EXERCISE 1 (Board level)

1.01. Expand  x  2a  using binomial theorem.

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1.02. Using binomial theorem, find the value of 985.

 2x  y   .
7
3 4
1.03. Find the number of terms in the expansion of

   
5 5
1.04. Evaluate 2 1  2 1 using binomial theorem.

1.05. Which term is greater 1.2 

4000
or 800 ?

1.06. Find the coefficients of x 4 in 1  x   2  x  using binomial theorem.

2 5

1.07. Find the coefficient of x 2 y 3 in the expansion of  2 x  y  .

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1.08. Find the value of ' x ' if the sixth and seventh terms in the expansion of  3  x  are equal.
20

9
 x3 2 
1.09. Find 4th term from end in the expansion of   2  .
 2 x 
n
 1 
1.10. In the expansion of  21/ 4  1/4  , if the ratio of the fifth term from the beginning to the fifth term from
 3 
the end is 6 :1, then find the value of ' n '.
7
 3 
1.11. Find the middle terms in the expansion of  x  2  .
 x 

1 3  5   2n  1 n n
1.12. Prove that the middle term in the expansion of 1  x 
2n
is 2 x .
n

1.13. Show that the coefficient of middle term in the expansion of 1  x 

20
is equal to the sum of the

coefficients of two middle terms in the expansion of 1  x  .

19

10
 x 3 
1.14. Find the term independent of ' x ' in the expansion of    .
 3 2 x 2 
10
 k 
1.15. If the constant term in the expansion of  x  2  is 405, then find the value of ' k ' .
 x 
15

1.16. Find the term containing x 17 in the expansion of  x 4  3  . Also, find the coefficient of x 17 .
1
 x 
11 11

1.17. If the coefficient of x 7 in  ax 2   is equal to the coefficient of x 7 in  ax  2  then prove that

1 1
 bx   bx 
ab  1.
1.18. If the third, fourth and fifth terms in the expansion of  x  a  are 84, 280 and 560 respectively then
n

find the values of a , x and n.

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1.19. If the coefficients of r th ,  r  1 and  r  2  terms in the expansion of 1  x  are in A.P., find ' r '.
th th 14

1.20. If in the expansion of 1  x  , the coefficients of three consecutive terms are 56, 70 and 56. Then find
n

n and the position of terms of these coefficients.

n
1.21. If the coefficients of three consecutive terms in the expansion of 1  x  are in the ratio of 1: 3 : 5, then
find the value of ' n '.
1.22. If a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are coefficients of any four consecutive terms in expansion of 1  x  , then prove that
n

a1 a3 2a2
 
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3
n
1.23. Prove that 
r0
n
Cr  4 r  5 n .

1.24. Prove that 32 n  2  8n  9 is divisible by 64.

1.25. Prove that 7 n  6n always leaves remainder 1 when divided by 36.

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 EXERCISE 2 (Practice problems)
Note : Cr represents nCr , unless otherwise stated.
2.01. The larger of 10150  9950 and 10050 is
(A) 10050 (B) 10150  9950 (C) both are equal (D) none of these
2.02. If in the expansion of  x  a  , the sum of terms at odd positions is A and the sum of terms at even
n

positions is B, then  x  a    x  a  
2n 2n

(A) AB (B) 2 AB (C) 3AB (D) 4 AB

m
 1 5
2.03. If the fourth term in the expansion of  px   is always , then
 x 2

5 1 1
(A) p  , m  3 (B) p  , m  6 (C) p   , m  6 (D) none of these
2 2 2

If the coefficients of second, third and fourth term in the expansion of 1  x  are in A.P., then n 2  9n 
n
2.04.
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14
b2  ac
In the expansion of  x  y  , if T6  a, T7  b, T8  c and T9  d , then 2 
n
2.05.
c  bd
4c 3c 4a 3a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3a 4a 3c 4c
10
 cos  
2.06. The greatest value of the term independent of ' x ' in the expansion of  x sin    is
 x 

10 10 10 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 5  2 25  5 2
5  25 5

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 3x 2 1 
2.07. Constant term in the expansion of 1  x  2 x   3
  is
 2 3x 
15 17 19 21
(A) (B) (C) (D)
54 54 54 54
The coefficient of x11 in the expansion of 1  x  1  x 
15 20
2.08. is
(A) 35C10 (B) 35C11 (C) 35C12 (D) 15C11
2.09. C0  20C11  15C1  20C10  15C2  20C9  ...  15C11  20C0 
15

(A) 35C10 (B) 35C11 (C) 35C12 (D) 15C11

20
 1
The coefficient of x in the expansion of 1  x 
15
1  
4
2.10. is
 x
(A) 35C10 (B) 35C11 (C) 35C12 (D) 15C11
2.11. C15  20C11  15C14  20C10  15C13  20C9  ...  15C4  20C0 
15

(A) 35C10 (B) 35C11 (C) 35C12 (D) 15C11

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  C0    nC1    nC2   ...   nCn  
n 2 2 2 2
2.12.

1 2n
 Cn 
2
(A) 2n
Cn (B) 2  2 nCn (C)  Cn (D) 2n
2

 C0    nC1    nC2   ...   nCn  

n 2 2 2 2
2.13. If ' n ' is an odd number, then

1 2n
(A)  Cn (B) 2n
Cn (C) 2  2 nCn (D) 0
2

 C   C   C5   ...   nCn  
n 2 n 2 n 2 2
2.14. If ' n ' is an odd number, then 1 3

1 2n
(A)  Cn (B) 2n
Cn (C) 2  2 nCn (D) 3  2 nCn
2

2.15. The remainder when 82n  622n1 is divided by 9 is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

2.16. The number of rational terms in the expansion of  51/ 2  71/8 

1024
is
(A) 126 (B) 128 (C) 129 (D) 130

 
2020
2.17. The number of irrational terms in the expansion of 4
56 2 is
(A) 1852 (B) 1853 (C) 168 (D) 169
T2 T
in the expansion of  a  b  and 3 in the expansion of  a  b  are equal, then n 
n n3
2.18. If
T3 T4
(A)3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
2 n 1
If A and B are the coefficient of x n in the expansions of 1  x  and 1  x 
2n
2.19. respectively, then
(A) A  B (B) A  2 B (C) 2 A  B (D) none of these
The greatest coefficient in the expansion of 1  x 
2 n 2
2.20. is

