Q361.If A and B are two square matrices such that AB = A and BA = B, then
Correct answer: both A and B are idempotent
Q362.If 1 2 A 3 4, 2 3 B 4 5 and 4A–3B+C=0 then C=
Correct answer: 2 1/0 1
Q363.Equations x y z 6, x 2y 3z 10 x 2y z Have infinite number of solutions, if
Correct answer: 3, 10
Q364.For what value of λ, the equations x y z 1, x y z, 3 x y z Do not have a solution
Correct answer: 0
Q365.The system of equations: 2x y z a, x 2y z b, x y 2z c + − = + − = + − = + − = is consistent if–
Correct answer: a b c 0
Q366.The rule A2 –B2 =(A+B)(A–B) always holds for two matrices A and B if
Correct answer: AB = BA
Q367.For 3× × ×3 matrix A the incorrect statement isc -
Correct answer: () adj adjA = A A
Q368.If A is a real skew-symmetric matrix of order 3× × ×3, then the matrix A is -
Correct answer: singular
Q369.One of the roots of the equation 2 x 3 3 3 4 x 5 0 3 5 4 x − − = − is
Correct answer: –1
Q370.If (((()))) (((()))) ∆ k 1 k 1 k 1 k m m m 2 2 3 4 5 2 1 3 1 5 1 − − − − − − − − − − − − = − − − − − − − − − − − − then the value of ∆ m k k 1 = ∑ ∑ is equal to:
Correct answer: 0
Q371.If A and B are 5× × ×5 matrices such that rank
Correct answer: 3
Q372.If A is a square matrix of order n and λ is a scalar, then adj (λ A) is equal to:
Correct answer: λn–1/adj A
Q373.The rank of the matrix 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 is
Correct answer: 2
Q374.For a real skew symmetric matrix A of odd order, the determinant |A| is
Correct answer: equal to zero
Q375.If A = i 0 0 -1, B = 0 -i 1 0 and, 0 -i C = i 0 then A3 + B3 + C3 – AB – BC – CA is
Correct answer: 0
Q376.The system of linear equations λx + y + z = 1 x + λy + z = λ x + y + λz = λ2 does not a solution if λ is equal to –
Correct answer: –2
Q377.The following two statements are given for a square matrix A such that A5 = 0 (I) I + A is invertible (II) I – A is invertible Of these statements
Correct answer: (II) is correct but not (I)
Q378.The value of the determinant– -1 x -x y 1 -y z -z -1
Correct answer: 1 + yz + yx + zx
Q379.The rank of the matrix– 3 1 2 6 2 4 is 3 1 2
Correct answer: 2
Q380.If 6 8 5 A 4 2 3 9 7 1 is the sum of a symmetric matrix B and a skew-symmetric matrix C, then B is–
Correct answer: 6 6 7 4 2 3 9 7 1