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3. Matrices
A: State True or False for the statement: Answers
1. A square matrix A is called a Scalar Matrix if all its non-diagonal elements are
zero and diagonal elements are one.
2. Unit matrix is both symmetric and skew symmetric matrix.
3. The number of possible matrices of order 2×2 with each entry either 0 or the
smallest prime number or the smallest natural number is 81.
4. 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 −𝟑
Inverse of a matrix [ ] is [ ]
𝟓 𝟏 −𝟓 𝟐
5. 𝟎 𝟑 𝟏
Matrix [−𝟑 𝟐 −𝟔] is skew-symmetric.
−𝟏 𝟔 𝟎
6. A square matrix 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] is a scalar matrix if for a real number k,
𝒏
𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒊 = 𝒋
𝒂𝒊𝒋 = {
𝒌, 𝒊𝒇 𝒊 ≠ 𝒋
7. 𝟏
For a matrix A, the matrix 𝟐 (𝑨 + 𝑨′ ) is always a symmetric matrix.
8. 𝟏
For a matrix A, the matrix 𝟐 (𝑨 − 𝑨′ ) is always a symmetric matrix.
9. For three matrices A, B and C, if AB and AC both are defined and equal, then
matrices B and C are also equal.
10. 𝟑 𝟓 𝟏 𝟑 −𝟓
Inverse of a matrix [ ] is 𝟏𝟔 [ ].
𝟏 𝟕 −𝟏 𝟕
B: Choose the correct answer: Answers
1. 𝟎 𝐚 −𝟑
If the matrix 𝐀 = [𝟐 𝟎 −𝟏] is skew symmetric, then the value of 𝐚 and 𝐛 are:
𝐛 𝟏 𝟎
(A) 𝐚 = 𝟐 and 𝐛 = −𝟑 (B) 𝐚 = −𝟐 and 𝐛 = 𝟑
(C) 𝐚 = 𝟐 and 𝐛 = 𝟑 (D) 𝐚 = −𝟐 and 𝐛 = −𝟑
2. 𝟓 𝟎 𝟒 𝟑
If 𝟑𝐀 − 𝐁 = [ ] and 𝐁 = [ ], then matrix A is:
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
−𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏 (𝑪) [𝟑 𝟏] 𝟑 𝟏
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (𝑫) [ ]
𝟏 −𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟐
3. A square matrix A is called a diagonal matrix if 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫
(A) 𝒊 > 𝒋 (B) 𝒊 < 𝒋 (C) 𝒊 = 𝒋 (D) 𝒊 ≠ 𝒋
4. 𝒂 𝒃 𝜶 𝜷
If 𝑨 = [ ] and 𝑨𝟐 = [ ], then
𝒃 𝒂 𝜷 𝜶
(A) 𝜶 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 , 𝜷 = 𝟐𝒂𝒃 (B) 𝜶 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 , 𝜷 = 𝒂𝒃
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
(C) 𝜶 = 𝒂 + 𝒃 , 𝜷 = 𝒂 − 𝒃 (D) 𝜶 = 𝟐𝒂𝒃, 𝜷 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐

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5. If A and B are two skew symmetric matrices of same order, then AB is symmetric
matrix if
(A) 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐁𝐀 (B) 𝐀𝐁 = −𝐁𝐀 (C) 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐎 (𝐃) 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐈
6. 𝟏 𝟏
If 𝑨 = [ ] , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝑨𝟓 𝐢𝐬
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏 𝟎
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏
7. Transpose of a Row Matrix is a .................
(A)Row Matrix (B)Column Matrix (C) Null Matrix (D) Identity Matrix
8. If 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , where 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝒊 − 𝟐𝒋,
𝟑×𝟒
then value of 𝒂𝟏𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐𝟐 + 𝒂𝟑𝟑 is
(A) 6 (B) -6 (C) 2 (D) -2
9. 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙 𝟏 −𝟐 𝒚
If 𝑨 = [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎], 𝐁 = [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎] and 𝑨𝑩 = 𝑰𝟑 , then 𝒙 + 𝒚 equals
𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) -1
10. A matrix of order 1×5 is called a ............
(A) Row Matrix (B) Column Matrix (C) Null Matrix (D)Identity
Matrix
11. 𝟎 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐
If [ ] is a skew-symmetric matrix, then value of 𝒙 is
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 𝟎
𝟏 𝟏
(A) 𝟐 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 𝟓
12. If A is a square matrix such that 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑰, then find the simplifies value of
(𝑨 − 𝑰)𝟐 + (𝑨 + 𝑰)𝟐 − 𝟑𝑰
(A) 𝑰 (B) 𝟐𝑰 (C) 𝑨 (D) 𝐀 − 𝑰
13. If 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , 𝐁 = [𝒃𝒌𝒍 ]𝟑×𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑩 = 𝑩𝑨,
𝒎×𝟑
then m and n are:
(A) 𝒎 = 𝟑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏 = 𝟐 (B) 𝒎 = 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏 = 𝟑
(C) 𝒎 = 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏 = 𝟐 (D) 𝒎 = 𝟑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏 = 𝟑
14. 𝜶 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
If 𝑷 = [ ] and 𝑸 = [ ] , then find the value of 𝜶 for which 𝑷𝟐 = 𝑸:
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) Not Possible to find
15. 𝟑𝒊+𝒋
If A = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] is a matrix of order 𝟑 × 𝟐 and 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = , then the matrix is…..
𝟐
𝟓 𝟓
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝟕
𝟐 𝟐
𝟕 𝟒 𝟕
𝟐 𝟓
𝟐
(A) 𝟒 (B) [ 𝟐 𝟕
𝟐
] (C) 𝟒 (D) [ 𝟓 𝟏𝟏]
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟏
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏𝟏
𝟒
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
[ 𝟐 𝟓] [𝟓 𝟐 ]
16. 𝟓 𝟐 𝒚 𝒛
If [ ]=[ ], then the value of 𝒙 + 𝐲 − 𝐳 is…
𝒙 𝟑 𝟒 𝟑
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 7
17. 𝒙 𝟒 𝟑 −𝟏 𝟑 𝟔 𝟐 𝟏
If [ ]−[ ]=[ ]−[ ], then values of x and y respectively
𝟑 𝒚 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏
are….
(A) 4, 𝟎 (B) − 𝟒, 𝟎 (C) 𝟎, 4 (D) 𝟎, -4

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18. 𝟎 𝟎 𝟑
The matrix [𝟎 𝟓 𝟎] is a……
𝟐 𝟎 𝟎
(A) square matrix (B) diagonal matrix (C) unit matrix (D) Scalar matrix
19. Total number of possible matrices of order 𝟐 × 𝟒 with each entry 0 and 1 is…..
(A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 32 (D) 256
20. Total number of possible matrices of order 𝟑 × 𝟐 with each entry 0, 1 and -1
is…..
(A) 6 (B) 27 (C) 9 (D) 729
21. 𝒙+𝒚 𝟑𝒚 𝟗 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚
If [ ]=[ ], then the value of x and y respectively are….
𝟑𝒙 𝒙+𝟑 𝒙 + 𝟔 𝒚
(A) 3, 6 (B) 3, 3 (C) 2, 3 (D) 3, 4
22. 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
If A = [ ] and B = [ ], then….
𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎
(A) 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑨, 𝑩𝟑 ≠ 𝑩 (B) 𝑨𝟑 ≠ 𝑨, 𝑩𝟑 = 𝑩
(C)For any natural number n, 𝑨𝒏 = 𝑨, 𝑩𝟐𝒏 = 𝑨, 𝑩𝟐𝒏+𝟏 = 𝑩
(D) For any natural number n, 𝑨𝒏 = −𝑨, 𝑩𝟐𝒏 = 𝑩, 𝑩𝟐𝒏+𝟏 = 𝑨
23. 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
If A = [ ], B = [ ], then AB is ….
𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎
𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎
24. 𝟑
The product [𝟏 𝟐 𝟑] [𝟒] is……
𝟎
𝟑 𝟒 𝟎
𝟑 𝟖 𝟎
(A) [𝟏𝟏] (B) [𝟑] (C) [𝟔 𝟖 𝟎] (D) [ ]
𝟒 𝟖 𝟑
𝟗 𝟏𝟐 𝟎
25. 𝟐
The product [ 𝟓 ] [𝟏 𝟑 𝟐] is……
−𝟏
𝟐 𝟔 𝟒 𝟐 𝟓 −𝟏
(A) [𝟏𝟓] (B) [𝟏𝟎] (C) [ 𝟓 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟎 ] (D) [𝟔 𝟏𝟓 −𝟑]
−𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟐 𝟒 𝟏𝟎 −𝟐
26. 𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝜷
If P = [ ] and 𝑷𝟐 = [ ], then…
𝒃 𝒂 𝜷 𝒂
(A) 𝒂 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 , 𝜷 = 𝟐𝒂𝒃 (B) 𝒂 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 , 𝜷 = 𝟐𝒂𝒃
(C) 𝒂 = 𝟐𝒂𝒃, 𝜷 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 (D) 𝒂 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 , 𝜷 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
27. If A and B are square matrices of order 𝒏 such that
𝑨𝟐 − 𝑩𝟐 = (𝑨 − 𝑩)(𝑨 + 𝑩),
then which of the following will be always true?
(A) A = B (B) AB = BA
(C) either A or B is a zero matrix (D) either A or B is an identity matrix
28. 𝒂 𝟎 𝟏𝟔 𝟎
If A = [ ], B = [ ], where 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑩, then the value of 𝒂 > 𝟎 is…….
𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
(A) -1 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) Not defined

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29. 𝟑 𝟐
If A = [ ], then (A-I)(A-2I) is equal to…..
−𝟏 𝟎
(A) O (B) I (C) A (D) 𝑨𝟐
30. X and Y are matrices of order 𝒎 × 𝟑 and 2 × 𝒏 respectively, then the order of
matrix 3X + 5Y is…..
(A) 𝒎 × 𝟐 (B) 𝟑 × 𝒏 (C) 𝟐 × 𝟑 (D) 𝒏 × 𝒎
31. 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟗 −𝟓
If 𝟐 [ ] + 𝟓[ ]=[ ], then the values of 𝒙 and 𝒚 respectively are…
𝟑 𝒚 𝟎 𝟐 𝟔 𝟔
(A) 2, 3 (B) 4, 3 (C) 2, -2 (D) 3, -2
32. 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
If A = [𝟏 𝟏 𝟏], then 𝑨𝟑 is equal to…..
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(A) A (B) 3A (C) 9A (D) I
33. If A, B and C are three matrices of order 3× 𝟑, 𝟐 × 𝟑 and 3× 𝟒 respectively, then
which of the products can be obtained and what will be its order?
(A) AB , 3 ×3 (B) BA , 2 ×3 (C) CA , 4 ×3 (D) CB, 4 ×2
34. 𝟏 𝟐
If 𝑨 = [ ], then 𝑨𝒏 is equal to….
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝒏 𝟏 𝟐𝒏 𝟏 𝟐𝒏
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏
35. 𝒊 𝟎
If A = [ ], then 𝑨𝟒 equals:
𝟎 𝒊
(A) 2A (B) 4A (C) I (D) 2I
36. 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝟐 𝟏 𝟓
If A[ ] = [𝟑 𝟐 𝟏𝟒], then A is equal to…
−𝟏 𝟎 𝟒
𝟔 𝟑 𝟏𝟓
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
(A) [ ] (B) [𝟐 𝟏 ] (C) [𝟏 𝟎 ] (D) [ ]
−𝟏 𝟏 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟐
𝟑 𝟎 𝟑 𝟐
37. 𝟑𝝅 𝟑𝝅
𝐜𝐨𝐬 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧
𝟒 𝟒
If A = [ 𝟑𝝅 𝟑𝝅 ], then 𝑨𝟖 is equal to……
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒
𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
(A)[ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏
38. 𝟎 𝟏
If A = [ ], then 𝑨𝟒 is equal to…..
𝟏 𝟎
𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏
39. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then
(A + B)(A – B) is equal to….
