Mathematics – II A

Important Questions for IPE

LAQs:
DEMOIVRE’S THEOREM

1. If n is a positive integer, show that

n2
 n 
i) 1  i   1  i   2
n n
cos 
2

 4 
n
ii) 1  i   1  i   2n1 cos
2n 2n
.
2
2. If n is an integer then show that 1  cos   i sin    1  cos   i sin  
n n

   n 
 2n 1 cos n   cos   .
2  2 
3. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin  sin   sin  , prove that
3
cos2   cos 2   cos 2    sin2  sin 2   sin 2  .
2
4. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2  2 x  4  0 then for any n  N show that
 n 
 n   n  2n 1 cos  .
 3 
5. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that
i) cos3  cos3  cos3  3cos      
ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin      
iii) cos      cos       cos      0
  z 2n  1
6. If n is an integer and z  cis ,     2n  1  , then show that 2 n  i tan n 
 2 z 1
7. Find all the roots of the equation x11  x7  x4  1  0
1 Q
1
8. If n is a positive integer, show that  P  iQ  n   P  iQ  n  2  P 2  Q 2  2 n .cos  tan 1 
1 1

n P
.
8
   3
1  sin 8  i cos 8 
9. Show that one value of   1 .
 
1  sin  i cos 
 8 8
10. Solve  x  1  x n , n is a positive integer.
n

11. State and Prove De moivre’s theorem for integral index.

THEORY OF EQUATIONS
1. Solve x4  4 x3  2 x2  12 x  9  0, given that it has two pairs of equal roots.
2. Prove that x5  5x3  5x2  1  0 has three equal roots and find this root.
3. Solve 4 x3  24 x2  23x  18  0 , given that roots are in A.P.
4. Solve 3x3  26 x2  52 x  24  0 , given that roots are in G.P.
5. Solve x4  6 x3  13x2  24 x  36  0 , given that they have multiple roots.
6. Given that the roots of x3  3 px 2  3qx  r  0 are in

i) A.P., show that 2 p3  3qp  r  0

ii) G.P., show that p3r  q3

iii) H.P., show that 2q3  r  3 pq  r 

7. Solve x3  9 x2  14 x  24  0, given that two of the roots are in the ratio 3 : 2.

8. Solve x4  x3  16 x2  4 x  48  0, given that the product of two of the roots is 6.

9. Solve 18x3  81x2  121x  60  0 given that one root is equal to half of the sum of the
remaining roots.

10. Solve the equation x4  4 x2  8x  35  0 , given that one root is 2  i 3 is a root.

11. Solve the equation x5  5x4  9 x3  9 x2  5x 1  0.

12. Solve the equation 6 x6  25x5  31x4  31x2  25x  6  0.
13. Solve the equation 2 x5  x4  12 x3  12 x2  x  2  0.
14. Solve the equation x4  10 x3  26 x2 10 x  1  0
15. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the translates of those of the equation
x5  4 x4  3x2  4 x  6  0 by  3.

16. Transform x4  4 x3  2 x2  4 x  2  0 into one in which the coefficients of the second

highest power of x is zero and also find their transformed equation.

Binomial Theorem
1. For r  0,1, 2, ..., n, prove that C0 .Cr  C1.Cr 1  C2 .Cr 2  ...  Cnr .Cn 2n C nr  and
hence deduce that
i) C02  C12  C22  ...  Cn 2 2 n Cn
ii) C0 .C1  C1  C1.C2  C2 .C3  ...  Cn1.Cn 2n Cn1
2. Suppose that n is a natural number and I, F are respectively the integral part and
 7  4 3  . Then show that
n
fractional part of

i) I is an odd integer ii)  I  F 1  F   1.

3. If n is a positive integer and x is any nonzero real number, then prove that
1  x   1
n 1
x x2 x3 xn
C0  C1.  C2 .  C3 .  ...  Cn . 
2 3 4 n 1  n  1 x
4. If the 2nd ,3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of  a  x  are respectively 240, 720, 1080,
n

find a, x, n.
5. If the coefficients of r th ,  r  1 , and  r  2  terms in the expansion of 1  x  are in
th nd n

A.P., then show that n2   4r  1 n  4r 2  2  0.

