A-5 Assignment (Matrix)

1. Let aij denote the element of the ith row and jth column in a 3 x 3 determinant (1≤i≤3,
1≤j≤3 ) and let aij = - aji of every i and j. Then the determinant has all the principal
diagonal elements as

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) none

2. Which of the following statements is wrong?

(a) Trace of a unit matrix is always a fixed natural number

(b) Trace of the sum of two matrices is equal to sum of their traces

(c) Trace of the scalar matrix is some multiple of its order

(d) Tr(AB)= Tr(BA)

3. If A and B are matrices of order 3x2 and C is a matrix of order 2x3, then which of the
following matrices is not defined ?

(a) AT+B (b) AT and BT (c) AT+C (d) B+CT

1  
4. If A=   , then A10 equals
0 1 

1 10  1 10  1  10  1  10 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
0 1  0 10   0 1  0 10 

0 1
5. Consider the matrix B=   , then B1023 equals
1 0 

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

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  4 1 4 
6. Which of the following is true for the matrix  3 0 4  ?
 3 1 3

(a) It is an idempotent matrix (b) It is nilpotent matrix of order 3

(c) It is an involuntary matrix (d) None of the above

𝑥
7. (𝑥 𝑦) (5 −7) ( ) = 15 This matrix equation represents
7 3 𝑦

(a) a circle of radius 15 units

(b) an ellipse with semi-minor axis 5 units

(c) an ellipse with semi-major axis 5 units

(d) a hyperbola

 ab b2 
8. Which of the following statements is true for the matrix  2 ?
 a ab 

(a) it is a idempotent matrix (b) It is a nilpotent matrix of order 2

(c) It is an involuntary matrix (d) It is a periodic matrix of order 2

 cos2  cos  .sin    cos2  cos .sin  

9. The product of the two matrices   and   is
 cos  .sin  sin    cos .sin  sin 2  
2

zero. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) θ-  is odd multiple of (π/2) (b) θ-  is even multiple of (π /2)

(c)    is odd multiple of π (d)    is even multiple of π

10. If each element of 'k×k' square matrix A can be chosen as a Boolean Variable, then one
can construct 'M' number of different combinations of matrix 'A'. Therefore, 'M' is equal
to

(c) –k2 (d) 2k

2
(a) 2k (b) 2k

11. If A and B n×n square symmetric matrices, then AB will be symmetric in nature if

(a) A and B both are triangular (b) A and B both are non-singular

(c) A and B both commute (d) A and B both anti-commute

𝑎
12. The symmetric part of 𝑃 = (𝑏) (𝑎 − 2 𝑏) is

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  a 2  2 ab  1   a(a  2) b 
(a)   (b)  
 ab  1 b  2   b b2 
2

 a(a  1) b(b  1)   a(a  2) b(a  1) 

(c)   (d)  
 b(a  1) b2   b(a  1) b2 

13. To convert a Hermitian matrix into skew-Hermitian one, the Hermitian matrix must be
multiplied by

(a) -1 (b) i (c) -i (d) None of the above

14. Suppose the matrix B*AB is Hermitian in nature. Which of the following statement is
true?

(a) A is a hermitian matrix (b) B is a hermitian matrix

(c) A is a skew hermitian matrix (d) Bis a skew hermitian matrix

1  1 1 i
15. The matrix  ?
3 1  i 1 

(a) Symmetric (b) Skew Hermitian (c) Orthogonal (d) Unitary

16. If ‘l' is an identity matrix of order 'k x k' and adj (2I) = 2kI, then ‘k' is equal to

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) n-1 (d)n

17. Suppose A is n×n square invertible matrix. Which of the following statements is true for
A (adj A)?

(a) It is a null matrix of order 'n’ (b) It is an unit matrix of order 'n’

(c) It is a scalar matrix of order 'n' (d) None of the these

18. If 'A' is 4x4 matrix with determinant 5, then the determinant of adj.(A) is equal to

(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 125 (d) 62

19. If A' is a 3x3 matrix with determinant 2, then the determinant of adj. [adj. adj.(A -1)]] is
equal to
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
512 1024 128 256

 0 4 1 
20. For which value of  , the following matrix A =  2  3 will be invertible in nature ?
 1 2 1

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 (a)  =4 (b)   8 (c)   4 (d) none

