EXERCISE–I

1. In an AP of which ‘a’ is the Ist term, if the sum of the Ist p terms is equal to zero, show that the sum of the
 aq(p  q) 
next q terms is –   .
 p 1 
2. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 1 and the sum of the first nine terms equal to 369. The first and
the ninth term of a geometric progression coincide with the first and the ninth term of the arithmetic progression.
Find the seventh term of the geometric progression.
3. In a set of four numbers, the first three are in GP & the last three are in AP, with common difference 6. If the
first number is the same as the fourth, find the four numbers.
4. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms of an arithmetic series are a, b and a2 where 'a' is negative. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd
terms of a geometric series are a, a2 and b find the
(a) value of a and b
(b) sum of infinite geometric series if it exists. If no then find the sum to n terms of the G.P.
(c) sum of the 40 term of the arithmetic series.
5. Find three numbers a , b , c ( 2, 18) such that;
(i) their sum is 25
(ii) the numbers 2, a, b are consecutive terms of an AP &
(iii) the numbers b , c , 18 are consecutive terms of a GP .

6. If S1, S2, S3,... Sn, .... are the sums of infinite geometric series whose first terms are 1, 2, 3, ... n, ... and
1 1 1 1 2 n 1
whose common ratios are , , , ....,
2 3 4 n 1
, ... respectively, then find the value of  S2r .
r 1

2 3
 1  1  1
7. Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence : 1  21    31    41    ..............
 n  n  n
1 2 3
8. Find the sum of the n terms of the sequence 2 4
 2 4
  ................
11  1 1 2  2 1  3  34
2


n2
9. Evaluate the sum  6n .
n 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10. If the sum 1  2 + 1  2  2 + 1  2  2 + ....... + 1  2
 equal to
2
1 2 2 3 3 4 (1999) (2000) 2
1
n– where n  N. Find n.
n
11. The AM of two numbers exceeds their GM by 15 & HM by 27. Find the numbers.
12. An AP & an HP have the same first term, the same last term & the same number of terms ; prove that the
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product of the rth term from the beginning in one series & the rth term from the end in the other is independent
of r.

13. The sequence a1, a2, a3, ....... a98 satisfies the relation an+1 = an + 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, .........97 and has the
49
sum equal to 4949. Evaluate  a 2k .
k 1

35
14. If the sum to infinity of the series 1 + 4x + 7x2 + 10x3 + ...... is then find x.
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 15. In the equation x4 + px3 + qx2 + rx + 5 = 0 has four positive real roots, then find the minimum value of pr.

16. Find the nth term and the sum to n terms of the sequence: 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + 61 + ......

17. Find the nth term and the sum to n terms of the sequence: 6 + 13 + 22 + 33 + .......

18. If a, a1, a2, a3, ....., a2n, b are in A.P. and a, g1, g2, g3, .....g2n, b are in G.P. and h is the H.M. of a and b, then
prove that
a1  a 2n a 2  a 2n–1 an  an 1 2n
 + ......... + =
g1g2n g2g2n –1 gn gn1 h

2x x
19. Let f (x) denote the sum of the infinite trigonometric series, f (x) =  sin 3
n1
n
sin
3n
.

Find f (x) (independent of n) also evaluate the sum of the solutions of the equation f (x) = 0 lying in the interval
(0, 629).
20. If the roots of 10x3  cx2  54x  27 = 0 are in harmonic progression, then find c and all the roots.

EXERCISE–II
1. If sin x, sin22x and cos x · sin 4x form an increasing geometric sequence, find the numerial value of cos 2x.
Also find the common ratio of geometric sequence.
2. If the first 3 consecutive terms of a geometrical progression are the real roots of the equation
2x3 – 19x2 + 57x – 54 = 0 find the sum to infinite number of terms of G.P.

1.3 3.5 5.7 7.9

3. Find the sum of the infinite series     .......... .
2 2 2 23 2 4

m n
4. One of the roots of the equation 2000x6 + 100x5 + 10x3 + x – 2 = 0 is of the form , where m is non
r
zero integer and n and r are relatively prime natural numbers. Find the value of m + n + r.

