Sequence and Series

n
1
E-3. The value of 
r 1 a  r x  a  (r  1) x
is

n n a  nx  a a  an x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a  a  nx a  a  nx 2x x

E-4. The value of (1.12 + 3.22 + 5.32 + ........ + upto 10 terms) is equal to :
(A) 6050 (B) 5965 (C) 5665 (D) 5385

PART - III : MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Column –  Column – 
(A) The cofficient of x49 in the product
(x – 1) (x – 3) (x – 5) (x – 7) ....... (x – 99) (p) –2500
(B) Let Sn denote sum of first n terms of an A.P. If S2n = 3Sn, (q) 9
S3n
then is
Sn
 1
(C) The sum  r 1
2
is equal to: (r) 3/4
r 2
(D) The length,breadth, height of a rectangular box are in G.P. (s) 6
(length > breadth > height) The volume is 27, the total surface
area is 78. Then the length is

2. Column –  Column – 

(A) The value of xyz is 15/2 or 18/5 according as the series (p) 2
a, x, y, z, b are in an A.P. or H.P. then 'a + b' equals
where a, b are positive integers.
1 1 1
(B) The value of . 2 4 4 8 816 . - - -  is equal to (q) 1

(C) If x, y, z are in A.P., then (r) 3

(x + 2y – z) (2y + z – x) (z + x – y) = kxyz,
where k  N, then k is equal to

(D) There are m A.M. between 1 and 31. If the ratio of the (s) 4
m
7th and (m –1)th means is 5 : 9, then is equal to
7

 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.

PART - I : ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE

1. Given the sequence of numbers x1, x2, x3, ...... x2013
x1 x2 x3 x 2013
which satisfy = = = ....... = , nature of the sequence is
x1  1 x2  3 x3  5 x 2013  4025
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) A.G.P.
3
2. 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
2
is
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) – (D) –
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
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3. If 1, 2, 3 ... are first terms; 1, 3, 5 .... are common differences and S 1, S2, S3 .... are sums of n terms of
given p AP’s; then S1 + S2 + S3 + ... + Sp is equal to
np(np  1) n(np  1) np(p  1) np(np  1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
4. If the sum of n terms of a G.P. (with common ratio r) beginning with the pth term is k times the sum of an
equal number of terms of the same series beginning with the qth term, then the value of k is:
(A) rp/q (B) rq/p (C) r p  q (D) rp + q

5. Consider the sequence 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, ..... of all positive integer, then 2011 th term of this
sequence is
(A) 2056 (B) 2011 (C) 2013 (D) 2060
  
6. If x = a
n0
n
,y= b
n0
n
,z= c
n0
n
where a,b,c are in AP and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, then x,y,z are in :

(A) HP (B) Arithmetico–Geometric Progression

(C) AP (D) GP
n
a1 a2 a
7. If a1, a2 , ........ are in H.P. and f(k) =  a
r 1
r – ak  , then ,
f(1) f(2)
,....... n are in
f(n)
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

8. If a1, a2, a3, ........., an are positive real numbers whose product is a fixed number c, then the minimum
value of a1 + a2 + a3 + .... + an – 1 + 2an is
(A) n(2c)1/n (B) (n + 1) c1/n (C) 2nc1/n (D) (n + 1)(2c)1/n

n(n  1)2
9. The sum of the first n-terms of the series 12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 + .......... is , when n
2
is even. When n is odd, the sum is
n(n  1)2 n2 (n  2) n2 (n  1) n(n  2)2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 2 4

10. Let Tr and Sr be the rth term and sum up to rth term of a series respectively. If for an odd number n, S n =
Tn1
n and Tn = then Tm (m being even) is
n2
2 2m2 (m  1)2 2(m  1)2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  m2 1  m2 2  (m  1)2 1  (m  1)2

11. If 12 + 22 + 32 + ....... + 20032 = (2003) (4007) (334) and

(1) (2003) + (2) (2002) + (3) (2001) + ..... + (2003) (1) = (2003) (334) (x)., then x equals
(A) 2005 (B) 2004 (C) 2003 (D) 2001

n n n  1n  2 n  3  n
1
12. If t
r 1
r 
8
, then t
r 1
equals
r

 1 1  1 1
(A)    
  n  1 n  2  2 
(B) 
  n  1n  2  2 
   
 1 1  1 1
(C)    (D)   
 (n  1) (n  2) 2   (n  1) (n  2) 2 

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1 1 1 2 1 1 1
13. If 2
+ 2
+ 2
+...... upto  = , then 2 + 2 + 2 +...... =
1 2 3 6 1 3 5
(A) 2/12 (B) 2/24 (C) 2/8 (D) 2/4

8n k (k 1)( k  2 ) 8n (k  2 )( k  3 ) 8n
14._ If Sn = 
k 1
( 1) 6 (k)2 + 
k 1
( 1) 2 (k2) – 4  (8k  2)
k 1
2
then the value of –S4 is equal to :

(A) 256 (B) 512 (C) 1024 (D) 2048

PART - II : SINGLE AND DOUBLE VALUE INTEGER TYPE

1. A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs. 3600 by 40 annual installments which form an arithmetic
series. When 30 of the installments are paid he dies leaving a third of the debt unpaid. Find the value of
the first installment.

2. In a circle of radius R a square is inscribed, then a circle is inscribed in the square, a new square in the
circle and so on for n times. Find the ratio of the limit of the sum of areas of all the circles to the limit of
the sum of areas of all the squares as n 

3. If the common difference of the A.P. in which T 7 = 9 and T1T2T7 is least, is ‘d’ then d is–

4. The number of terms in an A.P. is even ; the sum of the odd terms is 24, sum of the even terms is 30,
and the last term exceeds the first by 10½; find 13th term of A.P.

5._ Let AP(a, d) terms of an infinite arithmetic progression with first term 'a' and common difference 'd'
(d >0). If AP(1, 3) AP(3, 5)  AP(5, 7) = AP(m, n) then |n – m| equals to ………

6. If x > 0, and log2 x + log2  x + log2  x 4

+ log2  x
8
+ log2  x  + ...... = 4, then value of
16

 x 2  3x  2  x(x3  1)
   3x  log2 8
 x2  (x  1)(x 2  x  1)
is
(x  1)(log2 3)(log3 4)(log4 5)(log5 2)

7. Given that   are roots of the equation Ax 2  4 x + 1 = 0 and ,  the roots of the equation
B x2  6 x + 1 = 0, then find value of (A + B), such that , ,  &  are in H.P.

8. Find sum of first 6 term of the infinitely decreasing G.P. whose third term, three times the product of the
first and fourth term and second term form an A.P. in the indicated order, with common difference equal
to 1/8.

9. If a, b, c are in GP, a – b, c – a, b – c are in HP, then the value of a + 4b + c is

10. 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 harmonic mean of a
a1  a2n a2  a2n  1 an  an  1 Kn
and b, if + + ... + is equal to , then find value of K.
g1g2n g2 g2n  1 gn gn  1 20h

11. If the arithmetic mean of two numbers a & b (0 < a < b) is 6 and their geometric mean G and harmonic
mean H satisfy the relation G2 + 3 H = 48. Then find the value of (2a – b)

5 55 555
12. If S = + 2
+ + + ... up to , then find the value of S.
13 (13) (13)3

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