LIMIT 2020

Category 3
th
(18 April, 2020)

-:: Section 1 ::-

1. In a group , an element has an order of . Now another element satisfies
. Then sum of all possible orders of is
(A) 28
(B) 64
(C) 104
(D) None of these

2. If is a permutation of the set of natural numbers, then for any , the sum

(A) is bounded above

(B) is bounded below
(C) has 0.125 as a lower bound
(D) Even if is only an injective function, this sum is always convergent as
tends to infinity

3. We wish to split 25 into parts, each such that their product turns out to be an
integer which is the maximum possible product obtainable by this process.
Determine .

(A) 512
(B) 1078
(C) 972
(D) None of these

4. Let be a root of where . If is also a root, find .

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)
5. 8 players compete in a knockout tournament (Quater Finals, Semi
Finals and Finals). Assuming they have equal strength and are paired randomly, the
probability that loses to the eventual winner is:
(A) 0.125
(B) 0.375
(C) 0.3
(D) None of these

6. Let and be positive integers such that

and . Which of the following must be a divisor of ?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 13

7. Which of the following is a set of generators for ?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) (Addition is in )

8. Which of the following sentences is true?

(A) More than 1% of the numbers of the form are primes
(B) If and are all primes, then is not necessarily a prime
(C) The number is a prime only if and is a prime
(D) None of these

9. What is the remainder left by X when divided by 1000 where

(A) 100
(B) 400
(C) 200
(D) 0
10.The number of abelian groups with exactly 77 automorphisms is
(A) 0
(B) Finite and positive
(C) Countably infinite
(D) Uncountable

-:: Section 2 ::-

1. Let be a natural number such that it has atleast 4 distinct divisors, with
being the smallest 4. (Clearly ). has the property that
. Then the number of possible values for is . What is the remainder left

by when it is divided by 4?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 0

2. Suppose and . It is known that commutes with all

matrices in . Then which of the following are necessarily true.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) and share an eigen-vector.

3. Choose the correct statements:

(A) The number of subgroups of a countable group is countable.
(B) Two elements of a group are of the same order iff they are conjugates in a
larger group containing a copy of .
(C) The above statement is incorrect, and only “if” condition holds.
(D) There are some countable groups in which number of subgroups is
uncountable.

4. Let and let be distinct complex numbers such that

for . Then which of the following are true.
(A)
(B)
(C) is invertible is invertible
(D) is necessarily nilpotent
5. Let belong to the dual space of the real vector space of real
matrices. Assume also that for all and that .
Now is a matrix with eigenvalues . Find sum of all possible values of
.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

6. Let be vector spaces of dimensions . Determine the dimension

of the vector space .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

7. Let be a group on which the power map is a homomorphism. Let be

the set of natural numbers such that if is also a homomorphism, then must
be abelian.
(A) is a finite set with number elements greater than 2
(B) is a doubleton
(C) is infinite
(D) is finite or infinite depending on whether is a prime power or not

8. Let be a prime. Let denote the propert .

(A) No Mersenne Prime satisfy
(B) Some Mersenne Prime satisfy
(C) No Fermat Prime satisfy
(D) Some Fermat Prime satisfy

9. Let be a finite group. Consider the set .

If is “the commuting probability” of . Then

(A) , where c is the number of conjugacy classes of

(B) the sum where is the set of elements commuting

with
(C) if denotes the dihedral group of order , then if is even
with
 (D) if denotes the dihedral group of order , then if is odd
with

10.Let be a (not necessarily finite) group with the property that for each subgroup
of , there exists a ‘retraction’ of to (i.e. a group homomorphism from to
which is the identity map on ).
(A) must be an abelian group
(B) The elements of that have finite square-free order is a proper subgroup
(C) Each element in has finite square-free
(D) None of these