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Advanced Problem Package Binomial Theorem

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.

1. Let k and n be the positive integers and Sk  1k  2k  3k  ....  nk . Then

m1
C1S1  m1C2 S2  m1C3 S3  ..... m1Cm S m is equal to :
(A) (n  1)m 1 (B) (n  1)m  n (C) (n  1)m 1  1 (D) (n  1)m 1  n  1

1 2 n 2 1 2  3 n 2 1  2  3  ....n n 2
2. The sum of the series n C12  C2  C3 .....  Cn is equal to :
2 3 n
1 2 n 1 1 2 n 1
(A) (n Cn  2n Cn ) (B) (n Cn  2n Cn  1)
2 2
1 1 2n 1
(C) ((n  1) 2 n 1Cn  1) (D) (n Cn  2 n Cn  2)
2 2
n
C0 n C1 n C2 n C3 (1)n n Cn
3.     .....  , n  N is equal to :
2 6 10 14 (4n  2)
2n 1 n ! 2n n!
(A) (B)
3  5  7.....(2n  1)(2n  1) 1  3  5  7.....(2n  3)(2n  1)
2n n ! 2n (n  1)!
(C) (D)
3  5.....(2n  1)(2n  1) 1  3  5.....(2n  3)(2n  1)

 1  1 1  1 1 1  1 1 1
4. n
C1   1   n C2   1    n C3  1     n C4  ....  (1)n  1 1    ....   n Cn 
 2  2 3  2 3 4  2 3 n
n 1 1 1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n n n 1 n 1
n
(1)r 1 n Cr (1  x )r
5.  r

r 1

x 2 x3 xn 1  x 1  x 2 1  x3 1 xn
(A) x   ....  (B)    .... 
2 3 n 1 2 3 n
x 2  1 x3  1 xn  1 x x 2 x3 x n
(C) ( x  1)    ....  (D) n   ...
2 3 n 1 2 3 n
n
n
n
C1 2 n  2 n
C2 2 n  4 Cn (2  x 2 )n
6. C0 x 2 n  x (2  x 2 )  x (2  x 2 )2  ....  
2 3 (n  1)
2n  x 2 n  2 2n  x 2 n 2n  1  x 2 n  2 2n  1  x 2 n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(n  1)(2  x 2 ) (n  1)(2  x 2 ) (n  1)(2  x 2 ) (n  1)(2  x 2 )
n
7. If p  q  1, then  r 3 n Cr p r q n  r 
r0
2
(A) np (n p  3(n  1) p  1) (B) np ((n 2  n) p 2  2 (n  1) p  1)
(C) np ((n 2  3n  2) p 2  2 (n  1) p  1) (D) np ((n 2  3n  2) p 2  3(n  1) p  1)

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For Questions 8 - 10

n n
1 r2
If an   n Cr , then  n Cr  P (n) an  2  Q (n) an  1  an  R (n), where P (n), Q(n), R (n) are the polynomial functions of
r 0 r0
n, then :

8. P (5) 
(A) 56 (B) 42 (C) 36 (D) 30
9. Q (5) 
(A) 5 (B)  10 (C)  15 (D)  18

10. R (5) 
(A)  24 (B)  20 (C)  30 (D)  42

For Questions 11 - 13
2

Let f1 ( x )  ( x  2) 2 , f 2 ( x)  (( x  2) 2  2) 2 , f 3 ( x )  ( x  2) 2  2) 2  2  ,..... and so on ; so that

2 2
 
 
f k ( x)   ..... ( x  2)2  2 .....  2   Ak  Bk x  Ck x 2  Dk x3  .....
 
 
k times
11. B5 is equal to :
(A)  2048 (B)  32 (C)  1024 (D)  512

12. C3 is equal to :
(A) 256 (B) 352 (C) 320 (D) 336
13. Ck is equal to :
42k 1  4k 1 42 k  1  4k 1
(A) (B) 42 k  2 (C) (D) 4k  1
3 5

MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or MORE Choices may be Correct:
n
14.  r (n  r ) n Cr2 is equal to :
r 1
2n  2 2n  2
(A) n2 Cn  2 (B) (n  1) 2 Cn 1

(C) n (n  1) 2 n  2 Cn  2 (D) n (n  1) 2 n  2Cn 1

15. The value of the sum n C12  2  n C22  3  n C32  4  n C42  ...  (1)n n  n Cn2 where n  N , n  3 will be equal to :
(A)  n n 1C n  2 if n  4k , k  I (B) n n 1C n 1 if n  4k  1, k  I
2 2
n 1 n 1
(C) n C n  2 if n  4k  2, k  I (D) n C n 1 if n  4k  3, k  I
2 2

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2n n
16. If n  N and (1  x  x 2 )n   ar x r , then  (1)r ar n Cr is equal to :
r0 r0
24 39
(A) 0 if n  57 (B) 0 if n  77 (C) C8 if n  24 (D) C13 if n  39

17. In the expansion of ( x  a)n , n  N , if the sum of odd numbered terms be  and the sum of even numbered terms be
, then :

(A) 4  ( x  a)2 n  ( x  a)2 n (B) 2 ( 2  2 )  ( x  a ) 2 n  ( x  a ) 2 n

(C)  2  2  ( x2  a 2 )n (D)  2  2  ( x  a ) 2 n  ( x  a ) 2 n

18. If the middle term of the expression (1  x)24 , x  0, is the only greatest term of the expansion, then :
13 12
(A) x 1 (B) x (C) x (D) x 1
12 13
19. n
Cm  3 n 1Cm  5 n  2 Cm  7 n  3Cm  ...  (2 (n  m)  1) mCm is equal to :
n 2
(A) Cm  3  n  3Cm  3 (B) n 2
Cm  2  2 n  2 Cm  3
n 1
(C) Cm  2  n  2 Cm  2 (D) n 1
Cm  1  2 n  1Cm  2

