 
 
2 4 3 2
287. The rank of the matrix  is
3 2 1 3 
 
6 8 7 5 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
288. The system of equations AX = B of n equations in n unknown has infinitely many solutions if
(a) det A ≠ 0 (b) det A ≠ 0, (adj A ) B = 0 (c) det A = 0, (adj A) B ≠ 0 (d) det A = 0, (adj A) B ≠ 0
289. The trace of skew symmetric matrix of order n × n is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) n 2

Miscellaneous Problems

Basic Level

−2 1 
290. If A =   and f (x ) = 2 x − 3 x
2
,then f (A ) equals
 0 3 
14 1  −14 1 14 −1   −14 −1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0 − 9  0 9 0 9  0 − 9
(i + j) 2
291. The construction of 3 × 4 matrix A whose element a ij is given by is [IIT 1988]
2
 2 9 / 2 8 25   2 9 / 2 25 / 2 
   
(a) 9 4 5 18  (b) 9 / 2 5 / 2 5 
8 25 18 49   25 18 25 
 2 9/2 8 25 / 2 
 
(c) 9 / 2 8 25 / 2 18  (d) None of these
 8 25 / 2 18 49 / 2 
292. If A is a square matrix of order n such that its elements are polynomial in x and its r-rows become identical for x = k , then
(a) ( x − k )r is a factor of | A | (b) ( x − k )r −1 is a factor of | A |
(c) ( x − k )r +1 is a factor of | A | (d) ( x − k )r is a factor of A
293. If A = [aij ] is a scalar matrix of order n × n such that a ij = k for all i, then trace of A is equal to
(a) nk (b) n + k (c) n/k (d) None of these

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 Matrices Assignment (Basic and Advance Level)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

b b c d d d c c a b b b b c c b a b a c

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

b c d c b d a b c b a d d b c b b b b b

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

d c a,b d a c c c a d b b b b a a c c b b

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

c b c b a b c c a c c d b c b d a c d d

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

c d c b b b d d c c c a a a d b b c b d

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

a a a a c c c b a b a c d c b c b c b b

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140

a d a b c a b b b b d d a b b a d b c a

141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

a d b b b c,d c b d a d b d c d a b a d b

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

d d a c a b a a b c b c b a a b b b a b

181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

a c b d a a b c b c d b b b c a b a c b

201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220

d c a c c c d b a a b b a a a d b a d c

221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240

b b a a d b b a b a d d c b a c d a b b

241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260

b a d a a b d a c d c d a b a b c b b a

261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280

c b c a a b b b c a a a c d d c d a c c

281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294

b c a d b b b c c a c c a a