MATRICES

4.

Model Questions
1.

A square matrix (aij) in which aij = 0 for i j and aij =

k (constant) for i = j is
1) Unit matrix
2) Scalar matrix
3) Null matrix
4) Diagonal matrix

If A is skew-symmetric matrix and n is odd positive

integer, then An is
1) a symmetric matrix
2) skew-symmetric matrix
3) diagonal matrix
4) triangular matrix

Ans:

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2.

If A is a symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix then

A2 is
1) symmetric
2) skew-symmetric
3) Diagonal
4) scalar

5.

If

A aij 33 is a square matrix so that

aij i 2 j 2 ,
then A is a
1) unit matrix
2) symmetric marix
3) skew symmetric matrix 4) orthogonal matrix

Ans:
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3.

Let A be a square matrix. consider

1) A + AT
2) AAT 3) AT A 4) AT+A
T
5) A - A
6) AT - A , Then
1) all are symmetric matrices
2) (2),(4),(6) are symmetric matrices
3) (1),(2),(3),(4) are symmetric matrices &
(5),(6) are skew symmetric matrices
4) 5,6 are symmetric

6.

If AB AC B C, then A is
1) non-singular
3) symmetric

2) singular
4) Skew symmetric

Ans:

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MATHEMATICS

7.

If A is a 3 x 3 singular matrix then A(Adj A) =

1) Det A
2) I
3) O
4) 1

Ans:

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11.

8.

If d is the determinant of a square matrix A of order

n, then the determinant of its adjoint is
1) dn
2) dn-1
3) dn-2
4) d

Ans:

If A and B are two non-singular matrices then

Adj (AB) =
1) Adj (B) Adj A

2) Adj A Adj B

3) Both (1) and (2)

4) A B

Ans:

12.

The system of equations which can be solved by

cramers rule have
1) unique solution
2) no solution
3) infinitely many solutions 4) two solutions

Ans:

9.

If A is an n x n non-singular matrix, then Adj A is

=
1) A

2) A

n 1

3) A

n 1

4) A

n2

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13.If A is invertible matrix and B is another matrix such

that (AB) exists then
1) rank (AB) = rank (A) 2) rank (AB) = rank (B)
3) rank (AB) > rank (A) 4) rank (AB) > rank (B)

10.

A 3x3 is a non - singular matrix A2 (Adj A) =

1) A A

2) I

3) A I

4) A I
2

MATHEMATICS

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EQUALITY OF MATRICES

x 3 2 y x 0 7

, (x+y+z+a) =
z 1 4a z 3 2a

14.. If

1) -1

2) 0

3) 1

4) 8

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18.

1 2
3 3
and 2A-3B =

then
3 0
1 1

If A-2B =
B=

-5
5

1)
15.

If Tr (A) = 6 Tr (4A) =
1) 3/2
2) 2
3) 12

-5
5

4) 24

3)

Ans:

1
7

-1

-5
-5

2)

-5
-5

4)

-1

-7

-1

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16.

1
A 4
If
7
1) 40

3
1 0
5 6 , B 0 3
1 0
0 4
2) 45
3) 39

0
0 , Tr ( BA ) ...

SCALAR MULTIPE OF A MATRIX AND

MULTIPLICATION OF MATRICES

4) 5

Ans:
19.

0 1
4
If A
, then A =
1
0

1) I
2) 0
3) A

4) 4 I

Ans:

17.

If Tr (A) = 8 , Tr(B) = 6, Tr (A - 2B) =

1) -4
2) 4
3) 2 4) 11

MATHEMATICS

23.

20.

If A = A, B = B, AB = BA = O then
(A+B)2 =
1) A - B
2) A + B 3) A2 - B2 4) 0

Matrix A is such that A2 = 2A - I where I is the unit

matrix . Then for n 2, An =
1) nA ( n 1) I

2)

3) 2n1 A (n 1)I

4) 2n 1 A 1

nA I

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24.
21.

If A = diagonal (3,3,3) then A4

1)12A
2)81A
3)684A
4)27A

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7 -10 17
and 2B-3AT =
0 6 31

If 3A + 4BT =

1 18

4 6 then B =
5 7

3
1
1 0

1)
2 4

1 3

1 0
2)
2 4

1 3
1 0

3)
2 4

1
1
4)
2

3
0
4

Ans:
22.