2n 2n  2 2n  2 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n n n  1 n  1 n n 1 n n 1
2
The greatest term in the expansion of 1  x  when x 
10
2.21. is
3
(A) third (B) fourth (C) fifth (D) sixth
2
The greatest term in the expansion of 1  x 
50
2.22. when x  can be
15
(A) fifth or sixth (B) sixth or seventh (C) seventh or eighth (D) eighth and nineth
2.23. The remainder obtained by dividing 260 by 7 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
2019
2.24. The remainder obtained by dividing 7 by 11 is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
2.25. The last two digits of the number 3400 are
(A) 01 (B) 09 (C) 27 (D) 81
2.26. The coefficient of x8 in the expansion of 1  x 2  2 x3  is
9

(A) 1024 (B) 1134 (C) 1331 (D) 1729

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2.27. The coefficient of x50 in the expansion of 1  x 
49
1  x  x  2 48
is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 49 (D) 50
2.28. Coefficient of x 50 in 1  3x  3 x 2  x 3 
100
is
100 300 100 300
(A) C49 (B) C49 (C) C50 (D) C50

Coefficient of x 30 in the expansion of 1  1  x   1  x   ...  1  x 

2 100
2.29. is
100 101 100 101
(A) C30 (B) C30 (C) C31 (D) C31
2.30. 30
C30  31C30  32C30  ...  100C30 
100 101 100 101
(A) C30 (B) C30 (C) C31 (D) C31

Coefficient of x 30 in the expansion of 1  x   1  x   ...  1  x 

40 41 100
2.31. is
(A) 101
C31  40C31 (B) C30  40C30
101
(C) 101
C31  41C31 (D) 101
C30  41C30
2.32. 40
C30  41C30  42C30  ...  100C30 
(A) 101
C31  40C31 (B) C30  40C30
101
(C) 101
C31  41C31 (D) 101
C30  41C30

If the coefficient of x k in the expansion of 1  1  x   1  x   ...  1  x  is the greatest, then k 

2 15
2.33.
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 15
Coefficient of x 5 in the expansion of  x  2    x  2   x  1   x  2   x  1  ...   x  1
15 14 13 2 15
2.34. is

(A)  211  1  16C5 (B)  212  1  16C5 (C)  211  1  15C5 (D)  212  1  15C5

Coefficient of x 30 in the expansion of 1  x   2 x 1  x   3x 2 1  x   ...  100 x 99 is

99 98 97
2.35.
101 101 100 100
(A) C30 (B) C31 (C) C30 (D) C31
100
 3
2.36. The number of distinct terms in the expansion of  x  2   is
 x
(A) 199 (B) 200 (C) 201 (D) 202
The number of distinct terms in the expansion of  x  2 y  3 z  is
6
2.37.
(A)14 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 56
The number of distinct terms in the expansion of  a  b  c  d  e  f  is
3
2.38.
(A)18 (B) 28 (C) 35 (D) 56
If the number of distinct terms in the expansion of  x  2 y  3 z  is 45, then n 
n
2.39.
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) none of these
Sum of the coefficients in the expansion of 1  x  is
5
2.40.
(A) 80 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64
Sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  x  y  is
8
2.41.
(A) 64 (B) 225 (C) 256 (D) 400
10
 x 4y z 
2.42. The sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of     is
2 3 6
(A) 1 (B) 210 (C) 310 (D) none of these
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 If 1  x  x 2   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a2 n x 2 n , then a0  a2  a4  ......  a2 n 
n
2.43.

3n  1 3n  1 3n1  1 3n1  1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

If 1  x  x 2   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a2 n x 2 n , then for r  0,1, 2,..., n  1,

n
2.44.

(A) ar  a2 n  r (B) ar  a2 n  r (C) ar  a2 n  r (D) none of these

If 1  x  x 2   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a2 n x 2 n , then a0  a1  a2  ...  an 1 

n
2.45.

3n  an 3n 3n  an
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
2 2 2
n n
r 1 x
2.46. If x   n and y   n , then 
r 0 Cr r  0 Cr y
2n  1 n 1 n
(A) (B) (C) n  1 (D)
2 2 2
2.47. 2n
C0  2 nC1  2 nC2  ...  2 nCn 

(A) 2 n (B) 4 n (C) 2 2 n  2 nCn (D)

2
 2  Cn 
1 2n 2n

2.48. 2
r0
r
 n Cr 

(A) 3n (B) 3n1 (C) 3n  1 (D) 4 n

2.49. 40
C0  22  40C2  2 4  40C4  ...  2 40  40C40 

240  1 240  1 340  1 340  1

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
2.50. 0  C0  1 C1  2  C2  3  C3  ...  n  Cn 
(A) 2 n (B) n  2 n (C) n  2n 1 (D) n  2n 1
2.51. 1 C0  2  C1  3  C2  ...   n  1  Cn 

(A)  n  2   2n 1 (B)  n  1  2n (C)  n  1  2n 1 (D)  n  2   2n

2.52. If ' n ' is an odd number, then 1 nC0  3  nC1  5  nC2  ...   2n  1  nCn 

(A) 2 n (B) 2n  n  2n 1 (C)  n  1  2n (D) n  2n 1

2.53. 0  2 nC0  1  2 nC1  2  2 nC2  ...  n  2 nCn 
(A) 22 n1 (B) n  22 n 1 (C) n  2n 1 (D) n  2 2 n  2
1  C1  2  C2  3  C3  4  C4  ...   1
n 1
2.54.  n  Cn 

(A) 0 (B) 2 n (C) n  2n 1 (D)  n  2n 1

2.55. 02  C0  12  C1  22  C2  32  C3  ...  n 2  Cn 
(A)  n  1 2n  2 (B) n  n  1  2n1 (C) n  n  1  2n  2 (D) n  n  1  2n 2

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 02  C0  12  C1  22  C2  32  C3  42  C4  ...   1  n 2  Cn 
n
2.56.

(A) 0 (B) 2 n (C) n 2  2n (D) n  n  1  2n 2

2.57. 12  C1  32  C3  52  C5  ... 
(A) n  n  1  2n (B) n  n  1  2n1 (C) n  n  1  2n  2 (D) n  n  1  2n 3

12  C0  22  C1  32  C2  ...   n  1  Cn 
2
2.58.

(A)  n  1 n  4  2n 1 (B)  n  1 n  4  2n  2

(C)  n  1 n  3 2n1 (D)  n  1 n  3 2n 2

0   nC0   1  nC1   2   nC2   ...  n   nCn  

2 2 2 2
2.59.

(A) n  2 n 1Cn 1 (B) n  2 n 1Cn (C) n  2 nCn 1 (D) n  2nCn

02   nC0   12   nC1   ...  n 2   nCn  

2 2 2
2.60.