6. If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms respectively in the
expansion of  x  a  then prove that
n

i) P 2  Q2   x 2  a 2  4PQ   x  a    x  a 
n 2n 2n
ii)

7. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of 1  x  are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4

n

a1 a3 2a2
respectively, then show that   .
a1  a2 a3  a4 a2  a3

n  n  1  n  2 
2 2
 nC n
8. If n is a positive integer, prove that  r .  n r   3

r 1  Cr 1  12
2 3
2 1 2.5  1  2.5.8  1 
9. Find the sum of the infinite series 1  .        ... 
3 2 3.6  2  3.6.9  2 
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
10. Find the sum of the series    ... .
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
1 1.3 1.3.5
11. If x     ..., then find 3x 2  6 x
5 5.10 5.10.15
12. Find the sum of the infinite series
3 3.5 3.5.7 3 3.5 3.5.7
i)    .....  ii)    .......
4 4.8 4.8.12 4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16
1 1.3 1.3.5
iii) 1     ....... 
3 3.6 3.6.9
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
13. If x     ..., then prove that 9 x2  24 x  11.
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
5 5.7 5.7.9
14. If x     ..., then find the value of x 2  4 x.
 2! .3  3! .3  4! .3
2 3

7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1 
15. Find the sum to infinite terms of the series 1  2  . 4 . 6  ... 
5  10 1.2 10 1.2.3 10 
16. If 36, 85, 126 are three successive binomial co-efficient in the expansion of 1  x  ,
n

then find n.
11
 1 
17. If the coefficient of x in the expansion of  ax 2 
10
 is equal to the coefficient of
 bx 
11
 1 
x in the expansion of  ax  2  , find the relation between a and b, where a and b
10

 bx 
are real numbers.
 MEASURES OF DISPERSION

1. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data :
Marks obtained 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No.of students 5 8 15 16 6

2. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous frequency
distribution.
Class interval 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

3. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following discrete frequency
distribution.
xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32
fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

4. 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

5. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step deviation
method.
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of students 6 5 8 15 7 6 3

6. 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

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  xi  20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
Number of members  fi  3 61 132 153 140 51 2

8. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution
xi 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
fi 5 8 15 16 6
 Probability
1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.
2. Two persons A and B are rolling a die on the condition that the person who gets 3 will
win the game. If A starts the game, then find the probabilities of A and B respectively
to win the game.
3. A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city. 20% of the population read A, 16% read B, 14%
read C, 8% both A and B, 5% both A and C, 4% both B and C and 2% all the three.
Find the percentage of the population who read atleast one newspaper.
4. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins, 7 one rupee coins and 4 half a rupee coins. if three
coins are selected at random, them find the probability that
i) the sum of three coins is maximum
ii) the sum of three coins is maximum
iii) each coin is of different value
5. 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 drawn is white?
6. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication theorem on
probability.
7. State and prove Baye’s theorem on probability.
8. Suppose that an urn B1 contains 2 white and 3 black balls and another urn B2 contains
3 white and 4 black balls. One urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If
the ball drawn is found black, let us find the probability that the urn chosen was B1.
9. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the
probability that the number on the ticket is (i) multiple of 5 or 7 (ii) a multiple of 3 or 5.
10. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colour as shown below:
White Black Red
B1 2 1 2

B2 3 2 4

B3 4 3 2

A die is rolled and B1 is selected if the number is 1 or 2; B2 if the number is 3 or 4; B3

if the number is 5 or 6. Having chosen a box in this way, a ball is chosen at random
from this box. If the ball drawn is found to be red, find the probability that it is drawn
from box.
11. In a box containing 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. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows :
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.

13. 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.

RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABOLITY DISTRIBUTIONS.

1. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the face
that shows up.
2. The Probability distribution of a random variable X is given below:
X  xi 1 2 3 4 5
P  X  xi  K 2k 3k 4k 5k
Find the value of i) k ii) mean iii) variance of X.
3. Let X be a random variable such that
1 1
P  X  2   P  X  1  P  X  2   P  X  1  and P  X  0   .
6 3
Find the mean and variance of X.
4.
X x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P  X  x 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
is the probability distribution of random variable X. Find the value of k and the
variance of X.
5. 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 2
2k 2
7k  k
2

Find i) k ii) the mean and iii) P  0  X  5 .

