REVISION

GANITAM
THE ULTIMATE MATHS TUTION
ASSIGNMENT-1

CLASS - XII
CHAPTER - 3
ALGEBRA OF MATRICES
 MCQs
1. A is 2×2 matrix and A=[𝑎𝑖𝑗] where 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = (𝑖 + 𝑗) 2 , then A is

4 9 9 4 2 3
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) none of these
9 16 16 9 3 2

2. A and B are two matrices such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐴 = 𝐵 then B2 is

(a) A (b) B (c) 0 (d) I

𝑥 1
3. If A = [ ] and A2 is unit matrix, then what is value of x?
1 0

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

1 1
4. A = [ ], then A 10 is
1 1

(a) 10A (b) 9A (c) 29A (d) 210A

5. A is a 3 × 4 matrix. A matrix B is such that A'B and BA' are defined. Then

the order of B is

(a) 4 × 3 (b) 3 × 3 (c) 4 × 4 (d) 3 × 4

2 3 −5
6. If A=[𝑎𝑖𝑗] = [1 4 9 ] , then find a12a21 + a22
0 7 −2

(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 7

0 0 4
7. The matrix A= [0 4 0] is a
4 0 0

(a) diagonal matrix (b)square matrix

(c) unit matrix (d) None of these

 8. A and B are symmetric matrices of same order , then AB T − BA T is always

(a) symmetric matrix (b) skew symmetric matrix

(c) zero matrix (d) unit matrix

1 2
9. If A= [ ] , then A 2 − 3I is
2 1

(a) 2A (b) 3A (c) zero matrix (d) 2I

5 𝑥
10. If 𝐴 = [ ]and 𝐴 = 𝐴 𝑇 , then
𝑦 0

(a) 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 5 (b) x + y = 5 (c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 (d) none of these

11. The number of all possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 0 or 1 is

(a) 32 (b) 64 (c) 512 (d) none of these

1 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 ≠ 𝑗
12. A is a 2 × 2 matrix whose elements are given by aij = { . Then value of A2 is
0 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 = 𝑗

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c) [ ] (d) [ ]
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1

13. P and Q are two matrices order 3 × 𝑛 and 𝑛 × 𝑝, then the order of matrix P×Q is

(a) 3 × 𝑝 (b) 𝑝 × 3 (c) 𝑛 × 𝑛 (d) 3×3

1 0 0 𝑥 1
14. If [0 1 −𝑦
0] [ ] = [2] , find value of 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧.
0 0 1 𝑧 1

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −1

15. A and B are two matrices such that AB exists, then which is true

(a) 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐴 (b) BA does not exist.

(c) BA may or may not exist. (d) None of these

 𝑖
16. For a 3 × 3 matrix A = [aij] whose elements defined by aij = , then a12 + a21
𝑗

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

17. A is a matrix of order 2×3 and B is a matrix of order 3×2. 𝐶 = 𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷 = 𝐵𝐴, then

order of CD is

(a) 3×3 (b) 2×2 (c) 3×2 (d) CD not defined

𝛼 𝛽
18. A= [ ] and A2 = I, then which of the following is correct?
𝛾 −𝛼

(a) 1 + α 2 + βγ=0 (b) 1 − α 2 + βγ=0

(c) 1 − α 2 − βγ=0 (d) 1 + α 2 − βγ=0

19. Given that A and B are matrices of order 3 × 𝑛 and 𝑚 × 5 respectively, the order of

matrix 𝐶 = 5𝐴 + 3𝐵 is

(a) 3 × 5 (b) 5×3 (c) 3×3 (d) 5×5

cos 𝛼 − sin 𝛼
20. If A= [ ] is identity then value of 𝛼
sin 𝛼 cos 𝛼
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
4 2 3

1
21. The elements of 3 × 3 matrix are given by aij = (−3𝑖 + 𝑗) ,then write the element a32
2

(a) -7/2 (b) 18 (c ) 27 (d) 3

4 3 −4
22. If A = [ ] and B = [ ], AB=
1 2 3

−7 2 7 2
(a) [ ] (b) [ ] (c ) [ ] (d) [ ]
2 7 2 2

cos 𝛼 − sin 𝛼
23. If A= [ ] and 𝐴 + A T = I .find value of α
sin 𝛼 cos 𝛼

a) ᴨ/6 (b) ᴨ/3 (c) ᴨ (d) 3ᴨ/2