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Single Correct

1. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is cn n 1 , where c 0 , then sum of the squares of these terms is
2 2 2 2 2
(A) c n n 1 (B) c n n 1 2n 1
3
2c 2
(C) n n 1 2n 1 (D) None of these
3

S ns
2. If S n denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P., whose first term is a and is independent of x, then S p
Sx
3 2 2 3
(A) p (B) p a (C) pa (D) a

3. The ratio of the sum to n terms of two A.P.’s is 7 n 1 : 4n 27 , then the ratio of their mth terms is
(A) 14m 6 : 8m 23 (B) 14m 6 : 8m 23
(C) 14m 6 : 8m 23 (D) 14m 6 : 8m 23

4. The sum of 20 terms of a series of which every term is 2 times the term before it, and every odd term is 3
times the term before it, the first term being unity is
2 3 3
(A) 610 1 (B) 610 1 (C) 610 1 (D) None of these
7 7 5

5. If a1 , a2 ,...., an are in A.P. with common difference d 0 , then sum of the series
sin d sec a1 sec a2 sec a2 sec a3 ... sec an 1 sec an is
(A) cos ecan cos eca (B) cot an cot a (C) sec an sec a1 (D) tan an tan a1

2
6. Coefficient of x
18
in 1 x 2 x 2 3x 2 .... 18 x18 is equal to
(A) 995 (B) 1005 (C) 1235 (D) None of these

th
7. Consider the sequence 1, 2, , 4444,8888888, … Then 1025 term will be
9 11 10 12
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2

p
8. If 1 p 1 3 x 9 x 2 27 x 3 27 x3 81x 4 243 x5 1 p 6 , p 1, then the value of is
x
1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C) (D) 2
3 2

9. ABC is a right –angled triangle in which B 900 and BC a. If n points L1 , L2 ,..., Ln on AB is divided in
n 1 equal parts and L1M 1 , L2 M 2 ,..., Ln M n are line segments parallel to BC and M 1 , M 2 ,..., M n are on
AC, then the sum of the lengths of L1M 1 , L2 M 2 ,....., Ln M n is
a n 1 a n 1 an
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2 2

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10. ABCD is a square of length a, a N , a 1. Let L1 , L2 , L3 ,... be points to BC such that
BL1 L1 L2 L2 L3 .... 1 and M 1 , M 2 , M 3 ,... be points on CD such that CM1 M 1M 2 M 2M3 ... 1 .
a 1
Then AL2n Ln M n2 is equal to
n 1

1 2 1
(A) a a 1 (B) a 1 2a 1 4a 1
2 2
1
(C) a a 1 4a 1 (D) None of these
2
Multi Correct

1 2 1 2 1 2
11. For the series, S 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 ...
1 3 1 3 5 1 3 5 7
th th
(A) 7 term is 16 (B) 7 term is 18
505 405
(C) sum of first 10th term is (D) sum of first 10th term is
4 4
m
12. If n 1 , the values of positive integers m for which n 1 divides a 1 n n 2 ... n63 is/are
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64

13. Let S1 , S 2 ,... be squares such that for each n 1 , the length of a side of S n equals the length of a diagonal of
S n 1 . If the length of a side of S1 is 10 cm, then for which of the following values of n is the area of S n less
than 1 sq. cm?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

14. If a, b, c and d are four unequal positive numbers which are in A.P., then
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a d b c a d b c b c a d a d b c

1 1 1 5
15. Given that x y z 15 when a, x, y, z , b are in A.P. and when a, x, y, z , b are in H.P.
x y z 3
Then
(A) G.M. of a and b is 3 (B) one possible value a 2b is 11
(C) A.M. of a and b is 6 (D) greatest value of a – b is 8

Comprehension – 1
Consider the sequence in the form of groups 1 , 2, 2 , 3,3,3 , 4, 4, 4, 4 , 5, 5,5,5,5 ,.....
th
16. The 2000 term of the sequence is not divisible by
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) None of these

17. The sum of first 2000 terms is

(A) 84336 (B) 96324 (C) 78466 (D) None of these

18. The sum of the remaining terms in the group after 2000th term in which 2000th term lies is
(A) 1088 (B) 1008 (C) 1040 (D) None of these

Comprehension – 2
Two consecutive numbers from 1, 2, 3,…,n are removed. The arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers is 105/4.

19. The value of n lies in

(A) 45,55 (B) 52, 60 (C) 41, 49 (D) None of these

20. The removed numbers

(A) lies between 10 and 20 (B) are greater than 10
(C) are less than 15 (D) None of these

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 Integer Type

x
2x y 4y 7 x 21 y
21. Consider the equation where 0 x, y 30 and denotes the
32 4 5 6 20
integer part of a real number x1 , y1 , x2 , y2 , x3 , y3 ,.... are solution of the above equations and
x1 x2 x3 .... are in A.P. whose common difference is

22. The sum of 25 terms of an A.P., whose all the terms are natural numbers, lies between 1900 and 2000 and its
th
9 term is 55. Then the first term of the A.P. is

23. A set of consecutive positive integers starting with 1 is written on a blackboard one number is erased and thus
7
the AM of the remaining number is found to be 35 . The erased number is
17

7 6 5
x 1 3 x 1 x 1 1
24. The least integral value of f x 5
x 1 is
x 1

1099 1099
100
25. Let an be the nth term of an AP if a2 r 10 and a2 r 1 1099 , then the common difference of the A.P.
r 1 r 1
is

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 ANSWER KEY
LPP – (Progression Series)
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. A, C
12. A, B, C
13. B, C, D
14. A, C
15. A, B, D
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. C
21. 6
22. 7
23. 7
24. 6
25. 9

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