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 Assignment – 1
Q1 to Q6 carry one mark each
Q.1 A square matrix each of whose diagonal elements are ‘1’ and non-diagonal elements are
'0’ is called
(A) Null matrix
(B) Skew symmetric matrix
(C) Identity matrix
(D) row matrix
Q.2 If product of two matrices AB exists does BA exists ?
(A) Always exist (B) May exist
(C) Never exist (D) None of these
Q.3 If a square matrix A is real and symmetric, then the eigen values
(A) are always real
(B) are always real and positive
(C) are always real and non-negative
(D) occur in complex conjugate pairs
Q.4 If A and B are two matrices such that AB and A + B are both defined then A, B are
(A) Scalar matrices of same order
(B) square matrices of same order
(C) matrices of different order
(D) cannot predict
Q.5 A matrix A has x rows and x + 5 columns, matrix B has y rows and 11–y columns. Both
AB and BA exists.
Then values of x and y respectively are
(A) 3, –8 (B) –5, 11
(C) 5, –11 (D) 3, 8

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 3 − x 2 2 
Q.6 For what values of x, the matrix  4− x 1  is singular
 2
 −2 −4 −1 − x 

(A) 0, 3 (B) 0, −3
(C) −1, 4 (D) 3, 4
Q7 to Q18 carry two marks each

1  2
Q.7 Evaluate  =  2 1
2 1 

where w is one of the imaginary cube root of unity

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) None of these
Q.8 If a given matrix [A] m  n has r linearly independent vectors (rows or columns) and the
remaining vectors are combination of these r vectors. Then rank of matrix is
(A) m (B) n
(C) r (D) m – n
Q.9 Are following vectors linearly dependent

x1 = (3, 2, 7) x2 = (2, 4, 1)

x3 = (1, − 2, 6)

(A) dependent (B) independent

(C) can’t say (D) none of above
Q.10 If A is non-zero column matrix and B is a non-zero row matrix then rank of matrix AB is
(A) always 1
(B) always = No. of elements in row
(C) always = No. of elements in column
(D) does not depends on rows &columns

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 a h g  x
Q.11 If A = [ x y z ] , B =  h b f  , C =  y  AV


 g f c   z 

Then ABC =
(A) ABC is not possible

(B) [ax 2 + by 2 + cz 2 + 2hxy + 2 gzx + 2 fyz ]

(C) [a 2 x + b2 y + c 2 z + 2abc + 2 xyz + 2 fgh]

(D) [a 2 x + byz + fcz 2 + 2hxy + 2 gzx + 2 fyz ]

8 7 9 
Q.12 The inverse of a matrix 5 10 15 is
 
1 2 3 

15 7 8
1
(A) 10 5 3
2
 5 2 1

 −15 7 8
(B)  −10 −5 3
 
 5 2 1

 −15 7 8
(C)  10 −5 3
 
 5 2 1

(D) None of these

0 2 2
Q.13 Rank of matrix  7 4 8  is
 
 −7 0 −4 

(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) none of these

Q.14 Eigen values of matrix

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 (A) 1, −2, 4 (B) 1, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 5 (D) −1, 3, 4
Q.15 Whether the following equations are inconsistent
x + y + z = –3
3x + y – 2z = –2
2x + 4y + 7z = 7
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Can’t say
(D) Can’t be determined.

