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1. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I then A is called (a) nilpotent (b) involutary (c) unit matrix (d) symmetric 2. If A = 1 a what is An ? where n is positive integer. 0 1

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

1 0 0 1 na 0 0 1 1 na 0 1 1 an 0 1

3. Inverse of a non-singular matrix A is (a) (b) (d)

adj. A |A| adj. A1 |A|

(c) (adj. A ) |A|

adj. A |A|

4. A square matrix A is called orthogonal if (a) A = AT (b) AA1 = I (c) AT = A (d) A2 = A 5. If A is 3 3 matrix and B is its ad joint matrix . If the determinant of B is 64, then the determinant of A is (a) (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 8 6. If A
mn

and B

pq

are two matrices, state the condition for the existance of AB+BA

(a) n = p (b) m = n = p = q (c) m = p,n = q (d) q = m 7. L U decomposition method fails if lii = uii = (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1 1 8. Rank of A = 1 1 (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2 9. The system of equations x + y + 3z = 0, 4x + 3y + 8z = 0, 2x + y + 2z = 0 is (a) unique solution (b) In consistent (c) consistent (d) no solution 10. The number of linearly independent solutions of the linear system A X = 0 is r is rank of A. (a) n (b) r (c) n r (d) n + r 1 1 2 1 is 11. Characteristic equation of A = 1 2 0 1 1 (a) 3 +22 +2 = 0 (b) 3 +22 +3+2 = 0 (c) 3 22 +2 = 0 (d) 3 +22 3+2 = 0 12. If A = (a) -1, -5 (b) 1, -2 (c) 1, 5 (d) 1, 25 13. The eigen values of A1 (a) 1/2, 1/4, -1/5 (b) 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 (c) -1/2, -1/4, 1/5 (d) 2, 4, 5 1 1 0 14. The eigen vector corresponding to the eigen value = -2 for the matrix 1 1 0 is 0 0 5 (a) (k, 0, 0 ) (b) ( 0, 0, 0 ) (c) ( k, -k, 1 ) (d) (k, k, 0 ) 15. The sum of the eigen values of a matrix A is equal to (a) its nullity (b) its rank (c) trace of A (d) its value of the determinant 16. By Cayley-Hamilton theorem , matrix A = (a) A2 + 3A + 2 = 0 (b) A2 - 3A - 2 = 0 (c) A2 + 3A - 2 = 0 (d) A2 - 3A + 2 = 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) 1/1 , 1/2 , 1/3 (c) 1 2 ,2 2 ,3 2 (d) 1 2 ,2 2 ,3
2

1 1 1

1 1 is 1

Where n distinct variables and

1 0

0 5

then the eigen values of A2 are

2 0 , where A = 0

7 6 4 1 are 0 5

2 4 1 1

, satises its characteristic equation. What is it?

18. If the eigen values of an n x n matrix are all distinct then it is always similar to a (a) diagonal (b) symmetric (c) orthogonal (d) skew-symmetric 19. If D = B1 AB , where D is the diagonal matrix then An = (a) (B1 DB)n (b) B1 Dn B (c) B Dn B 1 (d) (B D B1 )n 20. If all the eigen values of A are non zero, then A is (a) Orthogonal (b) Non-singular (c) modal (d) singular matrix.

matrix.