Algebra MCQ

UNIT - I

1. Let f : X X such that f (f (x)) = x for all x X. Then,

(a) f is one-to-one and onto
(b) f is one-to-one but not onto
(c) f is onto but not one-to-one
(d) f need not be either one-to-one or onto
2. Let D be the set of tuples (w1 , w2 , ..., w10 ), where wi {1,2,3}, 1 i 10
and wi + wi+1 is an even number for each i with 1 i 9. Then the number
of elements in D is
(a) 211 + 1 (b) 210 + 1 (c) 310 + 1 (d) 311 + 1
3. Upto isomorphisms, the number of abelian groups of order 108 is:
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 5
4. Let : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} be a permutation (one-to-one and
onto function) such that 1 (j) (j) j, 1 j 5.
Then which of the following are true?
(a) o (j) = j for all j 1 j 5
(b) 1 (j) = (j) for all j 1 j 5
(c) The set{k : (k) 6= k} has an even number of elements
(d) The set{k : (k) 6= k} has an odd number of elements
5. Which one of the following primes satisfy the congruence
a24 6a + 2 mod 13
(a) 41 (b) 47 (c) 67 (d) 83
6. If x, y and z are the elements of a group such that xyz = 1, then
(a) yzx = 1 (b) yxz = 1 (c) zxy = 1 (d) zyx = 1
7. Which one of the following cant be the class equation of group of order
10 ?
(a) 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 10 (b) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
(c) 1 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 10 (d) 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10
8. The number of conjucacy classes in the permutation group S6 is :
(a) 12 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 6
9. The number of surjective maps from a set of 4 elements to a set of 3
elements are
(a) 36 (b) 64 (c) 69 (d) 81

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10. In the group of all invertible 4 4 matrices with entries in the field
of 3 elements, any 3-Sylow subgroup has cardinality :
(a) 3 (b) 81 (c) 243 (d) 729
11. Let G be non-abelian group. Then its order can be :
(a) 25 (b) 55 (c) 125 (d) 35
12. Let G be a group of order 45. Then
(a) G has an element of order 9
(b) G has a subgroup of order 9
(c) G has a normal subgroup of order 9
(d) G has a normal subgroup of order 5
13. Let G denote the group of all the automorphisms of the field F3100 that
consists of 3100 elements. Then the number of distinct subgroups of G is
equal to :
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 100 (d) 9
14. If n is a positive integer such that the sum of all positive integers a
satisfying 1 a n and GCD(a, n) = 1 is equal to 240n, then the number
of summands namely (n) is
(a) 120 (b) 124 (c) 240 (d) 480
15. The total number of non-isomorphic groups of order 122 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 61 (d) 4
16. How many normal subgroups does a non-abelian group G of order 21
other than the identity subgroup {e} and G ?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 7
17. The number of group homomorphisms from the symmetric group S3 to
the additive group Z/6Z
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
18. Determine which of the following cannot be the class equation of a group
(a) 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 10 (b) 1 + 1 + 2 = 4
(c) 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 8 (d) 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
19. Let = (1, 2)(3, 4, 5) and = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) be permutations in S6 , the
group of permutations on six symbols. Which of the following statements
are true?

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(a) The subgroups < > and < > are isomorphic to each other
(b) and are conjucates in S6
(c) < > < > is the trivial group
(d) and commute
20. Let Sn denote the symmetric group on n symbols. The group S3 (Z/2Z)
is isomorphic to which of the following groups?
(a) Z/12Z (b) (Z/6Z) (Z/2Z)
(c) A4 , the alternating group of order 12
(d) D6 , the dihedral group of order 12
21. Consider the symmetric group S5 . Then,
(a) the number of distinct cycles of length 3 in S5 is 20
(b) the number of distinct cycles of length 2 in S5 is 10
(c) the number of elements of order 6 in S5 is 20
(d) the number of elements of order 6 in S5 is 10
22. Let S3 be the symmetric group on three numbers 1, 2 and 3 and N (a)
and Z(G) are respectively nomalizer of element a and centre of G, then which
of the following(s) is/are true?
(a) N (12) = {I, (12)} (b) N (13) 6= {I, (13)}
(c) Z(G) = {I} (d) N = S3
23. Which of the following is true ?
(a) The set of all 22 real matrices form a group under matrix multiplication
(b) A finite abelian group of order 6 has exactly two non-trivial subgroups
(c) Every finite group is always cyclic
(d) The set of all 2 2 real non-singular matrices forms an abelian group
under matrix multiplication
24. The number of elements of order 5 in the group Z25 Z15 is
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) 25
25. Let H = {e(1, 2)(3, 4)} and K = {e, (1, 2)(3, 4), (1, 3)(2, 4), (1, 4), (2, 3)}
be subgroups of S4 , where e denotes the identity element of S4 Then
(a) H and K are normal subgroups of of S4
(b) H is normal in K and K is normal in A4
(c) H is normal in A4 but not normal in S4
(d) K is normal in S4 but H is not