5. Find the condition that the roots of the equation x3 – px2 + qx – r = 0 are in A.P. and hence solve the equation
x3 – 12x2 + 39x – 28 = 0.

6. If a, b, c, d, e be 5 numbers such that a, b, c are in AP ; b, c, d are in GP & c, d, e are in HP then :

(i) Prove that a, c, e are in GP .
(ii) Prove that e = (2 b  a)²/a .
(iii) If a = 2 & e = 18 , find all possible values of b , c , d .
7. A computer solved several problems in succession. The time it took the computer to solve each successive
problem was the same number of times smaller than the time it took to solve the preceding problem. How
many problems were suggested to the computer if it spent 63.5 min to solve all the problems except for the
first, 127 min to solve all the problems except for the last one, and 31.5 min to solve all the problems except
for the first two?
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8. If n is a root of the equation x2(1  ac)  x (a2 + c2)  (1 + ac) = 0 & if n HM’s are inserted between a
and c, show that the difference between the first & the last mean is equal to ac(a – c).
9. Given that the cubic ax3 – ax2 + 9bx – b = 0 (a  0) has all three positive roots. Find the harmonic mean of
the roots independent of a and b, hence deduce that the root are all equal. Find also the minimum value of
(a + b) if a and b  N.
10. Let a sequence whose nth term is {an} be defined as
1
a1 = and (n – 1)an – 1 = (n + 1)an for n  2
2
find a and also find S and Lim Sn .
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 11. In a right angled triangle, Sa and Sb denote the medians that belong to the legs of the triangle, the median
Sa  Sb
belonging to the hypotenuse is Sc. Find the maximum value of the expression .
Sc
(You may use the fact that R.M.S.  A.M).

1 1.3 1.3.5
12. Find the sum the series to n terms and to infinity :    ........... .
4 4.6 4.6.8

13. (a) The value of x + y + z is 15 if a , x , y , z , b are in AP while the value of ;

(1/x)+(1/y)+(1/z) is 5/3 if a , x , y , z , b are in HP. Find a & b.
(b) The values of xyz is 15/2 or 18/5 according as the series a , x , y , z , b is an AP or HP . Find
the values of a & b assuming them to be positive integer.
14. If there are n quantities in GP with common ratio r & Sm denotes the sum of the first m terms, show that the
 r 
sum of the products of these m terms taken two & two together is   [S ] [S ].
 r  1 m m  1

  
1
15. Find the value of  3 3 3
i 0 j 0 k  0
i j k

( i j k )

EXERCISE–III
1. Let a = 1 1 1........1 (55 digits), b = 1 + 10 + 102 + .....+ 104, c = 1 + 105 + 1010 + 1015 +......+ 1050, then
(A) a = b2 + c2 (B) a = bc (C) a = b2c2 (D) None of these
2. If the pth, qth, rth and sth terms of an A.P. are in G.P., then p – q, q – r, r – s are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these
3. If a, b, c, d are in G.P., then (b – c)2 + (c – a)2 + (d – b)2 is equal to
(A) (a – d)2 (B) (ad)2 (C) (a + d)2 (D) a/d)2
1 1 1 2 1 1 1
4. If 2
 2  2  .......   , then 2  2  2 +....... equals
1 2 3 6 1 3 5
(A) 2/8 (B) 2/12 (C) 2/3 (D) 2/2
1 1 3 5 99
5. If Hn = 1 +  ......  , then the value of Sn = 1 +   .....  is
2 n 2 3 50
(A) H50 + 50 (B) 100 - H50 (C) 49 + H50 (D) H50 + 100
 1  1  1  1
6. Value of  1    1  2   1  4   1  8  ..... is equal to
3 3 3 3

6 3
(A) 3 (B) (C) (D) None of these
5 2
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H1  2 H20  3
7. If H1, H2,......, H20 are 20 harmonic means between 2 and 3, then H  2  H  3 
1 20

