1 1 2 

Q01. The matrix  1 2 1  is

 
 2 1 1
 
(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew-symmetric matrix
(c) singular matrix (d) non-singular matrix
Q02. Total number of matrices of order 2  4 with each entry as 2 or –2, is
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 256 (d) None of these
 0 4 4
Q03. If A    then, A is
 4 0 
(a) 256 I (b) 512 I (c) 1024 I (d) 128I
Q04. If A is matrix of order m  n and B is a matrix such that AB and BTA are both defined, then order of
T

matrix B is
(a) m  m (b) m  n (c) n  m (d) n  n
Q05. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A2 is
(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew-symmetric matrix
(c) scalar matrix (d) None of these
Q06. If A is of order ‘2 by 3’ and B is of order ‘3 by 2’, then the order of AB is
(a) 3 by 3 (b) 2 by 2 (c) 3 by 2 (d) 2 by 3
 2 3  2
Q07. If A    , then 6A  6A equals
 2 4 
(a) I (b) 2 I (c) 3 I (d) None of these
 4 3
Q08. If A    and A 2  x A  y I  O, then (x, y) is
 2 5
(a) (3, 7) (b) (9, 14) (c) (5, 14) (d) None of these
3 2   4 1
Q09. If A    , then A is
 1 1  2 3 
 1 1  1 1 1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
1 1   1 1  1 1
Q10. If A is a square matrix of order 3, then |3A| is
|A|
(a) 27 |A| (b) (c) 3 | A | (d) None of these
3
Q11. For a square matrix, the sum of the products of elements of any row with the co-factors of elements of
other row is equal to
(a) |A| (b) A 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
 2 25 210
Q12. If A  0 3 35 then, A 1 is
0 0 1
(a) 6 (b) 1/6 (c) 3 (d) 1/3
Q13. If A, B and C are square matrices of order 3 and det.A, det.B and det.C are equal to 2, 3 and 5
respectively, then the value of 5 A 2 BC1 is
(a) 300 (b) 12/5 (c) 125 (d) None of these
Q14. If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that det.A is k, then det.(–A) is
(a) –k (b) k3 (c) –k3 (d) None of these
Q15. A and B are square matrices of order 3 each, and det. A = 2 and det. BT = 3. Then, det. (–4AB) is
(a) –348 (b) –384 (c) 384 (d) None of these
1 2 2 
Q16. If A   2 1 2  is a matrix satisfying AAT = 9 I, where I is an order 3 matrix, then the
 a 2 b 
ordered pair (a, b) is equal to
(a) (2, –1) (b) (–2, 1) (c) (2, 1) (d) (–2, –1)
a b c 6a 2b 2c
Q17. If m n p  K , then value of the determinant 3m n p is
x y z 3x y z
K
(a) (b) 2K (c) 3K (d) 6K
6
 1 0 0 
Q18. The value of A adjA if A   0 1 0  , is
 0 0 1
(a) –2 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) –3
Q19. If A is a singular matrix, then adjA is
(a) singular (b) non-singular (c) symmetric (d) not defined
1 2 2 
1
Q20. If A   2 1 2  is an orthogonal matrix, then
3
 a 2 b 
(a) a  2, b  1 (b) a  2, b  1 (c) a  2, b  1 (d) a  2, b  1
α 2
Q21. If A    and | A3 |  125 , then  is
2 α
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 5
a b α β 
Q22. If A    and A 2    , then
b a  β α 
(a) α  a 2  b 2 , β  2ab (b) α  a 2  b 2 , β  ab
(c) α  a 2  b 2 , β  a 2  b 2 (d) α  2ab, β  a 2  b 2
 a h g  m 
Q23. The order of  x y z   h b f   n  is
 g f c   p 
(a) 3  1 (b) 1 1 (c) 1 3 (d) 3  3
Q24. The determinant of an orthogonal matrix is
(a) 1, –1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 2, –2
Q25. The product of a matrix and its transpose is an identity matrix. The determinant value of this
matrix is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) –1
10 19 2
Q26. What is the value of the minor of element 9 in 0 13 1 ?
9 24 2
(a) –9 (b) –7 (c) 7 (d) 0
3 4
Q27. What is the matrix A if the inverse of A is  ?
5 6
1  1 1
 3 2  3 4 3
 6 4  4
(a)   (b)  5 
3 (c)   (d)  
 5 3    5 1 1 1
2 2    
3 6 5 6
 1 1  x    1 1  x  
 sin (x) tan       cos (x) tan    
1   1  
Q28. If A   , B  then the value of A – B is
  1  x  1   1  x  1 
sin   cot (x)   sin    tan (x) 
      
1
(a) I (b) O (c) I (d) 2 I
2
1 2 2 3 
   
Q29. If U is  2 1 1  then the value of the element of P   3 2 0  U  2  is
 1 4 3  0
   
3 5
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) (d)
2 2
1 2 4 x  6
    
Q30. If the system of linear equations  2 1 2   y    4  have unique solution, then
1 2 α  4 z  α
    
(a) α  R (b) α  8 (c) α  2 (d) None of these

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