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DPP-1

1. 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

2. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + 5n, then the nth term will be

(A) 4n + 3 (B) 4n + 5 (C) 4n + 6 (D) 4n + 7

3. How many terms of series 54 + 51 + 48 + 45 + ⋯. must be taken to make sum 513

(A) n = 17 or 18 (B) n = 15 or 16 (C) n = 18 or 19 (D) n = 19 or 20

4. If for an A.P. T3 = 18 and T7 = 30 then S17 is equal to-

(A) 612 (B) 622 (C) 306 (D) None of these

5. Which term of the series 3 + 8 + 13 + 18 + ⋯ is 498 –

(A) 95th (B) 100th (C) 102th (D) 101th

6. The middle term of the progression 4,9,14, … .104 is-

(A) 44 (B) 49 (C) 59 (D) 54

7. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e form an A.P., then the value of a − 4b + 6c − 4d + e is-

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) None of these

8. If the angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. whose common difference is 10∘ , then the angles of the

quadrilateral are-

(A) 65∘ , 85∘ , 95∘ , 105∘ (B) 750, 85∘ , 95∘ , 1050

(C) 65∘ , 75∘ , 85∘ , 95∘ (D) 65∘ , 950, 105∘ , 115∘

Integer Type

9. If fourth term of an A.P. is thrice its first term and seventh term - 2 (third term) = 1, then its
common difference is-

10. The sum of three consecutive terms of an increasing A.P. is 51 . If the product of the first and
third of these terms be 273 , then third term is-

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DPP – 2

1. The sum of n terms of two arithmetic series are in the ratio 2n + 3: 6n + 5, then the ratio of their

13th terms is

(A) 53: 155 (B) 27: 77 (C) 29: 83 (D) 31: 89

2. The sum of integers in between 1 and 100 which are divisible by 2 or 5 is-

(A) 3100 (B) 3600 (C) 3050 (D) 3500

3. If mth terms of the series 63 + 65 + 67 + 69 + ⋯ and 3 + 10 + 17 + 24 + ⋯ be equal, then m =

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15

4 .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

5. If nth term of an AP is 1/3(2n + 1), then the sum of its 19 terms is-

(A) 131 (B) 132 (C) 133 (D) 134

1 1 1
6. If p+q , r+p , q+p are in A.P. then-

(A) p2 , q2 , r 2 are in A.P. (B) q2 , p2 , r 2 are in A.P.

(C) q2 , r 2 , p2 are in A.P. (D) p, q, r are in A.P.

7. The sum of first four terms of an A.P. is 56 and the sum of its last four terms is 112 . If its first
term is 11 , then number of its terms is-

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) None of these

8. If (m + 2)th term of an A.P. is (m + 2)2 − m2 , then its common difference is-

(A) 4 (B) -4 (C) 2 (D) -2

Subjective Type

9. Find the sum of all the three digit natural numbers which on division by 7 leaves remainder 3 .

10. The sum of first three terms of an A.P. is 27 and the sum of their squares is 293 . Find the sum to
' n ' terms of the A.P.

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DPP – 3

1. If the product of three terms of G.P. is 512 . If 8 added to first and 6 added to second term, so that
number may be in A.P., then the numbers are-

(A) 2,4,8 (B) 4,8,16 (C) 3,6,12 (D) None of these

2. Determine the first term and the common ratio of the geometric progression, the sum of whose
first and third terms is 40 and the second and fourth term is 80 –

(A) 8,3 (B) 8,2 (C) 7,3 (D) 7,2

3. The 19th term from the end of the series 2 + 6 + 10 + ⋯ + 86 is –

(A) 6 (B) 18 (C) 14 (D) 10

4. The sum of first four terms of an A.P. is 56 and the sum of its last four terms is 112. If its first
term is 11 , then number of its terms is-

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) None of these

5. If we divide 20 into four parts which are in A.P. such that product of the first and the fourth is to
the product of the second and third is the same as 2: 3, then the smallest part is-

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

6. If A1 , A2 be two arithmetic means between 1/3 and 1/24, then their values are-

(A) 7/72,5/36 (B) 17/72,5/36 (C) 7/36,5/72 (D) 5/72,17/72

7. In any G.P. the first term is 2 and last term is 512 and common ratio is 2 , then 5th term from end is-
(A) 16 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D) None of these

8. Find three numbers in G.P. such that their sum is 14 and the sum of their squares is 84 -
(A) 3,6,12 (B) 2,6,18 (C) 1,3,9 (D) 2,4,8

