Course code: MA2005-1

Course Tittle: Linear Algebra and its Application

Model MCQ

UNIT I

1. Rank of an identity matrix of order 4 is___________________

a) 4 b) 3

c) 1 d) 0

2. System of equations AX=B has solutions if

a) Rank[A] = number of unknowns c) Rank[A] ≠ number of unknowns

b)Rank[A] = Rank[A│B]≤ number d) Rank[A] ≠ Rank[A│B]

of unknowns

3. System AX=0 has nontrivial solution if and only if

a) Determinant of A=Determinant of b) Determinant of A =0

X

c) Rank[A] ≠ Rank[A│B] d) Determinant of A ≠ 0

4. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a) Rank of a matrix A is the number b) Rank of a matrix A is equal to num

of nonzero rows in its echelon form

c) Rank of a matrix A is number of d) Rank of a matrix A is number of ba

free variables in the system AX=B

5.
[ k
]
If [ A :B ] = 2 3−1 :5 0 13 :−1 0 0 −6 :5 then the value of k for which the sy
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a) 18 b) -18

c) 6 d) -6

6. System of equations AX=B has infinite number of solutions if

a) Rank[A] = Rank[A│B] = number b) Rank[A] = Rank[A│B] < number o

of unknowns

c) Rank[A] ≠ Rank[A│B] d) Rank[A] = Rank[A│B] > number o

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7. If A=(−11 2 4 ) then tr ( A A ) is
T

a) 21 b) 22

c) 3 d) 26

8. In the LU factorization of A=[ 3−7−2−3 5 1 6−4 0 ], the matrix U is

a) A=[ 3 7 2 0−2−1 0 0−1 ] b) A=[ 3−7−2 0−2 2 0 0−1 ]

c) A=[ 3−7−2 0−2−10 0−1 ] d) A=[ 3−7−2 05 1 0 0 0 ]

9. The eigen values of A=[ 5 6 17 0−19 23 0 0 37 ] are

a) -19, 37, 5 b) 2 ,−3 , 7

c) 5, 19, 37 d) 0, 5 ,17

10. The eigen values of A=[ 2 4−6 0 3 6 0 03 ] are

a) 2,2,4 b) 2,3,2

c) 1,3,4 d) 2,3,3

11. A n × n matrix A is diagonalizable if and only if

a) A has n distinct eigen values b) A has repeated eigen vectors

c) A has repeated eigen values d) A has linearly independent eigen v

12. If A=[ 1 2 3 4 ] , B=[ 5 2−1 3 ] then tr (B−1 AB) is

a) 4 b) 5

c) 10 d) 8

13. If A=[−12 3−3 ]then tr (A A T ) is

a) 23 b) 10

c) 1 d) 22

14. Eigen value of a triangular matrix A are

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 a) diagonal element of A b)sum of diagonal element of A

c) Determinant of A d) Trace of A

15. Eigen values of A= [ 4 1 1 4 ] are

a) 3,-3 b) -3,-5

c) 3,5 d) 5,0

16. Let A=[ 3 10 5−2−3−4 3 5 7 ], the eigen value λ 1=2 , λ 2=3 and λ 3=¿ ¿

a) 3 b) 2

c) 5 d) 7

17. The eigen vectors of the matrix A is the nontrivial solution of the equation ___

a) AX=0 b¿ AX=B

c) AX=λX d) none

18. If A=[ 1 3 2 56−1 2−2 3 ] B=[ −6 25 2 1 8 4−2 2 ] then tr(A-B) is

a) 1 b) 12

c) 13 d) 7

19. If A is a square matrix, then det (A)=

a) sum of the eigen values of A b) product of eigen values of A

c) product of diagonal elements of A d) sum of diagonal elements of A

20. The sum of the eigen values of [ 11 3 15 1 3−1−1 ] is

a) -2 b) 3

c) 6 d) 5

21. Let A=[ 21 11 2 10 0 1 ] , then eigen values of A are λ 1=1 , λ 2=3 and λ 3=¿ ¿

a) -2 b) 1

c) 2 d) -1

22. Let A be an n × n matrix, then A is diagonalizable if and only if

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 a) A has linearly dependent eigen b) A has n linearly independent colum
vectors.

c) A has n linearly independent eigen d) A has (n-1) linearly independent ei

vectors.

