Binomial Theorem and Permutation and Comination Sheet
Binomial Theorem and Permutation and Comination Sheet
CONTENTS
PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
JEE EXERCISES
EXERCISE–J-I .................................................................. .. Page –02
EXERCISE–J-II ................................................................ .. Page –05
EXERCISE–J-III ............................................................... .. Page –09
EXERCISE–J-IV ............................................................... .. Page –13
EXERCISE–J-V ................................................................... Page –15
CHALLENGER EXERCISES
EXERCISE–C-I ................................................................ ... Page –17
EXERCISE–C-II ............................................................... .. Page –20
EXERCISE–C-III ............................................................. ... Page –23
BINOMIAL THEOREM
JEE EXERCISES
EXERCISE–J-I .................................................................. .. Page –25
EXERCISE–J-II ................................................................ .. Page –29
EXERCISE–J-III ............................................................... .. Page –32
EXERCISE–J-IV ............................................................... .. Page –35
EXERCISE–J-V ................................................................... Page –37
CHALLENGER EXERCISES
EXERCISE–C-I ................................................................ ... Page –38
EXERCISE–C-II ............................................................... .. Page –41
EXERCISE–C-III ............................................................. ... Page –42
HOME TESTS
JEE MAINS..................................................................... ..... Page –44
JEE ADV. ......................................................................... ... Page –47
ANSWER KEY ................................................................ .. Page –50
PERMUTATION AND COMBINATIONS
JEE EXERCISES
Exercise J-1
BASED ON SIMPLE USE OF nCr AND nPr
1. 10 different letters of an alphabet are given. Words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters.
Then the number of words which have atleast one letter repeated is:
(A) 69760 (B) 30240 (C) 99748 (D) none
2. Total number of four digit odd numbers that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 (using repetition allowed)
are
(A) 216 (B) 375 (C) 400 (D) 720
3. A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose at least 4 from the
first five questions. The number of choices available to him is
(A) 346 (B) 140 (C) 196 (D) 280
4. How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word GARDEN with vowels in alphabetical order
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DISTRIBUTION OF DISTINCT OBJECTS BY FORMATION OF GROUPS
11. The set S : = {1, 2, 3,....12} is to be partitioned into three sets A, B, C of equal size. Thus A B C = S,
A B = B C = A C = . The number of ways to partition S is
12! 12! 12! 12!
(A) (4!)3 (B) (4!)4 (C) 3!(4!)3 (D) 3!(4!)4
12. Number of ways in which 9 different toys be distributed among 4 children belonging to different age groups
in such a way that distribution among the 3 elder children is even and the youngest one is to receive one toy
more, is :
2
5 ! 9! 9!
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) none
8 2 3 ! 2 !
PERMUTATION OF ALIKE OBJECTS TAKEN ALL AT A TIME
13. The number of words that can be formed by using the letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ that start
as well as end with T is
(A) 80720 (B) 90720 (C) 20860 (D) 37528
14. How many nine digit numbers can be formed using the digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 8, 8, 8 so that the odd
digits occupy even positions?
(A) 7560 (B) 180 (C) 16 (D) 60
15. The number of permutations that can be formed by arranging all the letters of the word ‘NINETEEN’
in which no two E’s occur together is
8! 5! 5! 8!
(A) 3! 3! (B) 3! 6 C (C) 3 ! × 6C3 (D) 5 ! × 6C3.
2
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13. During a draw of lottery, tickets bearing numbers 1, 2, 3,......, 40, 6 tickets are drawn out & then arranged in the
descending order of their numbers. In how many ways, it is possible to have 4th ticket bearing number 25.
14. 12 persons are to be seated at a square table, three on each side. 2 persons wish to sit on the north side and
two wish to sit on the east side. One other person insists on occupying the middle seat (which may be on any
side). Find the number of ways they can be seated.
FACTORIAL BASED
1 1 x
15. (i) If 9 ! + 10 ! = 11! , find 'x'. (ii) If nP5 = 42. nP3, find 'n'.
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PERMUTATION OF ALIKE OBJECTS TAKEN ALL AT A TIME
25. If all the letters of the word 'AGAIN' are arranged in all possible ways & put in dictionary order, what
is the 50th word.
26. There are 3 white, 4 blue and 1 red flowers. All of them are taken out one by one and arranged in a row in the
order. How many different arrangements are possible (flowers of same colurs are similar).
27. How many different permutations are possible using all the letters of the word MISSISSIPPI, if no two
's are together.
28. In how many other ways can the letters of the word MULTIPLE be arranged;
(i) without changing the order of the vowels
(ii) keeping the position of each vowel fixed &
(iii) without changing the relative order/position of vowels & consonants.
PERMUTATION OF ALIKE OBJECTS TAKEN SOME AT A TIME
29. How many arrangements each consisting of 2 vowels & 2 consonants can be made out of the letters of the
word ‘DEVASTATION’?
30. (a) Find the number of words each consisting of 3 consonants & 3 vowels that can be formed from the letters
of the word “Circumference”. In how many of these c’s will be together.
(b) Find the number of 7 lettered words each consisting of 3 vowels and 4 consonants which can be formed
using the letters of the word "DIFFERENTIATION".
VENN DIAGRAM BASED QUESTION
31. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word 'KUTKUT' can be arranged so that no two alike
letters are together.
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMBINATION
32. Find ways of selection of atleast one vowel and one consonant from the word TRIPLE
CIRCULAR PERMUTATION
33. In how many ways four men and three women may sit around a round table if all the women are together
DIVISORS BASED PROBLEMS
34. Find number of divisior of 1980. How many of them are multiple of 11
35. (a) How many divisors are there of the number x = 21600. Find also the sum of these divisors.
(b) In how many ways the number 7056 can be resolved as a product of 2 factors.
(c) Find the number of ways in which the number 300300 can be split into 2 factors which are relatively prime.
(d) Find the number of positive integers that are divisors of atleast one of the numbers 1010 ; 157 ; 1811.
36. The number of ways in which the number 94864 can be resolved as a product of two factors is____.
GRID PROBLEM
37. Determine the number of paths from the origin to the point (9, 9) in the cartesian plane which never pass
through (5, 5) in paths consisting only of steps going 1 unit North and 1 unit East.
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DISTRIBUTION OF ALIKE OBJECTS(BEGGARS METHOD)
38. Find number of negative integral solution of equation x + y + z = – 12
39. Find number of natural solution of xyz = 30
DE ARRANGEMENT
40. A person writes letters to five friends and addresses the corresponding envelops. In how many ways
can the letters be placed in the envelops so that
(a) all letters are in the wrong envelops (b) at least three of them are in the wrong envelops.
COFFICIENT METHOD
41. In how many ways it is possible to divide six identical green, six identical blue and six identical red
among two persons such that each gets equal number of item.
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Exercise J-III
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT TYPE
1. A student has to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination. The number of ways in which he can
answer if he must answer atleast 3 of the first five questions is:
(A) 276 (B) 267
(C) 13C10 – 5C3 (D) 5C3 . 8C7 + 5C4 . 8C6 + 8C5
2. The number of ways in which 10 students can be divided into three teams, one containing 4 and others
3 each, is
10 ! 10 ! 1
(A) (B) 2100 (C) 10C4 . 5C3 (D) .
4!3!3! 6!3!3! 2
3. The number of ways of arranging the letters AAAAA, BBB, CCC, D, EE & F in a row if the letter C are
separated from one another is:
12! 13 ! 14 ! 13 !
(A) 13C3. 5! 3! 2! (B) 5 ! 3 ! 3 ! 2 ! (C) 3 ! 3 ! 2 ! (D) 11. 6 !
gets at least one book, is equal to the number of ways in which
(A) 5 persons are allotted 3 different residential flats so that and each person is alloted at most one flat and
no two persons are alloted the same flat.
