1.

A trivial example of involutry matrix is a

(a) Orthogonal matrix
(b) Unit matrix
(c) Null matrix
(d) singular matrix
 
2 −2 −4
2. The matrix A =  −2 3 4  is
 
−4 4 − 5

(a) Skew-symmetric
(b) Symmetric
(c) Orthogonal
(d) Nilpotent
   
2 0 0 1 2 3
3. If A =  0 2 0  and B =  0 1 3  then det of AB has the value
   
0 0 2 0 0 2

(a) 16
(b) 32
(c) 8
(d) 4

4. If A is a square matrix such that AAT = I then the value of AT A is

(a) I
(b) A
(c) A2
(d) A− 1
 
0 6
5. The matrix is a matrix
0 0

(a) Involutary
(b) Skew-symmetric
(c) Nilpotent
(d) Orthogonal
 
2 −2 −4
6. A =  −1 3 4  is
 
1 −2 −3

(a) Idempotent matrix

(b) Nilpotent
(c) Orthogonal
(d) Involutary
 
1 0 0
7. What is the rank of A =  0 1 0
 
0 0 1

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 0

8. The system of equations x + 2y - 3z = 0 , 2x - y + 2z = 0, x + 7y - 11z = 0 is

(a) unique solution
(b) no solution
(c) In consistent
(d) consistent
    
0 −1 x 5
9. The value of x and y, if =
1 0 y 4

(a) x = 4 , y = -5
(b) x = 1 , y = 2
(c) x = 4 , y = 3
(d) x = 4 , y = 5

10. The solution of system of equations x + y + z = 1 , 2x + 3y + 2z = 2, 5x + 4y + 3z = 3 is

(a) x = y = z = 0
(b) x = 1 , y = 0 z = 0
(c) x = y = z = 1
(d) x = 0 , y = 0 , z = 1
 
2 2 −7
11. Characteristic equation of A = 2
 1 2  is
0 1 −3

(a) λ3 −15λ+12 = 0
(b) λ3 −13λ+12 = 0
(c) λ3 −13λ−12 = 0
(d) λ3 +15λ+12 = 0
 
1 2 0
12. The product of the eigen values of A = 0
 1 5  is
2 0 2

(a) 19
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 20

13. Product of the eigen values of a matrix A is equal to its

(a) |A |
(b) |Adj. A |
(c) - |A |
(d) |A−1 |
 
1 2 3
14. The eigen vector corresponding to the eigen value λ = 1 for the matrix  0 −4 7  is
0 0 7

(a) (0, k, 0 )
(b) ( 0, 0, 0 )
(c) (k, 0, 0 )
(d) ( 1, 1, 1 )

15. The sum of the eigen values of a matrix A is equal to

(a) its nullity

(b) trace of A
(c) its rank
(d) its value of the determinant
 
0 0 6
16. The characteristic equation of the matrix A =  0 0 0  is
0 0 0

(a) λ3 = 1
(b) λ3 + = 0
(c) λ3 = 0
(d) λ3 = 6
 
1 2
17. If A = , then by Cayley- Hamilton theorem, A8 is
2 −1
 
625 0
(a)
0 625
 
623 0
(b)
0 623
 
626 0
(c)
0 626
 
624 0
(d)
0 624
18. If a square matrix A of order n has n linearly independent eigen vectors, then a matrix B can be found such that
is a diagonal matrix

(a) B−1 A
(b) A B−1 B
(c) - B−1 AB
(d) B−1 AB
19. If D = P−1 A P, then D10 =

(a) P−1 P A10

(b) PA1 0P −1
(c) P−1 A10 P
(d) A4 P P −1
20. The matrix B which diagonalises A is matix.
(a) modal
(b) Orthogonal
(c) symmetric
(d) spectral