Mathematics

1.COMPLEX NUMBERS

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. If z = 2-3i, show that z 2 − 4 z + 13 = 0 (March − 2008)
2. Find the polar form and Mod-Amplitude form of following complex numbers.
(
i) − 1 − 3i ) ii) z = − 7 + i 21 (Mar 11)
iii) −1−I iv) 1 + i 3 (Mar 11,14, May 15)
3. i) If z1 = −1 and z 2 = −i, then find Arg ( z1 z 2 ) (June – 11)
z 
ii) If z1 = −1, z 2 = i, then find Arg  1  (Mar – 09, 17)
 z2 
4. Write the complex number (2 – 3i) (3 + 4i) in the form A + iB. (Mar 17)
 1
5. If z = (cos θ , sin θ ), find  z − 
 z
a + ib
6. Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number . (Mar TS - 15)
a − ib
7. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7 + 24i. (May 15)
8. Find the complex conjugate of (3 + 4i)(2 − 3i) (May 14,16)
( )
100
9. If 3+i = 299 ( a + ib ) then show that a2 + b2 = 4. (Mar 16)
10. Find the additive inverse of (-6, 5) + (10, -4).
5i
11. Write the conjugate of complex number . (Mar 15)
7+i
12. Express 1 − i in modulas-amplitude form. (Mar 15)
13. Show that the complex numbers z satisfying z 2 + z −2 = 2 constitute a hyperbola.
14. If z ≠ 0, find Argz + Arg z
15. (
If (1 − i)(2 − i)(3 − i)......(1 − ni) =x − iy, prove that 2.5.10…. 1 + n 2 = x 2 + y 2 )
z +1
16. If the real part of is 1, find the locus of z.
z+i
17. If z = x + iy and z = 1, find the locus of z.
π
18. If the amplitude of (z − 1) is , then find the locus of z. (TS May 15)
2
π π
19. If the Arg z1 and Argz 2 are and respectively, find ( Argz1 + Argz 2 ) (Mar 16, May 16)
5 3
n
1+ i 
20. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying   =1
1− i 
21. If z + ai = z − ai , find the locus of z.
22. Represent the complex number 2 + 3i in argand plane. (TS Mar 15)
23. Describe geometrically the following subsets of C, {z ∈ C / z − 1 + i =1 } .
1
x y
24. If ( x − iy ) 3 =−
a ib then prove that + = 4 ( a 2 − b2 )
a b
25. If (a + ib) 2 =+
x iy, find x 2 + y 2 .

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

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1. If z3 − z1 is a real number, show that the points represented by the complex numbers z1 , z2 , z3 are
z2 − z1
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 (Mar 14, May 08)
−3 1
3. Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers −2 + 7i , + i ,
2 2
7
4 − 3i , (1 + i ) are the vertices of a rhombus. (Mar 15, TS Mar 16)
2
4. Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers 2 + i ,
4 + 3i , 2 + 5i , 3i are the vertices of a square.
5. Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers 2 + 2i ,
−2 − 2i , −2 3 + 2 3i are the vertices of an equilateral triangle. (May 15)
6. The points P,Q denote the complex numbers z1 , z2 in the argand diagram. O is the origin. If
z1 z2 + z2 z1 = 0 then show that POQ = 900 .
 z−4 
7. Determine the locus of z, z ≠ 2i , such that Re   = 0.
 z − 2i 
2 + 11i −2 + i
8. Show that z1 = , z2 = are conjugate to each other.
(1 − 2i )
2
25
1
9. If x + iy = then show that ( 4 x 2 − 1) = 0 . (Mar 16, TS Mar – 15)
1 + cos θ + i sin θ
3
10. If x + iy = then show that x 2 + y 2 = 4 x − 3 . (May 16 AP & TS)
2 + cos θ + i sin θ
 z−2  π
11. If the amplitude of   = , find its locus.
 z − 6i  2
12. If z= 2 − i 7 , then show that 3 z 3 − 4 z 2 + z + 88 =.
0
z
13. If 2 , z1 ≠ 0 , is an imaginary number then find the value of 2 z1 + z2 .
z1 2 z1 − z2
2+i
14. If u + iv = and z = x + iy then find u, v.
z+3
π
15. The complex number z has argument θ , 0 < θ < and satisfying the equation | z – 3i| = 3. Then
2
 6
prove that  cot θ −  =i .
 z 
16. 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−i
17. If the point P denotes the complex number z = x + iy in the Argand plane and if is a purely
z −1
imaginary number, find the locus of P. (Mar 17)
2.DEMOIVER’s THEOREM