(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 40 (D) 38

x x2 x4
8. The sum of the series 2
 4
  .......... to infinite terms, if |x| < 1, is
1 x 1 x 1  x8
x 1 1 x
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
1 x 1 x 1 x

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 9. The sum of n terms of two A.P.'s are in the ratio (3n – 13) : (5n + 21). Find the ratio of their 24th terms.
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2

10. Between 1 and 31 are inserted m arithmetic means so that the ratio of the 7th and (m – 1)th means is
5 : 9. Find the value of m.
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15
11. If the third and fourth terms of an arithmetic sequence are increased by 3 and 8 respectively, then the first four
terms form a geometric sequence. Find the sum of the first four terms of A.P.
(A) 55 (B) 45 (C) 44 (D) 54
12. Three positive numbers form a G.P. If the second term is increased by 8, the resulting sequence is an A.P.
In turn, if we increase the last term of this A.P. by 64, we get a G.P. Find the sum of the three numbers.
(A) 50 (B) 52 (C) 54 (D) 45

13. The interior angles of a convex polygon form an arithmetic progression with a common difference of 4°.
Determine the number of sides of the polygon if its largest interior angle is 172°.
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15

359

14. Find the value of the sum  k·cosk

k 0

(A)  (B) 180 (C) – (D) –180

15. Find the sum of the series , 7 + 77 + 777 + ..... to n terms.
7 7 7 7
(A) {10n+1 – 9n – 10} (B) {10n+1 – 9n – 10} (C) {10n + 9n – 10} (D) {10n – 9n – 10}
81 9 9 81
16. If a, b, c, d are distinct integers in an A.P. such that d = a2 + b2 + c2, then find the value of a + b + c + d.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
17. If a, b, c, d and p are distinct real numbers such that
(a2 + b2 + c2)p2 – 2(ab + bc + cd)p + (b2 + c2 + d2)  0, then a, b, c, d are in
(A) A.P. (B) H.P. (C) G.P. (D) None of these

18. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4. The airthmetic mean A & the geometric mean G satisfy the
relation 2 A + G2 = 27. Then the two numbers are in ratio
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 4 : 2 (C) 4 : 3 (D) 1 : 1

19. If first three terms of the sequence 1/16, a, b, 1/6 are in geometric series and last three terms are in harmonic
n
 1 1
series, then find the value of   a 
bk  , where 'n' represents number of distinct pairs (a, b).
k 1 k

(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 21

20. If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their
a b c
reciprocals, then , and are in
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c a b
(A) A.P. (B) H.P. (C) G.P. (D) None of these

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 EXERCISE–IV
1. If 1, log9(31–x + 2), log3(4.3x–1) are in A.P. then x equals [AIEEE- 2002]
(A) log3 4 (B) 1 – log3 4 (C) 1 – log4 3 (D) log4 3

2. The value of 21/4.41/8.81/16 ....  is [AIEEE- 2002]

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3/2 (D) 4

3. Fifth term of a GP is 2, then the product of its 9 terms is [AIEEE- 2002]

(A) 256 (B) 512 (C) 1024 (D) None of these

4. Sum of infinite number of terms of GP is 20 and sum of their squares is 100. The common ratio of GP is
[AIEEE- 2002]
(A) 5 (B) 3/5 (C) 8/5 (D) 1/5

5. 13 – 23 + 33 – 43 + ....... + 93 = [AIEEE- 2002]

(A) 425 (B) –425 (C) 475 (D) –475

6. Let Tr be the rth term of an A.P. whose first term is a and common difference is d. If for some positive integers

1 1
m, n, m  n, Tm = and Tn = , then a – d equals- [AIEEE- 2004]
n m

1 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1/mn (D) 
m n

n (n  1)2
7. The sum of the first n terms of the series 12 + 2. 22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 +..... is when n is even.
2
When n is odd the sum is-
[AIEEE- 2004]
2
3n (n  1) n 2 (n  1) n (n  1)2  n (n  1) 
(A) (B) (C) (D)  
2 2 4  2 