23. For which value of k the system of two equations

x + y=1

2 x+ 2 y =k has infinite solutions:

a) k =0 b) k =1

c) k =2 d) any value of k ≠ 1

24. The eigen values of A=[ 3 2 3 8 ] are

a) 7,4 b) 9,2

c) 8,3 d) 6,5

25. Spectrum of the matrix [ 1 0 0 02 0 0 0 3 ] is:

a) { 3 , 2 ,1 } b) { 1 , 3 ,1 }

c) { 0 , 0 , 6 } d) { 2 , 3 ,0 }

26. Let A=[ 8−6 2−6 7−4 2−4 3 ] and B=[ −2 2−3 2 1−6−1−2 0 ], then tr (A + B)

a)19 b) 17

c) 20 d) 21

27. Which of the following statements are/is correct for the system AX=B , when

I. Matrix A has 2 non-pivot columns.

II.System AX=B has 2 basic variables.

a) Only I is correct b) Only II is correct

c) Both are correct d) Both are not true

28. If A is 3 × 4 matrix the maximum possible value of the rank A is

a) 4 b) 3

c) 2 d) 0
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29. If a matrix A is reduced to row echelon form, then rank of the matrix is

a) number of zero rows b) number of non-zero rows

c) total number of rows d) total number of columns

30. The characteristic equation of the matrix A=[ 20 4 7 ] is:

a) λ 2−9 λ+14=0 b) λ 2−14 λ+ 9=0

c) λ 2−9 λ−14=0 d) λ 2−14 λ−9=0

31. If 3 x+ 2 y + z=0 , x + 4 y + z=0 , 2 x + y + 4 z=0 , be a system of equations, then

a) b) it has only the trivial solution x=0 , y

it is inconsistent

c) d)

it can be reduced to a single equation determinant of the matrix of coefficient

and so a solution does not exist.

32. Which of the following statement is correct

I. Trace of the square matrix is equal to product of eigenvalues

II. Trace of the square matrix is equal to sum of diagonal entries of the matrix

a) only I is true b) only II is true

c) both I and II are true d) neither I nor II is true.

33. If the LU factorization of a matrix A is A=LU where A=[ 25−3−4 ] then U is

a) [ 25 0 7 ] b) [ 1 4−5 1 ]

c) [ 25 1 7 ] d) [ 1 4−7/2 1 ]

34. Which of the following method is not used to find the solution of the system o

a) Gauss elimination method b) Gauss seidel method

c) Rayleigh’s power method d) LU decomposition method

35. Which of the following is not a valid elementary operation?

a)
Ri ↔ R j b)
Ri →R j + kRi

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 c)
Ri →kRi d)
Ri →1+ kRi

36. 1 −3 −2
[
The value of h for which the augmented matrix 5 h −7 of a linear system
]
a) h=−15 b)h ≠−15

c) h=5 d) h=−1

37. Number of pivot columns in the matrix [ 0 0 1 02 0 1 0 10 0 0 ] is:

a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4

38. Which of the following vector is an eigen vector of the matrix [ 12−1 4 ] :

a) [ 11 ] b) [ 12 ]

c) [ 0 0 ] d) [ 0 1 ]

UNIT II
39. A subset S of vector space V over field F is a basis of V if S is linearly indepe

a ¿ Span ( S )=F b ¿ Span (V )=S

c ¿ Span ( S )=V d) Span ( S )=S

40. If { u1 , u2 ,......... , un }is linearly independent set, then c 1 u 1+ c 2 u2 +......+c n un=0

a)infinitely many solutions b) unique nonzero solution

c) unique zero solution d) both B and C are possible

41. The row space of an m ×n matrix A is a subspace of

a) Rn b) A

c) Rm d) R

42. In two dimensional Euclidean space identity element with respect to vector ad

a) (1,1) b) (0,0)

c) (-1,-1) d) doesn’t exists

43. In three dimensional Euclidean space inverse of (-2,-2,0) with respect to vecto

a) (0,0,0) b) (2,2,2)