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Find the value of the following
( )
3 5 5

(ii) (1 + i ) (iii)  3 + i  −  3 − i 
16
(i) 1 + i 3
 2 2   2 2 

2. Find all the values of
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( )
1/ 4
(ii) ( −i ) (iii) ( −32 )
1/ 6 1/ 5
(i) 3 +i
3. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle such that x = cisA , y = cisB , z = cisC , then find the value
of xyz . (Mar 15,16, TS May 15)
 1 
4. x cisθ then find the value of  x 6 +
If = .
 x6 
5. If the cube roots of unity are 1, ω, ω2 then find the roots of the equation (x – 1)3 + 8 = 0.
6. Find the cube roots of 8.
7. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that
1 1 1
(i) + =(Mar TS - 15) (ii) ( 2 − ω ) ( 2 − ω 2 )( 2 − ω10 )( 2 − ω11 ) =
49 .
2 + ω 1 + 2ω 1 + ω
( )( )
(iii) ( a + b ) aω + bω2 aω2 + bω = a 3 + b3 (Mar 17)
8. If 1, ω , ω 2 are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of the following
(i) ( a + 2b ) + ( aω 2 + 2bω ) + ( aω + 2bω 2 ) (ii) (1 − ω + ω 2 )
2 2 2 3

(iii) (1 − ω ) (1 − ω 2 )(1 − ω 4 )(1 − ω 8 ) (iv)  a + bω + cω  +  a + bω + cω 

2 2

 c + aω + bω   b + cω + aω 
2 2

(v) (1 − ω + ω 2 ) + (1 + ω − ω 2 ) (VI) (1 − ω + ω 2 ) + (1 − ω 2 + ω ) (TS Mar 16)

5 5 6 6

9. If 1, ω, ω2 are the cube roots of unity, then prove that x2 + 4x + 7 = 0 where x = ω − ω2 − 2 .

10. Simplify
( cos α + isin α )4 .
( sin β + i cos β )8
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:
nπ
1. i) If n is an integer then show that (1 + i ) 2 n + (1 − i ) 2 n = 2 n +1 cos . (May – 09, 14)
2
n+2
 nπ 
ii) If n is a positive integer show that (1 + i ) n + (1 − i ) n = 2 2 cos  .(Mar - 15)
 4 
2. If n is an integer then show that
 θ   nθ 
(1 + cos θ + i sin θ ) n + (1 + cos θ − i sin θ ) n = 2 n +1 cos n   cos  (Mar 10, 17, May 11)
2  2 
3. If α , β are the roots of the equation x 2 − 2 x + 4 = 0 then for any positive integer n show that
 nπ 
αn + βn = 2n +1 cos  . (Mar – 11 )
 3 
8
 π π 3
 1 + sin + i cos 
4. Show that one value of  8 8  = −1 (May 10, 12, TS Mar 16)
 π π 
 1 + sin − i cos 
 8 8 
5. If cos α + cos β + cos γ = 0 = sin α + sin β + sin γ . Then
3
Prove that cos 2 α + cos 2 β + cos 2 γ = = sin 2 α + sin 2 β + sin 2 γ . (May 09,Mar 16, TS Mar 15)
2
6. If cosα + cosβ + cosγ = 0 = sinα + sinβ + sinγ then show that
i) cos 3α + cos 3β + cos 3γ = 3 cos(α + β + γ ) (May − 2008, Mar − 2008)
ii) sin 3α + sin 3β + sin 3γ = 3 sin(α + β + γ )
iii) cos(α + β ) + cos( β + γ ) + cos(γ + α ) =
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1 q
7. If n is a positive integer, show that ( p + iq )1 / n + ( p − iq )1 / n = 2( p 2 + q 2 ) 2 n cos arc tan 
n p
(May 15)
n n
8. Solve ( x − 1) = x , where n is a positive integer.
9. Solve x 9 − x 5 + x 4 − 1 = 0
10. Find all roots of the equation x11 − x 7 + x 4 − 1 = 0 .
11. If m, n ∈ Z and x = cos α + i sin α , y =
cos β + i sin β then show that
1 1
(i) x m y n + m =n
2 cos ( mα + nβ ) (ii) x m y n − m = 2i sin ( mα + nβ ) .
x y x yn
 π z 2n − 1
12. z cisθ ,  θ ≠ ( 2n + 1)  ,then show that 2 n
If n is an integer and= = i tan nθ .
 2 z +1
13. State & prove De Moivre’s theorem for integral index.
(or)
Show that for any real number θ and any integer n, (cos θ + i sin θ ) = cos nθ + i sin nθ .
n

