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Group Theory  PS03EMTH08 (21-04-2017)
Question 1. For an element a of a group G, am+n =     .
i)
amn
ii)
(am)n
iii)
anam
iv)
none of the other three

Question 2. The inverse of the permutation (123) is     .
i)
(123)
ii)
(231)
iii)
(11 21 3)
iv)
(213)

Question 3. For a finite abelian groups H,K of a group G, o(HK)o(H K) =     .
i)
o(H)o(K)
ii)
o(H)o(K)
iii)
o(H) + o(K)
iv)
o(HK)

Question 4. In S3 the number of elements in the conjugacy class C(23) is     .
i)
1
ii)
2
iii)
3
iv)
6

Question 5. Total number of conjugacy classes in S4 is     .
i)
2
ii)
3
iii)
4
iv)
5

Question 6. A group of order     is simple.
i)
3
ii)
4
iii)
6
iv)
8

Question 7. A group of order     is abelian.
i)
6
ii)
8
iii)
16
iv)
25

Question 8. There are     nonisomorphic finite abelian groups of order 16.
i)
1
ii)
3
iii)
5
iv)
7