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JV Institute: Std. 12 Chapter Name: Matrices Sub. Maths Date: 29/4/21
JV Institute: Std. 12 Chapter Name: Matrices Sub. Maths Date: 29/4/21
Std. 12th
Chapter Name: Matrices Sub. Maths Date: 29/4/21
(i 2 j )2 2 4 3 1
1. If aij , then [aij ]2 2 = .......... .
3 5. If A 3 2 and B 0 5 ,
1 3 1 0 1 1 4 2
3 3 then A B = .......... .
(A) (B)
4 4
0 3 1 3
3 3
(A) 3 7
4 0 0 4
3 3 3 1
(C) (D)
1 1 5 5
3 0
3 3 (B) 3 7
2. If aij i , then [aij ]2 2 = .......... . 5 3
2
5 5
1 1 1 3 (C) 3 3
2
(A) 2 (B) 5 3
1 3
1 2
2 2 (D) Not compatible for additon
1 1 2 4 3 1
1 1
(C) 2 2
(D) 2
6. If A 3 2 and B 0 5 ,
1 1 3 1 1 4 2
2
2
then 2A + B = .......... .
i j
3. If aij , then [ aij ]23 = .......... . 1 3 1 7
2
(A) 6 7 (B) 6 9
11 6 13 1 3 2
2 2 1 2 0
(A) 2 (B) 2
21 23 3 5 4 2 1 3
11 2
2 2 2 2
(C) 3 12 (D) 3 7
1 3 7 3 3 1
2 0 1 1
2 4 3 1
(C) 3 2 (D) 2
2 1 7. If A 3 2 and B 0 5 ,
0 1
2 2 2 1 1 4 2
5
then A 2B = .......... .
2 4 3 1
1 7 7 9
4. If A 3 2 and B 0 5 ,
(A) 6 9 (B) 6 1
1 1 4 2
2 1 6 4
then A + B = ......... .
4 2 8 6
1 3 1 3 (C) 3 12 (D) 3 8
(A) 3 7 (B) 3 7 7 3 9 5
3 1 5 1
8. If A = diag [1 1 2] and B = diag [3 2 1],
5 5 then B A = ......... .
(C) 3 7 (D) Not compatible for additon (A) diag [ 2 3 1] (B) diag [2 3 1]
5 3 (C) diag [4 1 3] (D) diag [1 3 2]
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9. If A = diag [1 1 2] and B = diag [3 2 1], x y xy 6 8
15. If ,
then 2A + 3B = .......... . 8 3 8 3
11 1 1 0 0 7 then x = .......... and y = .......... .
(A) 1 4 1 (B) 0 4 0 (A) only 2, 4 (B) only 4, 2
1 1 7 11 0 0 (C) 2, 4 or 4, 2 (D) 3, 3
11 0 0 1 1 7 5 a 0 1 10 5
16. If 2 ,
(C) 0 4 0 (D) 1 4 1 3 4 1 b 7 0
0 0 7 11 1 1 then a = .......... and b = ......... .
(A) 2, 8 (B) 2, 8
6 3 0 1
10. If A and B , (C) 2, 8 (D) 2, 8
2 1 3 2
then 4(3A + 4B) = ......... . x2 2 x 7
17. If 4 is matrix equation
18 5 72 20 y 2 y 12
(A) (B)
18 5 72 20 and (x, y) N N,
18 5 72 20 then x = .......... and y = .......... .
(C) (D) (A) 6, 1 (B) 2, 7
18 5 72 20
(C) 1, 6 (D) 1, 2
0 1 2 1 0 0
a 2b 2c d 9 7
11. If A 2 3 4 and B 0 1 0 ,
18. If ,
4 5 6 0 0 1 2a b 2a 3c 6 8
then b = .......... and c = .......... .
then 3B 4A = ......... .
(A) 1, 2 (B) 4, 3
3 4 8 1 4 8 (C) 2, 3 (D) 4, 2
(A) 8 9 16 (B) 8 11 16
x2 2 x 4
16 20 21 16 20 23 19. If 2 is matrix equation
2
y 3 y 9
3 4 8 3 4 8
and (x, y) = .......... .
(C) 8 9 16 (D)
8 9 16
(A) (2, 3) (B) (2, 3)
16 20 21 16 20 21
(C) (2, 3) or (2, 3) (D) (0, 0)
12. If A = diag [2 3 5] and B = diag [4 2 1],
3 1 1
then 2A B = .......... .
20. Supopose A 12 3 0 and
(A) diag [0 4 9] (B) diag [2 1 4]
9 1 12
(C) diag [6 1 3] (D) diag [0 1 4]
2 1 0
a b 4 6 a 3b 3a
13. If , B 3 2 4 and 3A + 4B X = 0,
3 c d 2d 1 3d 3c
then a, b, c, d are respectively .......... . 5 1 9
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 1, 4, 3 then X = .......... .
(C) 2, 4, 1, 3 (D) 2, 4, 3, 1 11 2 3 18 1 4
a 2b c d 2 0 (A) 33 7 4 (B) 39 6 12
14. If , 22 2 27 21 1 11
2a b 3a c 7 10
then b = .......... and d = .......... . 17 1 3 17 1 3
(A) 1, 4 (B) 1, 2 (C) 24 1 16 (D) 24 1 16
(C) 2, 2 (D) 4, 2 7 1 0 7 1 0
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8 0 2 1 0
25. If A 2B and
21. If 5A 3X = 2B, where A 4 2 and 1 1 2
3 6 1 2 1
2A 3B , then A = ......... .
2 2 2 0 1
B 4 2 , then matrix X = .......... . 3 0 1 3 3 1
(A) (B)
5 1 0 2 3 3 1 3
12 4 44 4 4 1 2 4 1 2
3 3 3 (C) (D)
28 3 1 4 1 3 4
(A) 4 14 (B) 2
3 3 9 2 5 1 2 0
25 28 5 32 26. If A 7 6 10 and B 1 1 0
3 3 3 3
7 2 1 1 4 0
12 4
1
23 3 3 and (X + A) = 2X + 3B, then X = ......... .
