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				This section includes 110 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Discrete Mathematics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Let I₃ be the Identity matrix of order 3 then (I₃)⁻¹ is equal to _________ | 
| A. | 0 | 
| B. | 3I₃ | 
| C. | I₃ | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 2. | If A is an invertible square matrix then _________ | 
| A. | (Aᵀ)⁻¹ = (A⁻¹)ᵀ | 
| B. | (Aᵀ)ᵀ = (A⁻¹)ᵀ | 
| C. | (Aᵀ)⁻¹ = (A⁻¹)⁻¹ | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. (Aᵀ)ᵀ = (A⁻¹)ᵀ | |
| 3. | If A is non singular matrix then AB = AC implies B = C. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. | If for a square matrix A(non-singular) and B, null matrix O, AB = O then? | 
| A. | B is a null matrix | 
| B. | B is a non singular matrix | 
| C. | B is a identity matrix | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. B is a non singular matrix | |
| 5. | The sum of cubes of the first n natural numbers is given by _________ | 
| A. | {n(n+1)/2}² | 
| B. | {n(n-1)/2}² | 
| C. | {n²(n+1)/2}² | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. {n(n-1)/2}² | |
| 6. | If for a square matrix A and B,null matrix O, (AB)ᵀ = O implies Aᵀ = O and Bᵀ = O. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 7. | If A is a lower triangular matrix then Aᵀ is a _________ | 
| A. | Lower triangular matrix | 
| B. | Upper triangular matrix | 
| C. | Null matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Null matrix | |
| 8. | If matrix A, B and C are invertible matrix of same order then (ABC)⁻¹ = _________ | 
| A. | CBA | 
| B. | C⁻¹ B⁻¹ A⁻¹ | 
| C. | Cᵀ B⁻¹ Aᵀ | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Cᵀ B⁻¹ Aᵀ | |
| 9. | If for a square matrix A, A² = A then such a matrix is known as _________ | 
| A. | Idempotent matrix | 
| B. | Orthagonal matrix | 
| C. | Null matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Orthagonal matrix | |
| 10. | A square matrix A = [aᵢⱼ ]ₙₓₙ, if aᵢⱼ = 0 for i > j then that matrix is known as _______ | 
| A. | Upper triangular matrix | 
| B. | Lower triangular matrix | 
| C. | Unit matrix | 
| D. | Null matrix | 
| Answer» B. Lower triangular matrix | |
| 11. | The sum of square of the first n natural numbers is given by _________ | 
| A. | n(n+1)(2n+1)/6 | 
| B. | n(n-1)/2(2n+1) | 
| C. | n²(n+1)(2n+1)/6 | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. n(n-1)/2(2n+1) | |
| 12. | Which of the following is a Triangular number series? | 
| A. | 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15….. | 
| B. | 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21…… | 
| C. | 1, 6, 12, 18, 24….. | 
| D. | none of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. 1, 6, 12, 18, 24….. | |
| 13. | Let A = [aᵢⱼ] given by abᵢⱼ = (i-j)³ is a _________ | 
| A. | Symmetric matrix | 
| B. | Anti-Symmetric matrix | 
| C. | Identity matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Identity matrix | |
| 14. | The Inverse exist only for non-singular matrices. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 15. | The series 1, 1, 1, 1, 1…….. is not an AGP. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 16. | If for a square matrix A and B,null matrix O, AB = O implies A=O and B=O. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 17. | The series a,(a+b)/2, b is in _______ | 
| A. | AP | 
| B. | GP | 
| C. | HP | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. GP | |
| 18. | If a₁, a₂, a₃ are in airthemetic as well as geometric progression then which of the following is/are correct? | 
