LEVEL-I

MQ
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)
1. If the sum of first 2n terms of 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
2. If three positive real numbers a, b, c are in A.P., with abc = 4, then the minimum value of b is
(A) 41/3 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D) 1/2
3. Consider an infinite geometric series with first term a and common ratio r. If its sum is 4 and
3
the second term is , then
4

7 3 3
(A) a  ,r  (B) a  2,r 
4 7 8

3 1 1
(C) a  ,r  (D) a  3,r 
2 2 4

1 1 1
4. If S denotes the sum to infinity and Sn the sum of n terms of the series 1     .....,
2 4 8

1
such that S – Sn  , then the least value of n is
1000
(A) 8 (B) 9
(C) 10 (D) 11

5. If x  1  a  a2  a3  ...to  (| a | 1) and y  1  b  b2  b3  ...to  (| b | 1) , then

1  ab  a2b2  a3b3  .... is equal to

xy xy
(A) x  y  1 (B) x  y  1

xy
(C) x  y  1 (D) none

6. If a1, a2, a3, ..... is an A.P. such that

a1  a5  a10  a15  a20  a24  225 ,

 then a1  a2  a3  ...  a23  a24 is equal to

(A) 909 (B) 75

(C) 750 (D) 900
7. If the sum of first p terms, first q terms and first r terms of an A.P. be a, b and c respectively,
a b c
then  q  r    r  p    p  q is equal to
p q r

(A) 0 (B) 2

8abc
(C) pqr (D)
pqr

8. The numbers 32sin2–1, 14, 34–2 sin2 form first three terms of an A.P. Its fifth term is equal to
(A) –25 (B) –12
(C) 40 (D) 53
2
9. If sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n + 5n and Tm = 164, m = ?
(A) 26 (B) 27
(C) 28 (D) none of these

5 25 125
10. If the sum of the series 2    3  ......... is finite, then
x x2 x

(A) |x| > 5 (B) – 5 < x < 5

(C) |x| < 5/2 (D) |x| > 5/2
11. Between 1 and 31 are inserted m arithmetic means so that the ratio of the 7th and (m–1) th
means is 5 : 9. Then the value of m is
(A) 12 (B) 13
(C) 14 (D) 15

1 1 1 1 1  1 1 1
12. If 1       .......  , then value of    .......... is
3 5 7 9 11 4 1.3 5.7 9.11

 
(A) (B)
8 6

 
(C) (D)
4 36
13. If x, y and z are positive real numbers such that x + y + z = a then
 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 9
(A) x  y  z  a (B) x  y  z  a

8 3
(C)  a  x  a  y  a  z   a (D) none of these
27
14. If a, b and c are distinct positive real numbers and a 2 + b2 + c 2 = 1, then
ab + bc + ca is
(A) less than 1 (B) equal to 1
(C) greater than 1 (D) any real number
15. If a, b and c are positive real numbers, then least value of

1 1 1
(a + b + c)     is
a b c

(A) 9 (B) 3
(C) 10/3 (D) none of these
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:
16. The sum of the first n term (n > 1) of an A.P. is 155 and the common difference is 2. If the
first term is a positive integer, then
(A) n can not be even (B) n can not be odd
(C) 5 (D) 6
17. The sum of the numerical series

1 1 1
   .........upto n terms , is
3 7 7  11 11  15

3  4n  3 4
(A) (B)
4 3  4n  3

(C) less than n (D) greater than n /2

18. If b1, b2, b3 (b1 > 0) are three successive terms of a G.P. with common ratio r, the value of r
for which the inequality b3 > 4b2 – 3b1 holds is given by
(A) r > 3 (B) r < 1
(C) r = 3.5 (D) r = 5.2
19. Let S1, S2, ............. be squares such that for each n  1, the length of a side of Sn equals to
the length of a diagonal of Sn+1. If the length of a side of S1 is 10 cm, then for which of the
following value (s) of n is the area of Sn less than 1 sq. cm?
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 10
20. All the term of an A. P. are natural numbers and the sum of the first 20 terms is greater than
1072 and less than 1162. If the sixth term is 32 then
(A) first term is 12 (B) first term is 7
(C) common difference is 4 (D) common difference is 5
21. Let the sets A = {2, 4, 6, 8, .....} and B = {3, 6, 9, 12, .....}, and n(A) = 200, n(B) = 250. Then

(A) n(A  B)  67 (B) n(A  B)  450

(C) n(A  B)  66 (D) n(A  B)  384

22. In a GP the product of the first four terms is 4 and the second term is the reciprocal of the
fourth term. The sum of the GP up to infinite terms is
(A) 8 (B) -8
(C) 8/3 (D) –8/3

1 3 7 15
23. The sum of the series     .............
2 4 8 16

1 1
(A) upto n terms is : n  1  (B) upto n terms is : n 
2n 2n

(C) upto n terms is 2 (D) upto infinity is infinity

24. Let x1, x2, ............ be positive integers in A.P., such that x1 + x2 + x3 = 12 and x4 + x6 =
14. Then x5 is
(A) a prime number (B) 11
(C) 13 (D) 7

