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EXERCISE-1
Q.1 If 9th and 19th terms of an AP are 35 and 75, then its 20th term is
[1] 78 [2] 79 [3] 80 [4] 81
Q.2 If the sum of p terms of an AP is equal to the sum of its q terms, then the sum of its (p+q) terms will be

[1] p – q [2] p  q [3] 0 [4]   p  q

Q.3 If the pth term of an AP is q and its qth term is p, then its (p+q)th term is
[1] – p [2] – q [3] –(p + q) [4] 0
Q.4 Which term of the progression 5, 8, 11, 14, ..... is 320?
[1] 106th [2] 105th [3] 107th [4] 104th

Q.5 If nth term of an AP is 1  2n  1 , then the sum of its 19 term is

3
[1] 131 [2] 132 [3] 133 [4] 134
Q.6 If the sum of n terms of an AP is Pn + Qn2, where P, Q are constants, then its common difference is
[1] 2Q [2] P + Q [3] 2P [4] P – Q
Q.7 The sum of all integers between 81 and 719 which are divisible by 5 is
[1] 51800 [2] 50800 [3] 52800 [4] None of these
Q.8 The sum of n AM’s between a and b is

n n 1
[1] n  a  b  [2] a  b [3]  n  1 a  b  [4] a  b
2 2

1 1
Q.9 The sum of the infinite terms of the series 3   ...... is
3 3 3

3 3 3 3
[1] [2] 3 3 [3] [4]
2 2 2
Q.10 n AM’s are inserted between 7 and 71. If fifth AM is 27 then n is equal to
[1] 17 [2] 16 [3] 15 [4] None of these

If a, b, c are in AP, then  a  c  equals

2
Q.11

[1] 4  b  ac  [2] 4  b  ac 
2 2
[3] 4b2  ac [4] b2  4ac

Q.12 If nth term of a progression is 3n2  4n ; then it is an

[1] AP [2] GP [3] HP [4] None of these

11 1
Q.13 , ,are in
1 x 1 x 1 x
[1] HP [2] GP [3] AP [4] None of these
Q.14 If x, y, z are in A.P. and A.M. of x and y is a and that to y and z is b, then A.M. of a and b is
[1] x [2] y [3] z [4] 1/2(x + y)

Q.15 If a2  b  c  ,b2  c  a  ,c 2  a  b  are in AP, then a, b, c are in

[1] AP [2] GP [3] HP [4] None of these

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Q.16 If a1,a2 ,......,a 24 are in AP and a1  a5  a10  a15  a20  a24  225 then the sum of 24 terms of this AP is
[1] 900 [2] 450 [3] 225 [4] None of these
Q.17 If a is the first term , 1 is the common difference and b is the last term of an AP, then its sum is

 a  b 1  a  b   a  b 1  a  b   a  b 1  a 

[1] [2] [3] [4]  a  b 1  a  b 
2 2 2
Q.18 If a and b are pth and qth terms of an AP, then the sum of its (p + q) terms is

pq a  b pq a  b pq a  b

 ab ab ab
p  q   p  q   p  q 
[1] [2] [3] [4] None of these
2  2  2 

Q.19 The AM of the series a   a  d   a  2d  .....   a  2nd is equal to

[1] a   n  1 d [2] a  nd [3] a   n  1 d [4] None of these

Q.20 The sum of first four terms of an A.P. is 56 and the sum of its last four terms is 112. If its first term is 11, then
number of its terms is
[1] 10 [2] 11 [3] 12 [4] none of these
Q.21 In an A.P. which a is the first term, if the sum of the first p terms is zero, then the sum of the next q term is

a(p  q)q a(p  q)q a(p  q)p

[1] [2]  [3] [4] none of these
p 1 p 1 p 1

Q.22 If n GM’s be inserted between a and b, then the corresponding common ratio is

