Question-2

Matrix,Determinant and Linear Algebra

Date-28/01/2024
1. Which of the following set of functions from R to R is a vector space over R ?
S1 = {f : lim f (x) = 0}, S2 = {g : lim g(x) = 1}, S3 = {h : lim h(x) exists}
x→3 x→3 x→3
(a) Only S1 (b) Only S2 (c) S1 and S3 but not S2 (d) All the three are vector spaces.
2. Let {α1 , α2 , α3 } be a basis of R3 .Consider the following statements P and Q.
P : {α1 + α2 , α2 + α3 , α1 − α3 } is a basis of R3
Q : {α1 + α2 , α1 + 2α2 − α3 , α1 − 3α3 } is a basis of R3 .
Which of the above statements hold true ?
(a) both P and Q (b) Only P (c) only Q (d) neither P nor Q.
3. Let W1 = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ R3 : x1 + x2 + x3 = 0}
W2 = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ R3 : x1 − x2 + 2x3 = 0}
W3 = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ R3 : 2x1 − x2 + x3 = 0}.
Then S = {(1, 2, 0), (0, 1, 1)} is a basis of (a) W1 (b) W2 (c) W3 (d) None of these.
4. The set of all x ∈ R for which the vectors (1, x, 0), (0, x2 , 1) and (0, 1, x) are linearly
independent in R3 is (a) {x ∈ R : x = 0} (b) {x ∈ R ̸= 0} (c) {x ∈ R : x ̸= 1} (d)
{x ∈ R : x ̸= −1}
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1 1 1
5. Let A =  2 2 3  and let V = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ R3 : det(A) = 0}.Then the
x1 x2 x3
dimension of V equals to (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3.
6. If the system of equations: x + y + z = 5, x + 2y + 3z = 9, x + 3y + k1 z = k2 has
infinitely many solutions, then k2 − k1 equals (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d) 5.
7. An ordered pair (k1 , k2 ) for which the system of equations (1 + k1 )x + k2 y + z =
2, k1 x + (1 + k2 )y + z = 3, k1 x + k2 y + 2z = 2 has a unique solution, is (a) (2, 4) (b)
(−4, 2) (c) (1, −3) (d) (−3, 1)
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4 8 4
8. Which of the following matrices has the same row spaces as the matrix  3 6 1 
        2 4 0
1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
? (a) (b) (c) (d)
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
9. The row space of a 20 × 50 matrix A has dimension 13. What is the dimension of
the solutions of AX = 0 ? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 33 (d) 37.
10. Let W1 and W2 be subspaces of the real vector space R100 defined by W1 =
{(x1 , x2 , . . . , x100 : xi = 0 if i is divisible by 4 )} and W2 = {(x1 , x2 , . . . , x100 : xi =
0 if i is divisible by 5 )}.Then the dimension of W1 ∩ W2 is (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d)
100.
a b ax + b
11. If a > 0 and discriminant of ax2 +2bx+c is negative,then ∆ = b c bx + c
ax + b bx + c 0
is (a) positive (b) (ac − b)2 (ax2 + 2bx + c) (c) negative (d) 0
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dn y
12. If y = sin mx,then the value of the determinant y3 y4 y5 ,where yn = dxn
is (a)
y6 y7 y8
m9 (b) m2 (c) m3 (d) 0
 √ 
1 1
√ 3
13. If A = 2 ,then : (a) A30 − A25 = 2I (b) A30 + A25 + A = I (c)
− 3 1
A30 + A25 − A = I (d) A30 = A25
         
1 0 1 0 1 25 1 0 1 50
14. If P = 1 ,then P 50 is (a) (b) (c) (d)
2
1 25 1 0 1 50 1 0 1
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1 2 0 2 −1 5
15. Let A + 2B =  6 −3 3  and 2A − B =  2 −1 6 .If T r(A) denotes the
−5 3 1 0 1 2
sum of all diagonal elements of the matrix A,then T r(A) − T r(B) has value equal
to : (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

16. Let G be a group and e be the identity element in G.Define a mapping ϕ : G → G

such that ϕ(a) = e,for all a ∈ G.Then
(a) ϕ is a homomorphism but not a monomorphism. (b) ϕ is a monomorphism. (c)
Kernel of ϕ is the set {e} (d) ϕ is an automorphism.

17. Let S7 denote the group of permutations on the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.Which of
the following is true ?
(a) There are no elements of order 6 in S7 .
(b) There are no elements of order 7 in S7 .
(c) There are no elements of order 8 in S7 .
(d) There are no elements of order 10 in S7 .

18. Let f : X → X be such that f (f (x)) = x for all x ∈ X.Then

(a) f is one-one and onto. (b) f is onto but not one-one.
(c) f is one-one but not onto. (d) f is neither one-one nor onto.

19. Let S be a sub-ring of a ring R and char(R), char(S) be the characteristics of R

and S respectively.Then which of the following is true ?
(a) char(S) ≤ char(R) (b) char(S) = char(R) (c) char(S) ̸= char(R) (d) char(S) ≥
char(R)
  
a b
20. The ring of matrix S = : a, b ∈ Q contains
2b a
(a) no divisors of zero with unity. (b) divisors of zero with unity.
(c) no divisors of zero without unity. (d) divisors of zero without unity.