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DAILY PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT - 04

Sequence and series
1. In a GP of positive terms , if any terms is equal to the 7. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 (with 𝑎1 > 0) are in GP with common
sum of next two terms . then the common ratio of the ratio r , then the value of r with which the inequality
GP is 9𝑎1 + 5𝑎3 > 14𝑎2 holds , cannot lie in the interval.

(a) Sin18° (b) 2cos18° (a) [1, 9/2] (b) (-∞, 0)

(c) cos18° (d) 2sin18° (c) [5/9, 1] (d) [1, 9/5]

2. Let S be the sum, P be the product and R be the sum 8. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 and b are real number such that (𝑎1 2
reciprocal of 3 terms of a GP . Then 𝑃2 𝑅3 : 𝑆3 is equal + 𝑎2 2 + 𝑎3 2 )b - 2(𝑎1 𝑎2 + 𝑎2 𝑎3 + 𝑎3 𝑎4 )b + (𝑎2 2 + 𝑎3 2 +
to : 𝑎4 2 ) ≤ 0 then 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 are :
(a) 1 : 1 (b) (common ratio)𝑛 : 1 (a) AP (b) GP
(c) (first term)2 : (common ratio)2 (d) none (c) AGP (d) (𝑎1 + 𝑎2 ) (𝑎3 + 𝑎4 ) = (𝑎1 + 𝑎3 ) (𝑎2 + 𝑎4 )

3. Find the 9th term and the general term of the 9. Three numbers , the third of which being 12, form a
progression 1/4, -1/2, 1, -2, ….. decreasing GP . If the third term were 9 instead of 12,
the three numbers would have formed an AP , then the
(a) 64, ( − 1)𝑛−12𝑛−3 (b) 63, ( − 1)𝑛−12𝑛−2
common ratio of the original GP is,
(c) 62, ( − 1)𝑛−22𝑛−3 (d) 61, ( − 2)𝑛−12𝑛−3
(a) 3/7 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5

4. Which term of the GP 2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, ….. is 1/128 ?

10. The fourth , seventh and tenth terms of a GP are p,
(a) 9th
(b) 8 th
(c) 7 th th
(d) 5 q, r respectively, then :

(a) 𝑝2 = 𝑞2 + 𝑟2 (b) 𝑞2 = pr

5. The third term of a GP is 42. Find the product of its (c) 𝑝2 = qr (d) pqr + pq + 1 = 0
first five term ?

(a) 42 (b) (42)5 (c) 98 (d) (25)5

11. If 1, a and P are in AP and 1, g and P are in GP , then

(a) 1 + 2a + 𝑔2 = 0 (b) 1 + 2a - 𝑔2 = 0
6. The sum of three numbers in a GP is 56. If we
(c) 1 - 2a - 𝑔2 = 0 (d) 1 - 2a + 𝑔2 = 0
subtract 1, 7, 21 from these number in that order , we
obtain an arithmetic progression. Find the numbers.

(a) 8, 16, 32 (b) 32, 16, 8 12. The sum of infinite terms of the geometric
2+1 1 1
(c) both a and b (d) none progression , ,
2−1 2− 2 2
…. is

(a) 2( 2 − 1)2 (b) ( 2 − 1)2

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(c) 5 2 (d) 3 2 + 5 (a) P, q, r are in AP (b) p, q, r in GP

(C) p, q, r are either AP or GP

13. For a, b , c to be in GP . What should be the value of (d) p, q, r are neither AP nor GP
𝑎−𝑏
𝑏−𝑐
? 17. If 1, x, y, z, 16 are in GP, then what is the value of
x+y+z ?
(a) ab (b) bc
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16
(c) a/b or b/c (d) none of these
18. The product of first nine term of a GP is , in general,
equal to which one of the following ?
14. The first and eighth term of an GP are 𝑥−4 and 𝑥52
(a) The 9th power of the 4th term.
respectively . If the second term is 𝑥𝑡 , then t is equal to :
(b) The 4th power of the 9th term.
(a) -13 (b) 4 (c) 5/2 (d) 3
(c) The 5th power of the 9th term.

(d) The 9th power of the 5th term.

15. A series is such that its every even term is ‘a’ times
the term before it and every odd term is c times the
before it. The sum of 2n term of the series is (the first
19. In a GP if (m+n)th term is p and (m-n)th term is q then
term is unity).
mth term is :
(1− 𝑐𝑛)(1− 𝑎𝑛 ) (1+ 𝑎)(1−𝑐𝑛 𝑎𝑛)
(a) 1−𝑎𝑐
(b) 1−𝑎𝑐 (a) p/q (b) q/p (c) pq (d) 𝑝𝑞
(1+ 𝑐𝑛)(1+ 𝑎𝑛 ) (1+ 𝑎)(1+ 𝑐𝑛 𝑎𝑛)
(c) 1−𝑎𝑐
(d) 1+ 𝑎𝑐
20. An infinite GP has first term ‘x’ and sum ‘5’ , then x
belongs to
16. If the 𝑝𝑡ℎ , 𝑞𝑡ℎ and 𝑟𝑡ℎ term of a GP are again in GP,
then which of the following is correct ? (a) 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 (b) -10 < x < 0

(c) 0 < x < 10 (d) -10 ≤ x ≤ 0

Answer Key
(1) D (8) B (15) B

(2) A (9) B (16) A

(3) A (10) B (17) C

(4) A (11) D (18) D

(5) B (12) A (19) D

(6) C (13) C (20) C

(7) D (14) B

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