Sequences and Series

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 Let 𝐚𝟏 = 𝟖, 𝐚𝟐 , 𝐚𝟑 , … 𝐚𝐧 be an A.P. If the sum of its first four terms is 50 and
the sum of its last four terms is 170 , then the product of its middle two
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 Let 𝟑, 𝟔, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟐, … upto 78 terms and 𝟓, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟕, … upto 59 terms be two
series. Then, the sum of the terms common to both the series is equal to.
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 𝟐𝟎 𝟏 𝟒
Let 𝐚𝟏 , 𝐚𝟐 , … … , 𝐚𝟐𝟏 be an AP such that ∑𝐧=𝟏 = . If the sum of this AP
𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧+𝟏 𝟗
is 189 , then 𝐚𝟔 𝐚𝟏𝟔 is equal to:
(a) 57 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 72
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 Let 𝐒𝐧 denote the sum of the first 𝐧-terms of an arithmetic progression. If
𝐒𝟏𝟎 = 𝟓𝟑𝟎, 𝐒𝟓 = 𝟏𝟒𝟎, then 𝐒𝟐𝟎 − 𝐒𝟔 is equal to :
(a) 1852 (b) 1842 (c) 1872 (d) 1862
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 𝐱 𝐱 𝟕
If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐, 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐 − 𝟓 , 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐 − are in an arithmetic progression, then
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the value of 𝐱 is equal to _______. [27 July, 2021 (Shift-I)]

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 If 𝟑𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝛂−𝟏 , 𝟏𝟒 and 𝟑𝟒−𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝛂 are the first three terms of an A.P. for some 𝛂,
then the sixth term of this A.P. is:
(a) 65 (b) 78 (c) 81 (d) 66
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 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
The product 𝟐 , 𝟒 , 𝟖 , 𝟏𝟔
𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝟖 𝟏𝟐𝟖 … to ∞ is equal to
𝟏 𝟏
(a) 𝟐 𝟒 (b) 𝟐 𝟐 (c) 1 (d) 2
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 Let 𝐟: 𝐑 → 𝐑 be such that for all 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑 𝟐𝟏+𝐱 + 𝟐𝟏−𝐱 , 𝐟(𝐱) and 𝟑 𝐱 + 𝟑−𝐱 are in
A.P., then the minimum value of 𝐟(𝐱) is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
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 The sum ∑𝟐𝟎
𝐤=𝟏 (𝟏 + 𝟐 + 𝟑+. … … … + 𝐤) is [8 Jan, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 (Shift−I)]

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 Let 𝐚𝟏 , 𝐚𝟐 , 𝐚𝟑 , … be a GP of increasing positive numbers. If the product of
fourth and sixth terms is 9 and the sum of fifth and seventh terms is 24 ,
then 𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟗 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟒 𝐚𝟗 + 𝐚𝟓 + 𝐚𝟕 is equal to [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]

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 If 𝐧 arithmetic means are inserted between 𝐚 and 100 such that the ratio
of the first mean to the last mean is 𝟏: 𝟕 and 𝐚 +𝐧 = 𝟑𝟑, then the value of 𝐧
is:
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24
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 𝟏
If 𝐒𝐧 = 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟐𝟏 + 𝟑𝟒 + 𝟓𝟎 + ⋯. to 𝐧 terms, then 𝐒𝟐𝟗 − 𝐒𝟗
𝟔𝟎

(a) 226 (b) 220 (c) 223 (d) 227

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 Let 𝐚𝐧 be the 𝐧th term of G.P. of positive terms. If ∑𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝐧=𝟏 𝐚𝟐𝐧+𝟏 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎 and
∑𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐚
𝐧=𝟏 𝟐𝐧 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎, then ∑ 𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝐧=𝟏 𝐚𝐧 is equal to:

(a) 175 (b) 150 (c) 300 (d) 225

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 If (𝟐𝟎)𝟏𝟗 + 𝟐(𝟐𝟏)(𝟐𝟎)𝟏𝟖 + 𝟑(𝟐𝟏)𝟐 (𝟐𝟎)𝟏𝟕 +…….. +𝟐𝟎(𝟐𝟏)𝟏𝟗 = 𝐤(𝟐𝟎)𝟏𝟗 , then 𝐤
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 If |𝐱| < 𝟏, |𝐲| < 𝟏 and 𝐱 ≠ 𝐲, then the sum to infinity of the following series
(𝐱 + 𝐲) + 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 𝟑 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 + 𝐱𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟑 + ……… is:

𝐱+𝐲+𝐱𝐲 𝐱+𝐲−𝐱𝐲 𝐱+𝐲−𝐱𝐲 𝐱+𝐲+𝐱𝐲

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(𝟏+𝐱)(𝟏+𝐲) (𝟏−𝐱)(𝟏−𝐲) (𝟏+𝐱)(𝟏+𝐲) (𝟏−𝐱)(𝟏−𝐲)

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