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DPPDaily Practice Problems
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(B.T ECH . IIT R OORKEE ) Mixed

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HARMONIC PROGRESSION
AD Q.6 1+ 2( 1+1/n) + 3 (1+1/n) 2 + ...  terms,
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Q.1 If fourth term of an HP is 3/5 and its 8th term is 1/3,
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(A) n (1+1/n)

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then its first term is
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/2 (C) n(1+1/n)2 (D) None of these
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(C) 1/4 (D) None of these

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Q.2 If first and second terms of a HP are a and b, then
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its nth term will be HARMONIC MEAN
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(A) (B)
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a  (n  1)ab b  (n  1)(a  b) to y and z is b, then A.M. of a and b is

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(A) x (B) y
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(C) (D) None of these (C) z (D) 1/2(x+y)

b  (n  1)(a  b)
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Q.8 If A1,A2 be two arithmetic means between 1/3 and 1/

Q.3 If the mth term of a H.P. be n and nth term be m, then
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the rth term will be
(A) 7/72, 5/36 (B) 17/72, 5/36
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(A) (B) (C) 7/36,5/72 (D) 5/72, 17/72
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mn mn
(C) (D) Q.9 The AM of 1,3,5, ....,( 2n– 1) is
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(A) n + 1 (B) n + 2
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If b + c, c + a, a + b are in H.P., then a , b , c will be (C) n (D) n
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(A) A.P. (B) G.P. Q.10 If three geometric means be inserted between
(C) H.P. (D) None of these
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2 and 32, then the third geometric mean will be

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(C) 16 (D) 12
Q.5 The sum of infinite terms of the progression
1+ 3x + 5x2 + 7x3 + ......(x<1) is
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Q.11 The product of three geometric means between 4

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1 x 1 x  and 1/4 will be
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1 x 1 x  (A) 4 (B) 2
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(1  x ) 2
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Q.12 The A.M. of two numbers is 34 and GM is 16, the (C) 32 (D) 18 or 32
numbers are
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(C) 64 and 4 (D) None of these
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Q.13 Two numbers are in the ratio 4 : 1. If their AM ex- *****************************
ceeds their GM by 2, then the numbers are b b b
(A) 4, 1 (B) 16,4 Q.21 If a,b,c be in H.P. then a – , , c – will be in
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(C) 12,3 (D) None of these (A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these
Q.14 The HM between 1/21 and – 1/5 is
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(C) 1/4 (D) – 1/4 bc ca ab
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ca  ab bc  ab bc  ca
Q.15 AD
If H is H.M. between two numbers a and b, then (A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these
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Ha Hb
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Q.23 Given two numbers a and b, let A denotes the single

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(A) a – b (B) a + b
A.M. and S denote the sum of n A.M.’s between a
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(C) – (D) + and b, then S/A depends on

a b a b

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(A) n, a, b (B) n , b
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Q.16 The HM between a/b and b/a is (C) n, a (D) n

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2ab 2a2b2
(A) (B) Q.24 The ratio between the GM’s of the roots of the equa-
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tions ax2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + mx + n = 0 is

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2ab 2a2b2
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(C) 2 2 (D) b c an cn
a b ab (A) (B) (C) (D)
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Q.17 If 4 HM’s be inserted between 2/3 and 2/13, then the
second HM is
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(A) 2/5 (B) 2/7 Q.25 If G be the geometric mean of x and y, then
(C) 2/11 (D) 2/17 G  x2
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RELATION BETWEEN A.M., G.M., H.M. 1

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G  y2
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Q.18 If A,G & 4 are A.M, G.M & H.M of two numbers re- 1 2
spectively and 2A + G2 = 27, then the numbers are (A) G2 (B) (C) (D) 3G2
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G G2
(A) 8,2 (B) 8,6
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(C) 6,3 (D) 6,4

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Q.26 a, b, c are in A.P. If x is the GM between

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Q.19 If x,y,z are AM, GM and HM of two positive numbers a and b and y is the GM between b and c, then the
respectively, then correct statement is
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A.M. between x2 and y2 will be

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(A) x < y < z (B) y < x < z

(A) a2 (B) b2
(C) z < y < x (D) z < x < y
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Q.20 If sum of A.M. and H.M. between two positive num-

bers is 25 and their GM is 12, then sum of numbers Q.27 The A.M. between two positive numbers exceeds
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(A) 10, 40 (B)10, 20

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(C) 20, 40 (D) 10, 50

Prepared By: MATHEMATICS

Er. Vineet Loomba (IIT Roorkee)
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ANSWER KEY
1. b 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. c
6. b 7. b 8. b 9. d 10. c
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21. b 22. c AD23. d 24. b 25. b
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Prepared By: MATHEMATICS

Er. Vineet Loomba (IIT Roorkee)