Matrix MATHEMATICS

JEE Academy Daily Practice Problems (DPP)

Momentum Special DPP on Sequence & Progression DPP # 1

1. The sum of the first p terms of a sequence is p(p + 1) (p + 2). The 10th term of the sequence is.
(A) 396 (B) 600 (C) 114 (D) 330
2. The first term of an A.P. of consecutive integer is p2 + 1. The sum of (2p + 1) terms of this series can be
expressed as
(A) (p + 1)2 (B) (2p + 1) (p + 1)2 (C) (p + 1)3 (D) p3 + (p + 1)3
3. If a1, a2, a3,........ are in A.P. such that a1 + a5 + a10 + a15 + a20 + a24 = 225, then
a1 + a2 + a3 + ..... + a23 + a24 is equal to
(A) 909 (B) 75 (C) 750 (D) 900
4. The number of terms in the series 101 + 99 + 97 + .....+ 47 is-

(A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 20

5. If ( m+ 2)th term of an A.P. is ( m+2)2 – m2, then its common difference is-

(A) 4 (B) – 4 (C) 2 (D) – 2

6. If pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b and c respectively, then a(q – r) + b (r – p) + c (p – q) is equal to -

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) a + b + c (D) p + q + r

7. The sum of numbers lying between 10 and 200 which are divisible by 7 will be-

(A) 2800 (B) 2835 (C) 2870 (D) 2849

8. If the ratio of the sum of n terms of two AP’s is 2n : ( n+1), then ratio of their 8th terms is-

(A) 15 : 8 (B) 8 : 13 (C) n : ( n– 1) (D) 5 : 17

9. Given two numbers a and b, let A denotes the single A.M. and S denote the sum of n A.M.’s between a and b,
then S/A depends on-

(A) n, a, b (B) n , b (C) n, a (D) n

10. Find the sum of all the even positive integers less than 200 which are not divisible by 6-

(A) 6535 (B) 6539 (C) 6534 (D) 6532

11. If tn be the nth term of an A.P. and if t7 = 9, then the value of the c.d. that would make t1t2t7 least is-

(A) 33/40 (B) 33/20 (C) 33/10 (D) None of these

12. If a and  be the first and last term of an A.P. and S be the sum of its all terms; then its common
difference is-

 2  a2  2  a2  2  a2
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2S    a 2S    a 2S    a

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13. If 7 times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to 11 times its eleventh term then the 18th term of the A.P. is
_______.
14. If ‘ n ‘ arithmatic means are inserted between 20 & 80 , such that first mean : the last mean is 1: 3 , the
value of ‘ n ‘ is :

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

1 1
15. The sum of all the 12 arithmatic means inserted between  3 and  42 is:
2 2

(A) 276 (B)  276 (C)  23 (D) none of these

16. There is a bell game where five bells ring respectively at intervals of 1, 12,5,7,8 is seconds. When all fives bells
ring together, a person can win Rs.100. How much can a person win if he plays for 1 hr.
(A) 200 (B) 300 (C) 400 (D) 500

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 Matrix MATHEMATICS
JEE Academy Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Momentum Special DPP on Sequence & Progression DPP # 2

1. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5 is

(A) 2550 (B) 1050 (C) 3050 (D) none of these
2. Consider an A.P. with first term 'a' and the common difference 'd'. Let Sk denote the sum of its first K
Skx
terms. If S is independent of x, then
x

(A) a = d/2 (B) a = d (C) a = 2d (D) none

3. The third term of a G.P is 4. The product of the first five terms is
(A) 43 (B) 45 (C) 44 (D) none of these
4. If S is the sum to infinity of a G.P. whose first term is ‘a’, then the sum of the first n terms is
  n n
 a
n
a    a 
(A) S 1  S  (B) S 1  1  S   (C) a 1  1   
  S  
(D) none of these
   

1 1 1 1
5. The sum of the series log 4 + log 4 + log 4 + ...... + log n 4 is
2 4 8 2

