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Chapter 6

Matrices

ASSIGNMENT

Single Choice Type Questions

1. If A is a matrix of order [x – 1] ×3 and B is a matrix of order 3 × [y – 2], where [ ] represents greatest integer
function, such that AB is a matrix of order 4 × 5, then

(1) x  [5, 6) (2) x  [5, 6]

(3) y  [7, 8] (4) y  [8, 9]

2. Which of the following about the trace of an matrix is false?
(1) tr(ABC) = tr(BCA) = tr(ACB) = tr(BAC) = tr(CBA)(2) tr(AB) = tr(BA)
(3) tr(A – B) = trA – trB (4) tr(A2) = (trA)2
3. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transpose of P and I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix,
 x  0 
then there exists a column matrix X =  y   0  such that
 z  0 

0 
(1) PX = 0  (2) PX = X
0 

(3) PX = 2X (4) PX = –X
4. The number of all possible matrices of order 2 × 3 with each entry 1 or –1 is
(1) 32 (2) 12
(3) 6 (4) 64
5. If P is of order 2 × 3 and Q is of order 3 × 2, then PQ is of order
(1) 2 × 3 (2) 2 × 2
(3) 3 × 2 (4) 3 × 3
0 0 0 
6. If A = 0 0 0  , then
 1 0 0 

(1) A2 = O (2) A2 = A
(3) A3 = A (4) A2 = 2A

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7. If A is any square matrix, then

(1) A + AT is skew symmetric (2) A – AT is symmetric
(3) AAT is symmetric (4) AAT is skew symmetric
8. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then
(1) AB is a symmetric matrix (2) A – B is a skew-symmetric matrix
(3) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix (4) AB – BA is a symmetric matrix
9. If A is any matrix then which of the following is not symmetric?
(1) A + AT (2) A – AT
(3) AAT (4) ATA
10. Each diagonal element of a skew symmetric matrix is
(1) Zero (2) Positive and equal
(3) Negative and equal (4) Any real number
11. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then A2 + B2 is equal to
(1) 2AB (2) 2BA
(3) AB (4) A + B

 1 2
12. If f(x) = x2 + 4x – 5 and A =   , then f(A) is equal to
 4 −3 

0 −4  2 1
(1)   (2) 2 0 
8 8   

1 1 8 4
(3)   (4) 8 0
1 0  

 1 3  1 −1
13. The matrix X in the equation AX = B, such that A =   and B = 0 1 is given by
0 1  

 1 0  1 −4 
(1)   0 1
(2)
 −3 1 

 1 −3   0 −1
(3) 
1  −3 1
(4)
0  
14. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I, then A–1 is equal to

(1) I (2) O

(3) A (4) I + A

 1 2 3 4 5 −9
15. If A =   and 2A – 3B =  1 2 3 , then B is equal to
 −2 5 7  

1  −2 −1 15 2 1 −15
3  5 8 −11 5 −8 −11
(1) (2)
 

2 −1 15 1 2 1 −15
(3)   − 
3 5 −8 −11
(4)
5 8 11

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 1 2
16. If A =  −1 8  and X + A = O, then X is equal to
 
 4 9 

 1 2  −1 −2
(1)  1 8  (2)  1 8
   
 4 9   4 9 

 1 2  −1 −2
(3)  1 −8  (4)  1 −8 
   
 4 9   −4 −9 

 cos  sin    sin  − cos 

17. cos    + sin    is equal to
− sin  cos  cos  sin  

−1 0  1 0
(1)   (2) 0 1
 0 −1  

1 1 1 1
(3)   (4) − 
1 1 1 1

18. If A, B and A + B are idempotent matrices, then

(1) AB = BA (2) AB + BA = O

(3) AB – BA = I (4) AB + BA = I

3 1 0 
19. Let A =  1 0 2 .

−1
(
1 2
)
 If A = 11 A + A + I , where ,  are scalars and I is a 3 × 3 unit matrix, then , 
0 −2 1
are respectively

(1) –4, 6 (2) 4, –6

(3) –4, –6 (4) 5, 6

 2 −2 −4 
20. Consider the matrix A =  −1 3 4 
 1 −2 −3 

STATEMENT-1 : A is idempotent.

and

STATEMENT-2 : If A2 = A, then A is called idempotent.

(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1

(2) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1

(3) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False

(4) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

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Numerical Value Type Questions

21. Let A be a square matrix of order n.
 = maximum number of different entries if A is a upper triangular matrix.
m = minimum number of zeros if A is a triangular matrix.
p = minimum number of zeros if A is a diagonal matrix.
If  + 2m = 2p + 1, then n =
22. Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 matrices which are symmetric with entries 0 or 1. If there are five 1’s and four 0’s,
then number of matrices in A
 x + y y − z  3 −1
23. If  =  , then x + y + z is equal to
z − 2x y − x   1 1
 1 2 a b  a−d
24. Let A =   , B=  be two matrices such that AB = BA and c  0, then the value of is
3 4 c d  3 b−c
2 3   1 0
25. Let A =   . If A–1 = xA + yI, where I =  2
 then (7(x + y)) is
 1 5 0 1
26. The sum of values of x, y and z satisfying the matrix equation

 3 0 3   x   8   2y 
 2 1 0   y  =  1 +  z 
        is ________.
 4 0 2  z   4 3y 
5 5
 1  1
 0 2   1 −1
10
 0 2   x − 5 x + 20 
2
(1 −  )(1 − )
27. If ,  are roots of the equation, 1 25        = [40], then
 −1 1  2 0   −1 1 x + 2  17
 2   2
is equal to
 1 2r − 1 n
 1 6084
28. If Ar =   and  Ar =  then ‘n’ is (n  N)
 0 1  22 r =1 0 1 

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ANSWERS

1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (1)

7. (3) 8. (3) 9. (2) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (4)

13. (2) 14. (3) 15. (4) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (2)

19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (3) 22. (12) 23. (6) 24. (1)

25. (36) 26. (6) 27. (3) 28. (78)

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