1/ n 1 1/ n 1 1/ n 1/ n
b a b a
[1]   [2]   [3]   [4]  
a b a b

Q.23 If x  1  a  a 2  ..... , y  1  b  b 2  ..... then the value of 1  ab  a 2b 2  .....upto  is

xy xy xy xy
[1] x  y  1 [2] 1  x  y [3] x  y  1 [4] x  y

Q.24 If x,2x  2 and 3x  3 are in GP, then its 4th term is

[1] 27 [2] 13.5 [3] – 27 [4] – 13.5
Q.25 If a, b, c are in AP as well as in GP, then
[1] a  b  c [2] a  b  c [3] a  b  c [4] a  b  c
Q.26 If a, b, c, d are in GP, then

[1] ac  bd [2] ab  cd [3] bc  ad [4] ad  bc

Q.27 The product of n GM’s between a and b is

[3]  ab  [4]  ab 
n/2 n
[1] nab [2] ab

Q.28 GM of the numbers 3,32 ,33 ,.....,3n is

[1] 32 / n [2] 3n / 2 [3] 3n 1 / 2 [4] 3n 1 / 2

Q.29 The Geometrical Means between the roots of the equation x 2  18x  9  0 will be

[1] 9 2 [2] 9 [3] 3 [4] 3 2

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Q.30 A geometric progression consists of an even number of terms. The sum of all the terms is three times that of
the odd terms, the common ratio of the progression will be-
[1] 1/2 [2] 2 [3] 3 [4] 1/3
Q.31 Break the numbers 155 into three parts so that the obtained numbers form a G.P. the first term being less than
the third one by 120-
[1] 5, 65, 125 [2] 10, 65, 120 [3] 5, 25, 125 [4] none of these
Q.32 If p, q, r are in A.P., then the pth, qth and rth terms of any G.P. are themselves in
[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] none of these
100 100

Q.33 Let an be nth term of the G.P. of positive numbers. Let a

n 1
2n   and a
n 1
2n 1   , such that    then the

common ratio is

   
[1] [2] [3]   [4] 
    

a b
Q.34 The HM between and is
b a

2ab 2a2b2 2ab 2a2b2

[1] [2] [3] [4]
ab a2  b2 a  b2
2
ab

Q.35 If a, b, c are in GP and ax  by  c z , then x, y,z will be in

[1] AP [2] GP [3] HP [4] None of these

ab
Q.36 If a, b, c are in HP, then is equal to
bc

a b a c
[1] [2] [3] [4]
b a c b
Q.37 If pth term of a HP is qr and its qth term is pr, then its rth term is

1 1
[1] pq [2] [3] [4] pqr
pq pqr

 1 1 1  1 1 1 
Q.38 If a, b, c are in HP, then        is equal to
 a b c  b c a 

4 3 4 3 4 3
[1]  [2]  [3]  [4] None of these
ac b2 bc a2 ab c 2

1 1 1 1
Q.39 If    then a, b, c are in
ba bc a c
[1] AP [2] GP [3] HP [4] None of these
Q.40 If AM and HM of the roots of a quadratic equation are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively, then that equation is
[1] x2 + 3x + 2 = 0 [2] x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 [3] x2 – 3x – 4 = 0 [4] none of these
Q.41 The A.M. between two positive numbers exceeds the GM by 5, and the GM exceed the H.M. by 4. Then the
numbers are-
[1] 10, 40 [2] 10, 20 [3] 20, 40 [4] 10, 50
Q.42 If A, G, H are respectively AM, GM and HM between two given numbers, then
[1] A  H  G [2] G  A  H [3] A  G  H [4] A  G  H
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Q.43 The sum of three numbers in GP is 14. If 1 is to be added to first, second and 1 is to be subtracted from the third
then the new numbers are in AP. The smallest of them is
[1] 2 [2] 4 [3] 6 [4] 8
2
Q.44 If p, q be two AM’s and G be one GM between two numbers, then G is equal to

