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XII - Matrices - NCERT Exemplar Book

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

a)

only AB is defined

b)

only BA is defined

c)

AB and BA both are defined

d)

AB and BA both are not defined

3.

a)

scalar matrix

b)

diagonal matrix

c)

unit matrix

d)

square matrix

4.

If A and B are symmetric matrices of the same order, then (AB′ –BA′) is a

a)

Skew symmetric matrix

b)

Null matrix

c)

symmetric matrix

d)

None of these

5.

If A and B are two skew-symmetric matrices of the same order, then AB is a symmetric matrix if AB=BA.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

If A and B are matrices of the same order, then (3A –2B)′ is equal to ________.

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

State True or False: The addition of matrices is defined if the order of the matrices is different.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

State True or False: If two matrices A and B are of the same order, then 2A + B = B + 2A.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

State True or False: Matrix subtraction is associative

a)

True

b)

False

10.
a)

True

b)

False

11.

State True or False:

For any three matrices of same order, AB = AC ⇒ B = C

a)

True

b)

False

12.
a)

square matrix

b)

diagonal matrix

c)

unit matrix

d)

none

13.

Total number of possible matrices of order 3×3 with each entry 2 and 0 is…..

a)

9

b)

27

c)

81

d)

512

14.
a)

3,1

b)

2,3

c)

2,4

d)

3,3

15.

a)

I

b)

O

c)

2I

d)

12I\frac{1}{2}I

16.

If A and B are two matrices of the order 3×m and 3×n

respectively, and m = n, then the order of matrix (5A-2B) is….

a)

m×3

b)

3×3

c)

m×n

d)

3×n

17.
a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

a)

I

b)

A

c)

O

d)

NONE OF THESE

19.

a)

identity matrix

b)

symmetric matrix

c)

skew symmetric matrix

d)

zero matrix

20.

a)

diagonal matrix

b)

symmetric matrix

c)

skew-symmetric matrix

d)

scalar matrix

21.

If A is matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB′ and B′A are both defined, then order of matrix B is

a)

m × m

b)

n × n

c)

n × m

d)

m × n

22.

If A and B are matrices of same order, then (AB′–BA′) is a

a)

skew-symmetric matrix

b)

Null matrix

c)

symmetric matrix

d)

Unit matrix

23.
a)

A

b)

I+A

c)

I-A

d)

3A

24.

For any two matrices A and B:

a)

AB=BA

b)

AB ≠ BA

c)

AB=O

d)

None of these

25.
a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

State True or False:

UNIT matrix is a both symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

State True or False:

The Sum of two skew-symmetric matrices is always a symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

State True or False:

The negative of a matrix is obtained by multiplying it by -1.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

State True or False:

The product of any matrix by the scalar 1 is the null matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

State True or False:

A matrix that is not a square matrix is called a null matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

State True or False:

Matrix multiplication is distributive over addition.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Fill in the blank:

If A is a symmetric matrix, then A^3 is a _________ matrix.

a)

Null Matrix

b)

Symmetric Matrix

c)

Skew-symmetric matrix

d)

Unit Matrix

34.

State True or False:

If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then A^2 is also a skew-symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then

(AB)′ = _________.

a)

B’A’

b)

A’ B’

36.

If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then

(kA)′ = _________. (k is any scalar)

a)

kA’

b)

1kA\frac{1}{k}A'

37.

If A and B are square matrices of the same order and k is any scalar, then [k (A – B)]′ = _________.

a)

1k(AB)\frac{1}{k}\left(A'-B'\right)

b)

k(A'-B')

38.

If A is skew-symmetric, then kA is a _________. (k is any scalar)

a)

Symmetric Matrix

b)

Skew-symmetric Matrix

39.

If A and B are symmetric matrices, then

AB – BA is a _________.

a)

Symmetric Matrix

b)

Skew-symmetric Matrix.

40.

State True or False:

If A and B are symmetric matrices, then BA – 2AB is a skew-symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

State True or False:

If A is a symmetric matrix, then B′AB is also a symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

If A and B are symmetric matrices of same order, then AB is symmetric if and only if _________.

a)

AB=BA

b)

AB ≠ BA

c)

AB=I

d)

AB=O

43.
a)

is a null matrix.

b)

is a unit matrix

c)

doesn't exist

d)

can't say anything.

44.

State True or False:

A matrix denotes a number.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

State True or False:

Matrices of any order can be added.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

State True or False:

Two matrices are equal if they have the same number of rows and the same number of columns.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

State True or False:

Matrices of different orders can not be subtracted.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

State True or False:

Matrix addition is associative as well as commutative.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

State True or False:

Matrix multiplication is commutative.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

State True or False:

A square matrix where every element is unity is called an identity matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

State True or False:

If A and B are two square matrices of the same order, then A + B = B + A.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

State True or False:

If A and B are two matrices of the same order, then A – B = B – A.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

State True or False:

If matrix AB = O, then A = O or B = O or both A and B are null matrices.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

State True or False:

The transpose of a column matrix is a column matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

State True or False:

If A and B are two square matrices of the same order, then AB = BA.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

State True or False:

If each of the three matrices of the same order is symmetric, then their sum is a symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

State True or False:

If A and B are any two matrices of the same order, then (AB)′ = A′B′.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

State True or False:

If (AB)′ = B′ A′, where A and B are not square matrices, then the number of rows in A is equal to the number of columns in B and the number of columns in A is equal to number of rows in B

a)

True

b)

False

59.

State True or False:

If A, B, and C are square matrices of the same order, then AB = AC always implies that B = C.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

State True or False:

AA′ is always a symmetric matrix for any matrix A.

a)

True

b)

False

61.
a)

True

b)

False

62.
a)

True

b)

False

63.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

State True or False: If A is a symmetric matrix, then B′AB is also a symmetric matrix.

a)

True

b)

False