  

8. If x =  an , y =  bn , z = c n
where a, b, c are in A.P. and | a | < 1, | b | < 1, | c | < 1 then
n0 n0 n0
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x, y, z are in - [AIEEE- 2005]

(A) GP (B) AP
(C) Arithmetic - Geometric Progression (D) HP

a1  a 2  ...  a p p2 a6
9. Let a1, a2, a3, ..... be terms of an A.P. If a  a  ...  a = 2 , p  q then a equals – [AIEEE- 2006]
1 2 q q 21

7 2 11 41
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 7 41 11

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 10. If a1, a2, ..... an are in H.P., then the expression a1a2 + a2a3 + .... + an –1an is equal to –
[AIEEE- 2006]
(A) (n – 1) (a1 – an) (B) na1an (C) (n – 1) a1an (D) n (a1 – an)

11. In a geometric progression consisting of positive terms, each term equals the sum of the next two terms.
Then the common ratio of this progression equals- [AIEEE- 2007]

1 1 1
(A) (1– 5) (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) ( 5 – 1)
2 2 2

12. The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48.
If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is
(A) –4 (B) –12 (C) 12 (D) 4 [AIEEE- 2008]

13. The sum to infinity of the series

2 6 10 14
1     ....... [AIEEE 2009]
3 32 33 34

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

14. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an denote the number of notes he counts in the nth minute. If
a1 = a2 = ... = a10 = 150 and a10, a11,... are in an AP with common difference –2, then the time taken by him
to count all notes is [AIEEE 2010]
(A) 34 minutes (B) 125 minutes (C) 135 minutes (D) 24 minutes

15. A man saves ` 200 in each of the first three months of his service. In each of the subsequent months his
saving increases by ` 40 more than the saving of immediately previous month. His total saving from the start
of service will be ` 11040 after [AIEEE 2011]
(A) 19 months (B) 20 months (C) 21 months (D) 18 months

16. Statement-1 : The sum of the series 1 + (1 + 2 + 4) + (4 + 6 + 9) + (9 + 12 + 16) + ..... + (361 + 380 + 400)
is 8000.

n
Statement-2 :  k
k 1
3

– (k – 1)3  n3 , for any natural number n. [AIEEE 2012]
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(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is a NOT the correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

17. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ......., is : [JEE (Mains )2013]

7 7 7 7
(A) (99 + 10–20) (B) (179 – 10–20) (C) (99 – 10–20) (D) (179 + 10–20)
9 81 9 81

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 1 1
18. Let  and  be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and   4 , then the value
 

of | – | is [IIT Main 2014]

2 13 61 2 17 34
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9

19. Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term in this G.P. is doubled, the new numbers
are in A.P. Then the common ratio of the G.P. is : [IIT Main 2014]

(A) 2  3 (B) 2 3 (C) 3  2 (D) 2  3

20. If (10)9 + 2(11)1 (10)8 + 3(11)2 (10)7 + ..... + 10(11)9 = k (10)9, then k is equal to [IIT Main 2014]

121 441
(A) 110 (B) (C) (D) 100
10 100

13 13  23 13  23  33
21. The sum of first 9 terms of the series    ... is : [JEE Mains-2015]
1 1 3 1 3  5

(A) 192 (B) 71 (C) 96 (D) 142

22. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers  and n (, n > 1) and G1, G2 and G3 are three geometric means

between and n, then G14  2G24  G34 equals. [JEE Mains-2015]

(A) 4 2m2n2 (B) 4 2mn (C) 4 m2n (D) 4mn2

23. If the 2nd, 5th and 9th terms of a non-constant A.P. are in G.P., then the common ratio of this G.P., is :
[JEE Mains-2016]

8 4 7
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D)
5 3 4

24. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series [JEE Mains-2016]

2 2 2 2
 3  2  1  4 16
 1  +  2  +  3  + 42 +  4  + .........., is m, then m is equal to :
 5  5  5  5 5

(A) 102 (B) 101 (C) 100 (D) 99

25. If, for a positive integer, n the quadratic equation, [JEE Mains-2017]
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x(x + 1) + (x + 1)(x + 2) + .......... + ( x  n – 1) (x + n) = 10n

has two consecutive integral solutions, then n is equal to :
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 9

26. For any three positive real numbers a, b and c 9(25a2 + b2) + 25(c2 – 3ac) = 15b(3a + c). Then
[JEE Mains-2017]
(A) a, b and c are in A.P. (B) a, b and c are in G.P.
(C) b, c and a are in G.P. (D) b, c and a are in A.P.

