Target : GATE 2023/24

Engineering Mathematics
Topic : Linear Algebra (Level-1) DPP - 01
Date : 10th March 2022 Daily Practice Problem for Mind Map

Question 1
It is given that X1 , X 2 ,........ X M are M non zero, orthogonal vectors. The dimension of the vector space
spanned by the 2M vectors X1 , X 2 ,........ X M ,  X1 ,  X 2 ,........  X M is
(A) 2 M (B) M + 1
(C) M (D) Dependent on the choice of X1 , X 2 ,........ X M
Question 2
0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0
Consider the matrix : J 6 
0 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
which is obtained by reversing the order of the columns of the identity matrix I 6 .
Let P  I 6  α J 6 , where  is a non-negative real number. The value of  for which det (P)  0 is
_________.
Question 3
 k 2k   x1 
Consider matrix A   2 2  and vector X    . The number of distinct real values of k for which
k  k k   x2 
the equation AX  0 has infinitely many solutions is ________.
Question 4
The linear operation L( x) is defined by the cross product L( x)  b  x , where b  [0 1 0]T and
x  [ x1 x2 x3 ]T are three dimensional vectors. The 3 3 matrix M of this operation satisfies
 x1 
L( x)  M  x2 
 x3 
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Then the eigen values of M are
(A) 0, 1, 1 (B) 1, 1, 1
(C) i,  i, 1 (D) i,  i, 0
Question 5
 1  1  1  1
For a given 2  2 matrix A, it is observed that A       and A    2   . Then matrix A is
1   1   2   2 
 2 1   1 0   1 1  1 1   1 0  2 1
(A) A        (B) A     
 1  1   0  2 1  2 1  2  0 2 1  1 
 1 1   1 0   2 1  0  2
(C) A     (D) A  
1  2  0  2 1  1   1  3
Question 6
A, B, C and D are vectors of length 4.
A  a1 a2 a3 a4 
B  b1 b2 b3 b4 
C  c1 c2 c3 c4 
D  d1 d2 d3 d4 
It is known that B is not a scalar multiple of A. Also, C is linearly independent of A and B. Further,
 a1 a2 a3 a4 
b b b3 b4 
D  3A  2B  C. The rank of the matrix  1 2 is ________.
 c1 c2 c3 c4 
 
d1 d2 d3 d 4 
Question 7
The system of equations given below, has
x  2 y  4z  2
4x  3 y  z  5
3x  2 y  3z  1
(A) a unique solution (B) two solutions
(C) no solution (D) more than two solutions
Question 8
If the vectors e1  (1, 0, 2), e2  (0, 1, 0) and e3  (2, 0, 1) form an orthogonal basis of the three
dimensional real space R3 , then the vector u  (4, 3,  3)  R3 can be expressed as
2 11 2 11
(A) u   e1  3e2  e3 (B) u   e1  3e2  e3
5 5 5 5
2 11 2 11
(C) u   e1  3e2  e3 (D) u   e1  3e2  e3
5 5 5 5
Question 9
Consider a system of linear equations x  2 y  3z  1, x  3y  4z  1 and 2x  4 y  6z  k .
The value of k for which the system has infinitely many solution is _______.
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Question 10
5 0 5 0
0 2 0 1 
The rank of matrix  is
5 0 5 0
 
0 1 0 2
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 1

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