MATHEMATICS - IIA

BLUE PRINT
S.NO NAME OF THE CHAPTER WEIGHTAGE MARKS

1 Complex Numbers 8(4+2+2)

2 De Moiver's Theorem 9(7+2)

3 Quadratic Equation 6(4+2)
4 Theory of Equations 9(7+2)

5 Permations and Combinations 12(4+4+2+2)

6 Binomait theorem 16(7+7+2)

7 Partial Fractions 4(4)

8 Measures of Dispersion 9(7+2)
9 Probability 15(7+4+4)
Random Variablies and Probability Distributions 9(7+2)
10

Total marks 97

QUESTION BANK ANALYSIS

S. LAQ SAQ
TOPIC NAME VSAQ TOTAL
NO      
1 Complex Numbers - - - 8 5 - 25 38

2 De Moiver's Theorem 8 3 2 - - - 9 22

3 Quadratic Equation - - - 8 - 7 19 34

4 Theory of Equations 11 3 5 - - - 14 33

5 Permations and combinations - - - 19 3 5 35 62

6 Binomail Theorem 20 6 - - - - 23 49

7 Partial Fractions - - - 9 1 4 - 14

8 Measures of Dispersion 11 4 - - - - 9 24

9 Probability 11 4 - 8 6 6 11 46
Random Variablies and Probability
10 9 1 2 - - - 15 27
Distributions
SUB TOTAL 70 21 9 52 15 22
160 349
Total 97 142
 COMPLEX NUMBERS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks) :
z 3  z1
1. If z  z is a real number, show that the points represented by the complex numbers
2 1

z1,z2,z3 are collinear.

2. 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 .

3. (i) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers

3 1 7
2  7i,  i,4  3i, (1  i) are the vertices of a rhombus.
2 2 2
(ii) Show that the lour points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers
2 +2i, 4 + 3i, 2 + 5i, 3i are the vertices of a square.
(iii) Show that the points in the argand diagram represented by the complex
numbers 2 + 2i, –2–2i, –2 3 +2 3 i are the verices of an equilateral triangle.

4. The points P.Q denote the complex numbers z1,z2 in the argand diagram. O is the

origin. If z1 z 2  z1z 2  0 then show that POQ  90

o

 z 4 
5. Determine the locus of z, z  2i , such that Re  0
 z  2i 

2  11i 2  i
6. Show that z1  25
, z2 
(1  2i)2 are conjugate to each other

1
7. (i) If x  iy  then show that (4x2 -l) = 0
1  cos   i sin 
2i
(ii) If u  iv  and z = x + iy then find u, v.
z3

8. Show that the equation of any circle in the complex plane is of the form

zz  bz  bz  c  0(b  C : c  R)

 z 2  
9. If the amplitude of    , find its locus.
 z  6i  2
10. If z  2  i 7 , then show that 3z3 – 4z2 + z + 88 = 0

z2 2z1  z 2
11. If z , z1  0 , is an imaginary number then find the value of 2z  z
1 1 2

3
12. If x  iy  then, show that x 2  y 2  4x  3
2  cos   i sin 

13. The complex number z has argument ,0    and satisfying the equation.
2
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :
1. Find the square roots of (i) 7 + 24i (ii) – 47 + i8 3
2. Find the complex conjugate of (3 + 4i)(2 - 3i)
3. Find the polar form of following complex numbers
i) (1  3i) (ii) z   7  i 21 (iii) – 1– i (iv) 1  i 3
4. If z = 2–3i, show that z 2  4z  13  0
5. i) If z1  1 and z 2  i , then find Arg(zlz2)

 z1 
ii) If z1  1, z 2  i , then find Arg  z 
 2

 1
6. If z = (cos ,sin ) , find  z  
 z
7. Find the additive inverse of (-6, 5) + (10, -4)
a  ib
8. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number
a  ib
9. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7 + 24i.
10. If z  0 ,find Argz + Argz .
11. If (l-i)(2-i)(3-i)....(l-ni) = x-iy then provethat 2.5.10...(l + n 2) = x2 + y2.
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-l) is then find the locus of z
2
 
15. If the A.rgz x and Argz2 are and respectively then find (Argz1 + Argz2)
2 3
n
1  i 
16. Find the least positive integer n, satsifying   1
1  i 
17. If |z+ai| = |z–ai|, find the locus of z.
1 x y
18. If (x  iy)3  a  ib then provethat  = 4(a 2 -b 2 )
a b

 
100
19. If 3 i  299 (a  ib) then show that a 2 +b 2 =4
20. If (a + ib)2 =x + iy,find x2+y2.
21. Write the conjgate of complex number
22. Express 1–i in Modulus - Amplitude form
23. Represent the complex number 2+ 3i in argand plane
24. S.T the complex number z satisfying z 2  z 2  2 consttitute a hyperbola.

