SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY, NANDED

Summer Examination 2020

Faculty of Science
B.Sc. S.Y. (Fourth Semester) Examination
Dec – 2020 (CBCS (New) / CBCS (Old)/ CGPA Pattern –MCQ)
Mathematics
Paper X – Ring Theory
Date: 11/12/2020 Time: 1 hr
Max. Marks: 40
Note : 1) All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks ( 1 each ),
2) choose the most correct option

Q.1. In an associative ring R , there are defined two binary operations……

A +¿−¿
B +¿ ∙
C ¿∧∙
D ¿∧−¿

Q.2. Which of the following are distributive laws ?

A a . ( b+ c ) =a . b+a . c
B ( b+ c ) . a=b . a+c . a
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of these

Q.3. If R is a commutative ring, then which of the following are true for ring R ?
A For every a , b ∈ R , a+ b is∈R
B For all a , b , c ∈R , a+b=b+a
C For every a , b ∈ R , a . b=b . a
D All of the above

Q.4. If R is the set of even integers under the usual operations of addition and multiplication,
then-----
A R is a commutative ring with unit element
B R is a commutative ring but has no unit element
C R is only commutative ring
D All of these

Q.5. If R is a commutative ring, then a ≠ 0 ≠∈ R is said to be a zero-divisor if------

A There exists a , b ∈ R , b ≠ 0 , suc h t h at ab=0
B There exists a , b ∈ R , b ≠ 0 , suc h t h at ab ≠ 0
C There exists a , b ∈ R , b=0 , suc h t h at ab=0
D There exists a , b ∈ R , b ≠ 0 , suc h t h at a ≠ 0

Q.6. A ring is said to be a division ring if------

A It’s nonzero elements forms a group under addition
B It’s nonzero elements forms a group under multiplication
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of these

Q.7. A Field is a -----

A Commutative ring
B Division ring
C Commutative division ring
D None of these

Q.8. If R is a ring, then for all a , b ∈ R , R has a unit element 1, then------

A (−1 ) a=−a
B (−1 ) (−1 )=1
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of these

Q.9. If R is a ring, then for all a , b ∈ R , which of the following is true ?

A a 0=0 a=0
B a (−b )=(−a ) b=−(ab)
C (−a )(−b )=ab
D All of the above
Q.10. A finite integral domain is a-----
A Commutative ring
B Division ring
C Commutative division ring
D Quotient ring

Q.11. An integral domain D is said to be of finite characteristics if there exists a positive integer
msuch that-------
A ma=0 , for all a ∈ D
B ma=0 , for some a∈ D
C ma ≠0 , for all a ∈ D
D ma ≠0 , for every a ∈ D

Q.12. A mapping ∅ from the ring R into the ring R' is said to be a homomorphism if-------
A ∅ ( ab ) =∅ ( a ) ∅ ( b ) , for all a , b ∈ R
B ∅ ( a+b )=∅ ( a ) + ∅ ( b ) , for all a , b ∈ R
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of the above

Q.13. If ∅ is a homomorphism of R into R' , then--------

A ∅ ( ab ) =∅ ( a ) ∅ ( b ) , for all a , b ∈ R
B ∅ ( a+b )=∅ ( a ) + ∅ ( b ) , for all a , b ∈ R
C ∅ (−a ) =−∅ ( a ) , for every a∈ R
D All of the above

Q.14. If ∅ is a homomorphism of R into R' then the kernel of ∅ , I ( ∅ ), is the set of all elements
a ∈ R such that------
A ∅ ( a )=0 ,t h e zero−element of R
'

B ∅ ( a )=0 ,t h e zero−element of R
C ∅ (a) ≠ 0 ,t h e zero−element of R
'

D ∅ ( a ) ≠ 0 ,t h e zero−element of R

Q.15. A nonempty subset U of R is said to be a ideal of R if-------

A U is a subgroup of R under addition
B For every u ∈U ∧r ∈ R , ur ∈ U
C For every u ∈U ∧r ∈ R , ru ∈U
D All of these

Q.16. If U is an ideal of the ring R , then-------

A R
is a ring
U
B R
is a homomorphic image of R
U
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of the above

Q.17, If U is an ideal of R and 1 ∈U then which of the following statement is true ?

