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 x 1 1
Q11. If A   2
 and A = I, then A is equal to
 1 0 
0 1  1 0  1 1 0 0
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
1 0  0 1  1 1 0 0

 8 6 2 
Q12. If the matrix A   6 7 4  is singular, then  is equal to
 2 4  
(A) 5 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 1

Q13. A square, nonsingular matrix A satisfies A2  A + 2I = 0, then A1 is equal to

1 1
(A) I  A (B)  I  A  (C)  I  A  (D) I + A
2 2

Q14. If A = adj (A), then A is equal to

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) A 1 (D) None of these

 0  1 0 
Q15. If A    and B    , then value of  for which A2 = B, is
 1 1 5 1 
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) No real value

Q16. If A = [aij] is a scalar matrix of order n  n such that aii = k for all i, then A is equal to
(A) nk (B) n + k (C) nk (D) kn

1 0  1 1 
Q17. If A  B    and A  2B    , then A is equal to
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

0 1 
Q18. If A   4
 , then A is equal to
 1 0 
1 0  1 1  0 0 0 1 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  0 0 1 1  1 0 

Q19. If a matrix A is such that 4A3 + 2A2 + 7A + I = 0, then A1 equals

(A) 4A2 + 2A + 7I (B)  (4A2 + 2A + 7I) (C)  (4A2  2A + 7I) (D) 4A2 + 2A  7I

1 1 1   x   0  x 
     
Q20. If 1 2 2   y    3 , then  y  is equal to
1 3 1   z   4   z 
0 1 5 1

(A)  1   (B)  2  (C)  2  (D)  2 
 1   3  1   3 

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1 2  3 8 
Q21. What must be the matrix X, if 2X    ?
3 4   7 2 
1 3  1 3 2 6   2 6 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 2 1  2 1  4 2   4 2 

 2 1
Q22. If A   2
 and I is the unit matrix of order 2, then A equals
 1 2 
(A) 4A  3I (B) 3A  4I (C) A  I (D) A + I

i 0 i   i i 
Q23. 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 

Q24. If I is a unit matrix of order 10, then the determinant of I is equal to

(A) 10 (B) 1 (C) 1/10 (D) 9

 5 10 3 
Q25. The matrix  2 4 6  is a singular matrix, if b is equal to
 1 2 b 
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) Any value of b

Q26. For nonsingular square matrices A, B and C of same order, (AB1C)1 is equal to
(A) A1BC1 (B) C1B1A1 (C) CB1A1 (D) C1BA1

 x1  1 1 2  3
 
Q27. Let X   x 2  , A   2 0 1  and B   1  . If AX = B, then X is equal to
 
 x 3   3 2 1   4 
1   1  1  1

(A)  2   
(B)  2  (C)  2  (D) 2
 
 3   3   3  3 

1 1 1 
Q28. If A   0 2 3 , B = (adj A) and C = 53A, then
adjB
is equal to
C
 2 1 0 
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 1 (D) 1

Q29. If A be a square matrix of order n and, if A  D and adjA  D, then

(A) DD = D2 (B) DD = D1 (C) DD = Dn (D) None of these

Q30. If A is a singular matrix, then A adj (A)

(A) is a scalar matrix (B) is a zero matrix
(C) is an identity matrix (D) is an orthogonal matrix

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a b   
Q31. If A    and A 2    , then
b a   
(A)  = a2 + b2,  = ab (B)  = a2 + b2,  = 2ab
(C)  = a2 + b2,  = a2  b2 (D)  = 2ab,  = a2 + b2

1 1 1   4 2 2
Q32. Let A   2 1 3 and 10 B   5 0   . If B is the inverse of matrix A, then  is
 
1 1 1   1 2 3 
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 5

Q33. A square matrix is an orthogonal matrix, if

(A) AA = 0 (B) A + A = I (C) AA = I (D) None of these

Q34. If order of matrix A = 4  3, order of matrix B = 4  5 and order of matrix C = 7  3 then order of
(A . B) . C =
(A) 4  5 (B) 3  7 (C) 4  3 (D) 5  7

Q35. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then AB  BA is a

(A) symmetric matrix (B) skew symmetric matrix
(C) diagonal matrix (D) null matrix

Q36. If AB = A and BA = B then B2 is equal to

(A) B (B) A (C) 7 (D) 0

Q37. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then A2 + B2 = ?

