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GATE 2021 MA – Question 23

Topology · Countability and Separation · 1 mark · Multiple choice

P:every compact metrizable topological space is separable. Q:every Hausdorff topology on a finite set is metrizable. Choose truth values.

  1. Both P and Q true
  2. P true, Q false
  3. P false, Q true
  4. Both false

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Correct answer: (A) Both P and Q true

Explanation

For P, choose a finite 1/n-net for each n using compactness. Their countable union is dense. For Q, finite Hausdorff spaces have closed singletons and thus every set is closed/open; the topology is discrete and is induced by the discrete metric. Both true, **A**.

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