3.QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find what values of m the equation ( m + 1) x 2 + 2 ( m + 3) x + m + 8 =0 has equal roots.(Mar 03)
2. If the equation x 2 − 15 − m ( 2 x − 8 ) =
0 has equal roots find the value of m. (Mar 04,13,17, May 08,
TS Mar 15)
3. If x 2 − 6 x + 5 =0 and x 2 − 3ax + 35 =0 have a common root then find ‘a’. (TS May 15)
4. If α , β are the roots of the equations ax 2 + bx + c =0 find the values of
1 1 1 1
i) + . (Mar 10,16, May 12, TS Mar 16) ii) 2 + 2 (Mar 08,09,May12)
α β α β
α β
(iii) 2 + 2 (iv) α 4 β 7 + α 7 β 4 .
β α
5. Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 12 x − x 2 − 32 (May 06)
6. Find the maximum or minimum of the expression 2 x − 7 − 5 x 2 (Mar 12, 14).
7. Find the maximum (or) minimum of the expression 3x2 + 2x + 11.
8. Find the maximum or minimum value of the expression x2 – x + 7 as x varies over R. (May 14)
9. Find the value of x at which the expression x2 + 5x + 6 have maximum or minimum.
10. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are −3 ± 5i . (May 07)
p − q −( p + q)
11. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are , ( p ≠ ± q ) (Mar 06)
p+q p−q
12. Prove that the roots of ( x − a )( x − b ) =
h 2 are always real. (May 09, 15)
13. 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.
(Mar 05)
14. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of the squares of the roots is 13.
(Mar 07)
15. State the sign of the expression x 2 − 5 x + 6 when x ∈ R . (Mar 11)
16. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 7 + 2 5 and 7 − 2 5 . (Mar 11)
17. For what values of x, the expression 15 + 4 x − 3 x 2 is negative? (Mar 15)
18. If the quadratic equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 and bx2 + cx + a = 0 have a common root, then show that
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19. If x2 + 4ax + 3 = 0 and 2x2 + 3ax – 9 = 0 then have a common root, then find the value of ‘a’ and the
common roots.
20. If the quadratic equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and ax2 + 2cx + b = 0 ( b ≠ c ) have a common root, then
show that a + 4b + 4c = 0.
21. Find all numbers which exceed their square root by 12.
22. Find the condition that one root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 shall be n times the other,
where n is a positive integer.
23. Prove that there is a unique pair of consecutive positive odd integers such that the sum of their
squares is 290 and find it.
24. Show that the roots of the equation x2 – 2px + p2 – q2 + 2qr – r2 = 0 are rational, given that p, q, r are
rational.
25. If α, β are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 then form a quadratic equation whose roots are
pα and pβ (p is real number) in terms of a, b, c, p.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

x− p
1. If the expression 2 takes all real values for x ∈ R , then find the limits for ‘p’
x − 3x + 2
(Mar 06, May 06,15, TS May 15)
x −1
2. If ‘x’ is real, prove that 2 lies between and 1. (May 07, Mar 08, 13,14)
x − 5x + 9 11
x 2 + 34 x − 71
3. If ‘x’ is real, show that the value of the expression 2 do not lie between 5 and 9.
x + 2x − 7
(Mar 07, Mar 12)
1 1 1
4. Prove that + − does not lie between 1 and 4 if ‘x’ is real.
3 x + 1 x + 1 ( 3 x + 1)( x + 1)
(May 12, Mar 05, 11, 15,16, 17, TS Mar 16)
x 2 + 14 x + 9
5. If ‘x’ is real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression 2 (J 05, May 14)
x + 2x + 3
x+2
6. Determine the range of 2
. (May 08, April 09)
2 x + 3x + 6
x2 + x + 1
7. Determine the range of the expression 2 , x ∈ R . (Mar 10)
x − x +1
2x 2 − 6x + 5
8. If x is real, then find the range of .
x 2 − 3x + 2

