1.

The relation R given by {(x, y) :x2- 3xy + 2y2 = 0, ∀ x , y ∈ R } is

(a)reflexive but not symmetric (b)symmetric but not transitive
(c) symmetric and transitive (d) an equivalence relation

2. If f : [0, )  [0, ) and f (x) = , then f is

(a) One-one and onto
(b) One-one but not onto
(c) Onto but not one-one
(d) Neither one-one nor onto

3. The system of equations x + 2y + 3z = 4,

2x + 3y + 4z = 5, 3x + 4y + 5z = 6 has

(a) Infinitely many solution (b) No solution

(c) Unique solution (d) None of these

0 a−b a−c
|b−a 0 b−c |
4. The value of c−a c−b 0 is
(a) abc (b) 0

(c) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (d) None of these

10! 11! 12!

|11! 12! 13! |
5. The value of the determinant – 12! 13! 14! equals –
(a) 2(10! 11!) (b) 2(10! 13!)

(c) 2(10! 11!) (b) 2(10! 13!)

(c) 2(10! 11! 12!) (d) 2(11! 12! 13!)

6. A2 +A−I=0 , then A−1 =

If
(a) A−I (b) I − A (c) I + A (d) None of these
 []
3
2
7. If U = [2, – 3, 4], V = 1 , X = [0, 2, 3] and

[]
2
2
Y = 4 , then UV + XY =

(a) 20 (b) [–20] (c) –20 (d) [20]

[ ]
1 2 −1
−1 1 2
8. If A = 2 −1 1 then determinant (Adj (Adj A)) is -
(a) (14)4 (b) (14)3 (c) (14)2 (d) (14)1

[ ]
8 −6 2
−6 7 −4
9. If the matrix A= 2 −4 λ is singular, then =
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5

10. If A –2B =
[ 13 57 ] and 2A – 3B =
[−20 57 ] , then matrix B is equal to–

[−4−6 −5−7 ] (b)

[−30 67 ]
(a)

[ 23 −12 ] (d)
[60 −11 ]
(c)

[ ]
1 0 0
2 1 0
11. Let A = 3 2 1 . If U1, U2, U3 are column matrices

[] [] []
1 2 2
0 3 3
satisfying AU = 0 , AU = 0 , AU = 1 and U is
1 2 3

3 × 3 matrix whose columns are U1, U2 and U3. Then |U| =

(a) 3 (b) 3/2 (c) –3 (d) 2

12. The value of x for which the matrix product

[ ][ ]
2 0 7 – x 14 x 7 x
0 1 0 0 1 0
1 –2 1 x – 4 x – 2 x equal an identity matrix is :

1 1 1 1
5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
(a)

[ ]
2 0 –3
4 3 1
13. If A = –5 7 2 is expressed as the sum of a symmetric and skew symmetric matrix then the symmetric matrix is
-

[ ] [ ]
2 4 –5 4 4 –8
0 3 7 4 6 8
–3 1 2 (b) –8 8 4

(a)

[ ] [ ]
2 2 –4 1 0 0
2 3 4 0 1 0
–4 4 2 (d) 0 0 1

(c)

14. If A= [ 12 −3k ] and A2 - 4A + 10I= A, then k is equal to

(a)0 (b)-4
(c)4 (d)lor4

15. A and B are two matrices such that the order of A is 3 x 4, if A’B and BA’ are both defined,
then

(a) order of B' is 3 x 4

(b)order of B’Ais 4 x 4
(c)order of B’Ais 3 x 3
(d)B’Ais not defined
 {
( i j− j i +2 ij ) xi< j
16. Let A = [aij] be a 3 x 3 matrix where a ij= 1i> j, then the minimum value of |A|is
0i= j
equal to (where x is a real number)
1 −8
(a) (b)
4 33
−4
(c)7 (d)
33

17. Let A = . If u1 and u2 are column matrices such that Au1 = and Au2 = , then u1 + u2 is equal to :

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

λ 2 +3 λ λ−1 λ+3
pλ4 +qλ 3 +rλ 2 +sλ+t= | λ+1 2−λ λ−4 |
18. If λ−3 λ +4 3 λ , then
value of t is

(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 17 (d) 19

[ ]
cosα −sin α 0
F (α )= sin α cosα 0
19. Let 0 0 1 . Then F (α ). F (α ' ) is equal to
(a) F (αα ') (b) F (α /α ' ) (c) F (α+α ' ) (d) F (α−α ' )

[ ]
3 2 4
20. If matrix A= 1 2 −1 and −1 1 , then K is
0 1 1 A = adj ( A )
K
(a) 7 (b) –7 (c) 1/7 (d) 11
 [ ]
1 1 3
A= 1 3 −3
21. −2 −4 −4
Characteristic equation of the matrix

3 3
(a) A −20 A+ 8 I (b) A +20 A +8 I

(c) A3 −80 A+ 20 I (d) None of these

[ ]
1 1 2
|adj B|
22. If A= 1 3 4 , B=adj ( A ) and C=3 A then is
1 −1 3 |c|

(a) 8 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 16

[ ]
1 −2 2
23. If A= 0 2 −3 , then A ⋅adj ⁡( A ) is equal to
3 −2 4

[ ] [ ]
5 1 1 5 0 0
(a) 1 5 1 (b) 0 5 0
1 1 5 0 0 5

[ ] [ ]
8 0 0 0 0 0
(c) 0 8 0 (d) 0 0 0
0 0 8 0 0 0
24. The area of triangle with vertices (K , 0), (4 , 0),(0 ,2) is 4 square units, then value of K is
(a) 8 (b) 0 or -8
(c) 0 (d) 0 or 8
25. The relation R is defined in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} as R = {(a, b) :b= a + 1}, then
(a)R is neither reflexive nor symmetric nor transitive
(b)R is neither reflexive nor symmetric but transitive
(c)R is not reflexive but symmetric and transitive
(d)R is reflexive, symmetric andtransitive

26. The relation R= {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3)} on set A = {1, 2, 3} is
(a) Reflexive but not symmetric
(b) Reflexive but not transitive
(c) Symmetric and Transitive
(d) Neither symmetric nor transitive

27. Let N denote the set of all natural numbers and R be the relation on N×N defined by (a, b) R (c, d) if
ad (b +c )=bc( a+d ), then R is
(a) Symmetric only (b) Reflexive only
 (c) Transitive only (d) An equivalence relation

2 2
28. Let P={( x , y)|x + y =1, x , y ∈ R}. Then P is
(a) Reflexive (b) Symmetric
(c) Transitive (d) Anti-symmetric

2
29. The function f : R →R , f ( x)=x , ∀ x ∈ R is
(a) Injection but not surjection
(b) Surjection but not injection
(c) Injection as well as surjection
(d) Neither injection nor surjection

2
30. Function f : R →R , f ( x )=x + x is
(a) One-one onto (b) One-one into
(c) Many-one onto (d) Many-one into

2
31. Let f : N →N defined by f ( x )=x + x +1 , x ∈ N , then f is
(a) One-one onto (b) Many one onto
(c) One-one but not onto (d) None of these