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Group Theory  PS03EMTH36 (01-04-2019)
Question 1. The group     is abelian.
i)
S2
ii)
S3
iii)
S5
iv)
S6

Question 2. Let G be a finite group and a G. Then a2o(G) =     .
i)
a
ii)
a2
iii)
e
iv)
none of these

Question 3. The number of odd permutations in S5 is     .
i)
5
ii)
30
iii)
60
iv)
120

Question 4.     is a valid class equation of a group of order 5.
i)
5 = 1 + 4
ii)
5 = 2 + 3
iii)
5 = 1 + 2 + 2
iv)
5 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Question 5. If G is a group and p is a prime such that po(G), then the number of p-Sylow subgroups of G     .
i)
is always more than p
ii)
is always less than p
iii)
divides p
iv)
does not divide p

Question 6. The permutation group S4 cannot have a     -Sylow subgroup.
i)
2
ii)
3
iii)
5
iv)
8

Question 7. The number of non-isomorphic abelian groups of order 108 is     .
i)
3
ii)
5
iii)
6
iv)
7

Question 8. The invariants of Klein-4 group are     .
i)
2,2
ii)
1,1
iii)
2,1
iv)
2,4