25. If  r r  1 2r  3  = an
r 1
4
+ bn3 + cn2 + dn + e, then

(A) a + c = b + d (B) e = 0
(C) a, b – 2/3, c –1 are in A.P. (D) c/a is an integers

(Assertion – Reason Type)

Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(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 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.
26. For r  1, and x  1 Let t r  1  2x  3x 2  .........  rx r 1

n 1  x n 1  2x 1  x n 
STATEMENT-1 : Sum of t1 + t2 + ....... + tn is 2
 3
1  x  1  x 

1  xr
STATEMENT-2 : For r  1, and x  1,1  x  x 2  ..........  x r 1  and
1 x

1 xr rx r
1  2x  3x 2  ..........  rx r 1  2

1  x  1 x

27. STATEMENT-1 : If x > 1, the sum to infinite number of

2 3
 1  1  1
1  3 1    5 1    7 1    ........ is 2x2 – x
 x  x  x

2 3 1 y
STATEMENT-2 : If 0 < y < 1, the sum of the series 1  3y  5y  7y  ........is 1  y 2
 
28. Let a, r  R – {0, 1, – 1} and n be an even number.
STATEMENT-1 : a. ar. ar2 . . . arn – 1 = (a2 rn – 1)n/2.
STATEMENT-2 : Product of kth term from the beginning and from the end in a G.P. is
independent of k.

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

P29–31 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 29 to 31

An A.P. is a sequence whose terms increase or decrease by a fixed number, called the
common difference of the A.P.. If ‘a is the first term and ‘d’ the common difference, the A.P.
can be written as a, a+d, a + 2d,…… The nth term an is given by an = a + (n – 1)d. The sum
n n
sn of the first n terms of such an A.P. is given by : sn = (2a + (n – 1)d) = (a + l) where
2 2
ac
l is the last term (i.e., the nth term of the A.P. ). If a, b, c are in A.P., then b  is the A.M.
2
of a and c. The n numbers A1, A2,….., An are said to be A.M.’s between the numbers a & b if
ba
a, A1, A2, …..,An, b are in A.P. If ‘d’ is the common difference of this A.P., then d 
n 1
(b  a)
 Ar  a  r , where Ar is the rth mean
n 1
29. If 6 A.M.’s are inserted between 1 and 9/2, then the 4th arithmetic mean is equal to
3
(A) (B)3
2
(C) 2/3 (D)13/5
30. If log 2, log (2x – 1) and log (2x + 3) are in A.P., then the value of x is
(A)5/2 (B)log25
(C)log35 (D)log53
31. If am be the mth term of an A.P., then a12  a 22  a 32  a 24  ......  a 22n 1  a 22n is equal to

2n  1 2 n
(A)
n
 a1  a 22n  (B)
2n  1
 a12  a 22n 
n 2n  1 2
(C)
2n  1
 a12  a 2n2  (D)
n
 a1  a 2n2 

P32–34 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 32 to 34

If x1, x2,.. . . . . xn are ‘n’ positive real numbers; then A.M.  G.M.  H.M.
x 1  x 2  .......x n n
 (x 1 x 2 .......x n )1 / n  equality occurs when numbers are
n 1 1 1
  ...... 
x1 x 2 xn
same using this concept.
32. If a > 0, b > 0, c > 0 and the minimum value of a(b2 + c2) + b(c2 + a2)+ c(a2 + b2) is abc, then
 is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 6
33. If a, b, c, d, e, f are positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d + e + f = 3, then
x = (a + f)(b + e)(c + d) satisfies the relation
(A) 0 < x  1 (B) 1  x  2
(C) 2  x  3 (D) 3  x  4
34. If a and b are two positive real numbers, and a + b = 1, then the greatest value of a3b4 is
32 43 33 4 4
(A) (B)
75 77
77
(C) (D) none of these
33 4 4
Matrix–Match Type
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
p q r s
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II.
A p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
B p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, C p q r s

p q r s
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows : D
35. If a, b, c are in H.P. then
Column I Column II
a b c
(A) , , (p) H.P.
bca c a  b a  bc
1 1 1
(B) , , (q) G.P.
ba b bc
b b b
(C) a  , ,c  (r) A.P.
2 2 2
a b c
(D) , , (s) A.G.P.
bc ca a b
36. Let , ,  be distinct real numbers which are in A.P. If , ,  are the roots of
x3 + bx + c = 0, then
Column I Column II
(A) b (p) 0
(B) c (q) negative