1 1 1 1
(A) n (n + 1) (B) n (n + 1) (2n + 1) (C) n (n  1) (D) n (n + 1)
2 12 4

6. The rational number, which equals the number 2. 357 with recurring decimal is
2355 2379 2355
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
1001 997 999

7. Total number of terms in the progression 96 + 48 + 24 + 12 + .....+ 3/16 is-

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
8. The value of 91/3. 91/9. 91/27... upto , is-
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) None of these
9. Every term of an infinite GP is thrice the sum of all the successive terms. If the sum of first two terms is 15, then
the sum of the GP is-
(A) 20 (B) 16 (C) 28 (D) 30
10. If first term of a decreasing infinite G.P. is 1 and sum is S, then sum of squares of its terms is-
(A) S2 (B) 1/S2 (C) S2/ (2S–1) (D) S2/(2S+1)
11. Break the numbers 155 into three parts so that the obtained numbers form a G.P., the first term being less than
the third one by 120-
(A) 5,65,125 (B) 10,65,120 (C) 5,25,125 (D) None of these
12. If x,y,z are in G.P. then x2 +y2, xy + yz, y2 + z2 are in -
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

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13. If a, b, c are in G.P. then , , are in -
a b c
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these
14. The ratio between the GM’s of the roots of the equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + mx + n = 0 is-

b c an cn
(A) (B) (C) (D)
an an c a

1 1
15. If G be the geometric mean of x and y, then 2 2 + G2  y 2 =
G x

1 2
(A) G2 (B) 2 (C) (D) 3G2
G G2
16. The sum of 40 terms of the series
1+ 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 8 + 7+ 16 + 9 + ... is-
(A) 398 + 220 (B) 398 + 221 (C) 398 + 219 (D) None of these
17. The sum of 10 terms of the series

FG x  1IJ 2
FG
2 1 IJ 2
FG3 1 IJ 2

H xK H
+ x 
x2 K H
+ x 
x3 K + .... is -

Fx 20 I F x  1I
22 Fx 18 I F x  1I
11

(A) G x
H 2
1
JG
1K H x 20 JK + 20 (B) G x
H 2
1
J G J + 20
 1K H x K 9

Fx 18 I F x  1I
11

(C) GH x 2
1
J G J + 20
1K H x K 9 (D) None of these

18. If sum of 3 terms of a G.P. is S. product is P, and sum of reciprocal of its terms is R, then
P2 R3 equals to -
(A) S (B) S3 (C) 2S2 (D) S2/R
19. If A and G are respectively A.M. and G.M. of roots of a quadratic equation, then it is -
(A) x2 + 2Ax + G2 = 0 (B) x2 – 2Ax + G2 = 0
(C) x2 – Ax + G = 0 (D) None of these
20. If sum of infinite G.P. is x and sum of square of its terms is y, then common ratio is-
x2  y x2  y x2  y2 x2  y2
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D)
x2  y x y 2
x y 2
x2  y2

21. If 1 + r + r2 + ....+ rn = ( 1+ r) ( 1+ r2) ( 1+ r4) ( 1+ r8) , then the value of n is-

(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16

1 1 1
22. If x, y, z are in A.P., then , , will be in
y z z x x y

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (D) H.P. (D) none

23. If b1, b2, b3 (bi > 0) are three successive terms of a G.P. with common ratio r, the value of r for which the
inequality b3 > 4b2  3b1 holds is given by:
(A) r > 3 (B) r < 1 (C) r = 3.5 (D) r = 5.2
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24. The ratio of the sum of the cubes of the terms of an infinitely decreasing geometric
progression to the sum of the square of its terms is 12: 13. The sum of first two terms of the progression
4
is equal to . The common ratio is
3
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
3 5 9

25. The first term of an infinite G. P. is the value of x for which the expression log3 (3x  8) + x  2 vanishes.
22
If the common ratio of the G. P. is cos then the sum of the G. P. is:
3

(A) 1 (B) 3/2 (C) 4/3 (D) none

1 1 1 1
26. If S denotes the sum to infinity and Sn the sum of n terms of the series 1+ + + +....,such that S– Sn .< ,
2 4 8 1000

then the least value of n is-

(A) 11 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 8

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 Matrix MATHEMATICS
JEE Academy Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Momentum Special DPP on Sequence & Progression DPP # 3

1. If a, b, c are distinct positive reals in G. P., then loga n, logb n, logc n (n > 0, n  1) are in:

(A) A.P. (B) G.P.

