Sequence and Series

Type-1 : Manipulations Based

1. 01) For any three positive real numbers a, b, and c,
9(25a2 + b2 ) + 25(c2 − 3ac) = 15b(3a + c).
Then:[2017] a, b and c are in G.P.
b, c and a are in G.P.
c, b and a are in G.P.
a, b, and c are in A.P.

2. 02) Let a, b, c, and d be any non zero distinct real numbers such that
(a2 + b2 + c2 )p2 − 2(ab + bc + cd)p + (b2 + c2 + d2 ) = 0.
Then:[2020]
a, c, p are in A.P.
a, c, p are in G.P.
a, b, c, d are in G.P.
a, b, c, d are in A.P.

3. 03) The greatest positive integer k, for which 49k + 1 is a factor of the sum
4925 + 4924 + . . . + 492 + 49 + 1,
is: (Jan. 7, 2020) (1)
[(a)] 32 [(b)] 63 [(c)] 60 [(d)] 65
4. 04) (π + 1)(π 4 + 1)(π 8 + 1) + . . . + (π 256 + 1) =?
1 2 22 2100
5. 05) The sum of the series x+1 + x2 +1 + x4 +1 + . . . .. + x100 +1 when x = 2 is
:(JEE Main 2021, August)
2101
(A) 1 + 2101 −1
2100
(B) 1 + 22101 −1
100
(C) 1 − 222100 −1
 2100
(D) 1 − 22102 −1

Type-2 : AP Direct Formulae Based

6. Given AP, Tm = p, Tn = q, then d=?
7. 11) The common difference of the A.P. b1 , b2 , . . . , bm is 2 more than the
common difference of A.P. a1 , a2 , . . . , an . If a40 = −159, a100 = −399 and
b100 = a70 , then bis is equal to: (a) 81 (b) -127 (c) -81 (d) 127
1 1
8. 13) If the 10th term of an A.P. is 20 and its 20th term is 10 , then the sum
of its first 200 terms is [2004 (S), Jan, 8, 2020 (II)]
(a) 50 (b) 50 14 (c) 100 (d) 100 12
9. 5) If 100 times the 100th term of an AP with non zero common difference
equals the 50 times its 50th term, then the 150th term of this AP is: [2012]
A. − 150 B.150 times its 50th term C.150 D. Zero
10. 1) If the 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its 49th term : 29th term
is: JEE Main 2019 (11 Jan Shift 2) A.4 : 1 B.1 : 3 C.3 : 1 D.2 : 1
11. 02) If the sum and product of the first three terms in an A.P. are 33 and
1155, respectively, then a value of its 11th term is:
(JEE Main 2019 (09 Apr Shift 2))
A. − 25 B. − 35 C. + 25 D. − 36
12. 15) Five numbers are in A.P., whose sum is 25 and product is 2520 . If
one of these five numbers is − 21 , then the greatest number amongst them
is: [Jan. 7, 2020 (I)]
21
(a) 27 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) 16
13. 03) Given an A.P. whose terms are all positive integers. The sum of its first
nine terms is greater than 200 and less than 220. If the second term in it is
12, then its 4th term is: A.8 B.16 C.20 D.24
14. 04) Given sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is 2n + 3n2 . Another A.P. is
formed with the same first term and double of the common difference, the
sum of n terms of the new A.P. is:
A.n + 4n2 B.6n2 − n C.n2 + 4n D.3n + 2n2

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15. 14) Let the sum of the first n terms of a non-constant A.P., a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . , an
be 50n + n(n−1)
2 A, where A is a constant. If d is the common difference of
this A.P., then the ordered pair (d, a50 ) is equal to
A. (50, 50 + 46A) B. (A, 50 + 45A) C. (50, 50 + 45A) D. (A, 50 + 46A)
16. 10) Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. If S4 = 16 and
S6 = −48, then S10 is equal to :[April 12, 2019 (I)]
(a) -260 (b) -410 (c) -320 (d) -380
17. 12) If the first term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of its first 25 terms is equal
to the sum of its next 15 . terms, then the common difference of this A.P.
is : [Sep. 03, 2020 (I)]
1 1 1 1
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 7

