UNIT 1

Objective Bits:

1.If A is a matrix of order m x n where each element is equal to unity then the Rank of A is
____________ [ ]
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d)3

2.The Rank of a matrix is ------------ [ ]

a) 0 b) Unique c) 2 d)3

1 2 5

3.The Eigen values of a matrix A =

a) 1,2,6 b) 1,2,3 c) 1,2,5
[ ]
0 2 6
0 0 3 are -------
d)0,0,0
[ ]

4.If a square matrix A satisfies ATA = I then the matrix A is ------------ [ ]

a) Symmetric b) Hermitian c) Orthogonal d) none

5.A square matrix ‘A’ is skew symmetric if [ ]

a) A = ( A )T d) ( A )T = -A
T
b) AT = −¿A c) A = A

6.If one of the Eigen values of A is Zero then A is---- [ ]

a) Singular b) Non – singular c) Symmetric d) Unity

x−2 x+ y 0 3
7.If
[ z−3 4 a−8 ] [ ] = 4 12 then x,y,z and a values are ----------- [ ]
a) 1,2,7,5 b) 2,1,7,5 c) 5,7,1,2 d) 7,5,1,2

8.The Eigen values of square matrices A and AT are---------- [ ]

a) Equal b) Not equal c) Infinite d) Two solution

9. If the Rank of the matrix is 2, then the rank of AT is ----------------------------- [ ]

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

10. If AX =B is a system of equations in 3 unknowns and the Rank of A is 3 then the system
Of equations will have------- [ ]
a) Unique Solution b) No Solution c) Infinite Solution d) Two Solution
11.If the Trace of a 2*2 matrix A is 5 and the determinant is 4 then the eigen values of A
Are------- [ ]
a) 2,2 b)-2,2 c)-1,-4 d)1,4

12.The Solution of linear equation X+Y+Z = 6, 2X+3Y-2Z = 2, 5X+Y+2Z = 13 [ ]

a) X=1, Y= -1, Z=2 b) X=1, Y=2, Z=3 c) X=1, Y= -2, Z=3 d) X=1, Y=2, Z= -3

1 1 3

[ ]
13. The product of eigen values of A= 1 5 1 is----------------------
3 1 1
[ ]

a) 18 b) −¿18 c)36 d)−¿36

14. The Adjoint of the matrix

[10 01 ] is ---------------------- [ ]

a)
[00 11 ] b)
[00 00 ] c)
[10 01 ] d)
[11 11 ]
15. The sum of eigen values of A is____________ [ ]
a)Trace of A b)Determinant of A c)Principal diagonal of A d) None

16. The Rank of a unit Matrix of order n is __________ [ ]

a) 1 b) 2 c) n d) 3

17.The product of eigen values is---------------------- [ ]

a) A b) det A c)1 d) 0

5 0 0

a) 2,4,5 b) -2,-4,-5
[ ]
18.The eigen values of Matrix A = 0 2 0 __________
0 0 4
c)1,2,3 d)3,4,6
[ ]

1 1
19.The characteristic equation of
[ ]
2 5 is ---------------------- [ ]
a) λ2-6 λ+3=0 b) λ2+6 λ+3=0 c) λ2-3 λ+6=0 d) λ2+6 λ-3=0

20. The Eigen values of [−26 31] are _____________ [ ]

 a) 1,2 b)2,4 c)3,4 d)1,5

21.The Eigen values of an Idempotent matrix are------------- [ ]

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

22.Cayley Hamilton theorem states that every----------------- satisfies its own characteristic
Equation. [ ]
a) null matrix b) symmetric matrix c) (a) or (b) d) square matrix

2
23.If A is a square matrix such that A = A then A is called _________ [ ]
a) Diagonal matrix b) Symmetric c) Idempotent d) Triangular matrix

a h g

[ ]
h b f
24. If A= g f c
a) Idempotent
is a ___________
b) Symmetric c) Skew – Symmetric d) Diagonal
[ ]

3 −4 4

a) 4 b) -4 c) 0
[ ]
0 −2 4
25.The sum of the Eigen values of A= 0 0 3
d) none
is __________ [ ]

1 1 3

a) -5 b) 5 c) 10
0 5 1
26. The product of the Eigen values of A= 0 0 1
[ ]
d) 7
is _________ [ ]

27.In Echelon form Rank of A=________ [ ]

a) Number of non zero columns only b) Number of non zero rows only
c) a & b d) none

28.The system AX=B is consistent and it has infinite number of solutions in n-r variables if
and only if [ ]
a) (A/B) = (A) = r  n b) (A) = (A/B) = r = n
c) (A/B)  A) d) (A) = (A/B) = r  n

1 3 4

a) 1
[ ]
0 2 2
29.If A= 0 0 0 then (A) =__________
b) 2 c) 3 d) Zero
[ ]
30.If  is the Eigen value of A, then Eigen value of AT is _____ [ ]
a) 1/ b)  c) 2 d) /2