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REVISION 1

(MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS, VECTOR ALGEBRA, COMPLEX NUMBERS)

Time: 3 Hours

Marks: 200
SECTION A

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

All questions are compulsory.

Each question carries 1 mark.
Choose the most suitable answer from the given four alternatives.

1. The rank of the

(1) 0

1
2 0

(2) 2

2. If the rank of the matrix

(1) 1

diagonal matrix

(3) 3
1 0
0
1
1 0

(4) 5

is 2, then is

(2) 2

(3) 3
3. If A is a matrix of order 3, then det ( kA )
3
(1) k det (A )

(4) any real number

2
(2) k det ( A )

(3) k det ( A)

(4)

det (A )

[ ]
[ ]
0 0
0 5

4. If A =
(1)

0 0
0 60

, then A12 is
(2)

5. The system of equations

1
1
1
+
+
=
1a 1b 1c

[ ]
0 0
0 512

(3)

[ ]
0 0
0 0

(4)

ax + y + z=0 ; x +by + z=0 ; x+ y+ cz=0

[ ]
1 0
0 1

has a non-trivial solution then

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 1
(4) 0
6. If a is a non-zero vector and m is a non-zero scalar then m a is a unit vector if
1
a=
(1) m= 1
(2) a=|m|
(3)
(4) a = 1
|m|

7. If a b include an angle 120 and their magnitude are 2 and

(1)

(2) 3

(3) 2

(4)

3 then a . b

3
2

is equal to



8. The vectors 2 i +3 j + 4 k a i + b j+c k

are perpendicular when

(1) a = 2, b = 3, c = - 4
(3) a = 4, b = 4, c = -5

9. If a ( b c )+ b ( c a )+ c ( a b ) =x y

(1) x =0
(2) y=0

(4) x =0 y=0 x y are parallel

10. The projection of
Then <POQ is (1)
sin 1

OP

on a unit vector

tan1

1
3

(2) a = 4, b = 4, c = 5
(4) a = -2, b = 3, c = 4
then
(3) x y

OQ

cos1

(2)

are parallel

equals thrice the area of parallelogram OPRQ.

( 103 )

(3)

sin1

( 310 )

(4)

( 13 )

11. If a line makes 45 , 60

the z axis is (1) 30

with positive direction of axes x and y then the angle it makes with
(2) 90 '
(3) 45
(4) 60

12. The vector ( a b ) ( c d ) is

(1) perpendicular to a , b , c d

(2) parallel to the vectors ( a b )( c d )

a b

(3) parallel to the line of intersection of the plane containing

c d
(4) perpendicular to the line of intersection of the plane containing
c d

13. If a , b , c

and the plane containing

a b and the plane containing

are non-coplanar and [ a b , b c , c a ] =[ a + b , b + c , c +a ] then[a , b , c ] is

(1) 2

(2) 3

(3) 1

14. The point of intersection of the line

(4) 0
r =( i j ) +t( 3 i +2 j+7 k )

(2) (8,6,22 )

(1) (8, 6, 22)

(2) (1, 0, 0)

(2) 2
1+ i 3
17. The value of
2

100

(3) 1
1i 3
+
2

] [

is

(3) (0, 2, 0)

16. The shortest distance between the parallel lines

(1) 3

r . ( i + j k ) =8

(4) (4,3,11 )

z4
x+ 1
x6 y+ 4 8
y +2 z+ 3
=
=
=
=
6
4
2
4
2

15. The point of the intersection of the lines

(1) (0, 0, - 4)

(3) (4, 3, 11)

and the plane

(4) 0
100

is

(4) (1, 2, 0)
z5
x1
x3 y 1 3
y2 z3
=
=
=
=
4
2
4
2
3

is

is

(1) 2

(4) 1
2+i
3
is
18. The modulus of the complex number
(1)

(2) 0

(3) -1

(2)

13

(3)

(4) 7

19. If z represents a complex number then arg (z) + arg ( z ) is

(1)

