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CSIR-NET/JRF JUNE 2025 (Online Batch)
Section: MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Daily Practice Problem (DPP) Sheet M2: Matrices
(Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors - I)
1 i 1
1. A matrix is given by M . The eigenvalues of M are
2 1 i
(a) real and positive (b) purely imaginary with modulus 1
(c) real and negative (d) complex number with modulus 1
0 1
2. Let P . The eigenvectors corresponding to the eigenvalues i and –i are respectively
1 0
1 1 1 i 1 i i 1
(a) and (b) and (c) and (d) and
i i i i i i 1 i
1 i
3. The eigenvalues of the matrix are
i 1
(a) 1 and 1 (b) 3 and -1 (c) 0 and 2 (d) 3/2 and 1/2
2 4
4. Which of the following is an eigenvector of the matrix A ?
3 1
2 4 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 1 1 1
1 1
5. Eigenvectors of the matrix corresponding to the eigenvalues (1 i ) and (1 i ) are respectively..
1 1
1 i 1 i i i i i
(a) and (b) and (c) and (d) and
i 1 i 1 1 1 1 1
cos sin
6. The eigenvalues of the matrix M will be
sin cos
(a) 0, 2 cos (b) cos , cos (c) cos sin (d) cos i sin
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COMMON DATA FOR Q. 7 & Q. 8
1 0 0
Condider the following matrix: A 0 0 1
0 1 0
7. The matrix has
(a) one degenerate eigenvalue with degeneracy 2 (b) one degenerate eigenvalue with degeneracy 3
(c) only positive eigenvalues (d) only non-degenerate eigenvalues.
8. Eigenvectors corresponding to the degenerate eigenvalue, are
T
T 1 1
T
(a) 1 0 0 , 0 0 1 T
(b) 1 0 0 , 0
2 2
T T T
T 1 1 1 1 1 1
(c) 1 0 0 , 0 (d) 0 , 0
2 2 2 2 2 2
4 / 3 2 4
9. If is an eigenvector of the matrix A 3 1 , then the associated eigenvalue is
1
(a) -2 (b) +2 (c) -5 (d) 5
1 2 0
10. The spectral radius of matrix A 1 1 2 is
1 2 1
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 1/3
2 4 a
11. If the eigenvector of the matrix A is of the form b , then which of the following is CORRECT?
3 1
(a) b 0, a 0 (b) b a or b a (c) b a or b 2 a (d) b a or b 2a
COMMON DATA FOR Q. 12 to Q. 14
Consider the following matrix:
1 0 0
A 0 2 1
2 0 3
12. The spectrum of matrix A, will be
(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 1, 4 (c) 6, 0, 0 (d) 2, 2, 2
13. The spectral radius of matrix A, is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 0
14. The eigenvectors of the matrix A, will be
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
(a) 0 , 1 , 1 (b) 1 , 1 , 1 (c) 1 , 1 , 1 (d) 1 , 1 , 1
1 0 1 1 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 1
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15. Consider the following matrices:
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
A 0 1 1 , B 0 1 0 , C 0 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
The number of linearly independent eigenvectors corresponding to 1 of the above matrices are, respectively
(a) 1, 1, 1 (b) 3, 2, 1 (c) 1, 1, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
1 3 3
16. The geometric multiplicity of the eigenvalue 2 corresponding to the matrix A 3 1 3 is
3 3 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
5 1
17. The number of independent eigenvectors of the matrix C is
1 3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
0 1 0
18. Which of the following vectors is not an eigenvector of the matrix 1 0 0 ?
0 0 0
1
(c) r
1 1 1
(a) r , , 0 (b) r (0, 0, 1) , , 0 (d) r (1, 0, 1)
2 2 2 2
1 1 2
0 1 0
19. In the given matrix , one of the eigen values is 1 . The eigen vectors corresponding to the eigen
1 2 1
value 1 are
(a) 4, 2,1 | 0, R (b) 4, 2,1 | 0, R
(c)
2, 0,1 | 0, R
(d) 2, 0,1 | 0, R
20. The eigenvalues of the matrix representing the following pair of linear equations, are
x iy 0 and ix y 0
(a) 1 i, 1 i (b) 1 i, 1 i (c) 1, i (d) 1 i, 1 i
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QUESTIONS ON NEW PATTERN OF GATE EXAMINATION
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
1 1
21. The phase difference between the eigenvalues of the matrix A , is ___________ degree
1 1
[Your answer should be AN INTEGER]
1 2 1 1
22. The eigen vectors of the matrix are written in the form and . Value of (a+b) is ________
0 2 a b
[Your answer should be upto ONE DECIMAL PLACES]
4 2
23. The difference between the largest & smallest eigenvalue of the matrix A ________________
1 3
[Your answer should be AN INTEGER]
1 1
24. Consider a matrix A for which and are absolute values of the eigenvalues. If k , then
1 1
the value of k is ________________________________ [Your answer should be AN INTEGER]
1 0 0
25. The geometric multiplicity of the eigenvalue 1 corresponding to the matrix A 0 1 1 is
0 0 2
____________________________________________ [Your answer should be AN INTEGER]
Answer Key
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (a)
8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (c)
15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (d)
21. (90) 22. (0.5) 23. (3) 24. (1) 25. (2)
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