Chapter 3 Rank of matrix (Student Sheet)
2 −1 3 Q.7 The rank of the following (n 1) (n 1)
Q.1 The rank of the matrix [−1 2 −3]
3 0 3 matrix, where ‘a’ is a real number is
is
(A) 0 1 a a 2 an
(B) 1 2
1 a a an
(C) 2
(D) 3 2 n
1 a a a
1 0 2 0
0 −1 1 0 (A) 1
Q.2 Let 𝑀 = [ ]and 𝑖 = √−1.
2 1 2 0 (B) 2
0 0 0 0
Then 𝑀 - 𝑖𝑙 has rank (where 𝐼 is the (C) n
identity matrix of order 4 ) (D) depends on the value of a.
(A) 1 Q.8 Let A [aij ], 1 i, j n with n 3 and
(B) 2 aij i. j. The rank of A is
(C) 3 (A) 0 (B) 1
(D) 4 (C) n – 1 (D) n
Q.3 Let A [aij ] , 1 i, j n , with n 3 and Q.9 Let 𝐴 be a 3 × 3 matrix such that 𝐴4 =
aij i. j . Then the rank of A is 𝐴. Then it is necessary that
(A) 0 (B) 1 (a) 𝐴 is identity matrix or the zero
matrix.
(C) n – 1 (D) n
(b) the determinant of A2 is either 0 or 1
Q.4 The rank of (m n) matrix (m n)
.
cannot be more than
(c) the rank of 𝐴 is 3 .
(A) m (B) n
(d) A has one imaginary eigen value
(C) mn (D) None
Q.5 The number of linearly independent
Q.10 If the determinant A of a 3 3
2 1 matrix [A] is zero, then the rank of the
Eigen vectors of is matrix [A] is always
0 2
(A) 3 (B) less than 3
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) zero (D) 2
(C) 2 (D) infinite
Q.11 Let X be a non-zero column matrix with
Q.6 A 5 7 matrix has all its entries equal to
1 . The rank of the matrix is n rows n 3 . Then the rank of the
matrix XX T is
(A) 7 (B) 5
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1 (D) zero
(C) n – 1 (D) n
Q.12 If A and B are non-zero square
matrices of order n such that AB = 0.
Then which of the following statement
is always true
(A) rank(𝐴) = n
(B) rank(𝐴) < 𝑛
(C) rank(𝐴) = rank(𝐵)
(D) rank(𝐴) = 0
1 2 1 3
2 3 1 4
Q.13 Rank of the matrix [ ] is
3 6 3 9
4 5 1 6
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
1 1 0 0
0 0 1 1
Q.14 The rank of [ ] equals
1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Q.15 Let 𝐴 be a 3 × 3 skew symmetric
matrix, then 𝐴 is
(A) non-singular
(B) of rank 2
(C) of rank 1
(D) singular