25. Describe geometrically the following subsets of C. { z  C/ z  1  i  1}

DE MOIVRE'S THEOREM

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :

n
1. i) If n is an integer then show that (1  i)2n  (1  i)2n  2n1 cos
2
 n2
 n 
ii) If n is a positive integer show that (1  i)  (1  i)  2
2n 2n 2
cos  
 4 
2. If ,  are the roots of the equation x 2  2x  4  0 then for any positive integer n

n 1  n 
show that     2 cos 
n n

 3 
3. If n is an integer then show that

  n 
(1  cos   i sin )n  (1  cos   i sin )n  2n1 cos n   cos  
 2  2 

8
   3
 1  sin 8  i cos 8 
4. Show that one value of    1
 1  sin   i cos  
 8 8

5. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  . Then prove that

3
cos 2   cos 2   cos 2    sin2   sin2   sin2 
2
6. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that
i) cos 3  cos 3  cos 3  3 cos(     )
ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin(     )
iii) cos(  )  cos(   )  cos(    )  0
7. If n is a positive integer, show that
1
1 Q
(P  iQ)1/n  (P  iQ)1/n  2(P 2  Q2 )2n cos  tan1 
n P
8. Find all the roots of the equation x11  x 7  x 4  1  0
9. Solve (x  1)n  x n , where n is a positive integer
10. Solve x 9  x 5  x 4  1  0

  z 2n  1
11. If n is an integer and z  cis,    (2n  1)  , then show that 2n  i tan n
 2 z 1
12. If m,n  Z and x  cos   i sin , y  cos   i sin  then show that

1 1
(i) x y  x m y n  2cos(m  n) (ii) x y  x m y n  2i sin(m  n)
m n m n
and

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

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :

 6 1 
1. If x  cis , then find the value of  x  6 
 x 
2. If A,B.C are angles of a triangle ABC such that x=cisA, y=cisB, z=cisC, then find the
value of xyz.
3. i) If the cube roots of unity are 1, , 2 , then find the roots of the equation
 (x-l)3+ 8=0.
ii) Find the cube roots of 8
4. Find 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

 
1/4
5. Find all the values of (i) 3i (ii) (i)1/6 (iii) (32)1/5

6. If 1, , 2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that

1 1 1
(i)   (ii) (2  )(2  2 )(2  10 )(2  11 )  49
2   1  2 1  
7. 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

 a  b  c2   a  b  c2 
(iii) (1  )(1   )(1   )(1   )
2 4 8
(iv)  c  a  b2    b  c  a2 
   

(v) (1    2 )5  (1    2 )5 (vi) (1    2 )6  (1  2  )6

8. If 1, , 2 are the cube roots of unity. Then prove that x2 + 4x + 7 = 0 where x    2  2 .

(cos   i sin  )4
9. Simplify
(sin   i cos )8

QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks) :

xp
1. If the expression takes all real values for x  R then find the limits for ‘p’.
x  3x  2
2

x 1
2. If ‘x’ is real then prove that lies between and 1
x  5x  9
2
11

x 2  34x  71
3. If ‘x’ is real show that the value of the expression does not lie between
x 2  2x  7
5 and 9.
1 1 1
4. Prove that 3x  1  x  1  (3x  1)(x  1) does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real

x 2  14x  9
5. If ‘x’ is real, find the maxium and minimum values of the expression
x 2  2x  3
x2
6. Determine the range of for x  R
2x  3x  6
2

x2  x  1
7. Determine the range of the expression 2 for x  R
x  x 1

2x 2  6x  5
8. i) If x is real, then find the range of
x 2  3x  2
 (x  1)(x  2)
ii) Determine the range of the expression ,x  R .
x3
9. Let a,b,c  R and a  0 such that the equation ax 2 +bx + c = 0 has real roots a 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.

