ASSIGNMENT

SEQUENCE & SERIES

 Advanced Problem Package Sequence and Series

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.

1. if p th , qth and r th terms of an H.P. be respectively x, y, z, then  p  q  xy   q  r  yz   r  p  xz 

(A) xyz  pqr (B) pqr (C) xyz (D) 0

2. If the  m  1th ,  n  1th and  r  1 th terms of an A.P. are n G.P. and m, n, r are in H.P., then the ratio of the
common difference to the first term in the A.P. is equal to :
2 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
n n n n
99
3.  r ! r 2  r  1 is equal to:
r 1

(A) 102! 100! (B) 100 100!  1 (C) 99 100!  1 (D) 100  99!  1
1
n k2 
2 is equal to:
4. The sum 4 1
k 1k 
4
2n2  2n  1 2n 2  n n2 2n 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n2  2n  1 2n2  2n  1 2n2  2n  1 2n2  2n  1
 4 1  4 1   4 1
1   3   ....   2n  1  
4  4  4
5. The value of  is equal to:
 4 1  4 1   4 1
 2   4   ....   2n   
 4  4  4
1 1 1 n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2
4n  2n  1 2
8n  4 n  1  2
4 2n  n  1  2
8n  4n  1
n
1
6. The sum   k  1 k  k k 1
is equal to:
k 1

n 1  2 n  1 1 n 1 1 n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n 1 n n 1
7. Let Sn , S2 n , S3n are respectively the sums of first n, 2n, 3n terms of an arithmetic progression, then S3n 
3
(A) 2  S2n  Sn  (B)  S2n  Sn  (C) 3  S2n  Sn  (D) 6  S2n  Sn 
2
19 1 28 1 39 1 52 1
8. The sum     ...  upto infinite terms is equal to:
1  2  3 4 2  3  4 8 3  4  5 16 4  5  6 32
1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
2

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 22 32 42 52 62
9. The sum of infinite series 12       .... is equal to:
5 52 53 54 52
5 25 25 25
(A) (B) (C) (D)
27 27 108 54
n n 1 n2
10.    ... upto n terms is equal to:
1 2  3 2  3  4 3  4  5
1 n 1 1 1 n 1 1
(A)   (B)  
2  n  2 4 2 2  n  2 4 2
1 n 1 1 1 n 1 1
(C)   (D)  
n2 4 2 2  n  2 2 2

For Questions 11 - 13
n
1 1 1 1
If   r   1     ...  and
2 3 4 r   2r  1  r   P  n    n  1  Q  n  , where P  n and Q  n are polynomial function of
r 1

‘n’, then
10
11.  P  r  is equal to:
r 0

(A) 235 (B) 506 (C) 285 (D) 385


1
12.  Qr is equal to:
r 0

(A) 1 (B) 2 (D) 4 (D) 8

13. P 13  Q 13 is equal to:

(A) 81 (B) 78 (C) 91 (D) 65
For Questions 14 - 16
Let am  m  1,2,3...., p  be the possible integral values of a for which the graphs of f  x   ax 2  2bx  b and
p n
g  x   5 x 2  3bx  a meets at some point for all real values of b. let t r    r  am  and Sn   tr ,n  N .
m 1 r 1

14. The minimum possible value of a is:

1 5 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 26 38 43
15. The sum of values of n for which S n vanishes is:
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

1
16. The value of  tr is equal to:
r 5

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 15 18

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 MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE
Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or MORE Choices may be Correct:
17. Let a1 , a2 , a3 ,..., an be the first ‘n’ terms of an A.P. having common difference ‘d’  d  0  , then the greatest value of
product of two terms equidistant from the extreme terms is:
2 2
d 2  n  1 d 2  n  1
(A) a1an  if n is odd (B) a1an  if n is odd
4 4
d 2n  n  2 d2
(C) a1an  if n is even (D) a1an  n  n  2  is n is even
4 4
sin 3 x  cos 6 x  cos 4 x 
18. For all permissible value of x, consider y  and range of y is  , a    b,   . If 2b is the first
sin x  cos8 x  cos 2 x 
terms of G.P. and ‘a’ is its common ratio, then: ( S denotes the sum of infinite terms of G.P.)
10 27
(A) ba  (B) 3a  b  4 (C) S  9 (D) S   a  b
3 10
n
an  2
19. Let {an } consists of positive numbers and for any positive integer n,
2
 2 sn , where sn  
a1 . Then :
i 1

(A) a21  82 (B) a12  48 (C) a13  50 (D) a14  54

3x  2 y 3z  2 y
20. If x, y , z are three distinct positive real numbers and are in H.P., then  is greater then:
2x  y 2z  y
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15
an 1  an 1
21. The sequence an  , n  N satisfies a1  1 and 5  1 . Then: (where  denotes greatest integer
2
n
3
function)

