GATE EC 2015 Set 1 Q1 — Linear Algebra

Consider the matrix $\mathrm{M}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 3 & 0 \\ -1 & a & b\end{array}\right]$. Which of the following options is/ are TRUE if $\operatorname{det}(\mathrm{M}) \neq 0 ?$

Consider the matrix $A$ below: $$A=\left[\begin{array}{llll} 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ 0 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\ 0 & 0 & \alpha & \beta \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & \gamma \end{array}\right]$$ For which of the following combinations of $\alpha, \beta$, and $\gamma$, is the rank of $A$ at least three? Only (i), (iii), and (iv) Only …

Let $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ denote the set of real numbers and the three dimensional vector space over it, respectively. The value of $\alpha$ for which the set of vectors …

​​​​​Consider the matrix $\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & k \\ 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$, where $k$ is a positive real number. Which of the following vectors is/are eigenvector(s) of this matrix?

Let $v_1=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 2 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$ and $v_2=\left[\begin{array}{l}2 \\ 1 \\ 3\end{array}\right]$ be two vectors. The value of the coefficient $\alpha$ in the expression $v_1=\alpha v_2+e$, which minimizes the length of the error vector $e$, is

Let the sets of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix $B$ be $\left\{\lambda_k \mid 1 \leq k \leq n\right\}$ and $\left\{v_k \mid 1 \leq k \leq n\right\}$, respectively. For any invertible matrix $P$, the sets of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix $A$, where $B=P^{-1} A P$, respectively, are