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26. Let G = Z10 Z15 . Then
(a) G contains exactly one element of order 2
(b) G contains exactly 5 elements of order 3
(c) G contains exactly 24 elements of order 5
(d) G contains exactly 24 elements of order 10
27. Let G be group of order 77. Then the centre of G is isomorphic to
(a) Z(1) (b) Z(7) (c) Z(11) (d) Z(77)
28. Which of the following numbers can be orders of permutations of 11
symbols such that does not fix any symbol?
(a) 18 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 28
29. For any group G of order 36 and any subgroup H of G of order 4,
(a) H Z(G) (b) H = Z(G)
(c) H is normal in G (d) H is an abelian group
30. Let G denote the group S4 S3 . Then
(a) a 2-Sylow subgroup of G is normal
(b) a 3-Sylow subgroup of G is normal
(c) G has a nontrivial normal subgroup
(d) G has a normal subgroup of order 72
31. Consider the group G = Q/Z where Q and Z are the group of rational
numbers and integer numbers respsctively. Let n be a positive integer. Then,
is there a cyclic subgroup of order n ?
(a) not necessarily
(b) yes, a unique one
(c) yes, but not necessarily a unique one
(d) never
32. The Quaternion group is
(a) cyclic (b) non abelian (c) abelian (d) O(G)=6

33. If Z(G) is the centre of a group G then G/Z(G) is isomorphic to

(a) AutG (b) I(G) (c) G (d) Hom(G)
S
34. Let H, K < G, Then H K
(a) a subgroup of G
(b) not a subgroup of G
(c) a subgroup iff one is contained in the other
(d) a subgroup only if H K

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35. O(G) = pq where p, q primes, p < q Then G have
(a) two normal subgroups
(b) a unique normal subgroup
(c) two or more subgroups
(d) none of the above
36. If G is of order p2 q, p, q primes,then
(a) G has a non trivial normal subgroup
(b) G is a simple group
(c) G has no non trivial subgroup
(d) G is cyclic.
37.If O(G) = pq, p, q primes p < q and p - q 1, then
(a) G has no normal subgroups
(b) G has a unique non trivial normal subgroup
(c) G is cyclic
(d) G has no subgroups
38.The number of finite abelian groups of order 116 is
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

UNIT - II

1. Which of the following polynomials are irreducible in the ring Z[x] of

polynomials in one variable with integer coefficients ?
(a) x2 5
(b) 1 + (x + 1) + (x + 1)2 + (x + 1)3 + (x + 1)4
(c) 1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4
(d) 1 + x + x2 + x3
2. Determine which of the following polynomials are irreducible over the
indicated rings?
(a) x5 3x2 + 2x3 5x + 8 over R
(b) x3 + 2x2 + x + 1 over Q
(c) x3 + 3x2 6x + 1 over Z
(d) x4 + x2 + 1 over Z/2Z
3. Let R[x] be the polynomial ring over R in one variable. Let I R[x] be
an ideal. Then
(a) I is a maximal ideal if and only if I is a non zero ideal
(b) I is maximal ideal if and only if the quotient ring R[x]/I is isomorphic
to R

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(c) I is a maximal ideal if and only if I = (f (x)) where f (x) is a non-constant
irreducible polynomial over R
(d) I is a maximal ideal if and only if there exist a non-constant polynomial
f (x) I of degree 2
4. Let p, q be distinct primes. Then
(a) Z/p2 qZ has exactly 3 distinct ideals
(b) Z/p2 qZ has exactly 3 distinct prime ideals
(c) Z/p2 qZ has exactly 2 distinct prime ideals
(d) Z/p2 qZ has a unique maximal ideal
5. Let R be the ring of all entire functions. Then
(a) The units in R are precisely the nowhere vanishing entire functions, i.e.,
f : C C such that f is entire and f () 6= 0 for all C
(b) The irreducible elements of R are, upto multiplication by a unit, linear
polynomials of the form z where C
(c) R is an integral domain
(d) R is unique factorization domain
6. Let R be the ring obtained by taking the quotient of (Z/6Z)[x] by the
principal ideal (2X + 4) . Then
(a) R has infinitely many elements
(b) R is a field
(c) 5 is a unit in R
(d) 4 is a unit in R
7. Which of the following rings is a PID?
(a) Q[X, Y ]/(X 4 ) (b) Z Z (c)Z[x]
(d) M2 (Z), the ring of 2 2 matrices with entries in Z

