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TOPIC: Matrices
Section - 1

1 0 0 1 0 0
1
1.
   
If A   0 1 1  and I   0 1 0  and A–1   A2  cA  dI
6
  , the values of c and d are
0 – 2 4 0 0 1
   
(a) (– 6, – 1) (b) (6, 11) (c) (– 6, 11) (d) (6, – 11)

 3 1 
 
 and A  
1 1
2. If P   2 2
 and Q  PAP and x  P Q P , then x is equal to
T T 2005

 1 3   1 0 
– 
 2 2 
 1 2005   4  2005 3 6015 
(a)   (b)  
0 1   2005 4 – 2005 3 
 
1 2 3 1  1  2005 2 – 3 
(c)   (d)  
4  –1 2 – 3  4  2  3 2005 

1 0 0
3. Let A   2 1 0  and U 1 , U 2 and U 3 are columns of a 3  3 matrix U. If columns matrices U 1 , U 2
 3 2 1 
1   2  2
and U 3 satisfying AU1  0  , AU 2   3 , AU 3   3 evaluated as directed in the following questions,
   
0   0   1 
(i) The value of U is
(a) 3 (b) – 3 (c) 3/2 (d) 2

(ii) The sum of the elements of the matrix U –1 is

(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3

3
(iii) The value of 3 2 0U  2  is
 0 
(a) 5 (b) 5/2 (c) 4 (d) 3/2

4. Let M and N be two 3  3 non-singular skew-symmetric matrices such that MN = NM. If P T denotes
the transpose of P, then M 2 N 2  M T N   MN 
–1 T
–1
is
2 2
(a) M (b) – N (c) – M2 (d) MN

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5. If P be a matrix of order 3 such that PT  2P  I , where PT is the transpose of P and I the identity
 x   0
   
matrix of order 3, there exists a column matrix X such that X   y    0 
 z   0
   
0
 
(a) PX   0  (b) PX = X (c) PX = 2X (d) PX = – X
0
 

1 4 4
 
6. If the adjoint of a matrix P of order 3 is  2 1 7  , the possible values of the determinant of P is
1 1 3
 
(are)
(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

7. Let P   aij  be a 3  3 matrix and let Q  bij  , where bij  2i + j aij for 1  i , j  3 .
If the determinant of P is 2, the determinant of the matrix Q is
(a) 210 (b) 211 (c) 212 (d) 213

8. For 3  3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) NOT correct ?
(a) NT MN is symmetric or skew-symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew-symmetric.
(b) MN – NM is skew-symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N.
(c) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N.
(d) (adj M) (adj N) = adj (MN) for all invertible matrices M and N.

9. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with   1 and P   Pij  be a n  n matrix with pij  i + j .
Then P 2  0 , when n =
(a) 57 (b) 55 (c) 58 (d) 56

10. Let M be 2  2 symmetric matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible if

(a) the first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M
(b) the second row of M is the transpose of the first column of M
(c) M is a diagonal matrix with non-zero entries in the main diagonal
(d) the product of entries in the main diagonal of M is not the square of an integer.

11. Let M and N be two 3  3 matrices such that M  N 2 and M 2  N 4 , then


(a) determinant of M 2  MN 2 is 0 
 
(b) there is a 3  3 non-zero matrix U such that M 2  MN 2 U is the zero matrix

(c) determinant of M  MN 2 2
 1
 
(d) for a 3  3 matrix U, M 2  MN 2 U if equals the zero matrix then U is the zero matrix.

12. Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3  3, non-zero, skew-symmetric matrices and Z be an arbitrary 3  3,
non-zero, symmetric matrix.
Which of the following matrices is (are) skew-symmetric ?
(a) Y 3 Z 4 – Z 4Y 3 (b) X 44  Y 44 (c) X 4 Z 3 – Z 3 X 4 (d) X 23  Y 23

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 3 –1 – 2 
13. Let P   2 0 a  , where a  R . Suppose Q   qij  is a matrix such that PQ  kI , where k  R ,
 3 – 5 0 
k k2
k  0 and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If q23  – and det  Q   , then
8 2
(a) a  0, k  8 (b) 4a – k  8  0
(c) det  Padj  Q    29 (d) det  Q adj  P    213

Section - 2
1 2   –1 1 
If matrix A   and a non-singular matrix P    is such that P AP  diag  –1,3 , then
–1
14. 
 2 1   a b 
100
the sum of all the elements of A is
(a) 4  3100 (b) 2  3100 (c) 3100 (d) 0

15. 
If P, B and Q are 3rd order square matrices of unity determinant, then adj Q –1 BP –1  
–1 –1
(a) PBQ (b) PB Q (c) QBP (d) QB P