21. If a square matrix A has an eigenvalue  , then the eigenvalue of the matrix (KA)T
(where k  0 ) is

(a)  k (b) k  (c)  k (d) None of these

2 2 1
22. The eigenvalues of the matrix.  1 3 1  are
1 2 2
 

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

1  i 1
23. A matrix is given by M=   .The eigenvalues of M are
2 1 i 

(a) real and positive (b) purely imaginary with

modulus 1

(c) real and negative (d) complex number with modulus 1

24. The trace of the matrix of a 2 x 2 matrix is 1 and determinant 1. Which of the following
has to be true?

(a) one of the eigenvalues is 0 (b) one of the eigenvalue is 1

(c) both of the eigenvalues are 1 (d) neither of the eigenvalues are 1

25. For which of the following matrices both eigenvalues are positive?

 7 2 1 2  4 3   1 4
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 2 7  2 1  3 5   4 1

26. For an N×N matrix consisting of all ones,

(a) all eigenvalues are 1 (b) all eigenvalues are 0

(c) eigenvalues are 1,2,3,...... N (d) one eigenvalue is N and others are 0

27. If trace of matrix M is 11 and its determinant is 36, then the largest eigenvalue of M is
equal to

(a) 4 - (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 12

28. A 2x2 matrix ‘A’ has eigenvalues ei / 4 and ei /5 such that An=1. The smallest possible
value of 'n' is

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 (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 80

 4 1 1
29. The degenerate eigenvalues of the matrix M=  1 4 1 is:
 1 1 4 
 

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

30. Let; M’ be a n×n diagonalizable matrix which satisfies the equations M2 =M, then Det
(M) is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) n-1

1 1 1
31. The rank of matrix [ 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 ] (a, b, c, being all real), is 3 if
𝑎3 𝑏3 𝑐3

(a) a = b = c

(b) a, b, c are all different but a+b+c=0

(c) Two of the numbers a, b, c are equal but are different from the third

(d) a, b, c are all different and a+b+c≠0

  1 0 
32. The rank of the matrix  0  1 is 2, for Ω equal to
 1 0  
 

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)2 (d)4

33. The values of a and b for which the following systems of linear equation.

ax + y + 3z= a

2x +by-z=3

5x + 7y+z=7

has an infinite number of solutions, are

(a) a= 1, b = 1 (b) a= 1, b = 3 (c) a=2, b = 3 (d) a=2, b= 1

34. A 3×3 matrix M has Tr[M]=6, Tr[M2]=26, Tr[M3]=90 Which of the following can be
possible set of eigenvalues of M?

(a) {1,1,4} (b) {-1,0,7} (c) {-1,3,4} (d) {2,2,2}

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 1 2 3
35. The eigenvalues of the matrix A =  2 4 6 
3 6 9
 

(a) (1,4,9) (b)(0,7,7) (c)(0,1,13) (d) (0,0,14)

 0  n3 n2 
36. The eigenvalues of the anti-symmetric matrix A=  n3 0

 n1  , where n1, n2, n3 are
 n 0 
 2 n1
components of an unit vector, are

(a) 0, -i, i (b) 0, 1,-1 (c) 0, 1+i, -1-i (d) 0, 0, 0

37. Given a 2 x 2 unitary matrix satisfying 𝑈 † 𝑈 = 𝑈𝑈 † = 𝐼 with det U = ei , one can
construct a unitary matrix V(𝑉 † 𝑉 = 𝑉 𝑉 † = 𝐼) with det V = 1 from it by

(a) Multiplying U by e  i / 2

(b) Multiplying a single element of by e  i

(c) Multiplying any row or column by e  i / 2

(d) Multiplying U by e  i

 0 2i 3i 

38. Consider the matrix M=  2i 0 6i  . The eigenvalues of M are
 3i 6i 0 
 

(a) -5, -2, 7 (b) -7, 0, 7 (c) -4i, 2i, 2i (d) 2, 3, 6

 4/3 2 / 3
39. Evaluate M50 for the matrix, M=  
 2 / 3 5 / 3 

1 0  3 / 2 1/ 2 
40. Evaluate eA for: (i) A=   (ii)  
0 2 1/ 2 3 / 2 

41. The Dirac delta function  (x) is defined as   ( x)dx  1 . Which of the following


integration is INCORRECTLY evaluated?

2 2

 cos x ( x   )dx  1  x  ( x  1)dx  1

3
(a) (b)
0 2

2 2

(c)  (2 x  3) (3x)dx  1 (d)  ( x3  3x  2) ( x  1)dx  0

2 0

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42. In spherical polar coordinates r  (r , ,  ) the delta function   (r1  r2 ) can be written as

(a)  (r1  r2 ) (1  2 ) (1  2 )

1
(b)  (r1  r2 ) (cos 1  cos  2 ) (1   2 )
r12

1
(c)  (r1  r2 ) (cos 1  cos  2 ) (1   2 )
r1  r
2

1
(d)  (r1  r2 ) (1   2 ) (1   2 )
r cos 1
1
2

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