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Maths
DPP: 3
Matrices

A = [aij ] is a skew-symmetric matrix of order −4 2

[ ]
Q1 If (D)
n , then aii is equal to: 1 4
(A) 0 for some i
Q6 If A1 , A2 , A3 , … , A2n−1 are n skew-
(B) 0 for all i = 1, 2, … , n
symmetric matrices of same order, then
(C) 1 for some i
B= ∑nr=1 (2r − 1)(A2r−1 )2r−1 will be
(D) 1 for all i = 1, 2, … … , n
(A) symmetric
Q2 If A is skew-symmetric of order 3 × 3, then trace (B) skew-symmetric
of A is _______. (C) neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric
(A) 0 (B) 1 (D) data not adequate
(C) 2 (D) 3
Q7 ⎡6 5⎤8
Q3 The maximum number of different elements If A = ⎢ 4 3 ⎥ is the sum of a symmetric
2
required to form a symmetric matrix of order 6 is ⎣9 1⎦7
(A) 15 (B) 17 matrix B and skew -symmetric matrix C, then B
(C) 19 (D) 21 is equal to
(A) ⎡ 6 7⎤ 6
Q4 If A and B are symmetric matrices of the ⎢6 5⎥ 2
same order, then ⎣7 1⎦ 5
(B) ⎡ 0 2 −2 ⎤
(A) AB is a symmetric matrix
(B) A − B is a skew-symmetric matrix
⎢ −2 5 −2 ⎥
(C) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix ⎣2 2 0 ⎦
(C) ⎡ 6 6 7 ⎤
(D) AB − BA is a symmetric matrix

⎢ −6 2 −5 ⎥
⎣ −7 5 1 ⎦
Q5 If A is a symmetric matrix and B is a skew-
symmetric matrix such that
2 3 (D) ⎡ 0 6 −2 ⎤
A+B=[ ] , then AB is equal to ⎢ 2 0 −2 ⎥
⎣ −2 −2 0 ⎦
5 −1
−4 −2
[ ]
(A)
−1 4
Q8 cos α − sin α
4 −2 Let A=( ) , (α ∈ R) such
[ ]
(B)
sin α cos α
−1 −4
0 −1
(C) 4 −2 that A32 =( ) then a value of α is:
[ ] 1 0
1 −4
(A) 0 (B) π/16

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(C) π/32 (D) π/64 (C) 2 (D) 6

−i 1 −1
A=[ ] and B = [ ],
Q9 Let A be a symmetric matrix of order 2 with Q13 i
If
integer entries. If the sum of the diagonal −i i −1 1
2
elements of A is 1 , then the possible number of then A8 equals
such matrices is: (A) 128 B
(A) 6 (B) 4 (B) 132 B
(C) 1 (D) 12 (C) 116 B
(D) 8 B
Q10 ⎡ 2 0 1⎤
If A = ⎢ 2 1 3⎥ and Q14
A=[
cos θ − sin θ
] , then AT + A = I2 ,
⎣ 1 −1 0 ⎦
If
sin θ cos θ
f(x) = x2 − 5x + 6 , then the value of f(A) is: if
(A) ⎡ 0 −1 3 ⎤ (A) θ = nπ, n ∈ Z
⎢ 1 1 −10 ⎥ (B) θ = (2n + 1)π/2, n ∈ Z
⎣5 4 4 ⎦ (C) θ = 2nπ + π/3, n ∈ Z
(B) ⎡ 0 0 −3 ⎤ (D) None of these
⎢ 1 2 10 ⎥
⎣6 4 1 ⎦ Q15 If A = [aij ] is a square matrix of even order that
aij = i2 − j2 , then
(C) ⎡ 1 −1 −3 ⎤
⎢ −1 −1 −10 ⎥
(A) A is a skew-symmetric matrix and |A| = 0

⎣ −5 4 4 ⎦
(B) A is symmetric matrix and |A| is a square
(C) A is symmetric matrix and |A| = 0
(D) ⎡ 1 2 3⎤
⎢ −1 −1 0 ⎥
(D) none of these

⎣ 4 −5 4 ⎦ Q16 If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same

order
Q11 Matrix A has m rows and n + 5 columns, matrix
X = AB + BA and Y = AB − BA,
and
B has m rows and 11 − n columns. If both AB
then (XY )T is equal to
and BA exist, then:
(A) XY (B) Y X
(A) AB and BA are square matrices
(C) −Y X (D) None of these
(B) AB and BA are of order 8 × 8 and 3 × 13 ,
2π
=[ ]
respectively Q17 tan π
sec
3 3
(C) AB = BA Let A
cot(2019 π2 ) cos(2020π)
(D) None of these
and P is a 2 × 2 matrix such that P P T = I ,
Q12 The total number of matrices where I is an identity matrix of order 2. If

⎛ 0 2y 1 ⎞ Q = P AP T and R = [rij ]2×2 = P T Q8 P ,

A = ⎜ 2x y −1 ⎟ (x, y ∈ R, x ≠ y) then
⎝ 2x −y 1 ⎠ (A) r11 = 81
–
T
for Which A A = 3I3 is: (B) r11 = 27√3
–
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) r11 = 4√ 3

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–
(D) r11 = −√3

Q18 Let A and B are the two non-singular square

matrices, AT and BT are the two transpose
matrices of A and B respectively, then which of
the following are correct?
(A) BTAB is symmetric matrix if A is symmetric.
(B) BTAB is symmetric matrix if B is symmetric
(C) BTAB is skew symmetric matrix for every
matrix A.
(D) BTAB is skew symmetric matrix if A is skew
symmetric

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Answer Key
Q1 (B) Q10 (C)

Q2 (A) Q11 (A)

Q3 (D) Q12 (B)

Q4 (C) Q13 (A)

Q5 (B) Q14 (C)

Q6 (B) Q15 (D)

Q7 (A) Q16 (C)

Q8 (D) Q17 (A)

Q9 (B) Q18 (A, D)

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