Practice Sheet – 02

CLASS
Arithmetic Progressions
02

NTH TERM OF GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION 8. What is the nth term of the sequence 25, –125,
1. If the 10th term of a GP is 9 and 4th term is 4, 625, –3125, ….. ?
then what is its 7th terms? 25, –125, 625, –3125, ….. n
GP 10 9 4 7 (a) (–5) 2n–1
(b) (–1) 5 2n n+1

(c) (–1)2n–1 5n+1 (d) (–1)n–1 5n+1

(a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 27/14 (d) 56/15 [2019–I]
[2011–II] SUM OF NTH TERM OF
GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
1 1
2. Which term of series , – ,... is –128 ? 1. A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great
4 2
grand parents, and so on. Find the number of his
1 1 ancestors during the ten generations precending
, – ,... –128
4 2 his own
(a) 9th (b) 10th (c) 11th (d) 12th
[2011–I]
(a) 2047 (b) 2145 (c) 2046 (d) 2146
1 1
3. Find the 9th term of the progression: , ,1,–2,..
4 2 2. The sum of the first n terms of the series
1 3 7 15
1 1 + + + +... is equal to?
, ,1,–2,.. 2 4 8 16
4 2
1 3 7 15
(a) 63 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 60 + + + +... n
2 4 8 16
1 1 1 (a) 2n–n–1 (b) 1–2–n (c) 2–n+n–1 (d) 2n–1
4. Which term of the G.P. 2,1, , ,... is ?
2 4 128 [2017–I]

1 1 1 1 1
G.P. 2,1, , ,... 3. The sum of the series 3 –1+ – +.... is equal to
2 4 128 3 9
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 11 1 1
3 –1+ – +....
3 9
5. Which term of the G.P. 5, 10, 20, 40,...is 5120? 20 9 9 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
G.P. 5, 10, 20, 40,... 5120 9 20 4 9
(a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 17 [2018–II]

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4. The value of t he infini te product
– 1
6. What does the series 1  3 2
3  ... represent? 1 1 3 1
3 3 6 2  6 2  6 8  6 4  ..... is
1 1 3 1
–
1
1 6 2  6 2  6 8  6 4  .....
1 3 2
3  ...
3 3 (a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 216 (d) 
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) N.O.T [2015–II]

[2012–I] 5. What is the sum of the series 0.5+0.55+0.555+…..

7. If n!, 3×(n!) and (n+1)! are in GP, then the value to n terms?
of n will be 0.5+0.55+0.555+….. n
n!, 3×(n!) (n + 1)! GP n
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10
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 12. A ball is dropped from a height of 300 m on ground
5 2 1  1 2 1 
(a) n – 1 – n   (b) 5 – 1 – n  
9  9  10   9  9  10   2
the ball bounces times of its every last bounce.
5
1 5 1  5 1 1  Find the total distance covered by the ball till it stops.
(c)  n – 1 – n   (d)  n – 1 – n  
9 9  10   9 9  10  
[2015–I]
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6. The sum of the series formed by the sequence
5
3, 3,1... upto infinity is:/ 3, 3,1...

(a) 100 m (b) 600 m (c) 1200 m (d) 700 m

(a)
3 3  3 +1  (b)
3 3  3 –1  4
2 2 13. After striking a floor, a certain ball rebounds of
5

(c)
3  3 +1  (d)
3  3 –1  the height from which it has fallen. what is the
2 2 total distance it travels before coming to rest, if it
[2014–I] is gently dropped from a height of 120 meters
7. What is 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ... equal to? 4
0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ... 5
(a) 1 (b) 1.01 (c) 1.001 (d) 1.1
[2013–II]
8. What is the sum of first eight terms is the series (a) 1080 (b) 1040 (c) 1020 (d) 1060
1 1 1 1 1 1 14. After striking a floor, a certain ball rebounds 2/3rd
1 –  –  ... ?/ 1 –  –  ...
2 4 8 2 4 8 of the height from which it has fallen. what is the
total distance it travels before coming to rest, if it
is gently dropped from a height of 540 meters.
89 57 85
(a) (b) (c) (d) N.O.T
128 384 128
[2012–II]
1 1 1
9. What is the sum of the series 1 –  –  ... (a) 2600 (b) 2700 (c) 2800 (d) 2900
2 4 8
equal to? AM, GM & HM
1 1 1
1–  –  ... 1. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 21.6. If
2 4 8
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/2 (c) 2 (d) 2/3 one of the numbers is 27, then what is the other
[2012–I] number?
1 1 21.6 27
10. What is the sum of 3   ... ?
3 3 3
(a) 16.2 (b) 17.3 (c) 18 (d) 20
1 1
3   ... [2009–I]
3 3 3 2. If the ratio of AM to GM of two positive numbers a
3 3 3 2 3 and b is 5:3, a:b is equal to
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
2 2 2 a b AM GM
[2011–I] 5:3 a:b
11. If the sequence {Sn} is a geomatric progession (a) 3:5 (b) 2:9 (c) 9:1 (d) 5:3
and S2S11 = SpS8, then what is the value of p ? [2018–I]

{Sn} S2S11 = SpS8, p 3. The harmonic mean H of two numbers is 4 and the
arithmetic mean A and geomatric mean G satisfy
the equation 2A+G2 = 27. The two numbers are
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
H, 4 A
(d) cannot be determined/
G, 2A+G2 = 27
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 (a) 6, 3 (b) 9, 5 (c) 12, 6 (d) 3, 1 8. What is the goematric mean of the sequence 1, 2,
[2013–I] 4, 8,..., 2n ?/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 8,..., 2n
4. What is the mean of first n odd natural numbers? (a) 2n/2 (b) 2(n+1)/2 (c) 2(n+1)–1 (d) 2(n–1)
n [2012–II]

(a) n (b) (n+1)/2 9. What is the geometric mean of the data 2, 4, 8,

16, 32 ?
(c) n(n+1)/2 (d) n+1 [2012–II]
2, 4, 8, 16, 32
5. The geometric mean and harmonic mean of two
non-negative observations are 10 and 8 (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
respectively. Then what is the arithmetic mean of [2011–I]

the observations equal to? 10. The geometric mean of three numbers was
computed as 6. It was subsequently found that,
10
in this computation, a number 8 was wrongly
8
read as 12. What is the correct geometric mean?
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 12.5 (d) 25 6
[2012–I] 8 12
6. What is the arithmetic mean of first 16 natural
numbers with weights being the number itself?
(a) 4 (b) 3 5 (c) 23 18 (d) N.O.T
16 [2010–I]
11. If 1/4, 1/x, 1/10 are in HP, then what is the value of
(a) 17/2 (b) 33/2 (c) 11 (d) 187/2 x ?/ 1/4, 1/x, 1/10, HP x
[2012–I]
7. What is the geometric mean of 40, 60 and 90? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
40, 60 90 [2012–I]

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 60

[2011–II]

Answer key
nth term of Geometry Sum of nth terms of AM, GM & HM
Progressions Arithmetic Progressions
1. (c) 8. (c) 1. (c) 8. (a)
1. (a) 6. (d)
2. (c) 9. (d) 2. (c) 9. (c)
2. (b) 7. (c)
3. (c) 10. (b) 3. (a) 10. (c)
3. (c) 8. (d)
4. (b) 11. (c) 4. (a) 11. (c)
4. (b)
5. (d) 12. (d) 5. (c)
5. (a)
6. (a) 13. (a) 6. (a)
7. (a) 14. (b) 7. (d)

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