18. How many terms of the series 20 + 19 13 + 18 23 + . . . .. must be taken so that

sum is 300?
19. (b) For maximum sum of the series 20 + 19 13 + 18 32 + . . .. the number of
terms which we should take is equal to 29
B 30 (c) 31 (D) 32
20. In the sum of the series 20 + 19 35 + 19 51 + 18 45 + . . . upto nth term is 488
and then nth term is negative, then : (a) n = 60 (b) nth term is -4 (c)
n = 41 (d) nth term is −4 52
[Sep. 03, 2020 (III)]
21. 24)The series of positive multiples of 3 is divided into sets :
{3}, {6, 9, 12}, {15, 18, 21, 24, 27}, . . . Then the sum of the elements in the
11th set is equal to
22. Suppose a1 , a2 , . . . , an be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If
the ratio of the sum of the first five terms of the sum of first nine terms of
the progression is 5 : 17 and 110 < a15 < 120, then the sum of the first ten
terms of the progression is equal to [July 27, 2022 (1)]
290 380 460 510
7n+1
23. The sum of first n terms of two A.P.s are in ratio 4n+27 . Find the ratio of
their 11th terms. A) 4/3 B) 3/4 C) 148/11 ( 3/5

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24. (JEE Advanced 2011) LetP a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . ..., a100 be an arithmetic progression
p
with a1 = 3 and Sp = i=1 ai , 1 ≤ p ≤ 100. For any integer n with
1 ≤ n ≤ 20, let m = 5n. If SSmn does not depend on n, then a2 is
25. (JEE Main 2023, 1 Feb) 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 terms is
26. (JEE Main 2019)
If a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . .., an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7 + . . . .. + a16 = 114, then
a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal to : A) 76
B 98 (C) 64 (D) 38
27. Type(1.1)3. If a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . and b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . are A.P. and a10 = 3, a1 =
−2, a10 b10 = 1 then a4 b15 is equal to [June 27, 2022 ([I])]
35 27 28
27 1 28 27

28. Type(1.1)4. If x1 , x2 , ..., xn and h11 , h12 , ..., h1n are two A.P’s such that x3 −
h8 = 8 and x8 − h20 = 20, then x10 − hn equals:
2560 2650 3200 1600
29. Type(1.1)1. Different A.P.’s are constructed with the first term 100, the
last term 199, and integral common differences. The sum of the common
differences of all such A.P.’s having at least 3 terms and at most 33 terms
is.
30. Type(1.1)2. A man saves 200 in each of the first three months of his service.
In each of the subsequent months his saving increases by 40 more than the
saving of immediately previous month. His total saving from the start of
service will be 11040 after
19 months 20 months 21 months 18 months
31. Type(1.1)3. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an denote the
number of notes he counts in the nth minute. If a1 = a2 = . . . = a10 = 150
and a10 , a11 , . . . are in an AP with common difference -2, then the time
taken by him to count all notes is
34 minutes 125 minutes 135 minutes 24 minutes
Type-3 : GP Direct Formulae Based

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32. 01) Fifth term of a GP is 2, then the product of its 9 terms is [2002].
256 512 1024 none of these
33. 02) In a geometric progression consisting of positive terms, each term equals
the sum of the next two terms. Then the common ratio of its progression
is equals [2007]
√
5√
1
2( 5 − √ 1)
1
√ − 5)
2 (1
1
2 5

34. 03) Given a sequence of 4 numbers, first three of which are in G.P. and the
last three are in A.P. with common difference six. If first and last terms of
this sequence are equal, then the last term is: [Online April 25, 2013]
16 8 4 2
35. 04) In a geometric progression, if the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the
sum of their reciprocals is 49, and the sum of the first and the third term is
35. Then the first term of this geometric progression is: [Online April 11,
2014]
7 21 28 42
36. 05) Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term in
this G.P. is doubled, the new numbers are in A.P. then the common ratio
of the G.P. is: [2014]
√ √ √ √ √
2− 3 2+ 3 2+ 3 3+ 2
37. 06) The sum of the 3rd and the 4th terms of a G.P. is 60 and the product of
its first three terms is 1000. If the first term of this G.P. is positive, then
its 7th term is:

