MATHS - 2A TOPIC WISE WEIGHTAGE

How to Score Minimum 70 Marks by Every Student

S.N NO OF QUESTIONS WEIGHTA
CHAPTER NAME WEIGHTAGE
O LAQ's SAQ's VSAQ's GE

1 Demovre's theorem 10 - 9 9
12 4 9
2 Theory of Equations 13 - 15 9 9
6
3 Binomial theorem 16 - 15 16 16
8
4 Measures of dispersion 8 - 9 9 9
15 9
5 Probability 15 13 - 15

6 Random variables 9 - 11 9 Demovre's theorem

Theory of Equations
7 Complex Numbers - 13 17 8 Binomial theorem
Measures of dispersion
8 Quadratic Expressions - 9 12 6 Probability
Random variables
9 Permutations and Combinations - 20 25 12 Complex Numbers
Quadratic Expressions
10 Partial Fractions - 6 - 4 Permutations and Combinations
TOTAL 71 61 113 97 Partial Fractions
 LAQ's (7 Marks Questions)
DE MOIVRE'S THEOREM
1. If n is a positive integer, then Show that
n 2
n n  n 
i) 1  i   1  i   2
2
.cos  
 4 

2n 2n  n 
ii) 1  i   1  i   2 n 1 cos  
 2 

2.** If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 – 2x + 4 = 0 then for any n  N show that
 n 
 n  n  2n 1 cos  
 3 
3. If n is an integer then show that
n n   n 
1  cos   i sin    1  cos   i sin    2 n 1 cos n   cos  
2  2 

8
   3
1  sin 8  i cos 8 
4.***Show that one value of     is –1
1  sin  i cos 
 8 8

5.**If cos   cos   cos   0sin   sin   sin  , prove that

3
cos 2   cos 2   cos 2    sin 2   sin 2   sin 2 
2

6.***If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin  then show that

i) cos 3  cos 3  cos 3  3cos       

ii) sin 3  sin 3  sin 3  3sin       

iii) cos       cos       cos       0

1 1 1
1 Q
7.***If n is a positive integer, show that  P  iQ  n   P  iQ  n  2  P 2  Q2  2n .cos  tan 1  .
n P

  z 2n  1
8. If n is an integer and z  c is ,     2n  1  then show that 2n  i tan n
 2 z 1
9.***If m, n are integers and x  cos   i sin , y  cos   i sin  then prove that
1 1
x m yn  m n
 cos  m  n and x m yn  m n  2isin  m  n
x y x y

10.***Find all the roots of the equation

i) x11 – x7 + x4 – 1 = 0
ii) x9 – x5 + x4 – 1 = 0
THEORY OF EQUATIONS
11.***Solve i) 6x6 – 25x5 + 31x4 – 31x2 + 25x – 6 = 0 ii) x 4  10x 3  26x 2  10x  1  0

12. Solve i) 6x4 – 35x3 + 62x2 – 35x + 6 = 0 ii) x 5  5x 4  9x 3  9x 2  5x  1  0

13. i) Solve the equation x3 – 7x2 +14x – 8 = 0, given that the roots are in G.P.
ii) Solve the equation x3– 3x2 – 6x + 8 = 0, given that the roots are in A.P.
14.***Solve 18x3 + 81x2 + 121x + 60 = 0, given that one root is equal to half the sum of the remaining
roots.
15. Solve that equation x4 – 6x3 + 13x2 – 24x + 36 = 0, given that they have multiple roots.
16.***Given that the roots of x3 + 3 px2 + 3qx + r = 0 are in
i) A.P show that 2p3 – 3qp + r = 0 ii) G.P show that p3r = q3
iii) H.P show that 2q3 = r ( 3pq – r)
17. Solve x4 + 4x3 – 2x2 – 12x + 9 = 0, given that it has two pairs of equal roots
18. Solve 8x4 – 2x3 – 27x2 + 6x + 9 = 0 given that two roots have that same absolute value, but are
oposite in sign

19. Solve 2x3 +3x2 –8x+3 = 0 one root being double the another root.
20. Find the roots of x 4 16x 3  86x 2 176x  105  0

21.**Solve the equation x 4  x 3 16x 2  4x  48  0 , the product of two of the roots being 6.

