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Progressions & Series Revision L 10. ve If xis a positive real number different from 1, then the creas saliry eri umber a : l+ve pee (@) AP, () GP. © BP (@) No definite sequence ‘The sum of three numbers in A.P. is -3, and their product is 8. Then sum of squares of the numbers is @9 @®W ©2 @ML ‘The sum of all three digit natura numbers, which are divisible by 7 is (@) 60363, (b) 70336 (©) 140672 (@) None of these If the sum of the first 2n terms of the A.P. 2, 5, 8, ...i8 ‘equal to the sum of the first terms of A.P. 57, 59, 61, then n equals @10 ®1I2 OU WB iy ieee ge 20. ‘The 20! term of the series 2 +1 +1 +t is Bs 9 23 (a) 20/103 (b) 20/97 (© 1013 (@) none of these The sum of n, 2n, 3n terms of an A.P. are S\, Sy Sss respectively. Then 3(S)— 5} @ 2 0) S238, OS ‘The degree of the expression (1 +.x)(1 + x9)(1 +2! +x) is (@) 1024 () 1051 (©) 1071 @) 1079 If 11 AM?s are inserted between 28 and 10, then the ‘number of integral A.M's is @4 OF @é 7 Let 5}, 5, 5; be the respective sums of first n,n and 3n terms ofthe same arithmetic progression with as the first term and d as the common difference. If R= Sy -S>- Sy, then R depends on (@) aandd (b) dandn © aandn @ adandn If three positive real numbers a, b, care in A.P. such that }, then the minimum value of b is @ 2) PF 2h (ay 2” ‘The first, second and middle terms of an A.P. are a, b, c, 12. If the sum of m terms of an A.P. is same as the sum of its nn terms, then the sum of its (m +n) terms is (@) mn (b) mn () mn (a) 0 13, If S, denotes the sum of first n terms of a A.P. then Sy is always equal to San Sona (@) 2n — b) 2n+1 (©) 2n~1 A) Noneof these 14, If a, b,c are in A.P. then a? + c°— 86° is equal to (@) 2abe (b) Gabe (6) 4abe (A) Noneof these 15. ‘The maximum sum of the series 20 + lobes is (@) 310 (&) 300. (©) 320 (@) Noneof these 16, The coefficient of x in the product (x ~ 1X — 3) .. (x-99) is (@ -9F 1 (©) -2500 (4) Noneoftthese 17, The largest term common to the sequences 1, 11, 21, 31, to 100 terms and 31, 36, 41, 46, ... 10 100 term is, (a) 381 (b) 471 (©) 281A) Noneof these 18. AnA-P. consist of even number of terms 2n having middle ‘terms equal to 1 and 7 respectively. If mis the maximum value which satisfy 4), +713 2 0, then the value of the first term of the series is @ 17 @)-15 Ou @-2B 19, If the sum of the first 100 terms of an AP is 1 and the sum of even terms lying in first 100 terms is 1, then which of the following is not true? (a) Common difference ofthe sequence is 50 =149 (b) First term of the sequence is =~ “4 (©) 100 term= (@) None of these 20. Let ay, ayy... and by, ba, ... be arithmetic progression such that a, = 25, by =75 and ayoo + bjqo = 100, then the sum of first hundred term of the progression a, + by, ds + Bs, + is equal to (a) 1000 () 100000 (©) 10000 (@) 24000 2A. Ifx,2x+2, 3x-+3 are in G.P, then the fourth term is @ 7 27 ©BS @-135 22, Sum of three numbers in G.P. is 14. If 1 is added to first ‘and second and 1 is subtracted from the third, the new ‘numbers are in A.P. The smallest of them is @2 4 ©6 @10 ‘The fourth, seventh and the last term of a G.P. are 10, 80 and 2560, respectively. Then the first erm and number of terms in the G.P. are, respectively, 5 5 4 4 @ F10 & F2 © F0 @ Z12 24, If the mth, nth and pth terms of an A.P. and G.P. be equal and be respectively x, y,z then (a) xy =xye? ) &-yO-2 © &-¥O- (a) None of these ‘Three numbers are in GP. whose sum is 70. Ifthe extremes, is each multiplied by 4 and the mean by 5, they will be in AP Then the sum of numbers is (@) 60 (b) 50 (©) 10d) Noneof these 26, Let x, lx Land lx+ Ibe the frst three terms of aG-P. then 1 1 eo” e+) sum ofthe series 24 4+ 0 is equal to @> © 3 ©3 @6 27. IfS,,S, and S, are, respectively, the sum of n, 2n and 3n terms of a G.P., then YS is equal to 5 @1 (b)2 (©) 3 @)4 28. Let A, be the sum of the first m terms of the geometric sein 104 + OL, 2, 7, sum of the first n terms of the geometric series 1984 — 1984 1984 1984 and B, be the 2° 4° 8 If A, = By, then the value of m is (where n € N). @ 4 @)5 ©6 @7 29, Ifx,y, zarein GP. and a= then (@) loga=log.c ——_(b) log. = logge (©) logja=log.b (4) None of these 30. For x > 0, the sum of the series 1-0-0) Rael Tex (4x) 4 or seo is equal to 1 3 @ + o> OF @1 31. Suppose x and y are real numbers such that -110 36, The sum of an infinite geometric series is 162 and the sum Of its first n terms is 160. Ifthe inverse of its common ratio isan integer, then which ofthe following is not a possible first term (@) 108 (6) 144 (©) 160 @) noneof these 37. Consider an infinite geometric series with first term a and ‘common ratio 7. If its sum is 4 and the second term is 3/4, then 4 3 (a) a= rae aT 3 (©) am a 38. Suppose a, b, c are in A.P. and a’, b?, c? are in G.P. Wa, then the value of ais \ 1 (b) OO nat © 2 5 @ > ; ¥ 39. If S denotes the sum to infinity and S, denotes the sum is 4 of m terms of the series 1 + += +o 4+ of m terms of the series 1+ 54445 1 S~S,< [app then the least valve of mis + such that @8 9 @w @u 40. Ifa,b, care in AP. and b—a,c~b anda are in GP, then a:b:cis (@) 1:2:3 (b) 1:3:5 (©) 2:3:4 @ 1:2:4 41, Let ag, be the nth term of the G.P. of positive numbers, 109 10 Let Ya,,=aand Ya); m= = the common ratio is » such that a # B, then 42, 43. 47. 49. si. 52. (a) OB (b) Bla © JaiB @ ypra Ina sequence of 21 terms, the first 11 terms are in A.P. with common difference 2 and the last 11 terms are in G-P. with common ratio 2, If the middle term of the A.P. is equal to the middle term of the G.P, then the middle term of the entire sequence is (@ -1081 (b) 1031 (©) 32/31 (@) -31/32 ‘The sum of an infinite GP. is 57 and the sum of their cubes, is 9747, then common ratio of the GP. is @ 1B) 23 (©) 6 (A) Noncofthese Ifa? +b, ab + be and b? + c? are in G.P, then a, b, ¢ are in (@ AP )GP (©) HP. (a) Noneofthese Leta= 111 ... 1 (55 digits), ao fe a @e InaG-P the first, third and fifth terms may be considered as the fist, fourth and sixteenth terms of an A.P. respectively. ‘Then the fourth term of the A.P, knowing that ts ist term is Sis @0 ®2 jb Ww» If dy, dy, a3 (a, > 0) are three successive terms of a G.P. ‘with common ratio 7, the value of r for which a, > 4a, ~ 3a holds is given by (@ 13orr<1 (@) None of these Ifa, b,c, d are in GP, then (a+ bY", (B+ ey" (C+ @y" are in @ AP (0) GR (© HP (A) Noneofthese ‘The terms of an infinitely decreasing G.P. in which all the terms are positive, the first term is 4, and the difference b=1+10+ 10+ +10, then between the third an fifth term is 22 , then which ofthe following is not tue a (@) r=13 (b) r=2V2/3 © S.