Let P and Q be 22 matrices. Consider the

statements.
I) PQ=0 P=0 or Q=0 or both
II) PQ=I2 P=Q-1
III) (P+Q)2=P2+2PQ+Q2
1) I and II are false but III is true
2) I and III false and II is true
3) All are false
4) All are true

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25.

If the order of A is 4 3, the order of B is 4 5 and

the order of C is 7 3, then the order of (A'B)'C' is
1) 4 5
2) 3 7 3) 4 3
4) 5 7

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MATHEMATICS

28.

2 3i 3 4i
1
2 3i
O
4 5i
then A is
If A =
2
3 4i 4 5i
1) Hermitian 2) Skew-Hermitian
3) Symmetric
4) Skew-Symmetric

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SPECIAL TYPES OF MATRICES,
SYMMETRIC & SKEW SYMMETRIC MATRICES
26.

1 6
7 2 = P + Q, where P is a symmetric & Q is a

skew-symmetric then P =

1
1) 13

1
3) 1

13
2

13
2

1
2) 13

1
2

0 13
2
4) 13
0

DETERMINANTS AND ITS PROPERTIES

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29.

a c b
A b a c
If
then the cofactor of a 32 in A + AT
c b a
is

1) 2 a(b c ) b c

2) ac b 2
4) 2a(a c) a c2

3) a 2 bc
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27.

If AT BT = CT then C =
1) AB
2)BA

3)BC

4)ABC

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30.

The value of

2i 2i
is
1 i 1 i

1) A complex quantity
3) 0

2) real quantity
4)cannotbe determined

Ans:

MATHEMATICS

31.

18 40
40 89
det
89 198
1) -8

89
198 ....
440

2) -6

3) -1

4) 0

Ans:

a b c
2b
2c

34.

2a

2a

bca
2b
=
2c
c a b

1) 2(a+b+c)3
3) 2(a-b-c)3

2) (a-b-c)3
4) (a+b+c)3

Ans:

2
2 1
= .....
1

1) 0

2) 1

1
32.

3) 2

4) -1
35.

Ans:

If A,B,C are the angles of triangle ABC, then

sin 2 A

sin C

sin C
sin B

sin 2 B sin A
sin A sin 2C

1) 1

2) 0

sin B

3) -1

4)

3 3
8

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33.

x2
x3

y2
y3

z2
=
z3

1) 0
2) (x-y)(y-z)(z-x)(xy+yz+zx)
3) (x+yx+zx) (x+y)(y+z) (z+x)
4) (x+y+z)
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36.

x 1 x 2 x 4
x3 x5 x8
The value of
is
x 7 x 10 x 14
1) -2

2) 2

3) 0

4) 1

Ans:
6

MATHEMATICS

37.

If a,b,c are in A.P., then

x 1 x 2 x a
x2 x3
x3 x4
1)
Ans:

a b
2

xb
xc

2) ab

3) 0

4) abc

40.

3x 8
3
3
3
3x 8
3 0 then x ....
If x<1 and
3
3
3x 8

1) 2/3

2) -2/3

3) 0

4) 1/3

Ans:

38.

1
a2
a
1
b2
b
1
c2
c
1) abc

bc
ca
=

ab
2) a+b+c

3) 0

4) 4abc

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41.

1990 1991 1992

1991 1992 1993
=
det
1992 1993 1994
1)1992

2)1993

3) 1994

4) 0

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39.

If x,y z are all different and if

then xyz =
1) -1
2) 0

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3) 1

x2

1 x3

y 2 1 y3

z2

1 z3

=0
42.

4) 1

If

a 6 , b, c satisfy

1) a + b + c
3) b3

2b 2c

3
4

b
a

c
= 0, then abc=
b

2) 0
4) ab + b - c

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MATHEMATICS

x 1 yz
43.

y 1 zx
=
z 1 xy
1) 1 + x + y + z
3) 0

2) x + y + z
4) 1

46.

Ans:

1
sin A
det
sin 2 A
1)

1
sin B
sin 2 B

sin C
=
sin 2 C

1
(a b)(b c)(c a )
8R 3

2) 8R 3 (a b)(b c)(c a )
3) (a b)( b c)(c a )
4)

1
(a b)( b c)(c a )
8R

Ans:

ax
44.

