LPP - Progression Series

Single Correct

1. The sum of the infinite series

1 1 1 1 1
     ....
9 18 30 45 63
1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 5 3
If S n  1  1  1 1!   2  2  1  2!  ....   n  n  1  n ! , then S50 
2 2 2
2.
(A) 52! (B) 1  49.51! (C) 52! 1 (D) 50.51! 1

3. Let a0  0 and an  3an 1  1 for n  1. Then the remainder obtained on dividing a2010 by 11 is
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 3 (D) 4

r n
r 4  r 2  1 675
4. If 
r 1 r4  r

26
, then n is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 30

5. Suppose a1 , a2 , a3 ,....., a2012 are integers arranged on a circle. Each number is equal to the average of its two
adjacent numbers. If the sum of all even indexed numbers is 3018, what is the sum of all numbers?
(A) 0 (B) 1509 (B) 3018 (D) 6036

6. There is a certain sequence of positive real numbers. Beginning from the third term, each term of the sequence
is equal to the sum of all the previous terms. The seventh term is equal to 1000 and the first term is equal to 1.
The second term of this sequence is equal to
123 123
(A) 246 (B) (C) (D) 124
2 4
1.2 2.2 2 3.22
7. If Sn     .....  up to n terms, then sum of infinite terms is
3! 4! 5!
4 3 
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
 e 3

8. If 1    r  r  2   1 r !  k !; then k is not divisible by

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10

2
9. The sequence a1 , a2 , a3 ,... a satisfies a1  1, a2  2 and an  2   an , n  1, 2,3,... the value of a100 a101 is
an 1
(A) 300 (B) 200 (C) 250 (D) 150

10. If the positive integers are written in a triangular array, as shown

1
2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9 10
........................
.........................
Then the row in which the number 2010 will be, is
(A) 65 (B) 61 (C) 63 (D) 65

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 Multi Correct

11. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

(A) If a  b  c and a, b, c are in GP, then x, y , z are in HP
x y z

(B) If a1/ x  b1/ y  c1/ z and a, b, c are in GP, then x, y, z are in AP

(C) a, b, c are positive each of them not equal to 1, and are in GP, then, for any positive
u  1, log a u , log b u , log c u are in HP
(D) If a, b, c are in AP and b, c, a are in HP, then c, a , b are in GP

12. If a, b, c are in AP; b, c, d are in GP and c, d , e are in HP, then

e   2b  a  / a
2
(A) a , c, e are in GP (B)

e  ab 2 /  2a  b 
2
(C) a, c, e are in HP (D)

13. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2  4 x    0 and  ,  are the roots of the equation
x 2  64 x    0 and        are nGPs, then
64 47 8 64
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) 
25 25 5 25
14. If a, b, c are in AP and a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in HP, then which of the following is true?
a c a
(A) a  b  c (B)  , b, c are in GP (C) a, b,  are in GP (D) , b, c are in HP
2 2 2
15. Let a1 , a2 , a3 and a4 be four positive real numbers. Then
(A) a2 a3  a1a4  0 if a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are in AP
(B) a2 a3  a1a4  0 if a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are in GP
(C) a2 a3  a1a4  0 if a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are in HP

(D) a1 , a2 , a3 and a4 are positive numbers not all equal, then

1 4
 a1  a2  a3  a4  
1/4

4 1  1 1 1

    
 a1   a2   a3   a4 

Comprehension – 1

The terms 1, log xy , log zy and 15log zx are in AP. Based on this information, answer the following three questions.

16. The common difference of the AP is

(A) 2 (B) -2 (C) 1/2 (D) -1/2

17. The value of xy is

(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) z3 (D) z3
18. yz is equal to
(A) x (B) x
2
(C) z 2 (D) z 3

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 Comprehension – 2
a1 , a2 , a3 ,...an ,... are in AP with common difference d. Further sin  A  B   sin A cos B  cos A sin B.
Based on its information, answer the following questions.

19. sec a1 sec a2  sec a2 sec a3  .....  sec an 1 sec an is equal to

tan a1 cot a1
(A) tan  an 1   (B) cot  an 1  
sin d sin d
tan a1 cot a1
(C) tan  an 1   (D) cot  an 1  
sin d sin d

20. cos eca1 cos ec a2  cos ec a2 cos ec a3  ......  cos ec an 1 cos ec an is

cot a1 cot a1
(A) cot  an 1   (B) cot  an 1  
sin d sin d
cot  an 1  cot a1
(C) cot a1  (D) tan  an 1  
sin d sin d
Integer Type

21. If x, y, z are positive real numbers such that x3 y 2 z 4  7, then

1/9
 525 
2 x  5 y  3z  9  K  where K is equal to ________
2 

22. x, y, z are real such that x  y  z  3, x 2  y 2  z 2  5 and x3  y 3  z 3  7. If

xy  yz  zx, x 3  y 3  z 3  3xyz and x 4  y 4  z 4  K are in AP  K  0  , then the values of K is _____

4
23. If a, b, c are positive reals, then the maximum value of K such that 1  a 1  b 1  c   K  abc  7 is ____

24. If x, y are positive real numbers and 3 x  4 y  5, then the greatest value of 16x 2 y 3 is _____

 1   1  1 
25. If a, b, c are positive and a  b  c  1 . Then the minimum value of   1   1  1 is _____
 a   b  c 

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 ANSWER KEY
LPP – Progression Series
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. A, B, C, D
12. A, B
13. A, B
14. A, B, C
15. A, B, C, D
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. 7
22. 7
23. 7
24. 3
25. 8

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