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TOPIC – Sequence and Series

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1. If , , ,....., , are in AP and 2, 1 , 2 ,.....20 , 6 are in AP. Then, the number of digits in value
2 1  2  20 6
of 183 is:

2. Three positive numbers form an increasing GP. If the middle term in this GP is doubled, then new
numbers are in AP. If common ratio of the GP is ‘r’, then find [r] where [.] is greatest integer function.

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3.  3n  1. xn  16 where | x | 1 , then
x
equal to:
n 0

4. If the sum of an infinite GP, whose first term is 7, is x, then least integer value of x be:

p
5.  666....6 2   888...8  
10 digits 10 digits q
 
10r  1 , gcd( p, q )  1 , then find p  q  r .

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Given 1  x 2  1  x n   ar x r . If a0 , a1 , a2 are in AP, then sum of all possible values of n.
r 0

7.    
The coefficient of x15 in the product 1  x 1  2 x  1  22. x 1  23. x ....... 1  215. x is 2 p  2q then 
p  q is equals to:

9 1 8 2 7 9 9 k
8. If 10   2 11 10   3 11 10   ....  10 11  k 10  , then is equal to:
2

9. Suppose a, b, c are in AP and a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in GP. If a  b  c and a  b  c  3 / 2 , then the value of

10. If sum of first n terms of an AP (having positive terms) is given by S n  1  2Tn  1  Tn  , where Tn is
a b
the nth terms of the sequence, and T22   a, b  N  . Then  a  b  is:
4

11. The series of natural number is divided into groups (1), (2, 3, 4), (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), … and so on. Find the
number of digits in the sum of the numbers in the 12th group.

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12. Let A  14  24  34  ...... , the sum of reciprocals of fourth powers of integers and
4 4 4
B 1  3  5  ......... , the sum of reciprocals of fourth powers of odd positive integers. The value of
15A
is:
B

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13. Consider the sequence of numbers  n  2n   for n  1 , where [x] denotes the greatest integer not
 2
exceeding x. If the missing integers in the sequence are n1  n2  n3  .... then find n12 .

n
2k  1
14. If  2
 0.9999 then determine the value of n.
k 1 k 2
k 
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15. If   1 1  1   a  b , where a, b, c  N , b  c gcd(bc)  1 then what is the value of a  b ?
2

k 1  k  k  12 

c

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16. Let a1 , a2 , a3 ,....., a49 be in AP such that  a4k 1  416 and a9  a43  66 . If a12  a22  ....  a172  140 m ,
k 0

then m is equal to:

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17. 
If I  r   r r 2  1 & P    I  r  , then find 100  P .
r 2

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n 
 3n  4 
19. If  n  n  1 4n  P , then find 20P
n 1

k 1
20. Let S k where k  1,2.....100 . Denotes the sum of the infinite geometric series whose first terms is
k!
1 1002 100 2
and the common ratio is
k
, Then, the value of 
100! k 1  
k  3k  1 S k is:

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21.  n  n !  P! 1 , then P is equals to:
n 1

22. The number of terms common between the series 1  2  4  8  ...... to 100 terms and 1  4  7  10  .... to
100 terms is:

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23. A sequence  an  is generated by the rule, an  an 1  an  2 for n  3 . Given a1  2 and a2  4 , then sum
of the first 2019 terms of the sequence is given by:

24. Suppose x is a positive real number such that {x}, [x] and x are in a geometric progression. Find the least
positive integer n such that x n  100 . (Here [x] denotes the integer part of x and {x} = x – [x]).

25. A pack contains n cards numbered from 1 to n. Two consecutive numbered cards are removed from the
pack and the sum of the numbers on the remaining cards is 1224. If the smaller of the numbers on the
removed cards is k, then k  20 is equal to:

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26. For the series S  1  1  2 2  1  2  32  1  2  3  4 2  ..... , 7th term
 
1  3 1  3  5  1  3  5  7 
of series is equals to:

27. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be sum of the first 40 terms of the series
12  2.22  32  2.4 2  2.6 2  ..... If B  2 A  400 , then  is equal to:

1  3  5  ...upto n terms 20
28. If  and n  log10 x  log10 x1/2  log10 x1/ 4  .... , then x  10 y find
4  7  10  ...upto n terms 7 log10 x
y?

n
29. If  r  r  1 2r  3  an4  bn3  cn2  dn  e , then b  d  e  c  a is:
r 1

1 1 2 1 2  3
30. If S n   3  3  ....n terms, then lim | Sn | , where [.] denotes the greatest integer
1 1  2 1  23  33
3 3 n 

function, is equal to:

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