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BINOMIAL THEOREM 10. If the three consecutive coefficients in the

expansion of (1 + x)n are 28, 56, and 70, then
1. The number of distinct terms in the expansion the value of n is
of (a) 8 (b) 9
15
 1 1  (c) 7 (d) none of these
 x   x  2  is/are
2

 x  n
x th  1
11. If the 4 term in the expansion of  ax   is
(a) 255 (b) 61 (c) 127 (d) none of these  x
2. If the second term in the expansion 5
n , then the values of a and n are
 13 x  2
 x 
5/2
1
 is 14x then the value of
1
 x  (a) ,6 (b) 1, 3
n n 2
C3/ C2 is
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 3 1
(c) ,3 (d) cannot be found
2
3. The number of terms which are free from
12. If the coefficients of x2 and x3 in the
radical signs in the expansion of (x1/5 + y1/10)55
expansion of (3 + ax)9 are the same, then the
is
value of a is
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) none of these
7 9 7 9
4. If sum of the coefficients of the first, second, (a)  (b)  (c) (d)
9 7 9 7
and third terms of the expansion of
m
13. If the term independent of x in the
 2 1 10
 x   is 46, then the coefficient of the  k 
 x  x 2 
is 405, taken k equals
 x 
term that does not contain x is
(a) 2, –2 (b) 3, –3 (c) 4, –4 (d) 1, –1
(a) 84 (b) 92 (c) 98 (d) 106
14. The term independent of a in the expansion
5. If the third term in the expansion (x+x log5x)5 is
30
2, then which cannot be the value of x  1 
of  1  a   is
(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 1/5 (d) none of these  a 1
30
6. If in the expansion of (1+x)n the coefficients of (a) C10 (b) 0
14th, 15th and 16th terms are in AP, then n (c) 30
C 25 (d) none of these
cannot be
15. The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of
(a) 23 (b) 34 (c) 32 (d) none of these
8
(1+x+x2+x3)11 is
x  (a) 900 (b) 909 (c) 990 (d) 999
7. The middle term in the expansion of   2 
2  5

16. In the expansion of 1  x 2   x 2  2  2 

40 1
is 1120; then which cannot be the value of x  x 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) –2 (d) none of these 20
the coefficient of x is
8. If the number of terms in the expansion of 30
(a) C10 (b) 1
(x+y+z)n is 36 then the greatest value of
n+2 30
Cr is (c) C 25 (d) none of these
(a) 240 (b) 180 (c) 140 (d) none of these 17. The coefficient of x3 in the expansion of
9. The coefficient of two consecutive terms in (1 – x + x2)5 is
the expansion of (1+x)n will be equal, if (a) –20 (b) –30 (c) –50 (d) 10
(a) n is any integer (b) n is an old integer 18. If in the expansion of (1 +x)m(1 – x)n, the
(c) n is an even integer (d) none of the coefficients of x and x2 are 3 and –6
respectively, then m is
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 24
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19. The coefficient of t24 in (1+t2)12 (1+t12) (1+t24) 28. Least positive integer just greater than
is (1+0.00002)50000 is
(a) 12C6+3 (b) 12C6+1 (c) 12C6 (d) 12C6+2 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) none of these
20. The coefficient of x53 in the following 29. Which number of term is numerically the
100
100  m greatest term in the expansion of (3 – 4x)9
 Cm  x  3
100 m
expansion 2 is when the value of x = 2/5 is
m 0

