MATRICES

1. A matrix is a 1 3 2 1 
7. If [1 x 1] 0 5 1 1   0 then x is
(a) collection of real numbers   
(b) an array of real numbers 0 3 2  x 

(c) a rectangular array of real or complex equal to

numbers (a) 1 (b) -1

(d) a collection of real or complex  9  53

(c) (d) None of these
numbers. 2

2. If A is the transpose of a square matrix A, 8. If the system of

then equation
 x  2 y  2 z  1, 4 x  2 y  z  2 and
(a) |A|  | A | has a
6x  6 y   z  3
(b) |A|=| A |
unique solution then.
(c) |A|+| A |=0
(a)   1 (b)   2
(d) |A|=| A | only when A is
(c)   3 (d) None of these.
symmetrix.
9. If A & B are two matrices such that
3. In an upper triangular matrix A = [aij] nn the
AB=B and BA=A then A2  B 2 
elements aij=0 for
(a) 2AB (b) 2BA
(a) i<j (b) i=j
(c) A+B (d) AB
(c) i>j (d) ij
10. The system of linear equations
4. Which of the following matrices is not
x+y+z=2,
invertible
2x+y-z=3 and
1 1  2 3 3x+2y+kz=4
(a) 0 1 (b)  4 6
    has a unique solution if
 1  1  2  2
(c )  1 2  (d ) 1 1  (a) K  0 (b) -1<K<1
   
(c) -2<K<2 (d) k=0
5. If I n is the identity matrix of order n, then
11. Let
1
(I n ) 1 1 1  4 22
A   2 1 3 and 10 B   5
 0 
(a) does not exist (b) = In
1 1 1   1 2 3 
(c) =O (d) = nI n
if B is inverse of matrix A then  is
 i 0 (a) 2 (b) -1
6. If A    , n  N then A 4 n equals
0 i  (c) -2 (d) 5
0 i  0 0  12. If w be the complex cube root of unity and
(a)   (b)  
 i 0 0 0  w 0 
A  then A is equal to
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1 0 0 i   0 w
(c)   (d)  
0 1   i 0 (a) 0 (b) A
(c) -A (d) None
13. If 18. If A = [aij] is a scalar matrix of order
n x n such that aii  k for all i , then trace of
 a  ib c  id 
A  where a 2  b 2  c 2  d 2  1
 c  id a  ib  A=
then A 1 is equal to n
(a) kn (b)
k
 a  ib  c  id  (c ) nk (d ) none
(a) c  id a  ib 
 
2 1  3 2  1 0
 a  ib c  id  19. If   A   , then the
(b)  c  id 3 2  5  3 0 1
 a  ib 
matrix A is equal to
a  ib  c  id 
(c) c  id a  ib  1 0 0 1
  (a) 1 1  (b) 1 1
   
(d) None of these
1 1  1 1
 0 1 0 (c ) 1 0 (d ) 0 1
14. If A    &B   whenever    
1 1 5 1
1  1 a 1 
A  B then value of  is
2 20. If A =   , B  b  1 and
2 1   
(a) 1 (b) -1
 A  B2  A2  B 2  2 AB , then values of a
(c) 4 (d) None of these.
and b are
a 0 0 
  (a) a=1, b=-2 (b) a=1, b=2
15. If A  0 a 0 then the value of adjA
  (c) a=-1, b=2 (d) a=-1, b=-2
0 0 a 
0 2  
(a) a 27 (b) a9
21.

If the matrix      is

(c) a6 (d) a2    
16. For any 2 X 2 matrix A, if
orthogonal, then
10 0  1 1
A[adj(A)] =   then |A| is equal to (a)   (b)  
 0 10 2 6
(a) 20 (b) 100 1
(c )   (d ) all of these
(c) 10 (d) 0 3

1 2  1  2 
22. If A =   and | A3 | 125 , then  =
17.

If A   1 1 2  then det[adj(adjA)] 2 

 2  1 1  (a) 3 (b) 2
(c ) 5 (d ) 0
(a) (14) 4
3 2
(b) (14) 3 23. If A =    
, then A 1
3
is equal to
0 1 
(c) (14) 2
1 1  26 1 1 26
27 0 27  27 0 27
(d) (14) 1 (a) (b)

1 1  26 1  1  26
27 0  27 27  0  27
(c ) (d )
24. If [ ] denotes the greatest integer less than or 1 0 0 1 0 0
equal to the real number under consideration 30.
  
