2 0 0 

 
1. If 0 3 0  be a diagonal matrix, then b 
0 b 1 

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

2. Which of the following is a diagonal matrix
 2 0 2  2 0 0  2 2 0
     
(a)  0 2 0  (b)  0 2 0  (c)  2 0 0  (d) None of these
 0 0 2   0 0 2   0 0 0 

3. If I is a unit matrix, then 3 I will be

(a) A unit matrix (b) A triangular matrix (c) A scalar matrix (d) None of these
1 2  1
 
4. If A   3 4 7  , then the value of X where A+X is a unit matrix, is
5 1 6 

 0 2 1   0  3 5 0  1  2 
     
(a)  3  3  7  (b)  2  3 1  (c) 3 3 7  (d) None of these
  5  1  6    1  7 6  5 1 6 

5. If A is diagonal matrix of order 2  2 , then wrong statement is

(a) AB  BA , where B is a diagonal matrix of order 2  2 (b) AB is a diagonal matrix
(c) A T  A (d) A is a scalar matrix

1 2
If M    and M  M  I2  O , then  
2
6.
2 3 
(a) –2 (b) 2 (c) –4 (d) 4
cos   sin   cos   sin  
7. If A    and B    , then the correct relation is
 sin  cos    sin  cos  

(a) A 2  B 2 (b) A  B  B  A (c) AB  BA (d) None of these

0 1  1 0 
8. If A    and B    , then
 0 0  0 0 
 (a) AB  BA (b) AB  BA  O (c) AB  O, BA  O (d) AB  BA  O

1 1
9. If A   n
 , then A 
0 1

1 n  n n  n 1  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 n  0 n  0 n 

 1 1
10. If A   2
 , then A 
 1 1 
(a) A (b) 2A (c) – A (d) –2A

2 1 3 7 
11. If 2 A     , then A 
2 0   4 3 

5 8  5 / 2 4  5 6 

(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 2 3  1 3 / 2  2 3

m 
12. If [m n]    [25 ] and m  n , then (m, n) 
n 
(a) (2, 3) (b) (3, 4) (c) (4, 3) (d) None of these

 cos 2  sin  cos    cos 2  sin  cos   

13. If A   , B  and  and  differs by , then AB =
sin  cos  sin   sin  cos  sin 2  
2
2

(a) I (b) O (c) –I (d) None of these

 0 r  q p 2 pq pr 
   
14. If A    r 0 p  and B   pq q 2 qr  , then AB =
 q  p 0   pr qr r 2 


p 0 0 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 1
       
(a)  0 q 0 (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 0  (d) 1 1 1
 0 0 r  0 0 1  0 0 0  1 1 1

4 1  1 0 
15. If A    and I  
2
 , then A  6 A 
 3 2  0 1 
(a) 3 I (b) 5 I (c) 5 I (d) None of these

 1 
If A    ,then for what value of , A  O
2
16.
  1   
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 1

 ab b2  n
17. If A   2  and A  O , then the minimum value of n is
 a  ab 

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

1 / 3 2  3 6 
18. If A   , B  and AB = I, then x =
 0 2 x  3 0  1
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
6 4  0 2
19. If 2 A  B    and A  B    , then A 
6  11  6 2
 2 2  2 0   2 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
4  3 4  3 4 3 
 5 4 0
20. If A=[1 2 3] and B   0 
2  1 , then AB 
 1  3 2 

 5 4 0  3   5 8 0 
(a)  0 4  2

(b)  1  (c)  2  1 4  (d)  0 4

 3
 3 9 6   1   1 6 6 

1 1  1    1  2  1
21. If A   2  3 4  and B   6 12 6  , then AB is
3  2 3   5 10 5 

(a) Diagonal matrix (b) Null matrix (c) Unit matrix (d) None of these
2 0 0 
 
22. If A  0 2 0  , then A 5 
0 0 2 

(a) 5 A (b) 10 A (c) 16 A (d) 32 A

0 1 
23. If A    and AB  O , then B 
0 0 
1 1  0 1 0 1 1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 1  1 0  1 0   0 0
 cos t sin t 
24. If R (t )    ,then R(s) R(t) 
 sin t cos t 
(a) R(s)  R(t) (b) R(st) (c) R(s  t) (d) None of these

0 1 2   4 3 6 
   
25. If A   2 3 4  and 3 A  4 B   6 5 12  ,then B 
4 5 6   12 15 14 

0 0 1  1 0 0  1 0 0 
     
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 1  (d) None of these
1 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0 

1 a 
26. If A   4
 ,then A is equal to
0 1 
1 a4  4 4 a 4 a4  1 4 a
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 4  0 4  0 1

 3 1 5 1
27. If  X    , then X 
 4 1  2 3 
3 4   3 4  3 4  3 4
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
14  13   14 13  14 13    14 13 
5 3  6 4 
28. If A    and B    , then A  B 
 2 4  3 6 
11 7   1 1  11 7  12 7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 5 10   1  2   5  10  5  10 
29. If 3 X  2Y  I and 2 X  Y  O , where I and O are unit and null matrices of order 3 respectively, then
1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1
(a) X  ,Y  (b) X  ,Y  (c) X  I, Y  I (d) X  I, Y  I
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
 4 2
30. If A    and I is the identity matrix of order 2, then ( A  2 I)( A  3 I) 
 1 1 
1 0  0 0 
(a) I (b) O (c)   (d)  
0 0  0 1 
0 1 
31. If A   4
 , then A 
1 0 
1 0  1 1  0 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 0  1 1  1 0 
 3 1
32. If A   2
 , then A 
  1 2 
 8 5  8 5  8 5   8 5
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 5 3  5 3   5  3  5 3 
3 4 
33. If X   n
 , then the value of X is
1  1 
3n 4 n  2  n 5  n 3 n (4 )n 
(a)   (b)   (c)  n  (d) None of these
 n n  n n  1 (1)n 

 i 0
34. If A   2
 , then A 
 0 i 
1 0  1 0  1 0  1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0  1   0  1 0 1   0 1
1 0  1 1 
35. If A  B    and A  2B    , then A 
1 1   0  1
1 1  2 / 3 1 / 3  1 / 3 1 / 3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 2 1 1 / 3 2 / 3  2 / 3 1 / 3 
1 1 0 1 
36. If A   , B   , then AB 
0 1 1 0 
0 0  1 1  1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 0  1 0  0 1  1 0 
 1 3 0  2 3 4
   