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 27. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be the sum of the first 40 terms of the series
12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 + ........
If B – 2A = 100, then  is equal to [JEE Main-2018]
(A) 496 (B) 232 (C) 248 (D) 464

12
28. Let a1, a2, a3, ........a49 be in A.P. such that a
k 0
4k 1  416 and a9 + a43 = 66. If a12  a22  ....  a17
2
 140m ,

then m is equal to [JEE Main-2018]

(A) 33 (B) 66 (C) 68 (D) 34

EXERCISE–V
1.   
(a) The harmonic mean of the roots of the equation 5  2 x2  4  5 x + 8 + 2 5 = 0 is 
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
(b) Let a1, a2,...., a10, be in A.P. & h1, h2, ....., h10 be in H.P. If a1 = h1 = 2 & a10 = h10 = 3 then a4 h7 is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
[JEE '99, 2 + 2 out of 200]
2. The sum of an infinite geometric series is 162 and the sum of its first n terms is 160. If the inverse of its
common ratio is an integer, find all possible values of the common ratio, n and the first terms of the series.
[REE '99, 6]
3. (a) Consider an infinite geometric series with first term 'a' and common ratio r . If the sum is 4 and the second
term is 3/4, then :
7 3 3 3 1 1
(A) a = ,r= (B) a = 2, r = (C) a = , r = (D) a = 3, r =
4 7 8 2 2 4
(b) If a, b, c, d are positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 2, then M = (a + b) (c + d) satisfies the
relation :
(A) 0  M  1 (B) 1  M  2 (C) 2  M  3 (D) 3  M  4
[JEE 2000, Screening, 1 + 1 out of 35]
(c) The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with integer entries added to the
product of any four consecutive terms of it . Prove that the resulting sum is the square of an integer.
[JEE 2000, Mains, 4 out of 100]
4. Given that  ,  are roots of the equation, A x2  4 x + 1 = 0 and ,  the roots of the equation,
B x2  6 x + 1 = 0, find values of A and B, such that , ,  &  are in H.P.
[REE 2000, 5 out of 100]
5. The sum of roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of squares of their reciprocals. Find
whether bc2, ca2 and ab2 in A.P., G.P. or H.P.? [REE 2001, 3 out of 100]
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6. Solve the following equations for x and y

log2x + log4x + log16x + .................... = y
5  9  13  ............  (4y  1)
= 4log4x [REE 2001, 5 out of 100]
1  3  5  ..............  (2y  1)

7. (a) Let  be the roots of x2 – x + p = 0 and  be the roots of x2 – 4x + q = 0. If are in G.P., then the
integral values of p and q respectively, are
(A) –2, –32 (B) –2, 3 (C) –6, 3 (D) –6, –32

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 (b) If the sum of the first 2n terms of the A.P. 2, 5, 8, ........... is equal to the sum of the first n terms of the A.P.
57, 59, 61, ........, then n equals
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 13
(c) Let the positive numbers a, b, c, d be in A.P. Then abc, abd, acd, bcd are
(A) NOT in A.P./G.P./H.P. (B) in A.P.
(C) in G.P. (D) H.P.
[JEE 2001, Screening, 1 + 1 + 1 out of 35]
(d) Let a1, a2 .......... be positive real numbers in G.P. For each n, let An, Gn, Hn, be respectively, the arithmetic
mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean of a1, a2, a3, ...........an. Find an expression for the G.M. of G1,
G2, .........Gn in terms of A1, A2 .............An, H1, H2, .........Hn.
[JEE 2001 (Mains); 5]