22.**Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the translate of the roots of x 5  4x 3  x 2  11  0 by
'-3'

23. Solve x 4  4x 2  8x  35  0 given that 2  i 3 is a root

BINOMIAL THEOREM
24.***If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of ( a + x)n are respectively, 240, 720, 1080
find a, x, n.
25. If 36, 84, 126 are three successive binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1+x)n , then find n.
26.***If the coefficients of rth, ( r + 1)th and (r + 2)nd terms in the expansion of ( 1+ x)n are in A.P then show
that n2 – (4r + 1) n + 4r2 – 2 = 0
27. 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 i) P 2  Q 2  (x 2  a 2 ) n ii) 4PQ  (x  a) 2n  (x  a) 2n

28.** 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
1 2 3 4 2 3

11
 2 1 
29.***If the coefficient of x10 in the expansion of  ax   is equal to the coefficient of x –10 in the
 bx 
11
 1 
expansion of  ax  2  find the relation between a and b, when a and b are real numbers.
 bx 

n
30.** Supose that n is natural number and I, F are integral part and fractional part of 7  4 3  
then show that i) I is odd integer ii) ( I + F ) ( 1 – F ) = 1
31. *** i) If 'n' is a positive integer and 'x' is any non zero real number, then prove that
n 1
x x2 x3 xn 1  x   1
c o  c1  c 2  c3  ........  cn 
2 3 4 n 1  n  1 x
C1 C2 C 2n 1  1
ii) If n is a positive integer, then prove that C0    ....  n 
2 3 n 1 n 1

(2n)!
Cr then C 0 Cr  C1Cr 1  C2 Cr 2 ......C nr .Cn  C nr  (n  r)!(n  r)! and
2n
32.***If Cr denotes n

hence deduce that i) C02  C12  C 22  ...  C n2  2n

Cn
2n
ii) C0 .C1  C1.C 2  C 2 .C3  ...  C n 1.C n  C n 1

3 3.5 3.5.7 4 4.7 4.7.10

33.***Find the sum of the infinite series i)    .... ii) 1     ....
4 4.8 4.8.12 5 5.10 5.10.15

3 3.5 3.5.7 3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9

iii)    .... iv)    ......
4.8 4.8.12 4.8.12.16 5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20

1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7

34. If x     ............ then prove that 9x2 + 24x = 11
1
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12

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

7 1 1.3  1  1.3.5  1  
36.***Find the sum of the infinite series 5  1  2  1.2  4   1.2.3  6   ...... 
 10  10   10  
 5 5.7 5.7.9
37.***If x     .... , then find the value of x2 + 4x
(2!).3 (3!).3 (4!).33
2

38. If the coefficients of x9, x10,x11 in the expansion of ( 1 +x)n are in A.P then prove that
n2 – 41n + 398 = 0
MEASURES OF DISPERSION
39.***Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous frequency distribution.

40.***The scores of two cricketers A and B in 10 innings are given below. Find who is a better run getter
and who is more consistent player.

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

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

43.** 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 deviation of 10 item set given.
44. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following continuous distribution.
45.** Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continuous distribution.

46.** Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution

PROBABILITY
47.***State and prove addition theorem on probability

48.***Define conditional probability. State and prove multiplication theorem on probability.

49.***State and prove Baye's theorem.

50.***Define conditinal probility. 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
probability that the ball drawn is white?
51. There are 3 black and 4 white balls in one bag. 4 black and 3 white in the second bag. A die is rolled
and the first bag is selected if it is 1 or 3, and the second bag for the rest. Find the probability of
drawing a black ball from the selected bag.
52.*** Three boxes B1, B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below.

A die is thrown, B1is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 (or) 4 turns up and B3
ischosen 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
53.***Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows.
 One box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is red then find the probability
that is from box II.
54.** 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
55.***In a box contaning 15 bulbs, 5 are defective. If 5 bulbs are selected at random from the box. Find
the probalility of the event that
i) none of them is defective ii) only one of them is defective iii) atleast one of them is defective
56. 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 picured card ( king, queen or jack) is denoted by B. Find the probabilities of
A, B, A  B, A  B .

