BINOMIAL THEOREM

ASSIGNMENT - 1( LAKSHYA JEE)

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1. 6 th term in expansion of  2x   is
 3x 2 
4580 896
(a) 17
(b) 
27
(c) 5580
17
(d)None of these
2. If the ratio of the coefficient of third and fourth term in the expansion of
n
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x   is 1 : 2, then the value of n will be
 2x 
(a) 18 (b) 16 c)12 (d)– 10
3. If the coefficients of r th term and (r  4 ) th
term are equal in the expansion of
(1  x ) 20 , then the value of r will be

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c)9 (d)10

4. r term in the expansion of
th
(a  2 x ) n
is
(a) n(n  1)....(r!n  r  1) a nr 1 (2 x )r (b) n(n  1)....( n  r  2) an r 1 (2 x )r 1
(r  1)!
n(n  1)....( n  r) n r r
(c) a (x ) (d)None of these
(r  1)!
5. 16 thterm in the expansion of ( x  y )17 is
(a) 136 xy 7 (b) 136 xy (c)  136 xy 5 / 2 (d)  136 xy 2
n
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6. In  2  if the ratio of 7 th term from the beginning to the 7 th term from
 3
3 


the end is 16 , then n

(a)7 (b) 8 (c)9 (d)None of these

7. If coefficient of (2r  3)th and (r  1) th
terms in the expansion of (1  x )15 are equal,
then value of r is

(a)5 (b) 6 (c)4 (d)3

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8. If x4 occurs in the r th term in the expansion of x  3  , then r
 x 
(a)7 (b) 8 (c)9 (d)10
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 a b 
9. If the (r  1)th term in the expansion of 3  has the same power of a
 3
a 
 b
and b, then the value of r is
(a)9 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d)6
10. If the third term in the binomial expansion of (1  x)m is  81 x 2 , then the rational
value of m is
(a) 2 (b) 1 / 2 (c)3 (d)4
2
11. The first 3 terms in the expansion of (1  ax) n
(n  0) are 1, 6x and 16x . 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
12. If the coefficients of Tr , Tr 1 , Tr 2 terms of (1  x )14 are in A.P., then r =

(a) 6 (b)7 (c)8

(d)9
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13. Coefficient of x in the expansion of x   is
 x

(a) 9a 2 (b) 10 a 3 (c) 10 a 2 (d) 10 a

14. If the coefficients of p , (p  1) and (p  2) terms in the expansion of
th th th
(1  x)n are
in A.P., then [AIEEE 2005]
(a) n  2np  4 p  0
2 2

(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
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15. In the expansion of   bx  ,the coefficient of x–10 will be
 x 
(a) 12a 11 (b) 12 b 11 a (c) 12 a 11 b (d) 12 a 11 b 11
16. The ratio of the coefficient of terms x nr a r 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
17. If A and B are the coefficients of x in the expansions of (1  x )2n and (1  x )2n1
n

respectively, then

(a) AB (b) A  2B (c) 2 A  B (d)None of these

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18. If the expansion of  y   , the coefficient of y will b
 y

(a) 20 c (b) 10 c (c) 10 c 3 (d) 20 c 2

19. If p and q be positive, then the coefficients of x p and xq in the expansion of
(1  x ) p q will be

(a) Equal
(b) Equal in magnitude but opposite in sign
(c) Reciprocal to each other
(d) None of these
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20. In the expansion of x   , the constant term is
 x

(a) – 20 (b) 20 (c)30 (d)– 30

21. In the expansion of x 2  2x  , the coefficient of x 16 is
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 (a) –1680 (b) 1680 (c)3360 (d)6720
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22. In the expansion of   2 , the coefficient of x4 is
2 x 

405
(a) 256
(b) 504
259
(c) 450
263
(d)None of these
23. If the coefficients of 5 th , 6 th and 7 th terms in the expansion of (1  x)n be in A.P.,
then n =

(a) 7 only (b) 14 only (c)7 or 14 (d)None of these

8
x2
2 
The coefficient of in the expansion of  is
24.  2 x
7
x
 

(a) – 56 (b) 56 (c)– 14 (d)14

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25. The coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of  ax  2  will be
 bx 
462 a 6 462 a 5
(c)  4626 a (d)  4625 a
5 6
(a) (b)
b5 b6 b b
100
26. The coefficient of x 53 in the following expansion  100 Cm (x  3)100 m .2m is
m 0

(a) 100 C 47 (b) 100 C 53 (c) 100 C 53 (d) 100 C100

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27. The coefficient of x 32 in the expansion of x  3  is
 x 

(a) 15 C 5 (b) 15 C 6 (c) 15 C 4 (d) 15 C 7

n
 x
28. If the coefficients of x7 and x8 in 2   are equal, then n is
 3

(a) 56 (b) 55 (c)45 (d)15

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29. The coefficient of x3 in the expansion of x   is
 x

(a) 14 (b) 21 (c)28 (d)35

30. If in the expansion of (1  x ) (1  x ) , the coefficient of x and
m n
x2 are 3 and – 6
respectively, then m is

(a) 6 (b) 9 (c)12 (d)24

2n
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31. If xm occurs in the expansion of  x  2  , then the coefficient of xm is
 x 
 (2n)! (2n)! 3! 3!
(a) (b) (c)
(m )!(2n  m )! (2n  m )!
(2n)!
(d)None of these
 2n  m   4 n  m 
  ! !
 3   3 
32. If coefficients of 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the binomial expansion of (1  x)n are
in A.P., then n 2  9 n is equal to

(a) –7 (b) 7
(c)14 (d)– 14
33. In the expansion of (1  x  x 3  x 4 )10 , the coefficient of x 4 is

(a) 40 C 4 (b) 10 C 4 (c) 210 (d)310

34. If coefficients of (2r  1)th term and (r  2)th term are equal in the expansion of
(1  x ) 43 , then the value of r will be

(a) 14 (b)15 (c)13 (d)16

35. If the coefficient of 4th term in the expansion of (a  b) n
is 56, then n is

(a) 12 (b)10 (c)8 (d)

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36. The coefficient of x 39 in the expansion of x  3  is
 x 

(a)– 455 (b) – 105 (c) 105 (d)

455
37. The coefficient of x 5 in the expansion of (1  x )21  (1  x )22  ..........  (1  x )30 is
(a) 51 C 5 (b) 9 C 5 (c) 31 C 6  21 C 6 (d) 30 C 5  20 C 5
38. If the coefficients of second, third and fourth term in the expansion of (1  x )2n
are in A.P., then 2n 2  9n  7 is equal to
(a)– 1 (b) 0 (c)1 (d)3/2
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The coefficient of x 9 in the expansion of   is
39.  2  x
 

(a)512 (b) – 512 (c) 521 (d)251

40. If the coefficients of x and x in the expansion of
2 3
(3  ax ) 9
are the same, then
the value of a is
(a)  79 (b)  79 (c) 7
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(d) 79
41. If the second, third and fourth term in the expansion of (x  a)n are 240, 720
and 1080 respectively, then the value of n is
(a)15 (b) 20 (c)10 (d)5
42. In the expansion of (1  x)n the coefficient of pth and ( p  1)th terms are
respectively p and q. Then p  q 

(a) n3 (b) n 1 (c)

n2 (d) n
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43. Coefficient of x2 in the expansion of x   is
 2x 

(a) 1
7
(b) 71 (c) – 7 (d)7
44. The coefficient of x5 in the expansion of ( x  3) 6 is

(a)18 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d)10

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45. The coefficient of x 32 in the expansion of x  3  is
 x 

(a) 15
C4 (b) 15
C3 (c) 15
C2 (d)
15
C5

46. If in the expansion of (1  x )21 , the coefficients of xr and x r 1 be equal, then r is

equal to

(a) 9 (b)10 (c) 11 (d) 12

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47. The term independent of x in the expansion of    will be
 3 2x 2 
 

(a)3/2 (b) 5/4 (c)5/2 (d)None of these

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48. The term independent of x in the expansion of  x  x 1 / 5  will be
2 

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c)7 (d)8

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 3x 1 
2
In the expansion of  ,the term independent of x is
49.  2  3x 
 
3
(a) 9 C 3 . 1
(b) 9 C 3  3  (c) 9 C 3 (d)None of these
63 2
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50. The term independent of x in  2x   is
 2x 2 
(a) – 7930 (b) – 495 (c) 495 (d) 7920