37. If A   1 2 1  , B   1 2 3  , then AB 
 0 0 2   1 1 2 

 5 9 13   5 9 13   1 2 4
     
(a)  1 2 4  (b)   1 2 4  (c)   1 2 4  (d) None of these
 1 2 4   2 2 4   2 2 4 

 x 0  2 1  3 5  2 4 
38. If      , then
1 y   3 4  6 3  2 1 
(a) x  3, y  2 (b) x  3, y  2 (c) x  3, y  2 (d) x  3, y  2
 1 2  1 4  0 1
39. If A   , B   , C    , then 5 A  3 B  2C 
3 0   2 3 1 0 
8 20  8 20   8 20   8 7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
7 9 7  9   7 9  20  9

0 1  2
40. If A    , I is the unit matrix of order 2 and a, b are arbitrary constants, then (aI  bA) is equal to
0 0 
(a) a 2 I  abA (b) a 2 I  2abA (c) a 2 I  b 2 A (d) None of these
3  2
41.  
If U  2  3 4  , X  0 2 3, V   2  and Y   2  , then UV  XY 
1  4 

(a) 20 (b) [–20] (c) –20 (d) [20]

42. Which one of the following is not true
(a) Matrix addition is commutative (b) Matrix addition is associative
(c) Matrix multiplication is commutative (d) Matrix multiplication is associative
2
  1 5 
43. If A  1 2 3 , B   3  and C    , then which of the following is defined
4  0 2 

(a) AB (b) BA (c) ( AB).C (d) ( AC ).B

 1 2 3
 
44. If A   2 3  1 and I is a unit matrix of 3rd order, then ( A 2  9 I) equals
 3 1 2 

(a) 2A (b) 4A (c) 6A (d) None of these

 i 1
45. If A    , then A 4 equals
0 i 
1 4 i   1 4 i   i 4  1 4 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1   0  1 0 i 0 1 
 1
 
46.  1 2 1  1 
 2 

 2   2 1  1
   
(a) [–1] (b)   1  (c)  2  1 1  (d) Not defined
  2   4 2  2 

1 2  3 2 
47. If 2X     , then X is equal to
7 4  0  2
2 2   1 2  2 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
7 4  7 / 2 2  7 / 2 1 
0 2   0 3a 
48. If A    and kA    , then the values of k, a, b are respectively
3  4  2b 24 
(a) –6, –12, –18 (b) –6, 4, 9 (c) –6, –4, –9 (d) –6, 12, 18
1 2 
49. If A   n
 , then A 
 0 1 
 1 2n  2 n 1 2n  1 n 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1 0 1  0  1 0 1 
0 1
50. If matrix A   16
 , then A 
1 0 
0 1 0 1  1 0  1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  1 0   0 1 0 1 
 3 5 
51. If A   2
 , then A  5 A 
 4 2

(a) I (b) 14I (c) 0 (d) None of these

1 1
52. If A    , then A
100

1 1 
(a) 2 100 A (b) 2 99 A (c) 2 101 A (d) None of these
53. Which is true about matrix multiplication
(a) It is commutative (b) It is associative (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
 i 0  i  i i 
   
54. If P   0  i i  and Q   0 0  , then PQ is equal to
 i i 0  i  i 
  

 2 2  2 2  1 0 0
     2 2   
(a)  1  1  (b)   1 1  (c)   (d)  0 1 0
 1 1  1 1   1 1  0 0 1 
    

3 
7 1 2    4 
55.   4   2   is equal to
9 2 1   5  2
 

 43  43   45  44 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
44  45  44   45 
 1 2  1 1 0 0 
   
56. If A   3 0 2  , B   2 1 0  , then AB is
4 5 0  0 1 3 

5 1  3 11 4 3 1 8 4 0 1 2
       
(a)  3 2 6  (b)  1 2 3 (c)  2 9 6 (d) 5 4 3
14 5 0   0 3 3  0 2 0  1 8 2 

57. For 2  2 matrices A, B and I, if A  B  I and 2 A  2 B  I , then A equals

1  1  3 
 0  0  0 1 0 
(a)  4 (b)  2 (c)  4
1 1 3
(d)  
0  0  0  0 1 
 4  2  4

1 0 0
 
58. If A  0 1 0  , then A 2  2 A equals
0 0 1 

(a) A (b) 2 A (c) 3 A (d) 4 A

 2
1 6 2   
59. If A    and B   2  , then AB equals
0  1 5  1 

8  2 12 2  2 12 4 
(a)  8 3 (b)   (c)   (d)  
3 0  2 5  0  2  10 
1 0  0 0 
60. Let A   , B    , then
2 0  1 12 
(a) AB  O, BA  O (b) AB  O, BA  O (c) AB  O, BA  O (d) AB  O, BA  O

61. If A, B are square matrices of order n  n , then ( A  B) 2 is equal to

(a) A 2  B 2 (b) A 2  2 BA  B 2 (c) A 2  AB  BA  B 2 (d) A 2  2 AB  B 2

 3 5 1 3 
62. If A    and B    , then 2 A  3 B is equal to
 2 4  2  7 
3 19   3 19  3 19 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
10 29   10 29  10 29 
2 4  1 2 
63. If A   , B    , then 4 A  3 B is equal to
0 3  0 5 
1 2  7 14  5 10  1 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0  2 0 7  0  3   0  12 
 1 2   2 1  2 12 
64. If A    , B    and C    , then 5 A  3 B  C equals
 3 4    4 3    17 9 
 1 10  1 1   1 1   1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
  1 20  10 20    10 20   1 20 
 2 1 2 3  1 0 
65. If A   , B   and C    , then A  B  C equals
4 2  1 2  0 1 
3 2  5 2  5 2  3 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
5 3  5 5  3 5  5 5 
 x y   x 1  2 3 
66. If     , then x and y are
 2 2  4 0   y 2 
(a) 1, 1 (b) 1, 2 (c) 2, 2 (d) 2, 1
1 a  2 3  1 3 
67. If X    and 3 X     , then the value of a is
0 1  0 2 0 1 
(a) –2 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
0 1  0 i
68. If A    and B    , then
1 0  i 0 
(a) AB  BA (b) AB  B 2 (c) AB  BA (d) None of these
2 3  1 3 2 
69. If A    and B    , then AB is equal to
 1 2  2 3 4 
 8 5 
8 15 16   8 5
(a)   (b) 15 9  (c)   (d) None of these
5 9 10  16 10  15 9 

5 2  1 2 
70. If A    and B    , then AB equals
2 1  2 5 
0 0  0 1  1 0  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 1  1 0  0 1  0 0 
1 2 4 1 
71. A    , then A equals
 3 1  7 7
1 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 3   2 3  2 3   2 3
4 6  1  2 4  2 4 3 
       
72. If A   3 0 2  , B   0 1   0 1  and C  1  , then which of the following is not defined
 1  2 5   1 2    1 2   2 

(a) AB (b) B 'C (c) CC (d) A 2  2 B  2 A

73. If a matrix B is obtained by multiplying each element of a matrix A of order 2  2 by 3, then relation between A
and B is

