EXERCISE 1(A)

1. The tenth term in the expansion of (2x2 + 1/x)12 is

(a) 1760/x3 (b) – 1760/x3 (c) 1760/x2 (d) None of these
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2. If the third term in the binomial expansion of (1 + x)m is  x 2 , then the rational value of
8
m is
(a) 2 (b) 1/2 (c) 3 (d) 4

3. The coefficient of x5 in the expansion of (1 + x2)5 (1 + x)4 is

(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 40 (d) None of these

4. The number of terms in the expansion of (x + y + 2z)8 is

(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 48 (d) 50

5. The coefficient of x39 in the expansion of (x4 – 1/x3)15 is

(a) 455 (b) – 455 (c) 105 (d) None of these

6. The ratio of the coefficient of terms xn – rar and x r an – r in the binomial expansion of (x +
a)n will be
(a) x : a (b) n : r (c) x : n (d) None of these

100
7. The coefficient of x53 in the expansion 
m 0
100
C m ( x  3)100m 2 m is

(a) 100C53 (b) – 100C53 (c) 65C53 (d) 100C65

8. The value of x in the expression x  x log  10

 , if the third term in the expansion is 106, is
x 5

(a) x = 10– 5/2 (b) x = 105/2 (c) x = 10 (d) x = 102/5

9. In the binomial expansion of (a  b)n , n  5, the sum of the 5thand 6th terms is zero. Then
a
is equal to
b
5 6
(a) 1 (n  5 ) (b) 1
(n  4 ) (c) (d)
6 5 (n  4 ) (n  5)

10. The first 3 terms in the expansion of (1  ax )n (n  0 ) are 1, 6xand 16 x 2 . Then the value of a
and n are respectively
(a)2 and 9 (b)3 and 2 (c) 2/3 and 9 (d)3/2 and 6
n log 3 8
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11. The last term in the binomial expansion of  2  is   . Then the 5th term
   33 9 
 2   
from the beginning is
(a) 10 C6 (b) 2  10 C4 (c) 1  10 C 4 (d)None of these
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12. In the expansion of (1  x )n , is equal to
Tr

(a) n  1 x (b) n  r  1 x (c) n  r  1 x (d) n  r x

r r r r 1
8
 1 
13. If 6th term in the expansion of  8/ 3  x 2 log10 x  is 5600, then x is equal to
x 
(a)8 (b)9 (c)10 (d)None of these

1 1 1
14.    ..... 
1!(n  1)! 3!(n  3)! 5!(n  5)!
2n 2 n 1
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) None of these
n! n!
10
 3 
15. Given that 4th term in the expansion of  2  x  has the maximum numerical value,
 8 
therange of value of x for which this will be true is given by
64 64 64
(a)   x  2 (b)  x2 (c) x4 (d)None of these
21 21 21

16. If n – 1Cr = (k2 – 3) nCr + 1, then k 

(a) (– , – 2] (b) [2, ) 
(c)  3, 3  (d)  3 , 2
17. The coefficient of x65 in the expansion of (1 + x)131 (x2 – x + 1)130 is
(a) 130C65 + 129C66 (b) 130C65 + 129C55 (c) 130C66 + 129C65 (d) none of these

18. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2 x2 – 2x + 1)51 vanishes, then the
value of  is
(a) 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) – 2

19. If the coefficients of pth, (p  1) th and (p  2) th terms in the expansion of (1  x)n are in
A.P.,then
(a) n 2  2np  4 p 2  0 (b) n 2  n (4 p  1)  4 p 2  2  0
(c) n 2  n (4 p  1)  4 p 2  0 (d)None of these

20. The coefficient of two consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x)n will be equal, if
(a) n is any integer (b)n is an odd integer
(c)n is an even integer (d) None of these

21. If for positive integers r> 1, n> 2, the coefficient of the (3r)th and (r + 2)th powers of xin
the expansion of (1  x )2n are equal, then
(a)n = 2r (b)n = 3r (c)n = 2r + 1 (d) None of these
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 1 
22. If xm occurs in the expansion of x  2  , then the coefficient of xm is
 x 

