Matrices

Question 1.
If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then
(a) AB is a symmetric matrix
(b) A – Bis askew-symmetric matrix
(c) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix
(d) AB – BA is a symmetric matrix
Answer:
(c) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix

Question 2.
If A = [ 2x 3+ 3 xx −+ 12 ] is a symmetric matrix, then x =
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) -4
(d) -3
Answer:
(c) -4

Question 3.
If A is a square matrix, then A – A’ is a
(a) diagonal matrix
(b) skew-symmetric matrix
(c) symmetric matrix
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) skew-symmetric matrix

Question 4.
If A is any square matrix, then which of the following is skew-symmetric?
(a) A + AT
(b) A – AT
(c) AAT
(d) ATA
Answer:
(b) A – AT

Question 5.

(a) α = a2 + b2, β = ab
(b) α = a2 + b2, β = 2ab
(c) α = a2 + b2, β = a2 – b2
(d) α = 2ab, β = a2 + b2
Answer:
(b) α = a2 + b2, β = 2ab

Question 6.
⎡1 2 x⎤ ⎡1 −2 y ⎤
If A = 0 1 0 and B = 0 1 0 and AB = I3, then x + y equals
⎣0 0 1 ⎦ ⎣0 0 1⎦
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 2
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) 0

Question 7.
1 2
If A = [ ] and f(x) = (1 + x) (1 – x), then f(a) is
2 1

Answer:
1 1
(a) −4[ ]
1 1
Question 8.
1 3
If A = [ ] and A2 – KA – 5I = 0, then K =
3 4
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) 5

Question 9.

Answer:
−3 10
(b) [ ]
−2 7

Question 10.
⎡a b c⎤
If matrix A = b c a where a, b, c are real positivenumbers, abc = 1 and ATA = I, then the
⎣c a b⎦
value of a3 + b3 + c3 is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer:
(d) 4
Question 11.

Answer:
⎡ −1 −3 5
⎤
(c) 1
−2 5 −1
11
⎣7 −1 −2
⎦
Question 12.

Answer:
(a) −1
11
,
2

11

Question 13.
⎡ −1 1 2
⎤
Using elementary transformation, find the inverse of matrix 1 2 3
⎣3 1 1
⎦
Answer:
⎡1 −1 1 ⎤
(a) −8 7 −5
⎣5 −4 3 ⎦

Question 14.
1 3
Find the inverse of the matrix A = [ ] , using elementary row transformation.
2 7

Answer:
7 −3
(a) [ ]
−2 1

Question 15.

Answer:
(d) 12
Question 16.
⎡0 y z⎤
2

Find the values of x, y, z respectively if the matrix A = x y z satisfy the equation

√2 √6 √3

(b) −1

√2
,
−1

√6
,
−1

√3

(c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 17.
If A = [
cos x − sin x ] , find AAT.
sin x cos x
(a) Zero Matrix
(b) I2
1 1
(c) [ ]
1 1

(d) None of these

Question 18.
⎡0 −1 2
⎤
If A = 1 , then A + 2AT equals
⎣ −2 ⎦
0 3

−3 0
(a) A
(b) -AT
(c) AT
(d) 2A2
Answer:
(c) AT

Question 19.
For any square matrix A, AAT is a
(a) unit matrix
(b) symmetric matrix
(c) skew-symmetric matrix
(d) diagonal matrix
Answer:
(b) symmetric matrix

Question 20.
⎡6 8 5⎤
If A = 4 2 3 is the sum of a symmetric matrix B and skew-symmetric matrix C, then B is
⎣9 7 1⎦

Answer:
⎡6 6 7⎤
(a) A = 6 2 5
⎣7 5 1⎦

Question 21.
⎡5 2 x⎤
If the matrix A = y 2 −3 is a symmetric matrix, then find the value of x, y and t
⎣4 t −7 ⎦
respectively.
(a) 4, 2, 3
(b) 4, 2, -3
(c) 4, 2, -7
(d) 2, 4, -7
Answer:
(b) 4, 2, -3

Question 22.
If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew-symmetric, then
(a) A is a diagonal matrix
(b) A is a zero matrix
(c) A is a scalar matrix
(d) A is a square matrix
Answer:
(b) A is a zero matrix
Question 23.
⎡0 5 −7 ⎤
The matrix −5 0 11 is
⎣7 −11 0 ⎦
(a) a skew-symmetric matrix
(b) a symmetric matrix
(c) a diagonal matrix
(d) an upper triangular matrix
Answer:
(a) a skew-symmetric matrix

Question 24.