9. Determine the range of the expression

( x − 1)( x + 2 ) ,x∈R .
x+3
10. If x1, x2 are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and c ≠ 0 , find the value of
(ax1 + b)-2 + (ax2 + b)-2 in terms of a, b, c
11. Let a, b, c ∈ R and a ≠ 0 such that the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has real roots α and β with α < β
then i) for α < x < β , ax + bx + c and a have opposite signs ii) for x < α or x > β , ax 2 + bx + c and
2

a have the same sign.

12. Let a, b, c ∈ R and a ≠ 0 . Then the roots of ax 2 + bx + c =0 are non real complex numbers if and
2
only if ax + bx + c and a have the same sign for all x ∈ R .
13. 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 .
14. Solve 2x4 + x3 – 11x2 + x + 2 = 0 (TS Mar 15)

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4.THEORY OF EQUATIONS

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Find the quotient and remainder when x 4 − 11x 3 + 44 x 2 − 76 x + 48 is divided by x 2 − 7 x + 12 .
2. From the equation whose roots are 2 ± 3,1 ± 2i . (Mar 07)

3. If 1,1, α are the roots of x3 − 6 x 2 + 9 x − 4 =0 then find α . (May 11)

4. If α , β ,1 are the roots of x − 2 x − 5 x + 6 =
3 2
0 then find α and β . (Mar 08, 16)
5. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negative of the roots of x 4 + 5 x 3 + 11x + 3 = 0.
(Mar 15)
6. Find the equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of x 4 + 3 x 3 − 7 x 2 + 5 x − 2 =.
0
(Mar11, TS Mar 15)
7. If α , β , γ are the roots of the equation x + 2 x − 4 x − 3 =
3 2
0 find the equation whose roots are 3 times
the roots of given equation. (June 05, Mar 09)
8. If α , β and γ are the roots of x 3 − 2 x 2 + 3 x − 4 =0 then find
(i) ∑ α β 2 2
(ii) ∑ α β + ∑ αβ .
2 2

9. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of x3 + 3 x 2 − 7 x + 6 =.
0
10. If -1, 2 and α are the roots of 2 x + x − 7 x − 6 =,
3 2
0 then find α . (Mar 10, 12, 13)
11. 3 2
If 1, -2 & 3 are the roots of x − 2 x + ax + 6 = 0 then find ‘a’. (Mar 04, TS May 15)
1 1 1
12. Form the equation whose roots are ‘m’ times the roots of the equation x 3 + x 2 − x+ 0 and
=
4 16 72
deduce the case when m = 12.
13. If the product of the roots of 4 x 3 + 16 x 2 − 9 x − a =0 is 9, then find ‘a’.(May 12, 17, TS Mar 16)
4 3 2
14. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of x + ax + bx + cx + d = 0 then find the values of a, b, c and d.
15. Find the algebraic equation whose roots are two times the roots of x5 – 2x4 + 3x3 – 2x2 + 4x + 3 = 0.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Given that the roots of x3 + 3 px 2 + 3qx + r =0 are in
3
i) A.P. show that 2 p − 3 pq + r = 0 (Mar 09, May 08) ii) G.P. show that p 3 r = q 3 (Mar 03)
2q 3 r ( 3 pq − r )
iii) H.P. show that=
2. Solve the equation x 4 − 6 x 3 + 13 x 2 − 24 x + 36 = 0 , given that they have multiple roots. (May 12)
3 2
3. Solve 18 x + 81x + 121x + 60 = 0 , given that one root is equal to hall the sum of the remaining roots.
(Mar 05)
4. Solve x 4 + x3 − 16 x 2 − 4 x + 48 = 0 , given that the product of two of the roots is 6. (May 12)
5. 3 2
i) Solve the equation x − 7 x + 14 x − 8 = 0 given that the roots are in G.P. (Mar 07)
3 2
ii) Solve the equation 3x – 26x + 52x – 24 = 0 given that the roots are in G.P. (TS Mar 15)
6. Solve 8 x3 − 36 x 2 − 18 x + 81 = 0 , given that the roots are in the A.P.
7. 4 3 2
Solve x + 4 x − 2 x − 12 x + 9 = 0 , given that it has two pairs of equal roots. (Mar 03, May 11)
4 3 2
8. Solve 8 x − 2 x − 27 x + 6 x + 9 = 0 , given that two roots have the same absolute value, but are
opposite in sign.
9. Solve x 4 − 4 x 2 + 8 x + 35 = 0 , given that 2 + i 3 is a root. (Mar 15)
3 2
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5.PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. If 12 P5 + 5.12 P4 =
13
Pr then find ‘r’. (TS May 15)2. If n P7 = 42.n P5 , find ‘n’.(M12,MarTS15)
If ( ) P5 :n P6 = 2 : 7 , find ‘n’(Mar 10) If ( n +1) P5 :n P5 = 3 : 2 , find ‘n’. (Mar 12)
n +1
3. 4.
5. 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(MARCH-2013)
6. If Pr = 5040 and Cr = 210 then find ‘n’ and ‘r’. (Mar 16, 17)
n n

