Exercise 1(B)

Multiple choice questions

1. The number of distinct terms in the expansion of (x  2y  3z  5w  7u)n is

(n  1)(n  2)(n  3)(n  4)
(a) n + 1 (b) n  4 C 4 (c) n  4 C n (d)
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2. If the binomial coefficients of 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of
m
 2log10 (103x )  5 2(x 2)log10 3  are in A.P. and the 6th term is 21, then the value(s) of x is
 
(are)
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c)4 (d)– 1

3. The coefficient of middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)n, when n is even, is

1.3.5....n
(a) 2n (b) (c) n C n 1 (d) n C n
2.4.6....(n  1) 2 2

4. The middle term of (1 + x)2n is

1.3.5.....(2n  1) n n 1.3.5....(2n  1) n n
(a) 2 x (b) 2 x
n! n!
(c) 2n Cn x n (d) 2n
Cn 1x n

2n
 1
5. In the expansion of  x   (n N), the term independent of x is
 x
1.3.5.......(2n  1) n (2n)! (2n)! n n!
(a) 2 (b) 2
(c) 2 (d)
n! (n!) n! (2n)!

6
 2 
6. Let f (x)  ( x  1  x  1)  
2 2 6
 . Then
 x  1  x 1 
2 2

(a) f(x) is a polynomial of the sixth degree in x (b) f(x) has exactly two terms
(c) f(x) is not a polynomial in x (d) Coefficient of x 6 is 64

7. If 13Cr is denoted by Cr, then the value of C1 + C5 + C7 + C9 + C11 is equal to

(a) 212 – 287 (b) 212 – 165 (c) 212 – C3 – C13 (d) 212 – C2 – C13
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8. If Pn denotes the product of all the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)n, then is
Pn
equal to

(n  1)n (n  1) n 1 (n  1) n 1 (n  1)n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n! (n  1) ! n! (n  1) !

9. For which of the following values of x, 5th term is the numerically greatest term in the
expansion of (1  x / 3)10

(a). -2 (b) 1.8 (c) 2 (d) -1.9

10. The middle term in the expansion of ( x / 2  2)8 is 1120, then real x satisfying the
condition is

(a) -2 (b) 3 (c) -3 (d) 2

20
 17 
11. 10 term of  3 
th
 3 2 
 4
 

(a) an irrational number (b) a rational number

(c) a positive integer (d) a negative integer

12. The value of n

C1  n 1 C2  n  2 C3  ..........  n  m 1 Cm is equal to

mn
(a) Cn  1

mn
(b) C n 1

(c) m C1  m 1 C2  m  2 C3  ..........  n  m 1 Cn

mn
(d) Cm  1

n 1 n
Cr
13. 
r 0
n
Cr  n Cr 1
is equal to

n( n  1) n(n  1)
(a) n/2 (b) (n+1)/2 (c) (d)
2 2( n  1)
14. Let ( 2  1)6  I  f , where 0 < f < 1 and I is an integer. Then

(a) I is an odd integer

(b) I is an even integer

(c) [( 2  1)6 ]  197 , where [.] represents the greatest integer

(d) the value of ( I  f )(1  f )  1

n n k
15. Sum of the series 
k 0 r 0
n
Ck n  k Cr is

n n
(a) 2 n (b) 3n (c)  (1)
r 0
r n
Cr 4r (d) 
r 0
n
Cr 2r

16. If f  (2  3) n  [(2  3) n ] , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to

f2
x, then is
1 f

(a) a positive integer (b) a positive rational number

(c) an irrational number (d) none of these

17. The sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (1  ax  2x 2 )n is

(a) positive, when a <1 and n  2k, k  N

(b) negative, when a <1 and n  2k  1, k  N

(c) positive, when a>1 and n  N

(d) zero, when a=1

18. The values of r satisfying the equation 69

C3r 1  69 Cr2  69 Cr2 1  69 C3r is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 7