(A) n 2  2 n 1Cn 1 (B) n 2  2 n 1Cn (C) n 2  2 n  2Cn 1 (D) n 2  2nCn

 20C   20C   20C   20C 

2.61. 1  20 1   2   20 2   3   20 3   ...  20   20 20  
 C0   C1   C2   C19 
(A) 180 (B) 210 (C) 360 (D) 420
C0 C1 C2 C
2.62.    .....  n 
1 2 3 n 1
2n 1  1 2n  1 2n  1 2n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
C0 C1 C2 n Cn
2.63.    .....   1 
1 2 3 n 1
1 2n  1 2n  1 2n 1  1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
C0 C2 C4 C6
2.64.     ... 
1 3 5 7
2n 2n  1 2n 1  1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
n 1 n 1 n 1
C1 C3 C5
2.65.    ... 
2 4 6
2n  1 2n 2n  1
(A) (B) n  2 n (C) (D)
n 1 n n 1
21 22 23 211
2.66. C0  C1  C2  ...  C10 
1 2 3 11
311  1 211  1 113  1 112  1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 11 11 11

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2.67. Coefficient of xy 2 z 3 in the expansion of  x  y  z  is
6

(A) 24 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 72

Coefficient of x 2 y 3 z 4 in the expansion of  x  2 y  3 z  is
9
2.68.

120  9 324  9 432  9 648  9

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2  3 4 2  3 4 2  3 4 2  3 4

Coefficient of x3 y 4 z in the expansion of 1  x  y  z  is

9
2.69.
(A) 2  7C2  9C3 (B) 2  7C3  9C2 (C) 3  7C2  9C3 (D) 3  7C3  9C2

The number of rational terms in the expansion of 1  21/ 2  31/3  is

6
2.70.
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
If x  1, then the coefficient of x n in the expansion of 1  x  x 2  ... is
2
2.71.
(A) n  1 (B) n (C) n  1 (D) n  2
3
The coefficient of x n in the expansion of 1  x  1  x 
2
2.72. is
(A) n 2  2n  1 (B) 2n 2  n  1 (C) 2n 2  2n  1 (D) n 2  2n  2
2.73. The coefficient of x 6 in the expansion of 1  x  x 2 
3
is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
1 1  4 1 1 4  7 1
2.74. 1      ... 
32 1  2 34 1  2  3 36
1/2 1/3 1/4 2/3
3 3 3 3
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
2 2 2 2
1 2
1  x  2  1  x  3 
2.75. If the value of x is so small that x 2 and higher power can be neglected, then 1
1  x   1  x  2

5x 5x 2x 2x
(A) 1  (B) 1  (C) 1  (D) 1 
6 6 3 3

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 EXERCISE 3 (WBJEE)
10
x 3 
3.01. The coefficient of x is the expansion of   2 
4
is : [2006]
2 x 
504 450 405
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
259 263 256
3.02. The greatest coefficient in the expansion of 1  x 
2n
is : [2006]
2n 2n 2n 2n
(A) Cn (B) Cn 1 (C) Cn 1 (D) C2 n 1
m

3.03. 
r 0
n r
Cr  [2006]

n  m 1 n m 2 n m 3
(A) Cn 1 (B) Cn (C) Cn 1 (D) none of these
3.04. The larger of 9950  10050 and 10150 is [2007]
50
(A) 9950  10050 (B) both are equal (C) 101 (D) none of these
3.05. The coefficient of x 5 in the expansion of 1  x 2 5
 1  x  4
is [2007]
(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 40 (D) none of these
3.06. If the coefficient of r th and  r  1 terms in the expansion of  3  7x 
th 29
are equal, then r 
[2007]
(A) 15 (B) 21 (C) 14 (D) none of these
3.07. If in expansion of 1  x  1  x  , the coefficient of x and x 2 are 3 and 6 respectively, then m 
m n

[2007]
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 24
8
 1 
3.08. If the magnitude of the coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of  ax 2   , where a, b are positive
 bx 
11
7  1 
numbers, is equal to the magnitude of the coefficient of x in the expansion of  ax  2  , then
 bx 
[2008]
(A) ab  1 (B) ab  2 (C) a 2b  1 (D) ab 2  2
10
in  x 2  3  is
10 1
3.09. The coefficient of x [2008]
 x 
(A) 252 (B) 210 (C) 5 (D) 120
3.10. If C0 , C2 ,..., Cn denote the coefficients in the expansion of 1  x  , then
n

1 C1  2  C2  3  C3  ...  n  Cn  [2009]
(A) n  2n 1 (B)  n  1  2n 1 (C)  n  1  2n (D)  n  2   2n 1

3. 11. If the coefficients of x 2 and x 3 in the expansion of  3  ax  be same, then a 

9
[2009]
3 7 7 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 3 9 7
9
3.12. Using binomial theorem, the value of  0.999  correct to 3 decimal places is
3
[2009]
(A) 0.999 (B) 0.998 (C) 0.997 (D) 0.995
3.13. For each n  N , 2  1 is divisible by
3n
[2009]
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 16
3.14. Product of any r consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by [2009]
(A) r (B) r  4 (C) r  1 (D) r  2

3.15. For n  N , the coefficient of x in the expansion of 1  2 x  3x 2  ... 

n 1/ 2
is [2009]

n 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2n  1 (D) n  1
2
3.16. If n 1 C3  n 1 C4  n C3 , then ' n ' is an integer just greater than [2010]
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 7
a
3.17. If in the expansion of  a  2b  , the sum of the 5th and 6th term is zero, then 
n
[2010]
b
n4 2n  8 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 n4 2n  8
3.18. For all n  N ,  23n  1 is divisible by [2010]
(A) 25 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 3
3.19. Sum of the last 30 coefficients in the expansion of 1  x  , when expanded in ascending power of
59

x is [2010]
59 30 29
(A) 2 (B) 258 (C) 2 (D) 2
3.20. If 1  x  x 
2 n
 a0  a1 x  ...  a2 n x 2 n , then a0  a2  a4  ...  a2 n  [2010]

1 1 3n  1 3n  1
(A) 3  n
(B) 3  n
(C) (D)
2 2 2 2
A
3.21. If A and B are coefficients of x n in the expansions of 1  x 
2 n 1
and 1  x 
2n
respectively, then 
B
[2011]
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 9 (D) 6
3.22. If n  1 is an integer and x  0, then 1  x   nx  1 is divisible by
n
[2011]
(A) nx 3 (B) n 3 x (C) x 2 (D) nx
3.23. If nC4 , nC5 and nC6 are in AP, then n  [2011]
(A) 7 or 14 (B) 7 (C) 14 (D) 14 or 21
3.24. 15
C3  C5  C7  ...  C15 
15 15 15
[2011]
(A) 214 (B) 214  15 (C) 214  15 (D) 214  1
1 n 1 1 1 n
3.25.  C0   nC1   nC2  ...   Cn  [2012]
1 2 3 n 1

