IPE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS MATHEMATICS-IIA FIITJEE

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2M)

COMPLEX NUMBERS

1. Write the complex number (2  3i )(3  4i ) in the form A  iB

2. Write the conjugate of (3  4i )(2  3i )
a  ib
3. Write the complex number in the form A  iB
a  ib
4. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7  24i
3
5. Express (1  i) (1  i) in the form a  ib
6. Write the conjugate of (2  5i )(4  6i)
a  ib
7. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a  ib
8. Find the multiplicative inverse of 5  3i
9. Find the square root of 7  24i
10. Write z   7  21 in the polar form
11. Express 1  i in the modulus-amplitude form
12. Find the square root of 5 12i
13. Express 1  i 3 in the modulus-amplitude form.
14. Express 1  i in the modulus-amplitude form.
z 
15. If z1  1, z2  i, find Arg  1 
 z2 
16. If Arg z1 , Arg z2 are  / 5,  / 3 then find Arg ( z1 )  Arg ( z2 )
17. If z1  1, z2  i, then find Arg( z1z2 )
2 2 2
18. If (a  ib)  x  iy, find ( x  y ) .
2 2
19. If x  iy  cis , cis  , then find the value of x  y
2 2 2
20. If (1  i )(2  i)(3  i )....(1  ni )  x  iy , then prove that 2.5.10....(1  n )  x  y .
21. If z  2  3i, show that z 2  4 z  13  0
22. If z  3  i  4 , determine the locus of z .
DEMOIVERE’S THEOREM
1. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle, x  cisA, y  cisB, Z  cisC , then find the value of xyz.
1
2. If x  cos   i sin  , then find x6  6
x
2 2 6 2 6
3. If 1, , are the cube roots of unity, show that (1     )  (1     )  128
2 1 1 1
4. If 1, , are the cube roots of unity, then P.T.  
1  2 2   1  
8
5. Find the value of (1  i) .
16
6. Find the value of (1  i) .
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QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

1. Find the nature of the roots of 3 x 2  7 x  2  0

2
2. Prove that the roots of ( x  a)( x  b)  h are always real.

3. Form a quadratic equation, whose roots are 7  2 5

4. Form a quadratic equation, whose roots are (3  5i) .
1 1
5. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 , then find 2
 2
 
3 3
6. If  and  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 , find the value    .
7. Find the maximum or minimum value of the expression x 2  x  7 .
8. Find the maximum or minimum value of 2 x  7  5x 2 where x  R
2
9. Find the values of m , if the equation x 15  m(2x  8)  0 have equal roots.
2
10. For what values of m , x  (m  3) x  (m  6)  0 will have equal roots?
2
11. If x 2  6 x  5  0 and x 12x  p  0 have a common root then find p .
2 2
12. If the equations x  bx  c  0, x  cx  b  0 have a common root then show that b  c 1  0
13. If the equations x 2  ax  b  0 and x 2  cx  d  0 have a common root and the first equation has
equal roots then prove that 2(b  d )  ac

THEORY OF EQUATIONS

1. If 1,1,  are the roots of x 3  6 x 2  9 x  4  0 then find  .

2. If 1, 2,  are the roots of 2 x 3  x 2  7 x  6  0 then find  .

3. If 1,  2, 3 are the roots of x 3  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 are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  5 x  6  0 then find  , 

6. Find polynomial equation whose roots are reciprocals of roots of x 4  3 x 3  7 x 2  5 x  2  0

7. Find the algebraic equation whose roots are two times the roots of x5  2 x 4  3x 3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0

8. Find transformed equation whose roots are negatives of the roots of x 4  5 x 3  11x  3  0

9. Find the monomic polynomial equation of the degree 3 whose roots are 2, 3 and 6.

10. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of x 4  ax 3  bx 2  cx  d  0 , then find the value of a, b, c and d .

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PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS
1. If n P3  1320 find n
12
2. If Pr  1320 find r

3. If n P7  42 . n P5 then find n
( n 1)
4. If P5 : n P5  3: 2 then find n

5. If n C5  nC6 , then find 13

Cn

6. If n C21  nC27 , then find 50

Cn
15
7. If C2 r 1  15C2r  4 then find r
12
8. If Cr 1  12C3r 5 find r
10
9. Prove that C3  10C6  11C4

10. If 9 C3  9C5  10Cr then find r

11. Find the number of ways of arranging letters of the word INTERMEDIATE
12. Find the number of ways of arranging letters of the word INDEPENDENCE.
13. Find the number of ways of arranging letters of the word MATHEMATICS.

14. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word a 4b 3c 5 in its expanded form.
15. Find number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls.
16. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
EQUATION.
17. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 6 different coloured beads.
18. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beads.
19. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members form 6 men & 3 ladies
20. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.
21. Find the number of injections of a set A with 5 elements to a set B with 7 elements.

