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1. The system of linear equations x + y + z = 6 𝑥

−𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (𝜋𝑥)
1
𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋)
, x + 2y + 3z = 10 and x + 2y + az = b has no 𝐵 = 𝜋[ 𝑥
] then
solution when _____ 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋) −𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋𝑥)
a) a = 3 , b≠10 b) b = 3, a ≠ 10 A – B is equal to
c) a = 2, b ≠ 3 d) b = 2 , a = 3 (2015) a) I b) 0
0 1
2. If 𝐴 = [ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴2 is equal to _____ c) 2I d) 1/2 I (2016)
1 0 9. If A is a matrix of order m×n and B is a
1 0 0 1
a) [ ] b) [ ] matrix such that AB´ and B´A are both
1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 defined , the order of the matrix B is
c) [ ] d) [ ] (2015)
1 0 0 1 a) m × m b) n × n
𝛼 2 c) n × m d) m × n (2016)
3. If 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝐴3 | = 27, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝛼 =
2 𝛼 10. If x y z are not equal and ≠ 0, ≠ 1 the value
_______
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 log 𝑧
a) ±2 b) ±√5 of |log 2𝑥 log 2𝑦 log 2𝑧|
c) ±1 d) ±√7 (2015) log 3𝑥 log 3𝑦 log 3𝑧
2𝑎 𝑥1 𝑦1 is equal to
𝑎𝑏𝑐
4. If |2𝑏 𝑥2 𝑦2 | = 2 ≠ 0, then the area of a) log(xyz) b) log (6xyz)
2𝑐 𝑥3 𝑦3 c) 0 d) log(x + y + z)
the triangle whose vertices are
𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
(2016)
( 𝑎1 , 𝑎1) , ( 𝑏2 , 𝑏2) , ( 𝑐3 , 𝑐3) is 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃 −𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝜃
11. If A= | | 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴 + 𝐴𝑇 = 𝐼,
a) 1/8 abc b) 1/8 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃
c) 1/4 abc d) ¼ (2015) where I is the unit matrix of 2×2 & 𝐴𝑇 is
𝑐𝑜𝑠15° 𝑠𝑖𝑛15° the transpose of A, then the values of θ is
5. Evaluate | | equal to
𝑠𝑖𝑛75° 𝑐𝑜𝑠75° 𝜋 𝜋
a) 0 b) 3 a) 6 b) 3
c) 1 d) 2 (2015) 3𝜋
c) 𝜋 d) (2016)
6. If x, y , z are all different and not equal to 2
3 1
1+𝑥 1 1 12. If 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 s equal to
zero and | 1 1+𝑦 1 | = 0 then −1 2
a) I b) -I
1 1 1+𝑧
the value of x-1 + y-1 + z-1 is equal to c) 7I d) -7I (2016)
a) xyz b) x-1y-1z-1 13. If A is a square matrix of order 3×3, then
c) -x -y -z d) -1 (2016) |𝐾𝐴| is equal to
7. If A is any square matrix of order 3×3 then a) 𝐾|𝐴| b) 𝐾 2 |𝐴|
|3𝐴| is equal to c) 3𝐾|𝐴| d) 𝐾 3 |𝐴| (2017)
𝑥
a) 3|𝐴| b) 1/3|𝐴| 1
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋𝑥) 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋)
c) 27|𝐴| d) 9|𝐴| (2016) 14. If 𝐴 = [ 𝑥
],
𝜋
𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋) 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 (𝜋𝑥)
1
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋𝑥) 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋) 𝑥
8. If 𝐴 = 𝜋
[ 𝑥
], 1
−𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (𝜋𝑥) 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋)
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋) 𝑐𝑜𝑡 −1 (𝜋𝑥)
𝐵 = 𝜋[ 𝑥
] then
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜋) −𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝜋𝑥)
A – B is equal to
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a) I b) 0 a) A b) zero matrix
c) 2I d) 1/2 I (2017) c) A´ d) I (2018)
2
𝐴𝑥 𝑥 1 23. The value of determinant
15. Let ∆= |𝐵𝑦 𝑦 2 1| 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∆1 = 𝑎−𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑎
