Matrices

Choose the most appropriate option (a, b, c or d).

 1 2 4   0 2 4 
Q 1. If A  2 3 2  and B   1 3 2  then A + B is
 
3 1 5   1 1 5 

 1 2 4   1 2 8   1 4 8 
(a) 3 3 2  (b) 3 3 4  (c) 3 6 4  (d) none of these
2 1 5  2 1 10 2 2 10

 1 0
Q 2. If A2 = 8A + kI where A    then k is
 1 7 

(a) 7 (b) -7 (c) 1 (d) -1

 7 2
Q 3. The matrix  4 1 3  is a singular matrix if  is
 2 1 2 

2 5
(a) (b) (c) -5 (d) none of these
5 2

a b 
Q 4. If the matrix A   2
 then A is
 c d 

a 2 b2   a2  bc ab  bd
(a)  2  (b)  2
(c) nonexistent (d) none of these
c d2  ac  dc bc  d 

 0  1 0
If A   and B    such that A = B then  is
Q 5. 2

 1 1  5 1

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 4 (d) none of these

2 3   1 5   2 4 1 
Q 6. If     then
 1   0 2 3   1 1 13 

(a)  = 3,  = 4 (b)  = 4,  = -3

(c) no real values of ,  are possible (d) none of these

 cos2  cos  sin   cos2  cos  sin 

Q 7. If AB = 0 where A    and B    then | - | is equal
 cos  sin  sin 2
   cos  sin  sin2  
to
  
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) 
2 4

0 4 1 
Q 8. If A  2  3  then A-1 exists (i.e., A is invertible) if
 1 2 1

(a)   4 (b)   8 (c)  = 4 (d) none of these

1 0 2 
Q 9. The reciprocal matrix of 0 1 1 is
 1 2 1 

 3 4 2   3 4 2  3 1 1 
(a)  1 1 1 (b)  1 1 1  (c)  4 1 2  (d) none of these
 1 2 1  1 2 1   2 1 1

1 1 1
Q 10. If A  1 2 0 then the value of |adj A| is equal to
1 3 0

(a) 5 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) none of these

cos   cos  0 
Q 11. If A  cos  sin  0  then A-1 is equal to
 0 0 1

(a) AT (b) A (c) adj A (d) none of these

 4 1 4 
Q 12. If A  3 0 4  the A2 is equal to
3 1 3 

(a) A (b) I (c) AT (d) none of these

cos x  sin x 0 
Q 13. If f(x)   sin x cos x 0  then f(x + y) is equal to
 0 0 1

(a) f(x) + f(y) (b) f(x) – f(y) (c) f(x) . f(y) (d) none of these

1  2   2 1 1
   2     where  is the complex cube root of 1 then (A
Q 14. If A    2 1  ,B   1  and C   
2 1    2 1  2 
 
+ B)C is equal to
 0  1 0 0  1 1
(a) 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0  (d) 1
0  0 0 1  1 1

 0 c b   a2 ab ac 
 
Q 15. If A   c 0 a  and B  2
ba b bc  then AB is equal to
 b a 0  ca cb c 2 
 

(a) 0 (b) I (c) 2I (d) none of these

1 2 6 0 
Q 16. If A be a matrix such that A     then A is
1 4  0 6 

2 4   1 1  4 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) none of these
 1 1  4 2  1 1

 5 3 2 
Q 17. The rank of the matrix  3 2 5 is
 4 1 3 

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these

1 2 3
Q 18. The rank of the matrix  2 4  is 3 if
 2 3 1

18 18 18
(a)   (b)   (c)    (d) none of these
11 11 11

4 1 0 0
Q 19. The rank of the matrix 3 0 1 0  is
5 0 0 1

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) none of these

Q 20. The system of equations

x+y+z=2

2x – y + 3z = 5

x – 2y – z + 1 = 0

written in matrix form is

 x 1 1 1   2   1 1 1   x   2
(a)  y  2 1 3    5  (b) 2 1 3   y    5 
 z   1 2 1  1  1 2 1  z   1 

1 1 1  x  2 
(c) 2 1 3   y    5  (d) none of these
 1 2 1  z   1

 1 3 2  1
Q 21. If 1 x 1  2 5 1  2   0 then x is
15 3 2  x 

(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 14 (d) none of these

x  y y   2  3 
Q 22. If        then x.y is equal to
 2x x  y   1 2

(a) -5 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6

Choose the correct options. One or more options may be correct.

 1 2 3 
Q 23. 2 1 4  is a
 
3 4 1

(a) rectangular matrix (b) singular matrix (c) square matrix (d) nonsingular matrix

 3 1  5 4 6
Q 24. If A   1 2  and B   4 1 2  then
 
 0 6   5 1 1

(a) A + B exists (b) AB exists (c) BA exists (d) none of these

1 1 1
Q 25. If A  1 1 1 then
1 1 1

(a) A3 = 9A (b) A3 = 27A (c) A + A = A2 (d) A-1 does not exist

1c 2b 3a 4b 5d 6d 7b 8b 9a 10c

11c 12b 13c 14a 15a 16c 17b 18a 19b 20c

21b 22a 23cd 24c 25acd