Download Bharathiar University School of Distance Education M. Sc Mathematics First Year Algebra Exam Previous Years Question Papers

Bharathiar University is operating from the state of Tamil Nadu and the university’s School of Distance Education is popular among the working professionals since the school offers flexible coaching to students for enabling them to obtain their dream degree. The school follows non-semester pattern and it is conducting examinations are conducted two in a year.

About M. Sc Mathematics course:

The M. Sc Mathematics course offered by the school extends to a period of two years with the following papers being offered in the first year of the course:

First year papers:

• Algebra
• Real Analysis
• Differential equations
• Numerical Methods
• Complex Analysis

Algebra paper:

This paper which is offered in the first year of M. Sc Mathematics course includes the following units in its syllabus:

• Unit I: Group theory
• Unit II: Ring Theory
• Unit III: Fields – Extension fields
• Unit IV: Fields – Elements of Galosis theory
• Unit V: Linear transformations

Reference book:

The school of distance education has prescribed the following book for reference purpose for the algebra paper:
• “A First Course in Abstract Algebra” by J.B.Fraleigh, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1988.

Question paper pattern for Algebra:

The question paper will have eight questions in total with minimum of one question from each unit and students will have to answer any five questions with equal weightage for each answer.

Previous years question papers:

Past question papers of algebra paper offered in the first year of M. Sc Mathematics course are given in the attachment.