Integer type

9. Total number of terms in the progression 96 + 48 + 24 + 12 + ⋯ … + 3/16 is-

10. If the product of three numbers in GP is 3375 and their sum is 65 , then the smallest of these
numbers is -

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DPP – 4
1 1
1. If G be the geometric mean of x and y, then G2 −x2 + G2 −y2 =

1 2
(A) G2 (B) G2 (C) G2 (D) 3G2

2. Break the numbers 155 into three parts so that the obtained numbers form a G.P., the first term
being less than the third one by 120 –

(A) 5,65,125 (B) 10,65,120 (C) 5,25,125 (D) None of these

1 1 1 1 1 1
3. If a (b + c) , b ( c + a) , c (a + b) are in A.P. then a, b, c, are also-

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

4. For which values of x do the numbers 1, x 2 , 6 − x 2 taken in that order form a geometric
progression-
(A) x = ±2 (B) x = ±√2 (C) x = ±3 (D) x = ±√3

5. a, b, c are in A.P. If x is the GM between a and b and y is the GM between b and c, then the A.M.
between x 2 and y 2 will be-

(A) a2 (B) b2 (C) c 2 (D) None of these

6. The sum of first two terms of a G.P. is 1 and every term of this series is twice of its previous term,
then the first term will be

(A) ¼ (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 3/4

7. If the 4th , 7th and 10th terms of a G.P. be a, b, c respectively, then the relation between a, b, c is
a+c
(A) b = (B) a2 = bc (C) b2 = ac (D) c 2 = ab
2

8. 0.5737373……………………………. =
284 284 568 567
(A) 497 (B) 495 (C) 990 (D) 990

Integer Type
1 1 1
9. If S denotes the sum of infinity and Sn the sum of n terms of the series 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ⋯. , such
1
that S − Sn < 1000, then the least value of n is:

10. The value of 41/3 , 41/9 , 41/27 ∞ is

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DPP – 5
2 3 4
1. Sum to infinite of the series 1 + 5 + 52 + 53 + is-

(A) 5/4 (B) 6/5 (C) 25/16 (D) 16/9

2. Consider the ten numbers ar, ar 2 , ar 3 , ar10 .If their sum is 18 and the sum of their reciprocals is 6
then the product of these ten numbers, is

(A) 324 (B) 343 (C) 243 (D) 729

3. The sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , … satisfies a1 = 19, a9 = 99, and for all n ≥ 3, an is the arithmetic mean
of the first (n − 1) terms. Then a2 is equal to

(A) 179 (B) 99 (C) 79 (D) 59

4. If for an A.P. a1 , a2 , a3 , … , an , … . a1 + a3 + a5 = −12 and a1 a2 a3 = 8 then the value of a2 + a4 + a6

equals

(A) -12 (B) -16 (C) -18 (D) -21

5. The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is 7 and its 7th term is 2 more than thrice of its 3rd
term. The sum of its first 20 terms equals

(A) 470 (B) 740 (C) 704 (D) 770

6. Given a sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , … … … . an in which the sum of the first m terms is Sm = m2 − 5m then

which of the following is not true?

(A) a5 = 5 (B) a5 = 4 (C) a6 = 6 (D) it is an A.P.

7. Consider a decreasing G.P. : g1 , g 2 , g 3 , … . g n … … such that g1 + g 2 + g 3 = 13 and g12 + g 22 + g 23 = 91

then which of the following does not hold?

(A) The greatest term of the G.P. is 9. (B) 3 g 4 = g 3

(C) g1 = 1 (D) g 2 = 3

8. The value of x that satisfies the relation x = 1 − x + x 2 − x 3 + x 4 − x 5 + ⋯ … … ∞

(A) 2cos⁡36∘ (B) 2cos⁡144∘ (C) 2sin⁡18∘ (D) none

Integer Type
1 1
9. If 3 + 4 (3 + d) + 42 (3 + 2d) + ⋯ … + upto ∞ = 8, then the value of d is

10. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetical progression equals that of the first 19 terms,
then the sum of its first 30 terms, is

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DPP – 6

1. Given four positive number in A.P. If 5,6,9 and 15 are added respectively to these numbers, we
get a G.P. , then which of the following holds?

(A) the common ratio of G.P. is 3/2 (B) common ratio of G.P. is 2/3

(C) common difference of the A.P. is 3/2 (D) common difference of the A.P. is 2/3

2. Consider the sequence 8A + 2B, 6A + B, 4A, 2A − B, … …. Which term of this sequence will have
a coefficient of A which is twice the coefficient of B ?

