2nd YEAR - MATHEMATICS IIA IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

ESSAY ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 MARKS)

DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM(Q : 18)

n
1. If n is an integer then show that (1 + i)2n + (1 - i)2n = 2n + 1 cos .
2
n 2
 n
2. If n is a positive integer, show that (1 + i)n + (1 - i)n = 2 2 cos  
 4 
3. If  are the roots of the equation x2 - 2x + 4 = 0 then for any n  N show that n +  n = 2n+1
 n 
cos  
 3 
If n is an integer then show that (1 + cos  + i sin )n + 1  cos   i sin  
n
4.
  n 
= 2n + 1 cosn   cos  
2  2 
8
   3
 1  sin  icos
8 8
5. Show that one value of   is - 1.
 1  sin  icos  

 8 8
  z 2n  1
6. If n is an integer and z = cis ,     2n  1  , then show that 2n = i tan n
 2 z 1
7. If cos  + cos  + cos  = 0 = sin  + sin  + sin  then show that
i) cos 3 + cos 3 + cos 3 = 3cos () ii) sin 3 + sin 3 + sin 3 = 3sin ()
8. If cos  + cos  + cos sin  + sin  + sin ,
3
Prove that cos2  + cos2  + cos2  = = sin2  + sin2  + sin2 
1
2 1 1
1 Q
9. If n is a positive integer, show that (p  iQ) n
 (P  iQ) n
 2(P 2
 Q 2 2n
) .cos  tan1 
n P

10. If (1+x)n = a0 + a1x + a2x2 +.......+anxn , then show that

 n   n 
n n

i) a0 - a2 + a4 -......... = 2 2 cos  . ii) a1 - a3 + a5 -......... = 2 2 sin  .

 4   4 
11. Find all the roots of the equation i) x11 - x7 + x4 - 1 = 0 ii) x9 - x5 + x4 - 1 = 0
iii) (x - 1)n = xn.
12. State and prove de-moivres theorem for an integral index

THEORY OF EQUATIONS (Q : 19)

1. Solve : (i) 4x3 - 24x2 + 23x + 18 = 0, given that the roots are in A.P.
(ii) 8x3 - 36x2 - 18x + 81 = 0, given that the roots are in A.P.
2. Solve i) x3 - 7x2 + 14x - 8 = 0, given that the roots are in geometric progression.
ii) 3x3 - 26x2 + 52x - 24 = 0, given that the roots are in geometric progression.
3. Solve i)15x 3 - 23x 2 + 9x - 1 = 0, given that the roots of are in H.P.
ii) 6x3 - 11x2 + 6x - 1 = 0, given that the roots are in H.P.
4. Solve 18x3 + 81x2 + 121x + 60 = 0 given that a root is equal to half the sum of the remaining
roots.
5. Solve i) 6x 4 - 35x 3 + 62x 2 - 35x +6 = 0 ii) x 4 - 10x 3 + 26x 2 - 10x + 1 = 0 .
6. Solve : i) 2x5 + x4 - 12x3 - 12x2 + x + 2 = 0 ii) x5 - 5x4 + 9x3 - 9x2 + 5x -1 =0

7. Solve : 6x6 - 25x5 + 31x4 - 31x2 + 25x - 6 = 0.

8. Solve x 4 - 2x 3 + 4x 2 + 6x - 21 = 0, the sum of two roots being zero.

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9. Solve (i) x - 5x + 5x + 5x - 6 = 0, the product of two roots being 3.
4 3 2

(ii) Solve the equation x4 + x3 - 16x2 - 4x + 48 = 0, given that the product of two roots is 6.
10. Solve x 4 + 4x 3 - 2x 2 - 12x + 9 = 0, if it has a pair of equal roots.
11. Solve : x 4 - 16x 3 + 86x 2 - 176x +105 = 0.

