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SENIOR INTER MATHS-2A IMP QUESTIONS 2022-23

1.COMPLEX NUMBERS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
z3 − z1
***01. If is a real number , show that the points represented by the
z2 − z1
complex numbers z1, z2 , z3 are collinear
***02. If z= x + iy and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z. Find
the locus of z satisfying the equation z − 3 + i =4
***03. (i) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the
complex numbers
−3 1 7
−2 + 7i, + i, 4 − 3i, (1 + i ) are the vertices of a square
2 2 2
(ii). Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the
complex numbers
2 + i, 4 + 3i, 2 + 5i,3i are the vertices of a square.
(iii).Show that the points in the argand diagram represented by the
complex numbers
2 + 2i, − 2 − 2i, − 2 3 + 2 3i are the verices of an equilateral triangle.
***04. The points P,Q denote the complex numbers 1 2 z , z in the argand
diagram. O is the origin.
z1 z2 + z1 z2 = 0 then show that POQ = 900
z−4
***05. Determine the locus of z, z ≠ 2i , such that Re  
=0
 z − 2i 
2 + 11i −2 + i
***06. Show=
that z1 =, z2 are conjugate to each other .
25 (1 + 2i) 2
1
***07. i) If x + iy =
1 + cos θ + i sin θ
(
then show that 4 x 2 − 1 0)
2+i
ii ) If u + iv = and z = x + iy then find u , v.
z+3
𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦
iii) If(x-iy)3 = a-ib, then show that : + = 4(a2 – b2)
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏
***08. Show that the equation of any circle in the complex plane is of the form
z𝑧𝑧̅ +b𝑧𝑧̅ + 𝑏𝑏�z+c=0(bϵC: c ϵ R)
z−2 π
**09. If the amplitude of   = , find its locus.
 z − 6i  2
**10. If Z= 2 − i 7 , then show that 3z 3 − 4 z 2 + z + 88 =0

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 z2 2 z1 + z2
**11. If , z1 ≠ 0, is an imaginary number then find the value of
z1 2 z1 − z2
2
**12. If x + iy = then , show that x 2 + y 2 = 4 x − 3
2 + cos θ + i sin θ
π
**13. The complex number z has argument θ , 0 < θ < and satisfying the
2
6
3. Then
equation z − 3i = prove that (cot θ - ) = i.
𝑧𝑧

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Find the square roots of (i) (7+24i) (ii)-47+i8√3 .
2. Find the complex conjugate of ( 3 + 4i )( 2 − 3i )
3. Find the complex conjugate of (2+5i)(-4+6i)
4. Find the polar form of following complex numbers
(
i ) −1 − 3i ) ii ) z =
− 7 + i 21

iii ) − 1 − i (
iv) 1 + i 3 )
5. If z=2-3i, Show that z 2 − 4 z + 13 =
0.
6. i)If z1 = −1 and z2 = −i , then find Arg ( Z1Z 2 )
z 
ii)If z1 =
−1, z2 =
i, then find Arg  1 
 z2 
 1
=7. If z ( cos θ ,sin θ ) , find  z − 
 z
8. Find the additive inverse of ( −6,5) + (10, 4)
a + ib
9. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a − ib
10. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7 + 24i
11. If z ≠ 0, find Argz + Arg z
12. If (1 − i )( 2 − i )( 3 − i ) ..... (1 − ni ) =x − iy then prove that
( )
2.5.10.... 1 + n 2 =x 2 + y 2
z +1
13. If the real part of is 1 then find the locus of z.
z+i
14. If z= x + iy and z = 1 then find the locus of z.
π
15. If the amplitude of ( z − 1) is then find the locus of z
2
π π
16. If the Arg z1 and Argz2 are and respectively then find
5 3
( Argz1 + Argz2 )
n
 1+ i 
17. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying  =1
 1 − i 

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 18. If z + ai = z − ai , find the locus of z.
1
x y
19. If ( x − iy ) 3 =−
a ib then prove that + = 4 a 2 − b2
a b
( )
( )
100
20. If 3+i = 299 ( a + ib) then show that a 2 + b 2 =
4

21. If ( a + ib) 2 =+
x iy, find x 2 + y 2
22. If x + iy = cisα.cis β , then find the value of x2+y2.
5𝑖𝑖
23. Write the conjugate of complex number .
7+𝑖𝑖
24. Express 1-i in modulus-amplitude form.
25. Represent the complex number 2+3i in argand plane.
26. S.T the complex number z satisfying z2 + 𝑧𝑧̅ 2 = 2 constitute a hyperbola.
27. Describe geometrically the following subsets of C.{zϵC/|z-1+i|=1}

2.DEMOIVRE’S THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
nπ
1. ***i) If n is an integer then show that (1 + i ) 2 n + (1 − i ) 2 n =2n +1 cos
2
n+ 2
 nπ 
ii) If n is a positive integer then show that (1 + i ) + (1 − i ) =
n n
2 2 cos  
 4

2. ***If α , β are the roots of the equation x 2 − 2 x + 4 =0 then for any

 nπ 
positive integer n show that α n + β n =
2n +1 cos 
 3 

3. ***If n is an integer then show that

 θ  nθ 
(1 + cos θ + i sin θ ) n + (1 + cos θ − i sin θ ) n =
2n +1 cos n 
  cos  
2 2
8
 π π 3
1 + sin + i cos
 8 8  = −1
4. ***Show that one value of 
π π
 1 + sin − i cos 
8 8
5. ***If cos α + cos β + cos γ =
0=sin α + sin β + sin γ .Then prove that
3
cos 2 α + cos 2 β + cos 2 γ == sin 2 α + sin 2 β + sin 2 γ
2
6. ***If cos α + cos β + cos γ = 0= sin α + sin β + sin γ then show that

3γ 3cos (α + β + γ )
i) cos 3α + cos 3β + cos=

3γ 3sin (α + β + γ )
ii) sin 3α + sin 3β + sin=

iii) cos (α + β ) + cos ( β + γ ) + cos ( γ + α ) =

0

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7. ***If n is positive integer, show that
1
1 Q
( P + iQ)1/ n + ( P − iQ)1/ n= (
2 P2 + Q2 ) 2n cos  tan −1 
n P

8. ***Find all the roots of the equation x11 − x 7 + x 4 − 1 =0

**Solve ( x − 1) =
x n , where n is a positive integer
n
9.

10. **Solve x9 − x5 + x 4 − 1 =0

  π
11. z cis θ ,  θ ≠ ( 2n + 1)  , then show that
**If n is an integer and=
 2
z 2n − 1
= i tan nθ
z 2n + 1

12. *If m, n ∈ Z , x = cos α + i sin α , y = cos β + i sin β then show that

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i) x m y n + = 2 cos ( mα + nβ ) and
x yn
m

1
ii ) x m y n − m = 2i sin ( mα + nβ )
x yn

13. State & Prove De Moivre’s theorem for integral index.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(2 MARKS)

 1
1. If x = cisθ , then find value of  x 6 + 6 
 x 
2. 1.f A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x = cisA, y = cisB, z =
cisC, then find the value of xyz.
3. (i). If the cube roots of unity are 1, ω , ω 2 , then find the roots of the
equation ( x − 1) + 8 =
3
0
(ii). Find cube roots of ‘8’

4. Find the value of the following

5 5
 3 i  3 i
( i) (1 + i )
3
3 ( ii)(1 + i) 16
( iii)  +  −  − 
 2 2  2 2
5. Find all the values of
( i) ( )
1/ 4
3+i ( ii )( −i )1/ 6 ( iii )( −32)1/ 5
6. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
1 1 1
( i) + =
2 + ω 1 + 2ω 1 + ω
(
( ii)( 2 − ω ) 2 − ω 2 2 − ω 10 2 − ω 11 =
49 )( )( )

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 7. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of the
following
( i)( a + 2b) 2 + ( aω 2 + 2bω ) + ( aω + 2bω 2 )
2 2

( ii) (1 − ω + ω 2 )
3

( iii)(1 − ω ) (1 − ω 2 )(1 − ω 4 )(1 − ω 8 )

 a + bω + cω 2   a + bω + cω 2 
( iv)  +
 c + aω + bω 2   b + cω + aω 2 
( v) (1 − ω + ω 2 ) ( )
5 5
+ 1+ ω − ω 2
(vi) (1-ꞷ+ꞷ2)+(1-ꞷ2+ꞷ)6
(vii) (1-ꞷ+ꞷ2)3

8. If 1, ꞷ , ꞷ2 are the cube roots of unity. Then prove that x2+4x+7=0

where
x = ꞷ - ꞷ2 – 2.
(𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐∝+𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖∝)4
9. Simplify
(𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝛽𝛽+𝑖𝑖 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐)8
3.QUADRATIC EQUATIONS & EXPRESSIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
x− p
***1. If the expression 2
takes all real values for x ∈ R, then find the
x − 3x + 2
limits for ‘p’
x −1
***2. If ‘x’ is real, prove that lies between and 1.
2
x − 5x + 9 11
x 2 + 34 x − 71
***3. If ‘x’ is real, show that the value of the expression 2 do not lie
x + 2x − 7
between
5 and 9.
1 1 1
***4. Prove that + − does not lie between 1 and 4 if ‘x’ is
3 x + 1 x + 1 ( 3 x + 1)( x + 1)
real.
***5. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression
x 2 + 14 x + 9
x2 + 2 x + 3
x+2
***6. Determine the range of , x ∈R 2
2 x + 3x + 6
x2 + x + 1
***7. Determine the range of the expression 2 , x ∈R
x − x +1
2 x2 − 6 x + 5
***8. i) If x is a real number, find the range of 2
x − 3x + 3

