Progression Quiz

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PROGRESSIONS QUIZ (+3,-1)

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES (ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWERS)
1. Consider an A.P. with first term ‘a’ and the common difference d. Let Sk denote
S kx
the sum of the first K terms. Let Sx is independent of x, then -

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


2. Let , ,  be the roots of the equation x + 3ax + 3bx + c = 0. If , ,  are
3 2

in H.P. then  is equal to -


(A) – c/b (B) c/b (C) – a (D) a

 (2r  1)
FG 9 IJ r
3.
r 1
H 11K is equal to -

(A) 45 (B) 55

(C) sum of first nine natural numbers (D) sum of first ten natural numbers

4. For the A.P. given by a1, a2, ............., an, ........, with non-zero common
difference, the equations satisfied are-

(A) a1 + 2a2 + a3 = 0 (B) a1 – 2a2 + a3 = 0

(C) a1 + 3a2 – 3a3 – a4 = 0 (D) a1 – 4a2 + 6a3 – 4a4 + a5 = 0

5. If a, a1, a2,.....,a10 , b are in A.P. and a, g1, g2,.....g10 , b are in G.P. and

a 1  a 2  .....  a 10 a 2  a 3  .....  a 9 a  a6
h is the H.M. between a and b, then   .......  5 is
g1 g1 0 g2 g 9 g5 g6

10 15 30 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
h h h h
6. The sum of the first n terms of the series 12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 +
n(n  1)2
....... is , when n is even. When n is odd, the sum is -
2

n 2 (n  1) n(n  1)(2n  1) n(n  1)2 n 2 (n  1)2


(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 6 2 2

7. If (1 + 3 + 5 +...+ a) + (1 + 3 + 5 +...+ b) = (1 + 3 + 5 + .... + c),


where each set of parentheses contains the sum of consecutive odd
integers as shown such that - (i) a + b + c = 21, (ii) a > 6
If G = Max{a, b, c} and L = Min{a, b, c}, then -
(A) G – L = 4 (B) b – a = 2 (C) G – L = 7 (D) a – b = 2

8. If a, b and c are distinct positive real numbers and a2 + b2 + c2 = 1, then ab +

bc + ca is -
(A) equal to 1 (B) less than 1 (C) greater than 1 (D) any real number
9. Let p, q, r  R+ and 27 pqr  (p + q + r)3 and 3p + 4q + 5r = 12 then p3 + q4 +
r5 is equal to -
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) none of these
1 0 . The sum of the first 100 terms common to the series 17, 21, 25, ......... and 16,
21, 26, ...............is -
(A) 101100 (B) 111000 (C) 110010 (D) 100101

1 1 . If a, b, c are positive such that ab2c3 = 64 then least value of


FG 1  2  3 IJ
H a b cK
is -
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 32
1 2 . If a1, a2,..................an  R+ and a1.a2....... an = 1 then the least value

of (1  a 1  a 12 )(1  a 2  a 22 ).....(1  a n  a 2n ) is -

(A) 3n (B) n3n (C) 3 3n (D) data inadequate


13. Let a1, a2, a3,........ and b1, b2, b3,........ be arithmetic progression such that a1 = 25, b1 = 75 and
a100 + b100 = 100, then -
(A) The common difference in progression 'ai' is equal but opposite in sign to the common difference in progression
'bj'.
(B) an + bn = 100 for any n.
(C) (a1 + b1), (a2 + b2), (a3 + b3), ....... are in A.P.

100

(D)  (a
r 1
r  b r )  10 4

14. If the AM of two positive numbers be three times their geometric mean then the ratio of the numbers is -

 
2
(A) 3  2 2 (B) 2  1 (C) 17  12 2 (D) 3  2 2

15. If first and (2n – 1)th terms of an A.P., G.P. and H.P. are equal and their nth terms are a, b, c respectively, then-
(A) a + c = 2b (B) a  b  c (C) a + c = b (D) b2 = ac

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