If a + b + c = 0, then one root of

= 0 iS
1) a + b

2) 0

3) b + c

c
b

bx
a
a
cx
4) a + c

Ans:

0
47.

qp
r p
1) 0
3) pqr

pq pr
0
rq

q r
=
0
2) (p - q) (q - r) (r - p)
4) 3 pqr

Ans:
45.

If A is a 3 x 3 matrix and det (3A) = k. det A, then k =

1) 9
2) 6
3) 1
4) 27

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MATHEMATICS

48.

x Ans:
m m m
The roots of the determinantal equation
b x b
= 0 are
1) a

2) b

3) a or b

4) 0, 0

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Adjoint of a Matrix :

52.

12
2
2
If A =
32

1) 8

49.

22
32
42

32

42
then Adj A
5 2

2) 16

3) 64

4) 128

A is a 3 x 3 matrix and B is its adjoint matrix. If the Ans:

determinent of B is 64, then the det A is
1) 4
2) 4
3) 8
4) 8

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53.

If A3x3 and det A = 5 then det (adj A) =

1) 5
2) 25
3) 125
4) 1/5

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50.If the entries in a 3 3 determinant are either 0 or 1, then
the greatest value of their determinats is
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 9
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54.

51.If

1 a
1 b

bc
a2
ca a

b2
b

c2
c

1 c

ab

1) 1

1
2) -1

3) 2

If A3x3 and det A = 6, then det (2 adj A)

1) 8
2) 48
3) 288
4) 1/12

Ans:
then

4) -3
9

MATHEMATICS

1) 0

2)

3)

4)

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55.

If A is a square matrix such that A (AdjA)

4 0 0

0 4 0
then det (AdjA) =
0 0 4

1) 4

2) 16

3) 64

4) 256

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58.

2 2
B=
3 2

If A=

(B-1 A-1)-1

0 1
1 0 then

2 2

2 3

2 2

3 2

2)

2 2

2 3

4)

1)

3)

2 2

2 3

Ans:

1 0 2 5 a 2
1 1 2 1 1 0
a
=
56. Adj
0 2 1 2 2 b

3) 4 1

4) 4

1) 4 1

2) 4

b =

1
1

Ans:

59.

1 2 4 1
=

3 1 7 7

The matrix A is such that A

then A =

1 1

2 3

2)

1 1

2 3

4)

1)

INVERSE OF A MATRIX

57.

If

tan
1
tan
1

cos sin
sin cos

tan
1
tan
1

3)

1 1

2 3
1 1

2 3

= Ans:

then

=
10

MATHEMATICS

60.

1 2 3
0 1 2
is
The inverse of the matrix
0 0 1

62.

List 1
A.(AB)-1
B. A A

1 2 7
0 1 2

1)
0 0
1
1 0 0
2 1 0

3)
7 2 1

List 2
1.adj A

II. A

C. adjA

1 2 7
0 1 2

2)
0 0 1
1 2 7
1
0 1 2
4) 2
0 0 1

n n non singular matrix

If A is a

III.B-1A-1
n

1.
2.
3.
4.
Ans:

n 1

D. k A
Where k is a scalar
A
B
I
II
III
I
I
III
II
III

IV. k n An
C
III
II
II
IV

D
IV
IV
IV
I

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RANK OF A MATRIX
63.
61.

i) If the inverse of matrix A exist. Then

1) 3
matrix A is non singular.
ii) If a square, non-singular matrix A statisfies A2-A+2I=0 Ans:
then A-1=

1 2 3
is
2 4 6

The rank of the matrix A =

2) 2

3) 1

4) 0

1
(I+A).
2

Which of the following statement is correct.

1. Only i
3. Both i and ii

2. Only ii
4. Neither i nor ii

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64.

If I is a (9 9) unit matrix, then rank ( I ) =

1) 0
2) 3
3) 6
4) 9

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11

MATHEMATICS

68.

If the system of equations x + y + z = 6, x + 2y +

0, x + 2y + 3z = 10 has no solution, then
1) 2

65.

SOLUTION OF SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION

The number of solutions of the equations
2x - 3y = 5, x + 2y=7 is ....
1) 1
2) 2
3) 4
4) 0

2) 3

3) 4

z =

4) 5

Ans:

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69.