[1]  2p  q p  2q [2]  2p  q 2q  p  [3]  2p  q p  2q [4] None of these

A1  A 2 H1H2
Q.45 If A1,A 2 ,G1,G2 and H1,H2 are two A.M’s, G.M’s and H.M.’s between two numbers, then . equals
H1  H2 G1G2
[1] 0 [2] 4 [3] 1 [4] 8

Q.46 If ratio of H.M. and G.M. between two positive numbers a and b  a  b  is 4:5, then a:b is

[1] 1:1 [2] 2:1 [3] 4:1 [4] 3:1

Q.47 a , b, c are first three terms of a G.P. If HM of a and b is 12 and that of b and c is 36, then a equals
[1] 24 [2] 8 [3] 72 [4] 1/3

4 7 10
Q.48 The sum of the infinite terms of 1     ....... will be
5 5 2 53

35 16 15 7
[1] [2] [3] [4]
16 35 16 4

3 5
Q.49 The 6th term of the series 2 + 1  1 ,...... is
4 9
[1] 7/6 [2] 6/7 [3] 6/19 [4] 3/7

Q.50 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

[1] 2  M  3 [2] 1  M  2 [3] 0  M  1 [4] 3  M  4

Q.51 If 0 < x, y, a, b < 1, then the sum of the infinite terms of the series

x ( a  x )  x ( ab  xy )  x (b a  y x )  ..... is

ax x x x x x ax x
[1]  [2]  [3]  [4] 
1 b 1 y 1 b 1 y 1 b 1 y 1 b 1 y

Q.52 The sum of 40 terms of the series 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 16 + 9 +..... is-

[1] 398 + 220 [2] 398 + 221 [3] 398 + 219 [4] none of these
Q.53 Find the sum of the series up to n term 1.3.5 + 3.5.7 + 5.7.9 +.....
[1] 8n3 + 12n2 – 2n – 3 [2] n(8n3 + 11n2 – n – 3) [3] n(2n3 + 8n2 + 7n – 2) [4] none of these
Q.54 The number of terms in the sequence 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21,......, 5050 is
[1] 50 [2] 100 [3] 101 [4] 105
Q.55 1 + 2.2 + 3.22 + 4.23 + ....100.299 equals -
[1] 99.2100 [2] 100.2100 [3] 1 + 99.2100 [4] none of these
Q.56 The sum of 10 terms of the series .7 + .77 + .777 + .... is -

7 1  7  1  7  1 
[1]  89  10  [2]  89  10  [3]  89  9  [4] none of these
9 10  81  10  81  10 

Q.57 Sum of the series 1 + 3 + 7 + 15 + 31 + .... to n terms is -

[1] 2n – 2 – n [2] 2n+1 + 2 + n [3] 2n+1 – 2 – n [4] none of these

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1 1 1
Q.58 The sum of infinite terms of the following series   + ..... shall be -
1 .2 2 .3 3 .4
[ 1 ]  [2] 1 [3] 0 [4] none of these
Q.59 1 + 2(1 + 1/n) + 3 (1 + 1/n)2 + ....n terms, equals -
[1] n(1 + 1/n) [2] n2 [3] n(1 + 1/n)2 [4] none of these

 1  1  1  1   1 
2 2

The sum of the series 1 +  1     1   

    + .... to infinite terms is
 2  3  2  2    3 
Q.60

[1] 9/5 [2] 12/5 [3] 9/10 [4] none of these

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EXERCISE-2
Q.1 If the ratio of the sum of n terms of two AP’s is (7n + 1) ; (4n + 27), then the ratio of their 11th terms is
[1] 4:3 [2] 3:4 [3] 2:3 [4] 3:2

1 1 1
Q.2 If , , are in AP, then a2 ,b2 ,c 2 will be in
bc c a ab
[1] AP [2] GP [3] HP [4] None of these
Q.3 If sum of A.M. and H.M between two numbers is 25 and their GM is 12, then sum of numbers is
[1] 9 [2] 18 [3] 32 [4] 18 or 32

