Practice qus

BI NOMI AL THE ORE M

E X E R C I S E I
Q1. The first four terms in the expansion of (3x + 1/x)
4
is
(a) 81x
4
108x
2
+ 54 12x
2
(b) 81x
4
+ 108x
2
+ 54 + 12x
2
(c) 81x
4
108x
2
54 12x
2
(d) None of these
Q2. The tenth term in the expansion of (2x
2
+ 1/x)
12
is
(a) 1760/x
3
(b) 1760/x
3
(c) 1760/x
2
(d) None of these
Q3. If the third term in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)
m
is
2
8
1
x , then the rational value of m is
(a) 2 (b) 1/2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q4. The coefficient of (3r)
th
term and coefficient of (r + 2)
th
term in the expansion of (1 + x)
2n
are equal then (where r > 1, n < 2,
positive integer)
(a) r = n/2 (b) r = n/3 (c)
2
1 n
r
+
(d)
2
1 n
r

Q5. The coefficient of x

5
in the expansion of (1 + x
2
)
5
(1 + x)
4
is
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 40 (d) None of these
Q6. The number of terms in the expansion of (x + y + 2z)
8
is
(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 48 (d) 50
Q7. The middle term of the expansion
9
2
4
2

,
_

a
a is
(a)
13 14
32
63
,
4
63
a a (b)
14 13
32
63
,
4
63
a a (c)
14 13
32
63
,
4
63
a a (d)
14 13
4
63
,
4
63
a a
Q8. The greatest coefficient in the expansion of (1 + x)
10
is
(a)
! 6 ! 5
! 10
(b)
2
) ! 5 (
! 10
(c)
! 7 ! 5
! 10
(d) None of these
Q9. The middle term in the expansion of (1 3x + 3x
2
x
3
)
6
is
(a)
18
C10 x
10
(b)
18
C9 ( x)
9
(c)
18
C9 x
9
(d)
18
C10 x
10
Q10. The term independent of x in the expansion of
9
2
2
3
3
4

,
_

x
x is
(a) 5
th
(b) 6
th
(c) 7
th
(d) 8
th
Q11. The coefficient of x
39
in the expansion of (x
4
1/x
3
)
15
is
(a) 455 (b) 455 (c) 105 (d) None of these
Q12. The 4
th
term from the end in the expansion of (2x 1/x
2
)
10
is
(a) 960 x
11
(b) 960 x
12
(c) 960 x
12
(d) 960 x
11
Q13. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cn . x
n
, then the value of C0 + 3C1 + 5C2 + + (2n + 1)Cn is
(a) n . 2
n
(b) (n 1) . 2
n
(c) (n + 2) . 2
n 1
(d) (n + 1) . 2
n
Q14. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cn . x
n
, then the value of C1 2C2 + 3C3 + + ( 1)
n 1
nCn is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 2
n
(d) 2
n 1
Q15. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cn . x
n
, then for n odd, C1
2
+ C3
2
+ C5
2
+ + Cn
2
is equal to
(a) 2
2n 2
(b) 2
n
(c)
2
) ! ( 2
)! 2 (
n
n
(d)
2
) ! (
)! 2 (
n
n
Practice qus
Q16. If C0, C1, C2, Cn are binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)
n
, n N, then
1 n
C
.....
6
C
4
C
2
C
n 5 3 1
+
+ + + + is
equal to
(a)
1
1 2
1
+

+
n
n
(b) (n + 1) . 2
n + 1
(c)
1
1 2
+

n
n
(d) None of these
Q17. The greatest term in the expansion of (2x + 7)
10
, when x = 3, is
(a) T5 (b) T6 (c) T7 (d) None of these
Q18. If | x | < 2/3 then the fourth term in the expansion of
2 / 1
2
3
1
,
_

+ x is
(a)
3
128
27
x (b)
3
128
27
x (c)
3
256
81
x (d)
3
256
81
x
Q19. The coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 ax)
1
(1 bx)
1
(1 cx)
1
is
(a) a + b + c (b) a b c (c) a + b + c (d) a b + c
Q20. The coefficient of x
3
in the expansion of
3
2
) 1 (
) 1 (
x
x

