SR MATHS-IIB 1:5 IMP QUESTIONS 2023-24

I VERY SHORT QUESTIONS:

QUESTION NO:1
1. If the length of the tangent from (2,5) to the circle x 2  y 2  5 x  4 y  k  0 is 37 ,then find ‘k’
2. If x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  c  0 represents a circle with radius ‘6’, then find the value of ‘c’.
3. Find the pole of 3 x  4 y  45  0 with respect x 2  y 2  6 x  8 y  5  0 .
4. If the length of a tangent from (5,4) to the circle x 2  y 2  2ky  0 is ‘1’, then find ‘k’
5. Find the value of k, if the points (1,3) and (2, k) are conjugate with respect to the circle x 2  y 2  35.
QUESTION NO:2
1. Find the value of k, if the points (4,2) and (k,-3) are conjugate with respect to the circle
x2  y 2  5x  8 y  6  0
2. Find the other end of the diameter of the circle x 2  y 2  8 x  8 y  27  0 . if one end of it is(2,3).
3. Find the chord of contact of (2,5) with respect to circle x 2  y 2  5 x  4 y  2  0 .
4. i) Write the parametric equation of the circle 2 x 2  2 y 2  7 .
ii) Obtain the parametric equation of the circle  x  3   y  4   82
2 2

5. Find the equation of the circle passing through (2, -1) and having the centre at (2, 3).
QUESTION NO:3
1. Find the equation of the common chord of the pair of circles x 2  y 2  4 x  4 y  3  0 ,
x2  y 2  5x  6 y  4  0
2. If x 2  y 2  5 x  14 y  34  0, x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  k  0 circles are orthogonal, then find k
3
3. Show that the angle between the circles x 2  y 2  a 2 , x 2  y 2  ax  ay is .
4
4. Find the equation of radical axis of the circles x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  7  0 , 4  x 2  y 2   8 x  12 y  9  0
5. Find the value of k, if the circles x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  1  0 and x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  5  0 are orthogonal..
QUESTION NO:4
1. Find the equation of the parabola whose vertex is (3,-2) and the focus is (3, 1)
2. Find the co-ordinates of the point on the parabola y2=8x, whose focal distance is 10 units.
5
3. Find the coordinates of the points on the parabola y 2  2 x whose focal distance is
2
4. If (1/2,2) is one extremity of a focal chord of the parabola y 2  8 x find the coordinates of the other
extremity 3.
5. Find the value of k, if the line 2y  5x  k is a tangent to the parabola y 2  6 x .
.QUESTION NO:5
1. If the eccentricity of a hyperbola is 5/4, then find the eccentricity of its conjugate hyperbola
2. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose foci are and the transverse axis of length 8.
3. If 3 x  4 y  k  0 is a tangent to x 2  4 y 2  5 find the value of k..
4. Define rectangular hyperbola and find its eccentricity.
x2 y 2
5. Find the product of the length of the perpendiculars from any point on the hyperbola   1 to its
16 9
asymptotes.
QUESTION NO:6
e x (1  x)
1. Evaluate  2
cos ( xe ) x
dx on I  R \ {x  R : cos( xe x )  0}

dx
2. Evaluate 
 x  3 x  2
dx
3. Evaluate  Coshx  Sinhx on R
1  x log x  dx
4. Evaluate  ex
x
5. Evaluate  sec2 x cos ec 2 xdx
QUESTION NO:7
x8
1. Evaluate  .dx on R
1  x18
1
2. Evaluate  dx
( x  1) ( x  2)
Sin Tan 1 x 
3. Evaluate 
1  x2
dx x  R

1  cos 2 x
4. Evaluate  dx
1  cos 2 x
xe x
5. i) Evaluate  1  cos 2x dx ii) Evaluate  2
dx .
 x  1
QUESTION NO:8
4 2
1. (i) Find 
0
2  x dx (ii) Find  |1  x | dx
0
3
2x
2. Evaluate  dx
2
1  x2
1
x2
3. Evaluate  dx
0 x2  1

4. Evaluate 
0
2  2 cos  .d

2
sin5 x
5. Find the value of 0 sin5 x  cos5 x dx
QUESTION NO:9
1. Find the area bounded by y  x3  3 , X- axis, x = -1 and x =2.
 /2

 sin
6
2. Evaluate x cos 4 x dx
0

sin 2 x  cos2 x
2
3. Evaluate  dx
0 sin x  cos x
3 3

2
4. Evaluate  sin 2 x cos 4 xdx
0
a

 
2
5. Evaluate a x dx
0
QUESTION NO:10
6
 d 2 y  dy 3  5
1. i) Find the order and degree of  2      6 y
 dx  dx  
1/3
 d2y  dy
ii) Find the order and degree of x  2   x  y  0
1/2