2
(C) 4 2 (D) 4 14
1 10 5 2 4 5
3
15 15 3 3 3 3
25 28 1
3 3 (A) 10 (B) 4 1 10
0
2 5 6 3 3 3 3 3
22. If A B and A B , 13 26 1 10 14 1
9 0 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 3
then A = .......... and B = ......... . 5 14 5 11 5
3
8 8 2 1 3 3 3 3
(A) (B) 13 8 10
8 0 5 0 (C) 4 10 (D) 3
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 2 1 22 1 5
(C) (D) 3 3 2 1
4 0 10 0 3 3 3
3 1 1 2 sin cos
23. If A and B 27. If A ,
2 4 3 0 cos sin
and 2X + 3A 4B = 0, then X = .......... . then A AT = ......... .
5 11 5 11 sin 0 2 sin 0
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 2 (A) (B)
9 6 9 6 0 sin 0 2 sin
0 cos 0 2 cos
13 5 (C) (D)
(C) 2 2
5 11
(D) cos 0 2 cos 0
3 6
18 12 1 2 5
3 2 3 5 28. If A 5 1 1 , then A 2AT = .......... .
24. If A and A 3X
, 3 0 4
1 5 8 2
then X = .......... . 3 12 11 1 8 1
2 7 (A) 9 3 1 (B) 1 1 1
3 0 3
(A) (B) 13 2 12 7 2 4
7 7 9 3
3 3 2 7 8 0 3 2
0 1 6 1 (C) 7 2 1 (D) 3 0 1
(C) (D)
3 1 5 13 8 1 8 2 1 0
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1 1 2 1 2 3
29. 2 1 3 is expressed as a sum of a 31. The transpose matrix of A 2 1 0
4 1 5 4 2 5
is .......... .
symmetric matreix and skew symmetric 5 4 3 1 2 4
(A) 10 7 6 (B) 2 1 2
matrix as .......... + .......... .
8 6 5 3 0 5
0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7
(A) 2 0 3 , 0 1 0 2 2
(C) 2 1 1 (D) 0 0 1
4 1 4 0 0 1
1 1 5 7 1 0
2 2
1 2 0 0 3 2
2 1 1 2
(B) 1 1 5 , 3 0 2 32. If A and B ,
6 3 5 2 2 0 5 3 3 4
then (A + B)' = .......... .
3 3 2 5
1 1
3 0 3 1 (A) (B)
2 2 2 7 1 3
3
(C) 1 1 1 , 0 2 (C)
1 3 3 2
(D)
2 2
2 4 3 7
3 1 5 1 2 0
33. If a symmetric matrix X and a skew
symmetric matrix Y are such that
1 1 3 0 2 1
0 2 3
(D) 1 1 1 , 1 0 4
X Y A 4 1 0 , then Y = .......... .
3 1 5 1 0 0
6 4 2
30. If X is a symmetric matrix and Y is 0 1 3
2 0 2 3
a skewsymmetric matrix such that (A) 1 0 2
(B) 2 0 4
3 3 4 0
2 0
1 6 7 2
X Y A 2 5 9 , then X = .......... . 0 3 9
2 0 6 9
3 4 8
(C) 3 1 2
(D) 6 2 4
9 2 2 9 4 4
1 4 5 2
1 8 10
(A) 8 5 13 (B) 4 5 13 2
2
10 13 8 34. If A = [1 1 2] and B 3 ,
13
5 2
8
1
then AB = .......... .
0 2 2 (A) [2 3 2] (B) [1]
0 4 4
(C) 2 0 5 (D) 4 0 5 2 2 2 4
2
4 5 0 (C) 3 (D) 3 3 6
5
2 2 0
2 1 1 2
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2 2 0 1
35. If A = [1 1 2] and B 3 , 40. If A 2 1 3 , then A2 5A = ......... .
1 1 1 0
a 2b 2 b 4 0 1
1 0 C , then A(B + C) = .......... .
(A) (B) 1 1
a 4 a 2b 2 0 1
1 3 4 1
ab b 2 (A) (B)
0 0 3 3 6 0
(C) (D)
0 0 a 2 ab 3 1 1 2
(C) (D)
cos sin 4 2 2 2
37. If A( ) ,
sin cos 1 0 2 0 5 4
42. If A 3 1 0 , B 2 1 3 and
then A() A() = ......... .
2 1 1 1 0 2
(A) A2() (B) A2()
1 5 2
(C) O (D) I C 1 1 0 , then AB AC = ......... .
0 0 1 1
tan
2
38. If A , 2 5 8 1 7 0
tan 0
2 (A) 2 14 15 (B) 4 14 6
3 9 13 3 10 3
cos sin
then (I2 A) = .......... .
sin cos 1 2 8 13 6 4
(C) 2 0 21 (D) 7 3 5
(A) A I2 (B) I2 + A
0 1 16 0 0 3
(C) A (D) A2
3 2
43. If 2A = I2 and 2B , then (A + B)
3 1 6 3
39. If A , then find A2 5A = ......... .
1 2 (A B) = ......... .
7 0 8 5 1 3 6 6
(A) (B) (A) (B)
0 7 5 3 9 1 6 19
15 5 7 0 12 12 2 6
(C) (D) (C) (D)
5 10 5 3 12 38 18 2
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0 6 7 1 2 3 0 1
49. If A , then x, y satisfying
44. If A 1 0 2 and B 2 3 2 ,
1 0
1 0 3 2 1 3 (xI + yA)2 = A are respectively .......... .
then the third column of AB is .......... . (A) 1 , 1 (B) 1 , 1
3 3 2 2
25 9
1 1
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) , (D) 1 , 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
5 12
1 0 2 x
26 5 50. [ x 5 1] 0 2 1 4 O,
(C) 5 (D) 5 2 0 3 1
5 12 then x = .......... .
1 2 3 (A) 3 (B) 2 3
45. If A 2 1 0 and (C) 3 3 (D) 4 3
4 2 5 2 1 0 x
51. If [ x 4 0] 1 0 2 4 O,
5 4 3
0 2 4 0
B 10 7 6 , then .......... .
then x = ......... .