(A) 10th (B) 14th (C) 17th (D) none

3. The maximum value of the sum of the A.P. 50,48,46,44, … … … … is

(A) 325 (B) 648 (C) 650 (D) 652

4. If p, q, r be in H.P. and p and r be different having same sign, then the root of the equation
px 2 + 2qx + r = 0 will be –

(A) real (B) equal (C) Imaginary (D) None of these

5. If a, b, c be in A.P., b, c, d in G.P. and c, d, e in H.P., then a, c, e will be in

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) A.G.P.

b b b
6. If a, b, c be in H.P., then a − 2 , 2 , c − 2 will be in

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) A.G.P.

7. If a, b, c are in H.P., then a, a − c, a − b are in :

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

8. If a, b, c are three unequal numbers such that a, b, c are in A.P. and b − a, c − b, a are in G.P., thena
: b: c is :

(A) 1: 2: 3 (B) 1: 3: 5 (C) 2: 3: 4 (D) 1: 2: 4

Integer Type
b+a b+c
9. If a, b, c are distinct positive real in H.P., then the value of the expression, + is equal to
b−a b−c

10. In a potato race , 8 potatoes are placed 6 metres apart on a straight line, the first being 6 metres
from the basket which is also placed in the same line. A contestant starts from the basket and
puts one potato at a time into the basket. Find the total distance he must run in order to finish
the race.
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DPP – 7
x+y y+z
1. If , y, are in H.P., then x, y, z are in
2 2

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

1 1 1 1
2. When a + c + a−b + c−b = 0 and b ≠ a ≠ c, then a, b, c are

(A) In H.P. (B) In G.P. (C) In A.P. (D) None of these

ax by cz
3. If = = and x, y, z are in H.P. then a, b, c are in
x+b y+b z+b

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

4. Given real numbers a, b, c > 0(≠ 1) such that log (logc ⁡a) ⁡e, log (ac/2 ) ⁡e, log (logb ⁡c) ⁡e are in H.P. then c
equals

(A) log (a) ⁡(log a ⁡b) (B) log (a) ⁡(log b ⁡a) (C) log (b) ⁡(log b ⁡a) (D) log (b) ⁡(log a ⁡b)

5. Consider an infinitely decreasing geometric progression b1 , b2 , b3 … , bn , …. whose sum is 3 and

108
sum of its cubes is , then
13

2 2
(A) b1 = −6 (B) b2 = 3 (C) b3 = 27 (D) b4 = −48

6. A ball is dropped from a height of 5 m. Assuming that on each bounce the ball returns to 60% of
its height attained on the previous bounce and the ball continues to bounce indefinitely. The total
distance the ball will travel is

(A) 25 m (B) 20 m (C) 15 m (D) 12.5 m

7. In a geometric series of real numbers the first term is 2 and the sum of the reciprocals of its third and
fourth terms is 2 more than its second term. The sum of all possible values for its seventh term is
33 65 17 1
(A) 16 (B) 32 (C) (D) 8
8

√2+1
8. Let S(x) = 1 + x − x 2 − x 3 + x 4 + x 5 − x 6 − x 7 + ⋯ …; where 0 < x < 1 If S(x) = then the
2

value of x equals
1 1
(A) 2 − √2 (B) √2 − 1 (C) (D) (1 − )
√2 √2

Integer Type
1 1 1
9. The value of (0.2)log√5 ⁡(4+8+16+⋯..∞) is equal to

10. In a geometric sequence of real numbers, the sum of the first two terms is 7 , and the sum of the
first 6 terms is 91 . The sum of the first 4 term is

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DPP – 8
1
1. If θ ∈ (π/4, π/2) and ∑∞
n=1   tannθ ⁡θ = sin⁡θ + cos⁡θ then the value of tan⁡θ is

(A) √3 (B) √2 + 1 (C) 2 + √3 (D) √2

∑n
k=1  k
2
8. For which positive integers n is the ratio, an integer?
∑n
k=1  k

(A) odd n only

(B) even n only

(C) n = 1 + 6k only, where k ≥ 0 and k ∈ I

(D) n = 1 + 3k, integer k ≥ 0

1 1 1 1
3. The value of the sum 32 +1 + 42 +2 + 52 +3 + 62 +4 + ⋯ . . ∞ is equal to

13 12 15 18
(A) 36 (B) 36 (C) 36 (D) 36

4. If α = ∑∞ n ∞ n ∞
n=0  a , β = ∑n=0  b , γ = ∑n=0  c
n
where a, b, c (in that order) are in A.P. and
|a| < 1, | b| < 1, |c| < 1, then α, β, γ (in that order) are in

(A) G.P. (B) A.P. (C) A.G.P. (D) H.P.