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 ii) Determine the range of the expression
( x − 1)( x + 2) , x ∈ R
x+3
***9. If x1,x2 are the root’s of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 and c≠0 , find
the value of
(ax1+b)-2+(ax2+b)-2 in terms a,b,c.
*10. Let a, b, c ∈ R , and a ≠ 0 such that the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has real
roots α and β with α < β then. i) for α < x < β , ax + bx + c and a have opposite
2

signs ii) for x < α or x < β , ax 2 + bx + c and a have the same sign.
*11. If c2≠ab and the roots of the equation (c2-ab)x2-2(a2-bc)x-(b2-ac)=0 are
equal,
then show that a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc or a=0.
*12. Let a, b, c ∈ R and a ≠ 0. Then the roots of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 are non real
complex numbers if and only if ax + bx + c and a have the same sign all
2

x ∈R .
*13. If the equations x 2 + cx= + d 0 and x 2 + = ax + b 0 have a common root and
the second equation has equal roots, then prove that 2 ( b + d ) = ac
*14. Solve 2x4+x3-11x2+x+2=0.
*15. Solve 71+x+71-x = 50 for real x.
𝑥𝑥 1−𝑥𝑥 13
*16. Solve � +� =
1−𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 6

*17. Solve the inequation √𝑥𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑥 − 10 > (8-x)

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(2 MARKS)

1. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7 + 2 5 and 7 − 2 5
2. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are −3 ± 5i
p − q − ( p + q)
3. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are , ( p ≠ ± q)
p+q p−q
4. (i).For what values of m the equation ( m + 1) x 2 + 2 ( m + 3) x + m + 8 =0 has
equal roots.
(ii). For what values of x the expression x2-5x-14 is positive?
5. If the equation x 2 − 15 − m ( 2 x − 8) =
0 has equal roots find the value of
m.
6. If 1,ꞷ, ꞷ2 are solutions of x2+x-12≤0 by algebraic method.
7. If α , β are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c =0 , find the value of
1 1 1 1 α β
( i) + ( ii ) + ( iii) + ( iv) α 4β 7 + α 7 β 4
α β α 2
β 2
β2 α2

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8. (i) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 12 x + x 2 − 32
(ii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 2 x − 7 − 5 x 2
(iii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 3x 2 + 2 x + 11
(iv) Find the value of x at which the expression x 2 + 5 x + 6 have
maximum or minimum
(v) Find the maximum or minimum value of the expression x2-x+7 as
x varies Over R.
9. State the sign of the expression x2-5x+6.
10. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of
the squares of the roots is 13.
11. If x 2 − 6 x + 5 =0 and x 2 − 3ax + 35 =
0 have a common root then find ‘a’.

12. If (i) x 2 + bx + c =0 and x 2 + cx + b= 0 ( b ≠ c ) have a common root, then

show that b + c + 1 =0

(ii) If the quadratic equations ax 2 + = 2cx + b 0 have a

2bx + c 0 and ax 2 + =
common root, then show that a + 4b + 4c = 0

13. Suppose that the quadratic equations ax2+bx+c=0 and bx2+cx+a = 0

have a common root. Then show that a3+b3+c3 = 3abc.

14. If x2+4ax+3=0 and 2x2+3ax-9 = 0 have a common root, then find the
values of ‘a’ and the common roots.

15. Prove that the roots of ( x − a )( x − b) =

h 2 are always real.

16. Find all the numbers which exceeds their square root by 12.

17. Find the condition that one root of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0
shall be n times the other, where n is a positive integer.

18. For what values of x, the expression 15+4x-3x2 is negative.

19. Prove that there is a unique pair of consecutive positive odd integers
such that the sum of their squares is 290 and find it.

20. Show that the roots of the equation x2-2px+p2-q2+2qr-r2 = 0 are

rational, given that p,q,r are rational.

21. If α,β are the roots of the equation ax2+bx+c = 0 then form a quadratic
equation whose roots are pα pβ )p is real number) in terms of a, b , c,
p.

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 4.THEORY OF EQUATIONS

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS(7 MARKS)

1.*** Solve the equation x -10x3+26x2-10x+1=0.
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2.*** Solve 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x-6=0.

3.*** Solve: 6x4-35x3+62x2-35x+6=0.
4.*** Solve the equation x5-5x4+9x3-9x2+5x-1=0.
5.*** Solve the equation 2x5+x4-12x3-12x2+x+2=0.
3 2
6***. Give that the roots of x + 3 px + 3qx + r =0 are in
3
i) A.P, show that 2 p − 3 pq + r =0
3 3
2q r ( 3 pq − r )
ii) G.P, show that p r = q iii) H.P, show that=
3

7.*** Solve 18x3+81x2+121x+60=0, given that one root is equal to half the sum
of the remaining roots.
4 3 2
8.*** Solve x + x − 16 x − 4 x + 48 =
0 then the product of two of the roots being
‘6’.
3 2
9.*** Solve 4 x − 24 x + 23x + 18 =0 given that roots are in A.P.
10.*** Solve x3-7x2+14x-8=0 given that roots are in G.P
4 3 2
11.*** Solve x − 6 x + 13x − 24 x + 36 =0 , given that they have multiple roots.
4 3 2
12.** Solve x + 4 x − 2 x − 12 x + 9 =0 given that it has two pairs of equal roots.
4 3 2
13.** Solve 8 x − 2 x − 27 x + 6 x + 9 =0 given that two roots have same absolute
value but are opposite in sign.
3 2
14.** Solve x − 9 x + 14 x + 24 =0 given that two roots are in the ratio 3 : 2.
15.* (i) Transform x4+4x3+2x2-4x-2 = 0 into one in which the coefficient of
second highest power of x is zero and also find its transformed
equation.
(ii) Transform x4+2x3-12x2+2x-1=0 into one in which the coefficient of
third highest power of x is zero and also find its transformed equation.
16.* Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of
x5+4x3-x2+11=0 by -3.
17.* Find the Polynomial Equation whose roots are the translate of the
Equation x5-4x4+3x2-4x+6=0 by -3.
18.* Solve 3x3-26x2+52x-24=0, given that the roots are in geometric
progression.
4 2
19.* Solve x − 4 x + 8 x + 35 = 0 given that 2 + i √3is a root.
3 2
20. Solve 2 x + 3x − 8 x + 3 =0 one root being double the after.

21.
4 3 2
Solve x − 9 x + 27 x − 29 x + 6 =0 given that 2 − 3 is a root

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 4 3 2
22. Solve x + 2 x − 5 x + 6 x + 2 =0 given that 1 + i is root.

3 2
23. Solve x − 3x − 6 x + 8 =0 given that roots are in A.P
24.
3 2
25. Solve 8 x − 36 x − 18 x + 81 =
0 given that roots are in A.P
3 2
26. Solve 18 x + 81x + 121x + 60 =
0 given that one root is equal to half of the
sum of remaining roots.

3 2
27. Solve 6 x − 11x + 6 x − 1 =0 given that roots are in H.P

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(2M)

1. Form the equation whose roots are 2 ± 3,1 ± 2i.

2. If -1, 2 and α are the roots of 2 x 3 + x 2 − 7 x − 6 =0, then find α .

3. If 1, -2&3 are the roots of x3 − 2 x 2 + ax + 6 =0 then find ‘a’

4. If the product of the roots of 4 x 3 + 16 x 2 − 9 x − a =0 is 9,then find ‘a’ .

5. If 1,1, α are the roots of x 3 − 6 x 2 + 9 x − 4 =0 then find α .

6. If α , β ,1 are the roots of x3 − 2 x 2 − 5 x + 6 =0 , then find α and β

7. If α , β and γ are the roots of x3 − 2 x 2 + 3 x − 4 =0

( i) ∑ α 2β 2 ( ii ) ∑ α 2β + ∑ αβ 2
8. Find the Quotient and remainder when x 4 − 11x3 + 44 x 2 − 76 x + 48 is
divided by x 2 − 7 x + 12

9. Find The transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the
roots of

x4 +5x3+11x+3=0.

10. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots
of

x4-3x3+7x2+5x-2=0.

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 11. (i) If α,β,γ are the roots of the equations x3+2x2-4x-3=0 find the
equation whose roots are 3 times the roots of given equation.

(ii) Find the algebric equation whose roots are the two times the roots
of

x5 -2x4+3x3-2x2+4x+3=0.

(iii) If α,β,γ are the roots of 4x3-6x2+7x+3=0 then find the value of
αβ+βγ+γα
(iv)If α , β , γ are the roots x3 − 10 x 2 + 6 x − 8 =0 then find α 2 + β 2 + γ 2 .

12. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots
of
x3 + 3x2-7x+6=0.
13. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of x4+ax3+bx26+cx+d = 0 then find the
values of a,b,c and d.
14. Form the equation whose roots are ‘m’ times the roots of the equation

x3+1/4 x2-1/16 x+1/72 = 0 and deduce the case when m=12.

