MSc/ Ph.

D: Mathematics
Sample Objective Type Questions
State whether the following are true or false. (2 marks each)
F or each incorrect answer you loose 1 mark

1. There exists a field of order 60.

2. The number of abelian groups of order n is an increasing function of n.

3. Any Lebesgue integrable function on [0,1] is Riemann integrable.

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4. The matrix A = is diagonalisable over C.
0 1

5. The function f : C −→ C, f (z) = |z|3 , is complex analytic at 0.

6. The function f : R −→ R, f (x) = |x|3 , is differentiable at 0.

7. Let p : R2 −→ R be the map p(x, y) = x. Then p maps closed sets to closed sets.

8. R2 can be expressed as a countable union of straight lines.

9. x4 + 1 is irreducible over Q.

10. Let f : C −→ C be once differentiable everywhere. Then f has a power series expansion
around 0.