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SUBJECT: Maths Class - XI Sequence And Series

DPP (Daily Practice Problems)

General term of an Arithmetic progression

1. If tan n = tan m  , then the different values of  will be in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
2. If the p , q and r term of an arithmetic sequence are a, b and c respectively, then the value of [a (q –
th th th

r)+b(r – p)+ c (p – q)]

1
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d)
2
3. If nth terms of two A.P.'s are 3n + 8 and 7n +15, then the ratio of their 12th terms will be
4 7 3 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 16 7 15
4. The 6th term of an A.P. is equal to 2, the value of the common difference of the A.P. which makes the product
a1a4 a5 least is given by
8 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
5 4 3
5. If p times the p th term of an A.P. is equal to q times the q th term of an A.P., then (p + q)th term is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

1
6. The numbers t(t 2 + 1) , − t 2 and 6 are three consecutive terms of an A.P. If t be real, then the next two terms
2
of A.P. are
(a) –2, –10 (b) 14, 6 (c) 14, 22 (d) None of these
3 1 1
7. If the pth term of the series 25, 22 , 20 , 18 ,...... is numerically the smallest, then p=
5 2 4
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14
8. The second term of an A.P. is (x – y) and the 5 term is (x + y), then its first term is
th

1 2 4 5
(a) x − y (b) x − y (c) x − y (d) x − y
3 3 3 3
9. The number of common terms to the two sequences 17, 21, 25, ......417 and 16, 21, 26, ..... 466 is
(a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 91
10. In an A.P. first term is 1. If T1 T3 + T2T3 is minimum, then common difference is
(a) –5/4 (b) –4/5 (c) 5/4 (d) 4/5
11. Let the sets A={2, 4, 6, 8,......} and B= {3, 6, 9, 12, .....}, and n(A) = 200, n(B) = 250. Then
(a) n(A  B) = 67 (b) n(A  B) = 450 (c) n(A  B) = 66 (d) n(A  B) = 384

Sum to n terms of an Arithmetic progression

12. If the ratio of the sum of n terms of two A.P.'s be (7n+1) : (4n+27), then the ratio of their 11th terms will be
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 5 : 6

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13. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the smallest angle be 120° and the common difference be 5, then
the number of sides is
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) 6
14. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5 is
(a) 3000 (b) 3050 (c) 4050 (d) None of these
15. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. be equal to the sum of its first m terms, (m  n), then the sum of its first
(m + n) terms will be
(a) 0 (b) n (c) m (d) m + n
16. If a1, a2 ,......., an are in A.P. with common difference d, then the sum of the following series is
sin d (coses a1 . cosec a2 + cosec a2 .cosec a3 + ....... + cosec an −1 cosec an )

(a) sec a1 − sec an (b) cot a1 − cot an (c) tan a1 − tan an (d) cosec a1 − cosec an
17. The odd numbers are divided as follows
1 3
5 7 9 11
13 15 17 19 21 23
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Then the sum of nth row is
1
(a) 2n − 2 [2n + 2n −1 − 1] (b) (2n + 1) (c) 2n (d) 4n3
2
18. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 2n 2 + 5 n, then the nth term will be
(a) 4 n + 3 (b) 4 n + 5 (c) 4 n + 6 (d) 4 n + 7
19. The nth term of an A.P. is 3n − 1 . Choose from the following the sum of its first five terms
(a) 14 (b) 35 (c) 80 (d) 40
20. If the sum of two extreme numbers of an A.P. with four terms is 8 and product of remaining two middle term
is 15, then greatest number of the series will be
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
21. The ratio of sum of m and n terms of an A.P. is m : n , then the ratio of m and n term will be
2 2 th th

m −1 n −1 2m − 1 2n − 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n −1 m −1 2n − 1 2m − 1
a +1
22. The value of x satisfying log a x + log a x + log 3 a x + ..... + logn a x = will be
2
(a) x = a (b) x = aa (c) x = a−1 / a (d) x = a1 / a