57.** Two persons A and B are rolling a die on the condition that the persons 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.
58. A, B, C are 3 news papers from a city. 20% of the population read A, 16% read B, 14% read C,
8% both A and B, 5 % both A and C, 4% both B and C and 2% all the three. Find the percentage
of the population who read atleast one news paper.
59. If A, B, C are three independent events of an experiment such that

1 1 1

P A  Bc  Cc   4
 8
 4

, P A c  B  Cc  , P A c  Bc  Cc  , then find P (A), P(B)

and P(C)

1 2 3
60. 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.
61.***A, B, C are aiming to shoot a balloon, A will succeed 4 times out of 5 attempts. The chance of B to
shoot the balloon is 3 out of 4 and that of C is 2 out of 3. If the three aim the balloon simultaneously,
then find the probability that atleast two of them hit the balloon.
RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRBUTIONS
62***.The range of 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 ii) P ( X < 1), P ( 1 < X  2) and P (0 < X  3)
63***.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 k2 2k2 7k2 + k
find i) k value ii) the means of X and iii) p( 0<X<5)
64***.A random variable X has the following probability distribution. Find 'k', mean, variance of X.

X = xi –2 –1 0 1 2 3
P(X = xi 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
65. The P.d of Random variable X is
X = xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X = xi) k 2k 3k 4k 5k

66***.In the experiment of tossing a con 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'
67**. One in9 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

ck
68. The range of a random variable X is {1, 2, 3,....} and P(X  k)  ; (k  1, 2, 3,....) . Find the
k!
value of c and P(0<X<3)

 k  1 C , k  0,1, 2....
69**. If X is random variable with probability distrubition. P(X = k) = then find C.
2k
70. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the face that shows
up.
SAQ's (4 Marks Questions)
COMPLEX NUMBERS
1. If z = x + iy and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z, then described geometrically the
locus of z satisying the equations

 z 1  
i) z  2  3i  5 ii) 2 z  2  z  1 iii) Img z2 = 4 iv) Arg  
 z 1 4
2. Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers 2 + 2i, –2 – 2i,
2 3  2 3i are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.

3.***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.
4.***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
5. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers, z1, z2 in the Argand diagram O is the origin. If
z1 z2  z1z 2  0 , then show that POQ  900 .
 
6. The point P represent a complex number z in the Argand plane. If the amplitude.of z is , deter--
4
mine the locus of P.

z i
7. 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.

 z2  
8. If the amplitude of    , find its locus
 z  6i  2

9. If z  x  iy and z  1 , then find the locus of z.

10. If z  3  i  4 , determine the locus of z.

11. If z = 3 – 5i, then show z3 – 10z2 + 58z – 136 = 0

1
12. i) x+iy = , Show that 4x 2  1  0
1  cos   i sin 

3
ii) x  iy  , Show that x 2  y 2  4x  3
2  cos   i sin 
13. if z  3  4i , then show that z 3  10z 2  58z  136  0
QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS

x 2  34x  71
14.**If 'x' is real, show that the value of the expression do not lie between 5 and 9
x 2  2x  7

1 1 1
15. Prove that 3x  1  x  1   3x  1 x  1 does not lie between 1 and 4, if 'x' is real

x 1
16.***If 'x' is real, prove that 2 lies between and1.
x  5x  9 11

xp
17.***If the expression 2 takes all real values for x  R then find the limits for 'p'
x  3x  2

x 2  14x  9
18. If 'x' real, find the maximum and minimum values of the expression
x 2  2x  3
19. Find the range of the following expression if x  R

x 2 2x 2  6x  5 x2  x 1
***i) 2x 2  3x  6
ii)
x 2  3x  2
***iii)
x2  x 1
20. 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 .
21. Let a, b, c  R and a  0 such that the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has real roots  and  with
   then.

i) for   x   , ax2 + bx + c and a have opposite signs

ii) for x   or x   , ax2 + bx + c and a have the same sign.

22.***If c2  ab and the roots of (c 2  ab)x 2  2(a 2  bc)x  (b 2  ac)  0 are equal then show that
a3+b3+c3= 3abc (or) a =0
PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS
23. 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
24. If the letters of word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the word thus formed are ar-
ranged in dictionary order. Then find the rank of the word i) SIPRON ***ii) PRISON

25.** 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 word EAMCET
26. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row. In how many of these arrange
ments.
i) all the girls are together ii) no two girls are together iii) boys and girls come alternately
27. Find the sum of all 4–digit numbers that can be formed using the digits
** i) 1,3,5,7,9 ii) 1,2,4,5,6 iii) 0,2,4,7,8 without repetition