8. Consider
the ring R = Z[ 5] = {a + b 5 : a, b Z} and the element
= 3 + 5 of R. Then
(a) is prime
(b) is irreducible
(c) R is not a unique factorization domain
(d) R is not an integral domain
9. The number of non-trivial homomorphisms from Z(12) to Z(28) is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7
10. Let Z[i] denote the ring of the gaussian integers. For which of the
following value of n is the quotient ring Z[i]/nZ[i] an integral domain?
(a) 2 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 7

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11. Which
of the following
integral domains are Euclidean domains?
(a) Z[ 3] = {a + b 3 : a, b Z}
(b) Z[x]
(c) R[x2 , x3 ] = {f = ai xi R[x] : a1 = 0}
P
(d) (Z[x]/(2, x))[y] where x, y are independent variables and (2, x) is the ideal
generated by 2 and x
12. Let I1 be the ideal generated by x4 +3x2 +2 and I2 be the ideal generated
by x3 + 1 in Q[x]. If F1 = Q[x]/I1 and F2 = Q[x]/I2 , then
(a) F1 , F2 are fields (b) F1 is a field but F2 is not a field
(c) F1 is not a field while F2 is a field (d) neither F1 nor F2 is a field
13. Which of the following is a field? 
a b
(a) Z2p , P is a prime (b) {M = : a, b Z3 }
  b a
a b
(c) {M = : a, b Z4 } (d) {a + bx : a, b Z3 }
b a
14. Let R be the ring of all 2 2 matrices with integer entries. Which of the
following
 subsets
 of R is an integral domain
 ?
0 x x 0
(a) { : x, y Z} (b) { : x, y Z}
y 0  0 y 
x 0 x y
(c) { : x Z} (d) { : x, z Z}
0 x y z

15. Consider the commutative integral domain Z[ 5] with identity 1.
Then,
(a) the group U (Z[ 5]),units of Z[ 5]is cyclic group of order 2
(b) the associates of a + b 5 are (a + b 5)
(c) 2 is not
irreducible in Z[ 5]
(d) 1 + 5 and 1 5 both are irreducible in Z[ 5]
16. The algebraic structure which is not a Ring is
(a) (Z, +, ) (b) (Q, +, ) (c) (R, +, ) (d) (R, , +)

17. The algebraic structure which is a ring is

(a) (P (s), , ) (b) (P (s), , ) (c) (P (s), 4, ) (d) (P (s), 4, )

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18. A ring is called Boolean ring if
(a) a2 = a for all a R where e is multiplicative identity
(b) a2 = a for all a R
(c) a2 = 0 for all a R
(d) an = 0 for some n N
19. In the ring (Z4 , , ), ({0, 2}, , ) is
(a) not a subring
(b) a subring with identity
(c) subring without identity
(d) a subfield
20. 
In thering M2 (R)  
1 1 0 0
(a) is a unit (b) is a unit
 1 1 0 0
2 4 4 2
(c) is a unit (d) is a unit
2 4 2 4
21. In (Z, +, )
(a) 1 is the only unit
(b) -1 is the only unit
(c) 1 and -1 are the only units
(d) there is no unit
22. An example of a finite commutative ring with identity but not an integral
domain is
(a) (Z4 , , ) (b) (Z, +, )
(c) M2 (Z3 )- the set of all 2 2 matrices whose entries are from Z3 under
addition and matrix multiplication
(d) M2 (Z3 )- the set of all 2 2 matrices whose entries are from R under
addition and matrix multiplication
23. An example of an infinite commutative ring without identity is
(a) (Z, +, ) (b) (Zn , , ) (c) (2Z, +, ) (d) M2 (R)