[2012 (S), Online April 11, 2015]

7290 640 2430 320
38. 07) The sum of an infinite geometric series with positive terms is 3 and the
sum of the cubes of its terms is
27
.
19

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 Then the common ratio of this series is:

1 2 2 4
3 3 9 9

39. 08) Let a, b, and c be the 7th , 11th and 13th terms respectively of a non-
constant A.P. If these are also the three consecutive terms of a G.P., then
a
c is equal to:
2 12 13
7
4
40. 09) If a, b, c are in A.P. and a2 , b2 , c2 are in G.P. such that
3
a < b < c and a + b + c = ,
4
then the value of a is
1
√ 1
√ 1
√ 1
√
4 , 3 2 − 4 , −4 2 − 4 , − 2 − 4 , 2 2
41. 10) Let a1 , a2 , . . . , an be a G.P. If
a3
= 25,
a10
then
a9
equals:
a5
(Jan. 11, 2019) (I)
(a) 54
(b) 4(52 )
(c) 53
(d) 2(52 )
42. 11) The product of three consecutive terms of a G.P. is 512. If 4 is added
to each of the first and the second of these terms, the three terms now form
an A.P. Then the sum of the original three terms of the given G.P. is:
[(a)] 36 [(b)] 32 [(c)] 24 [(d)] 28
43. 12)If the sum of an infinite G.P a, ar, ar2 , ar3 , . . . is 15 and the sum of the
squares of its each term is 150, then the sum of ar2 , ar4 , ar6 , . . . is: [2020
(S), Aug. 26, 2021 (I)]
5 1 25 9
2 2 2 2

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44. 13) The sum of first four terms of a geometric progression (G.P.) is 6512 and
65
the sum of their respective reciprocals is 18 . If the product of first three
terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is a, then 2a is
45. 14) In an increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth
term is 25
2 and the product of the third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum
of 4 , 6 and 8th term is equal to :
th th

26 35 30 32
46. 15) If the sum of an infinite G.P a, ar, ar2 , ar3 , . . . is 15 and the sum of the
squares of its each term is 150, then the sum of ar2 , ar4 , ar6 , . . . is: [2020
(S), Aug. 26, 2021 (I)]
5 1 25 9
2 2 2 2

47. 16)Let A1 , A2 , A3 , . . . be an increasing geometric progression of positive real

numbers. If
1 7
A1 A3 A5 A7 = and A2 + A4 = ,
1296 36
then the value of A6 + A8 + A10 is equal to
33 37 43 47
48. 17) Let the sum of an infinite G.P., whose first term is a and the common
ratio is r, be 5. Let the sum of its first five terms be
98
.
25
Then the sum of the first 21 terms of an AP, whose first term is 10ar, nth
term is an , and the common difference is 10ar2 , is equal to:
(a) 21a11 (b) 22a11 (c) 15a16 (d) 14a16
49. 18)The 4th term of GP is 500 and its common ratio is m1 , m ∈ N. Let
Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of this GP. If S6 > S5 + 1 and
S7 < S6 + 12 , then the number of possible values of m is .
1
50. 19)For the two positive numbers a, b, if a, b and 18 are in a geometric pro-
1 1
gression, while a , 10 and b are in an arithmetic progression, then,
16a + 12b =?
1
51. Type(1.01) Let 16 a and b be in G.P. and a1 , 1b , 6 be in A.P., where a, b > 0.
Then 72(a + b) is equal to.

