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cos   sin  
1. If A   , then A  AT  I 2 , if
 sin  cos  
 
a)   n , n  Z b)    2n  1 , n  Z c)   2 n  , n  Z d) None of these
2 3
1 4
2. If A is non-singular and (A-2I) (A-4I) = 0 , then A  A 1 
6 3
a) I b) 0 c) 2I d) 6I
3. If A is a scalar matrix of size n  n and tr  A  2n , then A is equal to
1
a) 2 I n b) I n c) I n 2 d) None of these
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4. Consider the following statements
1) A square matrix A is Hermitian if A  A T .
2) Let A   aij  be a skew-Hermitian matrix, then aii is purely imaginary..
3) All integral 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
5. Let A and B be 3  3 matrices such that AT = -A. BT = B. Then matrix  AB  3BA is a skew-symmertric
matrix for :
a)   3 b)   3 c)   3 or   3 d)   3 and   3

1 1 1   4 2 2

A  2 1 3  10B  5 0  
6. Let   and   . If B is the inverse of A, then  is :
1 1 1   1 2 3 
a) -2 b) -1 c) 2 d) 5
7. Let 1 ,  2 and 1 ,  2 be the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 and px 2  qx  r  0 respectively. If
the system of equaions 1 y   2 z  0 and 1 y  2 z  0 has a non-trivial solution, then

b 2 ac c 2 ab a 2 bc
a) 2  b) 2  c) 2  d) none of these
q pr r pq p qr

 cos  sin   1 T 
8. If A    , then (2A)  A  
  sin  cos   4 

1/ 2 1/ 2  1/ 2 0  1 0  1  1 0
a)   b)   c)   d) 
1/ 2 1/ 2   0 1/ 2  0 1  4  0 0
9. If a matrix A is of type 2  3 and the product matrix ABC is formed then the number of elements in
matrix BC can be
a) 8 b) 4 c) 12 d) 32
10. The inverse of a symmertic matrix (if it exists) is
a) a symmetric matrix b) a skew symmetric matrix
c) a diagonal matrix d) none of these
11. The inverse of a skew symmetric matrix (if it exists) is
a) a symmetric matrix b) a skew symmetric matrix
c) a diagonal matrix d) none of a matrix is unique
12. The inverse of a skew symmetric matrix of odd order is
a) a symmetric matrix b) a skew symmetric matrix
c) diagonal matrix d) does not exist
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13. The transformation due to reflection of (x,y) through the origin is described by the matrix

 1 0   0 1  1 0  1 0 
a)   b)   c)   d)  
 0 1  1 0   0 1  0  1
14. If A is invertible matrix and B is another matrix such that (AB) exists then
a) rank (AB) = rank (A) b) rank (AB) = rank (B)
c) rank (AB) > rank (A) d) rank (AB) > rank (B)
15. If A  aij  mn is a matrix of rank r, then
a) r = min { m,n } b) r< min { m,n } c) r  min { m,n } d) None of these
16. If A   aij  mn is a matrix and B is a non-singular square submatrix of order r, then
a) rank of A is r b) rank of A is greater than r
c) rank of A is less than r d) None of these
17. For a non-singular square matrix A is of order n, the rank of A is
a) equal to n b) less than n c) greater than n d) None of these
18. For a matrix A of rank r,
a) rank (A') = r b) rank (A) < r c) rank (A) > r d) None of these
19. If A is a matrix such that there exists a square submatrix of order r which is non-singular and every square
submatirix of order r + 1 or more is singular, then
a) rank (A) = r + 1 b) rank (A) = r c) rank (A) > r d) rank (A)  r + 1
20. If A is a non - zero column matrix of order m1 and B is a non-zero row matrix of order 1 n then rank of
AB equals
a) m b) n c) 1 d) 2
n
21. If A and B are square matrices of the same order and A is non-singular then for a positive integer n,  A -1BA 
is equal to
a) A -n Bn A n b) An Bn A-n c) A -1Bn A d) n  A -1BA 

  
22. If   is to be square root of the two rowed unit matrix, then  ,  and  should satisfy the relation
  
a) 1   2    0 b) 1   2    0 c) 1   2    0 d) 1   2    0

k
 2 2 
 cos 3  sin
3  1 0
   
23. If  2 2   0 1 
sin cos
 3 3 

then the least value of ‘k’ equals  k  0 

a) 1 b) 2 c) – 1 d) 3
24. Which of the following is not a circulant matrix
a b c 3 4 5 a h g  a h g
       
b c a 4 5 3 h b f h b f
a)  b)  c)  d) 
c a b 5 3 4 g f c   g f c 
      
25. The transformation, orthogonal projection on X-axis is given by the matrix
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
a)   b)   c)   d)  
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

