1.

If a, b , c are unequal what is the condition that the value of the following determinant is zero
a a2 a3  1
  b b2 b3 1
c c2 c3  1

(a) 1  abc  0 (b) a  b  c  1  0

(c) (a  b)(b  c)(c  a)  0 (d) None of these
1 k 3
2. If 3 k  2  0 ,then the value of k is
2 3 1
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of thes
a b c ka kb kc
3. If   x y z , then kx ky kz =
p q r kp kq kr
(a)  (b) k 
(c) 3k (d) k 3 
x2  x x 1 x 2
4. If 2 x 2  3 x  1 3x 3 x  3  Ax  12 , then the value of A is
x 2  2x  3 2x 1 2x  1
(a) 12 (b) 24
(c) –12 (d) – 24
0 p q p r
5. qp 0 q r 
rp rq 0
(a) 0 (b) ( p  q)(q  r)(r  p)
(c) pqr (d) 3 pqr
11 12 13
6. 12 13 14 
13 14 15
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) –1 (d) 67
x y z x 2y z
7. If   p q r , then 2 p 4q 2r equals
a b c a 2b c

(a) 2 (b) 4 
(c) 3  (d) None of these
log 2 512 log 4 3 log 2 3 log 8 3
8.  =
log 3 8 log 4 9 log 3 4 log 3 4

(a) 7 (b) 10
(c) 13 (d) 17
9. The following system of equation 3 x  2 y  z  0 , x  14 y  15 z  0 , x  2 y  3 z  0 has a
solution other than x  y  z  0 for  equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 5
10. The value of a for which the system of equations a 3 x  (a  1)3 y  (a  2)3 z  0,
ax  (a  1)y  (a  2)z  0,
x  y  z  0,
has a non zero solution is
 (a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these
11. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,........, an ,...... are in G.P. and ai  0 for each i, then the value of the determinant
log an log an  2 log an  4
  log an  6 log an  8 log an 10 is equal to
log an 12 log an 14 log an 16
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) None of these
12. The system of equations
x  y  z  6 , x  2 y  3 z  10 , x  2 y  z   ,
has no solution for
(a)   3,   10 (b)   3,   10
(c)   3,   10 (d) None of these
13. Choose the correct answer
(a) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
(b) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
(c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity matrix
(d) A square matrix whose each element is 1 is an identity matrix
 0 0  1
 
14. Let A   0  1 0  , the only correct statement about the matrix A is
1 0 0 

(a) A 2  I
(b) A  (1) I, where I is a unit matrix
(c) A 1 does not exist
(d) A is a zero matrix
 3  2  1
 
15. Inverse of the matrix  4 1  1 is
 2 0 1 

1 2 3  1  3 5
   
(a)  3 3 7  (b) 7 4 6
 2  4  5  4 2 7 
 1 2 3  1 2  4
   
(c)  2 5 7  (d) 8  4  5
  2  4  5   3 5 2 

1 0 0 
 
16. The inverse of the matrix 0 1 0  is
0 0 1 

0 0 1  1 0 0 
   
(a) 0 1 0  (b) 0 1 0 
1 0 0  0 0 1 

0 1 0  1 0 0 
   
(c) 0 0 1  (d) 0 0 1 
1 0 0  0 1 0 

 cos  sin   k 0 
17. If A    and A adj A   , then k is equal to
  sin  cos   0 k 
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) sin  cos  (d) cos 2
18. Which of the following
(i) Adjoint of a symmetric matrix is symmetric,
 (ii) Adjoint of a unit matrix is a unit matrix,
(iii) A(adj A)  (adj A) A | A | I and
(iv) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is a diagonal matrix, is/are incorrect
(a) (i) (b) (ii)
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these
19. Which one of the following statements is true
(a) Non- singular square matrix does not have a unique inverse
(b) Determinant of a non-singular matrix is zero
(c) If A  A, then A is a square matrix
(d)If | A |  0 , then | A.adj A | | A | (n 1) , where
20. Which of the following is not true
(a) Every skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is non-singular
(b) If determinant of a square matrix is non-zero, then it is non singular
(c) Adjoint of symmetric matrix is symmetric
(d) Adjoint of a diagonal matrix is diagonal
0 1 2 
 
21. The inverse matrix of 1 2 3 , is
 3 1 1 

 1 1 1  1 5 
 2 4
 2 2 2 2
(a)  4 3  1 (b)  1 6 3
 5 3 1   
  1 2  1
 2 2 2   
1 2 3 1  1  1
1  1 
(c) 3 2 1 (d) 8 6  2
2 2
4 2 3   5  3 1 
1 1 1   4 2 2
   
22.Let A   2 1  3  and (10 )B    5 0   . If B is the inverse of matrix A, then  is
1 1 1   1  2 3 
 

(a) 5 (b) – 1
(c) 2 (d) – 2
 3 1 
 
23.If P   2 2 , A  1 1 and Q  PAP T , then P(Q 2005 )P T equal to
 
 1 3 0 1 
 
 2 2 
1 2005   3 / 2 2005 
(a)   (b)  
0 1   1 0 
 1 2005  1 3 / 2
(c)   (d)  
 3 / 2 1  0 2005 
1  1 1 
  | adjB |
24.If A  0 2  3  and B  (adj A) , and C  5 A, then =
| C|
 2 1 0 
(a) 5 (b) 25
(c) –1 (d) 1

1 2 3   x   4  2
     2
25.If 3 1 2  y    0  6    , then ( x , y, z ) =
3 1   z   1 2   
1
 2
(a) (4, 2, 2) (b) (4,  2,  2)
(c) (4, 2, 2) (d) (4,  2,  2)
  2 4 5 
 
26.If A   4 8 10  . Then rank of A is equal to
 6  12  15 

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
a b c
27.If b c a  k (a  b  c)(a 2  b 2  c 2 bc  ca  ab) , then k =
c a b
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) – 1 (d) – 2
cos(    ) cos(   )
1
28.The value of cos(   ) 1 cos(   ) is
cos(   ) cos(    ) 1

2 2
cos  sin  1 sin  cos  0
(a) cos  sin  1 (b) sin  cos  0
cos  sin  1 sin  cos  0
2
cos  sin  0
(c) sin  0 cos  (d) None of these
0 cos  sin 
29.If the system of equations ax  y  z  0 , x  by  z  0 and x  y  cz  0 , where a, b, c  1, has a non
1 1 1
trivial solution, then the value of   is
1a 1b 1c
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these
 1 x  x y
30.For each real number x such that 1  x  1, let A(x ) be the matrix (1  x )1   and z 
  x 1  1  xy
Then
(a) A(z )  A(x )  A(y ) (b) A(z )  A(x )[ A(y)]1
(c) A(z)  A(x ) A(y) (d) A(z )  A(x )  A(y )