Q.4  
1  1  a  x  1  a  a 2 x 2  .....0  a, x  1 equals

1 1 1 1
[1] 1  x 1  a  [2] 1  a 1  ax  [3] 1  x 1  ax  [4] 1  x 1  a 

The sum 1  1  x   1  x  x   1  x  x  x   ......n terms equals

2 2 3
Q.5

1  xn 
x 1  xn  
n 1  x   x 1  x n 
[1] [2] [3] [4] None of these
1  x 
2
1 x 1 x

  

If a   x ,b   y ,c    xy  where x , y  1 ; then
n n n
Q.6
n0 n0 n0

[1] abc  a  b  c [2] ab  bc  ac  b [3] ac  bc  ab  c [4] ab  ac  bc  a

Q.7 If f  x  is such that f  x  y   f  x  .f  y  x,y  N and f 1  3,  f  x   120 , then n equals

x 1

[1] 6 [2] 5 [3] 4 [4] 7

Q.8 In a GP, first term is 1. If 4T2  5T3 is minimum, then its common ratio is

2 2 3 3
[1] [2]  [3] [4] 
5 5 5 5

tn t n 1 tn 2
tn3 tn 4 tn5
Q.9 If t1,t 2 ,t 3 ,..... are in AP, then equals
tn 6 tn7 tn8

[1] 0 [2] 1 [3] n [4] None of these

1 1 1 1
Q.10 If a1,a2 ,a3 ,....,an are in AP , then a a  a a  a a  ......  a a equals
1 2 2 3 3 4 n 1 n

a1a2 n 1 n 1 n 1
[1] [2] a  a [3] a  a [4] a a
n 1 1 n 1 n 1 n

Q.11 If A.M. between p and q (p  q) is two times the G.M. then p : q is

[1] 1 : 1 [2] 2 : 1 [3] (2  3 ) : (2  3 ) [4] 3 : 1

Q.12 Given two numbers a and b, let A denotes the single A.M. and S denotes the sum of n. A.M.’s between
a and b then S/A depends on-
[1] n, a, b [2] n, b [3] n, a [4] n
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1 1 1 1
Q.13 If 1, 2, 3, .... n are first terms; , , , ....... are common ratios and S1,S2 ,S3 ......Sn are sums of n infinite
2 3 4 n 1
GP’s then S1  S2  .....  Sn is equal to

1 1 1
[1] n  n  1 [2] n n  2 [3] n n  3  [4] None of these
2 2 2

Q.14 If 1, 2, 3, ..... are first terms; 1, 3, 5, ..... are common differences and S1,S2 ,S3 ..... are sums of n terms of given
p AP’s; then S1  S 2  S3  .....  Sp is equal to

np  np  1 n  np  1 np  p  1 np  np  1
[1] [2] [3] [4]
2 2 2 2

 f  a  k   16 2 
n

If f  x  y   f  x  f  y   x, y  N and f[1] = 2, then for what value of a , 1

n
Q.15 is
k 1

[1] 2 [2] 3 [3] 4 [4] 5

a b c
Q.16 If a, b and c are positive real numbers then   is greater than or equal to
b c a
[1] 3 [2] 6 [3] 27 [4] 5