66.

1)

The system of equations

k0

3) -2 < k < 2

2 x 6 y 11 0 , 6 y 18 z 1 0

2) -1 < k < 1
4) k = 0

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6 x 20 y 6 z 3 0
1) is consistent
3) is inconsistent

The system of linear equations x + y + z = 2, 2x + y z = 3, 3x + 2y + kz = 4 has a unique solution, if

2) has unique solution

4) cannot be determined

Ans:

67.

The equations

x 4 y 2z 3

70.

x cy bz , y az cx, z bx ay

3x y 5 z 7

are consistent then a relation among a,b,c is

1) a2+b2+c2 = 0
2) a2+b2+c2-2abc=0
2
2
2
3) a +b +c +2abc=1
4) a2+b2+c2+2abc=0

2 x 3 y z 5 have
1) a unique solution
2) infinite number of solutions
3) no solution
4) two solutions

x,y,z not all zeros and the equations

Ans:

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12

MATHEMATICS

71.

2x - 3y + 4z = 0, 5x - 2y -z = 0 ,
21x - 8y + az = 0 has infinity solutions then a =
1) -5
2) -4
3) 2
4) 4

Ans:

KEY

72.

The number of nontrivial solutions of the system:

x y z 0, x 2 y z 0, 2 x y 3z 0 is
1) 0

2) 1

3) 2

4) 3

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*73.

Let

1 , 2 and 1 , 2

be the roots of

the system of equaions

1 y 2 z 0

and

1 y 2 z 0

2) 1

3) 3

4) 2

5) 3

6) 1

7) 3

8) 3

9) 3

10) 1

11) 2

12) 1

13) 2

14) 3

15) 4

16) 1

17) 1

18) 2

19) 1

20) 2

21) 4

22) 2

23)1

24)3

25)4

26)1

27)2

28)1

29)1

30)1

31)3

32)1

33)2

34)4

35)2

36)1

37)3

38)3

39)1

40)1

41)4

42)1

43)3

44)2

45)4

46)1

47)1

48)3

49)3

50)2

51)1

52)3

53)2

54)3

55)2

56)3

57)1

58)2

59)3

60)1

61)1

62)2

63)2

64)4

65)1

66)3

67)3

68)2

69)1

70)3

71)1

72)1

73)1

2
ax 2 bx c 0 and px qx r 0

respectively. If

1) 2

has a

non-trivial solution, then

b 2 ac
1) 2
q
pr

c 2 ab
2) 2
r
pq

a 2 bc
3) 2
p
qr

4) abc=pqr

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13

MATHEMATICS

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
EQUALITY OF MATRICES
1.

0 2
0 3a
, KA=

then arrange the

3 4
2b 24

If A=

Sum and difference of the matrices

values of k,a,b, in ascending order

1) k, a, b

2) b, a, k

3) a, k, b

4) b, k, a

4.

Ans:

9 1
1 5
,B

&
4 3
6 11

If A =

3A + 5B + 2X = 0 then X =
1)
21

14
32

16
21

14
32

16

3)

16
2)
21

14
32

16 14

21 32

4)

Ans:
2.

If the traces of the matrices A and B are 20 and 8, then

trace of A + B =
1) 28
2) 20
3) - 8
4) 12

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SCALAR MULTIPE OF A MATRIX

AND MULTIPLICATION OF MATRICES

3.

i. Trace of the matrix is called sum of the elements in

a principle diagonal of the square matrix.

5.

2
6
1)
8

8 7 2
5 8 2
is 24
ii. The trace of the matrix
7 2 8

1
3
4

2
3

3)
20

Which of the following statement is correct.

1. Only i
2. Only ii
3. Both i and ii
4. Neither i nor ii
Ans:

1

If P = 3 , Q =
4

5
15
20

1 5 , then PQ =

2)

4)

19

3 20

Ans:

14

MATHEMATICS

6.

x
0

0 a
y c

b
=
d

ax bx

yc dy

2)

ay cy

bx dy

4)

1)

3)

ax 0

0 dy
0 ax

dy 0

9.

1) 2A

Ans:

7.

1 0
A3-A2 =
0 2

A=

2) 2I

3) A

4) I

Ans:

1 2
If A =
and B = 3 1 then BA =
0 3
3
0

1)

0
2) 3 0 3) 3 3 4) 0
3

10.

