PAST YEAR PROBLEMS

Q.1 The sum of the series 13 23 + 33 ......+ 93 = 1 1

(C) 1/mn (D)
[AIEEE- 2002] m n

(A) 300 (B) 125 Q.8 The sum of the first n terms of the series 12 + 2. 22 +
(C) 425 (D) 0 n (n 1)2
32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 +..... is when n is
2
Q.2 If the sum of an infinite GP is 20 and sum of their even. When n is odd the sum is-
square is 100 then common ratio will be = [AIEEE- 2004]

[AIEEE- 2002] 3n (n 1) n 2 (n 1)
(A) (B)
2 2
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 2
n (n 1)2 n (n 1)
(C) 3/5 (D) 1 (C) (D)
4 2
Q.3 If the third term of an A.P. is 7 and its 7th term is 2
n n n
more than three times of its 3rd term, then sum of its Q.9 If x = a ,y= b ,z= c where a, b, c
first 20 terms is- [AIEEE- 2002] n0 n0 n0

(A) 228 (B) 74 are in A.P. and | a | < 1, | b | < 1, | c | < 1 then
x, y, z are in - [AIEEE- 2005]
(C) 740 (D) 1090
(A) GP
(B) AP
Q.4 If x1, x2, x3 and y1, y2, y3 are both in G.P. with the (C) Arithmetic - Geometric Progression
same common ratio, then the points (D) HP
(x1, y1), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) [AIEEE- 2003]
(A) are vertices of a triangle Q.10 If in a ABC, the altitudes from the vertices A, B, C
on opposite sides are in H.P., then sin A, sin B, sin C
(B) lie on a straight line
are in - [AIEEE- 2005]
(C) lie on an ellipse (A) G.P.
(D) lie on a circle (B) A.P.
(C) Arithmetic Geometric progression
Q.5 If the system of linear equations x + 2ay + az = 0 ; (D) H.P.
x + 3by + bz = 0 ; x + 4cy + cz = 0 has a non- zero
solution, then a, b, c a1 a 2 ... ap
[AIEEE- 2003] Q.11 Let a1, a2, a3, ..... be terms of an A.P. If a a ... a
1 2 q
(A) satisfy a + 2b + 3c = 0
(B) are in A.P. p2 a6
= , p q then a equals
2
q 21
(C) are in G.P.
(D) are in H.P [AIEEE- 2006]
7 2
(A) (B)
Q.6 Let two numbers have arithmetic mean 9 and geo- 2 7
metric mean 4. Then these numbers are the roots of 11 41
(C) (D)
the quadratic equation- [AIEEE- 2004] 41 11
(A) x2 + 18 x + 16 = 0 Q.12 If a1, a2, ..... an are in H.P., then the expression
a1a2 + a2a3 + .... + an 1an is equal to
(B) x2 18x + 16 = 0
[AIEEE- 2006]
(C) x2 + 18 x 16 = 0 (A) (n 1) (a1 an) (B) na1an
(D) x2 18 x 16 = 0 (C) (n 1) a1an (D) n (a1 an)

Q.7 Let Tr be the rth term of an A.P. whose first term is a Q.13 In a geometric progression consisting of positive
and common difference is d. If for some positive in- terms, each term equals the sum of the next two
terms. Then the common ratio of this progression
1 1 equals- [AIEEE- 2007]
tegers m, n, m n, Tm = and Tn = , then a d
n m 1 1
equals- [AIEEE- 2004] (A) (1 5 ) (B)
2 2 5
(A) 0 (B) 1
 (1) 18 months (2) 19 months
1 1
(C) 5 (D) ( 5 1) (3) 20 months (4) 21 months
2 2
100
Q.14 The sum to infinity of the series 17. th
Let an be the n term of an A.P. If a
r 1
2r = and
2 6 10 14
1 2 3 4 ....... [AIEEE 2009]
3 3 3 3 100

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 a

r 1
2r 1 = , then the common difference of the

15. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an A.P. is :

denote the number of notes he counts in the nth
minute. If a1 = a2 = .....= a10 = 150 and a10, a11,....are (1) (2)
100
in an AP with common difference 2, then the time
taken by him to count all notes is
(3) (4)
200
[AIEEE 2010] [AIEEE 2011]
(1) 34 minutes (2) 125 minutes
(3) 135 minutes (4) 24 minutes 18. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77,
16. A man saves Rs. 200 in each of the first three months 0.777,....., is [AIEEE - 2013, (4, ),360]
of his service. In each of the subsequent months his 7 7
saving increases by Rs. 40 more than the saving of (1) (179 1020) (2) (99 1020)
81 9
immediately previous month. His total saving from
the start of service will be Rs. 11040 after : 7 7
[AIEEE 2011] (3) (179 + 1020) (4) (99 + 1020)
81 9

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ans. C C C B D B A B D B C C D B
15. (1) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (3)