 dx  dx
2. Form the differential equaiton corresponding to y  A cos 3 x  B sin 3 x where A& B are parameters.
dy 2 y
3. Find the general solution of: 
dx x
dy
4. Find the general sol of x  y 0
dx
dy
5. Find the general sol of  e x y
dx
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:11
1. Find the length of the chord intercepted by the circle x 2  y 2  x  3 y  22  0 on the line y  x  3
2. Find the equation of the circle which touches the circle x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  20  0 externally at (5, 5) with
radius 5 units.
3. Find the length of the chord intercepted by the circle x 2  y 2  8 x  2 y  8  0 on the line x  y  1  0
4. If a point P is moving such that the lengths of the tangents drawn from P to the circles x 2+y2-4x-6y-12=0
and x2+y2+6x+18y+26=0 are in the ratio 2:3 then find the equation of the locus of P.
5. Find the pair of tangents drawn from P (3, 2) to the circle x 2  y 2  6 x  4 y  2  0
QUESTION NO:12
1. Find the equation of the circle which cuts orthogonally the circle x 2  y 2  4 x  2 y  7  0 and having the
centre at (2,3).
2. Find the equation of the circle passing through the points of intersection of the circles
x 2  y 2  8 x  6 y  21  0 x 2  y 2  2 x  15  0 and (1, 2)
3. If two circles x 2  y 2  2 gx  2 fy  0 and x 2  y 2  2 g1 x  2 f 1 y  0 touch each other then show that
f 1 g  fg1
4. Find the radical centre of the Following circles
i) x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  5  0, x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  1  0 and x 2  y 2  6 x  2 y  0 .
ii) x 2  y 2  4 x  7  0 2 x 2  2 y 2  3 x  5 y  9  0 and x 2  y 2  y  0
5. Find the equation of the circle passing through the origin having its centre on line x+y=4 and
intersecting the circle x 2  y 2  4 x  2 y  4  0 orthogonally.
QUESTION NO:13
1. Find the length of major axis , minor axis, latus rectum, eccentricity, coordinates of centre, foci and the
equations of directrices of the ellipse 9 x 2  16 y 2  144
2. Find eccentricity, coordinates of foci, length of latus rectum and equations of directrices of the
ellipses 9x2+16y2-36x+32y-92=0
3. Find the equations of tangent and normal to the ellipse 9 x 2  16 y 2  144 at the end of latus rectum in the
first quadrant.
4. Find the equation the ellipse in the standard from whose distance foci 2 and the length of the latus rectum
is 15/2.
5. Find the equation of the ellipse referred to it’s major and minor axes as coordinate axes x,y respectively
with latus rectum of length 4 and distance between foci 4 2 .
QUESTION NO:14
1. Find the equation of the tangent and normal to the ellipse x 2  8 y 2  33 at  1, 2 
 x2 y 2
2. Find the condition for the line x cos   y sin   p to be a tangent to the ellipse  1 .
a 2 b2
3. Find the value of ‘k’if the line 4 x  y  k  0 is tangent to the Ellipse x 2  3 y 2  3
4. Find the equation of the tangents to the ellipse 2 x 2  3 y 2  11 at the point whose ordinate ‘1’.
x2 y 2
5. If P is a point on the ellipse  1 whose foci S and S1 then show that SP+S1P = 2a (constant)
a2 b2
6. Find the equation of the ellipse whose focus is (1,-1), e = 2/3 and directrix is x+y+2=0
QUESTION NO:15
1. Find the centre, eccentricity, foci, length of latus rectum and equations of the directrices of the
hyperbola x 2  4 y 2  4
2. Find the equations of the Tangents to the Hyperbola 3x 2  4 y 2  12 which are (i) parllel and
(ii) perpendicular to the line y = x – 7
3. Find the equations of the tangents drawn to the hyperbola x 2  4 y 2  4 which are (i)parallel and
(ii)perpendicular to the line x+2y=0
x2 y 2 b
4. Show that angle between the two asymptotes of the hyperbola 2  2  1 is 2 tan 1   (or)
a b a
2sec1 (e)
x2 y 2
5. Tangents to the hyperbola   1 make angles 1 and  2 with transverse axis of a hyperbola.
a 2 b2
Show that the point of intersection of these tangents lies on the curve 2xy  k  x 2  a 2  when
tan 1  tan 2  k .
QUESTION NO:16
 /2 2

 sin 2 x cos 4 xdx (ii)  sin

4
1. Find (i) x cos 6 xdx

 /2 0

2 dx
2. Find 
0 4  5cos x

3
sin x
3. Find 
 sin x  cos x
dx
6
4. Find the area bounded by the curves y  sin x and y  cos x between any two consecutive points of
intersection.
5. i) Find the area enclosed between the curves y 2  4 x and x 2  4 y
ii) Find the area bounded between the curves y  x 2 , y  x
QUESTION NO:17
dy dy
1. i) Solve  1  e x y ii) Solve  e x  y  x 2 e y
dx dx
2. Solve ( x 2  y 2 ) dx  2 xy dy
3. Solve  xy 2  x  dx   yx 2  y  dy  0
 dy 
4. Solve sin 1    x  y
 dx 
dy xy  y
5. Solve 
dx xy  x
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:18
1. Find the equation of a circle which passes through the points (4, 1), (6, 5) and having centre on
4 x  3 y  24  0
2. Find the equation of a circle which passes through (2, -3) and (-4, 5) and having the centre on
4x+3y+1=0
3. i) Find the value of ‘c’ if the points (2,0),(0,1),(4,5) and (0,c ) are concylic.
ii) Show that the four points (-6, 0), (-2, 2), (-2,-8) and (1, 1) are concyclic
4. Find equation and centre of the circle passing through the points  3, 4  ,  3, 2  & 1, 4 
5. Find the equation of a circle which passes through (2,-3) and (-4, 5) and having the centre on
4x+3y+1=0.
QUESTION NO:19
1. Show that the circles x 2  y 2  6 x  9 y  13  0, x 2  y 2  2 x  16 y  0 touch each other also find the point
of contact and common tangent at this point of contact.
2. Find the equations of the pair of direct common tangents to the circles x 2  y 2  22 x  4 y  100  0
and x 2  y 2  22 x  4 y  100  0
3. Find the equations of transverse common tangents of the circles x 2+y2-4x-10y+28=0;
x2+y2+4x-6y+4=0
4. Show that the circles x2+y2-6x-2y+1=0; x2+y2 +2x-8y+13=0 touch each other. Find the point of contact
and the equation of common tangent at their point of contact.
5. Show that four common tangents can be drawn for the circles given by, x 2  y 2  14 x  6 y  33  0
x 2  y 2  30 x  2 y  1  0 and find the internal and external center of similitudes.
QUESTION NO:20
1. Derive the equation of parabola y 2  4ax in standard form.
2. Prove that the area of the triangle formed by the tangents at (x1, y1), (x2 , y2) and (x3, y3) to the
1
parabola y 2  4ax  a  0  is  y1  y2  y2  y3  y3  y1  square units.
16a
3. Show that the equation of the common tangents to the circle x 2+y2=2a2 and the parabola y2=8a are
y    x  2a 
4. Find the equation of the parabola, whose axis is parallel to the x-axis and which passes through the points
A  2,1 , B 1, 2  and C  1,3
5. From an external point P tangents are drawn to the parabola y 2=4ax and these tangents make angles 1 , 2
with its axis, such that cot 1  cot  2 is a constant ‘d’. Then show that all such P lie
on a horizontal line also find the point of contact.
QUESTION NO:21
2 cos x  3sin x
1. Evaluate  dx
4 cos x  5sin x
2Sinx  3Cosx  4
2. Evaluate  dx
3sin x  4Cosx  5
x 1
3. Evaluate  2
x  3 x  12
dx
1
4. Evaluate  1  x 
3  2 x  x2
dx