8 6 5
(A) 4 or 4 (B) 2 or 4
(A) AB = A2 (B) AB = B2
(C) 4 or 0 (D) 0 or 4
(C) AB ≠ BA (D) AB = BA
1 1 1
6 2 2 52. If A 3 x 3 and A2 = A
46. If A 2 2 2 , 5 5 y
2 2 2 then, (x, y) = ......... .
then (A 4I) (A 2I) = .......... . (A) (3, 5) (B) (3, 5)
(A) O (B) I (C) (3, 5) (D) (3, 5)
(C) A (D) A2 5 x 10
53. If A and |A| = 25,
8 7
1 3 2 1
then x = .......... .
47. If [1 x 1] 2 5 1 2 O,
(A) 3 (B) 3
15 3 2 x
(C) 11 (D) 11
then x = .......... . 7 7
(A) 14 or 2 (B) 14 or 2 2x 9
54. If A and |A| = 3, then x = .......... .
(C) 14 or 2 (D) 14 or 2 3 2
5 7 16 6 (A) 15 (B) 6
48. If X , 2
2 3 7 2
15
(C) 6 (D)
then 2 2 matrix X = .......... . 2
2x 3
1 4 60 142 55. If A and |A| = 2,
(A) (B) 4 5
3 2 25 59
then x = .......... .
1 2 60 25 (A) 1 (B) 1
(C) (D)
4 3 142 59 (C) 1.4 (D) 1.4
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3x 3 p q
56. If A and |A| = 18, then x = ........ . 61. Matrix A ,
6 0 r s
then adj (adj A) = ......... .
(A) = 0 (B) = 3
s q p r
(A) (B) q s
(C) cannot be obtained (D) R r p
5 2 p r p q
57. If A (C) (D)
, then adj A = .......... . q s r s
1 3
2 4
5 1 3 2 62. If A , then adj A = .......... .
(A) (B) 4 3
2 3 1 5
3 4 2 4
(A) (B)
3 1 3 1 4 2 4 3
(C) (D)
2 5 2 5 3 4 3 4
(C) (D)
a c 4 2 4 2
58. If A , then adj A = .......... .
b d 2 1 0
63. If A 1 0 4 , then adj A = .......... .
d c a b 1 1 1
(A) (B)
b a c d 4 3 1 4 1 4
(A) 1 2 1 (B) 3 2 8
d b d b
(C) (D)
c a c a 4 8 1 1 1 1
4 3 1 4 1 4
2 1 3
(C) 1 2 1 (D) 3 2 8
59. If A 4 2 5 , then adj A = .......... .
4 8 1 1 1 1
0 4 1
2 0 1 0
64. If A and B ,
22 4 16 22 11 11 4 6 3 5
(A) 11 2 8 (B) 4 2 2 then (adj B) (adj A) = ......... .
11 2 8 16 8 8 6 0 5 0
(A) (B)
4 2 3 1
22 4 16 22 11 11
30 0 36 0
(C) 11 2 8 (D) 4 2 2
(C) (D)
11 2 8 16 8 8 22 2 32 2
sin cos 1
65. If A , then A = ......... .
5 8 1 cos sin
60. If A 0 2 1 , then adj A = .......... . (A) A (B) adj (adj A)
4 3 1 (C) AT (D) adj AT
1 0 3 2
5 11 6 5 4 8 66. If A and B , then
5 3 1 4
(A) 4 9 5 (B) 11 9 17
(AB)1 = ......... .
8 17 10 6 5 10
13 6 12 6
(A) 1 (B) 1
5 11 6 5 4 8 42 19 12 42 19 13
(C) 4 9 5 (D) 11 9 5 1 3 12 1 22 2
(C) (D)
8 17 10 8 17 10 42 2 22 42 12 3
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3 5 6 9 7 3 3
67. If A and B ,
2 7 7 8 71. If A 1
1 1 0 and
then B1 A1 = ......... . 1 0 1
74 67 5 8 1
(A)
61 53 B 0 2 1 , then (AB)1 = .......... .
74 67 4 3 1
(B) 1
165 61 53
52 26 21 52 26 21
(C) 1
53 61 (A) 42 21 17 (B) 42 21 17
165 67 74 83 41 34 83 41 34
53 61
(D) 23 1 27 23 1 27
67 74 (C) 9 20 11 (D) 9 20 11
cos sin 1 3 6 4 3 6 4
68. If A , then A = .......... .
sin cos
2 2 2 1
cos sin 72. If A and B ,
(A) 2 5 1 2
sin cos
then B1 AB = ......... .
cos sin
(B)
sin cos 5 0 21 12
(A) (B)
cos sin 0 30 12 14
(C)
sin cos 21 12
1 0 5 5
cos sin (C) (D)
(D) 0 6 12 14
sin cos
5 5
2 3
69. If A , then A1 = .......... . a b
5 2 73. If A 1 bc ,
c
(A) 1 A (B) 1 A a
11 11
then (a 2 bc 1)I2 aA 1 = .......... .
(C) 1 A (D) 1 A
19 19
a 2 ab
6 7 5 2 (A)
70. If A and B1 , ac bc 1
8 9 7 3
then (AB)1 = .......... . a 2 2bc 2 ab
(B)
61 47 ac 2a 2 bc 1
47 39
2
(A) 2 (B) 2
41 17 87 67 a2 ac
(C)
2 2
ab bc 1
61 47 47 39
2 a 2 2bc 2
(C) 2 (D) 2 ac
87 67 41 17 (D)
ab 2a 2 bc 1
2 2
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1 1 1 3 1 3 2
79. If A and B1 ,
74. If A 1 0 2 , then A1 = .......... . 5 2 2 1
3 1 1
then (AB)1 = .......... .
2 0 2 2 5 1
(A) 5 2 1 (B) 0 2 2 8 5 4 3
(A) (B)
1 2 1 2 1 1 21 13 9 7
1 0 1 1 5 1
2 2 2 4 4 16 9 4 3
(C) (D)
5 9 5 1 1
(C) 1 1 (D) 0 1 1
4 2 4 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
4 80. The inverse of matrix is .......... .