20. Let n be a positive integer and (1  x  x 2 )n  a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  a2 n  1 x 2 n 1  a2 n x 2 n , then :

n 1 2n
1 n
(A)  ar 
2
(3  an ) (B)  (1)r ar2  an
r0 r0

an
(C) a 20  a 12  a 22  a 23  ...  (1)n  1 an2  1 (1  (1) n an )
2
(D) (r  1) ar  1  (n  r ) ar  (2n  r  1) ar 1 , 1  r  2 n  1
n
21. Let n  N , n  4 and P   n Cr , then :
r 0
n 1 n 1 n 1 n
 2n   2n   2n  2   2n  2 
(A) P  (B) P  (C) P  (D) P 
 n 1   n 1  n 1   n 1 
       
n n
22. Let S1   (2n 1 C2r )2 and S2   (2n 1 C2r 1 )2 , then :
r 0 r0

1 4n  2 2n 1 1 4n  2 2n  1
(A) S1  ( C2 n  ( 1)n Cn ) (B) S2  ( C2n  (1)n Cn )
2 2
1 1 4 n 1
(C) S1  (4 n  2 C2 n 1 ) (D) S2  ( C2 n 1 )
2 2

23. Let the coefficient of x 20 in the expressions (1  x 2  x3 )1000 , (1  x 2  x3 )1000 , (1  x 2  x 3 )1000 and

(1  x 2  x3 )1000 be respectively a, b, c and d , then :

(A) ad (B) ab (C) ac (D) bc

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200 200
24. Let   r (1  x )r   r x r , where r  1  r  98, then the greatest coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)201 is :
r0 r 0
201
(A) C100 (B) 98 (C) 99 (D) 100

25. Let x  (5 3  8)2 n  1 , n  N , then :

(A) [x] is even (B) [x] is odd (C) x {x}  (11)2 n 1 (D) x {x}  (13)2 n  1
 denote fraction part function
where [] denotes greatest integer and {}

26. If (1  x  x 2 )n  a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  .....  a2n x 2 n , then the value of a1  a3  a5  a7  ..... is equal to :

(A) 1 if n  4k (B)  1 if n  4k  1 (C) 0 if n  4k  2 (D) 1 if n  4k  3

27. If the unit digit of 13n  7n  3n , n  N , is 3 then possible value(s) of n is/are :

(A) 27 (B) 103 (C) 11 (D) 101

n
28. If the coefficient of xt and xt  1 in  (1  x)r where t  n  2 are equal, then :
r0
(A) n is odd (B) n is even
(C) The sum of coefficients of xt and xt 1  n 1
Ct  2

(D) The sum of coefficients of xt and xt 1  n2

Ct  2

MATRIX MATCH TYPE

Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. Statements in Column
I are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column II are labeled as P, Q, R, S & T. More than one choice from
Column II can be matched with Column I.

29. Match the column :

Column-I Column-II
n
 x 1 5
If the fourth term in the expansion of    is , then a 2 is
(A)  a x  2 (P) 2
divisible by
4 4
(B)   4 Cr r C p is divisible by (Q) 4
p 1 r  p

(C) The coefficient of x13 in (1  x)5 (1  x  x 2  x3 ) is divisible by (R) 5

4
(D)  4 Cr (r  2)2 is divisible by (S) 8
r 0
(T) 13

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30. Match the column:

Column-I Column-II
(A) The coefficient of x 4 in (2  x  3x 2 )6 is (P) 1024
11 22
(B) C0 C11  11C1 20 C11  11C2 18C11  11C3 16 C11  .....  (Q) 2048
5
(C) C1 5C5  5C2 10 C5  5C3 15C5  5C4 20
C5  5C5 25
C5  (R) 990

(D) The coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (1  x  x 2  x3 )11 is (S) 3125

(T) 3660

NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE

This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL/INTEGER VALUE. For
each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.
50
31. The value of C6  5C1 40 C6  5C2 30 C6  5C3 20C6  5C4 10 C6 is equal to_____.

32. The remainder obtained when 62007  82007 is divided by 49 is equal to_____.

10 20
33. C0 C10  10 C1 18C10  10 C2 16 C10  10 C3 14 C10  10 C4 12 C10  10 C5 10 C10 is equal to_____.

34. The coefficient of x5 y5 in the expression of ((1  x  y  xy ) ( x  y ))5 is equal to_____.

n2  n 14
35. The coefficient of x 2 in ( x  1) ( x 2  2) ( x3  3) ( x 4  4)....( x n  n), n  30 is equal to_____.

36. n
C0 2n
Cn  n C1 2 n  1Cn  n C2 2n  2
Cn  n C3 2 n  3Cn  ...  ...  (1)n n Cn n Cn 

(183  73  3 18  7  25)

37. The value of is equal to_____.
(36  6  243  2  15  81  4  20  27  8  15  9 16  6  3  32  64)

 1/ 6  m
 1/ 2 log10 (6  8 x )  5log10 ( x 1)  84
38. For what x is the 4th term in the expansion of  51/ 3
  

 25log10 5




is equal to
5
, if it is
   
14
known that of binomial coefficient of 3rd term, binomial coefficient of 4th term and binomial coefficient of 5th
9
term in the expansion constitute a G.P.

39. Let x  (5  2 6)n , n  N , then find the value of x  x 2  x [ x ], where [] denotes greatest integer function.

40. If the coefficient of x 2  coefficient of x in the expansion of (1  x)m (1  x)n , (m  n) is equal to  m, then the value of
n  m is equal to_____.

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