(C) b 2  c (r) positive

(D) b2 + c2 (s) non-negative

LEVEL-I
MQ (Solution)
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)
1-C 2-A 3-D 4-D 5-A 6-D 7-A 8-D 9-B 10-A
11-C 12-A 13-A 14-A 15-A
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:
16-A,C 17-A,B,C,D 18-A,B,C,D 19-B,C,D 20-B,D
21-C,D 22-A,B,C,D 23-A,D 24-A,D 25-A,B,C,D

(Assertion – Reason Type)

26-A 27-A 28-B
Linked Comprehension Type

29-B 30-B 31-B 32-D 33-A 34-B

Matrix–Match Type
35- A P BR CQ DP
36. A Q B  P,S C  R,S D  R,
 Level-I
MQ (Solution)
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)
’
1. S2n = Sn
2n n
  2.2   2n   3   2.57   n  1 2 
2  2

 5n  55

2. Using AM  GM

1
a bc
  abc  3
3

1
3b
  abc  3 (since 2b = a + c)
3

1
b  43

a 3
3. Given  4 and ar 
1 r 4
Eliminating a, we have 16r2 – 16r + 3 = 0
or (4r – 3) (4r – 1) =0
 r = 3/4, 1/4.
Hence r = 1/4 so that a = 3.
r = 3/4 is not given in any of the four choices so we choose r = 1/4 only.

1
4. S 2
1  1/ 2

n
1  1/ 2  1 1
Sn   =2- n1
1  1/ 2  2n 1 2

1 1
S  Sn  n 1
 or 2n1  1000
2 1000
Now 210 = 32 × 32 = 1024
 n – 1  10 or n  11
1
Hence the least value is 11.
 1 1
5. x .y 
1 a 1 b

x 1 y 1
a  .b 
x y

 1  ab  a2b2  ...

1 1 xy
  
1  ab
1
 x  1 y  1  x  y  1
xy

6. We given, a5  a20  a1  a24 ,a10  a15  a1  a24

Hence the given relations reduce to, 3  a1,  a24   225 , giving a1  a 24  75

n
Hence S24 =  a  l    24 / 2  a1  a24   12  75  900
2

p
7. Sp  [2A   p  1 d]  a
2

2a
  2A   p  1 d .... (i)
p

2b
  2A   q  1 d .... (ii)
q

2c
  2A   r  1 d .... (iii)
r
Multiply (i), (ii) and (iii) by q – r, r – p and p – q respectively and add

a
 q  r   0
p

8. Since the numbers are in A.P.

28 = 32 sin 2 –1 + 34 - 2 sin 2

9sin2 81
or 28   sin2 , where x = 9sin 2 
3 9

or x 2  84x  243  0
 or (2.81) (x – 3) = 0  x  81 or 3

 x  9sin2  81,3 or 92 ,91/ 2

 sin 2  2 or 1/ 2

1
since sin 2 cannot be greater than 1 so we choose sin 2 =
2
Hence the terms in A.P. are

30 , 14, 27 i.e. 1, 14, 27.

 T5  a  4d = 1 + 4.13 = 53

9. Tm = Sm – Sm – 1
164 = 3 (2m – 1) + 5.1  6m = 162
10. We can rewrite the series as

2 3
5 5 5
1  1    ..........
x  x   x 

We can sum up this series if |5/x| < 1

 | x | 5

11. 1,x1, x 2 ...x m , 31 is an A.P. of (m + 2) terms.

31 = Tm+2 = a + (m + 1) d
= 1 + (m + 1)d

30
d
  1
m

x7 5 T8 a  7d 5
Now x    
m 1 9 Tm a  (m  1)d 9

Now put for a and d and we get m = 14.

12. We have

  1  1 1  1 1 
  1            .........
4  3   5 7   9 11 

2 2 2
    .........
1.3 5.7 9.11
 1 1 1 
    .......... 
1.3 5.7 9.11 8

13. Since AM  HM

xyz 3

3 1 1 1
 
x y z

a 3 1 1 1 9
  or   
3 1 1 1 x y z a
 
x y z

a2  b2
14. Since a and b are unequal,  a 2b 2
2

(A.M. > G.M. for unequal numbers)

 a2  b2  2ab
Similarly b 2 + c 2 > 2bc and c 2 + a2 > 2ca
Hence 2 (a 2 + b2 + c 2) > 2 (ab + bc + ca)

 ab  bc  ca  1

15. Using A.M.  G.M.

1/ 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 
 a  b  c    abc  and      
1/ 3

3 3  a b c   abc 

1 1 1 1 1
  a  b  c  .      1
3 3a b c 

 1 1 1
 a  b  c      9
a b c

Equality will hold when a = b = c

Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers
16. Let the numbers in A.P. are a, (a + 2), (a + 4)....... a + (a + 2) + (a + 4) + ........ = 155

n
 2a   n  1 2   155
2

n  a   n  1  155
 n can not be even as sum is an odd number
17. (a), (b) on rationalizing each term, we get series