2 4 2 4 4 2 1
5 4 1
75. If A , then A = .......... .
4 3 1 2
1 2 5 5
3 4 3 4 (A) (B)
(A) (B) 2 1 2 1
4 5 4 5
5 5
5 4 5 4
(C) (D)
4 3 4 3 1 2
1 2 5 5
3 1 2 (C) (D)
2 1 2 1
76. If A 2 5 4 , then A1 = .......... .
5
5
1 3 6
18 0 6 18 16 11 1 3
81. The inverse of matrix is .......... .
(A) 16 16 16 (B) 0 16 8
2 7
11 8 17 6 16 17
1 2 7 2
3 1 11 3 (A) (B)
0 1 3 7 3 1
8 3 48 8 8
1 1 (D) 1 1 1
(C) 0 7 2 7 3
3 6 3 3 3 (C) (D)
1 1 17 11 1 17 3 1 2 1
8 3 48 48 6 48
0 1 2
1 1 1
82. The inverse of matrix 1 2 3 is .......... .
77. If a 2 1 0 , then A2 = .......... .
3 1 1
1 0 0
1
(A) A (B) I
(C) A (D) O
1 1
2 2 2 1 1 1
1 1 (A) 4 3 1
(B) 8 6 2
78. If X 1 2 , then I2 (XTX)1 = .......... .
5 3 1 5 3 1
1 1 2 2 2
4 2 2 2
(A) 1 4 5
5 (B) 1 2
2 2 1 8 5 2
2 2 1
2 2 4 2 (C) 1 6 3 (D) 3 3
2 2
(C) (D) 1 2 1
2 1 2 5 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
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83. If A 1
1 2 2
1 3 0 , then A = .......... .
88. The solution of 3x 5 y 1
x 2y 4
is ......... .
3 2 6
(A) 1 1 2
3 1 2
(B) 2 1 2
3
(C) 1 , 0 (D) (6, 1)
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95. The solution of the system of equations 2 1 1
2 3 3 10 101. If a 1 2 1 ,
x y z
1 1 1 1 1 2
x y z 10 (xyz ≠ 0) is ......... . then A2 6A + 9I = ......... A1.
3 1 2 13 (A) 1 (B) 2
x y z
(C) 3 (D) 4
(A) 5 , 5 , 1
8 12 2
(B) 1 , 2 , 2
5 5 5 1 2 2
102. If A 4 3 4 , then A1 = .......... .
(C) 1 , 1 , 1 (D) 2, 2 , 2
2 3 5 5 11 4 4 5
96. The solution of system of equations (A) A (B) A2
x 2 y 3z 6 (C) A3 (D) A4
2 x 4 y z 7 is ......... . 2 0 1
3 x 2 y 9 z 14
103. If A 5 1 0 ,
(A) (1, 1, 1) (B) 2, 1 , 1 0 1 3
2
(C) (1, 2, 1) (D) (3, 3, 1) then A2 6A + 11I = ......... A1.
97. The solution of system of equation (A) 1 (B) 2
1 1 1 6 (C) 3 (D) 4
x y z 3 4
3 1 3 104. If A , then An = .........., n N
x y z 10 is ......... . 1 1
5 5 4 3 4n 1 4n 2 n 1 4 n
(A) (B)
x y z n 1 2n n 1 2n
(A) 1 , 1 , 1
3 2
(B) 1 , 1 , 1
2 2 2 5n 2 4n
(C)
2 n 1 4 n
(D)
2 n 1 1 2n 2n 1 1 2n
(C) 1, 1 , 1 (D) 1 , 1 , 1
2 3 5 2 3 0 3 0
105. If A and B ,
2 3 4 3 4 3
98. If A , then A2 6A = .......... .
3 4 then A2 + AB + 6B = .......... .
1
(A) A (B) 17I2 (A) O (B) 12I
(C) O (D) 17I2 (C) 24I (D) 36I
1 2 0 106. The point of intersection of two lines having
99. If A 1 1 1 , then A1 = .......... . slopes m1 and m2 and yintercepts c1 and c2
0 1 0 is .......... . (c1 ≠ c2)
(A) A (B) A2 c c1 m2 c1 m1c2
(A) 2 ,
(C) A3 (D) A4 m2 m1 m2 1
1 1 1 c c2 m2 c1 m1c2
(B) 1 ,
100. If A 1 2 3 , m1 m2 m1 m2
2 1 3 c c2 m2 c1 m1c2
(C) 1 ,
then A3 6A2 + 5A + ..... = O. m2 m1 m2 m1
(A) I3 (B) 10I3 c c2 m1m2 c1c2
(D) 1 ,
(C) 11I3 (D) 12I3 m2 m1 m2 m1
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107. If for square matrix A and B, AB = A and 115. If A [aij ]n n such that aij = 0 for i ≠ j,
BA = B, then A2 = .......... . then A is ......... (aij ≠ ajj) (n > 1)
(A) A (B) O (A) a column matrix (B) a row matrix
(C) I (D) B (C) a diagonal matrix (D) a scalar matrix
108. If B is a square matrix and B2 = B and 0 0 1
A = I B, then .......... . 116. For A 0 1 0 ,
(A) AB = BA = I (B) AB = BA = O 1 0 0
(C) AB = BA = A (D) AB = BA = B
the correct statement is .......... .
1 1 3 (A) A1 does not exist
109. If A 5 2 6 , then A3 = .......... . (B) A = (1) I3
2 1 3 (C) A2 = I
(A) A1 (B) I (D) A is a diagonal matrix
(C) O (D) A 117. A is 3 4 matrix, if ATB and BAT are
defined, then B is a .......... matrix.
110. If A is a 3 3 square matrix,
(A) 4 3 (B) 3 3
then |adj A| = .......... .
(C) 4 4 (D) 3 4
(A) 0 (B) 1
118. If A is skewsymmetric 3 3 matrix, then
(C) |A| (D) |A|2
|A| = .......... .
111. For which of the following matrices A and
(A) 1 (B) 0
B, AB = O?