5.PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(4 M)

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***1. (i) Simplify c5 + ∑ (38− r ) C4
34

r =0

(ii) Prove that 25C4 + ∑4𝑟𝑟=0(29 − 𝑟𝑟) C3 = 30C4

4n
c2 n 1.3.5......... ( 4n − 1)
***2. Prove that =
2n
cn {1.3.5........ ( 2n − 1)}2
***3. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and
the words thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find
the rank of the word
(i) REMAST (Mar 08)
(ii) MASTER
***4. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the
words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order .Then find the rank
of the word PRISON.

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***5. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and
if the words thus formed are aranged in dictionary order find the rank of
the word EAMCET (Mar-12)
***6. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and
if the words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order. Find the rank
of the word EAMCET.
***7. If the letters of the word AJANTA are permuted in all possible ways and
the words thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, find the
ranks of the words
(i). AJANTA (ii). JANATA
***8. Find the number of ways of permuting the letters of the word ‘PICTURE’
so that
(i) all vowels come together (ii) no two vowels come together
***9. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3
Russians at a round table so that (i) all Indians are sit together
(ii) persons of same nationality sit together
***10. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 red roses and 3 yellow roses of
different sizes into a garland. In how many of them.
(i) all the yellow roses are together (ii) no two yellow roses are together
***11. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row. In how
many of these arrangements.
(i) all the girls are together. (ii) no two girls are together
(iii) boys and girls come alternately ?
***12. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a
circular table so that
(i) all the girls sit together. (ii) no two girls sit together.
(iii) boys and girls sit alternately.
***13. (i) Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players
from 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers such that there will be atleast 5
bowlers in the team (Mar 05,June-10)
ii) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7
batsmen, 6 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers, so that the team contains 2
wicket-keepers and atleast 4 bowlers. (March-2014)

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***14. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6
Indians and 5 Americans so that always the Indians will be in majority in the
committee.
***15. A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions which are
divide into 2 groups A and B each containing 5 questions. He is not
permitted to attempt more than 4 Questions from either group. Find
the no. of different ways in which the Candidate
Can choose six questions.
***16. Find the no. of ways of forming a committee of 4 members out of 6
boys and 4 girls Such that there is atleast one girl in the committee.
***17. (i) If 1 ≤ r ≤ n, then n cr −1 + n cr =
n +1
cr
(ii) For 3 ≤ r ≤ n, prove that n −3cr + 3.n −3 cr −1 + 3.n −3 cr − 2 + n −3 cr −3 =
n
cr
***18. (i) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the
digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 without repetition. (Mar-10)
(ii) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the
digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition. (Mar-13)

***19. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be
formed using the digits 0,2,4,6,8 without repetition.
**20. Find the number of 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the
digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that are divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 when repetition are
allowed.
**21. Find the no. of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits
2,3,5,6,8(without reception). How many of them are divisible by
(i). 2 (ii) 3 (iii)4 (iv) 5 (v) 25
**22. In how many ways 9 Mathematics papers can be arranged so that the
best and the worst
(i). may come together (ii) may not come together.
*23. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of
the word ‘RAMANA’
*24. A double decker minibus has 8 seats in the lower deck and 10 seats in the
upper deck find the number of ways of arranging 18 persons in the bus if
3 children want to go the upper deck and 4 old people can not go the the
upper deck.

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*25. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using digits
0,2,4,7,8 without repetition.
*26. If a set A has 8 elements. Find the number of subsets of A containing
atleast 6 elements?
*27. 14 persons are seated at a round table. Find the no. of ways of selecting
two persons Out of them who are not seated adjacent to each other.
***28. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 persons from a
group of 5 Indians and 4 Russians such that there are at least 3 Indians
in the committee
***29. Out of 7 gents, 5 ladies how many 6 member committees can be
formed, such that there will be atleast 3 ladies in the committee.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. ( i) If n
P4 = 1680 then find ' n ' ( ii ) If n P3 = 1320 find ' n '
2. ( i) If ( n +1)
P5 :n P6 = 2 : 7, find n. ( ii) If ( n+1) P5 :n P6 = 3 : 2 then find n.
3. If n P7 = 42.n P5 find n.
4. If 12 P7 + 5.12 P4 =
13
Pr find ' r '
5. If 10.n c2 = 3.(
n +1)
C3 then find n.
6. If n c21 = n c27 , then find 49
Cn
7. If n C5 = n C6 then find The value of 13
Cn
8. (i). If 12pr=1320, find ‘r’ (ii) If nC4 = 210, then find ‘n’.
9. ( i) If 12Cr +1 =12 C3r −5 find ' r '
( ii) If 12CS +1 =12 C( 2 s −5) find s.
( iii) If 15C2 r −1 =15 C2 r + 4 then find 'r '
10. Find the value of 10C5 + 2.10C4 + 10C3
11. If n Pr = 5040 and n Cr = 210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’
12.Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) PERMUTATION (ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE ( Mar 09) (iv) MATHEMATICS (Mar-11) (Mar 06)
(v) CORRUPTION (Mar-12) (vi) ENGINEERING (Mar-13)
13. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
TRIANGLE so that the relative positions of the vowels and consonants
are not disturbed

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14. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters
of the word PISTON in which at least one letter is repeated.
15. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle
so that all the girls sit together.
16. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from
the letters of the word ‘EQUATION’ (May-11)
17. Find the number of ways of selecting 7 members from a contingent of
10 soldiers.
18. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls
and 6 boys. (May-09)
19. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7
different coloured beeds. (Mar 08)
20. Find the number of ways of arranging 5 boys and 5 girls around a
circle.
21. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different
coloured beads.
22. How many numbers can be formed using all the digits 1,2,3,4,3,2,1
such that
even digits always occupy even places.
23. Find the number of 5 letter words that can be formed using the letters
of the word NATURE, that begin with ‘N’ when repetition is allowed.
24. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to
itself.
25. Find the number of injections from set A containg 5 elements in to a
set B containing 7 elements.
26. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080
27. Find the number of zero’s in 100!
28. To pass an examination a student has to pass in each of the three
papers. In how many ways can a student fail in the examination?
29. Find the number of (i) 6 (ii) 7 letter pallindromes that can be formed
using the letters of the word EQUATION
30. Define Palindrome and give its example.
31. Find the number of seven digited palindromes that can be formed
using 0,1,2,3,4

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 32. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having
4 elements.
33. Find the number of ways in which 4 letters can be put in 4 addressed
envelopes so that no letter goes into the envelope meant for it.
34. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.
35. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of
8 boys
and 5 girls.
36. A number lock has 3 rings and each ring has 9 digits 1,2,3,…9. Find the
maximum no. of unsuccessful attempts that can be made by a person
who tries to open the lock with out knowing the key code.
37. In set of m parallel lines intersect another set of n parallel lines(not
parallel to the lines in the first set,) then find the no. of parallelograms
formed in this lattice structure.
38. Find the number of ways of arranging 7 persons around circle
39.There are 5 copies each of 4 different books. Find the number of ways
arranging these books in a shelf in a single row
6.BINOMIAL THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS(7 M)
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
1.*** Find the sum of the series + + + ……∞
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20

3 3.5 3.5.7
2.*** Find the sum of the infinite series + + + …….∞
4 4.8 4.8.12

1 1.3 1.3.5
3.*** Find the sum of the series 1+ + + + ……..∞
3 3.6 3.6.9

2 1 2.5 1 2.5.8 1
4.*** Find the sum of infinite series 1 + . + . ( )2 + . ( )2 +…….∞
3 2 3.6 2 3.6.9 2

1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7

5.*** If x = + + + ….., then prove that 9x2+24x=11.
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12

4 4.6 4.6.8
6.*** If t = + + + ……∞ then prove that 9t=16.
5 5.10 5.10.15

5 5.7 5.7.9
7.*** If x= + + + …….,then find the value of x2+4x
(2!)3 (3!)32 (4!)33

1 1.3 1.3.5
8.*** If x= + + + …….∞ , then find 3x2+6x.
5 5.10 5.10.15

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 7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1
9.*** Find the sum of the infinite series (1+ + ( ) + ( )+…..)
5 102 1.5 104 1.2.3 106

3 3.5 3.5.7
10.*** Find the of sum of the infinite series - + - …….
4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16.

11.*** Show that for any non-zero rational number x,

𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥−1) 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥−1)(𝑥𝑥−2) 𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥+1) 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥+1)(𝑥𝑥+2)
1+ + + + …… = 1+ + + + ……
2 2.4 2.4.6 3 3.6 3.6.9
12.*** If ‘n’ is a positive integer and ‘x’ is any non-zero real number, then
Prove that
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑥𝑥 𝑛𝑛 (1+𝑥𝑥)𝑛𝑛+1 −1
C0+C1. + C2. + …..Cn. =
2 2 𝑛𝑛+1 (𝑛𝑛+1)𝑥𝑥
13.*** For r=0,1,2 …..,n Prove that C0.Cr+C1.Cr+1+C2.Cr+2+…..+Cn-r.Cn=2nCn+r
Hence deduce that
(i). C02+C12+C22+…….+Cn2 = 2nCn
(ii) C0.C1+C1.C2+C2.C3…….+Cn-1.Cn=2nCn+1.
(𝑛𝑛+1)𝑛𝑛
14.*** Prove that (c0+c1).(c1+c2).(c2+c3)…….(cn-1+cn)= c0.c1.c2….cn
𝑛𝑛!