7 3 11  7 15  11
    .........upto n term
73 11  7 15  11

1 n
 3  4n  3  which is equal to
4 3  4n  3

choices (a) and (b) are correct

n
c) Since  n , choice c is also correct
3  4n  3

n n n
d) And  
3  4n  3 4n 2

18. We have

b3 > 4b2 – 3b1  b1r 2  4b1r  3b1

 r 2  4r  3  b1  0
 r 2  4r  3  0  r  3 r  1  0

 r  3 or r  1

Since r = 3.5 and r = 5.2 are both greater than 3, (c) and (d) are also true.
19. Let an denotes the side of the square Sn then

an  2an1

an1 1
 
an 2

n 1 n 1
 1   1 
 an  a1   (G.P. formula) = 10  
 2  2

Now, we must have an2  1

2n  2
 1 
 100   1
 2

 2n  200 n8
20. We have 1072 < 10 (2a + 19d) < 1162 and a + 5d = 32
 1072 < 640 + 90d < 1162

432 522
 d and d is natural number, so d = 5  a = 7
90 90
21. We have to find common terms in 2, 4, 6, 8,.... to 200 terms & 3, 6, 9, 12, ...... to 250 terms
last term of the first AP = 2 + (200 – 1) 2 = 400
last term of second AP = 3 + (250 – 1) 3 = 750
 We will get common term upto 400.
 In first AP common difference = 2
 In second AP common difference = 3
 common difference of the common AP = 2 × 3 = 6
 The common terms are 6, 12, 18, 24........ 396.
 Let number of terms = n
 396 = 6 + (n – 1) 6

 396 = 6n  n  66

n  A  B  = 66

n  A  B  = n  A   n B   n  A  B 

= 200 + 250 – 66 = 384

a a  a  a 
22. Let the first four terms be 3
r r  r  r 
  3
, ,a,ar 3 then  3     ar  ar  4

 a4  4

a 2

a 1 1 1
Also given  3  r2  r
r ar 2 2

a
3 a
so, the sum to infinite series S  r ( first term = 3 and common ratio = r2)
1 r2 r
  1  1   1  1 
23. Sn  1    1  2   1  3   .........  1  n 
 2  2   2   2 

1 1 1  1
 n    2  .........  n   n  1  n
 2 2 2  2

1
As n  ,  0, Hence S  
2n

24. Let the positive integers in A.P. are a, a + d, a + 2d,....

according to question a + a + d + a + 2d = 12
 a+d=4 .... (i)
also a + 3d + a + 5d = 14
 a + 4d = 7 .... (ii)
From (i) and (ii) a = 3, d = 1
Hence x5 = a + 4d = 7
25. an4 + bn3 + an2 + dn + e

n n
2  r  r  1r  2    r r  1
r 1 r 1

2 1
 n n  1n  2 n  3   n n  1n  2 
4 3

1

6
3n4  16n3  27n2  14n 
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(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 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.

26. Ans: (A)

According to theory
 1 xr rx r
tr  2

1  x  1 x

n n n
1 1
t r  2  1  x   1  x  rx
r r

r 1 1  x  r 1 r 1

1  x 1  x n   1  x 1  x  nx n 1 
n

 2
n     
1  x   1  x  1  x  1  x 2 1 x 
  

n 1  x n 1  2x 1  x n 
 2
 3
1  x  1  x 
27. Ans: (A)
Let
S = 1 + 3y + 5y2 + 7y3 + ........... (i)
yS = y + 3y2 + 5y3 + .......... (ii)
Subtracting (2) from (1) we get

2y
1  y  S  1  2y  2y 2  2y 3  .........  1 
1 y

1 2y 1 y 1
S  2
 2 Putting y  1  , we get
1  y 1  y  1  y  x

1  1  1/ x
S 2
 2x 2  x .......... (iii)
1/ x 
28. Ans:(B)
n( n1)
n/2
Statement (1) a. ar. ar2 ..............arn-1 = an r 2

 a2r n1 
statement (1) is correct
Statement (2)
from beginning Tk = ark-1
from the end TK = Tn–K+1 from beginning = arn-k
Product of Tk from beginning and Tk from end = ark-1  arn-k = a2rn-1
Which is independent of ‘k’
So, statement (2) is correct but not explanation for statment (1)
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

P29–31 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 29 to 31

29. Let r th A.M. between a and b is Ar
(b  a)

 Ar  a  r
n 1
9 
  1
 A4= 1+4  2  =1 + 2 = 3
6 1

30. As log 2, log (2x – 1) and log (2x + 3) are in A.P. then
log (2x-1) -log2 = log (2x+3) - log (2x-1)
2x  1 2x  3
or, log  log x
2 2 1

2x  1 2x  3
or ,  x
2 2 1
2
   4.2
or 2 x x
50

or,  2  5  2 
x x
1  0
x
as, 2 +1  0
 2x  5  0

or,
 2x  5
or, x = log2 5

31. Let c.d of the A.P. a1, a2, a3, ---------a2n-1, a2n is ‘d’
a2 - a1 = a4 – a3 = ---------- = a2n-a2n-1 =d
Now a12  a 22  a 32  a 24  ......  a 22n 1  a 22n = - d (a1  a 2  a 3  a 4 + ............+a2n-1+a2n)

