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3. Linear Algebra Matrices

Q1. The matrix
1  1 1  i
A   is
3 1  i  1 
(a) orthogonal (b) symmetric (c) anti-symmetric (d) Unitary
GATE-2014
2 3 0
 
Q2. The eigenvalues of the matrix  3 2 0  are
0 1 
 0

(a) 5, 2, -2 (b) -5, -1, -1 (c) 5, 1, -1 (d) -5, 1, 1

GATE-2010
Q3. Two matrices A and B are said to be similar if B = P-1AP 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
GATE-2011
Q4. 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
GATE-2011
dy x
Q5. The solutions to the differential equation  are a family of
dx y 1

(a) Circles with different radii

(b) Circles with different centres
(c) Straight lines with different slopes
(d) Straight lines with different intercepts on the y-axis
GATE-2011

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0 1 0
Q6. The eigenvalues of the matrix 1 0 1  are
0 0 
 1

(a) 0, 1, 1 (b) 0, 2 , 2

1 1
(c) , ,0 (d) 2 , 2 ,0
2 2
GATE-2012
 4  1  1
Q7. The degenerate eigenvalue of the matrix  1 4  1 is (your answer should be an
 1  1 4 

integer) ____________
GATE-2013
Q8. 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  XX T is
(a) 0 (b) n (c) 1 (d) n  1
GATE-2017
Q9. The eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix are all
(a) real (b) imaginary (c) of modulus one (d) real and positive
GATE-2018
Q10. During a rotation, vectors along the axis of rotation remain unchanged. For the rotation
0 1 0
 
matrix  0 0 1 , the unit vector along the axis of rotation is
 1 0 0 
 

(a)
3

1 ˆ ˆ
2i  j  2kˆ  (b)
3

1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  jk 
(c)
3

1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  jk  (d)
3

1 ˆ
2i  2 ˆj  kˆ 
GATE-2019

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Q11. A real, invertible 3  3 matrix M has eigenvalues i ,  i  1, 2,3 and the corresponding

eigenvectors are ei ,  i  1, 2,3 respectively. Which one of the following is correct?

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(a) M ei  ei , for i  1, 2,3
i
1
(b) M 1 ei  ei , for i  1, 2,3
i

(c) M 1 ei  i ei , for i  1, 2,3

(d) The eigenvalues of M and M 1 are not related

GATE- 2020
0 0 1
 
Q12. The product of eigenvalues of  0 1 0  is
1 0 0
 
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
GATE- 2020
1 1 1
     
Q13. Let e1   0  , e2   1  , e3  1 . Let S   e1 , e2 , e3 . Let  3 denote the three
0  0 1
     
dimensional real vector space. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) S is an orthonormal set
(b) S is a linearly dependent set
(c) S is a basis for  3
1 0 0
 
3
(d) e i ei   0 1 0 
i 1 0 0 1
 
GATE- 2020

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Q14. Which one of the following matrices does NOT represent a proper rotation in a plane?
  sin  cos    cos  sin  
(a)   (b)  
  cos   sin     sin  cos  

 sin  cos     sin  cos  

(c)   (d)  
  cos  sin     cos  sin  
GATE- 2020
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