5. The nth term of a G.P. is 128 , the sum of its first n terms is 225 and the common ratio is 2 . The
first term is

(A) 32 (B) 31 (C) 8 (D) None

1 2 3 n
6. The limiting sum of the infinite series, + 102 + 103 + ⋯. whose nth term is is equal to
10 10n
1 10 1 17
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 81 8 72

7. The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12 . The sum of the third and the fourth
terms is 48 . If the terms of the geometric progression are alternatively positive and negative,
then the first term is

(A) -4 (B) -12 (C) 12 (D) 4

8. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , … … … … , a21 be in arithmetic progression. If ∑21

k=1  a k = 693, then ∑r=0  a 2r+1 equals
10

(A) 363 (B) 330 (C) 297 (D) 396

Integer Type
3 5 7 9
9. Sum of the series, (1⋅2)2 + (2⋅3)2 + (3⋅4)2 + (4⋅5)2 + ⋯ … ∞ is

10. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , … … … be in arithmetic progression and g1 , g 2 , g 3 , … … … … be in geometric

progression. If a1 = 2 = g1 and a10 = 3 = g10 , then the value of (a7 g19 + a19 g 28 ) equals
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DPP – 9
1
1. ∑360
k=1  (k√k+1+(k+1)√k) is the ratio of two relative prime positive integers m and n. The value of

(m + n) is equal to
(A) 43 (B) 41 (C) 39 (D) 37
2. The value of the sum 112 − 12 + 122 − 22 + 132 − 32 + ⋯ … + 202 − 102 equals
(A) 2010 (B) 2110 (C) 2100 (D) 2200
1
3. The value of ∑∞
n=3   n5 −5n3 +4n is equal to.

1 1 1 1
(A) 120 (B) 96 (C) 24 (D) 144

4. The first term of an A.P. of consecutive integers is (k 2 + 1). The sum of (2k + 1) terms of this
series can be expressed as
(A) k 3 + (k + 1)3 (B) (k + 1)3 + 1
(C) (2k + 1)(k + 1)2 − 3 (D) none
5. In increasing geometric series of positive terms, the difference between the fifth and fourth
terms is 576 and the difference between the second and first term is 9 . The sum of the first five
terms of this series, is
(A) 1061 (B) 1023 (C) 1024 (D) 768
6. The sum of a certain infinite geometric series is 20 . When all the terms in the series are squared,
the sum of the resulting series is 80 . If the first term of the original series is expressed in lowest
p
terms as q , (p, q ∈ N) then the value of (p + q) is

(A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24

5n  2n

7. The value of 
n 1 10
n
is equal to

1 1 3
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 4

8. Consider the infinite series r 2 + r 4 + r 6 + r 8 + ⋯ … ∞. If the third term is 16 times the fifth term,
then the sum of the series is,
1 1 3 4
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 3

Integer Type
9. If sec⁡(α − 2β), sec⁡α and sec⁡(α + 2β) are in arithmetical progression, then the value of
cos2 ⁡α
= [⁡(β ≠ nπ, n ∈ I).
cos2 ⁡β

k2 +k−1
10. Limn→∞ ⁡∑nk=1   is equal to
(k+1)!

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DPP – 10
3
1. Suppose a, b, c are in A.P. and a2 , b2 , c 2 are in G.P. If a < b < c and a + b + c = 2, then the value of
a is of a is
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 2√2 (B) 2√3 (C) 2 − (D) 2 −
√3 √2

2. Let a, b, c are different integers less than or equal to 10 . The arithmetic mean of a and b is 9 . The
geometric mean of a and c is 6√2. The harmonic mean of b and c is equal to
18 90 100 180
(A) (B) (C) (D)
19 19 19 19

3. If the arithmetic mean of a and b is double their geometric mean, with a > b > 0, then a possible
a
value for the ratio b, to the nearest integer, is

(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 11 (D) 14

4. The sum of ∑1000

k=1  k(i ) is equal to
k

(A) 1000(1 − k = 1) (B) 500(1 − i)

(C) 1000(−1 + i) (D) 500(−1 + i) where i = √−1

∑2013  P
5. Let Pn = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ … + n. The sum (2013)(2014)
n=1 n
equals

1012 1015 1018 2015

(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 6 6 6

6. The difference between the sum of the first k terms of the series 13 + 23 + 33 + ⋯ … + n3 and
the sum of the first k terms of 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + n is 1980 . The value of k is

