Q01.Let A = 0 0 -1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 The only correct statement about the matrix A is:
Correct answer: A2 = I
Q02.The system of equations: ax + y + z = α –1 x + αy + z = α –1 and x + y + αz = α –1 has no solution, if α is:
Correct answer: Either –2 or 1
Q03.If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 then 1 β α β α β equals:
Correct answer: 1 1 1 2 − − −
Q04.The matrix 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 is a:
Correct answer: Symmetric matrix
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Q05.The values of a and b in the equation 2a + b a - 2b 4 -3 = 5c -d 4c + 3d 11 24 are
Correct answer: None of the above
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Q06.If 1 0 3 0 A = and B = 0 2 0 4 then
Correct answer: More than one of the above
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Q07.If A and B are invertible matrices of the same order, then
Correct answer: (AB)-1 = B-1 A-1
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Q08.Which of the following statements is not correct?
Correct answer: A is a skew-symmetric matrix if A' ≠ -A
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Q09.The number of possible matrices of order 3×3 with each entry 1 or 2 is
Correct answer: 512
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Q10.If the area of a triangle with the vertices (-3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units, then the value of k is
Correct answer: 3
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Q11.Which of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer: Determinant is a number associated with a square matrix.
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Q12.If A is an invertible matrix of order 2, then det (A-1) is equal to
Correct answer: 1/det(A)
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Q13.The value of 1 1 -2 3 4 5 -1 2 1 is
Correct answer: -34
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Q14.For which value of x, will the matrix given below become singular? A = 8 x 0 4 0 2 12 6 0
Correct answer: 4
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Q15.If ∆ ∆ ∆1 = 2 ax x 1 by y 1 cz z 1 and ∆ ∆ ∆2 = a b c x y z zy zx xy then
Correct answer: ∆1 −∆2 = 0
Q16.The rank of the matrix –1 2 5 2 –4 a – 4 1 –2 a +1 is:
Correct answer: 2, if a = 1
Q17.If P'(x', y') is the reflection of the point P(x, y) on the x-axis, then the matrix which describe the reflection of point P(x, y), in the x-axis is:
Correct answer: 1 0/0 –1
Q18.The matrix which describe the reflection of point P(x, y) through the origin is:
Correct answer: –1 0/0 –1
Q19.If the system of linear equations: x + y + kz = 4 x – 2y +2z = 3 3x + y – z = 5 are inconsistent, then the value of k is: b
Correct answer: –1
Q20.The value of determinant 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 is:
Correct answer: 0