9 cos x  sin x
5. Evaluate  dx
4sin x  5 cos x
QUESTION NO:22
1. Find the reduction formula for  sin n xdx  n  2  and hence find  sin 4 xdx

2. Find the reduction formula for  tan n xdx,  n  2  and hence find  tan 6 xdx
3. Obtain reduction formula for I n   cot n x dx, n being a positive integer n  2 and hence deduce the
value of  cot 4 x dx
4. Obtain the reduction formula for I n   Co sec n xdx , n being a positive integer, and hence deduce the
value of  Co sec5 xdx .
dx 1
5. Evaluate (i)  4 cos x  3sin x (ii)  1  sin x  cos xdx
QUESTION NO:23
 /2

1. Evaluate
0
x
 sin x  cos x dx  2 2
log  2 1 
1
log 1  x  
2. Show that 
0
1 x 2
dx 
8
log 2
 /4
sin x  cos x 1
3. Show that 
0
9  16sin 2 x
dx 
20
log 3
 /2
4. Show that 
0
sin 2 x
sin x  cos x
dx 
1
2
log  2 1 


 x sin
7
5. Evaluate x cos 6 x dx
0

QUESTION NO:24
dy
Solve 1  x 2   y  eTan x
1
1.
dx
dy
2. Solve  y tan x  sin x.
dx
dy
3. Solve  x  y  1  1
dx
dy 2y  x 1
4. Solve 
dx 2 x  4 y  3
 dy 
5. i) Solve sin 1    x  y
 dx 
dy y 2  2 xy
ii) Solve  2
dx x  xy
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QUESTION BANK

MATHS – 2A
UNIT – 1_COMPLEX NUMBERS
Short Answer Questions
1
1. If x  iy  then show that 4 x2  1  0 .
1  cos  i sin 
3
2. If x  iy  then show that x 2  y 2  4 x  3 .
2  cos   i sin 
3. a) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers +
3 1 7
2  7i,  i, 4  3i, 1  i  are the vertices of a rhombus.
2 2 2
b) Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers 2+ i,
4+3i, 2+5i, 3i are the vertices of a square.
c) Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers 2+2i,
-2 – 2i, -2 3 + 2 3 i are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
4. If z=x+iy and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z. Find the Locus of z satisfying the
equation z - 3 + i = 4 .

5. If z=x+iy, and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z, find the locus of z satisfying the
equation z - 2 - 3i = 5 .


6. The complex number z has argument θ , 0    and satisfying the equation z - 3i = 3 .
2
 6
Then prove that  cot     i .
 z
7. The points P,Q denote the complex numbers z1, z2 in the Argand diagram. O is the origin. If
z1 z2 + z1z 2 = 0 then show that POQ  900 .

8. i) If z = 2  i 7 , then show that 3z 3  4 z 2  z  88  0 .

ii) If z = 3 – 5i, then show that z 3  10 z 2  58z  136  0 .

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  z-4 
9. Determine the locus of z, z  2i such that Re  =0.
 z - 2i 
 z-2  π
10. If the amplitude of   = , find its locus.
 z - 6i  2
2 + 11i 2 + i
11. Show that z 1 = , z2 = are conjugate to each other.
1 - 2i 
2
25

z2 2z 1 + z 2
12. If , z1  0 is an imaginary number then find the value of .
z1 2z 1 - z 2

z-i
13. If z = x + iy and is purely imaginary then find the locus of z.
z -1

1+i  1i 
3 3

14. If     = x + iy , find x and y.

1i  1+i 
Very short Answer Questions
1. find the square roots of
i) 7+24i ii) -5+12i iii) 3+4i iv) -47+i8 3
2. Find the polar form (Modulus – Amplitude form) of the following complex numbers.
i) 1  i 3 ii)  7  i 21 iii) – 1 – i iv) 1  i 3

v) 1 – i vi)  3  i
3. Find the additive inverse of  6,5  10, 4 .

4. If z = 2  3i , show that z 2 - 4z +13 = 0 .

5. i) If z 1 = -1 and z 2 = -i then find Arg  z1z2  .

z 
6. ii) If z 1 = -1 and z 2 = i then find Arg  1  .
 z2 

 1
7. If z   cos ,sin   , find  z -  .
 z
a  ib
8. Find the real and imaginary parts of a complex number .
a  ib
9. If z  0 , find Arg z  Arg z .

10. Find the multiplicative inverse of i) 7 + 24i ii) sinθ,cosθ .

11. If 1  i  2  i 3  i ...........1  ni   x  iy , then prove that 2.5.10…….. 1  n 2   x 2  y 2

.
5i
12. Find the complex conjugate of i) (3+4i)(2-3i) ii) (2+5i)(-4+6i) iii)
7i
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 z +1
13. If the real part of is 1, then find the locus of z.
z+i

14. If the amplitude of (z – 1) is , then find the locus of z.
2
15. If z = x + iy and z = 1 then find the locus of z.

 
16. If the Arg z1 and Arg z 2 are and respectively then find  Arg z1  Arg z 2  .
5 3 3

1 i 
n

17. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying    1.

1 i 
18. If z + ai = z - ai , find locus of z.

  4  a 2  b2  .
x y
19. If  x  iy    a  ib  , the prove that
1
3
a b
20. Simply i 2  i 4  i6  ......   2n  1 terms.

