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GATE
 2 3 0
1. The eigenvalues of the matrix  3 2 0 are
 0 0 1

(a) 5, 2, –2 (b) –5, –1, –1

(c) 5, 1, –1 (d) –5, 1, 1 [ ]
2. Two matrices A and B are said to be similar if B = P–1 AP for some
invertible matrix P. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
(a) Det A = Det B (b) Trace of A = Trace of B
(c) A and B have the same eigenvectors
(d) A and B have the same eigenvalues [ ]
3. A 3 × 3 matrix has elements such that its trace is 11 and its determinant
is 36. The eigenvalues of the matrix are all known to be positive integers.
The largest eigenvalues of the matrix is :
(a) 18 (b) 12
(c) 9 (d) 6 [ ]
 0 1 0
4. The eigenvalues of the matrix 1 0 1  are
 0 1 0

(a) 0, 1, 1 (b) 0,  2, 2
1 1
(c) , ,0 (d) 2, 2,0 [ ]
2 2

 4 1 1
5. The degenerate eigenvalue of the matrix  1 4 1 is (your answer
 1 1 4 

should be and integer)______-.

(a) (b)
(c) (d) [ ]

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1  1 1  i
6. The matrix A
3 1  i 1 
(a) Orthogonal (b) symmetric
(c) anti-symmetric (d) Unitary [ ]
7. Let X be a column vector of dimension n > 1 with at least one non-zero
entry. The number of non-zero eigenvalues of the matrix M = XXT is :
(a) 0 (b) n
(c) 1 (d) n – 1 [ ]
8. The eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix are all
(a) real (b) imaginary
(c) of modulus one (d) real and positive [ ]
9. During a rotation, vectors along the axis of rotation remain unchanged.
 0 1 0
For the rotation matrix  0 0 1 , the vector along the axis of rotation
 1 0 0 

is
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a) (2i  j  2k) (b) (i  j  k)
3 3
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(c) (i  j  k) (d) (2i  2j  k) [ ]
3 3

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1 1 1
10. Consider the matrix M  1 1 1
1 1 1

The eigenvalues of M are

(a) 0, 1, 2 (b) 0, 0, 3
(c) 1, 1, 1 (d) –1, 1, 3 [ ]
11. The exponential of M simplifies to (I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix)
 e3  1 M2
(a) eM  I   M (b) eM  I  M 
 3  2!

(c) eM  I  33 M (d) eM  (e  1)M [ ]

12. A 3 × 3 matrix M has Tr[M]= 6, Tr[M2] = 26 and Tr[M3] =90. Which of the
following can be a possible set of eigenvalues of M?
(a) {1, 1, 4} (b) {–1, 0, 7}
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(c) {–1, 3, 4} (d) {2, 2, 2} [ ]

 1 2 3
13. The eigen values of the matrix A   2 4 6 are
 3 6 9

(a) (1, 4, 9) (b) (0, 7, 7)

(c) (0, 1, 13) (d) (0, 0, 14) [ ]
14. The eigenvalues of the ant symmetric matrix.
 0 n3 n2 
A   n3 0  n1
 n 2 n1 0 
where n1, n2 and n3 are the components of a unit vector, are
(a) 0, i, – i (b) 0, 1, –1
(c) 0, 1 + i, – 1, – i (d) 0, 0, 0 [ ]

15. Given a 2 × 2 unitary matrix U satisfying U†U  UU†  1 with detU = ei ,
one can construct a unitary matrix V(V†V  VV†  1) with det V = 1 from it
by
(a) multiplying U by ei / 2
(b) multiplying any single element of U by ei
(c) multiplying any row or column of U by ei / 2

(d) multiplying U by ei [ ]

16. Consider an n  n (n  1) matrix A, in which Aij is the product of the indices
i and j (namely Aij = ij). The matrix A
(a) has one degenerate eigevalue with degeneracy (n – 1)
(b) has two degenerate eigenvalues with degeneracies 2 and (n – 2)
(c) has one degenerate eigenvalue with degeneracy n
(d) does not have any degenerate eigenvalue [ ]
17. Consider the matrix
 0 2i 3i 
M   2i 0 6i
 3i 6i 0 

The eigenvalues of M are

(a) 5, 2,7 (b) –7, 0, 7
(c) –4i, 2i, 2i (d) 2, 3, 6 [ ]

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 a  0 0 1
18. The column vector  b is a simultaneous eigenvector of A =  0 1 0
 a  1 0 0
 0 1 1
and B   1 0 1 if
 1 1 0
(a) b  0 or a  0 (b) ba or b  2a
(c) b  2a or b   a (d) b  a / 2 or b   a / 2 [ ]
 1 3 2
19. The matrix M =  3 1 0 satisfies the equaztion
 0 0 1

(a) M3  M2  10M  12I  0 (b) M3  M2  12M  10I  0

(c) M3  M2  10M  10I  0 (d) M3  M2  10M  10I  0 [ ]
20. Which of the following can not be the eigen values of a real 3 × 3 matrix
(a) 2i, 0, –2i (b) 1, 1, 1
i  i
(c) e , e ,1 (d) i,1,0 [ ]

21. Let A be a non-singular 3 × 3 matrix, the columns of which are denoted

by the vectors a, b and c , respectively. Similarly, u, v and w denote the
vectors that form the corresponding columns of (A T ) 1 . Which of the
following is true?
(a) u  a  0, u  b  0, u  c  1 (b) u  a  0,u  b  1, u  c  0
(c) u  a  1, u  b  0, u  c  0 (d) u  a  0,u  b  0, u  c  0 [ ]

22. Consider the matrix equation

 1 1 1   x   0
 1 2 3   y   0
 2 b 2c  z   0

The condition for existence of a non-trivial solution and the

corresponding normalized solution (upto a sign) is :
1
(a) b  2c and (x, y, z)  (1, 2,1)
6
1
(b) c  2b and (x, y, z)  (1,1, 2)
6
1
(c) c  b  1 and (x,y,z)= (2, 1, 1)
6

1
(d) b  c  1 and (x,y,z)= (1, 2,1) [ ]
6

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23. Which of the following statements is true for a 3 × 3 real orthogonal

matrix with determinant + 1?
(a) the modulus of each of its eigenvalues need not be 1, but their
product must be 1
(b) at least one of its eigenvalues is + 1
(c) all of its eigenvalues must be real
(d) none of its eigenvalues must be real [ ]
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24. One of the eigenvalues of the matrix eA is ea , where A   0 0 a . The
 0 a 0

product of the other two eigenvalues of eA is

(a) e2a (b) ea
(c) e2a (d) 1 [ ]

25. A 4 × 4 complex matrix A satisfies the relation A†A  4I , where I is the 4 ×

4 identity matrix. The number of independent real parameters of A is
(a) 32 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 16 [ ]

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