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1. Matrix A is given by A    , then det A
2005

 6A 2004  _____ 
2 4 

If A is a nilpotent matrix of order 2, then for any positive integer n, A I  A   _____

n
2.

3. If A and B are square matrices such that A 2006  O and AB  A  B , then det B   _______

4. If A k  O (null matrix) for some positive integral value of k, then I  A  A 2  ......  A k 1 

(B) I  A 
k
(A) O
(C) I  A  (D) I  A 
1 1

5. A, B, C are three non – zero matrices such that ABC = O then which of the following
statements is true

(A) B  0, A  0, C  0 (B) B  O, C  O, A  O

(C) C  O, B  O, A  O (D) None of these

6. If A and B be two square matrices of same order and AB = A and BA = B, then show that
A 2  A and B2  B

7. Given X   x y  ; and A be a 2  2 matrix. All elements of both X and A are real numbers.
Prove that XA T A XT cannot have negative elements.

 
1
8. Prove that the matrix I  A A T A A T is idempotent.

9. If A and B be two square matrices of order 3  3 which satisfy AB = A; BA = B, then

 A  B  is
7

(A) 7  A  B  (B) 7I
(C) 64  A  B  (D) 128I

10. If A is a non – diagonal involuntary matrix, then

(A) A  I  O (B) A  I  0
(C) A  I is non – zero singular (D) A  I is non zero singular

11. If A 3  O, then I  A  A 2 equals

(B) I  A 
1
(A) I – A
(C) I  A 
1
(D) None of these

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12. If A and B be two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then
   
3 3
(A) A 5  B5  A B (B) A 5  B5  A 3  B3
(C) A – B is idempotent (D) A – B is nilpotent

If A is a square matrix such that A 2  A and if I  A   I  A, then   _____

n
13.

If for matrix A, A 2  A and B  I  A, then AB  BA  I  I  A   _____

2
14.

5 2
Let A    and matrix B is such that AB A  B and BA B  I where I is unit matrix of
T T
15.
 2 1

order 2 then matrix B2 is

5 2   1 2   1 2  29 12
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 2 1  2 5   2 5  12 5 

16. Let A and B be two square matrices such that AB = A + B. Prove that AB = BA.

17. Let M be a 3  3 non – singular matrix with det M   . If M1adj  adjM  kI , then the value
of k is
(A) 1 (B) 
(C)  2
(D) 3

18. If M is a 3  3 matrix where MTM  I and det M  1, then find value of det M  I .

19. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order and

X  AB  BA
Y  AB  BA
then  XY  is equal to
T

(A) XY (B) YX
(C)  YX (D)  XY

20. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3  3 , non – zero, skew – symmetric matrix and Z be an
arbitrary 3  3 , non-zero, symmetric matrix. Then which of the following matrices is/are skew
symmetric.
(A) Y 3 Z 4  Z 4 Y 3 (B) X 44  Y 44
(C) X Z  Z X
4 3 3 4
(D) X23  Y 23

21. If a matrix A is skew – symmetric, then prove that XT AX  0 for all column vectors X.

22. If A is skew – symmetric matrix prove that I  A as well as I – A is non – singular.

23. The inverse of a skew symmetric matrix is

(A) symmetric if it exists (B) skew – symmetric matrix if it exist
(C) transpose of the original matrix (D) may not exist

If A be a n  n orthogonal matrix and X be a matrix such that X   A  I  A  I

1
24. then show
that X is skew symmetric

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25. A and B are two non – singular matrices of order n and AA T  BBT . Show that there exists a
square matrix P such that A = BP where PPT  I .

26. If A and B be square matrices of same odd order and AA T  I,BBT  I and Det  AB   1 , then
(A) Det  AB  I  0 (B) Det  A  I  0 always.
(C) Det B  I  0 always. (D)  AB  AB   I
T

27. If A is skew – symmetric matrix of order n and X I  A   I  A then prove that XX T  XT X  I

28. Let A and B be two non – singular square matrices, then which of the following is correct
(A) BT AB is symmetric if and only if A is symmetric
(B) BT AB is symmetric if and only if B is symmetric
(C) BT AB is skew symmetric matrix for every matrix A
(D) BT AB is skew symmetric if B is skew symmetric

If X is skew symmetric, then show that  X  I  X  I

1
29. is orthogonal.

