Matrices – 1

Section – A (20x1 = 20 marks)

1. A = [aij]m×1 is a ___ a) row matrix b) column matrix c) null matrix d) identity matrix
2. A = [aij]m×m is a __________ matrix, if aij = 0, when i ≠ j.
a) scalar matrix b) diagonal matrix c) identity matrix d)none of these
3. A scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix but a diagonal matrix may or may not be a scalar
matrix. A) True b) False c) cannot say
1 2 3
4. Consider the matrix A = (4 −5 0 ). Find the element a32.
5 −3 −8
5. The matrix which follows the condition m>n is called as ____________
a) row matrix b) column matrix c) diagonal matrix d) square matrix
𝑎+𝑏 𝑐 3 2
6. Find the value of a,b,c,d if [ ] =[ ]
𝑎 − 𝑏 2𝑐 + 𝑑 1 6
a) 3, 2, 1, 4 b) 3, 2, 1, 6 c) 2, 2, 2, 2 d) 2, 1, 2, 2
7. The matrix which follows the conditions m=n is called?
a) Square matrix b) Rectangular matrix c) Scalar matrix d) Diagonal matrix
8. Matrix addition and matrix multiplication both are commutative.
a) True b) False
9. If A = [aij]n×m then A+ B is defined only if
a) B = [bij]b×m b) B = [bij]n×m c) B = [bij]m×m d) B = [bij]m×n
10. The number of all possible matrices of order 2x3 with each entry 0 or 2 is
a) 16 b) 512 c) 32 d) 64
2 −3
11. Find the transpose of A=[ ]
4 1
12. If the sum of all the elements of 3x3 scalar matrix is 9, then the product of all its
element is a) 0 b)9 c)27 d)729
0 −4 −5
13. The matrix (4 0 10 ) is a ____
5 −10 0
a) symmetric matrices b)skew symmetric matrices
c) diagonal matrices d) scalar matrices
2
14. If A = [7] and B = [−3 4 1] then (AB)’ = ____
8
−6 8 2 −6 −21 −24 −1 3 6
a) [−21 28 7] b) [ 8 28 32 ] c) [ 1 −9 −32]
−24 32 8 2 7 8 5 −12 3
−3 3 6
d) [−6 5 −12]
8 −9 9
15. Which of the following conditions holds true for a symmetric matrix?
a) A=-A’ b) A=A’ c) A=IA d) A=|A|
16. Any square matrix can be expressed as a sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix.
a) True b) False
𝑎 𝑏
17. If A=[ ], then which of the following is skew-symmetric?
𝑐 𝑑
a) AA’ b) A+A’ c) 2(A+A’) d) A-A’
Direction(18-20): Each of these question contains 2 statement: Assertion(A) and
Reason(R)Choose your answers as
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
2 0 5 0
18. Assertion: For two matrices A = [ ] and B = [ ] (𝐴 + 𝐵)2 = 𝐴2 + 𝐵 2+ 2 AB
0 3 0 0
Reason: For given two matrices A and B, AB = BA.
19. Assertion: Transpose of the matrix A = [2 5 −1] is a column matrix
Reason [R]: Transpose of a matrix of order m×n is a matrix of same order.
20. Assertion: A 2x2 matrix A = [aij], whose elements are given by aij =ixj
Reason: If A is a 4x2 matrix, then the elements in A is 5.

Section – B (2x5 = 10 marks)

2 −3 1 2
21. If A=[ ] and B=[ ]. Find 2A+3B
4 1 −9 5
9 −1 1 2
22. If A=[ ] and B=[ ]. Find 2A’+3B’
4 1 −2 5
2 −3 1 2
23. If A=[ ] and B=[ ]. Find AB and BA
1 2 0 −1
4 2 1 0
24. If(A - 2I) (A-3I) = O, where A =[ ] and I = [ ] then find the value of x.
−1 𝑥 0 1
4 2 −4 1
25. If A=[ ] and B=[ ]. Find (AB)’
1 2 1 −1

Section – C (3x5 = 15 marks)

−3 3 6 1 2
26. Let A = [−6 5 −12] and B = [−1 0] Find (AB)’
8 −9 9 2 3
2 1 2
27. If f(x) = 𝑥 + 4x-5 and A=[ ] then find f(A)
4 −3
 2 3 5
28. Let A = [1 0 2] and A+B-4I = 0 .Find B
3 4 5
29. If A and B are symmetric matrices then prove that AB + BA is symmetric and AB - BA is
skew symmetric
𝑖 0 −𝑖 −𝑖 𝑖
30. Let A = [ 0 −𝑖 𝑖 ] and B = [ 0 0 ] Find AB
−𝑖 𝑖 0 𝑖 −𝑖

Section – D (4x5 = 20 marks)

31. Express the following matrices as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric
3 3 −1
matrix: [−2 −2 1 ]
−4 −5 2
2 0 1
32. If A = [2 1 3] then find A2 – 5A + 4I and hence find a matrix X such that A2 – 5A + 4I
1 −1 0
+X=0
1 2 2
33. If A = [ 2 1 𝑥 ] is a matrix satisfying AA’ = 9I, find x
−2 2 −1
2 −1 −1 −8
34. Find matrix A such that [ 1 0 ] A = [ 1 −2]
−3 4 9 22

Section – E ( 5 x 3 = 15 marks)

35. In a city there are two factories A and B. Each factory produces sports clothes for boys
and girls. There are three types of clothes produced in both the factories, type I, II and
III. For boys the number of units of types I, II and III respectively are 80, 70 and 65 in
factory A and 85, 65 and 72 are in factory B. For girls the number of units of types I, II
and III respectively are 80, 75, 90 in factory A and 50, 55, 80 are in factory B.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) If P represents the matrix of number of units of each type produced by factory A
for both boys and girls, then P is given by the matrix ________
(ii) If Q represents the matrix of number of units of each type produced by factory B
for both boys and girls, then Q is given by the matrix _____
(iii) The total production of sports clothes of each type for boys is given by the
matrix __
 (iv) The total production of sports clothes of each type for girls is given by the matrix
___
(v) Let R be a 3x2 matrix that represent the total production of sports clothes of
each type for boys and girls, then transpose of R is _____

36. To promote the making of toilets for women, an organisation tried to generate
awareness through (i) house calls (ii) emails and (iii) announcements.
The cost for each mode per attempt is given below: (i) Rs 50 (ii) Rs 20 (iii) Rs 40
The number of attempts made in the village X,Y and Z are given below:

(i) (ii) (iii)

X 400 300 100
Y 300 250 75
Z 500 400 150
Also, the chance of making of toilets corresponding to one attempt of given modes is
(i) 2% (ii) 4% (iii) 20%
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) The cost incurred by the organisation on village X is
(a) Rs 10000 (b) Rs 15000 (c) Rs 30000 (d) Rs 20000
(ii) The cost incurred by the organisation on village Y is
(a) Rs 25000 (b) Rs 18000 (c) Rs 23000 (d) Rs 28000
(iii) The cost incurred by the organisation on village Z is
(a) Rs 19000 (b) Rs 39000 (c) Rs 45000 (d) Rs 50000
(iv) The total number of toilets that can be expected after the promotion in village is
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50
(v) The total number of toilets that can be expected after the promotion in village is
(a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) 56

37. A trust fund has ₹ 35000 that must be invested in two different types of bonds, say X
and Y. The first bond pays 10% interest p.a. which will be given to an old age home and
second one pays 8% interest p.a. which will be given to WWA (Women Welfare
Association). Let A be a matrix 1x2 and B be a 2x1 matrix, representing the investment
and interest rate on each bond respectively.