24. Let R be a ring with identity. Then for all a, b R we have

(a) (a + b)2 = a2 + ab + ba + b2
(b) (a b)2 = a2 2ab + b2
(c) (a + b)(a b) = a2 b2
(d) (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2

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25. Let R be a commutative ring. Then for all a, b R
(a) (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
(b) (a + b)2 = a2 + b2
(c) (a b)2 = a2 b2
(d) (a + b)2 6= 0
26. The character of (Q, +, ) is
(a) 0 (b) (c) 4 (d) 6
27. The characteristic of (Z7 , , ) is
(a) 7 (b) (b) 0 (d) 2
28. The map f : Z Z defined by f (x) = x3 + 3 is
(a) a ring homomorphism
(b) not a ring homomorphism
(c) a ring isomorphism
(d) a ring epimorphism
29. The map f : Z Z defined by f (x) = 2x is
(a) a ring homomorphism
(b) ring isomorphism
(c) ring automorphism
(d) group homomorphism
30. Let f : C C defined by f (z) = z then ker f is
(a) (b) {0} (c) {1} (d) {i}
31. Any ordered integral domain is of characteristic
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) infinite (d) prime

UNIT - III

1. A polynomial of odd degree with real coefficients must have

(a) atleast one real root
(b) no real root
(c) only real roots
(d) atleast one root which is not real
2. Let R be the ring Z[x]/((x2 + x + 1)(x3 + x + 1)) and I be the ideal
generated by 2 in R. What is the cardinality of the ring R?
(a) 27 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) none

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3. Let f (x) = x4 + 3x3 9x2 + 7x + 27 and let p be a prime. Let fp (x) denote
the corresponding polynomial wtih coefficients in Z/pZ. Then
(a) f2 (x) is irreducible over Z/2Z
(b) f (x) is irreducible over Q
(c) f3 (x) is irreducible over Z/3Z
(d) f (x) is irreducible over Z
4. Let f (x) = x3 + 2x2 + x 1. Determine which of the following cases f is
irreducible over the field K.
(a) K = Q, the field of rational numbers
(b) K = R, the field of real numbers
(c) K = F2 , the field of 2 elements
(d) K = F3 , the field of 3 elements
5. Let f (x) = x3 + 2x2 + 1 and g(x) = 2x2 + x + 2. Then over Z3
(a) f (x) and g(x) are irreducible (b) f (x) is irreducible but g(x) is not
(c) g(x) is irreducible but f (x) is not (d) neither (x) nor g(x) is irreducible
6. Let R = Q[x]/I, where I is the ideal generated by 1 + x2 . Let y be the
coset of x in R. Then
(a) y 2 + 1 is irreducible over R
(b) y 2 + y + 1 is irreducible over R
(c) y 2 y + 1 is irreducible over R
(d) y 3 + y 2 + y + 1 is irreducible over R
7. Let f (x) = x3 + x2 + x + 1 and g(x) = x3 + 1. Then in Q[x].
(a) G.C.D. (f (x), g(x)) = x + 1
(b) G.C.D. (f (x), g(x)) = x2 1
(c) L.C.M. (f (x), g(x)) = x5 + x3 + x2 + 1
(d) L.C.M. (f (x), g(x)) = x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + 1
8. Let < p(x) > denote the ideal generated by the poynomial p(x) in Q[x].
If f (x) = x3 + x2 + x + 1 and g(x) = x3 x2 x + 1, then
(a) < f (x) > + < g(x) >=< x3 + x >
(b) < f (x) > + < g(x) >=< f (x) g(x) >
(c) < f (x) > + < g(x) >=< x2 + 1 >
(d) < f (x) > + < g(x) >=< x4 1 >
9. Let I1 be the ideal generated by x2 + 1 and I2 be the ideal generated by
x3 x2 + x 1 in Q[x]. If R1 = Q[x]/I1 and R2 = Q[x]/I2
(a) R1 , R2 are fields (b) R1 is a field and R2 is not a field
(c) R1 is an integral domain, but R2 is not an integral domain
(d) R1 , R2 are not integral domains.