22. If n Pr  5040 and n Cr  210 find n and r .

23. If 10  nC2  3  n1C3 find n .

10
24. Find the value of C5  2  10C4  10C3

25. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080

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BINOMIAL THEOREM
14
th  4 x2 
1. Find the 7 term in  3  
x 2
8
2. Find the 4th term from the end in the expansion of (2a  5b) .
10
 3x 
3. Find the middle term(s) in the expansion of   2 y 
 7 
2 3 17
4. Find the middle term(s) in the expansion of (4x  5x )
10
 x 3 
5. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of   2 
 3 2x 
13
 11 3
6. Find the coeff.of x in  2x 2  3 
 x 
24 19
7. Find the largest binomial coefficients in the expansions of (i) (1  x) (ii) (1 x) .
8. If 22
Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)22 , find the value of 13 Cr .
th th 21
9. If the coefficients of (2r  4) term and (3r  4) term in the expansion of (1  x) are equal, then
find r .
10. Prove that C0  2.C1  4.C2  8.C3  ......  2n.Cn  3n .
7
11. Find the number of terms in the expansion of (2x  3 y  z) .
3/4
12. Find the set E of x for which the binomial expansion (3  4x) is valid.
2
13. Find the set of ' x ' for which the binomial expansion of (2  3 x) 3 is valid.

RANDOM VARIABLES

1. A Poisson variable satisfies P( X  1)  P( X  2) , find P( X  5)

2. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find the distribution and
find P( X  1)

3. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2. Find the first two terms of the distribution.
4. 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?
5. 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.

6. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 & 1.44 respectively, then find P(1  x  4) .

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 MARKS)
COMPLEX NUMBERS

1. S.T the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers 2  2i,  2  2i,  2 3  2 3i are
the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
2. 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.
3. 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 rhombus.
2 2 2
1/3 x y
4. If ( x  iy )  a  ib, then show that   4(a 2  b 2 )
a b
1
5. If x  iy  then, show that 4 x 2  1  0
1  cos   i sin 
z i
6. If the point P denotes the complex number z  x  iy in the Argand plane and if is a purely imaginary
z 1
number, find the locus of P.

 z4 
7. Determine the locus of z, z  2i, such that Re    0.
 z  2i 
2
8. Find the locus of z if z  4 Re  z  2 

1
9. If x  iy  , then show that 4 x 2  1  0 .
1  cos   i sin 

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
x2
1. Find the range of 2
2 x  3x  6
x2  x  1
2. Find the range of
x2  x 1
x 2  14 x  9
3. Find the maximum value of the function over R.
x2  2x  3
x 1
4. If x is real, prove that 2
lies between 1 and .
x  5x  9 11
1 1 1
5. S.T.   does not lie between 1 & 4, if x is real.
3x  1 x  1 (3x  1)( x  1)
x p
6. If 2
takes all real values for x  R then find the bounds for p.
x  3x  2
x 2  34 x  71
7. Show that none of the values of the function over R lies between 5 and 9.
x2  2 x  7
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PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS
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1. Simplify
34
C5   (38r ) C4
r 0

4n
C2 n 1.3.5...(4n  1)
2. Prove that 
2n
Cn 1.3.5.....(2n  1)2

3. Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers such that
there are atleast 5 bowlers in the team.
4. 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.
5. If the letters of the word MASTER are permutted in all possible ways and the words are arranged in dictionary
order, then find rank of MASTER.
6. If the letters of the word PRISON are permutted in all possible ways and the words are arranged in dictionary
order, then find rank of PRISON.
7. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permutted in all possible ways and the words are arranged in
dictionary order, then find rank of EAMCET.
8. Find the sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed using digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.
9. A question paper is divided into 3 sections A, B, C containing 3, 4, 5 questions respectively. Find the number
of ways of attempting 6 questions choosing atleast one from each section.
PROBABILITY
1. Suppose A and B are independent events with P( A)  0.6, P( B)  0.7 compute (i) P ( A  B) (ii)
P ( A  B) (iii) P( B / A) (iv) P( Ac  Bc )
c c
2. If A, B are two events with P ( A  B)  0.65 and P ( A  B)  0.15 , then find the value of P( A )  P( B ) .

3. If A, 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.
4. a problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are 1/3, ¼ respectively.
Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them try independently.
5. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% of the cases. What is the probability that their statements
about an incident do not match.
6. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is 2/3 and to get a building contract is 5/9. The
probability to get atleast one contract is 4/5. Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
C C 1 C C 1
7. If A, B, C are three independent events such that P( A  B  C )  , P( A  B  C )  ,
4 8
1
P( AC  BC  C C )  then find P( A), P( B ), P(C )
4
8. Find the probability that a non-leap year contains (i) 53 Sundays (ii) 52 Sundays only
9. If A and B are independent events with P  A   0.2 , P  B   0.5 then find
 A B
i) P  A  B  ii) P  A  B  iii) P   iv) P  
B  A
10. 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 probability that the ball is white?
11. State and Prove Multiplication theorem on Probability

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PARTIAL FRACTIONS

x4 x2  x  1
1. 2
2.
( x  4)( x  1) ( x  1)( x  1) 2

2 x2  2 x  1 x2  3
3. 4.
x3  x 2 ( x  2)( x 2  1)

