Exercise C-1

1. For 1 r n , the value of n Cr n 1

Cr n 2
Cr .......... r Cr is
(A) n Cr 1 (B) n 1
Cr (C) n 1
Cr 1 (D) none of these
100
100
2. The coefficient of x in the expansion
53 Cm ( x 3)100 m m
2 is
m 0

(A) 100
C47 (B) 100
C53 (C) 100
C53 (D) 100
C100
3. The number of integral terms in the expansion of (5 + 7 ) 1/2 1/6 642
is
(A) 106 (B) 108 (C) 103 (D) 109
4. The ratio of the coefficient of xn in the expansion of (1 + x)2n and (1 + x)2n-1 will be
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 3
5. The number of terms in the expansion of (x + 1)2n+1 – (x – 1)2n + 1 , is
(A) 2n (B) n (C) n + 1 (D) 2n + 1
n
6. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of x 2 2 is 243, then the term independent of x, is equal
x3
to
7
(A) 11 (B) (C) 15 (D) 40
2
7. The value of 4 {nC1 + 4 . nC2 + 42 . nC3 + ...... + 4n - 1} is
(A) 0 (B) 5n + 1 (C) 5n (D) 5n - 1
8. If A and B respectively denote the sum of the odd terms and sum of the even terms in the expansion of (x +
y)n, then the value of (x2 – y2)n, is equal to
(A) A2 + B2 (B) A2 – B2 (C) 4AB (D) (A – B)2
n
1
9. The value of , is equal to
r 0 2r ! 2n 2r !

22n 22n 1 2n 1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n ! 2n ! n! n!

10. In the expansion of (1 + x)n (1 + y)n (1 + z)n, the sum of the co-efficients of the terms of degree ' r ' is
n3 n
(A) Cr (B) C r3 (C) 3nCr (D) 3 . 2nCr
11. The sum of the last n coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)2n – 1 when expanding in ascending power of x,
is equal to
(A) 22n – 1 (B) 22n – 2 (C) 22n (D) 22n – 2n

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12. The fractional part of , is equal to
8
3 7 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these.
8 8 8
13. Given positive integers r > 1, n > 2, and the coefficients of the (3r) th and (r + 2) th terms in the

binomial expansion of (1 + x) 2n are equal, which, if any, of the following statements is true ?

(A) n = 2r (B) n = 3r (C) n = 2r + 1 (D) none of these

14. If in the expansion of (1 + x)m (1 - x)n, coefficients of x and x2 are 3 and - 6 respectively, then m is

(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 24

15. n–1C = (K2 – 3).nCr+1, if K

r

(A) [– 3 , 3] (B) (– , – 2) (C) (2, ) (D) ( 3 , 2]

30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 n n
16. The value of 0 10 – 1 11 + 2 12 ........ + 20 30 is, where r = Cr.

30 30 60 31
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 10

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT

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17. The polynomial 1 – x + x2 – x3 + ...... + x16 – x17 may be written in the form a i yi where y = x + 1 and ai’ss
i 0

are constants. Then a2 equals –

(A) The coefficient of t3 in the expansion of 1 – (1 – t)18
17 n
(B)
n 2 2

(C) 816
(D) The coefficient of t 3 in the expansion of 1 – (1 – t)17
11
3 log 2 x3
18. In the expansion of x 3. 2

(A) there appears a term with the power x2

(B) there does not appear a term with the power x2
(C) there appears a term with the power x 3
(D) the ratio of the co-efficient of x3 to that of x 3 is 1/3

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19. If it is known that the third term of the binomial expansion x x log10 x is 106 then x is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 10 5/2 (C) 100 (D) 5
n
1
20. The expansion of x is arranged in decreasing power of x. If coefficient of first three terms form
24 x
an A.P. then in expansion, the integral powers of x are :
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8
n n n
n n n n
21. i j k , where r = nCr :
i 0 j 0 k 0

(A) is less than 5000 if n = 3 (B) is greater than 600 if n = 3

(C) is less than 5000 if n = 4 (D) is greater than 4000 if n = 4

22. Let f(x) = 1 + x111 + x222 + x333 ...... + x999 then f(x) is divisible by :

(A) x + 1 (B) x

(C) x – 1 (D) 1 + x222 + x444 + x666 + x888

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 Exercise C-II

Paragraph for Question Nos. 1 to 3

Consider the binomial expansion R = (1 + 2x)n = I + f where I is the integral part of R and f is the fractional

part of R n N. Also the sum of the coefficients of R is 6561.