7. (i) If 12 Cr +1 =12 C3r −5 then find ‘r’.(Mar 08, TS Mar 16) (ii) If 12 Cs +1 =12 C2 s −5 then find ‘s’.(Mar 11)
15
(iii) If C2r −1 =15 C 2r + 4 then find r. (Mar 14)
8. If n P4 = 1680 then find ‘n’. (Mar 06).
9. Find the number of positive divisors of 1080.
10. If n P3 = 1320 , then find ‘n’. (Mar 5, 09)
11. 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.
12. 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. (Mar 15)
13. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to itself.
14. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle so that all the girls sit
together.
15. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
EQUATION.
16. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beeds.(Mar 08,
17)
17. There are 5 copies each of 4 different books. Find the number of ways arranging these books in a
shelf in a single row.
18. Find the number of injections from set A containing 4 elements in to a set B containing 6 elements.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Find the value of 10 C5 + 2.10 C4 +10 C3 .(Mar 10)
22. If n C21 = n C27 , then find 49
Cn .(Mar 06)
23. If 10.n C 2 = 3.( n +1) C3 , find ‘n’.(M12,Mar 15)
24. If n C5 = n C6 , then find 13 Cn . (Mar 13, May 14)
25. If a set A has 12 elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.(Mar 07)
26. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys.
27. Find the number of ways of selecting 4 boys and 3 girls from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls.
(TS Mar 15)
28. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.
29. Find the No. of zeros in 100!
30. Find the number of i) 6 ii) 7 letter palindromes that can be formed using the letters of the word
EQUATION.
31. 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?
32. Define palindrome and give examples.
33. Find the number of seven digited palindromes that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.
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34. 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.
35. 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 without knowing the
key code.
36. 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.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
4 4n
C 1.3.5...... ( 4n − 1)
Simplify 34 C5 + ∑ ( ) C4 .(Mar 12, 17) 2. Prove that 2 n 2 n =
38 − r
1. .(M08, Mar15,TS May 15)
r =0 Cn {1.3.5...... ( 2n − 1)}2
3. 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 ( May 06, 07, Mar 07, 09, 11,15, TS Mar 16)
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 (Mar 14, 17)
5. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words thus formed
are arranged in dictionary order find the rank of the word EAMCET.(Mar 12,16 TS May 15)
6. 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
7. 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(Mar TS - 15)
8. 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.
9. Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players form 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers
such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team. (Mar 05)
10. 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
11. 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)
12. Find the number of ways of selecting 11 members cricket team from 7 batsmen, 6 bowlers and 2
wicket-keepers, show that the team contains 2 wicket-keepers and atleast 4 bowlers. (Mar 14)
13. 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)
14. Out of 7 gents, 5 ladies how many 6 member committees can be formed, such that there will be at
least 3 ladies in the committee. (Mar 06)
15. 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.
16. n n
If 1 ≤ r ≤ n , then Prove that Cr −1 + Cr = n +1
Cr . (Mar 11)
17. Prove that for 3 ≤ r ≤ n , ( n −3) C r + 3.( n −3) C r −1 + 3.( n −3) C r − 2 + ( n −3) C r −3 =
n
C r .(May 12)
18. 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
19. In how many ways 9 Mathematics papers can be arranged so that the best and the worst
i) may come together ii) may not come together
20. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a circular table so that
(i) all the girls are together (ii) no two girls are together
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21. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 without
repetition. (Mar 10)
22. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without
repetition. (Mar 13)
23. 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 repetition are allowed’
24. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word RAMANA.
25. A double decker mini bus has 8 seats in the lower deck and 10 seats in the upper deck. In how many
ways can a marriage party of 18 persons be arranged if 4 old people refuse to go to the upper deck
and 3 children wish to travel only in the upper deck?
26. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed by using the digits 0, 2, 4, 7, 8 without
repetition. (Mar TS - 15)
27. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using the digits 0, 2, 4,
6, 8 without repetition.
28. A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions which are divided into 2 groups A and B
each containing 5 questions. He is not permitted to attempt more than 4 questions from either group.
Find the number of different ways in which the candidate can choose six questions. (TS Mar 16).
29. 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. (May 15)
30. If a set A has 8 elements, find the number of subsets of A containing atleast 6 elements.