12. Solve x 3 - 9x 2 + 14x + 24 = 0 given that two of the roots are in the ratio 3:2.
13. i) Find the repeated roots of the equation x 5 - 3x 4 - 5x 3 + 27x 2 - 32x + 12 = 0.
ii) Find the multiple roots of the equation 8x3 - 20x2 + 6x + 9 = 0.
iii) Show that x5 - 5x3 + 5x2 - 1 = 0 has three equal roots and find that root.
14. i) Solve x4 + 2x 3 - 5x 2 + 6x + 2 = 0, given that one root of it is 1 + i.
ii) Solve the equation x4 - 9x3 + 27x2 - 29x + 6 = 0, given that one root of it is 2 - 3 .
iii) Given that  2  7 is a root of the equation x4 + 2x2 - 16x + 77 = 0, solve it completely..
15. Find the algebraic equation of degree 5 whose roots are the translates of the roots of x5 + 4x3 -
x2+11=0 by -3.
16. Transform x 4 + 4x 3 + 2x2 - 4x - 2 = 0 into another equation in which the coefficient of
second highest power of x is zero and find the transformed equation.
17. If the roots of the equation x3 + 3px2 + 3qx + r = 0,
i) are in A.P, then show that 2p3 - 3pq + r = 0.
ii) Are in G.P then show that p3r = q3.
iii) Are in H.P show that 2q3 = 4(3pq-r).
BINOMIAL THEOREM (Q : 20)

C1 C2 2 Cn (1+ x)n + 1 - 1
1 Prove that C 0 + x + 3 x + ..... + n + 1 x = (n + 1) x .
n
2

C
Deduce that 21 + 43 + 65 + ....... = 2 -1
C C n

n +1 .
2 Prove that C 0C r + C 1C r + 1 + C 2 C r + 2 + .... + C n - r C n = 2nC n + r.

Deduce that i) C 02 + C 12 + C 22 + ...... + C n2 = 2n

C n. ii)
C0C1  C1C2  C2C3  ......  Cn1 Cn  2nCn  1

3. i) If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of (a + x)n are respectively 240, 720, 1080, find
a, x, n.
ii) If 36, 84, 126 are three successive binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)2 , then find n.

1
4. If the coefficient of x10 in the expansion of (ax2 + )111 is equal to the coefficient of x-10 in the
bx
1
expansion of (ax - 2 )111, find the relation between a and b, where a and b are real
bx
numbers.
5. i) If the coefficients of rth, (r + 1)th, (r + 2)nd terms in the expansion of (1 + x) n are
in A.P, then
show that n 2 - (4r + 1) n + 4r 2 - 2 = 0.
ii) If the coefficients of x9, x10, x11 in the expansion of (1 + x)n are in A.P. then prove that n2 - 41n
+ 398 = 0.
6. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1 + x) n are a 1, a 2, a 3, a 4

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a a 2a
respectively, then show that a + a + a + a  a + a .
1 3 2
1 2 3 4 2 3

7. State and prove “Binomial theorem for a positive integral index n.”
2
 n Cr  n 2
n(n + 1) (n + 2)
If n is a positive integer, prove that   n  3
8. r  .
r=1  Cr -1  12

9. If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms respectively in the expansion
of (x + a)n, then prove that i) P 2 - Q 2 = (x 2 - a 2) n ii) 4PQ = (x + a) 2n - (x - a) 2n.

10. Prove that (C0 + C1) (C1 + C2) (C2 + C3)..............(Cn-1 + Cn) =
 n  1n
C0 C1 ...........Cn .
n!

C1 C2 C 2n1  1
11. If n is a positive integer, then prove that C0    ...........  n  .
2 3 n1 n1
12. a) If (7 + 4 3 ) n = I + f where I and n are positive integers and 0 < f < 1 then show
that
(i) I is an odd positive integer (ii) (I + f) (1- f) = 1.
b) If R, n are positive integers, n is odd, 0 < F < 1 and if (55 + 11)n = R + F, then prove that
i) R is an even integer ii) (R + F)F = 4n

BINOMIAL THEOREM(Q : 21)

3 3. 5 3.5.7
1. Find the sum of infinite series + + + .......
4 4.8 4.8.12

4 4.6 4.6.8
2. If t =    ............... then prove that 9t = 16.
5 5.10 5.10.15
1 1.3 1.3.5
3. If x =    ..............., then find the value of 3x2 + 6x.
5 5.10 5.10.15

1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7

4. If x =   + ..............., then prove that 9x2 + 24x = 11.
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12

3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9

5. Find the sum of the series    ...............
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20

6. 3 - 3.5 + 3.5.7 - ..... .

