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MATRICES

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MATRICES   cos   sin    cos  sin  


1. For 2 x 2 matries A, B, and I, if A – B = I (a)   (b)  
 sin   cos    sin  cos  
and 2A – 2B = I, then A equals
  cos   sin    cos  sin  
1  1  (c) 
0  0   (d)  
4 2  sin   cos    sin   cos  
(a)   (b)  
0 1 0 1 10 0 
 4   2 
7. Fir abt 2 x 2 matrix A, if A (adj A) =  ,
 0 10 
3  then lAl, i.e., det A equals
4 0 
1 0  (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d)
(c)   (d)  
0 3  0 1
a 0 0
 4 
8. If A =  0 a

0 , then the value of lAl ladj
 
1 0 0   0 0 a 
2. If A =  0 1 0  , then A2 + 2A equals
  Al is
 0 0 1  (a) a3 (b) a6 (c) a9 (a) a27
(a) A (b) 2A (c) 3A (d) 4A 9. If A is singular matrix, then adj A is
(a) singular (b) non-singular
i 0 
 , n  N, then A equals
4n
3. If A =  (c) symmetric (d) not defined
 0 i 
10. If A2 – A + I = 0, then the inverse of A is
(where i  1 ) (a) A–2 (b) A + I (c) I – A (d) A – I
1 0  i 0  11. Let A and B be two square matrices such
(a)   (b)  
0 1  0 i  that AB = A and BA = B, then A2 =
0 i  0 0  (a) B (b) A (c) I (d) 0
(c)   (d)  
i 0  0 0  a b 2   
12. If A =   and A =   , then
4. The value of x for which the matrix product b a  
(a)  = 2ab,  = a2 + b2
2 0 7   x 14 x 7 x 
  0 1

0 equals an identity (b)  = a2 + b2 ,  = ab
0 1 0
   
(c)  = a2 + b2 ,  = 2ab
1  2 1   x  4 x  2 x 
(d)  = a2 + b2 ,  = a2 – b2
matrix is
1 1 1 1 1  1 1  4 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)    
13. Let A 2 1  3 and (10) B  5 0  ,
2 3 4 5    
1 1 1  1  2 3 
5. If A and B are square matrices of the same
order and A is non-singular, then for a If B is the inverse of A, then  is
positive integer n. (A–1 BA)n is equal to (a) –2 (b) –1 (c) 2 (d) 5
(a) A–n Bn An (b) AnBnA–n
   1 0 
(c) A–1BnA (d) n(A–1 BA) 14. If A =   and I =   , then which
  1 1 
6. The multiplicative inverse of
one of the following holds for all n  1, by
 cos   sin  
A =  is the principle of mathematical induction :
 sin  cos  
(a) An = 2n –1 A – (n –1) I
(b) An = n A – (n –1) I
(c) An = 2n –1 A + (n –1) I

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(d) An = nA + (n –1) I 21. The element aij of square matrix is given by
15. If A and B are square matrices of size n x n aij = (i + j)(i – j), then matrix A must be
such that A2 – B2 = (A – B) (A + B), then (a) skew-symmetric matrix
which of the following will be always true (b) triangular matrix
(a) A = B (c) symmetric matrix
(b) AB = BA (d) null matrix
(c) either A or B is a zero matrix 22. Matrix A has m rows and n + 5 columns
(d) either A or B is an identity matrix and matrix B has m rows at 11 – n
1 2  a 0  columns. If both AB and BA exist, then
16. Let A =   and B =   , a, bN. (a) AB and BA are square matrix
3 4  0 b 
(b) AB and BA are of order 8 x 8 and
Then
13 x 13 respectively
(a) there cannot exist any B such that AB = (c) AB = BA
BA
(d) none of these
(b) there exists more than one but finite
number B’s such that AB = BA 23. The value of x, so that [1 x 1]
(c) there exists exactly one B such that 1 3 2  1 
AB = BA   
0 5 1 1 = 0, is
  
(d) there exist infinitely many B’s such that
 0 3 2   x 
AB = BA
7  35 9  35
 5 5   (a)  2 (b) 0 (c) (d)
2 2
17. Let A =  0  5  . If lA2l = 25, then ll
 
