BINOMIAL THEOREM Rg.

2019 - 2021

EXERCISE – 1(A)

For the following questions only one option is correct.

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1. The co-efficient of x53 in the expansion  100
Cm (x  3)100 m 2m is
m 0

(A) 100C53 (B) - 100C53 (C) 65C53 (D) 100C65

2. The value of ( 5  1)5  ( 5  1)5 is

(A) 252 (B) 352 (C) 452 (D) 532

3. The coefficient of (3r)th term and coefficient of (r + 2)th term in the expansion of (1 + x)2n are equal
then (where r > 1, n is a positive integer)
n 1 n 1
(A) r = n/2 (B) r = n/3 (C) r  (D) r 
2 2
9
4 3 
4. The term independent of x in the expansion of  x 2   is
3 2x 
(A) 5th (B) 6th (C) 7th (D) 8th

1
5. If the third term in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)m is  x 2 , then the rational value of m is
8
(A) 2 (B) 1/2 (C) 3 (D) 4

n log3 8
 1   1 
6. The last term in the binomial expansion of  3 2   is  3  . Then the 5th term from the
 2  3. 9 
beginning is
1
(A) 4.10C6 (B) 2.10C4 (C) .10 C 4 (D) none of these
2

7. In the binomial expansion of (a – b)n, n  5, the sum of the 5th and 6th terms is zero. Then a/b equals
n4 n5 5 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 6 n4 n5

8. The number of real negative terms in the binomial expansion of (1  ix)4n  2 ,n  N, x  0 , is

(A) n (B) n + 1 (C) n – 1 (D) 2n

9. The coefficient of t 32 in the expansion of (1  t 2 )12 (1  t12 )(1  t 24 ) is

(A) 12 C10  12 C4 (B) 12 C5 (C) 12 C6 (D) 12
C7

8
 1
10. The co-efficient of x in the expansion of 1  2x 3  3x 5   1   is
 x
(A) 56 (B) 65 (C) 154 (D) 62

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11. Number of irrational terms in the expansion of ( 2 + 3) is equal to
(A) 16 (B) 7 (C) 12 (D) 15

12. In how many terms in the expansion of (x1/5  y1/10 )55 do not have fractional power of the variable
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10

13. If the coefficient of 5th, 6th and 7th term in the expansion of (1 + x)n are in AP then the value of n is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 13

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14. If the third term in the expansion of  x  xlog x  is equal to 10,00,000, then x equals
10

(A) 10 (B) 102 (C) 103 (D) No such x exist

8
 1 
15. If 6th term in the expansion of  8 /3  x 2 log10 x  is 5600, then x is equal to
x 
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) none of these

n
 1 nd rd
16. If in the expansion of  2x   , T3/T2 = 7 and the sum of the co-efficient of 2 and 3 terms is 36,
 4x 
then the value of x is
(A) –1/3 (B) –1/2 (C) 1/3 (D) 1/2

9
 a2 
17. The middle term of the expansion  2a   is
 4 
63 14 63 13 63 63 63 13 63 14 63 13 63 14
(A) a , a (B)  a13 , a14 (C) a , a (D) a , a
4 32 4 32 4 32 4 4

n
2 n
18. If x  y  1 , then r Cr xr y n r equals
r 0

(A) nxy (B) nx(x + yn) (C) nx(nx+ y) (D) None of these

10
 3 
19. Given that 4th term in the expansion of  2  x  has the maximum numerical value, the range of
8  
value of x for which this will be true is given by
64 64 64
(A)   x  2 (B)  x2 (C) x4 (D) None of these
21 21 21

20. The greatest value of the term independent of x in the expansion of (x sin   x 1 cos  )10 ,   R , is
10! 1 10!
(A) 25 (B) (C)  (D) None of these
(5!)2 25 (5!)2

21. The greatest term in the expansion of (2x + 7)10, when x = 3, is

(A) T5 (B) T6 (C) T7 (D) None of these

22. If 3n n P2 
1 2 n1 n2
P2  90 , then the ordered pair n1, n2  is
(A) (8, 2) (B) (7, 3) (C) (16, 8) (D) (9, 2)

23. If n – 1Cr = (k2 – 3) nCr + 1, then k 

(A) (– , – 2] (B) [2, ) (C)   3, 3  (D)  3, 2


24. If nPr = 5040 (n – 1Cr – 1 + n – 1Cr), then r is equal to

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

7 5
35
25. The value of C8   42  r C7   47 r C40  r is equal to
r 1 r 1

(A) 47C8 (B) 47C9 (C) 47C7 (D) None of these

131 130
26. The coefficient of x 65 in the expansion of 1  x  x 2
 x 1  is
130 129 130 129 130 129
(A) C65  C66 (B) C65  C55 (C) C66  C65 (D) none of these.

