MATHEMATICS (TEST No.

7)
Combined Test (Matrices, Determinants, LPP and Probability)
Time: 3.00 hrs. M.M.: 80 Marks
SECTION A (1 mark each)
Fill in the blanks:
1. If A is symmetric matrix, then B′AB is _________.
2. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3, then |3A| = _______.
3. A corner point of a feasible region is a point in the region which is the _________ of
two boundary lines.
4. In an LPP, the linear inequalities or restrictions on the variables are called _________.
5. Let A and B be two events. If P (A | B) = P(A), then A is ___________ of B.
State true or false in each of the following statements:
6. If A and B are independent events, then A′ and B′ are also independent.
7. If A and B are two square matrices of the same order, then A + B = B + A.
8. Matrix multiplication is commutative.
9. If the feasible region for a LPP is unbounded, maximum or minimum of the objective
function Z = ax + by may or may not exist.
10. If A, B and C are three independent events such that P(A) = P(B) = P(C) = p, then P
(At least two of A, B, C occur) = 3p2 – 2p3.
Choose the correct answer from the given four options in each of the following
questions:
11. A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random without
replacement the probability of getting exactly one red ball is
a. 45/196 b. 135/192 c. 15/56 d.15/29
12. Assume that in a family, each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. A family
with three children is chosen at random. The probability that the eldest child is a girl
given that the family has at least one girl is
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. 4/7
13. A die is thrown and a card is selected at random from a deck of 52 playing cards. The
probability of getting an even number on the die and a spade card is
a. 1/2 b. 1/4 c. 1/8 d. 3/4
14. The corner points of the feasible region determined by the system of linear
constraints are (0, 0), (0, 40), (20, 40), (60, 20), (60, 0). The objective function is Z =
4x + 3y.
Compare the quantity in Column A and Column B
Column A Column B
Maximum of Z 325
a. The quantity in column A is greater
b. The quantity in column B is greater
c. The two quantities are equal.
d. The relationship cannot be determined on the basis of the information supplied.

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15. The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units. The value of
k will be
a. 9 b. 3 c. -9 d. 6
16. If A and B are matrices of same order, then (AB′–BA′) is a
a. skew symmetric matrix b. null matrix c. symmetric matrix d. unit
matrix
17. If A and B are two matrices of the order 3 × m and 3 × n, respectively, and m = n,
then the order of matrix (5A – 2B) is
(A) m × 3 (B) 3 × 3 (C) m × n (D) 3 × n
18. Total number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 2 or 0 is
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 81 (D) 512
19. A square matrix of order 3 with | A| = -2, then the value of | Adj( adj A)| =
___________.
20. For a skew symmetric matrix of odd order, the value of that matrix will be
a. 1 b. -1 c. 0 d. None of these
SECTION B (2 mark each)
21. If each element of a second order determinant is either zero or one, what is the
probability that the value of the determinant is positive?
22. For any square matrix of order n*n, prove that the inverse of a matrix is always
unique.
23. Prove that (ABC)-1 = C-1B-1A-1.
24. If a matrix is symmetric as well as skew symmetric matrix, prove that it will be a null
matrix.
25.

SECTION C (4 mark each)

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27. If A = −1 2 −1 , then show that A3 – 6A2 + 9A – 4I = 0, find A-1 & A4.
1 −1 2
28. An urn contains m white and n black balls. A ball is drawn at random and is put back
into the urn along with k additional balls of the same colour as that of the ball drawn.
A ball is again drawn at random. Show that the probability of drawing a white ball
now does not depend on k.
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30. A man rides his motorcycle at the speed of 50 km/hour. He has to spend Rs 2 per km
on petrol. If he rides it at a faster speed of 80 km/hour, the petrol cost increases to Rs
3 per km. He has atmost Rs 120 to spend on petrol and one hour’s time. He wishes to
find the maximum distance that he can travel. Express this problem as a linear
programming problem.
SECTION D (6 mark each)
31. There are two factories located one at place P and the other at place Q. From these
locations, a certain commodity is to be delivered to each of the three depots situated at
A, B and C. The weekly requirements of the depots are respectively 5, 5 and 4 units of
the commodity while the production capacity of the factories at P and Q are
respectively 8 and 6 units. The cost of transportation per unit is given below:

How many units should be transported from each factory to each depot in order that
the transportation cost is minimum. What will be the minimum transportation cost?

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32. If A = 3 2 −2 , Find A-1. Using A–1, solve the system of linear equations x + 2y
2 −1 1
-3z = 6, 3x + 2y – 2z = 3, 2x –y + z = 2.
33. An item is manufactured by three machines A, B and C. Out of the total number of
items manufactured during a specified period, 50% are manufactured on A, 30% on B
and 20% on C. 2% of the items produced on A and 2% of items produced on B are
defective, and 3% of these produced on C are defective. All the items are stored at one
godown. One item is drawn at random and is found to be defective. What is the
probability that it was manufactured on machine A?
34. A bag contains (2n + 1) coins. It is known that n of these coins has a head on both
sides whereas the rest of the coins are fair. A coin is picked up at random from the
bag and is tossed. If the probability that the toss results in a head is 31/42, determine
the value of n.
35. A shopkeeper sells three types of flower seeds A1, A2 and A3. They are sold as a
mixture where the proportions are 4:4:2 respectively. The germination rates of the
three types of seeds are 45%, 60% and 35%. Calculate the probability
a. of a randomly chosen seed to germinate.
b. that it will not germinate given that the seed is of type A3.
c. that it is of the type A2 given that a randomly chosen seed does not germinate.