BINOMIAL THEOREM

SECTION-I
STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE
1. If n  N , then 11n2  122n1 is divisible by
(a) 113 (b) 123 (c) 133 (d) none of these

21
 1 
2. The term independent of x in the expansion of  x   2  is
 x 
(a) T22 (b) T21 (c) T23 (d) T20

3. If a, b, c represent the sides and A, B, C represent the angles of a ABC, then the value of the
n
expression  n Cra r .bnr .cos  rB   n  r  A  is equal to
r 0
2
(a) b (b) c n (c) a n (d) none of these

n
 1 
4. In the expansion of  2x  ,n  N if sum of the coefficients of 2nd and 3rd term is 36, then
x
 4 
which of these are correct?
(a) n  8 (b) n  9
T 7 1 T 1
(c) 3  when x   (d) 3  7 when x 
T2 4 3 T2 3

10
 
60  12 3 1 
5. The coefficient of x160 in the expansion of x 8  1 x  3x 4    is
 x4 x12 
(a) 30 C5 (b) 30 C6 (c) 30 C24 (d) 30 C26

6. The number of dissimilar terms in the expansion of

20
 4 C0a 4b2  4C1a 3b3/2  4C2a 2b  4C3ab1/2  4C4 
 
(a) 61 (b) 81 (c) 41 (d) none of these

 
100
7. The number of rational terms in the expansion of 2  31/3 is
(a) 34 (b) 51 (c) 17 (d) 16

50
8. The greatest coefficient of x in the expansion of  3  2x  is
(a) 50 C25 .325.225 (b) 50 C25 (c) 50 C20  330  220 (d) none of these

17 3
9. The numerically greatest term in the expansion of  3  4x  , when x  , is
2
(a) T12 (b) T13 (c) both T12 & T13 (d) T9

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10. The remainder when 391 divided by 80 is
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 80 (d) 27

5
55
11. The remainder when x  5 is divided by 24 is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 23

n C C C
12. If 1  x   C0  C1x  C2x2  ...  Cnx n , then 2C0  22. 1  23. 2  ....  2n 1 n 
2 3 n 1
n 1 n 1
3 1 n
3 1 3 3n  2  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n 1 n n 1 n2

13. 20. 10C0  17. 10C1  14. 10C2  ...  7. 10C9  10. 10C10 
(a) 10.22  1 (b) 9.210 (c) 10.29 (d) none of these

14. 63. 21C0  53. 21C2  43 21C4  ...   37  . 21C20 

(a) 20.220 (b) 21.219 (c) 20.219 (d) 19.219

n n n
C1 C2 Cn
15. 2. nC0  22.  23.  ....  2n 1. 
2 3 n 1
3n 1  1 3n 1 3n 1  1
(a) 3n 1  1 (b) (c) (d)
n 1 n 1 n

16. If 11Cr  Cr , then C0 .C3  C1 .C4  ......  C8 .C11 

(a) 21C7 (b) 22 C8 (c) 23 C9 (d) none of these

17. 100 C50  99C50  98C50  ....  50C50 

(a) 100 C50 (b) 100 C52 (c) 100 C5 (d) 101C51

n 1  n 1
Cr  n 1Cr 1 
18.   n
Cr  nCr 1 

r 0 
n n 1 n  n  1 n  n  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2  n  1

3/4
19. The coefficient of x 4 in  3  2x  ; for x  1 , is
385 385 385 385
(a) (b) (c) .33/4 (d) .33/4
4 3 3
128.3 128.3 128.3 64.33

2 3
7  7  14  7 
20. 1   2      ....
24  24  3  24 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 3

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21. The coefficient of x6 y5 z 3 in the expansion of  3xy  2xz  zy  is
7! 7! 7!
(a)  33.23 (b)  34.22 (c) .34.22 (d) none of these
4!3! 4!2!1! 4!2!1!

