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Matrices DPP-01

  3. Construct a 3 × 2 matrix whose elements are given

 5 2 6 1  by aij = (2i – j).
 
1. If A   7 0 8 3 then write:
 3  4. Construct a 4 × 3 matrix whose elements are given
 2 4 3 i
 5  by aij = .
(i) The number of rows in A j
(ii) The number of columns in A
(iii) The order of the matrix A 5. Construct a 3 × 4 matrix whose elements are given
(iv) The number of all entries in A 1
by aij = | 3i+j| .
(v) The elements a23, a31, a14, a33, a22, of A 2

2. Write the order of each of the following matrices

3 5 4 2 6. If a matrix has 18 elements, what are the possible
(i) A=  4  orders it can have?
0 3 1
 9
7. Find all possible orders of matrices having 7
 6 5
1 3 elements.
(ii) B   
2 4 8. The total number of matrices that can be formed
 2 1
  using all 12 different letters such that no letter is
(iii) C = [7 – 2 5 0] repeated in any matrix, is equal to:
(iv) D = [ 8, –3] (1) 12! (2) 6 (12!)
 2  (3) 6.1212 (4) 1212
(v) E   3 
 
 0 
(vi) F = [6]
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Matrices DPP-02

1. Calculate the value of x, y, z & a which satisfied  1 1/ 2 1/ 3 

the following matrix equation  2 1 2 / 3 
(3) 
 x + 1 3 y + x  0 7  3 / 4 4 / 5 5 / 6 
 z − 1 4a − 6 = 3 2a   
    7 / 3 1/ 2 3 / 2
(4) None of these
2. Values of x and y for which the following matrices
2 x + 1 2y   x + 3 y 2 + 2
A  , B =   5. Construct a 3 × 4 matrix whose elements are given
 0 y2 − 5 y  0 −6 
1
are equal: by aij = | −3iˆ + j |
2
(1) x = 2, y = 3
 1 1
(2) x = y = 2  1 − 2 0 2
(3) x = y = 0  
(4) x = 2 and no real value of y (1) − 5
2
3
1
 2 2 
 
3. Construct a 3 × 2 matrix whose elements are given  4 7 5
3
by aij = 2i – j  2 2 
1 0 0 1  1 3 
2 1 2
  (2)  2 3 2
(1) 2 3
     
(2)  2
3 5 4 2 5 7
3
 2 2
1 0  
7 9 
(3) 3 2
4 5
  (4) None of these  2 2 
5 4
 1 1
1 2 0 2 
 
4. Construct a 4 × 3 matrix whose elements are given
(3)  5
2
3 
1
i 2 2 
by aij =  
j 4 7 3 5 
1 1/ 2 1/ 3   2 2 
 2 1 2 / 3 (4) None of these
(1)  
3 3 / 2 1 
   2 0 0
4 2 4 / 3
6. The matrix 0 3 0 is:
 1 1/ 2 1/ 3  0 0 3
 2 1 3 / 2
(2)  (1) Column matrix
2 / 3 3 / 2 1  (2) Diagonal matrix
 
 2 3 1  (3) Identity matrix
(4) Null matrix
 −1 0 0  9. How many distinct matrices exist with all four
7. The matrix  0 −1 0  is: entries taken from {1, 2}?
 
 0 0 −1 (1) 16 (2) 24
(3) 48 (4) 32
(1) Column matrix (2) Null matrix
(3) Scalar matrix (4) Identity matrix 10. How many matrices of different orders are
possible with elements comprising all prime
−1 0 0  numbers less than 30?
8. The matrix  2 −1 0  is: (1) 2 (2) 4
 
