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GATE EE 2026
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0

Which one of the following statements is ALWAYS correct about a collection of $p$ column vectors, each having $n$ real-valued entries?

A

if $p>n$, then the column vectors must be linearly dependent

B

If $p>n$, then the column vectors must be linearly independent

C

If $p=n$, then the column vectors must be orthogonal

D

If $p < n$, then the column vectors must be linearly independent

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GATE EE 2026
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0
Consider an $n \times n$ orthogonal matrix $A$ with real entries and each column having unit Euclidean norm. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A

The value of the determinant of $A$ is either +1 or -1 .

B

The eigenvalues of $A$ have modulus 1.

C

$\|A x\|=\|x\|$, for all $x \in R^n$, where $\|x\|$ denotes the Euclidean norm of $x$, and $(A x)^{\top}(A y) \neq x^{\top} y$, for all distinct $x, y \in R^n$.

D

$\|A x\|=\|x\|$, for all $x \in R^n$, where $\|x\|$ denotes the Euclidean norm of $x$, and $(A x)^T(A y)=x^T y$, for all distinct $x, y \in R^n$.

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GATE EE 2026
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0

Consider the system of linear equations: $A x=b$, where $A$ is an $\mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n}$ matrix, and $x$ and $b$ are $n$-dimensional column vectors.

Suppose this system of equations has a unique solution. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

A

$A^{-1}$ exists

B

The system of equations $A^m x=b$ also has a unique solution for $m=1,2,3, \ldots$

C

$\operatorname{rank}(\mathrm{A})=\operatorname{rank}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{m}}\right)$, for $m=1,2,3, \ldots$

D

$\operatorname{rank}(A)<\operatorname{rank}([A \mid b])$, where $[A \mid b]$ denotes the augmented matrix.

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GATE EE 2022
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

e4 denotes the exponential of a square matrix A. Suppose $$\lambda$$ is an eigen value and v is the corresponding eigen-vector of matrix A.

Consider the following two statements:

Statement 1 : e$$\lambda$$ is an eigen value of eA.

Statement 2 : v is an eigen-vector of eA.

Which one of the following options is correct?

A
Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
B
Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
C
Both the statements are correct.
D
Both the statements are false.

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