(a) A  3 B (b) 3 A  B (c) 9 A  B (d) A  9 B

 1 x  x y
74. For each real number x such that 1  x  1 , let A(x ) be the matrix (1  x )1   and z  . Then
 x 1 1  xy

(a) A(z )  A(x )  A(y ) (b) A(z )  A(x )[ A(y)]1 (c) A(z )  A(x ) A(y ) (d) A(z )  A(x )  A(y )

 0 i
75. If A   40
 , then the value of A is
 i 0 
0 1  1 0  1 1  1 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  0 1  0 0   0  1
1 2 1 
 
76. If A  0 1  1 , then
 3  1 1 

(a) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I 3  0 (b) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I 3  0 (c) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I 3  0 (d) A 3  3 A 2  A  9 I 3  0

 2 1 
77. If A    and I is the unit matrix of order 2, then A 2 equals
  1 2 
(a) 4 A  3 I (b) 3 A  4 I (c) A  I (d) A  I
a 0 0
 
78. If A  0 b 0  , then A n 
0 0 c 
 na 0 0 a 0 0  a n 0 0
 
(a)  0 nb 0
 (b) 0 b 0  (c)  0 bn 0 (d) None of these
 0 0 nc  0 0 c  0 0 c n 

 cos  sin  
79. If A    , then which of following statement is true
 sin  cos  
 cos n  sin n    cos n sin n 
(a) A . A   A and ( A )n    (b) A . A   A and ( A )n   
 sin  cos n    sin n cos n 
n

 cos n  sin n    cos n sin n 

(c) A . A   A   and ( A )n    (d) A . A   A   and ( A )n   
 sin  cos n    sin n cos n 
n

80. AB  0 , if and only if

(a) A  0, B  0 (b) A  0, B  0 (c) A  0 or B  0 (d) None of these

1 2 
81. If A     1 2 , then the order of A is
3 4 
(a) 1  1 (b) 2  1 (c) 1  2 (d) 2  2
82. If AB  C , then matrices A, B, C are
(a) A23 , B32 , C 23 (b) A32 , B23 , C 32 (c) A33 , B23 , C 33 (d) A32 , B23 , C33
83. A  [a ij ]m n is a square matrix, if

(a) m  n (b) m  n (c) m  n (d) None of these

 0 2 0 1 2 3
   
84. If A   0 0 3  and B  3 4 5  , then the element of 3rd row and third column in AB will be
 2 2 0  5  4 0 

(a) –18 (b) 4 (c) –12 (d) None of these

85. If A and B be symmetric matrices of the same order, then AB  BA will be a
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Null matrix (d) None of these
2
86. If A and B are square matrices of order 2, then ( A  B) 

(a) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (b) A 2  AB  BA  B 2 (c) A 2  2 BA  B 2 (d) None of these

87. If the order of the matrices A and B be 2  3 and 3  2 respectively, then the order of A  B will be
(a) 2  2 (b) 3  3 (c) 2  3 (d) None of these
88. In a lower triangular matrix element a ij  0 , if

(a) i  j (b) i  j (c) i  j (d) i  j

89. If A is a square matrix of order n and A  kB , where k is a scalar, then | A | 

(a) | B | (b) k | B | (c) k n | B | (d) n | B |

4 6  1  2 4
   
90. Let A   3 0 2  , B   0 1  and C  3 1 2 . The expression which is not defined is
 1  2 5   1 2 
 (a) B' B (b) CAB (c) A  B' (d) A 2  A
a 
91. If A  a b  , B   b  a and C    , then the correct statement is
 a 
(a) A  B (b) A  B  A  B (c) AC  BC (d) CA  CB
2 2
92. If A and B are two matrices and ( A  B)( A  B)  A  B , then

(a) AB  BA (b) A 2  B 2  A 2  B 2 (c) A' B'  AB (d) None of these

93. If A and B are square matrices of same order, then
(a) A  B  B  A (b) A  B  A  B (c) A  B  B  A (d) AB  BA
94. Which of the following is incorrect
(a) A 2  B 2  ( A  B)( A  B) (b) ( A T )T  A

(c) ( AB )n  A n B n , where A,B commute (d) ( A  I)(I  A)  0  A 2  I

95. Which of the following is/are incorrect
(i) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric,
(ii) Adjoint of unit matrix is a unit matrix,
(iii) A(adj A)  (adj A) A | A | I and
(iv) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is a diagonal matrix
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these
96. Let A  [aij ]nn be a square matrix and let c ij be cofactor of a ij in A. If C  [c ij ] , then

(a) | C |  | A | (b) | C |  | A | n 1 (c) | C |  | A | n  2 (d) None of these

97. A, B are n-rowed square matrices such that AB  0 and B is non-singular. Then
(a) A  0 (b) A  0 (c) A  I (d) None of these
2 2
98. If A and B are two matrices such that AB  B and BA  A , then A  B 
(a) 2 AB (b) 2 BA (c) A  B (d) AB
99. If A and B are two matrices such that A  B and AB are both defined, then
(a) A and B are two matrices not necessarily of same order
(b) A and B are square matrices of same order
(c) Number of columns of A= number of rows of B
(d) None of these
x 1
100. If A   2
 and A is the identity matrix, then x =
1 0
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
0 1  0 i 2
101. If A   , B    , then ( A  B) equals
1 0  i 0 
(a) A 2  B 2 (b) A 2  B 2  2 AB (c) A 2  B 2  AB  BA (d) None of these
 i 0  0 i
102. If A    and B    , then ( A  B)( A  B) is equal to
 0 i   i 0 
(a) A 2  B 2 (b) A 2  B 2 (c) A 2  B 2  BA  AB (d) None of these
103. If A is 3  4 matrix and B is a matrix such that A' B and BA ' are both defined. Then B is of the type
(a) 3  4 (b) 3  3 (c) 4  4 (d) 4  3
104. Which of the following is not true
(a) Every skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular
 (b) If determinant of a square matrix is non-zero, then it is non-singular
(c) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric
(d) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is diagonal
105. Which one of the following statements is true
(a) Non-singular square matrix does not have a unique inverse (b) Determinant of a non-
singular matrix is zero
(c) If A'  A , then A is a square matrix (d) If | A |  0 , then | A. adj A |  | A | (n 1) , where A  (aij )nn

1 1
106. If matrix A    , then
1 1 
1 1   1 1
(a) A'    (b) A 1   
1  1   1 1
 1 1   
(c) A .    2I (d) A    , where  is a non-zero scalar
  1 1 1 1

 1 2 1 0 
107. If A    and B    , then
 3 0   2 3
(a) A 2  A (b) B 2  B (c) AB  BA (d) AB  BA
108. Which one of the following is correct
(a) Skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular. (b) Skew-symmetric matrix of
odd order is singular
(c) Skew-symmetric matrix of even order is always singular (d) None of these
109. Choose the correct answer
(a) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(b) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
(d) A square matrix whose each element is 1 is an identity matrix.