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52. 20) 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

53. 21) If the sum and product of four positive consecutive terms of a G.P. are
126 and 1296, respectively, then the sum of common ratios of all such GPs
is Jan. 31, 2023 (I)
7 92 3 14
54. 22) Let the first term a and the common ratio of a geometric progression
be positive integers. If the sum of its squares of first three terms is 33033,
then the sum of these three terms is equal to
[(a)] 231 [(b)] 210 [(c)] 220 [(d)] 241
55. 23) Let a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . be a G.P. of increasing positive numbers. Let the sum
of its 6th and 8th terms be 2 and the product of its 3rd and 5th terms be 19 .
Then 6(a2 + a4 )(a4 + a6 ) is equal to
√ √
A.2 2 B. 2 C.3/ 3 D. 3
56. Type(1.1)4. Let A1 , A2 , A3 , . . . be squares such that for each n ≥ 1, the
length of the side of An equals the length of diagonal of An+1 . If the length
of A1 is 12 cm, then the smallest value of n for which area of An is less than
one, is
57. Type(1.01) Suppose a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 be in an arithmetico-geometric progres-
sion. If the common ratio of the corresponding geometric progression is 2
and the sum of all 5 terms of the arithmetico-geometric progression is 49 2,
then a4 is equal to .
[NA, April 10, 2023 (I)]
58. lf a, b and c be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and a + b + c = x b,
then x cannot be: (a) -2 (b) -3

Type-4 : Quadratic Equations Based

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59. Type(1.1) 2. Let a, b be two non-zero real numbers. If p and r are the roots
of the equation x2 − 8ax + 2a = 0 and q and s are the roots of the equation
x2 + 12bx + 6b = 0, such that
1 1 1 1
, , ,
p q r s
are in A.P., then a−1 − b−1 is equal to .
60. Type(1.1) 3.For a natural number n, let
αn = 19n + 12n .
Then, the value of
31α10 − α10
57α8
is ____. [NA,June25,2022(I)]
61. Type(1.01)
5.Let α and β be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p ̸= 0. If p, q, r
are in A.P. and
1 1
+ = 4,
α β
then the value of |α − β| is:
√ q q q
34 13 61 17
(a) 9 (b) 2 9 (c) 9 (d) 2 9
[2014]
62. Type(1.1)6.Let α and β be the roots of x2 − 3x + p = 0 and γ and δ be the
roots of x2 − 6x + q = 0. If α, β, γ, δ form a geometric progression. Then
ratio
2(q + p) : (2q − p)
is :
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 9 : 7 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 33 : 31 [Sep.04,2020(I)]
63. Type(1.01)
7.If α, β, and γ are three consecutive terms of a non-constant G.P. such
that the equations αx2 − 2βx + γ = 0 and x2 + x − 1 = 0 have a common
root, then (β + γ) is equal to:
[April 12,2019(II)]
(a) 0 (b) αβ (c)αγ (d) 3γ

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64. Type(1.01)
8.If the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of the pth and q th terms of
the sequence −16, 8, −4, 2, . . . satisfy the equation 4x2 − 9x + 5 = 0, then
p + q is equal to ____.
[NA,Feb.26,2021(II)]
65. Type(1.01)
9.If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation
ax2 + bx + c = 0
is equal to the sum of the squares of their reciprocals, then
a b c
, , and
b c a
are in
(a) Arithmetic - Geometric Progression
(b) Arithmetic Progression
(c) Geometric Progression
(d) Harmonic Progression.
Type-5 : Means Based
66. Type(1.01)If three positive numbers a, b, and c are in A.P. such that abc = 8,
then the minimum possible value of b is:
2 43 23 4
[2013(S) & Online April 9, 2017]
67. Type(1.01)If a, b, and c be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and a+b+c =
ab, then x cannot be:
-2 -3 4 2
[Jan. 09, 2019]
68. Type(1.01)Let a, b, c, and d be positive real numbers such that
a + b + c + d = 1.
If the maximum value of a3 b5 c2 d is 3750β, then the value of β is [April 11,
2023 (I)]
90 110 55 108

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69. Type(1.01)Let x, y, z be positive real numbers such that
x + y + z = 12 and xy 2 z 5 = (0.1)(600)3 .
Then x3 + y 3 + z 3 is equal to:
342 216 258 270
[June 24, 2022 (II)]

