ARITHMATIC PROGRESSION

1. The number of terms in the series 101+99+97 + …………

+ 47 is
(a) 25 (b) 28
(a - c)2
12. If a, b, c are in A.P., then =
(c) 30 (d) 20 (b2 - ac)
2. If the pth term of an A.P. be q and qth term be p, then (a) 1 (b) 2
its term will be (c) 3 (d) 4
(a) p + q + r (b) p + q - r  7
13. If log32, log3(2x-5) and log3,  2 x -  are in A.P., then
(c) p + r - q (d) p - q - r x is equal to  2
θ θ
3. If tan n = tan m , then the different values of θ will
be in 1 1
(a) 1, (b) 1,
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. 2 3
(c) H.P. (d) None of these 3
(c) 1, (d) None of these
4. term of the series 3.8 +6.11 + 9.14+12.17 + …….. will 2
14. If the pth, qth and rth term of an arithmetic sequence
be
are a, b and c respectively, then the value of [a(q − r)
(a) 3n(3n + 5) (b) 3n(n + 5)
+ b(r−p) + c(p −q)] =
(c) n(3n + 5) (d) n(n + 5)
(a) 1 (b) -1
5. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by (c) 0 (d) 1/2
2 or 5 is
15. If terms of two A.P.’s are 3n + 8 and 7n + 15, then the
(a) 3000 (b) 3050
ratio of their 12th terms will be
(c) 4050 (d) None of these
(a) 4/9 (b) 7/16
6. If terms of the series 63 + 65 + 67 + 69 + …….. and 3 (c) 3/7 (d) 8/15
+ 10 + 17 + 24 + ...... be equal, then m =
16. If α 1 = α = 2, α n = α n-1 -1 (n > 2), then α is
(a) 11 (b) 12 2 5
(a) 1 (b) -1
(c) 13 (d) 15
(c) 0 (d) -2
7. The sum of 24 terms of the following series
17. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e form an A.P., then the value
2 + 8 + 18 + 32 + ........ of a-4b+6c-4d+e is
(a) 300 (b) 300 2 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 200 2 (d) None of these (c) 0 (d) None of these
8. If 2x, x + 8, 3x + 1 are in A.P., then the value of x will 18. The sixth term of an A.P. is equal to 2, the value of the
be common difference of the A.P. which makes the product
(a) 3 (b) 7 a1a4a5 least is given by
(c) 5 (d) – 2
9. If the sum of terms of an A.P. is nA + n2B, where A, B 8 5
(a) x= (b) x=
are constants, then its common difference will be 5 4
(a) A–B (b) A+B (c) x = 2/3 (d) None of these
(c) 2A (d) 2B
19. If p times the pth term of an A.P. is equal to qth times
10. If the 9th term of an A.P. is 35 and 19th is 75, then its the q term of an A.P., then (p + q)th term is
20th terms will be (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 78 (b) 79 (c) 2 (d) 3
(c) 80 (d) 81
2 6 20. The sums of terms of two arithmetic series are in the
11. The 9th term of the series 27 + 9 + 5 + 3 + ......... will ratio 2n + 3:6n + 5, then the ratio of their 13th terms is
be
5 7
(a) 53: 155 (b) 27: 77
(c) 29: 83 (d) 31: 89
10 10
(a) 1 (b)
17 17
16 17
(c) (d)
27 27

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21. If am denotes the mth term of an A.P. then am = 31. If be odd or even, then the sum of terms of the series
1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + 5 − 6 + ...... will be
2 am + k − am − k
(a) (b) n n−1
am + k + am − k 2 (a) − (b)
am + k + am − k 2 2
(c) (d) None of these n+1 2n + 1
2 (c) (d)
22. Let Tr be the r term of an A.P. for r= 1, 2, 3,.... . If for
th
2 2
1 32. If the first, second and last terms of an A.P. be a, b, 2a
some positive integers m, n we have Tm and Tn =
then Tmn equals
m respectively, then its sum will be

