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1. A matrix A for which AP = 0 where P is a positive integer is called (a) nilpotent (b) unit matrix (c) symmetric 2 2 4 3 4 is 2. The matrix A = 2 4 4 5 (a) Skew-symmetric (b) Nilpotent (c) Symmetric (d) Orthogonal 3. Inverse of a non-singular matrix A is (a) (c) (d) 4. If
adj. A |A|

(d) skew symmetric

(b) (adj. A ) |A|

adj. A1 |A| adj. A |A|

5 4 = 1 1 3 14 4 17 3 14 5 17 3 14 4 17 3 14 4 17

1 1

2 , then equals to 3

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

5. Let A be an n n symmetric matrix then A + AT = (a) 0 (b) 2AT (c) 1 (d) 2A 6. If A

mn

and B

pq

are two matrices, state the condition for the existance of AB+BA

(a) m = n = p = q (b) m = p,n = q (c) q = m (d) n = p 7. If A is a zero matrix then R(A) = (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2 8. Every square matrix can be expressed as (a) sum (b) product (c) division (d) dierence 9. The system of equations x + y + 3z = 0, 4x + 3y + 8z = 0, 2x + y + 2z = 0 is (a) unique solution (b) consistent (c) In consistent (d) no solution 10. The necessary and sucient condition for the inverse of a matrix A is (a) |A| = -1 (b) |A| = 1 (c) |A| = 0 (d) |A| = 0 11. If A = 8 4 2 2 then the characteristic equation of AT is of Lower and Upper triangular matrices

(a) 2 + 10 + 24 = 0 (b) 2 + 10 + 3 = 0 (c) 2 + 6 + 3 = 0 (d) 2 + 10 - 24 = 0 0 0 12. The sum of the eigen values of A = 2 (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0 0 13. The eigen vector corresponding to = 1 for the matrix 0 0 (a) ( 1, 1, 1 ) (b) (-k, 0, 0 ) (c) ( k, 0, 0 ) (d) ( 0, k, 0 ) 14. If 1 , 2 , 3 are the eigen values of A then the eigen values of A (a) -1 , 2 , 3 (b) 1 , 2 , 3 (c) 1 , 2 , 3 (d) 1 , 2 , 3 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 X (b) P1 AB (c) P1 AX (d) AX 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 T

1 2 0 5 is 4 0

3 4 1 5 is 0 2

ane

2 4 1 1

, satises its characteristic equation. What is it?

2 7

3 4

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

4 3 7 2 4 7 4 7 3 2 3 2

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

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

1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5

19. If D = B1 AB , where D is the diagonal matrix then An = (a) (B1 DB)n (b) (B D B1 )n (c) B1 Dn B (d) B Dn B 1 20. If X1 = (a) (b) (c) (d)
2 13 3 13 2 13 3 13 2 13 3 13 2 13 3 13

2 3
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

, X2 =

1 1

are the eigen vectors of A , then normalized modal matrix of A is