2n 1  1 3   2n  1 2n  1 2n  1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n 1 2n n 1 2n

10
 101
100
3.26.  1 is divisible by [2011]
(A) 10 4 (B) 106 (C) 108 (D) 1012
10 7 5 3
P
3.27. Let 1  x   cr x r and 1  x    d r x r if P   c2 r and Q   d 2 r 1 , then
10 7
 [2012]
r 0 r0 r 0 r 0 Q
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32
3.28. The coefficient of x10 in the expansion of 1  1  x   1  x   ...  1  x 
2 20
is [2012]
(A) 19C9 (B) 20C10 (C) 21C11 (D) 22C12

3.29. Let the coefficients of powers of x in the 2 nd , 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of 1  x  , where
n

n  N , be in arithmetic progression. Then the sum of the coefficients of odd powers of x in the
expansion is [2012]
(A) 32 (B) 64 (C) 128 (D) 256
3.30. Let ' n ' be a positive even integer. If ratio of the largest coefficient and the 2nd largest coefficient in
the expansion of 1  x  is 11:10. Then the number of terms in expansion of 1  x  is [2013]
n n

(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 10 (D) 11

1 25 1 25 1 25 1 25
3.31. C0  C1  C2  ...  C25  [2013]
1 2 23 3 4 26  27

227  1 227  28 1  226  1  226  1

(A) (B) (C)   (D)
26  27 26  27 2  26  27  52
13 13
 1 
3.32. If coefficient of x8 in  ax 2   equals coefficient of x 8 in  ax  2  , then
1
[2014]
 bx   bx 
(A) ab  1  0 (B) ab  1 (C) a  1  b (D) a  b  1

2n 22 23 2n 1 n
3.33. Let S  C 0   n C1   n C 2 ... Cn . Then S  [2014]
1 2 3 n 1

2n 1 1 3n 1 1 3n 1 2n 1

(A)  (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n n

 C   C   C   ...   nCn  
n 2 n 2 n 2 2
3.34. 1 2 3 [2014]

 Cn 
2
(A) 2n
(B) 2n
Cn (C) 2n
Cn  1 (D) 2n
Cn  1

2
3.35. The coefficient of x 3 in the infinite series expansion of for x  1, is [2014]
1  x  2  x 
1 15 1 15
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
16 8 8 16

3.36. Number of irrational terms in the binomial expansion of  31/5  71/3   is

100
[2015]
(A) 92 (B) 93 (C) 94 (D) 95
1 1 1
3.37. If 5
 6  4 , then r  [2016]
Cr Cr Cr
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 3
11
3.38. In the expansion of  x  1 x  2  ...  x  18 , the coefficient of x17 is [2016]
(A) 684 (B) 171 (C) 171 (D) 342
3.39. 1  C1 cos   C2 cos 2  ...  Cn cos n 
n n n
[2016]

n 
n

n
(A) 2 cos 2 (B) 2 cos 2 n

(C)  2 cos 2 

(D)  2 cos  cos
n
2 2  2  2 2
3.40. If nCr 1  36, nCr  84 and nCr 1  126 , then nC8  [2016]
(A) 10 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 8
3.41. For positive integer ' n ', n  2n is always divisible by
3
[2016]
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 6
3.42. If A  5n  4n  1: n  N  and B  16  n  1 : n  N  , then [2016]
(A) A  B (B) A  B   (C) A  B (D) B  A
3.43. The greatest integer which divides  p  1 p  2  p  3 ...  p  q  for all p  N and fixed q  N is
[2017]
(A) p (B) q (C) p (D) q

3.44. Let 1  x  x 2   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a18 x18 . Then

9
[2017]

(A) a0  a2  ...  a18  a1  a3  ...  a17 (B) a0  a2  ...  a18 is even

(C) a0  a2  ...  a18 is divisible by 9 (D) a0  a2  ...  a18 is divisible by 3 but not by 9
3.45. If 2  r  n, then nCr  2  nCr 1  nCr  2  [2018]
n 1 n 2 n 1
(A) 2  nCr  2 (B) Cr 1 (C) Cr  2 (D) Cr
3.46. 101100  1 is divisible by [2018]
(A) 10 4 (B) 106 (C) 108 (D) 1012
3.47. If ' n ' is even positive integer, then the condition that the numerically greatest term in the expansion
of 1  x  also has the greatest coefficient is
n
[2018]
n n2 n n 1
(A) x (B) x
n2 n n 1 n
n 1 n2 n2 n3
(C) x (D) x
n2 n 1 n3 n2
3.48. If n  N , then 7 2 n  16n  1 is divisible by [2019]
(A) 65 (B) 63 (C) 61 (D) 64
The number of irrational terms in the expansion of  31/8  51/ 4 
84
3.49. is [2019]
(A) 73 (B) 74 (C) 75 (D) 76
If c0 , c1 , c2 ,...... c15 are the binomial co-efficients in the expansion of 1  x  , then
15
3.50.

c  c  c  c 
1  1   2   2   3   3   ...  15   15   [2020]
 c0   c1   c2   c14 
(A) 1240 (B) 120 (C) 124 (D) 140

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 2016
3.51. For x  R , x  1, if 1  x   x 1  x   x 2 1  x     x 2016   ai  x i , then a17 
2016 2015 2014

i 1

[2021]
2016 2016 2017 2017
(A) (B) (C) (D)
17  1999 16 2000 17  2000

3.52. The co-efficient of a 3b 4 c 5 in the expansion of  bc  ca  ab  is

6
[2021]

12 6 6
(A) (B) (C) 33 (D) 3 
3 4  5 3 3 3
77
3.53. The remainder when 77 (22 times 7) is divided by 48 is [2021]
(A) 21 (B) 7 (C) 47 (D) 1

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 EXERCISE 4 (AIEEE / JEE Main)
4.01. The sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  x  y  is 4096. The greatest coefficient in the
n

expansion is [2002]
(A) 1024 (B) 924 (C) 824 (D) 724
4.02. If for positive integers r  1, n  2 the coefficients of the  3r  and  r  2  powers of x in the
th th

expansion of 1  x 
2n
are equal, then [2002]
(A) n  2r (B) n  3r (C) n  2r  1 (D) n  2r  1
C1 2C2 3C3 nC
4.03. If 1  x   C0  C1x  C2 x 2  ...  Cn x n , then
n
   ...  n  [2002]
C0 C1 C2 Cn 1

n  n  1 n  n  2 n  n  1  n  1 n  2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