2n
 d   a1  a 2n   d  a1  a 2n  n
2

2 2 2
or, a  a  a  a  ......  a 2 2
a 2
= 
 a 2n  a1  a1  a 2n  n
=
a 2
1
2

 a 2n n
1 2 3 4 2n 1 2n
2n  1 2n  1

P32–34 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 32 to 34

32. As A.M.  G.M.

b c c a a b 1
    
c b a c b a   c  b  c  a  a  b 6
 
6 b c a c b a
  b 2  c 2  c2  a 2 a 2  b 2
or,    6
 bc  ca ab
2
2 2
 
2 2
 
2
or, a b  c  b c  a  c a  b  6abc 
 minimum value of a  b  c   b c
2 2 2
 
 a 2  c a 2  b2  is 6 abc
according to question abc = 6abc
 = 6
33. As a, b, c,d, e, f, are (+) ve
(a+f) (b +e) (c+d) > 0
So, X > 0 ...........(1)
As A. M.  G.. M.
a  f    b  e  c  d    1

 a  f  b  e  c  d  
3
3

3 3 p q r s
or, x
3 A p q r s
or, x  1................(2)
from (1) and (2) 0 < x  1 B p q r s
34. By weightage mean p q r s
C
a b p q r s
3   4   3 4 D
3 4 7 a b
   
7 3 4

a b a3 b4
or, 7 3  4
7 3 4

a 3b 4 1
or, 7 
3344 7

a 3b4 1
or, 
33 44 77

3344
or, a3b4 
77

3344
 greatest value of a3 b4 is
77
Matrix–Match Type
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II.
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s,
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :
1 1 1
35. (A) a, b, c, are in H.P. , , are in A.P..
a b c
multiply each term by a +b+c then substract 2 from each term we get
b c a a c b a b c
, , are in A.P..
a b c
a b c
or, , , are in H.P..
b c a a c b a b c
(B) as, a, b, c are in H.P.
2ac
b .....(1)
a c
ac  2a 2(c  a)
Now, b - a = 
ac ac
1 ac
 
b  a a(c  a )
1 ac
similarly 
b  c c( a  c )
1 1 ac 2
    (From (1))
ba bc ac b
1 1 1
 ,  are in A.P..
ba b bc
(C) as a, b, c are in H.P.
2ac
b
a c
b ac
  -----(i)
2 ac
b a2 b c2
a   and c  
2 ac 2 ac
2 2
 b  b   ac   b 
 a    c     
 2  2   a  c   2 

b b b
Hence a  , , c  are in G.P..
2 2 2
(D) as a, b, c are in H.P.
1 1 1
 , , are in A.P..
a b c
 Multiply each term by a + b +c than substract 1 from each term we get
bc ac ab
, , are in A.P..
a b c
a b c
or, , , are in H.P..
bc ca ab
36. Ans:A-q, B-p, s, C-r, s, D-r, s

      0  3  0    0

c=0
Also, ( + )  +  = b

 b       2  0

Thus, b2  c  b2  0 and b 2  c 2  b2  0

Level- I
PQ
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)
1. The third term of a G.P. is 4. The product of the first five terms is
(A) 43 (B) 45
(C) 44 (D) none of these

2. If a, b, c, d are in H.P,, then ab + bc + cd is equal to

(A) 3 ad (B) (a + b) (c + d)
(C)e ac (D) none of these
3. If A and G be the A.M. and G.M. respectively between two numbers, then the numbers are

(A) A  G2  A 2 (B) A  A 2  G2

(C) A  A 2  G2 (D) G  A 2  G2

4. If S be the sum, P the product and R the sum of the reciprocals of n terms of a G.P., then

n
S
R 
 

(A) P (B) P2

(C) P3 (D) P
5. If x, y, z be respectively the pth, qth and rth terms of G.P., then
 q  r  log x + (r – p) log y + (p – q) log z =

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) none
6. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 which are divisible by 2 or 5 is
(A) 300 (B) 3050
(C) 3200 (D) 3250
7. The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. The smallest angle is 120 0
and the common difference is 5. The number of sides of the polygon is
(A) 7 (B) 9
(C) 11 (D) 16

1
8. If Sn= nP + n (n – 1) Q where Sn denotes the sum of the first n terms of an A.P., then the
2
common difference is
(A) P + Q (B) 2P + 3Q
(C) 2Q (D) Q

a1 a2 an
9. If a1, a2, a3 ….. an are in H.P., then , ,...
a 2  a 3  ...a n a1  a 3  ...  a n a1  a 2  ...  a n 1 are in

(A) A.P. (B) G.P.

