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Roll No. ........................ C

SECTION-A
(Objective Type Questions) 7×1=7

1. Choose the correct option :

(a) Is it possible to construct a topology on every

set?
PA-428-V (i) Yes

(ii) No
M. A. / M. Sc. First Semester
Regular / ATKT / Ex. Blended (b) Let X = {a}. Then discrete and indiscrete
topology on X are :
Mode (Online + Offline)
(i) Same
Examination Dec., 2020 (ii) Different

MATHEMATICS (c) Let (Z, ) be a cofinite topological space and

N   . Then N is :
Paper - III
(i) Open in 
(Topology)
(ii) Closed in 

Time : Three Hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 42 (iii) Open as well as closed in 

Note:– Attempt all questions. (iv) None of the above

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(d) Any subspace of Hausdorff space is SECTION-B

Hausdorff. (Short Answer Type Questions) 5×2=10

(i) True Note :– Attempt all questions.

(ii) False 2. Prove that the unit interval [0, 1] is non-

denumerable.
(e) Any metrizable space is second countable.
OR
(i) True
State and prove Schroeder–Bernstein theorem.
(ii) False
3. Define topological space with one example.

(f) A subspace of R is connected if and only if it OR

is path connected. Define interior and exterior of a set with example.

(i) True
4. Prove that a function f : X  Y is continuous if and
(ii) False only if the inverse image of every closed subset of
Y is a closed subset of X.
(g) If f : X  Y is one-to-one and continuous and OR
y is Hausdorff, is it necessarily true that x is
Show that the closed interval [a, b] is
Hausdorff? homeomorphic to the closed unit interval [0, 1].
(i) Yes
5. Show that every subspace of a second countable
(ii) No space is second countable.

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OR 8. Let X = {a, b, c, d, e} and  = {, x, {a}, {a, b},

{a, c, d}, {a, b, c, d}, {a, b, e}}
Prove that a completely regular space is also
regular. (a) Find the interior points of the subset
A = {a, b, c} of X.
6. Prove that continous image of connected set is (b) Find the exterior points of A.
connected.
(c) Find the boundary points of A.
OR
OR
Let A be a connected subset of X and A  B  A
Let  be the topology on  consisting of ,  and
show that B is connected and hence, in particular
all open infinite intervals Ea = (a, ) where a   :
A is connected.
(a) Determine the closed subsets of ( , ).
SECTION-C
(b) Determine the closure of the set :
(Long Answer Type Questions) 5×5=25
[3, 7), {7, 24, 47, 86} and {2, 4, 6 ..............}

Note :– Attempt all questions.

9. Let f : x  y and g : y  z be continuous
functions between topological spaces. Show that
7. State and prove Cantor's theorem.
if gof : X  Z is a homeomorphism then g one-one
OR or f onto implies that f and g are homeomorphisms.

Prove that if every totally ordered subset of an OR

ordered set X has a lower bound in X, then X has a Prove that f : X  Y is continuous if and only if
minimal element. f–1(A0)  (f–1(A))0 for every A  X.

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10. (a) Let  be the confinite topology on any set X.

Show that (X, ) is separable.

(b) Show by a counter example that a subspace

of a separable space need not be separable.

OR

(a) Show that the property of being a T 1-space is

hereditary.

(b) Show that the property of being a normal

space is topological.

11. Let A be a subset of topological space (X, ) and let

A be the relative topology on A. Prove that A is
-connected if and only if A is A-connected
OR

(a) Show that a totally disconnected space is

Hausdorff.

(b) If X has a finite number of components, then

prove that each component is both open and
closed.