 3 −7 −1 (3) 3 (4) 6
(1) Upper triangular matrix
(2) Diagonal matrix
(3) Scalar matrix
(4) Lower triangular matrix
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Matrices DPP-03

 x − y 2x + z   −1 5  5 0  4 3
1. If  = 13 
then: 6. If 3X + Y =   and 2Y =   , then X = ?
 2x − y 3z + w   0  −2 3  1 6 
(1) z = 4, w = 3 (2) z = 3, w = 4  1
 1 −2 1 
−1
(3) z = 2, w = −1 (4) z = 1, w = 2 (1)   (2) 
−5   2 
 0  −5 0 
 3 4  1 y   7 0   6 
2. If 2  + =  , then:  1
 5 x   0 1  10 5   1 2
(1) x = 2, y = −6 (2) x = 2, y = −6 (3)   (4) None of these
−5 0 
(3) x = 2, y = −8 (4) x = −2, y = 8  
 3 

 6 −6 0   1 −2   −2 2 
3. If 2 A − B =   and 7. If M − 2N =   and 2M − 3N =  ,
 −4 2 1  3 0  3 −3 
then N = ?
32 5
2B + A =  , then A = ?  4 −6   −4 6 
1 −7 
 −2 (1)   (2)  
 3 −3   −3 −3 
3 2 −1  3 −2 1
(1)   (2)    6 −4 
 2 −11  −2 1 −1 (3)   (4) none of these
 −3 3 
 −3 2 1
(3)   (4) None of these.
 2 1 −1 1 2 3 5  4 7
8. If A =   ,B =   and A + B =  ,
5 6  x −4 6 2 
 1 −2   5 −6  then the value of x must be
4. If   + 2X =   , then X = ?
3 6   −7 4  (1) 6 (2) 1
(3) 0 (4) -1
 −2 2   2 −2 
(1)   (2)  
 −5 1   5 −1 9. Which one of the following statements is not true?
(1) A scalar matrix is a square matrix
 2 –2 
(3)   (4) none of these (2) A diagonal matrix is a square matrix
 −5 –1  (3) A scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix
(4) A diagonal matrix is a scalar matrix
 2 0  −2 4 
5. If A =   and B =   and X is a
 −3 1   3 1 10. Consider the following statements
I. Every zero matrix is a square matrix.
matrix such that 3 A + 4 X = 5B , then X = ?
II. A matrix has a numerical value.
 −4 5 
 −3 5  
III. A unit matrix is a diagonal matrix.
(1)   (2)
 1  Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct?
 6 2  6 
 2 (1) Only II
 −4 5   4 −5  (2) Only III
(3)   (4)   (3) Both II and III
 3 1  6 −1 
(4) Both I and III
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Matrices DPP-04

0 2   1 −1
If A =  If matrix A =   and A = kA , then write
2 2
1.  , then A is 6.
−
 2 0   1 1 
0 4  4 0 the value of k .
(1)   (2)   (1) 6 (2) –7
4 0  4 0
(3) 8 (4) 2
0 4 4 0
(3)   (4)  
0 4 0 4 7. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A, then (I –
A)3 + A is equal to:
2. Matrix multiplication is commutative, state true or (1) I (2) 0
false. (3) I – A (4) I + A

1 2 3 1  7 11  8. For any two matrices A and B, we have

3. If   =  then write the value (1) AB = BA (2) AB  BA
3 4 2 5 k 23
of k . (3) AB = 0 (4) None of these
(1) 15 (2) 17
(3) 21 (4) None of these  1 2  a 0
9. Let A =   and B =   , a, b  N. Then
3 4  0 b
2 3   1 −3 −4 6 (1) There cannot exist any B such that AB = BA
4. If   = x
find the value of x.
5 7 −2 4 −9 (2) There exist more than one but finite number
(1) 15 (2) 14 of B’s such that AB = BA
(3) 13 (4) None of these (3) There exists exactly one B such that AB = BA
(4) There exists infinitely many B’s such that AB =
BA
0 2 
If matrix A =   and f ( x ) = 1 + x + x + x + x
2 4 8
5.
 0 0 
 1 2  x 
16
+ x , find f(A). 10. If 2x 3     = 0 , value of x is
−3 0 8 
1 2  2 2
(1)   (2)   23 13
0 1 0 0 (1)
2
(2)
2
1 −2 −1 2  −13 −23
(3)   (4)   (3) (4)
1 0   0 −1 2 2
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Matrices DPP-05

