SECTION-I

OBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I
n
 3 1 
1. If in the expansion of  x  2  , n  N , sum of the coefficient of x5 and x10 is 0, then value of
 x 
n is
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) none of these
n
 2 2 
2. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  x  3  is 243, then the term independent of
 x 
x, is equal to
(A) 11 (B) 7/2 (C) 15 (D) 40
3. If A and B respectively denote the sum of the odd terms and sum of the even terms in the expansion
of (x + y)n, then the value of (x2 – y2)n, is equal to
(A) A2 + B2 (B) A2 – B2 (C) 4AB (D) (A – B)2
n
1
4. The value of  2r ! 2n  2r ! , is equal to
r 0    
22n 22n 1 2n 1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 2n !  2n ! n! n!
5. The value of the sum of the series 3C0 – 7C1 + 11C2 – 15C3 + . . . upto (n + 1) terms, where
Cr = nCr, is equal to
(A) 3n (B) 4n (C) 0 (D) 4n – 3n
m
6. Let S =  10 Ci 20Cmi . The value of m for which S is maximum, is
i 0
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 20
nr
7. If  n-k
Cr = xCy , then
k 1

(A) x = n + 1 ; y = r (B) x = n ; y = r + 1
(C) x=n ; y=r (D) x = n + 1 ; y = r + 1
8. The numerically greatest terms in the expansion of (2x + 5y)34 when x = 3 & y = 2 is
(A) T21 (B) T 22 (C) T 23 (D) T 24

9. If (1 – x + x2)n = C0 + C1 x + C2 x2 + ....... + C2n x2n , then

2 n C2n – (2 n – 1) C2 n – 1 + ...... – C1 is equal to

(A) (n – 1) 3n – 1 (B) n3n (C) (n + 1) 3n + 1 (D) none of these

n
 n
a  C3
10. If the second term of the expansion a 1/13   is 14a5/2 then the value of n is
 1
a  C2
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 6
 LEVEL-II
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:

1. The coefficient of a 8 b 6c 4 in the expansion of (a + b + c)18 is

(A) 18C14 . 14C8 (B) 18C10 . 10C6
18 12
(C) C6 . C8 (D) 18C4 . 14C6

n
 1
2. The term independent of x in the expansion of (1 + x) .  1   is n
 x
n 1
n
(B) (1) . C n 1 , if n is odd
2
(A) 0, if n is odd
2

(C) (1) n / 2 . n C n / 2 , if n is even (D) none of these

20
 1
3. The coefficient of the (r + 1)th term of  x   when expanded in the descending powers of x
 x
10
 2 1 
is equal to the coefficient of the 6th term of  x  2  2  when expanded in ascending powers
 x 
of x. The value of r is
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 14 (D) 15

4. The co-efficient of the middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)2n is

1. 3. 5 . 7 ......(2 n  1) n 2n
(A) 2 (B) Cn
n!

( n  1) ( n  2) ( n  3) .... (2n  1) (2n) 2 . 6 .10 .14 ...... ( 4 n  6) (4 n  2)

(C) (D)
1. 2 . 3. ( n  1) n 1. 2 . 3. 4 .....( n  1) . n

n
3 x
5. If the 6th term in the expansion of    when x = 3 is numerically greatest, then the
2 3
possible integral value(s) of n can be
(A) 11 (B) 12
(C) 13 (D) 14

6. Let n N. If (1 + x)n = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + ... + anxn , and an-3 , an - 2, an-1 are in AP, then
(A) a1, a2 , a3 are in AP (B) a1, a2, a3 are in HP
(C) n = 7 (D) n = 14
 11
 3  log x3 
7. In the expansion of  x  3.2 2 
 
(A) there appears a term with the power x2
(B) there does not appear a term with the power x2
(C) there appears a term with the power x –3
1
(D) the ratio of the co-efficient of x3 to that of x –3 is
3

8. Let R = (8 + 3 7 )20 and [R] = the greatest integer less than or equal to R. Then
(A) [R] is even (B) [R] is odd
1
(C) R - [R] = 1 – (D) none of these
(8  3 7 ) 20

9. Let (1 + x2)2 (1 + x)n = A0 + A1 x + A2 x2 + ...... If A0, A1, A2 are in A.P., then the value of n
is
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 7

1 1 1
10.   
1!.(n  1)! 3!.(n  3)! 5!(n  5)! .... is equal to

2n 1 2n 1  1
(A) for even values of n only (B) – 1 for odd values of n only
n! n!
2n 1
(C) for all n  N (D) none of these
n!
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from Other Engg. Exams.