Find sum of the infinite series 4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16
5 5.7 5.7.9
7. If x = (2!)3  2

3 + ..............., then find the value of x + 4x.
2
(3!) 3 (4!) 3

7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1 
1+    ............... .
5  102 1.2 10 4 1.2.3 10 6 
8. Find the sum of the series


 
2 3
2 1 2.5 2.5.8
9. Find the sum of the infinite series 1+ 3 . 2 + 3.6 1 + 3.6.9 1 +........ .
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x x(x - 1) x(x - 1) (x - 2)
10 Show that for any non zero rational number x, 1+   + ..................
2 2.4 2.4.6
x x(x +1) x(x +1) (x + 2)
= 1+   + ..................
3 3.6 3.6.9
 If x is so small that x . and higher power of x may be neglected. Then find approximate value
2

of
3
 2x  2 1 3 4
1-   32 + 5x  5  y 4  y 5
(i)  3  (ii)    
(3 - x)3 yx yx
MEASURES OF DISPERSION (Q : 22)

1. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean for the following data

2. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step deviation method

3. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data:

4. Find the mean deviation from the median of the following data.

5. Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the discrete frequency distribution

6. 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

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7. The following tables gives the daily wages of workers in a factory. Compute the standard
deviation and the coefficient of variation of the wages of the workers

Wages 125-175 175-225 225-275 275-325 325-375 375-425 425-475 475-525 525-575
No. of
2 22 19 14 3 4 6 1 1
Workers

8.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

9. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4. Their variance is 8.24. If three of the observations are 1,
2 and 6. Find the other two observations.
PROBABILITY (Q : 23)
1 State and explain the axioms that define ‘Probability function’. Prove addition theorem
on probability. i.e. P (E 1  E 2) = P(E 1) + P(E 2) - P(E 1  E 2).

2. A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city, 20% of the population read A, 16% read B,
14% read C, 8% read both A and B, 5% read both A and C, 4% read both B and C
and 2% read all the three. Find the percentage of the population who read atleast
one newspaper and find the percentage of the population who read the newspaper
A only.

3. 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) = 0.08, P(A C) = 0.28, P(ABC) = 0.09 and P(ABC) > 0.75. Show that
P(BC) lies in the interval [0.23, 0.48]

4. A, B, C are aiming to shoot a balloon. A will succed 4 times out of 5 attempts. The chance of
B to shoot the balloon is 3 out of 4 and that C is 2 out of 3. If the three aim the balloon
simultaneously, then find the probability that atleast two of them hit the balloon.

5. In a shooting test the probability of A, B, C hitting the targets are 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 respectively.
If all of them fire at the same target, find the probability that
i) only one of them hits the target, ii) at least one of them hits the target.

6. I f E 1 , E 2 , E 3 a r e t h r e e i n d e p e n d e n t e ve n t s s u c h t h a t P(E1  E2  E3 ) = 41 ,

1
P(E1  E 2  E3 ) = 1 , P(E 1  E 2  E 3 ) = 4 , then find P(E 1), P(E 2), P(E 3).
8
7. Define conditional event and Conditional Probability. 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 it is 1 or 3, and the second bag for the rest. Find the
probability of drawing a black ball from the selected bag.

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8. State and prove Baye’s theorem.

9. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain 1 white, 2 black and 3 red balls; 2 white, 1
black and 1 red ball; 4 white, 5 black and 3 red balls respectively. 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.

10. Three boxes B 1, B 2, B 3 contain balls with different colours as follows:

White Black Red

B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2

A die is thrown. If 1 or 2 turns up on the dice, box B 1 is selected; if 3 or 4 turns up

B 2 is selected; if 5 or 6 turns up, then B 3 is selected. If a box is selected like this,
a ball is drawn from that box. If the ball is red, then find the probability that it was
drawn from B 2.

11. In a certain college, 25% of the boys and 10% of the girls are studying mathematics.
The girls constitute 60% of the student strength. If a student selected at random
is found studying mathematics, find the probaility that the student is a girl.

12. The probabilities of three mutually exclusive events are respectively, given as
1+ 3p 1- p 1- 2p 1 1
, , . Prove that  p  .
3 4 2 3 2

RANDOM VARIABLE AND DISTRIBUTIONS (Q : 24)

1. 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 k and the mean, varianceof X.

2.