10. Let a,b,c, e R and a  0 then the roots of ax 2 +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 .
11. If the equations x 2 +cx+d = 0 and x 2 +ax + b = 0 have a common root and the second
equation has equal roots, then prove that 2(b+d) = ac
12. Solve 2x4 + x3 - 11x2 + x + 2 = 0.
13. Solve 71 x  71 x  50 for real x

x 1  x 13
14. Solve  
1 x x 6

15. Solve the inequation x 2  3x  10  (8  x)

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :
1. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7  2 5 and 7  2 5
2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 3  5i
p  q (p  q)
3. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are p  q , p  q (p  q)

4. Forwhat values of’m’ the equation (m +1)x 2 + 2(m + 3)x + m + 8 = 0 has equal roots
5. If the equation x 2 -15 -m(2x-8) = 0 has equal roots find the value of m.
6. If ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2 +bx + c=0 find the value of

1 1 1 1  
(i)  (ii)  2 (iii)  2 (iv)  47   74
   2
  2

7. (i) Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 12x  x 2  32
(ii) Find the maximum ( or ) minimum of the expression 2x -1 - 5x 2
(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 x2 – x + 7 as x varies
over R
8. State the sign of the expression x 2– 5x + 6
9. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is ‘1’ and sum of the squares of
the roots is 13. (Mar-07)
10. x2-6x+5=0 and x2 -3ax + 35 = 0 have a common root then find the value of ‘a’ .
11. i) x2 +bx +c = 0 and x2 + cx + b = 0 have a common root then show that b+c+l=0.
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
12. Suppose that the quadratic Equations ax 2 + bx + c = 0 and bx 2 + cx + a = 0 have a
common root. Then show that a 3 +b3 +c3 = 3abc
13. If x2 + Aax + 3 = 0 and 2x2 + 3ax -9 = 0 have a common root, then find the values of
‘a’ and the common roots
14. Prove that the roots of (x-a)(x-b) = h 2 are always real.
15. Find all numbers which exceed their square root by 12.
16. Find the condition that one root of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 shall be n
times the other,where n is a positive integer.
17. For what values of x, the expression 15 + 4x–3x2 is negative.
18. Prove that there is a unique pair of consecutive postivie odd integers such that the
sum of their squares is 290 and find it
19. Show that the roots of the equation x 2 -2px+ p2 -q2 + 2qr-r2 = 0 are rational, given
that p, q, r are rational

THEORY OF EQUATIONS

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :

1. Solve the equation x4 -10x3+26x2-10x + l =0

2. Solve 6x6 -25x5 +31x4 -31x2 +25x-6 = 0
3. Solve 6x4 - 35x3 + 62x2 -35x + 6 = 0
4. Solve the equation x5–5x 4 + 9x 3 – 9x2 +5x-l = 0
5. Solvethe equaitons 2x5 +x4-12x3-12x2 + x + 2 = 0
6. Given that the roots of x3 + 3px 2 + 3qx + r = 0 are in
i) A.P show that 2p3 -3pq + r = 0
ii) GP show that p 3r = q3
iii) H.P show that 2q3 = r(3pq-r)
7. solve I8x3+81x2+121x + 60 = 0 given that one root is equal to half the sum of the
remaining roots.
8. Solve x 4 + x3 -16x2 - 4x + 48 = 0 given that the product of two roots is 6.
9. Solve 4x 3 – 24x2 + 23x + 18 = 0 given the roots of this equation are in A.P.
10. Solve the equation x3 – 7x2 + l4x-8 = 0 given that the roots arein GP.
11. Solve the equation x 4–6x3 +13x2 - 24x + 36 = 0, given that they have multiple roots.
12. Solve x4 + 4x3–2x2–12x + 9 = 0 given that it has two pairs of equal roots.
13. Solve 8x4 - 2x3 - 27x2 + 6x + 9 = 0 , given that two of the roots have the same absolute
value,but are opposite in sign.
14. Solve x3-9x2+14x + 24 = 0, given that two of the roots are in the ratio 3 : 2
15. (i) Transform x 4 + 4x 3 + 2x 2 -4x-2-0 into one in which the coefficient of second
highest power of x is zero and also find its transformed equation.
(ii) Transform x4 + 2x3 -12x2 + 2x-l = 0 into one in which the coefficient of third
highest power of x is zero and also find its transformed equation.
16. Find the equation whose roots are the translates of the roots of x 5 + 4x 3 – x2 + 11=0
by-3.
17. Find the Polynomial Equation whose roots are the translate of the equation
x 5 - 4x 4 + 3x 2 - 4x + 6 = 0 by-3
18. Solve 3x3–26x2 + 52x - 24 = 0, given that the roots are in GP
19. Solve x4 - 4x2 + 8x + 35 = 0, given that 2  i 3 is a root.
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :
1. Form the equation whose roots are 2  3,1  2i
2. If-1,2 and  are the roots of 2x3 + x2 -7x-6 = 0 then find  .
3. If 1,-2,3 are the roots of x3 - 2x2 + ax + 6 = 0 then find  .
4. If the product of the roots of 4x 3 + 16x2 - 9x - a = 0 is 9,then find.
5. If 1,1,a are the roots of x 3-6x2 +9x-4 = 0, then find  .
6. If a, ft, 1 are the roots of x 3– 2x 2 -5x + 6 = 0 then find  ,  .
7. If a, ft, y are the roots of x 3– 2x2 + 3x - 4 = 0 then find
i. 22 ii. 22
8. Find the quotient and remainder when x4–11x 3 +44x 2 -76x + 48 is divided by
x2 -7x + 12.
9. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of
x4+5x3+11x+3=0.
10. Find the equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of x4 -3x3 +7x2 +5x-2 -0 .
11. (i) If , ,  are the roots of the equation x 3 +2x 2 -4x-3 = 0, find the equation whose
roots are 3 times the roots of given equation.
(ii) Find the algebric equation whose roots are two times the roots of
x 5 -2x 4 + 3x 3 -2x 2 +4x + 3 = 0.
12. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of
x 3 +3x 2 -7x + 6 = 0
13. If l,2,3 and 4 are the roots of x4 + ax3+bx2 + cx + d = 0, then find the values of a,b,c
and d
14. Form the Equation whose roots are’m’ times the roots of the Equation
1 2 1 1
x3  x  x  0 and deduce the case when m=12.
4 16 72

PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks) :

4

1. Simplify
34
C5   (38  r)C4
r 0

4n
C2n 1.3.5.........(4n  1)
2. Prove that 
2n
Cn {1.3.5...........(2n  1)} 2
. 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 (ii) MASTER
4. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus
formed are arranged in the dictionary order .Then find the rank of the word PRISON.
5. If the letters of the word BRING are permuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the 59 th word.
6. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order find the rank of the word EAMCET.
7. If the letters of the word AJANTA are permuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, find the ranks of the words
(i) AJANTA (ii) JANATA
8. 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
9. 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
(iii) No two Russians sit together.
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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.
13. (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
(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.
14. 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.
15. A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions which are divided in to 2
groups A and B each containing 5 questions. He is not permitted to attempt more
than 4 questions from either group. Find the no. of different ways in which the
candidate can choose six questions.
16. Find the no. of ways of forming a committee of 4 members out of 6 boys and 4 girls
such that there is atleast one girl in the committee.
17. (i) If 1  r  n , then n Cr 1  n Cr  n1Cr
(ii) For 3  r  n , prove that
18. (i) Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2,
4, 5, 6 without repetition
(ii) Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1,3,5,7,9
(with out repetition.
19. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using
the digits 0,2,4,6,8 without repetition.
20. 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.
21. Find the no. of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 2,3,5,6,8 (without
repetition. How many of them are divisible by
i. 2 ii. 3 iii.4 iv. 5 v. 25.
22. In how many ways 9 Mathematics papers can be arranged so that the best and the
worst (i) may come togather (ii) may not come together.
23. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word
‘RAMANA’
24. 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 children want
to go to the upper deck and 4 old people can not go to the upper deck.
25. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using digits 0,2,4,7,8
without repetition.
26. If a set A has 8 elements. Find the number of subsets of A containing atleast 6
elements?
27. 14 persons are seated at a round table. Find the no. of ways of selecting two persons
out of them who are not seated adjacent to each other.
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2) Marks. :

1. (i. If n p 4 = 1680 then find ‘n’ (ii. If np3 = 1320 find ‘n’.
(n 1) (n 1)
2. (i. If P5 :n P6  2 : 7 , find n. (ii. P5 :n P5  3 : 2 then find n.
3. If np7 = 42. nP5 find n.
4. If
12
P5  5. 12P5  13 pr find ‘r’ .
5. If 10. nC2 =3.(n+1).C3 then find n.
6. If nC21 = nC27, then find 49Cn.
7. If nC5 = nC6 then find the value of 3 Cn .
8. If 12pr=1320, find ‘r.’
9. (i) If nCr+1 = 12C3r–5 find ‘r’
(ii) If 12Cs+1 = 12C(2s–5). (iii) If 15C2r–1 = 15C(2r+4). then find r.
10. Find the value of 10c5 + 2.10c4 +10 c3
11. If nPr =5040 and nCr =210 find ‘n’ and ‘r’ (Board model paper.
12. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) PERMUTATION (ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) INDEPENDENCE (iv) MATHEMATICS
(v) CORRUPTION (vi) ENGINEERING
13. 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
14. 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.
15. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle so that all
the girls sit together
16. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of
theword ‘EQUATION’ .
l7. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys.
18. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured
beeds.
19. There are 5 copies each of 4 different books. Find the number of ways of arranging
these books in a shelf in a single row.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements onto itself.
23. Find the number of injections from set A containg 4 elements in to a set B containing
6 elements
24. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080
25.. Find the no. of zero’s in 100!
26.. To pass an examination a student has to pass in each of the three papers. In how
many ways can a student fail in the examination?
27.. Find the number of
(i) 6
(ii) 7 letter palindromes that can be formed using the latters of the word EQUATION
28.. Define palindrome and give examples.
29.. Find the number of seven digited palindromes that can be formed using 0,1,2,3,4
30. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.
31. 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.
32. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides?
33. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and
5 girls.
34. A number lock has 3 rings and each ring has 9 digits 1,2,3,... 9. Find the maximum
no. of unsuccessful attempts that can be made by a person who tries to open the lock
with out knowing the key code.
35. If a set of m parallel lines intersect another set of n parallel lines (not parallel to the
lines in the first set), then find the no. of parallelograms formed in this lattice structure.
 BINOMIAL THEOREM

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :

3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
1. Find the sum of the series    ........
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
3 3.5 3.5.7
2. Find the sum of the infinite series    ........
4 4.8 4.8.12
1 1.3 1.3.5
3. Find the sum of the series 1     ..........
3 3.6 3.6.9
2 3
2 1 2.5  1  2.5.8  1 
4. Find the sum of infinite series 1  .  .      ............
3 2 3.6  2  3.6.9  2 

1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7

5. If x     .... , then prove that 9x 2  24x  11 .
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
4 4.6 4.6.8
6. If t     ........... then prove that 9t = 16
5 5.10 5.10.15
5 5.7 5.7.9
7. If x  (2!)3  (3!)32  (4!)33  .......... , then find the value of x2 + 4x.

1 1.3 1.3.5
8. If x     ...... , then find 3x2+6x
5 5.10 5.10.15

7 1 1.3  1  1.3.5  1  
9. Find the sum of the infinite series 1  2       ....... 
5  10 1.2  104  1.2.3  106  

3 3.5 3.5.7
10. Find the sum of the infinite series    ........
4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16
11. 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     ......
2 2.4 2.4.6 3 3.6 3.6.9
12. If ‘n’ is a positive integer and ‘x’ is any non-zero real number, then prove that
x x2 xn (1  x)n 1  1
Co  C1  C2  .........  Cn 
2 3 n 1 (n  1)x

13. For n = 0,1,2,......... n Prove that Co.Cr + C1.Cr+1 + C2 .Cr+2 +.....+ Cn–r.Cn= 2nn+r hence
deduce that
(i) C2o  C12  C22  .........  C2n  2nCn

(ii) Co .C1  C1.C2  C2.C3  .....  Cn1Cn  2nCn1

(n  1)n
14. Provethat (c0 +c1).(c1 +c2).(c2 + c3) + (c n–1+cn) = c o .c1.c2 ..........c n .
n!
15. If the coefficients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (l + x)n are a1 ,a 2 ,a 3 ,a 4
a1 a3 2a 2
respectively then show that a  a  a  a  a  a
1 2 3 4 2 3
16. If the 2nd ,3rd , and 4th terms is the expansion of (1 + x)n are respectively 240, 720,
1080, find a,x,n.
17. If the coefficients of rth, (r + l) th and(r + 2) nd terms is the expansion of (l + x) n are in
A.P, then show that n 2 -(4r + l)n + 4r2 -2 = 0
18. 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) P2 - Q 2 = (x2 - a2)n (b) 4PQ = (x + a)2n - (x - a) 2n
19. If the coefficients of x9,x10 and x n terms in the expansion of (1 + x) n are in A.P. then
prove that n2-41n+398 = 0
11
 2 1 
20. If the coefficient of x 10
in the expansion of  ax   is equal to the coefficient of
 bx 
11
 1 
x in the expansion of  ax 
–10
 find the relation between a and b,when a and b
 bx 2 
are real numbers.
21. Suppose that ‘n’ is a natural number and I, F are integral part and fractional part of
(7  4 3)n . Then show that i) I is an odd integer ii) (I + F)(l -F) = 1

22. If R,n are positive integers, n is odd ,0<F<1 and if (5 5 +11) n = R + Fthen prove that
i) R is an even integer and ii) (R + F).F = 4n.
23. State and prove binomial theorem for the integral index.
24. Using binomial theorem prove that 50n – 49n -1 is divisible by 492 in all positive
integers ‘n’
n
 n Cr  n(n  1)2 (n  2)
25. If ‘n’ is positive integer, Prove that r 3
n 
r 1  Cr 1  12
26. If |x| is so small that x3 and higher powers of x can be neglected find the approximate
(4  7x)1/2
value of .
(3  5x)3
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :

01). Find the number of terms in the expansion of

9
 3a b 
(i) (2x + 3.y + z) 7
(ii)   
 4 2
02). Find the number of terms with non-zero coeffecents in (4x-7y) +(4x + 7y)
03). Find the set of values of ‘x’ for which
2
(i) (2  3x) 3 is valid (ii) (7 + 3x)–5 is valid (iii) (3 - 4x) 3/4 is valid
04) If 22Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of (l + x) 22 find the value
of 13Cr.
05) Find the largest binomial coefficient (s) in the expansion of (l + x) 19
7
 2x 2 5 
6. Find the Coefficient of x –7 in   
 3 4x 5 
7. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11
 3x   3 
(i)   2y  (ii)  4a  b 
 7   2 
8. Find the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of
9
 3 7 
14
 2x 2 15 
(i)  4x  2  (ii)   
 x   5 4x 
9. Prove that Co+ 2.C1+ 4.C2+ 8.C3 +... + 2n.Cn = 3n.
10. Prove that 2.Co+5.C1+8.C2 +........+ (3n + 2).Cn = (3n + 4).2n–1.
11. Find the sum of the following
15c1 15c 2 15c 3 15c15
i) 15c  2. 15c  3. 15c  ............  15.15c
0 1 2 14

ii) 22 Co  32 C1  42 C2  ..............  (n  2)2 Cn

3 2
12. Find the numerically greatest term(s) in the expansion of (3x–5y) n when x  ;y 
4 7
and n = 17.
3
 5x  5
13. Find the 8 term of 1 
th

 2 

14. Find the approximate values of i) 5

242 ii) 3
1002  3 998 iii) 6
63
4
15. Expand 5 5 in increasing power of
5
16. If (1 + x + x ) = a0 + a1x + a2x +.......+ a2nx2n then find the value of ao+a2+a4+.... + a20
2 n 2

17. If (1  3x  2x 2 )10  a 0  a1x  a 2 x 2  ........  a 20 x 20 prove that

i) a0 + a1 + a2 + ........... + a20 = 210
ii) a0– a1+ a2– ...........+ a20 = 410
18. Find the remainder when 22013 is divided by 17
1.3.5...........(2n  1)
19. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (x  1)2n is (2x)n .
n!

Find the number of irrational terms is the expension of  51/6  21/8 

100
20.
21. Find the sum of last 20 coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)39.
8
 32 3 
22. Find the 3rd term from the end in the expansion of  x  2  .
 x 
23). If the coefficients of (2r + 4) th term and (3r + 4) th term in the expansion of (l + x)21 are
equal, then find ‘r’.

PARTIAL FRACTIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks) :

Resolve into pratial fractions
x4
1. (x  4)(x  1)
2

x 1
2. (x  1)(x  2)2
 x2  3
3. (x  2)(x 2  1)

2x 2  3x  4
4. (x  1)(x 2  2)

x3 x3
5. i)
(2x  1)(x  2)(x  3)
ii)
(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)

x4 x3
6. i)
(x  1)(x  2)
ii)
(x  1)(x  2)

3x 3  8x 2  10
7. (x  1)4

x4
8. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansions of specifying the
x  5x  6
2

region in which the exapansion is valid.

x
9. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of (x  1)2 (x  2) specifying the

region in which the expansion is valid

x 2  13x  15
10. (2x  3)(x  3)2

3x  18
11. x 3 (x  3)

2x  3
12. 5(x  2)(2x  1)

x2  1
13. (x 2  x  1)2

x2  x  1
14. Resolve
(x  1)(x  1)2
into partial fracitons.

MEASURES OF DISPERSION

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :

1. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous frequency
distribution

Class
30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Interval

Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

2. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data.

xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22

fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3
3. 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.

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

4. Find the mean deviation about the median from the following continuous distribution

Class
0-10 Oct-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
interval

Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10

5. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continuous distribution

Height
95-105 105-115 115-125 125-135 135-145 145-155
(in cms)
No. of
9 13 26 30 12 10
Boys
6. Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method, of the following tabular
data, giving the age distribution of 542 members.

Age in years (x i ) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

Number of Members
3 61 132 153 140 51 2
(f i )

7. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step deviation
method

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of
6 5 8 15 7 6 3
Students

8. Lives of two models of refrigerators A and B,obtained in a surver,are given below
Which refrigerator model would you suggest to purchase ?

Life (in years) Model A Model B

0-2 5 2
2-4 16 re
4-6 13 12
6-8 7 19
8-10 5 9
9. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of two firms A and B belonging to
the same industry gives the following data
 Firm A Firm B

Number of workers 500 600

Average daily wage (Rs.) 186 175

Variance of distribution of wages 81 100

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

(ii) Which firm has larger wage bill ?
10. 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.

Scores of
40 25 19 80 38 8 67 121 66 76
A: x i
Scores of
23 70 31 0 14 111 66 31 25 4
B: yi

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

X 35 54 52 53 56 58 52 50 51 49

Y 10S 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101

12. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4. Their variance is 8.24. If three of the observations
are 1,2 and 6. Find the other two observations.
13. 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.
14. Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following continuous frequency
distribution.

Sales In Rs.
40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Thousand
Nu mber of
5 15 25 30 20 5
Companies

15. Find mean deviation about the mean of the data

Mark Obtained 0-10 Oct-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

No.of. students 5 8 15 16 6

16. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution:

xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32

fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :
01). The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find
the variance of the resulting observations.
02). (i) Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data
6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16
(ii) Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38, 70, 48, 40, 42,
55, 63, 46, 54, 44
03). Find the me an deviation about the median for the following data
13,17,16,11,13,10,16,11,18,12,17.
4. Find thevarianceand standard deviation of thefollwing data 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10.
5. The coefficient of variation of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard
deviations are 21 and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic means.
6. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data

xi 2 5 7 8 10 35

fi 6 8 10 6 8 2

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

xi 5 7 9 10 12 15

fi 8 6 2 2 2 6

8. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data:4,6,9,3,10,13,2
9. Define range for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given data 38, 70,
48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44.

PROBABILITY
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :
1. State and prove addition theorem on probability.
2. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication theorem on
probability.
3. State and prove Baye’s theorem.
4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.

Box white black red

I 1 2 3

II 2 1 1

III 4 5 3
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.
5. Three boxes B l,B2and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below

