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DPP-4 Cyclic Group

This document contains 19 questions related to group theory and cyclic groups. It provides the questions, answers, and citations for previous exams. Some key points covered include: - The number of generators for a cyclic group of a given order. - Whether certain groups are cyclic or not. - The number of elements of a specified order within cyclic and non-cyclic groups of given orders. - Properties of cyclic and abelian groups. The document serves as a practice question bank for students preparing for exams like IIT-JAM which include group theory content. The answers provided could be used for self-evaluation of understanding of cyclic group concepts.

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DPP-4 Cyclic Group

This document contains 19 questions related to group theory and cyclic groups. It provides the questions, answers, and citations for previous exams. Some key points covered include: - The number of generators for a cyclic group of a given order. - Whether certain groups are cyclic or not. - The number of elements of a specified order within cyclic and non-cyclic groups of given orders. - Properties of cyclic and abelian groups. The document serves as a practice question bank for students preparing for exams like IIT-JAM which include group theory content. The answers provided could be used for self-evaluation of understanding of cyclic group concepts.

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Innovative Institute

IIMof Mathematics, Jaipur


Course: IIT-JAM 2022 Module-1: Group Theory
Unit-3: Order of an element DPP-4: Cyclic Group
1. Let G be a cyclic group of order 6. Then the 9. The center of 33 is
number of elements g  G such that G = g (a) 0 (b) 3
is (c) (d)
11 33
(a) 5 (b) 4
(HU 2013)
(c) 4 (d) 2
10. The number of elements of order 8 in a cyclic
(Gate 2002)
group of order 16 is
2. Let G be a group of order 231. The number of
(a) 1 (b) 2
elements of order 11 in G is………..
(c) 3 (d) 4
(Gate 2013)
(HU 2013)
3. A generator for a group G is an element g  G
11. The generator of group / 48 is
such that every element of G is equal to some (a) 24 (b) 20
power of g. Let G be a cyclic group of order 7. (c) 16 (d) 12
Then the number of generators of G is (DU 2015)
(a) 1 (b) 3 12. Which of the following is/are false?
(c) 6 (d) 7 (a) Every cyclic group is Abelian
(IISc 2008) (b) There is at least one Abelian group of every
4. If G be a group of order 6. The number of finite order  0
elements of order 2 in the group G is (c) Every group of order  4 is cyclic
(a) Exactly 1 (b) Exactly 2 (d) Every abelian group is cyclic
(c) Exactly 3 (d) Either 1 or 3 (DU2015)
(IISc 2010) 13. Let p and q be distinct prime numbers. The
5. Identify which of the following groups (if any) is number of generators of the cyclic group pq
cyclic:
(a) 8  8 (b) 8  9 is
(a) ( p − 1)( q − 1) (b) 2 ( p − 1)( q − 1)
(c) 8  10 (NBHM 2006)
6. Let G be a cyclic group of order 8. How many of (c) pq (d) None of these
the elements of G are generators of this group? (DU 2015)
(NBHM 2008) 14. The number of elements of order 15 in a cyclic
7. Which of the following are true? group of order 90 is __________
(a) Every group of order 11 is cyclic 15. The number of elements of order 12 in U ( 90 )
(b) Every group of order 111 is cyclic is ____________
(c) Every group of order 1111 is cyclic 16. The number of elements in centre of a
(NBHM 2013) nonabelian group of order 343 is ______
8. Which of the following statements are true? 17. The number of elements of order 5 in a
(a) Every group of order 51 is cyclic nonabelian group of order 55 is ________
(b) Every group of order 151 is cyclic 18. The number of elements in centre of a group of
(c) Every group of order 505 is cyclic order 25 is ________
(NBHM 2015) 19. The number of generators of a cyclic group of
order 280 is _________
Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (Ph.D., NET, JRF, GATE, IIT-JAM)&
Dr. Onkar Singh Bhati (Ph.D., NET, JRF, GATE, SET)
Innovative Institute of Mathematics, S-10, Mahaveer Nagar, Near Jaipur Hospital, Jaipur
Contacts: 9461777799, 9928363694
Institute for JAM, NET, M.Sc. (Ent.), B.Sc., I &II Grade
Answers
1. D
2. 10
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. 4
7. A, C
8. A, B
9. D
10. D
11. C
12. C, D
13. A
14. 8
15. 8
16. 7
17. 44
18. 25
19. 96

Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (Ph.D., NET, JRF, GATE, IIT-JAM)&


Dr. Onkar Singh Bhati (Ph.D., NET, JRF, GATE, SET)
Innovative Institute of Mathematics, S-10, Mahaveer Nagar, Near Jaipur Hospital, Jaipur
Contacts: 9461777799, 9928363694

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