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 a random variable X. Find the value of K and the variance of X.
3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

X=x X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X = x) 0 K 2k 2k 3k k2 2 k2 7 k2 k

Find (i) k (ii) The mean (iii) P(0 < X < 5)

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4. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the face that
shows up.
5. The range of a random variable X is {0, 1, 2}. Given that P(X = 0) = 3C3, P(X = 1) = 4C - 10C2,
P(X = 2) = 5C - 1. Find (i) the value of C (ii) P(X < 1) (iii) P(1 < X < 2)
(iv) P(0 < X < 3).
6. One in nine ships is likely to be wrecked when they set on sail. When 6 ships are set on sail,
find the
probability for : i) atleast one will arrive safely ii) exactly three will arrive safely
7. If the mean and variance of a binomial variate X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find P(1 <
X < 4).
8. 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 A.P, then find n.
5
9. If the difference between the mean and variance of binomial variate is then, find
9
the probability
for the event of 2 successes when the experiment is conducted 5 times.k
C
10. The range of a random variable X is {1, 2, 3,..........} and P(X = k) = ; k = 1, 2,
k!
3,............. Find
the value of c and P(0 < x < 3).
11. If X is a random variable with the probability distribution P(X = K) = (K +2K1)C (K = 0, 1,
2, ....), then
find C.
12. If X : S R is a discrete random variable with range {x 1, x 2, x 3,.........}; is mean and
2 is variance
of X then prove that 2 +  2 =  Xr2 P(X = Xr ) .

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 MARKS)
COMPLEX NUMBERS(Q : 11)

3 1
1. i) If x+ iy = 2  cos   i sin  then, show that x2 +y2 = 4x-3. ii) If x + iy = 1 + cos θ + i sin θ
,
show that 4x2 - 1 = 0.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers -2 + 7i,
-3 1 7
+ i, 4 - 3i, 1+ i  are the vertices of rhombus.
2 2 2
5. If z = 3 - 5i, then show that z3 - 10z2 + 58z - 136 = 0.
x y
6. If (x - iy)1/3 = a - ib, then show that  = 4(a2 - b2).
a b
7. If z = x+iy and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z, find the locus of z satisfying the
equation |z - 2 - 3i| = 5.
zi
8. If the point P denotes the complex number z = x + iy in the argand plane and if is a
z 1
purely imaginary number, find the locus of P.
 z2 
9. If the amplitude of    , find its locus.
 z  6i  2
 z4
10. Determine the locus of z, z  2i, such that Re   = 0.
 z  2i 
3  2i sin 
11. Find the real values of  in order that 1  2i sin  is a

a) real number b) purely imaginary number

12. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers z1, z2 in the argand diagram. O is the origin. If
z1 z2  z1 z2 = 0, then show that POQ = 900.
13. Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers z1, z2, z3 are
collinear if and only if there exist three real numbers p,q,r not all zero, satisfying p z1 + q z2
+ r z3 = 0 and p + q + r = 0.
QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS(Q : 12)

1. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are imaginary, show that for all x R, ax2 + bx + c and a have
the
same sign.
2. Let  be the real roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where < , then prove that (i) for < x < , ‘ax2
+ bx + c’ and ‘a’
have opposite signs. (ii) for x < or x > , ‘ax 2 + bx + c’ and ‘a’ have the same sign.
x+2 x2  x  1
3. If x is a real number, find the range of i) 2 ii) ,
2x + 3x + 6 x2  x  1
x -1 , 1.
4. Show that x2 - 5x +9
lies between 11
2
5. If x is real, show that the values of the expression x 2+ 34x - 71 do not lie between 5 and 9.
x + 2x - 7
2
6. If x is real, find the maximum value of the expression x 2 + 14x + 9 .
x + 2x + 3

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1 1 1
7. Prove that   does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real.
3x +1 x +1 (3x + 1) (x +1)
x -p
8. If the expression 2 takes all real values for x  R, then find the bounds for p.
x - 3x + 2
9. Solve 4x - 1 - 3.2x - 1 + 2 = 0.

10. Solve : 2x4 + x3 - 11x2 + x + 2 = 0.

3x x 1
11. Solve the equation  2.
x 1 3x
12. If x1, x2 are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and c  0. Find the value of (ax1 + b)-2 +
(ax2 + b)-2 in terms of a, b, c.
13. If c2  ab and the roots of (c2 - ab) x2 - 2(a2 - bc)x + (b2 - ac) = 0 are equal then
show that a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc or a = 0.
14. Find set of values of x for which the inequalities x 2 - 3x - 10 < 0, 10x - x 2 - 16 > 0 hold
simultaneously.
PERMUTATIONS(Q : 13)