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1. The value of (n + R – Rf) for x equals –
2

(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

2. If ith terms is the greatest term for x = 1/2, then ‘i’ equals –

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

3. If kth terms is having greatest coefficient then sum of all possible value(s) of k is –

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 11 (D) 13

Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 to 6

Let us consider the expansion (3 + 4x)n = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + a3x3 + ......... + anxn, then

4. a1 + a3 + a5 + a7 + .......... is equal to –

7n ( 1)n 7n ( 1) n 7n 1
( 1) n 1
7n 1
( 1)n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
5. a0 – a2 + a4 – a6 + .......... is equal to –
n 1 4 n 1 3 n 1 4 n 1 3
(A) 5 cos n tan 3 (B) 7 cos n tan 4 (C) 7 cos n tan 3 (D) 5 cos n tan 4

6. (a0 – a2 + a4 – a6 + ..........)2 + (a1 – a3 + a5 –.........)2 equals –

(A) 72n (B) 5n (C) 52n (D) 7n

MATCH THE COLUMN

2 n
7. If 1 x x a0 a1x a 2 x 2 ....... a 2n x 2n , then

Column -I Column-II

(A) a 0 a1 ......a 2n (P) n+1

(B) a 0 a1 a 2 a 3 ..... a 2n (Q) 1

(C) a 0 2a1 3a 2 ........ 2n 1 a 2 n (R) 3n

(D) a 0 2a 1 4a 2 8a 3 ....... 2 2 n .a 2 n (S) 3n

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 Exercise C-III
1. Let f(x) = 1 – x + x2 – x3 + ......... + x16 – x17 = a0 + a1 (1 + x) + a2 (1 + x)2 + ..... + a17 (1 + x)17,

find the value of a2.

2. Let a = 41 401 1 and let bn = nC1 + nC2 · a + nC3 · a2 + ........ + nCn · an – 1.

Find the value of (b2006 – b2005).

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3. Let a 3 223 1 and let f (n) = nC0·an – 1 – nC1·an–2 + nC2·an– 3 –......+ (–1)n – 1·nCn – 1·a0.

If the value of f (2007) + f (2008) = 9k where k N, then find k.

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4. Let P = 2 3 and f = P – [P], where [P] denotes the greatest integer function.

f2
Find the value of .
1 f
5. Prove that
C1 2 C2 3 C3 n .C n n (n 1)
(a) .......
C0 C1 C2 Cn 1 2

C1 C2 Cn 2n 1 1
(b) C0 + ......
2 3 n 1 n 1

22 . C1 23 . C 2 24 .C3 2n 1 . C n 3n 1 1
(c) 2 . Co + ......
2 3 4 n 1 n 1

C1 C2 Cn 1
(d) Co ...... ( 1) n
2 3 n 1 n 1

100 100
6. Let (C 2r C s2 C r C s ) = m 2n
C n + 2 p where m, n and p are even natural numbers
r 0 s 0

and Cr represents the coefficient of xr in the expansion of (1 + x)100. Find the value of (m + n + p).
m 3
m m
7. If Jm = Cr C r 3 and m1, m2 are two values of m satisfying 5Jm = 3Jm+1,
r 0

then find the value of [(1 – m1)(1 – m2)] where [ · ] denotes greatest integer function.

8. If (1+x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x² + .... + Cn xn , then show that the sum of the products of the Ci’s taken
Ci C j 2 n!
two at a time , represented by is equal to 22n 1 .
0 i j n 2 ( n!) 2

9. Let S1 = Ci C j , S 2 = Ci C j and S3 = Ci C j
0 i j 100 0 j i 100 0 i j 100

where Cr represents coefficient of in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)100.

xr
If S1 + S2 + S3 = ab where a, b N then find the least value of (a + b).

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10. The expressions 1 + x, 1+x + x2, 1 + x + x2 + x3,............. 1 + x + x2 +........... + xn are multiplied together and

the terms of the product thus obtained are arranged in increasing powers of x in the form of a0 + a1x + a2x2

+................., then,

(a) how many terms are there in the product.

(b) show that the coefficients of the terms in the product, equidistant from the beginning and end are equal.
(n 1)!
(c) show that the sum of the odd coefficients = the sum of the even coefficients =
2
89
11. Let x = 3 6 7 . If {x} denot es the fract ional part of 'x' then find t he remainder when

x{x} + (x{x})2 + (x{x})3 is divided by 31.

7
1
x 2 log7 (3 x 2 9
12. Find the sum of possible real values of x for which the sixth term of 3 log3 9
7 5 equals 567.

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13. Let 1 + 3r.10 C r r.10 C r = 210 ( . 45 + ) where N and f(x) = x2 – 2x – k2 + 1. If lies between
r 1

the roots of f(x) = 0. Then find the smallest positive integral value of k.
3n n
3n 3n
14. Let n N ; Sn = Cr and T = C3r . Find |S – 3T |.
n n n
r 0 r 0

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