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Questions BITSAT Crash Course

Properties of Matrices

1. If A is a square matrix of order 2 × 2 and B =[

1 2
], such that AB = BA, then A can be
3 4

(1) [
1 4
]
(2) [
1 4
]
6 7 7 6

(3) [
2 2
]
(4) [
3 4
]
2 4 4 9

2*. If O(A)= 2 × 3, O(B)= 3 × 2, and O(C)= 3 × 3, which one of the following is not defined? Where O(A) represents the order of A
(1) CB + A
′
(2) BAC

(3) (4)
′ ′ ′
C(A + B ) C(A + B )

3. Let A and B be two matrices such that the order of A is 5 × 7. If A T

B and BA are both defined, then (where A is the transpose of matrix A)
T T

(1) order of B is 5 × 7 T
(2) order of B T
A is 7 × 7
(3) order of B T
A is 5 × 5 (4) B
T
A is undefined
4. ⎡
2 0 1
⎤

If A =⎢ 2 1 3⎥ then the value of A

2
− 3A + 2I would be:
⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0

(1) ⎡
1 0 0
⎤ (2) ⎡
1 −1 −1
⎤

⎢0 1 0⎥ ⎢ 3 −3 −4 ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
0 0 1 −3 2 −4

(3) ⎡
2 0 1
⎤ (4) ⎡
5 −1 2
⎤

⎢2 1 3⎥ ⎢9 −2 5 ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 −1 0 0 −1 −2

5*. ⎡
−1 2 2
⎤

If k . ⎢2 −1 2 ⎥ is an orthogonal matrix, then k is equal to-

⎣ ⎦
2 2 −1

(1) 1 (2) 1/2

(3) 1/3 (4) None of these

6*. If A is a skew symmetric matrix of order 3, B is a 3 × 1 column matrix and C = B
T
AB , then which of the following is false?
(1) C is singular (2) C is non singular
(3) C is a symmetric matrix (4) C is a skew symmetric matrix
7*. If A then (I + A) is equal to
2 4
= A,

(1) I + 15A (2) 1 + 7A

(3) 1 + 8A (4) 1 + 11A

8. If A and B are 3 × 3 matrices such that AB = A and BA = B, then

(1) A
2
= A and B 2
≠ B (2) A
2
≠ A and B 2
= B

(3) A
2
= A and B 2
= B (4) A
2
≠ A and B 2
≠ B

9*. If A =[
0 5
] and f(x) = 1 + x + x2+....+ x16, then f(A) is equal to -
0 0

(1) 0 (2) [
1 5
]
0 1

(3) [
1 5
]
(4) [
0 5
]
0 0 1 1

10*. ⎡
a b c
⎤

Let a, b, c ∈ R be all non-zero satisfy a 3

+ b
3
+ c
3
= 2 .If the matrix A =⎢ b c a⎥ stratifies A ⊤
A = I , then a value of abc can be
⎣ ⎦
c a b

(1) −
1

3
(2) 1

(3) 3 (4) 2

11*. ⎡
√3 1
⎤
∣1 1∣
2 2
If P =⎢ ⎥ , A =∣ ∣ and Q = PAP , then P T T
Q
2005
P is
−1 √3 ∣0 1∣
⎣ ⎦
2 2

(1) ∣1
∣
2005 ∣
∣
(2) ∣
∣
1 2005 ∣
∣
∣0 1 ∣ ∣ 2005 1 ∣

(3) ∣
∣
1 0∣
∣
(4) ∣1
∣
0∣
∣
∣ 2005 1∣ ∣0 1∣

12. ⎡
0 x − 2 x − 3
⎤

Let A(x)=⎢ x + 2 , then the matrix A(0)(A(0)) is a

T
0 x − 5⎥

⎣ ⎦
x + 3 x + 5 0

(1) null matrix (2) symmetric matrix

(3) skew symmetric matrix (4) non singular matrix

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13. ⎡
x − 1 0 2 5
⎤
2
⎢ 3 x − 2 4 1 ⎥
If the trace of the matrix A =⎢
⎢
⎥
⎥ is 0, then x belongs to
⎢ −1 −2 x − 3 1 ⎥