(2)

(3) 0

(4)

20. If P represent the variable complex number z and if |2 z1|=2|z| then the locus of P is
(1) the straight line
(3) the straight line

x=

1
4

(2) the straight line

z=

1
2

(4) the circle

y=

1
4

x 2+ y 2 4 x1=0

21. If A and B are matrices conformable to multiplication then (AB)T is

(1) AT BT
(2) BT AT
(3) AB
(4) BA
22. Equivalent matrices are obtained by
(1) taking inverse
(2) taking transposes
(3) taking adjoints
(4) taking finite number of elementary transformations

0
23. If
then the system is
(1) Consistent and has unique solution
(3) In consistent

(2) Consistent and has infinitely many solutions

(4) Either consistent or inconsistent
24. In the system of 3 linear equations with three unknowns, if =0 and all 2 2 minors of
, x , y , z
are zeros and atleast one non-zero element is in then the system is
(1) consistent
(2) inconsistent
(3) consistent and the system reduces to two equations
(4) consistent and the system reduces to single equations
25. If p(A) = p[A B] then the system is
(1) consistent and has infinitely many solutions
(2) consistent and has a unique solution
(3) consistent
(4) inconsistent
26. In the homogeneous system with three unknows, p(A) = number of unknowns then the system has
(1) only trivial solution
(2) reduces to 2 equations and has infinitely many solution
(3) reduces to a single equations and has infinitely many solutions
(4) is inconsistent
27. Which of the following statement is correct regarding homogeneous system?
(1) always inconsistent
(2) has only trivial solution
(3) has only non trivial solutions
(4) has only trivial solution only if rank of the coefficient matrix is equal to the number of unknowns

28. If m i +2 j+ k and 4 i 9 j+2 k are perpendicular then m is
(1) 4

(2) 8

(3) 4

29. The angle between the vectors

(1) 6
(2) 6

i j

30. If the vectors 2 i + j+ k i 2 j+ k
2
2
(1) 3
(2) 3

(4) 12
and

j k

is

(3) 3

(4)

2
3

are perpendicular to each other, then is

3
3
(3) 2
(4) 2

u , v
w

31. Let

u . v +v .
w+
w . u
(1) 25

be

vector

such

u + v +
w =0 .

that

|u|=3,|v|=4|
w|=5

If

is

(2) 25

(3) 5

(4)

32. The work done in moving a particle from the point A with position vector

B, with position vector 3 i j5 k by a force F=i +3 jk is
(1) 25
(2) 26
(3) 27

33. If |a|=3,|b|=4a . b =9 then|a b|is

(1) 3 7

(2) 63

(3) 69

36. If

to the point

(4)

69

are

(2) 4, 3

35. The complex conjugate of 4i9

(1) 4+i 9
(2) 4 +i9

2 i 6 j+7 k

(4)28

34. Real and imaginary parts of 4i 3

(1) 4, 3

(3) 3 , 4

(4)

3 , 4

(3) 4i 9

(4) 4i 9

is

p+iq=( 23 i)( 4+2 i) then q is

(1) 14
(2) 14
(3) 8
(4) 8
37. Which of the following statements is correct?
(1) negative complex numbers exist
(2) order relation does not exist in real numbers
(3) order relation exist in complex numbers
(4) ( 1+i )>(32i) is meaningless
38. The value of

zz

is

(1) 2lm (z)

(2) 2ilm ( z )

(3) lm( z)

(4) ilm( z )

39. If is a cube roots of unity then

2
(1) =1

2
(3) 1++ =0

(2) 1+=0

2
(4) 1 + =0

i
i
40. The value of e + e
is

(1) 2 cos

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

(2) cos

(3) 2 sin

(4) sin

SECTION B
Answer 10 questions.
Questions 55 is compulsory and choose any 9 questions from the remaining.
Each question carries 6 marks.