+
is
(a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 41 (d) None of these
Q21. If (a + bx)
2
=
4
1
3x + , then (a, b) =
(a) (2, 12) (b) ( 2, 12) (c) (2, 12) (d) None of these
Q22. If x is so small that x
2
and higher powers, of x can be neglected, then the value of
x x
x x
+ +
+ +
1 ) 1 (
) 1 ( ) 1 (
3 2
(a) x
6
5
1+ (b) x
3
1
1 (c) x
5
2
1+ (d) x
3
2
1
Q23. The value of (7.995)
1/3
upto for decimals is
(a) 1.9995 (b) 1.9996 (c) 1.9990 (d) 1.9991
Q24.
......
2
1
.
9 . 6 . 3
8 . 5 . 2
2
1
.
6 . 3
5 . 2
2
1
.
3
2
1
3 2
+ + + +
is equal to
(a) 2
1/3
(b) 2
2/3
(c) 3
1/2
(d) 3
3/2
Q25. If the third term in the expansion of
[ ]
5
log
10
x
x x +
is equal to 10,00,000, then x equals
(a) 10 (b) 10
2
(c) 10
3
(d) No such x exist
Q26. The greatest integer in the expansion of (1 + x)
2n + 2
is
(a)
2
) ! (
)! 2 (
n
n
(b)
! ) 1 (
)! 2 2 (
2
+
+
n
n
(c)
)! 1 ( !
)! 2 2 (
+
+
n n
n
(d)
)! 1 ( !
)! 2 (
+ n n
n
Q27. The greatest integer which divides 101
100
1 is
(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10,000 (d) 100,000
Q28. The coefficient of the term independent of x in the expansion of (1 + x + 2x
3
)
9
2
3
1
2
3

,
_

x
x is
(a) 1/3 (b) 19/54 (c) 17/54 (d) 1/4
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Q29. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cnx
n
, then 3C0 5C1 + 7C2 + + (1)
n
(2n + 3)Cn equals
(a) 1 (b) 2(2n + 3)2
n
(c) 2(2n + 3)2
n1
(d) 0
Q30. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + 2x)
n
is 6561, the greatest term in the expansion for x = 1/2 is
(a) 4
th
(b) 5
th
(c) 6
th
(d) none of these
Q31. If (r + 1)
th
term is
r
r
r

,
_

5
1
!
) 1 2 .......( 5 . 3
, then this is the term of binomial expansion
(a)
2 / 1
5
2
1
,
_

(b)
2 / 1
5
2
1

,
_

(c)
2 / 1
5
2
1

,
_

+ (d)
2 / 1
5
2
1
,
_

+
Q32. If the coefficient of 5
th
, 6
th
and 7
th
term in the expansion of (1 + x)
n
are in AP then the value of n is
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 13
Q33. The ratio of the coefficient of terms x
n r
a
r
and x
r
a
n r
in the binomial expansion of (x + a)
n
will be
(a) x : a (b) n : r (c) x : n (d) None of these
Q34. If (1 + x + x
2
)
2n
= a0 + a1x + a2x
2
+ then the value of a0 a1 + a2 a3 + is
(a) 2
n
(b) 3
n
(c) 1 (d) 0
Q35. The number of non zero terms in the expansion of ] ) 2 3 1 ( ) 2 3 1 [(
9 9
x x + + is
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 15
Q36. The middle term of (1 + x)
2n
is
(a)
n n
x
n
n
2
!
) 1 2 .....( 5 . 3 . 1 +
(b)
n n
x
n
n
2
!
) 1 2 ....( 5 . 3 . 1
(c)
n n
x
n
n
1
2
!
) 1 2 ....( 5 . 3 . 1
+
+
(d)
n n
x
n
n
1
2
!
) 1 2 ....( 5 . 3 . 1

Q37. The coefficient of middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)

n
, when n is even, is
(a)
n
n
n
2
) 1 ....( 6 . 4 . 2
.... 5 . 3 . 1
+
(b)
n
n
n
2
.... 6 . 4 . 2
) 1 ....( 5 . 3 . 1
(c)
n
n
n
2
) 1 ....( 5 . 3 . 1
.... 6 . 4 . 2