⎣ 2 ⎦
2 0 4 x − 6

(1) {2,3} (2) {−2, −3}

(3) {−3,2} (4) {1,2}

14. ⎡
2 0 –3
⎤

If a square matrix A =⎢ 4 3 1 ⎥ is expressed as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix, then the symmetric matrix will be
⎣ ⎦
–5 7 2

(1) ⎡
2 4 –5
⎤ (2) ⎡
4 4 –8
⎤

⎢ 0 3 7 ⎥ ⎢ 4 6 8 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
–3 1 2 –8 8 4

(3) ⎡
2 2 –4
⎤ (4) ⎡
1 0 0
⎤

⎢ 2 3 4 ⎥ ⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
–4 4 2 0 0 1

15*. Let A is a matrix of order 3 × 3 defined as A = [a ij ] , where a ij = lim

1−cos ( ix )
(∀1 ≤ i, j ≤ 3) , then A is equal to
2

3×3 sin ( ix ) tan ( jx )

x→0

(1) A (2) 3

2
A

(3) 2

3
A (4) 1

4
A

Adjoint and Inverse of Matrix

16. If A =[ 3 2
], then(A −1
)
3
is equal to
0 1

(1) 1
[
1 −26
]
(2) 1
[
−1 26
]
27 27
0 27 0 27

(3) 1
[
1 −26
]
(4) 1
[
−1 −26
]
27 27
0 −27 0 −27

17*. If A 2
− A + I = 0, then the inverse of A is
(1) I − A (2) A − I

(3) A (4) A + I

18. ⎡
0 0 −1
⎤

Let A =⎢ 0 −1 0 ⎥ . The only correct statement about matrix A is

⎣ ⎦
−1 0 0

(1) A
−1
does not exist (2) A =(−1)I, where I is a unit matrix
(3) A is a zero matrix (4) A
2
= I

19*. If A is a skew symmetric matrix, then B = (I − A)(I + A)

−1
(where I is an identity matrix of the same order as A) is
(1) idempotent matrix (2) symmetric matrix
(3) orthogonal matrix (4) None of these
20. ⎡
1 2 −3
⎤

Let A =⎢ −2 0 3 ⎥ be a matrix, then (determinant of A)×(adjoint of inverse A) is equal to

⎣ ⎦
3 −3 1

(1) O3×3 (2) ⎡

1 2 −3
⎤

⎢ −2 0 3 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
3 −3 1

(3) I3 (4) ⎡
3 −3 1
⎤

⎢ 3 0 −2 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
−1 2 −3

21. If A and B are square matrices of order 3, then

(1) adj(AB)= adjA + adjB (2) (A + B)
−1
= A
−1
+ B
−1

(3) AB = O ⇒|A|= 0 or |B|= 0 (4) AB = O ⇒|A|= 0 and |B|= 0

22*. Let A and B are two square matrices of order 3 such that det(A) = 3 and det(B) = 2, then the value of det((adj(B −1
A
−1
))
−1
) is equal to _____
(1) 6 (2) 9

(3) 18 (4) 36

23*. If Adj B = A and, |P |=|Q|= 1 then Adj(Q −1

. B. P
−1
)=

(1) APQ (2) PAQ

(3) B (4) A

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Properties of Determinants

24*. ∣0 a − b a − c∣

The value of ∣ b − a 0 b − c
∣
is
∣ ∣
∣c − a c − b 0 ∣

(1) abc (2) 0

(3) (a − b)(b − c)(c − a) (4) None of these

25.
2 3
∣ 0 x − a x − b∣
∣ ∣
If a, b, c are different, then the value of x satisfying ∣ x 2
+ a 0 x
2
+ c ∣= 0 is
∣ ∣
4
∣x + a x − c 0 ∣

(1) a (2) b

(3) c (4) 0
26*. ∣ 10! 11! 12! ∣
∣ ∣
The value of the determinant ∣ 11! 12! 13!
∣
is
∣ 12! 13! 14! ∣

(1) 2(10! 11!) (2) 2(10! 13!)

(3) 2(10! 11! 12!) (4) 2(11! 12! 13!)

