Edskills Centre of Finance

AFC-03 Quantitative Methods - Maths

(Test 01) Batch A-2
Teacher: Mian M Zeeshan Date: 26 Oct, 2021
Total Marks: 22 Marks Total Time allowed : 40 Minutes
Student Name:

1 2 1 10 −4 −1

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1. If A = 3 4 2
1 3 2 [
and B = −11 5 0
9 −5 −1 ] then (2Marks)

(a) AB = BA (b) AB ≠ BA
(c) 2B = 2BA (d) None of these

[ 4 2]
2. If A = −1 1 , then (A – 2I2) (A – 3I2) = ?

(a) A (b) I
(c) 0 (d) 5I
3. Which one of the following is a correct statement?
(a) Determine is a number associated to a square matrix.
(b) | AB| ≠ | A| |B|
(c) Determine is a square matrix
(d) Determine is not a square matrix

[ 6 5 ] [ 11 0 ]
4. The matrix B such that 5 0 B = 0 11 is:
 (a) [−56 −56 ] (b) [−5 6
−5 6 ]

(c) [−56 −50 ] (d) None of these

3 −1 1
5. The value of x for which the following matrix A = −15
[ x −2 2 ]
6 −5 is singular is

(a) 6 (b) 5
(c) 3 (d) 2
a11 a 12 a13

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6. A = a21 a 22 a23 , then minor of a 21 = ?
a31 a 32 a33

a11 a 12 a21 a 12
(a) [ a21 a 22 ] (b) [ a31 a 22 ]
a12 a 13 a11 a 12
(c) [ a32 a 33 ] (d) [ a21 a 22 ]
a11 a 12 a13

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7. A = a21 a 22 a23 , then | A| = ?
a31 a 32 a33 ]
(a) a 11 A 11 + a 12 A 12 + a 13 A 13 (b) a 12 A 21+ a22 A 22+a 32 A 32

(c) a 13 A 31+ a23 A 32+a 13 A33 (d) None of these

8. If A, B and C are three matrices, then (AB) C = ?
(a) ABC (b) A (BC)
(c) (AC) (AB) (d) None of these
1 0 2

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9. If X = 0 2 1 , then X −1 = ?
1 −1 1 ]
−3 2 4 −3 2 4
(a)
[ −1 1 1
2 −1 −2 ] (b)
[ −1 1 0
2 −1 −2 ]
 3 2 4 3 2 4
(c)
[ −1 1 0
2 −1 −2 ] (d)
[ 1 1 0
2 −1 −2 ]
10. Let A = [ aij ] be a square matrix of order n. if a ij = 0 for all i ≠ j and a ij= 5 for all i =
j , then the matrix A is called :
(a) Null matrix (b) Symmetric matrix
(c) Scalar matrix (d) Identity matrix
11. The transpose of a column matrix is a:
(a) Column matrix (b) Row matrix
(c) Scalar matrix (d) Null matrix
1 a b+c
|
12. 1 b c+ a = ?
1 c a+b |
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) a+b+c (d) None of these

[ 1 0] [ 1 0]
13. 0 1 0 1 = ?

(a) [ 00 00] (b) [ 11 11]

(c) [ 10 01] (d) [ 01 10]
14. Which of the following is an identity matrix ?

(a) [ 10 01] (b) [ 01 10]

(c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None of these
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15. If x + y = 0 9 & x – y = 0 −1 then x and y are: (2Marks)
4 1/2 1 7 /2
a) x =[ 0 4 ] , y = [ 0 5 ]

[4
b) x = 0
11 /2
4] [ 10 −75/2]
,y=
4 11/2
c) x = [ 0 5 ] [ 10 −75/2]
,y=

[1
d) x = 0
−7 /2
5 ] [ 4 11/2
,y= 0 4 ]
16. Find the values of unknown in the following equation b [−1 a1 ][−12 −12 ]=[ 13 −50 ]
(2Marks)
a) a = –3, b = 2
b) a = 3, b = 2
c) a = –3, b = –2
d) None of these

17. If A is a 2 × 3 and B is a 3 × 4 matrix, how many columns does AB have?

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

18) Factorize 4x4 + 81y4

a) (2x2 + 9y2 + 6xy) (2x2- 9y2 + 6xy) b) (2x2 + 9y2 + 6xy) (2x2+9y2 - 6xy)
c) (2x2 + 9y2 + 6xy) (2x2+9y2 + 6xy) d) None of these

19) Factorize y=3x2-6x-9

a) 3(3x-9)(x+1) b) (3x-9)(x+1) c) (3x-9)(x-1) d) none