6. The range of a random variable X is {0, 1, 2}. Given that
P  x  0  3c3 , 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 
7. 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 , P  X  6  are in arithmetic progression then find n.
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.
9. 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.

SAQs:
COMPLEX NUMBERS
1. 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 .
3
2. i) If x  iy  then, show that x2  y 2  4 x  3
2  cos   i sin 
1
ii) If x  iy  then, show that 4 x2  1  0.
1  cos   i sin 
3. If z  3  5i , then show that z 3 10 z 2  58z  136  0.
If  x  iy   a  ib, then show that   4  a 2  b2  .
1/ 3 x y
4.
a b
3  2i sin 
5. Find the real values of  in order that is a
1  2i sin 
a) real number b) purely imaginary number
6. i) 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.
ii) Show that the points in the Argand lane represented by the complex numbers
3 1 7
2  7i,  i, 4  3i, 1  i  are the vertices of a rhombus.
2 2 2
iii) Show that 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.
z ,z
7. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers 1 2 in the Argand diagram. O is the
z1 z 2  z1 z2  0, POQ  900.
origin. If then show that

Quadratic Expressions
1. If x  bx  c  0.x  cx  b  0  b  c  have a common root, then show that
2 2

b  c  1  0.
2. If x1 , x2 are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2  bx  c  0 and c  0, find the value
of  ax1  b    ax2  b 
2 2
in terms of a, b, c.
3. Find a quadratic equation for which the sum of the roots is 7 and the sum of the squares
of the roots is 25.
4. Let a, b, c  R and a  0. Then the roots of ax2  bx  c  0 are non-real complex
numbers if and only if ax2  bx  c and a have the same sign for all x  R.
5. Let a, b, c  R and a  0 such that the equation ax2  bx  c  0 has real roots
 and  with    . Then prove that
i)for   x   , ax2  bx  c and a have opposite signs,
ii) for x   or x   , ax2  bx  c and a have the same sign.
6. 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.
x 2  34 x  71
7. If ‘x’ is real, show that the value of the expression 2 does not lie between
x  2x  7
5 and 9.
x 2  14 x  9
8. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum values of the expression 2 .
x  2x  3
9. If the equations x2  ax  b  0 and x2  cx  d  0 have a common root and the first
equation has equal roots, then prove that 2  b  d   ac.
10. Determine the rage of the following expressions.
x2  x  1 x2
i) ii)
x  x 1
2
2 x  3x  6
2

1 1 1
11. Prove that   does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real.
3x  1 x  1  3x  1 x  1
x 1
12. If x is real, prove that lies between  and 1.
x  5x  9 2
11
x p
13. If the expression 2 takes all real values for x  R, then find the bounds for p.
x  3x  2
14. Solve 2 x4  x3  11x2  11x2  x  2  0

Permutations and Combinations

4
1. i) Simplify 34
C5   (38r ) C4
r 0
4
ii) prove that 25
C4   (29r ) C3 30 C4
r 0

2. If the letters of the word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in dictionary order, find the rank of the word PRISON.
3. i) Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
without repetition.
ii) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 0, 2, 4, 7, 8,
without repetition.
iii) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that be formed using the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
without repetition.
4. Find the no. of 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
without repetition. How many of them are divisible by
i) 2 ii) 3 iii) 4 iv) 5 v) 25
5. 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 ranks of the words
(i) REMAST (ii) MASTER.
 6. If the letters of the word BRING are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the 59th word.
7. 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 (iii) No two Russians sit together.
8. 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 sit together (ii) no two girls sit together
(iii) boys and girls sit alternatively.
9. 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 alternatively.
10. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, find the rank of the word EAMCET.
11. If the letters of the word AJANTA are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in dictionary order, find the ranks of the words (i) AJANTA and
(ii) JANATA
12. 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
4n
C2 n 1.3.5...  4n  1
13. Prove that 
2n
Cn 1.3.5...  2n  12
14. i) Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen 6
bowlers such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team.
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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. If 1  r  n , then prove that n Cr 1  n Cr n1 Cr

Partial Fractions
x4
1. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x  4)( x  1)
2

x2  3
2. Resolve into partial fractions
 x  2   x 2  1
2 x 2  3x  4
3. Resolve into partial fractions
 x  1  x 2  2 
x2  5x  7
4. Resolve into partial fractions.
 x  3
3
 x3 x3
5. Resolve i) and ii) into partial fractions
 2 x  1 x  2  x  3  x  a  x  b  x  c 
x4
6. Resolve into partial fractions.
 x  1 x  2 
x3
7. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x  1)( x  2)
x2  x  1
8. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x  1)( x  1)2
x
9. Find the coefficient of x n in the power series expansion of specifying
 x  1  x  2 
2

the region in which the expansion is valid.

x4
10. Find the coefficient of x n in the power series expansion of specifying the
x  5x  6
2

region in which the expansion is valid.

