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1. If a matrix has 6 elements, then number of possible orders of the matrix can be

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6

2. Total number of possible matrices of order 2 × 3 with each entry 1 or 0 is

(a) 6
(b) 36
(c) 32
(d) 64

3. The restrictions on n, k and p so that PY + WY will be defined are

(a) k = 3, p = n
(b) k is arbitrary, p = 2
(c) p is arbitrary
(d) k = 2,p = 3.

4. If A is a square matrix such that A²=A, then (I + A)² – 3A is

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

5. If the order of matrix A is m×p. And the order of B is p×n. Then the order of matrix AB is ?

(a) n × p
(b) m × n
(c) n × p
(d) n × m

6. Transpose of a rectangular matrix is a

(a) rectangular matrix
(b) diagonal matrix
(c) square matrix
(d) scaler matrix

7. A square matrix in which all elements except at least one element in diagonal are zeros is said to be a

(a) identical matrix
(b) null/zero matrix
(c) column matrix
(d) diagonal matrix

8. If A = [a_ij]_{m × n} is a square matrix, if:

(a) m < n
(b) m > n
(c) m = n
(d) None of these.

9. If matrices A and B are inverse of each other then

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

10. The diagonal elements of a skew symmetric matrix are

(a) all zeroes
(b) are all equal to some scalar k(≠ 0)
(c) can be any number
(d) none of these

11. If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew-symmetric then matrix A is

(a) a scalar matrix
(b) a diagonal matrix
(c) a zero matrix of order n × n
(d) a rectangular matrix.

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

(a) 27
(b) 18
(c) 81
(d) 512.

13. In matrices, columns are denoted by

(a) A
(b) B
(c) R
(d) C

14. In matrices (AB)⁻¹ equals to

(a) A⁻¹
(b) B⁻¹
(c) A⁻¹ B⁻¹
(d) B ^{- 1} A ^{- 1}

15. If A and B are two symmetric matrices of the same order. Then, the matrix AB - BA is equal to

(a) a symmetric matrix
(b) a skew-symmetric matrix
(c) a null matrix
(d) the identity matrix

16. If A is a square matrix, then A – A’ is a

(a) diagonal matrix
(b) skew-symmetric matrix
(c) symmetric matrix
(d) none of these

17. If A is any square matrix, then which of the following is skew-symmetric?

(a) A + A^T
(b) A – A^T
(c) AA^T
(d) A^TA

18. For any square matrix A, AA^T is a

(a) unit matrix
(b) symmetric matrix
(c) skew-symmetric matrix
(d) diagonal matrix

19. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 4 , then each row of A has

(a) 12 elements
(b) 3 elements
(c) 4 elements
(d) 7 elements

20. If n =p, then the order of the matrix 7X – 5Z is:

(a) p × 2
(b) 2 × n
(c) n × 3
(d) p × n.

Answer:

1. Answer: (b) 4

Explanation: As 6 → 1 × 6, 2 × 3, 3 × 2, 6 × 1.

2. Answer: (d) 64

Explanation: The order of the matrix =2×3

The number of elements =2×3=6

Each place can have either 0 or 1.

Each place can be filled in 2 ways.

Thus, the number of possible matrices
=2⁶ =64

3. Answer: (a) k = 3, p = n

Explanation: In this, order of P=p×k
Order of W=n×3
Order of Y=3×k
Thus, order of PY=p×k, when k=3.
And the order of WY=p×k, where p=n

4. Answer: (a) I

Explanation: (a), as (I + A)² -3A 

= I² + IA + AI + A² – 3A 

= I + A + A + A – 3A=I

5. Answer: (b) m × n

Explanation: If A is matrix of order m×n and B is a matrix of order n×p, then the order of AB is m×p.

6. Answer: (a) rectangular matrix

Explanation: If we exchange the role of the row and column of a matrix then we transpose it. This operation is called transposition and the matrix is called transposition matrix.
If we take a rectangular matrix and transpose it then we get a rectangular matrix.

7. Answer: (d) diagonal matrix

Explanation: A diagonal matrix is a matrix in which all of the elements not on the diagonal of a square matrix are 0.

8. Answer: (c) m = n

Explanation: MatrixA=[a_ij]_m×n square matrix

Number of columns = number of rows

n=m

9. Answer: (b) AB = BA = I

Explanation: We know that if A is a square of order m, and if there exists another square matrix B of the same order m, such that AB=I, then B is said to be the inverse of A. 
In this case, it is clear that A is the inverse of B.
Thus , matrices A and B will be inverses of each other only if AB=BA=I.

10. Answer: (a) all zeroes

Explaination: As in skew symmetric matrix, a_ij = -a_ji

⇒ a_ii = – a_ii

⇒ 2a_ii = 0

⇒ a_ii = 0, i.e. diagonal elements are zeroes.

11. Answer: c

Explanation: If matrix A is symmetric
A^T=A
If matrix A is skew-symmetric
A^T=−A
Also, diagonal elements are zero
Now, it is given that a matrix A is both symmetric as well as skew-symmetric
∴A=A^T=−A
which is only possible if A is zero matrix
A=[(0,0)(0,0)]=A^T=−A

12. Answer: (d) 512

Explanation: The number of possible entries of 3×3 matrix is 9.

Every entry has two choices, 0 or 1

Thus, total number of choices is

2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2 = 2⁹ = 512

13. Answer: (d) C

14. Answer: (d) B ^{- 1} A ^{- 1}  

15. Answer: (b) a skew-symmetric matrix

Explanation: A and B are two symmetric matrices.

A = A’ and B = B’

(AB – BA)’ = (AB)’ – (BA)’ = B’A’ – A’B’

= BA – AB = – (AB – BA)

(AB – BA)’ = – (AB – BA)

AB – BA is a skew-symmetric matrix.

16. Answer: (b) skew-symmetric matrix

Explanation: Let's say that B = A - A', where A is a square matrix. We know that if the transpose is equal to the negative of a matrix, then it is a skew-symmetric matrix.

17. Answer: (b) A – A^T  

18. Answer: (b) symmetric matrix

Explanation: Let A be any matrix.

Also let B=AA^T.

Now B^T=(AA^T)^T=(A^T)^TA^T=AA^T=B. [ Since (A^T)^T=A]

So AA^T is a symmetric matrix.

19. Answer: (c) 4 elements

Explanation: Its order is 3*4 which means it has three rows and four columns So every row has four elements.

20. Answer: (b) 2 × n

Explanation: Given, order of X = 2×n
and order of Z = 2×p
Therefore, n=p
Hence the order of 7X−5Z = 2×n.

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