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Findthecorrectoptions:
1) M
1
0
0
2 2
2 2
1 1
and V
= {M x T : x R 3 }. ThendimV is
(a)0(b)1(c)2(d)3
2) A
(a)Amustbeazeromatrix(b)Aisanidentitymatrix
(c)rankofAis1or0(d)Aisdiagonalizable
3)Thenumberoflinearlyindependenteigenvectorsof
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
5
0
0
is
0
5
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
4)Theminimalpolynomialof
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
is
0
5
(x 5) (d)(x 2) 3 (x 5)
5)Aisaunitarymatrix.TheneigenvalueofAare
(a)1,1(b)1,i(c)i,i(d)1,i
6) (
2
2
3
) isanoperatoron R 2 . Theinvariantsubspacesoftheoperatorare
2
2
, thezerosubspaceandthesubspacewithbase{(1,1)}(d)only R 2
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7)Rankofthematrix
21
11
0
0
0
7
9
19
15
0
0
0
35
0
24
0 0
0 0
0 0 is
12 20
21 35
(a)2(b)3(c)4(d)5
8)Thedimensionofthesubspaceof M 22 spannedby (
1
4
5
1
) , (
2
1
1
2
) and(
5
5
4
) is
7
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
9)UandVaresubspaceof R suchthat
U=span[(1,2,3,4),(5,7,2,1),(3,1,4,3)]
V=span[(2,1,2,3),(3,0,1,2),(1,1,5,3)].
Thenthedimensionof U
Vis
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
10)Let M nn bethesetofallnsquaresymmetricmatricesandthecharacteristicspolynomialofeach
A M nn isoftheform
t n + t n2 + a n3 t n3 + + a 1 t + a 0 .
(a)
(n1)n
(n2)n
(n1)(n+2)
(b) 2
(c)
2
2
Thenthedimensionof M nn overRis
(d)
(n1 )
2
(a)6(b)4(c)9(d)100
12)Ais 5 5 matrix,allofwhoseentriesare1,then
(a)Aisnotdiagonalizable(b)Aisidempotent(c)Aisnilpotent
(d)TheminimalpolynomialandthecharacteristicspolynomialofAarenotequal.
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13)Aisanuppertriangularwithalldiagonalentrieszero,thenI+Ais
(a)invertible(b)idempotent(c)singular(d)nilpotent
2
2
0
0
14)Numberoflinearlyindependenteigenvectorsof
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
is
0
4
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
+ 1)(t 2 + 2)
(a)isaminimalpolynomial(b)isacharacteristicspolynomial
(c)both(a)and(b)aretrue(d)noneof(a)and(b)istrue
16)Misa2squarematrixofrank1,thenMis
(a)diagonalizableandnonsingular(b)diagonalizableandnilpotent
(c)neitherdiagonalizablenornilpotent(d)eitherdiagonalizableornilpotent
17)Abeansquarematrixwithintegerentriesand B
(a)Bisidempotent(b) B
= A+
1
2
I. Then
exist(c)Bisnilpotent(d)BIisidempotent
18)Let A
M 33 (R), then t 2 + 1 is
(a)aminimalpolynomialofA(b)acharacteristicspolynomialofA
(c)both(a)and(b)aretrue(d)noneof(a)and(b)istrue
19)Aisa4squarematrixand A
(a) A
= 0. Then
4
1 0
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A=
B=
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20) A
50questionsonlinearalgebraforNETandGATEaspirantsGonitSora(')
0
0
0
1
0
0
a
1
0
and B
0
0
0
1 0
0 1
0 0
. Then
(a)AandBaresimilar(b)AandBarenotsimilar
(c)AandBarenilpotent(d)AandABaresimilar
21)Let S
= {2 x + 3x 2 , x + x 2 , 1 2x 2 }
(a)Sislinearlyindependent(b)Sislinearlydependent
(c)(2,1,3),(0,1,1),(1,0,2)arelinearlydependent(d)Sisabasisof P 2 (R)
22) T
ThenrankofTis
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
23) T i
24) T
f(1)
f(3)
f(2)
),
f(4)
then
(a)Tis11(b)Tisonto(c)Tisboth11andonto(d)Tisneither11noronto
25)W=L{(1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0)},then