(B) number of parallelograms (some of which may be overlapping) formed by one set of 6 parallel lines and
other set of 5 parallel lines that goes in other direction.
(C) 5 different toys are to be distributed among 3 children, so that each child gets at least one toy.
(D) 3 mathematics professors are assigned five different lecturers to be delivered , so that each professor
gets at least one lecturer.
6. The maximum number of permutations of 2n letters in which there are only a's & b's, taken all at a time is given by:
2nC 2 6 10 4n 6 4n 2
(A) n (B) . . ...... .
1 2 3 n 1 n
n 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 2n 1 2n 2 . 1 . 3 . 5 ...... (2 n 3) (2 n 1)
n
(C) . . . ...... . (D)
1 2 3 4 n1 n n!
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7. The combinatorial coefficient n – 1Cp denotes
(A) the number of ways in which n things of which p are alike and rest different can be arranged in a circle.
(B) the number of ways in which p different things can be selected out of n different thing if a particular thing
is always excluded.
(C) number of ways in which n alike balls can be distributed in p different boxes so that no box remains
empty and each box can hold any number of balls.
(D) the number of ways in which (n – 2) white balls and p black balls can be arranged in a line if black balls
are separated, balls are all alike except for the colour.
8. Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Number of words that can be formed with 6 only of the letters of the word "CENTRIFUGAL" if each
word must contain all the vowels is 3 · 7!
(B) There are 15 balls of which some are white and the rest black. If the number of ways in which the balls
can be arranged in a row, is maximum then the number of white balls must be equal to 7 or 8. Assume
balls of the same colour to be alike.
(C) There are 12 things, 4 alike of one kind, 5 alike and of another kind and the rest are all different. The total
number of combinations is 240.
(D) Number of selections that can be made of 6 letters from the word "COMMITTEE" is 35.
ASSERTION-REASON
(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 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
(n 1)!
9. Statement-1 : is divisible by 6 for some n N.
(n 1)!
Statement-2 : Product of three consecutive integers is divisible by 3!.
10. Statement -1 : If there are six letters L1, L2 , L3, L4, L5, L6 and their corresponding six envelopes E1, E2,
E3, E4, E5, E6. Letters having odd value can be put into odd value envelopes and even value letters can be
put into even value envelopes, so that no letter go into the right envelopes, the number of arrangement
will be equal to 4.
Statement -2 : If Pn number of ways in which n letter can be put in ‘n’ corresponding envelopes such that
1 1 ( 1) n
1
no letters goes to correct envelopes then Pn = n! 1! 2! ....
n!
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11. Statement -1 : The maximum value of K such that (50)k divides 100! is 2.
n n n
Statement -2 : If P is any prime number, then power of P in n! is equal to P + 2 + 3 ....
P P
where [ · ] represents greatest integer function.
Paragraph for Question Nos. 12 to 14
There are 8 official 4 non-official members, out of these 12 members a committee of 5 members is to be
fromed, then answer the following questions.
12. Number of committees consisting of 3 official and 2 non-official members, are
(A) 363 (B) 336 (C) 236 (D) 326
13. Number of committees consisting of at least two non-official members, are
(A) 456 (B) 546 (C) 654 (D) 466
14. Number of committees in which a particular official member is never included, are
(A) 264 (B) 642 (C) 266 (D) 462
15. Consider the word W = MISSISSIPPI
(a) If N denotes the number of different selections of 5 letters from the word W = MISSISSIPPI then N belongs
to the set
(A) {15, 16, 17, 18, 19} (B) {20, 21, 22, 23, 24}
(C) {25, 26, 27, 28, 29} (D) {30, 31, 32, 33, 34}
(b) Number of ways in which the letters of the word W can be arranged if atleast one vowel is separated from
rest of the vowels
8!·161 8!·161 8!·161 8! 165
(A) 4!·4!·2! (B) 4 ·4!·2! (C) 4!·2! (D) 4!·2! · 4!
10!
(c) If the number of arrangements of the letters of the word W if all the S's and P's are separated is (K)
4!·4!
then K equals
6 4 3
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
5 3 2
16. Consider the word "HONOLULU".
Column – I Column – II
(A) Number of words that can be formed using (P) 26
the letters of the given word in which consonants
& vowels are alternate is
(B) Number of words that can be formed without (Q) 144
changing the order of vowels is
(C) Number of ways in which 4 letters can be (R) 840
selected from the letters of the given word is
(D) Number of words in which two O's are together (S) 900
but U's are separated is
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17. Column – I Column – II
(A) The total number of selections of fruits which can be made (P) Greater than 50
from, 3 alike bananas, 4 alike apples and 2 alike oranges is
the number of triangles formed is
number of red, black, white and green balls is
numbers {a1, a2, , an} where the order among the numbers is given by
a1 < a2 < a3 < an–1 < an is
has a master, if a man can have any number of monkeys
in a line, so that no two red balls are together, is
(balls of the same colour are alike)
if every child may receive any number of toys, is
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Exercise J-IV
1. How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which not two
S are adjacent ? [AIEEE-2008]
(A) 6 × 7 × 8C4 (B) 6 × 8 × 7C4 (C) 7 × 6C4 × 8C4 (D) 8 × 6C4 × 7C4
2. From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and
arranged in a row on a shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. Then the number of such
arrangements is :- [AIEEE 2009]
(A) At least 750 but less than 1000 (B) At least 1000
(C) Less than 500 (D) At least 500 but less than 750
3. There are two urns. Urn A has 3 distinct red balls and urn B has 9 distinct blue balls. From each urn two
balls are taken out at random and then transferred to the other. The number of ways in which this can
be done is :- [AIEEE 2010]
(A) 3 (B) 36 (C) 66 (D) 108
4. Statement - 1 : The number of ways of distributing 10 identical balls in 4 distinct boxes such that no box is
empty is 9C3. [AIEEE 2011]
Statement - 2 : The number of ways of choosing any 3 places from 9 different places is 9C3.
(A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false. (B) Statemnt - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true.
(C) Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true; Statement- 2 is a correct explanation for Statment -1.
(D) Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true; Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement- 1.
5. There are 10 points in a plans, out of these 6 are collnear. If N is the number of trangles formed by joining
these points, then : [AIEEE 2011]
(A) N > 190 (B) N 100 (C) 100 < N 140 (D) 140 < N 190
6. Assuming the balls to be identical except for difference in colours, the number of ways in which one or more
balls can be selected from 10 white, 9 green and 7 black balls is :- [AIEEE 2012]
(A) 879 (B) 880 (C) 629 (D) 630
7. Let Tn be the number of all possible triangles formed by joining vertices of an n-sided regular polygon. If
Tn+1 – Tn = 10, then the value of n is :- [JEE (Main) 2013]
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 8
8. Let A and B be two sets containing four and two elements respectively. Then the number of subsets of the
set A × B, each having at least three elements is : [JEE (Main) 2015]
(A) 219 (B) 256 (C) 275 (D) 510
9. The numbet of integers greater than 6000 that can be formed, using the digits 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, without
repetition is : [JEE (Main) 2015]
(A) 216 (B) 192 (C) 120 (D) 72
10. The number of points, having both co-ordinates as integers, that lie in the interior of the triangle with
vertices (0, 0), (0, 41) and (41, 0) is : [JEE (Main) 2015]
(A) 901 (B) 861 (C) 820 (D) 780
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11. If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL
and arranged as in a dictionary; then the position of the word SMALL is : [JEE (Main) 2016]
(A) 52nd (B) 58th (C) 46th (D) 59th
12. A man X has 7 friends, 4 of them are ladies and 3 are men. His wife Y also has 7 friends, 3 of them are ladies
and 4 are men. Assume X and Y have no common friends. Then the total number of ways in which X and Y
together can throw a party inviting 3 ladies and 3 men, so that 3 friends of each of X and Y are in this party,
is [JEE (Main) 2017]
(A) 469 (B) 484 (C) 485 (D) 468
13. From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and
arranged in a row on a shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. The number of such
arrangements is [JEE (Main) 2018]
(A) at least 500 but less than 750 (B) at least 750 but less than 1000
(C) at least 1000 (D) less than 500
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Exercise J-V
1. Consider all possible permutations of the letters of the word ENDEANOEL [JEE 2008, 6]
Match the statements / Expression in Column-I with the statements / Expressions in Column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) The number of permutations containing the word ENDEA is (P) 5!
