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1. Let 𝑃 be the set of all non-singular matrices of order 𝛼 𝛽
8. If [ ] is to be square root of the two rowed unit
𝛾 −𝛼
3 over R and Q be the set of all orthogonal matrices of
matrix, then 𝛼, 𝛽 and 𝛾 should satisfy the relation
order 3 over R. Then
a. 1 + 𝛼 2 + 𝛽𝛾 = 0 b. 1 − 𝛼 2 − 𝛽𝛾 = 0
a. 𝑃 is proper subset of 𝑄
c. 1 − 𝛼 2 + 𝛽𝛾 = 0 d. 1 + 𝛼 2 − 𝛽𝛾 = 0
b. 𝑄 is proper subset of 𝑃
c. Neither 𝑃 is proper subset of 𝑄 nor 𝑄 is proper 0 0 −1
9. Let 𝐴 = [ 0 −1 0], the only correct statement
subset of 𝑃 −1 0 0
d. P ∩ Q = 𝜙, the void set about the matrix 𝐴 is
(a) 𝐴2 = 𝐼 (b) 𝐴 = (−1)𝐼, where 𝐼 is unit matrix
2. Let 𝑃 and 𝑄 are matrices such that 𝑃𝑄 = 𝑄 and 𝑄𝑃 = (c) 𝐴−1 does not exist (d) 𝐴 is zero matrix
𝑃, then P2 + Q2 = 3 1
10. If 𝐴 = [ ] then 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 is equal to
−1 2
a. P b. Q c. 𝑃+𝑄 d. 𝑃−𝑄
a. I b. −I c. 7I d. −7I
x
1
sin−1 ⁡(𝜋x) tan−1 ⁡ (𝜋)
3. If A = [ ] 11. The number of non-zero diagonal matrices of order
𝜋 −1 x −1
sin ⁡ (𝜋) cot ⁡(𝜋x) 4 satisfying A2 = A is
−1 −1
x a. 2 b. 4 c. 16 d. 15
1 −cos ⁡(𝜋x) tan ⁡ (𝜋)
B= [ ]
𝜋 sin−1 ⁡ ( x ) −tan−1 ⁡(𝜋x) 12. If 𝐴 = [
1 0
] and 𝐴8 = 𝑎𝐴 + 𝑏𝐼, then (𝑎, 𝑏) =
𝜋 1 1
then 𝐴 − 𝐵 is equal to a. (8,7) b. (−7,8) c. (8, −7) d. (−8, −7)
1
a. I b. I c. O d. 2I −2 5 𝑥 1 2 3
2 13. If [ ] [𝑦] = [ ] [ ], then (𝑥, 𝑦) is
3 −1 3 4 −1
2 a. (1,2) b. (−1,2) c. (1, −2) d. (2,1)
7 15 1
4. ( ) (3) + 5 ( ) is equal to
8 00 0
1 14. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of order ' 𝑛 ' such
16 27 15 16
a. ( ) b. ( ) c. ( ) d. ( ) that 𝐴2 − 𝐵2 = (𝐴 − 𝐵)(𝐴 + 𝐵), then which of the
27 16 16 15
following will be true?
2𝑥 + 𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 1 1
5. If ( )=( ), then (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑝, 𝑞) equals a. Either of A or B is zero matrix b. A = B
𝑝−𝑞 𝑝+𝑞 0 0
a. 0,1,0,0 b. 0, −1,0,0 c. 1,0,1,0 d. 0,1,0,1 c. AB = BA d. Either of 𝐴 or 𝐵 is an identity matrix