1. Find the rank of the words i) “M A S T E R” ii) “R E M A S T” iii) “P R I S O N” iv) “EAMCET”

v) JANATA
2. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word
‘M I X T U R E’ which i) contain the letter X ii) do not contain the letter X
3. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row so that
i) all the girls sit together ii) no two girls sit together iii) boys and girls sit alternately.
4. 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
5. Find the number of ways of arranging 5 different mathematics books, 4 different physics
books and 3 different chemistry books such that the books of the same subject are together.
6. Find the sum of all 4 digited number that can be formed using the digits 0, 2, 4, 7, 8 without
repetition.
7. Find the sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9
(without repetition)
8. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using the digits 0,
2, 4, 6, 8 without repetition.
9. Find the number of numbers less than 2000 that can be formed using the digits 1,2,3,4 if
repetition is allowed
10. Find the number of ways of arranging 7 gents and 4 ladies around a circular table if no two
ladies wish to sit together.
11. Find the number of different ways of preparing a garland using 7 distinct red roses and 4
district yellow roses such that no two yellow roses come together.
12. Find the number of four digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2,5 6, 7. How
many of them are divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4 (iv) 25.
14. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word ‘S I N G I N G’ so that
i) They begin and end with I ii) The two G’s come together
15. A family consist the father, mother, 2 daughters and 2 sons. in how many different ways can
they sit at a round table. if the two daughters wish to sit on either side of father.

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COMBINATIONS(Q : 14)

1. Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen and 6
bowlers such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team.
2. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 Indians and 5 Americans
so that always Indians will be in majority in the committee.
3. Find the number of ways of selecting 11 member cricket team from 7 batsmen, 6 bowlers and
2 wicket keepers so that the team contains 2 wicket keepers and atleast 4 bowlers
4. A question paper is divided into 3 sections A, B, C containing 3, 4, 5 questions respectively.
Find the number of ways of attempting 6 questions choosing atleast one from each section.
4

5. Simplify: 34C5 + r=0

38-r
C4 .

6. Prove that for 3 < r < n, n-3Cr + 3 n-3Cr-1 + 3 n-3Cr-2 + n-3Cr-3 = nCr
4n 1 .3 .5 ..............(4 n - 1 )
C 2n
7. Show that 2n

2
Cn {1 .3 .....(2 n - 1 )}
8.. If 5 vowels and 6 consonants are given, then how many 6 letter words can be formed with 3
vowels and 3 consonants.
9. Find the number of subsets of A having 12 elements
i) atleast 3 elements ii) atmost 3 elements
10. For r, s, n are positive integers and r < n, s < n, if nCr = nCs, prove with usual notation that r =
s or r + s = n.

PARTIAL FRACTIONS (Q : 15)

3x  7 x+4
1. Resolve into partial fractions (i) (ii) 2
x  3x  2
2
(x - 4) (x + 1)

x 1 2
x + 13x + 15
2. Resolve into partial fractions (i) (ii)
( x  2) 2 ( x  1) (2x + 3) (x + 3)
2

3x - 18 2x2  2x  1
(iii) 3 (iv)
x (x + 3) x3  x 2
3
3x - 8x + 10
2
x2  5x  7 x 4 + 24x 2 + 28
3. Resolve into partial fractions (i) (ii) (iii)
(x - 1)
4
( x  3)3 (x 2 +1)3
2
x -3 2x 2  3x  4 3x -1
4. Resolve into partial fractions (i) 2 (ii) (x  1)(x 2  2) (iii) (1- x + x 2 )(x + 2)
(x + 2) (x + 1)
3 3
x x
(iii) (x - 1)x(x - 2)
4
5. Resolve into partial fractions (i) (ii)
(x - a) (x - b) (x - c) (2x - 1) (x + 2) (x - 3)
3x
6. Find the coefficient of x4 in the expansion of (x - 2) (x + 1) .
x4
7. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of specifying the region in
x 2  5x  6
which the expansion is valid.

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PROBABILITY(Q : 16)
1. 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.
2. Find the probability of drawing an ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing
cards.
3. 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) Multiple of 3 or 5.
4. In a class of 60 boys and 20 girls, half of the boys and half of the girls know cricket. Find the
probability of a person selected from the class is either a boy or a girl who knows cricket.
5. If A, B, C are three events in a sample space S, then show that
P(A B C) = P(A) + P(B) + P(C) - P(A B) - P(B C) - P(C A) + P(A B C).
6. 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.
7. 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
a) the sum of three coins is maximum b) the sum of three coins is minimum c) each coin is of
different value.
8. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% of the cases. What is the probability that
their statements about an incident do not match.
9. 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.
10. Find the probability that a non- leap year contains (i) 53 sundays (ii) 52 sundays only.
11. In a box conatining 15 bulbs, 5 ared defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at random from the box,
find the probability of the event, that (i) None of the defective (ii) Only one of the
defective (iii) Atleast one of them is defective
12. State and prove multiplication theorem on probability.
13. If one card is drawn from a pack of cards, then show that the events of getting an ace and
getting a heart card are independent events.