2 x 2  3x  4 x4
5. 6.
( x  1)( x 2  2) ( x  1)( x  2)

x3 2x2 1
7. 8.
( x  a )( x  b )( x  c) x3  1

x2  5 x  7 x 1
9. 10. Resolve 2
into partial fraction.
( x  3) 3  x  1 x  2 

x2  3
11. Resolve into partial fractions.
 x  2   x 2  1

3 x  18
12. Resolve into partial fractions.
x 3  x  3

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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 MARKS)
DEMOIVRES THEOREM

n n ( n  2)/2
1. If n is a positive integer, show that (1  i )  (1  i)  2 cos(n / 4)
n n n 1
2. S.T (1  cos   i sin  )  (1  cos   i sin  )  2 cos n ( / 2) cos(n / 2) for n  Z

n n n 1  n 
3. If  ,  are roots of the equation x 2  2 x  4  0 , S.T     2 cos  
 3 
1 q
4. If n  N , show that ( p  iq)
1/ n
 ( p  iq )1/ n  2( p 2  q 2 )1/2n cos  Tan 1 
n p
8/3
   
 1  sin 8  i cos 8 
5. Show that one value of    1
 1  sin   i cos  
 8 8 
6. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  , then show that
cos2   cos 2   cos 2   3 / 2  sin 2   sin 2   sin 2 
7. Solve x 9  x 5  x 4  1  0
8. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that

i) cos 3  cos 3  cos 3  3cos      

ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin      

9. Find all roots of the equation x11  x 7  x 4  1  0 .

THEORY OF EQUATIONS

1. Solve x 4  10 x 3  26 x 2  10 x  1  0
2. Solve 2 x5  x 4  12 x 3  12 x 2  x  2  0
3. Solve 6 x 6  25 x 5  31x 4  31x 2  25 x  6  0
4. Solve x 5  5 x 4  9 x3  9 x 2  5 x  1  0
5. Solve the equation 8 x 3  36 x 2  18 x  81  0 the roots being in A.P.
6. Solve 3x 3  26 x 2  52 x  24  0 , given that the roots are in G.P.
7. Solve 18 x 3  81x 2  121x  60  0 , given that a root is equal half the sum of the remaining roots

8. Solve x 4  4 x 2  8 x  35  0 , given that 2  i 3 is a root of the equation.

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BINOMIAL THEOREM

nd rd th n
1. If 2 , 3 , 4 terms in (a  x ) are 240, 720 and 1080 then find a, x, n .
n
2. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x ) are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 respectively, show
a1 a3 2a2
that  
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3
th th th n
3. If the coefficients of r , (r  1) , (r  2) terms in the expansion of (1  x ) are in A.P. then show that
n 2  (4r  1)n  4r 2  2  0
2n
4. Prove that C0  Cr  C1  C r 1  C2  Cr  2  ....  C n  r  Cn  C( n  r ) . Hence deduce that
C02  C12  C22  .....  Cn2  2n
Cn
x x2 X3 xn (1  x) n 1  1
5. Prove that C0  C1  C2  C3  ....  Cn 
2 2 4 n 1 ( n  1) x
1 1.3 1.3.5
6. If x     ..., then find 3 x 2  6 x
5 5.10 5.10.15
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
7. If x     ..... then prove that 9 x 2  24 x  11
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
5 5.7 5.7.9
8. If x   2
 3
 ...., then find the value of x 2  4 x
2!.3 3!.3 4!.3
7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1 
9. Find the sum 1  2   4  6  ... 
5  10 1.2 10 1.2.3 10 
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
10. Find the sum of the infinite series    ...
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20

MEASURES OF DISPERSION (STATISTICS)

1. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the given data using ‘step deviation method’:

Marks obtained 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
No. of students 5 8 15 16 6

2. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data:

Marks 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 50 - 60 60 - 70
Students 6 5 8 15 6 3

3. Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the following distribution

Days 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90 90 – 100
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

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 IPE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS MATHEMATICS-IIA FIITJEE
4. The scores of two cricketers A and B in 10 innings are given below. Find who is a better run getter and who is
a more consistent player.

Scores of A xi 40 25 19 80 38 8 67 121 66 76

Scores of B yi 28 70 31 0 14 111 66 31 25 4

PROBABILITY

1. State and Prove Addition theorem on Probability.

2. State and Prove Baye’s theorem on Probability.

3. Suppose that an urn B1 contains 2 white and 3 black balls and another urn is selected at random and a ball is

drawn form it. If the ball drawn is found black, find the probability that the urn chosen was B1 .

RANDOM VARIABLES

1. A random variable x has the following probability distribution

X  xi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P ( X  xi ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k 2 7k 2  k

Find (i) k (ii) the mean (iii) P(0<X<5)

2. A random variable X has its range 0, 1, 2 and the probabilities are

P( X  0)  3c3 , P( X  1)  4c  10c 2 , P( X  1)  5c  1 where ‘c’ is a constant, find (i) c (ii)

P(0  x  3) (iii) P(1  x  2) (iv) P( x  1)

3. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the face that shows up.

Ck
4. The range of a random variable X is 1, 2,3,..... and P  X  k   (k = 1, 2, 3,….). Find the value of C
k!
and P  0  X  3 

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