1. The number of non-zero terms in the expansion of (1  3 2x)9  (1  3 2x) 9 is

(A) 9 (B) 0
(C) 5 (D) 10

2. The positive integer just greater than (1 + 0.0001)10000 is

(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 2 (D) 3

3. If the coefficients of Tr, Tr + 1, Tr + 2 terms of (1 + x)14 are in A.P., then r =

(A) 6 (B) 7
(C) 8 (D) 9

4. If the coefficients of pth, (p + 1)th and (p + 2)th termsin the expansion of (1 + x)n are in A.P., then
(A) n 2  2np  4p 2  0 (B) n 2  n(4p  1)  4p 2  2  0
(C) n 2  n(4p  1)  4p 2  0 (D) None of these

5. If in the expansion of (1 + x)m (1 – x)n, the coefficient of x and x2 are 3 and –6 respectively, then m
is
(A) 6 (B) 9
(C) 12 (D) 24

9
 2 1 
6. The term independent of x in the expansion  x   is
 3x 
28 28
(A) (B)
81 243
28 28
(C)  (D) 
243 81

6
 3
7. The term independent of x in the expansion of  2x   is
 x
(A) 4320 (B) 216
(C) –216 (D) –4320

8. The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of (1 + x + x2 + x3)n is

(A) nC 4 (B) nC4 + nC2
(C) nC4 + nC2 + nC4 . nC2 (D) nC4 + nC2 + nC1 . nC2
 n
 1 n
9. The term independent of x in the expansion of (1  x)  1   is
 x
(A) C02  2C12  .....  (n  1)C n2 (B) (C0 + C1 + ..... + Cn)2
(C) C02  C12  .....  C n2 (D) None of these

10. The coefficient of t24 in the expansion of (1 + t2)12 (1 + t12)(1 + t24) is

(A) 12C6 + 2 (B) 12 C 5
(C) 12 C 6 (D) 12 C 7

11. In the expansion of (1 + 3x + 2x2)6 the coefficient of x11 is

(A) 144 (B) 288
(C) 216 (D) 576
12. If n is an integer greater than 1, then a  n C1 (a  1)  n C 2 (a  2)  .....  (  1) n (a  n) 
(A) a (B) 0
(C) a 2 (D) 2 n

13. The value of 4nC0 + 4nC4 + 4nC8 + ..... + 4nC4n is

(A) 24n  2  ( 1) n 22n 1 (B) 24n 2  2 2n 1
(C) 24n 2  ( 1)n 2 4n  2 (D) None of these

14. If C0, C1, C2, ....., Cn are the binomial coefficients, then 2.C1 + 23.C3 + 25.C5 + ..... equals
3n  ( 1)n 3n  (1) n
(A) (B)
2 2
3n  1 3n  1
(C) (D)
2 2
2
1  n 
15. If a k  , for k  1, 2,3, 4,....., n, then   a k  
k(k  1)  k 1 
2
 n   n 
(A)   (B)  
 n 1  n 1 
4 6
 n   n 
(C)   (D)  
 n 1   n 1 
 SECTION-II

SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I

1. If the 21st and 22nd terms in the expansion of (1 + x)44 are equal, then find the value of x.
1.3.5...  2n  1
2. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)2n is 2n xn, where n is a
n!
positive integer.

3. Find the terms independent of x, x  0, in the expansion of

6 12
3 2 1   2 1
(i)  x   (ii)  x  
2 3x   x
4. (i) In the binomial expansion of (1 + x)n, the coefficients of the fifth, sixth and seventh terms are in
arithmetic progression. Find all the values of n for which this can happen.

(ii) Show that the coefficient of the middle term of (1 + x)2n is equal to the sum of the coefficients
of the two middle terms of (1 + x)2n – 1.
5. If a and b are distinct integers, prove that a – b is a factor of an – bn, whenever n is positive integer.
6. Find the coefficient of x5 in the expansion of the product (1 + 2x)6 (1 – x)7 .
7. Using Binomial Theorem, prove that 6n – 5n always leaves the remainder 1, when divided by 25.
8. Show that : 25n – 20n – 8n + 3n, n  I+ is divisible by 85.
9. Using Binomial Theorem, prove each of the following identities
(i) C0 + 2C1 + 3C2 + . . . + (n + 1)Cn = 2n + n 2n – 1
C1 C 2 1
(ii) C0 –  –...= .
2 3 n 1

C2 C4 2n
(iii) C0 +   . . . 
3 5 n 1

C1 C C C n  n  1
10. (i) Prove that  2 2  3 3 . . . n n  .
C0 C1 C2 C n 1 2

C1 3 C2
Cn 3n 1  1
(ii) Show that : 2C0 + 2 2
2 n + 1
+ . . . + 2 n 1  .
2 3 n 1
 LEVEL-II

1. If the greatest term has the greatest coefficient in the expansion of (1 + x)n, n  N, then show that
n n2 n 3
x , if n is even and 1 < x < , if n is odd.
n2 n n 1

2. Find the co-efficient of xn–1 in (x – nC0) (x – nC1) (x – nC2) .... (x - nCn).

n
n
3. Prove that : 
r 1
C r sin (2r  n)  sin n .

