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Vector Space

1. The dimension of the vector space of all symmetric 5. Let A be a 5 × 4 matrix with real entries such that
matrices of order n × n ( n ≥ 2 ) with real entries and the space of all solution of the linear system
AX t = [1, 2,3, 4,5]
t
trace equal to zero is given by
{
(a) ( n 2 − n ) / 2 − 1 } {[1 + 2s, 2 + 3s,3 + 4s, 4 + 5s] : s ∈ }. (Here, M
t t

(b) {( n 2
+ n ) / 2} − 1 denotes the transpose of a matrix M.) Then the rank
(c) {( n2
− 2n ) / 2} − 1 of A is equal to.

(d) {( n 2
+ 2n ) / 2} − 1 (Net June 2011) (a)4 (b) 3
2. Let M be the vector space of all 3 × 3 real matrices (c) 2 (d)1 Net Dec. 2011
 2 1 0
  6. Let ζ be a primitive fifth root of unity. Define
and let A =  0 2 0  which of the following are
0 0 3
   ζ −2 0 0 0  0
subspaces of M ?  
(a) { X ∈ M : XA =AX } 0 ζ −1 0 0 0 
(b) { X ∈ M : X + A = A + X } A = 0 0 1 0 0 
 
(c) { X ∈ M : trace ( AX ) =
0} 0 0 0 ζ 0 
 
0 0 0 ζ 2 
(d) { X ∈ M : det ( AX ) =
0} (Net June 2011) 0
3. Let For a = vector v ( v1 , v2 , v3 , v4 , v5 ) ∈  5 ,
W = { p ( B ) : p is a polynomial with real coefficients} , vA= vAvT , where vt is transpose of v, if
0 1 0
 
where B =  0 0 1  The dimension d of the
w=(1, −1,1,1, −1) , then W A
equal .
1 0 0  (a)0 (b)1
  (c)-1 (d) 2 Net June 2011
vector space W satisfies 7. Let V1 ,V2 be subspaces of a vector space V . Which of
(a) 4 ≤ d ≤ 6 (b) 4 ≤ d ≤ 9 the following is necessarily a subspace of V ?
(c) 3 ≤ d ≤ 8 (d) 3 ≤ d ≤ 4 (a) V1 ∩ V2
(Net June 2011)
(b) V1 ∪ V2
4. Let n be a positive integer and let H n be the space of
(c) V1 + V2 = { x + y : x ∈V1 , y ∈V2 }
all n × n matrices A = ( aij ) with entries in 
satisfying aij = ars whenever
{ x ∈V1 and y ∉V2 }
(d) V1 \ V2 = (Net June 2012)
8. Let C be a n × n real matrix. Let W be the vector
i + j = r + s ( i, j , r , s = 1,....., n ) . Then the dimension space spanned by {I , C , C 2 ,..., C 2 n } . The dimension
of H n , as a vector space over  is
of the vector space W is
(a) n 2 (b) n 2 − n + 1 (a) 2n (b) At most n
(c) 2n + 1 (d) 2n − 1 (c) n 2 (d) At most 2n
(Net Dec. 2011) (Net June 2012)