(C) H.P. (D) none of these
10. If one geometric mean G and two arithemtic means p and q be inserted between two
numbers, then G2 is equal to:
(A) (3p – q) (3q – p) (B) (2p – q) (2q – p)
(C) (4p – q) (4q – p) (D) none of these

a n  1  b n 1
11. If the arthimetic mean between a and b is , then n =
a n  bn

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) 1/2
12. The sum upto (2n + 1) terms of the series
a2 – (a + d)2 +(a + 2d)2 – (a + 3d)2 + ........ is
(A) a2 + 3nd2 (B) a2 + 2nad + n (n – 1)d2
(C) a2 + 3nad + n (n – 1)d2 (D) none of these
13. The positive integer n for which 2 × 22 + 3 × 23 + 4 ×24 + .............. + n × 2n = 2n+10 is
(A) 510 (B) 511
(C) 512 (D) 513

14. If x > 0 and log 2 x  log 2  x   log  x   log  x   log  x   ........  4 then x equals
2
4
2
8
2
16

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5

a b c
15. If a, b and c are positive real numbers then   is greater than or equal to
b c a

(A) 3 (B) 6
(C) 27 (D) none of these
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:
sin x
16. The numbers , cos x and tan x will be in G.P. if
6

 5
(A) x  (B) x 
3 6

 
(C) x    2K (D)   2K
3 6

17. If the system of linear equation x + 2ay + az = 0, x  3by  bz  0, x + 4 cy + cz = 0, has a

non-zero solution, then a,b, c
(A) can all be zero (B) are in A.P.
(C) are in G.P. (D) are in H.P. if abc  0
18. The next term of the geometric progression x, x2 + 2, x3 + 10 is
(A) 0 (B) 54

729 16
(C) (D)
16 729
19. If sum of n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = a + bn + cn2 where a, b, c are independent of n,
then
(A) a = 0 (B) common difference of A.P. must be 2b
(C) common difference of A.P. must be 2c (D) All above
20. If a, b, c are in A.P., then 2ax+1, 2bx+1, 2cx+1, x  0 are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. when x > 0
(C) G.P. if x < 0 (D) G.P. for all x  0
 (Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(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 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.

21. STATEMENT-1 : If the sides of a right angled triangle are in G.P. then the common ratio
of the G.P. can take two and only two values
because
STATEMENT-2 : The common ratio is either greater than 1 or less than 1
22. STATEMENT-1 : If all terms of a series with positive terms are smaller than 10–5, then
the sum of the series upto infinity will be finite

n
STATEMENT-2 : If Sn  then lim
is finite
105 n

23. Statement–1 : In the expression (x + 1) (x + 2) . . . (x + 50), coefficient of x49 is equal to 1275.

n
n  n  1
Statement–2 : r 
r 1 2
, nN.

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
P24–26 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 24 to 26
The sum of the squres of three distinct real numbers, which are in G.P., is S 2. If their sum
is  S then answers the following questions.
24. 2 lies
(A) (1/3, 2) (B) (1, 2)
(C) (1/3, 3) (D) none of these
25. If 2 = 2, then value of r equals

1 1
(A)
2

5 3  (B)
2

3 5 
1 1
(C)
2
 5 3  (D)
3
 3 5 
26. If we drop the condition that the G.P. is strictly increasing and take 2 = 3, then common
ratio is given by

(A)  2 (B) +1

(C) 0 (D)  3

Matrix–Match Type
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II.
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s,
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :
27. Sum of the series upto n terms
Column I Column II

1
(A) 13 + (1.5)3 + 23 + (2.5)3 + ...... (p) n  n  1   n  2  3n  5 
12

(B) 1(2)2 + 2(3)2 + 3(42) + .......... (q) n (3n2 + 6n + 1)

1 2 2 1
(C) (n2 – 1)2 + 2 (n2 – 22) + (r)  n  1   n  2  
32 8

3(n2 – 32) + ......

1 2 2
(D) (2) (5) + (5) (8) + (8) (11) + ...... (s) n  n  1
4

28. Match the value of x on the left with the value on the right.
Column I Column II
2 4 6 2x –28
(A) 5 5 5 .......5 = (0.04) (p) 3 log3 5

1 1 1 
  .............
(B) x 2   0.2 log 5
 4 8 16  (q) 4

1 1 1 
  .......... 
(C) x   0.16 log 25 
 3 32 33  (r) 2

(D) 3x–1 + 3x–2 + 3x–3 + .............. (s) 7

 1 1 
 2  52  5  1   2  .......... 
 5 5 
 LEVEL-I
PQ (ANS KEY)
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)
1-B 2-A 3-B 4-B 5-A 6-B 7-B 8-D 9-C 10-B
11-A 12-D 13-D 14-C 15-A
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct
16-A,C 17-A,D 18-B,C 19-A,C 20-B,D

Assertion – Reason Type)

21-B 22-B 23-A
Linked Comprehension Type
24-C 25-B 26-B
Matrix–Match Type
27- A R BP CS DQ
28. A S BR C Q D  P,,

Level- I
PQ (Solution)
Objective questions ( One correct Answer)

1. T3  ar 2  4 ----------(i)

5
 T1.T2 .T3 .T4 .T5 = a.ar.ar2.ar3.ar4  a5r10   ar 2   45 , from (i)

2ac 2bd
2. b and c 
a c bd

2ac 2bd
  a  c  b  d   .  4ad
b c

 ab  bc  cd  3ad

3. a, A, b in A.P.

