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Question Set :
1.
2 cos x 1 0

i) to If f(x) = 1 2 cos x 1 , f   is equal
3
0 1 2 cos x

a) 0 b) -1 c) 1 d) -3.
2 −6 3 4 − 12 6
ii) If  = 1 0 − 2 , then 3 0 − 6 is equal to
5 −3 4 − 10 6 −8

a) 6  b) -6  c) -12  d) 12 
1 a b a b c
iii) If A = 1 b c then b c a is a) 0 b) A c) –A d) none of these.
1 c a 1 1 1

1  2
iv) The value of 2 1  is a)  b) -1 c) 0 d) none of these.
  2
1

0 a −b
v) The value of − a 0 − c is a) abc b) 0 c) a + b + c d) none of these.
b c 0

x +1  2
vi) If  x + 2 1 = 0, then a) x = 1 b) x =  c) x =  2 d) x = 0.
 2
1 x+

1 2 3
vii) The value of 2 4 6 is a) -7 b) 5 c) 3 d) 0.
7 −1 0

4 −2 3
viii) If A = 2 0 6 , then the minor of the element 0 is
7 1 5
a) -1 b) 1 c) 0 d) none of these.
0 −2 − 3
ix) If A = 2 0 − 6 , then the cofactor of the element 6 is
3 6 0

a) -3 b) 6 c) -6 d) none of these.

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a b c
x) Prove that (a + b + c) is a factor of b c a .
c a b

 0 7 4
xi) The matrix − 7 0 − 5 is
− 4 5 0 

a) symmetric b) skew symmetric c) singular d) none of these.

1 2 3 
xii) The matrix 0 4 5 is a) a diagonal b) an upper-triangular
0 0 6

c) a lower triangular d) a symmetric matrix.

1 0 0
xiii) The matrix 5 4 0 is a) a diagonal b) an upper-triangular
3 2 6

c) a lower triangular d) a symmetric matrix.

1 2 2 1
xiv) A=  and B =   , evaluate 2A − B .
3 4 4 3

− 1 1
xv) If A =  2 3  , find A T .
 1 2

xvi) If A is a square matrix then

a) A + AT symmetric b) A + AT skew-symmetric
c) A - AT symmetric d) A - AT skew-symmetric
xvii) To multiply a matrix by a scalar k, multiply
a) any row by k b) every element by k c) any column by k.
5 4 1 − 2 
xviii) If  X =   , then X equals
1 1 1 3 

 − 3 − 14  1 − 2  1 3  3 − 14 
a)   b)   c)   d)  
 4 17  3 1   − 2 1  4 − 17 

3 2
xix) If A =   then A(adj A) equals
1 4

10 0   0 10  10 1 
a)   b)   c)   d) none of these.
 0 10  10 0   1 10 
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0 1  2 1 a b
xx) If A   =   , where A =   then A is
 2 − 1  − 1 0  c d

 2 1 0 1  2 1  2 1 
a)   b)   c)   d)  1 
 0 0  2 −1  −1 0 − −1 
 2 2

 1 − 1
xxi) If A =  , then A2 equals a) A b) 2A c) I2 d) none of these.
− 1 1 

 x y 4 3 2 6 
xxii) If 3   = +  then the values of (x , y, z, t ) are
 z t  5 0 4 12
a) (2, 3, 4, 3) b) (2, 3, 3, 4 ) c) (2, 0, 3, 4 ) d) none of these.

x + y 2x + z  4 7
xxiii) If  =  , then the values of x, y, z, w are
 x − y 2z + w  0 10
a) 2, 2, 3, 4 b) 2, 3, 1, 2 c) 3, 3, 0, 1 d) none of these.
 a − b 2a + c − 1 5 
xxiv) If  =  , then the values of a,b, c and d are respectively a) (1, -2, 3, -4)
2a − b 3c + d   0 13
b) (1, 2, 3, 4) c) (1, 2, -3, 4) d) none of these.
 x 3 2
xxv)

If A =  − 3 y − 7  and A = −A T , then x + y is equal to a) 2 b) -1 c) 0 d) 12.
− 2 7 0 

1 0 0 
xxvi) If A = 0 1 0  , then A2 is equal to
a b −1

a) unit matrix b) null matrix c) A d) –A

 3 x + 1  x − 1 5
Given  = , the values of x and y are
5  x − 3y 5
xxvii)
y
a) 4, 1 b) 1, 4 c) 2, 3 d) None of these.

