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Safal 2.0
Matrices
Revision Practice Sheet
 2 0 0 6. If 1, ω and ω2 are the cube roots of unity and
1. The matrix 0 3 0  is: 1+ω 2ω a –ω 0 ω
   –2ω + =
0 0 3  

–b  3ω 2  ω 1 
(1) Column matrix (2) Diagonal matrix then a2 + b2 is equal to:
(3) Identity matrix (4) Null matrix (1) 1 + ω2 (2) ω2 –1
(3) 1 + ω (4) (1+ ω)2

−1 0 0  7. If ω is a complex cube root of unity and

2. The matrix 0 − 1 0 is: ω 0 
A=   then A50 is equal to:
0 0 − 1  0 ω
(1) Column matrix (2) Null matrix (1) ω2A (2) ωA
(3) Scalar matrix (4) Identity matrix (3) A (4) 0

2 -1
−1 0 0  8. If A =   and I is the unit matrix of order 2,
-1 2
3. The matrix 2 −1 0 is:
  then A2 is equal to:
3 − 7 −1
(1) 4A – 3I (2) 3A – 4I
(1) Upper triangular matrix (3) A – I (4) A + I
(2) Diagonal matrix
(3) Scalar matrix
1 − 5 7
(4) Lower triangular matrix
9. If A = 0 7 9  , then trace of matrix A is:
11 8 9
2 − 1 (1) 17 (2) 25
4. If A =   , then A + 2A – 3I is equal:
2
(3) 3 (4) 12
1 2 
4 − 6 
(1) 6 4 (2) 0 −3 4 10 
  10. If x   + y   =   , then:
4  3  −5
−6 2
(3) −2 6 (4) 5I (1) x = −2, y = 1 (2) x = −9, y = 10
 
(3) x = 22, y = 1 (4) x = 2, y = −1

x 1
If A =  , and A2 is the identity matrix, then x 1 1
0
5.
1 11. If A =   , and A100 equal to
is equal to 1 1
(1) –1 (2) 0 (1) 2 A
100
(2) 299A
(3) 1 (4) 2 (3) 100 A (4) 299 A
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1 −   18. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew-symmetric

12. If for the matrix A =   , AA = I2, then the
T
matrix, then:
   
(1) A is a diagonal matrix
value of 2 +2 is: (2) A is zero square matrix
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) A is a square matrix
(3) 1 (4) 4 (4) None of the above

13. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same cos  − sin 

order, then: 19. If A =   , then A + A ' = I, if value of
sin  cos  
(1) AB is a symmetric matrix
 is
(2) A – B is skew-symmetric matrix
(3) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix  
(1) (2)
(4) AB – BA is a symmetric matrix 6 3
3
(3) π (4)
14. Matrix A has m rows and n + 5 columns, matrix B has 2
m rows and 11 – n columns. If both AB and BA exist,
then: 0 2y z 
(1) AB and BA are square matrices 20. If A =  x y − z  satisfies the equation
(2) AB and BA are of order 8 × 8 and 3 × 13,  
 x − y z 
respectively
(3) AB = BA A’ A = I, then the value of x, y and z are:
(4) None of these 1 1 1
(1) x =  ,y= ,z = 
3 6 2
i − i  1 −1 1 1 1
15. If A =   and B = −1 1 , then A equals:
8 (2) x =  , y =  ,z = 
−i i    2 3 6
(1) 128 B 1 1 1
(3) x =  , y= , z=
(2) 132 B 6 6 2
(3) 116 B 1 1 1
(4) 8 B
(4) x =  , y= , z=
2 6 3

16. The square matrix A = [aij] given by aij = (i – j)3  2 0 1

is a 21. If A = 2 1 3 and f ( x) = x2 − 5x + 6 , then the
 
(1) symmetric matrix 1 −1 0
(2) skew-symmetric matrix
value of f (A) is:
(3) diagonal matrix
0 − 1 3  0 0 − 3
(4) None of these  
(1) 1 1 − 10 (2) 1 2 10 
17. If A = [aij] is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n, 5 4 4  6 4 1 
then aii is equal to:  1 −1 − 3  1 2 3 
(1) 0 for some i (3) −1 − 1 − 10 (4)  −1 − 1 0 
(2) 0 for all i = 1, 2, …, n    
−5 4 4   4 − 5 4
(3) 1 for some i
(4) 1 for all i = 1, 2, …..., n
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1 2 0    2
If the matrix A =   is such that A = I , then:
Let A + 2B = 6 − 3 3 and
24.
22.
   − 
−5 3 1  (1) 1 + 2 + = 0
2 −1 5 (2) 1 −2 + = 0
2A – B = 2 −1 6  . If tr(A) denotes the sum of all
  (3) 1 −2 − = 0
0 1 2 
diagonal elements of the matrix A, then (4) 1 + 2 − = 0
tr(A)-tr(B) has value equal to:
(1) 1 (2) 2 25. If A and B are two matrices such that both A + B and
(3) 0 (4) 3 A × B are defined, then
(1) A and B are of same order
6 8 5  (2) A is of order m × m and B is of order n × n,
23. If A = 4 2 3 is the sum of a symmetric matrix B mn
  (3) Both A and B are of same order n  n
9 7 1 
(4) A is of order m × n and B is of order n × m
and skew –symmetric matrix C, then B is equal to
6 6 7  0 2 − 2 

(1) 6 2 5  (2) −2 5 − 2
   
7 5 1  2 2 0 
6 6 7  0 6 − 2 
(3) −6 2 − 5 (4) 2 0 − 2 
   
−7 5 1  −2 − 2 0 
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Answer Key
1. (2) 14. (1)
2. (3) 15. (1)
3. (4) 16. (2)
4. (1) 17. (2)
5. (2) 18. (2)
6. (3) 19. (2)
7. (2) 20. (4)
8. (1) 21. (3)
9. (1) 22. (2)
10. (1) 23. (1)
11. (2) 24. (3)
12. (3) 25. (3)
13. (3)

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