27. If A =[ −4 −1
] , then the determinant of the matrix (A 2016
− 2A
2015
− A
2014
) is :
3 1

(1) −175 (2) 2014

(3) 2016 (4) −25

28*. ∣ a
2
b
2
c
2
∣
∣a 2
b
2
c
2
∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
If ∣ (a + λ) then k is equal to:
2 2 2
(b + λ) (c + λ) ∣= kλ∣ a b c ∣, λ ≠ 0,
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
2 2 2
∣ (a − λ) (b − λ) (c − λ) ∣ ∣ 1 1 1 ∣

(1) 4λabc (2) −4λ

2

(3) 4λ
2
(4) −4λabc

29. ∣2 3 x ∣
∣ ∣
The solution set of the equation ∣ 2 1 x
2
∣= 0 is
∣ ∣
∣6 7 3 ∣

(1) {0, 1} (2) {1, −1}

(3) {1, −3} (4) none of these.

30*. ∣ cos(θ + ϕ) − sin(θ + ϕ) cos 2ϕ ∣
∣ ∣
The determinant ∣ sin θ cos θ sin ϕ ∣ is -
∣ ∣
∣ − cos θ sin θ cos ϕ ∣

(1) 0 (2) independent of θ

(3) independent of ϕ (4) independent of both θ and ϕ
31*. ∣ x sin x cos x ∣
′
∣ ∣ f (x)
If f (x)=∣ x 2
tan x −x
3
∣, then lim
x
equals
∣ ∣ x→0

∣ 2x sin 2x 5x ∣

(1) 4 (2) 3

(3) −4 (4) None of these

32*. ∣ (1 + x)
a1 b1
(1 + x)
a1 b2
(1 + x)
a1 b3
∣
∣ ∣
If f (x)=∣ (1 + x)
a2 b1
(1 + x)
a2 b2
(1 + x)
a2 b3
∣,
∣ ∣
a3 b1 a3 b2 a3 b3
∣ (1 + x) (1 + x) (1 + x) ∣

find the coefficient of x in the expansion of f(x)

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 3

System of Linear Equations

33. If three linear equations x + 4ay + az = 0, x + 3by + bz = 0 and x + 2cy + cz = 0 have a non-trivial solution, then a, b, c are in-
(1) H. P . (2) G. P .

(3) A. P . (4) None of these

34*. If the system of equations x − ky − z = 0, kx − y − z = 0, x + y − z = 0 has a non-zero solution, then the possible values of k are
(1) −1,2 (2) 1,2

(3) 0,1 (4) −1, 1

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35. Consider the system of equations

ax + by + cz = 2

bx + cy + az = 2

cx + ay + bz = 2

where a, b, c are real numbers, such that a + b + c = 0. Then the system

(1) has two solutions (2) is inconsistent
(3) has unique solution (4) has infinitely many solutions
36*. Given, 2x − y + 2z = 2, x − 2y + z =−4 and x + y + λz =4 , then the value of λ such that the given system of equations has no solution is
(1) 3 (2) 1

(3) 0 (4) − 3

37*. If the system of linear equations

x + 2ay + az = 0

x + 3by + bz = 0

x + 4cy + cz = 0

has a non zero solutions, then a, b, c are in

(1) A. P. (2) G. P.

(3) H. P. (4) satisfies a + 2b + 3c = 0

38. The system of equation

3x − y + 4z = 3

x + 2y − 3z = −2

6x + 5y + λz = −3

Has at least one solution, if

(1) λ = −5 (2) λ = 5

(3) λ = 3 (4) λ = −13

39. The system of equation,x + y + z = 6

x + 2y + 3z = 10
and x + 2y + λz = μ has no solution, if
(1) λ = 3, μ = 10 (2) λ ≠ 3, μ = 10

(3) λ ≠ 3, μ ≠ 10 (4) λ = 3, μ ≠ 10

40*. If for some α and β in R , the intersection of the following three planes
x + 4y − 2z = 1

x + 7y − 5z = β

x + 5y + αz = 5

is a line in R , then α + β is equal to:

3

(1) 0 (2) 10

(3) 2 (4) −10

Note: Question with * denotes it is important.

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