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12

7. If the arithmetic mean of log⁡1, log⁡2, log⁡4, … … log⁡2n−1 is log⁡32 where all logarithms are on base
10 , then n equals

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

8. Let G be the geometric mean of two positive numbers a and b, and M be the arithmetic mean of
1 1 1
and b. If M : G is 4: 5, then a: b can be
a

(A) 2: 3 (B) 1: 4 (C) 1: 2 (D) 3: 4

Integer Type

9. Four natural number a, b, c, d are in increasing G.P. such that arithmetic mean of b, c and d is
equal to 13a. If d ≤ 100, then number of such quadruplets (a, b, c, d) is
G3 +G32
10. If A1 be the A.M. and G1 , G2 be two G.M.'s between two positive numbers ' a ' and ' b ', then G 1G
1 2 A1

is equal to

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DPP – 11

5 8 11 14
1. If S is sum of 12 ⋅22 ⋅3 + 22 ⋅32 ⋅4 + 32 ⋅42 ⋅5 + 42 ⋅52 ⋅6 + ⋯ … ∞ terms, then S is equal to

1 1 3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 4

2. If Sn = 1 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 4 + 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 4 ⋅ 5 + 3 ⋅ 4 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 6 + ⋯ + upto n terms and Tn = Sn − Sn−1 then the

1
value of 1 equals
∑∞
n=1  (T )
n

(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19

1 2 3
3. Find the sum⁡1+12 +14 + 1+22 +24 + 1+32 +34 + ⋯ … ∞

1 1 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6

4. If a + 2b = 5, a, b ∈ R+ then maximum value of a3 b2 is

(A) 27 (B) 15 (C) 10 (D) 5

5. If a, b, c, d ∈ R+ and a, b, c, d are in H.P., then which of the following must be true?

(A) a + b > c + d (B) a + c > b + d (C) a + d > b + c (D) a + c < b

6. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, such that a + b + c = 8, then the minimum value of
4 1 9
(a + b + c), is

11 9 7 5
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
2

7. If a, b, c ∈ N and 2a + b + c = 12 then the maximum value of a3 b2 is equal to

(A) 729 (B) 768 (C) 864 (D) 1152

8. Number of distinct real roots of the equation 5 − (x 2 + x) = 4esin⁡x + 9 ⋅ e−sin⁡x is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2

Integer Type
12−yz
9. If x, y and z are positive real numbers such that x = , then find the maximum value of xyz.
y+z

10. If arithmetic mean and geometric mean of two positive numbers a and b are 7 and √6
respectively, then find the value of (a3 − 15a2 + 20a − 5).

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DPP – 12

(2n+1)(2n2 +2n−1)
1. If Tn = (n−1)2 n2(n+1)2 (n+2)2 , n ∈ N, n ≥ 2, then Limn→∞ ⁡∑nr=2  Tr is equal to

1 1 1 1
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9

∞ 1
2. ∑∞ ∞
i=1  ∑j=1  ∑k=1   2i+j+k is equal to

1 1
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 8

1 π2 1
3. It is known that ∑∞
r=1   (2r−1)2 = then ∑∞
r=1   r2 is equal to
8

π2 π2 π2 π2
(A) 24 (B) (C) (D)
3 6 4

(4n+5)
4. The value of ∑∞
n=1   5n ⋅n(5n+5) is equal to

1 2 1 2
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 25 (D) 125

5. Sum of first 2n terms of the sequence 1.32 + 33 + 2.52 + 53 + 3.72 + 73 + ⋯ … is equal to

(n)(n+1) (n)(n+1)
(A) (18n2 + 50n + 37) + n (B) (18n2 − 14n + 5) − n
6 6

(n)(n+1) (n)(n+1)
(C) (18n2 − 50n − 37) + n (D) (18n2 − 14n + 5) + n
6 6

5 i j
6.    1 is equal to
i 1 j1 k 1

(A) 125 (B) 210 (C) 35 (D) 70

10
7. If α, β are the roots of the equation x 2 − 2x + 3, then the value of   r    r  
r 1
is equal to

(A) -525 (B) -305 (C) 305 (D) 52

1 1 1
8. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then the minimum value of (a + 2b + 3c) (a + 2b + 3c) is equal to

(A) 6 ⋅ 32 (B) 6 ⋅ 33 (C) 18 (D) 9

Integer Type


1
 9n
1
9. If λ = then find the value of λ.
n 1
2
 3n2'

3 5 7
10. Find the sum to infinity of the series 13 + 13 +23 + 13 +23 +33 + ⋯ …. to ∞.