Arithmetic mean
23. The sum of n arithmetic means between a and b, is
n(a + b) (n + 1) (a + b)
(a) (b) n (a + b) (c) (d) (n + 1) (a + b)
2 2
24. Given that n A.M.'s are inserted between two sets of numbers a, 2b and 2a, b, where a, b  R. Suppose further
that m th mean between these sets of numbers is same, then the ratio a : b equals
(a) n – m + 1 : m (b) n – m + 1 : n (c) n : n – m + 1 (d) m : n – m + 1

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25. Given two number a and b. Let A denote the single A.M. and S denote the sum of n A.M.'s between a and b,
then S/A depends on

(a) n, a, b (b) n, b (c) n, a (d) n

26. The A.M. of series a + (a + d ) + (a + 2d) + ..... + (a + 2nd ) is
(a) a + (n − 1)d (b) a + nd (c) a + (n − 1)d (d) None of these
27. If 11 AM's are inserted between 28 and 10, then three mid terms of the series are
41 35 41 43 61 62
(a) , 19 , (b) 20 , , (c) 20 , , (d) 20, 22, 24
2 2 2 2 2 3
28. If f (x + y, x − y) = xy , then the arithmetic mean of f (x , y) and f (y, x ) is
(a) x (b) y (c) 0 (d) 1
8 8
29. If A.M. of the roots of a quadratic equation is and the A.M. of their reciprocals is , then the quadratic
5 7
equation is
(a) 7 x 2 + 16 x + 5 = 0 (b) 7 x 2 − 16 x + 5 = 0 (c) 5 x 2 − 16 x + 7 = 0 (d) 5 x 2 − 8 x + 7 = 0
30. If a1=0 and a1, a2, a3,.....an are real numbers such that | ai | = |ai–1+1| for all i, then A.M. of the numbers a1, a2,
......an has the value x where
1 1 1
(a) x<1 (b) x  − (c) x  − (d) x =
2 2 2
31. If A.M. of the numbers 51+ x and 5 1− x is 13 then the set of possible real values of x is
(b) 1, − 1
1
(a) {5, } (c) {x | x 2 − 1| = 0, x  R} (d) None of these
5

Properties of A.P.
32. If a, b, c, d, e are in A.P. then the value of a+b+4c – 4d + e in terms of a, if possible is
(a) 4a (b) 2a (c) 3 (d) None of these
a2 n +1 − a1 a2 n − a2 a − an
33. If a1 , a2 , a3 , ....... a2n +1 are in A.P. then + + ......... + n + 2 is equal to
a2 n +1 + a1 a2 n + a2 an + 2 + an
n(n + 1) a 2 − a1 n(n + 1)
(a) . (b) (c) (n + 1)(a 2 − a1 ) (d) None of these
2 a n +1 2

34. If the non-zero numbers x, y, z are in A.P. and tan −1 x , tan −1 y, tan −1 z are also in A.P., then
(a) x =y=z (b) xy = yz (c) x 2 = yz (d) z 2 = xy
35. If three positive real numbers a, b, c are in A.P. such that abc =4, then the minimum value of b is
(a) 2 1 / 3 (b) 2 2 / 3 (c) 2 1 / 2 (d) 2 3 / 2
36. If sin  , sin  , 1, sin  and sin  are in A.P., where −     , then  lies in the interval
2 4 5

(a) (− / 2,  / 2) (b) (− / 3,  / 3) (c) (− / 6,  / 6) (d) None of these

37. If the sides of a triangle are in A.P. and the greatest angle of the triangle is double the smallest angle, the ratio
of the sides of the triangle is
(a) 3 : 4 : 5 (b) 4 : 5 : 6 (c) 5 : 6 : 7 (d) 7 : 8 : 9
c
38. If a, b, c of a ABC are in A.P., then cot =
2

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A B A B
(a) 3 tan (b) 3 tan (c) 3 cot (d) 3 cot
2 2 2 2
39. If a, b, c are in A.P. then the equation (a − b)x 2 + (c − a)x + (b − c) = 0 has two roots which are
(a) Rational and equal (b) Rational and distinct (c) Irrational conjugates (d) Complex conjugates
a
40. The least value of 'a' for which 51 + x + 51 − x , , 25 x + 25 − x are three consecutive terms of an A.P. is
2
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 12 (d) None of these
x + x+ x + −

 f (x )dx = −4, where

2
41.  ,  ,  ,  are in A.P. and f (x ) = x +  x + x −1 , then the common difference d is
0
x + x + x −  +