28.** Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed using the digits
0,2,4,6,8 without repetition.
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) No two Russians sit together iii) persons of same nationality sit
together
31.**Find the number of wasy 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 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word 'RAMANA'
33. Find the numberof ways of formaing a committee of 5 members out 6 Indians and 5 Americans so
that always the Indians will be majority in the committee
34. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 persons from a group of 5 Indians, 4 Russians
such that there are atleast 3 Indians in the committee.
35.***Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 bats men and 6 bowlers
such that three will be atleast 5 bowlers
36.***Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 bats men and 6 bowlers and
2 wicket keepers such that the team contains atleast 4 bowlers and 2 wicket keepers.
4 4
34 25
37. Simplify **i) C5    38  r C4 ii) C4    29  r C
3
r 0 r0
38. Find the number of ways of selecting 11 member cricket team from 7 batsman and 6 bowlers and 2
wicket keepers so that team contains atleast 4 bowlers and 2 wiket keepers

4n
C2n 1.3.5.......  4n  1
39.***Prove that 2n

Cn 1.3.5...... 2n  12
40.**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 59th word.
41. There are 9 objects and 9 boxes. Out of 9 objects, 5 cannot fit in three small boxes. How many
arrangements can be made such that each object can be put in one box only.
42.***If the letters of the word AJANTA are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are
arranged in dictorary order, find the ranks of the words i) AJANTA ii) JANATA
PARTIAL FRACTIONS
Resolve the following fractions into partial fractions

3x 3  8x 2  10 x 2  5x  7
43. ***i) . ii)
(x  3)3
 x  14
x 1 x 2  13x  15 3x  18
44. i)
 x  1 x  2  2 ***ii) (2x  3)(x  3)2 iii)
x 3 (x  3)

x2 1
x2  3 2x 2  3x  4
45. i) ii) iii) 2
 x  2   x 2  1 (x  1)(x 2  2)  x 2  x  1
x3 x3
46. i)
 2x  1 x  2  x  3 *** ii)  x  a  x  b  x  c 

x4 x3
47. ***i)  x  1 x  2 ii)
 x  1 x  2
x4
48. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansions of 2 specifying the region in which
x  5x  6
the expansion is valid.
PROBABILITY
49. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutive natural numbers, find the probability that
the sum of the two numbers is i) an even number ii) an odd number
 2 5
50.***The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is and to get a building contract is . The
3 9
probability to get atleast one contract is 4/5. Find the probability that the gets both the contracts.
51.***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
52.** A and B are seeking admission into IIT. If the probability for A to be selected is 0.5 and that both to
be selected is 0.3, then is it possible that, the probability of B to be selected is 0.9?
53. 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.
54.***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 .

55. a) If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.2. P(B) = 0.5, then find
i) P(A/B) ii) P(B/A) iii) P(A  B) iv) P(A  B) v) P(Ac  Bc)
b) If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.6. P(B) = 0.7, then find
i) P(A  B) ii) P(A  B) iii) P(B/A) iv) P(Ac  Bc)

1 1
56.***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.
57.***A speaks truthin 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases. What is the probability that their statements
about an incident do not match
58.** The probability that a boy A will get a scholarship is 0.9 and that another boy B will get is 0.8. What
is the probability that atleast one of them will get the scholarship?
59.** The probability that Australia wins a match against India in a cricket game is given to be 1/3. If India
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.
60. A and B are events with P(A) = 0.5, P(B)=0.4 and P(A  B)  0.3 . Find the probability that
i) A does not occur ii) neither A nor B occurs.
61**. 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 ) +( B ).
 VSAQ's (2 Marks Questions)
COMPLEX NUMBERS
1.***Write the multiplicative inverse of the following complex numbers

i)  sin , cos   ii) (7, 24)

2. Find the square roots of ( –5 + 12i)

2  11i 2  i
3.***Show that z1  , z2 
1  2i  are conjugate to each other..
2
25

4. Write the conjugate of the following complex numbers.

i) ( 2 + 5i) ( – 4 + 6i)
5. Find a square root for the following complex numbers

i) 7 + 24i **ii) 47  i.8 3 iii) 3+4i

6. If ( a + ib)2 = x + iy, find x2 + y2

2i 2  11i
7.***Show that 1  2i 2 and 25 are conjugate to each other..
 
