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1. A matrix A for which AP = 0 where P is a positive integer is called (a) skew symmetric (b) unit matrix (c) symmetric (d) nilpotent 2. If A = 0 4 , then A2 = 0 0

(a) (b) (c) (d)

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 1 1 then An is

3. If A =

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2n 4n + 1 n 1 2n 1 + 2n 4n n 1 2n 1 + 3n 4n n 1 + 2n 1 + 3n 4n n 1 2n 1k 2 3 1+k 1k 2 3 1 + k 1+k 2 3 1 k 1+k 2 3 1k 1+k 2 3 1 k 0 0 6 0 is a matrix + A= 2 0 0 2 , then A =

4. If

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. The matrix

(a) Involutary (b) Nilpotent (c) Orthogonal (d) Skew-symmetric 6. The rank of a 3 5 matrix in which one row is a constant multiple of the other is lessthan or equal to (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 3 7. L U decomposition method fails if lii = uii = (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1 1 2 3 4 is 2, then the value of x is 8. The rank of a matrix A = 0 x 1 1 1 (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4 9. The value of x and y, if (a) x = 4 , y = -5 (b) x = 4 , y = 5 (c) x = 4 , y = 3 (d) x = 1 , y = 2 10. If A is a non singular matrix then the linear system AX = 0 has only (a) the zero solution (b) a non-zero solution (c) innite solution (d) unique solution 2 11. Characteristic equation of A = 2 0 (a) 3 +15+12 = 0 (b) 3 1312 = 0 (c) 3 13+12 = 0 (d) 3 15+12 = 0 12. Eigen values of A = (a) 1,2 (b) 2,3 (c) - 1, -2 (d) 0,1 13. If one of the eigen values of A is zero, then A is (a) singular (b) skew - symmetric (c) non-singular (d) symmetric 14. The normalized eigen vector corresponding to the eigen value = 2 for the vector ( 2, 1) is (a) (-2/ 5, 1/ 5 ) (b) (1/ 5, 1/ 5 ) (c) (2/ 5, 1/ 5 ) (d) (2/ 5, 1/ 5 ) 15. The eigen vector corresponding to the eigen value is (a) independent (b) Dependent (c) not unique (d) unique 16. The characteristic equation of a square matrix A is 3 32 7 - 11 = 0, then A2 = (a) (b) (c) (d)
1 [A 11 1 [A 11 1 [A 11 1 [A 11

0 1 1 0

x y

5 4

2 7 1 2 is 1 3

1 0 3 2

are

+ 7A1 +3I] = 0 + 7A1 3I] = 0 7A1 +3I] = 0 7A1 3I] = 0

17. If the characteristic equation of the square matrix A is 2 - 4 = 0 then A4 = ( where I is the second order unit matrix ) (a) 16 I (b) 4 I (c) I (d) 64 I 18. The diagonal matrix has the eigen values of A as its (a) positive (b) diagonal (c) row (d) real 19. Given A = (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 125 0 25 0 625 0 5 4 3 1 2 ,P= 1 1 3 1 and D = 1 0 0 5 then the value of P1 A4 P = elements

20. If D is the diagonal matrix with eigen values of A as the principal diagonal elements then D is (a) spectral matrix (b) Model matrix (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix