SR IPE MATHS-IIA QUESTION BANK

NARAYANA JUNIOR COLLEGE

ANDHRA PRADESH
SENIOR IPE IMPORTANT QUESTION BANK
MATHEMATICS – IIA
BLUE PRINT
S.NO TOPIC NAME WEIGHTAGE MARKS
1 Complex numbers 8 (4+2+2)
2 De Moivre’s Theorem 9 (7+2)
3 Quadratic Equations 6 (4+2)
4 Theory of Equations 9 (7+2)
Permutations and
5 12 (4+4+2+2)
Combinations
6 Binomial theorem 16 (7+7+2)
7 Partial Fractions 4 (4)
8 Measures of Dispersion 9 (7+2)
9 Probability 15 (7+4+4)
Random Variables and
10 9 (7+2)
Probability Distributions
TOTAL MARKS 97

QUESTION BANK ANALYSIS

LAQ SAQ
S.NO TOPIC NAME VSAQ TOTAL
*** ** * *** ** *

1 Complex numbers - - - 7 5 - 20 32

2 De Moivre’s Theorem 8 3 2 - - - 7 20

3 Quadratic Equations - - - 8 - 3 12 23

4 Theory of Equations 10 3 2 - - - 15 30
Permutations and
5 - - - 17 1 4 28 50
Combinations
6 Binomial theorem 17 3 - - - - 18 38

7 Partial Fractions - - - 8 1 3 - 12

8 Measures of Dispersion 11 - - - - - 9 20

9 Probability 9 3 - 7 5 6 11 41
Random Variables and
10 7 3 2 - - - 9 21
Probability Distributions
SUB TOTAL 62 15 6 47 12 16
129 287
TOTAL 83 75

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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks)

DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM
2n n 1 2n n
***01. i) If n is an integer then show that 1  i   1  i   2 cos (May-09)
2
n2
n n  n 
ii) If n is a positive integer then show that 1  i   1  i   2
2
cos  
 4 
***02. If cos   cos   cos   0 = sin   sin   sin  . Then
2 2 2 3
Prove that cos   cos   cos    sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  (May-09)
2

***03. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that
i) cos 3  cos 3  cos 3  3cos       (May-2008, Mar-2008)
ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin      
iii) cos(   )  cos(    )  cos(   )  0
***04. If n is an integer then show that
n n n1 n    n 
1  cos  i sin    1  cos  i sin   = 2 cos   cos   (March-10)
2  2 
1
1/ n 1/ n 1 Q
***05. If n is a positive integer, show that  P  iQ   2 
  P  iQ 
P 2
 Q 
2 2n
cos  tan 1 
n P
***06. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2  2 x  4  0 then for any positive integer n show that
 n 
 n   n  2n 1 cos   (Mar-11, 2014)
 3 
8
   3
 1  sin 8  i cos 8 
***07. Show that one value of    1 (May-10)
 1  sin   i cos  
 8 8 
***08. Find all the roots of the equation x11  x 7  x 4  1  0
n
**09. Solve  x  1  x n , where n is a positive integer
**10. Solve x 9  x5  x 4  1  0
  z 2n  1
**11. If n is an integer and z  cis  ,    (2n  1)  , then show that 2 n  i tan n  .
 2 z 1
*12. If m, n  Z and x  cos   i sin  , y  cos   i sin  then show that
m n 1
(i) x y   2 cos  m  n  and
x yn
m

m n 1
(ii) x y   2i sin  m  n 
x yn
m

*13. State & Prove De Moivre’s theorem for integral index.

