GIGANATIC Marathon By : Gurupal Sir

: Chapter 1 – Linear Algebra : 2 11

(A) u   e1  3e2  e3
5 5
Q.1 Consider the matrix :
2 11
(B) u   e1  3e2  e3
0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
0 0 0 0 1 0 2 11
(C) u   e1  3e2  e3
0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5
J6 
0 0 1 0 0 0 2 11
(D) u   e1  3e2  e3
0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
1 0 0 0 0 0
Statement for Linked
  Answer
which is obtained by reversing the order of Questions 4 & 5
the columns of the identity matrix I 6 .
Given that three vector as
Let P  I 6  α J 6 ,  where  is a non-negative
  10   2
T T T
 2 
real number. The value of  for which det
P   1  , Q    5  , R   7 
   
( P )  0  is _________.
 3   9   12 
Q.2 Let A be an m  n matrix and B an n  m
matrix. It is given that determinant Q.4 An orthogonal set of vectors having a span
( I m  A B )    determinant ( I n  B A ) , where that contains P, Q, R is

Ik is the k  k identity matrix. Using the  6   4 

  
above property, the determinant of the matrix (A)  3    2 
given below is  6   3 
2 1 1 1  4  5   8 
1 2 1 1    
  (B)  2   7   2
1 1 2 1  4   11   3 
 
1 1 1 2
 6   3   3
(A) 2 (B) 5    
(C)  7  2  9
(C) 8 (D) 16
 1   2    4
Q.3 If the vectors e1  (1, 0 , 2 ), e 2  ( 0 , 1, 0 ) and
form an orthogonal basis of the  4   1  5 
e 3  (  2, 0, 1)
   
(D)  3  31 3
three dimensional real space R 3 , then the
11  3  4
vector u  ( 4 , 3,  3)  R 3 can be expressed
as Q.5 The following vector is linearly dependent
upon the solution to the previous problem

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Mathematics Marathon Questions    2 
Y
8   2  B
 
(A) 9  (B)   17 
  A Original image
 3   30 
C
X
4  13 O
C1
 
(C)  4  (D)  2  A1
  Mirror image
 5   3  B1

Q.6 Choose the CORRECT set of functions,

which are linearly dependent. 0 1  0 1
(A)   (B)  
1 0  1 0
(A) sin x, sin2 x and cos2 x
 1 0 1 0
(B) cos x , sin x and tan x (C)   (D)   
 0 1 0 1
(C) cos 2x, sin2 x and cos2 x 6 0 4 4 
  2 14 8 18 
(D) cos 2 x , sin x and cos x Q.11 The rank of matrix  
 14 14 0 10 
Q.7 Consider the matrices X (43) ,Y(43) and P(23)
is____.
. The order of [P( X TY )1 PT ]T will be Q.12 A is a m  n full rank matrix with m  n and
I is an identity matrix. Let matrix
(A) (2  2) (B) (3  3)
A   ( A T A )  1 A T . Then which one of the
(C) (4  3) (D) (3  4) following statements is FALSE?
Q.8 Given that the determinant of the matrix (A) AA A  A (B) ( AA  )2  AA
 1 3 0 (C) A  A  I (D) AA  A  A 
 2 6 4
  is –12, the determinant of the Q.13 Given a system of equations
  1 0 2  x  2 y  2 z  b1

 2 6 0 5 x  y  3 z  b2
  which of the following is true regarding its
matrix  4 12 8 is
 2 0 4 solutions?
(A) The system has a unique solution for any
(A) – 96 (B) – 24 given b1 and b 2 .
(C) 24 (D) 96 (B) The system will have infinitely many
 cos   sin   solutions for any given b1 and b 2 .
Q.9 For the matrix A    if det
 sin  cos   (C) Whether or not a solution exists depends
stands for the determinant and AT is the on the given b1 and b 2 .
transpose of A then the value of det ( A T A ) is (D) The system would have no solution for
______. any values of b1 and b 2 .
Q.10 The figure shows a shape ABC and its mirror Q.14 The following system of equations
image A 1 B 1 C 1 across the horizontal axis (X- x  y  z  3, x  2 y  3z  4
axis). The coordinate transformation matrix x  4y  k  6
that maps ABC to A 1 B 1 C 1 is
will not have a unique solution for k equal to
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Mathematics Marathon Questions    3 

(A) 0 (B) 5 Q.20 For a given 2  2 matrix A, it is observed that

(C) 6 (D) 7  1  1  1  1
A         and A    2   .
Q.15 The Eigen values of a (2  2) matrix X are  2  1   1   2   2 
and  3. The Eigen values of the matrix Then matrix A is
( X  I )  1 ( X  5 I ) are  2 1   1 0   1 1
(A) A     
(A) 3,  4 (B) 1,  2  1  1   0  2   1  2 
(C)  1, 3 (D)  2,  4  1 1   1 0   2 1
(B) A     
 1  2   0 2   1  1 
 2 1 1
   1 1   1 0   2 1
Q.16 Consider the matrix A   2 3 4 (C) A     
 1 1 2  1  2   0  2   1  1 

whose Eigen values are 1, 1 and 3. The trace  0  2

(D) A   
of ( A 3  3 A 2 ) is _______.  1  3
Q.21 If {1, 0 ,  1} T is an Eigen vector of the
Q.17 The eigen values of a skew-symmetric matrix
following matrix,
are
 1 1 0 
(A) always zero.  1 2 1
(B) always pure imaginary.  
 0 1 1 
(C) either zero or pure imaginary.
Then the corresponding Eigen value is
(D) always real. (A) 1 (B) 2
Q.18 The value of x for which all the eigen-values (C) 3 (D) 5
of the matrix given below are real is
10 5  j 4
 x 20 2 

 4 2 10
(A) 5  j (B) 5  j
(C) 1  j 5 (D) 1  j 5
Q.19 Consider the 55 matrix
1 2 3 4 5
5 1 2 3 4 

A  4 5 1 2 3
 
3 4 5 1 2
 2 3 4 5 1 
It is given that A has only one real eigen
value. Then the real eigen value of A is
(A)  2.5 (B) 0
(C) 15 (D) 25

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