(d) None of these

Q38. If in the expansion of
n

,
_

+
3 / 1
3 / 1
3
1
2 , the ratio of 6
th
terms from beginning and from the end is 1/6, then the value of n is
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) None of these
Q39. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cnx
n
, then C0Cr + C1Cr + 1 + C2x
2
+ + Cnx
n
, then C0Cr + C1Cr + 1 + C2Cr + 2 + + Cn
rCn, is equal to
(a)
)! ( )! (
! 2
r n r n
n
+
(b)
)! ( !
! 2
r n n
n
+
(c)
)! ( !
! 2
r n n
n

(d)
)! 1 ( )! 1 (
! 2
+ n n
n
Q40.
+

.....
)! 5 ( ! 5
1
)! 3 ( ! 3
1
)! 1 ( ! 1
1
n n n
(a)
!
2
n
n
(b)
!
2
1
n
n
(c) 0 (d) None of these
Q41. The numerically greatest term of (2 + 3x)
9
when x = 3/2 is
(a) T6 (b) T7 (c) T8 (d) None of these
Q42. The cube root of 1 + 3x + 6x
2
+ 10x
3
+ is
(a) 1 x + x
2
x
3
+ (b) 1 + x
3
+ x
6
+ x
9
+ (c) 1 + x + x
2
+ x
3
+ (d) None of these
Q43. The coefficient of x
r
in the expansion of (1 + 3x + 6x
2
+ 10x
3
+ )
2
is
(a)
! 5
) 3 )( 2 )( 1 ( + + + r r r
(b)
! 5
) 4 )( 3 )( 2 ( + + + r r r
(c)
! 5
) 5 )( 4 )( 3 )( 2 )( 1 ( + + + + + r r r r r
(d) None of these
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Q44. The coefficient of x
m
(0 m n) in the expansion of y = 1 + (1 + x) + (1 + x)
2
+ + (1 + x)
n
is
(a)
n + 1
Cn m (b)
n
Cm (c)
n
Cn m (d)
n + 1
Cm
Q45.
.....
2
1
.
6 . 4 . 2
5 . 3 . 1
2
1
.
4 . 2
3 . 1
2
1
.
2
1
1
3 2
+ +
is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 2 / 1 (c) 3 / 2 (d) 2 / 3
Q46. The sum of series
.....
3 ! 3
7 . 5
3 ! 2
5
2
2
+ + +
(to infinite) is
(a) 9 (b) 3 3 (c) 3 / 1 (d) None of these
Q47. The value of
n
n
n
n
n
n n
C C
81
10
...... .
81
10
.
81
10
81
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
+ + + is
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 2
Q48. If x is nearly equal to 1, then the approximate value of
p q
p q
x x
qx px

is
(a)
x
q p

+
1
(b)
x + 1
1
(c)
x 1
1
(d)
x
q p
+
+
1
Q49. If (1 + x)
n
= C0 + C1x + C2x
2
+ + Cnx
n
, then the value of 1
2
C1 + 2
2
C2 + 3
2
C3 + + n
2
Cn is
(a) n(n + 1)2
n 2
(b) n(n + 1)2
n 1
(c) n(n + 1)2
n
(d) None of these
Q50. If | x | < 1, then .....
1
2
! 2
) 1 (
1
2
1
2
+
,
_

+
+
+
,
_

+
+
x
x n n
x
x
n is equal to
(a)
n
x
x

,
_

+ 1
2
(b)
n
x
x

,
_

+
2
1
(c)
n
x
x

,
_

1
1
(d)
n
x
x

,
_

+
1
1
E X E R C I S E I I
Q1. If f(x) = xn, then the value of
!
) 1 (
......
! 2
) 1 (
1
) 1 (
) 1 (
2 1
n
f f f
f
n
+ + + + , where f
r
(x) denotes the rth order derivative of
f(x) with respect to x, is
(a) n (b) 2
n
(c) 2
n 1
(d) none of these
Q2. The digits at units place in the number 17
1995
+ 11
1995
7
1995
is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
Q3. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + 2x)
n
is 6561, the greatest term in the expansion for x =
2
1
is
(a) 4
th
(b) 5
th
(c) 6
th
(d) none of these
Q4. If the coefficient of the second, third and fourth terms in the expansion of (1 + x)
n
are in AP then n is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) none of these
Q5. The number of terms in the expansion of (a + b + c)
n
, where n N, is
(a)
2
) 2 )( 1 ( + + n n
(b) n + 1 (c) n + 2 (d) (n + 1)n
Q6. The value of the expression
......
) 1 (
) 3 1 (
3 . 2 . 1
) 2 )( 1 (
) 1 (
) 2 1 (
2 . 1
) 1 (
1
) 1 (
.
1
1
3 2
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+

nx
x n n n
nx
x n n
nx
x n
is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
Practice qus
Q7. If n is an even natural number and coefficient of x
r
in the expansion of
x
x
n