15.*** If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expression of (1+x)n are

𝑎𝑎1 𝑎𝑎 2𝑎𝑎2
a1,a2,a3,a4 respectively then show that + 3 =
𝑎𝑎1 +𝑎𝑎2 𝑎𝑎3 +𝑎𝑎4 𝑎𝑎2 +𝑎𝑎3
16.*** If the 2 , 3 and 4 terms is the expansion of(a+x) are
nd rd th n

respectively 240,720,1080,find a,x,n.

17.*** If 36,84,126 are three successful binomial c0-efficients in the
Expansion of of (1+x)n, then find n.
18.*** If the coefficients of rth, (r+1)th and (r+2)nd terms is the expansion of
(1+x)n are in A.P then show that n2-(4r+1)n+4r2-2=0.
19.*** If the coefficients of x9,x10 and x11 terms in the expansion of (1+x)n
Are in A.P then prove that n2-4ln+398=0.
20.*** If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms
respectively in the expansion of (x+a)n then prove that
(i). P2-Q2 = (x2-a2)n (ii) 4PQ=(x+a)2n-(x-a)2n

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21.*** If the coefficients of x10 in the expansion of (ax2+ )11 is equal to the
𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏
1
Coefficient of x-10 in the expansion of (ax- 2 )11, find the relation
𝑏𝑏𝑥𝑥
between a and b, where a and b are real numbers.
22.*** Suppose that ‘n’ is a natural number and I,F are integral part and
Fractional part of (7+4√3)n. Then show that i)I is an odd integer
(ii). (I+F)(I-F)=1.
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23.** If R,n are positive integers , n is odd , 0<F<1 and if (5√5+11)n=R+F
then prove that (i) R is an even integer and (ii) (R+F).F=4n.
24.** State and prove binomial theorem for the positive integral index.
25.** Using binomial theorem prove that 50n-49n-1 is divisible by 492in all
Positive integers ‘n’.
𝑛𝑛𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑟 n(𝑛𝑛+1)2 (𝑛𝑛+2)
26.** If ‘n’ is positive integer , prove that ∑𝑛𝑛𝑟𝑟=1 𝑟𝑟 3 ( )2 =
𝑛𝑛𝐶𝐶𝑟𝑟−1 12
27.** If |x| is so that x and higher powers of x can be neglected, find the
3

(4−7𝑥𝑥)1/2
Approximate value of .
(3+5𝑥𝑥)3

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
3𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏
(i). (2x+3y+z)7 (ii) ( + )9
4 2
2.. Find the number of terms with non-zero coefficients in
(4x-7y)49+(4x+7y)49
3.. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
(i). (2+3x)-2/3 is valid
(ii). (7+3x)-5 is valid
(iii) (3-4x)3/4 is valid.
4.. If 22Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1+x)22 find
The value of 13Cr.
5.. Find the largest binomial efficient(s) in the expansion of(1+x)19.
2𝑥𝑥 2 5
6.. Find the Coefficient of x-7 in ( - 5 )7
3 4𝑥𝑥
7. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
3𝑥𝑥 3
(i). ( – 2y)10 (ii) (4a+ b)11
7 2
8. Find the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of
7 2𝑥𝑥 2 15
(i). (4x3+ 2 )14 (ii) ( + )9
𝑥𝑥 5 4𝑥𝑥
9. Prove that C0+2.C1+4.C2+8.C3+……+2n.Cn = 3n.
10. Prove that 2.C0+5.C1+8.C3+……+(3n+2).Cn = (3n+4).2n+1.

11. Find the sum of the following

15𝐶𝐶1 15𝐶𝐶2 15𝐶𝐶3 15𝐶𝐶15
(i). + 2. + 3. + …….+15. .
15𝐶𝐶0 15𝐶𝐶1 15𝐶𝐶2 15𝐶𝐶14
(ii). 22.C0 + 32.C1+42.C2 + …..+(n+1)2.Cn
12.. Find the numerically greatest term(s) in the expansion of(3x-5y)n
3 2
When x= , y = , and n = 17.
4 7
5𝑥𝑥 -3/5
13..Find the 8 term of (1-
th
) .
2

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 5 3 3 6
14. Find the approximate values of i) √242 ii) √1002 - √998 (iii) √63
Correct to 4 decimal places.
4
15.. Expand 5√5 in increasing power of .
5
16. If (1+x+x ) = a0+a1x+a2x +…..+a2nx then find the value of
2 n 2 2n

a0+a2+a4+…..+a2n
17.If (1+3x-2x2)10 = a0+a1x+a2x2+…..+a20x20, prove that
(i). a0+a1+a2+….+a20 = 210.
(ii) a0-a1+a2-………+a20 = 410.
18. Find the remainder when 22013 is divided by 17.
19. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (1+x)2n is
1.3.5........(2𝑛𝑛−1)
(2x)n.
𝑛𝑛!
20. Find the number of irrational terms is the expansion of (51/6+21/8)100.
21. Find the sum of last 20 coefficients in the expansion of (1+x)39.
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22. Find the 3rd term from the end in the expansion of (x-2/3- 2 )8.
𝑥𝑥
23. If the coefficients of(2r+4)th term and (3r+4)th term in the expansion of
(1+x)21 are equal , then find ‘r’.
4 𝑥𝑥 2 14
24. Find the 7th term in the expansion of ( + ) .
𝑥𝑥 3 2
2𝑥𝑥 3𝑦𝑦
25. Find the 6th term in the expansion of ( + )9.
3 2
7.PARTIAL FRACTIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Resolve into partial fractions

x+4
***1.
( )
x − 4 ( x + 1)
2

x −1
***2.
( x + 1)( x − 2) 2
x2 − 3
***3.
( x + 2) x 2 + 1 ( )
2 x 2 + 3x + 4 𝑋𝑋 2 +5𝑥𝑥+7
***4. (i) (ii)
(
( x − 1) x 2 + 2 ) (𝑥𝑥−3)3

x3 x3
***5. (i) (ii)
( 2 x − 1)( 2 x + 2)( x − 3) ( x − a)( x − b)( x − c)
x4 x3
***6. (i) (ii)
( x − 1)( x − 2) ( x − 1)( x − 2)
3 x3 − 8 x 2 + 10
***7.
( x − 1) 4

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 𝑋𝑋 3 +𝑋𝑋 2 +1
***8.
(𝑋𝑋 2 +2)(𝑋𝑋 2 +3)
𝑥𝑥−4
***9. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of 2
𝑋𝑋 −5𝑥𝑥+6
specifying the
Region in which the expansion is valid.
𝑥𝑥
***10. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of 2 (𝑥𝑥−1) (𝑥𝑥−2)
specifying the
Region in which the expansion is valid.
x 2 + 12 x + 15
**11.
( 2 x + 3)( x + 3) 2
3𝑥𝑥−18
**12.
𝑋𝑋 3 (𝑥𝑥+3)
2x + 3
**13.
5 ( x + 2)( 2 x + 1)
x2 + 1 3 x − 18
*14. (i) (ii)
(x 2
+ x +1 )
2
x 3 ( x + 3)
𝑥𝑥 2 −𝑥𝑥+1
*15.
(𝑥𝑥+1)(𝑥𝑥−1)2

8.MEASURES OF DISPERSION(STATISTICS)
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1.*** Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the follwoing continous
frequency distribution

Class 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-

Interval 100

Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

2.*** Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the following discreate
frequency
distribution:
xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32

fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

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3.*** Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data.

xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22

fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3

4.*** The following table gives the daily wages of workers in a factory.
Compute the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation of the wages
of the workers.

Wage 125- 175- 225- 275- 325- 375- 425- 475- 525-
(Rs.) 175 225 275 325 375 425 475 525 575
No. of
2 22 19 14 3 4 6 1 1
Workers
5.*** Find the mean deviation about the median from the following
continuous distribution

Class 70-80
0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Interval
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
6.*** Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continous
distribution

Height( in
95-105 105-115 115-125 125-135 135-145 145-155
cms)
No.of Boys 9 13 26 30 12 10
7.*** Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method, of the
following tabular data giving the age distribution of 542 members.

Age in years 80-

20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
(x1) 90
Numbers of
3 61 132 153 140 51 2
Members(f1)

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8.*** Find the mean deviation from the mean of the follwoing data, using the
step deviation method

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of
6 5 8 15 7 6 3
Students

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is
multipled by 2, find the variance of the resulting observations.
2. (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete
data 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16
(ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38,
70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44
(iii) Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following discreate
data
3,6,10,4,9,10.
3. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13,
17, 16, 11, 13, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 17
4. Find the variance and standard deviation of the follwing data 5, 12, 3,
18, 6, 8, 2, 10
5. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their
standard deviations are 21 and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic
means.
6. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data

xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2

7. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency
distribution

xi 5 7 9 10 12 15
fi 8 6 2 2 2 6

8. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following
data:4,6,9,3,10,13,2

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 9. Define range for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given
data
38,70,48,40,42,55,63,46,54,44.
10.The mean of 5 observations is 4.4, their variance is 8.24. If three of the
observation
Are 1, 2 & 6. Find the other two observations.
11..The arithmetic mean and standard deviation of a set of 9 items are 43
and 5 respectively. If an item of value 63 is added to that set, find the new
mean and standard deviation of 10 item set given.
9.PROBABILITY
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
***1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.
***2. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication
theorem on
probability.
***3. State and prove Baye’s theorem.
**4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.