Q.17 The least value of n such that 1  3  5  7  ..... to n terms  500 , is

[1] 18 [2] 22 [3] 23 [4] 19
Q.18 If the product of n positive numbers is 1, then their sum is a positive integer, that is
[1] equal to 1 [2] divisible by n [3] equal to n + n2 [4] never less than n
1 1 1
Q.19 If S denotes the sum to infinity and S n the sum of n terms of the series 1 +    ... such that
2 4 8
1
S – Sn. < , then the least value of n is
1000
[1] 11 [2] 9 [3] 10 [4] 8
th
Q.20 If tn be the n term of an A.P. and if t7 = 9, then the value of the c.d. that would make t1t2t7 least is
[1] 33/40 [2] 33/20 [3] 33/10 [4] none of these
Q.21 If A, G and H are respectively A.M., G.M. and H.M. of three positive numbers a, b and c, then the equation
whose roots are a, b and c is given by-
[1] x3 – 3Ax2 + 3G3 x + G3 = 0 [2] x3 – 3Ax2 + 3(G3/H) x – G3 = 0
[3] x3 + 3Ax2 + 3(G3/H) x – G3 = 0 [4] x3 – 3Ax2 – 3(G3/H) x + G3 = 0
Q.22 If a and  be the first and last term of an A.P. and S be the sum of its all terms, then its common
difference is

 2  a2  2  a2  2  a2
[1] [2] [3] [4] none of these
2S    a 2S    a 2S    a
Q.23 If 1 + r + r2 + ......+ rn = (1 + r) (1 + r2) (1 + r4) (1 + r8), then the value of n is
[1] 13 [2] 14 [3] 15 [4] 16
Q.24 The sum of the first ten terms of the geometric progression is S 1 and the sum of the next ten terms
(11th through 20th) is S2 then the common ratio will be-

S1 S2 S2 S1
[1]  S [2]  [3]  [4]  S
10 10
2 S1 S1 2

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Q.25 The series of natural numbers is divided into groups as follows; [1], (2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9, 10) and so on. Find
the sum of the numbers in the nth group is

1 n(n 2  1) 2n(n  1) n 2 (n  1)
[1] [n(n 2  1)] [2] [3] [4]
2 4 3 2
Q.26 The sum of the infinite series 12 + 22x + 32 x2 +........ is
[1] (1 + x)/(1 – x)3 [2] (1 + x)/(1 – x) [3] x/(1 – x)3 [4] 1/(1 – x)3

2 x||cos3 x|...)
Q.27 The solution of the equation (8)(1|cos x||cos  4 3 in the interval (–, ) are

    2
[1]  , [2]  , [3]  , [4] none of these
3 6 3 3 3

Q.28 If 1 + cos  + cos2  + ......... = 2 – 2 , then  , ( 0 <  <  ) is equal to

3   
[1] [2] [3] [4]
4 4 6 8
Q.29 If first two terms of a progression are log2 256 and log3 81 respectively then the false statement is
[1] If third term is log4 16, then these terms are in G.P.
[2] If third term is 2 log6 1, then these terms are in A.P.
[3] If third term is 2/3 log2 16, then these terms are in H.P.
[4] If third term is log2 8, then these terms are in A.P.

 x 7
Q.30 If log3 2, log3 (2x – 5) and log3  2   are in A. P., then x is equal to
 2

1 1 3
[1] 1, [2] 1, [3] 1, [4] None of these
2 3 2

1 1 1 1
Q.31 If 1, 2, 3, ....n are first terms : , , ,......, are common ratios and S1, S2, S3...Sn are sums of n infinite
2 3 4 n 1
G.P.’s then S11  S 22 ....S 22n1 equals -

1 1 1
[1] n(2n + 1)(4n + 1) – 1 [2] n(2n – 1)(4n – 1) – 1 [3] n (n + 1)(2n + 1) – 1 [4] none of these
3 3 3
Q.32 If common difference of m A.P.’s are respectively 1, 2,...., m and first term of each series is 1, then sum of their
mth terms is -

1 1 1
[1] m(m + 1) [2] m (m2 + 1) [3] m (m2 –1) [4] none of these
2 2 2

3 5 7
Q.33 The sum of infinity series 1 – + – + ...... is
2 4 8
[1] 2/9 [2] 2/3 [3] – 2/9 [4] 9/2
Q.34 The least value of ‘a’ for which 51 +x + 51–x, a/2, 25x + 25–x are three consecutive terms of an A.P. is -
[1] 1 [2] 5 [3] 12 [4] none of these