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9. Let V be a 3 − dimensional vector space over the 13. The dimension of the vector space of all symmetric
field F3 =  / 3 of 3 elements. The number of ( )
matrices A = aij of order n × n ( n ≥ 2 ) with real
distinct 1 − dimensional subspaces of V is
entries a11 = 0 and trance zero is.
(a) 13 (b)26
(c) 9 (d) 15 (Net Dec. 2012) (
(a) n 2 + n − 4 / 2. ) (
(b) n 2 − n + 4 / 2 )
10. Let n be an integer n ≥ 3, and let u1 , u2 ,....., un be n
linearly independent elements in a vector space (
(c) n 2 + n − 3 / 2. ) (
(d) n 2 − n + 3 / 2 )
over . Set u0 = 0 and un +1 = u1 . Define Net June 2012
v=
i ui + ui +1 and = wi ui −1 + ui for i = 1, 2,...., n . Then
(a) v1 , v2 ,......., vn are linearly independent, if 14. Consider the following row vectors
= a1 (1,1,0,1,0,0
= ) , a2 (1,1,0,0,1,0 )
n = 2010
(b) v1 , v2 ,......., vn are linearly independent, if= a3 (1,1,0,0,0,1
= ) , a4 (1,0,1,1,0,0 )
n = 2011 = a5 (1,0,1,0,1,0
= ) , a6 (1,0,1,0,0,1)
(c) w1 , w2 ,......., wn are linearly independent, if
The dimension of the vector space spanned by
n = 2010 these row vectors is
(d) w1 , w2 ,......., wn are linearly independent, if (a) 6 (b) 5
n = 2011 (Net Dec. 2012) (c) 4 (d) 3 (Net Dec. 2013)
11. Let n be an integer ≥ 2 and let M n (  ) denote the 15. Let A ∈ M 10 (  ) , the vector space of 10 × 10
vector space of n × n real matrices. Let B ∈ M n (  ) matrices with entries in  .Let WA be the subspace
be an orthogonal matrix and let B denote the of M 10 (  ) spanned by {A | n ≥ 0} . choose the
t
n

transpose of B. Consider
correct statement
=WB { B AB : A ∈ M n (  )}. Which of the following
t

(a)for any A, dim (WA ) ≤ 10

are necessarily true?
(a) WB is a subspace of M n () and dim (b) for any A, dim (WA ) < 10
WB ≤ rank ( B ) (c) for some A, 10 < dim (WA ) < 100
(b) WB is a subspace of M n (  ) and dim (d) for some A, dim (WA ) = 100 Net June 2013
WB = rank ( B ) rank ( B t
)
16. Let V denote a vector space over a field F and
(c) WB = M n (  )
with a basis B = {e1 , e2 ,..., en }. Let x1 , x2 ,...., xn ∈ F .
(d) WB is not a subspace of M n (  ) (Net Dec. 2012)
Let = C { x1e1 , x1e1 + x2 e2 ,...., x1e1 + x2 e2 + ..... + xn en }.
12. Let ζ be a primitive cube root of unity. Define
Then
 ζ −1 0 0  (a) C is a linearly independent set implies that
 
A =  0 0 0  . for a =
vector v ( v1 , v2 , v3 ) ∈ 3 xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2,....., n
0 0 ζ  (b) xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2,...., n implies that C is a
 
linearly independent set
define v v = vAvT where vT is transpose of v. (c) The linear span of C is V implies that xi ≠ 0 for
every i = 1, 2,..., n
If w = (1,1,1) then w A equals.
(d) xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2,..., n implies that the
linear span of C is V (Net June 2014)
(a)0 (b) 1
(c) -1 (d) 2 (Net June 2012)

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17. Which of the following matrices has the same row (c) S1 and S3 but not S 2
4 8 4 (d) All the three are vector space (Net Dec. 2016)
  22. Which of the following subsets of  4 is a basis of
space as the matrix  3 6 1 ?
2 4 0  4 ?

1 2 0  1 1 0  B1 = {(1,0,0,0 ) , (1,1,0,0 ) , (1,1,1,0 ) , (1,1,1,1)}
(a)   (b)  
 0 0 1 0 0 1  B2 = {(1,0,0,0 ) , (1, 2,0,0 ) , (1, 2,3,0 ) , (1, 2,3, 4 )}
0 1 0
(c) 
1 0=
(d) 
0 B3 {(1, 2,0,0 ) , ( 0,0,1,1) , ( 2,1,0,0 ) , ( −5,5,0,0 )}
 
0 0 1  0 1 0  (a) B1 and B2 but not B3
(Net Dec. 2014) (b) B , B and B 1 2 3

(c) B1 and B3 but not B2

18. For arbitrary subspaces U ,V and W of a finite
(d) Only B1 (Net Dec. 2016)
dimensional vector space, which of the following
hold 23. Let W1 ,W2 ,W3 be the three distinct subspaces of
(a) U  (V + W ) ⊂ U  V + U  W 10 such that each Wi has dimension 9. Let
(b) U  (V + W ) ⊃ U  V + U  W W = W1 ∩ W2 ∩ W3 . Then we can conclude that