n
 1 i 
8. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying   1
 1 i 

3  2i sin 
9.***Find the real values of  in order that 1  2i sin  is a –––––––

10. Express – 1 – i in polar form with principal value of the amplitude

11. If z1 = – 1 and z2 = – i, then find Arg ( z1z2)

 z1 
12. If z1 = –1 and z2 = i, then find Arg  
 z2 

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

100
14.***If  3 i   299  a  ib  , then show that a2 + b2 = 4

 
15.***If the Arg z1 and Arg z 2 are and respectively, then find  Argz1  Argz 2 
5 3
16. If (1 – i) (2 – i) (3 – i) ........ (1 – ni) = x – iy, then prove that 2.5.10..... (1 + n2) = x2 + y2

17. If z  ai  z  ai , then find the locus of z.

 DE MOIVRE'S THEOREM
18. Find the values of the following
5 5
3  3 i  3 i
i) (1 + i)16 
ii) 1  i 3  8
iii) 1  i  iv)     
 2 2  2 2
 

19. Find all the values of

1/3

i) 1  i 3  **ii)  16 1/ 4
20**. If ABC are angles of a triangle such that x = cis A, y = cis B, z = cis C, then find the values of xyz.
21. Find the cube roots of 8.

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

i)  2     2  2  2  10  2  11   49
1 1 1
ii) Show that  
2  w 1  2w 1  w
1
23. i) Z =  cos ,sin   then find z 
z
6 1
ii) If x  cis , find the value of x  6
x
24. If 1, ,  are the cube roots of unity, prove that
3
i) Find 1   2 
5 5
ii) 1    2   1    2 

25. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 then prove that  4  4   11  0
1/ 4
26. Find all the value of  3i 
QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS
27.***If the equation x2–15-m(2x–8) = 0 has equal roots find the value of m.

28. If (m  1)x 2  2(m  3)x  (m  8)  0 has equal roots, find m.

29. If ,  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 then find the value of

1 1  2  2  
i)  2 ii)  47   74 iii) iv) 
2
   2  2 2  2

30. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are i) 3  5i ii) 7  2 5

p  q (p  q) m n
31. Find the Quadratic equation whose roots are i) , (p   q) ii) ,
pq pq n m
32. Find the quadratic equation the sum of whose roots is one and sum of the squares of the roots is
13.
33.***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
34. i) If x2–6x+5 = 0 and x2 – 3ax + 35 = 0 have a common root then find 'a'.
***ii) If x2–6x+5 = 0 and x2 – 12x + p = 0 have a common root then find 'p'.
35. Find the changes in the sign of the expression 15+4x-3x2 and find their extreme values
36.***Find the maximum or minimum value of the quadratic expression i) 2x–7–5x2 ii) 3x2 +2x+11
37. Prove that the roots of (x–a) (x–b) = h2 are always real.
38. If the equation x 2  ax  b  0 and x 2  cx  d  0 have a common root and first equation has equal
roots then prove that 2(b+d)=ac
THEORY OF EQUATIONS
39. If ,  , 1 are the roots of x3 –2x2 –5x+6=0, then find  & 
40. If 1,1,  are the roots of x3 –6x2 +9x-4=0, then find 
41.***If –1,2,  are the roots of 2x3 +x2 –7x-6=0, then find 
42.** If 1, –2, 3 are the roots of x3–2x2 + ax+6 = 0 then find 'a'.
43.** If  ,  ,1 are the roots of x3 –2x2 –5x+6=0, then find  and 
44. If the product of the roots of 4x3 + 16x2–9x –a = 0 is 9, then find 'a'
45. If ,  and  are the roots of x3-2x2+3x - 4 = 0 then find

i)   22 *** ii) 2

     
2

3 5
46. Form the equation whose roots are i) 2  3, 1  2i ii) 0,1,
, iii) 1  i,  1  i
2 2
47. Find the Quotient and remainder when x 4  11x 3  44x 2  76x  48 is divided by x2–7x+12
48. Find the equation whose roots are negatives of the roots of x4+5x3 + 11x +3 = 0
49.***Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of x 3  3x 2  7x  6  0
50. Find the equation whose roots are cubes of the roots of x3+3x2 +2 = 0
51.**Find the equation whose roots are reciprocals of the roots of x 4  3x 3  6x 2  2x  4  0

52. If , ,  are the roots of the equations x 3  2x 2  4x  3  0 find the equation whose roots are 3
times the roots of given equation.