19. If n  1 , then (1  x)n  nx  1 is divisible by

(a) x (b) x 2 (c) x 3 (d) x 4

20. The last digit of

(a) 3100 is 1 (b) 1750 is 1 (c) 1750  7 50 is 8 (d) 1950  7 50 is 0

COMPREHENSION TYPE

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For n  N, we put

2n
(1  x  x 2 ) n   a r x r
r 0

21. Which of the following is true?

(a) a r  a n r (b) a 2r  a n r (c) a r  a 2n r (d) None of these

22. Value of 2(a 0  a1  ........a n 1 )  a n

(3n  1)
(a) 22n 1 (b) 3n (c) 3n /2 (d)
2

23. If a 02  a12  a 22  a 32  ........  a 2n

2
 ka n

Then k equals

1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0
2

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

24. The value of ( x  a)n can be

(a) 64 (b) -1 (c) -32 (d) none of these

25. The value of least term in the expansion is

(a) 16 (b) 160 (c) 32 (d) 81

26. The sum of odd- numbered terms is

(a) 1664 (b) 2376 (c) 1562 (d) 1486

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An equation a 0  a1x  a 2 x 2  ..............  a 99 x 99  x100  0 has roots

99
C0 , 99 C1 , 99 C2, ....... 99 C99

27. The value of a 99 is equal to

(a) 298 (b) 299 (c) 299 (d) None

28. The value of a 98 is

2198  198 C99 2198  198 C99

(a) (b) (c) 299  99 C 49 (d) None
2 2

29. ( 99 C0 ) 2  ( 99 C1 ) 2  ( 99 C2 ) 2  ...........  ( 99 C99 ) 2 is equal to

(a) 2a 98  a 99
2 2
(b) a 99  a 98 2
(c) a 99  2a 98 (d) None

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P is a set containing n elements. A subset A of P is chosen and the set P is reconstructed by

replacing the elements of (A) A subset B of P is chosen again .

30. The number of ways of choosing A and B such that A and B have no common elements is

(a) 3n (b) 2 n (c) 4 n (d) None

31. The number of ways of choosing A and B such that B contains just one element more
than A is

(a) 2 n (b) 2n
C n 1 (c) 2n
Cn (d) (3n ) 2

32. The number of ways of choosing A and B such that B is a subset of A is

(a) 2n
Cn (b) 4 n (c) 3n (d) None
Assertion/ Reason

(A) Both the statements are True and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1

(B) Both the statements are True but statement is not the explanation of statement 1

(C) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false

(D) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true

33. Statement 1: 32 n  2  8n  9 is divisible by 64, n  N

Statement 2: (1  x) n  nx  1 is divisible by x 2 , n  N

34. Statement 1: Three consecutive binomial coefficients are always in (A)P.

Statement 2: Three consecutive binomial coefficients are not in H.P. or G.P.

35. Statement 1: If p is a prime number (p  2), then (2  5) p   2 p1 is always

divisible by p, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function

Statement 2: If n is a prime, then nC1 , nC2 , nC3 ,........ nCn 1 must be divisible by n.

36. Statement 1: Greatest term in the expansion of (1  x)12 , when x  11/10 is 7th

Statement 2: 7th term in the expansion of (1  x)12 has the factor 12C6 which is

greatest value of 12Cr

37. Statement 1: Sum of coefficients in the expansion of (3 x /4  35 x /4 )n is 2 n

Statement 2: The sum of coefficients in the expansion of ( x  y)n is 2 n when we put

x  y 1
Matrix Match Type

38.

Column – A Column – B

(a) Coefficients of x 7 and x8 are equal in (p) 45

the expansion of (3  x / 2)n then, n =

(b) Coefficients of x 2 and x3 are equal in (q) 7

the expansion of (3  9 x / 7)n then, n =

n 1
(c) nC6  C5  1 then, n = (r) 55

(d) nC2  990 then, n = (s) 9

39.

Column – A Column – B

(a) Coefficient of two consecutive terms in the (p) 9

expansion of (1  x)n will be equal, then n can be

(b) If 15n  23n is divided by 19, then n can be (q) 10

(c) 10
C0 20C10 10 C118C10 10 C216C10  …. is (r) 11
divisible by 2 n , then n can be

(d) If the coefficients of Tr , Tr 1 , Tr 2 terms of (s) 12

(1  x)14 are in A.P., then r is less than

40.
 Column – A Column – B

(a) If the coefficient of x 2 and x3 in (3   x)9 (p)

4
are equal, then value of  is 7

(b) If a denote the coefficient of x n in (q) 9

(1  x) 2 n and b denote the coefficient of x n 1 7

 a b 
3

in (1  x)2 n 1 then   equals

 ab

(c) If {x} denote the fractional part of x, then 1

(r)
 32008  27
  is
 7 

(d) The term independent of x in the expansion 7

(s)
 3x 2 1 
7 36
of (1  x  2 x ) 
2
 
 2 3x 