MOUNT CARMEL PU COLLEGE – DEPT OF MATHEMATICS

MATRICES
1. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 4, then each row of A has-
(a) 3 elements (b) 4 elements (c) 12 elements (d) 7 elements
2. If every row of a matrix A contains m elements and its column contains n
elements,
then the order of A is
(a)m x m (b) m x n (c) n x m (d) n x n

3. If the order of A is 4 X 3 and the order of B is 4 X 5 then the order of (ATB)T is

(a) 3 x 5 (b) 3 x 4 (c) 4 x 3 (d) 5 x 3

4. If a matrix has 8 elements, then total number of possible different order

matrices are
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2

5. If a matrix has 13 elements, then the total number of different possible orders
are
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

6. For any square matrix, A ={aij }, aij = 0 when i≠j, then A is

(a) Unit matrix (b) Scalar matrix (c) Diagonal Matrix (d) row matrix

(i+j)2
7. For any 2 x 2 matrix, A ={aij }, whose elements are given by aij = then A is
2
9 9 9 9
1 2 2 1
2 2 2 2
(a)[ 9 ] (b) [ 9 ] (c) [ 9 ] (d) [ 9 ]
8 4 8 4
2 2 2 2

(i+j)2
8. For any 2 x 3 matrix, A ={aij }, whose elements are given by aij = then A is
2
9 9 9 25
2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8
2 2 2 2
(a)[ 9 25] (b) [ 9 25] (c) [ 9 25] (d) [ 9 9 ]
8 8 8 8
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

9. A row matrix has only

(a) one element (b) one row with one or more columns
(c) one column with one or more rows (d) one row and one column

10. A matrix A = {aij }, m x n is said to be a square matrix if

(a) m = n (b) m ≥ n (c) m ≤ n (d) m < n

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11. If A and B are matrices of order m x n and n x m respectively, then which of the
following are defined
(a) Both AB, BA (b) AB , A2 (c) A2, B2 (d) AB , B2

12. The number of all possible matrices of order 3 x 3 with each entry 0 or 1 is
(a) 27 (b) 18 (c) 81 (d) 512

13. The values of x and y make the following pair of matrices equal
3𝑥 + 7 5 5 𝑦−2
[ ] = [ ]
𝑦 + 1 2 − 3𝑥 8 4
2 2 7 2 1
(a)x = − , y= 7 (b) x = , y= (c) x = − , y = -7 (d) x = − , y = 7
3 3 3 3 3

14. In the following , scalar matrix is

−1 3 0 3 4 0 4 0
(a)[ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
2 4 2 0 0 4 0 0

15. In the following , diagonal matrix is

0 3 7 3 4 1 4 0
(a)[ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
4 0 0 0 0 4 0 3

5 2 3 6
16. If X + Y = [ ] and X - Y = [ ] then X is
0 9 0 −1
8 8 2 −4 1 −2 4 4
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
0 8 0 10 0 5 0 4

7 0 3 0
17. If X + Y = [ ] and X - Y = [ ] then X is
2 5 0 3
4 0 10 0 2 0 5 0
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
2 8 2 8 1 4 1 4

18. If X is a matrix of order 2 x n and Z is a matrix of order 2 x p. If n = p, then the

order of the matrix 7X – 5Z is
(a) p x 2 (b) 2 x n (c) n x 3 (d) p x n

19. For the matrices A and B, AB = 0 then

(a) A = 0 or B = 0 (b) A = 0 and B = 0 (c) It is not necessary that A = 0 or B = 0
(d) all the above statements are wrong

−1 5
−1 0 2
20. If A = [ ] and B = [ 2 7 ] then
3 1 2
3 10
(a) AB and BA both exist (b) AB exists but not BA
(c) BA exists but not AB (d) Both AB and BA does not exist

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21. Which one of the following is not true

(a) Matrix addition is commutative (b) Matrix multiplication is associative
(c) Matrix multiplication is commutative (d) ) Matrix addition is associative
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
22. If A(x) = [ ] then A(x) . A(y) =
−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥
(a) A(x) – A(y) (b) A(x) + A(y) (c) A(x – y) (d) A(x + y)

23. For suitable matrices A, B : the false statement is

(a) (AB)T = ATBT (b) (AT)T = A (c) (A – B)T = AT – BT (d) (A + B)T = AT + BT

3 𝑥
24. If A = [ ] and A = AT then
𝑦 0
(a) x = 0, y = 3 (b) x + y = 3 (c) x= y (d) x = - y