Q.35 If m th terms of the series 63 + 65 + 67 + 69 + ..... and 3 + 10 + 17 + 24 + .... be equal, them m =

[1] 11 [2] 12 [3] 13 [4] 15

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EXERCISE-3
y 3  z3
Q.1 If x be the AM and y, z be two GM’s between two positive numbers, then is equal to
xyz

[IIT 97]
[1] 1 [2] 2 [3] 3 [4] 4

1
Q.2 Let Tr be the rth term of an A.P., for r = 1, 2, 3, ..... if for some positive integers m, n we have Tm  and
n
1
Tn  , then Tmn equals [IIT 98]
m

1 1 1
[1] [2]  [3] 1 [4] 0
mn m n

1 1 1
Q.3 If x  1,y  1,z  1 are in G.P., then 1  ln x , 1  ln y , 1  ln z are in [IIT 98]

[1] A.P. [2] H.P. [3] G.P. [4] None of these

1 3 7 15
Q.4 The sum of the first n terms of the series     ..... is
2 4 8 16

[1] 2n  n  1 [2] 1  2  n *[3] n  2 n  1 [4] 2n  1

63
Q.5 For any numbers if A.M. = 16, H.M. = then G.M. will be
4

[1] 6 7 [2] 7 [3] 6 3 [4] None of these

Q.6 The sum of n term of 1.2.3  2.3.4  3.4.5  ..... is equal to

1 1
[1] n  n  1 n  2  [2] n  n  1 n  2  n  3 
4 4

1
[3] n  1n  2 n  3  [4] None of these
2

If  m  n  term of a G.P. is 9 and  m  n  term is 4, then m th term will be

th th
Q.7

[1] 6 [2] 1/6 [3] 6 [4] None of these

Q.8 The sum of the numbers divisible by 7 between the 100 to 300 will be
*[1] 5586 [2] 5086 [3] 5588 (4( None of these
Q.9 The first term of an infinite G.P. is 1 and every term is equals the sum of the successive terms, then its fourth
term will be

1 1 1 1
[1] [2] [3] [4]
2 8 4 16

Q.10 Let a1,a2 ,.....a10 be in A.P. and h1,h2 ,.....h10 be in H.P. If a1  h1  2 and a10  h10  3 , then a4h7 is

[IIT 99]
[1] 2 [2] 3 [3] 5 [4] 6

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Q.11  
The harmonic mean of the root of the equation 5  2 x  4  5 x  8  2 5  0 is
2
 
[IIT 99]
[1] 2 [2] 4 [3] 6 [4] 8
Q.12 The sum of the terms of an infinite G.P. is 3 and sum of their square is also 3 then the first term and common ratio
of the series is

1 3 1 1 3
[1] 1, [2] , [3] , [4] None of these
2 2 2 2 2

Q.13 In an arithmetic progression Tm  n and Tn  m then Tp 

[1] m  n  p [2] m  n [3] m  n  p [4] m2  n2  p 2

a b c
Q.14 If , , are in H.P. then a, b, c will be in
bc c a ab
[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] None of these

2
Q.15 If 5 GM’s be introduced between 486 and , then 4th GM is
3

[1] 6 [2] 6 [3] 12 [4] 12

Q.16 The sum of the integers from 1 to 100 which are not divisible by 3 or 5 is [IIT 2000]
[1] 2489 [2] 4735 [3] 2317 [4] 2632
Q.17 Consider an infinite geometric series with first term a and common ratio r. If its sum is 4 and the second term is
3
, then [IIT SC. 2000]
4

7 3 3 3 1 1
[1] a  ,r  [2] a  2,r  [3] a  ,r  [4] a  3,r 
4 7 8 2 2 4

Q.18 The sum of the series 3  33  333  .....n terms

[1]
1
27

10n 1  9n  10  [2]
1
27

10n 1  10n  9  [3]
1
27

10n 1  9n  28  [4] None of these

a b c
Q.19 If b  c,c  a,a  b in H.P. then , , are in
bc c a ab
[1] A.P. [2] H.P. [3] G.P. [4] None of these

