To get more please visit: www.creativeworld9.blogspot.

com
1. A matrix A for which AP = 0 where P is a positive integer is called (a) unit matrix (b) nilpotent (c) symmetric 2 2 4 3 4 is 2. The matrix A = 2 4 4 5 (a) Nilpotent (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Symmetric (d) Orthogonal 3. If A = 3 4 1 1 then An is (d) skew symmetric

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2n 4n + 1 n 1 2n 1 + 3n 4n n 1 2n 1 + 3n 4n n 1 + 2n

1 + 2n 4n n 1 2n 0 1 2 3 , then A + AT = 4. If A = 1 0 2 3 0 (a) orthogonal matrix (b) unit matrix (c) symmetric matrix (d) null matrix 5. If A = 0 4 , then A4 = 0 0

(a) (b) (c) (d)

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0

0 4 0 0 2 2 6. A = 1 3 1 2

4 4 is 3

(a) Idempotent matrix (b) Orthogonal (c) Nilpotent (d) Involutary 7. If A is a matrix of order m n, then R(A) is less than or equal to (a) maximum of m and n (b) n (c) m (d) minimum of m and n 8. The system of equations AX = B has an innite number of solution if (a) R(AB) = R(A) > n (b) R(AB) = R(A) = r = n (c) R(AB) = R(A) = r > n (d) R(AB) = R(A) = r < n 1 0 1 2 which is an Echelon form of the given system of 2 4 9. If 0 0 0 0 3 10 equations, then the system of equations has innite number of solutions if (a) = 3, = 10 (b) = 3, = 10 (c) = 3, = 10 (d) = 8, = 10 10. The solution of system of equations x + y + z = 1 , 2x + 3y + 2z = 2, 5x + 4y + 3z = 3 is (a) x = 1 , y = 0 z = 0 (b) x = y = z = 0 (c) x = y = z = 1 (d) x = 0 , y = 0 , z = 1 2 2 11. Characteristic equation of A = 0 (a) 3 1312 = 0 (b) 3 +15+12 = 0 (c) 3 15+12 = 0 (d) 3 13+12 = 0 12. If A = (a) 1, 5 (b) 1, -2 (c) 1, 25 (d) -1, -5 13. If one of the eigen value is zero, then |A| is (a) zero (b) unity (c) non - zero (d) - |A | 1 2 3 14. The eigen vector corresponding to the eigen value = 1 for the matrix 0 4 7 is 0 0 7 (a) (k, 0, 0 ) (b) ( 0, 0, 0 ) (c) ( 1, 1, 1 ) (d) (0, k, 0 ) 15. If all the eigen values of a matrix A are distinct, then the corresponding eigen vectors are (a) positive (b) innite (c) linearly dependent (d) linearly independent 0 0 16. The characteristic equation of the matrix A = 0 0 0 0 (a) 3 = 1 (b) 3 = 6 (c) 3 + = 0 (d) 3 = 0 17. If 1 , 2 , 3 are the latent roots of a square matrix A , then the latent roots of A2 are (a) 1/1 , 1/2 , 1/3 (b) 1 2 ,2 2 ,3 2 (c) 1 2 ,2 2 ,3
2

2 7 1 2 is 1 3

1 0

0 5

then the eigen values of A2 are

6 0 is 0

(d) 1/1, 1/2, 1/3 18. If the eigen values of an n x n matrix are all distinct then it is always similar to a (a) orthogonal (b) symmetric (c) skew-symmetric (d) diagonal 19. If D = P1 A P, then D10 = (a) A4 P P 1 (b) P1 P A10 (c) PA1 0P 1 (d) P1 A10 P 20. If all the eigen values of A are non zero, then A is (a) singular (b) Orthogonal (c) modal (d) Non-singular matrix. matrix.

re c

ti a

ew v

rl o

9. d

lo b

sp g

t. o

om c