ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 5 Mathematics

A = [3] is a/an

• Square matrix A
• Scalar matrix B
• Diagonal matrix C
• Identity matrix D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Matrix multiplication is

• Commutative A
• Not commutative B
• Not associative C
• Not distributive D

A square matrix A = [aij] is upper triangular when

• cij = 0 A
• bij = 0 B
• aij = 0 for all i > j C
• dij = 0 D

Two matrices A and B are conformable for the product AB if

• Both A and B are square A
• Both A and B are symmetric B
• Number of rows of A = number of columns of B C
• Number of columns of A = number of rows of B D

For trival solution |A| is

• A A
• |A| is non zero B
• A = 0 C
• None of these D

If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n and P, any square matrix of order n.prove that P' AP is

• Skew-symmetric A
• Symmetric B
• Null C
• Diagonal D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 0 A
• 1 B
• -2 C
• 10 D

• A²- 5A + 7I = 1 A
• 2A²- 3A + 7I = 0 B
• A²- 5A + I = 0 C
• A²- 5A + 7I = 0 D

The transport of a null matrix is

• Row matrix A
• Column matrix B
• Square matrix C
• Null matrix D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 3, -3, 11 A
• 3, 3, 11 B
• -3, 3, -11 C
• -3, -3, 11 D

• a = 4, b = 1 A
• a = 1, b = -4 B
• a = 0, b = 4 C
• a = 2, b = 4 D

The transpose of a row matrix is a ______

• Zero matrix A
• Diagonal matrix B
• Column matrix C
• Row matrix D

• Diagonal matrix A
• Scalar matrix B
• Triangular matrix C
• Identity matrix D

A square matrix A for which A^t= -A is called a

• Column matrix A
• Symmetric matrix B
• Skew-symmetric matrix C
• Row matrix D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• all are correct D

The order of the matrix A is 3 x 2 and that of B is 2 x 3. The order of the matrix BA is

• 3 x 3 A
• 3 x 2 B
• 2 x 5 C
• 5 x 2 D

• Null matrix A
• Triangular matrix B
• Unit matrix C
• Rectangular matrix D

• 1 A
• -1 B
• 0 C
• I D

• 9/4 A
• 4/9 B
• 1 C
• None of these D

(ABC)' =

• CBA' A
• CBA B
• C' B' A' C
• None of these D

If A = |aij| is (m x n) matrix then transpose of A is of the order

• m x m A
• m x n B
• n x n C
• n x m D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

An equation of the form ax + by = k is homogeneous linear equation when:

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• K/6 A
• 2K B
• 3K C
• 6K D

If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A then A2 + B2 =

• 2 AB A
• 2 BA B
• A + B C
• AB D

• 4A - 3I A
• 3A - 4I B
• A - I C
• None of these D

If A is singular then |A| = ______

• 1 A
• 0 B
• 2 C
• None of these D