Matrices and Determinants

109 Questions
2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

If $a$ and $b$ are any two real numbers, then

$ \left|\begin{array}{ccc} 2 a-2 b-4 & 4 a & 4 a \\ 4 & 2-b-a & 4 \\ 2 b & 2 b & b-a-2 \end{array}\right|= $

A.

$4\left[(a+b)^3+8(a+b)^2+16(a+b)+8\right]$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}(a+b+2)^3$

C.

$2\left[(a+b)^3+6(a+b)^2+12(a+b)+8\right]$

D.

$(a+b+2)^3$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & -2 & -4 \\ -1 & 3 & 4 \\ 1 & -2 & x\end{array}\right]$ and $A^2=A$. If $r$ is the rank of $A$, then $r+x=$

A.

-3

B.

2

C.

1

D.

-1

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

Let $a, b, c, d \in \mathbf{R}$ be such that $a d-b c \neq 0$ and $e$ be a positive number other than 1 .

If $x^a y^b=e^m, x^c y^d=e^n, \Delta_1=\left|\begin{array}{ll}m & b \\ n & d\end{array}\right|, \Delta_2=\left|\begin{array}{cc}a & m \\ c & n\end{array}\right|$ and $\Delta_3=\left|\begin{array}{ll}a & b \\ c & d\end{array}\right|$, then the values of $x$ and $y$ are respectively.

A.

$e^{\frac{\Delta_1}{\Delta_3}}, e^{\frac{\Delta_2}{\Delta_3}}$

B.

$e^{\frac{\Delta_3}{\Delta_2}}, e^{\frac{\Delta_1}{\Delta_2}}$

C.

$e^{\frac{-\Delta_1}{\Delta_3}}, e^{\frac{-\Delta_2}{\Delta_3}}$

D.

$e^{\frac{\Delta_2}{\Delta_1}}, e^{\frac{\Delta_3}{\Delta_1}}$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 4 & 2 \\ 2 & -1 & 4 \\ -3 & 7 & -6\end{array}\right]$ and $B=\left[b_{i j}\right]_{3 \times 3}$ with $b_{11}=2$, $b_{13}=-2, b_{12}=0$ is such that $A B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 14 & -4 \\ 4 & 1 & -8 \\ -6 & 15 & 12\end{array}\right]$, then $|B|+\operatorname{trace}(B)=$

A.

-2

B.

10

C.

-8

D.

6

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

A is a $m \times n$ matrix of rank 4 . If A contains an $m$ th order non singular sub matrix and $A^T A$ is a $7 \times 7$ matrix, then the number of rows of $A$ is

A.

5

B.

6

C.

7

D.

4

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

If $C$ and $D$ are two $n \times n$ non-singular matrices over the set of real number $\mathbf{R}$ such that $C D=-D C$, then $n$ is

A.

a natural number of the form $3 k+5, k \in \mathbf{N}$

B.

an odd integer

C.

$n$ even integer

D.

equal to one

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

If $A, B$ are two non singular matrices of order $3,|B|=k$, a positive integer, then match the items of list-I with the items of list-II.

$
\text { List-I }
$
$
\text { List-II }
$
A. $\quad\left|k^{-1} A^{-1}\right|$ I. $
B A^k+A^k B
$
B. $\left|\operatorname{Adj}\left(A^{-1}\right)\right|$ II. $
\frac{B \operatorname{Adj}(B)}{|B|}
$
C. $B A B^{-1}=I, \Rightarrow B A^k B^{-1}=$ III. $
\frac{1}{|B|^3|A|}
$
D. $\quad \operatorname{Adj}\left(\operatorname{Adj}\left(A^{-1}\right)\right)=$ IV. $
\frac{1}{|A|}\left(A^{-1}\right)
$
V. $
\frac{1}{|A|^2}
$

$ \text { The correct match is } $

A.
A B C D
III V II IV
B.
A B C D
III IV I II
C.
A B C D
I V II IV
D.
A B C D
III IV II I
2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

All the real values of $p, q$ so that the system of equations

$ 2 x+p y+6 z=8, x+2 y+q z=5 $

and $\quad x+y+3 z=4$

may have no solution are

A.

$p=2, q \neq 3$

B.

$p=2, q=\frac{15}{2}$

C.

$p \neq 2, q=3$

D.

$p=3, q=\frac{15}{4}$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

If $p$ and $q$ are two distinct real values of $\lambda$ for which the system of equations

$ \begin{array}{r} (\lambda-1) x+(3 \lambda+1) y+2 \lambda z=0 \\ (\lambda-1) x+(4 \lambda-2) y+(\lambda+3) z=0 \\ 2 x+(3 \lambda+1) y+3(\lambda-1) z=0 \end{array} $

has non-zero solution, then $p^2+q^2-p q=$

A.

15

B.

9

C.

3

D.

6