1 1 1 ab ab
(a) (b) + (a) (b)
mn m n b−a 2(b − a)
(c) 1 (d) O 3 ab 3 ab
(c) (d)
23. If 1, log,(3 + 2), log, (4.3 -1) are in A.P. then x equals
1-x x
2(b − a) 4(b − a)
(a) log34 (b) 1-log34 33. The ratio of the sums of first even numbers and odd
(c) 1-log4 3 (d) log4 3 numbers will be
(a) 1 : n (b) (n + 1) : 1
24. If a, b, c, d, e are in A.P. then the value of a + b + 4c - 4d
(c) (n + 1) : n (d) (n - 1) : 1
+ e in terms of a, if possible is
(a) 4a (b) 2a 34. If a1, a2, a3 …….an are in A.P., where ai > 0 for all i, then the
(c) 3 (d) None of these 1 1 1
value of + + .......
25. If the ratio of the sum of terms of two A.P.’s be (7n + a1 + a2 a 2 + a3 a n-1 + a n
1) : (4n + 27), then the ratio of their 11th terms will be n−1 n+1
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:4 (a) (b)
a1 + an a1 + an
(c) 4:3 (d) 5:6
1 1 1 n−1 n+1
26. The sum of the series + + + ......... to 9 terms is (c) (d)
2 3 6 a1 − an a1 − an
5 1
(a) − (b) −
6 2 35. If a1, a2...... , an are in A.P. with common difference , then
the sum of the following series is
3
(c) 1 (d) − sind(cosec a1 cosec a2 + cosec a2.cosec a3 + ……… +cosec
2
27. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the an-1 cosec an)
smallest angle be 120° and the common difference be (a) sec a1 – secan (b) cot a1 – cot an
5o, then the number of sides is (c) tan a1 – tan an (d) cosec a1 – cosec an
(a) 8 (b) 10 36. If the sum of the series 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 ……… is 60100,
(c) 9 (d) 6 then the number of terms are
1 1 (a) 100 (b) 200
28. If the pth term of an A.P. be and qth term be , then
q q (c) 150 (d) 250
the sum of its pqth terms will be 37. The sum of all natural numbers between 1 and 100
which are multiples of 3 is
pq − 1 1 − pq (a) 1680 (b) 1683
(a) (b)
2 2 (c) 1681 (d) 1682
pq + 1 pq + 1 38. The sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ……… upto terms is
(c) (d) −
2 2 (a) (n + 1)2 (b) (2n)2
29. The sum of first natural numbers is
(c) n2
(d) (n-1)2
n(n − 1) 39. If the sum of the series 54 + 51 + 48 + then the number
(a) n(n - 1) (b)
2 of terms are is 513, then the number of terms are
(a) 18 (b) 20
n(n + 1) (c) 17 (d) None of these
(c) n (n + 1) (d)
2 40. If the sum of terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + 5n, then the nth
term will be
30. The first term of an A.P. is 2 and common difference is (a) 4n+3 (b) 4n+5
4. The sum of its 40 terms will be (c) 4n+6 (d) 4n+7
(a) 3200 (b) 1600
(c) 200 (d) 2800

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41. The term of an A.P. is 3n-1. Choose from the following 42. If the first term of an A.P. be 10, last term is 50 and the
the sum of its first five terms sum of all the terms is 300, then the number of terms
(a) 14 (b) 35 are
(c) 80 (d) 40 (a) 5 (b) 8
(c) 10 (d) 15

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 Answer Key
1 b 2 a 3 b
4 a 5 b 6 c
7 d 8 c 9 c
10 a 11 a 12 d
13 d 14 c 15 c
16 a 17 a 18 b
19 a, b 20 b 21 a
22 b 23 c 24 b
25 c 26 c 27 b, c
28 c 29 b 30 b
31 a 32 c 33 d
34 d 35 d 36 c
37 b 38 b, c, d 39 c
40 b 41 d 42 a, b, c, d

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