Topic :-MATRICES
1. Consider the following statements:
1. A square matrix 𝐴 is hermitian, if 𝐴 = 𝐴′
2. Let 𝐴 = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ] be a skew- hermitian matrix, then 𝑎𝑖𝑗 is purely imaginary
3. All integer powers of a symmetric matrix are symmetric. Which of these is/are correct?
a) (1)and (2) b) (2)and (3) c) (3)and (1) d) (1), (2) and (3)
2. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 , 𝑎5 , 𝑎6 are in AP with common difference𝑑 ≠ 0,then the system of equations
𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑎2 𝑦 = 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 𝑥 + 𝑎5 𝑦 = 𝑎6 has
a) Infinite number of solutions b) Unique solution
c) No solution d) Cannot say any thing
3. If 𝐼𝑛 is the identity matrix of order 𝑛, then (𝐼𝑛 )−1 is equal to
a) Does not exist b) 𝐼𝑛 c) 0 d) 𝑛𝐼𝑛
4. If 𝐴 is a square matrix, then adj 𝐴𝑇 − (adj 𝐴)𝑇 is equal to
a) 2 |𝐴| b) 2 |𝐴|𝐼 c) Null matrix d) Unit matrix
2 −1 3 𝑥 9 𝑥
5. If [1 3 −1] [𝑦] = [ 4 ],then[𝑦]is equal to
3 2 1 𝑧 10 𝑧
3 2 1 2
a) 2]
[ b) 3
[ ] c) 2]
[ d) 1]
[
1 1 3 3
6. Consider the system of equations
𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑏1 𝑦 + 𝑐1 𝑧 = 0
𝑎2 𝑥 + 𝑏2 𝑦 + 𝑐2 𝑧 = 0
𝑎3 𝑥 + 𝑏3 𝑦 + 𝑐3 𝑧 = 0
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
if|𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 | = 0, then the system has
𝑎3 𝑏3 𝑐3
a) More than two solutions
b) One trivial and one non-trivial solutions
c) No solution
d) Only trivial solution (0,0,0)
7. The number of solutions of the system of equations
𝑥−𝑦+𝑧 = 2
2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 5
4𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 10 is
a) ∞ b) 1 c) 2 d) 0
8. If [cos 𝜃 – sin 𝜃 ] , then which of the following statement is not correct?
sin 𝜃 cos 𝜃
a) 𝐴is orthogonal matrix b) 𝐴’ is orthogonal matrix
c) Determinant 𝐴 = 1 d) 𝐴 is not invertible
0 1 0
9. If𝐴 = [1 0 0] , then𝐴−1 is equal to
0 0 1
a) 2𝐴b) 𝐴c) −𝐴d) 𝐼
−1 2 5
10. The rank of the matrix[ 2 −4 𝑎 − 4]is
1 −2 𝑎 + 1
a) 1 if 𝑎 = 6b) 2 if 𝑎 = 1c) 3 if 𝑎 = 2d) 4 if 𝑎 = −6
11. If 𝐷 = diag (𝑑1 , 𝑑2 , 𝑑3 , … , 𝑑𝑛 ), where 𝑑𝑖 ≠ 0 for all 𝑖 = 1,2, … , 𝑛, then 𝐷 −1 is equal to
a) 𝐷 b) diag (𝑑1−1 𝑑2−1 , … , 𝑑𝑛−1 ) c) 𝐼𝑛 d) None of these
1 2
12. If 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 5 and 𝐴 = [ ], then 𝑓 (𝐴)𝑖𝑠 equal to
4 −3
0 −4 2 1 1 1 8 4
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
8 8 2 0 1 0 8 0
2 −1
13. If 𝐴=[ ]and 𝐼 is the unit matrix of order 2, then 𝐴2 equals
−1 2
a) 4𝐴 − 3𝐼b) 3𝐴 − 4𝐼c) 𝐴 − 𝐼d) 𝐴+𝐼
14. Which one of the following is true always for any two non-singular matrices 𝐴 and 𝐵 of same
order?
a) 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴 b) (𝐴𝐵)𝑡 = 𝐴𝑡 𝐵𝑡
c) (𝐴 + 𝐵)(𝐴 − 𝐵) = 𝐴2 − 𝐵2 d) (𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵−1 𝐴−1
0 0 2
15. The inverse of [0 2 0]is
2 0 0
2 0 0 1⁄2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1⁄2
a) [0 2 0] b) [0 1⁄2 0 ] c) [0 2 0] d) [ 0 1⁄2 0]
0 0 2 0 0 1⁄2 2 0 0 1⁄2 0 0
16. The values of 𝑎 for which the system of equations 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0, 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0,
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0possesses non-zero solution, are given by
a) 1, 2 b) 1, -1 c) 0 d) None of these
17. If 𝐴 is square matrix, then
a) 𝐴 + 𝐴𝑇 is symmetric b) 𝐴𝐴𝑇 is skew-symmetric
c) 𝐴𝑇 + 𝐴 is skew-symmetric d) 𝐴𝑇 𝐴 is skew-symmetric
1 2 −1
18. If 𝐴 = [−1 1 2 ], then det [adj(adj 𝐴)] is equal to
2 −1 1
a) 124 b) 134 c) 144 d) None of these
1 1 1 𝑥 0 𝑥
19. If[1 − 2 − 2] [𝑦] = [3], then[𝑦]is equal to
1 3 1 𝑧 4 𝑧
0 1 5 1
a) [1] b) [ 2 ] c) [−2] d) [−2]
1 −3 1 3
1 2
20. If 𝐴 = [ ] , then𝐴−1 is
−4 − 1
1 −1 − 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) Does not exist
7 4 1 7 −4 −1 7 4 1
