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50 Questions On Linear Algebra

1. The document contains 36 multiple choice questions related to linear algebra concepts such as matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, linear transformations, and diagonalizability. 2. The questions cover topics like determining the dimension of a subspace, properties of matrices like rank, invertibility, nilpotency and idempotency, and finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors. 3. Several questions involve identifying whether given matrices are diagonalizable or determining their minimal or characteristic polynomials.

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50 Questions On Linear Algebra

1. The document contains 36 multiple choice questions related to linear algebra concepts such as matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, linear transformations, and diagonalizability. 2. The questions cover topics like determining the dimension of a subspace, properties of matrices like rank, invertibility, nilpotency and idempotency, and finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors. 3. Several questions involve identifying whether given matrices are diagonalizable or determining their minimal or characteristic polynomials.

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Findthecorrectoptions:

1) M =

1 2
0 2
0 1

2
2
1

and V = {M x T : x R 3 }. Then dimV is

(a)0(b)1(c)2(d)3

2) A 2 A = 0, where A isa 9 9 matrix.Then


(a)Amustbeazeromatrix(b)Aisanidentitymatrix
(c)rankofAis1or0(d)Aisdiagonalizable

3)Thenumberoflinearlyindependenteigenvectorsof

1
2
0
0

1
2
0
0

0
0
3
5

0
0
0
5

is

(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

4)Theminimalpolynomialof

2
0
0
0

1
2
0
0

0
0
2
0

0
0
0
5

is

(a) (x 2) (b) (x 2)(x 5) (c) (x 2) 2 (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 3
) isanoperatoronR 2 . Theinvariantsubspacesoftheoperatorare
2 2

(a) R 2 andthesubspacewithbase{(0,1)}(b) R 2 andthezerosubspace


(c) R 2 , thezerosubspaceandthesubspacewithbase{(1,1)}(d)only R 2

7)Rankofthematrix

21
11
0
0
0

7
9
19
15
0

0
0
35
0
24

0 0
0 0
0 0
12 20
21 35

is

(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 4 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 V is
(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)

Thenthedimensionof M nn overRis

(n1)n
(n2)n
(n1)(n+2)
(n1) 2
(b)
(c)
(d)
2
2
2
2

11)Aisa 3 3 matrixwith (A) = {1, 1, 0}.

Then |I + A 100| is

(a)6(b)4(c)9(d)100

12)Ais 5 5 matrix,allofwhoseentriesare1,then
(a)Aisnotdiagonalizable(b)Aisidempotent(c)Aisnilpotent
(d)TheminimalpolynomialandthecharacteristicspolynomialofAarenotequal.


13)Aisanuppertriangularwithalldiagonalentrieszero,thenI+Ais
(a)invertible(b)idempotent(c)singular(d)nilpotent

14)Numberoflinearlyindependenteigenvectorsof

2
2
0
0

2
1
0
0

0
0
3
1

0
0
0
4

is

(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

15)Aisa 5 5 matrixover R, then (t 2 + 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 + 2 I. Then
(a)Bisidempotent(b) B 1 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 5 = 0. Then
(a) A 4 = I (b) A 4 = A (c) A 4 = 0 (d) A 4 = I

A=

B=

20) A =

0 1
0 0
0 0

a
1
0

and B =

0 1
0 0
0 0

0
1
0

. Then

(a)AandBaresimilar(b)AandBarenotsimilar
(c)AandBarenilpotent(d)AandABaresimilar

21)Let S = {2 x + 3x 2 , x + x 2 , 1 2x 2 }

besubsetof P 2 (R). Then

(a)Sislinearlyindependent(b)Sislinearlydependent
(c)(2,1,3),(0,1,1),(1,0,2)arelinearlydependent(d)Sisabasisof P 2 (R)

22) T : P 2 (R) P 3 (R) suchthat T (f(x)) = 2f (x) + 3 0 f(t)dt.

ThenrankofTis

(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

23) Ti : P (R) P (R) suchthat T1 (f(x)) = 0 f(t)dt

and T2 (f(x)) = f (x).