70. Type(1) If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers l and Heans n(l, n >
1) and G1 , G2 and G3 are three geometric means between l and n, then
G41 + 2G42 + G43 equals. (a) 4lmn2 (b) 4Rm2 n2 (c) 4R2 mn (d) 4/m2 n
[2015]
71. Type(1) Let A1 and A2 be two arithmetic means and G1 , G2 , G3 be
Mon three geometric means of two distinct positive numbers. The G41 +
G42 + G43 + G21 G23 is equal to |April 15, 2023 (I)] (a) 2 (A1 + A2 ) G1 G3 (b)
(A1 + A2 )2 G1 G3 (c) (A1 + A2 ) G21 G23 (d) 2 ( A1 + A2 ) G21 G23
72. Type(1) If m arithmetic means A.Ms and three geometric means Means
G.Ms are inserted between 3 and 243 such that 4th A.M. is equal to 2nd
G.M., then m is equal to [NA, Sep. 03, 2020 (III)]
73. Type(1) If the arithmetic mean of two numbers a and b, a > b > 0, reaw
is five times their geometric mean, then a+b
a−b is equal to:
√ √ √ √
6 3 2 7 3 5 6
[Online April 8, 2017] (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 12

74. Let G be the geometric mean of two positive numbers a µ and b, and M
be the arithmetic mean of a1 and 1b . If M1 : G is 4 : 5, then a : b can be:
[Online April 12, 2014] (a) 1 : 4 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 4
75. (JEE Main 2021, June) 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
Type-4 : Common Terms Based
76. 01) The number of terms common to the two A.P.’s 3, 7, 11, . . . , 407 and
2, 9, 16, . . . , 709 is
[2014 (S), NA Jan. 9, 2020 (II)]

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77. 02) 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 (NA, June 29, 2022 (II))
78. 03) The 8th common term of the series
S1 = 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + . . . , S2 = 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + 21 + . . .
is [NA, Jan. 30, 2023 (II)]
79. 04) The sum of the common terms of the following three arithmetic pro-
gressions:
3, 7, 11, 15, . . . , 399,
2, 5, 8, 11, . . . , 359,
and
2, 7, 12, 17, . . . , 197
is equal to?
80. 05) Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series having four initial
terms from the set {11, 8, 21, 16, 26, 32, 4}. If the last terms of these series
are the maximum possible four digit numbers, then the number of common
terms in these two series is equal to

[NA, March 16, 2021 (1)]

Type-5 : Series of AP-GP Based
81. 06) Let a1 , a2 , a3 , ... be an A.P., such that
a1 + a2 + ... + ap p2
= 2 , p ̸= q.
a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + aq q
a6
Then a21 is equal to:[2005]
82. 06) Let a1 , a2 , a3 , ... be an A.P., such that
a1 + a2 + ... + ap p3
= 3 , p ̸= q.
a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + aq q

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 a6
Then a21 is equal to:[2006]
41 31 11 121
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 121 41 1861
18.
83. 7) Let an be the nth term of an A.P. If
100
X
a2r = α
r=1

and
100
X
a2r−1 = β,
r=1
then the common difference of the A.P. is
A. α−β α−β β−α β−α
100 B. 200 C. 100 D. 200
P30
84. 08) Let a1 , a2 , . . . , a30 be an A.P., S = i=1 ai , and
15
X
T = a2i−1
i=1

. If a5 = 27 and S − 2T = 75, then a10 is equal to:

A.52 B.57 C.47 D.42
85. 09) If {ai }ni=1 where n is an even integer, is an arithmetic progression with
Pn/2
common difference 1 , and ni=1 ai = 192, i=1 a2i = 120, then n is equal
P
to: [June 24, 2022 (I)]
(a) 48 (b) 96 (c) 92 (d) 104
86. 17) If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . is 0 (a1 ̸= 0), then
the sum of the A.P., a1 , a3 , a5 , . . . , a23 is ka1 , where k is equal to: [2019 (S),
Sep. 02, 2020 (II)]
(a) − 121
10 (b)
121
10 (c) 72
5 (d) − 72
5