 5 4
 −1 6 3
If A =  3 2 & B =  & A + B '− X = 0 then X =
−2 5 1
Q.16
  
 −2 3

 4 −2  4 2 
(A) 9 −7  (B) 9 −7 
   
1 4  1 4 

4 2  4 2
(C)  9 7  (D) 9 7 
   
 1 −4   1 4 

 cos  sin    sin  − cos 

Q.17 if A =   &B=  then cos ( A) + sin ( B) =
 − sin  cos  cos  sin  

1 0  1 0 
(A)   (B) 0 1 
0 −1  

0 1   0 −1
(C)   (D)  −1 0 
1 0   

 3 −5
Q.18 If A =   & A2 = kA + 14l then k = ….
 −4 2 

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 (A) 3 (B) 5
(C) 1 (D) –5

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 Assignment – 2
Q1 to Q6 carry one mark each
Q.1 If A be any matrix, then matrix B if it exists such that AB = BA = I, then it is called
(A) Transpose of A
(B) Inverse of A
(C) Cofactor matrix A
(D) Adjoint of A.
Q.2 The eigen vector corresponding to an eigen values are
(A) different (B) unique
(C) non-unique (D) none of these
Q.3 Rank of matrix which is in echelon form is equal to
(A) No. of non-zero rows in the matrix
(B) No. of columns in the matrix
(C) It is independent of No. of rows and columns
(D) Can’t say
Q.4 Cayley Hamilton theorem is
(A) A matrix can be expressed as sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices
(B) Every square matrix satisfies its own characteristic equation.
(C) Inverse of a matrix exists if it is singular
(D) None of these
Q.5 Inverse of a matrix
(A) exist if matrix is singular
(B) is unique

A
(C)
adjA

(D) is not unique

p q  r s
Q.6 if P =   , P=  , then PQ is equal to
 −q p −s r 

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  pr − qs ps + qr 
(A)  
 −qr − ps −qs + pr 

 pq − rs pr − qs 
(B)  
 qr + ps −qs + pr 

 pr + qs ps − qr 
(C)  
 qr + ps qs − pr 

 pq + rs − pr − qs 
(D)  
 −qp − rs qs − pr 
Q7 to Q18 carry two marks each

0 1 −1
Q.7 Is the matrix an  4 −3 4  involutorymatrix ?
 
 3 −3 4 

(A) No
(B) Yes
(C) Can’t say
(D) Cannot be determined

 −1 2 −3
Q.8 The inverse of the matrix  2 1 0  is
 
 4 −2 5 

 −5 4 −3
(A) 10 −7 6 
 
 8 −6 5 

 5 4 3
(B) 10 7 6 
 
 8 6 5 

10 7 6 
(C)  8 6 5 
 
 5 4 3

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  −5 4 −3
(D) 10 7 6 
 
 8 6 5 

0 1 2 −2 
Q.9 The rank of the matrix  4 0 2 5 
 
 2 1 3 1 

(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D) 1
Q.10 The following equations have solutions
x + 2y − z = 3
2x − 2y + 3z = 2
3x − y + 2z = 1
x− y + z = −1
(A) x = −1, y = 4, z = 4
(B) x = 4, y = 1, z = 1
(C) infinite solutions
(D) it is consistent

4 2 101
Q.11 For the matrix   the eigen value corresponding to the eigen vector   is
2 4 101
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 8

1 2 5 
Q.12 Characteristic root of matrix A = 0 3 5  are
 
0 0 2 

(A) −1, −3, −2 (B) 1, 3, 2

(C) −1, −2, 3 (D) −3, 1, 2

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 1 1 1
Q.13 The eigen values of are 1 1 1
 
1 1 1

(A) 0, 0, 0 (B) 0, 0, 1
(C) 0, 0, 3 (D) 1, 1, 1

1 1 2 3 
1 3 0 3 
Q.14 The rank of matrix   is
1 −2 −3 −3
 
1 1 2 3 
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 2 (D) 1
Q.15 The following equations have solutions. x + 2y + 3z = 6 3x − 2y + z = 2 4x + 2y + z = 7
(A) x = 2, y = 2, z = ½
(B) x = y = z = 1
(C) They are inconsistent
(D) Infinite solutions

5 −1  −4 3 
Q.16 If A =   &B =   then the matrix X which satisfies the equation 3A + X =
3 2   1 −2 
2B is given by X =

 23 9   −23 −9 
(A)   (B)  −7 10 
 7 10   

 −23 9 
(C)   (D) None of these
 −7 −10 

 1 0
Q.17 If A =   then the value of k for which 2 A = 8A + kI is . . . .
 −1 7 

(A) 5 (B) −5
(C) 7 (D) −7

3 2   1 0
Q.18 if Y =   and Y − 2 X =   , then X = …
1 4   −3 2 
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  2 1 1 2 
(A)   (B) 1 1 
1 1  

1 2  1 1
(C)   (D)  2 1
1 1   

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 Answer key on Assignment – 1
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D
6. A 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. A
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. D 17. B 18. B

Answer key on Assignment – 2

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A
11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. D 18. D

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