+
1
) 1 (
is 2
n
, (| x | < 1), then
(a) r n/2 (b) r
2
2 n
(c) r
2
2 + n
(d) r n
Q8. If
n 1
Cr = (k
2
3)
n
Cr + 1, then k
(a) ( , 2] (b) [2, ) (c) [ ] 3 , 3 (d) ( ] 2 , 3
Q9. The remainder when 2
2003
is divided by 17 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) None of these
Q10. The coefficient of x
53
in the expansion

100
0
100 100
2 ) 3 (
m
m m
m
x C
is
(a)
100
C53 (b)
100
C53 (c)
65
C53 (d)
100
C65
Q11. The value of x in the expression
( )
5
log
10
x
x x +
, if the third term in the expansion is 10
6
, is
(a) x = 10
5/2
(b) x = 10
5/2
(c) x = 10 (d) x = 10
2/5
Q12. The coefficient of x
n
in
2
3 2
!
) 1 (
......
! 3 ! 2
1

,
_

+ + +
n
x x x
x
n n
is
(a)
!
) (
n
n
n

(b)
!
) 2 (
n
n

(c)
2
) ! (
1
n
(d)
2
) ! (
1
n

Q13. The value of

+ +
n
r
r
a ar r a
0
) )( (
is equal to
(a) ( 1)
n
[(n + 1)a
n + 1
a] (b) ( 1)
n
(n + 1)a
n + 1
(c)
2
) 2 (
) 1 (
1 +
+

n
n
a n
(d)
2
) 1 (
n
n
na

Q14. The coefficient of x

65
in the expansion of (1 + x)
131
(x
2
x + 1)
130
is
(a)
130
C65 +
129
C66 (b)
130
C65 +
129
C55 (c)
130
C66 +
129
C65 (d) none of these
Q15. If 6
th
term in the expansion of
8
10
2
3 / 8
log
1
1
]
1

+ x x
x
is 5600, then x is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10
Q16. If

n
r
r n r
r
n
x x a x
0
2 2
) 1 ( ) 1 (
, then ar is equal to
(a)
n
Cr (b)
n
Cr 3
r
(c)
2n
Cr (d)
n
Cr 2
r
Q17. If
13
Cr is denoted by Cr, then the value of C1 + C5 + C7 + C9 + C11 is equal to
(a) 2
12
287 (b) 2
12
165 (c) 2
12
C3 C13 (d) 2
12
C2 C13
Q18. The value of (n + 2)C02
n + 1
(n + 1)C12
n
+ nC22
n 1
+ is equal to
(a) 4n (b) 4 (c) 2n + 4 (d) 4(1 + n)
Q19. C0 + 2C1 + 3C2 + + (n + 1)Cn is equal to
(a) n2
n 1
(b) (n + 2)2
n 1
(c) (n + 2)2
n
(d) n2
n
Q20. The coefficient of x
4
in the expansion (1 + x + x
2
+ x
3
)
11
is
(a)
11
C2 +
11
C2 x
11
C1 +
11
C4 (b) 990
(c) 900 (d) 895
Practice qus
Q21. The value of

n
r
r
n
n
r
r
n
rx C
rx C
0
0
2 cos
2 sin
is equal to
(a) zero (b) tan 2nx (c) tan nx (d) 1
Q22. If Pn denotes the product of all the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)n, then
n
n
P
P
1 +
is equal to
(a)
!
) 1 (
n
n
n
+
(b)
! ) 1 (
) 1 (
1
+
+
+
n
n
n
(c)
!
) 1 (
1
n
n
n+
+
(d)
! ) 1 (
) 1 (
+
+
n
n
n
Q23. Coefficient of
2
14
2
+n n
x
in (x 1) (x
2
2) (x
3
3) (x
4
4) (x
n
n), (n 8) is
(a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 28 (d) None of these
Q24. If C0, C1, C2, , Cn are binomial coefficients then
1
1
]
1