0   a b 
 0 0 5  50
24. Let A =   and (A+I) – 50A =  ;
0 0  c d 
equals
then the value of a + b + c + d is
1 2
(a) 1 (b) (c) 5 (d) 5 (a) 2 (b) 1
5
(c) 4 (d) none of these
 0 1 0  25. Let A and B be two matrices such that they
18. If A =   and B =   , then value of
1 1   5 1 commute the for any positive integer n.
 for which A2 = B, is (i) A Bn = Bn A (ii) (AB)n = An Bn
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 4 (d) no real values (a) only (a) is correct
(b) both (a) and (b) are correct
 2  3 (c) only (b) is correct
19. If A =   and lA l = 125 then the value
2  (d) none of (a) and (b) are correct
of  is  sin  i cos  
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 26. If A( ) =   , then which of
 i cos   sin  
1 0 0 1 0 0 the following is not true
    (a) A ()–1 = A (– )
20. A = 0 1 1 and I = 0 1 0 and
   
 0  2 4   0 0 1  (b) A () + A (– ) is a null matrix
(c) A () is inbertiable for all   R
1 
A–1 =   A 2  cA  dI   , the values of c (d) A ()–1 = A(–)
6 
27. If A is a 3 x 3 skew-symmetric matrix, then
and d are
trace of A is equal to
(a) (–6, –11) (b) (6, 11)
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) lAl (d) none of these
(c) (–6, 11) (d) (6, 11)

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28. Let A be an n order square matrix and B be a b  1 0 
its adjoint, then lAB + Klnl, where K is a 35. If A =   and B =   , then value of
c d  3 1 
scalar quantity.
(a) (lAl + K)n–2 (b) (lAl + K)n  for which A2 = B is
(c) (lAl + K)n–1 (d) none of these (a) 1 (b) –1 (c) i (d) no real values of 

 co s x  sin x 0  36. Let A and B be two 2 x 2 matries. Consider


  the statements
29. If F(x) = sin x co s x 0 and G(y)
  (i) AB = O  A = O or B = O
 0 0 1 
(ii) AB = I2  A = B–1
 co s x 0 sin x  (iii) (A + B)2 = A2 + 2AB + B2
  Then
0 1 0 , then
 
  sin x 0 co s x 
(a) (i) and (ii) are false, (iii) is true
(b) (ii) and (iii) are false, (i) is true
[F(x) G(y)]–1 is equal to (c) (i) is false, (ii) and (iii) are true
(a) F(–x) G(–y) (b) G(–y) F(–x) (d) (i) and (iii) are flase, (ii) i true
(c) F(x–1) G(y–1) (d) G(y–1) F(x–1)
37. If A is square matrix such that A 2 = A, then
30. If the matrices A, B, (A + B), are non- (I + A)3 – 7A =
1
1
singular, then  A  A  B  B  (a) 3I (b) 0 (c) I (d) 2I
 
1 tan x  T –1
(a) A B 1 1
(b) B 1
 A
1 38. If A =   than A A =
  tan x 1 
(c) B  1 A  1 (d) none of these
  cos 2 x sin 2 x   cos 2 x  sin 2 x 
31. If B . BT = I where B is not singular 3 x 3 (a)   (b)  
matrix such that lBl =1, then det (B – I) is   sin 2 x cos 2 x   sin 2 x cos 2 x 
equal to  cos 2 x sin 2 x 
(c)   (d) none of these
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) none of these  cos 2 x cos 2 x 
32. The matrix X for which 39. If A and B are square matrices such that
1  4    16  6  A2006 = O and AB = A + B, then det (B) =
 X   is (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) none of these
3  2   7 2
40. Let A be the set of all 3 x 3 skew-symmetric
 1 2
 5
matrices whose entries are either –1, 0 or
2 4  5 1. If there are exactly three 0’s, three 1’s,
(a)   (b)  
3 1   3 1 and three (–1)’s, then the number of such
 10 5  matrices is
6 2  (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9
  16  6 
(c)   (d)  11 
 7 2   2
2 
33. If A and B are square matrices of order n,
then A – I and B –I commute for every
scalar  only if
(a) AB = BA (b) AB + BA = 0
(c) A = – B (d) none of these
34. If P is non-singular matrix the value of
adj(P–1) in terms of P is
(a) P/lPl (b) PlPl (c) P (d) none of these

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