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THEORY OF EQUATIONS

***14. Solve the equation x 4  10 x 3  26 x 2  10 x  1  0 (March-10, March-12)

***15. Solve 6 x 6  25 x 5  31x 4  31x 2  25 x  6  0 (Model of 2005)
***16 Solve: 6 x 4  35 x3  62 x 2  35 x  6  0 (June-10)
***17. Solve the equation x 5  5 x 4  9 x 3  9 x 2  5 x  1  0 . (Mar-13)
***18. Given that the roots of x 3  3 px 2  3qx  r  0 are in
i) A.P. show that 2 p 3  3 pq  r  0 (Mar09,May 08) ii) G.P. show that p3r  q3 (Mar 03)
iii) H.P. show that 2q 3  r  3 pq  r 
***19. Solve 18 x3  81x 2  121x  60  0 , given that one root is equal to half the sum of the
remaining roots. (Mar 05, May-11)
***20. Solve 4 x3  24 x 2  23x  18  0 , given that the roots are in the A.P.. (March-2014)
***21. Solve the equation x 3  7 x 2  14 x  8  0 given that the roots are in G.P.. (March 07)
***22. Solve the equation x 4  6 x3  13x 2  24 x  36  0 , given that they have multiple roots.
***23. Solve: x 4  x 3  16 x 2  4 x  48  0 , given that the product of two roots is 6.(May-09,12)
**24. Solve 8 x 4  2 x3  27 x 2  6 x  9  0 given that two roots have the same absolute value, but are
opposite in sign.
**25. Solve x 4  4 x 3  2 x 2  12 x  9  0 , given that it has two pairs of equal roots (Mar-03,May-11)
**26. Solve the equation x 4  2 x 3  5 x 2  6 x  2  0 given that 1  i is one of its roots ( May 14)
*27. (i) Transforn x 4  4 x 3  2 x 2  4 x  2  0 into one in which the coefficient of second highest
power of x is zero and also find its transformed equation.
(ii) Transform x 4  2 x3  12 x 2  2 x  1  0 into one in which the coefficient of third highest power
of x is zero and also find its transformed equation
*28. Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of x5  4 x3  x 2  11  0 by  3 .

BINOMIAL THEOREM
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
***29. Find the sum of the series    .... (Mar 06,09) (Mar-11)
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
3 3.5 3.5.7
***30. Find the sum of the infinite series    ............. (June-10,Mar-11)
4 4.8 4.8.12
1 1.3 1.3.5
***31. Find the sum of the series 1     ....... 
3 3.6 3.6.9
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
***32. If x     ....... then prove that 9 x 2  24 x  11 (Mar 09)
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
5 5.7 5.7.9
***33. If x     ......, then find the value of x 2  4 x . (Mar 13)
(2!)3 (3!)3 (4!)33
2

1 1.3 1.3.5
***34. If x     .....   then find 3x 2  6 x (May-11,Mar-12,2014)
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7 1 1.3  1  1.3.5  1  
***35. Find the sum of the infinite series 5 1  102  1.2  104   1.2.3  106   .... (March-2005)
     
***36. Show that for any non-zero rational number x ,
x x  x  1 x  x  1 x  2  x x  x  1 x  x  1 x  2 
1    ......  1     ....... (Mar 94)
2 2.4 2.4.6 3 3.6 3.6.9
***37. For r = 0, 1, 2, ........n, prove that co .cr  c1cr 1  c2cr 2  ......  cnr cn 2n cnr and
hence deduce that
2 2 2 2
i) c0  c1  c2  ....  cn  2 nc n (Mar-12)

ii) c0 .c1  c1.c2  c2 .c3  ....  cn 1cn  2 n cn 1

***38. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x)n are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 respectively..
a1 a3 2a 2
Then show that a  a  a  a  a  a (Mar 07,Mar-11, May-11)
1 2 3 4 2 3

n
***39. If the 2nd , 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of  a  x  are respectively 240, 720, 1080.
Find a, x , n. (May 06,May 09)
th nd n
***40. If the coefficients of r th ,  r  1 and  r  2  terms in the expansion of 1  x  are in A.P. then
show that n2   4r  1 n  4r 2  2  0 (Mar 08)
n
***41. If the coefficients of x 9 , x10 and x11 terms in the expansion of 1  x  are in A.P. then show that

n 2  41n  398  0
***42. 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
a) P 2  Q 2  ( x 2  a 2 ) n b) 4 PQ  ( x  a ) 2 n  ( x  a ) 2 n (March-10)
***43. If ‘n’ is a positive integer and ‘x’ is any non zero real number, then prove that
n 1
x x2 x3
c0  c1  c2  c3  ....  cn
xn

1  x  1
(March-2014), (Jun 05)
2 3 4 n 1  n  1 x
11
 2 1 
***44. If the coefficient of x in the expansion of  ax   is equal to the coefficient of x 10 in the
10
 bx 
11
 1 
expansion of  ax  2  find the relation between a and b, when a and b are real numbers.
 bx 
(Model of Mar 07)
n
***45. Suppose that n is a natural number and I, F are integral part and fractional part of 7  4 3 .  
Then show that i) I is an odd integer ii) (I+F) (1-F) = 1
**46. State and prove Binomial theorem for positive integral index. (Mar 09)

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**47. Using binomial theorem prove that 50 n  49 n  1 is divisible by 492 for all positive integers ‘n’.
2 2
 nC 
n
3 n  n  1  n  2 
r
**48. If ‘n’ in positive integer, prove that  r  n   (Mar 13)
r 1  C r 1  12

MEASURES OF DISPERSION

***49. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the follwoing continous frequency distribution
(March-2014)

***50. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data: ( May 14)

***51. The following table gives the daily wages of workers in a factory. Compute the standard
deviation and the coefficient of variation of the wages of the workers.