(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 2 (d) – 2

42. If the sides of a right angled triangle form an A.P. then the sines of the acute angles are
3 4 1 5 −1 5 +1 3 1
(a) , (b) 3 , (c) , (d) ,
5 5 3 2 2 2 2
43. If x, y, z are positive numbers in A.P., then
(a) y 2  xz (b) y  2 xz
x+y y+z x +y y+z
(c) + has the minimum value 2 (d) + 4
2y − x 2y − z 2y − x 2y − z

General term of Geometric progression

44.  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2 − 3 x + a = 0 and  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2 − 12 x + b = 0. If  ,  ,  , 
form an increasing G.P., then (a, b) =
(a) (3, 12) (b) (12, 3) (c) (2, 32) (d) (4, 16)
45. If (p + q)th term a G.P. be m and (p – q)th term be n, then the pth term will be
(a) m / n (b) mn (c) mn (d) 0
46. If the third term of a G.P. is 4 then the product of its first 5 terms is
(a) 4 3 (b) 4 4 (c) 4 5 (d) None of these
47. If the first term of a G.P. a1 , a2 , a3 ,......... is unity such that 4 a2 + 5 a3 is least, then the common ratio of G.P. is
2 3 2
(a) − (b) − (c) (d) None of these
5 5 5
48. Fifth term of a G.P. is 2, then the product of its 9 terms is
(a) 256 (b) 512 (c) 1024 (d) None of these
5 5 5 5
49. If the nth term of geometric progression 5,− , ,− ,..... is , then the value of n is
2 4 8 1024
(a) 11 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) 4

Sum to n terms of Geometric progression

50. A G.P. consists of 2n terms. If the sum of the terms occupying the odd places is S 1 , and that of the terms in the
even places is S 2 , then S 2 / S 1 is
(a) Independent of a (b) Independent of r (c) Independent of a and r (d) Dependent on r

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2 8 26 80
51. Sum of the series + + + + ..... to n terms is
3 9 27 81
1 1 1 1
(a) n − (3 n − 1) (b) n + (3 n − 1) (c) n + (1 − 3 −n ) (d) n + (3 −n − 1)
2 2 2 2
52. If the sum of the n terms of G.P. is S product is P and sum of their inverse is R, then P 2 is equal to
n n
(c)   (d)  
R S R S
(a) (b)
S R S  R
53. The minimum value of n such that 1 + 3 + 3 + ..... + 3  1000 is
2 n

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) None of these

54. If every term of a G.P. with positive terms is the sum of its two previous terms, then the common ratio of the
series
2 5 −1 5 +1
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
5 2 2
49
55. If (1.05 )50 = 11 .658 , then  (1.05 )
n =1
n
equals

(a) 208.34 (b) 212.12 (c) 212.16 (d) 213.16

a1a2 a a a a a a
56. If a1 , a2 , a3 ..... an are in G.P. with first term 'a' and common ratio 'r' then + 2 2 3 2 + 2 3 4 2 + ....... + 2 n −1 n 2
a1 − a2 a2 − a3 a3 − an
2 2
an −1 − an
is equal to
nr (n − 1)r nr (n − 1)r
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 − r2 1 − r2 1−r 1−r
57. The sum of the squares of three distinct real numbers which are in G.P. is S 2 . If their sum is  S , then
1 1
(a) 1   2  3 (b)  2  1 (c) 1    3 (d)  1
3 3

Sum to infinite terms

1 1 1
58. The value of alog b x , where a = 0.2, b = 5 , x = + + + ...... to  is
4 8 16
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 4
59. The sum of an infinite geometric series is 3. A series, which is formed by squares of its terms have the sum
also 3. First series will be
3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) , , , ,..... (b) , , , ,..... (c) , , , ,..... (d) 1,− , ,− ,.....
2 4 8 16 2 4 8 16 3 9 27 81 3 32 33
60. If 1 + cos  + cos 2  + .......  = 2 − 2, then  , (0     ) is
(a)  / 8 (b)  / 6 (c)  / 4 (d) 3 / 4
61. Consider an infinite G.P. with first term a and common ratio r, its sum is 4 and the second term is 3/4 , then