87. Type(1.1)Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive terms.

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 15. If
100
X 100
X
a2n+1 = 200 and a2n = 100,
n=1 n=1
then
200
X
an
n=1
is equal to
(a) 300 (b) 225 (c) 175 (d) 150
88. Type(1.1)16. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . be a G.P. such that a1 < 0, a1 + a2 = 4 and
a3 + a4 = 16. If
X9
ai = 4λ,
i=1
then λ is equal to:
(a) -513 (b) -171 (c) 171 (d) 511 3
89. 8. If ∞ ∞ ∞
X X X
n n
x= a ,y = b ,x = cn
n=0 n=0 n=0
where a , b ,c are in A.P. and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, abc ̸= 0, then
[(a)] x, y, z are in A.P. [(b)] x, y, z are in G.P. [(c)] x1 , y1 , z1 are in A.P.
[(d)] x1 + y1 + z1 = 1 − (a + b + c)
90. Type(1.1)9. If
∞
X 1
A=
n=1
(3 + (−1)n )n
and ∞
X (−1)n
B= ,
n=1
(3 + (−1)n )n
then
A
B
is equal to:
11
(a) 9

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 (b) 1
−11
(c) 9
11
(d) 3

91. Type(1.1)10. The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of first 100
terms of the sequence
1 5 19 65
, , , ,...
3 9 27 81
is equal to .
92. Type(1.1)11. If
210 + ·29 · 31 + 28 · 32 + . . . + 2 · 39 + 310 = S − 211
then S is equal to:
311 − 212
311
311 /2 + 210
2.311
93. Type(1.1)12. If |x| < 1, |y| < 1 and x ̸= y, then the sum to infinity of the
following series
(x + y) + (x2 + xy + y 2 ) + (x3 + x2 y + xy 2 + y 3 ) + . . .
on Sep. 02, 2020 is:
x+y−xy x+y+xy
(1+x)(1+y) (1+x)(1+y) x + y − xy (1 − x)(1 − y) − xy
94. Type(1.1)13. Let S be the sum of the first 9 terms of the series:
S = (x + ka) + (x2 + (k + 2)a) + (x3 + (k + 4)a) + . . . + (x4 + (k + 6)a) + ...

wherea ̸= 0 and x ̸= 1.
If
x10 − x + 45a(x − 1)
S= ,
x−1
then k is equal to:
(a) -5 (b) 1 (c) -3 (d) 3

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95. Type(1.1)14. The product 2 4 · 41/16 · 81/48 · 16128 . . . ∞ is equal to:
21/2
21/4
1
2

96. Type(1.1)1. Let a1 , a2 , . . . , an be in A.P. If a5 = 2a7 and a11 = 18, then

 
1 1 1
12 √ √ +√ √ + ... + √ √
a10 + a11 a11 + a12 a17 + a18
is equal to
97. Type(1.1)2. Let a1 , a2 , . . . , a21 be an AP such that
20
X 1 4
= .
n=1
an an+1 9

If the sum of this AP is 189, then a6 a16 is equal to:

(a) 57 (b) 72 (c) 48 (d) 36
108 107 2 1
98. Type(1.01)Let S = 109 + 5 + 52 + ... + 5107 + 5108 . Then the value of
16S − (25)−54 is equal to.
[NA,April11,2023(I)]
99. Type(1.01)If
(20)19 + 2(21)(20)18 + 3(21)2 (20)17 + . . . + 20(21)19 = k(20)19
then k is equal to .
[NA, April 6, 2023 (II)]
100. Type(1.01) If a1 , a2 , . . . , an are in H.P., then the expression
a1 a2 + a2 a3 + . . . + an−1 an
is equal to [2006]
n(a1 − an ) (n − 1)(a1 − an ) nan (n − 1)an