3
8. (a) Suppose a, b, c are in A.P. and a2, b2, c2 are in G.P. If a < b < c and a + b + c = , then the value of a is
2
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3]

(b) Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a , A1 , A2 , b are in A.P. ; a , G1 , G2 , b are in G.P. and a , H1 , H2 , b are
in H.P. , show that
G1G2 A1  A 2 (2a  b)(a  2b)
  [JEE 2002 , Mains , 5 out of 60]
H1H2 H1  H2 9ab

c
9. If a, b, c are in A.P., a2 , b2 , c2 are in H.P. , then prove that either a = b = c or a, b,  form a G.P..
2
[JEE-03, Mains-4 out of 60]

10. The first term of an infinite geometric progression is x and its sum is 5. Then

(A) 0 x  10 (B) 0 < x < 10 (C) –10 < x < 0 (D) x > 10

[JEE 2004 (Screening)]

11. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then prove that [(1 + a) (1 + b) (1 + c)]7 > 77 a4 b4 c4.
[JEE 2004, 4 out of 60]
12. (a) In the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if  = b2 – 4ac and  + , 2 + 2, 3 + 3 are in G.P. where , 
are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then
(A)   0 (B) b = 0 (C) c = 0 (D)  = 0
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]
 n  1  n+1
(b) If total number of runs scored in n matches is   (2 – n – 2) where n > 1, and the runs scored in the
 4 
kth match are given by k·2n+1– k, where 1  k  n. Find n. [JEE 2005 (Mains), 2]
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2 3 n
3 3 3 3
13. If A n           .......   1n1   and Bn = 1 – An, then find the minimum natural number n0
4 4 4 4
such that Bn > An.  n > n0. [JEE 2006, 6]

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 Comprehension (3 questions)
14. Let Vr denote the sum of the first 'r' terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is 'r' and the
common difference is (2r – 1).
Let Tr = Vr + 1 – Vr – 2 and Qr = Tr + 1 – Tr for r = 1, 2, ...

(a) The sum V1 + V2 + ...... + Vn is

1 1
(A) n(n + 1)(3n2 – n + 1) (B) n(n + 1)(3n2 + n + 2)
12 12

1 1
(C) n(2n2 – n + 1) (D) (2n3 – 2n + 3)
2 3

(b) Tr is always
(A) an odd number (B) an even number
(C) a prime number (D) a composite number

(c) 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 = ....... [JEE 2007, 4 + 4 + 4]

Comprehension (3 questions) [JEE 2007, 4 + 4 + 4]

15. Let A1, G1, H1 denote the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, respectively, of two distinct positive
numbers. For n  2, let An – 1 and Hn – 1 have arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means as An, Gn, Hn
respectively.

(a) Which one of the following statements is correct?

(A) G1 > G2 > G3 > ...... (B) G1 < G2 < G3 < ......
(C) G1 = G2 = G3 = ...... (D) G1 < G3 < G5 < ...... and G2 > G4 > G6 > ......
(b) Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) A1 > A2 > A3 > ...... (B) A1 < A2 < A3 < ......
(C) A1 > A3 > A5 > ...... and A2 < A4 < A6 < ...... (D) A1 < A3 < A5 < ...... and A2 > A4 > A6 > ......

(c) Which one of the following statements is correct?

(A) H1 > H2 > H3 > ...... (B) H1 < H2 < H3 < ......
(C) H1 > H3 > H5 > ...... and H2 < H4 < H6 < ...... (D) H1 < H3 < H5 < ...... and H2 > H4 > H6 > ......

