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 Question 1
 Second term of a GP is 1000 and the common ratio is r = where n
is a natural number. Pn is the product of n terms of this GP. P6 > P5
and P6 > P7, what is the sum of all possible values of n?

A) 4
B) 9
C) 5
D) 13
 Question 2
Sum of first 12 terms of a GP is equal to the sum of the first 14
terms in the same GP. Sum of the first 17 terms is 92, what is the
third term in the GP?

A) 92
B) -92
C) 46
D) 231
 Question 3
Sum of first 25 terms in AP is 525, sum of the next 25 terms is 725,
what is the common difference?

A) 8/25
B) 4/25
C) 6/25
D) 1/25
 Question 4
Let the nth term of AP be defined as tn, and sum up to 'n' terms be
defined as Sn. If |t8| = |t16| and t3 is not equal to t7, what is S23?

A) 23(t16 - t8)
B) 0
C) 23t11
D) Cannot be determined
 Question 5
a, b, c, d and e are 5 distinct numbers that from an arithmetic
progression. They are not necessarily consecutive terms but form
the first 5 terms of the AP. It is known that c is the arithmetic mean
of a and b, and d is the arithmetic mean of b and c. Which of the
following statements are true?
i. Average of all 5 terms put together is c.
ii. Average of d and e is not greater than average of a and b.
iii.
A) Average
i and iiof b and c is greater than average of a and d.
only
B) ii and iii only
C) All three statements are true
D) i and iii only
 Question 6
Consider a, b, c in a G.P. such that |a + b + c| = 15. The median of
these three terms is a, and b = 10. If a > c, what is the product of
the first 4 terms of this G.P.?

A) 40000
B) 32000
C) 8000
D) 48000
 Question 7
If 4 times the 4th term of an A.P. is equal to 9 times the 9th term of
the A.P., what is 13 times the 13th term of this A.P.?

A) 7 times the 13th term

B) 0
C) 13 times the 7th term
D) 4 times the 4th term + 9 times the 9th term
 Question 8
Sequence P is defined by pn = pn-1 + 3, p1 = 11, Sequence Q is
defined as qn = qn-1 – 4, q3 = 103. If pk > qk+2, what is the smallest
value k can take?

A) 6
B) 11
C) 14
D) 15
 Question 9
The sum of 2n terms of A.P. {1, 5, 9, 13…..} is greater than sum of n
terms of A.P. = {56, 58, 60..…}. What is the smallest value n can
take?

A) 9

B) 10
C) 12

D) 14
 Question 10
a, b, c and d are in A.P., What can we say about terms bcd, acd,
abd and abc?

A) They are also in A.P.

B) They are also in H.P.

C) They are also in G.P.

D) They are not in an A.P., G.P. or H.P.
 Question 11
If the 9th term of an A.P. be zero, then the ratio of its  29th  and
19th  term is

A) 1:2
B) 2:1
C) 1:3
D) 3:1
 Question 12
Consider the set S = (1, 2, 3, …, 1000}. How many arithmetic
progressions can be formed from the elements of S that start with
1 and end with 1000 and have at least 3 elements?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 6
D) 7
 Question 13
There is a set of four numbers p, q, r and s respectively in such a
manner that first three are in G.P. and the last three are in A.P. with
a difference of 6. If the first and the fourth numbers are the same,
find the value of p.

A) 8
B) 2
C) -4
D) -24
 Question 14
If the sum of reciprocals of first 11 terms of an HP series is 110,
find the 6th term of HP.

A) 1/5
B) 1/10
C) 1/20
D) 2/7
 Question 15
Find the 4th and 8th term of the series 6, 4, 3, …

A) 12/5 and 4/3

B) 7/10 and 5/7
C) 1/7 and 3/4
D) 20/11 and 9/8
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