PROBABILITY(Q : 17)

1. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7

B
then compute i) P(A  B) ii) P(A  B) iii) P  A 
 
iv) 
P A B .
2. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.5 then find
A B
I) P   II) P   III) P (A  B) IV) P (A  B)
B A
3. If A, B are two events with P(A  B) = 0.65, P(A B) = 0.15, then find P( A ) + P( B ).
4. For any two events A and B, show that P(A  B) = 1 + P(A  B) - P(A) - P(B).
5. A and B are events with P(A) =0.5, P(B)=0.4, (A  B)=0.3. Find the probability that
(i) A does not occur (ii) neither A nor B occurs.
1
6. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to be .
3
If India and Australia play 3 matches, what is the probability that
i) Australia will loose all the three matches? ii) Australia will win atleast one match?
1
7. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are and
1 3
respectively. Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them by
4
independently.

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8. A, B are two independent events such that the probability of both the events to occur is 1/6
and the probability of both the events do not occur is 1/3. Find P(A).
9. A 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. Then what is the probability that
the ball is white?

10. Three screws are drawn at random from a lot of 50 screws, 5 of which are defective. Find the
probability of the event that all 3 screws are non-defective, assuming that the drawing is
a) with replacement b) without replacement
 100 
11. A number x is drawn arbitrarily from the set {1,2,3,............100} find the probability that  x + 
 x 
> 29.
12. Find the probability that a non leap year contains (i) 53 sundays (ii) 52 sundays only.

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VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 MARKS)

COMPLEX NUMBERS (Q1)

1. Represent the complex number 2 + 3i in Argand diagram

a  ib
2. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number .
a  ib

 
100
3. (i) If (a + ib)2 = x + iy, find x2 + y2. (ii) If 3 i =299(a+ib),then show that a2+b2=4.
(iii) If x + iy = cis.cis, then find the value of x2 + y2
4. Find the square roots of (i)-5 + 12i. (ii) 7 + 24i (iii) -8 - 6i
5. (i)Write the conjugate of (3 + 4i) (2 - 3i).
2i 2  11i
(ii)Show that 1  2i2 and are conjugate to each other..
25
6. Write the additive inverse of the complex number  3, 5  .
7. Write the multiplicative inverse of (i) (7, 24). (ii) (cos, sin
8. If z = 2 - 3i, then show that z2 - 4z + 13 = 0.
n
 1 i 
9. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying    1.
 1 i 
1
10. If z = (cos, sin), then find z - .
z

COMPLEX NUMBERS (Q2)

 z1 
1. If z1 = -1, z = i, then find Arg  z  .
 2
2. If z1 = -1, z2 = - i, then find Arg (z1 z2)
 
3. If Arg z1 and Arg z2 are and respectively, then find (Arg z1 + Arg z2).
5 3
4. Express 1 + i 3 in the modulus - amplitude form.
5. Express -1- 3i in modulus - amplitude form

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6. If 3 + i = r(cos + isin), find the value of .

7. If (cos2 + isin2) (cos2 + isin2) = cos + isin, then find the value of .
8. Find the locus of z = x + iy such that |z| = 2 if z = x+ iy represents a point in the Argand plane.

9. If the amplitude of (z - 1) is , then find the locus of z.
2
10. Simplify i18  3i 7  i 2 (1  i 4 )(i 6 ) .

DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM (Q3)

 
3
1. Find the value of (i) (1 + i)16 (ii) 1  i 3 (iii) (1 - i)8.
5 5
 3 i  3 i
2. Find the value of  +  -  - 
 2 2   2 2 
3. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle such that x = cisA, y = cisB, z = cisC, then find the value of
xyz
 6 1
4. If x = cis, then find the value of  x  6 
 x 
5. Find the cube root of 8.
6. If the cube roots of unity are 1, , 2, then find the roots of the equation (x - 1)3 + 8 = 0.

 cos   isin  
4

7. Simplify .
 sin   icos  
8

8. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0, then prove that 4 +  4 + -1  -1 = 0.

