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Let A be an n × n real matrix such that A2 = and y be an n-dimensional vector.
Then the linear system of equations Ax = y has

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Let A = [aij],1 ≤ i, j ≤ n with n ≥ 3 and aij = i.j. The rank of A is

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All the four entries of the 2 × 2 matrix {\text{P}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{{\text{p}}_{11}}}&{{{\text{p}}_{12}}} \\ {{{\text{p}}_{21}}}&{{{\text{p}}_{22}}} \end{array}} \right]   are nonzero, and one of its eigen values is zero. Which of the following statements is true?

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The eigen values of the matrix \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 0&1 \\ { - 1}&0 \end{array}} \right]  are

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If the rank of a (5 × 6) matrix Q is 4, then which one of the following statements is correct?

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Consider the following system of equations
2x1 + x2 + x3 = 0
x2 - x3 = 0
x1 + x2 = 0
This system has

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Let A be an n × n matrix with rank r(0 < r < n). Then AX = 0 has p independent solutions, where p is

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The maximum value of "a" such that the matrix \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} { - 3}&0&{ - 2} \\ 1&{ - 1}&0 \\ 0&{\text{a}}&{ - 2} \end{array}} \right)   has three linearly independent real eigen vectors is

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In the matrix equation Px = q, which of the following is a necessary condition for the existence of at least one solution for the unknown vector x

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If the system
2x - y + 3z = 2
x + y + 2z = 2
5x - y + az = b
has infinitely many solutions, then the values of a and b, respectively, are

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If the vectors e1 = (1, 0, 2), e2 = (0, 1, 0) and e3 = (-2, 0, 1) form an orthogonal basis of the three-dimensional real space R3, then the vector u = (4, 3, -3) R3 can be expressed as

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A real n × n matrix A = {aij} is defined as follows: aij = i, if i = j, otherwise 0
The summation of all n eigen values of A is

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The value of q for which the following set of linear equation 2x + 3y = 0; 6x + qy = 0 can have non-trivial solution is

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For a matrix \left[ {\text{M}} \right] = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\frac{3}{5}}&{\frac{4}{5}} \\ {\text{x}}&{\frac{3}{5}} \end{array}} \right],    the transpose of the matrix is equal to the inverse of the matrix, [M]T = [M]-1. The value of x is given by

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Consider a matrix P whose only eigenvectors are the multiples of \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1 \\ 4 \end{array}} \right].
Consider the following statements:
I. P does not have an inverse.
II. P has a repeated eigen value.
III. P cannot be diagonalized.
Which one of the following options is correct?

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Let {\text{P}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 3&1 \\ 1&3 \end{array}} \right].   Consider the set S of all vectors \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\text{x}} \\ {\text{y}} \end{array}} \right) such that a2 + b2 = 1 where \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\text{a}} \\ {\text{b}} \end{array}} \right) = {\text{P}}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\text{x}} \\ {\text{y}} \end{array}} \right).   Then S is

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In the given matrix \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&{ - 1}&2 \\ 0&1&0 \\ 1&2&1 \end{array}} \right],   one of the eigen values is 1. The eigen vectors corresponding to the eigen value 1 are

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Let X be a square matrix. Consider the following two statements on X.
I. X is invertible.
II. Determinant of X is non-zero.
Which one of the following is TRUE?

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Choose the CORRECT set of functions, which are linearly dependent.

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Let M4 = , (where denotes the identity matrix) and M ≠ , M2 and M3. Then, for any natural number k, M-1 equals:

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