Box White Black Red

I 1 2 3
II 2 1 1
III 4 5 3

one box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is red then
find the probability that it is from box II.

***5. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown
below

Box White Black Red

B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2
A die is thrown, B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 (or)
4 turns up and B3 is chosen if 5 (or) 6 turns up. Having choosen a box in
this way, a ball is choosen at random from this box. If the ball drawn is
found to be red, find the probability that it is from box B2

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***6. Three Urns have the following composition of balls
Urn I: 1 white, 2 black, Urn II: 2 white, 1 black , Urn III: 2 white, 2 black
One of the Urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn, It turns out to
be white.
Find the probability that it came from urn III.
***7. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30,
then find the probability that the number on the tickets is.
I) a multiple of 5 or 7 ii) a multiple of 3 or 5
***8. Define conditional probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls.
Bag B2 contains 3 white and 4 black balls. A bag is drawn at random and a
ball is chosen at random from it. What is the pobability that the ball
drawn is white ? (Mar-11, May-11)
***9. There are 3 black and 4 white ball in the bag , 4 black and 3 white balls
in the second bag.
A die is rolled and the first bag is selected if the die shows up 1 or 3, and
the second bag
For the rest. Find the probability of drawing a black ball, from the bag
thus selected.
***10. A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city. 20% of the population read A,
16% read B, 14% read C,8% read both A and B, 5% read both A and C, 4%
read both B and C and 2% read all the three.Find the percentage of the
population who read atleast one newspaper. (March-10)
***11. In a box contaning 15 bulbs, 5 are defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at
random from the box. Find the probability of the event that
i) none of them is defective
ii) only one of them is defective
iii) atleast one of them is defective.
**12. Two persons A and B are rolling a die on the condition that the person
who gets 3 first will win the game. If A starts the game, then find
the probabilities of A and B respectively to win the game.
**13.In an experiment of drawing a card at random from a pack , the event of
getting a
Spade is denoted by A and getting a pictured card (king,queen or jack) is
denoted by
B. Find the probabilities of A,B,A∩B, AUB.

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 **14.In a shooting test the probability of A,B,C hitting the targets are ½ ,2/3
and ¾ respectively. If all of them fire at the same target,Find the
probability that
(i). Only one of them hits the target.
(ii) atleast one of them hits the target.
**15. The probabilities of three mutually exclusive events are respectively
given as
1+3𝑝𝑝 1−𝑝𝑝 1−2𝑝𝑝 1 1
, , , prove that ≤p≤ .
2 4 2 3 2

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(4 MARKS)

***1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probabiity of A to win the race is
twice that of
B, and probability of B is twice that of C. What are the probabilities of A,
B and C to
win the race.
***2. i) Let A and B be independent events with = P ( A) 0.2,
= P ( B ) 0.5 . Let us
find
a ) p ( A / B ) b) P ( B / A) c) P ( A ∩ B )
(ii) If A and B be independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7 then
compute.
 B
a ) P ( A ∩ B ) b) P ( A ∪ B ) c) P  
 A
(
d ) P AC ∩ B C )
(iii) A and B are events with P(A) = 0.5,P(B) = 0.4 and P(A∩B) = 0.3. Find
the
Probability that (i) A does not occur (ii) neither A nor B occurs.
***3. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural
numbers, find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is
i) an even number ii) an odd number ( Mar 07)
***4. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the
probability that their statements about an incident do not match
***5. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that
1 1 1
(
P A ∩ B c ∩ C=
c
) 4
(
, P Ac ∩ B ∩ C=
c

8
) (
, P Ac ∩ B c ∩ C=
c

4
)
, then find

P ( A) , P ( B ) and P ( C )

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***6. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of
1 1
solving it are and . Find the probability of the problem being solved
3 4
if both of them try independently. ( Mar 05)

***7. A number x is drawn arbitrarily from the set {1,2,3,….100} . Find the
100
probability that (x+ ) > 29.
𝑥𝑥
***8. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket
1
game is given to be . If India and Australia play 3 matches what is the
3
probability that
i) Austraia will loose all the 3 matches ii) Australia will win atleast
one match.
***9. . Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled
pack of 52 playing cards.
**10. If A and B are independent events of a random experiment then show
that A and B are also independent events.
2
**11. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a
3
5 5
building contract is.The probability to get atleast one contract is
9 9
Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
**12.In a committee of 25 members , each member is proficient either in
mathematics or In statistics or in both. If 19 of these are proficient in
mathematics, 16 in statistics, Find the probability that a person selected
from the committee is proficient in both.
**13. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins, 7 one rupee coins and 4 half a rupee
coins. If three coins are selected at random, then find the probability
that
(i) the sum of three coins is maximum
(ii) the sum of three coins is minimum
(iii) each coin is of different value
**14. The probabilities of three events A,B,C are such that
P ( A) 0.3,
= = P ( B ) 0.4,
= P ( C ) 0.8,
P ( A= ∩ C ) 0.28, P ( A ∩ B ∩ C ) ≥ 0.75. Show that P ( B ∩ C ) lies in
∩ B ) 0.08, P ( A=
the interval [ 0.23, 0.48]

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**15. If A, B, C are three events then show that

P ( A ∪ B ∪ C=
) P ( A) + P ( B) + P ( C ) − P ( A ∩ B) − P ( B ∩ C ) − P ( C ∩ A) + P ( A ∩ B ∩ C ) .

*16. If P is a probability function then show that for any two events A and B
P ( A ∩ B ) ≤ P ( A) ≤ P ( A ∪ B ) ≤ P ( A) + P ( B )
*17. A pair of dice is rolled, what is the probability that they sum to 7 given
that neither die shows a 2?
*18. A page is opened at random from a book containing 200 pages. What is
the probability that the number on the page is a perfect square.
*19. A fair coin is tossed 200 times. Find the probability of getting a head an
odd number of times.
*20. Suppose that a coin is tossed three times. Let event A be “getting three
heads” and B be the event of “getting a head on the first toss”. Show that
A and B are dependent events.
*21. A single die is rolled twice in succession. What is the probability that the
number on the Second toss is greater than that on the first rolling?
*22. If A, B are two events,then show that P(A/B)P(B)+P(A/BC)P(Bc) = P(A).
10. RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS(7 MARKS)
***1. A random variable X has the following probability distributions.

X=xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=xi) K 2K 3K 4K 5K
fin d (i) k (ii) mean and (iii) variance of x

***2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X=x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X=x) 0 K 2K 2K 3K K 2K 7K2+K
2 2

find (i) k value (ii) the mean of X and (iii ) P(0 < X < 5)

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***3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. Find ‘k’
and mean,
variance of X

X=xi -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X=xi) 0.1 K 0.2 2K 0.3 K

***4. Let x be a random variable such that P(X=-2)=P(X=-1)=P(X=2)=P(X=1)=1/6

& P(X=0)=1/3 . Find mean variance of x.
***5.
X=x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
N0.0f 1/9 1/9 1/9 1/3 1/9 1/9 1/9
wrkers
Is the probability distribution of a random variable x.Find the variance of x.

***6. A cubical die is thrown . Find the mean and variance of x , giving the
number on the
Face that shows up.
***7. The range of a random variable X is { 0,1, 2} given that P ( X= 0=) 3C 3 ,
P( X =
1) =
4C − 10C 2 , P ( X =
2) =
5C − 1
i)find the value of c.
ii) P( x < 1), P(1 < x ≤ 2) and P(0 < x ≤ 3)
***8. One in 9 ships is likely to be wrecked when they are set on sail, when 6
ships are on sail. Find the probability for (i) atleast one will arrive safely (ii)
exactly three will arrive safely. (Mar 07)
***9. In the experiment of tossing a coin n times, if the variable X, denotes the
number of heads and
P(X=4), P(X=5) and P(X=6) are in A.P. Find ‘n’
** 10. Find the Probability of guessing atleast 6 out of 10 answers in
(i). true or false type examination (ii) multiple choice with four possible
answers.
*11. Five coins are tossed 320 times. Find the frequencies of the distribution of
number of
Heads and tabulate the result.
*12. Two dice are rolled at random. Find the probability distribution of the sum
of the numbers on them. Find the mean of the random variable.

