BINOMIAL THEOREM

1. ( 2  1)6  ( 2  1) 6 

(a) 101 (B) 70 2 (C) 140 2 (D) 120 2

2. x 5  10 x 4 a  40 x 3 a 2  80 x 2 a 3  80 xa 4  32a 5 

(A) ( x  a)5 (B) (3 x  a)5 (C) ( x  2a) 5 (D) ( x  2a)3

3. The formulae
m(m  1) m  2 2
(a  b)m  a m  ma m 1b  a b  .... holds when
1.2

(A) ba (B) ab (C) | a || b | (D) | b || a |

4. The total number of terms in the expansion of ( x  a)100  ( x  a)100 after simplification will be

(A) 202 (B) 51 (C) 50 (D) None of these

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5. can be expanded by binomial theorem, if
5  4x

(A) x 1 (B) | x | 1 (C) | x |  5 (D) | x | 4

4 5

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 2 1 
6. 6 th term in expansion of  2x   is
 3x 2 

4580 896 5580

(A) (B)  (C) (D) None of these
17 27 17

n
 1 
7. If the ratio of the coefficient of third and fourth term in the expansion of x   is 1 : 2, then the
 2 x
value of n will be

(A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) – 10

8. If the coefficients of r th term and (r  4) th term are equal in the expansion of (1  x) 20 , then the value
of r will be

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

9. r th term in the expansion of (a  2 x)n is

n(n  1)....(n  r  1) nr 1 n(n  1)....(n  r  2) n  r 1

(A) a (2 x ) r (B) a (2 x)r 1
r! (r  1)!

n(n  1)....(n  r) nr r

(C) a ( x) (D) None of these
(r  1)!

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10. 16 th term in the expansion of ( x  y )17 is

(A) 136xy7 (B) 136 xy (C)  136 xy 5 / 2 (D)  136xy 2

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11. C1  10 C 3  10 C 5  10 C7  10 C 9 

(A) 29 (B) 210 (C) 210  1 (D) None of these

12. C0 Cr  C1Cr 1  C2Cr  2  ....  Cn r Cn =

(2n)! n! n!
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
(n  r) ! (n  r)! (r )! (n  r)! (n  r)!

n
n 1 n 1 Cn
13. C0  C1  n C 2  ......  (1)n 
2 3 n1

1 1
(A) n (B) 1/n (C) (D)
n1 n 1

14. If (1  x)n  C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ..........  Cn x 2 , then C02  C12  C22  C32  ......  Cn2 =

n! (2n)! (2n)!
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
n! n! n! n! n!

C1 2C 2 3C 3 nCn
15. If (1  x)n  C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ..........  Cn x n , then    ....  
C0 C1 C2 Cn1

n(n  1) n(n  2) n(n  1) (n  1)(n  2)

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

16. The fourth term in the expansion of (1  2 x) 3 / 2 will be

3 4 x3 x3 3 4
(A)  x (B) (C)  (D) x
4 2 2 4

17. Cube root of 217 is

(A) 6.01 (B) 6.04 (C) 6.02 (D) None of these

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18. The expansion of binomial theorem will be valid, if
(4  3 x)1 / 2

2 2
(A) x 1 (B) | x | 1 (C)  x (D) None of these
3 3

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19. If (a  bx) 2   3 x  ...... , then (a, b) =
4

(A) (2, 12) (B) (2,12) (C) (2,  12) (D) None of these

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20. 3

6  3x

 x 2x 2   x 2x 2 
(A) 6 1 / 3 1   2  .... (B) 6 1 / 3 1   2  ....
 6 6   6 6 

 x 2x 2   x 2x 2 
(C) 6 1 / 3 1   2  .... (D) 6 1 / 3 1   2  ....
 6 6   6 6 

21. The coefficient of two consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x)n will be equal, if

(A) n is any integer (B) n is an odd integer (C) n is an even integer (D) None of these

22. If in the expansion of (1  x)n , a, b, c are three consecutive coefficients, then n=

ac  ab  bc 2ac  ab  bc ab  ac
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
b 2  ac b 2  ac b 2  ac

23. If n is positive integer and three consecutive coefficients in the expansion of (1  x)n are in the ratio 6 :
33 : 110, then n =

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 16

24. The number of terms in the expansion of (a  b  c)n will be

(n  1)(n  2)
(A) n1 (B) n 3 (C) (D) None of these
2

25. If the three consecutive coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)n are 28, 56 and 70, then the value of
n is

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 10

26. For all positive integral values of n, 32n  2n  1 is divisible by

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12

27. If n N , then x 2n1  y 2n 1 is divisible by

(A) xy (B) xy (C) x 2  y2 (D) x 2  xy

28. If n N , then 7 2n  23n  3 . 3n 1 is always divisible by

(A) 25 (B) 35 (C) 45 (D) None of these

29. If n N , then 11n  2  122n 1 is divisible by

(A) 113 (B) 123 (C) 133 (D) None of these

30. For every natural number n, n (n2  1) is divisible by

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) None of these

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