0 2
, KA =
3 4

If A =

0 3a
2b 24 , then the values of

k, a, b are respectively
1) -6, -12, -18
2) -6, 4, 9
3) -6, -4, -9
4) -6, 12, 18
Ans:

Ans:

8.

1 0
0 1
If I
and E

then 2 I 3E 3
0
1
0
0

11.

1)

Ans:

8I 18E
3) 8 I 36E

2)

4I 36E
4) 2 I 3E

a h g x
h b f y
is
The order of [x y z]
g f c z
1) 3 x 1

2) 1 x 1

3) 1 x 3

4) 3 x 3

Ans:

15

MATHEMATICS

12.

1
tan

If

tan 1
1 tan

tan
1

a b

b a

1)

1 6 3

3 1 8

2)

3)

1 2 3

2 1 8

4) 0

=
1) a =1, b = -1
3) a=0,

b = sin2

2) a = sec2 , b=0
4)a = sin2 , b=cos2

2 3

1 8

Ans:

Ans:

13.

1 2
then An
0 1
1 n
2 n
1)
2)

0 1
0 1

1 n
1 2n
3)
4)

0 2
0 1
If A

15.

Problems on Order of Matrices :

2 3 5
L 4 1 2 P Q , P is a symmetric
1 2 1

matrix, Q is a skew-symmetric matrix then

P=
2 7 6
2 7 6
7 1 4
7 1 4

1)
2)
6
6 4 1
4 1

Ans:

Ans:

7
3) 2
3

3
2

1 2

2 1

4 7 6
7 2 4

4)
6 4 2

Transpose and properties of transpose of

matrix

14.

2 3
4 5
, AT-B =

4 7
0 1

If 2A+BT =

then A = ----

16

MATHEMATICS

Ans:
16.

List - I

List - II
2

2 1
A=
2 1

1) Symmetric Matrix

is complex cube root of 1

2
1
B =
1
a
h
C=
g

2 4
3 4
2 3
h g
b f
f c

2) Skew symmetric

3) Nil potent Matrix

DETERMINANTS AND ITS PROPERTIES

O c b
c O a

D=
b a O

4) Singular Matrix

5) Idempotent Matrix
Match of list-I from list - I
A
B
C
D
1.
4
3
1
2
2.
4
3
2
5
3.
4
5
2
3
4.
4
5
1
2

18.

5 6
1
8 0
4
If A =
, then the cofactor of -7 =
3 7 2
................
1) 44
2) 43

3) 40

4) 39

Ans:

Ans:

19.

8 9
If A
, then cofactor of a12 is
10 11
1) 11

17.
A.
B.
C.
D.

If A = [aij] is a square matrix such that

List - I
List - II
aij = 1 if i=j
1. symmetricmatrix
= O if i j
aij = O if i j
2. skew symmetric
matrix
aij = O if i>j
3. unit matrix
aij = i2-j2 i, j
4. diagonal matrix
5. upper triangular
matrix
Correct match of List-I from List-II
A
B
C
D
1.
3
4
5
1
2.
3
4
5
2
3.
3
5
4
2
4.
1
5
3
2

2) 10

3) -11

4) -10

Ans:

a b c
20.

b c a
=
c a b
1) a3 + b3 + c3
3) 3abc - a3 - b3 - c3

2) a3 + b3 + c3 - 3abc
4) 0

Ans:

17

MATHEMATICS

1
21.

z y

4 3 2
42 32 22
1) 2

24.

2) -2

3) 1

4) 0

Ans:

y
z

zx y
z x y

1) xyz

2) 4 xyz

3) 2 xyz

4) 3 xyz

Ans:

22.

2c
2c
c a b
a b c
2a
2a
=
2b
b c a
2b
2

1) (a+b+c)
3) (a+b+c)

2) (a+b+c)
4) (a+b+c)4

25.

yz

zx
x y

z
y

x
=
z

1) (x+y+z) (x-z)2
3) 2(x+y+z)

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2) xyz
4) xyz(x-z)2

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1 a
23.