=6 (d) None of these Ifa, b,c, d are in GP, then (b ~c)? + (c— a)? + (db) = (@) (a-dF (b) (ad? © (+d? (@) (ald)? If the sum of the series. 3+", I< 1, is, then sum of : 3 the sees 5" is % 2 2 ae fa 2 @ oF oon tis given that —*—, 1, 2" sin rare in AP. for some 2sinae value of a Let say for n= 1, the orsatisfying the above A.P. 53. 34. 58. 56. 61. 63. ee saae,| isa, forn= then the value of Sis @1 HE 2 — @ Noneofthewe If sum of the infinite G.P. p, 1, 1p, Uip?, .. is 9/2, then value of p is @2 632 7m ‘The value of 6'7. 6%, 6" ... 01s @1 &6 ©) 36 @ 92 @ 216 If the first two terms of harmonic progression be 2, 1 then the harmonic mean of first four terms is. 1 os 24 L @s Ow @ 5 re Cr zarein (@ APR) GR ©) HR. (@) Noneofthese If (m+ Dth, (n+ Ith, (r+ 1th terms of an A.P. having first term a and common difference d are in G.P. and m, nyrarein HP, then 2 = a and p,q. rbe in AP, then x, y, @n bn © Im) 2H a,b, c,d R° such that a, 6, care im A.P. and b, ed are in HP. then (@) ab =cd (©) be=ad (b) ac= bd (@) None of these Ifa,b,carein AP, then ,+,2 will be in bee" (@ APR (0) GPR ©HP. @) Noneofthese |. The number of ordered pairs (x,y), where x, y € N for which 4, x, y are in HLP., is equal to @ 1 &) 2 @3 @4 Ifa+c,a+b, b+ care in GP. and a, c, b are in HP. where a , > 0, then the value of 2% @3 2 © 3 @4 Ifa, b, care in LP, b, ¢, d are in G.P. and c, d, e are in ABP, then the value of e is ab? Qa-by ab @ o) F Qa @) None of these (a= HF Ifx >I, y>1,z> 1 are in GP, then log,, ¢, log. , log,, ¢ are in 64. (a) AP. (b) HP. © GP. (d) none of these Ifx, y, z are in GP. (x, y,z> 1), then Hi ae a aie 2x+log,x’ 4x+log, y’ 6x +log,z (a) AP. (b) GP. (d) none of these 0. 70. n. 2 3. 74. Ifa, b, and carein AP, and p and p’ are, respectively, AM. and G.M. between a and b while q, q’ are, respectively, the A.M, and G.M. between b and c, then. @ p+g=p?+q? (b) pq=p'g © pe-q=p?-q? (a) none of these Letn€ N,n>25. Let, G, H denote the arithmetic mean, ‘geometric mean and harmonic mean of 25 and n. The least value of n for which A, G, H € (25, 26, ....), is @ 49) 81) 169 (a) 225 ‘Two numbers whose arithmetic mean is 34 and the geometric mean is 16, then ratio of numbers is (a) Sor 1/5 (b) 4or V4 (©) 2or 1/2 @ 16 0r 116 Ifa, b, ¢ are in G.P. and x, y, respectively be arithmetic means between a, band b, chen the value of $+ is @1 2 © 12 @ Noneofthese ‘The minimum value of 2°+2°+2* fog positive real numbers x, y, zis 2 @ V2 (b) 22 © 2 @ w2 Minimum vatue of S*£4£4248*5 (for real positive numbers, a,b,c) is @1 @2 ©O4 @6 If ab?c', a*b°c4, a°b%cS are in A.P. (a, b, ¢ > 0), then the ‘minimum value of a +b +c is @1 3 @s Wo If a, b, ¢ are the sides of a triangle, then the minimum b ¢ value of is equal to bre-a cta-b atb—e @3 6 ©9 @nR Ifa, b,c, de R*-(1)}, then the minimum value of log, a + logy d + log, ¢ + log. bis @4 2 © 1 — @ Noneofthese Kae (0.2) en [Pex 2 then or equal to (@) 2tana 1 ©2 (@) sect 7. If a, b, c,d are positive real numbers such that a+b + +d=2, then M = (a+ b)(c + d) satisfies the relation ( O0, oe @ Sara © a Ifthe sum of n terms of the series 2° +4°+6°+... is 3528, then n equals (@ 6 7 ©8 @9 78. The sum of the series 1+2X3+445x6+7+8x9+ up to 50 terms is terms (@) 48775, (b) 47825, (©) 49675 (@) 50000 The sum 2%5+5*9+8% 13+... 10 terms is (@) 4500 (b) 4555 © 5454 (@) None of these o 3E io is equal to (where | a| > 1) @ @-1 © a 2 (d) None of these 81. ‘The value of $5551 =220, then the value of m equals @ S (b) 12 © 10 @9 82. For any odd integer n= 1, P=(n-l) +... 41 Be @ fine 1? @n=1) & 2 @n-1y? Qn+ InP Ble ale © fone 1FQn+1) @ 83. The sum of the series 1- 27+ 5-47 +9-67+... +Qn-3)- mis P45) b) 7 w-5 @ 2 w+5) ) § ws) © F@+y @ Foy 84, ‘The sum ofm terms of series ab-+(a-+ 16+ 1) +(a+2) (42) 4.044 (9= 1b 4 n= Dy ifab= 2 and esdett 2a-2n)? 2+ n= 20? (@) Gl 2m) ) Fd+n—2n?) (©) Zll-2n+2n?) (A) none ofthese 85, The value which is not possible for $1? is 5 @ 25) 36) 25) 441 af 86, 1 3(3—') an+ b+ of dns thena+ b+ Falta c+d+ (@) 10) 6 ©3 @i Let $, = (2 +2) + (2? +5) +(2° +10) + 2*+17)+...up to n brackets. If S, = 2"*4 + Bn? + Cn? + Dn + E for all ne N, where A, B, C, D and & are constants, then the g value of 42 ig BC @ 12 4 @-14 @ 15 88. The sum 1+3+7+15+31 +... tomtermsis (a) 2-2-0 (b) 2"'-1-n (© W-2-n (@) None of these g9, Les= S48 ME. go Ten Sisal (@) 4019 (b) 38/81 (©) 36/171 (@) None of these 90. If Er*=1(0) then Er —1* is equal to (@) 12n)—I(n) (b) In) - 161m) (©) I2n)-81n) (@) IQn)- 41m) 91. Let a sequence of number be as follows: il @z ol @-1 92. A sequence of non-negative terms is given by dy., = 34, — 2a, where dg = 0, a; = 1. Then the value (a, + a + ay + + dyqq) equals, (@) 21” () 2! 100 © 2-101 (@) 2""— 102 93. Let U,= mene N.1fS,= ZU, . then Lim S, = ce equals @2 3 OR @B 94. (1? —a,) + (2*-a,) +(3?-a;) +... (? -a, =F ory then which of the following is not true? @) a,= (D) 4, ay, a3... are in AP, © ay, 43,4... are in GP. @ Ya,-Meed a) 95. The value of S= co is @1 ®%nR OB wm 96. FLAP HSS tennis equalto rer tr 6 (a) 10 (b) 15 (©) 25 (d) 30 ig, te ee ad 8ST es 2-4 2-4-6 2-4-6-8 2-4-6-8-10 is equal to @1 oi ot @1 4 a 2 98. The sequence ay, dy, dy,» dg Satisfies the relation a, =a, + 1 for m= I, 2, 3, .., 97 and has the sum equal to ® 4949, Then the value of ¥° ay, is ie (@) 2501 () 2499 (©) 2401 (d) 2110 99, Let a, a, and ay be three numbers in arithmetic progression while g,, g and g, be three numbers in ‘geometric progression. Also, the values of a, + 1,3 + 2 3 ‘and a, + g5 are, respectively, 85, 76 and 84.If Y a, = 126, then which of the following is not true? ‘~! (a) There are two possible sets of A.P. and G.P. (b) The sum of possible common differences of A.P. isl. (©) The common ratio of GP. is 2. (@) None of these 100. Suppose four distinct positive numbers @,, ay, a3 and a, are in G.P. Let b, = ay, by = by + dy, by = by + a3 and +b, = by + ay then by, by, by and by are in (@) AP. (b) GP. (© BP. (4) none of these 101. Let a,, 3, ay, a4 and ds be a five term geometric sequence satisfying the condition 0 b+c where a, b,c and d are real numbers, then (a) @,b,¢,dare in AP, ©) (a+b) (6+0), (c+), (a+d) are in AP. @ 1 weinar a+b’ bte’ c+d’ avd 2,8, 26, 80 108. Sum of the series = += 42404... tom terms is 379" 27" 81 ae n+hor- @ n-Fo"-0) ©) n+36"-D © mex") @ m3") 109. If, b, cand d are in HLP, then @ dict>Ped b) a +d ore ©) ac+bd>b? +e? — (A) actbd>b? +d? 110. Let or and fi be two positive roots of x? — 2ax + ab = 0, where 0

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