Wage
125 – 175 175 – 225 225 – 275 275 – 325 325 – 375 375 – 425 425 – 475 475 – 525 525 – 575
(Rs.)
No. of
workers
2 22 19 14 3 4 6 1 1

***52. Find the mean deviation about the median from the following continuous distribution

***53. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continous distribution

***54. Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method, of the following tabular data giving
the age distribution of 542 members.

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***55. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the follwoing data, using the step deviation method

***56. Lives of two models of refrigerators A and B, obtained in a surver, are given below
Life
Model A Model B
(in years)
0–2 5 2
2–4 16 7
4–6 13 12
6–8 7 19
8 – 10 5 9

Which refrigerator model would you suggest to purchase.

***57. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of two firms A and B belonging to the same
industry gives the following data

(i) Which firm A or B has greater variability in individual wages ?

(ii) Which firm has larger wage bill?

***58 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.

***59. From the prices of shares X and Y given below, for 10 days of trading, find out which share is
more stable?

PROBABILITY

***60. State and prove addition theorem on probability. ( Mar 06,07,11,13,14,May07,09,Jun 05)

***61. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication theorem on probabiity. (Jun-10)
***62. State and prove Baye’s theorem. (Jun05, Mar09,Mar-12)
***63. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.

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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.
***64. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below

A die is thrown, B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 (or) 4 turns up and B3 is
chosen if 5 (or) 6 turns up. Having choosen a box in this way, a ball is choosen at random from this
box. If the ball drawn is found to be red, find the probability that it is from box B2

***65. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the probability that
the number on the tickets is. (Mar 08)
i) a multiple of 5 or 7 ii) a multiple of 3 or 5

***66. Define conditional probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B2 contains 3
4white and 4 black balls. A bag is drawn at random and a ball is chosen at random from it. What
is the pobability that the ball drawn is white ? (Mar-11, May-11)

***67. 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. (March-10)

***68. In a box contaning 15 bulbs, 5 are defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at random from the box. Find
the probability of the event that
i) none of them is defective
ii) only one of them is defective
iii) atleast one of them is defective.

**69. Two persons A and B are rolling a die on the condition that the person who gets 3 first will win the
game. If A starts the game, then find the probabilities of A and B respectively to win the game.

**70. In an experiment of drawing a card at random from a pack, the event of getting a spade is denoted
by A and getting a pictured card (king, queen or jack) is denoted by B. Find the probabilities of

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A, B, A  B, A  B .
1 2 3
**71. In a shooting test the probability of A,B,C hitting the targets are , and respectively. If all of
2 3 4
them fire at the same target, Find the probability that
(i) only one of them hits the target
(ii) atleast one of them hits the target .
RANDOM VARIABLES &
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
***72. A random variable X has the following probability distributions.
X=x i 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=x i) K 2k 3k 4k 5k

find (i) k (ii) mean and (iii) variance of x (Mar-10, 12, 2014)

***73. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

find (i) k value (ii) the mean of X and (iii) P  0  X  5  (Mar-09,June-10)

***74. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. Find ‘k’ and mean, variance of X.

(March 06)

***75. 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
(i) find the value of c. (Mar 13)
(ii) P  X  1 , P 1  X  2 and P  0  X  3  (Mar-05, May-09, Mar-11,May-11)

***76. One in 9 ships is likely to be wrecked when they are set on sail, when 6 ships are on sail. Find the
probability for (i) atleast one will arrive safely (ii) exactly three will arrive safely. (Mar 07)

***77. 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) and P(X=6) are in A.P. Find ‘n’
5
***78. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is then, find the
9
probability for the event of 2 successes when the experiment is conducted 5 times.

**79. Find the probability of guessing atleast 6 out of 10 of answers in

(i) true or false type examination (ii) multiple choice with four possible answers.
 k  1 C
**80. If X is a random variable with probability distribution P  X  k   , k  0,1, 2.... then find C.
2k
**81. Five coins are tossed 320 times. Find the frequencies of the distribution of number of heads and
tabulate the result.

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*82. The range of ramdom variable x is {1, 2,3,....} and p( x  k )  (k  1, 2,3.....) find the value of
k!
C and P (0  X  3) .

*83. Two dice are rolled at random. Find the probability distribution of the sum of the numbers on
them. Find the mean of the random variable.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)
COMPLEX NUMBERS
z3  z1
***01. If z  z is a real number, show that the points represented by the complex numbers z1 , z2 , z3
2 1
are collinear.

***02. If z  x  iy and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z. Find the locus of z satisfying
the equation z  3  i  4 . (March-2014, May-2008)

***03. (i) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers
3 1 7
2  7 i ,  i, 4  3i , (1  i ) are the vertices of a rhombus.
2 2 2
(ii) Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers
2  i , 4  3i , 2  5 i , 3 i are the vertices of a square.

(iii) Show that the points in the argand diagram represented by the complex numbers
2  2i ,  2  2 i ,  2 3  2 3i are the verices of an equilateral triangle.

***04. The points P,Q denote the complex numbers z1 , z2 in the argand diagram. O is the origin.
0
If z1 z 2  z1 z2  0 then show taht POQ  90
 z 4 
***05. Determine the locus of z , z  2i , such that Re  0
 z  2i 
2  11i 2  i
***06. Show that z1  25 , z 2  1  2i 2 are conjugate to each other
 
1
***07 (i) If x  iy  then show that  4 x 2  1  0
1  cos   i sin 
2i
(ii) If u  iv  and z  x  iy then find u, v..
z 3
 z2  
**08. If the amplitude of    , find its locus.
 z  6i  2
**09. If z  2  i 7 , then show that 3z 3  4 z 2  z  88  0
z2 2 z1  z2
**10. If z , z1  0 , is an imaginary number then find the value of 2 z  z
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**11. If x  iy  then, show that x 2  y 2  4 x  3
2  cos   i sin 

**12. The complex number z has argument  , 0    and satisfying the equation z  3i  3. Then
2
 6
prove that  cot     i .
 z

QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS
x p
***13. If the expression 2 takes all real values for x  R , then find the limits for ‘p’
x  3x  2
(Mar 06, May 06, May09)
x 1
***14. If ‘x’ is real, prove that 2 lies between and 1.(Mar-08,13,2014, May -07,11) 1)
x  5x  9 11
x 2  34 x  71
***15. If ‘x’ is real, show that the value of the expression 2 do not lie between 5 and 9.
x  2x  7
(Mar 07, Mar12)
1 1 1
***16. Prove that 3x  1  x  1   3 x  1 x  1 does not lie between 1 and 4 if ‘x’ is real.
(Mar 05,11)(May-12)
x 2  14 x  9
***17. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression 2 (Jun- 05)
x  2x  3
x2
***18. Determine the range of 2 , xR (May 2008, April 2009)
2x  3x  6
x2  x  1
***19. Determine the range of the expression 2 , xR (March-10, June-10)
x  x 1
2 x2  6 x  5
***20. i) If x is a real number, find the range of (March-09)
x 2  3x  2
 x  1 x  2  , x  R
ii) Determine the range of the expression
x3
*21. Let a, b, c  R and a  0 such that the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 has real roots  and 
with    then. i) for   x   , ax 2  bx  c and a have opposite signs ii) for x   or
x   , ax 2  bx  c and a have the same sign.

*22. Let a, b, c  R and a  0 . Then the roots of ax2  bx  c  0 are non real complex numbers if
and only if ax2  bx  c and a have the same sign for all x  R .

*23. If the equations x2  cx  d  0 and x2  ax  b  0 have a common root and the second
equation has equal roots, then prove that 2(b  d )  ac .
PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

4
( 38  r )
***24. Simplify 34 C   C
4 (May-11,Mar-12)
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4nC
2n 1.3.5......(4n 1)
***25. Prove that 2n  2 (May 08)
C n {1.3.5.......(2n 1)}

***26. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed
are arranged in the dictionary order. Then find the rank of the word
(i) REMAST (Mar 08)
(ii) MASTER (Mar 07,09,11, May 06,07,10,11)

***27. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are
arranged in dictionary order .Then find the rank of the word PRISON (March-2014)

***28. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words thus formed
are aranged in dictionary order find the rank of the word EAMCET (Mar-12)

***29. 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

***30. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3 Russians at a round table so that
(i) all Indians are sit together (ii) persons of same nationality sit together

***31. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 red roses and 3 yellow roses of different sizes into a garland.
In how many of them
(i) all the yellow roses are together (ii) no two yellow roses are together

***32. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row. In how many of these arrangements.
(i) all the girls are together. (ii) no two girls are together
(iii) boys and girls come alternately ?

