1.

Number of ring homomorphisms from Z × Z to Z are

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

2. Number of irreducible polynomials of degree 6 in F2 [x], where F2 is a

field with 2 elements are

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 3

3. Number of proper subrings of FP 3 are

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) P

4. The degree of the splitting field of the polynomial x4 − 2 over Q is

(a) 4! (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

5. If f (x) = x3 − 3x2 + 6 then

(a) f (x) is irreducible over R (b) f (x) is irreducible over Z

(c) f (x) is reducible over Q (d) f (x) is reducible over Z

6. The number of primitive roots modulo 36 are

(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 2

Q[x]
7. Which of the following polynomials is irreducible over R = ?
< 1 + x2 >
(a) y 2 + y + 1

(b) y 3 + y 2 + y + 1

(c) y 2 + 1

(d) y 2 + 4

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8. Which of the following statements is/are necessarily true?

(a) We can always find a non constant polynomial over a finite field

Fp , p is prime, which has no roots in K.

(b) There is a finite field Fp , p is prime, which can be algebrically

closed.

(c) There exits an irreducible polynomial p(x) ∈ Q(x) and an exten-

sion K of Q containing at least one root of p(x) but not all root

of p(x).

(d) There are infinitely many extensions of Q contained in R

9. Let K be the smallest subfield of C containing all the roots of unity

then

(a) K has countable many elements.

(b) irreducible polynomial in K[x] do not have multiple roots.

(c) the Galois group G(K/Q) is isomorphic to U (n).

(d) the Galois group G(K/Q) is always cyclic.

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10. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) for every irreducible cubic polynomial f (x) ∈ Q[x], there exist a
Q[x]
subfield F of R such that F is isomorphic to
f (x)
(b) for every irreducible cubic polynomial f (x) ∈ Q[x], there exist a
Q[x]
subfield F of C such that F is isomorphic to
f (x)
(c) there exists a subfield F of C such that F is not contained in R
Q[x]
and F is isomorphic to 3
2x − 3x2 + 15
(d) there exists a subfield F of C such that F is not contained in R
Q[x]
and F is isomorphic to 3
2x − 3x2 + 15
11. Which of the following statements is/are true?
√ √
(a) there is a field isomorphism between Q[ 2] and Q[ 3].
√ √
(b) Q[ 2] is isomorphic to Q[ 3] as a vector space over R.
√ √
(c) [Q( 2, 3) : Q] = 4.
√ √ √ √
(d) Q( 2, 3) = Q[ 2 + 3].

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Ans:

1 d.

2 a.

3 c.

4 c.

5 b.

6c.

7 a.

8 a,c,d.

9 a,b,c.

10 a,c,d.

11 b,c,d.