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 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3
respectively fix the distribution and find P ( x ≥ 1)
2. A poisson variable satisfies P ( X= 1=) P ( X= 2) find P ( X= 5)
3. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44
respectively find P (1 < X ≤ 4)
4. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two
terms of the distribution
5. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial
5
variate is then, find the probability for the event of 2 successes when the
9
experiment is conducted 5 times.
6. If X is a random variable with probability distribution
P ( X= k=
( K + 1) C , K=
) 0,1, 2...... then find C.
2K
k
c
7. The range of ramdom variable x is {1, 2,3,….} and P (=
x )
k= (=
k 1, 2, 3....) find
k!
the value of find the value of P (0 < X < 3).
x
 2
C ' F ( x ) c=
8. Find the constant '=   , x 1, 2,3, 4...... is the p.d.f of a discrete
3
random variable x.
9.. In a city 10 accidents takes place in a span of 50 days , assuming that the
number of accidents follows the poisson distribution, find the probability
that there will be three or more accidents in a day
10. It is given that 10% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company
are defective. In a sample of 20 bulbs, find the probability that more
than 2 are defective.
11. On an average, rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days, find the probability
that, rain will fall on just 3 days of a given week.
12. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in
handwriting) is 0.1. What is the probability that in a group of 10 people,
there is one who is left handed.
13. Define mean and variance of a random circle.
14. Define Binomial distribution.
15. Define poisson distribution.
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 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Q.No:1(COMPLEX NUMBERS):-
1. Find the complex conjugate of ( 3 + 4i )( 2 − 3i )
2. Find the complex conjugate of (2+5i)(-4+6i)
3. Find the polar form of following complex numbers
(
i ) −1 − 3i ) ii ) z =
− 7 + i 21

iii ) − 1 − i (
iv) 1 + i 3 )
4. i)If z1 = −1 and z2 = −i , then find Arg ( Z1Z 2 )
z 
ii)If z1 = −1, z2 = i, then find Arg  1 
 z2 
5. Find the additive inverse of ( −6,5) + (10, 4)
6. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7 + 24i
7. If z ≠ 0, find Argz + Arg z
8. If (1 − i )( 2 − i )( 3 − i ) .....(1 − ni ) =x − iy then prove that
( )
2.5.10.... 1 + n 2 =x 2 + y 2
Q.No:2(COMPLEX NUMBERS):-
z +1
1. If the real part of is 1 then find the locus of z.
z+i
2. If z= x + iy and z = 1 then find the locus of z.
π
3. If the amplitude of ( z − 1) is then find the locus of z
2
π π
4. If the Arg z1 and Argz2 are and respectively then find
5 3
( Argz1 + Argz2 )
n
 1+ i 
5. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying  =1
 1 − i 
6. If z + ai = z − ai , find the locus of z.
1
x y
7. If ( x − iy ) 3 =−
a ib then prove that + = 4 a 2 − b2
a b
( )
( )
100
8. If 3+i = 299 ( a + ib) then show that a 2 + b 2 =
4
Q.No:3(DEMOIVER’S THEOREM):-
 1
1. If x = cisθ , then find value of  x 6 + 6 
 x 
2. 1.f A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x = cisA, y = cisB, z =
cisC, then find the value of xyz.

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 3. (i). If the cube roots of unity are 1, ω , ω 2 , then find the roots of the
equation ( x − 1) + 8 =
3
0
(ii). Find cube roots of ‘8’

4. Find the value of the following

( i) (1 + i )
3
3
5. Find all the values of
( iii )( −32)1/ 5
6. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
1 1 1
( i) + =
2 + ω 1 + 2ω 1 + ω
7. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of the
following
 a + bω + cω 2   a + bω + cω 2 
( iv)  +
 c + aω + bω 2   b + cω + aω 2 
(vi) (1-ꞷ+ꞷ2)+(1-ꞷ2+ꞷ)6

(𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐∝+𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖∝)4
8. Simplify
(𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝛽𝛽+𝑖𝑖 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐)8
Q.N0:4(QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS):-
1. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are −3 ± 5i
p − q − ( p + q)
2. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are , ( p ≠ ± q)
p+q p−q
3. If the equation x 2 − 15 − m ( 2 x − 8) =
0 has equal roots find the value of
m.
4. If 1,ꞷ, ꞷ2 are solutions of x2+x-12≤0 by algebraic method.
5. If α , β are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c =0 , find the value of
1 1 1 1 α β
( i) + ( ii ) + ( iii) + ( iv) α 4β 7 + α 7 β 4
α β α 2
β 2
β2 α2

6. (i) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 12 x + x 2 − 32

(ii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 2 x − 7 − 5 x 2
(iii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 3x 2 + 2 x + 11
(iv) Find the value of x at which the expression x 2 + 5 x + 6 have
maximum or minimum
(v) Find the maximum or minimum value of the expression x2-x+7 as
x varies Over R.
7. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of
the squares of the roots is 13.

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 8. If (i) x 2 + bx + c =0 and x 2 + cx + b= 0 ( b ≠ c ) have a common root, then
show that b + c + 1 =0

(ii) If the quadratic equations ax 2 + = 2cx + b 0 have a

2bx + c 0 and ax 2 + =
common root, then show that a + 4b + 4c = 0

9. If x2+4ax+3=0 and 2x2+3ax-9 = 0 have a common root, then find the

values of ‘a’ and the common roots.

10. Prove that the roots of ( x − a )( x − b) =

h 2 are always real.
Q.No:5(THEORY OF EQUATIONS):-

1. Form the equation whose roots are 2 ± 3,1 ± 2i.

2. If -1, 2 and α are the roots of 2 x 3 + x 2 − 7 x − 6 =0, then find α .

3. If 1, -2&3 are the roots of x3 − 2 x 2 + ax + 6 =0 then find ‘a’

4. If the product of the roots of 4 x 3 + 16 x 2 − 9 x − a =0 is 9,then find ‘a’ .

5. If α , β ,1 are the roots of x3 − 2 x 2 − 5 x + 6 =0 , then find α and β

6. Find the Quotient and remainder when x 4 − 11x3 + 44 x 2 − 76 x + 48 is

divided by x 2 − 7 x + 12

7. (i) If α,β,γ are the roots of the equations x3+2x2-4x-3=0 find the
equation whose roots are 3 times the roots of given equation.

(ii) Find the algebric equation whose roots are the two times the roots
of

x5 -2x4+3x3-2x2+4x+3=0.

(iii) If α,β,γ are the roots of 4x3-6x2+7x+3=0 then find the value of
αβ+βγ+γα
(iv)If α , β , γ are the roots x3 − 10 x 2 + 6 x − 8 =0 then find α 2 + β 2 + γ 2 .

8. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots
of
x3 + 3x2-7x+6=0.
9. Form the equation whose roots are ‘m’ times the roots of the equation

x3+1/4 x2-1/16 x+1/72 = 0 and deduce the case when m=12.

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Q.No:6(PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS):-
1. If n P7 = 42.n P5 find n.
2. If n c21 = n c27 , then find 49
Cn
3. (i). If 12pr=1320, find ‘r’ (ii) If nC4 = 210, then find ‘n’.
4. ( i) If 12Cr +1 =12 C3r −5 find ' r '
( ii) If 12CS +1 =12 C( 2 s −5) find s.
( iii) If 15C2 r −1 =15 C2 r + 4 then find 'r '
5. Find the value of 10C5 + 2.10C4 + 10C3
6. If n Pr = 5040 and n Cr = 210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’
7.Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) PERMUTATION (ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE ( Mar 09) (iv) MATHEMATICS (Mar-11) (Mar 06)
(v) CORRUPTION (Mar-12) (vi) ENGINEERING (Mar-13)
8. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters
of the word PISTON in which at least one letter is repeated.
9. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle
so that all the girls sit together.
10. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from
the letters of the word ‘EQUATION’ (May-11)
11. Find the number of ways of selecting 7 members from a contingent of
10 soldiers.
Q.N0:7(PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS):-
1. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and
6 boys. (May-09)
2. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured
beads.
3. Find the number of 5 letter words that can be formed using the letters
of the word NATURE, that begin with ‘N’ when repetition is allowed.
4. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to
itself.
5. Find the number of injections from set A containg 5 elements in to a set
B containing 7 elements.
6. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080

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 7. To pass an examination a student has to pass in each of the three
papers. In how many ways can a student fail in the examination?
8. Define Palindrome and give its example.
9. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having
4 elements.
10. Find the number of ways in which 4 letters can be put in 4 addressed
envelopes so that no letter goes into the envelope meant for it.
Q.No:8(BINOMIAL THEOREM):-
1.. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
(i). (2x+3y+z)7
2.. Find the number of terms with non-zero coefficients in
(4x-7y)49+(4x+7y)49
3.. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
(i). (2+3x)-2/3 is valid
(ii). (7+3x)-5 is valid
(iii) (3-4x)3/4 is valid.
4.. If 22Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1+x)22 find
The value of 13Cr.
5.. Find the largest binomial efficient(s) in the expansion of(1+x)19.
6. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
3𝑥𝑥 3
(i). ( – 2y)10 (ii) (4a+ b)11
7 2
7. Prove that C0+2.C1+4.C2+8.C3+……+2n.Cn = 3n.
8.. Find the numerically greatest term(s) in the expansion of(3x-5y)n
3 2
When x= , y = , and n = 17.
4 7
9. If (1+x+x2)n = a0+a1x+a2x2+…..+a2nx2n then find the value of
a0+a2+a4+…..+a2n
10.If (1+3x-2x2)10 = a0+a1x+a2x2+…..+a20x20, prove that
(i). a0+a1+a2+….+a20 = 210.
(ii) a0-a1+a2-………+a20 = 410.
11. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (1+x)2n is
1.3.5........(2𝑛𝑛−1)
(2x)n.
𝑛𝑛!

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Q.No:9(MEASURES OF DISPERSIONS(STATISTICS):-
1. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is
multipled by 2, find the variance of the resulting observations.
2. (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete
data 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16

3. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13,
17, 16, 11, 13, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 17
4. Find the variance and standard deviation of the follwing data 5, 12, 3,
18, 6, 8, 2, 10
5. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their
standard deviations are 21 and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic
means.
6. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data

xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2

7. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency
distribution

xi 5 7 9 10 12 15
fi 8 6 2 2 2 6
Q.No:10(RANDOM VARIABLES & DISTRIBUTIONS):-
1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3
respectively fix the distribution and find P ( x ≥ 1)
2. A poisson variable satisfies P ( X= 1=) P ( X= 2) find P ( X= 5)
3. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44
respectively find P (1 < X ≤ 4)
4. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two
terms of the distribution
5. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial
5
variate is then, find the probability for the event of 2 successes when the
9
experiment is conducted 5 times.