25. Which of the following is not true

(a) A is a symmetric matrix if AT = A
(b) A is a skew symmetric matrix if AT = - A
(c) For any square matrix A with real number entries, A+AI is a skew symmetric
matrix and A – AI is a symmetric matrix
(d) any square matrix can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric matrix and
skew symmetric matrix

0 5 −7
26. Matrix A = [−5 0 11 ] is a
7 −11 0
(a) Diagonal Matrix (b) scalar Matrix (c)skew symmetric matrix
(d) symmetric Matrix

27. If A is symmetric as well as skew symmetric matrix then A is

(a) Diagonal matrix (b) Unit matrix (c) Null matrix (d) Triangular matrix

28. If A, B are symmetric matrices of same order then (AB – BA) is

(a)symmetric matrix (b) skew symmetric matrix (c) Null matrix (d) unit matrix

29. Matrices A and B will be inverse of each other only if

(a) AB = BA (b) AB = BA = 0 (c) AB = 0 ,BA = I (d) AB = BA= I

30. If A is square matrix then A – AT is

(a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix (c) skew symmetric matrix (d) Zero matrix

31. If A and B are matrices of same order then (ABI – BAI) is

(a) Null Matrix (b) skew symmetric matrix (c) Symmetric matrix (d)Unit Matrix

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𝑥+2 𝑦−3
32. If [ ] is a scalar matrix then,
0 4
(a) x = 2, y = 0 (b) x = -2, y = 3 (c) x = 2, y = 3 (d) x = -2, y = -3

𝑐𝑜𝑠α 𝑠𝑖𝑛α
33. If A = [ ] then AAI is
−𝑠𝑖𝑛α 𝑐𝑜𝑠α
(a) A (b) Zero matrix (c) AI (d) I

4 3 4 3
34. If [ ] =[ ] then x =
𝑥 5 1 5
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3

35. If A and B are two matrices of order 3 x m and 3 x n respectively and m = n,

Then the order of the matrix ( 5A – 2B)
(a) m x 3 (b) n x 3 (c) m x n (d) 3 x n

2 1
1 −2 1
36. If A = [ ] and B = [3 2] then (AB)I is
2 1 3
1 1
3 −2 −3 10 −3 7 −3 7
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
10 7 −2 7 10 2 −10 −2
𝑐𝑜𝑠α −𝑠𝑖𝑛α
37. If A = [ ] then A + AI = I , then α is
𝑠𝑖𝑛α 𝑐𝑜𝑠α
𝜋 3𝜋 𝜋
(a) (b) 𝜋 (c) (d)
6 2 3
2 𝑥−3 𝑥−2
38. If A = (3 −2 −1 ) is a symmetric matrix then x is
4 −1 −5
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 8
39. For a 2 X 2 matrix, A = {aij } whose elements are given by aij = 2i – j is
2 3 1 0 1 1 1 2
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] [ ]
1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1

40. Statement 1: If A is symmetric as well as a skew symmetric matrix, then A

is a null matrix
Statement 2: A is a symmetric matrix if AT = A and A is a skew symmetric
matrix if AT = - A
(a)Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
(b) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is false
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is true, statement 2 is not a correct
explanation of statement 1
(d) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is true, statement 2 is correct
explanation of statement 1

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0 1 1 1 0 0
41. Statement 1: [ ] [ ] = [ ]
0 1 0 0 0 0
Statement 2: For matrices A & B, AB = 0 then it is not necessary that A = 0
or B =0
(a)Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
(b) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is false
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is true, statement 2 is not a correct
explanation of statement 1
(d) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is true, statement 2 is correct
explanation of statement 1
0 2 3
42. Assertion(A): The matrix A = [−2 0 4] is a skew symmetric matrix
−3 −4 1
Reason(R): If a matrix A is symmetric matrix then, AT = - A
(a) A is false but R is true (c) A is false and R is false
(b) A is true but R is false (d) A is true and R is true
43. If the matrix A = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ]𝑚 𝑋 𝑛 . Match Column I with Column II

Column I Column II
(a) Square matrix (i) m=1
(b) Column matrix (ii) n=1
(c) Row matrix (iii) m = n
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) a-i, b-ii, c-iii (b)a-iii, b-ii, c-i, (c) a-ii, b-iii, c-i (d)a-iii, b-i, c-ii
44. Statement 1: Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
Statement 2: Every scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix
Statement 3: Every identity matrix is a diagonal matrix
(a) All 3 statements are true
(b) All 3 statements are false
(c) Statements 1 and 3 are true but 2 is false
(d) Statements 1 and 2 are true but 3 is false
45. Which of the following is not a possible ordered pair for a matrix with 6 elements
(a) (2,3) (b) (3,2) (c) (1,6) (d) (3,1)

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