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MCQ’s
1. 𝑹𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 2
d. None of these
2. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀 = 𝐀𝟐∗𝟐 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐀 =
𝟏 𝟐
[ ] . 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀?
𝟓 𝟎
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1
3. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑽 =
𝑹𝟑 . 𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑽
a. W = {(a, b, c): a ≥ 0}
b. U = {(a, b, c): a2 + b2 + c 2 ≤ 1}
c. Both a and b
d. None of the𝑠𝑒
4. Which of following vectors are linearly independent
a. u = (1,2), v = (3, -5)
b. u = (1, 2,-3) , v = (4,8,-12)
c. u = (1, -3), v = (-2,6)
d. both b and c
5. What is the dimension of diagonal matrices of order n
a. n+1
b. n
c. 1
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6. Suppose that U = span{(1,1,-1),(2,3,-1),(3,1,5)} and V = {(1,-1,-

3),(3,-2,-8),(2,1,-3)} then which of following is true about U and V
a. 𝑈≥𝑉
b. 𝑈≤𝑉
c. 𝑈=𝑉
d. Both b and c
7. Let A be a n-square matrix. A is invertible if and only if
a. A is square matrix
b. A is positive matrix
c. Rank(A) = n
d. All of above
8. Which of following is true for row equivalent matrices
a. Same row space
b. Same nonzero rows
c. Unique matrix in row canonical form
d. All of above
9. Two vectors v1 and v2 are linearly dependent if
a. v1 and v2 are nonzero vectors
b. v1 and v2 are not multiple of the other
c. 0 is one of the vectors v1 and v2
d. None of these
10. Which of following must be true about nonzero rows of a
matrix in echelon form
a. Linearly independent
b. Invertible
c. Symmetric
d. Linearly dependent
11. Let V be vector space such that one basis has m elements and
another basis has n elements. Then what is the relation between
m and n
a. m≠n
b. m>n
c. m<n
d. m=n

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12. Dimension of vector space V= {0} is

a. 1
b. Infinite
c. 0
d. None of these
13. Dimension of vector space Pn(t) of all polynomials of degree ≤n is
a. n
b. n-1
c. n+1
d. both b and c
14. What is the dimension of vector space M= M2*2
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
15. Basis of C over R is
a. n+1
b. {(1,0),(0,1)}
c. {1,2, . . . , ∞}
d. {1,i}
16. What is the dimension of the subspace W of R3 where W =
{(a,b,c) : a=b=c}
a. Dim W = 1
b. Dim W = 2
c. Dim W = 3
d. None of these
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
17. What is the rank of [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎]
𝟐 𝟐 𝟎
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1

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18. Suppose v1,v2, . . . ,vn span a vector space V and suppose

F:V⇾U is linear. Then F(v1),F(v2), . . . ,F(vn) span
a. Im F
b. Kernel F
c. Vector space V
d. Both b and c
19. Determine which of following is not subspace W of V = P(t)
a. W consist of all polynomials with integral coefficients.
b. W consist of all polynomials with degree ≥ 6 and the
Zero polynomial.
c. W consist of all polynomials with only even powers of t.
d. None of these
20. The rank of linear mapping F : V ⇾ U is defined to be
a. Dimension of its kernel
b. Dimension of its image
c. Dimension of its union of kernel and image
d. Both a and c
21. What is the dimension of of the solution space W of a
homogenous system AX = 0 of linear equations is
a. n+r Where n is number of unknowns and r is rank of matrix A
b. n Where n is number of unknowns
c. n*r Where n is number of unknowns and r is rank of matrix A
d. n-r Where n is number of unknowns and r is rank of matrix A
22. If dimV = m and dimU = n then what is dim[Hom(V,U)]
a. m+n
b. m-n
𝑚
c.
𝑛
d. None of these
23. Find the dimension of Hom(M2*3 , R4)
a. Dim[Hom(M2*3 , R4)] = 12
b. Dim[Hom(M2*3 , R4)] = 8
c. Dim[Hom(M2*3 , R4)] = 4
d. Dim[Hom(M2*3 , R4)] = 24

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24. Find the dimension of A(P2(t))

a. 16
b. 9
c. 36
d. None of these
25. When can dim [Hom(V,U)] = dim V
a. Dim U = V
b. Dim U = 1
c. Dim U = DimV
d. Dim V ≥ Dim U

26. If kerV = V and Im V = {0} find its mapping

a. Identity mapping
b. Zero mapping
c. Surjective
d. One to one
27. The matrix representation of square matrix An*n over a field K
relative to the usual basis E of Kn is
a. 2A
b. 3A
c. A
d. Identity matrix
28. If 𝑨𝒏×𝒑 and 𝑩𝒎×𝒏 then
a. Rank(AB) = rank(B) − dim(N(A) ∩ R(B))
b. Rank(AB) = rank(A) − dim(N(A) ∩ R(B))
c. Rank(AB) = rank(B) − dim(N(B) ∩ R(A))
d. Rank(AB) = rank(B) − dim(N(A) ∩ R(A))
29. For 𝑨 ∈ ℝ𝒎×𝒏 , 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌(𝑨) is
a. Size of largest non-singular martix in 𝐴
b. Dimension of column space
c. No. of basic columns in 𝐴
d. All of the above

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30. Let 𝑰: 𝑽 → 𝑽 be an identity mapping then the nullity of Identity

mapping is
a. 0
b. 1
c. Infinite
d. None of the above
31. The number of linearly independent vectors in vector space of
𝑴𝟐×𝟐 cannot exceed
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 6
32. If 𝐴𝑛×𝑛 where 𝑛 is even then which of the following is true
about 𝐴
a. 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘(𝐴) = dim(𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴)
b. 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘(𝐴) = dim(𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴)
c. Both a and b
d. None
33. Let 𝑷𝒏 (𝒕) be vector space of polynomials with even degree
then 𝐝𝐢𝐦(𝑷𝒏 (𝒕)) is
a. 2𝑛
b. n+1
c. 𝑛2
d. 2𝑛 + 1
34. Find the dimension of kernel of G be the linear mapping
defined by
G(x,y,z) = (x+2y-z , y+z , x+y-2z)
a. Dim (ker G) = 1
b. Dim (ker G) = 2
c. Dim (ker G) = 3
d. Dim (ker G) = 0

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35. 𝑽 = ℝ𝟑 then which of the following is subspace of V

a. 𝑊 = {(𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) ⋮ 𝑎 = 3𝑏}
b. 𝑊 = {(𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) ⋮ 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0}
c. 𝑊 = {(𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) ⋮ 𝑎 = 2𝑏 = 3𝑐}
d. All of the above

𝟑6. What is the relation between row space & column space of a
matrix
a. Same cardinality
b. Dim(columnspace) < dim(rowspace)
c. Dim(rowspace)<dim(columnspace)
d. Both are independent of each other
37. Let 𝑨 be a 𝒎 × 𝒏 matrix and 𝒓 = 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌(𝑨) then
𝒅𝒊𝒎(𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨) is
a. r
b. m−r
c. n−r
d. None of these
38. Nonzero rows of a matrix in echelon form are
a. Linearly dependent
b. Linearly independent
c. In some cases can dependent or independent
d. None of these

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