7 3 3 1 3 1
(a) a = ,r = (b) a = , r = (c) a = 2, r = (d) a = 3, r =
4 7 2 2 8 4
62. Let n ( 1) be a positive integer, then the largest integer m such that (n m + 1) divides (1 + n + n 2 + ..... + n127 ), is
(a) 32 (b) 63 (c) 64 (d) 127
63. If |a|<1 and |b|<1, then the sum of the series a(a + b) + a (a + b ) + a (a + b ) + ..... upto  is
2 2 2 3 3 3

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a ab a2 ab b a b2 ab
(a) + (b) + (c) + (d) +
1 − a 1 − ab 1 − a 2 1 − ab a−b 1−a 1 − b 2 1 − ab
64. If S is the sum to infinity of a G.P., whose first term is a, then the sum of the first n terms is
n  n  n
(a) S 1 −  (b) S 1 − 1 − a   (c) a 1 − 1 − a  
a
(d) None of these
 S   S     S  

1 1 1
65. If S denotes the sum to infinity and S n the sum of n terms of the series 1 + + + + ....., such that
2 4 
1
S − Sn  , then the least value of n is
1000
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
66. If exp. {(sin x+sin x+sin x+....+) loge2} satisfies the equation
2 4 4 x − 9 x + 8 = 0, then the value of
2

cos x 
,0  x  is
cos x + sin x 2
1 1
(a) ( 3 + 1) (b) ( 3 − 1) (c) 0 (d) None of these
2 2

Geometric mean
67. If 4 G.M’s be inserted between 160 and 5 them third G.M. will be
(a) 8 (b) 118 (c) 20 (d) 40
1
68. The product of three geometric means between 4 and will be
4
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) – 1 (d) 1
69. The geometric mean between –9 and –16 is
(a) 12 (b) – 12 (c) – 13 (d) None of these
70. If n geometric means between a and b be G1 , G2 , ..... Gn and a geometric mean be G, then the true relation is
(a) G1 . G2 ...... Gn = G (b) G1 . G2 ...... Gn = G1 / n (c) G1 . G2 ...... Gn = G n (d) G1 . G2 ...... Gn = G 2 / n
71. If x and y be two real numbers and n geometric means are inserted between x and y. now x is multiplied by k
1
and y is multiplied and then n G.M’s. are inserted. The ratio of the n tn G.M’s. in the two cases is
k
n −1 1
(a) k n +1 : 1 (b) 1 : k n +1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) None of these

Properties of G.P.
72. If log x a, a x/2
and logb x are in G.P., then x =
(a) − loga (logb a) (b) − loga (loga b) (c) loga (loge a) − loga (loge b) (d) loga (loge b) − loga (loge a)
n n n

  n
10
73. If n, . n2, 3
are in G.P. then the value of n is
n =1
3 n =1 n =1

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) Nonexistent

74. If p, q, r are in A.P., then pth, qth and rth terms of any G.P. are in
(a) AP (b) G.P.
(c) Reciprocals of these terms are in A.P. (d) None of these
75. If a, b, c are in G.P., then

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(a) a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in G.P. (b) a 2 (b + c), c 2 (a + b), b 2 (a + c) are in G.P.

a b c
(c) , , are in G.P. (d) None of these
b +c c+a a+b

76. Let a and b be roots of x 2 − 3 x + p = 0 and let c and d be the roots of x 2 − 12 x + q = 0, where a, b, c, d form an
increasing G.P. Then the ratio of (q + p) : (q – p) is equal to
(a) 8 : 7 (b) 11 : 10 (c) 17 : 15 (d) None of these
77. If the roots of the cubic equation ax + bx + cx + d = 0 are in G.P., then
3 2

