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SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

10
th  1 
1. The 5 term from the end in the expansion of  3 x  2  is
 x 
17010 17010 210
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) (d) none of these
x x x8
6
 k
2. If the coefficient of x in the expansion of  x 3   is 160, then k is equal to
6

 x
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) none of these
n
 1 
3. If in the expansion of  3 2   , the ratio of the 7th term from the beginning and the 7th
3
 3
1
term from the end is , then n is equal to
6
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 9
4. If the coefficients of rth and (2r  5)th terms in the expansion of (1  x )15 are
equal, then r is equal to
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 3
5. The total number of terms in the expansion of ( x  y ) 200  ( x  y ) 200 , after simplification, is
(a) 202 (b) 101 (c) 100 (d) 201
7
 1 
6. If the rth term in the expansion of  x 2  3  contains x 4 , then r is equal to
 x 
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) none of these
10
 x 3 
7. The term independent of x in the expansion of    is
 3 2x 2 
 
5 7 9
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
4 4 4

5 5
8. The expression  x  x 3  1    x  x 3  1  is a polynomial of degree
   
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
n
 x
9. If the coefficients of x 6 and x 5 in the expansion of  3   are equal, then n is equal to
 4
(a) 17 (b) 47 (c) 77 (d) 67
5
 1 
10. The term independent of x in the expansion of  x 3  2  is
 x 
(a) –10 (b) 10 (c) –20 (d) 20
10
 1 
11. The middle term in the expansion of  x   is
 x
(a) 10 C 5 x 5 2 (b) 10 C 5 x 5 2 (c) 10
C5 (d) – 10 C 5
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12. The term independent of x in the expansion of x 1/ 6  x 1/ 3  9

is
(a)  84 (b) 8.4 (c) 48 (d) 84
50

 C r x  4 
50  r
13. The coefficient of x 33 in the expansion of 50
3 r is
r 0
50 50
(a) C 33 (b) C17 (c) – 50 C17 (d) none of these

14. Let f n   10 n  3.4 n  2  5, n  N . The greatest value of the integer which divides f n  for
all n is
(a) 27 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) none of these
15. 351 when divided by 9 leaves the remainder
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 0

16. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of 1  2 x  5 x 2  

n
is ‘a’ and the sum of the
coefficients in the expansion of 1 x 2n is ‘b’, then
(a)a = b (b) a = b2 (c) a2  b (d) ab = 1

17. The coefficient of x 10 in the expansion of 1  x 2  x 3  

8
is
(a) 476 (b) 496 (c) 506 (d) 528
18. If the binomial coefficients of the second, third and fourth terms in the expansion of 1  x n
are in A.P., then n is equal to
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 3

n 1
19. If C r  n C r 1 (k 2  3), then k lies in the interval
(a) [  3 , 3] (b) ( 3 , 2 ]
(c) [ 0, 3 ] (d) ( 3 , 2 )

20. The number of terms in the expansion of 1  2 x  x 2  

20
is
(a) 21 (b) 20 (c) 41 (d) 40
The coefficient of a12 a 2 a3 in the expansion of a1  a 2  a 3  is
4
21.
(a) 21 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 42

22. The number of rational terms in the expansion of 1  2  3 3  

6
is
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 8
24 2 12 12 24
23. The coefficient of t in (1 + t ) (1 + t ) (1 + t ) is
(a) 12C6 + 3 (b) 12C6 + 1 (c) 12
C6 (d) 12
C6 + 2

  1  x  1  x 
4 7 12
24. The coefficient of x11 in the expansion of 1  x 2 3 4
is
(a) 1051 (b) 1106 (c) 1113 (d) 1120
25. For r  0, 1, 2, ..., 10 , let A r , Br and Cr denote, respectively, the coefficient of xr in the
10
expansions of 1  x  , 1  x  and 1  x  .  A B Br  C10 A r  
10 20 30
r 10
r 1

(a) B10  C10 (b) 2

A10 B10 
 C10 A10 
(c) 0 (d) C10  B10
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INTEGER TYPE

1. 
The coefficient of x 9 in the expansion of 1  x  1  x 2 1  x 3  1  x100 is    
2. Let m be the smallest positive integer such that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of
1  x   1  x   1  x   ...  1  x   1  mx  is  3n  1
2 3 4 49 50 51
C3 for some positive
integer n. The value of n is
SUBJECTIVE
1. Which is larger?
(i) 1.01
1000000
or 10, 000
(ii) 9950  10050 or 10150
2. (i) Prove that 6n  5n always leaves remainder 1 when divided by 25, where n is a positive
integer.
(ii) Prove that 9n 1  8n  9 is divisible by 64, whenever n is a positive integer.
n
3. (i) Prove that 
r0
n
Cr .3r  4n .