(C) 1 (D) 3
1 1 1 0 119. The system of equations ax + y + z = a 1,
(A) A ,B
0 0 0 0 x + ay + z = a 1 and x + y + az = a 1
0 1 0 0 does not have a unique solution if a = ........ .
(B) A ,B
1 1 0 1 (A) 1 or 2 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D) 1
1 0 0 0
(C) A ,B a b x y
0 0 0 1 120. If A and A 2 ,
b a y x
1 0 1 0
(D) A ,B then x = .........., y = .......... .
0 1 0 1 (A) x a 2 b 2 , y a 2 b 2
1 1 1
(B) x 2ab, y a 2 b 2
122. If matrix A 2 3 0 ,
(C) x a 2 b 2 , y ab
18 2 10
(D) x a 2 b 2 , y 2ab
then A(adj A) = ......... .
(A) O (B) I 121. If and are not the mutiple of
2
(C) A (D) A2
cos 2
cos sin
0 1 and
113. If A , sin 2
1 0 cos sin
then A4 = .......... and A1 = .......... . cos 2 sin cos 0 0
,
(A) O, A (B) I, A sin cos sin 2 0 0
(C) I, A (D) O, A then is .......... .
114. A is a 3 3 matgrix, then |3A| = .......... |A|.
(A) any multiple (B) odd multiple
(A) 3 (B) 6 2
(C) 9 (D) 27 (C) 0 (D) odd multiple
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x 0 2 4 3 5 2 1 1 8 10
122. If , 1 2 5
1 y 3 4 6 3 2 1 128. If A 1 2 5 ,
3 4 0
then x = .........., y = .......... . 9 22 15
(A) x = 3, y = 2 (B) x = 3, y = 2 then A = .......... .
(C) x = 3, y = 2 (D) x = 3, y = 2 5 2
2 1 1
1 1 1 (A) (B) 1 0
0 3 4
123. If inverse of A 2 1 3 is 3 4
1 1 1 2 1
1 1 0
(C) 1 0 (D)
4 2 2
2 3 4
1
5 0 , then = .......... . 3 4
10
1 2 3 cos 2 sin 2
3 3
(A) 5 (B) 5 129. If A ,
2 2
(C) 2 (D) 2 sin cos
3 3
1 1 then A3 = .......... .
124. If A and AB = BA, then B =
0 1 0 1 1 0
(A) (B)
.......... . 1 0 0 1
x x x y 1 1 0 0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
y 0 0 x 0 0 1 1
x y x x 1 8
(C) c (D) 130. Check whether 1 1 19 14 is an
0 y 1 x 11
2 6 15
1 3 2
125. If A and A kA 5I = O,
3 4 1 2 5
inverse of A 3 1 1 ,
then k = .......... .
(A) 3 (B) 7 4 2 1
(C) 5 (D) 9 if so, then = ......... .
1 3 2 1 (A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 5
126. If [1 x 1] 0 5 1 1 = 0, then x = .......... .
(D) does not exist
131. A is a 3 3 matrix, then |4A| = .......... |A|.
0 3 1 x (A) 4 (B) 8
(A) 9 35 (B) 7 53
(C) 16 (D) 64
2 2 132. If A = [aij]33 such that aij = 0, i ≠ j, then
A is .......... . (aij ≠ aji) (n > 1)
(C) 9 53 (D) 7 35
2 2 (A) a column matrix (B) a row matrix
0 2y z (C) a diagonal matrix (D) a scalar matrix
127. Matrix A x y z if AAT = I, then 0 0 2
133. For A 0 2 0 ,
x y z
2 0 0
(x, y, z) = (....., ....., .....). (x, y, z > 0).
the correct statmeent is .......... .
(A) 1 , 1 , 1 (B) 1 , 1 , 1 (A) A1 does not exist.
2 3 6 2 6 3
(B) A = (2)I
(C) 1 , 1 , 1 (D) 1 , 1 , 1 (C) A2 = 4I
3 2 6 6 2 3 (D) A is a diagonal matrix.
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134. A is 2 3 matrix, if ATB and BAT are 1 2 2
defined, then B is a .......... matrix.
141. If A
2 3 and A kA I = O,
(A) 2 3 (B) 3 2
then k = .......... .
(C) 2 2 (D) 3 3
(A) 2 (B) 3
0 a 2 b 2
(C) 4 (D) 5
135. If A a 2 0 c 2 , then |A| = ......... .
2 2 1 0 2 2
b c 0
142. If [2 x 1] 0 2 1 1 O, then x = ........ .
(A) 1 (B) 0
2 1 0 x
2 2 2
(C) a b c (D) a 4 b 4 c 4
136. The system of equations ax + 2y + z = a + 1, (A) 3 (B) 3
2x + ay 2z = a 1 and x + 2y + az = a does (C) 6 (D) 6
not have unique solution if a = .......... . cos 5 sin 7
(A) 0, 3, 3 (B) 0, 2, 2 6 6
143. If A ,
(C) 0, 1, 1 (D) 1, 2, 3 7 5
sin cos
a b x y 6 6
137. If A and A 3 ,
b a y x then A2 = .......... .
then x = .........., y = .......... . 1 1 0 0
3 3 3 3 (A) (B)
(A) x a b , y a b 0 0 1 1
(B) x a 3 3ab 2 , y 3a 2b b3 0 1 1 0
3 3 2 2 (C) (D)
(C) x a b , y 3a b 3ab 1 0 0 1
(D) x a 3 3a 2b, y 3ab 2 b3 3 4 6
1 2 4
x 1 1 2 7 6 5 3 144. If A 4 5 7 ,
138. If , 2 3 5 1 3 7
0 y 1 3 8 2 9 2
then x = .........., y = .......... . then A = ......... .