(a) c 3a = b 3 d (b) ca3 = bd 3 (c) a3b = c 3 d (d) ab 3 = cd 3

General term of Harmonic progression

1 1
78. If 6th term of a H.P. is and its tenth term is , then first term of that H.P. is
61 105
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
28 39 6 17
2 6
79. The 9th term of the series 27+ 9 + 5 + 3 + ..... will be
5 7
10 10 16 17
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
17 17 27 27
80. In a H.P., pth term is q and the qth term is p. Then pqth term is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) pq (d) pq(p + q)
bc ca ab
81. If a, b, c be respectively the pth, qth and rth terms of a H.P., then  = p q r equals
1 1 1

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) None of these

Harmonic mean
a a
82. The harmonic mean of and is
1 − ab 1 + ab
a a 1
(a) (b) (c) a (d)
1−a b 2 2 1 − a 2b 2 a − a 2b 2
6
83. The sixth H.M. between 3 and is
13
63 63 126 120
(a) (b) (c) (d)
120 12 105 63
1
84. If there are n harmonic means between 1 and and the ratio of 7th and (n − 1)th harmonic means is 9 : 5, then
31
the value of n will be
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
85. If m is a root of the given equation (1 − ab)x − (a + b )x − (1 + ab) = 0 and m harmonic means are inserted between
2 2 2

a and b, then the difference between last and the first of the means equals
(a) b – a (b) ab (b – a) (c) a (b – a) (d) ab(a – b)

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Properties of Harmonic progression

86. If b , a , c are in A.P., then a + c, b + c, c + a will be in
2 2 2

(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these

87. If a, b, c, d be in H.P., then
(a) a2 + c 2  b 2 + d 2 (b) a2 + d 2  b 2 + c 2 (c) ac + bd  b 2 + c 2 (d) ac + bd  b 2 + d 2
88. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,......, an are in H.P., then a1a2 + a2a3 + ........ + an −1an will be equal to
(a) a1an (b) na1an (c) (n − 1)a1an (d) None of these
89. If x, y, z are in H.P., then the value of expression log(x + z) + log(x − 2y + z) will be
(a) log(x − z) (b) 2 log(x − z) (c) 3 log(x − z) (d) 4 log(x − z)
x +y y+z
90. If , y, are in H.P., then x, y, z are in
2 2
(a) A.P. (b)G.P. (c)H.P. (d)None of these
91. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then
(a) a + d > b + c (b) ad > bc (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

Arithmetio-geometric progression
4 7 10
92. The sum of infinite terms of the following series 1 + + + + .....will be
5 52 53
3 35 35 35
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 8 4 16
93. The sum of the series 1+ 3x+ 6x2+10x3+....... will be
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1 − x )2 1− x (1 + x )2 (1 − x )3
94. 21 / 4 . 4 1 / 8. 8 1 / 16 .16 1 / 32 ....... is equal to
3 5
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d)
2 2
2 3 4
95. The sum of 1 + + + + ........ upto n terms is
5 52 53
25 4n + 5 3 2n + 5 3 3n + 5 1 5n + 1
(a) − (b) − (c) − (d) −
16 16  5 n −1 4 16  5 n +1 7 16  5 n −1 2 3  5n+2
96. The sum of i – 2 – 3i + 4 + ....... upto 100 terms, where i = − 1 is
(a) 50(1 − i) (b) 25 i (c) 25(1 + i) (d) 100 (1 − i)

Method of Difference
97. nth term of the series 2 + 4 + 7 + 11 + ...... will be
n2 + n + 1 n2 + n + 2 n 2 + 2n + 2
(a) (b) n2 + n + 2 (c) (d)
2 2 2
98. If tn denotes the nth term of the series 2 + 3 + 6 + 11 + 18 + .... then t50 is
(a) 49 2 − 1 (b) 49 2 (c) 50 2 + 1 (d) 49 3 + 2
99. First term of the 11th group in the following groups (1), (2, 3, 4), (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), ..... is
(a) 89 (b) 97 (c) 101 (d) 123
100. The sum of the series 6 + 66 + 666 + ...... upto n terms is
(a) (10 n −1 − 9n + 10 ) / 81 (b) 2 (10 n +1 − 9 n − 10 ) / 27 (c) 2 (10 n − 9 n − 10 ) / 27 (d) None of these

