Matrices DPP-1
Matrices DPP-1
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2. If 𝐴 is square matrix, 𝐴’, is its transpose, then 2 (𝐴 − 𝐴′ )is
a) A symmetric matrix b) A skew-symmetric matrix
c) A unit matrix d) An elementary matrix
7. Let 𝐴 = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ]𝑛×𝑛 be a square matrix, and let 𝑐𝑖𝑗 be cofactor of 𝑎𝑖𝑗 in 𝐴.If𝐶 = [𝑐𝑖𝑗 ], then
a) |𝐶| = |𝐴| b) |𝐶| = |𝐴|𝑛−1 c) |𝐶| = |𝐴|𝑛−2 d) None of these
9. If 2𝑋 − [1 2 7 4 ] = [3 2 0 − 2 ], then 𝑋 is equal to
7 7
a) [2 2 7 4 ] b) [1 2 2
2] c) [2 2 2
1] d) None of these
10. Let 𝐴 = [1 2 − 5 1 ] and 𝐴−1 = 𝑥𝐴 + 𝑦𝐼, then the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 are
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
a) 𝑥 = − 11 , 𝑦 = 11 b) 𝑥 = − 11 , 𝑦 = − 11 c) 𝑥 = 11 , 𝑦 = 11 d) 𝑥 = 11 , 𝑦 = − 11
11. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two symmetric matrices of same order. Then, the matrix 𝐴𝐵 − 𝐵𝐴 is
a) A symmetric matrix b) A skew-symmetric matrix
c) A null matrix d) The identity matrix
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12. If 𝐴 = [1 𝑥 𝑥 2 4𝑦 ]𝑎, 𝐵 = [−3 1 1 0 ] and adj 𝐴 + 𝐵 = [1 0 0 1 ], then the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦
are respectively
a) (1, 1) b) (−1, 1) c) (1, 0) d) None of these
13. Let 𝑝 is a non-singular matrix such that 1 + 𝑝 + 𝑝2 +. . . +𝑝𝑛 = 𝑂 (𝑂 denotes the null
matrix), then 𝑝−1 is
a) 𝑝𝑛 b) −𝑝𝑛 c) −(1 + 𝑝+. . . +𝑝𝑛 ) d) None of these
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14. If [𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 ] = 40 [5 10 − 5 − 5 − 2 13 10 − 4 6 ][5 0 5 ], then the value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 is
a) 3 b) 0 c) 2 d) 1
16. If [1 −𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 1 ][ 1 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 −𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 1 ]−1=[𝑎 −
𝑏𝑏 𝑎 ], 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
a) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 1 b) 𝑎 =sin 2𝜃, 𝑏 =𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2𝜃
c) 𝑎 =cos2𝜃, 𝑏 =𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝜃 d) None of the above
𝜃 𝜃
19. If 𝐴 = [1 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2
−𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2
1 ]and 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐼, then 𝐵 is equal to
𝜃 𝜃 𝑇 𝜃
a) 2 ∙ 𝐴 b) 2 ∙ 𝐴 c) 𝜃 ∙ 𝐼 d) 2 ∙ 𝐴
ANSWER-KEY
Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A. B B B A B D B B C B
Q. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. B A A A D C D D B D
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