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AP-Weighted Coefficient Sums

JEE Main asked AP-Weighted Coefficient Sums 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Binomial Coefficients, in Binomial Theorem (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210.04’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Binomial sum ratio from given identity
  • Sum of series with summation general term

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 1

2 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 25 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q21Let CrC_r denote the binomial coefficient of xrx^r in the expansion of (1+x)10(1+x)^{10}. If for α,β∈R\alpha,\beta\in\mathbf{R},…HardNumerical value
  2. 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q90Let m,n∈Nm, n\in\mathbf{N} and gcd⁡(2,n)=1\gcd(2, n)=1. If 30(300)+29(301)+…..+2(3028)+1(3029)=n⋅2m30\binom{30}{0}+29\binom{30}{1}+\ldots..+2\binom{30}{28}+1\binom{30}{29}=n\cdot 2^m, then…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 25 Jun 2022, Shift 1.

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