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JEE Main · Maths · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations

Sum of p-th Powers of Roots

JEE Main asked Sum of p-th Powers of Roots 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Roots of Unity, in Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations (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: application.

  • Power sum of roots of unity
  • Sum of high powers of roots of cubic

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

1 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 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q2If α, β, γ, δ\alpha,\ \beta,\ \gamma,\ \delta are the roots of the equation x4+x3+x2+x+1=0x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1=0, then…MediumSingle correct
  2. 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q82The sum of 162th162^{\text{th}} power of the roots of the equation x3−2x2+2x−1=0x^3-2x^2+2x-1=0 is _________.MediumNumerical value

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

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