 
256
4.04. The number of integral terms in the expansion of 385 is [2003]
(A) 32 (B) 33 (C) 34 (D) 35
4.05. n
Cr 1  Cr 1  2  Cr 
n n
[2003]
n 2 n 2 n 1 n 1
(A) Cr (B) Cr 1 (C) Cr (D) Cr 1

4.06. The coefficient of the middle term in the binomial expansion in powers of x of 1   x  and of
4

1   x 6 is the same, then   [2004]

5 10 3 3
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
3 3 10 5
4.07. The coefficient of x n in expansion of 1  x 1  x  is
n
[2004]
n 1 n 1
(A)  n  1 (B)  1  1  n  (C)  1 (D)  1   n  1
n 2
n
6

4.08.
50
C4   56  r C3  [2005]
r 1

(A) 56C4 (B) 56C3 (C) 55C3 (D) 55C4

4.09. If the coefficients of r th ,  r  1 and  r  2  terms in the binomial expansion of 1  y  are in

th th m

AP., then ' m ' and ' r ' satisfy the equation [2005]
(A) m2  m  4r  1  4r 2  2  0 (B)

(C) m 2  m  4r  1  4r 2  2  0 (D) m2  m  4r  1  4r 2  2  0
11 11
 1 
If the coefficient of x in  ax 2  
1
7 7
4.10. equals the coefficient of x in  ax  2  , then ' a ' and
 bx   bx 
' b ' satisfy the relation [2005]
a
(A) ab  1 (B) 1 (C) a  b  1 (D) a  b  1
b

14
 For m, n  N , if 1  y  1  y n  1  a1 y  a2 y 2  ..., and a1  a2  10, then  m, n  is
m
4.11. [2006]

(A)  45,35 (B)  35, 45 (C)  20, 45  (D)  35, 20 

20
4.12. C0  20C1  20C2  20C3  ...  20C10  [2007]
1 20
(A)  C10 (B) 0 (C)  20C10 (D) 20
C10
2
a
4.13. In binomial expansion of  a  b  , n  5, sum of 5th and 6th terms is 0, then
n
= [2007]
b
6 n5 n4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n5 6 5 n4
n
4.14. Statement 1 :   r  1 nCr   n  2   2n1
r0
n
n 1
  r  1 nCr  xr  1  x   nx 1  x 
n
Statement 2 : [2008]
r0
(A) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
(B) Statement 1 is true,Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is a correct explanation for Statement 1
(C) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement 1
(D) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
4.15. The remainder left out when 82n  622n1 is divided by 9 is [2009]
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 0 (D) 2
10 10 10
4.16. Let S1   j   j  1  C j , S2 
10
 j 10
C j and S3   j 2  10C j [2010]
j1 j1 j1

Statement 1 : S3  55  29

Statement 2 : S1  90  28 and S2  10  28
(A) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is a crrect explanation for Statement 1.
(B) Statement 1 is true,Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement 1
(C) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
(D) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.

 
6
4.17. The coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of 1  x  x 2  x3 is [2011]

(A) 144 (B) 132 (C) 144 (D) 132

4.18. Statement 1 : For each natural number ' n ' ,  n  1  n 7  1 is divisible by 7.
7

Statement 2 : For each natural number ' n ' , n 7  n is divisible by 7 [2011]

(A) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
(B) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1
(C) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement 1
(D) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false

   
2n 2n
4.19. If n is a positive integer, then 3 1 3 1 is: [2012]
(A) an irrational number (B) a rational number other than positive integers
(C) an odd positive integer (D) an even positive integer

15
 10
 x 1 x 1 
4.20. The term independent of x in  2/3 1/3  1/2  is [2013]
 x  x 1 x  x 
(A) 4 (B) 120 (C) 210 (D) 310
4.21. If the coefficients of x3 and x 4 in the expansion of 1  ax  bx 2 1  2 x   18
in powers of x are both

zero, then  a, b   [2014]

 251   251   272   272 

(A) 16,  (B) 14,  (C) 14,  (D) 16, 
 3   3   3   3 
4.22. If X  4n  3n  1: n  N  and Y  9  n  1 : n  N  , where N is the set of natural numbers, then
X Y  [2014]
(A) N (B) Y  X (C) X (D) Y

 
50
4.23. Sum of coefficients of integral powers of x in the binomial expansion of 1  2 x is [2015]

350  1 250  1 350  1 350

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

2 Cr 
15 15

4.24.  r  15  [2016]
r 1  Cr 1 
(A) 1240 (B) 560 (C) 1085 (D) 680
4.25. If the number of terms in the expansion of 1  2 x  4 y  , where x  0, is 28, then the sum of the
n

coefficients of all the terms in this expansion is [2016]

(A) 64 (B) 2187 (C) 243 (D) 729
2016
4.26. For x  R and x  1, if 1  x   x 1  x   x 2 1  x   ar x r , then a
2016 2015 2014
 ....  x 2016  17 
r0
[2016]
2017 2016 2016 2017
(A) (B) (C) (D)
17 2000 17 1999 16 2000
18
4.27. If coeficients of x 2 and x 4 in  x1/3  1/3  , where x  0, are m and n respectively, then
1 m

 2x  n
[2016]
5 4
(A) 27 (B) 182 (C) (D)
4 5
4.28.  21
C1  10C1    21C2  10C2    21C3  10C3    21C4  10C4   ....   21C10  10C10   [2017]
(A) 220  210 (B) 221  211 (C) 221  210 (D) 220  29
4.29. If  27 
999
is divided by 7, then the remainder is : [2017]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 2
10
 x 1 x 1 
4.30. The coefficient of x 5
in the binomial expansion of  2/3 1/3  1/ 2  where x 0,1 is :
 x  x 1 x  x 
[2017]
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 4

16
4.31. The sum of the co-efficients of all odd degree terms in the expansion of

x    
5 5
x3  1  x  x3  1 , where x  1 , is : [2018]

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

8 8
 2   2 
4.32. If ' n ' is the degree of the polynomial,     and ' m ' is the
 5x  1  5x  1   5x  1  5x  1 
3 3 3 3

coefficient of x n in it, then the ordered pair  n, m   [2018]