4. Prove that : (C0 + C1)(C1 + C2) . . . (Cn – 1 + Cn) =

 n  1n C C . . . Cn.
1 2
n!

5. Prove that : C2 = C0 C4 – C1 C3 + C 22  C3 C1  C 4C0 .

 0, if n is odd

6. Prove that C02 – C12 + C22 – … + (–1) n Cn2 = 
 1n / 2 n
2
,if n is even
  n / 2 

7. Prove that nC0 . 2nCn – nC1 2n–2Cn + nC2 2n–4Cn – … = 2n .

8. Prove that nC0 nC0 – n+1C1. nC1 + n+2C2 . nC2 – (n + 3) C3 nC3 + ... = (–1)n .

1 n n 
9. Prove that : C0 + C3 + C6 + .... =  2  2 cos 
3 3 

1997
10. Show that the integral part of 7 2  9   is even.
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column-I Column- II
(A) Number of distinct terms in the expansion of (p) 212
(x + y - z)16
(B) Number of terms in the expansion of (q) 92
6 6

x   
x 2 1  x  x2 1 
(C) The number of irrational terms in (r) 4
100
 8
56 2 
(D) The sum of numerical coefficients in the (s) 153
12
 x 2y 
expansion of  1   
 3 3 

2. Column-I Column- II
(A) The coefficient of a4b5 in the expansion of (p) 10150
(a + b)9 is
(B) The larger of 9950 + 10050 and 10150 is (q) 32
(C) The larger of (2n + 1)n and (r) 9
C4
(2n - 1)n + (2n)n is
(D) The co-efficient in the third term of the (s) (2n + 1)n
n
 2 1
expansion of  x   , when expanded in
 4
decending powers of x is 31 then n is
 SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

 
 n 1 
 
I. Numerically greatest term in the expansion of (a + x)n is Tr+1 where r =  a .
 1
 x 

1. The numerically greatest term in the expansion of (1 - 2x)8, when x = 2 is

(A) 8C6 46 (B) 8C4 44
17
(C) 2 (D) none of these

2. Magnitude wise the greatest term in the expansion of (3 - 2x)9 when x = 1 is

(A) 9C2 37 22 (B) 9C3 36 23
(C) 9C4 35 24 (D) both (B) and (C)
10
 3 
3. If x > 0 and the 4th term in the expansion of  1  x  has maximum value, then
 8 
(A) 2 < x < 3 (B) 3 < x < 10/3
(C) 4 < x < 5 (D) none of these

II. (x  y) n  n C0 x n  n C1 x n 1 y  .....  n Cr x n  r y r +……..+ n Cn y n , where n  N . This is called

Binomial Theorem for positive integral index.
an
4. If (1 + ax)n = 1 + 8x + 24x2 + ……; then is equal to
an
(A)3 (B)– 3
1 1
(C)  (D)
3 3 5
 2 1 
5. The coefficient of x20 in the expansion of (1 + x2)40  x  2  2  is
 x 
(A) 30C10 (B) 30C25
(C)1 (D) 30C12
10
 x 1 (x  1) 
6. The coefficient of the term independent of x in the expansion of  2 / 3 1/ 3
 1/ 2  is
 x  x 1 x  x 
(A)70 (B)112
(C)105 (D)210
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.

1. Statement -1: The co-efficient of (1 + x2)5 (1 + x)4 is 120.

because
Statement-2: The integral part of ( 5  2)10 is odd.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

2. Statement–1 : 260 when divided by 7 leaves the reminder 1.

because
Statement–2 : (1 + x)n = 1 + n1x, where n, n1  N.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

21
3. Statement–1 : C0  21 C1  ...  21 C10  2 20
because
2n 1
Statement–2 : C0  2n 1 C1  ...2n 1 C2n 1  22n 1 and nCr = nCn – r
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
20
r
4. Statement-1 : 
r4
C 4 = 21C
4

because
1 xn
Statement-2: 1 + x + x2 + x3 + ... + xn-1 = = sum of n terms of GP..
1 x
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
 PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
1. Given positive integers r > 1, n > 2 and that the coefficient of (3r)th and (r + 2)th terms in the
binomial expension of (1 + x)2n are equal, then
(A) n = 2r (B) n = 2r + 1
(C) n = 3r (D) none of these

10
x 3 
2. The coefficient of x in   2  is
4
2 x 
405 504
(A) (B)
256 259
450
(C) (D) none of these
263

1/ 2 5 1/ 2 5
3. 
The expression x   x 3  1    x   x 3  1  is a polynomial of degree
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 7 (D) 8

