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1. Two matrices 𝐴 and 𝐵 are multiplied to get 𝐴𝐵 if

A) both are rectangular B) both have same order
C) no of columns of 𝐴 is equal to rows of 𝐵 D) no of rows of 𝐴 is equal to columns of 𝐵
2. Two matrices 𝐴 and 𝐵 are multiplied to get 𝐵𝐴 if
A) both are rectangular B) both have same order
C) no of columns of 𝐴 is equal to columns of 𝐵 D) both are square matrices
3. If 𝐴 is a matrix of order 𝑚 × 𝑛 and 𝐵 is a matrix of order 𝑛 × 𝑝 then the order of 𝐴𝐵 is
A) 𝑝 × 𝑚 B) 𝑝 × 𝑛
C) 𝑛 × 𝑝 D) 𝑚 × 𝑝
4. Matrix 𝐴 is 6 × 1. Matrix 𝐵 is 1 × 2. Which of the product is defined, 𝐴𝐵 or 𝐵𝐴?
A) 𝐴𝐵 B) 𝐵𝐴
C) Both 𝐴𝐵 & 𝐵𝐴 D) None
5. The law which does not hold in multiplication of matrices is known as
A) distributive law B) inverse law
C) associative law D) commutative law
6. If 𝐴(𝐵𝐶) = (𝐴𝐵)𝐶, then with respect to multiplication this law is called
A) inverse law B) associative law
C) cramers law D) additive law
7. If matrix 𝑋 is such that
3 9 −1] [1 3 0]
𝑋[ =
2 4 5 2 1 5
then order of matrix 𝑋 is __________.
A) 2 × 2 B) 2 × 3
C) 3 × 2 D) 3 × 3
3 0
1 3 −3]
8. 𝐴=[ , 𝐵 = [−3 1] then 𝐴𝐵 is
3 0 5
0 5
−12 −6 3 −9 0 ]
A) [ ] B) [
25 9 0 0 25
−6 −12]
C) 𝐴𝐵 is undefined D) [
9 25
−2 3
−1 3].
9. Find 𝐴𝐵 if 𝐴 = [ 1 −4] and 𝐵 = [
−2 4
6 0
−4 6 4 −6
A) [ 7 −13] B) [8 25 ]
−6 18 6 13
1 0
C) [0 1] D) None
1 0
0 1],
10. If 𝐴 = [ then 𝐴2 is equal to
1 0
0 1] 1 0]
A) [ B) [
1 0 1 0
0 1] 1 0]
C) [ D) [
0 1 0 1
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11. When 𝐴 = [4 −3 4 ]. Find 𝐴2
3 −3 4
A) 𝐴 B) 𝐼
C) 𝑂 D) None
−1 0 −1 1
12. If: [2 1 3] [−1 1 0 ] [ 0 ] = 𝐴, find 𝐴.
0 1 1 −1
A) 𝐼 B) 𝑂
−2 3 −1
C) [−4] D) [ 2 0 1 ]
−3 4 12
1 0 −1
13. If 𝐴 = [2 1 3 ], then find 𝐴2 + 𝐴.
0 1 1
2 0 −1 2 −1 −3
A) [2 2 3 ] B) [6 5 7]
0 1 2 2 3 5
1 −1 −2 2 1 1
C) [4 4 4] D) [2 −1 −1]
2 2 4 2 3 −5
1 2] 4 0] 2 0]
14. Let 𝐴 = [ ,𝐵 = [ ,𝐶 = [ then find 𝐴(𝐵𝐶)
−1 3 1 5 1 −2
8 0 ) 7 2)
A) ( B) (
7 −10 1 6
22 −20)
C) ( D) None
13 −30
1 2) 𝑎 0)
15. Let 𝐴 = ( and 𝐵 = ( , 𝑎, 𝑏, ∈ 𝑁.
3 4 0 𝑏
A) Then three exists infinitely many 𝐵’s such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴
B) There cannot exist 𝐵 such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴
C) There exist more than one but finite number of 𝐵’s such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴
D) There exists exactly one 𝐵 such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