(A) 2 AB (B) 2 BA (C) A + B (D) AB

Q38. The system of linear equations x + y + z = 2, 2x + y  z = 3, 3x + 2y + kz = 4 has a unique solution

(A) k  0 (B) 1 < k < 1 (C) 2 < k < 2 (D) K = 0

 4 3
 and A  xA + y I = 0 then
2
Q39. If A = 
 2 5 
(A) x = 9, y = 14 (B) x = 9, y = 14 (C) x = 9, y = 14 (D) x = 9, y = 1

Q40. If A is diagonal matrix (order 3  3), where A = diag (d1, d2, d3), then An, n  N, is
(A) diag (d1, d2, d3) (B) diag (nd1, nd2, nd3) (C) diag d1n ,d 2n ,d3n 
(D) None of these 
1 2  a b 
Q41. If A    and B  A    , then
3 4  c a  b  c
(A) B is a null matrix (B) B = A
(C) B is an identity matrix (D) None of these

0 5 
2 4 
Q42. If A    and A  A  4. 15 5   0, then  is equal to
2

3 1  
4 4
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) None of these

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cos x sin x  1 0 
Q43. If A    and A  adjA      , then  is equal to
 sin x  cos x  0 1 
(A) sinx cosx (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

 3 1
Q44. If A   2
 and A = A + B, then B is equal to
 1 2 
 5 4  5 4   5 4 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) None of these
 4 1   4 1  4 1

Q45. If A = [aij]m  n and B = [bij]p  q and AB = BA, then

(A) n = p (B) n = p, m = q (C) m = n = p = q (D) m = q

 1
1
Q46. If A   2  , then A is
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 
0 1
1 32   1 0 1 32 
(A) 
1 
(B) 32 1  (C)   (D) none of these
32   0 1 

1 0  1 1 
Q47. If A  B    and A  B    , then A is equal to
1 1   0 1
 1
 1 1  0 2
0 0
(A)  2 (B)  2  (C)   (D) None of these
     0
1
1 0   1 0
 2 

 i 0  0 i 
Q48. If A    and B    , then (A + B) (A  B) is equal to
0 i   i 0 
(A) A2  B2 (B) A2 + B2
(C) A  B + BA + AB
2 2
(D) None of these

0 1 0
Q49. The inverse of matrix A  1 0 0  is
0 0 1 
1 0 0 
(A) A (B) A T
(C) I (D) 1 0 0 
0 1 0 

 0 1 2 
Q50. If A   1 0 3  , then A + 2AT equals
 2 3 0 
(A) A (B) AT (C) AT (D) 22

Q51. If A is any m  n matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then B is
(A) m  n matrix (B) n  m matrix (C) n  n matrix (D) m  m matrix

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Q52. If A, B, C are invertible matrices, then (ABC)1 is equal to

(A) A1B1C1 (B) B1C1A1 (C) C1A1B1 (D) C1B1A1

1 3 
Q53. If A    and A  kA  5I2 = 0, then the value of k is
2

 3 4 
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 7

0 0 0 2
Q54. If A  B    and A  B  
1 
, then A is equal to
2 1 0
0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
(A)   (B) 
1 
(C)   (D)  
2 2 1 1 1 0 1 

Q55. If A and B are square matrices of equal order, then which one is correct?
(A) A + B = B + A (B) A + B = A  B (C) A  B = B + A (D) AB = BA

3 2
Q56. If U   2 3 4, V   2  , X  0 2 3 and Y   2  , then UV + XY is equal to
 
1   4 
(A) 20 (B) [20] (C) 20 (D) [20]

 1 2   3
Q57. If A    and B    , AX = B, then X is equal to
 2 1 1
1 5 1 5
(A) 0 7 (B)   (C) 5 7  (D)  
3 7  3 7 

1 1
Q58. If A   100
 , then A is equal to
1 1
(A) 2100A (B) 299A (C) 100A (D) 299A

 3 1  x 2 

Q59. For how many value (s) of x in the closed interval [4, 1], is the matrix  3 1 x  2 
 x  3 1 2 
singular?
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 1

cos 2  sin 2

Q60. Inverse of the matrix   is
 sin 2 cos 2 
cos 2  sin 2 cos 2 sin 2 
(A)   (B) 
 sin 2 cos 2   sin 2  cos 2
cos 2 sin 2   cos 2 sin 2 
(D) 
cos 2
(C)  
 sin 2 cos 2   sin 2

x  3 1 1 2 
Q61. Let X   y  , D   5  and A   2 1 1  , if X = A1D, then X is equal to
   
 z  11  4 1 2 

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8 8
3  8 3
1     3   
1  
(A)  0  (B)   (D)  
1
(C)  1 
3 3
 2     3   
 