1 0 0  (1) 0 (2) 2/3

1. If A =  0 1 0  then A2 is equal to: 5
 
 a b  1 (3) 4 (4) –4/5
(1) 0 (2) –A
(3) I (4) 2A 1 1 100
7. If A =   , and A equal to
1 1
 2  1 (1) 2100A (2) 299A
2. If A =   , then A2 + 2A – 3I is equal:
1 2  (3) 100 A (4) 299 A

4  6 
(1) 6 4 (2) 0 3 
 
8. If U = [2 – 3 4], X = [0 2 3], V =  2  and
 
 6 2  1 
(3)  2 6  (4) 5I
 
2
Y =  2  , then UV + XY is equal to:
x 1  
3. If A =   , and A2 is the identity matrix, then x  4 
1 0
(1) [20] (2) 20
is equal to
(3) [–20] (4) –20
(1) –1 (2) 0
(3) 1 (4) 2
cos  sin  
9. If A() =  , then the matrix of
4. If ω is a complex cube root of unity and   sin  cos  
ω 0  A2() is equal to:
A=   then A50 is equal to:
0 ω (1) A  2  (2) A   
(1) ω2A (2) ωA (3) A  3  (4) A  4 
(3) A (4) 0

 y
 2 -1 1 2 x
5. If A =   and I is the unit matrix of order 2, 10. If A =   and B =  x  be such that
 
 -1 2  3  1 2
1 
then A2 is equal to:
(1) 4A – 3I (2) 3A – 4I 6 
AB =   , then:
(3) A – I (4) A + I 8 
(1) y  2 x (2) y  2 x
1 2 3  x  (3) yx (4) y   x
6. If 1 x 1 0 5 1  1   0, then the value of x is:

0 3 2   2 
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Matrices DPP-06

1 2 2  (1) 0 for some i

1. If A =  2 1 2  is a matrix satisfying the (2) 0 for all i = 1, 2, …, n
  (3) 1 for some i
 a 2 b 
(4) 1 for all i = 1, 2, …..., n
equation AAT= 9I, where I is 3 × 3 identity matrix,
then the ordered pair (a, b) is equal to:
7. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew-
(1) (2, 1) (2) (–2, –1) symmetric matrix, then:
(3) (2, –1) (4) (–2, 1) (1) A is a diagonal matrix
(2) A is zero square matrix
1    (3) A is a square matrix
T
2. If for the matrix A =   , AA = I2, then the (4) None of the above
   
value of  2  2 is:
cos   sin  
(1) 3 (2) 2 8. If A =   , then A  A ' = I, if value of
sin  cos  
(3) 1 (4) 4
 is

3. If A = (aij)3×3 is a skew-symmetric matrix,  

(1) (2)
Then: 6 3
(1) aii =0,  i 3
(3) π (4)
(2) A  A ' is null matrix 2
(3) A  0
(4) None of these 0 2 y z 
9. If A =  x y  z  satisfies the equation
 
4. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same  x  y z 
order, then: A’ A = I, then the value of x, y and z are:
(1) AB is a symmetric matrix 1 1 1
(2) A – B is skew-symmetric matrix (1) x ,y ,z  
3 6 2
(3) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix
1 1 1
(4) AB – BA is a symmetric matrix (2) x , y ,z  
2 3 6
square matrix A = [aij] given by aij = (i – j)3 1 1 1
5. The (3) x , y , z
is a 6 6 2
(1) symmetric matrix 1 1 1
(4) x , y , z
(2) skew-symmetric matrix 2 6 3
(3) diagonal matrix
(4) None of these a b c 
10. If matrix A = b c a  , where a, b, c are real positive
 
6. If A = [aij] is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n,  c a b 
then aii is equal to: numbers such that abc = 1 & A.AT = I. Find the value
of a3 + b3 + c3.