30. Let A and B be two square matrices of same order having real elements. Prove that AB-BA
can never be equal to I.

31. Let A and B be two square matrices satisfying A  BA T  I and B  ABT  I, then identify the
correct statements:
(A) A  B T (B) B  A T
(C) A  2A  A  0
4 2
(D) A 4  2A 2  A  0

32. Let A and B be different matrices  n  n  with real entries. If A 3  B3 and A 2B  B2 A , then

find value of det A 2  B 2 . 
33. Let A and B be two 3 x 3 matrices such that A 2  AB  BA . Find value of det  AB  BA 

34. If A and B be two square matrices satisfying A 2  B2  2AB then prove that
det  AB  BA   0

35. Let A and B be two non – singular matrix 3  3 such that BA 2  A 2B then prove that
det  AB  BA   0

36. If A and B are two orthogonal matrices of order n and det  A   det B   0; then which of the
following is correct.
(A) det  A  B   det  A   det B  (B) det  A  B   0
(C) A and B are both singular matrices (D) A  B  0

37. If A and B be two square matrices and A 2  A, B 2  B, AB  BA, then calculate det  A  B  .

38. If A, B and A + B are invertible matrices then prove that D  A 1  B 1 is also invertible

Let A  I  A  I  A  . Prove that

1
39.
(i) I  A is non – singular
(ii) AA

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40. If A is a 3  3 matrix and det  A   2, find value of det A 1  4 adj  A  
1  a2  b2 2ab 2b 
 
 
3
41. Using matrices prove that M  1  a2  b2 where M   2ab 1 a  b
2 2
2a 
 2b  2a 1  a 2
 b 2
 

42. Let A, B be two 3  3 matrices with real entries. Prove that A  A 1  B1  A    
1 1
 ABA

43. Let A and B be two square matrices of some order with det A  det B  0 . If a,b  R ~ 0 ,
 
then prove that det aA  bB1  det aB  bA 1  
44. Let A, B be two n  n matrices such that det In  AB   0 and A 2B 2  A 2  B2  AB  In .
Prove that det  A   det B   1

45. Let A, B and C be three n  n matrices with complex entries satisfying

A 2  B 2  C2
B3  ABC  2I
Prove that A 6  I

46. If A and B be two square matrices of order n with real entries and
ABA  BAB  I
A 2B  B2 A  O
Prove that A and B are invertible

47. If AB  B2 A 2  I ; A 3  B3  0, then prove that BA  A 2B 2  I

48. If A and B are two non-singular matrices of order 3 such that

2A  3BBT  I and B 1  A T , then

(A) BT  2B  3B3  3BA  1  

(B) Tr A 1  I  AB  3B3  6
1 1
(C) A  3B  27 3
(D) A  3B  8 3

49. Let A be a non-singular matrix such that 3ABA 1  A  2A 1BA , then

(A) A  B is singular matrix (B) A  B is non-singular matrix

(C) ABA 1  A 1BA is non-singular matrix (D) ABA 1  A 1BA is singular matrix

50. If A and B are two square matrices of order 3 such that AB  O and A 2  B  I, then A 2  B2
is equal to:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 9 (D) 3

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51. Let M and N be two 3 x 3 matrices such that MN = NM. Further, if M  N2 and M2  N4 , then


(A) det M2  MN2  0 
 
(B) there is a 3 x 3 matrix U such that M2  MN2 U is the zero matrix.


(C) det M2  MN2  1 
 
(D) for a 3  3 matrix U, if M2  MN2 U equals the zero matrix then U is the zero matrix,
then U is the zero matrix.

52. (i) Let M be a square matrix with real entries and let I be an identity matrix of same order as

that of M. Prove that det M2  I  0 . 
(ii) Let A,B,C be three n  n matrices with real entries such that their products are pairwise
 
commutative. Also ABC  On . If   det A 3  B3  C3 .det  A  B  C  ,then the value or
the range of values that  may take
(A)   0 (B)   0 (C)   0 (D)    ,    0

53. For any integer n  5 ,let there be two n  n invertible matrices with real entries A and B that
satisfy the equation
A 1  B 1   A  B  .
1

If A  3 then find the value of B .