1 4 x y 2 
xxviii) If  =  , y  0 , then x − y + z = a) 5 b) 2 c) 1 d) -3
2 0  z 0 

1 2
1 2
xxix) If A =  2 3  and B = 2 1 , then
3 4   

a) both AB and BA exist b) AB exists but BA does not exist

c) neither AB nor BA exist d) AB does not exist but BA exists.
xxx) Given the matrix A has size 3 4 . Then ATB and BAT are possible when B has size
a) 4  4 b) 4  3 c) 3 4 d) 3 3
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 − i 0
xxxi) If A =   , then A T A = a) I b) –iA c) –I d) iA
 0 i

− 2 5 1
xxxii) Matrix 1 2    is equal to
 3 2   2

a) 1 2 2 b) 2 3 c) 22 d) none of these.

xxxiii) If A is an orthogonal matrix, then A is

a) 1 b) -1 c) 1 d) 0.
xxxiv) If A and B be two square matrices such that A2 = A and B2 = B and AB = BA, then
a) (AB)2 = I b) (AB)2 = AB c) (AB)2 = BA d) none of these.
2 3 5 
xxxv) The value of a in order that 1 a 2  is a singular matrix is
0 1 −1

5 5
a) − b) c) 2 d) none of these.
2 2

1 0 0
If 3 0 1 0 then I 3 + 2I 3 equals to
= 2
xxxvi) I
0 0 1

a) I 3 b) 2 I 3 c) 3 I 3 d) none of these.

sin  cos    sin  cos  

xxxvii) If A =   and B =   find AB.
 1 0  cos  sin  

xxxviii) For two matrices A & B, (AB )T = BT AT TRUE / FALSE  .

xxxix) For two matrices A & B, (AB )−1 = A−1B−1 TRUE / FALSE  .

5 2 3 17 19 18
2. Without expanding find the value of i) 7 3 4 ii) 58 60 59
9 4 5 97 99 98

0 a b
3. Without expanding prove that − a 0 c =0
−b −c 0

a b c y b q x y z
4. Without expanding the determinants prove that x y z=x a p= p q r .
p q r z c r a b c

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1 1 1
5. If x + y + z = 0 , then show that x y z = 0.
x3 y3 z3

a b c
(
6. Prove that b c a = − a 3 + b3 + c3 − 3abc . )
c a b

1 a a2
7. Prove that 1 b b 2 = (a − b )(b − c)(c − a ) .
1 c c2

1+ a 1 1
 1 1 1
8. Prove that 1 1 + b 1 = abc 1 + + +  .
 a b c
1 1 1+ c

a +1 a a
 a a a
9. Prove that a a+2 a = 6 1 + + +  .
 1 2 3
a a a +3

1 + a3 a a2
10. Prove that 1 + b3 b b 2 = (1 + abc )(a − b )(b − c)(c − a ) .
1 + c3 c c2

x   1
 x  1
11. Prove that = (x −  )(x − )(x −  ) .
  x 1
   1

1+ a 1 1 1
1 1+ b 1 1  1 1 1 1
12. Prove that = abcd1 + + + +  .
1 1 1+ c 1  a b c d
1 1 1 1+ d

x−2 2 5
13. Solve for x : x − 7 3 6 = 0 .
2x − 6 4 7

x 3 7
14. If x = -9 is a root of 2 x 2 = 0, find the other two roots.
7 6 0

ax by cz a b c
15. Prove that x 2
y 2
z = x y
2
z .
1 1 1 yz zx xy

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0 b−a c−a
16. Prove that a − b 0 c − b = 0 .
a −c b−c 0
a −b c
17. Find the cofactors of elements of the second column of the determinant b − c a and using these find the
c −a b
value of the determinant.
3 2 4
18. Expanding the determinant  = 2 4 1 with respect to second row, prove that  = −36 .
5 2 3
19. Evaluate the following determinant by Chio’s Method :
0 x y z 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1
−x 0 z y −1 0 −1 3 1 2 1 1
a) b) c)
−y −z 0 x 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 6
−z −y −x 0 −1 − 3 − 2 0 1 1 5 8

