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1. The expression 3 1/2 3 1/2
x + (x - 1) + x - (x - 1) is a polynomial of degree:
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) None of these
10
x+ 1 x- 1
2. The term independent of x in the expansion of 2/3 - is :
x - x + 1 x - x1/2
1/3
(A) 210 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) None of these
4. A pack contains n cards numbered from 1 to n. Two consecutive numbered cards are removed from
the pack and the sum of the numbers on the remaining cards is 1224. If the smaller of the numbers on
the removed cards is k, then k 20 is
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 6
20
1
5. The greatest term in the expansion of 3 1 is
3
20 1 20 1 1 20
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of the above
7 27 6 81 9 9
6. For 2 r n
n
Cr + 2 n Cr- 1 + n Cr- 2 is equal to
(A) n+ 2 Cr (B) n+ 2 C 2r- 1 (C) n+ 2
Cr- 1 (D) None of these
a
In the binomial expansion of a b , n 5 the sum of the 5th and 6th terms is zero. Then
n
7. equals
b
5 n- 5 n- 4 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n- 4 6 5 n- 5
n- 1
8. If C r = (k 2 - 3)n C r+ 1 , then k belongs to
(A) - 3, 3
(B) [2, ] (C) [- , 2 ] (D) - 2, - 3
3, 2
n n
1 r
9. If an =
r= 0
n
Cr
, then r= 0
n
Cr
equals
n n(n + 1) n
(A) (B) an (C) an (D) None of these
an 2 2
10
x 3
11. The coefficient of x 4 in - 2
is
2 x
405 405 45
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
16 256 256
2n
1
13. If x occurs in the expansion of x + 2
m
, then its coefficient is
x
2n ! 2n !
(A) (B)
(n + 2m)!(n - 2m)! (2n + m)!(- m)!
2n !
(C) (D) None of these
2n - m
4n + m
3 ! 3
!
If the coefficient of r th and r 1 terms in the expansion of 3 7x are equal, then r equals
th 29
14.
(A) 51 (B) 9 (C) 21 (D) None of these
Given positive integers r > 1, n > 2 and the coefficient of 3r and r 2 terms in the binomial
th th
15.
expansion of 1 x are equal. Then
2n
9
3 2 1
17. The coefficient of term independent of x in the expansion of (1 + x + 2x )
x - x
is
3
2 3
21 19 25 17
(A) (B) (C) (D)
54 54 54 54
Pn + 1
Let Pn denote the product of binomial coefficient in the expansion of 1 x , then
n
19. is equal to
Pn
n+ 1 (n + 1)n (n + 1)n + 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(n + 1)! (n + 1)! (n + 1)! n!
22. Let Tn denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the verticals of a regular polygon of
n sides. If Tn+ 1 - Tn = 21 , then n equals
(A) 6 (B) 11 (C) 7 (D) None of these
Let n be a positive integers. If the coefficients of 2nd , 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of 1 x
n
23.
are in AP, then n is
(A) 2 or 7 (B) 4 or 5 (C) 7 (D) 8
2n
2n
27. If n is a positive integer, then 3 1 3 1 is
(A) an irrational number (B) an odd positive integer
(C) an even positive integer (D) a rational number other then positive integer
bx b x
then the value of ab is equal to
(C) b
1
(A) b 3 (B) b 6 (D) None of the above
x 1 x 1
10
The term independent of x in expansion of 2 3
x x 3 1 x x 2
30. 1 1 is