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101. Type(1.01)If
∞
X ∞
X ∞
X
n n
x= a , y= b , z= cn
n=0 n=0 n=0
where a, b, c are in A.P and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1 then x, y, z are in
G.P. A.P. Arithmetic - Geometric Progression H.P.
[2005]
102. Type(1) If the sum of the series
1 1 1 1 1



2 − 3 + 2 2 − 2.3 + 3 +
2

1 1 1 1


23 − 22 ·3 + 2·32 − 33 +
1 1 1 1 1
+ . . . is αβ , where


2 4 − 3
2 ·3 + 2
2 ·3 2 − 2·3 3 + 3 4

α and β are co-prime, then α + 3β is equal to...

[NA, April 15, 2023 (II)]
103. Type(1.01)For k ∈ N, if the sum of the series
4 8 13 19
1+ + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...
k k k k
is 10, then the value of k is
468
[INA, April 11, 2023 (II)]
104. Type(1.01)The sum of the infinite series
5 12 22 35 51 70
1+ + + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ...
6 62 6 6 6 6
is equal to:
425 429 288 280
216 216 125 125

[June 29, 2022 (II)]

105. Type(1.01) Let
6 12 20 30
S =2+ + + 3 + 4 + ...
7 72 7 7
then 4S is equal to
7 2 73 7 3 72



3 32 3 33

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 [NA, June 27,2022 (II)]
106. Type(1.01) If
7 9 13 19
S= + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...
5 5 5 5
then 160s is equal to. [NA,August,31,2021(II)]
107. Type(1.01) If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series, 3 + 4 + 8 + 9 +
13 + 14 + 18 + 19 + . . . is (102)m, then m is equal to.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 10
108. Type(1.01) The sum
20
X 1
2k
k=1
is equal to: [April 08, 2019]
2 11 11 21
217 − 3 1 − 220 219 − 2 2 − 220
109. Type(1.01) The sum of the first 20 terms of the series
3 7 15 31
1+ + + + ...
2 4 8 16
is? . [Online,April,16,2018]
(a) 38 + 2120
(b) 39 + 2119
(c) 39 + 2120
(d) 38 + 2119
110. Type(1.01) If the sum of the first n terms of the series
√ √ √ √
3 + 75 + 243 + 507 + . . .
√
is 435 3, then n equals: [Online April 8, 2017]
(a) 18 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 29
111. Type(1.01)
112. Type(1.01).The number of terms in an A.P. is even; the sum of the odd
terms in it is 24 and that the even terms is 30. If the last term exceeds the
first term by 21
2 , then the number of terms in the A.P. is: [Online April 19,
2014]
4 8 12 16

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113. Type(1.01) The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, . . .
is [2013]
7 20 7

20

7 20 7

20


81 179 − 10 9 99 − 10 81 179 + 10 9 99 + 10
114. Type(1.01) The value of 21/4 · 41/8 · 81/16 . . . is



 (a) 1

 (b) 2
[2002]


 (c) 23

 (d) 4

1 REC. SERIES

Pa101 = b1 =
115. Type(1.1)2. Let = an−1 + (n − 1), bn = bn−1 + an−1 ,
1 and an P
∀n ≥ 2. If S = n=1 bn /2 and T = 8n=1 n/2n−1 , then
n

27 (2S − T ) is equal to : INA, Jan. 29, 2023 (II)

116. Type(1.1)2. Let {ak } and {bk }, k ∈ N, be two G.P.s with common ratio r1
and r2 respectively such that a1 = b1 = 4 and r1 < r2 . Let ck = ak + bk , k ∈
N. If c2 = 5 and c3 = 13
4 then
∞
X
ck − (12a8k + 8b4 )
k=1

is equal to _______.
117. Type(1.1)3. Let a1 = b1 = 1, an = an−1 + 2 and bn = an + bn−1 for every
natural number n ≥ 2. Then
15
X
an · b n
n=1

is equal to .
118. Type(1.1)4. Let {an }∞
n=0 be a sequence such that a0 = a1 = 0 and

an+2 = 2an+1 − an + 1 for all n ≥ 0.

