MTH501 FINAL TERM SOLVED MCQs FILE

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Question No: 1 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If for a linear transformation the equation T(x) =0 has only the trivial solution then T is

► One-to-one
►Onto

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The equation x = p + t v describes a line

►through v parallel to p

► through p parallel to v
►through origin parallel to p

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Every linear transformation is a matrix transformation

►True
►False

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A null space is a vector space.
 ►True
►False

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If two row interchanges are made in succession, then the new determinant

►equals to the old determinant

►equals to -1 times the old determinant

Question No: 9 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

The determinant of A is the product of the pivots in any echelon form U of A , multiplied by (-1)r , Where
r is

►the number of rows of A

►the number of row interchanges made during row reduction from A to U

►the number of rows of U

►the number of row interchanges made during row reduction U to A

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one If A is

invertible, then det(A)det(A-1)=1.

►True
►False

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The product of upper triangular matrices is

►lower triangular matrix

►upper triangular matrix

►diagonal matrix

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The matrix multiplication is associative

►True
►False

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one We can

add the matrices of ______________.

►same order
►same number of columns.

►same number of rows

►different order

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

By solving system of equations with iterative method, we stop the process when the entries in two
successive iterations are ________.

►repeat(same)
►large difference

►different

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Jacobi’s Method is ____________ converges to solution than Gauss Siedal Method.

►slow
►fast

►better

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A system of linear equations is said to be homogeneous if it can be written in the form ______________.

►AX = B

►AX = 0
►AB = X

►X = A-1

Question No: 18 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

The row reduction algorithm applies only to augmented matrices for a linear system.
 ►True

►False

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Whenever a system has no free variable, the solution set contains many solutions. ►
True

► False

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Which of

the following is not a linear equation?

x1 + 4x2 +1x 3
►

x1 + 1
►

x1 +4 x2 + 2 x3 + 4
►

1 2 + 2 x3 + 4
x1 + 4 xx
►

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

2x2 matrix, the area of the parallelogram determined by the columns of A is

If A is a

►det A
►adj A

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Cramer’s rule leads easily to a general formula for

►the inverse of n x n matrix A

►the adjugate of an matrix A

►the determinant of an matrix A

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The transpose of a lower triangular matrix is

►Lower triangular matrix

►Upper triangular matrix

►Diagonal matrix

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The transpose of an upper triangular matrix is

►Lower triangular matrix

►Upper triangular matrix

►Diagonal matrix

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Let A be a square matrix of order 3x3 with det (A)=21 , then

Det (2A)

►168
►186

►21

►126

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A basis is a linearly independent set that is as large as possible.

►True
►False

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Let A be an n X n matrix. If for each b in the equation Ax=b has a solution then ►A has pivot
position in only one row.

►Columns of A span

►Rows of A span

Question No: 28 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If the columns of A are linearly independent, then

 Columns of A span Rn
 Rows of A span Rn
 A has a pivot only in one row

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The determinant of a triangular matrix is the sum of the entries of the main diagonal.

 True
 False

Question No:30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one If AT

is not invertible, then A is not invertible.
 True
 False

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

m
Col A is all of if and only if

Ax 0
►the equation has a solution for each b in m

Ax b
►the equation has a solution for each b in m

Ax b
►the equation has a solution for a fixed b in m.

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Two vectors are linearly dependent if and only if they lie

►on a line parallel to x-axis

►on the same line through origin

 ►on a line parallel to y-axis

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

abca bcd ef 5 3d
3e 3f g hi g hi

If then will be

►15
►45

►135

►60

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

For an n×n matrix (At) t =

►At

►A
►A-1

►(A-1)-1

Question No: 38 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Each Linear Transformation T from Rn to Rm is equivalent to multiplication by a matrix A of order

►m´n 
►n´m

►n´n

►m´m
Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

How many subspaces R2 have?

 only two: {0} and R2

 Only four: {0} x- axis and y -axis and R  Infinitely many.
 None of the above.

Question No: 41 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which statement about the set S is false where S = {(1, 1, 3), (2, 3, 7),(2, 2, 6)}

 The set S contain an element which is solution of the equation 5x – y-

  The Set S is linearly independent.
 The set S contain two elements which are multiple of each other.  The Set S is linearly
dependent.

Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Basis is a

spanning set that is as small as possible.

 True
 False

Question No: 43 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

For any 3x3 matrix A where det (A) = 3, then det (2A) = ________.

24
20

15

Question No: 45 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If a system of linear equations is inconsistent then it has ______

• Infinite solutions
• Finite solutions
• Unique solution
• No solution

Question No: 46 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Two simultaneous linear equations in two variables have no solution if their corresponding lines are
_______.
• …
• …
• …
• …

Question No: 48 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is the simplified form of -1 [-1

2] + [2 3]?
• …
• …
• …
• …

Question No: 49 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If v1=(2,2,2), v2=(0,0,3), and v3=(0,1,1) span R3 , then which of the following is true for any arbitrary
b (b1,b2,b3) R3 ?

• (0,1,1) = k1(b1,b2,b3)+k2(2,2,2)+k3(0,0,3)
• ( b 1,b2,b3) = k1(2,2,2)+k2(0,0,3)+k3(0,1,1)
• (0,0,3) = k1(2,2,2)+k2(b1,b2,b3)+k3(0,1,1)
• (0,1,1) = k1(2,2,2)+k2(0,0,3)+k3(b1,b2,b3)

Question No: 50 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If a homogeneous system Ax=0 has a trivial Solution, then which of the following is (are) the

Value(s) of the vector x?

• -1
• 0
• 1
• 2

Question No: 51 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

v1 (2,1),v2 (3,4) andv3 (7 , 8) Which of the following is true?
• {v1,v2,v3} is linearly dependent
• {v1,v2,v3} is linearly independent (set of vectors does not contain zero vector ) The vector
equation has trivial solution
2
• v1 v2
3

Question No: 52 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Since every linear transformation T : Rn Rm is actually a matrix transformation, then which of the
following is the alternate notation for the transformation?

• Ax x
• Ax T (x ) x Ax

• T (x ) Ax

• Singular matrix

Question No: 56 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If the matrix is partitioned into square sub-matrices, then Which of
the following is true for matrix A?

• Block diagonal matrix

• Block upper triangular matrix
• Diagonal-constant matrix
• Partitioning is not possible in the matrix A

Question No: 57 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If A is a matrix of order m x n, then which of the following is true for LU factorization of A?

• The order of L is m x m and the order of U is m x n

• The order of L is m x p and the order of U is p x n
• The order of both L and U is m x m
• The order of both L and U is m x n

Question No: 58 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If Ax b and factorization of A is LU, then Which of the following pair of equations can be used to
solve LUx b for the value of ‘x ’?

• Ux yandLy b
• Lx yandUy b
• Ub yandLy x

• Lb yandUy x

Question No:59 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

If a system of equations is solved using the Jacobl’s method, then which of the following is NOT true
about the matrix M that is derived from the coefficient matrix?

• All of its entries below the diagonal must be zero

• All of its entries above the diagonal must be zero
• It may or may not be invertible
• It is a non-singular matrix

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