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101. Sum of n terms of series 12 + 16 + 24 + 40 + ..... will be

(a) 2 (2 n − 1) + 8 n (b) 2(2 n − 1) + 6 n (c) 3(2 n − 1) + 8 n (d) 4 (2 n − 1) + 8 n
102. If |a|<1 and |b|<1, then the sum of the series 1 + (1 + a)b + (1 + a + a 2 )b 2 + (1 + a + a 2 + a3 )b 3 + ...... is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1 − a) (1 − b ) (1 − a) (1 − ab) (1 − b) (1 − ab) (1 − a)(1 − b)(1 − ab)

nth Term of Special series

103. The number 111.......1 (91 times) is a
(a) Even number (b) Prime number (c) Not prime (d) None of these
104. The difference between an integer and its cube is divisible by
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) None of these
105. In the sequence 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,......, where n consecutive terms have the value n , the
1025th term is
(a) 29 (b) 210 (c) 211 (d) 28
106. Observe that 13 = 1, 2 3 = 3 + 5, 3 3 = 7 + 9 + 11, 4 3 = 13 + 15 + 17 + 19 . Then n3 as a similar series is
 n(n − 1)     (n + 1)n    (n + 1)n 
(a) 2  + 1 − 1 +  2 

+ 1 + 1 + ...... +  2 

+ 1 + 2n − 3 
  2     2     2  

(b) (n 2 + n + 1) + (n 2 + n + 3) + (n 2 + n + 5) + ..... + (n 2 + 3n − 1)
(c) (n 2 − n + 1) + (n 2 − n + 3) + (n 2 − n + 5) + ..... + (n 2 + n − 1)
(d) None of these

Sum to n terms and infinite number of terms

107. The sum of all the products of the first n natural numbers taken two at a time is
1 n2 1
(a) n (n − 1) (n + 1) (3n + 2) (b) (n − 1) (n − 2) (c) n (n + 1) (n + 2) (n + 5) (d) None of these
24 48 6
108. The sum of the series 1. 3. 5 + 2. 5. 8 +3. 7. 11+.....up to 'n' terms is
n(n − 1) (9 n 2 + 23 n + 13 ) n(n − 1) (9 n 2 + 23 n + 12 ) (n + 1) (9 n 2 + 23 n + 13 ) n (9 n 2 + 23 n + 13 )
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 6 6
n(n + 1)2
109. The sum of first n terms of the given series 12 + 2.22 + 3 2 + 2.4 2 + 5 2 + 2.6 2 + ....... is , when n is even. When
2
n is odd, the sum will be
n(n + 1)2 1 2
(a) (b) n (n + 1) (c) n(n + 1)2 (d) None of these
2 2
n
 ar 
110. The value of 
r =1
log  r −1 
b 
is

n  an  n  a n +1  n  a n +1  n  a n +1 
(a) log n  (b) log 2  (c) log n −1  (d) log n +1 
2 b  2  b  2 b  2 b 
1 2 3
111. The sum of the series + + ......... to n terms is
1 + 1 2 + 14 1 + 2 2 + 2 4 1 + 3 2 + 3 4

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n(n 2 + 1) n(n + 1) n(n 2 − 1)

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
n2 + n + 1 2(n 2 + n + 1) 2(n 2 + n + 1)
112. For any odd integer n  1 , n 3 − (n − 1)3 + ...... + (−1)n −1 13 =
1 1 1 1
(a) (n − 1)2 (2n − 1) (b) (n − 1)2 (2n − 1) (c) (n + 1)2 (2n − 1) (d) (n + 1)2 (2n − 1)
2 4 2 4
5 9 13
113. The sum of the infinite terms of the sequence + + + ..... is
3 2. 7 2 7 2. 11 2 11 2. 15 2
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 36 54 72
114. The sum of the infinite series 12 + 22 x + 3 2 x 2 + ..... is
(a) (1 + x ) /(1 − x )3 (b) (1 + x ) /(1 − x ) (c) x /(1 − x )3 (d) 1 /(1 − x )3

Relation between A.P., G.P. and H.P.