   299  a  ib  , then show that a 2  b2  4 .

100
21. If 3 i

22. If  a  ib   x  iy, then find x 2  y 2 .

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UNIT-2 DEMOIVRE’S THEOREM

Short Answer Questions
n 1
 n 
a) If any positive integer, show that 1  i   1  i   2
n n
1. 2
cos  .
 4 
n
b) 1  i   1  i   2n1 cos
2n 2n

2
2. If n is an integer then show that
   n 
1  cos  i sin    1  cos  i sin    2n1 cos n   cos  
n n

2  2 
1 Q
1
If n is a positive integer then show that  P  iQ    P  iQ   2  P  Q 
1 1
3. n n
2 2 2n
cos  tan 1 
n P
4. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2 – 2x + 4 = 0 then for any n  N show that

 n 
 n   n  2n1 cos  
 3 

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5. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  , then prove that
3
cos 2   cos 2   cos 2    sin 2   sin 2   sin 2 
2
6. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that
i) cos3  cos3  cos3  3cos      

ii) sin3  sin3  sin3  3sin      

iii) cos      cos       cos      0

8
   3
1  sin 8  i cos 8 
Show that one value of 

7. is -1.

1  sin  i cos 
 8 8
8. Find the roots of the equation x11  x7  x 4  1  0 .

  z 2n  1
9. If n is an integer and z  cis ,    2n  1  then show that 2 n  i tan 
 2 z 1

10. Solve  x  1  x n , n is a positive integer.

n

11. If m,n are integers and x  cos  i sin  , y = cos   i sin  then prove that
1 1
xm y n  m n
 2cos  m  n  and x m y n  m n  2i sin  m  n  .
x .y x .y
12. State and prove De Moivre’s theorem for an integral index.

Very short Answer Questions

1. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle such that x = cisA, y = cisB, z = cisC, then find the value of
xyz.
1
2. If x  cis then find the value of x6  .
x6
3. Find the values of
5 5
 3 i  3 i
  ii) 1  i  iii) 1  i 
3
i) 1  i 3
8 16
iv)      
 2 2  2 2
4. Find the values of

 
1 1 1
i) 3i 4
ii)  i  6 iii)  32  5

If the cube roots of unity are 1,ω,ω 2 then find the roots of the equation  x  1  8  0 .
3
5.

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6. If 1,ω,ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, prove that

   1       128 ii)  a  b   a  b 2  a 2  b   a 3  b3
6 6
i) 1     2 2

iii) x 2  4 x  7  0 where x     2  2 .

7. If 1,ω,ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, prove that

ii)  2     2   2  2  10  2  11   49

1 1 1
i)  
2   1  2 1  
8. If 1,ω,ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of

 a  b  c    a  b  c  
   1     
5 2 5
i)  2 
 2 
ii) 1     2
 c  a  b   b  c  a 

 
3
iii) 1     2

 cos  i sin  
4

9. Simplify
 sin   icos 
8

10. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2  x  1  0 then prove that  4   4   1 1  0 .

UNIT – 3 QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

Short Answer Questions
x 1
***1. If x is real, prove that lies between and 1.
x  5x  9
2
11

1 1 1
*** 2. If x is real, then show that   does not lie between 1 and 4.
3x  1 x  1  3 x  1 x  1

*** 3. Determine the range of the following expressions

i)
x2  x  1
ii)
x2
iii)
 x  1 x  2 iv)
2x2  6 x  5
x2  x  1 2 x  3x  6
2
x3 x 2  3x  2

x 2  34 x  71
*** 4. If x is real, then show that does not lie between 5 and 9
x2  2 x  7

x p
*** 5. If takes all real values for x  R , show that 1 < p < 2
x  3x  2
2

** 6. Solve 2x4  x3 11x2  x  2  0

** 7. solve  x 2  2   5  x    6  0
1 1
x  
x  

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** 8. If x2 15  m  2x  8  0 has equal roots, find m

** 9. If c2  ab and the roots of  c2  ab  x2  2  a 2  bc  x   b2  ac   0 , are equal, then show that

a3  b3  c3  3abc or a = 0

* 10. Solve 4x1  3.2x1  2  0

Very short Answer Questions

***1. If  ,  are the roots of ax2  bx  c  0 then find the values of

1 1 1 1
i)  2   2 ii)  iii) 
   2
2

***2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are

i) 3  5i ii) 7  2 5

***3. Find the roots of the following equations

i) x2  7 x  12  0 ii) 3x 2  10 x  8 3  0

***4. Find the nature of the roots of 3x2  7 x  2  0

***5. Find the maximum or minimum of the following expressions

i) 3x2  2x  11 ii) 2x  7  5x2

***6. For what values of x, the expression 4 x  5x2  2 is positive

** 7. For what values of x, the expression 2x  3  6x2 is negative

** 8. For what values of x, the following expressions have maximum or minimum

i) x2  5x  6 ii) 2 x  x2  7

** 9. If x2  6 x  5  0 and x2  3ax  35  0 have a common root then find a.

* 10. Prove that the roots of  x  a  x  b   h2 are always real

*11. If x2  bx  c  0 , x2  cx  b  0 b  c  have a common root, the show that b  c  1  0

UNIT – 4 THEORY OF EQUATIONS

Long Answer Questions
***1. Solve the following reciprocal equations

i) x4 10x3  26x2 10x  1  0 ii) 6x4  35x3  62x2  35x  6  0

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***2. Solve the following reciprocal equations

i) 2x5  x4 12x3 12x2  x  2  0

***3. Solve the following reciprocal equations

i) x5  5x4  9x3  9x2  5x 1  0 ii) 6x6  25x5  31x4  31x2  25x  6  0

***4. Solve the equation 18x3  81x2  121x  60  0 , one root being half the sum of the other two

**5. Solve the equation x4  4x3  2x2 12 x  9  0 , if it has two pair of equal roots

**6. Solve the equation x4  2x3  5x2  6x  2  0 , given that 1+i is a root.

**7. Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of x5  4x3  x2  11  0 by -3

**8. Solve the equation 4 x3  24 x2  23x  18  0 , the roots being in A.P

*9. Solve the equation x3  7 x2  14x  8  0 , the roots being in G.P

* 10. Find the roots of x4 16x3  86x2 176x  105  0 by trial and error method

* 11. Show that the condition that the roots of x3  3 px 2  3qx  r  0 , may be in

i) A.P is 2 p3  3 pq  r  0 ii) G.P is p 3r  q 3 iii) H.P is 2q3  r (3 pq  r )

