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Questions: Abstract Algebra

The document contains 50 questions related to abstract algebra concepts like binary operations, group properties, subgroups, isomorphisms, and direct products. The questions test knowledge of whether binary operations are closed or commutative, finding inverses in groups, determining the order of groups and their elements, identifying properties of groups like being cyclic or Abelian, centers of groups, and isomorphisms between groups.

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Questions: Abstract Algebra

The document contains 50 questions related to abstract algebra concepts like binary operations, group properties, subgroups, isomorphisms, and direct products. The questions test knowledge of whether binary operations are closed or commutative, finding inverses in groups, determining the order of groups and their elements, identifying properties of groups like being cyclic or Abelian, centers of groups, and isomorphisms between groups.

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Questions : Abstract Algebra

Qus1: Which of the following binary operations are closed ?


(a) subtraction o positive integers
(b) division of nonzero integers
(c) function composition of polynomials with real coefficients
(d) multiplication of 2×2 matrices with integer entries

Ques2: Which of the following binary operations are commutative?


(a) subtraction o positive integers
(b) division of nonzero rationals
(c) function composition of polynomials with real coefficients
(d) multiplication of 2×2 matrices with integer entries

Ques3: What is the inverse of 3 in (Z5 , ⊕5 )


(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Ques4:- What is the order of S8


(a) 5760
(b) 720
(c) 1000
(d) 1560

Ques5:- Which of the following is not a cyclic group?


(a) (Z, +)
(b) Z4
(c) Z10
(d) S4

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Ques6:- Which of the following is not an Abelian group?
(a) (R∗ , .)
(b) (C, +)
(c) S3
(d) (Z, +)

Ques7:- What is the center of S4 ?


(a) {I}
(b) {I,(12)}
(c) {(12),(34)}
(d) {(1234)}

Ques8:- What can not be a possible order of center of a group G of order 8?


(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5

Ques9:- Let σ ∈ S6 be such that σ = (123)(45)(6). What is the order of σ?


(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Ques10:- Aut(Zn ) is isomorphic to-


(a) Zn
(b) Sn
(c) Z
(d) U (n)

Ques11:- Aut(Z) is isomorphic to-


(a) Z
(b) Z2
(c) Z5
(d) Z7

Ques12:- Let G= S3 and H={(1),(13)}. Then what will be the value of


(12)H ?

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(a) {(12),(132)}
(b) {(1),(13)}
(C) {(1),(123)}
(D) {(1),(12)}

Ques13:- Let G be a group of order 15 and a∈G then what can be a possible
order of a
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 7

Ques14:- Center of a group must be-


(a) Abelian
(b) Cyclic
(c) non trivial
(d) an empty set

Ques15:- A generator of cyclic group Z8 is


(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6

Ques16:- Let G be a group of order 4, then G must be


(a) Cyclic
(b) Abelian
(c) Non-commutative
(d) Cyclic and Abelian both

Ques17:- Let G be group of order 11. Then G must be-


(a) Abelian but not cyclic
(b) Cyclic but not Abelian
(c) Cyclic and Abelian both
(d) Neither cyclic nor Abelian

Ques18:- Let order of G is 8. Then G must have an element of order -


(a) 2

3
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6

Ques19:- What will be the order of external direct product Z3 ⊕ Z5


(a) 15
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 10

Ques20:- Z3 ⊕ Z7 is isomorphic to-


(a) Z21
(b) Z9
(c) Z12
(d) Z10

Ques21:- Suppose that f is an isomorphism from G onto G, then which of


the following statement is not true in general-
(a) G is Abelian if and only if G is Abelian.
(b) f −1 is an isomorphism from G to G
(c) If K is a subgroup of G then f(K)={f(k):k∈K} is a subgroup of G.
(d) G is Abelian ⇒ f(G) is cyclic.