110. If A and B are two square matrices such that B   A 1 BA , then ( A  B) 2 =

(a) 0 (b) A 2  B 2 (c) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (d) A  B

T
111. For a matrix A, AI  A and AA  I is true for
(a) If A is a square matrix (b) If A is a non singular matrix (c)If A is a symmetric matrix
112. If two matrices A and B are of order p  q and r  s respectively, can be subtracted only, if

(a) p  q (b) p  q, r  s (c) p  r, q  s (d) None of these

113. The set of all 2  2 matrices over the real numbers is not a group under matrix multiplication because
(a) Identity element does not exist (b) Closure property is not
satisfied
(c) Association property is not satisfied (d) Inverse axiom may not be satisfied
114. If the matrix AB  O , then
Rajasthan PET 2001]
(a) A  O or B  O (b) A  O and B  O
(c) It is not necessary that either A  O or B  O (d) A  O, B  O

1
115. If a ij  (3 i  2 j) and A  [aij ] 22 , then A is equal to
2
  1 / 2 2 1 / 2 1 / 2  2 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 1 / 2 1   2 1  1 / 2  1 / 2 
116. Assuming that the sums and products given below are defined, which of the following is not true for matrices
(a) A  B  B  A (b) AB  AC does not imply B  C
(c) AB  O implies A  O or B  O (d) ( AB )'  B' A'
117. Which of the following is true for matrix AB

(a) ( AB )1  A 1 B 1 (b) ( AB )1  B 1 A 1 (c) AB  BA (d) All of these

118. If A and B are 3  3 matrices such that AB  A and BA  B , then

(a) A 2  A and B 2  B (b) A 2  A and B 2  B (c) A 2  A and B 2  B (d) A 2  A and B 2  B

119. If A and B are symmetric matrices of order n( A  B) , then
(a) A  B is skew symmetric (b) A  B is symmetric
(c) A  B is a diagonal matrix (d) A  B is a zero matrix
120. The possible number of different order which a matrix can have when it has 24 elements is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 10
 ab b2  n
121. If A   2  and A  0 , then minimum value of n is
 a  ab 

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3

122. If A, B, C are square matrices of the same order, then which of the following is true

(a) AB  AC (b) ( AB ) 2  A 2 B 2 (c) AB  0  A  0 or B  0 (d) AB  I  AB  BA

123. If a matrix has 13 elements, then the possible dimensions (order) it can have are
(a) 1  13, 13  1 (b) 1  26, 26  1 (c) 2  13, 13  2 (d) None of these

124. If A, B, C are three n  n matrices, then (ABC )' 

(a) A' B' C' (b) C' B' A' (c) B' C' A' (d) B' A' C'
1 
 
125. If A   2  , then AA ' =
3 

1  1 2 3
   
(a) 14 (b)  4  (c)  2 4 6 (d) None of these
 3   3 6 9 

1 2  T
126. If A    , then A  A equals
5 3 
2 3  2 4   2 4
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
3 6  10 6  10 6

2 1 
1 2 1    T
127. If A    and B   3 2  , then ( AB) 
 2 1 3  1 1 
 3 2   3 10  3 10  3 10 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
10 7   2 7   7  2 2 7 
2 1
 1 2 1  
128. If A    and B   3 2  , then ( AB)T is equal to
2 1 3 1 1 
 

 3 2   3 10   3 7 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 10 7   2 7   10 2 
 0 1  2
129. If A   1 0 5  , then
 2 5 0 

(a) A'  A (b) A'   A (c) A'  2 A (d) None of these

130. Transpose of a row matrix is a
(a) Row matrix (b) Column matrix (c) A square matrix (d) A scalar matrix
3 2   1 2
131. If A    and B    , then correct statement is
 1 4   1 1 
(a) AB  BA (b) AA T  A 2 (c) AB  B 2 (d) None of these
T
132. If matrix A is of order m  n and B is of order n  p , then order of ( AB) is equal to

(a) Order of AB (b) Order of BA (c) Order of A T B T (d) Order of B T A T

4 2 7 
133. If A    , then AA T is
 6 0 8 
 69 80   69 80   69 80   69 100 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 80 100   100 69   80 69  100 69 
134. Let A is a skew-symmetric matrix and C is a column matrix, then C T AC is
1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b) 0  (c) 1  (d)  
0 1  1 0 
135. If A and B are matrices of suitable order and k is any number, then correct statement is
(a) ( AB )T  A T B T (b) ( A  B)T  A T  B T (c) ( AB )1  A 1 B 1 (d) (kA)T  kA T
136. If A and B are matrices of suitable order, then wrong statement is
(a) ( AB )T  A T B (b) ( A T )T  A (c) ( A  B)T  A T  B T (d) ( A T )1  ( A 1 )T
137. If A is a square matrix such that | A |  2 , then | A'| , where A’ is transpose of A, is equal to

(a) 0 (b) –2 (c) 1/2 (d) 2

138. An orthogonal matrix is

 cos  2 sin    cos  sin   cos  sin   1 1
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 2 sin  cos    sin  cos    sin  cos   1 1
  0 4 1 
139. Matrix  4 0

 5  is
 1 5 0 

(a) Orthogonal (b) Idempotent (c) Skew-symmetric (d) Symmetric

140. The inverse of a symmetric matrix is
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these
n
141. If A is a symmetric matrix and n  N , then A is
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) A diagonal matrix (d) None of these
n
142. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and n is a positive integer, then A is
(a) A symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Diagonal matrix (d) None of these
 4 x  2
143. If A    is symmetric, then x 
2 x  3 x  1
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
144. If A is a square matrix, then A  A T is
(a) Non-singular matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Unit matrix
145. For any square matrix A, AA T is a
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
2 2
146. If A is a square matrix for which aij  i  j , then A is

(a) Zero matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d) Skew-symmetric
matrix
147. If A is a square matrix and A  A T is symmetric matrix, then A  A T 
(a) Unit matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Skew-symmetric matrix (d) Zero matrix
a 2
148. The value of a for which the matrix A    is singular if
2 4
(a) a  1 (b) a  1 (c) a  0 (d) a  1
 i 1  2i
149. The matrix A    is which of the following
  1  2 i 0 
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Hermitian (d) Skew-hermitian
 1  3  4
 
150. The matrix, A   1 3 4  is nilpotent of index
 1  3  4 

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

x y
151.If   is symmetric matrix, then
u v
(a) x  v  0 (b) x  v  0 (c) y  u  0 (d) y  u  0