7.PARTIAL FRACIOTNS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Resolve the following functions into partial fractions
x −1 x2 − 3
1. 2. (Mar 05, 07, 09, 12, 16, 17)
( x + 1)( x − 2 )
2
( x + 2 ) ( x 2 + 1)
x+4 x2 + 1
3. (Mar 14) 4.
( x − 4 ) ( x + 1)
2
(x 2
+ x + 1)
2

2x + 3 x2 − x + 1
5. 6. (TS Mar 15)
5 ( x + 2 )( 2x + 1) ( x + 1)( x − 1)2
3 x − 18 2 x 2 + 3x + 4
7. 8. (May 12, Mar 11, 15)
x 3 ( x + 3) ( x − 1) ( x 2 + 2 )
3 x 3 − 8 x 2 + 10 x 2 + 13 x + 15
9. (Mar 06) 10.
( x − 4) ( 2 x + 3)( x + 3)
4 2

x3 x3
11. 12.
( 2 x − 1)( x + 2 )( x − 3) ( x − a )( x − b )( x − c )
x4 x3
13. (Mar 10, 13, TS Mar 16) 14.
( x − 1)( x − 2 ) ( x − 1)( x + 2 )
8.MEASURES OF DISPERSION
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each of the observations is multipled by 2, find the variance
of the resulting observations.
2. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16. (Mar 14)
3. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data
x 2 5 7 8 10 35
f 6 8 10 6 8 2
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4. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency distribution
x 5 7 9 10 12 15
f 8 6 2 2 2 6
5. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data 38,70,48,40,42,55,63,46,54,44.
6. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data 13,17,16,11,13,10,16,11,18,12,17.
(Mar 16)
7. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data 5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10. (Mar 15)
8. The coefficient of variance of two distributions are 60 and 70 and their standard deviations are 21
and 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic means.
9. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4, their variance is 8.24. If there of the observations are 1,2 and 6.
Find the other two observations.
10. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data : 4, 6, 9, 3, 10, 13, 2. (Mar 17, TS
Mar 15)
11. 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 (TS Mar 16)
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following continuous frequency distribution.
(Mar 15)
Sales in Rs.thousand 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Number of ompanies 5 15 25 30 20 5
2. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous frequency distribution
Class interval 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2
3. Lives of two models of refrigerators A and B, obtained in a surver, are given below
Life (in years) Model A Model B
0-2 5 2
2-4 16 7
4-6 13 12
6-8 7 19
8-10 5 9
4. 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 students 6 5 8 15 7 6 3