(A) 𝑨𝟐 − 𝑩𝟐 (B) 𝑨𝟐 − 𝑩𝟐 + 𝑩𝑨 − 𝑨𝑩
(C) 𝑨𝟐 − 𝑩𝑨 − 𝑨𝑩 − 𝑩𝟐 (D) 𝑨𝟐 − 𝑩𝑨 + 𝑩𝟐 + 𝑨𝑩
40. 𝟎 −𝒙
For the matrix ( ) to be skew-symmetric, the value of y is…..
𝒙 𝒚
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

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41. If A is a 𝒎 × 𝒏 matrix, then A’ is of the order ….

(A) 𝒎 × 𝒏 (B) 𝒏 × 𝒎 (C) 𝒎 × 𝒎 (D) 𝒏 × 𝒏
42. The matrix which is both symmetric and skew-symmetric is….
(A) a diagonal matrix (B) a null matrix (C) a unit matrix (D) a scalar
matrix
43. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of the order 𝟑 × 𝟑, then |𝑨| is equal to…..
(A) -3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3
44. 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶
If A = [ ], and A + 𝐀𝐓 = 𝐈, then the value of 𝜶 is…
𝝅
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝐬𝐢𝐧
𝝅
𝜶 𝝅
(A) 𝟔 (B) 𝟑 (C) 𝟐 (D) 𝝅
45. 𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
Let A = [ ] and B = [ ]. If B is the inverse of matrix A, then the value of
𝟓 𝟐 𝒂 𝟑
𝒂 is….
(A) 5 (B) -3 (C) -2 (D) -5
46. 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
The inverse of the matrix [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎] is…
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
(A) [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎] (B) [ 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎] (C) [𝟎 𝟏 𝟎] (D) [ 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟎 ]
𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 −𝟏
47. A matrix 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] is a square matrix, if…
𝒎×𝒏
(A) 𝒎 − 𝒏 = 𝟎 (B) 𝒎𝒏 = 𝟏 (C) 𝒎 ÷ 𝒏 = 𝟏 (D) Both A and C
48. Matrices A and B will be inverse of each other if and only if…
(A) AB = BA = O (B) AB =I, BA = O
(C) AB = O, BA = I (D) AB = BA = I
49. If A and B are invertible matrices of the same order, then (𝑨𝑩)−𝟏 is equal to…
(A) 𝑨−𝟏 𝑩−𝟏 (B) 𝑩−𝟏 𝑨 (C) 𝑨−𝟏 𝑩 (D) 𝑩−𝟏 𝑨−𝟏
50. If A is a square matrix of order 𝟑, such that 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑰, then [(𝑰 − 𝑨)𝟑 + 𝑨] is equal
to …
(A) 4I + 3A (B) 3I – 4A (C) 3A - 4I (D) 4I - 3A
51. If a matrix A is of the order 𝒎 × 𝒏 and another matrix B is such that
𝑨𝑩′ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩′ 𝑨 both are defined then the order of the matrix B is ...
(A) 𝒎 × 𝒎 (B) 𝒏 × 𝒏 (C) 𝒎 × 𝒏 (D) 𝒏 × 𝒎
52. 𝟑𝒙 𝒙 𝟏 −𝟏
If a matrix 𝑨 = [ ] and 𝑨−𝟏 = [ ], then the value of 𝒙 is ...
𝟎 𝒙 𝟎 𝟑
𝟏 𝟏
(A) 𝟐 (B) 𝟑 (C) 𝟐 (D) 𝟑
53. If for a matrix 𝑨, 𝑨𝟐 − 𝟐𝑨 + 𝑰 = 𝑶, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝑨−𝟏 =……....
(A) 𝟐𝐈 − 𝐀 (B) 𝟐𝐈 + 𝐀 (C) 𝐈 − 𝐀 (D) 𝑰 + 𝐀
54. If for a matrix 𝑨, 𝑨𝟑 = 𝑶, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝑨𝟐 + 𝑨 + 𝑰 =……....
(A) 𝐈 − 𝐀 (B) 𝐈 + 𝐀 (C) (𝐈 − 𝐀)−𝟏 (D) (𝑰 + 𝐀)−𝟏

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55. 𝟑 𝟓
If the matrix 𝐀 = [ ] = 𝑩 + 𝑪, where B is a symmetric matrix and C is a
𝟏 𝟕
skew-symmetric matrix, then B is equal to
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟎 𝟐 𝟎 𝟐
(A) [ ] (B) [ ] (C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟑 𝟎 𝟑 𝟔 −𝟐 𝟎 𝟐 𝟎
56. 𝟏 𝟑 𝒚 𝟎 𝟓 𝟔
If 𝟐 [ ]+[ ]=[ ], then value of 𝒙 and 𝒚 is….