(B) The number of permutations in which the letter E occurs in the (Q) 2 × 5!
first and the last position is
(C) The number of permutations in which none of the letters D, L, N (R) 7 × 5!
occurs in the last five positions is
(D) The number of permutations in which the letters A, E, O occurs (S) 21 × 5!
only in odd positions is
2. The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits
1, 2 and 3 only, is [JEE 2009, 3]
(A) 55 (B) 66 (C) 77 (D) 88
3. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The total number of unordered pairs of disjoint subsets of S is equal to
(A) 25 (B) 34 (C) 42 (D) 41 [JEE 2010, 5]
4. The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so that
each person gets at least one ball is : [JEE 2012]
(A) 75 (B) 150 (C) 210 (D) 243
Paragraph for Question Nos. 5 to 6
Let an denote the number of all n-digit positive integers formed by the digits 0, 1 or both such that no
consecutive digits in them are 0. Let bn = the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 1 and Cn
= the number of such n-digit intergers ending with digit 0.
5. The value of b6 is [JEE 2012]
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 11
6. Which of the following is correct ? [JEE 2012]
(A) a17 = a16 + a15 (B) C17 C16 + C15 (C) b17 b16 + C16 (D) a17 = C17 + b16
7. Six cards and six envelops are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so that each
envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same number and
moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the number of ways it can be
done is [JEE (Adv) 2014]
(A) 264 (B) 265 (C) 53 (D) 67
8. Let n1 < n2 < n3 < n4 < n5 be positive integers such that n1 + n2 + n3 + n4 + n5 = 20. Then the number of such
distinct arrangement (n1, n2, n3, n4, n5) is ................ [JEE (Adv) 2014]
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9. Let n 2 be an integer. Take n distinct points on a circle and join each pair of points by a line segment.
Colour the line segment joining every pair of adjacent points by blue and the rest by red. If the
number of red and blue line segments are equal, then the value of n is _________ [JEE (Adv) 2014]
10. Let n be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that all the girls
stand consecutively in the queue. Let m be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a
m
queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of is
n
[JEE (Adv) 2015]
11. A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to be selected from this club including
the selection of a captain (from among these 4 members) for the team. If the team has to include at most one
boy, then the number of ways of selecting the team is [JEE (Adv) 2016]
(A) 380 (B) 320 (C) 260 (D) 95
12. Let S = {1, 2, 3,....9}. For k = 1, 2,....5, let Nk be the number of subsets of S each containing five elements
out of which exactly k are odd. Then N1 + N2 + N3 + N4 + N5 = [JEE (Adv) 2017]
(A) 125 (B) 210 (C) 252 (D) 126
13. Words of length 10 are formed using the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J. Let x be the nubmer of such
words where no letter is repeated; and let y be the number of such words where exactly one letter is repeated
y
twice and no other letter is repeated. Then, = [JEE (Adv) 2017]
9x
14. The number of 5 digit numbers which are divisible by 4, with digits from the set {1,2,3,4,5} and the repetition of
digits is allowed, is _____ . [JEE (Adv) 2018]
15. Five persons A,B,C,D and E are seated in a circular arrangment.If each of them is given a hat of one of the three
colours red, blue and green then the number of ways of distributing the hats such that the persons seated in adjacent
seats get different coloured hats is________ [JEE (Adv) 2019]
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CHALLENGER EXERCISES
Exercise C-1
1. Out of 16 players of a cricket team, 4 are bowlers and 2 are wicket keepers. A team of 11 players is to
be chosen so as to contain at least 3 bowlers and at least 1 wicketkeeper. The number of ways in which
the team be selected is
(A) 2400 (B) 2472 (C) 2500 (D) 960
2. The number of permutations which can be formed out of the letters of the word "SERIES" taking three
letters together is:
(A) 120 (B) 60 (C) 42 (D) none
3. Seven different coins are to be divided amongst three persons. If no two of the persons receive the
same number of coins but each receives atleast one coin & none is left over, then the number of ways in
which the division may be made is:
(A) 420 (B) 630 (C) 710 (D) none
4. The number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game can be arranged from amongst 9 married
couple if no husband & wife plays in the same game is:
(A) 756 (B) 3024 (C) 1512 (D) 6048
5. The number of ways in which 5 X's can be placed in the squares of the figure so that no row remains
empty is:
36 ! 36 ! . 4 ! 36 !
(A) (B) 4 (C) (D) none
9 ! 4
9 ! 9 !4 . 4!
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10. Number of ways in which 2 Indians, 3 Americans, 3 Italians and 4 Frenchmen can be seated on a circle,
if the people of the same nationality sit together is:
(A) 2. (4 !)2 (3 !)2 (B) 2. (3 !)3. 4 ! (C) 2. (3 !) (4 !)3 (D) none
11. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which the two N’s do not appear
adjacently is
(A) 40 (B) 60 (C) 80 (D) 100
12. Let Tn denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the vertices of a regular polygon of n
sides. If Tn+1 – Tn = 21, then n equals
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 4
13. An n-digit number is a positive number with exactly n digits. Nine hundred distinct n-digit numbers are to be
formed using only the three digits 2, 5 and 7. The smallest value of n for which this is possible is (A) 6
(B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
14. Number of divisors of the form 4n + 2 (n > 0) of the integer 240 is –
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 3
15. A rectangle with sides 2m – 1 and 2n – 1 is divided into squares of unit length by drawing parallel lines as
shown in the diagram, then the number of rectangles possible with odd side lengths is
be formed with vertices at these points is:
21. The number of ways in which 200 different things can be divided into groups of 100 pairs is:
200 !
(C) 100 (D) (1. 3. 5...... 199)
2 (100) !
22. Number of ways in which 3 numbers in A.P. can be selected from 1, 2, 3, ...... n is :
2
n 1 n n 2
(A) if n is even (B) if n is odd
2 4
(C)
n 12 if n is odd (D)
n n 2
if n is even
4 4
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Exercise C-II
Paragraph for Question Nos. 1 to 3
16 players P1, P2, P3,.......P16 take part in a tennis tournament. Lower suffix player is better than any higher
suffix player. These players are to be divided into 4 groups each comprising of 4 players and the best from
each group is selected for semifinals.
1. Number of ways in which 16 players can be divided into four equal groups, is
35 8 35 8 35 8 35 8
(A) (2r 1) (B) ( 2r 1) (C) (2r 1) (D) (2r 1)
27 r 1 24 r 1 52 r 1 6 r 1
2. Number of ways in which they can be divided into 4 equal groups if the players P1, P2, P3 and P4 are in
different groups, is :
(11)! (11)! (11)! (11)!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
36 72 108 216
3. Number of ways in which these 16 players can be divided into four equal groups, such that when the best
12!
player is selected from each group, P6 is one among them, is (k) . The value of k is :
(4!) 3
(A) 36 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) 20
Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 to 6
When m equally spaced parallel lines are intersected by n equally spaced parallel lines a network of
rectangles or squares is formed. The number of rectangles must be m C2 .n C2 . The squares have several
dimensions. The smallest square is 1 1 dimension. The number of such squares are (m 1) ( n 1) .