1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
6. If A = ( ), then A2017 is equal to 15. Let 𝐼 = [0 1 0] and 𝑃 = [0 −1 0 ]. Then the
1 1
0 0 1 0 0 −2
a. 22015 A b. 22016 A c. 22014 A d. 22017 A
matrix P3 + 2P2 is equal to
7. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are two square matrices such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴 a. 𝑃 b. I − P c. 2I + P d. 2I − P
and BA = B, then
2 −2 −4
a. A and B are idempotent b. only A is idempotent 16. If 𝑃 = [−1 3 4 ], then 𝑃5 equals
c. only B is idempotent d. None of these 1 −2 −3
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𝑒𝑥 𝑒𝑦 1 1 matrix and 2 × 2 identity matrix, then X =
17. If 𝑒 [ 𝑥 ] = [1 1], then the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦
𝑒𝑦 𝑒
1 0 2 0 −3 0 3 0
are respectively a. [ ] b. [ ] c. [ ] d. [ ]
0 1 0 2 0 −3 0 3
a. −1, −1 b. 1,1 c. 0,1 d. 1,0
26. If 1, 𝜔, 𝜔2 are cube roots of unity and if
𝑥 1 1+𝜔 2𝜔 𝑎 −𝜔 0 𝜔
18. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐴2 is the unit matrix, then the [ ]+[ ]=[ ], then a2 + b2 is
1 0 −2𝜔 −𝑏 3𝜔 2 𝜔 1
value of x 3 + x − 2 is equal to a. 1 + 𝜔2 b. 𝜔2 − 1 c. 1 + 𝜔 d. (1 + 𝜔)2
a. – 8 b. –2 c. 0 d. 1 1 1
27. If 𝐴 = [ ], then 𝐴100 is equal to
1 1
1 0 0
19. If 𝐴 = [0 1 0 ] and 𝐼 is the unit matrix of order 3 a. 100 A b. 299 A c. 2100 A d. 99 A
𝑎 𝑏 −1
1 0
, then A2 + 2 A4 + 4 A6 is equal to 28. If n is a non-negative integer and A = [ ], then
1 1
a. ⁡7 A8 b. 7 A7 c. 8I d. 6𝐼 An =
cos⁡ 𝛼 sin⁡ 𝛼 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 n
20. If 𝐴 = [ ], then 𝐴10 is equal to a. [ ] b. [ ] c. [ ] d. [ ]
−sin⁡ 𝛼 cos⁡ 𝛼 n−1 1 1 1 n 1 0 1
10
a. [ cos 10⁡ 𝛼 sin10 ⁡ 𝛼 ] 10 10
[cos10 ⁡ 𝛼 −sin10 ⁡ 𝛼 ] 3 1
b. 29. If f(x) = x 2 − 5x, A = [], then f(A) =
−sin ⁡ 𝛼 cos10 ⁡ 𝛼 sin ⁡ 𝛼 cos ⁡ 𝛼 −1 2
10
c. [ cos 10⁡ 𝛼 sin10 ⁡ 𝛼 ] d. [
cos⁡ 10𝛼 sin⁡ 10𝛼
] a. [
−7 0
] b. [
0 −7
] c. [
7 0
] d. [
0 7
]
−sin ⁡ 𝛼 −cos10 ⁡ 𝛼 −sin⁡ 10𝛼 cos⁡ 10𝛼 0 −7 −7 0 0 7 7 0

21. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are two matrices such that 𝐴 + 𝐵 and 𝐴𝐵 30. Which one of the following is not true?
are both defined, then a. Matrix addition is commutative
a. A and B can be any matrices b. Matrix addition is associative
b. A, B are square matrices not necessarily of the same c. Matrix multiplication is commutative
order c. A, B are square matrices of the same order d. Matrix multiplication is not commutative
d. number of columns of 𝐴 = number of rows of 𝐵 31. If 𝜔 be the complex cube root of unity and matrix
22. If 𝐴 is a square matrix such that 𝐴2 = 𝐴, then 𝜔 0
H=[ ], then H 70 is equal to
0 𝜔
(𝐼 − 𝐴3 ) + 𝐴 is equal to
a. 0 b. −H c. H d. H2
a. A b. I–A c. I d. 3A
32. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are two square matrices of same order
3 2
23. If 𝐴 = [ ], then 𝐴2 + 𝑥𝐴 + 𝑦𝐼 = 0 for (𝑥, 𝑦) = such that AB = B, BA = A and if matrices A is called
1 1
a. (−1,3) b. (−4,1) c. (1,3) d. (4,1) idempotent if A2 = A, then
a. A is idempotent but not 𝐵
1 2
24. If 𝐴 = [ ], then 𝐴𝑛 is
0 1 b. B is idempotent but not A
n 1 2n 2 2
1 2 −2
a. [ ] b. [1 n ] c. [ ] d. [1 n ] c. neither A nor B is idempotent
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
d. both A and B are idempotent
25. If 𝑋 and 𝑌 are 2 × 2 matrices such that 2𝑋 + 3𝑌 = 𝑂
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0 3 0 4𝑎
33. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝑘𝐴 = [ ] then value of 𝑘, 𝑎 40. If a matrix 𝐴 is both symmetric and skew symmetric,
4 5 3𝑏 60
then
and b are respectively
a. A is diagonal matrix b. A is a zero matrix
a. 12,19,16 b. 9,12,16 c. 12,9,16 d. 16,9,12
c. A is scalar matrix d. A is square matrix
′
34. For two 3 × 3 matrices 𝐴 and 𝐵, let 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 2𝐵
3 −4
41. If 𝐴 = [ ], then (𝐴 − 𝐴′ ) is (where 𝐴′ is
and 3𝐴 + 2𝐵 = 𝐼3, where 𝐵′ is the transpose of 𝐵 and 𝐼3 1 −1
is 3 × 3 identity matrix. Then transpose of matrix A)
a. 10 A + 5 B = 3I3 b. 5 A + 10 B = 2I3 a. Null matrix b. Identity matrix
c. 3 A + 6 B = 2I3 d. B + 2 A = I3 c. Symmetric d. Skew-symmetric

cos⁡ 2𝜃 −sin⁡ 2𝜃 2 3
35. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐴 + 𝐴𝑇 = 𝐼, where 𝐼 42. If the matrix [ ] = 𝐴 + 𝐵, where 𝐴 is symmetric
sin⁡ 2𝜃 cos⁡ 2𝜃 5 −1
is the transpose of 𝐴, then the value of 𝜃 is equal to and B is skew symmetric, then B =
𝜋 𝜋 3𝜋 2 4 0 −2 0 1 0 −1
a. b. c. 𝜋 d. a. [ ] b. [ ] c. [ ] d. [ ]
6 3 2 4 −1 2 0 −1 0 1 0
1 2 2 43. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two syymetric matrices of order 3 .
36. If 𝐴 = [2 1 −2] is a matrix satisfying the
𝑎 2 𝑏 Statement-1: 𝐴(𝐵𝐴) and (𝐴𝐵)𝐴 are symmetric matrices
equation AAT = 9I, where I is a 3 × 3 identity matrix, Statement-2: 𝐴𝐵 is symmetric matrix if matrix
then the ordered pair (𝑎, 𝑏) is equal to multiplication of 𝐴 awith 𝐵 is commutative.
a. (2,1) b. (−2, −1) c. (2, −1) d. (−2,1) a. Statement-1 is true, Statement- 2 is false
b. Statement- 1 is false, Statement- 2 is true
37. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of the same order
c. Statement-1 is true, Statement- 2 is true; Statement-
and if A = AT , B = B T , then (ABA)T =
2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
a. BAB b. ABA c. ABAB d. AB T
d. Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-
T
38. If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that P = 2P + I, where 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1
T
P is the transpose of P and I is the 3 × 3 identity
44. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be 3 × 3 matrices. Then (𝐴𝐵)𝑇 = 𝐵𝐴 is
𝑥 0
matrix, then there exists a column matrix 𝑋 = [𝑦] ≠ [0] a. A is skew-symmetric and B is symmetric
𝑧 0 b. B is skew-symmetric and A is symmetric
such that c. A and B are skew-symmetric d. None of these
0
a. 𝑃𝑋 = [0] b. 𝑃𝑋 = 𝑋 c. PX = 2X d. PX = −X 45. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and n is odd
0 positive integer, then An is
39. The matrix product satisfies [5 6 2] ⋅ AT = a. a skew-symmetric matrix b. a symmetric matrix
[4 8 1 7], where AT denotes the transpose of the c. a diagonal matrix d. None of the above
matrix A. Then, the order of the matrix A equals to 46. If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same
a. 1 × 2 b. 5×1 c. 3×5 d. 5×3 order, then which one of the following is not true?

