Progression-DPP-7

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1. If there are n harmonic means between 1 and and the ratio of 7th and (n  1)th harmonic means is 9 : 5, then the value of n will be
31

(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15

2. log 3 2, log 6 2, log 12 2 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
3. Which number should be added to the numbers 13, 15, 19 so that the resulting numbers be the consecutive term of a H.P.
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) – 6 (d) – 7
4. If three numbers be in G.P., then their logarithms will be in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
5. If a and b are two different positive real numbers, then which of the following relations is true
(a) 2 ab  (a  b) (b) 2 ab  (a  b) (c) 2 ab  (a  b) (d) None of these
6. If a, b, c are in A.P. as well as in G.P., then
(a) ab c (b) abc (c) abc (d) ab c
7. If the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means between two distinct positive real numbers be A, G and H respectively, then the
relation between them
(a) AGH (b) AGH (c) H G A (d) GAH
8. If the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means between two positive real numbers be A, G and H, then

(a) A 2  GH (b) H 2  AG (c) G  AH (d) G 2  AH

9. The geometric mean of two numbers is 6 and their arithmetic mean is 6.5. The numbers are
(a) (3, 12) (b) (4, 9) (c) (2, 18) (d) (7, 6)
A1  A 2
10. If A1 , A 2 are the two A.M.'s between two numbers a and b and G1 , G 2 be two G.M.'s between same two numbers, then 
G1 . G 2

ab ab 2 ab ab
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ab 2 ab ab ab
11. If the A.M. and H.M. of two numbers is 27 and 12 respectively, then G.M. of the two numbers will be
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 36
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12. The A.M., H.M. and G.M. between two numbers are , 15 and 12, but necessarily in this order. Then H.M., G.M. and A.M.
15
respectively are
144 144 144 144
(a) 15 ,12, (b) ,12,15 (c) 12,15 , (d) ,15 ,12
15 15 15 15
13. If G.M. =18 and A.M.=27, then H.M. is
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 12 (d) 9 6
18 12
14. If sum of A.M. and H.M. between two numbers is 25 and their G.M. is 12, then sum of numbers is
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 18 or 32
15. The A.M. of two given positive numbers is 2. If the larger number is increased by 1, the G.M. of the numbers becomes equal to the A.M.
of the given numbers. Then the H.M. of the given numbers is
3 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 3 2
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