The Sylow subgroup \Sigma_n of the Symmetric group S_{p^n} has only one maximal normal abelian subgroup, say B, for p>2 and n>1. As \Sigma_n/B is isomorphic to
\Sigma_{n-1}, the group \Sigma_n yields a positive answer on Question 2. Y.B.
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