SEQUENCE & SERIES

Class Exercise

1. Find the sum of all numbers of the form 2k + 1, where k takes on integral values from 1 to n.
(1) n2 (2) n(n + 3) (3) n2 + 2n (4) (n – 1)2
2. Find the sum of first hundred odd natural numbers divisible by 3.
(1) 867 (2) 1683 (3) 30,000 (4) None of these
3. Find the sum of all whole numbers between 1 to 1000 which are multiples of 7.
(1) 735 (2) 5025 (3) 71071 (4) None of these
4. Find the sum of integers between 5 to 555 divisible by 11.
(1) 14025 (2) 14025 (3) 30800 (4) None of these
5. Which of the following is/are true?
I. If the sum of the first n even natural numbers is x and the sum of the first n odd natural numbers is y
1
then x = 1 y.
n
II. If ratio of the sum of first n terms of two A.P’s is (2n + 1) : (2n + 5) then ratio of their seventh term is
27 : 31.
III. If ratio of sum of first m term and n terms of an A.P. is m2 : n2 then ratio of their mth and nth term is (2m
– 1) : (2n – 1).
(1) I only (2) I and II only (3) I, II and III (4) None of these
m2 m3 m4
6. Sum to n terms of the series log m log log log ... is
n n2 n3
n n n n
mn 1 2 n n –1 2 mn 2 m n –1 2
(1) log n –1 (2) log n 1 (3) log n (4) log 1– m
n m n n
7. Let S1 be a square of side a. Another square S2 is formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of S1. The
same process is applied to S2 to form yet another square S3, and so on. If A1, A2, A3, ... be the areas and P1,
P + P2 + P3 + ...
P2, P3, ... be the perimeters of S1, S2, S3 ..., respectively, then the ratio 1 equals to
A1 + A 2 + A 3 + ...
2(1 2) 2(2 – 2 ) 2(2 2) 2(1 2 2 )
(1) (2) (3) (4)
a a a a
8. Which of the following is/are true?
y
I. If |x| < 1 and y = x + x2 + x3 + ...... then x =
1+y
II. If x = 1 + a + a2 + ..... and y = 1 + b + b2 + ....... where a and b are both less than 1, then 1 + ab +
xy
a2b2 + a3b3 + ...... =
x+y–1
1 1 1
III. 9 3 9 9 9 27 × .... =3
3 3 3 3 7
IV. Sum of the series given by 2
+ ...... is
4 4 43 4 4
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(1) I only (2) I and II only (3) I and III (4) I, II, III and IV

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9. The sum of the first three terms of an infinite GP is equal to 4 . This GP has a unique property that every
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term in it is equal to four times the sum of the terms that follow. Find the sum of the infinite series.
26 24 19
(1) (2) (3) 5 (4)
5 5 4
1 1 P (1 P )2 (1 P )3
10. If P is a positive number, then ... =
1 P (1 P )2 (1 P )3 (1 P )4
1 3 5
(1) (2) 1 (3) (4)
2 4 7
11. What is the sum of the series 3 + 33 + 333 + ..... to m terms?
10 10 m – 1 –9m 10 10 m + 1 +9m 10 m – 9m
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
27 27 27
12. If S1 = {1}, S2 = {2, 4}, S3 = {3, 9, 27} and so on, then find the sum of S5?
(1) 3805 (2) 3705 (3) 3905 (4) 3605
13. The two sequence of numbers {1, 4, 16, 64, ....} and {3, 12, 48, 192,....} are mixed as follows: {1, 3, 4, 12, 16,
48, 64, 192,....}.
One of the numbers in the mixed series is 1048576. Then the number immediately preceding it is
(1) 786432 (2) 262144 (3) 814572 (4) 786506
14. If |a| < 1, |b| < 1, what is the sum of the series 1 + (1 + a) b + (1 + a + a2) b2 + (1 + a + a2 + a3) b3 + …?
1 1 1 b
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
(1 b )(1 a ) (1 b )(1 ab ) 1 ab
15. A ball of radius r cm when dropped from height h bounces rises to half of the height through which it has
just fallen and this process continues till the ball comes to rest. The same ball when dropped from the height
H bounces rises to 3/4th of the height through which it has just fallen each time it rebounds, till the ball
comes to rest. What is the ratio of H : h if the total distance travelled by the ball in both the cases is the same?
(1) 4 : 5 (2) 7 : 3 (3) 3 : 7 (4) 8 : 3
1 1 1 1
16. Find the value of 2 2 4 4 8 8 16 16 ... .
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 2 2 (4)
17. If the sum of infinity of the series 1 + 4x + 7x2 + 10x3 ... is then find x.
1 4
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
5 5
18. The sum of the series 1 × 20 + 2 × 21 + 3 × 22 + 4 × 23 +5 × 24 + ...... + 100 × 299 is
(1) 99 × 2100 (2) 99 × 2100 + 1 (3) 100 × 2100 (4) 100 × 2100 + 1
19. Find the sum of the series
1 + 22x + 32x2 + 42x3 .....,, where |x| < |
1 x 1 1 x
(1) 3
(2) (3) (4) None of these
(1 x ) (1 x )3 (1 x ) 2
20. What is the sum of the series 1.2.3 + 2.3.4........ + 19.20.21?
(1) 45980 (2) 43890 (3) 44100 (4) 49830
21. Find the sum of the series
298 × 1 + 295 × 4 + 292 × 7 + ..... + 4 × 295 + 1 × 298
(1) 2400050 (2) 800050 (3) 1485100 (4) 1500050

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22. Hariharan tells Prakash: I’ll give you three sums at a time such that they somehow will, in order, make a series
of numbers as 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, 336, 504 .... If you can tell me the mystery behind this sequence, I’ll
continue till I have given you ten such sums each and will pay each time the money equivalent to the sum.”
Prakash was too shrewd and found the logic easily. Thus he received a total of (Rs.)
(1) 4090 (2) 4290 (3) 3685 (4) 4902
23. Find the sum of this series
13 13 2 3 13 2 3 33
+ .... + till 10th term
1 1 3 1 3 5
(1) 505 (2) 126.25 (3) 96 (4) 384
24. A series is formed in such a manner that the first term is the first natural number, the second term is the cube
of the first term, the third term is the third natural number while the fourth term is is the cube of the third
term and so on.
What is the sum of the first 60 terms of the series?
(1) 512340 (2) 561390 (3) 1620000 (4) None of these
25. The sum of the first 50 terms of the series 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ………. is
(1) 46200 (2) 44200 (3) 57800 (4) 38600
26. Find the sum of n terms of the series
1 + 3 + 7 + 15 + 31 ....
(1) 2n – 1 (2) 2 (2n – 1) (3) 2 (2n – 1) – n (4) None of these
27. The sum to infinity of the series
1 1 1
+ ... is
1 1 2 1+2+3
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 0
1 1 1 1 1
28. Find the sum to n terms of the series: 2 2 2 2
... .
2 1 4 1 6 1 8 1 (2 n )2 1
2n n n 2n
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2n 1 2n 1 2n 1 2n 1
29. Find the sum of the series:
3 5 7 41
... 2
1 1 2 1 2 2 32
2 2 2 2
1 2 2
32 ... 20 2
40 20 40 70
(1) (2) (3) (4)
7 7 21 3
30. Find the sum of infinite infinite terms of the series
1 1 1
....
1.2.3 2.3.4 3.4.5
1 1 5
(1) (2) (3) 1 (4)
2 4 6

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