4. If m < n the dimension of a largest possible square must be
5. The number of squares on a 8 8 chess board must be
6. Total number of squares, when m such lines (as described in the above passage) are intersected by n
such lines must be (m < n)
m(m 1)n(n 1)
(A) mn (B)
4
n( n 1)(3m n 1) m(m 1)(3n m 1)
(C) (D)
6 6
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The Number of Derrangements of the integers 1 to 10 inclusive of Number line such that
7. Exactly 4 integers are in natural positions that is exactly 6 of the integers are deranged
8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are in some order in first 5 places that they should not take its original positions
2 2
(A) D5 . 5 (B) D5 (C) 5 D5 (D) 10C5 .D5
9. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are in some order in first '5' places
these four movies. The number of ways in which every movie is watched
by atleast one student, is
(Assume each way differs only by number of students watching a movie) (Q) 36
(B) Consider 8 vertices of a regular octagon and its centre. If T denotes the
number of triangles and S denotes the number of straight lines that can
be formed with these 9 points then the value of (T – S) equals
pocket. The Invigilator fired them and took their mobiles in his possession.
Towards the end of the test, Invigilator randomly returned their mobiles. The
number of ways in which at most two children did not get their own mobiles is (S) 60
(D) The product of the digits of 3214 is 24. The number of 4 digit natural
(E) The number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game can be
arranged from amongst 5 married couple if no husband & wife plays (T) 84
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(A) If all the words using the letters of the word "INDIAN" are (P) 105
written in dictionary order then the rank of INDIAN is
(C) Highest power of 10 in the product of integral factors of 27000 (R) 100
(D) From 4 oranges, 4 apples & 3 mangoes how many (S) 96
selections can be made
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Exercise C-III
1. How many five digits numbers divisible by 3 can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 if, each
digit is to be used atmost one.
2. How many positive integers of n digits exist such that each digit is 1, 2, or 3? How many of these
contain all three of the digits 1, 2 and 3 atleast once ?
3. Find the number of three elements sets of positive integers {a, b, c} such that a × b × c = 2310.
4. Find the largest integer ' n ' for which 35 ! is divisible by 3n.
5. Find the number of positive integral solutions of, (i) x 2 y2 = 352706 (ii) xyz = 21600
6. Find the total number of ways of selecting five letters from the letters of the word INDEPENDENT.
7. A committee of 12 is to be formed from 9 women and 8 men. In how many ways this can be done if at
least five women have to be included in a committee ? In how many of these committees
(a) The women are in majority ? (b) The men are in majority ?
8. Find the number of five digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 in which one digit
appears once and two digits appear twice (e.g. 41174 is one such number but 75355 is not.).
9. Find the number of ways in which 3 distinct numbers can be selected from the set
{31, 32, 33, ....... 3100, 3101} so that they form a G.P.
10. For each positive integer k, let Sk denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is
1 and whose common difference is k. For example, S3 is the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10...... Find the number of
values of k for which Sk contain the term 361.
11. A shop sells 6 different flavours of ice-cream. In how many ways can a customer choose 4 ice-cream cones if
(i) they are all of different flavours (ii) they are non necessarily of different flavours
(iii) they contain only 3 different flavours (iv) they contain only 2 or 3 different flavours?
12. The number of three digit numbers of the form xyz such that x < y and z y is____.
The total number of signals that can be made is ______ .
14. Find the number of ways in which two squares can be selected from an 8 by 8 chess board
of size 1 × 1 so that they are not in the same row and in the same column.
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15. A forecast is to be made of the results of five cricket matches, each of which can be win, a draw or a loss for
Indian team. Find
(i) the number of different possible forecasts
(ii) the number of forecasts containing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 errors respectively
16. In a certain college at the B.Sc. examination, 3 candidates obtained first class honours in each of the following
subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Maths, no candidates obtaining honours in more than one subject; Number of
ways in which 9 scholarships of different value be awarded to the 9 candidates if due regard is to be paid only
to the places obtained by candidates in any one subject is _____.
17. Consider a determinant of order 3 all whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of
them are '0'. Also aij = aji 1 i, j 3. Find the number of such determinants.
18. Define a 'good word' as a sequence of letters that consists only of the letters A, B and C and in which A never
immidiately followed by B, B is never immediately followed by C, and C is never immediately followed by A.
If the number of n-letter good words are 384, find the value of n.
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BINOMIAL THEOREM
JEE EXERCISES
Exercise J-1
BASED ON IMPORTANT TERMS
5
1. The value of x in the expression x x log10 ( x ) if the third terms in the expansion is 10,00,000
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) none of these
T2 T3
2. If in the expansion of (a + b)n and in the expansion of (a + b)n+3 are equal, then n is equal to
T3 T4
3. If number of terms in the expansion of (x - 2y + 3z)n are 45, then n is equal to
4. The greatest coefficient in the expansion of (1 + x)2n+2 is
b2ng! b2n 2g! b 2 n 2 g! b2ng!
bn!g n!bn 1g! n!bn 1g!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
bn 1g!2
5. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (p2x2 - 2px + 1)51 vanishes, then the value of p is
(A) 2 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) -2
7 7
1 4x 1
1 1 4 x 1
6. The expression is a polynomial in x of degree
4x 1 2 2
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3
7. If the coefficient of (r + 2) th and (3r)th term in the exp. of ( 1+ x)2n are equal then
(A) n = 2r + 1 (B) n = 2r – 1 (C) n = 2r (D) None of these
8. The number of integral terms in the expansion of 3 8 5
256
is -
(A) 35 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) 34
9. The coefficient of the middle term in the binomial expansion in powers of x of (1+ x)4 and of (1– x)6 is the
same if equals-
5 10 3 3
(A) – (B) (C) – (D)
3 3 10 5
10. If the coefficients of rth, (r + 1)th and (r + 2)th terms in the binomial expansion of (1 + y)m are in A.P., then
m and r satisfy the equation -
(A) m2 –m (4r – 1) + 4r2 – 2 = 0 (B) m2 – m (4r + 1) + 4r2 + 2 = 0
(C) m2 – m (4r + 1) + 4r2 – 2 = 0 (D) m2 – m (4r – 1) + 4r2 + 2 = 0
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11. If the coefficient of x7 in ax 2 1 equals the coefficient of x–7 in ax 12 , then a and b satisfy the
bx bx
relation -
a
(A) a – b = 1 (B) a + b = 1 (C) = 1 (D) ab = 1
b
n
1/3 1
12. Let x be the 7 term from the beginning and y be the 7 term from the end in the expansion of 3 1/3 .
th th
4
If y = 12x then the value of n is :
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 11
a
13. In the binomial expansion of (a - b)n, n 5, the sum of 5th and 6th terms is zero, then equals-
b
5 6 n 5 n4
(A) n 4 (B) n 5 (C) (D)
6 5
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3x
21. Only 4th term is numerically greatest term in 2 . Then the range of x is
8
64 64 64 64
(A) , 2 1, (B) , 2 2,
21 25 21 21
64 64 64 64
(C) 2, 2, (D) , 2 1,
21 21 21 21
22. Find numerically the greatest term in the expansion of (2 + 3x)9, when x = 3/2.
7 313 7 312 7 311
(A) (B) (C) (D) 7 × 1312
2 2 2
REMAINDER BASED PROBLEMS
23. The number 71995 when divided by 100 leaves the remainder
(A) 43 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) none of these
24. The last digit of (3P + 2), where P = 34n + 2 is
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 4 (D) 5
SUMMATION OF SERIES
n
2n
25. r.
r 1
C r is equal to
(r 1) C
r 0
r is
C1 2C 2 3C3 nCn
29. If (1+ x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 +....+ Cnxn, then C + C + C +.......+ C =
0 1 2 n1
n n (n 1) n (n 1)
(A) (B) n ( n+1) (C) (D)
2 12 2
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n n
1 r tn
30. If Sn = n C and tn = n C , then s is equal to-
r 0 r r 0 r n
1 1
(A) n (B) n – 1 (C) n–1 (D) 2n 1
2 2 2
31. The sum of the series 20C0 – 20C1 + 20C2 – 20C3 + …… - ….. + 20C10 is-
1 20
(A) – 20C10 (B) C10 (C) 0 (D) 20C10
2
32. Number of terms in the expansion of (1 – 4x)–30 are
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Exercise J-II
BASED ON IMPORTANT TERMS
1. (a)If the coefficients of (2r + 4)th , (r 2)th terms in the expansion of (1 + x)18 are equal , find r.