Box white black red

B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2
A die is thrown, B1 is choosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B 2 is choosen if 3 (or) 4 turns
up and B 3 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 B 2
6. Three Urns have the following composition of balls
Urn I : 1 white, 2 black
Urn II: 2 white, 1 black
Urn III: 2 white, 2 black
One of the Urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn, It turns out to be white.
Find the probability that it came from urn III.
7. If one ticket is randomly selected from the tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the
probability that the number on the tickets is
i) a multiple of 5 or 7 ii) a multiple of 3 or 5
8. Define conditional probability. Bag S, contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B 2
contains 3 white 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?
9. There are 3 black and 4 white balls in one bag, 4 black and 3 white balls in the
second bag. A die is rolled and the first bag is selected if the die shows up 1 or 3, and
the second bag for the rest. Find the probability of drawing a black ball, from the bag
thus selected
10. 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
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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 A, B, A  B, A  B .
1 2 3
14. In a shooting test the probability of A,B,C hitting the targets are , and
2 3 4
respectively. If all of 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.
15. The probabilities of three mutually exclusive events are respectivley given as
1  3p 1  p 1  2p 1 1
, , , prove that p
3 4 2 3 2
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks) :
1. A, B, C are three horses in a race. The probability 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.
2. (i) If A and B are independent events with p(A) = 0.2, p(B) = 0.5. Then find
a) P(A/B) b) P (B/A) c) p(a n B) d) p(A u B)
(ii) If A and B be independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7 then compute
a) p(A  B) b)p(A  B) c)p(B/A) d) p(A c  Bc)
3. 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
4 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
5. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that
1 1 1
P(A  Bc )  ,P(A c  B  Cc )  ,P(A c  Bc  Cc )  , then find P(A),P(B) and P(C).
4 8 4
6. A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of solving it
1 1
are and . Find the probability of the problem being solved if both of them try
3 4
independently.
7. A number x is drawn arbitarily from the set {1,2,3,....... 100} . Find the probability
 100 
that  x    29 .
 x 
8. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given
1
to be . If India and Australia play 3 matches what is the probability that
3
i) Australia will loose all the 3 matches ii) Australia will win atleast one match.
9. If A and B are independent events of a random experiment then show that A and B
are also independent.
2
10. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building
3
5 4
contract is . The probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability
9 5
that he gets both the contracts.
11. In a committee of 25 members, each member is proficient either in mathematics or /
in statistics or in both . If 19 of these are proficient in mathematics, 16 in statistics,
find the probability that a person selected from the committee is proficient in both.
12. 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
(iii) each coin is of different value
13. The probabilities of three events A,B,C are such that P(A)=0.3, P(B)=0.4, P(C)= 0.8,
P(A  B)  0.09,P(A  C)  0.28,P(A  B  C)  0.08 and P(A  B  C)  0.75 . Show that
P(B  C) lies in the interval [0.21,0.46].
14. 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)
15. 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) .
16. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack of 52
playing cards.
17. A pair of dice is rolled what is the probability that they sum to 7 given that neither die
shows a 2?
18. 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.
19. A fair coin is tossed 200 times. Find the probability of getting a head an odd number
of times.
20. 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.

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS

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

i) 53 Sundays ii) 52 Sundays only.
2. If Aand Bare two events with P(A  B)  0.65,P(A  B)  0.15 . Then find the value of
P(A)  P(B) .
3. 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.
4. For any two events A and B show that P(A  B)  1  P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B)

5. If P(A) = x, P(B) = y, P(A  B) = z then find P(A  B) .

6. Two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum on the faces of the two
dice is 10.
7. Find the probability of throwing a total score of 7 with 2 dice. Two dice are thrown.
Then find the probability of getting the same number on both the faces.
8. Find the probability of getting two heads and two tails when four coins are tossed at
a time.
9. Define i) mutually exclusive events ii) independent events
10. Find the probability of obtaining two tails and one head when 3 coins are tossed.

RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks) :

1. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.
X=xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=x i) K 2k 3k 4k 5k
Find (i)k (ii) mean (iii) variance of X
2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

Find (i) k (ii) the mean of X (iii) P(0<X<5)

3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

Find ‘k’, mean and variance of X.

4. Let x be a random varibale such that

1 1
P(X =-2) = P(X = -1) = P(X = 2) = P(X = 1) = and p(X = 0) = find the mean and
6 3
variance of x
5. is the probability distribution of a random variable x . Find the variance of x.
6. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of x, giving the number on the
face that shows up.
7. The range of a random variable X is {0,1,2}.
Given that P(X = 0) = 3c3, P(X = l) = 4c -10c2, P(X = 2) = 5c–1
 Find (i) the value of c (ii) P(X  1),P(1  x  2) and P(0  X  3)
8. 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.
9. 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., then find ‘n’
10. Find the probability of guessing atleast 6 out of 10 answers in
(i) true or false type examination (ii) multiple choice with four possible answers.
11. Five coins are tossed 320 times. Find the frequencies of the distribution of number of
heads and tabulate the result.
12. 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.
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks) :
01). The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively.
Find P(X  1).
02). A poisson variable satisfies P(X  1)  P(X  2) find P(X=5)
03). If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively,
find P(1< X  4)
04.) For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of
the distribution.
5
05). If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is , then
9
find the probability for the event of 2 successes, when the experiment is conducted 5
times.
(k  1)C
06). It A is a random variable with probability distributionP(X = k) = .
2k
k = 0,1,2.... then find C
ck
07). The range of a ramdom variable X is {1,2,3,....} and P(X = k) = ;(k = 1,2,3.....)
k!
Find the value of c and P(0<X< 3)
x
2
08). Find the constant ‘c’ so that P(x) = c   , x = 1,2,3,4... is the p.d.f of a discrete
3
random variable X.
09) In a city 10 accidents take 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.
10). 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.
11). 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.
12. 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?
13). Define mean and variance of a randam variable .
14). Define Binomial distribution .
15). Define poisson distribution.

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