Very short answer questions

***1. Form the equation whose roots are 0 , 0 , 2 , 2 , -2 ,-2.

***2. Form the equation whose roots are 2  3 , 1  2i

***3. If the product of the roots of 4 x3  16 x2  9 x  a  0 is 9 then find a

***4. If 1,1,  are the roots of x3  6 x2  9 x  4  0 then find 

***5. If -1,2,  are the roots of 2x3  x2  7 x  6  0 then find 

***6. If 1,-2,3 are the roots of x3  2 x2  ax  6  0 then find a

***7. If  ,  ,1 are the roots of x3  2 x2  5x  6  0 then find  , 

***8. Find the equation whose roots are 3 times the roots of x3  2x2  4x  1  0

***9. Find the equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of x3  3x2  7 x  6  0

**10. Find the equation whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of x4  3x3  6x2  2x  4  0

**11. If 8x4  2x3  27 x2  6x  9  0 then find S1 , S 2 , S3 , S 4

* 12. Form the polynomial equation of degree 3 whose roots are 2 , 3 , 6

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* 13. If  ,  ,  are the roots of x3  px 2  qx  r  0 , then find the value of  3   3   3

* 14. Find the equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of x7  3x5  x3  x2  7 x  2  0

* 15. Find the quotient and the remainder when x4 11x3  44x2  76x  48 is divided by x2  7 x  12

UNIT- 5 - PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

Short Answer Questions
***1. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find the rank of the words.

(i) MASTER
(ii) REMAST
***2. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words thus
Formed are arranged in the dictionary order, Find the rank of the word EAMCET.

***3. If the letters of the word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in dictionary order. Then find the rank of the word PRISON.

***4. (i) Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
without repetition

(ii) Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
without repetitions

(iii)Find the sum of all 4-digited numbers that can be formed using digits 0, 2, 4, 7, 8 without
repetitions

***5. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 red roses and 3 yellow roses of different sizes into a
garland. In how many of them.

*6. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a circular table so that (i) all
the girls sit together. (ii) no two girls sit together. (iii) boys and girls sit alternately.

*7. Find the no. of 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that are
divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 when repetitions is allowed.

*8. Find the no. of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 (without
repetition). How many of them are divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4
(iv) 5 (v) 25
*9. If the letters of the word AJANTA are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in the dictionary order, find the ranks of the words (i) AJANTA
(ii) JANATA

*10. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3 Russians at a round table
so that

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 (i) All Indians sit together

(ii) No two Russians sit together.

(iii) Persons of same nationality sit together

COMBINATIONS: -
4
***11.(i) Simplify 34
c5    38  r  c4
r 0

4
(ii) Prove that: 25
c4    29  r  c3  30c4
r 0

4n
c2 n 1.3.5......  4n  1
***[Link] that 
2n
cn {1.3.5......  2n  1}2

***13.(i) Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen and 6
bowlers such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team.

(ii) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7 batsmen, 6
bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers, so that the team contains 2 wicket-keepers and atleast 4
bowlers.

***[Link] the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 Indians and 5
Americans so that always the Indians will be in majority in the committee.

**15. A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions which are divided into 2 groups A
and B each containing 5 questions. He is not permitted to attempt more than 4 questions from
either group. Find the no. of different ways in which the candidate can choose six questions

**16. 14 persons are seated at a round table. Find the no. of ways of selecting two persons out of
them who are not seated adjacent to each other.
n C n C n1C
**17. (i) If 1  r  n, then prove that r1 r r

n3 C 3.n3 C 3.n3 C n3C n C

(ii) prove that for 3  r  n, r r1 r2 r3 r

PERMUTATIONS

Very short answer questions

1. If n p7  42.n P5 find n.

2. (i) If n p4  1680 then find ‘n’

(ii) If n p3  1320 find ‘n’

12
pr  1320
(iii) If , find ‘r’.
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 ( n 1)
3. (i) If p5 :n p6  2 : 7 , find n.
( n 1)
(ii) If p5 :n p5  3 : 2 then find n.

4. If 12
p5  5.12 p4 13 Pr find ‘r’

5. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the words

(i)PERMUTATION
(ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE
(iv) MATHEMATICS
6. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.
7. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beads.
8. Find the number of ways in which 4 letters can be formed using the letters can be put in 4
addressed envelopes so that no letter goes into the envelope meant for it.
9. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letter of the letters of the word
PISTON in which at least one letter is repeated.
10. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle so that all the girls sit
together.
11. Find the number of ways of arranging 5 boys and 5 girls around a circle.
12. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to itself
13. Find the number of injections from a set a containing 5 elements in to a set B containing 7
elements

COMBINATINS:-

14. (i) If n C5  n C6 then find the value of 13 Cn .

(ii) If nC4  nC6 find n.

15. Find the value of 10 C5  2.10 C4 10 C3

16. If npr  5040 and n Cr  210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’.

17. (i) If 12Cr 1  12C find ‘r’ 3 r 5

(ii) If 12 Cs 1 12 C 2 s 5 find ‘s’

(iii) If 12 C2r 1 15 C 2r 4 then find ‘r’.

18. If 10.n C2  3. n1 C3 then find n

19. If (i) n C12 n C 27 , then find 50 Cn

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 (ii) n C4  210, then find ‘n’
20. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080.
21. Find the number of diagonals of polygon with 12 sides?
22. To pass an examination a student has to pass in each of the three papers. In how many ways
can a student fail in the examination?
23. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls.
24. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
‘EQUATION’
25. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys.
26. Find the number of ways of selecting 7 members from a contingent of 10 soldiers.
27. Define palindrome and give examples.
28. Find the number of seven digited palindromes that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
29. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.

