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N MEMORIAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION – QUESTION BANK

Class: 10

I. Choose the correct Answer:

1. Which term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, 18 … is 78? (APP)

(A) 12th (B) 13th (C) 15th (D) 16th

2. In an AP, if d = -4, n = 7, an = 4, then a is equal to (APP)

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 20 (D) 28

3. In an AP, if a = 3.5, d = 0, n = 101, then an will be (APP)

(A) 0 (B) 3.5 (C) 103.5 (D) 104.5

4. The 11th term of the AP: -5, −52 , 0, 52,… (APP)

(A) -20 (B) 20 (C) -30 (D) 30

5. Which term of the AP: 21, 42, 63, 84,… is 210? (APP)

(A) 9th (B) 10th (C) 11th (D) 12th

6. The 4th term from the end of the AP: -11, -8, -5,….. 49 is (APP)

(A) 37 (B) 40 (C) 43 (D) 58

7. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP: 10, 6 2, … is (APP)

(A) -320 (B) 320 (C) -352 (D) -400

8. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is (APP)

(A) 45 (B) 55 (C) 65 (D) 75

9. The list of numbers – 10, – 6, – 2, 2,... is (U)

(A) an AP with d = – 16 (B) an AP with d = 4

(C) an AP with d = – 4 (D) not an AP

10. The sum of first 100 multiples of 3 is (APP)

(A) 30300 (B) 15150 (C) 300 (D) none of these

11. If x + 1, 3x and 4x + 2 are in AP, find the value of x. (APP)

12. Two persons Shalini and Mira joined a Fintech company. Shalini and Mira started with
an initial salary of Rs.50000 and Rs.64000 respectively with annual increment of Rs.2500
and Rs.2000 each respectively. In which year will Shalini start earning more salary than
Mira? (A)

(a)28th (b) 29th (c) 30th (d) 27th

13. Assertion: 21, 27, 33 are in A.P.

Reason: Three terms a, b, c taken in order are in A.P. if (a-c)/2 = b (E)

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the

correct explanation of Assertion.

(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not

the correct explanation of Assertion.

(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

14. If p, q, r and s are in A.P. then r – q is (U)

(a) s – p (b) s – q (c) s – r (d) none of these

15. The sum of n terms of the series √2 + √8 + √18 + √32 +…. is (A)
𝑛(𝑛+1) 𝑛(𝑛+1)
(a) (b) 2n(n+1) (c) (d) 1
2 √2

SECTION-B (VERY SHORT ANSWERS)-2 MARKS QUESTION (APP)

1. Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.

2. Find the 31st term of an A.P. whose 11th term is 38 and 16th term is 73.

3. Which term of the A.P.84, 80, 76 ………………. is zero?

4. Find the value of x if 3x-4, 4x-7, 7x-3 are in A.P.

5. Which term of the sequence 48, 43, 38, 33……………… is the first negative term?

6. If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and -8, respectively, then which term of this
AP is zero.

7. In a flower bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second, 19 in the
third, and so on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the
flower bed?
8.Find the sum of first 15 multiples of 8.

9. If the sum of the first 14 terms of an AP is 1050 and its first term is 10, find the 20th
term.

10. Find the sum of first 1000 positive integers.

11. Which term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, 18, … is 78?

12. In an AP if the common difference (d) = -4 and the seventh term (a7) is 4, then find the
first term.

SECTION-C (SHORT ANSWERS)-3 MARKS QUESTIONS

1. Which term of the sequence 48, 43, 38, 33……………… is the first negative term? (APP)

2. Which term of the A.P. 4, 12, 20, 28,…. will be 120 more than its 21st term? (APP)

3. Determine the AP whose 5th term is 15 and sum of its 3rd and 8th term is 34. (A)

4. If 19th term of an A.P. is equal to 3 times its 6th term. If the 9th term of the A. P. is 19,
find the A.P. (A)

5. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = 4n2– 3n, find the nth term of the
A.P. (A)

6. How many terms of the AP 24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78? (APP)

7. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first
n terms. (A)

8. 7 times the 7th term of an AP is equal to 11 times its 11th term, then what will be its
18th term ? (A)

9. In an AP if a = 1, an = 20 and Sn = 399, then find no.of terms in the given A.P. (A)

10. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8. (APP)

11. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6. (APP)

12.Find the sum of all 3 - digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13. (APP)

13.Find the sum of all 3- digit natural numbers which are multiples of 11. (APP)

14. In an A.P., if the 5th and 12th terms are 30 and 65, respectively, what is the sum of the
first 20 terms? (A)

SECTION-D LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5 MARKS)