70
22. The number of terms in  3a  2b  4c  are
(a) 73 C3 (b) 72 C2 (c) 71C2 (d) 72 C3

m n
23.  i.j2 
j1i 1
mn  n  1 m  1 2n  1 n  n  1 m  m  1 2m  1
(a) (b)
12 12
mn  n  1 m  1
(c) (d) none of these
4

 
20
24. If 1  3x  2x 2  a 0  a1x  a 2x 2  ....a 40 , then the value of a1  a2  a3  ....  a 39 is

(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 210

22 n 23 2n
25. n C1.2  nC2.  C3  .... nCn. 
3 32 3n 1
3n  2n 3n  2n 5n  3n 3n  5n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3n 1 3n 1 3n 1 3n 1

 
26. The greatest number from which n n2  1 is divisible (where n in odd natural number)
(a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 24

27. Let S  k   2  4  6  .......  2k  1  k  k  1 , then which of the following is true

(a) Principle of mathematical induction can be used to prove formula
(b) S  k   S  k  1
(c) S  k   S  k  1
(d) S 1 correct

28. If a n  11  11  11  ..... having n radical signs then by method of mathematical induction

which is true
(a) a n  11  n  1 (b) a n  11  n  1
(c) a n  4  n  1 (d) a n  3  n  1

29. Let S  k  is the statement, 2.7k  a.5k  5 is divisible by 24 then the value of a for which
S  k  1 becomes true  k  N
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 5

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30. For all positive integer n, P  n  is the statement, 2n2  3n then which of the following is true
(a) P  3 is true (b) P  5  is true
(c) If P  m is true then P  m  1 is also true (d) If P  m is true then P  m  1 is not true

31. x n  y n is divisible by, n  N

(a) x  y (b) x  y (c) both A and B (d) none of these

32. If S  n  is the statement, 102na  b is divisible by 11, then the value of a and b for which
S  n  1 is true
(a) a  1,b  3 (b) a  3,b  1 (c) a  2,b  4 (d) all of above
n
1
33.   r  1 r  2 n3Cr 
r 1
2n  5  2 2n  5  2
(a) 1 (b)
 n  4 n  5   n  4 n  5 
2n 5  2 2
(c)  1 (d) none of these
 n  4 n  5  n  4

34. 10 C0. 20C10  10C1. 18C10  10C2 . 16C10  10C3. 14C10  .... 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 210 (d) 310
n m
35.   2n C2m . 2mC2p 
m0 p 0

32n  1 3n  1 32n  1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
4 4 4
5/7 2
 x 3 5  x  1  10  x  1 
36. If   1      .... , then the set of values of x is
 4  7  x  3  49  x  3 
(a)  ,1 (b)  ,1   3,   (c) R (d) R 

37. Let S  n  is the statement, 11n2  122n b is divisible by 133  n  N , then which of the
following is not the value of b. If S  n  1 is also true
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) none of these
n
dn  log x   1 n!  1 1 
38. If S  n  is the statement,  log x  1  ....  , then which of the following
n  x  n 1  2 n
dx x
is incorrect  n  N
(a) above statement is true for n  3
(b) above statement is true for n  4
(c) If S  n  is true then S  n  1 is also true
(d) None of these

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39. For all positive integer n, S  n  is the statement,   n  is an integer, then
7 5 3 105
(a) S  3  is not true
(b) S  5  is not true
(c) If S  k  is true then S  k  1 is also true
(d) If S  k  is true then S  k  1 is not true

SECTION II
MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE
11
  log 2 x3 
 3
1. In the expansion of x  3.2 :
 
 
(a) there appears a term with the power x 2
(b) there does not appear a term with the power x 2
(c) there appears a term with the power x 3
1
(d) the ratio of the coefficient of x 3 to that of x 3 is
3

 x  xlog10 x 
5
2. If it is known that the third term of the binomial expansion is 106 then x is
equal to:
(a) 10 (b) 105/2 (c) 100 (d) 5

 
2
3. Let 1  x2 1  x n  A0  A1x  A2x2  ... If A0 , A1, A2 are in AP, then the value of n is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

4. The number 101100  1 is divisible by

(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10000 (d) 100000
25
 
5. If Cr    then which of the following are correct
 r 
8 6
225  1
(a)  C3r 
3
(b)  C4r  223  211
r 0 r 0
4 4
225  313  1 225  313
(c)  C6r 
6
(d)  C6r 
6
r 0 r 0

 
20
6. Let R  8  3 7 and R   The greatest integer, less than or equal to R. Then
(a) [R] is even (b) [R] is odd
1
(c) R  R   1  (d) R  R R   1  R2
8  3 7 
20

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 
m
30  i  m  i 
  30 20 p
7. If f  m   where q  pCq then
i 0
(a) maximum value of f  m  is 50 C25 (b) f  0   f 1  ...  f 50   250
50
2
(c) f  m  is always divisible by 50 (d) The value of  f  m    100C50
m0