16. (a) A straight line through the vertex P of a triangle PQR intersects the side QR at the point S and the circumcircle
of the triangle PQR at the point T. If S is not the centre of the circumcircle, then

1 1 2 1 1 2
(A) + < (B) + >
PS ST QS  SR PS ST QS  SR

1 1 4 1 1 4
(C) + < (D) + > [JEE 2008, 4]
PS ST QR PS ST QR
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ASSERTION & REASON :

(b) Suppose four distinct positive numbers a1, a2, a3, a4 are in G.P. Let b1 = a1, b2 = b1 + a2, b3 = b2 + a3 and
b4 = b3 + a4.
STATEMENT-1 : The numbers b1, b2, b3, b4 are neither in A.P. nor in G.P.
and
STATEMENT-2 : The numbers b1, b2, b3, b4 are in H.P.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True [JEE 2008, 3 (–1)]
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 k 1
17. Let Sk, k = 1, 2 ..... , 100, denote the sum of the infinite geometric series whose first term is and the
k!
100
1 100 2 2
common ratio is
k
. Then he value of
100!
+  | (k
k 1
 3k  1) sk | is [JEE 2010]

18. Let a1, a2, a3, .........., a11 be real numbers satisfying a1 = 15, 27 – 2a2 > 0 and ak = 2ak–1 – ak–2 for k = 3, 4.....,

a12  a22  ....  a11

2 a  a2  ....  a11
11. If = 90, then the value of 1 is equal to [JEE 2010]
11 11

p
19. Let a1, a2, a3, ..., a100 be an arithmetic progression with a1 = 3 and Sp =  a ,1  p  100 . For any integer n
i1
i

Sm
with 1  n  20, let m = 5n. If S does not depend on n, then a2 is [JEE 2011]
n

20. The minimum value of the sum of real numbers a–5, a–4, 3a–3, 1, a8 and a10 with a > 0 is [JEE 2011]

21. Let a1, a2, a3, .......... be in harmonic progression with a1 = 5 and a20 = 25. The least positive integer n for
which an < 0 is : [JEE 2012]
(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25

4n k( k 1)
2 k2
22. Let Sn =  (–1)
k 1
. Then Sn can take value(s) [JEE Advance 2013]

(A) 1056 (B) 1088 (C) 1120 (D) 1332

b
23. Let a, b, c be positive integers such that is an integer. If a,b, c are in geometric progression and the
a
a2  a – 14
arithmetic mean of a, b, c is b + 2, then the value of is [JEE Advance 2014]
a 1

24. Suppose that all the terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) are natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum of
the first seven terms to the sum of the first eleven terms is 6 : 11 and the seventh term lies in between 130
and 140, then the common difference of this A.P. is [JEE Advance 2015]

25. Let bi > 1 for i = 1, 2, ...... , 101. Suppose logeb1, logeb2, ...... , logeb101 are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
with the common difference loge2. Suppose a1, a2, ...... , a101 are in A.P. such that a1 = b1 and a51 = b51.
If t = b1 + b2 + ...... + b51 and s = a1 + a2 + ...... + a51, then [JEE Advance 2016]
(A) s > t and a101 > b101 (B) s > t and a101 < b101
(C) s < t and a101 > b101 (D) s < t and a101 < b101
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26. The sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression. If the triangle has area 24, then what is the
length of its smallest side? [JEE Advance 2017]

27. Let X be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 1, 6, 11, ....., and Y be the set
consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 9, 16, 23, ...... . Then the number elements in
the set X  Y is _____________ . [JEE Advanced 2018]

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 28. Let and be the roots of x2 – x – 1 = 0 with > . For all positive integers n, define

 n – n
an  , n 1,
–

b1 = 1 and bn = an–1 + an + 1, n 2.

Then which of the following options is/are correct? [JEE Advanced 2019]

a 10
(A)  10nn 
89
(B) a1 + a2 + a3 +.....+ an = an + 2 – 1 for all n 1
n 1


b 8
(C)  10nn 
89
(D) bn = n + n for all n 1
n 1

29. Let AP(a ; d) denote the set of all the terms of an infinite arithmetic progression with first term a and common
difference d > 0. If
AP(1 ; 3) AP(2; 5) AP(3; 7) = AP(a; d)
then a + d equals_______. [JEE Advanced 2019]