 2  2  4
 
152. The matrix  1 3 4  is a
 1  2  3 

(a) Non-singular (b) Idempotent (c) Nilpotent (d) Orthogonal

153. For any square matrix A, which statement is wrong
(a) (adj A) 1  adj ( A 1 ) (b) ( A T )1  ( A 1 )T (c) ( A 3 )1  ( A 1 )3 (d) None of these
 1 0 0 0
 
2 3 0 0
154. If A   , then A is
4 5 6 0
 
7 8 9 10 

(a) An upper triangular matrix (b) A null matrix

(c) A lower triangular matrix (d) None of these
155. If A is a square matrix, then A will be non-singular if
(a) | A |  0 (b) | A |  0 (c) | A |  0 (d) | A |  0

a h g
156. The matrix  h b 
f  is
 g f c 

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Scalar (d) None of these

 1 0 0 
 
157. If A   0  1 0  , then A 2 is
 0 0  1

(a) Null matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) A (d) 2A

158. If A is a symmetric matrix, then matrix M'AM is

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Hermitian (d) Skew-Hermitian

159. If A is a square matrix, then which of the following matrices is not symmetric
(a) A  A' (b) AA ' (c) A' A (d) A  A'
160. Square matrix [aij ]n  n will be an upper triangular matrix, if

(a) a ij  0 for i  j (b) a ij  0 for i  j (c) aij  0 for i  j (d) None of these

0 1  2
 
161. If the matrix  1 0 3  is singular, then  
   3 0 

(a) –2 (b) –1 (c) 1 (d) 2

1 2 3
 
162. In order that the matrix  4 5 6  be non-singular,  should not be equal to
 3  5 

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

163. If A is involutory matrix and and I is unit matrix of same order, then (I  A)(I  A) is
(a) Zero matrix (b) A (c) I (d) 2A
1 0 1 
 
164. If A  0 1 1  , then A is
1 0 0 
(a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric (c) Non-singular (d) Singular
1 0 0 
 
165. If A  0 1 0  , then A 2 
 a b  1

(a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix (c) A (d) – A

 1 3   2 
166. If the matrix  2 4 
8  is singular, then  
3 5 10 

(a) –2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) –4

167. Out of the following a skew-symmetric matrix is
 0 4 5   1 4 5   1 4 5  i  1 4 5 
(a)  4 0  6

(b)  4 1  6

(c)  4 
2  6 (d)   4 i 
 6
  5 6 0    5 6 1    5 6 3    5 6 i 

1 3 2
168. If A   2 4 
4  , then A is
3 5 6 

(a) Singular (b) Non-singular (c) Unitary (d) Symmetric

169. If A, B, C are three square matrices such that AB  AC implies B  C , then the matrix A is always

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(a) A singular matrix (b) A Non-singular matrix (c) An orthogonal matrix (d) A diagonal matrix
 1/ 2 1/ 2 
170. The matrix A    is
 1 / 2  1 / 2 

(a) Unitary (b) Orthogonal (c) Nilpotent (d) Involutary

171.If a matrix A is symmetric as well as skew symmetric, then
(a) A is a diagonal matrix (b) A is a null matrix (c) A is a unit matrix (d)
172. A and B are any two square matrices. Which one of the following is a skew symmetric matrix
A  A' AB A ' A
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above.
2 2 2
173. Choose the correct answer
(a) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(b) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
(d) A Square matrix whose each element is 1 is an identity matrix
174. For a square matrix A, it is given that AA '  I , then A is a
(a) Orthogonal matrix (b) Diagonal matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d) None of these
175. A square matrix can always be expressed as a
(a) Sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew-symmetric matrix (b) Sum of a diagonal
matrix and a symmetric matrix
(c) Skew matrix (d) Skew- symmetric matrix
176. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and n is odd positive integer, then A n is
(a) A symmetric matrix (b) A skew-symmetric matrix (c) A diagonal matrix (d) None of these
177. If A, B symmetric matrices of the same order then AB – BA is
(a) Symmetric matrix (b) Skew-symmetric matrix (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix
178. If k is a scalar and I is a unit matrix of order 3, then adj (k I) 

(a) k 3 I (b) k 2 I (c)  k 3 I (d)  k 2 I

cos   sin  0
179. If A   sin  cos 

0  , then adj A 
 0 0 1 

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

180. If A is a n  n matrix, then adj (adj A) 

(a) | A | n 1 A (b) | A | n  2 A (c) | A | n n (d) None of these

 4  3  3
 
181. Adjoint of the matrix N   1 0 1  is
 4 4 3 

(a) N (b) 2N (c) – N (d) None of these

182. If A is a non-singular matrix, then A (adj A) 

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

 cos  sin   k 0 
183. If A    and A adj A    , then k is equal to
 sin  cos   0 k 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) sin  cos  (d) cos 2

 1 0 0
 
184. Let A   5 2 0  , then the adjoint of A is
 1 6 1 

2  5 32   1 0 0  1 0 0 
     
(a) 0 1  6 (b)  5  2 0 (c)  5 2 0  (d) None of these
0 0 2   1  6 1   1  6  1

3 2 
185. If A    , then A (adj A) 
1 4 
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10 0   0 10  10 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 0 10  10 0   1 10 
186. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is
(a) Singular (b) Non-singular (c) Symmetric (d) Not defined
1 1 1 
 
187. The adjoint of 1 2  3  is
 2  1 3 

 3 9  5  3 4  5  3 4 5 
     
(a)  4 1 3  (b)  9 1 4  (c)  9  1  4  (d) None of these
  5 4 1   5 3 1   5  3  1 

188. Adj .( AB)  (Adj .B)(Adj . A) 

(a) Adj . A  Adj .B (b) I (c) O (d) None of these
 1 2 0 
 
189. If A   0 1 2  , then adj A 
2 0 1
 
 1 4  2  1 2 4   1 2 4
     
(a)   2 1 4  (b)  4 1  2 (c)   4 1 2 (d) None of these
 4 2 1   2 4 1   4  2 1 
   
1 2 3
190. If A  1 4 
9  , then the value of | adj A | is
1 8 27 
(a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 144 (d) None of these
191. If A is a matrix of order 3 and | A | = 8, then | adj A | 
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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 3 (d) 2 6
192. If A and B are non-singular square matrices of same order, then adj (AB ) is equal to

(a) (adj A)(adj B) (b) (adj B)(adj A) (c) (adj B 1 )(adj A 1 ) (d) (adj A 1 )(adj B 1 )
193. If d is the determinant of a square matrix A of order n, then the determinant of its adjoint is
(a) d n (b) d n 1 (c) d n 1 (d) d
1 1
194. If A    , then adj A is equal to
2 3 
3 1   3 1 3 2   3 1
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 2  1   2 1 1 1   2 1 
3 4 
195. If A    , then A. (adj A) 
5 7 
(a) I (b) | A | (c) | A | I (d) None of these
 2 6 
196. If A    , then adj (A) is
 5 7 
7 6  2 6  7 5 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
5  2 5  7  6  2
3  3 4 
 