,
_

+ +
,
_

+
,
_

0 2
2
1
3
2
) 1 ( .....
3
2
3
2
lim C C C C
n
n
n n n
n
is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
Q25.

n
r r
n
C
0
n
1
a , then

n
r r
n
C
r
0
equals
(a) (n 1)an (b) nan (c) (1/2)n . a
n
(d) none of these
Q26. The remainder when 3
37
is divided by 80 is
(a) 78 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 35
Q27. The remainder when 4
101
is divided by 101 is
(a) 4 (b) 64 (c) 84 (d) 36
Q28. The highest power of 18 contained in
50
C25 is
(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
Q29. The value of

<
+
n j i 0
) (
j
n
i
n
C C
is
(a) n .
4n
C2n (b) 4n .
4n
C2n (c) 2n .
4n
C2n (d) None of these
Q30. The value of

'

28
3
2003
, where {.} denotes the fractional part, is equal to
(a)
28
15
(b)
28
5
(c)
28
19
(d)
28
9
Q31.

< n j i 0
.
j
n
i
n
C C
is equal to
(a) ) 2 (
2
1
2 2
n
n n
C + (b) ) 2 (
2
1
2 2
n
n n
C (c) 2
2n
+
2n
Cn (d) 2
2n

2n
Cn
Q32.

< 1 n j i 0
. ) . (
j
n
i
n
C C j i
is equal to
(a)
) 2 (
2
1
2 2 2 2
2

n
n n
C
n
(b)
) 2 (
2
1
2 2 2 2
2

+
n
n n
C
n
(c) ) 2 (
1
2 2 2 2 2

+
n
n n
C n (d)
) 2 (
1
2 2 2 2 2

n
n n
C n
Practice qus
Q33.

<
+
n j i 0
2
) (
j
n
i
n
C C
is equal to
(a) n .
2n
Cn + 2
2n
(b) (n 1) .
2n
Cn + 2
2n
(c) (n + 1) .
2n
Cn + 2
2n
(d) None of these
Q34.

<
+ +
n j i 0
) )( (
j
n
i
n
C C j i
is equal to
(a) n . 2
n
(b) n
2
. 2
n + 1
(c) n . 2
n + 1
(d) n
2
. 2
n
Q35. If

n
r r
n
a
C
r
0
, then the value of

n
r r
n
C
0
1
is equal to
(a)
n
a
(b)
a
n
(c)
n
a 2
(d)
a
n 2
Q36.

n
r
r
n
x r n rx C
0
) cos( . sin
is equal to
(a) 2
n 1
. sin (nx) (b) 2
n + 1
. sin (nx) (c) 2
n
. sin (nx) (d) None of these
Q37.

n
r
r
n
rx C
0
) (sin
is equal to
(a)
2
sin
2
cos . 2
nx x
n n
(b)
2
cos
2
sin . 2
nx x
n n
(c)
2
sin
2
cos . 2
1
nx x
n n+
(d)
2
cos
2
sin . 2
1
nx x
n n+
Q38. If n N and n is not a multiple of three and

+ +
n
r
r
r
n
x a x x
2
0
2
) 1 (
, then

n
r
r
n
r
r
C a
0
. . ) 1 (
is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
Q39.

,
_

+ + +
n
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
n r
C
0
3 2
......
2
7
2
3
2
1
. ) 1 (
is equal to
(a)
1 2
1

n
(b)
1 2
3

n
(c)
1 2
2

n
(d) None of these
Q40. Let
n
p ) 7 3 8 ( + and f = p [p], where [.] denotes the greatest integer function. Then the value of p(1 f) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2
n
(d) 2
2n
Q41. If
n
p ) 3 2 ( + , then the value of x x
2
+ x[x], where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2
2n
(d) 2
n
Q42.


n
r r
n
r
n
C
C r
1 1
.
is equal to
(a)
2
) 1 ( + n n
(b)
2
) 1 ( n n
(c) n(n + 1) (d) n(n 1)
Q43.

+
+ +
n
r
r
n r
r r
C
0
2
) 2 )( 1 (
. 2
is equal to
(a)
) 2 )( 1 (
5 2 2
2
+ +
+
+
n n
n
n
(b)
) 2 )( 1 (
5 4 2
2
+ +
+
+
n n
n
n
(c)
) 2 )( 1 (
5 2 2
2
+ +

+
n n
n
n
(d) None of these
Practice qus
Q44.
2
0 1
3
.