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3
Q.1 Let a1 , a2 , a3 , … … , an are in A.P. such that an = 100, a40 − a39 = 5 then 15th term of A.P. from end

is
448 452 454 458
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

Q.2 Three distinct A.P.'s have same first term, common differences as d1 , d2 , d3 and nth terms as
a1 2 b1 3c1 a7 3 b7
an , bn , cn respectively such that = = . If =7 then is equal to
d1 d2 d3 c6 c6
14 17 40 13
(A) 49 (B) 21 (C) 49 (D) 21

Q.3 In a convex polygon, the degree measures of the interior angles form an arithmetic progression.
If the smallest angle is 159∘ and the largest angle is 177∘ , then the number of sides in the polygon,
is
(A) 21 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 31
Q.4 Let α, β be the roots of ax 2 + bx + c = 0(a ≠ 0) and γ, δ be the roots of px 2 + qx + r = 0(p ≠ 0),
and D1 , D2 be the respective discriminants of these equations. If α, β, γ, δ are in A.P., then D1 : D2
equals
a2 a2 b2 c2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
p2 b2 q2 r2

Q.5 In an arithmetic progression, if Sn = n(5 + 3n) and t n = 32, then the value of n is [Note : Sn and

t n denote the sum of first n terms and nth term of arithmetic progression respectively.]
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
Q.6 The first term of an A.P. is 5 , the last is 45 and their sum is 400 . If the number of terms is n and
n
d is the common difference, then (d) is equal to

(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D)6

Q.7 Common difference d of theA.P. satisfies the equation
(A) 6 d3 + 11 d2 + 6 d − 16 = 0 (B) 6 d3 + 11 d2 − 6 d − 16 = 0
(C) 6d3 + 11d2 + 6d + 16 = 0 (D) 6d3 + 11d2 − 6d + 16 = 0
Q.8 The value of (xz −3 + xy + yz 3 ) is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.9 Magnitude of the sum of the first 25 terms of the A.P. is equal to
(A) 575 (B) 675 (C) 625 (D) 552
Q.10 Let a1 , a2 , a3 … …. and b1 , b2 , b3 … …. be arithmetic progressions such that a1 = 25, b1 = 75 and
a100 + b100 = 100. Then
(A) the difference between successive terms in progression ' a ' is opposite of the difference in
progression ' b '.
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(B) an + bn = 100 for any n.
(C)(a1 + b1 ), (a2 + b2 ), (a3 + b3 ), … ….. are in A.P.
100

(D) ∑   (ar + br ) = 10000

r=1

Q.11 Positive integers a1 , a2 , a3 , … …. form an A.P. If a1 = 10 and aa2 = 100, then

(A) common difference of A.P. is equal to 6.
(B) The value of a3 is equal to 20 .
(C) The value of a22 is equal to 136 .
(D) The value of aa3 is equal to 820 .
Q.12 Let ' p ' and ' q ' be roots of the equation x 2 − 2x + A = 0, and let ' r ' and 's' be the roots of the
equation x 2 −18x + B = 0. If p < q < r < s are in arithmatic progression. Find the value of
(A + B).

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Q.1 Consider the series r 2 + r 4 + r 6 + r 8 + r10 + ⋯ … . . ∞. The third term is 16 times the fifth term.
The sum of the series is
1 1 1 4
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 3

Q.2 The value of x satisfying the equation (√π)logπ x ⋅ (√π)logπ2 x ⋅ (√π)logπ4 x ⋅ (√π)logπ8 x … … ∞ = 3 is
equal to
1
(A) √π (B) π (C) 3 (D) 3
1
Q.3 Let Tn be the nth term of a sequence for n = 1,2,3,4, … …. If 4 Tn+1 = Tn and T5 = then the
2560

value of ∑∞
n=1  (Tn ⋅ Tn+1 ) is equal to
1 1 2 2
(A) 275 (B) 375 (C) 275 (D) 375

Q.4 If the first term of a G.P. a1 , a2 , a3 , … …. is unity such that the quantity 4a2 + 5a3 has the least value
then the sum to infinite number of terms of the sequence
5
(A) can not be found out as diverges. (B) 3
7 5
(C) 5 (D) 7
b4 1
Q.5 The sequence {bn } is a geometric progression with = 4 and b2 + b5 = 216. If bn ∈ I∀n ∈ N,
b6

then the value of b1 is

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14
1 1 1
Q.6 Given Sn = ∑nr=0   2r , S = ∑∞
r=0   2r . If S − Sn < 1000 then least value of ' n '