5. 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(Rs.) 125-175 175-225 225-275 275-325 325-375 375-425 425-475 475-525 525-575

No.of workers 2 22 19 14 3 4 6 1 1

6. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of two fimrs A and B belonging to the same
industry gives the following data
Firm A Firm B
Numbers 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?
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7. 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 A:xi 40 25 19 80 38 8 67 121 66 76
Scores of B:yi 28 70 31 0 14 111 66 31 25 4
8. Find the mean deviation about the median from the following continuous distribution

Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
9. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data : (Mar 14)
xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22
fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3
10 Find the mean deviation about the mean of the data : (Mar 15, 17)
Marks obtained 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No. of students 5 8 15 16 6
11 Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution : (TS Mar 15)
xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32
fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

12 Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continuous distribution.
Height (in cms) 95-105 105-115 115-125 125-135 135-145 145-155
No. of Boys 9 13 26 30 12 10

13 Find the mean and variance using the stem deviation method, of the following tabular data giving the
age distribution of 542 members.
Age in years (x1) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
Number of 3 61 132 153 140 51 2
Members (f1)

14 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 108 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101
15. 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 stand deviation of 10 item set given.

16. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution (TS Mar 15)

xi 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

fi 5 8 15 16 6

9.PROBABILITY

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a space form a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. (TS
Mar 15)
2. 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.
(May 09, Mar 07, 13)

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3. The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to be . If India
3
and Australia play 3 matches what is the probability that (i) Australia will loose all the 3 matches (ii)
Australia will win atleast one match. (May 12)
1 1
4. 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, 15, May 15)
5. 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. (AP & TS Mar 16)
6. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural numbers, find the prob-ability that
the sum of the two numbers is (i) an even number(ii)an odd number (Mar 07)
7. If A and B are independent events of a random experiment then show that A and B are also
independent.
2 5
8. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building contract is . The
3 9
4
probability to get atleast one contract is . Find the probability that he gets both the contracts. (Mar
5
16)
9. A bag contains 12 two rupee coins, 7 one rupee coins and 4 half 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
10. 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 ) 0.08, 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] .
11. 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 ) .
(Mar 15)
12. 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 ) .

13. Let A and B be independent events with

= P ( A ) 0.2,
= P ( B ) 0.5 . Let us find
(i) P ( A / B ) (ii) P ( B / A ) (iii) P ( A ∩ B ) and (iv) P ( A ∪ B ) (Mar 12)
14. If A and B be independent events with P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7 then compute. (Mar 14, 17, May 14)
a) P ( A ∩ B ) b) P ( A ∪ B )
B
c) P  
A
(
d) P A C ∩ BC )
15. A pair of dice are rolled what is the probability that they sum to 7 given that neither die shows a 2?
1
16. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that P ( A ∩ B c ∩ C c ) =,
4
1 1
P ( Ac ∩ B ∩ C c ) =, P ( Ac ∩ B c ∩ C c ) =then find P ( A ) , P ( B ) and P ( C ) . (Mar 10, TS Mar
8 4
15)
17. A number X is drawn arbitarily from the set { 1, 2, 3, ……… 100} find the probability that
 100 
x +  > 29 . (May 15)
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18. 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. (TS Mar 16)
19. A fair coin is tossed 200 times. Find the probability of getting a head an odd number of times.
20. A pair of dice is rolled, what is the probability that they sum to 7 given that neither die shows a 2?
(TS Mar 15)
21. Suppose that a coin is tossed three times. Let even A be “getting a heads” and B be the event of
“getting a head on the first toss”. Show that A and B are dependent events.
22. A single die is rolled twice in succession. What is the probability that the number on the second toss
is greater than that on the first rolling ?
23. If A, B are two events, then show that P(A / B) P(B) + P(A/BC) P(BC) = P(A)
24. (i) 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 . (May 11, Mar 05, 13)
(ii) 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)

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. State and prove addition theorem on probability. (J 05, Mar 06, 07, 11, 13, , 17, May 07, May 12)
2. Define conditional probability. State and prove the multiplication theorem on probability.
(TS Mar 15, May 15)
3. State and prove Baye’s theorem. (Jun 05, Mar 09, 12, 15, May 15, TS Mar 16)
4. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows. (Mar 16)
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 B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below

