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1. If the sum of the first ten terms of an A.P. is four times the sum of the first five terms, then
the ratio of the first term to the common difference is
1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 4
2 4

1 1
2. If the mth and nth terms of an A.P. with first term a and common difference d are and
n m
respectively, where m  n, then a  d is equal to
1 1 1
(a)  (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
m n mn
3. If the sum of p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum of q terms is p, then the sum of (p + q)
terms is
pq  ( pq )
(a) p + q (b)  (p + q) (c) (d)
2 2
4. If a1 , a2 , a3 , are in A.P. such that a1  a5  a10  a15  a20  a24  225 , then
a1  a2    a24 is equal to
(a) 90 (b) 75 (c) 750 (d) 900
5. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e are in A.P., then the value of a  4b + 6c  4d + e is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 16c

6. If log10 2, log10 (2 x  1), log10 (2 x  3) are in A.P., then x is equal to

3
(a) 1 (b) (c) log 2 5 (d) log 2 3
2

7. The first, second and last terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively. The sum of the all the
terms of the A.P. is
(a  c )( b  c  a ) 2(a  c )(b  c  2a )
(a) (b)
2(b  a ) (b  a )

(a  c )(b  c  2a ) (a  c )(bc 2a )

(c) (d)
2(b  a ) b a

8. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the smallest angle is 120 and the common
difference is 5 , then the number of sides of the polygon is
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) none of these

9. Consider an A.P. with first term ‘a’ and common difference ‘d’. Let Sk denote the sum of
S kx
the first ‘k’ terms. If is independent of ‘x’, then
Sx
d
(a) a  (b) a  d (c) a  2d (d) none of these
2

S3n
10. If S r denotes the sum of the first r terms of an A.P. such that S 2n  3S n , then is
Sn
equal to
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10
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a1  a 2  ......  a p p2 a6
11. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,... are the terms of an A.P. such that  , p  q , then
a1  a 2  ......  aq q 2
a 21
equals
41 7 2 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 2 7 41
1 1 1 1
12. The sum of the series    is
log 2 4 log 4 4 log 8 4 log 2n 4
n  n  1 n  n  1 2n  1
(a) (b)
2 12
2 n  n  1
(c) (d)
n  n  1 4
13. Let f x  be a polynomial of degree two. If f 1  f  1 and a, b, c are in A.P., then
f a , f b , f c  are in
(a) G.P. (b) H.P. (c) A.P. (d) none of these
14. If cos x  b , for what b do the roots of the equation form an A.P.?
1 3
(a) –1 (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 2
3
15. Suppose a, b, c are in A.P. and a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in G.P. If a  b < c and a  b  c  , then
2
the value of a is
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2

16. If A is the single AM between two numbers a, b and S is the sum of the n AM’s inserted
S
between them, then depends on
A
(a) n (b) n, a (c) n, b (d) n, a, b

17. There are ‘n’ AMs between 3 and 54 such that the 8th mean :  n  2 th mean :: 3 : 5. The
value of ‘n’ is
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 20

18. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is cn 2 , then the sum of the squares of these n terms
is

(a)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(b)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(c)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(d)

n 4n 2  1 c 2 
6 3 3 6

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

Let Vr denote the sum of the first r terms of an A.P. whose first term is r and common
difference is 2r  1 . Let Tr  Vr 1  Vr  2 and Qr  Tr 1  Tr for r = 1, 2, …

1. The sum V1  V2  ...  Vn is

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(a)
1
12

n n  1 3n 2  n  1  (b)
1
12

n n  1 3n 2  n  2 
1

(c) n 2n 2  n  1
2
 1

(d) 2n 3  2n  3
3

2. T r is always
(a) an odd number (b) an even number
(c) a prime number (d) a composite number

3. Which one of the following is a correct statement?

(a) Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , ... are in A.P. with common difference 5

(b) Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , ... are in A.P. with common difference 6

(c) Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , ... are in A.P. with common difference 11

(d) Q1  Q2  Q3  ...

SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS

1. (i) Find the number of terms common to the two A.P.s 3, 7,11, , 407 and 2,9,16, , 709.
(ii) The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. with common difference 5 , and the
smallest angle is 120. Find the number of sides of the polygon.
7n  1
(iii) The sums of ‘n’ terms of two A.P.s are in the ratio . Find the ratio of their nth
4n  27
terms.
1 1 1
2. (i) If , , are in A.P., prove that a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are also in A.P.
bc ca ab
 5  7 x 1
(ii) If tan , x, tan are in A.P. and tan , y , tan are also in A.P., prove that  .
9 18 9 18 y 2
3. (i) Let am be the mth term of an A.P. Show that
n
a12  a22  a32  a42    a22n 1  a22n 
2n  1

a12  a22n .
(ii) If a1 , a2 , , an are in A.P., where ai  0 for all i, show that
1 1 1 n 1
  ...  = .
a1  a2 a2  a3 an1  an a1  an
4. (i) Show that there is no A.P. which consists only of distinct prime numbers.
(ii) Show that 2, 3, 5 cannot be the terms of a single A.P.
(iii) The fourth power of the common difference of an A.P. with integer entries is added to
the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove that the resulting sum is the square of
an integer.
(iv) The first and last terms of an A.P. are ‘a’ and ‘b’. There are altogether (2n + 1) terms. A
new series is formed by multiplying each of the first ‘2n’ terms by the next term. Show that

the sum of the new series is

 4n 2
  
 1 a 2  b2  4n 2  2 ab .
6n
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5. Let a1 , a2 , , a11 be real numbers satisfying a1  15 , 27  2a2  0 and ak  2ak 1  ak  2

a12  a22    a112 a  a    a11
for k  3, 4, , 11 . If  90 , find the value of 1 2 .
11 11
6. Each of the two triplets of numbers ln a, ln b, ln c and ln a  ln 2b, ln 2b  ln 3c, ln 3c  ln a is
in A.P. Prove that a, b, c can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Also, find a : b : c.

7. Vn method:
(i) If a1 , a2 , a3 , , an , an 1 , are in A.P. with common difference ‘d’, prove that
1 1 1 1  1 1 
(a)     , and
a1a2 a3 a2 a3 a4 an an 1an  2 2d  a1a2 an1an  2 

1
(b) a1a2  a2 a3    an an 1 
3d
 an an1an 2  a0 a1a2  .
n
n
n 1
(ii) If  Tr   n  1 n  2  n  3  , find  .
r 1 8 r 1 Tr

8. If the sum of m terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of either the next n terms or the next p
 1 1  1 1
terms, prove that  m  n      m  p     .
m p m n
9. a, a  d, a  2d,..., L and
Let there be two arithmetic progressions each of n terms:
L L' S d L
p, p  q, p  2q,..., L ' . If these A.P.s satisfy   4 and n  2 , find and .
p a Sn ' q L'

ANSWERS

ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (b)

11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (d)

16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. () 20. ()

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b)

SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS

14n  6
1. (i) 14 (ii) 9 (iii) 5. 0
8n  23
n  n  3
6. 9:6:4 7. (ii)
2  n  1 n  2 
7
9. 26,
2