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Q1

1 tan θ
If A(θ) = [ ] and AB = I , then (sec 2
θ) B is equal to
− tan θ 1

(1) A(θ)

(2) A ( θ

2
)

(3) A(−θ)

(4) A (− θ

2
)

Q2

cos α − sin α cos β − sin β

If A = [ ] and B = [ ] , then the correct relation is
sin α cos α sin β cos β

(1) A 2
= B
2

(2) A + B = B − A

(3) AB = BA
(4) None of these

Q3

0 i
If A = [ ] , then the value of A 40
is
−i 0

0 1
(1) [ ]
1 0

1 0
(2) [ ]
0 1

1 1
(3) [ ]
0 0

−1 1
(4) [ ]
0 −1

Q4

3
⎡ ⎤
7 1 2 4
[ ]⎢4 ⎥ + 2[ ] is equal to
9 2 1 ⎣ ⎦ 2
5

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43
(1) [ ]
44

43
(2) [ ]
45

45
(3) [ ]
44

44
(4) [ ]
45

Q5

If A is matrix of order 3 and |A| = 2, then | adj A| is equal to -

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 2 3

(4) 2 2

Q6

If x + y − z = 0, 3x − αy − 3z = 0, x − 3y + z = 0 has non zero solution, then α =

(1) −1

(2) 0
(3) 1
(4) −3

Q7

The number of solutions of the equations x + 4y − z = 0, 3x − 4y − z = 0, x − 3y + z = 0 is

(1) 0
(2) 1

(3) 2
(4) Infinite

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Q8
∣ x3 + 4x x + 3 x − 2 ∣
∣
∣

If ∣
x − 2 5x x − 1
∣
= ax
5
+ bx
4
+ cx
3
+ dx
2
+ ex + f be an identity in x, where a, b, c, d, e, f are
∣x − 3 x + 2 4x ∣

independent of x, then the value of f is -

(1) 0
(2) 15
(3) 17
(4) none of these

Q9

a b
Let A = [ ] be a matrix such that a + d = 1 = ad − bc, then A 2010
is
c d

(1) I 2

(2) −I 2

(3) A
(4) Null matrix

Q10

cos θ sin θ sin θ − cos θ

cos θ [ ] + sin θ [ ] is equal to
− sin θ cos θ cos θ sin θ

0 0
(1) [ ]
0 0

1 0
(2) [ ]
0 0

0 1
(3) [ ]
1 0

1 0
(4) [ ]
0 1

Q11

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1 0 0
⎡ ⎤
If A = ⎢ 0 1 0 ⎥ , then A 2
=
⎣ ⎦
a b −1

(1) Unit matrix

(2) Null matrix

(3) A
(4) −A

Q12

Let A and B be two 3 × 3 real matrices such that (A 2

− B )
2
is invertible matrix. If A 5
= B
5
and

A B
3 2
= A B
2 3
, then the value of the determinant of the matrix A 3
+ B
3
is equal to:

(1) 2

(2) 4
(3) 1

(4) 40

Q13

The equation

x + 2y + 3z = 1, 2x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5y + 9z = 4 have

(1) Unique solution

(2) Infinitely many solutions

(3) Inconsistent
(4) None of these

Q14
∣ λ2 + 3λ λ − 1 λ + 3∣
∣
∣

If pλ 4
+ qλ
3
+ rλ
2
+ sλ + t =
∣
λ + 1 2 − λ λ − 4
∣
, the value of t is
∣ λ − 3 λ + 4 3λ ∣

(1) 16

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(2) 18
(3) 17

(4) 19

Q15
∣1 4 20 ∣
∣
∣

The roots of the equation ∣

1 −2 5
∣
= 0 are
2
∣1 2x 5x ∣

(1) −1, −2

(2) −1, 2
(3) 1, −2

(4) 1,2

Q16

Let A be a square matrix of order two with |A| ≠ 0, such that |A + |A| adj(A)| = 0, where adj (A) is an
adjoint of matrix A, then the value of |A − |A| adj(A)| is

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3
(4) 4

Q17

3 −2 −1
⎡ ⎤
Inverse of the matrix ⎢ −4 1 −1 ⎥ is
⎣ ⎦
2 0 1

1 2 3
⎡ ⎤
(1) ⎢ 3 3 7 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
−2 −4 −5

1 −3 5
⎡ ⎤
(2) ⎢ 7 4 6⎥
⎣ ⎦
4 2 7

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1 2 3
⎡ ⎤
(3) ⎢ 2 5 7 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
−2 −4 −5

1 2 −4
⎡ ⎤
(4) ⎢ 8 −4 −5 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
3 5 2

Q18

∣ y + z x y ∣

If ∣
z + x z x
∣

= k(x + y + z)(x − z)
2
, then k =
∣ ∣
∣x + y y z ∣

(1) 2xyz
(2) 1

(3) xyz
(4) x 2
y z
2 2

Q19

If a system of the equations (α + 1) 3 3

x + (α + 2) y − (α + 3)
3
= 0 , (α + 1)x + (α + 2)y − (α + 3) = 0,
and x + y − 1 = 0 is consistent. What is the value of α ?

(1) 1
(2) 0
(3) -3

(4) −2

Q20

If the system of equations is consistent then λ can be

λx1 + x2 + x3 = 1, x1 + λx2 + x3 = 1, x1 + x2 + λx3 = 1

(1) 5
(2) − 2

(3) −3

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(4) None of these

Q21

sin θ i cos θ
If A(θ) = [ ] , then which of the following is not true?
i cos θ sin θ

(1) A(θ) −1
= A(π − θ)

(2) A(θ) + A(π + θ) is a null matrix

(3) A(θ) is invertible for all θ ∈ R

(4) A(θ) −1
= A(−θ)

Q22

Let A and B are two non-singular square matrices, A and B are the transpose matrices of A and B,
T T

respectively, then which of the following are correct?

(1) B T
AB is symmetric matrix if A is symmetric
(2) B T
AB is symmetric matrix if B is symmetric
(3) B T
AB is skew-symmetric matrix for every matrix A

(4) B T
AB is skew-symmetric matrix if A is skew-symmetric

Q23

3 −3 4
⎡ ⎤
If A = ⎢ 2 −3 4⎥ , then
⎣ ⎦
0 −1 1

(1) adj(adj A) = A

(2) | adj(adj A)| = 1

(3) | adj A| = 1
(4) none of these

Q24

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∣ a2 + x ab ac ∣
∣
∣

The determinant Δ = ∣
ab b
2
+ x bc ∣
is divisible by
∣ ∣
2
∣ ac bc c + x∣

(1) x

(2) x 2

(3) x 3

(4) none of these

Q25
∣1 1 + ac 1 + bc ∣
∣
∣

Δ = 1
∣
1 + ad 1 + bd
∣
is independent of
∣1 1 + ae 1 + be ∣

(1) a
(2) b

(3) c, d, e
(4) none of these

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