***33. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a circular table so that
(i) all the girls sit together. (ii) no two girls sit together.
(iii) boys and girls sit alternately.

***34. (i) 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 (Mar 05,June-10)
(ii) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7 batsmen, 6 bowlers and 2
wicket-keepers, so that the team contains 2 wicket-keepers and atleast 4 bowlers. (March-2014)

***35. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 Indians and 5 Americans so that
always the Indians will be in majority in the committee. (Mar 08,09,13)

***36. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 persons from a group of 5 Indians and 4
Russians such that there are at least 3 Indians in the committee (Mar-10)

***37. Out of 7 gents, 5 ladies how many 6 member committees can be formed, such that there will be
atleast 3 ladies in the committee (Mar 06)

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***38. (i) If 1  r  n , then n Cr 1  nCr  n 1 (Mar-11)
Cr
n  3C  3 .n  3 C  3 .n  3 C n  3 C n C
(ii) For 3  r  n , prove that r r 1 r2 r3 r
(May-09)
***39. (i) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 without
repetition. (Mar-10)
(ii) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without
repetition. (Mar-13)

***40. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using the digits
0,2,4,6,8 without repetition.

**41. Find the number of 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that are
divisible by (i) 2 (ii) 3 when repetation are allowed.

*42. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word ‘RAMANA’

*43. A double decker minibus has 8 seats in the lower deck and 10 seats in the upper deck Find the
number of ways of arranging 18 persons in the bus if 3 childern want to go the upper deck and 4
old people can not go the the upper deck.

*44. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using digits 0,2,4,7,8 without repetition.

*45. If a set A has 8 elements. Find the number of subsets of A containing atleast 6 elements?
PARTIAL FRACTIONS
Resolve into partial fractions
x2  3
***46. (Mar 05,07,09,12)(May-09)
( x  2)( x 2  1)
2 x 2  3x  4
***47. (Mar-11,May-11)
( x  1)( x 2  2)
x 1
***48.
( x  1)( x  2)2
x4 x3 3x  7
***49. (i) (March-10,13) (ii) (iii) 2 (May-14)
( x  1)( x  2) ( x  1)( x  2) x  3x  2
x3 x3
***50. (i) (ii)
(2 x  1)( x  2)( x  3) ( x  a)( x  b)( x  c)
3x 3  8 x 2  10
***51. 4 (March 06)
 x  1
x4
***52. 2 (March-2014)
( x  4)( x  1)
x4
***53. Find the coefficient of x n in the power series expansions of 2 specifying the region in
x  5x  6
which the expansion is valid. (June-10)

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x 2  13x  15
**54. 2
 2 x  3 x  3
x2 1
*55.
( x 2  x  1)2
3x  18
*56.
x 3 ( x  3)
2x  3
*57.
5( x  2)(2 x  1)

PROBABILITY
***58. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probabiity of A to win the race is twice that of B, and
probability of B is twice that of C. What are the probabilities of A, B and C to win the race.
(Mar-07,13, 2014, May-09)

***59. (i) Let A and B be independent events with P ( A)  0.2, P ( B )  0.5 . Let us find
a) P(A/B) b) P (B/A) (Mar-09,12, May-11) c) P ( A  B) and d) P ( A  B)
(ii) If A and B be independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7 then compute. (Mar-2014)
B
a) P  A  B  b) P  A  B  c) P   d) P  Ac  B c 
 A

***60. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural numbers, find the probabiity
that the sum of the two numbers is
i) an even number ii) an odd number ( Mar 07)

***61. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the probability that their
statements about an incident do not match (June-10)

***62. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that

1 1 1
P ( A  B c  C c )  , P ( Ac  B  C c )  , P ( Ac  B c  C c )  , then find
4 8 4
P ( A), P( B ) and P(C ) . (Mar-10)
1 1
***63. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it are and .
3 4
Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them try independently. ( Mar 05)
1
***64. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to be . If
3
India and Australia play 3 matches what is the probability that
i) Austraia will loose all the 3 matches ii) Australia will win atleast one match.

**65. IfAand B are independent events of a random experiment then show that A and B are also independent.
2 5
**66. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building contract is .
3 9
4
The probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
5
**67. 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
(i) the sum of three coins is maximum (ii) the sum of three coins is minimum
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(iii) each coin is of different value
**68. The probabilities of three events A,B,C a re 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 .

**69. If A, B, C are three events 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  .

*70. If P is a probability function then show that for any two events A and B
P  A  B   P  A  P  A  B   P  A  P  B 
*71. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards.