197. The adjoint matrix of  2  3 4  is
0  1 1 

4 8 3  1 1 0  11 9 3  1 2 1 
       
(a)  2 1 6 (b)  2 3  4  (c)  1 2 8 (d)   1 3 3 
 0 2 1   2 3  3   6 9 1   2 3  3 

 cos x sin x 
198. If A    , then A. (adj(A)) 
 sin x cos x 

1 0  0 1  1 1  2 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  1 0  0 0   0  2
a 0 0 
 
199. If A  0 a 0  , then the value of | A | | Adj A | is
0 0 a 

(a) a 3 (b) a 6 (c) a 9 (d) a 27

 a 0 0 
200. If A  0 a 0  , then the value of | adj A | is
0 0 a 

(a) a 3 (b) a 6 (c) a 9 (d) a 27

1 2  1
 
201. If A   1 1 2  , then determinant (adj (adj A)) is
 2  1 1 

(a) (14 )1 (b) (14 ) 2 (c) (14 )3 (d) (14 )4

202. If A is a square matrix, then adj ( A' )  (adj A)' is equal to
(a) 2 | A | (b) 2 | A | I (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix

 1 2 3 
 
203. If A   4 0  1 , then (adj A)23 is equal to
 3 1 5 

(a) 13 (b) – 13 (c) 5 (d) – 5

204. For a third order non-singular matrix A, | A (adj A)| equals

(a) | A | (b) | A | 2 (c) | A | 3 (d) None of these

205. If A be a square matrix of order n and if | A |  D and | adj A |  D' , then

(a) DD'  D 2 (b) DD'  D n 1 (c) DD'  D n (d) None of these

 3  2  1
 
206. Inverse of the matrix  4 1  1  is
 2 0 1 

 1 2 3  1  3 5 1 2 3 1 2  4
       
(a)  3 3 7  (b) 7 4 6 (c)  2 5 7 (d) 8  4  5
 2  4  5   4 2 7   2  4  5   3 5 2 

207. If A and B are non-singular matrices, then

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(a) ( AB )1  A 1 B 1 (b) AB  BA (c) ( AB )'  A' B' (d) ( AB )1  B 1 A 1

i 0  1
208. If A   , (i   1 ) , then A 
0 i / 2

i 0  i 0  i 0 0 i
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 i / 2   0  2i 0 2i  2i 0 

cos   sin   1
209. If A    , then A 
 sin  cos  
  cos  sin   cos  sin    cos  sin  
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
 sin  cos    sin  cos    sin   cos  

a c  1
210. If A    , then A 
d b 

1  b c  1  b c  1 b d 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
ab  cd  d a  ad  bc  d a  ab  cd c a 

 1 2 1
211.The element of second row and third column in the inverse of  2 1 0  is
 1 0 1 

(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

1 0 0 
 
212. The inverse of the matrix 0 1 0  is
0 0 1 
93]

0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0 
       
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0  (c) 0 0 1  (d) 0 0 1 
1 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0 

 2 3 
213. The inverse of   is
 4 2

 1 2 3  1 3 2  1 2 3 1 3 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
8 4 2  8 2 4  8 4 2  8 2 4 

3 2 
214. The inverse of the matrix   is
1 4 

 4 2  3 2  4 2  3 2 
 14   14   14   14 
(a)  14 (b)  14 (c)  14 (d)  14
1 3  1 4  1 3  1 4 
       
 14 14   14 14   14 14   14 14 

215. If a matrix A is such that 3 A 3  2 A 2  5 A  I  0 , then its inverse is

(a)  (3 A 2  2 A  5 I) (b) 3 A 2  2 A  5 I (c) 3 A 2  2 A  5 I (d) None of these

cos   sin  0  cos  0 sin  

   
216. If F( )   sin  cos  0  and G( )   0 1 0  , then [F( ) G( )]1 
 0 0 1   sin  0 cos  

(a) F( )  G( ) (b)  F( )  G( ) (c) [F( )]1 [G( )]1 (d) [G( )]1 [F( )]1

 1 tan  / 2 
217. If A    and AB  I , then B 
 tan  / 2 1 
  
(a) cos 2 . A (b) cos 2 . A T (c) cos 2 .I (d) None of these
2 2 2
 2 1  3 2  1 1
218. If   A   , then the matrix A 
3 2   5  3  0 1
1 1  1 1  1 0  0 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  0 1  1 1  1 1 
219. If A is an invertible matrix, then which of the following is correct
(a) A 1 is multivalued (b) A 1 is singular (c) ( A 1 )T  ( A T )1 (d) | A |  0
a 0 0 
220. If A  0 b 0  , then A 1 =
0 0 c 
a 0 0   a 0 0  1 / a 0 0 
(a) 0 b 0  (b) 
 0 b 0 
 (c)  0 1 / b 0  (d) None of these
0 0 c   0 0  c   0 0 1 / c 
1
1 3 
221.   
3 10 
1999]
10 3  10 3  1 3   1 3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
3 1  3 1  3 10   3  10 
5 2 1
222. If A    , then A 
3 1
 1 2  1 2   1 2  1 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 3 5   3  5  3  5  3 5 
1
 6 5 
223.   
 7 6 
 6 5   6 5  6 5  6 5 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 7 6   7 6  7 6  7  6 
0 1 0 
 
224. The inverse of matrix A  1 0 0  is
0 0 1 
1 0 0  1 0 0 
T    
(a) A (b) A (c) 0 1 0  (d) 1 0 0 
0 0 1  0 1 0 

3 5 7 
 
225. The inverse of  2  3 1  is
1 1 2 
7 3  26  7 3  26   3 1 11 
     
(a)  3 1  11  (b)  3 1 11  (c)  7 3  26  (d) None of these
 5  2 
0   5 2 1   5 2 1 
1 2 3 
 
226. The inverse of 0 1 2  is
0 0 1 
1  2 1  1  2 1  1 2 1 
     
(a) 0 1  2  (b) 0 1  2  (c) 0 1 2  (d) None of these
0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1 

   1 4
 
227. The matrix   3 0 1  is invertible, if
  1 1 2 
(a)   15 (b)   17 (c)   16 (d)   18
3 2
228. If A    , then ( A 1 )3 is equal to
0 1 
  1 26 
1 1  1 26  1  1 26  1  1 26 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0 27 
27 27  0 27  27  0  27  27  0  27 
1 a 2 
229. The matrix 1 2 5  is not invertible, if ‘a’ has the value
 2 1 1 
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) – 1
 4 7 
230. Inverse matrix of  
 1 2 
2001]
 2 7   2 1 2 7  2 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 1 4   7 4  1  4  7  4
a a  2 2
231. If the multiplicative group of 2  2 matrices of the form   , for a  0 and a  R , then the inverse of  
 a a   2 2
is