(A) 24, 10 
8
 
(B) 8, 5 10 
4
 
(C) 12,  20 
4
 
(D) 12,8 10 
4

4.33. The coefficient of x10 in the expansion of 1  x  1  x 2  1  x 3  is equal to :
2 3 4
[2018]
(A) 52 (B) 56 (C) 50 (D) 44
4.34. The coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of  2  x 2  1  2 x  3x 2   1  4 x 2   6 6
 is : [2018]
(A) 107 (B) 106 (C) 108 (D) 155
2403 k
4.35. If the fractional part of the number is , then k  [Jan 2019]
15 15
(A) 14 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8
3
1 t6 
4.36. The coefficient of t in the expansion of 
4
 is [Jan 2019]
 1 t 
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 10 (D) 14
2 n
q 1  q 1  q 1
4.37. Let S n  1  q  q  .......  q and Tn  1  
2

n
  ..........   
 2   2   2 
where q  R and q  1 . If 101
C1  101C2 .S1  ......  101C101.S100  T100 , then   [Jan 2019]
(A) 2100 (B) 200 (C) 299 (D) 202
3
20
 20
Ci 1  k
4.38.   20   , then k  [Jan 2019]
i 1  Ci  Ci 1 
20
21
(A) 200 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 400
4.39. If the third term in the binomial expansion of 1  x log 2 x  equals 2560, then a possible value of x is :
5

[Jan 2019]
1 1
(A) 2 2 (B) (C) 4 2 (D)
8 4
10

4.40. The positive value of  for which the coefficient of x 2 in the expression of x 2  x  2  is 720, is
 x 
[Jan 2019]
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 2 2 (D) 3
25
4.41. If 
r0
50
Cr  50 r C25 r  k   50

C25 , then k  [Jan 2019]

(A) 2 25  1 (B) 252 (C) 2 25 (D) 2 24

17
 8
 x3 3 
4.42. The sum of the real values of x for which the middle term in the binomial expansion of   
 3 x
equals 5670 is : [Jan 2019]
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 0 (D) 4
4.43. The value of r for which 20Cr 20C0  20Cr 1 20C1  20Cr  2 20C2  .... 20C0 20Cr is maximum, is
[Jan 2019]
(A) 20 (B) 15 (C) 11 (D) 10
a2
4.44. Let  x  10    x  10   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a50 x 50 , for all x  R , then 
50 50
[Jan 2019]
a0
25 51 49
(A) (B) 12 (C) (D)
2 4 4
th th
4.45. A ratio of the 5 term from the beginning to the 5 term from the end in the binomial expansion of
10
 1/3 1 
2   is : [Jan 2019]
 2  31/3 

(A) 1: 4 16  (B) 1: 2  6  (C) 2  36  :1 (D) 4  36  :1

1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3

4.46. If nC4 , nC5 and nC6 are in A.P., then ' n ' can be : [Jan 2019]
(A) 14 (B) 11 (C) 9 (D) 12

4.47. The total number of irrational terms in binomial expansion of  71/5  31/10 
60
is : [Jan 2019]
(A) 55 (B) 49 (C) 48 (D) 54
4.48. 2  20C0  5  20C1  8  20C2  11  20C3  ...  62 20 C20  [Apr 2019]
(A) 2 24 (B) 2 25 (C) 2 26 (D) 2 23
4.49. The sum of the co-efficients of all even degree terms in x in the expansion of

x    
6 6
x3  1  x  x 3  1 , where x  1, is equal to : [Apr 2019]
(A) 32 (B) 26 (C) 29 (D) 24
6
 1
1


4.50. If the fourth term in the binomial expansion of  1log10 x  x 12
 is equal to 200, and x  1 , then x 
 x 
[Apr 2019]
(A) 103 (B) 100 (C) 10 4 (D) 10
6
2 
4.51. If the fourth term in the expansion of   x log8 x  , where x  0, is 2087 , then x  [Apr 2019]
x 
(A) 82 (B) 82 (C) 83 (D) 8
4.52. If some three consecutive coefficients in the binomial expansion of  x  1 in the powers of x are in the
n

ratio 2 :15 : 70, then the average of these coefficients is [Apr 2019]
(A) 232 (B) 964 (C) 227 (D) 625
4.53. The coefficient of x18 in the product 1  x 1  x 
10
1  x  x 
2 9
is : [Apr 2019]
(A) 126 (B) 126 (C) 84 (D) 84

18
 n
The smallest natural number ' n ' such that the coefficient of ' x ' in the expansion of  x 2  3  in nC23 ,
1
4.54.
 x 
is [Apr 2019]
(A) 35 (B) 38 (C) 23 (D) 58
4.55. If the coefficients of x 2 and x 3 are both zero in the expansion of the expression 1  ax  bx 2  1  3x 
15

in powers of x, then the ordered pair  a, b   [Apr 2019]

(A)  28,315 (B)  54,315  (C)  21,14  (D)  24,

6
 1 x8   2 3 
4.56. The term independent of x in the expansion of      2 x  2  is equal to [Apr 2019]
 60 81   x 
(A) 72 (B) 36 (C) 36 (D) 108
4.57. If 12   20C1   22   20C2   32   20C3  ...   202   20C20  A   2   , then the ordered pair  A,   
[Apr 2019]
(A)  420,18 (B)  380,18  (C)  380,19  (D)  420,19 

4.58. The coefficient of x 7 in the expression 1  x   x 1  x   x 2 1  x   ...  x10 is :

10 9 8
[Jan 2020]
(A) 210 (B) 330 (C) 420 (D) 120
4.59. If a, b, c are the greatest values of 19C p , 20Cq and 21Cr respectively, then : [Jan 2020]
a b c a b c a b c a b c
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
10 11 42 10 11 21 11 22 42 11 22 21
4.60. If  and  be the coefficient of x 4 and x 2 , respectively in the expansion of

   
6 6
x  x 2  1  x  x 2  1 , then : [Jan 2020]

(A)     30 (B)     60 (C)     132 (D)     60

16
 x 1 
4.61. In the expansion of    , it I1 is the least value of the term independent of ' x ' when
 cos  x sin  
   
  and I 2 is the least value of the term independent of ' x ' when   , then the ratio
8 4 16 8
I 2 : I1 is equal to : [Jan 2020]
(A) 1: 8 (B) 1:16 (C) 8 :1 (D) 16 :1
4.62. The coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of 1  x  x 
2 10
is [Jan 2020]

4.63. If Cr  25Cr and 1  C0  5  C1  9  C2  ...  101  C25  225 k , then k  [Jan 2020]
4.64. Let   0,   0 be such that  3   2  4. If the maximum value of the term independent of ' x ' in

the expansion of  x1/9   x 1/6 

10
is 10k , then k  [02 Sept 2020, S1]
(A) 176 (B) 352 (C) 84 (D) 336

19
 n
 1
4.65. For a positive integer ' n ', 1   is expanded in increasing powers of x. If three consecutive
 x
coefficients in this expansion are in the ratio 2 : 5 :12, then n  [02 Sept 2020, S2]