(b) If the coefficients of the rth, (r+1)th & (r+2)th terms in the expansion of (1+x)14 are in AP, find r.
(c) If the coefficients of 2nd, 3rd & 4th terms in the expansion of (1+x)2n are in AP, show that
2n² 9n + 7 = 0.
10 8
x 3 1 1 / 3 1 / 5
2. (a) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of (i) 2 (ii) x x
3 2x 2
8
2 log 4 x 44 1
5 5
(b) Find the value of x for which the fourth term in the expansion, 5
is 336.
log 5 3 2 x 1 7
5
BASED ON FINDING COEFFICIENTS
10
2
3. Prove that the ratio of the coefficient of x10 in (1 x²)10 & the term independent of x in x
x
is 1 : 32.
4. Let a and b be the coefficient of x3 in (1 + x + 2x2 + 3x3)4 and (1 + x + 2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4)4 respectively.
Find the value of (a – b).
5. Find the coefficient of xr in the expression of
(x + 3)n1 + (x + 3)n2 (x + 2) + (x + 3)n3 (x + 2)2 + ..... + (x + 2)n1.
9
2
3x 1
6. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of (1 + x + 2x3) .
2 3x
n4
7. Let (1+x²)² . (1+x)n = a K . x K . If a1 , a2 & a3 are in AP, find n.
K0
2001
1
8. Find the sum of the roots (real or complex) of the equation x2001 + x = 0.
2
NUMERICALLY GREATEST TERM
9. Find numerically greatest term in the expansion of
3 1
(i) (2 + 3x)9 when x = (ii) (3 5x)15 when x =
2 5
n
x 2
10. Find the index n of the binomial if the 9th term of the expansion has numerically the greatest
5 5
coefficient (n N) .
11. For which positive values of x is the fourth term in the expansion of (5 + 3x)10 is the greatest.
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12. Find the coefficient of
(a) x2 y3 z4 in the expansion of (ax by + cz)9.
(b) a2 b3 c4 d in the expansion of (a – b – c + d)10.
13. Find the coefficient of
(a) x4 in the expansion of (1 + x + x2 + x3)11 (b) x4 in the expansion of (2 x + 3x2)6.
SUMMATION OF SERIES
2 n
q 1 q 1 q 1
14. Given sn= 1 + q + q² + ..... + qn & S n = 1 + +
2
+ .... +
2
, q 1,
2
prove that n+1C1 + n+1C2.s1 + n+1C3.s2 +....+ n+1Cn+1.sn = 2n . Sn .
n 1 3r
r n 7 r 15r
15. Find the sum of the series (1) . C r r 2r
.....up to m terms
r0 2 2 23r 2 4r
16. Using the theory of permutation or otherwise prove that
100C 100 100C + 10 · 100C + 5 · 100C + 100C = 105C
10 + 5 · C11 + 10 · 12 13 14 15 90
n n
17. Let f (n) = kr . Find the total number of divisors of f (11).
r 0 k r
18. Given that (1 + x + x²)n = a0 + a1x + a2x² + .... + a2nx2n , find the values of :
(i) a0 + a1 + a2 + ..... + a2n ; (ii) a0 a1 + a2 a3 ..... + a2n ; (iii) a02 a12 + a22 a32 + ..... + a2n2
n
19. Prove that n C K sin Kx . cos(n K) x 2n 1 sin nx .
K 0
20. Find the number of divisors of the number
N = 2000C1 + 2 · 2000C2 + 3 · 2000C3 + ...... + 2000 · 2000C2000.
21. Prove the following identities using the theory of permutation where C0 , C1 , C2 , ..... , Cn are the combinatorial
coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)n, n N, then prove the following:
2 n !
(a) C0² + C1² + C2² +.....+ Cn² =
n! n!
2 n !
(b) C0 C1 + C1 C2 + C2 C3 +....+Cn1 Cn =
( n 1)! ( n 1)!
2 n!
(c) CoCr + C1Cr+1 + C2Cr+2 + .... + Cnr Cn =
(n r)! (n r)!
n2
(2 n)!
n n
(d) C r . C r 2 =
r0 (n 2)! (n 2)!
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22. Prove the following identities using the theory of permutation where C0 , C1 , C2 , ..... , Cn are the combinatorial
coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)n, n N, then prove the following:
(a) C1 + 2C2 + 3C3 +.....+ n . Cn = n . 2n1
(b) C0 + 2C1 + 3C2 +.....+ (n+1)Cn = (n+2)2n1
(c) C0 + 3C1 + 5C2 +.....+ (2n+1)Cn = (n+1) 2n
C 0 . C1 . C 2 .... C n 1 (n 1) n
(d) (C0+C1)(C1+C2)(C2+C3) ..... (Cn1+Cn) =
n!
(n 1) (2 n)!
(e)1 . Co² + 3 . C1² + 5 . C2² + ..... + (2n+1) Cn² =
n! n !
INTEGRAL PART AND FRACTIONAL PART BASED CONCEPT
23. (a) Show that the integral part in each of the following is odd. n N
n n
(A) 5 2 6
(B) 8 3 7
(b) Show that the integral part in each of the following is even. n N
2n 1 2n 1
(A) 3 3 5 (B) 5 5 11
24.
If 7 4 3 = p+ where n & p are positive integers and is a proper fraction show that
n
(1 ) (p + ) = 1.
2n 1
25.
If 6 6 14 = N & F be the fractional part of N, prove that NF = 202n+1 (n N)
n
26.
Let I denotes the integral part and F the proper fractional part of 3 5 where n N and if denotes the
rational part and the irrational part of the same, show that
1 1
= (I + 1) and = (I + 2F 1).
2 2
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Exercise J-III
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT
n n
1. In the expansion of x and x 2 in powers of x have one term independent of x, then n is
x x
divisible by
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
2. In the expansion of (a + b + c)10
(A) total number of terms is 66 (B) coefficient of a8 bc is 90
(C) coefficient of a4 b5 c3 is 0 (D) none of these
n
3. In the expansion of x 2 , a 0, if no term is independent of x, then n is
x
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 20
2009
1
4. In the expansion of x 2
x
(A) Middle term is 4018C2009
(B) The term independent of x is 4018C2009
(C) Coefficient of x in the expansion is 4018C2010
(D) Coefficient of 1/x in the expansion is 4018C2008
5. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
2 3 4
(A) 1 2 3 ........ 4
2 2 2
(B) Integral part of 9 4 5 n , is even, n N.
(C) n
C 0 n C1 n C 2 ...... n C n
2
1 2 n C1 2 n C 2 ...... 2 n C 2 n
1 2
(D) 2 can be expanded as infinite series in ascending powers of x only if | x | < .
(3 2x ) 3
n
6.
