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UDAAN FASTRACK
DHA-02
Arithmetic Progression
1. The famous mathematician associated with finding 6. Find the number of terms of the A.P. 17, 15, 13, 11,
the sum of the first 100 natural numbers is …….. which are required to be added to get the
(A) Pythagoras sum 72.
(B) Euclid (A) 6 terms (B) 4 terms
(C) Gauss (C) 8 terms (D) 15 terms
(D) Archimedes
7. The sum of first ‘n’ odd natural numbers is
2. The sum of first 16 terms of the A.P. 10, 6, 2, ….. is (A) n2 (B) n + 1
(A) –320 (B) 315 (C) 2n + 1 (D) n
(C) –352 (D) –400
8. If the sum of the ‘p’ terms of an A.P. is the same as
3. Find the sum of first five multiples of 3. the sum of its ‘q’ terms (where p  q), then sum of
its first (p + q) terms is
(A) 45 (B) 48
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 23 (D) 75
(C) 2 (D) None of these
4. In an A.P. if a = 1, an = 20 and Sn = 399, then find
the value of ‘n’. 9. If the sum of ‘p’ terms of an A.P. is ‘q’ and the sum
of ‘q’ terms is ‘p’, then the sum of the p + q terms
(A) 28 (B) 10
will be
(C) 38 (D) 42
(A) 0 (B) p – q
(C) p + q (D) – (p + q)
5. In an A.P., if first term and third term are 5 and 15
respectively, then find the sum of first 16 terms of
an A.P. 10. In an A.P., the first term is 22 and nth terms is –11. If
the sum to first ‘n’ terms is 66. Then the value of
(A) 600 (B) 680
‘n’ is
(C) 585 (D) 860
(A) 10 (B) 12
(C) 14 (D) 16
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Answer Key
1. (C) 6. (A)

2. (A) 7. (A)

3. (A) 8. (A)

4. (C) 9. (D)

5. (B) 10. (B)

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Hints and Solutions

1. (C) Gauss 6. (A) 6 terms

2. (A) –320 7. (A) n2

3. (A) 45 8. (A) Zero.

4. (C) 38 9. (D) – (p + q)

5. (B) 680 10. (B) 12

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