(a) T1 is11, T2 isnot(b) T2 is11, T1 isnot


(c) T1 isontoand T2 is11(d) T1 and T2 bothare11

24) T : P 3 (R) M 22 (R), suchthat T (f(x)) = (

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 = L{W + (2, 0, 0, 0), W + (0, 2, 0, 0)}


R4

(b) W = L{W + (1, 2, 3, 4), W + (2, 3, 4, 5)}


R4

(c) W = L{W + (0, 0, 2, 0), W + (0, 0, 0, 2)}


R4

(d) {W + (1, 2, 3, 4), W + (2, 3, 4, 5)} isabasisof W

A=(

),

Then

26) A = (

0 1
),
0 0

then

(a)Ahaszeroimage(b)alltheeigenvalueofAarezero
(c)Aisidempotent(d)Aisnilpotent

27) T : R 4 R 4 ,definedby T (e1 ) = e2 , T (e2 ) = e3 , T (e3 ) = 0, T (e4 ) = e3 .

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) T , (1, 1, 2) T , (1, 1, 1) T . then6Ais

(a)

1 5
5 1
3 3

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 6
1 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
b2 bc
bc c2

, wherea, b, c R {0} has

(a)threereal,nonzeroeigenvalues(b)complexeigenvalues
(c)twononzeroeigenvalues(d)onlyonenonzeroeigenvalue

33)

2 0
1 2
0 0

0
0
1

is

(a)diagonalizable(b)nilpotent(c)idempotent(d)notdiagonalizable

34)Ifasquarematrixoforder10hasexactly5distincteigenvalues,thenthedegreeoftheminimalpolynomial
is
(a)atleast5(b)atmost5(c)always5(d)exactly10

35) T : R 22 R 22 ,definedbyT(A)=BA,where B = (

1
2

2
).
4

ThenrankofTis

(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

36) A =

1 a
0 10
0 0

b
c
100

. Then

(a)both A and A 2 arediagonalizable(b) A isdiagonalizablebutnot A 2


2

(c) A and A 2 havethesameminimalpolynomial(d) A 2 isdiagonalizablebutnot A

37)Rankof A 75 is5andthatof B 57 is3,thenrankofABis


(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

38)AandBarensquarepositivedefinitematrices.Thenwhichofthefollowingarepositivedefinite.
(a)A+B(b)ABA(c)AB(d) A 2 + I

39) A M 33 (R) and A =

2 1
0 2
0 0

(a) {X M 33 (R) : XA = AX}

0
0
3

, thenwhichofthefollowingaresubspacesofM 33 (R)

(b) {X M 33 (R) : X + A = A + X}

(c) {X M 33 (R) : trace(AX) = 0}

(d) {X M 33 (R) : det(AX) = 0}

40)LetTbealinearoperatoronthevectorspaceVandTbeinvariantunderthesubspaceWofV.Then
(a) T (W ) W (b) W T (W )(c) T (W ) = W (d)Noneofthese

41) A : R R , where A =

1 2
1 3
3 8

3
1
5 2
13 3

. ThenthedimensionofkernelofAis

(a)1(b)2(c)3(d)4

42) A : R 3 R 4 , where A =

1 1
2 3
3 5
1 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 WisalsoasubspaceofV,then
(a)either U W or W U (b) U W = (c)U=W(d)Noneofthese

45)LetIbetheidentitytransformationofthefinitedimensionalvectorspaceV,thenthenullityofIis
(a)dimV(b)0(c)1(d)dimV1

46) T : R 3 R 3 suchthat T (a, b, c) = (0, a, b), for (a, b, c) R 3 . Then T + I isazeroofthe


polynomial:
(a) t (b) t 2 (c) t 3 (d)noneofabove

47)Thesumoftheeigenvaluesofthematrix

4
7
7
1
11 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

49)Theeigenvaluesofaskewsymmetricmatrixare
(a)negative(b)real(c)absolutevalueof1(d)purelyimaginaryorzero

50)ThecharacteristicsequationofamatrixAis t 2 t 1 = 0, then
(a) A 1 doesnotexist(b) A 1 exitbutcannotbedeterminedfromthedata
(c) A 1 = A + 1 (d)

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