3x  18
11. Resolve 3 into partial fractions.
x  x  3
x3  x 2  1
12. Resolve 2 into partial fractions.
 x  2 x2  3
Probability
1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probability of A to win the race is twice that of
B, and probability of B is twice that of C. What are the probability of A, B, and C to
win the race?
2. A) Let A and B be independent events with P  A  0.2, P  B   0.5. Let us find
i) P  A | B  ii) P  B | A iii) P  A  B iv) P  A  B 
B) Suppose A and B are independent events with P  A  0.6, P  B   0.7. Then
compute
(i) P  A  B  (ii) P  A  B  (iii) P  B / A (iv) P  Ac  B c 

C) 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. A speaks truth 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the probability that their
statements about an incident do not match.
4. If A, B, C, are three independent events of an experiment such that
P  A  Bc  C c   , P  Ac  B  C c   and P  Ac  B c  C c   ,
1 1 1
then find
4 8 4
P  A , P  B  and P(C )
.
5. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are
1/3 and ¼ respectively. Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them
try independently.
6. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game given to be
1
. If India and Australia play 3 matches, what is the probability that (i) Australia will
3
loose all the three matches? (ii) Australia will win atleast one match?
7. 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.
8. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52
playing cards.
2
9. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building
3
5 4
contract is . The probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that
9 5
gets both the contracts.
10. 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  B   0.09, P  A  C   0.28, P  A  B  C   0.08 and
P  A  B  C   0.75 Show that P  B  C  lies in the interval 0.21,0.46 .
11. If A and B are two events with P  A  B   0.65, P  A  B   0.15 . Then find the value
of P  A   P  B 
12. 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
13. If one ticket is randomly selected from tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the
probability that the number on the ticket is (i) a multiple of 5 or 7 (ii) a multiple of 3 or
5.
14. 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.
15. There are 3 black and 4 white balls in one 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.
VSAQs:
COMPLEX NUMBERS
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) z1  1 and z2  i, then find Arg ( z1z2 )
 z1 
ii) z1  1 and z2  i, then find Arg  
 z2 
 1
7. If z   cos ,sin   , find  z  
 z
a  ib
8. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a  ib
9. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7  24i .
10. If z  x  iy and z  1 then find the locus of z.

11. If the amplitude of ( z  1) is then find the locus of z.
2
 
12. If the Arg z1 and Arg z2 are and respectively then find  Arg z1  Arg z2 
5 3

 
100
13. If 3 i  299 (a  ib) then show that a 2  b2  4

14. If x  iy  cis .cis , then find the value of x 2  y 2 .

5i
15. Write the conjugate of complex number
7i
16. Express 1  i in modulus – amplitude form
17. If (a  ib)2  x  iy, find x 2  y 2 .
18. Represent the complex number 2+3i in argand plane

DEMOIVRE’S THEOREM
 1 
1. If x  cis , then find the value of  x 6  
 x6 
2. If A, B, C are angles of triangle ABC such that x  cisA, y  cisB, z  cisC, then find
the value of xyz.
3. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
 1 1 1
i)   ii) (2   )(2   2 )(2  10 )(2  11 )  49
2   1  2 1  
4. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the value of the following
i) (1     2 )5  (1     2 )5 ii) (1     2 )6  (1   2   )6 iii) (1     2 )3

  ii)  i  iii)  32 

1/ 4 1/ 6 1/ 5
5. Find all the values of i) 3 i

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
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 x 2  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  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 find the value of
1 1 1 1
i)  ii) 
   2
2
7. 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  5x 2
iii) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression x 2  x  7 as x varies over R
8. State the sign of the expression x 2  5x  6
9. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of the squares of the
roots is 13.
10. x2  6 x  5  0 and x2  3ax  35  0 have a common root then find the value of ‘a’.
11. x2  bx  c  0 and x 2  cx  b  0 have a common root then show that b  c  1  0
Prove that the roots of  x  a  x  b   h are always real
2
12.
13. For what values of x, the expression 15  4 x  3x 2 is negative.