30. Let a1, a2, a3 .... be a sequence of positive integers in arithmetic progression with common difference 2. Also,
let b1, b2, b3, .... be a sequence of positive integers in geometric progression with common ratio 2.
If a1 = b1 = c, then the number of all possible values of c, for which the equality
2(a1 + a2 +.... + an) = b1 + b2 + .... + bn holds for some positive integer n, is ________.
SEQUENCE & PROGRESSION_MICRO-XI

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 ANSWER SHEET
SEQUENCE & PROGRESSION
PROFICIENCY TEST-1
4. 14, 9, 4 or 4, 9, 14 5. 5, 10,15, 20 6. 33
7. 9 9. 5049 10. 1071

PROFICIENCY TEST-2
1. 70336 2. 900 3. 1/5 4. 7, 11, 15
5. 5 8. (14n  6)/(8n + 23) 10. 3/16

PROFICIENCY TEST-3

1. 512 2. 2± 3 3. 6 5. 2184

2 10 
6. (10 n – 1) – n 9. 64 and 4
9  9 

PROFICIENCY TEST-4
n(n  1)(n  2)
1. –1 2. 40, 10 3. 2 4.
6

n3  n2
5. 6. 3.2n – 2n – 3 9. 2 10. 3
2

11. sn = (1/24)  [1/{6(3n + 1) (3n + 4) }] ; s = 1/24 12. (1/5) n (n + 1) (n + 2) (n + 3) (n + 4)

13. n/(2n + 1) ; s = 1/2 14. 1

EXERCISE–I
1 1 1 545
2. 27 3. (8 ,  4 , 2 , 8) 4. (a) a = – , b=– ; (b) – ; (c)
2 8 3 2
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n(2n  1)(4n  1) n(n  1)

5. a = 5 , b = 8 , c = 12 6. 1 7. n2 8.
3 2(n2  n  1)

42
9. S= 10. n = 2000 11. 120, 30 13. 2499
125

14. x = 1/5 15. 80 16. 2n+1  3; 2n+2  4  3n

1
17. n² + 4n + 1; (1/6) n (n + 1) (2n + 13) + n 19. f (x) = [1 – cos x]; S = 10100
2
20. C = 9 ; (3, 3/2 , 3/5)
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 EXERCISE–II
5 1 27
1. ; 2 2. 3. 23 4. 200
2 2

5. 2p3 – 9pq + 27r = 0; roots are 1, 4, 7 6. (iii) b = 4, c = 6, d = 9 or b =  2, c =  6, d =  18

7 8 problems , 127.5 minutes

1 1
9. 28 10. an = ,S =1– ,S =1 11. 10
n(n  1) n (n  1) 

 1 1.3.5.....(2n  1)(2n  1) 
12. Sn = 2   ; S = 1
2 2.4.6......(2n)(2n  2) 

13. (a) a = 1 , b = 9 OR b = 1 , a = 9 ; (b) a = 1 ; b = 3 or vice versa

81
15.
208

EXERCISE–III
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. D
15. A 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. B

EXERCISE–IV
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B
8. D 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A
15. C 16. A 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. D 21. C
22. C 23. B 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. C 28. D

EXERCISE–V
 1   1  1   1   1 
1. (a) B (b) D 2. (r, n, a)   ,4,108 ,  ,4,216 ,  ,2,144 ,  ,2,180 ,  ,1,160 
 3   3   9   9   81 

3. (a) D (b) A 4. A=3 ; B=8 5. A.P.

1
2n
6. x = 2 2 and y = 3 7. (a) A, (b) C, (c) D , (d)   A1, A 2 ,............A n  H1, H2 ,............Hn  
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8. (a) D 10. B 12. (a) C, (b) n = 7

13. n0 = 5 14. (a) B; (b) D; (c) B 15. (a) C; (b) A; (c) B
16. (a) B, D; (b) C 17. 3 18. 0
19. 9 or 3 20. 8 21. D 22. A, D
23. 4 24. 9 25. B 26. 6
27. 3748 28. A, B, D 29. 157.00
30. 1.00

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