If 9 80 = 1 + f where I , n are integers and 0 < f < 1, then
(A) I is an odd integer (B) I is an even integer
n
(C) (I + f) (1 f) = 1
(D) 1 f = 9 80
7. 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
8. If 100C6 + 4. 100C7 + 6. 100C8 + 4. 100C9 + 100C10 has the value equal to xCy ; then the possible value(s) of x + y can
be :
(A) 112 (B) 114 (C) 196 (D) 198
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Assertion/Reason
(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 is 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
9. Statement–1 : 260 when divided by 7 leaves the reminder 1.
Statement–2 : (1 + x)n = 1 + n1x, where n, n1 N.
10. Statement–1 : 21 C 0 21 C1 ... 21 C10 220
Statement–2 : 2n 1 C0 2n 1 C1 ...2n 1 C 2n 1 2 2n 1 and nCr = nCn – r
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If ‘O’ be the sum of terms at odd position and ‘E’ that of terms at the even position in the
expansion (x + a)n .
11. The value of (x + a)n in terms of O, E is
(A) OE (B) O + E (C) O – E (D) none of these
12. The value of (x – a)n in terms of
(A) OE (B) O + E (C) O – E (D) none of these
13. The value of (x2 – a2)n is equal to
(A) O2 + E2 (B) O + E (C) O2 – E2 (D) none of these
14. The value of (x + a)2n – (x – a)2n is equal to
(A) OE (B) 2 OE (C) 3 OE (D) 4 OE
15. The value of (x + a)2n + (x – a)2n is equal to
(A) (O2 + E2 ) (B) 2(O2 + E2 ) (C) (O2 – E2 ) (D) 2(O2 – E2 )
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A path of length n is a sequence of points (x1, y1), (x2, y2), ......., (xn, yn) with integer coordinates
such that for all i between 1 and n – 1 both inclusive,
either xi+1 = xi + 1 and yi+1 = yi (in which case we say the ith step is rightward)
or xi+1 = xi and yi+1 = yi+1 (in which case we say that the ith step is upward).
This path is said to start at (x1, y1) and end at (xn, yn). Let P(a, b), for a and b non-negative integers,
denotes the number of paths that start at (0, 0) and end at (a, b).
10
16. The value of P(i, 10 i) , is
i0
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18. The sum P(43, 4) + P(49 j, 3) is equal to
j1
n
where represents the coefficient of xr in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)n n N
r
k
1
and Vk = Sk = M (100, k).
2
100
19. The value of Sk S100 k equals
k 0
20. The value of the M(100, 49) + M(100, 50) is equal to
21. In an examination, there are 100 true-false type questions. The number of ways in which one student can
make his choice to attempt or not to attempt the questions is given by
100 100 100 100
(A) Sk (B) Vk (C) Sk (D) Vk
k 0 k 0 k 1 k 1
(A) 8
F xI
If the coefficients of x and x in GH 2 JK
7
n
are equal, then n is (P) 2
3
10
1
(B) If the coefficient of x in the expansion of x 2 is –15,
ax
then the value of a, is (Q) 01
(C) The remainder when 22003 in divided by 17 is (R) 55
(D) The last two digits of 3400, are (S) 8
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Exercise J-IV
n
1. Statement- 1: (r 1) nCr = (n +2) 2n–1
r 0
n
n
Statement -2: (r 1) Cr xr = (1 + x)n + nx (1 + x)n–1 [AIEEE-2008]
r 0
(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 is 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
2. The remainder left out when 82n –(62)2n+1 is divided by 9 is - [AIEEE-2009]
8 8
Statement - 2 : S = 90 × 2 and S = 10 × 2 .
1 2
(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 is not a correct expalnation for statement - 1.
(C) Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false.
(D) Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true.
7 2 3 6
4. The coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 – x – x + x ) is : [AIEEE 2011]
(A) – 144 (B) 132 (C) 144 (D) –132
2n 2n
5. If n is a positive integer, then 3 1 3 1 is : [AIEEE 2012]
(A) A rational number other than positive integers
(B) An irrational number
(C) An odd positive integer
(D) An even positive integer
10
x 1 x 1
6. The term independent of x in expansion of 2/3 1/3
1/ 2 is : [JEE(Main) 2013]
x x 1 x x
(A) 4 (B) 120 (C) 210 (D) 310
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7. If X = {4n – 3n – 1 : n N} and Y = {9(n – 1) : n N}, where N is the set of natural numbers, then
8. If the coffcicnet of x3 and x4 in the expansion of (1 + ax + bx2) ( 1 – 2x)18 in powers of x are both zero then
[JEE(Main) 2015]
1 1 1 1
(A) (350 1) (B) (350 ) (C) (350 1) (D) (250 1)
2 2 2 2
n
2 4
10. If the number of terms in the expansion of 1 2 , x 0 , is 28, then the sum of the coefficients of
x x
all the terms in this expansion, is : [JEE(Main) 2016]
11. The value of (21C1 – 10C1) + (21C2 – 10C2) + (21C3 – 10C3) + (21C4 – 10C4) + ...... + (21C10 – 10C10) is
[JEE(Main) 2017]
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Exercise J-V
1. For r = 0, 1, .... 10, let Ar, Br and Cr denote, respectively, the coefficient of xr in the expansions of (1+x)10,
10
(C) 0 (D) C10 – B10
2. The coefficients of three consecutive terms of (1 + x)n+5 are in the ratio 5 : 10 : 14. Then n =
5. Let m be the smallest positive integer such that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of
(1 + x)2 + (1 + x)3 + ..... + (1 + x)49 + (1 + mx)50 is (3n + 1) 51C3 for some positive integer n. Then the value
1
where 10Cr , r {1, 2,...., 10} denote binomial coefficients. Then, the value of X is ______
1430
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Exercise C-1
(A) 100 C47 (B) 100 C53 (C) 100 C53 (D) 100 C100
3. The number of integral terms in the expansion of (51/2 + 71/6)642 is
(A) 106 (B) 108 (C) 103 (D) 109
4. The ratio of the coefficient of xn in the expansion of (1 + x)2n and (1 + x)2n-1 will be
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 3
5. The number of terms in the expansion of (x + 1)2n+1 – (x – 1)2n + 1, is
(A) 2n (B) n (C) n + 1 (D) 2n + 1
n
6. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of x 2 2 is 243, then the term independent of x, is equal
x3
to
7
(A) 11 (B) (C) 15 (D) 40
2
7. The value of 4 {nC1 + 4 . nC2 + 42 . nC3 + ...... + 4n - 1} is
(A) 0 (B) 5n + 1 (C) 5n (D) 5n - 1
8. 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
9. The value of , is equal to
r 0 2r ! 2n 2r !
22n 22n 1 2n 1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n ! 2n ! n! n!
10. In the expansion of (1 + x)n (1 + y)n (1 + z)n, the sum of the co-efficients of the terms of degree ' r ' is
3
(A) n C r (B) n C r3 (C) 3nCr (D) 3 . 2nCr
11. The sum of the last n coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)2n – 1 when expanding in ascending power of x,
is equal to
(A) 22n – 1 (B) 22n – 2 (C) 22n (D) 22n – 2n
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32n
12. The fractional part of , is equal to
8
3 7 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these.
8 8 8
13. Given positive integers r > 1, n > 2, and the coefficients of the (3r)th and (r + 2)th terms in the
binomial expansion of (1 + x)2n are equal, which, if any, of the following statements is true ?
