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1. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I then A is called (a) unit matrix (b) involutary (c) symmetric (d) nilpotent 2. If A = 1 a what is An ? where n is positive integer. 0 1

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

na 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 an 0 1 1 na 0 1

3. Matrix A is said to be skew - symmetric matrix if AT = (a) I (b) -A (c) A (d) AT

0 1 2 3 , then A + AT = 4. If A = 1 0 2 3 0 (a) unit matrix (b) symmetric matrix (c) null matrix (d) orthogonal matrix 3 2 2 4 1 is 5. The matrix A = 2 2 4 1 (a) Orthogonal matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) singular matrix (d) non-singular matrix 6. If det A = 0, then A is said to be (a) non singular matrix (b) unit matrix (c) singular matrix (d) symmetric matrix 7. The inverse of an orthogonal matrix is (a) singular (b) diagonal (c) Orthogonal (d) symmetric 8. A matrix is multiplied with a non - singular matrix then the rank of the matrix is (a) zero (b) order of the matrix (c) one (d) remaining same 9. The system of equations x + y + 3z = 0, 4x + 3y + 8z = 0, 2x + y + 2z = 0 is (a) no solution (b) unique solution (c) consistent (d) In consistent 10. In the system AX = 0, if the number of equations is less than the number of unknowns then the system has (a) no solution (b) trivial solution (c) zero solution (d) non-trivial solution 11. If A = 8 4 2 2 then the characteristic equation of AT is matrix.

(a) 2 + 10 + 24 = 0 (b) 2 + 10 - 24 = 0 (c) 2 + 10 + 3 = 0 (d) 2 + 6 + 3 = 0 0 0 12. The sum of the eigen values of A = 2 (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 0 0 13. The eigen vector corresponding to = 1 for the matrix 0 (a) ( 1, 1, 1 ) (b) ( k, 0, 0 ) (c) ( 0, k, 0 ) (d) (-k, 0, 0 ) 14. If A and B one two non - singular matrics then the matrics AB and BA have the eigen values (a) may or may not be the same (b) of A (c) dierent (d) same 15. A and B are similar matrices and if X is an eigen vector of A then the eigen vector of the matrix B is (a) P1 AX (b) AX (c) P1 X (d) P1 AB 16. By Cayley-Hamilton theorem , matrix A = (a) A2 + 3A - 2 = 0 (b) A2 + 3A + 2 = 0 (c) A2 - 3A + 2 = 0 (d) A2 - 3A - 2 = 0 17. The characteristic equation of the square matrix A = (a) (b) (c) (d)
1 13 1 13 1 13 1 13

1 2 0 5 is 4 0

3 4 1 5 is 0 2

2 4 1 1

, satises its characteristic equation. What is it?

2 7

3 4

is 2 + 2 + 13 = 0, then A1 is

4 7

3 2

4 3 7 2 4 3 7 2 4 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 1 2 then the diagonal matrix D =

18. If A = (a) (b) (c) (d)

5 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 ,P= 1 1 3 1 and D = 1 0 0 5 then the value of P1 A4 P =

19. Given A = (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 625 0 5 0 125 0 25

3 1 2 20. If X1 = 1 , X2 = 1 and X3 = 1 are the eigen vectors of A , then modal matrix of A is 0 4 0 3 1 0 (a) 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 (b) 1 1 2 0 4 0 3 1 2 (c) 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 (d) 1 1 1 0 4 0