UNIT – 6 BINOMIAL THEOREM

Long Answer Questions
3·5 3·5·7 3·5·7·9
1. Find the sum of the Series    
5·10 5·10·15 5·10·15·20

3 3·5 3·5·7
2. Find the sum of the infinite series    
4 4·8 4·8·12

1 1.3 1.3.5
3. Find the sum of the series 1     
3 3.6 3.6.9

2 3
2 1 2·5  1  2·5·8  1 
4. Find the sum of infinite series 1  ·       
3 2 3.6  2  3·6·9  2 

1.3 1·3·5 1·3·5·7

5. If x     , then prove that 9 x2  24 x  11
3·6 3·6·9 3·6·9·12

4 4.6 4.6·8
6. If t      then prove that 9t  16
5 5·10 5·10·15

5 5·7 5·7·9
7. If x     , then find the value of x 2  4 x
(2!)3 (3!)3 (4!)33
3

1 1.3 1.3·5
8. If x    . , then find 3x2  6 x.
5 5·10 5·10·15

7 1 1.3  1  1.3.5  1  
9. Find the sum of the infinite series  1 2      
5  10 1.2  104  1.2.3  106  
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 3 3·5 3·5·7
10. Find the sum of the infinite Series  
4·8 4·8·12 4·8·12·16

11. Show that for any non-zero rational number x,

x x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2) x x( x  1) x( x  1)( x  2)
1     1   
2 2·4 2·4  6 3 36 36 9

12. If 'n' is a positive integer and 'x' is any non-zero real number, then prove that

x x2 xn (1  x) n 1  1
c0  c1·  c2 ·   cn · 
2 3 n 1 (n  1) x

13. For r  0,1, 2, n prove that c0  cr  c1cr 1  c2  cr 2  ....cnr cn  2ncnr hence prove that

i) c02  c12  c32   cn2  2 n cn

ii) c0·c1  c1·c2  c2·c3   cn1cn  2ncn r

 n  1
n

14. Prove that  c0  c1    c1  c2    c2  c3   cn 1  cn   c0c1c2 ...cn

n!

15. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x)n are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4

a1 a3 2a2
respectively then show that  
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3

16. If the 2nd ,3rd , and 4th terms in the expansion of (a  x) n are respectively 240,720,1080, find
a, x, n.

17. If 36,84,126 are three successive binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1  x) n , then find
n.

18. If the coefficients of r th , (r  1) th and (r  2) nd terms is the expansion of (1  x) n are A·P, then
show that n2  (4r  1)n  4r 2  2  0.

19. If the coefficients of x 9 , x10 and x11 terms in the expansion of (1  x) n are in A·P, then prove
that n2  41n  398  0.

20. If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the Sum of even terms respectively in the expansion
of ( x  a) n then prove that

i) P 2  Q 2   x 2  a 2 
n
ii) 4 PQ  ( x  a)2 n  ( x  a)2 n

11

in the expansion of  ax 2   is equal to the coefficient of x 10 in

10 1
21. If the coefficient of x
 bx 
11

the expansion of  ax 
1 
 , find the relation between a and b, where a and b are real
 bx 2 
numbers.
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22. Suppose that 'n' is a natural number and I, F are integral part and fractional part of (7  4 3) n .
Then show that

i) I is an odd integer ii)  I  F1  F  1.

23. If R, n are positive integers, n is odd, O<F<1 and if (5 5  11) n  R  F then prove that i)
R is an even integer and ii) (R+F) F = 4n

24. State and prove binomial theorem for the positive integral index.

25. Using binomial theorem prove that 50n  49n 1 is divisible by 492 in all positive integers ' n'.
2
 n n  n(n  1) 2 (n  2)
26. If 'n' is positive integer, prove that  r  cr 3
 
 nc  12
r 1
 r 1 

Very Short Answer Questions

1. Find the number of terms in the expansion of

3𝑎 𝑏 9
i) (2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧)7 ii) ( + )
4 2

2. Find the number of terms with non-zero coefficients in (4𝑥 − 7𝑦)49 + (4𝑥 + 7𝑦)49

3. Find the set of values of ' 𝑥 ' for which

2
i) (2 + 3𝑥)−3 is valid ii) (7 + 3𝑥)−5 is valid iii) (3 − 4𝑥)3/4 is valid

4. If 22cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)22 find the value of 13cr

5. Find the largest binomial coefficient (s) in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)19

7
2𝑥 2 5
6. Find the coefficient of 𝑥 −7 in ( − 5
)
3 4𝑥

7. Find the middle terms in the expansion of

3𝑥 10 3 11
i) ( − 2𝑦) ii) (4𝑎 + 𝑏)
7 2

8. Find the term independent of ' 𝑥 ' in the expansion of

9
7 14 2𝑥 2 15
i) (4𝑥 3 + 2
) ii) ( + )
𝑥 5 4𝑥

9. prove that 𝑐0 + 2 ⋅ 𝑐1 + 4 ⋅ 𝑐2 + 8 ⋅ 𝑐3 + ⋯ + 2𝑛 ⋅ 𝑐𝑛 = 3𝑛

10. prove that 2 ⋅ 𝑐0 + 5 ⋅ 𝑐1 + 8 ⋅ 𝑐2 + ⋯ + (3𝑛 + 2) ⋅ 𝑐𝑛 = (3𝑛 + 4) ⋅ 2𝑛−1

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11. Find the sum of the following
15 𝑐 15𝑐2 15𝑐3 15 𝑐
i) 15 𝑐
1
+2⋅ +3⋅ + ⋯ + 1 15 ⋅ 15 𝑐
15
0 15𝑐1 15𝑐2 14

ii) 22 ⋅ 𝑐0 + 32 ⋅ 𝑐1 + 42 ⋅ 𝑐2 + ⋯ + (𝑛 + 2)2 ⋅ 𝑐𝑛
3 2
12. Find the numerically greatest terms) is the expansion in of (3𝑥 − 5𝑦)𝑛 when 𝑥 = , 𝑦 = and
4 7
𝑛 = 17.
−3
5𝑥 5
13. Find the 8th term of (1 − )
2
4
14. Expand 5√5 in increasing power of
5

15. If (1 + 𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )𝑛 = 𝑎0 + 𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + ⋯ + 𝑎2𝑛 𝑥 2𝑛 then find the value of

𝑎0 + 𝑎2 + 𝑎4 + ⋯ + 𝑎2𝑛 .