,
_

n
r r
n
r
n
C
C
r is equal to
(a)
12
) 2 )( 1 (
2
+ + n n n
(b)
12
) 2 ( ) 1 (
2
+ + n n n
(c)
12
) 2 )( 1 ( + + n n n
(d) None of these
Q45.

+
+

n
r
r
n
r
r
C
0
1
1
) 1 ( is equal to
(a)
1
1
+

n
(b)
n
1
(c)
1
1
+ n
(d)
1 + n
n
Q46.

+
n
r
r
n
r
C r
2
0
2
) 2 (
1
). (
is equal to
(a)
) 2 2 )( 1 2 (
) 1 2 2 ( 2
2 1 2
+ +
+
+
n n
n n
n
(b)
) 2 2 )( 1 2 (
2 ) 1 2 ( 2
2 1 2
+ +
+
+
n n
n n
n
(c)
) 2 2 )( 1 2 (
) 1 2 2 ( 2
2 1 2
+ +
+ +
+
n n
n n
n
(d) None of these
Q47. If
1 2
) 8 3 5 (
+
+
n
x and x1 = x [x] where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then x x1 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 11
2n
(c) 11
2n + 1
(d) 11
2n 1
Q48. In a triangle ABC, the value of the expression

n
r
r n r
r
n
A r n rB b C
0
) ) ( cos( . . a
is equal to
(a) c
n
(b) zero (c) a
n
(d) b
n
Q49. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (
2
x
2
2 x + 1)
51
vanishes, then the value of is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
Q50. The value of x, for which the 6
th
term in the expansion of
7
) 1 3 ( log ) 5 / 1 (
) 7 9 ( log
1
2
1
2
2
1
2

'

+
+
+

x
x
is 84 is equal to
(a) 4, 3 (b) 0, 3 (c) 0, 2 (d) 1, 2
E X E R C I S E I I I
Q1. If the coefficients of rth, (r + 1)th and (r + 2)th terms in the binomial expansion of (1 + y)m are in A.P., then m and r satisfy
the equation:
(a) m
2
m(4r + 1) + 4r
2
+ 2 = 0 (b) m
2
m(4r 1) + 4r
2
2 = 0
(c) m
2
m(4r 1) + 4r
2
+ 2 = 0 (d) m
2
m(4r + 1) + 4r
2
2 = 0
Q2. If the coefficient of x
7
in
11
2
1
1
]
1

,
_

+
bx
ax equals the coefficient of x
7
in
11
2
1
1
]
1

,
_

bx
ax , then a and b satisfy the relation
(a) a + b = 1 (b) a b = 1 (c) ab = 1 (d) 1
b
a
Q3. If x is so small that x
3
and higher powers of x may be neglected then
2
1
3
2
3
) 1 (
2
1
1 ) 1 (
x
x x

,
_

+ +
may be approximated as
(a)
2
8
3
3 x x + (b)
2
8
3
1 x (c)
2
8
3
2
x
x
(d)
2
8
3
x
Practice qus
Q4. The coefficient of the middle term in the binomial expansion in powers of x of (1 + x)
4
and of (1 x)
6
is the same if
equals:
(a)
3
5
(b)
3
10
(c)
10
3
(d)
5
3
Q5. The coefficient of x
n
in expansion of (1 + x) (1 x)
n
is:
(a) (n 1) (b) ( 1)
n
(1 n) (c) ( 1)
n 1
(n 1)
2
(d) ( 1)
n 1
n
Q6. If

n
r r
n
n
C
S
0
1
and

n
r r
n
n
C
r
t
0
, then
n
n
S
t
is equal to:
(a) n
2
1
(b) 1
2
1
n (c) n 1 (d)
2
1 2 n
Q7. If
n
Cr denotes the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time, then the expression
n
Cr + 1 +
n
Cr 1 + 2 x
n
Cr equals:
(a)
n + 2
Cr (b)
n + 2
Cr + 1 (c)
n + 1
Cr (d)
n + 1
Cr + 1
Q8. The number of integral terms in the expansion of
256 8
) 5 3 ( + is:
(a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 34 (d) 35
Q9. If x is positive, the first negative term in the expansion of (1 + x)
27/5
is:
(a) 7
th
term (b) 5
th
term (c) 8
th
term (d) 6
th
term
Q10. The coefficient of x
4
in
10
2
3
2