16. If a matrix A = diag (– 1, 2, 3) and P  x   1  x  x 2  .....  x9 , then det (P(A)) =

(a) 210 –1 (b) 310 –1 (c) 610 –1 (d) None

17. If X is a 3rd order column matrix & A = X XT then A–1 =

(a) A + I (b) A – I (c) 2A + I (d) does not exist

18. If A is a real square matrix such that ATA = 0 then, (A + I)2 =

(a) 2I (b) I (c) A (d) 2A

19. If A & B are matrices such that B = I + A + A2 + ……..+ A9 and A10 = 0; then B–1 =
(a) I – A (b) I + A (c) B (d) does not exist

20. If B is a symmetric matrix such that B  7 A  19I , where A is a matrix, then

(a)  A  B   A2  2 AB  B 2 (b)  A  B  A – B   A2 – B 2
2

(c)  AB   AB (d)  AB   A3 B 3
T 3

21. If A is a 3  3 order matrix such that det (A) = 2, then  where det  A  A 

(a) 2adjA  8 (b) adj 2 A  16  

(c) adj A–1 
1
4
(d) adj  2  adj 2 A   222

22. Choose the correct statement(s) for same order square matrices A & B,
(a)  I  A–1   A  A  I  ; I  A–1  0, A  I  0
–1 –1

(b)  I  AB  A  A  I  BA ; A  0, I  AB  0, I  BA  0
–1 –1

(c) If B is an orthogonal matrix such that B   I – A I  A then, A must be a symmetric matrix
–1

(d) If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then  I – A I  A is an orthogonal matrix

–1

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23. If ai , bi , ci  R ; i = 1, 2, 3 such that ai2  bi2  ci2  1 ; i = 1, 2, 3 and a1a2  b1b2  c1c2  0 ,
a2 a3  b2b3  c2c3  0 , a3 a1  b3b1  c3c1  0 Then,
(a) a12  a22  a32  3 (b) a12  a22  a32  1
(c) a1b1  a2b2  a3b3  0 (d) a1c1  a2c2  a3c3  1

Passage – I

Let A and B be 3rd order square matrices such that A + B = I and AB = 0 then,

24. A2  B2 
(a) 2I (b) 0 (c) A + B (d) BA

25. If A is symmetric matrix then, (A + B) 3 =

(a) 2I (b) A + B (c) B (d) A

Passage – II

Consider the Fibonacci sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …… Whose terms are related by tn+2  tn+1  tn ;
t tn 
n = 0,1, 2, ….. we can form a matrix by taking three consecutive terms as f  n    n+1 ;
 tn tn –1 
n = 1, 2, 3, …..
Further, there exists a constant matrix A such that f  n   f  n –1 A; n  2,3.......

26. Trace (A) i.e. sum of diagonal elements of A is

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

27. f (n) =
(a) An (b) An–1 (c) BAn–1; B  A, I (d) An+1

28. det  f 11  

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) 2

Integer Type

29. Consider three matrices ; A  aij  , B  bij  and C  A  B  cij  . It is given that
3×5 5×10 3×10

i j
aij  and bij  , then the value of element c28 is ______
3j –2 3i  1

If A is a square matrix such that A1 0  1 –1 and A0 1   2 1 , then sum of the
T T T T
30.
elements of the matrix A  2 3 is __________
T

31. If maximum number of distinct elements in a 7th order skew-symmetric matrix is N, then the sum of
the digits of N is ________

 5 3 –1
If x, y  R , X   x y 1 , A   3 2 –1 and X T AX  0 then, 2 y  x  _____
T
32.
 –1 –1 1 
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2i – j
33. If ‘A’ is a 3rd order square matrix whose general element aij  and A  L  D  U where; L,
2
D & U are Lower triangular, diagonal and upper triangle matrices then, the sum of non-diagonal
elements of the matrix ‘L’ is ________

34. Let M be a square matrix of order 3 such that

 0   –1 1 1  1  0 
           
M  1    2  , M  –1   1  and M 1   0 
0  3   0   –1 1 12 
           
Then the sum of the diagonal entries of M is

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ANSWER KEY
Section – 1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
(c) (a) (i) A (ii) B (iii) A (c) (d) (ad) (d) (cd) (bcd)
10. 11. 12. 13.
(cd) (ab) (acd) (bc)

Section – 2

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
(b) (b) (d) (d) (b) (a) (abcd) (cd) (abd) (bc)
24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
(c) (b) (b) (a) (c) (5) (9) (7) (3) (6)
34.
(9)