54. Let A be a 2  3 and B be a 3  2 matrix.

If det  AB   4 then evaluate the value of det BA  .
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55. Let A be a 2  3 and B be a 3  2 matrix. Suppose BA   2 5 4  ,then find det  AB  .
 2 4 5 

56. Let M be 3  3 matrix satisfying M3  O . Then which of the following statements are true
1 1
(A) M2  M  I  0 (B) M2  M  I  0
2 2
1 1
(C) M2  M  I  0 (D) M2  M  I  0
2 2

1 0
57. Show that the matrix A    can be decomposed as sum of a unit and a nil – potent
 2 1
matrices. Hence, evaluate A 2018 .

100 100
1 5   25 5 
58. Evaluate det  C  where C      .
5 25   5 1 

 1 1 1 0 
 
1
Let A   ;B    . Find matrix C, where C  e . e
A B
59.  .
 0 1 1 1 

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60. Let A  aij  be a matrix such that AA T  4I and aij  2c ij  0 where c ij is the cofactor of
3 3

aij and I is the unit matrix of order 3.

a11  4 a12 a13 a11  1 a12 a13
If a21 a22  4 a23  5 a21 a22  1 a23  0 then the value of 10 is______ .
a31 a32 a33  4 a31 a32 a33  1

61. Find the number of 4  4 matrices such that its elements are -1 and 1 and the sum of
elements in each row and in each column is zero.

62. If A be a non-singular matrix of order 2 such that A  A adj  A   0 . Then which of the
following is/are always correct.
(A) A  1 (B) Tr  A   0
(C) A  A adj  A   2 (D) A  A adj  A   4

 1 1  v1 
   u1   
63. Let A   0 1 and let A denote the transpose of A. Let u    and v   v 2  be the
T

 1 1 u
 2 v 
   3

column vectors with entries in  such that u12  u22  v12  v 22  v 3 2  1. Suppose

Au  v 2 and A T v  u 2 . Then u1  2 2v1  _____

64. A is a non-singular square matrix of order 2 with real entries and Tr  A   A  2 .

Find minimum value of A 2  A  Tr  A  .I2 .

65. Let ,  and  be real numbers. Consider the following system of linear equations
x  2y  z  7
x  z  11
2x  3y   z  
Match each entry in List – I to the correct entries in List – II.

List – I List – II
(P) 1 (1) A unique solution
If    7  3  and   28, then the system has
2
(Q) 1 (2) No solution
If    7  3  and   28 , then the system has
2
(R) 1 (3) Infinitely many
If    7  3  where   1 and   28 , then the solutions
2
system has
(S) 1 (4) x  11, y  2 and
If    7  3  where   1 and   28 , then the
2 z  0 as a solution
system has
(5) x  15, y  4 and
z  0 as a solution
(A) P (3); Q  (2) ; R(1); S(4) (B) P (3); Q  (2) ; R(5); S(4)
(C) P (2); Q  (1) ; R(4); S(5) (D) P (2); Q  (1) ; R(1); S(3)

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66. Let M   aij  ,i, j  1,2,3 , be the 3  3 matrix such that aij  1 if j  1is divisible by i ,
otherwise aij  0 . Then which of the following statements is (are) true?
(A) M is invertible
 a1   a1   a1 
     
(B) There exists a nonzero column matrix  a2  such that M  a2    a2 
a   a   a 
 3  3  3
0
 
 
(C) The set X   3 :MX  0  0 , where 0   0 
0
 
(D) The matrix M  2I is invertible, where I is the 3  3 identity matrix

ANSWERS

1.  11 22005 2. A 3. 0 4. C

5. D 9. C 10. CD 11. B

12. D 13. 2n  1 14. A 15. B

17. B 18. 0 19. C 20. CD

23. BD 26. AD 28. A 31. ABC

32. 0 33. 0 36. AB 37. –1, 0, 1

729
40. 48. ABD 49. AD 50. B
2

51. AB 52. A 53. 3 54. 0

 1 0
55. 81 56. AD 57.  4036 0  58. 26200
 
 0 1
59. C  60. 4 61. 90 62. ABD
 1 0 

63. 3 64. 4 65. A 66. BC

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