𝐶𝑧 𝑧 2 1 |𝑏 − 𝑎 𝑐 + 𝑎 𝑏 | is
𝐴 𝐵 𝐶 𝑐−𝑎 𝑎+𝑏 𝑐
|𝑥 𝑦 𝑧| a) a3 + b3 + c3
𝑧𝑦 𝑧𝑥 𝑥𝑦 b) a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc
a) ∆1 = −∆ b) ∆1 = ∆ c) a3 + b3 + c3 + 3abc
c) ∆1 = 2∆ d) ∆1 ≠ ∆ (2017) d) 3abc (2018)
16. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew 24. If (x1 , y1), (x2 , y2) and (x3 , y3) are the
symmetric , then vertices of a triangle whose area is k square
a) A is a diagonal matrix 𝑥1 𝑦1 4 2
b) A is a zero matrix units, then |𝑥2 𝑦2 4| 𝑖𝑠
c) A is a scalar matrix 𝑥3 𝑦3 4
2
d) A is a square matrix (2017) a) 32k b) 16k2
3 𝑥 3 2 c) 64k 2
d) 48k2 (2018)
17. If | |=| | then x is a equal to
𝑥 1 4 1 25. Let A be a square matrix of order 3×3, then
a) 8 b) 4 |5𝐴| =
c) ±2√2 d) 2 (2017) a) 5|𝐴| b) 125|𝐴|
1 3 𝑦 0 5 6 c) 25|𝐴| d) 15|𝐴| (2018)
18. If 2 | |+| |=| |, then the
0 𝑥 1 2 1 8 2 5 0
value of x and y are 26. The inverse of the matrix [ 0 1 1] is
a) x = 3 , y = 3 −1 0 3
b) x = -3 , y = 3 3 −1 1
c) x = 3 , y = -3 a) [−15 6 −5]
d) x = -3 , y = -3 (2017) 5 −2 2
19. The area of a triangle with vertices (K,0), 3 −15 5
(4,0), (0,2) is a square units, then value of K b) [−1 6 −2]
1 −5 2
is 3 −5 5
a) 8 b) 0 or -8 c) [−1 −6 −2]
c) 0 d) 0 or 8 (2017) 1 −5 2
2 −2 3 −15 5
20. If 𝐴 = [ ] 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝑛 = 2𝑘 𝐴, where k
−2 2 d) [−1 6 −2] (2019)
= 1 −5 −2
a) 2n -1 b) n+1 27. If P and Q are symmetric matrices of the
c) n – 1 d) 2(n – 1) (2018) same order then PQ – QP is
1 1 𝑥 2 a) identity matrix
21. If | | [ ] = [ ], then the values of x
−1 1 𝑦 4 b) zero matrix
and y respectively are c) symmetric matrix
a) -3,-1 b) 1,3 d) skew symmetric matrix (2019)
c) 3, 1 d) -1, 3 (2018) 28. If the value of a third order determinant is
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼
22. If A=| | , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝐴´ = 16, then the value of the determinant formed
−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼
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by replacing each of its elements by its a) f(1) = 0 b) f(2) = 0 (2020)

cofactor is c) f(0) = 0 d) f(-1) = 0
a) 96 b) 256
c) 48 d) 16 (2019) 35. If A and B are square matrices of same order
1 3 and B is a skew symmetric matrix, then
29. If 𝐴 = [ ],
4 2 A′BA is
2 −1
𝐵=[ ] , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |𝐴𝐵𝐵´| = a) Symmetric matrix b) Null matrix
1 2
a) 50 b) 100 c) Diagonal matrix
c) -250 d) 250 (2019) d) Skew symmetric matrix (2020)
30. The constant term of the expansion of 36. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |𝐴| =
3𝑥 + 1 2𝑥 − 1 𝑥 + 2 5, then |𝐴 𝑎𝑑𝑗. 𝐴| is (2020)
[5𝑥 − 1 3𝑥 + 2 𝑥 + 1 ] 𝑖𝑠 a) 5 b) 125 c) 25 d) 625
7𝑥 − 2 3𝑥 + 1 4𝑥 − 1 37. If a1a2a3……a9 are in A.P. then the value of
a) 0 b) - 10 𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎3
c) 2 d) 6 (2019) | 4 𝑎5 𝑎6 | is
𝑎 (2020)
7 −10 17 𝑎7 𝑎8 𝑎9
31. If 3𝐴 + 4𝐵´ = [ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9
0 6 31 a) 2(a1 + a0) b) a1 + a9
−1 18
2𝐵 − 3𝐴´ = [ 4 c) loge(loge e) d) 1
0 ] 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐵 =
−5 −7
1 3
a) [−1 1]
2 4
−1 −18
b) [ 4 −16]
−5 −7
−1 −3
c) [−1 1 ]
2 4
1 3
d) [−1 1 ] (2019)
2 −4
0 0 1
32. If A = (0 1 0), then A4 is equal to
1 0 0
a)A b) 2A (2020)
c) I d) 4A
2 1 1 0
33. If ( )A=( ), then the matrix a is
3 2 0 1
2 1 2 −1
a) ( ) b) ( ) (2020)
3 2 −3 2
−2 1 2 −1
c) ( ) d) ( )
3 −2 3 2
𝑥3 − 𝑥 𝑎 + 𝑥 𝑏 + 𝑥
34. If f(x) = | 𝑥 − 𝑎 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 𝑐 + 𝑥 | then
𝑥−𝑏 𝑥−𝑐 0