16. If (1 + 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 )10 = 𝑎0 + 𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + ⋯ + 𝑎20 𝑥 20 , prove that

i) 𝑎0 + 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + ⋯ + 𝑎20 = 210 ii) 𝑎0 − 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 − ⋯ ⋯ + 𝑎20 = 410

1⋅3⋅5…(2𝑛−1)
17. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)2n is (2𝑥)𝑛 .
𝑛!

18. Find the number of irrational terms is the expansion of (51/6 + 21/8 )100 .

19. Find the sum of last 20 coefficients in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)39 .

2 8
3
20. Find the 3𝑟𝑑 term from the end in the expansion (𝑥 −3 − 2
)
𝑥

21. If the coefficients of (2𝑟 + 4)th term and (3𝑟 + 4)th term in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)21
14
 4 x2 
22. Find the 7 th
term in the expansion of  3  
x 2 

term in the expansion of   

th 2x 3 y
23. Find the 6
 3 2 

5
24. Find the approximate value of 242

UNIT – 7_ PARTIAL FRACTIONS

Short Answer Questions
2 x 2  3x  4
***1. Resolve into partial fractions into partial fractions
( x  1)  x 2  2 

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 x2  3
***2. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  2)  x 2  1

2x  3
***3. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  1)( x  3)
x4
***4. Resolve into partial fractions
 x  4 ( x  1)
2

x2  5x  7
***5. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  3)3

x2  x  1
***6. Resolve into partial fractions
( x  1)( x  1) 2

x3
**7. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x  a)( x  b)( x  c)

x4
**8. Resolve into partial fraction.
( x  1)( x  2)
x
*9. Find the coeffecient of xn in the power series expansion of specifying the
( x  1) ( x  2)
2

region in which the expansion is valid.

*10. Resolve into partial fractions.
x3  x 2  1 3x3  2 x 2  1 x3
i) ii) iii)
 x2  2 x2  3 x4  x2  1 (1  x)2 1  x 2 

UNIT – 8_ MEASURES OF DISPERSION (STATISTICS)

Long Answer Questions
***1. Find the mean deviation about the mean of data

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

No. of 5 8 15 16 6
Students
***2. Calculate the variance and standard deviation f the following continuous frequency
distribution

Class 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Interval
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2
***3. Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the following discreate distribution:

xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32
fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

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***4. Find the variance and standard deviation for the following continuous distribution:

xi 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

fi 5 8 15 16 6
***5. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, Using the step deviation
method.

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of 6 5 8 15 7 6 3
students
***6. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data.

xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2
**7. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data:

xi 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

fi 5 8 15 16 6
**8. Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following continuous frequency distribution.

Sales In Rs. 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Thousand
No. of companies 5 15 25 30 20 5
*9. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data.

xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22
fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3
*10. The following table gives the daily wages of workers in a factory. Compute the standard
deviation and the coefficient of variation of the wages of the workers.

Wages 125- 175- 225- 275- 325- 375- 425- 475- 525-
(Rs.) 175 225 275 325 375 425 475 525 575
No. of 2 22 19 14 3 4 6 1 1
workers
*11. Find the mean deviation about the median from the following continuous distribution.

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

interval
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10

Very short answer questions

1. (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discreate data 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4,
12, 16
(ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63,
46,54,44

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 (iii) Find the mean deviation from the following discreate data 3, 6, 10, 4, 9, 10.
2. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10.
3. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 4, 6, 9, 3, 10, 13, 2
4. Find the variance of the following discreate data 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 8, 12
5. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13, 17, 16, 11, 13, 10, 16, 11,
18, 12, 17

6. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find the

variance of the resulting observations.

UNIT – 9_ PROBABILITY
Long Answer Questions
***1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.

***2. State and prove Baye’s theorem.

***3. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication theorem on probability.

***4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.

Box White Black Red

I 1 2 3
II 2 1 1
III 4 5 3

***5. Three Urns have the following composition of balls

Urn I : 1 white , 2 black, Urn II : 2 white, 1 black,

One of the Urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn, It turns out to be white. Find the
probability that it came from turns III.

***6. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below

Box White Black Red

B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2
A die is thrown, B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 or 4 turns up and B3 is
chosen if 5 or 6 turns up. Having choosen a box in this way, a ball is choosen at random from
this box. If the ball drawn is found to be red, find the probability that it is drawn from box B2
.

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***7. A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city. 20% of the population read A, 16% read B, 14% read
C, 8% both A and B, 5% both A and C, 4% both B and C and 2% all the three. Find the
percentage of the population who read atleast one newspaper.

***8. Define conditional probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B2 contains 3
white and 4 black balls. A bag is drawn at random and a ball is chosen at random from it.
What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?

**9. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the probability
that the number on the tickets is i) a multiple of or 7 ii) a multiple of 3 or 5

*10. In a box containing 15 bulbs, 5 are defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at random from the box.
Find the probability of the event that

i) none of them is defective ii) Only one of them is defective

iii) atleast one of them is defective.

*11. In an experiment of drawing a card at random from a pack, the event of getting a spade is
denoted by A and getting a pictured card (king, Queen or Jack) is denoted by B. Find the
probabilities of A, B, A  B , A  B .

1 2 3
*12. In a shooting test the probability of A, B, C hitting the target are , and respectively. If
2 3 4
all of them fire at the same target, Find the probability that

(i) only one of them hits the target (ii) atleast one of them hits the target.