0  1

1 2  3 2 
Q62. 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 

3 4 
Q63. If A    , then A. (adj A) is equal to
5 7 
(A) A (B) A (C) A I (D) None of these

3 2 4 
Q64. If matrix A  1 2 1 and A 1  adj (A), then k is
1
k
0 1 1 
1
(A) 7 (B) 7 (C) (D) 11
7

 0 3 1
Q65. A    and A =  (adj A), then  is equal to
 2 0 
1 1 1 1
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
6 3 3 6

0 3 3 x 
 
Q66. A   3 0 4  and B   y  , then B(AB) is
 3 4 0   z 
(A) null matrix (B) unit matrix
(C) singular matrix (D) symmetric matrix

Q67. In a skew symmetric matrix, the diagonal elements are all

(A) Different from each other (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 1

m
Q68. If  m n     25 and m < n, then (m, n) =
n
(A) (2, 3) (B) (3, 4) (C) (4, 3) (D) (3, 4)

 4 6 1  2 4 3
Q69. A   3 0 2  , B   0 1  , C   1  ,
   
1 2 5   1 2   2 
then the expression which is not defined is
(A) A2 + 2B  2A (B) CC (C) BC (D) AB

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 ab b2 
Q70. If A    and A = 0, then the minimum value of n is
n

 a ab 
2

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

Q71. Which of the following relations is incorrect?

(A) (A + B + …. + ) = A + B + …. +  (B) (AB….) = AB …. 
(C) (kA) = kA (D) (A) = A

Q72. If A and B are square matrices of order n  n, then (A  B)2 is equal to

(A) A2  B2 (B) A2  2AB + B2 (C) A2 + 2AB + B2 (D) A2  AB  BA + B2

x x 2

Q73. The values of x for which the given matrix  2 x  x  will be nonsingular are
 x 2  x 
(A) 2  x  2 (B) For all x other than 2 and 2
(C) x  2 (D) x  2

1 0 0 
Q74. If A  0 1 0  and I is the unit matrix of order 3, then A2 + 2A4 + 4A6 is equal to
a b 1
(A) 7A8 (B) 7A7 (C) 8I (D) I

Q75. If A and B are nonsingular matrices, then

(A) (AB)1 = A1B1 (B) AB = BA (C) (AB) = AB (D) (AB)1 = B1A1

i 0 
Q76. If A    where i  1, then A1 =
0 i 2 
i 0   i 0  i 0  0 i
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 i 2   0 2i  0 2i   2i 0 

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Q77. If A is a square matrix. A its transpose, then  A  A ' is
2
(A) A symmetric matrix (B) A skew symmetric
(C) A unit matrix (D) An elementry matrix

Q78. If A is a skew symmetric matrix and n is positive integer, then An is

(A) A symmetric matrix (B) Skewsymmetric matrix
(C) Diagonal matrix (D) can’t decide

3 2 1 3
Q79. If A    , then (A ) is equal to
 0 1 
1 1 26  1  1 26  1 1 26  1  1 26 
(A) 
27 0 27   (B)
27  0 27 
(C)
27 0 27 
(D)
27  0 27 

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2 1
Q80. 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 

 2 2 0 1 1 1 1
Q81. If A    and B    , then (B A ) =
 3 2   1 0 
 2 2   3 2  1  2 2 1  3 2
(A)  (B)  (C)
10  2 3 
(D)
2 3 

2 2 
 10  2 2 

1 2 2 
Q82. If A  0 2 3 , then A. adj (A) is equal to
 3 2 4 
5 1 1  5 0 0  8 0 0  0 0 0 

(A) 1 5 1   (B) 0 5 0  (C) 0 8 0  (D) 0 0 0 
1 1 5 0 0 5  0 0 8  0 0 0 

1 0 1 
Q83. If A  0 1 1  , then A is
1 0 0 
(A) Symmetric (B) Skewsymmetric (C) Nonsingular (D) Singular

1 1
Q84. If   A  I, then A =
0 1
1 1 1 1 1 1   1 1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1 0 1  0 1  0 1

 2 3  a c  1 4 
Q85. If     , then (a, b, c, d) =
 4 0   b d   2 5
(A) (1, 6, 2, 5) (B) (1, 2, 7, 5) (C) (1, 2, 7, 5) (D) (1, 2, 7, 5)

2 0 0
Q86. If A   0 2 0  , then A5 =
 0 0 2 
(A) 5A (B) 10A (C) 16A (D) 32A

Q87. If A is a square matrix of order n and A = k B, where k is a scalar, then A 

(A) B (B) k B (C) k n B (D) n B

Q88. The two matrices A and B 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) r = s