Box White Black Red

I 2 1 2
II 3 2 4
III 4 3 2
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 chosen a box in this way, a ball is chosen at random from this box.
If the ball drawn is found to be red, find the probability that it is from box B2 .
6. 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 (Mar 08)
7. In a box containing 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.
8. 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 cad (king, queen or jack) is denoted by B. Find the probability of A. B,
A∩ B , A∪ B .
9. Define conditional probability. Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Bag B2 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
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10. 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. (TS
May 15)
11. 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. (Mar 10)
12. 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 the drawing a black ball, from the bag thus selected.
13. Three Urns have the following composition of balls. (Mar 17)
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.
1 2 3
14. 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
1 + 3p 1 − p 1 − 2p
15. The probabilities of three mutually exclusive events are respectively given as , , ,
3 4 2
1 1
prove that ≤p≤ .
3 2
10.RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. A poisson variable satisfies P ( X= 1=
) P ( X= 2 ) , find P ( X = 5) . (Mar 10, 14)
2. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find P ( X ≥ 1) . (Mar 08,
11,16 May 15, TS Mar 15)
1
3. If X is poisson variate such that P ( X= 0=
) P ( X= 1=) k then show that k = (Mar 05, 13)
e
4. If X is poisson variate such that P ( X= 1=
) 3P ( X= 2 ) then find the variance of X.(Mar 12)
x
2
5. Find the constant ‘c’ so that P ( x ) = c   , x = 1, 2, 3, ……… is the p.d.f. of a discrete random
  3
variable x.
6. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find P (1 < X ≤ 4 )
(Mar 06, TS May 15)
7. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2, find the first two terms of the distribution.
8. 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.
9. The probability distribution of a random variable ‘X’ X=x 0 1 2 3
P(X = x) K 3k 3k k
Find the value of k and the mean of X. (Mar 07)
10. The probability that a person chosen at random is left-handed (in hand writing) is 0.1. what is the
probability that in a group of 10 people, there is one who is left-handed?(May 12, Mar 15,17, TS
Mar 16)
5
11. 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.
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If X is a random variable with probability distribution P ( X= k=

( k + 1) C , =
12. ) k 0,1, 2,.... then find
2k
‘C’.
Ck
13. The range of a random variable X is { 1, 2, 3, ……} and P ( X )
= k= = 1, 2,3, 4,....) find the
,(k
k!
value of C and p(0 < X < 3).
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Define
i) Mean and variance of a random variable ii) Binomial distribution
iii) Poisson distribution
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. A random variable X has the following probability distributions. Find (i) k (ii) mean and (iii)
variance of X. (Model of May 07, Mar 12, 14, 17)
X=x 1 2 3 4 5
P(X = x) k 2k 3k 4k 5k
2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. Find ‘k’ and mean, variance of X.
(Mar 06)
X=x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X = x) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k

3. The range of random variable X is {0,1, 2} given that P ( X= 0=

) 3c3 ,
P( X =
1) =
4c − 10c 2 , P ( X =
2) =
5c − 1 (i) find the value of c
(ii) P ( X < 1) , P (1 < X ≤ 2 ) and P ( 0 < X ≤ 3) (Mar 05, 11, 13, 15)

4. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X=x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X = x) 0 K 2k 2k 3k k 2
2k 2
7k 2 + k
Find (i) k value (ii) the means of X and (iii) P ( 0 < X < 5 ) (Mar 09, May 12)
5. 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)
6. 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) , P ( X = 6 ) are in A.P. Find ‘n’.
1
7. Let x be a random variable such that P(X = -2) = P(X = - 1) = P(X = 2) = P(X = 1) = , find P(X =
6
0), mean and variance of x.
8. Find the probability of guessing 6 out of 10 of answers in (i) true or false type examination (ii)
multiple choice with four possible answers.
9 A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of x giving the number on the face that shows
up. (May 15)
10. Five coins are tossed 320 times. Find the frequencies of the distribution of number of heads and
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11. Let X be a random variable such that P(X = -2) = P(X = -1) = P(X = 2) = P(X = 1) = and P(X = 0)
6
1
= . Find the mean and variance of X.
3
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.

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