COMPREHENSION TYPE
PARAGRAPH FOR NEXT THREE QUESTIONS
In the expansion of  a  b  c  d 6 . The sum of all the coefficients of the terms
1. Which contain all the four terms a, b, c, d is
(a) 4096 (b) 1560 (c) 3367 (d) 670

2. Which contains ‘a’ but not ‘b’

(a) 729 (b) 3367 (c) 665 (d) 1024

3. Which contains both ‘a’ and ‘b’ is

(a) 2884 (b) 4032 (c) 1974 (d) 2702

PARAGRAPH FOR NEXT THREE QUESTIONS

 
 n 1 
Numerically greatest term in the expansion of  a  x n is Tr 1 , where r   .
 a  1
 x 

4. The numerically greatest term in the expansion of 1  2x 8 , when x  2 is

36
(a) 8 C6 46 (b) 8 C4 44 (c) 217 (d)
5

5. Magnitude wise the greatest term in the expansion of  3  2x 9 when x  1 is

(a) 9 C2 3722 (b) 9 C3 36 23 (c) 9 C4 35 24 (d) both (b) & (c)

2
6. The numerically greatest term in expansion of  4  3x 7 when x  is
3
(a) 86016 (b) 86061 (c) 8661 (d) 8616

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MATCH THE FOLLOWING
1. Match the following:
COLUMN I COLUMN II

(A) The remainder, when 1523  2323 is divided by 19, is  (P) 00

(B) If 1127   2127 when divided by 16 leaves the remainder (Q) 01

(C) Last two digits of the number N  7100  3100 are (R) 15
(D) The last two digits of the number 34000 are (S) 1

2. Observe the following columns:

COLUMN I COLUMN II
16
(A) Number of distinct terms in the expansion of  x  y  z  (P) 212
6
 
(B) Number of terms in the expansion of  x  x 2  1  (Q) 97
 
6
 
  x  x2  1 
 

 
100
(C) The number of irrational terms in 8 5  6 2 (R) 4
(D) The sum of numerical coefficients in the expansion of (S) 153
12
 x 2y 
1   
 3 3 

INTEGER ANSWER TYPE

1. If N is the sum of last three digits of 17256 is N then N  10 is

n nC
2. If n  N , then  n  3    1r . r 3 r 
r 0 Cr
n n
n C . mC  19
3. If   m p then the value of n
p 1m  p

4. The sum 404 C4  4C1. 303C4  4C2 . 202C4  4C3.101C4 is equals to 101k where k is

10 r.C
5. If Cr  10Cr and r  k then the value of k
 C 11
r 1 r 1

6. If 1  2  22  23  ...  21999 is divisible by 5, then remainder is

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 SECTION III
PROBLEMS ASKED IN JEE-ADVANCED
JEE (ADVANCED) 2014
   
4 7 12
1. Coefficient of x11 in the expansion of 1  x2 1  x3 1  x4 is
(a) 1051 (b) 1106 (c) 1113 (d) 1120

JEE (ADVANCED) 2015


2. The coefficient of x 9 in the expansion of 1  x  1  x2 1  x3 ... 1  x100 is    
JEE (ADVANCED) 2016
3. 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 of n is

JEE (ADVANCED) 2018

       
2 2 2 2
4. Let X  10 C1  2 10 C2  3 10 C3  ...  10 10 C10 , where 10 Cr ,r  1,2,...,10 denote
1
binomial coefficients. Then, the value of X is
1430

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 ANSWERS TO BINOMIAL THEOREM
SECTION-I
STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE
1. c 6. b 11. c 16. b 21. b 26. d 31. b 36. a
2. a 7. c 12. a 17. d 22. c 27. b 32. d 37. d
3. b 8. c 13. c 18. a 23. b 28. b 33. c 38. d
4. a 9. c 14. b 19. c 24. a 29. a 34. c 39. c
5. a 10. d 15. b 20. a 25. c 30. c 35. a

SECTION II
MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE
1. b, c, d, 3. a, b 5. a, b, c 7. a, b, d
2. a, b 4. a, b, c 6. b, c, d

COMPREHENSION TYPE
1. b 3. d 5. d
2. c 4. d 6. a

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

1. A  P,B  P,C  P,D  Q
2. A  S,B  R,C  Q,D  P

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. 5 3. 3 5. 5
2. 3 4. 4 6. 0

SECTION III
PROBLEMS ASKED IN JEE-ADVANCED
1. c 2. 8 3. 5 4. 646

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