R4
(a) W
R4
(b) W
R4
(c) W
(d) {W
R4
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26) A
= (
0
0
1
) , then
0
(a)Ahaszeroimage(b)alltheeigenvalueofAarezero
(c)Aisidempotent(d)Aisnilpotent
27) T
: R 4 R 4 ,definedbyT (e 1 ) = e 2 , T (e 2 ) = e 3 , T (e 3 ) = 0, T (e 4 ) = e 3 . Then
(a)Tisnilpotent(b)Thasatleastonenonzeroeigenvalue
(c)indexofnilpotentisthree(d)Tisnotnilpotent
28) A
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
, wherea 0, then
(a)Aisnotdiagonalizable(b)Aisidempotent
(c)Aisnilpotent(d)minimalpolynomialcharacteristicspolynomial
29) A
M 22 (R) andrankofAis1,then
(a)Aisdiagonalizable(b)Aisnilpotent
(c)both(a)and(b)aretrue(d)noneof(a)and(b)istrue
30)Aisa3squarematrixandtheeigenvaluesofAare1,0,1withrespecttotheeigenvectors
(1, 1, 0
, (1, 1, 2
, (1, 1, 1
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(a)
1
5
3
5 3
1 3
3 3
(b)
1
5
2
5
1
2
2
2
2
(c)
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
(d)
6
1
1
1
6
1
0
2
6
31)Thesumofeigenvaluesof
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
3
is
(a)3(b)1(c)3(d)1
32)Thematrix
a2
ab
ac
ab ac
2
b bc
bc c2
(a)threereal,nonzeroeigenvalues(b)complexeigenvalues
(c)twononzeroeigenvalues(d)onlyonenonzeroeigenvalue
33)
2
1
0
0 0
2 0
0 1
is
(a)diagonalizable(b)nilpotent(c)idempotent(d)notdiagonalizable
34)Ifasquarematrixoforder10hasexactly5distincteigenvalues,thenthedegreeoftheminimalpolynomial
is
(a)atleast5(b)atmost5(c)always5(d)exactly10
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35) T
: R 22 R 22 ,definedbyT(A)=BA,whereB = (
1
2
2
).
4
ThenrankofTis
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
36) A
1
0
0
a
b
10
c
0 100
. Then
38)AandBarensquarepositivedefinitematrices.Thenwhichofthefollowingarepositivedefinite.
(a)A+B(b)ABA(c)AB(d) A
+I
39) A
M 33 (R) andA =
(a) {X
(c) {X
2
0
0
1 0
2 0
0 3
, thenwhichofthefollowingaresubspacesof M 33 (R)
40)LetTbealinearoperatoronthevectorspaceVandTbeinvariantunderthesubspaceWofV.Then
(a) T (W )
41) A
: R R , whereA =
1
1
3
2 3
3 5
8 13
1
2
3
. ThenthedimensionofkernelofAis
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
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42) A
: R 3 R 4 , whereA =
1
2
3
1
1
3
5
2
3
8
13
3
. ThenthedimensionofimageofAis
(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4
43)Letu,v,wbethreenonzerovectorswhicharelinearlyindependent,then
(a)uislinearcombinationofvandw(b)vislinearcombinationofuandw
(c)wislinearcombinationofuandv(d)noneofthese
44)LetUandWbesubspacesofavectorspaceVand U
(a)either U
WisalsoasubspaceofV,then
45)LetIbetheidentitytransformationofthefinitedimensionalvectorspaceV,thenthenullityofIis
(a)dimV(b)0(c)1(d)dimV1
46) T
polynomial:
2
47)Thesumoftheeigenvaluesofthematrix
4
7
11
7
1
21
11
21
6
is
(a)4(b)23(c)11(d)12
48)LetAandBaresquarematricessuchthatAB=I,thenzeroisaneigenvalueof
(a)AbutnotofB(b)BbutnotofA(c)bothAandB(d)neitherAnorB
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49)Theeigenvaluesofaskewsymmetricmatrixare
(a)negative(b)real(c)absolutevalueof1(d)purelyimaginaryorzero
50)ThecharacteristicsequationofamatrixAis t
(a) A
(c) A
doesnotexist(b) A
t 1 = 0, then
exitbutcannotbedeterminedfromthedata
= A + 1 (d)
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