(a) (2n) !
(b) (2n)! 3! 3! (c) (2n)!
(d)None of these
(m ) !(2n  m ) ! (2n  m )!  2n  m   4 n  m 
  ! !
 3   3 

23. The number of real negative terms in the binomial expansion of (1  ix )4 n  2 , n  N , x  0 , is

(a)n (b)n + 1 (c)n – 1 (d)2n
n
1  1
24. The coefficient of in the expansion of (1  x )n  1   is
x  x
n! (2n) ! (2n) !
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
(n  1)!(n  1)! (n  1)!(n  1)! (2n  1)!(2n  1)!

25. The coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (1  x  x 2  x 3 )n is

(a) n C 4 (b) n C 4  n C 2 (c) n C4  nC2  nC4 . nC2 (d) n C4  n C2  n C1 . n C2

26. In the expansion of (x  a)n , the sum of odd terms is P and sum of even terms is Q, then
the value of (P 2  Q 2 ) will be
(a) (x 2  a2 )n (b) (x 2  a2 )n (c) (x  a)2n (d) (x  a)2n

27. The integer next above ( 3  1)2m contains

(a) 2 m 1 as a factor (b) 2 m  2 as a factor (c) 2 m  3 as a factor (d) 2 m as a factor

28. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x  2 y  3 z )n is 128, then the greatest
coefficient in the expansion of (1  x)n is
(a) 35 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d)None of these

29. If n is even positive integer, then the condition that the greatest term in the expansion of
(1  x)n may have the greatest coefficient also, is
n2
(a) n
x (b) n  1  x  n
(c) n
x
n4
(d) None of these
n2 n n n 1 n4 4

30. The interval in which x must lie so that the numerically greatest term in the expansion of
(1  x )21 has the numerically greatest coefficient is

(a)  5 , 6  (b)  5 , 6  (c)  4 , 5  (d)  4 , 5 

6 5  6 5 5 4 5 4 

31. The greatest value of the term independent of x in the expansion of

(x sin   x 1 cos  )10 ,   R , is
10 ! 1 10 !
(a) 2 5 (b) (c)  (d)None of these
(5 ! )2 2 5 (5 ! )2
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 2 1 
32. The number of terms whose values depend on x in the expansion of x  2  2  is
 x 
(a)2n + 1 (b)2n (c)n (d) None of these

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3 1 
33. The coefficient of the term independent of x in the expansion of (1  x  2 x 3 )  x 2   is
2 3x 

(a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 1

3 54 54 4

34. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + …… + Cn . xn, then the value of C0 + 3C1 + 5C2 + … +
(2n + 1)Cn is
(a) n . 2n (b) (n – 1) . 2n (c) (n + 2) . 2n – 1 (d) (n + 1) . 2n
n n

 
r 1
35. If n
 a , then the value of n
is equal to
r 0 Cr r 0 Cr
a n 2a 2n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n a n a

n
 1 3r 7r 
36. r 0
(1) r . nC r  r  2r  3r  ......   is equal to
2 2 2 
1 3 2
(a) n (b) n (c) n (d) None of these
2 1 2 1 2 1

n
2 r  2 . nC r
37.  (r  1)(r  2)
r 0
is equal to

3n  2  2n  5 3n  2  4n  5 3n  2  2n  5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
(n  1)(n  2) (n  1)(n  2) (n  1)(n  2)

38. If (1 + x)n = C0 + C1x + C2x2 + …… + Cnxn, then 3C0 – 5C1 + 7C2 + … + (–1)n (2n +
3)Cn equals
(a) 1 (b) 2(2n + 3)2n (c) 2(2n + 3)2n–1 (d) 0

2
n  nC 
39. 
r 0
r . n r  is equal to
3
 C 
 r 1 
n(n  1)( n  2) 2 n(n  1) 2 (n  2) n(n  1)( n  2)
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
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