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1 2 
16. If M    and M  M  I 2  0 , then
2
(a) A   A (b) A    A
2 3 
(c) A   2 A (d) None of
 these
4 1  1 0 
(a) – 2 (b) 2 26. If A    and I    , A  6A 
2

(c) – 4 (d) 4 3 2 0 1 
1 0 0  (a) 3I (b) 5I
  (c) – 5I (d) None of
17. If A  0 1 0  , then A 2 
these
a b  1
 5 4 0 
 
27. If A  [1 2 3] and B   0 2  1 , then
(a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix
 1  3 2 
(c) A (d) – A
1 1 AB 
If A    , then A 
n
18.  5 4 0  3 
0 1    
(a)  0 4  2 (b) 1 
1 n  n n   3  9 6  1 
(a)   (b)  
0 1  0 n 
(c)  2  1 4  (d)
n 1  1 1 
(c)   (d)    5 8 0 
 0 n  0 n   
 0 4  3
19. AB  0 , if and only if 993]  1 6 6 
(a) A  O, B  O (b) A  O, B  O
(c) A  O or B  O (d) None of 2 0 0 
 
these 28. If A  0 2 0 , then A 5 
1 3   2  0 0 2 
 
20. If the matrix  2 4 8  is singular, then
 3 5 10  (a) 5A (b) 10A
(c) 16A (d) 32A

0 1 
29. If A    and AB  O , then B =
(a) – 2 (b) 4 0 0 
(c) 2 (d) – 4
 ab b2  1 1  0 1
21. If A   2  and A  O , then the
n (a)   (b)  
 a  ab  1 1   1 0 
minimum value of n is 0 1 1 0 
(c)   (d)  
(a) 2 (b) 3
 1 0   0 0
(c) 4 (d) 5
30. If A and B are square matrices of order 2,
1 / 3 2  3 6  then ( A  B) 2 
22. If A , B    and
 0 2 x  3  0  1 (a) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (b)
AB  I , then x =
A 2  AB  BA  B 2
(a) –1 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) 2 (c) A 2  2 BA  B 2 (d) None of
23. If AB  C , then matrices A, B, C are these
31. f I is a unit matrix, then 3I will be
(a) A23 , B32 , C 23 (b) A32 , B23 , C32
(a) A unit matrix (b) A triangular
(c) A33 , B23 , C33 (d) A32 , B23 , C33 matrix
(c) A scalar matrix (d) None of
 1 
24. If A    , then for what value of these
 1   
, A 2  O  a
32. If A  [a b], B  [b  a] and C    , then
(a) 0 (b)  1  a 
(c) – 1 (d) 1 the correct statement is
0 1  2 (a) A   B (b) A  B  A  B
  (c) AC  BC (d) CA  CB
25. If A   1 0 5  , then
 2  5 0 
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1 a 1 1  1 1 
33. If A   4
 , then A is equal to (c)   (d)  
0 1   0 0   0  1
42. The matrix product AB  O , then
1 a4  4 4 a
(a)   (b)   (a) A  O and B  O (b) A  O or
0 1  0 4  BO
4 a4  1 4 a (c) A is null matrix (d) None of
(c)   (d)   these
 0 4  0 1  43. If A and B are square matrices of order n × n,
 3 1 5 1 then ( A  B)2 is equal
34. If  X   , then X =
 4 1  2 3  (a) A 2  B 2 (b) A 2  2 AB  B 2
3 4   3 4  (c) A 2  2 AB  B 2 (d)
(a)   (b)  
14  13    14 13  A 2  AB  BA  B 2
 3 4   3 4  44. Choose the correct answer
(c)   (d)   (a) Every identity matrix is a scalar matrix
14 13    14 13  (b) Every scalar matrix is an identity matrix
35. Which of the following is incorrect (c) Every diagonal matrix is an identity
(a) A 2  B 2  ( A  B)( A  B) matrix
(d) A square matrix whose each element is 1
(b) ( A T )T  A is an identity matrix
(c) ( AB)n  A n B n , where A, B commute 1 0  0 0 
45. If A   , B    , then
(d) ( A  I)(I  A)  O  A 2  I  2 0  1 12 
36. A, B are n-rowed square matrices such that (a) AB  O, BA  O (b) AB  O, BA  O
AB  O and B is non-singular. Then (c) AB  O, BA  O (d) AB  O, BA  O
(a) A  O (b) A  O
 i 1
(c) A  I (d) None of 46. A    , then A 4 equals
these 0 i 
37. Matrix theory was introduced by  1 4 i   1 4 i 
(a) Newton (b) Cayley- (a)   (b)  
Hamilton 0 1   0 1 
(c) Cauchy (d) Euclid  i 4  1 4 
 1 2 1 0  (c)   (d)  
38. If A    and B    , then 0 i 0 1 
  3 0   2 3  1
(a) A 2  A (b) B 2  B  
47.   1  [2 1  1] =
(c) AB  BA (d) AB  BA  2 
39. Which one of the following is not true
 2
(a) Matrix addition is commutative  
(a) [–1] (b)  1 
(b) Matrix addition is associative
 2 
(c) Matrix multiplication is commutative
(d) Matrix multiplication is associative  2 1  1
3   
(c)   2  1 1 (d) Not defined
 
40. If U  [2  3 4], X  [0 2 3], V   2  and  4 2  2 
1 
2 
 
Y   2  , then UV  XY = 1 1  a 1 
48. If A , B    and
 4  2  1 b  1
(a) 20 (b) [– 20] ( A  B)2  A 2  B 2 , then the value of a and b
(c) – 20 (d) [20] are
(a) a  4 , b  1 (b) a  1, b  4
 0 i (c) a  0, b  4 (d) a  2, b  4
41. If A   40
 , then the value of A is
 i 0 
0 1  1 0 
(a)   (b)  
1 0  0 1 
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49. If A, B are square matrices of order 3, A is

non- singular and AB  O , then B is a [EAMCET 2002]
(a) Null matrix (b) Singular
matrix
(c) Unit matrix (d) Non-
singular matrix
 3 5 
If A   , then A  5 A 
2
50. [RPET 2002]
 4 2 
(a) I (b) 14 I
(c) 0 (d) None of
these

ANSWER KEY

16.d 17.a 18.a 19.d 20.b

21.a 22.b 23.d 24.b 25.b
26.c 27.c 28.c 29.d 30.b

31.c 32.c 33.d 34.a 35. a

36.b 37.b38.c 39.c 40.d
41.b 42.d 43.d 44.a 45.b
46.a 47.c 48.b 49.a 50.b