1 1 1 1 1 1
     
(a)  8 8 (b)  4 4 (c)  2 2 (d) Does not exist
1 1 1 1 1 1
     
8 8 4 4 2 2
1 2  3 
 
232. The element in the first row and third column of the inverse of the matrix 0 1 2  is
0 0 1 
(a) – 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 7
233. If I 3 is the identity matrix of order 3, then I 31 is
(a) 0 (b) 3I3 (c) I 3 (d) Does not exist
3 2 1
234. If a matrix A is such that 4 A  2 A  7 A  I  O , then A equals
2 2
(a) (4 A  2 A  7 I) (b)  (4 A  2 A  7 I) (c)  (4 A 2  2 A  7 I) (d) (4 A 2  2 A  7 I)
 2 2 0 1 1 1 1
235. If A    and B    , then (B A ) 
 3 2 1 0 
 2 2  3 2  1  2 2 1  3 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 3  2 2  10  2 3  10  2 2 
236. If A 2  A  I  0 , then A 1 
(a) A 2 (b) A  I (c) I  A (d) A  I
2 3 1
237. If A    , then A 
4 6 
 1 2  2 3   2 4 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) Does not exist
  3 / 2 3  4 6   3 6 
238. If for the matrix A, A 3  I , then A 1 
(a) A 2 (b) A 3 (c) A (d) None of these
239. For two invertible matrices A and B of suitable orders, the value of ( AB )1 is
Karnataka CET 2001]
(a) (BA )1 (b) B 1 A 1 (c) A 1 B 1 (d) ( AB ' )1
1 2  3 
240. If A    and B    , AX  B , then X 
 2  1 1 
1 5  1 5 
(a) 5 7  (b)   (c) 5 7  (d)  
3 7  3 7 
 1 2  1
241. If A    , then A 
3  5 
5 2   5 2
 5 2   11   
11  5 2 
(b)  11 (c)  11
1 1
(a)   (d)  
 3 1  3 3  3  1
     
 11 11   11 11 
0 3  1
242. If A    and A   (adj ( A)) , then  
 2 0 
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 3 6
2 1 
243. The multiplicative inverse of matrix   is
7 4 
4 1  4 1  4 7  4 1
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 7  2   7  2 7 2  7 2
0 1 2 
 
244. The inverse matrix of 1 2 3  is
3 1 1 
 1 1 1 1 5 
   2 4 1 2 3  1  1  1
 2 2 2 2 1  1 
(a)  4 3  1 (b)  1 6 3  (c) 3 2 1 (d) 8 6  2
3
  2 2
 5 1 1 2  1 4 2 3   5  3 1 
 2 2 2   

1 2 
245. Inverse of the matrix   is
3 4 
1  4 2 1 1 2  1  4 2  4 2
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
10   3 1  10 3 4  10  3 1   3 1 
246. If A is an orthogonal matrix, then A 1 is equal to
(a) A (b) A' (c) A2 (d) None of these
0 0 1 
 
247. The multiplicative inverse of the matrix A  0 1 0  is
1 0 0 
0 0 0  0 1  1  1 0 0  0 0 1 
       
(a) 0 1 0  (b)  0  1 0  (c) 0 1 0  (d) 0 1 0 
0 0 1   1 0 0   1 0  1 1 0 0 
248. Let A be an invertible matrix. Which of the following is not true
(a) A 1 | A | 1 (b) ( A 2 )1  ( A 1 ) 2 (c) ( A' )1  ( A 1 ) (d) None of these
1 2 3
 
249. Inverse of  2 3 4  is
 3 4 6 
2 0  1 1 2 3  2 0 1 
     
(a)  0  3 2 (b)  2 3 4 (c)  0 3  2 (d) None of these
 1 2  1  3 4 6   1  2 1 

 1 2 1
250. If A    , then A 
 4  1

1  1 2 1 2  1 1 2  1 1 2 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
7   4  1 4 1  9 4 1  7 4 1 
 0 1 
0 1 2    1
251. If A    , B  1 0  and M  AB , then M is equal to
2  2 0  1 1 

 2 2   1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3   1 / 3 1 / 3 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 1   1 / 3 1 / 6  1 / 3 1 / 6   1 / 3 1 / 6 
252. If for a square matrix A, AA 1  I , then A is
(a) Orthogonal matrix (b) Symmetric matrix (c) Diagonal matrix (d) Invertible matrix
1 2 3
 
253. If matrix  4 5 6  is invertible, then
 3  5 
(a)   4 (b)   3 (c)   2 (d)   0
1
 1  tan    1 tan   a  b 
254. If      , then
 tan  1   tan  1  b a 
(a) a  1, b  1 (b) a  cos 2 , b  sin 2 (c) a  sin 2 , b  cos 2 (d) None of these

 1  2 3
 
255. If A   0  1 4  , then (A' )1 
 2 2 1 

 9  8  2  1 0  2  9 8  5  1 0 0 
       
(a)  8 7 2  (b)  2  1 2  (c)  8 7  4  (d) 0 1 0 
 5  4  1   3 4 1   2 2  1  0 0 1 

1 1 1 

256. If  is a cube root of unity and A  1   2  , then A 1 
1  2  

1  2 1 1 1  1  2 1  2

  1   1 
(a)  2 1  (b) 1 2   (c) 1  2  (d) 1 
2

 3 2
 2 1  1   2  1 1
 1  1 1 1 

3  3 4 
 
257. If A   2  3 4  , then A 1 
0  1 1 

(a) A (b) A 2 (c) A 3 (d) A 4

1
258. If D  diag (d1 , d 2 , d 3 , ...., d n ) , where d i  0 for all i  1, 2, ..., n , then D is equal to

(a) D (b) diag (d 11 , d 21 , .... d n1 ) (c) I (d) None of these

259. If A  diag (d1 , d 2 , d 3 , ...., d n ) , then A n is equal to

(a) diag (d 1n 1 , d 2n 1 , d 3n 1 , ..... d nn 1 ) (b) diag (d 1n , d 2n , d 3n , .... d nn )

(c) A (d) None of these
260. If A is a square matrix of order 3, then true statement is (where I is unit matrix)
(a) det ( A)  det A (b) det A = 0 (c) det ( A  I)  1  det A (d) det 2A = 2 det A
2 0 0  1 2 3 
261. If A  0 2 0  and B  0 1 3  , then | AB | is equal to
 