(c) (U  V ) + W ⊂ (U + W )  (V + W ) (a) W may not be a subspace of 10

(b) dim W ≤ 8
(d) (U  V ) + W ⊃ (U + W )  (V + W ) (c) dim W ≥ 7
(Net Dec. 2014) (d) dim W ≤ 3 (Net Dec. 2016)
19. Let pn ( x ) = x n
for x∈ and let 24. Let M n denote the vector space of all n × n real
ρ = span { p0 , p1 , p2 ,....}. Then matrices. Among the following subsets of M n
(a) ρ is vector space of all real valued continuous decide which are linear subspaces.
functions on  (a) V1 = { A ∈ M n : A is nonsingular}
(b) ρ is a subspace of all real valued continuous
functions on 
(b) V2 = {
A ∈ M n : det ( A ) =
0 }
(c) { p0 , p1 , p2 ,.....} is a linearly independent set in (c) V3 { A ∈ M : trace ( A) =
= n 0}
the vector space of all continuous functions on  =
(d) V4 {BA : A ∈ M n } , where B is some fixed
(d) Trigonometric functions belong to ρ
matriex in M n (Net Dec. 2016)
(Net June 2015)
20. Which of the following are subspaces of the vector =
25. Let x ( x1 ,=
x2 , x3 ) , y ( y1 , y2 , y3 ) ∈  3 be linearly
space  3 ? independent. Let
(a) {( x, y, z ) : x + y = 0} δ1 = x2 y3 − y2 x3 , δ 2 =x1 y3 − y1 x3 ,
δ 3 x1 y2 − y1 x2 . If V is the span of x, y, then.
=
(b) {( x, y, z ) : x − y =0}
(a) V {( u , v, w ) : δ1u − δ=
= 2v + δ 3 w 0}
(c) {( x, y, z ) : x + y =
1}
=
(b) V {( u, v, w) : −δ u + δ v +=δ w 0}
(d) {( x, y, z ) : x − y =
1}
1 2 3
(Net June 2015)
21. Which of the following sets of functions from  to
=
(c) V {( u, v, w) : δ u + δ=
1 v − δ w 0}
2 3

 is a vector space over  ? =

(d) V {( u, v, w) : δ u + δ=
1 v + δ w 0}
2 3

=S1 {=f | lim f ( x ) =

x →3
0} , S {=
2 g | lim g ( x ) 1}
x →3
, (NET-JUNE-2016)

S3 = {h | lim h ( x ) exists}
x →3

(a) Only S1
(b) Only S 2

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26. Let S = {u1 ,..., uk } be a subset of non zero vectors a b  
=
27. Let W1    : a, b ∈   and
from  n . Now consider the two statements given   −b 2a  
below:  a b 
I: If S is linearly dependent set in  n then uk is =
a W2    : a, b ∈   be two subspaces of
  −b − a  
linear combination of u1 ,..., uk −1
M 2 (  ) Which of the following statements are
II: If S is linearly independent set in  n then
true?
k < n.
Which of the following statements is true?  0 0 
(a) W1  W2 =   
(a) Statement I is FALSE and Statement II is TRUE  0 0  
(b) Statement I is TRUE and Statement II is FALSE
 0 0  
(c) Both Statement I and Statement II are FALSE (b)     is a proper subset of W1  W2
(d) Both Statement I and Statement II are TRUE  0 0  
(NET-JUNE-2020 P 2) (c) W1 + W2 = M 2 ()
(d) W1 + W2 is a proper subset of M 2 (  )
(NET-JUNE-2020 P 2)

Answer –key

1. B 14. C
2. A,B,C 15. A
3. C,D 16. A,B,C,D
4. D 17. A
5. B 18. B,C
6. A 19. B,C
7. A,C 20. A,B
8. B,D 21. C
9. A 22. A
10. B,C,D 23. B,C,
11. B,C 24. C,D
12. B 25. A
13. A

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