115. If pth, qth, rth and sth terms of an A.P. be in G.P., then (p − q), (q − r), (r − s) will be in
(a) G.P. (b) A.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
116. If a, b, c are the positive integers, then (a + b)(b + c)(c + a) is
(a)  8 abc (b)  8 abc (c) = 8 abc (d) None of these
117. If a, b, c are in A.P., then 3 a ,3 b ,3 c shall be in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
118. If a, b, c, d and p are different real numbers such that (a + b + c )p − 2(ab + bc + cd)p + (b 2 + c 2 + d 2 )  0, then a, b,
2 2 2 2

c, d are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) ab = cd
119. If the first and (2n − 1) terms of an A.P., G.P. and H.P. are equal and their nth terms are respectively a, b and c,
th

then
(a) a  b  c (b) a + c = b (c) ac − b 2 = 0 (d) (a) and (c) both
120. If the (m + 1) , (n + 1) and (r + 1) terms of an A.P. are in G.P. and m, n, r in H.P., then the value of the ratio of the
th th th

common difference to the terms of the A.P. is

2 2 n n
(a) − (b) (c) − (d)
n n 2 2
121. Given a x = b y = c z = d u and a, b, c, d are in G.P., then x, y, z, u are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
122. If a, b, c are in G.P. and log a − log 2b, log 2b − log 3c and log 3c − log a are in A.P., then a, b, c are the length of the
sides of a triangle which is
(a) Acute angled (b) Obtuse angled (c) Right angled (d) Equilateral
123. If a, b, c are in A.P., b, c, d are in G.P. and c, d, e are in H.P., then a, c, e are in
(a) No particular order (b) A.P. (c) G.P. (d) H.P.

Applications of Progressions

If a, b and c are positive real numbers, then least value of (a + b + c) + +  is

1 1 1
124.
a b c

(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 10/3 (d) None of these

125. In the value of 100 ! the number of zeros at the end is

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(a) 11 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24

p
126. If (1 − p)(1 + 3 x + 9 x 2 + 27 x 3 + 81 x 4 + 243 x 5 ) = 1 − p 6 , p  1 then the value of is
x
(a) 1/3 (b) 3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2
100
Let f (n) =  +  f (n) is
1 n 
127. where[x] denotes the integral part of x. Then the value of
2 100  n =1

(a) 50 (b) 51 (c) 1 (d) None of these

128. Ar ; r = 1,2,3,....., n are n points on the parabola y = 4 x in the first quadrant. If Ar = (x r , y r ), where x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ,....., x n
2

are in G.P. and x 1 = 1, x 2 = 2, then y n is equal to

n +1 n
(a) − 2 2 (b) 2 n +1 (c) ( 2 )n +1 (d) 2 2
129. The lengths of three unequal edges of a rectangular solid block are in G.P. The volume of the block is 216 cm 3
and the total surface area is 252 cm 2 . The length of the longest edge is
(a) 12 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 3 cm
130. ABC is right-angled triangle in which B = 90  and BC = a. If n points L1 , L2 ,....., Ln on AB are such that AB is
divided in n +1 equal parts and L1 M1 , L2 M 2 ,....., Ln Mn are line segments parallel to BC and M1 , M 2 ,....., Mn are on
AC then the sum of the lengths of L1 M1 , L2 M 2 ,....., Ln Mn is
a(n + 1) a(n − 1)
(a) (b)
2 2
an
(c) (d) Impossible to find from the given data
2

Answer Key

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A c a c A c b d c A

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
C,d c c b A b d a d b

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C d a d D b a c c c

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
B b d a A b d b a a

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41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
C a a a,d C b c a b a

51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
D d d d D c b a,b d a

61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
D d c b B c b c d b

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
C a c c B a c a c a

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89 90

B b c a C b c c c b

91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100
B c d d B a a c d C

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109. 110
B d c c B b c a a b

111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
C b d d A a b b b d

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
A c b c A d b b c a

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