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

Q.7 If the roots of the equation, x 3 + px 2 + qx − 1 = 0 form an increasing G.P. where p and q are real,
then
(A) p + q = 0
(B) p ∈ (−3, ∞)
(C∗ ) one of the roots is unity
(D∗ ) one root is smaller than 1 and one root is greater than 1 .
Q.8 The first term of an infinite geometric series is 21 . The second term and the sum of the series
are both positive integers. The possible value(s) of the second term can be3
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C∗ )18 (D) 20
Q.9 Column-I Column-II
(A) Let Sn , S2n , S3n are the sums of n, 2n, 3n terms of an (P) 3
S3n
arithmetic progression, then S is equal to (Q) 4
2n −Sn

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(B) For an increasing G.P. a1 , a2 , a3 , … . . , an , ….. (R) 6
a6 = 4a4 ; a9 − a7 = 192. If ∑ni=4  ai = 1016 then ' n ' equals

(C) Let g n be the nth term of the geometric progression of (S) 8

10 5
positive numbers. If ∑100
n=1  g 2n = and ∑100
n=1  g 2n−1 = 9, (T) 10
3

then the common ratio of geometric progression, is

(D) A geometric progression consists of an even number of terms.
If the sum of all the terms is 5 times the sum of terms occupy the
odd place then its common ratio is
Q.10 Let α, β, γ be the roots of the cubic 2x 3 + 9x 2 − 27x − 54 = 0. If α, β, γ are in G.P., then find the
2
value of 3 (|α| + |β| + |γ|).

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Q.1 If f(x) = 4x 4 − ax 3 + bx 2 − cx + 5 (a, b, c ∈ R) has four positive real zeros r1 , r2 , r3 , r4 such that
r1 r2 r3 r4
+ + + = 1, then a is equal to
2 4 5 8
(A)19 (B) 20 (C) 21 (D) 22
1
Q.2 If α, β are roots of equation x 2 + px − 2p2 = 0 (p ∈ R and p ≠ 0), then the minimum value of
(α4 + β4 ) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 4 − √2 (C) 2 + √2 (D) 3 + √2
Q.3 If two positive real numbers are such that their arithmetic mean is 2k times their geometric
mean, then the minimum value of k equals
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 2
Q.4 Let A6 be the sum of first six terms of an arithmetic sequence, and G6 be the sixth term of a
geometric sequence. Both sequences have the same first term, and the common difference of the
arithmetic sequence equals the common ratio of the geometrical sequence, which is equal to two.
A 1
If G6 is equal to 2 then (G6 − A6 ) equals
6

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 48 (D) 144

x4 +2x2 +101
Q.5 The minimum value of for x ∈ R, is equal to
x2 +1
4 8
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 3 (D) 20
Q.6 Let a, b, c ∈ R be such that a > −1, b > −2, c > 3 and a + b + c = 24, then the maximum value of
(a + 1)(b + 2)(c − 3) is equal to
(A) 256 (B) 512 (C) 1024 (D) 2048
Q.7 If x and y are positive real numbers and 3x + 4y = 5, then the greatest value of 16x 2 y 3 is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
2x x3 y 4y2
Q.8 For any x, y ∈ R, xy > 0 then the minimum value of y3 + + 9x4 equals
3
1 1
(A) 23 (B) 2 (C) 33 (D) 3
Q.9 Let x1 , x2 be two positive real numbers.
16 y21 x2
Statement-1: The minimum value of ( x2 + + y12 ) is 2 .
1 2 1
x1 +x2
Statement-2: ≥ √x1 x2 .
2
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement- 2 is true and statement- 2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement- 2 is true.
Q.10 If a, b, c are three positive roots of the equation x 3 − px 2 + qx − 48 = 0(p, q > 0) then find the
1 2 3
minimum value of 2 (a + + c)
b

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k2 m
Q.1 The value of ∑∞
k=0   4k can be written as n , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers.

