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Topic covered:
 Matrices

1. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two 2 × 2 matrices. Consider the statements

(i) 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂 ⟹ 𝐴 = 𝑂 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = 𝑂
(ii) 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐼2 ⟹ 𝐴 = 𝐵 −1
(iii) (𝐴 + 𝐵)2 = 𝐴2 + 2𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵 2
Then
a. (i) and (ii) are false, (iii) is true
b. (ii) and (iii) are false, (i) is true
c. (i) is false, (ii) and (iii) are true
d. (i) and (iii) are false, (ii) is true

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2. If both 𝐴 − 2 𝐼 and 𝐴 + 2 𝐼 are orthogonal matrices, then
a. 𝐴 is orthogonal
b. 𝐴 is skew-symmetric matrix of even order
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c. 𝐴2 = 4 𝐼
d. none of these

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3. If matrix 𝐴 is given by 𝐴 = [ ], then the determinant of 𝐴2005 − 6𝐴2004 is
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a. 22006 b. (−11)22005
c. 7.22006 d. (−9)22004

4. If adj 𝐵 = 𝐴, | 𝑃| = | 𝑄| = 1, then adj (𝑄 −1 𝐵𝑃−1 ) is

a 𝑃𝑄 b. 𝑄𝐴𝑃
c. 𝑃𝐴𝑄 d. 𝑃𝐴−1 𝑄

5. If 𝐴 is a matrix such that 𝐴2 + 𝐴 + 2𝐼 = 𝑂, then which of the following is/are true?

a. 𝐴 is non-singular b. 𝐴 is symmetric
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c. 𝐴 cannot be skew-symmetric d. 𝐴−1 = − 2 (𝐴 + 𝐼)

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6. If 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴 and 𝐵𝐴 = 𝐵, then
a. 𝐴2 𝐵 = 𝐴2 b. 𝐵 2 𝐴 = 𝐵 2
c. 𝐴𝐵𝐴 = 𝐴 d. 𝐵𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵

7.

Column I Column II
a. If 𝐴 is an indempotent matrix and I is an identity matrix of the p. 9
same order, then the value of n, such that
(𝐴 + 𝐼)𝑛 = 𝐼 + 127𝐴 is
b. If (𝐼 − 𝐴)−1 = 𝐼 + 𝐴 + 𝐴2 + ⋯ + 𝐴7 , then 𝐴𝑛 = 𝑂 where n is q. 10
c. If 𝐴 is matrix such that 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = (𝑖 + 𝑗)(𝑖 − 𝑗), then 𝐴 is singular r. 7
if order of matrix is
d. If a non-singular matrix 𝐴 is symmetric, show that 𝐴−1 is also s. 8
symmetric, then order of 𝐴 can be

1 tan 𝑥
8. 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝑓(𝑥) is defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = det. (𝐴𝑇 𝐴−1 ) then the value of
− tan 𝑥 1
𝑓 (𝑓 (𝑓(𝑓 … … . 𝑓(𝑥)))) (for n ≥ 2) is _____________ .
⏟
𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠

For Q.9 - Q.11, please refer to the following paragraph

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Let 𝐴 = [1 0 1] satisfies 𝐴𝑛 = 𝐴𝑛−2 + 𝐴2 − 𝐼 for 𝑛 ≥ 3. And trace of a square matrix X is
0 1 0
equal to the sum of elements in its principal diagonal. Further consider a matrix ⋃3×3 with its
1 0 0
column as ∪1 ,∪2 ,∪3 such that 𝐴50 ∪1 = [25] , 𝐴50 ∪2 = [1] , 𝐴50 ∪3 = [0] Then,
25 0 1

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9. The value of |𝐴50 | equals

a. 0 b. 1
c. -1 d. 25

10. Trace of 𝐴50 equals

a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. 3

11. The value of |U| equals

a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. -1

12. If α, β, γ are three real numbers and

1 cos(𝛼 − 𝛽) cos(𝛼 − 𝛾)
𝐴 = [cos(𝛽 − 𝛼) 1 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝛽 − 𝛾)], then which of the following is/are true?
𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝛾 − 𝛼) 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝛾 − 𝛽) 1

a. 𝐴 is singular b. 𝐴 is symmetric
c. 𝐴 is orthogonal d. 𝐴 is not invertible

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13. Let 𝐴 + 2𝐵 = [ 6 −3 3] and 2𝐴 − 𝐵 = [2 −1 6]. Then tr(𝐴) – tr(𝐵) has the
−5 3 1 0 1 2
value equal to
a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. none

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 0
14. If 𝐴(α,β) = [ −𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 0 ], then 𝐴(𝛼, 𝛽)−1 in terms of function of 𝛼, 𝛽 is
0 0 𝑒𝛽

a. 𝐴(α,-β) b. 𝐴(-α,-β)
c. 𝐴(-α,β) d. none of the above

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15. If 𝐷1 and 𝐷2 are two 3 × 3 diagonal matrices, then which of the following is/are true?

a. 𝐷1 𝐷2 is diagonal matrix b. 𝐷1 𝐷2 = 𝐷2 𝐷1
c. 𝐷1 2 + 𝐷2 2 is a diagonal matrix d. none of the above

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16. Let X be the solution set of the equation 𝐴𝑥 = 𝐼, where 𝐴 = [ 4 −3 4 ] and 𝐼 is the
3 −3 4
corresponding unit matrix and 𝑥 ∈ 𝑵, then the minimum value of ∑(𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 𝜃) , 𝜃 ∈
𝑹 is ________________.

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ANSWER KEY

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No.
Correct (d) (b) (b) (c) (a, c, d) (a, b, c, d) a-r; 1 (b) (d)
Answer b - p,q,s ;
c - p,r ;
d - p,q,r,s

Question 11 12 13 14 15 16
No.
Correct (b) (a, b, d) (c) (b) (a, b, c) 2
Answer

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