𝟎 𝒙 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟖
(A)𝒙 = 𝟐, 𝒚 = 𝟐 (B) 𝒙 = 𝟐, 𝒚 = 𝟑
(C) 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝒚 = 𝟐 (D) 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝒚 = 𝟑
57. 𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙 𝒙 + 𝟏
If the matrix [ ] is a singular matrix, then the value of 𝒙 is
𝟐 𝟒
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
58. 𝟏 −𝟏
For the matrix 𝑨 = [ ], if 𝑨𝟐 = 𝒑𝑨 then the value of 𝒑 is…
−𝟏 𝟏
(A) -2 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) 2
59. 𝒙
The value of 𝒙 > 𝟎, for which (𝟐𝒙 𝟒) ( ) = 𝟎, is
−𝟖
(A) -4 (B) -2 (C) 4 (D) ±𝟒
60. 𝒙−𝒚 𝒛 −𝟏 𝟒
The value of 𝒙 + 𝒚, if [𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 𝒘] = [ ], is
𝟎 𝟓
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
61. (𝒊+𝟐𝒋)𝟐
𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , where 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝟒 , then its element
𝟐×𝟐
𝒂𝟐𝟏 is…
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
62. If 𝑨 = (𝟏 𝟐 𝟑), then 𝑨𝑨′ is….
(A) 6 (B) 14 (C)[𝟔] (D) [𝟏𝟒]
63. 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 [ ] + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 [ ] = ⋯ … … … ….
− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C)[ ] (D)[ ]
𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎
64. 𝟑 𝟒
−𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
If 𝑨𝑻 = [−𝟏 𝟐] and 𝑩 = [ ], then the matrix 𝑨𝑻 − 𝑩𝑻 is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟎 𝟏
𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
(A) [−𝟑 𝟎 ] (B) [𝟑 𝟏 ]
−𝟏 −𝟐 𝟏 −𝟐
𝟒 −𝟑 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏
(C) [ ] (D) [ ]
𝟑 𝟎 −𝟐 𝟓 𝟏 −𝟐
65. If a matrix has 5 elements, then all possible orders it can have are
(A) 𝟏 × 𝟏, 𝟏 × 𝟓 (B) 5× 𝟏, 𝟏 × 𝟓
(C) 𝟏 × 𝟏, 𝟓 × 𝟏 (D) 𝟏 × 𝟏, 𝟏 × 𝟓, 𝟓 × 𝟏
66. 𝒙−𝒚 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
The value of 𝒙 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒚, for which ( )=( ), are…
𝒙 𝟓 𝟑 𝟓
(A) 1,2 (B) 2,1 (C) 2,2 (D) 3,1
67. 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏 𝒚 𝟕 𝟎
The value of 𝒙 − 𝒚 , if 𝟐 [ ]+[ ]=[ ], is
𝟓 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
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68. 𝒙−𝒚 𝟐𝒚 𝟏 𝟒
The value of 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒛, if [ ]=[ ], is
𝟐𝒚 + 𝒛 𝒙+𝒚 𝟗 𝟓
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
69. 𝟏
If a matrix A is defined as 𝑨 = [𝒂𝒊𝒋 ] , 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝟐 |−𝟑𝒊 + 𝒋|, then its element 𝒂𝟑𝟐 =
𝟑×𝟑
⋯
𝟑 𝟕 𝟗
(A) (B) 𝟐 (C) 𝟐 (D) 4
𝟐
70. 𝟗 −𝟏 𝟒 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
If [ ]=𝑨+[ ], then 𝑨 = ⋯
−𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 𝟎 𝟒 𝟗
𝟏𝟎 𝟏 𝟑 𝟖 −𝟑 𝟓
(A) [ ] (B) [ ]
−𝟐 𝟓 𝟏𝟐 −𝟐 −𝟑 −𝟔
𝟏𝟎 −𝟏 𝟑 𝟖 𝟑 𝟓
(C) [ ] (D) [ ]
−𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 −𝟐 −𝟑 𝟔
71. 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶
If the matrix 𝑨 = ( ) is an identity matrix, then value of 𝜶 is…
− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝝅
(A) 0 (B) 𝟐𝝅 (C) 0, 𝟐𝝅 (D) 0, 𝟐
72. 𝟎 𝟏 −𝟐
If the matrix 𝑨 = [−𝟏 𝟎 𝟑 ] a skew-symmetric matrix, then value of 𝒙 is …
𝒙 −𝟑 𝟎
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3
73. 𝟎 𝟐𝒃 −𝟐
The matrix 𝑨 = [ 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 ] is symmetric, then 𝒂 and 𝒃 are….