41. For A =

then

1 2 2
4 3 4
4 4 5

show that A = A-1

42. Find the rank of the following matrices:

43. Find the adjoint of the matrix A =

0 1 2
1
2 3 0 1
1 1 1 0

1 1
1
1 2 3
2 1 3

44. Find the rank of the matrix

1 23 1
2 4 6 2
3 6 9 3

45. (a) Find the rank of the matrix

1 2 3
2 4 6
5
1 1

(b) Solve: x + y + 2z = 0 ; 2x + y z = 0 ; 2x + 2y + z = 0
46. If the diagonal of a parallelogram are equal then it is a rectangle.
47. Prove by vector method that the parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are
equal in area.

48. Prove that ( a b ) c =a ( b c ) iff a c are collinear.

49. Find the vector and Cartesian equation of the line joining the points (1, - 2, 1) and (0, - 2, 3).

50. Angle in a semi-circle is a right angle. Prove by vector method.

i 4 +i 9 +i 16
a+ib
:
8
10
15
51. Express the following in the standard form
32i i i
52. Prove that the triangle formed by the points representing the complex numbers
( 10+8 i ) , (2+4 i ) (11+31 i ) on the Argand plane is right angled triangle.
53. Solve the equation

4
3
2
x 4 x + 11 x 14 x+10=0 if one root is 1+2i .

54. Prove that the complex numbers 3+3 i,33 i ,3 3+3 3i

are the vertices of an equilateral

triangle in the complex plane.

55. (a) If n is a positive integer, prove that

1+sin +icos

=cosn n +isin n
1+ sini cos
2
2

(OR)
(b) State and prove reversal law for inverse of matrices.
SECTION C
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

56. If

Answer 10 questions.
Questions 70 is compulsory and choose any 9 questions from the remaining
Each question carries 10 marks.

A=

2
2 1
1
2 1 2
3
1 2 2

, prove that A-1 = AT

57. Solve the following non-homogeneous system of linear equations by determinant method:
2 x y+ z=2; 6 x3 y +3 z=6 ; 4 x2 y +2 z =4
58. Solve by matrix inversion method

2 x y+ 3 z =9 ; x+ y + z=6 ; x y+ z=2

59. A bag contains 3 types of coins namely Re. 1, Rs. 2 and Rs. 5. There are 30 coins amounting to
Rs. 100 in total. Find the number of coins in each category.
60. Investigate for what values of , the simultaneous equations
x+ y+ z=6 ; x+ 2 y +3 z=10 ; x+ 2 y + z=

have (i) no solution (ii) a unique solution and (iii) an

infinite number of solutions.

61. Prove that sin (A B) = sin A cos B cos A sin B.

62. Show that the lines

z
x2
x1 y +1 3
y1 z1
=
=
=
=
1
1
1
2
1

intersect and find their point of

intersection.
63. Find the vector and Cartesian equation of the plane through the point ( -1, 3, 2) and perpendicular to
the planes x+ 2 y +2 z=53 x + y +2 z=8 .
64. Altitudes of a triangle are concurrent prove by vector method.
65. If

are the roots of the equation

x 2 px + ( p +q ) =0tan =

q
y+ p

show that

( y + )n ( y+ )n n1 sin n
=q

sin n
66. If

1
1
x+ =2 cos y + =2 cos
show that
x
y

67. Find all the values of

68. If

1 3
i
2
2

are the roots of

3
4

xm yn
+ =2 cos (mn )
yn xm

and hence prove that the product of the values is 1.

x 22 x +2=0cot = y +1 show that

69. Find all the values of ( 3+i )

( y + )n ( y+ )n sin n
= n

sin

2
3

70. (a) Find the vector and cartesian equation of the plane through the point (2, -1, -3) and parallel to the
z3
x1
y +1 z2
lines x2 = y 1 = 4
=
=
3
2
2
3
2
(OR)
(b) If

are the roots of

n+1

2
x 2 x + 4=0 , Prove that =i 2

sin

n
9
9
deduct
3