| A. | 2a₂ = a₁ + a₃ | 
| B. | a₂ = (a₁a₃)½ | 
| C. | a₂ – a₁ = a₃ -a₂ | 
| D. | All of the mentioned are correct | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. | Let A₁, A₂, be two AM’s and G₁, G₂ be two GM’s between a and b,then (A₁ + A₂) / G₁G₂ is equal to _______ | 
| A. | (a+b) / 2ab | 
| B. | 2ab/(a+b) | 
| C. | (a+b)/(ab) | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 20. | A square matrix A = [aᵢⱼ ]ₙₓₙ, if aᵢⱼ = 0 for i < j then that matrix is known as _______ | 
| A. | Upper triangular matrix | 
| B. | Lower triangular matrix | 
| C. | Unit matrix | 
| D. | Null matrix | 
| Answer» C. Unit matrix | |
| 21. | Let A = [0 1 0 0 ], A⁻¹ is equal to _________ | 
| A. | Null matrix | 
| B. | Identity matrix | 
| C. | Does not exist | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 22. | If a₁, a₂, a₃…….. are in AP then if a₇ = 15, then the value of common difference that would make a₂ a₇ a₁₂ greatest is? | 
| A. | 2 | 
| B. | 0 | 
| C. | 4 | 
| D. | 9 | 
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 23. | For a skew symmetric odd ordered matrix A of integers, which of the following will hold true? | 
| A. | det(A) = 9 | 
| B. | det(A) = 81 | 
| C. | det(A) = 0 | 
| D. | det(A) = 4 | 
| Answer» D. det(A) = 4 | |
| 24. | If one geometric mean G and two airthmetic mean A₁, A₂ are inserted between two numbers, then (2A₁ – A₂) (2A₂ – A₁) is equal to _______ | 
| A. | 2G | 
| B. | G | 
| C. | G² | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 25. | If cardinality of (A U B) = cardinality of A+ cardinality of B. This means ____________ | 
| A. | A is a subset of B | 
| B. | B is a subset of A | 
| C. | A and B are disjoint | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 26. | Let a set E ={0,2,4,6,8….} of non-negative even numbers and O = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9,…..} of non-negative odd numbers then? | 
| A. | Cardinality of set E is greater than that of O | 
| B. | Cardinality of set O is greater than that of E | 
| C. | Cardinality of set E is equal to that of O | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 27. | If for sets A and B there exists an injective function but not bijective function from A to B then? | 
| A. | Cardinality of A is strictly greater than B | 
| B. | Cardinality of B is strictly greater than A | 
| C. | Cardinality of B is equal to A | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Cardinality of B is equal to A | |
| 28. | For a non-singular matrix A, A⁻¹ is equal to _________ | 
| A. | (adj(A))/det(A) | 
| B. | det(A)*(adj(A)) | 
| C. | det(A)*A | 
| D. | none of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. det(A)*(adj(A)) | |
| 29. | If matrix A and B are symmetric and AB = BA iff _________ | 
| A. | AB is symmetric matrix | 
| B. | AB is an anti-symmetric matrix | 
| C. | AB is a null matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. AB is an anti-symmetric matrix | |
| 30. | A symmetric matrix is a one in which? | 
| A. | All diagonal elements are zero | 
| B. | All diagonal elements are 1 | 
| C. | A = Aᵀ | 
| D. | A = -Aᵀ | 
| Answer» D. A = -Aᵀ | |
| 31. | For a matrix A of order n, the det(adj(A)) = (det(A))ⁿ, where adj() is adjoint of matrix. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 32. | For matrix A, (A₃) = I, A⁻¹ is equals to _________ | 
| A. | A² | 
| B. | A⁻² | 
| C. | Can’t say | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. A⁻² | |
| 33. | The ninth term of 1⁄3, 1⁄7, 1⁄11, 1⁄15, 1⁄19,……… is given by? | 
| A. | 1⁄35 | 
| B. | 1⁄36 | 
| C. | 1⁄39 | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. 1⁄36 | |