Ques22:- What will be the order of external direct product Z7 ⊕ Z5


(a) 12
(b) 35
(c) 2
(d) 15

Ques23:- If G is a group and H is a subgroup of G, order of G is 30 and order


of H is 10, then the value of index of H in G i.e. (G:H)=
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 10

Ques24:- A generator of cyclic group Z8 is-


(a) 2

4
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6

Ques25:- G is a group of order n. G must be cyclic if n=


(a) 25
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 8

Ques26:- Let σ ∈ S7 be such that σ = (124)(357). What is the order of σ ?


(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Ques27:- Every group is isomorphic to -


(a) a group of permutations.
(b) group of integers
(c) group of real numbers
(d) a cyclic group of infinite order.

Ques28:- If G is a finite group and H is a subgroup of G , then


(a) order of H = order of G
(b) order of H = 1
(c) order of H divides order of G
(d) order of H is greater than order of G

Ques29:- A group of prime order is -


(a) cyclic
(b) Abelian but not cyclic
(c) may not be Abelian
(d) Cyclic but not Abelian

Ques30:- Let (1,2)∈ Z2 ⊕ Z3 , then order of (2,3) is-


(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 3

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(d) 2

Ques31:- Which of the following group is cyclic-


(a) Z2 ⊕ Z4
(b) Z3 ⊕ Z5
(c) Z6 ⊕ Z9
(d) Z2 ⊕ Z6

Ques32:- Z3 ⊕ Z5 is isomorphic to-


(a) Z15
(b) Z9
(c) Z8
(d) Z6

Ques33:- Let G be a group and order of G is 121. Then G must be-


(a) Abelian
(b) cyclic
(c) cyclic but not Abelian
(d) Abelian but not cyclic

Ques34:- Which of the following is simple group-


(a) S3
(b) S4
(c) S5
(d) A5

Ques35:- A group G is said to be solvable if it has a subnormal series


{e} = H0 ⊆ H1 ⊆ H2 ⊆ . . . ⊆ Hn = G
such that Hi+1 /Hi is
(a) Abelian
(b) cyclic
(c) Simple
(d) Not Abelian

Ques36:- What will be the order of the permutation group S4


(a) 12
(b) 6

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(c) 24
(d) 48

Ques37:- Which of the following is not a binary operation on Z, the set of


integers
(a) x ∗ y = x + y
(b) x ∗ y = x + y + 1
(c) x ∗ y = x+y
2
(d) x ∗ y = xy

Ques38:- Identity element of the group (R∗ , .)


(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 5

Ques39:- Inverse of 3 in the group (Z, +)


(a) 1/3
(b) -3
(c) 0
(d) 5

Ques40:- For group elements a and b, (ab)−1 =


(a) ab
(b) b−1 a−1
(c) ba
(d) a−1 b−1

Ques41:- An integer k in Zn is a generator of Zn if and only if gcd(k,n)=


(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

Ques42:- Which of the following is an even permutation on S5


(a) (123)
(b) (1234)
(c) (1324)

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(d) (12)

Ques43:- ϕ is a map from a group G to G itself such that ϕ(x) = x−1 , then
ϕ is -
(a) one-one but not onto.
(b) onto but not one-one.
(c) neither one-one nor onto.
(d) an isomorphism.

Ques44:- What is the order of the group (Z, +)


(a) 1
(b) infinite
(c) 2
(d) 5

Ques45:- Inverse of (1,-2)∈ Z ⊕ Z


(a) (-1,2)
(b) (1,2)
(c) (-1,-2)
(d) (1,-2)

Ques46:- Inverse of (2,3) in Z4 ⊕ Z5


(a) (2,2)
(b) (3,2)
(c) (3,3)
(d) (1,1)

Ques47:- If G is the inner direct product of H and K, then H ∩ K=


(a) G
(b) K
(c) H
(d) {e}

Ques48:- Inverse of 4 in (Z, +)


(a) -4
(b) 4
(c) 0
(d) 1

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Ques49:- Inverse of 3 in the group (R∗ , .)
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) -3
(d) 0

Ques50:- Let A is a non empty set and P is the set of all subsets of A. Define
∆ as M ∆N = (M ∪ N )/(M ∩ N ) where M,N ⊆ A. Then (P,∆) is
(a) not a group.
(b) an Abelian group.
(c) a cyclic group.
(d) a simple group.

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