(A) x = 1, y = 7 (B) x = 1, y = 7
(C) x = 1, y = 7 (D) x = 1, y = 7 1 2
1 2 3
(A) (B) 2 3
1 2 3 2 3 1
3 1
139. If the inverse of A 2 1 0 is
4 2 5 1 2
1 0 3
5 4 3 (C) 0 2 (D)
1 2 2 1
7 6 , then = .......... . 3 1
1
8 6 5 7 1 5
1
(A) 10 (B) 4 145. Check whether 1 5 is
18
(C) 4 (D) 10
5 7 1
1 0
140. If AB = BA and A , 3 2 1
1 1
an inverse of A 2 1 3 if so,
then B = .......... .
x 0 x 0 1 3 2
(A) (B)
y x x y then .......... .
y 0 x 1 (A) 5 (B) = 2
(C) (D)
x x y x (C) = 7 (D) cannot be found
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1 0 n 2 3
146. If A , then A = .........., n N 153. For matrices A and
1 1 4 5
n 0 1 0 1 2
(A) (B) B , AB = .......... .
1 1 n 1 3 4
1 0 n 0 10 7 11 8
(C) (D) (A) (B)
10 29 11 28
1 n n n
147. If A = diag [a b c d], An = .........., n N 7 10 28 8
(C) (D)
(A) diag [na nb nc nd ] 29 10 11 11
(B) diag [(n 1) a ( n 1) b( n 1) c( n )d ] 0 1 1
154. If for matrix A 3 3 4 ,
(C) diag [ a n b n c n d n ]
2 3 4
(D) diag [a n 1 b n 1 c n 1 d n 1 ]
1 3 2 0 0
1
148. If A (adj A) = 4I, where A is 3 3 matrix, 2 2
then |A| = .......... . 0 2 = 0 1 3 A,
2
(A) 1 (B) 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
(C) 4 (D) 8
then = .......... .
149. If for A33 and B33, |A| = 1, |B| = 3
then |3AB| = .......... . (A) 2 (B) 3
3 2
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 3 (D) 3
(C) 81 (D) 243 155. If AB = O, then ......... .
150. If , and are the roots of the equation (A) A = O or B = O
(B) A = O and B = O
x + px + q = 0 and A ,
3 (C) It is not necessary that A = O or B = O
(D) A ≠ O, B ≠ O
156. I3 is a unit matrix of third order,
then |A| = .......... .
then I31 = ......... .
(A) p (B) q
(A) O (B) 3I3
(C) p2 2q (D) 0
(C) I3 (D) does not exist
151. If for 3 3 matrix A, |A| = 4, 157. If the system of linear equation
then |adj A| = .......... . a 3 x ( a 1)3 y ( a 2)3 z 0,
(A) 4 (B) 4 ax ( a 1) y (a 2) z 0,
(C) 16 (D) 64 x y z 0 has no solution, then the
2 1 5 value of a is .......... .
152. If matrix A 3 2 4 , (A) 1 (B) 0
6 3 8 (C) 1 (D) None of the above
then A + AT is .......... . 1 3 2
(A) asymmetric matrix 158. 2 4 8 is a singular matrix,
(B) sum of symmetric and asymmetric 3 5 10
matrices then = .......... .
(C) symmetric matrix (A) 2 (B) 4
(D) symmetric unit matrix (C) 2 (D) 2
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0 2 0 3a 165. If A and B are square matrices compatible
159. If A and kA ,
3 4 2b 24 for addition, then (A B)2 = .......... .
then k, a b are respectively .......... . (A) A 2 AB BA B2
(A) 6, 12, 18 (B) 6, 4, 9 (B) A 2 2AB B2
(C) 6, 4, 9 (D) 6, 12, 18 (C) A 2 B2
160. If A2 A + I = O, then A1 = .......... . (D) A 2 B2
(A) A + I (B) I A 166. For .......... number of values of x, in [4, 1]
(C) A I (D) A 3 1 x 2
is matrix 1 x 2 singular?
2 x 3 4 3
161. If 1 1 2 is a singular matrix, then x 3 1 2
x 1 5 (A) 2 (B) 0
x = .......... . (C) 3 (D) 1
3 4
(A) 13 (B) 25 167. If A , then A(adj A) = .......... .
25 13 5 7
(A) I (B) |A|
(C) 13 (D) 25
25 13 (C) |A|I (D) None of the above
1 1 0 4 2
168. If A ,
162. For matrix A 1 2 1 which of the 1 1
2 1 0 then (A 2I) (A 3I) = .......... .
following is true? (A) A (B) I
(A) A 3 3 A 2 I O (C) O (D) 5I
(B) A 3 3A 2 I O x1 1 1 2
169. Suppose that X x2 , A 2 0 1
(C) A 3 2A 2 I O
x3 3 2 1
(D) A 3 A 2 I O
3
1 0 0 and B 1 and AX = B, then X = ......... .
163. If A 0 1 0 , then A2 .......... . 4
a b 1
1 1
(A) is a zero matrix
(A) 2 (B) 2
(B) is an identity matrix 3 3
(C) = A
1 1
(D) is an identity matrix
(C) 2 (D) 2
2 1 3 3
164. The inverse matrix of is .......... .
7 4
0 1 0 2
4 1 4 1 170. If A and B and A = B,
(A) (B) 1 1 5 1
7 2 7 2 then = .......... .
4 1 4 1 (A) 5 (B) 1
(C) (D)
7 2 7 2 (C) 11 (D) value of is not real
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1 2 3 1 2 1 2 a 0
4 5 6 177. If A and B , a, b N,
171. If P 2 3 4 2 0 3 4 0 b
0 0 1 ,
3 4 5 0 4
then ......... .
(A) there are infinite matrices such that
then element P22 = .......... .
AB = BA
(A) 40 (B) 40
(B) there is not matrix such that AB = BA
(C) 20 (D) 20 (C) there is more than one but finite number
172. Suppose that for matrix M, there exists M1, of matrices such that AB = BA
then which of the following is not true? (D) there is only one matrix such that
AB = BA
1
(A) M 1 M (B) (M2)1 = (M1)2 178. If A and B are n n square matrices A2 B2
(C) (MT)1 = (M1)T (D) (M1)1 = M = (A + B) (A B), then which of the
following is always true?