 2A  a  b .......... (i)
and a, G, b in G.P.

 G 2  ab .......... (ii)

Solving equation (i) and (ii)

we get a & b
4. S = a + ar + ar2 + ar2 + ... + arn-1
i.e. n terms

S

a 1  rn 
..... (i)
1  r 
 P = product = a. ar. ar2....arn–1
n n 1 / 2
 anr1 23 45 ....n1  an .r

n  n 1
 p2  a2nr ..... (ii)

1 1 1 1 1
R   2  3  ....  n1 (n terms)
a ar ar ar ar

 1
1
R 
1  r n 

rn  1 1 
. n1 ..... (iii)

a 1  1/ r r  1 ar


S
 a.

1  r n r  1
. n

.ar n1  a2r  
n 1
by (i) and (ii).
R 1 r r 1  
n n n 1
 S / R   a2nr  p2 by (ii)

5. Tp  ARp1  x

log x  log A  (p  1)logR

Similary write log y , log z

Multiply by q – r, r – p and p – q and add we get,

 q  r  log x   r  p  log y   p  q log z  0

6. L.C.M. of 2 and 5 is 10.
Numbers divisible by 2 will contain numbers which are also divisible by 10. Similarly numbers
divisible by 5 will contain numbers which are also divisible by 10. Thus the number divisible
by 10 will occur twice. Hence we can
write S = S2 + S5 – S10

2.50.51 n  n  1
Now, S2 =  2550 by n 
2 2
 Similarly, S5 = 1050, S10 = 550
 S = S2 + S5 – S10
= 2550 + 1050 – 550 = 3050


7. Sn   2n  4    n  2  1800 (formula for polygon)
2
a = 1200, d = 50

n
Sn  [2a   n  1 d] for A.P..
2

 n2  25n  144  0
 n = 9, 16
But when n = 16 then T16 = 1950 which is not possible
 n = 9 only

8. . t n  Sn  Sn1  P   n  1 Q

or t n  nQ  P  Q  (linear)  A.P..

 d = coeff. of n = Q and a = P for n = 1

9. a1,a2 ,a3 ........an are in H.P..

1 1 1 1
, , ......
a1 a2 a3 an are in A.P..

Multiply each term by a1  a2  a3  ........ + an then substract 1 from each term

we get

a2  a3  ....  an a1  a3  ....  an a  a2  ....  an1

, ,..... 1 are in A.P..
a1 a2 an

a1 a2 an
 , ,.....
a2  a3  ....  an a1  a3  ...  an a1  a2  ....  an1 in H.P..

10. Let numbers ae a & b

 a,a,b in G.P. and a, p, q, b in A.P..

 a2  ab & p – a = q – p = b – q
we get a = 2p – q & b = 2q – p
so a2 = (2p – a) (2q – p)
 ab
11. on putting n = 0, we get
2
12. We can write the sum upto (2n + 1) terms as
[a + (a + d)] (–d) + [(a + 2d) + (a + 3d)] (–d) + ....... [(a +(2n – 2) d) + (a + (2n – 1 d]
(–d) + (a + 2nd)2
= (–d) [a + (a + d) + (a + 2d) + ........ + a + (2n – 1) d] + (a + 2nd)2

2n 2
  d 
2
a  a   2n  1 d   a  2nd

= –2nad – n (2n – 1)d2 + a2 + 4n (ad) + 4n2d2

= a2 + 2nad + n (2n + 1) d2
13. We have
2n+10 = 2.22 + 3.23 + 4.24 + ....... + n.2n

 2  2 n 10   2.23  3.24  ........   n  1 .2n  n.2n 1

Subtracting, we get

 2 n 10  2.2 2  23  24  ......  2 n  n2n 1

8  2n  2  1
 8  n.2n 1
2 1

 8  2n 1  8  n.2n 1  2n 1   n  2n 1

 210  2n  2  n  513

14. We can write the given equation as

 1 1  1  1  1 ........... 
log 2  x 2 4 8 16 4
 

 log 2  x 2   4  x 2  24  x  4

15. Using A.M.  G.M

1/ 3
1  a b c   a   b   c   a b c
      3
3  b c a   b   c   a   b c a
 Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:
sin x
16. .cos x, tan x are in G.P..
6

sin x.tan x
 cos2 x 
6

 6 cos3 x  cos 2 x  1  0
Put cos x = t  6t 3  t 2  1  0

  2t  1  3t 2  2t  1  0

As the quadratic factor has imaginary roots.

 t = 1/2 i.e.., cos x = 1/2


x  2k
3
17. For non-zero solution

1 2a a
2ac
1 3a b  0  b 
ac
1 4c c

Hence a, b, c are in H.P. if abc  0.

