ECAT Pre Engineering Mathematic MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 5 (Matrices and Determinants)

• 6, -12, -18 A
• -6, 4, 9 B
• -6, -4, -9 C
• -6, 12, 18 D

If A is singular then |A| = ______

• 1 A
• 0 B
• 2 C
• None of these D

Trival solution of homogeneous linear equation is

• (0, 0, 0) A
• (1, 2, 3) B
• (1, 3, 5) C
• a.b and c D

The number of non zero rows in echelon form of a matrix is called

• Order of matrix A
• Rank of matrix B
• Row operation C
• None of these D

(ABC)' =

• CBA' A
• CBA B
• C'B'A C
• C'B'A' D

• -a -b -c A
• 1 B
• 0 C
• -1 D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 16 A
• 256 B
• 64 C
• 1024 D

The transport of a null matrix is

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

System of linear equation is inconsistent if

• System has no solution A
• System has one solution B
• System has two solution C
• None of above D

A diagonal matrix in which the diagonal elements are equal is called a

• Null matrix A
• Identity matrix B
• Scalar matrix C
• Row matrix D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• all are correct D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• (2x+a+b+c) A
• (a+b+c) B
• (a+b+c+x) C
• 0 D

A square matrix A = [aij] is lower triangular matrix when:

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• I3 A
• rI3 B
• r C
• none D

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

• b = 0, a = 0 A
• a = 0,b ≠ 0 B
• b = -0,a≠ 0 C
• a≠ 0,b≠ 0, k = 0 D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

For a square matrix A, if A = A^t, then A is called

• matrix A
• Transpose B
• Symmetric C
• Non-symmetric D

The order of the matrix [1 2 3] is

• 1 x 1 A
• 3 x 3 B
• 3 x 1 C
• 1 x 3 D

• x =0, y =4 A
• x = -1, y = 2 B
• x = 2, y = 3 C
• x = 3, y = 4 D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• all D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

Cofactor of an element a_ijis defined by

• (-1)^i+j|A| A
• (-1)^i+jM_ij B
• (-1)^i+jM^-1 C
• None of these D

The transpose of a zero matrix is a ______

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

If A is a non singular matrix then A^-1= ______

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D