(C) H.P. (D) none

2. Sum of n terms of 1+ (1+ x) + (1+ x + x2) + (1+ x + x2+ x3) + .... is-

(A)
1  xn
(B)
e
x 1  xn j
1 x 1 x

(C)
b g e
n 1  x  x 1  xn j (D) None of these
b1  xg 2

1 1 3
3. If the 3rd , 6th and last term of an H.P. are respectively , and , then number of terms in H.P. is
3 5 203
(A) 53 (B) 70
(C) 100 (D) none of these
4. If the first two terms of an HP be 2/9 and 2/7 then largest positive term of the progression is the:
(A) 6th term (B) 7th term
(C) 5th term (D) 8th term
5. If the pth term of a harmonic progression is q & the qth term is p, then its (pq)th term is equal to:
(A) p + q (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) none
6. If the ratio of harmonic mean of two positive numbers to their geometric mean is 12: 13, then the ratio
between the numbers is:
(A) 12: 13 (B) 2: 3
(C) 3: 4 (D) 4: 9
7. If sum and product of roots of equation x 2 – (a – b) x + c – d = 0 are equal then a + b, b + c,
c + d are in........ (a, b, c, d are distinct positive real numbers)
(A) G.P. (B) HP (C) AP. (D) none of these
8. If a,b,c,d are in G.P., then the value of (a–c)2 + (b–c)2 + (b–d)2 – (a– d)2 is-
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) a + d (D) a – d

9. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 6 and their geometric mean G and harmonic mean H satisfy the
relation G2 + 3 H = 48. Find the two numbers.

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10. The fifth term of the H.P. 2, 2 , 3 ,..... will be-
2 3
1 1
(A) 5 (B) 3
5 5
(C) 1/10 (D) 10
11. If first and second terms of a HP are a and b, then its nth term will be-
ab ab
(A) a  (n  1)ab (B) b  (n  1)(a  b)

ab
(C) b  (n  1)(a  b) (D) None of these

12. If the mth term of a H.P. be n and nth term be m, then the rth term will be-
r mn
(A) (B)
mn r 1
mn mn
(C) (D) r  1
r
13. If b + c, c + a, a + b are in H.P., then a2, b2, c2 will be in-
(A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these
bc ca ab
14. If a,b,c are in A.P., then , , are in-
ca  ab bc  ab bc  ca
(A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these
1 1
15. If H is H.M. between two numbers a and b, then + equals -
Ha Hb
(A) a – b (B) a + b
1 1 1 1
(C) – (D) +
a b a b
16. A ball falls from a height of 100 mts. on a floor. If in each rebound it describes 4/5 height of the previous
falling height, then the total distance travelled by the ball before coming to rest is-
(A)  (B) 500 mts
(C) 1000 mts (D) 900 mts
17. The sum of the first ten terms of the geometric progression is S1 adn the sum of the next ten terms (11th
through 20th) is S2. then the common ratio will be-

10
S1 S2
(A)  S2 (B)  S1

10
S2 S1
(C)  S1 (D) S2

18. If a,b,c,x are real numbers and

(a2 + b2 )x2 –2b (a+ c) x + (b2 + c2) = 0, then a,b,c are in-
(A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) None of these

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19. If x = a + (a/r) + (a/r2) + ............, y = b – ( b/r) + (b/r2) – .... and z = c + (c/r2) + (c/r4) + ...., then
(xy/z) is-
ab bc
(A) (B)
c a
ca
(C) (D) abc
b

The solution of the equation 8 e1|cos x||cos x||cos x|....j = 43 in the interval (–  ,  ) are-
bg 2 3
20.