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10. The product of polynomials 2x + 4 and 4x2 + 3x + 1 in Z5 [x] is
(a) 3x3 + 2x2 + 4x + 4 (b) 8x3 + 8x2 + 4x + 4
(c) 8x3 + 22x2 + 414x + 4 (d) 3x3 + 2x2 + 3x + 4
11. Choose the polynomial in Z[x] in which is not primitive
(a) 4x2 + 9x + 2 (b) 3x3 x2 + 2x 5
(c) 2x2 + 6x 8 (d) x4 + 2x3 + 3x2 + 7x + 4
12. Let f (x), g(x) Z4 [x] be defined as f (x) = x2 +2x+3 and g(x) = 3x2 +2x
then the degree of [f (x) + g(x)] is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
13. Let f (x), g(x) Z4 [x] be defined as f (x) = x2 +3x+1 and g(x) = 2x2 +x
then the degree of [f (x) g(x)] is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
14. The prime number p which satisfies the Eisensteins Criterion for check-
ing the irreducibility of the polynomial 7x4 + 3x3 + 9x2 + 12x + 15 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 7
15. The polynomial f (x) = 2x2 + 4 is reducible over
(a) Z (b) Q (c) R (d) C
16. The polynomial x4 + 2x2 + 1 is
(a) reducible in Q[x] (b) irreducible in Q[x]
(c) has zero in Q (d) has zero in R
17. If D is an euclidean domain then D is,
(a) PID (b) UFD (c) Integral Domain (d) all
18. (a) UFD (b) PID (c) ED
(a) a b (b) b c (c) a c (d) c b a
19. The characteristic of Q is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
20. The characteristic of a field is
(a) 0 (b) prime (c) zero or prime (a)
21. In the ring of integers
(a) every subring is an ideal
(b) a subring need not be an ideal
(c) A ideal need not be principal ideal
(d) Z is not a PID

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 UNIT - IV

1. Find the degree of the field extension Q( 2, 4 2, 8 2) over Q
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 32
2. Which of the following is / are true?
(a) given any positive integer n there exist a field extension of Q of degree
(b) given any positive integer n there exists fields F, K such that F K
and K is Galios over F with [K;F]=n
(c) Let K be a galois extension of Q with [K:Q]=4. Then there is field L
such that K L Q, [L : Q] = 2
(d) There is an algebriac extension K of Q such that [K:Q] is not finite
3. Which of the following is true?
(a) sin7o is algebraic over Q (b)
cos/17
is algebraic over Q
(c) sin1 (1) is algebraic over Q (d) 2 + 2 is algebraic over Q
4. Which of the following(s) is /are subfield of other?
(a) F2 (b) F4 (c) F8 (a) F16
5. Let F C be the spliting field of x7 2 over Q, andz = e2i/7 , a primitive
seventh root of unity. Let [F : Q(z)] = a and [F : Q( 7 2)] = b. Then
(a) a = b = 7 (b) a = b = 6 (c) a > b (d) a < b
6. If E and E 0 be two spliting fields of a polynomial f (x) F [x], then
(a) E and E 0 are isomorphic and their elements are fixed
(b) E and E 0 need not be isomorphic
(c) E and E 0 are not related
(d) E and E 0 are isomorphic and their elements are not fixed
7. Every polynomial of degree n over a field F can have
(a) exactly n roots in F
(b) atleast one root in F
(c) atmost n roots in F
(d) all the roots in F
8. [R : Q] is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d)
9. [C : R] is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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10. If a K is algebraic over F then F (a)
(a) F [x]
(b) F [x]/p(x)
(c) F [x]/p(x) where p(x) is an irreducible polynomial
(d) F [x]/p(x) where p(x) is an irreducible polynomial in F [x] of least degree
and p(a) = 0
11. If E is an extension of F
(a) E is an algebraic extension of F
(b) E is a finite extension of F
(c) E is an algebraic of extension F if E is a finite extension of F
(d) E is an infinite extension of F
12. If [K : F ] = n Then K is isomorphic to
(a) nK (b) K n (c) F n (d) K/F
13. If [K : F ] = m and [L : K] = n then L is isomorphic to
(a) F m (b) K n (c) K mn (d) F mn

14. Thebasis of Q( 3, 5) over Q( 5) is
(a) {1, 3} (b) {1, 5} (c) {1, 3, 5} (d) { 3, 5}

15. The of Q( 3, 5)
basis over
Q is
(a) { 3, 5} (b) {1, 3, 5} (c) {1, 3, 5, 15} (d) {1, 3}

16. 2 R is algebraic over Q degree
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

17. 3 R is algebraic over Q degree
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

18. 2 + 3 R is algebraic over Q degree
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

19. 2 + 3 5 R is algebraic over Q degree
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