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 x
  2
6. Find the constant '= C ' F ( x ) c=
  , x 1, 2,3, 4...... is the p.d.f of a discrete
3
random variable x.
7.. In a city 10 accidents takes place in a span of 50 days , assuming that the
number of accidents follows the poisson distribution, find the probability
that there will be three or more accidents in a day
7. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in
handwriting) is 0.1. What is the probability that in a group of 10
people, there is one who is left handed.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(4 MARKS)
Q.No:11(COMPLEX NUMBERS):-
***01. (i) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the
complex numbers
−3 1 7
−2 + 7i, + i, 4 − 3i, (1 + i ) are the vertices of a square
2 2 2
(ii). Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the
complex numbers
2 + i, 4 + 3i, 2 + 5i,3i are the vertices of a square.
(iii).Show that the points in the argand diagram represented by the
complex numbers
2 + 2i, − 2 − 2i, − 2 3 + 2 3i are the verices of an equilateral triangle.
***02. The points P,Q denote the complex numbers 1 2 z , z in the argand
diagram. O is the origin.
z1 z2 + z1 z2 = 0 then show that POQ = 900
z−4
***03. Determine the locus of z, z ≠ 2i , such that Re  
=0
 z − 2i 
2 + 11i −2 + i
***04. Show=
that z1 =, z2 are conjugate to each other .
25 (1 + 2i) 2
1
***05. i) If x + iy =
1 + cos θ + i sin θ
then show that 4 x 2 − 1 0( )
z−2 π
**06. If the amplitude of  = , find its locus.
 z − 6i  2
**07. If Z= 2 − i 7 , then show that 3z 3 − 4 z 2 + z + 88 =0
z2 2 z1 + z2
**08. If , z1 ≠ 0, is an imaginary number then find the value of
z1 2 z1 − z2
2
**09. If x + iy = then , show that x 2 + y 2 = 4 x − 3
2 + cos θ + i sin θ

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Q.N0:12(QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS):-
x− p
***1. If the expression 2
takes all real values for x ∈ R, then find the
x − 3x + 2
limits for ‘p’.
x −1
***2. If ‘x’ is real, prove that lies between and 1.
2
x − 5x + 9 11
x 2 + 34 x − 71
***3. If ‘x’ is real, show that the value of the expression 2 do not lie
x + 2x − 7
between 5 and 9.
1 1 1
***4. Prove that + − does not lie between 1 and 4 if ‘x’ is
3 x + 1 x + 1 ( 3 x + 1)( x + 1)
real.
***5. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression
x 2 + 14 x + 9
.
x2 + 2 x + 3
***6. If x1,x2 are the root’s of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 and c≠0 , find
the value of (ax1+b)-2+(ax2+b)-2 in terms a, b, c.
Q.No:13(PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS):-
4
***1. (i) Simplify 34 c5 + ∑ (38− r ) C4
r =0

(ii) Prove that 25C4 + ∑4𝑟𝑟=0(29 − 𝑟𝑟) C3 = 30C4

4n
c2 n 1.3.5......... ( 4n − 1)
***2. Prove that =
2n
cn {1.3.5........ ( 2n − 1)}2
***3. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and
the words thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find
the rank of the word
(i) REMAST (Mar 08)
(ii) MASTER
***4. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the
words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order .Then find the rank
of the word PRISON.
***5. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and
if the words thus formed are aranged in dictionary order find the rank of
the word EAMCET (Mar-12)
***6. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and
if the words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order. Find the rank
of the word EAMCET.

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***7. Find the number of ways of permuting the letters of the word ‘PICTURE’
so that
(i) all vowels come together (ii) no two vowels come together
***8. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3
Russians at a round table so that (i) all Indians are sit together
(ii) persons of same nationality sit together
Q.No:14(PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS):-

***1. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a
circular table so that
(i) all the girls sit together. (ii) no two girls sit together.
(iii) boys and girls sit alternately.
***2. (i) Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players
from 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers such that there will be atleast 5
bowlers in the team (Mar 05,June-10)
ii) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7
batsmen, 6 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers, so that the team contains 2
wicket-keepers and atleast 4 bowlers. (March-2014)

***3. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6

Indians and 5 Americans so that always the Indians will be in majority in the
committee.
***4. Find the no. of ways of forming a committee of 4 members out of 6
boys and 4 girls Such that there is atleast one girl in the committee.
***5. (i) If 1 ≤ r ≤ n, then n cr −1 + n cr =
n +1
cr
(ii) For 3 ≤ r ≤ n, prove that n −3cr + 3.n −3 cr −1 + 3.n −3 cr − 2 + n −3 cr −3 =
n
cr
***6. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be
formed using the digits 0,2,4,6,8 without repetition.
**7. Find the number of 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the
digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that are divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 when repetition are
allowed.
**8. In how many ways 9 Mathematics papers can be arranged so that the
best and the worst
(i). may come together (ii) may not come together.

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*9. A double decker minibus has 8 seats in the lower deck and 10 seats in the
upper deck find the number of ways of arranging 18 persons in the bus if
3 children want to go the upper deck and 4 old people can not go the the
upper deck.
Q.No:15(PARTIAL FRACTIONS):-
x+4
***1.
( )
x − 4 ( x + 1)
2

2 x 2 + 3x + 4 𝑋𝑋 2 +5𝑥𝑥+7
***2. (i) (ii)
(
( x − 1) x 2 + 2 ) (𝑥𝑥−3)3

x4 x3
***3. (i) (ii)
( x − 1)( x − 2) ( x − 1)( x − 2)
3 x3 − 8 x 2 + 10
***4.
( x − 1) 4
𝑥𝑥
***5. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of
(𝑥𝑥−1)2 (𝑥𝑥−2)
specifying the region in which the expansion is valid.
x 2 + 12 x + 15
**6.
( 2 x + 3)( x + 3) 2
x2 + 1 3 x − 18
*7. (i) (ii)
(x 2
+ x +1 )
2
x 3 ( x + 3)

Q.No.16(PROBABILITY):-
***1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probabiity of A to win the race is
twice that of B, and probability of B is twice that of C. What are the
probabilities of A, B and C to win the race.
***2. i) Let A and B be independent events with = P ( A) 0.2,
= P ( B ) 0.5 . Let us
find
a ) p ( A / B ) b) P ( B / A) c) P ( A ∩ B )
(ii) If A and B be independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7 then
compute.
 B
a ) P ( A ∩ B ) b) P ( A ∪ B ) c) P  
 A
(
d ) P AC ∩ B C )
(iii) A and B are events with P(A) = 0.5,P(B) = 0.4 and P(A∩B) = 0.3. Find
the Probability that (i) A does not occur (ii) neither A nor B occurs.
***3. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural
numbers, find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is
i) an even number ii) an odd number ( Mar 07)

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***4. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the
probability that their statements about an incident do not match
***5. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that
1 1 1
(
P A ∩ B c ∩ C=
c
) 4
(
, P Ac ∩ B ∩ C=
c

8
) (
, P Ac ∩ B c ∩ C=
c

4
), then find

P ( A) , P ( B ) and P ( C )

***6. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of

1 1
solving it are and . Find the probability of the problem being solved
3 4
if both of them try independently. ( Mar 05)

***7. A number x is drawn arbitrarily from the set {1,2,3,….100} . Find the
100
probability that (x+ ) > 29.
𝑥𝑥
***8. . Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled
pack of 52 playing cards.
**9. If A and B are independent events of a random experiment then show
that A and B are also independent events.
Q.No:17(PROBABILITY):-
**1. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is 2 and to get a
3
5
building contract is.The probability to get atleast one contract 5 is
9 9
Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
**2.In a committee of 25 members , each member is proficient either in
mathematics or In statistics or in both. If 19 of these are proficient in
mathematics, 16 in statistics, Find the probability that a person selected
from the committee is proficient in both.
**3. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins, 7 one rupee coins and 4 half a rupee
coins. If three coins are selected at random, then find the probability
that
(iii) the sum of three coins is maximum
(iv) the sum of three coins is minimum
(iii) each coin is of different value
**4. The probabilities of three events A,B,C are such that
P ( A) 0.3,
= = P ( B ) 0.4,
= P ( C ) 0.8,

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 P ( A=
∩ B ) 0.08, P ( A=
∩ C ) 0.28, P ( A ∩ B ∩ C ) ≥ 0.75. Show that P ( B ∩ C ) lies in
the interval [ 0.23,0.48]
*5. If P is a probability function then show that for any two events A and B
P ( A ∩ B) ≤ P ( A) ≤ P ( A ∪ B) ≤ P ( A) + P ( B)
*6. A pair of dice is rolled, what is the probability that they sum to 7 given
that neither die shows a 2?
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
Q.No:18(DEMOIVRES THEOREM):-
nπ
1. ***i) If n is an integer then show that (1 + i ) 2 n + (1 − i ) 2 n =2n +1 cos
2
n+ 2
 nπ 
ii) If n is a positive integer then show that (1 + i ) + (1 − i ) =
n n
2 cos   2
 4

