Let $p$ be a non-singular matrix such that $I + p + p^2 + .... + p^n = O$ (where $O$ denotes the null matrix and $I$ denotes the identity matrix),then $p^{-1} = $

  • A
    $p^n$
  • B
    $-p^n$
  • C
    $-(I + p + .... + p^{n-1})$
  • D
    None of these

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