9. If 1, , 2 are the cube roots of unity, show that (1 -  + 2)6 + (1 -  + )6 = 128
1 1 1
10. If 1, ,2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that   .
2   1  2 1  
11. Solve the equation x4 - 1 = 0.

QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS (Q4)

1. If  are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then find the value of
1 1 1 1
(i)  2   2 . (ii) 3 +  3. (iii)  . (iv)  4  7   7  4 .
 

α β
2. If  and  are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0, find the value of + .
β α

p- q -(p+q)
3. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are (i) 7 + 2 5 . (ii) , .
p+q p- q
4. If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x2 + 3x + 6 = 0, find the quadratic equation whose roots
are 3 and 3.
5. Find the quadratic equation, the sum of whose roots is 7 and the sum of the squares of the
roots is 25.
6. If the equation x2 - 15 - m(2x - 8) = 0 has equal roots, find the value of m.
7. Find the maximum or minimum value of (i) 2x - 7 - 5x2 (ii) x 2  5 x  6 where x  R. Also state
whether it is maximum or minimum with reason.
8. For what vaules of x, the expression x2 - 5x + 6 (ii) 3x 2  4 x  4 are positive?
9. For what values of x, the expression (i) x2 - 7x + 10 (ii) 15+4x-3x 2 are negative?
10. If x2 - 6x + 5 =0 and x2 - 12x + p = 0 have a common root, then find p.

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THEORY OF EQUATIONS (Q5)

1. (i) Find the monic polynomial equation of degree 3 whose roots are 2, 3, 6.
(ii) Form a polynomial equation with rational coefficients and whose roots are 2  3, 1  2i .
2. (i) If -1, 2,  are the roots of the equation 2x3 + x2 - 7x - 6 = 0, then find ‘’
(ii) If 1, 1,  are the roots of x3 - 6x2 + 9x - 4 = 0, then find .

3. If 1, -2 and 3 are the roots of x3 - 2x2 + ax + 6 = 0, then find ‘a’.

4. If the product of roots of 4x3 + 16x2 - 9x - a = 0 is 9 then find a.
5. (i) If , 1 are the roots of x3 - 2x2 - 5x + 6 = 0, then find .
(ii) Solve the equation x3 - 3x2 - 16x + 48 = 0, one root being 3.
6. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d = 0, then find the values of a, b, c and d.
7. (i) Find the algebraic equation whose roots are two times the roots of x5 - 2x4 + 3x3 - 2x2 + 4x
+3=0
(ii) Find the algebraic equation whose roots are 3 times the roots of x3 + 2x2 - 4x + 1 = 0
8. If  are the roots of the equation x3 + 2x2 - 4x - 3 = 0, find the equation whose roots are
α β 
, , .
3 3 3
9. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the reciprocals of roots of x4 - 3x3 + 7x2 + 5x - 2
= 0.
10. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of x7 + 3x5 + x3 - x2 +
7x + 2 = 0
11. Form the polynomial equation whose roots are the squarers of the roots of x3 + 3x2 - 7x + 6 =
0.
12. Find s1, s2, s3 and s4 for the equation 8x4 - 2x3 - 27x2 + 6x + 9 = 0.
13. If  are the roots of x3 + px2 + qx + r = 0, then find 2 +  2 + 2.
14. If  are the roots of x3 + px2 + qx + r = 0, then find the value of 3 +  3 + 3.
15. If  are the roots of x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 = 0, then find 2 2 .
16.. Find the quotient and remainder, when 2x5 - 3x4 + 5x3 - 3x2 + 7x - 9 divided by x2 - x - 3.

PERMUTATIONS (Q6)

1. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word

(i) INTERMEDIATE. (ii) MATHEMATICS (iii) INDEPENDENCE.
2. If P4 = 1680, then find n.
n

3. If 12Pr = 1320, find r.

4. If nP7 = 42.nP5, find n.
5. If n + 1P5 : nP5 = 3 : 2, find n.
6. If 18Pr - 1 : 17Pr - 1 = 9 : 7, find r
7. If 12P5 + 5.12P4 = 13Pr , find r.
8. Find the number of ways of arranging 7 persons around a circle.
9. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beads.

10. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word PISTON in
which atleast
one letter is repeated.
11. Find the number of 5 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word “NATURE’
that begin with ‘N”
when repetition is allowed.
12. Find the number of palindromes with 6 digits that can be formed using the digits
(i) 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 (ii) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

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COMBINATIONS (Q7)
1. If C5  C6 , then find Cn .
n n 13

2. If 12 Cs1  12C2s 5 , then find s. (ii) If 15 C2r 1  15 C2r  4 , then find r..
3. If 10. nC2  3. n1C3 , find n.
4 If n Pr = 5040 and n C r = 210, find n and r..
5. If 12Cr = 495, find the possible values of r.
6. Find the value of 10C5 + 2.10C4 + 10C3.
7. If a set A has 8 elements, find the number of subsets of A, containing atleast 6 elements.
8. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members from 6 men and 3 women.
9. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls
10 Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
EQUATION.
11. To pass an examination, a student has to pass in each of the three papers. In how many
ways, can a studentfail?
12. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.
13. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080.
14. If there are 5 alike pens, 6 alike pencils and 7 alike erasers, find the number of ways of
selecting any numberof (one or more) things out of them.
15. In a class there are 30 students. If each student plays a chess game with each of the other
students, then find the total number of chess games played by them.

BINOMIAL THEOREM (Q8)

1. If (1 + x + x2)n = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + .......... + a2nx2n, then find the value of a0 + a2 + a4 + ............ +
a2n.
9
 2x 3y 
2. Write down and simplify 6th term in    .
 3 2 
3. Find the 4th term from the end in the expansion of (2a + 5b)8.
4. (i) Find the set E of x for which the binomial expansion (3 - 4x)3/4 (ii) (2 + 3x)-2/3 is valid.
5. (i) Find the number of terms in the expansion of (2x+ 3y + z) . (ii) (4x - 7y)49 + (4x + 7y)49
7

10
 3x  3b 11
6. Find the middle term in the expansion of  - 2y  . (ii) (4a  )
 7  2
7. 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.
8. If Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (1 + x)22, find the value of 13Cr .
22
25
 3 
9. Find the term independent of x in  3  5 x  .
 x 
10
 4
10. Find the coefficient of x in  3x  
-6

 x
11. Find the numerically greatest terms the expansion of (3 + 2a)15 when a = 5/2.
12. Find the numerically greatest term in the expansion of (3x+ 5y)12 when x = 1/2, y = 4/3.
13. If Cr denote nCr, then prove that a C0 +(a+d) C1 + (a+2d) C2 + ......+ (a+nd) Cn = 2n - 1.
14. Prove that C1+2 C2 + 3 C3 + ............n Cn = n. 2n-1
15. prove that C0+2 C1 + 4C2 + 8 C3+...........2n Cn = 3n

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MEASURES OF DISPERSION (Q9)

1. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following descrete data: 3, 6, 10, 4, 9, 10.
2. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the discrete data 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 12, 16.
3. Compate the mean deviation about the median of the data 4, 6, 9, 3, 10, 13, 2.
4. Find the variance and standard deviation of the data 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10.
5. The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 2, then find the new
variance of theresulting observations.
6. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard deviations are
21 and 16respectively. Find their arithmetic means.
7. If each of the observations x1, x2, ........., xn is increased by k, where k is positive or negative
number, then show that the variance remains unchanged.

RANDOM VARIABLE & DISTRIBUTIONS (Q10)

1. 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 k.

x
2
2. Find the constant c so that F (X) = c   , X = 1, 2, 3, ........,  is the probability distribution
3
function of a discrete random variable X.
ck
3. The range of a random variable X is {1, 2, 3, ........, } and P(X = k) = ; k = 1, 2, 3, ......, , find
k!
c.
4. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find n and p
values.
5. If the mean and variants of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find n.
6. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Fix the distribution
and P (X  1).
7. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of the distribution
8. A Poisson variable satisfies P (X = 1) = P (X = 2), Find P (X = 5).
9. X follows Poisson distribution such that P(X = 1) = 3P (X = 2). Find the variance of X.
10. The number of persons joining a cinema ticket counter in a minute has poisson distribution
with parameter 6.
Find the probability that (i) no one joins the queue in a particular minute
(ii) two or more persons join the queue in a minute.
11. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in hand writing) is 0.1. What is
the probability that in a group of 10 people, there is one who is left handed?
12. On an average, rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days. Find the probability that, rain will fall on
just 3 days of a given week.

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