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Group Theory  PS04EMTH37 (30-03-2019)
Question 1. A group of order     need not be abelian.
i)
4
ii)
25
iii)
31
iv)
36

Question 2. 94     (mod10).
i)
9
ii)
8
iii)
3
iv)
1

Question 3. The number of conjugacy classes in the permutation group S5 is     .
i)
7
ii)
11
iii)
5
iv)
120

Question 4.     is a valid class equation of a group.
i)
6 = 1 + 2 + 3
ii)
10 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5
iii)
8 = 1 + 1 + 3 + 3
iv)
4 = 1 + 1 + 2 + 2

Question 5. A unique p-Sylow subgroup of a group is     .
i)
abelian
ii)
non-abelian
iii)
normal
iv)
simple

Question 6. The order of a 2-Sylow subgroup in the permutation group S4 is     .
i)
2
ii)
3
iii)
8
iv)
24

Question 7. The number of non-isomorphic abelian groups of order 72 is     .
i)
3
ii)
5
iii)
6
iv)
7

Question 8. If the invariants of a group G of order 32 are 3,1,1, then G is     .
i)
cyclic
ii)
non-cyclic but abelian
iii)
non-abelian
iv)
simple