1 2 3 8
173. If 2X , then X = .......... . (A) A or B is an identity matrix
3 4 7 2
(B) A = B
1 3 1 3 (C) A or B is a zero matrix
(A) (B)
2 1 2 1 (D) A or B is a zero matrix
2 6 2 6 1 2 2
(C) (D) 179. If A 2 1 2 ,
4 2 4 2
2 2 1
1 0 1 0
174. If A and B , then which then A3 4A2 6A = ......... .
1 1 0 1 (A) O (B) A
of the following is true? n N . (C) A (D) I
(A) A n nA (n 1) I 1 2
180. If f(x) = x2 + 4x 5 and A ,
4 3
(B) A n 2n 1 A ( n 1) I
then f(A) = .......... .
(C) A n nA (n 1) I 0 4 2 1
(A) (B)
(D) A n 2n 1 A (n 1) I 8 8 2 0
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183. If A is a 3 3 matrix such that |A| = 4, then 187. If AB = A and BA = B, where A and B are
A(adj A) = ......... . square matrices, then .......... .
(A) B2 = B and A2 = A
16 0 0
(B) B2 ≠ B and A2 = A
(A) 0 16 0
(C) A2 ≠ A, B2 = B
0 0 16
(D) A2 ≠ A, B2 ≠ B
1 0 0 188. If A and B are square matrices such that
(B) 0 1 0 B = A1 BA, then (A + B)2 = .......... .
0 0 1 (A) O (B) A2 + B2
4 0 0 (C) A2 + 2AB + B2 (D) A + B
(C) 0 4 0 1 2 2
0 0 4 189. If U 2 1 1 , then the sum of all
(D) can not be found due to incomplete 1 4 3
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x 2 xy zx 5 2x 3
0 z y 201. If A is symmetric,
193. If A z 0 x , B xy y 2 yz , x 2 x 1
2 then x = .......... .
y x 0 zx yz z (A) 4 (B) 5
then AB = .......... . (C) 5 (D) 4
(A) A (B) B 2 1
202. If A 3A = I, then A = .......... .
(C) I (D) O (A) 3I A (B) A 3I
3 4 1 4 6 (C) 3A I (D) I 3A
194. If A 5 2 0 , B 5 3 ,
1
203. If B = |A| A and |A| = 2, then |B| = ..........,
where A is a 3 3 matrix.
0 1 9 2 0
(A) 1 (B) 2
2 (C) 4 (D) 4
C 1 , then ......... is not defined. 1 2 1 0
4 204. If A = BX, A and B ,
3 5 0 1
(A) CCT (B) BTC then matrix X = .......... .
(C) A2 + 2B 2A (D) AB (A) I2 (B) A1
195. If AB = X, then matrices A, B and X .......... . (C) A (D) A
(A) A 2×3 , B3×2 , X 3×2 (B) A 3×3 , B2×3 , X 2×3 a 2
205. If A and |A3| = 125,
(C) A 3×2 , B2×3 , X 3×3 (D) A 3×2 , B2×3 , X 3×2 2 a
then a = .......... .
0 4 5 (A) 1 (B) 3
196. If A 4 0 2 , then ......... . (C) 2 (D) 5
5 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
206. If A and 3A ,
(A) AT = A (B) AT = A x 1 3 2 3 1
(C) AT + A = I (D) AT = 2A then x = .......... .
197. If A and B are 3 3 matrices, (A) 1 (B) 0
then (A + B)2 = .......... . (C) 2 (D) 2
(A) A2 + AB + B2 (B) A2 + AB + BA + B2 1 2 3 4
207. If A and B ,
(C) A2 + 2AB + B2 (D) A2 + B2 3 0 0 6
198. If A is 3 3 matrix and A = 2B, then (AB)T = .......... .
then |A| = .......... . 9 12 3 9
(A) (B)
(A) 2|B| (B) 4|B| 3 16 16 12
(C) 6|B| (D) 8|B| 16 12 16 3
(C) (D)
d 3 9 12 9
p q
199. If A = [a b c], B e , C , 1 0
r s 1 0 2
f
208. If A and B 0 1 ,
2 2 0 1 1
then .......... is possible.
(A) (AB)C (B) (AC)B then adj AB = ......... .
(C) AB (D) A(BC) 2 2 1 2
(A) (B)
200. For matrix multiplication .......... is true. 2 1 2 2
(A) associativity (B) commutativity 2 2 2 2
(C) (D)
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above 1 2 2 1
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sin x cos 3 1 x 2
209. If A and A(adj A) = kI,
cos x sin x 216. If A
3 1 x 2 is singular
then k = .......... . x 3 1 2
(A) 1 (B) 1 and x [5, 2], then x = .......... .
(C) sin x cos x (D) sin x cos x (A) 0 (B) 2
tan sec 1 (C) 4 (D) 0, 4
210. If A , then A = .......... .
sec tan a 0 0
tan sec tan sec 217. If A 0 b 0 ,
(A) (B) sec tan
sec tan 0 0 c
tan sec tan sec then A1 = .......... (abc ≠ 0)
(C) (D) sec tan
sec tan 1 0 0 1 0 0
bc a
1 2
211. If A and A2 xA = I2,
(A) 0 1 0 (B) 0 1 0
2 3
ac b
then x = .......... . 0 0 1 0 0 1
(A) 2 (B) 4 ab c
(C) 2 (D) 4 1 0 0
abc
1 0 x
1
212. If A 0 1 y , then A2 is .......... . (C) 0
abc
0 (D) I3
0 0 1 0 0 1
(A) an identity matrix abc
(B) null matrix cos sin 3
218. If A , then A = .......... .
(C) skew symmetric matrix sin cos
(D) singular matrix cos 3 sin 3
(A)
ab b 2 n sin 3 cos 3
213. If A and A = O,
2
a ab cos 3 sin 3
(B)
then the minimum value of n is .......... . sin 3 cos 3
(A) 5 (B) 4 cos 3 sin 3
(C) 3 (D) 2 (C)
sin 3 cos 3
4 5
214. Inverse of is .......... . cos 3 sin 3
5 6 (D)
sin 3 cos 3
6 5 6 5
(A) (B) 0 2 0
5 4 5 4
219. If A 2 4 1 , then adj A = ......... .
4 5 6 5 0 0 2
(C) (D)
5 6 5 4
8 4 2 8 4 2
1 2 3 2 0 0 (A) 4 0 0 (B) 4 0 0
215. If A 0 1 3 and B 0 2 0
0 0 4 0 0 4
0 0 2 0 0 2
8 4 0 8 4 0
then |AB| = ......... .
