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1. If k is a scalar and I is a unit matrix of order 3, then (c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix
adj(k I)  i 0  1
11. If A , (i   1 ) , then A 
(a) k I 3
(b) k I 2 0 i / 2 

(c)  k 3 I (d)  k 2 I i 0  i 0 

(a)   (b)  
0 i / 2  0  2i
cos   sin 0
2. If A   sin cos 

0  , then adj A  i 0 0 i
 0 (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 2i  2i 0 
(a) A (b) I 1 0 0 
(c) O (d) A 2 12. The inverse of the matrix 0 1 0  is
0 0 1 
3. If A is a n  n matrix, then adj(adj A) 
0 0 1  1 0 0 
(a) | A | n 1 A (b) | A | n  2 A
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0 
1 0 0  0 0 1 
(c) | A | n n (d) None of these

4. If A is a non-singular matrix, then A (adj A)  0 1 0  1 0 0 

(a) A (b) I (c) 0 0 1  (d) 0 0 1 
1 0 0  0 1 0 
(c) | A | I (d) | A | 2 I
13. If a matrix A is such that 3 A 3  2 A 2  5 A  I  0 , then
5. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is
its inverse is
(a) Singular (b) Non-singular (a)  (3 A 2  2 A  5 I) (b) 3 A 2  2 A  5 I
(c) Symmetric (d) Not defined
(c) 3 A 2  2 A  5 I (d) None of these
6. Adj .( AB)  ( Adj.B)( Adj. A) 
 2 1  3 2  1 1
(a) Adj. A  Adj.B
14. If   A   , then the matrix A 
(b) I  3 2   5  3  0 1 
(c) O (d) None of these 1 1  1 1 
(a)   (b)  
1 2 3 1 0  0 1 
7. If A  1 4 
9  , then the value of | adj A | is
1 0  0 1 
1 8 27  (c)   (d)  
1 1  1 1 
(a) 36 (b) 72
15. Let A be an invertible matrix. Which of the following is
(c) 144 (d) None of these
not true
8. If A is a matrix of order 3 and | A | = 8, then | adj A | 
(a) A 1 | A | 1 (b) ( A 2 )1  ( A 1 )2
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 2 3 (d) 2 6 (c) ( A' )1  ( A 1 ) (d) None of these
1
1 2  1  1  tan    1 tan   a  b 
16. If 
9. If A   1 1 
2  , then determinant (adj(adj A)) is 
 tan 

1   tan  1 

b a 
 , then
 2  1 1 
(a) a  1, b  1 (b) a  cos 2 , b  sin 2
1 2
(a) (14 ) (b) (14 ) (c) a  sin 2 , b  cos 2 (d) None of these
3 4
(c) (14 ) (d) (14 )
17. If D  diag (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , ...., d n ) , where d i  0 for all
10. If A is a square matrix, then adj( A' )  (adj A)' is equal to i  1, 2, ..., n , then D 1 is equal to
(a) 2 | A | (b) 2 | A | I (a) D (b) diag (d 11 , d 21 , .... d n1 )

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 (c) I (d) None of these
18. If A  diag (d 1 , 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
19. 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
20. 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

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