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Q1. Consider the matrix A = then ( I + A)40
−6 −2
(a) I + 238 A
(b) I + 239 A
(c) I + (240 + 1) A
(d) I + (240 − 1) A
3 −2
Q2. Consider the matrix A = & B be a square matrix of order 2 such that
0 1
BBT = BT B = I . Let C = BABT & D = [dij ]22 = B 7C 6 B then d11 is
(a) 25
(b) 27
(c) 30
(d) 81
Q3. The number of matrices X with entries {0, 2,3} for which sum of all the principal diagonal
elements of X X T is 28 is
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 36
(d) 44
a b
Q4. Consider a skew-symmetric matrix A = such that a, b, c are selected from the set
−b c
S = {0,1, 2,...12} if A is divisible by 3. Then the number of such possible matrices is
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 12
Q5. If A is a non-null diagonal matrix of order 3 such that A4 = A2 then the possible number
of matrices A
(a) 27
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(b) 26
(c) 8
(d) 7
Q6. The total number of matrices formed with the help of 6 distinct numbers
(a) 6
(b) 6!
(c) 2(6!)
(d) 4(6!)
Q7. If the entries of a 3 3 determinant are either 0 or 1 then the greatest value of their
determinants is
Q8. Let A be set of all 3 3 symmetric matrices all where entries are either 0 or 1. Five of
these entries are 1 and four of them are 0. The number of matrices in A
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 3
a b
Q9. Let M = A = : a, b, c, d (3, 2, 1, 0) . Define f : M → Z as f ( A) = det( A)
c d
for all A M where Z is set of all integers. Then number of A M such that f ( A) = 15.
Q10. The number of matrices of order 3 3 whose entries are either 0 or 1 and sum of all the
entries is a prime number.
Q11. Let A be a matrix of order 2 2 whose entries are from the set {0,1, 2,3, 4,5}. If the sum
of all the entries of A is a prime number p(2 p 8) then number of such matrices A is
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