(C) 4 0 0 (D) 4 0 0
(A) 4 (B) 8
2 0 4 2 0 4
(C) 16 (D) 32
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p q T 1 0 1 0
220. If A , then A + (adj A) = .......... . 225. If A , B ,
r s 2 1 2 1
p s 0 p s q r then A2 + AB + 2B = ......... .
(A) (B)
0 p s
r q p s
(A) 4A (B) A + B
(C) 4I2 (D) 4B
p s r q p s r q 2 5
(C) (D) 226. A
q r p s q r p s using elementary row
1 3
1 2 transformation to find A1, after some steps,
, B
2 4
221. If A 2
0 2x 3 0 1 1 2
we have XA, then X= .......... .
0 1
and AB = I, then x = .......... .
1 2 3 5
(A) 0 (B) 1 (A) (B)
1 1 1 2
(C) 1 (D) 2
1 1 1 0
222. If A and B are two matrices such that (C) (D)
1 2 1 2
AB = A and BA = B, then A2 + B2 = .......... .
3 4 5 1
(A) 2BA (B) 2AB 227. If A ,
14 13 2 3
(C) A B (D) A + B then matrix A = ......... .
4 3 2 1 1 1 3 1
223. If A and B , (A) (B)
2 5 1 3 4 3 4 1
then (B1 A1)1 = .......... . 1 4 1 1
(C) (D)
11 5 10 1 1 3 3 4
(A) (B)
1 17 2 18 1 3 3
228. If A 1 4 3 , then adj A = .......... .
1 11 5 1 10 1
(C) (D) 1 3 4
182 1 17 182 2 18
7 3 3 7 3 3
cos x sin x 0
(A) 1 1 1 (B) 1 1 0
224. If A sin x cos x 0 , x R,
1 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 1
7 3 3 7 3 3
then A1 = .......... .
(C) 1 1 0 (D) 1 1 0
cos x sin x 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
(A) sin x cos x 0
9 27 31
0 0 1
229. If A 7 24 23 , then A1 = .......... .
cos( x) sin( x) 0 4 14 14
(B) sin( x) cos( x) 0 10 83 123 10 83 123
0 0 1 (A) 1 7 10 (B) 1 7 10
1 0 0 2 18 27 2 18 27
(C) 0 cos x sin x
10 83 123 10 83 123
0 sin x cos x (C) 1 7 10 (D) 1 7 10
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1 2 1 3 0 1
230. If A 2 1 3 , 232. A 2 3 0 , using elementary row
1 1 0 0 4 1
transformation to find A1 after some steps,
then A3 2A2 7A = ......... .
1 0 1
3
(A) I3 (B) 2I3
we have 0 1
2 XA, then X = ........ .
9
(C) 4I3 (D) 0
0 0 1
9
1 2 3
1 0 0 1 0 0
231. If A 0 5 0 , then A(adj A) = .......... . 3 3
2 4 3 1 0 2 1
(A) 2 (B) 0
9 3 9 3
15 6 15 15 0 10 8 4 1 8 12 9
(A) 0 3 0 (B) 6 3 0
9 3
10 0 5 15 0 5 1 0 0
3 4 3 3
2 1
15 0 0 225 0 0 (C) 2 3 2 (D) 0
9 3
(C) 0 15 0 (D) 0 225 0
8 12 9 8 4 1
0 0 15 0 0 225 9 3
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ANSWERS
001. A 002. C 003. C 004. A 005. C 006. B 007. D 008. B 009. C 010. B
011. D 012. A 013. C 014. B 015. C 016. D 017. C 018. D 019. A 020. D
021. A 022. C, B 023. A 024. C 025. D 026. A 027. D 028. B 029. C 030. B
031. B 032. D 033. A 034. B 035. D 036. C 037. D 038. B 039. A 040. D
041. B 042. C 043. A 044. B 045. D 046. A 047. C 048. A 049. B 050. D
051. D 052. D 053. A 054. C 055. A 056. D 057. B 058. A 059. B 060. C
061. D 062. A 063. B 064. C 065. C 066. D 067. B 068. A 069. D 070. C
071. B 072. C 073. A 074. C 075. B 076. D 077. A 078. B 079. C 080. B
081. D 082. A 083. C 084. B 085. A 086. D 087. C 088. B 089. D 090. C
091. D 092. C 093. D 094. B 095. C 096. A 097. C 098. D 099. B 100. C
101. D 102. A 103. A 104. B 105. D 106. C 107. B 108. B 109. C 110. D
111. C 112. A 113. B 114. D 115. C 116. C 117. D 118. B 119. A 120. D
121. B 122. B 123. A 124. B 125. C 126. C 127. B 128. C 129. B 130. A
131. D 132. C 133. C 134. A 135. B 136. C 137. B 138. D 139. A 140. A
141. C 142. A 143. D 144. B 145. C 146. B 147. C 148. C 149. C 150. D
151. C 152. C 153. B 154. B 155. C 156. C 157. C 158. B 159. C 160. B
161. D 162. B 163. B 164. D 165. A 166. D 167. C 168. C 169. D 170. D
171. A 172. B 173. A 174. C 175. D 176. B 177. A 178. C 179. C 180. D
181. C 182. B 183. C 184. D 185. D 186. A 187. A 188. B 189. B 190. A
191. A 192. A 193. D 194. C 195. C 196. B 197. B 198. D 199. C 200. A
201. C 202. B 203. A 204. C 205. B 206. C 207. B 208. A 209. B 210. C
211. B 212. A 213. D 214. B 215. C 216. C 217. B 218. C 219. B 220. D
221. B 222. D 223. A 224. B 225. C 226. C 227. B 228. C 229. D 230. C
231. C 232. D
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