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