1. Sum of first 14 terms of an A.P is 1050 and its first term is 10. Find its 30th term. (APP)
2. Find the 20th term of the AP whose 7th term is 24 less than the 11th term, first term
being 12. (APP)

3. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression -7, -12, -17, -22,…..will be -82? Is -100 any
term of the A.P.? Give a reason for your answer. (APP)

4. How many terms of the Arithmetic Progression 45, 39, 33, …. must be taken so that
their sum is 180? (APP)

5. The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of the
first and the last term to the product of two middle terms is 7:15. Find the numbers. (A)

6. In a certain A.P., the 24th term is twice the 10th term. Prove that the 72nd term is twice
the 34th term. (A)

7. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24, and the sum of the 6th and 10th
terms is 34. Find the first term and the common difference of the A.P. (A)

8. Find the four numbers in A.P. whose sum is 50 and in which the greatest number is 4
times the least. (A)

(Hint: consider the four terms of the A.P. to be (a – 3d), (a – d), (a + d) and (a + 3d)

9. The first term of an A.P. is 5, the last term is 45, and the sum is 400. Find the number of
terms and the common difference. (A)

10. The pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b, c, respectively. Show that
a(q−r)+b(r−p)+c(p−q)=0. (A)

11. If the ratio of sums of first p terms and q terms of an arithmetic progression is p2:q2
then find the ratio of its pth and qth term.

SECTION-E (CASE BASED QUESTIONS)-4 MARKS (1+2+1) (APP & A)

1. World Environment Day is an annual global event celebrated on June 05. It is observed
to raise awareness on the protection and preservation of the environment. World
Environment Day is the largest platform that advocates the practice of sustainable
development around the world. With the current pace of the overutilization of natural
resources, the future generation is likely to be deprived of these resources. Millions of
people around the world participate in this program to protect and conserve the
environment to fulfill the needs of the future generation.

In NSN Memorial school, students thought of planting trees in and around the school to
reduce air pollution. On the occasion of World Environment Day It was decided that the
number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the 10 times as the class,
in which they are studying, e.g., a section of Class I will plant 10 trees, a section of Class II
will plant 20 trees and so on till Class XII. There are three sections of each class.
Now answer the following questions.

I. How many trees will be planted by class 7?

II. What will be the total no. of trees planted by the students of NSN Memorial school?

(OR)

Find total no.of trees planted by students of class VI to class XII.

III. Find total no. of trees planted by Primary Section (Class I to V)?

2. In the month of April to June 2022, the exports of passenger cars from India increased
by 26% in the corresponding quarter of 2021–22, as per a report. A car manufacturing
company planned to produce 1800 cars in 4th year and 2600 cars in 8th year. Assuming
that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year.

Based on the above information answer the following questions.

I. Find the production in the 1st year.

II. Find the total production in first 10 years.

[OR]

In how many years will the total production reach 31200 cars?

III. Find the production in the 12th year.

3. The school auditorium was to be constructed to accommodate at least 1500 people. The
chairs are to be placed in concentric circular arrangement in such a way that each
succeeding circular row has 10 seats more than the previous one.
I. If the first circular row has 30 seats, how many seats will be there in the 10th row?

II. For 1500 seats in the auditorium, how many rows need to be there?

OR

If 1500 seats are to be arranged in the auditorium, how many seats are still left to be

put after 10th row?

III. If there were 17 rows in the auditorium, how many seats will be there in the middle

row?

4. Priya is preparing for the Bicycle Marathon. Her racing bicycle has a device to calculate
the no.of kilometers she cycled. She decideds to increase the distance she cycles everyday
by a fixed number of kilometers.

I. On the first day Priya cycled 8 km. In 10 days she cycled a total of

170 km. Find fixed no.of kilometer by which she increases her distance

everyday.

II. Priya plans to go on a cycle tour from Bangalore to Mangalore covering 425

Km. She travels 20 km on day 1 and increases the distance covered each day

by 5 km. In how many days will She reach her destination?

III. Find How many kilometer did She cycle on the third day?

5. Anuj gets pocket money from his father everyday. Out of the pocket money, he saves Rs.
2.75 on first day, Rs. 3 on second day, Rs. 3.25 on third day and so on. On the above
information, answer the following questions.
I. what is the amount saved by Anuj on 11th day?

II. what is the amount saved by Anuj on 30th day?

OR

What is the total amount saved by him in the month of June?

III. what is the amount saved by Anuj in 4 days?