A U ⊆R
B R ⊆U
C U =R
D All of these

Q.18. Let R be a commutative ring with unit element whose only ideals are (0) and R itself.
Then-------
A R is an integral domain
B R is a field
C R is a division ring
D R is not a field

Q.19. An ideal M ≠ R in a ring R is said to be a maximal ideal of R if whenever U is an ideal of

R such that M ⊂U ⊂ R , then------
A Either R=U∨M ≠U
B Either R ≠U ∨M =U
C Either R=U∨M =U
D Either R ≠U ∨M ≠ U

Q.20. If R is a commutative ring with unit element and M is an ideal of R , then-------

A R
M is a maximal ideal of R if is a field
M
B R
M is a maximal ideal of R if and only if is a field
M
C R
M is not a maximal ideal of R if is a field
M
D R
M is a maximal ideal of R if is not field
M

Q.21. A ring R can be embedded in a ring R' if -------

A There is a homomorphism of R into R'
B There is an isomorphism of R into R'
C There is a homomorphism of R into R
D There is an isomorphism of R into R

Q.22. If R can be embedded in R' , then R' will be called------

A An over-ring
B Extension of R
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of the above

Q.23. If U and V are ideals of R , let U +V ={u+ v∨u ∈U , v ∈V } then------

A U +V is also an ideal of R
B U +V is not an ideal of R
C u+ v is also an ideal of R
D u+ v is not an ideal of R

Q.24. Let M be the set of all ordered pairs (a , b) where a , b ∈ D ( integral domain) and b ≠ 0 . In
M we now define a relation as follows :
( a , b ) ( c , d ) if ∧only if ad=bc
Then this relation on M is------
A Reflexive
B Symmetric
C Transitive
D All of the above

Q.25. If a , b ∈ R then d ∈ R is said to be a greatest common divisor of a and b if------

A d∨a∧d∨b
B Whenever c |a∧c|b t h en c∨d
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of the above

Q.26. Let R be a Euclidean ring. Then------

A Any two elements a and b in R have a greatest common divisor d
B Moreover d= λa+ μb for some λ , μ ∈ R
C Both (A) and (B)
D None of the above

Q.27. If F is a field then it’s only ideals are-----

A ( 0 ) ∧F itself
B ( 0 ) only
C F only
D 0 only

Q.28. If p is a prime number of the form 4 n+1, then we can solve the congruence----
A 2
x ≡ 1mod p
B x 2 ≡ 2mod p
C 2
x ≡ 0 mod p
D 2
x ≡ ≡−1mod p

Q.29. If p is a prime number of the form 4 n+1 then-------

A 2 2
p=a +b for some integers a∧b
B p=a+b for some integers a∧b
C 2 2
p=a −b for some integers a∧b
D p=a−bfor some integers a∧b

Q.30. Every prime of the form 4 n+1 can be written as the sum of two squares. This is the
statement of------
A Euler’s Theorem
B Fermat’s Theorem
C Euclidean Algorithm
D Wilson’s Theorem

Q.31. If f ( x )=a0 +a1 x+ …+a n x n ≠ 0 and a n ≠ 0 then the degree of f ( x), written as deg f ( x )
is-------
A m
B n
C n−1
D m−1

Q.32. If f (x), g(x ) are two nonzero elements of F [x ], then deg ( f ( x ) g ( x )) =−−−−−¿
A degf ( x ) . degg ( x)
B degf ( x ) +degg(x )
C degf ( x )−degg ( x)
D degf ( x)/degg( x)

Q.33. The polynomial x 2+ 1 is not irreducible over the-----

A Real field
B Complex field
C Rational field
D None of these

Q.34. The polynomial f ( x )=a0 +a1 x+ …+a n x n, where the a 0 , a 1 , … … a n are integers is said to
be primitive if the greatest common divisor of a 0 , a 1 , … … a n is ------

A 2
B -1
C 1
D -2

Q.35. If ∈ R is an irreducible element and a∨bc then------

A a∨b∧a∨c
B a∨b∨a∨c
C a ∤ b∨a∨c
D a |b and a ∤ c

Q.36. If R is a unique factorization domain and if f ( x ) , g ( x) are in R[ x ], then------

A c ( fg )=c ( f )+ c (g)
B c ( fg )=c ( f )−c (g)
C c ( fg )=c ( f ) . c (g)
D c ( fg )=−c ( f ) +c (g)

Q.37. If R is a unique factorization domain, then the product of two primitive polynomials in
R[ x ] is again a------
A Primitive polynomial in R[ x ]
B Irreducible polynomial in R[ x ]
C Primitive polynomial in F [x ]
D Reducible polynomial in R[ x ]

Q.38. A polynomial is said to be integer monic if

A All it’s coefficients are integers and it’s highest coefficient is 2
B All it’s coefficients are integers and it’s highest coefficient is -1
C All it’s coefficients are integers and it’s highest coefficient is 1
D All it’s coefficients are integers and it’s highest coefficient is 0

Q.39. Given two polynomials f ( x ) , g (x) in F [x ] they have a greatest common divisor d (x )
which can be realized as ------
A d ( x )=λ ( x ) f ( x ) + μ ( x ) g( x)
B d ( x )=λ ( x ) f ( x ) −μ ( x ) g (x)
C d ( x )=λ ( x )+ μ ( x )
D d ( x )=λ ( x ) f ( x ) + μ ( x )

Q.40. If f ( x )=x 3 +6 x 2+ x+ 4 , then degf ( x )=¿ ------

A 0
B 2
C 1
D 3

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