Q.20 If x, y, z are in H.P. then the value of log  x  z   log  x  2y  z  

[1] 2log  x  z  [2] 2log  y  z  [3] 4log  x  z  [4] log  y  z 

Q.21 If 1,  2 ,  3 ..... n are in A.P. and common difference is d then the value of
sind  cosec1 cosec 2  cosec 2 cosec3  ....cosecn 1 cosecn  will be

[1] sec 1  sec n [2] cos ec1  cos ecn [3] cot 1  cot n [4] tan 1  tan n

Q.22 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 [IIT SC. 2001]
[1] 10 [2] 12 [3] 11 [4] 13

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Q.23 If 2  y  a  is H.M. between y  x and y  z then x  a, y  a,z  a are in

[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] None of these

Q.24 If roots of x3  12x 2  12x  28  0 are in A.P. then their common difference is
[1] ± 3 [2] ± 1 [3] ± 2 [4] None of these

Q.25 If ax  by  c z  du and a,b,c,d are in G.P. then x,y,z,u are in

[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] None of these

Q.26 log3 2,log6 2 and log12 2 are in

[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] None of these

Q.27 If a1,a2 ,......an are positive real numbers whose product is a fixed number c, then the minimum value of
a1  a2  .....  an 1  2an is [IIT SC. 2002]

[1] n  2c  [2]  n  1 c1/ n [4]  n  1 2c 

1/ n 1/ n
[3] 2nc1/ n

Q.28 The first term of a G.P. is twice of the sum of all the successive term then common ratio is

2 2 1 1
[1] [2] [3] [4]
5 3 3 4

Q.29 The sum of the series 113  123  ....  203 is

[1] odd and divisible by 5 [2] divisible by 10
[3] odd and not divisible by 5 [4] None of these

Q.30 If a, b, c are in G.P. then loga x,logb x and logc x will be in

[1] A.P. [2] G.P. [3] H.P. [4] None of these

Q.31 If a, b, c, d, e are in A.P. then the value of a  4b  6c  4d  e is

[1] 1 [2] 2 [3] 0 [4] None of these
1–x x
Q.32 If 1, log9(3 + 2), log3(4.3 – 1) are in A.P. then x equals. [AIEEE 2002]
[1] log3 4 [2] 1 – log3 4 [3] 1 – log4 3 [4] log4 3
Q.33 Sum of infinite number of therms in G.P. is 20 and sum of their square is 100. The common ratio of G.P. is
[AIEEE 2002]
[1] 5 [2] 3/5 [3] 8/5 [4] 1/5
Q.34 Fifth term of a G.P. is 2, then the product of its 9 terms is [AIEEE 2002]
[1] 256 [2] 512 [3] 1024 [4] None of these

tan2 
Q.35 If   (0 ,  / 2) , then x2  x  is always greater than or equal to [IIT Sc. 2003]
x2  x
[1] 2 tan  [2] 1 [3] 2 [4] sec2 

Q.36 Tenth term of the progression 2 3  3  0  ..... is

[1] 3 [2] 7 3 [3] 0 [4] 5 3

1 1 1

Q.37 If y  x 3 .x 9 .x 27 ...... then y 

[1] x1/ 3 [2] x 2 / 3 [3] x1/ 2 [4] x

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Q.38 If the nth term of the series is Tn  2n  1 then sum of n terms Sn 