,
_

x
x
is:
(a)
256
405
(b)
259
504
(c)
263
450
(d) none of these
Q11. The expression
5
2
1
3
5
2
1
3
) 1 ( ) 1 (

,
_

,
_

+ x x x x is a polynomial of degree:
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
Q12. If in the expansion of (1 + x)
m
(1 x)
n
, the coefficients of x and x
2
are 3 and 6 respectively, then m is:
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 24
Q13. For 2 r n,

,
_

,
_

,
_

2 1
2
r
n
r
n
r
n
(a)

,
_

+
1
1
r
n
(b)

,
_

+
+
1
1
2
r
n
(c)

,
_

+
r
n 2
2 (d)

,
_

+
r
n 2
Q14. In the binomial expression of (a b)
n
, n 5, the sum of the 5
th
and 6
th
terms is zero. Then a/b equals:
(a) (n 5)/6 (b) (n 4)/5 (c) 5/(n 4) (d) 6/(n 5)
Q15. The sum

,
_

,
_

m
0 i
i m
20
i
10
, (where

,
_

q
p
= 0 if p < q) is maximum when m is
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
Q16. Coefficient of t
24
in (1 + t
2
)
12
(1 + t
12
) (1 + t
24
) is:
(a)
12
C6 + 3 (b)
12
C6 + 1 (c)
12
C6 (d)
12
C6 + 2
Q17. If
n 1
Cr = (k
2
3)
n
Cr + 1, then k :
(a) ( , 2] (b) [2, ) (c) ] 3 , 3 [ (d) ] 2 , 3 (
Practice qus
Q18. The value of

,
_

,
_

,
_

,
_

,
_

,
_

,
_

,
_

30
30
20
30
.......
12
30
2
30
11
30
1
30
10
30
0
30
is where
r
n
C
r
n

,
_

:
(a)

,
_

10
30
(b)

,
_

15
30
(c)

,
_

30
60
(d)

,
_

10
31
Q19. If Cr stands for
n
Cr, then the sum of the series
] 1)C (n 1) ( ...... 3C 2C [C
! n
!
2
n
!
2
n
2
2
n
n 2
2
2
1
2
0
+ + +

,
_

,
_

, where n is
an even positive integer is equal to:
(a) 0 (b) ( 1)
n/2
(n + 1) (c) ( 1)
n
(n + 2) (d) ( 1)
n
n
Q20. If

n
r r
n
n
C
a
0
1
, then

n
r r
n
C
r
0
equals
(a) (n 1)an (b) nan (c)
n
na
2
1
(d) None of these
Practice qus
ANS WE RS
E X E R C I S E I
Q1. b Q2. a Q3. b Q4. a Q5. b Q6. a Q7. c
Q8. b Q9. b Q10. c Q11. b Q12. d Q13. d Q14. a
Q15. c Q16. c Q17. b Q18. a Q19. a Q20. b Q21. a
Q22. b Q23. b Q24. b Q25. a Q26. b Q27. c Q28. c
Q29. d Q30. b Q31. b Q32. a Q33. d Q34. c Q35. c
Q36. b Q37. b Q38. b Q39. a Q40. b Q41. c Q42.
Q43. c Q44. a Q45. a Q46. b Q47. c Q48. c Q49. a
Q50. d
E X E R C I S E I I
Q1. b Q2. b Q3. b Q4. b Q5. a Q6. d Q7. d
Q8. d Q9. c Q10. b Q11. c Q12. b Q13. b Q14. d
Q15. d Q16. d Q17. c Q18. d Q19. b Q20. ab Q21. c
Q22. ab Q23. a Q24. a Q25. c Q26. b Q27. a Q28. c
Q29. b Q30. c Q31. b Q32. a Q33. b Q34. d Q35. c
Q36. a Q37. a Q38. d Q39. a Q40. a Q41. a Q42. a
Q43. c Q44. b Q45. d Q46. b Q47. c Q48. a Q49. c
Q50. d
E X E R C I S E I I I
Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. c Q5. b Q6. a Q7. b
Q8. b Q9. c Q10. a Q11. c Q12. c Q13. d Q14. b
Q15. c Q16. d Q17. d Q18. a Q19. c Q20. c