*72. A pair of dice are rolled what is the probability that they sum to 7 given that neither die shows a 2?

*73. A page is opened at random from a book containing 200 pages. What is the probability that the
number on the page is a perfect square.

*74. A fair coin is tossed 200 times. Find the probability of getting a head an odd number of times.

*75. Suppose that a coin is tossed three times. Let event A be “getting three heads” and B be the event
of “getting a head on the first toss”. Show that A and B are dependent events.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

COMPLEX NUMBERS
1. Find the additive inverse of ( 6, 5)  (10, 4)
2. If z  2  3i , show that z 2  4 z  13  0 (March-2008)
3. i) If z1  1 and z2  i , then find Arg  z1 z2  (Jun-11)
1)
 z1 
ii) If z1  1, z2  i , then find Arg  z  (March-2009)
 2
 1
4. If z   cos  ,sin   , find  z  
 z
a  ib
5. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a  ib
6. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7  24i .
7. Find the complex conjugate of  3  4i  2  3i  .
8. Find the square roots of (i)  7  24i  (March-2014) (ii) 47  i8 3
9. Find the polar form of following complex numbers

i) 1  3 i  ii) z   7  i 21 (Mar-11) iii) -1 - i  
(iv) 1  i 3 (Mar-2014)
10. If z  0 , find Arg z  Arg z .
11. If 1  i  2  i  3  i  .... 1  ni   x  iy then prove that 2.5.10... 1  n 2   x 2  y 2 .
z 1
12. If the real part of is 1 then find the locus of z.
z i
13. If z  x  iy and z  1 then find the locus of z.

14. If the amplitude of  z  1 is then find the locus of z
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 
15. If the Arg z1 and Arg z2 are and respectively then find  Arg z1  Arg z2 
5 3
n
 1 i 
16. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying   1
 1 i 
17. If z  ai  z  ai , find the locus of z.
1 x y
If  x  iy  3  a  ib then prove that   4  a  b 
2 2
18.
a b
100
19. If  3 i   2 99  a  ib  then show that a 2  b 2  4
20. If (a  ib) 2  x  iy, find x 2  y 2 .
DE MOIVERE’S THEOREM
21. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x = cisA, y = cisB, z = cisC, then find the
value of xyz.
 6 1 
22. If x  cis , then find the value of  x  6  (March-2014)
 x 
23. If the cube roots of unity are 1,  ,  2 , then find the roots of the equation (x-1)3 + 8 = 0
24. Fnd the value of the following
5 5
 3 i  3 i
(i) (1  i 3)3 (ii) (1  i)16 (iii)       
 2 2   2 2

25. Find all the values of

1/ 4
(i)  3 i  1/ 6
(ii)  i 
1/ 5
(iii)  32 
26. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
  1
(i)   (ii) (2   ) (2   2 ) (2  10 ) (2  11 )  49
2   1  2 1  
27. If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of the following
(i) (a  2b)2  (a 2  2b )2  (a  2b 2 ) 2
(ii) (1     2 )3
(iii) (1   ) (1   2 ) (1   4 ) (1   8 )
 a  b  c 2   a  b  c 2 
(iv)  c  a  b 2    b  c  a 2 
   
2 5 2 5
(v) (1     )  (1     )

QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

28. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7  2 5 and 7  2 5 (Mar-11)
29. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are 3  5i (Mar 07)
p  q  p  q
30. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are
pq
,  p  q (Mar 06)
pq
31. For what values of m the equation  m  1 x 2  2  m  3 x  m  8  0 has equal roots. (Mar 03)
32. If the equation x 2  15  m  2 x  8   0 has equal roots find the value of m. (Mar 04,13, May 08)

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33. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 , find the value of
1 1 1 1
(i)  . (Mar-10) (ii) 
 2 (Mar 08,09,May-12)
   
 
(iii) 2
 2 (iv)  4  7   7  4
 
34. (i) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 12 x  x   32 (May 2006)
(ii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 2 x  7  5 x 2 (Mar-12, 2014,June-10)
(iii) Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 3x2+2x+11
(iv) Find the value of x at which the expression x2+5x+6 have maximum or minimum
(v)Find the maximum or minimum value of the expression x 2  x  7 as x varies over
R. ( May 2014 )