n  n  1 n  n  1 2n  1
[1] n2 [2] [3] [4] n + 2
2 6

Q.39 If a, b, c are in G.P. then the value of b3  ca2 

[1] ac  b  c  [2] ac b  c  [3] ab2  b  2c  [4] None of these

Q.40 If for two numbers a, b, A = G = H then correct statement is

[1] a.b  1 [2] a  b [3] a  b [4] ab  1

Q.41 If first term of an infinite G.P. is x and its sum is 5, then [IIT SC. 2004]
[1] x > 10 [2] 10 < x < 0 [3] 0 < x < 10 [4] x < –10
Q.42 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 1
[1] 0 [2] 1 [3] [4] 
mn m n
Q.43 If AM and GM of two roots of a quadratic equation are 9 and 4 respectively, then this quadratic equation is
[AIEEE 2004]
[1] x2 – 18x + 16 = 0 [2] x2 + 18x –16 = 0 [3] x2 + 18x + 16 = 0 [4] x2 – 18x – 16 = 0

logan logan1 logan 2

logan3 logan 4 logan5
Q.44 If a1 , a2, a3 , ...... an , ..... are in G.P. then the value of the determinant , is
logan 6 logan 7 logan8

[AIEEE 04 , 05]
[1] 0 [2] 1 [3] 2 [4] –2
Q.45 If common ratio of G.P. is 3, last term 486 & sum of all numbers is 728 then first term is -
[1] 2 [2] – 2 [3] 1 [4] – 1
Q.46 If a, b, c are in A.P. & b, c, d are in G.P. then -
[1] ac = bd [2] ab = cd [3] ad = bc [4] none of these

1 1
Q.47 If nth term of A.P. is and mth term of A.P. is then common difference of A.P. is -
m n

1 1
[1] [2] [3] mn [4] – mn
mn mn

  

If x   a , y   b , z   C where a, b, c are in A.P. and | a | 1,| b | 1,| c | 1 then x, y, z are in

n n n
Q.48
n0 n0 n0

[AIEEE 2005]

[1] HP [2] Arithmetic - Geometric Progression

[3] AP [4] GP

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a1  a 2  ....  ap p2 a6
Q.49 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
[1] [2] [3] [4]
2 7 41 11
Q.50 If a1, a2, ...., an are in H.P., then the expression a1a2 + a2a3 + ....+ an–1 an is equal to - [AIEEE 2006]
[1] (n – 1) (a1 – an) [2] na1an [3] (n – 1) a1an [4] n(a1 – an)

*****

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Previous Years JEE Main Questions
01. Three positive numbers from 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; [2014]

(a) 3  2 (b) 2  3 (c) 2  3 (d) 2 3

9 1 8 2 7 9 9
02. If (10)  2(11) (10)  3(11) (10)  ....  10(11)  k(10) , then ‘k’ is equal to; [2014]
(a) 441/100 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 121/100
03. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ..., is; [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
04. Statement-1: The sum of the series 1+(1+2+4) + (4+6+9) + (9+12+16)+ .....+(361+3890 +400) is 8000;
n
Statement-2:  (k 3  (k  1)3 )  n 3 for any natural number ‘n’. [2012]
k 1
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(c) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
05. If 100 times the 100th term of an A.P. with non-zero common difference equals the 50 times its 50th term, then the
150th term of this A.P. is; [2012]
(a) 150 (b) zero (c) –150 (d) 150 times its 50th term
06. A man saves Rs. 200 in each of the first three months on his service. In each of hte subsequent months his saving
increases by Rs. 40 more than the saving of immediately previous month. His total saving from the start of service
will be Rs. 11040 after; [2011]
(a) 20 months (b) 21 months (c) 18 months (d) 19 months
07. 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 A.P. with common difference –2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is;
[2010]
(a) 24 minutes (b) 34 minutes (c) 125 minutes (d) 135 minutes

2 6 10 14
08. The sum to infinity of the series 1      .... is; [2008]
3 32 33 34
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
09. 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; [2008]
(a) 4 (b) –4 (c) –12 (d) 12

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EXERCISE # 1
Que . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ans. 2 3 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 4
Que . 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Ans. 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 3
Que . 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 1

EXERCISE # 2
Que . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ans. 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 1
Que . 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Ans. 1 3 1 4 4 1 2 1 3 3
EXERCISE # 3
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ans. 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1
Que. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Ans. 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 3

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