(A)  a501   3 (B)  a207   3 (C)  a223   4 (D)  a625   4

a 2  1 b 2  1 c2  1
22. If a, b, c are three positive real numbers, then   can be never be equal to:
bc ca ab
8
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) 3
3
23. Let ‘p’ be the first of ‘n’ arithmetic means between two positive numbers and ‘q’ be first of ‘n’ harmonic means
q
between same two numbers. The can lie in interval(s):
p
  n  1 2 
(A)  ,1 (B)  1,  
  n  1  
 
  n  1 2  n  1 2   n  1 2 
(C)  ,  (D)   ,  
  n  1   n  1     n  1 
  

Sequence and Series 3 Mathematics

  x y  z   x y z 
 x2  y2  z2   x y z
24. Let x, y , z are distinct positive integers and m    ,n  xx y y zz , P    , then:
 x y z   3 
 
(A) mn (B) n p (C) mn (D) n p
 1 2 4 2n 
25. Let f  x   lim   2  4  ...  n  for x  1 , then:
n   x  1 x  1 x  1 2 
 x  1 
6 6
1 1 1 1
(A)  f r 
 20 (B) f  5 
6
(C) f  5 
4
(D)  f r 
 15
r 2 r 2

1 1 1 1
26. For a positive integer ‘n’, let S  n   1     ...  n . Then:
2 3 4 2 1
(A) S  200   100 (B) S  200   100 (C) S 100   100 (D) S 100   100
27. Let a1 , a2 , a3 ,....an be first ‘n’ terms of a G.P. with first term ‘a’ and common ratio ‘r’. Then:

(A)
1

1
 ... 
1  r 
1

2n

a12  a22 2 2 2 2 2 2
a a
2 a a
3 a r n 1 1  r 
n 2 2n 4

(B)
1

1
 ... 
1

1  r  2n 2

a12  a22 2 2 2 2 2 2
a a
2 a a
3 a r n 1 1  r 
n 2 2n 4

(C)
1

1
 .. 
1

r mn  m
1 
a1m  a2m a 1  r  r 
m m m m mn  m
a a 2 a a
3 n 1 n
m m
 r mn  2 m

(D)


1
 ... 
1

r mn  m
1 
a1m  a2m a 1  r  r 
m m m m mn  m
a a 2 a a
3 n 1 n
m m
 r mn  2 m

28. Let the equation x3  px 2  qx  q  0, where p, q  R, q  0 has 3 real roots  ,  ,  in H.P., then:
1 1 1 1
(A) 2
 2
 2
 (B) 9 p  2q  27  0
   3
1 1 1 1 p 1
(C) Maximum value of   is (D) 
   3 q 3
 n 1
k
29. The sum   2n  k is equal to
n  1k  1
 
k k
(A)  2k (B)  4k
k 1 k 1

  m 
1  4
(C)  
 m  n
(D)
27
m  1 2 n  m 1 2 

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30. For any natural number n  1, consider the sum S =
1 2 3 n
2
 2  2  ...  2 , then
n 1 n  2 n  3 n n
1 1 1 1 1
(A) S  (B) S  (C) S (D) S 1
2 2n 2 2n 2
31. If n  N , n  5 then which of the following holds true ?
2n 1
(A) n n  1 3  5...  2 n  1 (B) 2n  1  n
1 1 1 1 1 2n 1
(C)    ...  (D) 2n  1  n
n  1 n 1 n  3 2n 2
32. Let {an } be a sequence of real numbers such that a1  2, an 1  an2  an  1 for n  1, 2,3,... Let
1 1 1
S    ...  , then
a1 a2 a2018
1 1
(A) S  1 2018
(B) S  1
 2018   20182018
1
(C) S 1 (D) S  1
 2017 2017
n
k
33. Let ak 
 k  14/3  k 4/3   k  14/3
and Sn   ak , then
k 1

17 17
(A) S26  (B) S26  (C) S999  50 (D) S999  50
4 4
1 1 1 1
34. Let S     , then
1 3 5 7 9  11 9997  9999
(A) S  24 (B) S  24 (C) S  18 (D) S  18
x2
35.  
Define f n  x   1  x 1  2 x 1  4 x  ... 1  2 n x  an,0  an,1x  an,2  ...  an,n x 2 , where n is a positive integer, then