100 100  100  100

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4) (d) none of these
(a) C 47 (b) C 53 (c) C 53 (d) C100
8
30. Degree of the polynomial  x2  1  x 1
2
+
x [0  r   n  1  ] in the
r
21. The coefficient of  
8
n 1 n2
expansion of  x  3    x  3  
 x  2  
2
 is
x 1  x 1 
2 2
n 3 n 1 
 x  3  x  2  ...   x  2 
2
is
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9
(a) n C r  3 r  2 n  (b) n C r  3 n  r  2 n  r  31. Let n be an old natural number greater than
(c) n C r  3 r  2 n  r  (d) none of these
1. Then the number of zeros at the end of the
sum 99n + 1 is
22. The coefficient of the middle term in the (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) none of these
binomial expansion of (1+x)4 and of (1 –
32. 97 – 79 is division by
x)6 are equal, the the value of  is
(a) 6 (b24 (c) 64 (d) 72
5 10 3 3
(a)  (b) (c)  (d) 50
33. If a = 99 + 100 and b = 101 is50 50
3 3 10 5
(a) a > b (b) a = b
11
 2  1  (c) a < c (d) none of these
23. If the coefficient of x in  a x   7
  equals
  bx  34. The last two digits of the number 3 400 are
11 (a) 81 (b) 43 (c) 29 (d) 01
–7   1 
the coefficient of x in  a x   2   , then a 35. The remainder, if 1+2+22 + 23 +...+ 21999 is
  bx 
divided by 5 is
and b satisfy the relation
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
(a) a + b = 1 (b) a – b = 1 2009
 3   3 
a    cot
2009
(c) ab = 1 (d) =1 36.  tan   is
b  8   8 
24. For natural numbers m, n if (1 – y)m (1+y)n (a) even integer (b) odd integer
= 1 + a1y + a2y2 + ... and a1 = a2 = 10, then (c) rational which is not an integer
(m, n) is (d) irrational
(a) (20, 45) (b) (35, 20) n  n   n 
37. For 2  r  n ,    2   
(c) (45, 35) (d) (35, 45) r   r  1  r  2 
25. If the sum of coefficients in the expansion of  n  1  n  1
(1 + sin x)n is zero then the value of cos is (a)   (b) 2  
 r 1  r 1 
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d)  n  2  n  2
2 (c) 2   (d)  
26. The remainder when 599 is divided by 8 is  r   r 
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 5 38. The coefficient of x5 in (1+2x+3x2+...)–3/2 is
27. If (1+x+2x2)20 = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + ...+a40x40 (a) 21 (b) 25 (26) (d) none of these
then a1 + a3 + a5 +...+a39 equals 39. If x is positive, the first negative term in the
(a) 219 (220 – 21) (b) 220 (219 – 19) expansion of (1+x)27/5 is
19 20
(c) 2 (2 + 21) (d) none of these (a) 5th term (b) 8th term
(c) 6th term (d) 7th term
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40. (1  x )  C 0  C1 x  C 2 x  ...  C n x , then
n 2 n
1 20 20  20
(a) C 10 (b) 0 (c) C10 (d) C10
C 0 C 2  C1 C 3  C 2 C 4  ...  C n  2 C n  2

 2n !  2n ! 48. 1 
1

1.3

1.3.5
 ... 
(a) (b)
 n !  n  1 ! n  1 ! 4 4.8 4.8.12
2

1 1
 2n ! (a) 2 (b)
2
(c) 3 (d)
3
(c) (d) none of these
 n  2  ! n  2  !
2 x  n  n  1  2 x 
2

m
 10   20   p 49. If lxl < 1, then 1  n    
41. The sum    , where   = 0 if p 1 x  2! 1 x 
i0  i m  i q  +... is equal to
< q is maximum when m is n n
 2x  1 x 
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20 (a)   (b)  
1 x   2x 
 30   30   30   30 
      +
n n
42. Find the value of  1 x  1 x 
 0   10   1   11  (c)   (d)  
1 x  1 x 
 30   30   30   30  n n
    ...     where    C r 50. The largest real value for x such that
 2   12   20   30  r  4  54k   x k  8
(a) 
 30 
(b) 
 30 
(c) 
 60 
(d) 
 31     4  k  !   k !   3 is
    k 0   
 10   15   30   10 
(a) 2 2  5 (b)  2 2  5
C1  C3  C5  C7  C9 
10 10 10 10 10
43.
(c)  2 2  5 (d) none of these
(a) 2 9 (b) 2 1 0
51. If x is so small that x3 and higher powers of x
(c) 2  1 10
(d) none of these may be neglected, then
10 3
 1 
 Ck  1  x 
20 3/ 2
44.  1  x 
k 0
 2  May be approximated as
1  x 
1/ 2

1
(a) 2 
19 20
C 10 (b) 2 1 9 3 3
2 (a) 3 x  x
2
(b) 1  x
2

(c) 20
C10 (d) none of these 8 8
x 3 3
 (d) 
n n 2 2
r 1 (c) x x
45. If  n
Cr
 a then  n
Cr
 2 x 8
r 0 r 0
52. If lxl < 1, then in the expansion of (1 + 2x +
2a a
(a) (b) (c) 2a (d) none of these 3x2 + 4x3 + ...)1/2, the coefficient of xn is
n n (a) n (b) n+1 (c) 1 (d) –1
n
 1  53. If the expansion in powers of x of the function
46. In the expansion of  x 2  1  2  , nN,
 x  1
is a 0  a1 x  a 2 x 2  a 3 x 3  ...
which is not true 1  ax  1  bx 
(a) number of terms is 2n + 1
Then a n is
(b) coefficient of constant term is 2n –1
(c) coefficient of x2n – 2 is n b a
n n
a b
n n

(a) (b)
(d) none of these ba ba
n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
47. The sum of series C 0  C1  C 2  C 3  ... b a
20 20 20 20
a b
(c) (d)
 C10 is
20 ba ba

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