 
51
(ii) If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  2 x 2  2 x  1 is zero, find the
value of  .

(i) Find the number of distinct terms in the expansion of  2 x  3 y  4 z  .

n
4.
(ii) Find the middle term in the expansion of 1  x  .
2n

2
 x x2 x3 xn 
5. Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of  1  
n
    .
 1! 2! 3! n!

The coefficients of three consecutive terms in the expansion of 1  a  are in the ratio 1 : 7
n
6.
: 42. Find n .

In the expansion of  x  a  , it is given that T3  84, T4  280, T5  560. Find x, a and n.

n
7.

Prove that the coefficient of x n in the expansion of 1  x 

2n
8. is twice the coefficient of x n in
the expansion of 1  x 
2 n 1
.

Find the coefficient of x5 in the product 1  2 x  1  x  .

6 7
9.
n
 1 5
10. If the fourth term in the expansion of  ax   is , find a and n .
 x 2
10
 x 1 x 1 
11. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of  2 / 3  .
 x  x  1 x  x1/ 2 
1/ 3

(i) Find the last digit of  2137 

754
12. .
(ii) Find the remainder when 337 is divided by 80.
(iii) Find the last three digits of 3100.
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13. Evaluate 47
C4   52 j C3 .
j 1

If O be the sum of odd terms and E that of even terms in the expansion of  x  a  , prove
n
14.
that
 
n
(i) O2  E 2  x 2  a2

(ii) 4OE   x  a    x  a
2n 2n

If a1, a2 , a3 , a 4 be the coefficients of four consecutive terms in the expansion of 1  x  ,

n
15.
a1 a3 2a2
prove that   .
a1  a2 a3  a 4 a2  a3
m
 ln103x  5  x 2 ln 3 
16. Find x for which the 6 term of  2  2 th
 , m  N is equal to 21 and the
 
binomial coefficients of the second, third and fourth terms are the first, third and fifth terms
of an A.P.

Find the coefficient of x 50 in 1  x   2x 1  x   3x 2 1  x 

1000 999 998
17.  ...  1001x1000 .
2n 2n

 ar  x  2    br  x  3  and ak  1 for all k  n , show that bn 2n1 Cn .

r r
18. If
r 0 r 0

n 4

  1  x    ak x k . If a1, a2 , a3 are in A.P., find the value of n.

2 n
19. Let 1  x 2
k 0

20. Find the coefficient of xr 0  r  n  1 in the expansion of

 x  2   x  2   x  1   x  2   x  1  ...   x  1 .
n 1 n 2 n3 2 n 1

Find the coefficient of x 50 in 1  x  1  x  x 

41 40
2
21. .

n
 1 3r 7r 15r 
  1
r n
22. Find Cr  r  2r  3r  4r  ... upto m terms  .
r 0 2 2 2 2 
2 n
q  1  q  1  q  1
23. Let an  1  q  q2  ...  qn and bn  1     ...    , q  1 . Prove that
2  2   2 
C  n  1, 1  C  n  1, 2 a1  C  n  1, 3  a2  ...  C  n  1, n  1 an  2n bn .

24. If k and n are positive integers and sk  1k  2k  3k  ...  nk , show that

m

 Cr sr   n  1   n  1 .
m 1 m 1

r 1

20
a7
    ar x r , find the value of
10
25. If 2x 2  3x  4 .
r 0 a13
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ANSWERS

SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b)

6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a)

11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d)

16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (c)

21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d)

INTEGER TYPE

1. 8 2. 5

SUBJECTIVE

1. (i) 1.011000000 (ii) 10150

3. (ii) 1

4. (i)
 n  1 n  2 (ii)
1.3.5  2n  1 n n
2 x
2 n!
2n
5. 6. n  55
n!
7. x  1, a  2, n  7 9. 171

1
10. a , n6 11. T5  210
2
12. (i) 9 (ii) 3 (iii) 001

13.
52
C4 16. x  0 or 2

17.
1002
C50 19. n  3 or 4

20. 2 n r

 1 n Cr 21. 0

2mn  1
22. 25. 8

2mn 2n  1 