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 c) (2,2,-2) d) (2,2,0)

44. Let T : R 4 → R 4be the linear transformation with null space of T={(0,0,0,0)} . T

a) 0 b) 1

c) 4 d) 2

45. The dimension of the subspace of R3 spanned by { (2 , 0 , 1 ) , ( 5 , 2 ,1 ) ,(1 , 2 ,−1)}

a) 3 b) 2

c) 1 d) 0

46. The column space of an m ×n matrix is a subspace of

a) Rm b) Rn

c ¿R
mn
d) Rm +n

47. Let T : R 3 → R 3 be the linear transformation with nullity of T is 1 then rank of

a)1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4

48. If T :V → W is a linear transformation, which of the following statements is n

a) T (xy)=T ( x)T ( y )∀ x , y ∈ V b) T (−x)=−T (x )∀ x ∈V

d) T (2 x )=2 T (x)∀ x ∈V

c) T ( 0 )=0 for 0 ∈V

49. The set W ={ ( a , 0 , 0 ) :a , b ϵR } is a subspace of .

a) R2 ( R ) b) R ( R )

c) R3 ( R ) d) R4 ( R )

If T : R → R is a linear transformation such that T (1, 0)=(2, 3, 1), T (1, 1)=

50. 2 3

true?

a) T ( x , y )=( x + y , 2 x + y , 3 x −3 y ) b) T ( x , y )=(2 x+ y , 3 x−3 y , x+ y )

c) T ( x, y)=(2 x− y , 3 x +3 y , x− y) d) T ( x, y)=( x− y , 2 x− y , 3 x+3 y)

51. If u=[ 1 2 ] , v=[ −5 7 ] then inner product of uand v is

a) 9 b) 19
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52. A system of equation AX=b has solution if and only if

a) b ∈ Col( A) b) b ∈ Row (A )

c) b ∈ Null (A ) d) b ∈ Col( A) and b ∈ Row (A )

53. A Let T : R 2 → R 2 be the linear transformation defined by T ( x , y )=(x , 0), then th

respect to standard basis is

a) [ 0 1 01 ] b) [ 0−10 1 ]

c) [ 1 0 0 0 ] d) [ 1 0 01 ]

54.
Which of the following statement is not true if T :U → V is a linear transforma

a) Range space of T is a subspace of b) Null space of T is a subspace of U

V

c) V is always the range of T d) None

55. Two vectors u and v in Rn are orthogonal if

a) u . v=v .u b) u . v=1

c) u . v ≥0 d) u . v=0

56. If u=[ 2 3−5 ] , v=[ 2 0−3 ]then inner product of uand v is

a) -5 b) -11

c) 19 d) 11

57. Which of the following set of vector is not orthogonal

a ¿ {[1 0 ] , [0 1 ] } b) { [ −2 2 ] , [ 11 ] }

c ¿ { [ 1−1 ] , [ 1 1 ] } d) { [ 1 0 ] , [ 1 1 ] }

58. If a basis of a vector space has 3 elements, then dimension of the vector space
a) less than 4 b) greater than 3

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 c) 3 d) 0

59. If v=[ 11 1−1 ]T then normalized form of v is

[ ] [ ]
❑ ❑
1 1
a) b)
√❑ √❑

[ ]
T
1 1 1 −1 d) [ 11 1 1 ]T
c)
222 2

60. The coordinate of v=(1 , 2 , 4) relative to the standard basis of R3is

a ¿ (1 ,2 , 0) b ¿ (1 ,0 , 0)

c ¿(1 , 2 , 4) d) (0 , 2 , 4)

61. Let T : R 2 → R 2be the linear transformation defined by T (x , y )=(x , 0). The nu

a) {(x, 0)} b) {(0, y)}

c) {(0, x)} d) {(0, 0)}

62. The set of all solution to the homogeneous equation system AX=0, where A b

a) Null space of A b) Column space of A

c) Row space of A d) Null space of A and column space

63. Which of the following are linear combination of u= (0,-2,2) and v=(1,3,-1)?

a)(1,0,0) b)(2,2,2)

c) both (a) &(b) d) neither (a) nor (b)