2. ***If α , β are the roots of the equation x2 − 2x + 4 =0 then for any

 nπ 
positive integer n show that α n + β n =
2n +1 cos 
 3 

3. ***If n is an integer then show that

 θ   nθ 
(1 + cos θ + i sin θ ) n + (1 + cos θ − i sin θ ) n =
2n +1 cos n 
  cos  
2 2
8
 π π 3
1 + sin + i cos
4. ***Show that one value of  8 8  = −1
 π π
 1 + sin − i cos 
8 8
5. ***If cos α + cos β + cos γ =0= sin α + sin β + sin γ .Then prove that
3
cos 2 α + cos 2 β + cos 2 γ == sin 2 α + sin 2 β + sin 2 γ
2
6. ***If cos α + cos β + cos γ =
0=sin α + sin β + sin γ then show that

i) cos3α + cos3β + cos3

= γ 3cos (α + β + γ )

3γ 3sin (α + β + γ )
ii) sin 3α + sin 3β + sin=

iii) cos (α + β ) + cos ( β + γ ) + cos ( γ + α ) =

0

7. ***If n is positive integer, show that

1
1 Q
( P + iQ) 1/ n 1/ n
(
+ ( P − iQ ) = 2 P + Q
2
)
2 2n
cos  tan −1 
n P

8. ***Find all the roots of the equation x11 − x 7 + x 4 − 1 =0

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 **Solve ( x − 1) =
n
9. x n , where n is a positive integer

 π
10. z cis θ ,  θ ≠ ( 2n + 1)  , then show that
**If n is an integer and=
 2
z 2n − 1
= i tan nθ
z 2n + 1

Q.No:19(THEORY OF EQUATIONS):-
1.*** Solve the equation x4-10x3+26x2-10x+1=0.
2.*** Solve 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x-6=0.
3.*** Solve the equation x5-5x4+9x3-9x2+5x-1=0.
3 2
4***. Give that the roots of x + 3 px + 3qx + r =0 are in
3
i) A.P, show that 2 p − 3 pq + r =0
3 3
2q 3 r ( 3 pq − r )
ii) G.P, show that p r = q iii) H.P, show that=
5.*** Solve 18x3+81x2+121x+60=0, given that one root is equal to half the sum
of the remaining roots.
4 3 2
6.*** Solve x + x − 16 x − 4 x + 48 =0 then the product of two of the roots being

‘6’.
7.*** Solve x3-7x2+14x-8=0 given that roots are in G.P
8.*** Solve x − 6 x + 13x − 24 x + 36 = 0 , given that they have multiple roots.
4 3 2

3 2
9.** Solve x − 9 x + 14 x + 24 =0 given that two roots are in the ratio 3 : 2.

10.* Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of
x5+4x3-x2+11=0 by -3.
Q.No:20(BINOMIAL THEOREM):-
1.*** If ‘n’ is a positive integer and ‘x’ is any non-zero real number, then
Prove that
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑥𝑥 𝑛𝑛 (1+𝑥𝑥)𝑛𝑛+1 −1
C0+C1. + C2. + …..Cn. =
2 2 𝑛𝑛+1 (𝑛𝑛+1)𝑥𝑥
2.*** For r=0,1,2 …..,n Prove that C0.Cr+C1.Cr+1+C2.Cr+2+…..+Cn-r.Cn=2nCn+r
Hence deduce that
(i). C02+C12+C22+…….+Cn2 = 2nCn
(ii) C0.C1+C1.C2+C2.C3…….+Cn-1.Cn=2nCn+1.
(𝑛𝑛+1)𝑛𝑛
3.*** Prove that (c0+c1).(c1+c2).(c2+c3)…….(cn-1+cn)= c0.c1.c2….cn
𝑛𝑛!

4.*** If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expression of (1+x)n are

𝑎𝑎1 𝑎𝑎 2𝑎𝑎2
a1,a2,a3,a4 respectively then show that + 3 =
𝑎𝑎1 +𝑎𝑎2 𝑎𝑎3 +𝑎𝑎4 𝑎𝑎2 +𝑎𝑎3
5.*** If the 2 , 3 and 4 terms is the expansion of(a+x) are
nd rd th n

respectively 240,720,1080,find a,x,n.

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6.*** If 36,84,126 are three successful binomial c0-efficients in the
Expansion of of (1+x)n, then find n.
7.*** If the coefficients of rth, (r+1)th and (r+2)nd terms is the expansion of
(1+x)n are in A.P then show that n2-(4r+1)n+4r2-2=0.
8.*** If the coefficients of x9,x10 and x11 terms in the expansion of (1+x)n
Are in A.P then prove that n2-4ln+398=0.
9.*** If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms
respectively in the expansion of (x+a)n then prove that
(i). P2-Q2 = (x2-a2)n (ii) 4PQ=(x+a)2n-(x-a)2n
10.*** Suppose that ‘n’ is a natural number and I,F are integral part and
Fractional part of (7+4√3)n. Then show that i)I is an odd integer
(ii). (I+F)(I-F)=1.
Q.No:21(BINOMIAL THEOREM):-
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
1.*** Find the sum of the series + + + ……∞
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20

3 3.5 3.5.7
2.*** Find the sum of the infinite series + + + …….∞
4 4.8 4.8.12

1 1.3 1.3.5
3.*** Find the sum of the series 1+ + + + ……..∞
3 3.6 3.6.9

2 1 2.5 1 2.5.8 1
4.*** Find the sum of infinite series 1 + . + . ( )2 + . ( )2 +…….∞
3 2 3.6 2 3.6.9 2

1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7

5.*** If x = + + + ….., then prove that 9x2+24x=11.
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12

4 4.6 4.6.8
6.*** If t = + + + ……∞ then prove that 9t=16.
5 5.10 5.10.15

5 5.7 5.7.9
7.*** If x= + 2
+ + …….,then find the value of x2+4x
(2!)3 (3!)3 (4!)33

1 1.3 1.3.5
8.*** If x= + + + …….∞ , then find 3x2+6x.
5 5.10 5.10.15

7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1
9.*** Find the sum of the infinite series (1+ + ( ) + ( )+…..)
5 102 1.5 104 1.2.3 106

10.*** Show that for any non-zero rational number x,

𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥−1) 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥−1)(𝑥𝑥−2) 𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥+1) 𝑥𝑥(𝑥𝑥+1)(𝑥𝑥+2)
1+ + + + …… = 1+ + + + ……
2 2.4 2.4.6 3 3.6 3.6.9

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Q.No:23(MEASURES OF DISPERSIONS(STATISTICS):-
1.*** Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the follwoing continous
frequency distribution

Class 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-

Interval 100

Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

2.*** Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data.

xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22

fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3

3.*** Find the mean deviation about the median from the following
continuous distribution

Class 70-80
0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Interval
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
4.*** Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continous
distribution

Height( in
95-105 105-115 115-125 125-135 135-145 145-155
cms)
No.of Boys 9 13 26 30 12 10
5.*** Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method, of the
following tabular data giving the age distribution of 542 members.

Age in years 80-

20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
(x1) 90
Numbers of
3 61 132 153 140 51 2
Members(f1)

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Q-No:23(PROBABILITY):-
***1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.
***2. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication
theorem on probability.
***3. State and prove Baye’s theorem.
**4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.

Box White Black Red

I 1 2 3
II 2 1 1
III 4 5 3

one box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is red then
find the probability that it is from box II.

***5. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown
below

Box White Black Red

B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2
A die is thrown, B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 (or)
4 turns up and B3 is chosen if 5 (or) 6 turns up. Having choosen a box in
this way, a ball is choosen at random from this box. If the ball drawn is
found to be red, find the probability that it is from box B2

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Q-No:24(RANDOM VARIABLES) :-
***1. A random variable X has the following probability distributions.

X=xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=xi) K 2K 3K 4K 5K
fin d (i) k (ii) mean and (iii) variance of x

***2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X=x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X=x) 0 K 2K 2K 3K K 2K 7K2+K
2 2

find (i) k value (ii) the mean of X and (iii ) P (0 < X < 5)

***3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. Find ‘k’
and mean,
variance of X

X=xi -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X=xi) 0.1 K 0.2 2K 0.3 K

***4. Let x be a random variable such that P(X=-2)=P(X=-1)=P(X=2)=P(X=1)=1/6

& P(X=0)=1/3 . Find mean variance of x.
***5.
X=x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
N0.0f 1/9 1/9 1/9 1/3 1/9 1/9 1/9
wrkers
Is the probability distribution of a random variable x.Find the variance of x.

***6. A cubical die is thrown . Find the mean and variance of x , giving the
number on the
Face that shows up.
***7. The range of a random variable X is { 0,1, 2} given that P ( X= 0=) 3C ,
3

P( X = 1) = 4C − 10C 2 , P ( X =
2) =
5C − 1
i)find the value of c.
ii) P( x < 1), P(1 < x ≤ 2) and P(0 < x ≤ 3)

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***8. One in 9 ships is likely to be wrecked when they are set on sail, when 6
ships are on sail. Find the probability for (i) atleast one will arrive safely (ii)
exactly three will arrive safely. (Mar 07)
** 9. Find the Probability of guessing atleast 6 out of 10 answers in
(i). true or false type examination (ii) multiple choice with four possible
answers.
*10. Two dice are rolled at random. Find the probability distribution of the sum
of the numbers on them. Find the mean of the random variable.

*****ALL THE BEST*****

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