ECAT Pre General Science MCQ Test With Answer for Mathematics Chapter 5

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Trival solution of homogeneous linear equation is

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

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

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• x =0, y =4 A
• x = -1, y = 2 B
• x = 2, y = 3 C
• x = 3, y = 4 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 matrix A = [aij]mxn with m≠n is

• Rectangular A
• Symmetric B
• Square C
• None D

• 1, 2, 3 A
• 1, 5, 9 B
• 2, 5, 8 C
• 3, 6, 9 D

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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

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

Minor of an element a_ijis denoted by

• M_ij A
• A_ij B
• |A| C
• None of these D

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

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A = [3] is a/an

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

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• a = -1/2, b = -1 A
• a = 1, b = 2 B
• a = 2, b = 3 C
• None of above D

The transpose of a column matrix is a ______

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

• k3 A
• 0 B
• 3k C
• k6 D

• 2 A
• 4 B
• 6 C
• 8 D

The matrix A is Hermitian when (A)' =

• A A
• -A B
• A C
• A' D

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• 4 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

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

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If A = [a_ij] 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

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

If A and B are skew-symmetric then (AB)t is

• At Bt A
• AB B
• -AB C
• BA D

Which of the following is skew symmetric matrix

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