35. State the sign of the expression x2  5 x  6 when x  R (May-11)

36. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of the squares of the roots is 13.
(March 2007)
37. If x 2  6 x  5  0 and x 2  3ax  35  0 have a common root then find ‘a’.
38 (i) If x 2  bx  c  0 and x 2  cx  b  0  b  c  have a common root, then show that
b  c 1  0 (March 2005)
(ii) If the quadratic equations ax 2  2bx  c  0 and ax 2  2cx  b  0,  b  c  have a common
root, then show that a  4b  4c  0
39. Prove that the roots of  x  a  x  b   h 2 are always real. (May 2009)
THEORY OF EQUATIONS
40. Form the equation whose roots are 2  3 , 1  2i . ( Mar -07)
41. If -1, 2 and  are the roots of 2 x 3  x 2  7 x  6  0 , then find  . ( Mar-10, 12,13,14, Jun-10)
3 2
42. If 1, 2 & 3 are the roots of x  2 x  ax  6  0 then find ‘a’ (March 2004)
43. If the product of the roots of 4 x3  16 x 2  9 x  a  0 is 9, then find a. (May-12)
44. If 1,1,  are the roots of x 3  6 x 2  9 x  4  0 then find  . (May-11)
45. If  ,  ,1 are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  5 x  6  0 , then find  and  . ( Mar 08,May-09)
46. If  ,  and  are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  3x  4  0 then find
2
i)  2 ii)  2
    2
47. Find the Quotient and remainder when x 4  11x 3  44 x 2  76 x  48 is divided by x 2  7 x  12
48. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of x 4  5 x3  11x  3  0 .
49. Find the equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of x 4  3x 3  7 x 2  5 x  2  0 (Mar-11)
50. (i) If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equations x 3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0 find the equation whose roots
are 3 times the roots of given equation.. (June 05, March 09)
(ii) Find the algebric equation whose roots are two times the roots of
x 5  2 x 4  3x 3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0 .

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51. Find the monic polynomial equation of the degree 3 whose roots are 2,3 and 6
( May 2014 )
52. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of x 3  3x 2  7 x  6  0 .
  
52. If  ,  ,  are the roots of x 3  2 x 2  4 x  3  0 then find the equations whose roots are , , .
3 3 3
54. If  ,  ,  are the roots of x   10 x 2  6 x  8  0 then find  2   2   2 .

PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

55. (i) If n p4  1680 then find ‘n’ (Mar 06, 2014)
(ii) If n p3  1320 find ‘n’ (Mar 05, 09)

56. (i) If ( n 1) P5 : n P6  2 : 7 , find n. (Mar-10)

(ii) If  n1 P5 : n P5  3: 2 then find n. (Mar-12)
n
57. If P7  42. n P5 find n. (May-09, May-11,12)

58. If 12 P 5  5.12 P 4  13P r find ‘r’’

59. If 10.n C 2  3.( n 1) C3 then find n. (May-12)
49
60. If n C 21  n C 27 , then find Cn (Mar 06)
61. If n C5  n C6 then find the value of 13 Cn (June-10, Mar-13)
62. (i) If 12C r 1  12C 3r 5 find ‘r’ (Mar 08)
12
(ii) If CS 1  12C(2 S 5) find s. (Mar-11)
(iii) If 15 C2 r 1 15 C2 r  4 then find ‘r’. (March-2014)

63. Find the value of 10C 5  2.10C 4  10C 3 (Mar-10)

64. If nP r  5040 and nc r  210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’’ (Board Model Paper)

65. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) PERMUTATION (ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE ( Mar 09) (iv) MATHEMATICS (Mar-11) (Mar 06)
(v) CORRUPTION (Mar-12) (vi) ENGINEERING (Mar-13)

66. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word TRIANGLE so that the relative
positions of the vowels and consonants are not disturbed

67. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word PISTON in
which at least one letter is repeated.

68. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle so that all the girls sit
together.

69. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
‘EQUATION’ (May-11)

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70. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys. (May-09)

71. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beeds. (Mar 08)

72. There are 5 copies each of 4 different books. Find the number of ways arranging these books in a
shelf in a single row.

73. How many numbers can be formed using all the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 such that even digits
always occupy even places.

74. 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.

75. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to itself.

76. Find the number of injections from set A containg 4 elements in to a set B containing 6 elements.

77. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080

78. Find the number of (i) 6 (ii) 7 letter pallneromes that can be formed using the latters ofthe word EQUATION

79. Find the number of seven digited palindromes that can be formed using 0,1,2,3,4

80. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.

81. Find the number of ways in which 4 letters can be put in 4 addressed envelopes so that no
letter goes into the envelope meant for it.

82. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.