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26. A skew - symmetric matrix cannot be of rank

a) 0 b) 1 c) greater than 1 d) 2
27. The maximum number of different possible non-zero entries in a skew -symmatric matrix of order ‘n’ is
1 2 1 2
a)
2
n  n b)
2
n  n c) n 2 d)  n 2  n 

 1 2 5 
 2 4 a  4 
28. Rank of the matrix   is
 1 2 a  1 
a) 0, if a = 6 b) 1, if a = –1 c) 3, if a = 2 d) 1, if a = –6
a b 0
0 a b 0
29. If then
b 0 a
a a
a) a is a cube root of 1 b) b is a cube root of 1 c)
is a cube root of 1 d) is a cube root of -1
b b
30. If A is a square matrix of order n such that its elements are polynomials in x and its r-rows become identical
for x   then
r 1
a)  x    is a factor of A b)  x -   is a factor of A
r 1 r
c)  x -   is a factor of A d)  x -   is a factror of A.

31. The value of the determinant

log x log y log z
  log 2 x log 2 y log 2 z
is
log 3x log 3 y log 3z

a) 0 b) log  xyz  c) log  6xyz  d) 6log  xyz 

32. In a third order determinant, each element of the first column consists of sum of two terms, each element of the
second column consists of sum of three terms and each element of the third column consits of sum of four
terms,.Then it can be decomposed into n determinants, where n has value
a) 1 b) 9 c) 16 d) 24
xn xn2 x n 3
yn y n 2 y n 3   x  y  y  z  z  x   1  1  1 
33. If n   then value of n is
z z n 2 z n 3 x y z
a) -1 b) -2 c) 1 d) 2
34. If a,b,c are sides of a triangle and
a2 b2 c2
2 2 2
 a  1  b  1  c  1 0
, then
2 2 2
 a  1  b  1  c  1
a)  ABC is equilateral b)  ABC is right angled isosceles
c)  ABC is isosceless d) None of these
35. If the entries in a 3  3 determinant are either 0 or 1, then the greatest value of their determinats is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 9

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36. The value of a third order determinant is 11, then the value of the square of the determinant formed by the
cofactors will be
a) 11 b) 121 c) 1331 d) 14641

37. Two non-zero distinct numbers a,b are used as elements to make determinants of the third order.The number
of determinants whose value is zero for all a,b is
a) 24 b) 32 c) a + b d) 64

38. Maximum value of a second order determinant whose every element is either 0,1and 2 only
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4

39. Let A be a real matrix such that A67=A-1, then :

a) A  1 b) A  1 c) A = I , I being unit matrix d) A is diagonal matrix
40. If A is an unitary matrix, then |A| is equal to
a) 1 b) -1 c) 1 d) 2

ab a bc a bc d

A bc cd e A B C  D
41. If then number of decompositions of ‘A’ are
cd A B C pqrs

a) 12 b) 6 c) 8 d) 24
42. If matrix A is an circulant matrix whose elements of first row are a, b, c all >0 such that abc = 1 and AT A  I then
a 3  b3  c 3 equals
a) 0 b) 4 c) 1 d) 3

a b bc c a
ca ab bc
43. If = t  det of circulant matrix whose elements of first column are a,b,c then ‘t’ equals
b c c  a a b

a) 5 b) 6 c) –2 d) 2

a1 b1 c1 1 1  1
 t  a2 b2 c2   2 2  2
44. Let and 2 , then 1   2 can be expressed as the sum of how many
a3 b3 c3 3 3  3
determinants ?
a) 9 b) 3 c) 27 d) 2

a b c 6a 2b 2c
m n p 3m n p
45. If = k, then =
x y z 3x y z

a) k/6 b) 2k c) 3k d) 6k

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 3 1  x 2 
 3 1 x  2
46. For how many values of ‘x’ in the closed interval [ –4, –1] is the matrix   singular ?
 x  3 1 2 

a) 2 b) 0 c) 3 d) 1
a b a  b
1
b c b  c  0,  
47. If 2 then a, b, c, are in
2 1 0
a) A.P b) H.P c) G.P d) AGP
48. Let a,b,c be positive real numbers. The following system of equations in x , y , z
x2 y 2 z 2 x2 y 2 z 2 x2 y2 z2
   1 ,    1     1 has
a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2 a2 b2 c2
a) no solution b) unique solution
c) infinitely many solutions d) finitely many solutions
3 3 3
49. The value of 'a' for which the system of equations  a  1 x   a  2  y   a  3 ,
 a  1 x   a  2 y  a  3 , x  y  1 is consistent ,is
a) -2 b) -1 c) 1 d) 2
50. If A satisfies the equation x  5 x  4 x  k  0 , then A1 exists if
3 2

a) k  1 b) k  2 c) k  1 d) k  0

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