THEORY OF EQUATIONS
1. From the equation whose roots are 2  3,1  2i
2. If -1, 2 and  are the roots of 2 x3  x 2  7 x  6  0 then find ‘  ’.
3. If 1, - 2 & 3 are the roots of x3  2 x2  ax  6  0 then find ‘a’.
4. If the product of the roots of 4 x3  16 x2  9 x  a  0 is 9, then find ‘a’.
5. If 1, 1,  are the roots of x3  6 x2  9 x  4  0 then find 
6. If  ,  , 1 are the roots of x3  2 x2  5x  6  0 then find  and 
7. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of
x4  5x3  11x  3  0
8. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of
x  3x  7 x 2  5 x  2  0
4 3

9. i) If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equations x3  2 x2  4 x  3  0 find the equation

whose roots are 3 times the roots of given equation.
ii) If  ,  ,  are the roots of 4 x3  6 x2  7 x  3  0 then find the value of
    

Permutations and Combinations

1. (i) If n P4  1680 then find 'n '
(ii) If n P3  1320 then find 'n '
( n 1)
2. (i) If P5 : n P6  2 : 7, find n.
( n 1)
(ii) If P5 : n P6  3 : 2 then find n.
3. If n P7  42. n P5 find n.
4. i) If 12 P5  5.12 P4 = 13Pr find 'r'
5. If 10. nC2  3. ( n1)C3 then find n
6. If nC21  (n)
C27 , then find 50Cn
7. If nC5  nC6 then find the value of 13Cn
8. (i) If 12 Pr  1320, find 'r.' ii) If nC4  210, then find n.
9. (i) If 12Cr 1  12C3r 5 find 'r'
(ii) If 12Cs 1  12C(2s-5) find 's'
(iii) 15C2 r 1  12C(2r+4) then find’r’.
10. Find the value of 10
C5  2.10C4  10C3
11. If n Pr  5040 and nCr  210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’
12. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word.
(i)PERMUTATION
(ii)INTERMEDIATE
(iii)INDEPENDENCE
(iv)MATHEMATICS
13. Find the number of ways of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the
word PISTON in which at least one letter is repeated.
14. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the
word ‘EQUATION’
15. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls & 3 boys out of 7 girls & 6 boys.
16. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured
beads.
17. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.
18. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080
19. 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?
20. 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
21. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides?
22. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5
girls.
BINOMIAL THEOREM
1. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
9
 3a b 
(i) (2 x  3 y  z )7 (ii)   
 4 2
2. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
2
(i) (2  3x) 3 is valid
(ii) (7  3x)5 is valid
(iii) (3  4 x)3 / 4 is valid
3. If 22
Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)22 find the value of
13
Cr
7
 2 x2
7 5 
4. Find the Coefficient x in   5
 3 4x 
5. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11
 3x   3 
(i)   2 y  (ii)  4a  b 
 7   2 
6. Prove that C0  2.C1  4.C2  8.C3  ....  2n.Cn  3n
3
 5x  5
7. Find the 8th term of 1  
 2 
8. If (1  x  x2 )n  a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  .......  a2n x 2n then find the value of
a0  a2  a4  .......  a2n
9. 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 '.
14
 4 x2 
10. Find the 7 term in the expansion of  3  
th

x 2 
9
 2x 3y 
11. th
Find the 6 term on the expansion of   
 3 2 
 MEASURES Of DISPERSION
1. (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 form the mean of the following discrete data 3,6,10,4,9,10
2. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data
13,17,16,11,13,10,16,11,18,12,17
3. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data 5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10
4. 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

5. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data : 4,6,9,3,10,13,2
6. 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
RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. 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. If X is a random variable with probability distribution
(k  1)C
P( X  k )  , k  0,1, 2...... then find C.
2k
5. It is given that 10% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective. In a
sample of 20 blubs, find the probability that more than 2 are defective.
6. On an average, rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days. F find the probability that, rain
will fall on just 3 days of a given week.
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?