BINOMIAL THEOREM

83. Find the number of terms in the expansion of

9
 3a b 
7
(i) (2 x  3 y  z ) (March-13, 2014) (ii)   
 4 2
84. Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
5
i) (2  3 x) 2 / 3 is valid (Mar-11) ii)  7  3x  is valid. (May-09)
iii) (3  4 x )3/ 4 (Mar-12)
If 22 Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of 1  x  find the value of 13c r .(May-11)
22
85. 1)
7
 2 x2 5 
86. Find the coefficient of x in 
 7  5  (Mar-10)
 3 4x 
87. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11
 3x   3 
i)   2 y  (June-10,Mar-12) ii)  4a  b  (June-05)
 7   2 

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88. Find the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of (i)  4x  2  (ii)   
 x   5 4x 
89. Prove that c0  2c1  4c2  8c3  ....  2n cn  3n ( Mar 07)
90. Prove that 2c0  5c1  8c2  .....   3n  2  cn   3n  4  2 n 1
3 2
91. Find the numerically greatest term(s) in the expansion of (3 x  5 y )n when x  , y  and n = 17 .
4 7
3
 5x  2
92. Find the 8th term of  1   .
 2 
93. Find the approximate value of i) 5
242 ii) 3 1002  3 998
94. Expand 5 5 in increasing powers of 4/5.
95. If (1  x  x 2 ) n  a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  .......  a2 n x 2 n then find the value of a0  a2  a4  .....  a2 n
(Board model paper)
96. Find the reminder when 2 2013 in devided by 17.

2n 1.3.5........  2n  1 n
97. Show that the middle term in the expansion of  x  1 is  2x .
n!
100
98. Find the number of Irrational terms is the expension of 5 6  2  1 1
8

39
99. Find the sum of last 20 coefficients in the expansion of 1  x 
8
 32 3 
100. Find the 3rd term from the end in the expansion of  x  2 
 x 
MEASURES OF DISPERSION
101. The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find the variance
of the resulting observations.
102. (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16
(Mar-2014)

(ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44

103. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13, 17, 16, 11, 13, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 17

104. Find the variance and standard deviation of the follwing data 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10

105. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard deviations are 21
and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic means.

106. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4, their variance is 8.24. If three of the observations are
1, 2 & 6. Find the other two observations.

107. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation of a set of 9 items are 43 and 5 respectively. If an item
of value 63 is added to that set, find the new mean and standard devation of 10 item set given.

108. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data

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109. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency distribution

RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

110. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find P  X  1
(Mar-08, 11, May 11)
111. A poisson variable satisfies P  X  1  P  X  2 find P  X  5 (Mar-10, 2014)
112. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively,
find P 1  X  4 ( May 06,09)
113. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of the distribution.

114. In a city 10 accidents takes place in a span of 50 days , assuming that the number of accidents
follows the poisson distribution, find the probability that there will be three or more accidents in a day.
x
2
115. Find the constant ‘C’ F ( x )  c   , x  1, 2, 3, 4... is the p.d.f of a discrete random variable x.
3
116. It is given that 10% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective. In a sample
of 20 bulbs, find the probability that more than 2 are defective.

117. 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.

118. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in handwriting) is 0.1. What is
the probability that in a group of 10 people, there is one who is left handed.

PROBABILITY
( NOT GIVEN IN EXAMS BUT THE QUESTIONS USEFUL TO SOLVE LAQ’S & SAQ’S )

119. Find the probability that a non-leap year contains

i) 53 Sundays (Mar-09,12) ii) 52 Sundays only. (Mar 2003, 2009)

120. If A and B are two events with P  A  B   0.65 , P  A  B   0.15 . Then find the value of

   
P A P B . (Mar-05,13 May-11)

121. A and B are events with P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.4 and P( A  B)  0.3 . Find the probability that
neither A nor B occurs. (Mar-10)

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122.  
For any two events A and B show that P A  B  1  P  A  B   P  A   P  B  (Mar 05)

123. 
If P  A  x , P  B   y , P  A  B   z then find P A  B . 
124. Two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum on the faces of the two dice is 10.
(Mar 2006)
125. Find the probability of throwing a total score of 7 with 2 dice.

126. Two dice are thrown. Then find the probability of getting the same number on both the faces.
(June 05)

127. Find the probability of getting two heads and two tails when four coins are tossed at a time.
(Mar 2008)

128. Define i) mutually exclusive events ii) independent events

129. Find the probability of obtaining two tails and one head when 3 coins are tossed.
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