14. If in the expansion of (1 + x)m (1 - x)n, coefficients of x and x2 are 3 and - 6 respectively, then m is
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 n
16. The value of 0 10 – 1 11 + 2 12 ........ + 20 30 is, where r = nCr.
30 30 60 31
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 10
are constants. Then a2 equals –
(A) The coefficient of t3 in the expansion of 1 – (1 – t)18
17 n
(B)
n 2 2
(C) 816
(D) The coefficient of t3 in the expansion of 1 – (1 – t)17
11
log 2 x3
18. In the expansion of x 3 3. 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
(D) the ratio of the co-efficient of x3 to that of x 3 is 1/3
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19.
5
If it is known that the third term of the binomial expansion x x log10 x is 106 then x is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 10 5/2 (C) 100 (D) 5
n
1
20. The expansion of x 4 is arranged in decreasing power of x. If coefficient of first three terms form
2 x
an A.P. then in expansion, the integral powers of x are :
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8
n n n
(A) is less than 5000 if n = 3 (B) is greater than 600 if n = 3
(C) is less than 5000 if n = 4 (D) is greater than 4000 if n = 4
22. Let f(x) = 1 + x111 + x222 + x333 ...... + x999 then f(x) is divisible by :
(A) x + 1 (B) x
(C) x – 1 (D) 1 + x222 + x444 + x666 + x888
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Exercise C-II
part of R n N. Also the sum of the coefficients of R is 6561.
1
1. The value of (n + R – Rf) for x equals –
2
2. If ith terms is the greatest term for x = 1/2, then ‘i’ equals –
3. If kth terms is having greatest coefficient then sum of all possible value(s) of k is –
Let us consider the expansion (3 + 4x)n = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + a3x3 + ......... + anxn, then
4. a1 + a3 + a5 + a7 + .......... is equal to –
6. (a0 – a2 + a4 – a6 + ..........)2 + (a1 – a3 + a5 –.........)2 equals –
(A) 72n (B) 5n (C) 52n (D) 7n
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Exercise C-III
1. Let f(x) = 1 – x + x2 – x3 + ......... + x16 – x17 = a0 + a1 (1 + x) + a2 (1 + x)2 + ..... + a17 (1 + x)17,
find the value of a2.
2.
Let a = 41 401 1 and let bn = nC1 + nC2 · a + nC3 · a2 + ........ + nCn · an – 1.
Find the value of (b2006 – b2005).
1
3. Let a 3 223 1 and let f (n) = nC0·an – 1 – nC1·an–2 + nC2·an– 3 –......+ (–1)n – 1·nCn – 1·a0.
If the value of f (2007) + f (2008) = 9k where k N, then find k.
4.
Let P = 2 3 5 and f = P – [P], where [P] denotes the greatest integer function.
f2
Find the value of .
1 f
5. Prove that
C1 2 C2 3C3 n .C n n (n 1)
(a) .......
C0 C1 C2 C n 1 2
C1 C 2 C 2n 1 1
(b) C0 + ...... n
2 3 n 1 n 1
2 2 . C1 2 3 . C 2 24 .C3 2n 1 . C n 3n 1 1
(c) 2 . Co + ......
2 3 4 n 1 n 1
1 2C C n n C 1
(d) Co 2 3 ...... ( 1) n 1 n 1
100 100
6. Let (C2r Cs2 Cr Cs ) = m 2n C n + 2p where m, n and p are even natural numbers
r 0 s0
and Cr represents the coefficient of xr in the expansion of (1 + x)100. Find the value of (m + n + p).
m 3
m m
7. If Jm = C r C r 3 and m1, m2 are two values of m satisfying 5Jm = 3Jm+1,
r 0
then find the value of [(1 – m1)(1 – m2)] where [ · ] denotes greatest integer function.
8. If (1+x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x² + .... + Cn xn , then show that the sum of the products of the Ci’s taken
Ci C j 2 n!
two at a time , represented by is equal to 22n1 .
0i j n 2 ( n !) 2
where Cr represents coefficient of xr in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)100.
If S1 + S2 + S3 = ab where a, b N then find the least value of (a + b).
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10. The expressions 1 + x, 1+x + x2, 1 + x + x2 + x3,............. 1 + x + x2 +........... + xn are multiplied together and
the terms of the product thus obtained are arranged in increasing powers of x in the form of a0 + a1x + a2x2
+................., then,
(a) how many terms are there in the product.
(b) show that the coefficients of the terms in the product, equidistant from the beginning and end are equal.
(n 1)!
(c) show that the sum of the odd coefficients = the sum of the even coefficients =
2
89
11.
Let x = 3 6 7 . If {x} denotes the fractional part of 'x' then find the remainder when
x{x} + (x{x})2 + (x{x})3 is divided by 31.
7
1
x2 log 7 (3
x 2 9
12. Find the sum of possible real values of x for which the sixth term of 3log3 9
7 5
equals 567.
10
Let 1 + 3 . C r r. C r = 210 ( . 45 + ) where N and f(x) = x2 – 2x – k2 + 1. If lies between
r 10 10
13.
r 1
the roots of f(x) = 0. Then find the smallest positive integral value of k.
3n n
Let n N ; Sn = Cr and T
Tn = C3r . Find |Sn – 3Tn|.
3n 3n
14.
r 0 r 0
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Home Test JEE (Main)
Time :- 60 min. Total Marks:- 120
Instructions
1. All questions are of equal marks.
2. Marking [+4, –1]
1. Number greater than 1000 but less than 4000 is formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (repetition allowed).
Their number is
(A) 125 (B) 105 (C) 374 (D) 625
2. Five digit number divisible by 3 is formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. Total number of such
numbers are
(A) 312 (B) 3125 (C) 120 (D) 216
n
3. If Cr denotes the number of combination of n things taken r at a time, then the expression
n
Cr + 1 + nCr – 1 + 2. nCr erquals
(A) n +1Cr + 1 (B) n + 2Cr (C) n + 2Cr + 1 (D) n + 1Cr
4. At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates, not greater than the number to elected. There
are 10 candidates and 4 are of be selected, if a voter votes for at least one candidate, then the number of ways
in which he can vote is
(A) 5040 (B) 6210 (C) 385 (D) 1110
5. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 so that digits do not
repeat and the terminal digits are even is :
(A) 144 (B) 72 (C) 288 (D) 720
6. Number of 5 digit numbers which are divisible by 5 and each number containing the digit 5, digits being all
different is equal to k(4!), the value of k is
(A) 84 (B) 168 (C) 188 (D) 208
1/3 -1/3 n
7. In the binomial (2 + 3 ) , if the ratio of the seventh term from the beginning of the
expansion to the seventh term from its end is 1/6 , then n is equal to
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15
8. If C 0 , C 1 , C 2 ,-------C 15 are the binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x) 15 , then
C1 C C C
2 2 3 3 15 15
C0 C1 C2 C14
(A)120 (B) 130 (C) 140 (D) 150
9. If the unit digit of 13n + 7n – 3n, n N, is 7, then the value of n is of the form
(A) 4k + 1, k I (B) 4k + 2, k I (C) 4k + 3, k I (D) 4k, k I
LM O
1 5 L O
1 5
10.
MN e
The expression is a polynomial of degree x x 3 1 2 j PP M x e x 1j P
MN
3 2
PQ
Q
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
11. 83 2 3 4 n
The coefficient of x in (1 + x + x + x + x ) (x – 1)n + 3 , is equal to
(A) nC7 (–1)n (B) – nC16 (C) nC13 (D) nC9
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12. The value of 28 , where { } denotes the fractional part, is equal to
(A) 15/28 (B) 5/28 (C) 19/28 (D) 9/28
13. If (1 + x + 2x2)20 = a0 + a1 x + a2 x2 +-----+ a40 x40 then a1 + a3 + a5 + --+a39 equals
(A) 219(220 – 1) (C) 220(219 – 19) (C) 219(220 + 21) (D) none of these
14. 50
Number of distinct terms in the expansion of (x + y + z + w) is equal to
(A) 53C3 (B) 50C4 (C) 512 (D) 50C3
15. Let k be the coefficient of x18 in the polynomial
k
f(x) = (1 + x)20 + x(1 + x)19 + x2(1 + x)18 + .....+ x18 (1 + x)2 then the value of is equal to .........