0 −1 2 3 x+a x x x 1 a a2 a3 0 2 1 −1
1 2 −1 1 x x+b x x 1 b b2 b3 −2 0 5 −2
d) e) f) g)
1 1 2 3 x x x+c x 1 c c2 c3 −1 − 5 0 3
3 2 1 0 x x x x+d 1 d d2 d3 1 2 −3 0

1 2 3 1 2 3
 
7 8  and B = 3 4 2 , prove that i) (A + B) T = A T + BT ii ) (AB )T = BT A T .
17. If A = 6
6 − 3 4 5 6 1 

1 2 3
 4 5 , prove that A + A T is a symmetric and A − A T is skew symetric matrix.
18. If A = 3
5 6 7

1 2 3
 4 5 , as a sum of two matrices such that one of them is symmetric and other is skew-
19. Express A = 3
5 6 7

symmetric matrix.
a b c 0 0 1 
= d −  and B = 0 1 0 . If AB = BA, find the values of a , b , c , d
20. Let A  c 4    .
5 − 6 7  1 0 0

 3 − 2 1 0
21. If A =   and I =   , then find the value of k such that A = kA − 2I .
2

 4 − 2   0 1 

 − 1 2 − 2
1
22. If A = − 2 1 2  , prove that AA T = I3 . Alternatively, Prove that A is an orthogonal matrix.
3
 2 2 1 

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23. Find the inverse of following matrices :

2 5 3  1 − 2 3
2 5
a) 1 7  b) 3 1 2 c)  0 2 − 1 .
  1 2 1  − 4 5 2

1 2 3
2 − 4 5
24. Find Adj A, if A =  .
6 1 0

1 2
25. If A= −1
3 4 , prove that A − 5A − 2I = 0 , where I is the unit matrix of order 2 and hence find A .
2

 

 3 2
26. If A= −1
2 1 , prove that A − 4A − I = 0 , where I is the unit matrix of order 2 and hence find A .
2

 

1 2 2 
 
27. If A = 2 1 2 , prove that A 2 − 4A − 5I = 0 and hence find A -1 .
2 2 1 

 cos  sin 
28. Prove that the matrix − sin cos 
is orthogonal matrix.

29. Find the matrices A and B when 3A + 2B = I3 ; A + B = 2BT .

1 2
30. If f (x ) = x 2 + 2x and A =   , find f (A ) .
4 − 3 
2 3 − 8 
31. If A =   and B =   , find a matrix C such that 2AC = B.`
0 − 2  8
cos  − sin
A() =  , prove that A()A( ) = A( )A() = A( +  ) .
cos  
32. If
sin
1 2 1 4
33. If A =   and B =  , prove that BA = −AB and hence show that (A + B)2 = A2 + B2 .
− 1 − 1 1 − 1

5 − 1 3
34. If A =  
0
, B=
−
2 3
 , prove that AB
T
( )
T  7 8
= .
0 1 2  1 1 4  18 7

35. If A be a skew symmetric matrix then prove that A2 is symmetric.

36. If A be a m th order symmetric matrix and P be a matrix of order m n , prove that PT AP is symmetric.

37. If B2 = B , prove that (I − B) = I − B and AB = BA = 0 where A = I − B .

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38. If A and B are symmetric matrices, prove that AB – BA is a skew symmetric marix.

39. For the matrix A satisfying the equation A − A + I = 0 , find the matrix X such that AX = I .
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4 3
40. If A =   , find the values of x and y so that A2 − xA + yI2 = 0 . x = 19, y = 14
2 5

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