A= 0 1 1 , I  0 1 0

   
and  1  x  0;0  y  1;1  z  2, then the 0  2 4 0 0 1

value of the determinant

A 1  
1 2

A  CA  DI then C and D equal
x   1 y z   6
 x   y   1 z   is to

 x   y  z   1 (a) -11, 6 (b) -6, 11

(a) [x] (b) [y] (c) 6, 11 (d) -6, -11

(c) [z] (d) None of these 31. The equations x+2y+3z=1, 2x+y+3z=2,
5x+5y+9z=4 have
25. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then trace
of A is (a) unique solutions (b) inconsistent

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) infinite many solutions (d) none

(c) 0 (d) none ab bc ca

26. If each element of a 3 x 3 matrix is multiplied 32. x y yz zx
pq qr rp
by 3, then the determinant of the newly
(a) abc (b) p+q+r
formed matrix is
(c) x2 y2 z2 (d) 0
(a) 3|A| (b) 9|A|
1 3
(c) 27|A| (d) | A |3 33. Let    i . Then the value of the
2 2
    1 1 1 1
27. Matrix A   ,   N . determinant 1  1   2  2 is
  1  
1 2 4
The value of | A1 |  | A2 | ... | A300 | is
(a) 3 (b) 3  (  -1)
(a) 2992 (b) 3002 (c) 3  (1-  ) (d) 3 2
(c ) 3012 (d ) none 7 x 2
   34. If  1   5 x  1 3 and
28. If  is to be square root of the two
    4 x 7

rowed unit matrix, then  ,  and  should x 2 7

2  x 1 3  5 then 1   2 for values
satisfy the relation
x 7 4
(a) 1   2    0 (b) 1   2    0
of x equal to
(c ) 1   2    0 (d ) 1   2    0
(a) 0 (b) 2
29. If D = diag d1 , d 2 ,....d n  where
(c) xR (d) none
d i  0 i  1,2,3...., n then D 1 is equal to
a b 2c r 2p q
(a) D 35. If  1  p q 2r and   2 z 4x 2y
2

(b) In x y 2z c 2a b

(c) 
diag d11 , d 21 ,.....d n1  then 1 /  2 is equal to

(d) none (a) 1 (b) 2

(c) -1 (d) ½
36. If A+B+C= , then the value of 42. If a, b, c are the pth, qth and rth terms

sin  A  B  C  sin B cos C respectively of a geometric progression, then

 sin B 0 tan A is equal to log a p 1
cos  A  B   tan A 0 log b q 1 is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 log c r 1

(c) 2 sinBtanAcosC (d) none (a) 0

37. The value of the determinant (b) 1

log x log y log z (c) -1

  log 2 x log 2 y log 2 z is (d) none
log 3x log 3 y log 3z 43. The value of the determinant
(a) 0 (b) logxyz 12 22 32 42
(c) log(6 xyz) (d) 6 log (xyz) 22 33 42 52
is
38. If A, B, C be the angles of a triangle, then 32 42 52 62
42 52 62 72
 1  cos B cos C  cos B cos B
  cos C  cos A  1  cos A cos A is (a) 1 (b) 0
 1  cos B  1  cos A 1 (c) 2 (d) none

(a) -1 (b) 0 xp  y x y
(c) 1 (d) 2 44. The det. yp  z y z  0 if
0 xp  y yp  z
bc c b
39. If c ca a  K abc, then K is (a) x, y z are in A.P
b a ab (b) x, y, z are in G.P.

equal to (c) x, y, z are in H.P.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (d) xy, yz, zx are in A.P.

(c) 3 (d) 4 x 3 7
40. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of the 45. If 2 x 2  0 then x is equal to
7 6 x
x 1 x  2 x  a
determinant x  2 x  3 x  b is (a) -9 (b) 2
x3 x4 xc (c) 7 (d) all of these

(a) x (b) 2x 46. If

(c) 0 (d) none 1 x ( x  1)

r 1 n 6 ( x)  2x x( x  1) x( x  1)
3x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2) x( x 2  1)
n
If  r  r  1 4n  2 , then 
2
41. 2n 2 r

r  13 3n 2 3n 3  3n
r 1
then (100) equals

is equal to (a) 0 (b) -100

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 100! (d) -100!
(c) 3 (d) 0
47. If x b b
2  3   1   3 x b
49. If 1  a x b ...and ... 2  are
  1 1  2   4  p  q  r  s  t
4 3 2 a x
a a x
  2   4 3
the given determinants, then

then t is d
(a) 1  3( 2 ) 2 (b) (1 )  3 2
(a) 5 (b) 10 dx
(c) -10 (d) 15. d
1  3 2 (d) 1  3( 2 )
2 3
(c) 2

1 1 1 dx
48. If ( x)  (e  e  x ) 2
x
(    x ) 2
x
2 50. The value of n for which the
e x
e  
x 2 x
 x 2
 2 8 c3 9 c5 10 c7
then (x) equals to determinant 8 c4 9 c6 10 c8 becomes
9 cn 10 cn  2 11cn  4
ex   x
2 2 2
(a) (b) ex
zero if
(c) 0 (d) x2  
(a) n=2 (b) n=3
(c) n = 4 (d) None of the
 ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (c)
41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (c)