  
53. If  , ,  are the roots of x3+2x2-4x-3 = 0 the find the equation whose roots are , ,
3 3 3
PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

54. If n Pr = 5040 and n Cr = 2010 find 'n' and 'r' .

55.** If 12
P5  5 12 P4  13 Pr find 'r'

56. a) If n P4 = 1680 then find 'n' b)  n  1 p5 : np5  3 : 2 find n **c) If n P7  42. n P5 then find
'n'
 ( n 1) ( n 1)
57. a) If P5 : n P6 = 2 : 7, find n b) If P5 : n P5 = 3 : 2, find n
58. 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
59. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 7 different coloured beads.
60. There are 5 copies each of 4 different books. Find the number of ways arranging these books in a
shelf in a single row
61.** 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word **i) PERMUTATION
ii) MATHEMATICS **iii) INDEPENDENCE iv) CORRUPTION v) INTERMEDIATE
vi) COMBINATION
65.** Find the number of injections from set A containing 4 elements in to a set B containing 6 elements

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

67. Find the number of 5–digit numbers that can be formed using all the digits 0, 1,1,2, 3

68. **a) If 12 Cr 1 = 12 C3r 5 find 'r' b) If 15 C2r 1 = 15 C2r 4 find 'r'

69. If n C21  n C27 , then find 49 Cn

70.*** Find the value of 10 C5  210 C4  10C3

71. If a set A has twelve elements, then find the number of subsets of A having 4 elements.
72.***Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonants from the letters of the word
'EQUATION'
73. How many 5 letter words can be formed using 3 consonants and 2 vowels from the letters of the
word MIXTURE.
74.***Find the number of positive divisors of 1080.
75. 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.
76.***In how many ways 9 mathematics papers can be arranged so tha the best and the worst
i) may come together ii) may not come together
77. Find the number of zeros in 100!
78. Find the number of palindromes with 6 digits that can be formed using the digits
i) 0, 2,4, 6, 8 ii) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
 BINOMIAL THEOREM
9
 3a b 
79. Find the number of terms in the expansion of *** i) (2a + 3b + c) 7
ii)   
 4 2
7
 2x2 5 
80. Find the coefficient of x –7
in the expansion of   5
 3 4x 
10 11
 3x   3 
81. Find the middle terms in the expansion of i)   2 y  ii)  4 a  b 
 7   2 
10
 3 7 
14  x 3 
82. Find the term independent of 'x' in the expansion of ** i)  4x  2  ii)   2
 x   3 2x 

22
83.** If 22Cr is the largest binomial coefficient in the expansion of 1  x  find the value of 13 Cr

8
 32 3 
84**. Find the 3rd term from the end in the expansion of  x  2 
 x 

85. Prove that 2.Co  5.C1  8.C2  ...   3n  2  .Cn   3n  4  2n 1

86. Find the set of values of 'x' for which the following expansions are valid
***i) (2+3x)–2/3 ii) (3–4x)3/4
87. Find the sum of last 20 coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)39
88.** Find the number of terms with non – zero coefficients in (4x – 7y)49 + (4x + 7y)49.
89. If A and B are coefficients of xn in the expansion of (1 + x)2n and (1+ x)2n–1 respectively, then find the
A
value of .
B
MEASURES OF DISPERSION
90.***Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data
i) 38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54,44
91.***Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data.
i) 13, 17, 16,11, 13, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 17
92. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following distribution.

93.***Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency distribution
94.** Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discrete data: 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 12, 16
95. Find the variance for the discreate data given below. 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 8, 12
96. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data: 5, 12, 3, 18, 6, 8, 2, 10.
97.***The variance of 20 observation is 5. If each of the observations is multiplied by 2, find the variance of
the resulting observations.
98. If each of the observations x1, x2,......... xn is increased by k, where k is a positive or negative number,
then show that the variance remains unchanged.

RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRBUTIONS

1
99. If X is poisson varitate such that P(x=0)= P(X = 1) = k then show that k =
e
100. A poisson variable satisfies P(X = 1) = P(X = 2) find P(X = 5)
101. If x follows a poisson distribution and P(x=1) = 3P(x=2), then find the variance of x.

102. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find P  x  1 and n, p

103. In a city 10 accidnets 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 mor accidents in a day.

15 15
104. In a binomial distribution random variable X has mean and variance .Find the distribution and
2 4
parameters
105. If the mean variance of a binomial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44 respectively, find P(1<X  4).
106. 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.
107. 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.
108. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is 5/9 then find the
probability for the event of 2 successes when the experiment is conducted 5 times.
109. 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.

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