(A) a100,2 
2 100

 1 2102  4  (B) a100,2 
2 101

 1 2101  2 
3 3
201 101 200
(C) a100,2  a99,2  2 2 (D) a100,2  a99,2  2  2100
36. Let a, b, c be positive integers such that a  b  c  n, then
1/ n a 2  b2  c2 1/ n ab  bc  ca
(A) a b c 
a b c

n
(B) a b c 
b c a

n
1/ n a 2  b2  c2 1/ n 1/ n 1/ n
(C)  a bbc c a  
n
(D) a b c 
a b c

 abb c c a  
 a cb a c b  n

37. Let S  20162  20152  20142  20132  20122  20112  20102  20092  20082  20072  20062 
20052  ...62  52  42  32  22  12 , then S is divisible by
(A) 8 (B) 27 (C) 112 (D) 2017

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 1 2x 3x2 nx n 1
38. Let f  x      ...  then:
x  1  x  1 x  2   x  1 x  2  x  3  x  1 x  2  x  3 ...  x  n 
x xn xn
(A) f  x   (B) 1
1  x  x  1 x  2  ...  x  n   x  1 x  2  ...  x  n 
 xn   n r 
(C) f ' x    
  x  1 x  2  ...  x  n  
 


r  1 x r 

 
 x n 1  n r 
(D) f ' x    


  x  1 x  2  ..  x  n   
 r  1 x r




MATRIX MATCH TYPE

Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. Statements in Column
I are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column II are labeled as P, Q, R, S & T. More than one choice from
Column II can be matched with Column I.
39.
Column –I Column –II
(A) n n m
1
n
A (P) 1
If A   r 2 , B    r  2  r, then B is equal to
r 1 m  1r  1 r 1

(B) For positive numbers a, b, c the minimum value of (Q) 2

  
a b2  c2  b c 2  a 2  c a 2  b2    is equal to
abc
(C) 2 x2 2 y2 2z2 (R) 3
If x  y  z  1, x, y , z  0, then the minimum value of   is equal
yz zx x y
to
(D) 1 1 1 (S) 4
If    3 where x, y , z  N , then x  y  z is equal to
xy yz zx
(T) 6
40.
Column –I Column –II
(A) 3 2
Let a, b, c are positive real numbers such that a b c  12, then the minimum value (P) 1

of 49a  3b  c is equal to
(B) 3 (Q) 5
The minimum value of 2x 3  for x  0 is equal to
x2
(C) (R) 7
The maximum value of

x5 8  x3  for 0  x  2 is equal to
3
25
(D) 7 5
If x y  a and 7 x  5 y  12x, y  0, then the minimum value of ‘a’ is equal to (S) 15

(T) 42

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 NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE
This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL/INTEGER VALUE. For
each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.
n
n n k j  n 1 
 then  1  is equal to (where  denotes greatest integer function).
41. If  ar   2 and   lim 
n   a  
 
r 1 k  1 j  1i  1 r 1 r 
1 1
42. Let ai  bi  1 i  1, 2,...., 6 and a   a1  a2  ......  a6  , b   b1  b2  ...  b6  . Then
6 6
2 2 2
a1b1  a2 b2  ....  a6 b6  nab   a1  a2    a2  a   ...   a6  a  where n is equal to

43. The value of expression  1   2    3   ...  1002  , (where[.] denotes greatest integer function) is equal to___.
 
  
1 m
44. If the value of    3i 3 j 3k  i  j  k  is equal to n
, where m, n are coprime natural numbers, then m  n is
i  0 j  0k  0

equal to_____.

45. Integers 1, 2, 3,…, n where n  2 are written on a board. Two numbers m, k such that 1  m  n,1  k  n are removed
and the average of the remaining numbers is found to be 17. What is the maximum sum of the two removed numbers ?
46. Let the equation x 4  16 x 3  px 2  256 x  q  0 has four positive real roots in G.P., then p  q is equal to
47. Let x1 , x2 , x3 ,..., x2018 be real numbers different from 1, such that x1  x2 ,,,  x2018  1 and
x1 x x x2 x2 x2
 2  ...  1 x2018  1 then the value of 1  2  ...  2018 is equal to_____.
1  x1 1  x2 2018
1  x1 1  x2 1  x2018
48. Let x1 , x2 ,...., x2018 be positive real numbers such that x1  x2  ...  x2018  1 . Determine the smallest constant k such
2018
x2
that k  1 i xi  1
i 1

1 1 1 1 1 1
49. Let x, y , z are positive real numbers satisfy 2 x  2 y   , 2 y  2z   , 2z  2 x   then
z 2018 x 2018 y 2018
x  y  z is equal to_____.
50. Let a, b, c be positive real number such that a  b  c  4, then find the minimum value of
a3 b3 c3
  .
 a  b  a  c   b  c  b  a   c  a  c  b 

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