64. Let T : R 2 → R 2be the linear transformation defined by T (x , y )=(0 , y).Then m

respect to standard basis is

a) [ 0 0 0 1 ] b) [ 0−10−1 ]

c) [ 1 0 0 0 ] d) [ −1 0 0 0 ]

65. S= {v 1 , v 2 ,. . . v n } V
If is a set of vectors in a finite dimension vector space , the

a) S spans V b) S is linearly independent

c) either (a) or (b) d) both (a) and (b)

66. Let T : R 4 → R 4be the linear transformation defined by T (x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 )=(x 2 , x

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 vectors of the form

a) (0 , 0 , x 2 , x 3) b) (x 1 ,0 , 0 , 0)

c) (x 1 ,0 , 0 , x 4 ) d) (x 1 , x 1 , x 3 , 0)

67. If the inner product of two vectors is zero then they are called

a) orthogonal vectors b) null vectors

b) unit vectors d) dependent vectors

68. The matrix of linear transformation T ( x , y )=( y , x ) with respect to the standa

[ ]
2 1
a) 1 0
[ ]
1 1
b) 1 0

c)
[ 01 00 ] d)
[ 01 10 ]
UNIT III
69. The quadratic form 3 x 21−4 x 1 x 2+6 x 22 is

a) Positive definite b) Positive semi definite

c) Negative definite d) Neither negative definite nor positi

70. In QR factorization of matrix A, Q is a matrix whose columns form an orthon

a) Col A b) Null(A)

c) Row(A) d) both Null(A) and Row(A)

71. The matrix of the quadratic form Q ( X )=5 x 12+ 5 x 22−4 x 1 x 2 is

a) [ 5−2−25 ] b) [ 5 22 5 ]

c)[ 5 4 4 5 ] d) [ 5−4−4 5 ]

72. Matrix A of the quadratic form Q(x )=x 12−8 x 1 x 2−5 x 22 is

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 a) A=( 1−8−8−5 ) b) A=( 1−4−4−5 )

c) A=( 0−8−8 0 ) d) A=( 1−4−5−4 )

73. Let B be the mean deviation form of N observation vector then covariance ma

1 T 1 T
a ¿ S= B b) S= BB
N −1 N −1

1 T 1 T
c) S= BB d) S= BB
N +1 N

74. Singular values of A=[ 1 0 0−3 ] are

a) 1,-3 b) 9,1

c ¿ √❑ ,1 d) 3,1

75. The quadratic form 3 x 2+5 y 2 + z 2 is

a) Positive definite b) Negative definite

c) Negative semi definite d) Positive semi definite

76. In PCA, what are the principal components

a) Features of the data set b) Eigen values of the covariance mat

c) Eigen vectors d) Data points in the data set

77. In PCA, what is the relationship between the first principal component and the

a) They are orthogonal to each b) They are positively correlated

other

c) They are negatively correlated d) There is no defined relationship be

78. The matrix of the quadratic form 4 x1 x 2+ 6 x 1 x 3−8 x 2 x 3

a) [ 0 2 22 0−4 2−4 0 ] b) [ 0 13 2 0−4 3−4 0 ]

c) [ 12 3 2 1−4 3−4 1 ] d) [ 0 23 2 0−4 3−4 0 ]

79. A quadratic form Q(x) is semi positive definite if

a)Q(x )> 0 for all x ≠ 0 b) Q(x )≥ 0 for all x

c) Q(x )< 0 for all x ≠ 0 d) Q(x )≤ 0 for all x

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80. If A=( 4 00 3 ) and x=[ x 1 x 2 ], then x T Ax is

a) 4 x12 +3 x 22 b) 2 x12 +3 x 22+7 x 1 x2

c)2 x12 +3 x 22−7 x 1 x 2 d) 2 x12 +3 x 22

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