4.66. If the number of integral terms in the expansion of  31/ 2  51/8  is exactly 33, then the least value of
n

' n ' is :
[03 Sept 2020, S1]
(A) 264 (B) 248 (C) 256 (D) 128
4.67. The value of  2  1P0  3  2 P1  4  3 P2  up to51th term    1  2  3  up to51th term  is equal to :
[03 Sept 2020, S1]
(A) 1 (B) 1  51 (C) 1  52 (D) 1  51 51
9
3 1 
4.68. If the term independent of x in the expansion of  x 2   is k , then 18k  [03 Sept 2020, S2]
2 3x 
(A) 9 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 11
20
4.69. 
r 0

50  r
C6  [04 Sept 2020, S1]

(A) 50C6  30C6 (B) 51C7  30C7 (C) 51C7  30C7 (D) 50C7  30C7
20
a7
4.70. Let  2 x 2  3 x  4    ar x r . Then
10
 [04 Sept 2020, S1]
r0 a13
4.71. If for some positive integer ' n ', the coefficients of three consecutive terms in the binomial expansion

of 1  x 
n5
are in the ratio 5 :10 :14, then the largest coefficient in the expansion is :
[04 Sept 2020, S2]
(A) 252 (B) 330 (C) 792 (D) 462
22
 1 
4.72. The natural number ' m ' for which the coefficient of ' x ' in the binomial expansion of  x m  2  is
 x 
1540, is : [05 Sept 2020, S1]
4.73. The coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of 1  x  x 2  x3  in powers of x, is :
6
[05 Sept 2020, S2]

 3200 
4.74. If  p denotes the fractional part of the number ' p ', then   [06 Sept 2020, S1]
 8 
5 7 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 8 8
10
 k 
4.75. If the constant term in the binomial expansion of  x  2  is 405, then k  [06 Sept 2020, S2]
 x 
(A) 9 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2
4.76. The value of  1  15C1  2  15C2  3  15C3    15  15C15    14C1  14C3  14C5    14C11  is :
[24 Feb 2021, S1]
(A) 2  1 16
(B) 2  14
13
(C) 2  13
13
(D) 2 14

20
4.77. If n  2 is a positive integer, then the sum of the series C2  2  2C2  3C2  4C2    nC2  is :
n 1

[24 Feb 2021, S2]

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

2

(A) (B) (C) (D)

6 6 6 12

 n   nC , if n  r  0
4.78. For integers ' n ' and ' r ', let     r . The value of ' k ' for which the sum
 r   0, otherwise
k
10  15  k 1 12  13 
       
i  0  i  k  i 
 exists and is maximum, is equal to :
i  0  i  k  1  i 
[24 Feb 2021, S2]

4.79. The total number of two digit numbers ' n ' such that 3n  7 n is a multiple of 10, is :
[25 Feb 2021, S2]
4.80. If the remainder when ' x ' is divided by 4 is 3, then the remainder when  2020  x 
2022
is divided by
8 is : [25 Feb 2021, S2]
4.81. Let m, n  N and gcd  2, n   1. If 30  30C0  29  30C1  28  30C2    2  30C28  1  30C29  n  2m , then
nm  [26 Feb 2021, S1]
4.82. If ' n ' is the number of irrational terms in the expansion of  31/ 4  5 
1/8 60
, then  n  1 is divisible by :
[16 Mar 2021, S1]
(A) 26 (B) 30 (C) 8 (D) 7
3n
4.83. Let  x  denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If for n  N , 1  x  x 3    a j x j , then
n

j 0

 3n   3 n 1 
2  2 
   

a
j 0
2j 4 j 0
a2 j 1  [16 Mar 2021, S1]

(A) 2 (B) 2n1 (C) 1 (D) n

n   1 k  3 k  7  k  15  k  31  k 
4.84. Let ' n ' be a positive integer. Let A    1  Ck                . If
k n

k 0   2   4   8   16   32  
1
63 A  1  , then n  [16 Mar 2021, S2]
230

4.85. If the fourth term in the expansion of  x  x log2 x  is 4480, where x  N , then x  [17 Mar 2021, S1]
7

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1

4.86. If  2021
3762
is divided by 17, then the remainder is : [17 Mar 2021, S1]
6
4.87. r 0
Cr  6C6 r 
6
[17 Mar 2021, S2]

(A) 1124 (B) 1324 (C) 1024 (D) 924

n
 a 
4.88. Let the coefficients of the third, fourth and fifth terms in the expansion of  x  2  , where x  0,
 x 
be in the ratio 12 : 8 : 3. Then the term independent of ' x ' in the expansion is equal to :
[17 Mar 2021, S2]
21
4.89. Let 1  x  2 x 2   a0  a1 x  a2 x 2    a40 x 40 . Then a1  a3  a5    a37 
20
[18 Mar 2021, S1]

(A) 2 20  220  21 (B) 219  220  21 (C) 219  220  21 (D) 2 20  220  21
10
 x 1 x 1 
4.90. The term independent of ' x ' in the expansion of  2/3 1/3  1/ 2 
, where x  1, is equal to
 x  x 1 x  x 
[18 Mar 2021, S2]
4.91. Let nCr denote the binomial coefficient of x r in the expansion of 1  x  .
n

10
If  2
k 0
2
 3k   10Ck    310    210 , where  ,   R, then     [18 Mar 2021, S2]

4.92. The coefficient of x 256 in the expansion of 1  x  x  x  1

101 2 100
is : [20 July 2021, S1]

(A) 100
C15 (B)  100C15 (C) 100
C16 (D)  100C16

4.93. The number of rational terms in the binomial expansion of  41/ 4  51/6 
120
is : [20 July 2021, S1]

4.94. For the natural numbers m, n, if 1  y  1  y   1  a1 y  a2 y 2    am  n y m  n and a1  a2  10,

m n

then the value of  m  n  is equal to : [20 July 2021, S2]

(A) 64 (B) 80 (C) 88 (D) 100
10
 1 
4.95. If the constant term in the binomial expansion of  2 x r  2  is 180, then r  [22 July 2021]
 x 


4.96. The number of elements in the set n  1, 2,3, ,100 11n  10n  9n is :  [22 July 2021]

b
4.97. If ' b ' is very small as compared to the value of ' a ', so that the cube and other higher powers of
a
1 1 1 1
can be neglected in the identity       n   n 2   n3 , then the value
a  b a  2b a  3b a  nb
of '  ' is : [25 July 2021, S1]

a2  b ab b2 a  b2
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D)
3a3 3a 2 3a 3a3
4.98. The ratio of the coefficient of the middle term in the expansion of 1  x 
20
and the sum of the

coefficients of two middle terms in the expansion of 1  x  is :