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27. The number of terms in the expansion of (x + y + 2z)8 is

(A) 45 (B) 46 (C) 48 (D) 50

28. The number of distinct terms in the expansion of (x  2y  3z  5w  7u)n is

n 4 n3 (n  1)(n  2)(n  3)(n  4)
(A) n + 1 (B) C4 (C) Cn (D)
6

29. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + 2x)n is 6561, the greatest term in the expansion
for x = 1/2 is
(A) 4th (B) 5th (C) 6th (D) none of these

n2  n14
30. Coefficient of x 2
in (x – 1) (x2 – 2) (x3 – 3) (x4 – 4) …… (xn – n), (n  8) is
(A) 13 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) None of these

1 1 1
31.    ..... 
1! n  1 ! 3! n  3 ! 5! n  5 !
    
2n 2n 1
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) None of these
n! n!

2 1 2.5 1 2.5.8 1
32. 1 .  .  .  ...... is equal to
3 2 3.6 22 3.6.9 23
(A) 21/3 (B) 22/3 (C) 31/2 (D) 33/2

5 5.7
33. The sum of series 2    ..... (to infinite) is
2!3 3!3 2
(A) 9 (B) 3 3 (C) 1/ 3 (D) None of these

34. The coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 – ax)–1 (1 – bx)–1 (1 – cx)–1 is

(A) a + b + c (B) a – b – c (C) – a + b + c (D) a – b + c

1/ 2
 3 
35. If | x | < 2/3 then the fourth term in the expansion of  1  x  is
2  
27 3 27 3 81 3 81 3
(A) x (B)  x (C) x (D)  x
128 128 256 256

36. The co-efficient of xk (0  k  n) in the expansion of E = 1 + (1 + x) + (1 + x)2 + … + (1 + x)n is

(A) n+1Ck+1 (B) nCk (C) n+1Cn–k–1 (D) n+1Cn-k+1

37. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + …… + Cn . xn, then the value of C0 + 3C1 + 5C2 + … + (2n + 1)Cn is
(A) n . 2n (B) (n – 1) . 2n (C) (n + 2) . 2n – 1 (D) (n + 1) . 2n

38. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + …… + Cn . xn, then for n odd, C12 + C32 + C52 + … + Cn2 is equal to
(2n)! (2n)!
(A) 22n – 2 (B) 2n (C) (D)
2(n!)2 (n!)2
n n!
39. If Cr  , then the sum of the series
r!  n  r !
1  n C1  n 1C2  n  2 C3  ......  n r 1Cr is equal to
n r n  r 1 nr
(A) Cr (B) Cr (C) Cr 1 (D) none of these

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40. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + …… + Cnxn, then C 0 C r + C1C r +1  C 2C r  2 ...Cn Cr  n , is equal to

2n! 2n! 2n! 2n!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(n  r)!(n  r)! n!(n  r)! n!(n  r)! (n  1)!(n  1)!

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41. The coefficient of a8b4c 9 d 9 in  abc  abd  acd  bcd  is
10!
(A) 10 ! (B) (C) 2520 (D) None of these
8!4!9!9!

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42. 
The coefficient of x5 in the expansion of x 2  x  2  is
(A) – 83 (B) – 82 (C) – 86 (D) – 81

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43. The coefficient of x 2 y 3 in the expansion of 1 x  y  is
20! 20! 20!
(A) (B)  (C) (D) None of these
2!3! 2!3! 5!2!3!

101 2 100
44. If the coefficient of x n in 1  x  1  x  x  is nonzero, then n cannot be of form
(A) 3r + 1 (B) 3r (C) 3r + 2 (D) None of these

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45. The coefficient of x28 in the expansion of 1 x 3  x6  is
30 30
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) C6 (D) C3

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