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a. A + B is symmetric b. A - B is symmetric a. Both the statements are true
c. AB + BA is symmetric d. AB − BA is symmetric b. Both the statements are false

3 𝑥−1 c. Statement-I is true, but Statement-II is false

47. If 𝐴 = [ ] is a symmetric matrix, then
2𝑥 + 3 𝑥 + 2 d. Statement-I is false, but Statement-II is true
the value of 𝑥 is
2 1 1/2 1/6
a. 4 b. 3 c. –4 d. –3 52. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐴−1 = [ ], then the value
0 𝑥 0 1/𝑥

48. If 𝐴 is a square matrix. Then of x is equal to

a. A + AT is symmetric b. AAT is skew-symmetric a. –3 b. 3 c. –2 d. 6

c. AT + A is skew-symmetric 53. If 𝑋 is any matrix of order 𝑛 × 𝑝 ( 𝑛 and 𝑝 are

d. AT A is skew-symmetric integers) and I is an identity matrix of order n × n, then
the matrix M = I − X(X ′ X)−1 X ′ is
49. If 𝐴 is a square matrix, 𝐴′ its transpose then
1 (i) idempotent matrix (ii) MX = O
2
(𝐴 − 𝐴′ ) is
Choose the correct answer
a. a symmetric matrix b. a skew-symmetric
a. only (i) is correct b. (i) is incorrect
c. a unit matrix d. an elementry matrix
c. Both (i) & (ii) are correct d. None of these
𝑇
50. Let 𝐴 be a square matrix and 𝐴 is its transpose,
54. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of the same order
then A + AT is
such that (𝐴 + 𝐵)(𝐴 − 𝐵) = 𝐴2 − 𝐵2 , then (𝐴𝐵𝐴−1 )2 =
a. a diagonal matrix b. a symmetric matrix
a. A2 B 2 b. A2 c. B2 d. I
c. the identity matrix d. a skew-symmetric matrix
55. If 𝐴2 − 𝐴 + 𝐼 = 𝑂, then the inverse of the matrix 𝐴 is
2
51. Let 𝐴 be a 3 × 3 matrix such that 𝐴 − 5𝐴 + 7𝐼 = 0
a. A − I b. I–A c. A+I d. A
−1 1
Statement-I: A = 7
(5I − A)
56. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of the same order
Statement-II: The polynomial 𝐴3 − 2𝐴2 − 3𝐴 + 𝐼 can be
and AB = 3I, then A−1 is equal to
reduced to 5( A − 4I). 1 1
a. 3 B b. 3
B c. 3 B −1 d. 3
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ANSWER KEY DPP-1 (MATRICES)

1 B 15 C 29 A 43 D

2 C 16 A 30 C 44 C

3 A 17 A 31 C 45 A

4 B 18 B 32 D 46 D

5 A 19 A 33 C 47 C

6 B 20 D 34 A 48 A

7 A 21 C 35 A 49 B

8 B 22 C 36 B 50 B

9 A 23 B 37 B 51 A

10 D 24 C 38 D 52 A

11 D 25 C 39 D 53 C

12 C 26 C 40 B 54 C

13 D 27 B 41 D 55 B

14 C 28 C 42 D 56 B

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