Answer:
1
⎡ −1 3 −3 ⎤
(a) 13 5 −2 15
⎣5 −2 2 ⎦
Question 25.

Answer:
⎡0 −1 1 ⎤
(c) −4 3 −2
⎣ −3 3 −2 ⎦

Question 26.

Answer:
⎡ 0 −1/3 −1/2 ⎤
⎢ 1/3
(b) ⎢
0 −1/5 ⎥
⎥
⎢ 1/2 1/5 0 ⎥
⎣ 3/5 1/3 1/7 ⎦
Question 27.
The matrix A = [
0 1 ] is a
1 0
(a) unit matrix
(c) symmetric matrix
(b) diagonal matrix
(d) skew-symmetric matrix
Answer:
(d) skew-symmetric matrix

Question 28.
If [
x + y 2x + z ] = [ 4 7 ] , then the values of x, y, z and w respectively are
x − y 2z + w 0 10
(a) 2, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 3, 1, 2
(c) 3, 3, 0, 1
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) 2, 2, 3, 4

Question 29.

then find the values of a, b, c, x, y, and z respectively.

Question 30.
The order of the single matrix obtained from

(a) 2 × 3
(b) 2 × 2
(c) 3 × 2
(d) 3 × 3
Answer:
(d) 3 × 3

Question 31.
A [
1 −1
], B = [
x 1
] and (A + B)2 = A2 + B2, then x + y =
=
2 −1 y −1

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer:
(d) 5

Question 32.
If A2 – A + I = O, then the inverse of A is
(a) I – A
(b) A – I
(c) A
(d) A + I
Answer:
(a) I – A

Question 33.
Total number of possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 2 or 0 is
(a) 9
(b) 27
(c) 81
(d) 512
Answer:
(d) 512

Question 34.
⎡0 −5 8
⎤
The matrix 5 0 12 is a
⎣ −8 −12 0
⎦
(a) diagonal matrix
(b) symmetric matrix
(c) skew symmetric matrix
(d) scalar matrix
Answer:
(c) skew symmetric matrix
Question 35.
If A is a matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB’ and B’A are both defined, then the
order of matrix B is
(a) m × m
(b) n × n
(c) n × m
(d) m × n
Answer:
(d) m × n

Question 36.
If A and B are matrices of the same order, then (AB’ – BA’) is a
(a) skew-symmetric matrix
(b) null matrix
(c) symmetric matrix
(d) unit matrix
Answer:
(a) skew-symmetric matrix

Question 37.
If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I, then (A – I)3 + (A + I)3 – 7A is equal to
(a) A
(b) I – A
(c) I + A
(d) 3A
Answer:
(a) A

Question 38.
⎡2 2 1⎤
If A = 1 3 1 , then A4 – 24 (A – I) =
⎣1 2 2⎦
(a) 5I + A
(b) 5I – A
(c) 5I
(d) 6I
Answer:
(b) 5I – A

Question 39.
If A is an m × n matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then B is a
(a) m × n matrix
(b) n × m matrix
(c) n × n matrix
(d) m × n matrix
Answer:
(b) n × m matrix

Question 40.
1 2
If [ ] , then A2 – 5A is equal to
3 4
(a) 2I
(b) 3I
(c) -2I
(d) null matrix
Answer:
(a) 2I

Question 41.

(a) A + B = B + A and A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C
(b) A + B = B + A and AC = BC
(c) A + B = B + A and AB = BC
(d) AC = BC and A = BC
Answer:
(a) A + B = B + A and A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C