0 1 
Q89. If A   2
 , I is the unit matrix of order 2 and a, b are arbitrary constant, then (aI + bA) is equal to
 0 0 
(A) a2I + abA (B) a2I + 2abA (C) a2I +b2A (D) aI2 + 2ab
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Q90. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = A, then (I  A)3 + A is equal to

(A) A (B) I  A (C) I (D) 3A

Q91. From the following, find the correct relation.

adjA
(A) (AB) = AB (B) (AB) = BA (C) A 1  (D) (AB)1 = A1B1
A

 1 2 1
Q92. The element of second row and third column in the inverse of matrix A =  2 1 0  is
 1 0 1 
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

 cos  sin  
Q93. If A    , then A.A is
  sin  cos 
(A) I (B) A (C) A (D) A2

Q94. If A is a unit matrix of order n, then A (adj A) is

(A) Zero matrix (B) Row matrix (C) Unit matrix (D) Column matrix

3 2 4 
Q95. If matrix A  1 2 1 and A 1   adj A  , then K is
1
K
0 1 1 
1
(A) 7 (B) 7 (C) (D) 11
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x  y
Q96. If X  
t 
, then transpose of adj X is
z
 t z  t y  t z  t y 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 y x   z  x   y x   x z 

Q97. A square matrix A = [aij] in which aij = 0 for i ≠ j and aij = k (constant) for i = j is called a
(A) Unit matrix (B) Scalar matrix (C) Null matrix (D) Diagonal matrix

10 0 
Q98. For any 2  2 matrix A, if A  adj A     , then A is equal
 0 10
(A) 0 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 100

7 1
 x 2   34 17 
Q99. If A    and A 1    , then the value of x is
3 7   3 2
 34 17 
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 4

1 1 1 
Q100. If A   0 2 3 and B = (adj A), and C = 5A, then
adj B

C
 2 1 0 
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 1 (D) 1

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 i 0
Q101. If A    , (n  N), then A equals
4n

 0 i 
0 i  0 0 1 0  0 i 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 i 0 0 0 0 1   i 0

Q102. If A and B are square matrices of same order such that (A + B)2 = A2 + B2 + 2AB, then
(A) AB = BA (B) A = B (C) A = B (D) A = B

 i i   1 1
Q103. If A    and B   8
 , then A equals
 i i   1 1 
(A) 64 B (B) 64 B (C) 128 B (D) 128 B

Q104. 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 rows of A = number of columns of B
(D) can’t decide

 1
1
Q105. If A   2  , then A is
64
 
0 1
1 32   1 0 1 32   0 32 
(A) 
1 
(B) 32 1  (C)   (D)  
32   0 1  32 0 

 2 
Q106. If A    and A  125, then the value of  is
3
 2  
(A)  1 (B)  2 (C)  3 (D)  5

Q107. If AB = A and BA = B, where A and B are square matrices, then

(A) B2 = B and A2 = A (B) B2 = A and A2 = B
(C) AB = BA (D) AB = BA

 4 6 1  2 4
Q108. 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) A2 + A

Q109. In an election, a party hired a firm to promote its candidate in three ways, telephone calls, house calls
and letters. The cost per contact (in paise) is respectively 40, 100 and 50. The number of contacts in
cities A and B are 1000, 500, 5000 and 3000, 1500 and 7500 respectively. Find the total amount spent in
each city.
(A) Rs.3600 in city A & Rs.6650 in city B. (B) Rs.3500 in city A & Rs.6050 in city B.
(C) Rs.3200 in city A & Rs.6250 in city B. (D) Rs.3400 in city A & Rs.6450 in city B.

Q110. If three numbers are added the sum is 15. If the second number is subtracted from the sum of first and
third number, then we get ‘5’ and if twice the first number is added to the second and the third number is
subtracted from the sum we get ‘4’. Find the numbers.
(A) 2, 5, 8 (B) 3, 5, 7 (C) 1, 5, 9 (D) 4, 5, 6

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Q111. A person has Rs. 30,000 to invest. He wants to invest some amount in the fixed deposit and remaining in
saving account. The interest rates are 7% and 5% per annum for the fixed deposit and the savings account
respectively. Find how he should divide the total amount Rs. 30,000 in two accounts so that he would get the
annual interest as Rs.1800.
(A) Rs.20,000 in fixed deposits and Rs.10, 000 in saving account
(B) Rs.18,000 in fixed deposits and Rs.12, 000 in saving account
(C) Rs.15,000 in fixed deposits and Rs.15, 000 in saving account
(D) Rs.12,000 in fixed deposits and Rs.18, 000 in saving account

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