0 0 2  0 0 2 
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32
262. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that | A |  1, | B |  3 , then | 3 AB | 
(a) – 9 (b) – 81 (c) – 27 (d) 81
263. Which of the following is correct
(a) Determinant is a square matrix (b) Determinant is a number associated to a matrix
(c) Determinant is a number associated to a square matrix (d) None of these
264. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then | A | is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) None of these
265. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of even order, then | A |
(a) Is a perfect square (b) Is not a perfect square (c) Is always zero (d) None of these
10 0 
266. For any 2  2 matrix A, if A(adj.A)    , then | A | 
 0 10 
(a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 100
1 3 
267. If A   2
 , then determinant of A  2 A is
2 1 
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) – 5 (d) – 25
2  x 3 4 
 
268. If  1  1 2  is a singular matrix, then x is
 x 1  5 
13 25 5 25
(a) (b)  (c) (d)
25 13 13 13
269. The product of a matrix and its transpose is an identity matrix. The value of determinant of this matrix is
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 1
1 0 1 
 
270. If A   2 1 0  , then det A =
 3 2 1 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
271. If A  O and B  O are n  n matrix such that AB  O , then
(a) Det ( A)  0 or Det (B)  0 (b) Det ( A)  0 and Det (B)  0
(c) Det ( A)  Det (B)  0 (d) A 1  B 1
272. If A is a square matrix such that A 2  A , then det (A) equals
(a) 0 or 1 (b) – 2 or 2 (c) – 3 or 3 (d) None of these
n
273. If A is a square matrix such that | A |  2 , then for any +ve integer n, | A | is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 2n (c) 2 n (d) n 2
274. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and entries of A are positive integers, then | A | is
(a) Different from zero (b) 0 (c) Positive (d) An arbitrary integer.
275. If A and B are any 2  2 matrix, then det ( A  B )  0 implies
(a) DetA  DetB  0 (b) DetA  0 or DetB  0 (c) DetA  0 and DetB  0 (d) None of these
  x  y  z  9 
276. If  x  y   5  , then (x, y, z) =
 y  z  7 

(a) (4, 3, 2) (b) (3, 2, 4) (c) (2, 3, 4) (d) None of these

1 0 1   x  1 
277. The solution of the equation  1 1 0   y   1  is (x, y, z) =
 0  1 1   z   2 

(a) (1, 1, 1) (b) (0, –1, 2) (c) (–1, 2, 2) (d) (–1, 0, 2)

 1 1
 3  
9  2 2
  3 5 
278. If AX  B , B  52  and A 1   4 , then X is equal to
 4 4
 0   1 3
 2   
 4 4
 1  3 
 2  
1    4 
  1    3
(a)  3  (b)    (c)  2  (d)  
 2  4
 5     3 
 3


2
   4 

279. If A is a non-zero column matrix of order m  1 and B is a non-zero row matrix of order 1  n , then rank of AB is
equal to
(a) m (b) n (c) 1 (d) None of these
1 2  1 
 
280. If A  1 1 2  , then
 2  1 1 

(a)  ( A)  2 (b)  ( A)  1 (c)  (A)  3 (d) None of these

281. If I n is the identity matrix of order n, then rank of I n is

(a) 1 (b) n (c) 0 (d) None of these

282. The rank of a null matrix is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) Does not exist (d) None of these
283. If A is a non-singular square matrix of order n, then the rank of A is
(a) Equal to n (b) Less then n (c) Greater then n (d) None of these
284. If A and B are two matrices such that rank of A  m and rank of B  n , then
(a) rank (AB) = mn (b) rank (AB)  rank (A)
(c) rank (AB)  rank (B) (d) rank (AB)  min (rank A, rank B
285. If A is an inevitable matrix and B is a matrix, then
(a) rank (AB) = rank (A) (b) rank (AB) = rank (B) (c) rank (AB) > rank (A) (d) rank (AB) > rank (B)
 x1 y1 1
286. If the points (x 1 , y 1 ), (x 2 , y 2 ) and (x 3 , y 3 ) are collinear, then the rank of the matrix  x 2 y2

1 will always be
 x 3 y3 1
less than

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these

287. If A is a matrix such that there exists a square submatrix of order r which is non-singular and every square
submatrix of order r  1 or more is singular, then
(a) rank (A) = r +1 (b) rank (A) = r (c) rank (A) > r (d) rank (A)  r +1
1 2 3 0 
 
2 4 3 2
288. The rank of the matrix  is
3 2 1 3 
 
6 8 7 5 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
289. The system of equations AX  B of n equations in n unknown has infinitely many solutions if
(a) det A  0 (b) det A  0, (adj A) B  0 (c) det A  0, (adj A) B  0 (d) det A  0, (adj A) B  0
290. The trace of skew symmetric matrix of order n  n is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) n 2

2 1  2
291. If A    and f (x )  2 x  3 x ,then f (A ) equals
 0 3
14 1  14 1  14 1 14 1 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0  9  0 9 0 9  0  9
(i  j) 2
292. The construction of 3  4 matrix A whose element a ij is given by is
2
 2 9 / 2 8 25   2 9 / 2 25 / 2 
   
(a) 9 4 5 18  (b) 9 / 2 5 / 2 5 
8 25 18 49   25 18 25 
 2 9/2 8 25 / 2 
 
(c) 9 / 2 8 25 / 2 18  (d) None of these
 8 25 / 2 18 49 / 2 
293. If A is a square matrix of order n such that its elements are polynomial in x and its r-rows become identical for
x  k , then
(a) (x  k )r is a factor of | A | (b) (x  k )r 1 is a factor of | A |
(c) (x  k )r 1 is a factor of | A | (d) (x  k )r is a factor of A
294. If A  [a ij ] is a scalar matrix of order n  n such that aij  k for all i, then trace of A is equal to
(a) nk (b) n  k (c) n / k (d) None of these
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

b b c d d d c c a b b b b c c b a b a c

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

b c d c b d a b c b a d d b c b b b b b

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

d c a,b d a c c c a d b b b b a a c c b b

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

c b c b a b c c a c c d b c b d a c d d

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

c d c b b b d d c c c a a a d b b c b d

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

a a a a c c c b a b a c d c b c b c b b

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140

a d a b c a b b b b d d a b b a d b c a

141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

a d b b b c,d c b d a d b d c d a b a d b

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

d d a c a b a a b c b c b a a b b b a b

181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

a c b d a a b c b c d b b b c a b a c b

201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220

d c a c c c d b a a b b a a a d b a d c

221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240

b b a a d b b a b a d d c b a c d a b b

241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260

b a d a a b d a c d c d a b a b c b b a

261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280

c b c a a b b b c a a a c d d c d a c c

281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294

b c a d b b b c c a c c a a