4. If in the expansion of (1 + x)m (1 – x)n, the coefficients of x and x2 are 3 and –6 respectively, then
m is
(A) 6 (B) 9
(C) 12 (D) 24

n  n   n 
5. For 2  r  n,    2   =
 r   r  1  r  2 
 n  1  n  1
(A)   (B) 2  
 r 1   r 1 
 n  2  n  2
(C) 2   (D)  
 r   r 
6. In the binomial expansion of (a – b)n, n  5, the sum of the 5th and 6th term is zero. Then a/b equals
(A) (n – 5)/6 (B) (n – 4)/5
(C) 5/(n – 4) (D) 6/(n – 5)
m

7. The sum     ,
i0
10
i
20
m i (where   = 0 if p < q) is maximum when m is
p
q

(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 15 (D) 20
8. Coefficient of t24 in (1 + t2)12 (1 + t12) (1 + t24) is
(A) 12C6 + 3 (B) 12C6 + 1
(C) 12C6 (D) 12C6 + 2

9. If n–1Cr = (k2 – 3) nCr+1, then k

(A) (–, –2] (B) [2, )
(C) [– 3, 3 ] (D) ( 3 , 2]

 30   30   30  30   30  30   30  30  n
10. The value of             ....     is where  r  = nCr
 0   10   1  11   2  12   20  30   
 30   30 
(A)   (B)  
 10   15 
 60   31
(C)   (D)  
 30   10 
 SUBJECTIVE

1. Prove that 72n + (23n–3) (3n–1) is divisible by 25 for any natural number n.

2. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + . . . + Cnxn, then show that the sum of the products of the Ci’s taken
 2n!
two at a time represented by  C C i j is equal to 22n – 1 – 2 n! 2
0 i  j  n  

3. If p be a natural number then prove that pn+1 + (p + 1)2n–1 is divisible by p2 + p + 1 for every
positive integer n.

2 n
q 1  q 1  q 1
4. Given sn = 1 + q + q + . . . + q ; Sn = 1 + 2    .. 
n
 , q  1 . Prove that:
2  2   2 
n 1
C1  n 1 C 2 s1  n 1 C3s 2 + . . . + n 1
C n s n  2n Sn

2n 1
5. Let R = 5 5  11   and f = R – [R], where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function. Prove that
Rf = 42n+4.
6. Prove that
C0 – 22 C1 + 32C2 – . . . + (– 1)n (n + 1) 2Cn = 0, n > 2 where Cr = nCr.

n 7 n 5 2n 3 n
7. Prove that    is an integer for every positive integer n.
7 5 3 105

2n 2n
r r
8. If  a  x  2    b  x  3
r 0
r
r 0
r and ak = 1 for all k  n, then show that bn = 2n+1Cn + 1

k
r 1 3n  3n 
9. Prove that   3 
r 1
C 2r 1  0 , where k =
2
and n is an even positive integer..

n
10. Let n be a positive integer and 1  x  x 2   a 0  a1x  . . .  a 2n x 2n . Show that

a 02  a12  a 22 . . .  a 2n
2
 an .

n n
3! r  C 
Prove that 2 n  3    1  r  3 C 
r
11.
  r 0  r 
12. Let n be any positive integer. Prove that
 2n  k  n
   
 k  .  2n  4k  1 2n  2k
m
 m  2 n  2m

k  0  2n  k   2n  2k  1 =  2n  2m  for each non–negative integer m  n
   
 n   nm 

  p p 
 Here    Cq 
 q 

n n
13. For any positive integers m, n (with n  m), let  m   C m . Prove that
 

 n   n  1  n  2   m   n 1 
    . . .      Hence or otherwise, prove that
m  m   m   m   m  1

n  n  1  n  2  m  n  2 
   2   3   . . .   n  m  1     
m  m   m   m  m  2

k  n  n   n  n  1
k 1 k2  n  n  2  k  n n  k  n 
14. Prove that : 2  0  k   2  1  k  1  2  2  k  2   . . .  1  k   0    k 
             
 ANSWERS
SECTION-I
LEVEL-I
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C)

7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A)

LEVEL-II
1. (A B C D) 2. (A C) 3. (A D) 4. (A B C D) 5. (B C D) 6. (A C)

7. (B C D) 8. (B C) 9. (A B) 10. (A B C D)

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from Other Engg. Exams.

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B)

7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (B)

13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (B)

SECTION-II
LEVEL-I
1. 7/8 3. (i) 5/12 (ii) 495

4. (i) 7, 14 6. 171
LEVEL-II

4n 2n C n
2.
2

SECTION-III-A
1. (A-s), (B-r), (C-q), (D-p) 2. (A-r), (B-p), (C-s), (D-q)

SECTION-III-B
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (D)
 SECTION-III-C
1.D 2. A 3. A 4. D

PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. B
7. C 8. D 9. D 10. A