  
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  
3 6 3
 2
(C)  ,  (D) None of these
3 3

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 Matrix MATHEMATICS
JEE Academy Daily Practice Problems (DPP)
Momentum Special DPP on Sequence & Progression DPP # 4

1 1 1
1. If a , b , c are in A.P. , then a + , b+ , c+ are in :
bc ca ab
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these
log a log b log c
2. If a, b, c are positive real number such that = = then prove that ab + c + bc + a + ca + b  3.
bc c a ab
3. If  and  be the roots of the equation x 2 – 12x + p = 0 and let  and  be the roots of the equation x2 –
3x + q = 0. If  >  >  >  are in G.P. then pq is.
(A) –64 (B) –5184 (C) 64 (D) 5184
1 1 1 1
2a 4a 8a 8
4. If positive square root of, a a . ( 2 a ) . ( 4 a ) . ( 8a ) ............. is , find the value of ' a'.
27
n
r
5. Let the rth term, tr of a series is given by tr = . Then Limit
n
 tr is:
1  r2  r 4 r 1

(A) 1/4 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) none of these

6. Let the sequence a1, a2, a3,......., an form an A.P. Then the value of, a12  a22 + a32 ........ + a 22 n 1  a 22 n is:

(A)
2n
n 1

a 22 n  a12  (B)
n
2n  1

a12  a 22 n  (C)
n
n 1

a12  a 22 n  (D)
n
n 1

a12  a 22 n 
n n 1 1
7. Find the sum of the series ,   ......  .
1. 2 . 3 2 . 3. 4 n ( n  1) (n  2)
 1  1  1 1  1 
8. The sum of the infinite series 1 + 1  2   3  + 1  2  2   2  +...............  is:
     2  3 
12 9 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 10 3
9. Find the sum of n  terms of the series : 12 + 32 + 52 + 72 + 92 + ........
1 1
10. If 3 + (3 + d) + 2 (3 + 2d) +...... + upto  = 8, then the value of d is:
4 4
(A) 9 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) none of these
11. The number of common terms to the two sequences 17, 21, 25, ......, 417 and
16, 21, 26, ...... 466 is -
(A) 21 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 91
 1
12. The sum  2
r 1
is equal to:
r2
(A) 1 (B) 3/4 (C) 4/3 (D) none
1 2
13. The maximum sum of the series 20  19  18  ...... is -
3 3
(A) 310 (B) 300 (C) 320 (D) None of these
a  bx b  cx c  dx
14. If   ( x  0) , then a, b, c, d are in -
a  bx b  cx c  dx
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

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15. If 1, log9 (31–x + 2) and log3 (4.3x – 1) are in A.P., then x is equal to -
(A) log43 (B) log34 (C) 1 – log34 (D) log3 0.25
16. If S1, S2, S3 are the sums of first n natural numbers, their squares, their cubes respectively, then
S 3 (1  8 S1 )
is equal to -
S2 2

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 10

17. If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P., then Sn+3 – 3Sn+2 + 3Sn+1 – Sn is equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 2
18. A G.P. consists of 2n terms. If the sum of the terms occupying the odd places is S1 and that of the terms
at the even places is S2, then S2/S1 is -
(A) Dependent on a (B) Independent of r
(C) Independent of a and r (D) Dependent on r
19. If x18 = y21 = z28, then 3, 3 logy x, 3 logz y, 7 logx z are in -
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None
1 1 2 1  2  ...  n
20. Let Sn    ......  ; n = 1, 2, 3, ... Then Sn is not greater than-
13 13  2 3 13  2 3  ...n 3

(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

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 ANSWER-KEY

DPP NO. 1
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B
8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. zero 14. D
15. B 16. C

DPP NO. 2
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. B
15. B 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. B 21. C

22. A 23. A, B, C, D 24. A 25. C 26. A

DPP NO. 3
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C
8. A 9. a = 4, b = 8 10. D 11. C 12. C 13. A
14. C 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C

DPP NO. 4
1
1. A 3. C 4. a=
3
n (n  1)
5. C 6. B 7. S = 8. B
4 (n  2)
n
9. Sn = (4n2 – 1) 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B
3
15. C 16. C 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. C

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