20. 2 3 R is algebraic over Q degree
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

21. [Q( 3 2, 4 3) : Q] =
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

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22. Let F = F3 [x]/(x3 +2x1), where F3 is the field with 3 elements. Which
of the following statements are true?
(a) F is field with 27 elements
(b) F is a seperable but not a normal extension of F3
(c) The automorphism group of F is cyclic
(d) The automorphism group of F is abelian but not cyclic

UNIT - V
1. The number of subfields of a field of cardinality 2100 is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 100
2. Let G be the Galois group of a field with nine elements over its subfield
with three elements. Then the number of orbits for the action of G on the
field with nine elements is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 9
3. Pickcorrect statements :
(a) Q( 2) and Q(i) are isomorphic as Q- vector spaces
(b) Q( 2) and Q(i) are isomorphic as fields
(c) Gal
Q (Q( 2)/Q) = GalQ (Q(i)/Q)
(d) Q( 2) and Q(i) are both Galois extensions of Q
4. Let [K : F ] = n. If F has q elements and K is finite then K has
(a) nq elements (b) q n elements
(c) nq elements (d) n elements
5.What is the order of a finite field of characteristic 5 ?
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 100
6. If a finite field F has pm elements , then F is splitting field of the polyno-
mial
m m m
(a) xm x (b) xp 1 (c) xp x (d) xp + x
7. If F, F 0 are two fields of same finite order then
(a) F, F 0 are not related
(b) F, F 0 need not be isomorphic
(c) F, F 0 are isomorphic
(d) F, F 0 may be isomorphic
8. Every finite field has pm elements where p is a prime number and m is a
positive integer.
(a) correct statement
(b) correct when p is any number

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(c) correct when m is non -ve integer
(d) wrong statement
9. An extension K is normal extension of F
(a) [K : F ] is finite and K = FG
(b) [F : K] is finite and F = KG
(c) [K : F ] is finite and F = KG(K,F )
(d) [K : F ] is finite and F = KG
10. O[G(C, R)] is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (b) 3 (d) 4
11. KG(C,R) =
(a) Q (b) C (c) Z (d) R
12. An extension K of F is called a simple extension if
(a) K = F
(b) F = K(a) for some a F
(c) K = F (a) for some a K
(d) KF = F

13. Q( 2, 3)
(a) Q(1, 2) (b) Q( 3, 1) (c) Q( 2, 6) (d) Q( 2 + 3)

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Answers
Unit I
1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(a,b,c) 5.(a,c) 6.(a,c) 7.(a,b,d) 8.(b) 9.(a)
10.(d) 11.(b,c) 12.(b,c,d) 13.(b) 14.(b) 15.(d) 16.(b) 17.(d) 18.(a,c)
19.(a,c) 20.(d) 21.(a,b,c) 22.(a,c,d) 23.(b) 24.(c) 25.(c) 26.(a,c,d)
27.(d) 28.(a,b,d) 29.(d) 30.(c,d) 31.(c) 32.(b) 33.(b) 34.(c) 35.(b)
36.(a) 37.(c) 38.(c)
Unit II
1.(a,b,c) 2.(b,c) 3.(a,c) 4.(c) 5.(b,c) 6.() 7.() 8.(b,c) 9.(a)
10.(a,b,c) 11.(b,c) 12.(b) 13.(b) 14.(c) 15.(a,b,d) 16.(d) 17.(d)
18.(b) 19.(c) 20.(d) 21.(c) 22.(a) 23.(c) 24.(a) 25.(a) 26.(a)
27.(a) 28.(b) 29.(d) 30.(b) 31.(b)
Unit III
1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(c,d) 4.(b,c) 5.(b) 6.(b,c) 7.(a,c) 8.(c) 9.(b,c) 10.(a)
11.(c) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14.(c) 15.(d) 16.(a) 17.(d) 18.(d) 19.(d) 20.(c)
21.(a)
Unit IV
1.(a) 2.(a,b,c,d) 3.(a,b,d) 4.(a) 5.() 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(d) 9.(b) 10.(d)
11.(c) 12.(c) 13.(d) 14.(a) 15.(b) 16.(b) 17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(c)
20.(c) 21.(c) 22.(a,c)
Unit V
1.(c) 2.(c) 3.(b) 4.(b) 5.(a) 6.(c) 7.(c) 8.(a) 9.(b) 10.(b) 11.(d)
12.(c) 13.(d)

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