Multiple Correct (QN-1 to QN-21)

1. Which one of the following is wrong ?

(A) The elements on the main diagonal of a symmetric matrix are all zero
(B) The elements on the main diagonal of a skew - symmetric matrix are all zero
(C) For any square matrix A, A A is symmetric
(D) For any square matrix A, (A + A)2 = A2 + (A)2 + 2AA

 1 1
2. Which of the following is true for matrix A =  
2 3 
(A) A + 4I is a symmetric matrix
(B) A2  4A + 5I2 = 0
  1
(C) A  B is a diagonal matrix for any value of  if B =  
2 5 
(D) A  4I is a skew symmetric matrix

3. Suppose a1, a2, a3 are in A.P. and b1, b2, b3 are in H.P. and let 
a1  b1 a1  b2 a1  b3
   = a2  b1 a2  b2 a2  b3 , then
a3  b1 a3  b2 a3  b3
(A)  is independent of a1, a2, a3, (B) a1  , a2  2, a3  3 are in A.P.
(C) b1 + , b2 + 2, b3 +  are in H.P. (D)  is independent of b1, b2, b3

 cos  – sin  
4. Let  = ,X=   , O is null maxtrix and  is an identity matrix of order 2 × 2, and if
5  sin  cos  
 + X + X2 + ...... + Xn = O, then n can be
(A) 9 (B) 19 (C) 4   (D) 29

x 2y  z z
5. If  = y 2x  z z , then
y 2y  z 2x  2y  z
(A) x – y is a factor of  (B) (x – y)2 is a factor of 
(C) (x – y)3 is a factor of  (D)  is independent of z

x a b
6. Let a, b > 0 and  = b  x a , then
a b x
(A) a + b – x is a factor of  (B) x2 + (a + b)x + a2 + b2 – ab is a factor of 
(C)  = 0 has three real roots if a = b (D) a + b + x is a factor of 

b c b  c
7. The determinent  = c d c  d is equal to zero if
b  c c  d a3  c
(A) b, c, d are in A.P. (B) b, c, d are in G.P.
(C) b, c, d are in H.P. (D)  is a root of ax 3 – bx2 – 3cx – d = 0
 a2 (1  x) ab ac
8. The determinant  = ab b (1  x)
2
bc is divisible by
ac bc c (1  x)
2

(A) x + 3 (B) (1 + x)2 (C) x2 (D) x2 + 1

9. If A is a nonsingular matrix and AT denotes the transpose of A, then:

(A) A  AT  (B) A. AT  A2
(C) A . A A  
T T 2 (D) A+AT  0

2 sin x sin2 x 0
10. Let f(x) = 1 2 sin x sin2 x , then
0 1 2 sin x
(A) f(x) is independent of x (B) f(/2) = 0
/2
(C) 
 / 2
f(x)dx  0 (D) tangent to the curve y = f(x) at x = 0 is y = 0

1 x x2
11. Let  = x 2 1 x , then
x x2 1
(A) 1 – x3 is a factor of  (B) (1 – x3)2 is factor of 
(C) (x) = 0 has 4 real roots (D) (1) = 0

1/ x log x xn
12. Let f(x) = 1 1/ n ( 1)n , then (where f n(x) denotes nth derivative of f(x))
1 a a2
(A) f n (1) is indepedent of a
(B) f n (1) is indepedent of n
(C) f n (1) depends on a and n
(D) y = a(x – f n (1)) represents a straight line through the origin

13. If D is a determinant of order three and  is a determinant formed by the cofactors of determinant
D ; then
(A)  = D2 (B) D = 0 implies  = 0
(C) if D = 27, then  is perfect cube (D) if D = 27, then  is perfect square

14. Let A, B, C, D be real matrices such that AT = BCD ; BT = CDA ; CT = DAB and DT = ABC for the
matrix
M = ABCD, then find M2016 ?
(A) M (B) M2 (C) M3 (D) M4

15. Let A and B be two 2 × 2 matrix with real entries. If AB = O and tr(A) = tr(B) = 0 then
(A) A and B are comutative w.r.t. operation of multiplication.
(B) A and B are not commutative w.r.t. operation of multiplication.
(C) A and B are both null matrices.
(D) BA = 0
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16. IfA–1 =  0 2 1  , then
 0 0 1 
(A) | A | = 2 (B) A is non-singular
 1/ 2 1/ 2 0 
(C) Adj. A =  1  (D) A is skew symmetric matrix
 0 1/ 2 
 0 0 1/ 2 

17. If A and B are square matrices of order 3, then the true statement is/are (where I is unit matrix).
(A) det ( A) =  det A
(B) If AB is singular then atleast one of A or B is singular
(C) det (A + I) = 1 + det A
(D) det (2A) = 23 det A

18. Let M be a 3 × 3 non-singular matrix with det(M) = 4. If M– 1 adj(adj M) = k2, then the value of 'k'
may be
(A) +2 (B) 4 (C) –2 (D) –4

Comprehension # 1

Let be the set of all 3×3 symmetric matrices whose entries are 1,1,1,0,0,0,–1, –1, –1. B is one
of the matrix in set and
x 0   1

X = y  
U = 0   V = 0  .
 z  0  0 

19. Number of such matrices B in set is , then  lies in the interval

(A) (30, 40) (B) (38, 40) (C) (34, 38) (D) (25, 35)

20. Number of matrices B such that equation BX = U has infinite solutions

(A) is at least 6 (B) is not more than 10 (C) lie between 8 to 16 (D) is zero.

21. The equation BX = V

(A) is inconsistent for atleast 3 matrices B.
(B) is inconsistent for all matrices B.
(C) is inconsistent for at most 12 matrices B.
(D) has infinite number of solutions for at least 3 matrices B.

Comprehension # 2
Some special square matrices are defined as follows :
Nilpotent matrix : A square matrix A is said to be nilpotent ( of order 2) if, A2 = O. A square
matrix is said to be nilpotent of order p, if p is the least positive integer such that Ap = O.
Idempotent matrix : A square matrix A is said to be idempotent if, A2 = A.
1 0
e.g.   is an idempotent matrix.
 0 1
Involutory matrix : A square matrix A is said to be involutory if A2 = , being the identity matrix.
1 0
e.g. A =   is an involutory matrix.
 0 1
Orthogonal matrix : A square matrix A is said to be an orthogonal matrix if A A =  = AA.
22. If A and B are two square matrices such that AB = A & BA = B, then A & B are
(A) Idempotent matrices (B) Involutory matrices
(C) Orthogonal matrices (D) Nilpotent matrices

 0 2  
23. If the matrix     is orthogonal, then
   
1 1 1
(A)  = ± (B)  = ± (C)  = ± (D) all of these
2 6 3
1 1 3
24. The matrix A =  5 2 6  is
 2 1 3 
(A) idempotent matrix (B) involutory matrix
(C) nilpotent matrix (D) none of these

ANSWER KEY
1. (AD) 2. (BC) 3. (ABCD) 4. (ABD) 5. (AB) 6. (ABC)
7. (BD) 8. (AC) 9. (BCD) 10. (BCD) 11. (ABD) 12. (ABD)
13. (ABCD) 14. (BD) 15. (AD) 16. (BC) 17. (ABD) 18. (AC)
19. (AC) 20. (AC) 21. (AC) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (C)