Matrices & Determinants
Matrices & Determinants
Matrices & Determinants
TEST – I
CLASS : VIII OLYMPIAD 1 SUB : MATHS
I. Single Correct Answer :
1. For each real number ‘x’ such that , let A (x) be the matrix( ) [ ] and
.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)
cos sin 1 0
A B
2. If sin cos , 1 1 , C ABAT , then A T Cn A equals to n I
n 1 1 n 0 1 1 0
A) 1 0 B) 0 1 C) 1 n D) n 1
0 1 1
3. A is an involutary matrix given by A 4 3 4 , then the inverse of A/2 will be
3 3 4
A 1 A
2
A) 2 A B) 2 C) 2 D) A
a b
4. A and MA = A2m, m N for some matrix M, then which one of the following is correct?
b a
a 2m b2m m 1 0
M 2m M a 2 b2
A) b a 2m B) 0 1
1 0 m 1 a b
M a m bm M a 2 b2
C) 0 1 D) b a .
x 0 2
5. If A, B, C are three square matrices of third order such that A 0 y 0 , det B 22.32 ,
0 0 z
det C 22 where x, y, z I and det adj adj ABC 232 316 74 then the digit in the unit
A) 4 B) 6 C) 1 D) 8
1 0 0
7. Let A 0 1 1 and aA1 bA2 cA dI where G. C. D of a , d is one then
0 2 4
A) a 6 B) b 1 C) c 6 D) d 1
8. Let A and B be the different matrices satisfying A3 B3 and A2 B B2 A . Then
det A2 B 2 is equal to
A) 1 B) 2 C) 0 D) 4
x if i j , x R
9. Let A aij be a matrix of order 3 where aij 1 if | i j | 1 then which of the following
0 otherwise
hold(s) good?
(A) for x= 2 , A is a diagonal matrix
(B) A is a symmetric matrix
(C) For x = 2 , det A has the value equal to 6 (D) Let f(x) = det A, then the function f(x) has both
local maxima and local minima
10. A M n (c) (where M is a matrix of order n x n ) is non-singular matrix such that
A) AB BA 0 B) AB BA I C) AB BA 0 D) AB BA
1 0 0
13. Let A 0 1 1 and aA1 bA2 cA dI where G. C. D of a , d is one then
0 2 4
A) a 6 B) b 1 C) c 6 D) d 1
III. Numerical
14. If 0, , and k 4sec2 9 cos ec 2 , then the number of solutions of the system of equations
2
3x y 4z 3, x 2 y 3z 2,6x 5 y kz 3 is
15. Let a,b,c be distinct positive integers such that ab bc ca 107 then the minimum value of
a b3 c3 3abc is
1 3
6
1 1
r.3r
1 3 2 2r
16. let A 3 ,B 3 and Cr be given matrices. If
5
1 1 0 r 1 3r
1 2
tr AB
50
cr 3 a.3b where tr (A) denotes trace of matrix A , then a b is
r
r 1