19
[25 July 2021, S1]
10
 x 1 x 1 
4.99. The term independent of ' x ' in the expansion of  2/3 1/3  1/ 2 
, where x  0,1, is equal
 x  x 1 x  x 
to : [25 July 2021, S1]
4.100. The sum of all those terms which are rational numbers in the expansion of  21/3  31/4 
12
is :
[25 July 2021, S2]
(A) 27 (B) 35 (C) 43 (D) 89

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 10
 a cos   10
4.101. If the greatest value of the term independent of ' x ' in the expansion of  x sin    is ,
 5
2
 x 
then the value of ' a ' is equal to : [25 July 2021, S2]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 2
100
10
 1 
4.102. The lowest integer which is greater than 1  100  is : [25 July 2021, S2]
 10 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
4.103. If Pr  Pr 1 and Cr  Cr 1 , then the value of ' r ' is equal to :
n n n n
[25 July 2021, S2]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
4.104. Let n  N and  x  denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If the sum of the  n  1 terms

 n  1
n
C0 , 3  nC1 ,5  nC2 , 7  nC3 , is equal to 101  2100 , then 2  is equal to : [25 July 2021, S2]
 2 
n
 x
4.105. If the coefficient of x and x in the expansion of  2   are equal, then n 
7 8
[25 July 2021, S2]
 3
11 11
 1   1 
4.106. If the coefficients of x 7 in  x 2   and x 7 in  x  2  , where b  0, are equal, then the
 bx   bx 
value of ' b ' is equal to : [27 July 2021, S1]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 2
10
 25 x1  7
 1
 x 1
   log3 5 1 
4.107. A possible value of ' x ' for which the ninth term in the expansion of  3log3 3 8
 in
 
 
 1
 
x1
   log3 5 1
 8
the increasing powers of 3 is equal to 180, is : [27 July 2021, S2]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
20
4.108. If 20Cr is the coefficient of x r in the expansion of 1  x  , then the value of r
20 2
 20Cr is equal to
r 0

[26 Aug 2021, S1]

(A) 380  218 (B) 380  219 (C) 420  218 (D) 420  219
qs
4.109. If 1P1  2  2 P2  3  3 P3    15  15 P15  q Pr  s, where 0  s  1, then Cr  s  [26 Aug 2021, S1]

 n 
n  n    , if 0  k  n 9
 9   12  8  8   13 
4.110. Let   denote nCk and     k  . If Ak          i  13  k  i 
k  k   i  0  i  12  k  i  i 0    
 0, otherwise

and A4  A3  190 p, then ' p ' is equal to : [26 Aug 2021, S2]
20

 Ck  is equal to :
20 2
4.111. [27 Aug 2021, S1]
k 0

(A) 40C19 (B) 40C20 (C) 40C21 (D) 41C20

4.112. 3  7 22  2  10 22  44 when divided by 18 leaves the remainder : [27 Aug 2021, S2]

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  36   x 12 
12

4.113. If  4  k is the term independent of x in the binomial expansion of   2  , then ' k ' is equal to
4  4 x 
[31 Aug 2021, S1]
4.114. If the coefficient of a 7 b8 in the expansion of  a  2b  4ab  is k  216 , then k  [31 Aug 2021, S2]
10

4.115. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  x  y  is 4096, then the greatest coefficient in the
n

expansion is : [01 Sept 2021]

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 ANSWER KEYS
EXERCISE 1
01) x 5  10 x 4 a  40 x 3 a 2  80 x 2 a 3  80 xa 4  32a 5 02) 9039207968
03) 29 04) 82
05) 1.2 
4000
06) 10
6
07) 40 08) x 
5
672
09) 10) 10
x3
945 2835 5
11) 2 and 14) T3 
x x5 6
15) k  3 16) T12 , 1365
18) a  2, x  1, n  7 19) r  5 or r  9
20) n  8 and terms are 4th ,5th ,6th 21) n  7

EXERCISE 2
01 B 02 D 03 B 04 D 05 C 06 A 07 B 08 B
09 B 10 B 11 B 12 A 13 D 14 A 15 B 16 C
17 A 18 C 19 B 20 B 21 C 22 B 23 A 24 D
25 A 26 B 27 A 28 D 29 D 30 D 31 A 32 A
33 B 34 A 35 A 36 C 37 B 38 D 39 B 40 C
41 C 42 B 43 B 44 C 45 A 46 D 47 D 48 A
49 D 50 C 51 A 52 C 53 B 54 A 55 C 56 A
57 D 58 B 59 A 60 C 61 B 62 A 63 A 64 A
65 A 66 A 67 C 68 D 69 B 70 C 71 C 72 C
73 B 74 B 75 B

EXERCISE 3
01 C 02 A 03 A 04 C 05 B 06 B 07 C 08 C
09 B 10 A 11 D 12 C 13 A 14 A 15 A 16 D
17 B 18 C 19 B 20 D 21 B 22 C 23 A 24 B
25 A 26 A 27 B 28 C 29 B 30 B 31 B 32 A
33 B 34 D 35 B 36 C 37 B 38 B 39 D 40 C
41 A 42 C 43 B 44 B 45 C 46 A 47 A 48 D
49 C 50 B 51 D 52 D 53 B

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 EXERCISE 4
01 B 02 C 03 C 04 B 05 B 06 C 07 B 08 A
09 B 10 A 11 B 12 A 13 C 14 B 15 D 16 C
17 A 18 C 19 A 20 C 21 D 22 D 23 C 24 D
25 D 26 A 27 B 28 A 29 C 30 C 31 D 32 C
33 A 34 B 35 D 36 B 37 A 38 C 39 D 40 B
41 C 42 C 43 A 44 D 45 D 46 A 47 D 48 B
49 D 50 D 51 B 52 A 53 D 54 B 55 A 56 B
57 A 58 B 59 C 60 C 61 D 62 615 63 51 64 D
65 118 66 C 67 C 68 C 69 C 70 8 71 D 72 13
73 120 74 D 75 C 76 B 77 B 78 12 79 45 80 1
81 45 82 A 83 C 84 6 85 A 86 4 87 D 88 3.75
89 B 90 210 91 19 92 A 93 21 94 B 95 8 96 96
97 C 98 1 99 210 100 C 101 D 102 C 103 B 104 98
105 55 106 C 107 C 108 C 109 136 110 49 111 B 112 15
113 55 114 315 115 924

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