Then the value of (m + n) is

(A) 28 (B) 47 (C) 66 (D) 85
3 5 7
Q.2 The sum 13 + 13 +23 + 13 +23+33 + ⋯ … upto 11 terms is equal to
134 143 163 123
(A) (B) (C) (D)
63 36 43 41
S41 S22 −S22 S23
Q3. Let S1 = ∑nK=1  K, S2 = ∑nK=1  K 2 and S3 = ∑nK=1  K 3, then is equal to
S21 +S23

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

1 2 3 n
Q.4 The limiting sum of the infinite series, 10 + 102 + 103 + ⋯. whose nth term is 10n is
1 10 1 17
(A) 9 (B) 81 (C) 8 (D) 72
22 +42 +62 +⋯…+(2n)2
Q.5 For 12 +32 +52 +⋯…+(2n−1)2 to exceed 1.01 , the maximum value of n is

(A) 149 (B) 150 (C) 151 (D) 152

Q.6 If a1 , a2 , a3 , … … , an are consecutive terms of an increasing A.P., and
(n−1)⋅n⋅(n+1)
(12 − a1 ) + (22 − a2 ) + (32 − a3 ) + ⋯ … . +(n2 − an ) = , then the value of
3
a5 +a3 −a2
( ) is equal to
6

(A)1 (B) -1 (C) 2 (D) -2

1 1 1 1 1
Q.7 The sum of the infinite series 1 + (1 + 5) (2) + (1 + 5 + 52 ) (22 ) + ⋯ …
20 10 5 5
(A) (B) (C) 9 (D) 3
9 9
2r+1
Q.8 If Sn = ∑nr=1   r4 +2r3 +r2 , then S10 is equal to
121 120 60
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
120 121 61

Q.9 Infinite number of triangles are formed as shown in figure. If total area of these triangles is A
then 8 A is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 2

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1 p
Q.10 The value of ∑∞
n=1   (3n−2)(3n+1) is equal to q, where p and q are relatively prime natural numbers.

Then the value of (p2 + q2 ) is equal to

(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 13
Q.11 Let Sn = (2 + 2) + (22 + 5) + (23 + 10) + (24 + 17) + upto n brackets.
If Sn = 2n+A + Bn3 + cn2 + Dn + E for all n ∈ N, where A, B, C, D, E are constants then
1 1
(A) B = 6 (B)C = (C) D = 1 (D)E = −2
2
26
Q.12 Let d bet the minimum value of f(x) = 5x 2 − 2x + and f(x) is symmetric about x = r.
5
p
If ∑∞
n=1  (1 + (n − 1)d)r
n−1
equals q, where p and q are relative prime, then find the value of

(3q − p)

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4 1
Q.1 If a and b are positive real numbers such that a + b = 6, then the minimum value of (a + b) is

equal to
2 1 3
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D)
2
1 1 1 1 λ
Q.2 If harmonic mean of numbers 2 , 22 , 23 , … … , 210 is 210 −1 then λ is equal to

(A) 5(210 ) (B) 10(210 ) (C)5 (D) 10

Q.3 The arithmetic mean of Ψ and Ω is x 2 + 1 and geometric mean of Ψ and Ω is 2x + 1. If harmonic
mean of Ψ and Ω is 4 , then x equals
1 1 3
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 1

Q.4 If α, β and γ are the positive roots of the equation x 3 − 6x 2 + 3px − 2p = 0, p ∈ R then the value
α β γ
of β + γ + α + αβγ equals

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 11 (D) 15

Q.5 If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that a + b + c = 3, then the minimum value of
a b c
+ 6−b + 6−c is equal to
6−a
1 1 3 4
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) (D) 5
5
x
Q.6 If 1, 2 , y are in harmonic progression (x, y ≠ 0), then the number of integral ordered pairs (x, y)

is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
Q.7 Let log(a + c), log(a + b), log(b + c) (in that order) are in A.P. and a, c, b (in that order) are in H.P.,
kc
where a, b, c > 0. If a + b = , then find the value of k.
4

Q.8 Let f(x) = (a2 + b2 − 4a − 6b + 13)(2x 2 − 4x + 5), a, b ∈ R such that f(0) = f(1) = f(2). If
a, A1 , A2 … … . A10 , b is an A.P. and a, H1 , H2 , … … , H10, b is a H.P., then find the value of
1
(∑8r=4  Ar H11−r ).
10

Q.9 Let α, β, γ, δ are zeroes of P(x) = 5x 4 + px 3 + qxx 2 + rx + s(p, q, r, s ∈ R) and α, γ, δ are zeroes
of Q(x) = x 3 − 9x 2 + ax − 24(α < β < γ < δ). If α, γ, δ (taken in that order) are in arithmetic
progression and α, β, γ, δ (taken in that order) are in harmonic progression, then find the value
P(1)
of |Q(1)|.

Q.10 Let four positive numbers a, b, c and d be in increasing G.P. and G and H are their geometric
mean and harmonic mean respectively such that 14H = G. If common ratio of the G.P. is m +
n√3, where m, n ∈ N then find the value of (m − n).

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