1
1
1) 0

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1 b
1
=
1
1 c
1 1 1

2) 1 3) abc 4) abc 1 a b c

26.

a2
ab

ab
b2

ac

bc

1) 4abc
3) a2b2c2

ac
bc
c2
2) 4a2b2c2
4) a2+b2+c2-ab-bc-ca

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1 2 x

4 1 7
30. If
is a singular matrix,
2 4 6

27.

a 2a 2a 1 1
2a 1 a 2 1
3

3
3

1) (1-a)

2) (a-1)

3) (a-1)

then x =
1) 0

4) (a+1)

2) 1

3) -3

4) 3

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28.

0 c b
c 0 a
then (a2+b2+c2) A =
If A =
b a 0
1) abc
3) (a3 + b3+c3)

31.

1 3
, then the determinant A 2 2A is
2 1

If A =
1) 5

2) 25

3) -5

4) -25

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2) a + b + c
4) 0

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32.

29.

If

1
2

0
3

0
4

1) 4

3) -5

real

cos i sin
sin i cos

= 45 then x =

2) 7

The

1) 2 cos
3) 0

4) -7

part

of

determinant

of

cos i sin
is
sin i cos
2) 2 sin
4) 1

Ans:
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33.

cos sin 0
sin cos 0
is singular, then = 36.
If the matrix
0
1
0
1)

2)

/ 2

3)

/ 3

4)

/ 4

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a
b

ac
c
=
c
bc

1) 4 abc

2) abc

3) 2a2 b2 c2 4) 4a2 b2 c2

2
4
is a singular matrix then =

Ans:

1
34.

ab

1 3x
If x 0 and
1 3
1) 1

2) -1

2x
37.

5x 0
, then x =
4
3) 2

8
6
If A is
2
1) 3

7
4
2) 4

3) 2

4) 5

Ans:

4) -2

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35.

If a, b, c are distinct and

a a2
b b2

a3 1
b3 1

c2

c3 1

c
1) a + b + c = 1
3) a + b + c = 0

= 0, then

38.

sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
cos 2 x sin 2 x 1
10

2) ab + bc + ca = 0
4) abc = 1

12

1) 0
2) 12cos2 x 10sin2 x 2

Ans:

3) 12sin2 x 10cos2 x 2
4) 10 sin 2x
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Adjoint of a Matrix :

3 0 0
A 0 3 0, then Adj( A)
0 0 3

42.
39.Maximum value of a second order determinant whose every element is either 0,1and 2 only
1) 3A
1) 0
2) 1
3) 2
4) 4
Ans:
Ans:

a b
b
40.If
2

c
1

1) A.P

a b

1
b c 0,
2 then a, b, c, are in
0
2) H.P

3) G.P

43.

3) 9AT

2) 6A

4) 2AT

1 2 1
1 1 2
then
A: If Matrix P=
2 1 1
det[adj (adj P)]=124
R: A is square matrix of order nn then

4) AGP

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det Adj (Adj A) = A

(n1)2

The correct answer is

1) Both A and R are true R is correct explanation to A
2) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation
to A
3) A is true R is false
4) A is false R is true
Ans:

1
41.

a
b
c
=
2
2
a bc b ca c ab
2

1) 0

2) 2

3) 4

4) - 4

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INVERSE OF A MATRIX

44.

1 1 1
A 1 1 1
If
then det (A-1) =
1 1 1
1) 1

2) 1/2

3) 1/3

4) 1/4

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45.

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46.

a 0 0
If P 0 b 0 then det P1
0 0 c
1
1
1) abc
2) a2b2c2 3)
4) 2 2 2
abc
abc

2 2

2 3

1)

7
1
The inverse of the matrix
1
1 1 1
1
3 4 3
4

1)
2)
3 3 4
3
1 1 1
3 3 4

3)
3 4 3

3 3
1 0
=
0 1
3 1
3 8
4 1

1 3 3
1 4 3

4)
1 3 4

3)

1 2 2
10 2 3

3 2

2 2

2)

4)

1 3 2
10 2 2

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48.

x y 3 1 8

If
, then
2 0 2 0
1)

0
2

2
1

0 8

2 1

3)

x y
2 0

1 0

0 1

2)

0
4) 1

1
2
1

4

Ans:

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49.
47.

2 2
,B =
3 2

If A =

0 1
1 0 , then ( B 1 A 1 ) 1 =

cos x sin x 0
sin x cos x 0 f ( x )

If A =
0
1
0
then A-1 =
1) f(- x)
2) f(x)

3) - f(x)

4) -f (-x)

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52.
50.

