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Binomial Theorem JEE Main PYQs PDF, 2020–2026

Binomial Theorem has 197 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 28 per year across all shifts. The free PDF has 196 of them, each with its answer. The most asked topic is Binomial Coefficient Identities (42 questions), followed by Coefficient Problems (35) and Applications of Binomial Theorem (34).

Asked in JEE Main
1972020–2026, all shifts
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196with answers
Asked in 2026
17Latest paper: 2026 Apr S2
Most asked topic
Binomial Coefficient Identities42 Qs · 21% of the chapter
Difficulty mix
9% easy · 74% medium · 17% hardof the questions in the PDF

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How often it's asked in JEE Main

Binomial Theorem had about 1.1 questions per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic: Binomial Coefficient Identities. About 17 questions in the 2026 papers. (Some topics were cut in 2024; see what changed.)

It came up in almost every 2024–26 shift in our bank (about 53 shifts). Question types in 2020–2026: about 107 MCQs and about 90 numerical.

How many questions from Binomial Theorem in JEE Main, year by year

YearQuestionsPer shiftMCQNumerical
2026170.9143
2025231.2176
2024261.31214
2023482.02226
2022261.11214
2021371.41720
2020201.3137
2020–20261971.310790

Most asked Binomial Theorem topics, 2020–2026

TopicQuestions
Binomial Coefficient Identities42
Coefficient Problems35
Applications of Binomial Theorem34
General Term28
Binomial Expansion23

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Binomial Theorem questions per year

YearAskedIn PDF
20261717
20252323
20242625
20234848
20222626
20213737
20202020

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Topic-wise weightage by year

How many Binomial Theorem questions each topic had in every JEE Main year (all shifts), counting every question asked, including ones not in the PDF. Darker cells mean more questions.

TopicAskedShare2026202520242023202220212020
Binomial Coefficient Identities4221%75665103
Coefficient Problems3518%5368445
Applications of Binomial Theorem3417%15313651
General Term2814%22310362
Binomial Expansion2312%1455125
General and Middle Term2010%·324452
Multinomial Theorem63%·111111
Numerically Greatest Term53%···1121
Middle Term42%1···12·
All topics197100%17232648263720

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Newest questions (2026)

The 12 newest of the 17 JEE Main 2026 Binomial Theorem questions in the free PDF, latest shift first.

  1. JEE Main 2026 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Binomial Coefficient Identities

    If 26(233(12C2)+255(12C4)+277(12C6)+⋯+21313(12C12))=313−α26\left(\frac{2^{3}}{3}\left({}^{{12}}{\mathrm{C}}_{2}\right)+\frac{2^{5}}{5}\left({}^{{12}}{\mathrm{C}}_{4}\right)+\frac{2^{7}}{7}\left({}^{{12}}{\mathrm{C}}_{6}\right)+\cdots +\frac{2^{{13}}}{13}\left({}^{{12}}{\mathrm{C}}_{{12}}\right)\right)=3^{{13}}-\alpha, then α\alpha is equal to :

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  2. JEE Main 2026 · 6 Apr · Shift 2 · Binomial Expansion

    If (1−x3)10=∑r=010arxr(1−x)30−2r\left(1-x^{3}\right)^{{10}}=\sum_{{{\mathrm{r}}=0}}^{{10}}{\mathrm{a}}_{{{\mathrm{r}}}}x^{{{\mathrm{r}}}}(1-x)^{{30-2{\mathrm{r}}}}, then 9a9a10\frac{9{\mathrm{a}}_{9}}{{\mathrm{a}}_{{10}}} is equal to ____\_\_\_\_ .

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  3. JEE Main 2026 · 6 Apr · Shift 1 · Middle Term

    If the coefficients of the middle terms in the binomial expansions of (1+αx)26(1+\alpha x)^{{26}} and (1−αx)28,α≠0(1-\alpha x)^{{28}},\alpha\neq 0, are equal, then the value of α\alpha is:

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  4. JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 2 · General Term

    The coefficient of x2x^{2} in the expansion of (2x2+1x)10,x≠0\left(2x^{2}+\frac{1}{x}\right)^{{10}},x\neq 0, is :

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  5. JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 1 · Coefficient Problems

    If the sum of the coefficients of x7x^{7} and x14x^{{14}} in the expansion of (1x3−x4)n,x≠0\left(\frac{1}{x^{3}}-x^{4}\right)^{n},x\neq 0, is zero, then the value of nn is ____\_\_\_\_ .