*13. There are 3 black and 4 white balls in one bag, 4 black and 3 white balls in the second bag. A
die is rolled and the first bag is selected if the die shows up 1 or 3, and the second bag for the
rest. Find the probability of drawing a black ball, from the bag thus selected.

Short Answer Questions

***1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probability of A to win the race is twice that of B, and
probability of B is twice that of C. What are the probabilities of A, B and C to win the race.

***2. (i) If A and B be independent events with p  A  0.6 , p  B   0.7 then compute.

a) P  A  B  b) P  A  B  c) P  B / A d) P  Ac  Bc 
(ii) A and B are events with p  A  0.5 , p  B   0.4 and p  A  B   0.3 . Find the probability
that (i) A does not occur (ii) neither A nor B occurs
(i) If A and B are independent events with
a) P  A / B  b) P  B / A c) p  A  B  d) p  A  B 

***3. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the probability that their
statements about an incident do not match.

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***4. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are and
3
1
respectively. Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them try
4
independently.

***5. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that P  A  B c  C c   ,

1
4

P  Ac  B  C c   , P  Ac  B c  C c   , then find P  A , P  B  and P  C  .

1 1
8 4

2 5
***6. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building contract is .
3 9
4
The probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that he get both the
5
contracts.

***7. Find the probability for drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing
cards

***8. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins, 7 on rupee coins and 4 half a rupee coins. If three coins
are selected at random, then find the probability that

(i) The sum of three coins is maximum

(ii) The sum of three coins is minimum.
(iii) each coin is of different value.
***9. If A and B are two events with P  A  B   0.65 , P  A  B   0.15 . Then find the value of
   
P A P B .

**10. The probabilities of three events A, B, C are such that P  A  0.3 , P  B   0.4 , P C   0.8 ,
P  A  B   0.09 , P  A  C   0.28 , P  A  B  C   0.08 and P  A  B  C   0.75 . Show that
P  B  C  lies in the interval 0.21,0.46

 100 
**11. A number x is drawn arbitarily from the set 1, 2,3, 100  x    29
 x 

**12. If A, B, C are three events then show that

P  A  B  C   P  A  P  B   P C   P  A  B   P  B  C   P C  A  P  A  B  C 

**13. For any two events A and B show that P  A  B   1  P  A  B   P  A   P  B 

**14. Find the probability that a non-leap year contains

i) 53 Sundays ii) 52 Sundays only.

**15. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural numbers, Find the
probability that the sum of the two numbers i) an even number ii) an odd number
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**16. In a committee of 25 members, each member is proficient either in mathematics or in
statistics or in both. If 19 of these are proficient in mathematics, 16 in statistics , find the
probability that a person selected from the committee is proficient in both.

1
**17. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to be .
3
If India and Australia play 3 matches what is the probability that

i)Australia will loose all 3 matches

ii)Australia will win atleast one match.

*18. Two fair dice are rolled, What is the probability that the sum on the faces of the two dice is
10.

*19. Two dice are thrown. Then find the probability of getting the same number on both the faces.

*20. Find the probability of getting two heads and two tails when four coins are tossed at a time.

*21. If A and B are independent events of a random experiments then show that A and B are also
independent events

UNIT – 10_ RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

Long Answer Questions
***1. The probability distribution of a random variables X is given below.

Find i) K ii) Mean iii) variance of X

X  xi 1 2 3 4 5
P  X  xi  K 2k 3k 4k 5k

***2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

Find i) k ii) The mean of X iii) P(0  X  5)

X x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P X x  0 K 1k 2k 3k k2 2k 2 7k  k
2

***3. The range of a random variable X is {0,1, 2} and given that P  X  0  3c3 ,

P  X  1  4c 10c2 , P  X  2  5c 1, Find (i) the value of c

(ii) P  X  1 , P 1  X  2 and P  0  X  3

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***4. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

Find ‘k’, mean and variance of X

X  xi -2 -1 0 1 2 3

P X  xi  0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k

***5. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of x, giving the number on the face that
show up.

**6. Two dice are rolled at random. Find the probability distribution of the sum of the numbers on
them. Find the mean of the random variable.

**7. One in 9 ships is likely to be wrecked, when they are set on sail. When 6 ships are no sail
find the probability for (i) atleast on will arrive safely (ii) exactly three will arrive safely.

1
*8. Let x be a random variable such that P  X  2   P  X  1  P  X  2   P  X  1  and
6
1
P  X  0  . Find the variable of x.
3

*9.

X x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P  X  x 1/9 1/9 1/9 1/3 1/9 1/9 1/9
is the probability distribution of random variable x. find the variable of x.

*10. Find the probability of guessing atleast 6 out of 10 answers in

(i) true or false type examination

(ii) multiple choice with four possible answers

Very short answer questions

1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find P  X  1 .
2. A poisson variable satisfies P  X  1  P  X  2 Find P  X  5
3. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find
P 1  X  4
4. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of the
distribution.
5
5. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is then find the
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probability for the event of 2 successes, when the experiment is conducted 5 times.
 k  1 C , k  0,1, 2......
6. If X is a random variable with probability distribution P  X  k  
2k
then find C.
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 ck
7. The range of a random variable X is {1,2,3,…..} and P  X  k   ;  k  1, 2,3..... find the
k!
value of c and P  0  X  3

8. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed is left handed (in handwriting) is
0.1. what is the probability that in a group of 10 people, there is one who is left handed

9. On an average, rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days. Find the probability that, rain will fall
on just 3 days of a given week.
x

10. Find the constant ‘c’ so that P  x   c   , x  1, 2,3, 4...... is the p.d.f of a discrete random
2
3
variable X.

11. In a city 10 accidents take place in a span of 50 days, assuming that the number of accidents
follows the poisson distribution, find the probability that there will be three or more accidents
in a day.

12. It is given that 10% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective. In a
sample of 20 bulbs, find the probability that more than 2 are defective.

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