2
2

3
then 8A-1 =
1

A=

1
2

1)

3
2

1
2

3)

1
2

3
2

1
2

4)

2
2

2 2
=
2 2

I.

2 5
5 8

B.

0 1 0
1 0 0
thenA-1 =
A=
0 0 1

II.

AT

C.

A=

D.

A=

3
2
3
2

Ans:

1.
2.
3.
4.
Ans:

51.

1 3

3 10

1 2
thenA+AT=
3
4

5 4

4 1

III.

3 1
,
1 2

A2=A+B then B
Match the following
A
B
IV
II
II
IV
IIII
II
I
II

IV. 32

C
I
III
IV
III

D
III
IV
I
IV

10 3

3 1

10 3

3 1

2)

1 3

3 10

4)

1)

3)

List II

2
A.

2)

List I

1 3

3 10

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RANK OF A MATRIX

53.

1 1 1
1 1 1is

The rank of the matrix A =

1 1 1
1) 3

2) 2

3) 1

4) 0

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54.

Ans:

1 0 4
The Rank of
is
2 1 3
1) 1

2) 2

3) 0

4) 3

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57.

The equations

2x 4 y z 0, x 2 y 2z 5,3x 6 y 7z 2
have
55.

1) unique solutions

The ranks of the matrices in decending order

2) no solution

1 4 1
2 3 0

A.
0 1 2

1 1 1
1 1 1

B.
1 1 1

3) infinite number of solutions

4) two solutions
Ans:

1 2 3
2 3 4

C.
0 1 2
1) A,B,C
3) B,C,A

2) A,C,B
4) C,A,B

Ans:

58.

The number of solutions of the system equations 2x+yz=7, x-3y+3z=1,

x+4y-3z=5 is.....
1)3

2)2

3)1

4)0

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SOLUTION OF SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION

56.

If the lines 2 x 3 y 13 0

x 4 y 10 0
ax 5 y 21 0
are concurrent then the value of a is
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) -2
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59.

A: The number of values of k for which the equations. 61.

k 1 x 8 y 4k

and

The real value of 'a' for which the equations ax+y+z

=0, -x+ay+z=0, -x-y+az = 0 have non-zero solution is

kx+(k+3)y=3 k-1 has

infinitely many solution is 1

1) 1

2) 0

3) -1

4) all the above

R : Two linear equations, a1x+b1y+c1=0, a2x+b2y+c2=0 Ans:

has infinite numbers solution if

a1
a2

det

b1
b2 =0

The correct answer is

1) Both A and R are true R is correct explanation to A
2) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation 62.
to A
3) A is true R is false

The equations x + y - 2z = 0, 2x - 3y - z = 0
x - 5y + 4z = k are consistent if k =
1) 1
2) -1
3) 0
4) any real value

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4) A is false R is true
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60.

The

set

of

equations

2 x 3 y 4 z 0 , 63.

3x 4 y 6 z 0 , 4 x 5 y 8 z 0
1) Infinite solutions

If x2 + y2 + z2 0, x = cy + bz, y = az + cx, and z = bx

+ ay, then a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc =
1) 2
2) a + b + c
3) 1
4) ab + bc + ca

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2) is inconsistent

3) has unique solution 4) has two solutions

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64.

The system of equations 3x - 2y + z = 0,

x 14 y 15z 0 and x + 2y - 3z = 0 have non zero solution, then
1) 1
2) 3

=
3) 5

4) 0

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KEY
1) 4

2) 1

3) 3

4) 3

5) 1

6) 1

7) 3

8) 3

9) 1

10) 3

11) 2

12) 2

13) 4

14) 1

15) 3

16) 4

17) 2

18) 1

19) 4

20) 3

21) 2

22) 2

23)4

24)2

25) 1

26)2

27)3

28)4

29)2

30)3

31)2

32)3

33)4

34)2

35)4

36)1

37)1

38)1

39)4

40)3

41)1

42)1

43)1

44)4

45)3

46)4

47)1

48)4

49)1

50)4

51)2

52)1

53)3

54)2

55)2

56)3

57)2

58)3

59)3

60)1

61)2

62)4

63)3

64)3

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