If abc = 0, then a = b = c = 0

x 2  2 x 3  10 1
18.  2  x  2,
x x 2 2
Given G.P. becomes

1 9 81 729
2, 6, 18, 45,... or , , , .....
2 4 8 16

729
 Next term is or 54.
16

n
19. Sn   2a  n  1 d  a  bn  cn2
2

n n  1 d
 na   a  bn  cn 2
2

 d n2 d
  a   n   a  bn  cn2
 2 2

On comparing coefficient, we get

 d d
a  0,b  a  ,c 
2 2
20. Take a = 1, b = 2. c = 3 (As a, b, c are in A.P.)

We get, 2bx 1 is G.M. of 2ax 1 and 2cx 1 for x  0.

(Assertion – Reason Type)

Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(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 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.
21. Ans: (B)
Sol. Let a, ar, ar2 be the sides of right triangle
 a2 + (ar)2 = (ar2)2
 r4  r2  1  0
Let r2 = x
x2 – x – 1 = 0
1 5
x
2

1 5  2 1 5 
r2   r  
2  2 
 r can take only two values
 A is true
Also r  1 , because a, a, a can not be the sides of right triangle , therefore either r is
greater than one or less than one.
22.
Ans :(B)
1 1 1 1
Sol Assertion A is false , since each term of the series 6
 6  6  6  .......... is
10 10 10 10
smaller than 10–5, but its sum upto infinity is infinity
n
Reason R is false, since is not finite as n  
105

23. Statement -1 Co-efficient of x49 is , equal to

50  51
1 + 2 + 3 +........+ 50 =  25  51=1275
2
 Statement (2) is correct and correct explanation for statement (1)

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
P24–26 : Paragraph for Question Nos. 24 to 26

a
Sol. Let terms of G.P. are ,a,ar
r

a
Given  a  ar  s
r

 1  r  r2 
a
or   = s ..... (i)
 r 

a2
and  a 2  a 2r 2  s 2
r2

4 2
2  r  r  1 2
or a  2   s ...... (ii)
 r 

on squaring (i) & dividing by (ii)

r2  r  1
we get .   2 ....... (iii)
r2  r  1

24.
2
 2
  2 2
 
by (iii), r 1    r 1    1    0 
Since increasing G.P.  D  0

1
 2  3
3

25. If 2  2 then r 2  r  1  2r 2  2r  2

3 5
r
2

26. If 2  3

r 2  r  1  3r 2  3r  3

2r 2  4r  2  0  r  1
 Matrix–Match Type
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles A p q r s

as illustrated in the following example. B p q r s

If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, C p q r s

then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows : D p q r s

27. A-r, B-p, C-s, D-q

1 3
Sol: A) t r   r  1
8

n
1 n 3 1 n 1 1
  tr    r  1   r 3 
r 1 8 r 1 8 r 1 8

1 1
  n  12  n  2 2 
32 8

B) tr = r (r + 1)2 = r3 + 2r2 + r
n
1 2 2 1 1
  tr  n  n  1  n  n  1 2n  1  n  n  1
r 1 4 3 2

1
 n  n  1  3n 2  11n  10 
12

1
 n  n  1 n  2  3n  5 
12

C) tr = r (n2 – r2)

n
 n 1  n 1
  t r  n 2   r    r3
r 1  r 1  r 1

n2 1 2
  n  1 n  n 2  n  1
2 4

1 2
 n  n  1 2n  n  1
4

1 2 2
 n  n  1
4
 D) tr = (3r – 1) (3r + 2) = 9r2 + 3r – 2

n
9 3
  tr  n  n  1 2n  1  n  n  1  2n
r 1 6 2

3
 n  n  1 2n  1  1  2n
2

= 3n (n2 + 2n + 1) – 2n
= (3n2 + 6n + 1)n
28. A-s, B-r, C-q, D-p
Sol: A) 52+4+6 + ........ 2x = (25)28
 5x  x 1  556

 x 2  x  56  0  x  7as x  0

 1/ 4 
B) 2 log 5 x  log 5   log 5  0.2 
 1  1/ 2 

1 1
 log 5   log 5  
 2 5

1
log 5  
  2   log 4
5
log 5 5

x2

 1/ 3 
C) log x  log 2.5   log  0.16 
 1  1/ 3 

= log5/2 (1/2) log (2/5)2

= log 4
x4

1/ 3 2  52 
D) 3x 
1  1/ 3 1  1/ 5

1 x

2
 3   12  53 
 x  3 log 3 5