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  6. JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · General Term

    In the expansion of (9x−13x)18,x>0\left(9x-\frac{1}{3\sqrt{x}}\right)^{{18}},x>0, if the term independent of xx is (221)k, then k is equal to:

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  7. JEE Main 2026 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Coefficient Problems

    Let the smallest value of k∈Nk\in {\mathbb{N}}, for which the coefficient of x3x^{3} in (1+x)3+(1+x)4+(1+x)5+…+(1+x)99+(1+kx)100,x≠0(1+x)^{3}+(1+x)^{4}+(1+x)^{5}+\ldots +(1+x)^{{99}}+(1+kx)^{{100}},x\neq 0, is (43n+1014)(100C3)\left(43n+\frac{101}{4}\right)\left({}^{{100}}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}\right) for some n∈ Nn\in {\ \mathrm{N}}, be pp. Then the value of p+np+n is :

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  8. JEE Main 2026 · 2 Apr · Shift 2 · Binomial Coefficient Identities

    If for 3≤r≤303\leq r\leq 30, (30C30−r)+3(30C31−r)+3(30C32−r)+(30C33−r)=mCr\left({{}^{{30}}C_{{30-r}}}\right)+3\left({{}^{{30}}C_{{31-r}}}\right)+3\left({{}^{{30}}C_{{32-r}}}\right)+\left({{}^{{30}}C_{{33-r}}}\right)={{}^{m}C_{r}}, then m equals :

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  9. JEE Main 2026 · 28 Jan · Shift 2 · Applications of Binomial Theorem

    Given below are two statements :

    Statement I :

    2513+2013+813+313{25}^{{13}}+{20}^{{13}}+8^{{13}}+3^{{13}} is divisible by 7.

    Statement II :

    The integral part of (7+43)25(7+4\sqrt{3})^{{25}} is an odd number.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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  10. JEE Main 2026 · 28 Jan · Shift 2 · Binomial Coefficient Identities

    The sum of the coefficients of x499x^{{499}} and x500x^{{500}} in (1+x)1000+x(1+x)999+x2(1+x)998+…+x1000(1+x)^{{1000}}+x(1+x)^{{999}}+x^{2}(1+x)^{{998}}+\ldots +x^{{1000}} is :

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  11. JEE Main 2026 · 24 Jan · Shift 1 · Binomial Coefficient Identities

    Let S=125!+13!23!+15!21!+…{\mathrm{S}}=\frac{1}{25!}+\frac{1}{3!23!}+\frac{1}{5!21!}+\ldots up to 13 terms. If 13 S=2kn!,k∈ N13{\ \mathrm{S}}=\frac{2^{k}}{n!},k\in {\ \mathrm{N}}, then n+kn+k is equal to

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  12. JEE Main 2026 · 23 Jan · Shift 1 · Binomial Coefficient Identities

    The value of 100C5051+100C5152+….+100C100101\frac{{}^{{100}}{\mathrm{C}}_{{50}}}{51}+\frac{{}^{{100}}{\mathrm{C}}_{{51}}}{52}+\ldots.+\frac{{}^{{100}}{\mathrm{C}}_{{100}}}{101} is:

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JEE Main 2026 · 23 Jan · Shift 1 · Coefficient Problems

The sum of all possible values of n∈N{\mathbf{n}}\in {\mathbf{N}}, so that the coefficients of x,x2x,x^{2} and x3x^{3} in the expansion of (1+x2)2(1+x)n\left(1+x^{2}\right)^{2}(1+x)^{{{\mathrm{n}}}}, are in arithmetic progression is :

  1. (A)

    12

  2. (B)

    9

  3. (C)

    3

  4. (D)

    7

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JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Applications of Binomial Theorem

The product of the last two digits of (1919)1919(1919)^{1919} is
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JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Binomial Expansion

The number of integral terms in the expansion of (512+718)1016\left( {5^\frac{1}{2}} + 7^\frac{1}{8} \right)^{1016} is:

  1. (A)

    127

  2. (B)

    128

  3. (C)

    130

  4. (D)

    129

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JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · General and Middle Term

In the expansion of (23+133)n,n∈ N\left(\sqrt[3]{2}+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{3}}\right)^n, n \in \mathrm{~N}, if the ratio of 15th 15^{\text {th }} term from the beginning to the 15th 15^{\text {th }} term from the end is 16\frac{1}{6}, then the value of nC3{ }^n \mathrm{C}_3 is

  1. (A) 4960
  2. (B) 2300
  3. (C) 1040
  4. (D)4060
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JEE Main 2025 · 2 Apr · Shift 1 · General Term

The term independent of xx in the expansion of ((x+1)(x2/3+1−x1/3)−(x−1)(x−x1/2))10,x>1\left(\frac{(x+1)}{\left(x^{2 / 3}+1-x^{1 / 3}\right)}-\frac{(x-1)}{\left(x-x^{1 / 2}\right)}\right)^{10}, x>1, is :

  1. (A)240
  2. (B)120
  3. (C)150
  4. (D)210
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JEE Main 2025 · 23 Jan · Shift 1 · Multinomial Theorem

The sum of all rational terms in the expansion of (1+21/3+31/2)6\left(1+2^{1 / 3}+3^{1 / 2}\right)^6 is equal to _________.

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How many questions come from Binomial Theorem in JEE Main?

197 questions from 2020 to 2026, about 28 per year. In 2026 it had 17. The free PDF has 196 of them.

Which Binomial Theorem topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Binomial Coefficient Identities (21%), Coefficient Problems (18%) and Applications of Binomial Theorem (17%) of all Binomial Theorem questions.

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