| 34. | If a, b, c are in hp then a⁻¹, b⁻¹, c⁻¹ are in _________ | 
| A. | GP | 
| B. | HP | 
| C. | AP | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 35. | For number A, C if H is harmonic mean, G is geometric mean then H>=G. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 36. | If a matrix A = [A₁₁ A₁₂ ⋯ A₁ₙ A₂₁ A₂ₙ ⋮ ⋮ Aₙ₁ Aₙ₂ ⋯ Aₙₙ], order(nxn) Aᵢᵢ = 1, Aᵢⱼ = 0 for i ≠ j. Then that matrix is known as ________ | 
| A. | Identity matrix | 
| B. | Null matrix | 
| C. | Singular matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Null matrix | |
| 37. | If A is a subset of B and B is a subset of C, then cardinality of A U B U C is equal to ____________ | 
| A. | Cardinality of C | 
| B. | Cardinality of B | 
| C. | Cardinality of A | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Cardinality of B | |
| 38. | If between two numbers which are root of given equation. x² – 18x + 16 = 0, a GM is inserted then the value of that GM is? | 
| A. | 4 | 
| B. | 5 | 
| C. | 6 | 
| D. | 16 | 
| Answer» B. 5 | |
| 39. | If a, b, c are in hp, then b is related with a and c as _________ | 
| A. | 2(1⁄b) = (1⁄a + 1⁄c) | 
| B. | 2(1⁄c) = (1⁄b + 1⁄c) | 
| C. | 2(1⁄a) = (1⁄a + 1⁄b) | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. 2(1⁄c) = (1⁄b + 1⁄c) | |
| 40. | For a matrix A, B and identity matrix I, if a matrix AB=I=BA then? | 
| A. | B is inverse of A | 
| B. | A is inverse of B | 
| C. | A⁻¹ = B, B⁻¹ = A | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. | Which of the following property of matrix multiplication is correct? | 
| A. | Multiplication is not commutative in general | 
| B. | Multiplication is associative | 
| C. | Multiplication is distributive over addition | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. | For matrix A if AAᵀ = I, I is identity matrix then A is? | 
| A. | Orthagonal matrix | 
| B. | Nilpotent matrix | 
| C. | Idempotent matrix | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Nilpotent matrix | |
| 43. | For matrix A and a scalar k, (kA)ᵀ is equal to _________ | 
| A. | k(A) | 
| B. | k(A)ᵀ | 
| C. | k²(A) | 
| D. | k²(A)ᵀ | 
| Answer» C. k²(A) | |
| 44. | For matrix A, (Aᵀ)ᵀ is equals to ___________ | 
| A. | A | 
| B. | Aᵀ | 
| C. | Can’t say | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Aᵀ | |
| 45. | Let A order(axb) and B order(cxd) be two matrices, then for AB to exist, correct relation is given by? | 
| A. | a = d | 
| B. | b = c | 
| C. | a = b | 
| D. | c = d | 
| Answer» C. a = b | |
| 46. | If in an AGP the common ratio of GP is 1 then that sequence becomes an AP sequence. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 47. | For two number a,b HM between them is given by? | 
| A. | (2b+2a )/3b | 
| B. | 2ab/(a+b) | 
| C. | (a+b)/2ab | 
| D. | 2b/(a+b) | 
| Answer» C. (a+b)/2ab | |
| 48. | If A is a subset of B then _______ | 
| A. | The cardinality of A is greater than B | 
| B. | The cardinality of B is greater than A | 
| C. | Can’t say | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Can’t say | |
| 49. | For matrix A, B if A – B = O, where O is a null matrix then? | 
| A. | A = O | 
| B. | B = O | 
| C. | A = B | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 50. | Two matrix can be added if _______ | 
| A. | rows of both the matrices are same | 
| B. | columns of both the matrices are same | 
| C. | both rows and columns of both the matrices are same | 
| D. | number of rows of first matrix should be equal to number of column of second | 
| Answer» D. number of rows of first matrix should be equal to number of column of second | |