𝟑𝒂 𝟑 −𝟏
−𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 −𝟑
(A) 𝒂 = 𝟑 , 𝒃 = 𝟐 (B) 𝒂 = 𝟑 , 𝒃 = 𝟐
−𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐
(C) 𝒂 = ,𝒃 = 𝟑 (D) 𝒂 = 𝟐 , 𝒃 =
𝟐 𝟑

74. If A is a square matrix such that 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑨, and 𝑰 is an identity matrix, then the
value of 𝟕𝑨 − (𝑰 + 𝑨)𝟑 is…
(A) I (B) A (C) I-A (D) I+A
75. 𝟏 𝟑 𝟓 𝟏 𝟑
What is the order of the matrix A, if [ ]𝑨 = [ ]
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟕
(A) 𝟐×𝟐 (B) 𝟐 × 𝟑 (C) 3 × 𝟐 (D) 𝟑 × 𝟑
C: Assertion-Reason Type Questions: Answers

Q: In the following question a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of Reason (R). Pick the correct option:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Both A and R are false.
1. 𝟏
A: Matrix [𝟓] is a column matrix.
𝟐
R: A matrix of order 𝒎 × 𝟏 is called a column matrix.

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2. 𝟐 𝟎 𝟎
A: Matrix [𝟎 𝟑 𝟎] is a scalar matrix.
𝟎 𝟎 𝟓
R: Every scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix.
3. A: Two matrices 𝑨𝟐×𝟑 and 𝑩𝟑×𝟐 can be multiplied and their product will be
a matrix of order 𝟐 × 𝟐.
R: Two matrices can be multiplied if number of columns in pre-factor is
equal to number of rows in post-factor.
4. 𝒙 𝟑 𝟓 𝟑
A: If [ ]=[ ], then 𝒙 = 𝟓, 𝒚 = −𝟏.
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐 𝒚
R: Two matrices are equal if their order is same.
5. A: A matrix cannot be written as the sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew
symmetric matrix.
R: For a matrix A, 𝑨 + 𝑨′ is a symmetric matrix and 𝑨 − 𝑨′ is a skew
symmetric matrix.
6. 𝟐 𝟎 𝟓 𝟎 (𝑨
A: For two matrices A=[ ] and B=[ ] , + 𝑩)𝟐 = 𝑨𝟐 + 𝟐𝑨𝑩 + 𝑩𝟐
𝟎 𝟑 𝟎 𝟎
R: For given two matrices A and B, AB=BA
7. 𝟎 𝟑 𝟐
A: Matrix [−𝟑 𝟑 −𝟓] is a skew-symmetric matrix.
−𝟐 𝟓 𝟎
R: A matrix A is skew-symmetric if 𝑨′ = 𝑨.
8. 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
A: Matrix [𝟐 𝟑 𝟐] is a symmetric matrix.
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
R: A matrix A is symmetric if 𝑨′ = −𝑨.
9. 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑 −𝟓 𝟑 −𝟓
A: For the matrix 𝐀 = [ ] , 𝑨. [ ]=𝑰=[ ].𝑨
𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐
R: For any matrix A , 𝑨 𝑰 = 𝑰𝑨 = 𝑨.
10. A: Transpose of the matrix 𝐀 = [𝟐 𝟓 −𝟏] , is a column matrix.
R: Transpose of a matrix of order 𝐦 × 𝒏 is a matrix of the same order.

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