190
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
16. 3 25
Find the coefficient of x in (1 + x) · (1 – x) . 5
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24. Five cards and five envelops are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so that
each envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same number
and moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the number of ways it
can be done is
(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 44 (D) None of these
25. At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates, not greater than the number to elected.
There are 9 candidates and 5 are of be selected, if a voter votes for at least one candidate, then the num-
ber of ways in which he can vote is
(A) 300 (B) 382 (C) 362 (D) 412
26. How many 5 letter words can be formed using the letters of the word 'MATRIX' starting with X ?
(A) 144 (B) 120 (C) 720 (D) 320
27. Three dice are rolled. The number of possible outcomes in which at least one die shows 5 is
(A) 215 (B) 36 (C) 125 (D) 91
28. How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MATRIXJEEACADEMY in
which not two A are adjacent ?
14 13 15 14 13 13
(A) C3 3 2 (B) C3 3 2
15 15
(C) C2 (D) C2
2 2 33
29. If the letters of the word SIKAR are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in
dictionary, then the word SIKAR appears at serial number
(A) 104 (B) 105 (C) 103 (D) 106
30. Statement I : m Boys & n Girls are sitting alternatively at a circular table in m 1 m pn ways
where m n 1
Statement II : m Boys & n Girls cannot sit in alternative positions since there are difference in number
i.e., m n
(A) Statement I is true, Statement II is true, Statement II is a correct explanation for statement I.
(B) Statement I is true, Statement II is true, Statement II is not a correct explanation for statement I.
(C) Statement I is true, Statement II is false.
(D) Statement I is false, statement II is true.
1. Number of ways in which four different toys and five indistinguishable marbles can be distributed between
Amar, Akbar and Anthony , if each child receives atleast one toy and one marble, is
2. There are 12 books on Algebra and Calculus in our library , the books of the same subject being different. If
the number of selections each of which consists of 3 books on each topic is greatest then the number of
books of Algebra and Calculus in the library are respectively:
3. If (1 + x)2010 = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + ...... + C2010x2010 then the sum of series C2 + C5 + C8 + ..... + C2009 equals to
:
1 2010 1 2010 1 2009 1 2009
(A)
2
2 1 (B)
3
2 1 (C)
2
2 1 (D)
3
2 1
1 1.3 1.3.5
4. 1 ..... is equal to –
5 5.10 5.10.15
1 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 5
5 3 2
n r 3 2r 2 3r 2 4 3 2
5. If 2
n C 2 2 2 2 then the value of n is :
r 0 r 1 r
3
(A) 2 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24
10 n
Cr
6. The value of r. n is equal to
r 1 Cr 1
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7. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
100
(A) The coefficient of x2 in the expansion of E 100Cr x 4100r 5r is equal to 4950.
r0
8
8
x 3 x 2 log x
(B) If the sixth term in the expansion of 10 is 5600, then x is equal to 100.
An 1 15
(C) Let An = nC0nC1 + nC1nC2 + ............+ nCn – 1nCn and = ,
An 4
then the sum of possible values of n is equal to 6.
n n
Ck
(D) If A k n
Ck n Ck 1
and 3 Ak 4 , then n is equal to 128.
k0
8. In the expansion of (1 + x5 + x7)20
(A) coefficient of x23 is 0 (B) coefficient of x18 is 0
(C) coefficient of x17 is 20. 19C2 (D) coefficient of x20 is 20. 19C2
12
(A) The coefficient of x12 is 212 (B) The coefficient of x11 is 9 26
6 6
a 2r 36 a 2r 1
(C) r 0
(D) r 1
2 36
a12 2 a12
10. 6 digit numbers are formed with digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (without repetition). Let the number of ways are
in which both middle digits are odd, then is divisible by :
11. The number of 5 digit numbers with distinct digits having middle term greatest is
(A) 4! × 10C5 (B) 4! × 10C5 – 3! × 9C4
(C) 4! × 9C5 + 9C4 × (3 × 3!) (D) 4! × 9C5 + 9C4 × 4!
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PARAGRAPH BASED QUESTION [+3, –1]
Paragraph for Question 12 to 14
Consider the series (1 – x) (1 + x + x2)100 = a0x0 + a1x1 +a2x2+.......+a201x201 .
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
100
12. a 2r is equal to
r 0
100
100
(A) a 2r 1
2
(B) 200C100 (C) 0 2
(D) a101
r 0
14. (a0a1 – a1a2 + a2a3 – ....... + a200a201) is equal to-
(A) a50 (B) a51 (C) a101 (D) 0
MATCH THE COLUMN TYPE QUESTION [+8, 0]
15. Match the following
Column - I Column - II
(A) The number of zeros at the end of 108! (P) 33
(B) The number of even divisors of 504 (Q) 45
(C) Number of two digit numbers which are (R) 25
of the form xy with y < x are given by
(D) The number of different words of 3 letters (S) 18
from the word INDIA is
16 Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word "MIRACLE" can be arranged if vowels always
occupy the odd places.
17. In the polynomial function f(x) = (x – 1) (x2 – 2) (x3 – 3) ...... (x11 – 11) the coefficient of x60 is.
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Answer Key
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EXERCISE C-II
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A
8. B 9. A
10. (A) T (B) R (C) P (D) Q (E) S 11. (A) P (B) Q (C) S (D) Q
EXERCISE C-III
1. 744 2. 3n , 3n – 3.2n + 3 3. 40 4. 15 5. (i) Zero (ii) 1260
6. 72 7. 17C – 8C × 9C , (a) 9C 8C + 9C 8C + 9C 8C (b) 8C 9C + 8C 9C
12 8 4 7 5 8 4 9 3 8 4 7 5
8. 7560 9. 2500 10. 24 11. (i) 15 (ii) 126 (iii) 60 (iv) 105 12. 276
13. (x 1)x 1 14. 1568 15. (i) 243 ; (ii) 1, 10, 40, 80, 80, 32
16. 1680 17. 12 18. n = 8
BINOMIAL THEOREM
EXERCISE J-I
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C
8. C 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. A
15. D 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. B
22. A 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. C 28. A
29. D 30. A 31. B 32. D
EXERCISE J-II
5
1. (a) r = 6 (b) r = 5 or 9 2. (a) (i) (ii) T
T6 =7, (b) x = 0 or 1 4. 0
12
nC nr 2nr) 17
5. r (3 6. 7. n = 2 or 3 or 4 8. 500
54
7.313 5 20
9. (i) T7 = (ii) 455 × 312 10. n = 12 11. < x <
2 8 21
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EXERCISE J-V
1. D 2. 6 3. C 4. 8 5. 5 6. 646
EXERCISE C-I
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. D
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C
15. D 16. A 17. ABC 18. BCD 19. AB 20. B 21. ACD
22. AD
EXERCISE C-II
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C
7. A – S, B – Q, C – P, D – S
EXERCISE C-III
1. 816 2. 210 3. 2187 4. 722 6. 502 7. 8 9. 66
n2 n 2
10. (a) 11. 0 12. 4 13. 5 14. 2
2
HOME TEST JEE (MAIN)
1. C 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. B
8. A 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. A
15. C 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B 21. B
22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. A
29. B 30. D
HOME TEST JEE (ADVANCED)
1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. AC
8. AB 9. BC 10. ABCD 11. BC 12. A 13. A 14. C
15. (A) R (B) S (C) Q (D) P 16 576 17. 1
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