SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY, NANDED

Summer Examination 2020

Faculty of Science
B.Sc. S.Y. (Third Semester) Examination
Dec – 2020 (CBCS (New) / CBCS (Old)/ CGPA Pattern –MCQ)
Mathematics
Paper VII – Group Theory
Date: 11/12/2020 Time: 1 hr
Max. Marks: 40

N.B. 1) All questions are compulsory.

2) Each question carries 1 mark.

1. Which of the following is Cayley’s theorem?

A. Every group is isomorphic to A(S) for some s.
B. Every group is equal to a subgroup of A(S) for some s.
C. Every group is equal tp A(S) for some s
D. Every group is isomorphic to a subgroup of A(S) for some appropriate S.

2. The product of two even permutations is

A. an odd permutation
B. an even permutation
C. not a permutation
D. none of these
3. The product of two odd permutations is
A. An odd permutation
B. Not a permutation
C. An even permutation
D. None of these
4. If G is group, a G, then for any integers m and n, am . an =
A. amn
B. am + n
C. am-n
D. am/n
5. If G is a group and a, b  G, then (a.b)-1 =?
A. a-1 . b-1
B. b-1.a-1
C. a.b
D. b.a
6. If G is a group and a, u, w  G then witch of the following is cancelation law ?
A. a.u = a.w implies u = w
B. a.u = w.a implies u = w
C. u.a = a.w implies u implies w
D. None of these
7. For a, b, c in a group G, which of the following is called associative law?

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 A. a.b = b.a
B. a.(b.c) = (a.b).c
C. a.b = a.c implies b=c
D. b.a = c.a implies b=c
8. For the group G of all integers 0,±1, ±2,, …with respect to the operation of usual sum
of integers and a  G, what is a-1 ?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 1/a
D. -a
9. Let n > 0 be a fixed integer and a and b be integers such that a ≡ b mod n then
which of the following holds?
A. n|(a + b)
B. n|(a – b)
C. n|(a .b)
D. None of these
10. If p>1 is a prime number then what are all possible divisors of p ?
A. ± 1 only
B. ± p only
C. ± 1 and ±p
D. P has no divisors

11. If for a group G and a, b G, (a.b)i = = ai.bi for three consecutive integers i, then
which of the following is true ?
A. G is non-abelian
B. G is abelian
C. G is finite
D. G is infinite
12. For a group and every a n|(a – b) G what is value of (a-1)-1 ?
A. a-1
B. e
C. e-1
D. a
13. If H is a subgroup of a group G and K is a subgroup of H, then what is the relation
between K and G?
A. K is a subgroup of G
B. G is a subgroup of K
C. K∩G= 
D. K∩G=G
14. The mapping Ί of S into T is said to be a one – to –one mapping if
A. Whenever s1 = s2, then s1Ί = s2Ί
B. Whenever s1 ≠ s2, then s1Ί = s2 Ί
C. Whenever s1 = s2, then s1Ί ≠ s2Ί
D. Whenever s1 ≠ s2, then s1Ί ≠ s2 Ί
15. If , and then (σ 0 Ί) 0 μ = σ 0 (Ί 0 μ) is called,
A. Associative law

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 B. Commutative law
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Name of these
16. If a and b are relatively prime, we can find integers m and n such that :
A. ma + nb = 2
B. ma + nb ≠ 2
C. ma + nb ≠ 1
D. ma + nb =1
17. If a and b are two integers not both zero and if (a,b) denotes g c d of a and b, then
which of the following is true ?
A. (a, b) = (-a, b)
B. (a, b) = (a, -b)
C. (a, b) = (-a, -b)
D. All of the above
18. If the set S contains n elements then the group A(S) has
A. N
B. n! elements
C. n2
D. 2n

19. If H is a subgroup of G, then the number of distinct right cosets of H in G is called

A. Order of H in G
B. Index of H in G.
C. Normal of H in G
D. Congruence of H in G
20. If N is a subgroup of a group G such that for every g  G and n  N,
gng-1  N, then N is called as
A. Finite group
B. Normal subgroup
C. Abelian subgroup
D. Cyclic subgroup
21. If G is a finite group and a  G, then ao(G) =
A. a
B. a-1
C. e
D. G
22. If G is a group, N a normal subgroup of G, then G/N is called ?
A. Division group
B. Abelian group
C. Quotient group
D. Normal group
23. A homomorphism  of G into with kernel K is an isomorphism of G into if
and only if.
A. K = 0
B. K = 
C. K = (e)

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 D. K = {1, 2}
24. If  is an isomorphism from G into then which of the following is true?
A.  is homomorphism
B.  is one – to - one
C. Both (A) & (B)
D. None of these
25. What is an automorphism on a group G?
A. A homomorphism of G into itself
B. A homomorphism of G onto itself
C. An isomorphism of G into itself
D. An isomorphism of G onto itself
26. If  is a homomorphism of G into Ḡ then for any x  G, what is  (x-1) ?
A. (x)-1
B. ᵩ (e)
C. e
D. ẽ
27. If G is a group and T  A(G) then which of the following is true ?
A. T is one – to- one
B. T is onto
C. T is homomorphism
D. All of the above
28. If the groups G, G*, G** are isomorphic, then
A. G≈G
B. G ≈ G* implies G*≈ G
C. G ≈ G*, G*≈ G** implies G ≈ G**
D. All of the above
29. Every permutation can be uniquely expressed as a
A. product of disjoint cycles
B. cycle
C. 2 cycle
D. None of these
30. If G is a finite group and N is a normal subgroup of G, then o (G/N) = ?
A. o(G) + o(N)
B. o(G) - o(N)
C. o(G) x o(N)
D. o(G) / o(N)

31. If H and K are subgroups of G and , then

A. H∩K ≠ (e)
B. H∩K = (e)
C. H∩K = H
D. H∩K = ᵩ
32. If p is a prime number and a is any integer, then which of the following always holds
?
A. ap ≡ a (mod p)
B. ap = 1 (mod p)

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 C. ap = 0 (mod p)
D. ap = p (mod p)
33. Let G be the group S3 and let H be the subgroup { e ,  } then the index of H in G is 3
the number of left cosets of H in G is..
A. 2
B. 3
C. 0
D. 4
34. If  is a homomorphism of G into then (e) =…..
A. e, the unit element of G
B. ẽ, the unit element of
C. x, for any x  G
D. None of these
35. If  is a homomorphism of G onto with kernel K then
A. G/K=G
B. G/K≠G
C. G/K≈
D. G/K=
36. The Product of an even permutation and an odd permutation is
A. An odd permutation.
B. Not a permutation
C. An even permutation
D. None of these
37. If G is a group and H is a subgroup of G then for any a, b  G when does the relation
a ≡ b (mod H) hold.
A. a,b  H
B. a-1b-1 H
C. ab-1H
D. All of the above
38. If G is a group and a  G, the order of a is the least positive integer m such that
A. am = a-1
B. am = a
C. am = -a
D. am = e
39. If n is a positive integer and a is relatively prime to n, then
A. aᵩ(n) ≡ 1 mod n
B. ap ≡ 1 mod p
C. ap ≠ 1 mod p
D. None of these
40. If G is a finite group and H is a subgroup of G, then o(H) is a divisor of o(G), this
theorem is known as
A. Lagrange’s theorem
B. Euler theorem
C. Fermat theorem
D. Cauchy theorem

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