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 Then,
∞
X an
=?
n=2
7n

119. Type(1.1)4. Let a1 , a2 , . . . , a10 be an AP with common difference -3) and

b1 , b2 , . . . , b10 be a GP with common ratio 2. Let
ck = ak + bk , k = 1, 2, . . . , 10.
If c2 = 12 and c3 = 13, then
10
X
ck
k=1
is equal to
120. Type(1.1)5. Let {an }∞
n=1 be a sequence such that a1 = 1, a2 = 1 and

an+1 = 2an + an−1 , for all n ≥ 1.

Then the value of ∞
X an
47
n=1
23n
is equal to
121. Let {an }∞
n=0 be a sequence such that a0 = a1 = 0 and an+2 = 3an+1 −
2an + 1, ∀n ≥ 0.
Then a25 a23 − 2a25 a22 − 2a23 a24 + 4a22 a24 is equal to
JEE Main 2022 (29 Jul Shift 2) A 483 B 528 C 575 (1) 694

2 MOD

122. Type(1.1)1. The sum

21
X 3
n=1
(4n − 1)(4n + 3)

is equal to
7 7 14 21
(a) 87 (b) 29 (c) 87 (d) 29

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123. Type(1.1)2. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series
1 2 3 4 5 m
+ + + + + ... = ,
5 65 325 1025 2501 n
where m and n are co-prime numbers, then m + n is equal to ____.
124. Type(1.1)3. The expression
1 1 1 1
+ 2 + 2 + ... +
32 −1 5 −1 7 −1 (201)2 − 1
is equal to
(a) 101 99 25 101
404 (b) 400 (c) 101 (d) 408

125. Type(1.1)4. If
5
X 1 k
=
n=1
n(n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3) 3
then k is equal to
[Online April 11, 2015]
(a) 16 (b) 105
17 55
(c) 336 19
(d) 112
5.
126. Type(1.1)The sum of the series: [Online April 9, 2013]
1 1
1+ + + . . . upto 10 terms, is:
1+2 1+2+3
(a) 18 22 20 16
11 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 9

127. Type(1.1)6. If
10
X k m
= ,
k4 + k2 + 1 n
k=1
where m and n are co-prime, then m + n is equal to
128. Type(1.1)7. If
1 1 1 1
+ + ... + = ,
(20 − a)(40 − a) (40 − a)(60 − a) (180 − a)(200 − a) 256
then the maximum value of a is:
(a) 198 (b) 202 (c) 212 (d) 218

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 129. Type(1.1)8. If
1 1 1 1 k
+ + + ... + =
2×3×4 3×4×5 4×5×6 100 × 101 × 102 101
then 34k is equal to
.

130. Type(1.1)9. If
−2
an =
4n2 − 16n + 15
then a1 + a2 + . . . + a25 is equal to:
51 49 50 52
[(a)] 144 [(b)] 138 [(c)] 141 [(d)] 147
131. Type(1.1)10. The sum
12 − 2.32 + 3.52 − 4.72 + 5.92 + . . . + 15.292
is _____.
132. Type(1.1)13. Let < an > be a sequence such that
n2 + 3n
a1 + a2 + . . . + an =
(n + 1)(n + 2)
If
10
X 1
28 = p1 p2 p3 . . . pm
ak
k=1
where p1 , p2 , . . . , pm are the first m prime numbers, then m is equal to (a) 7
(b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 8

P
3 TYPE summation

133. Type(1.1)3. The sum of 10 terms of the series

3 5 7
+ + + ...
12 · 22 22 · 32 32 · 42
is (Aug. 31, 2021 (I)): (a) 120 120 99 143
121 (b) 100 (c) 100 (d) 144

134. 16) Let s1 , s2 , · · · , s10 respectively be the sum to 12 terms of 10 A.P.s whose
first terms are 1, 2, P3,10. . . , 10 and the common differences are 1, 3, 5, . . . , 19 re-
spectively. Then i=1 si is equal to [April 13, 2023 (I)] (a) 7380 (b) 7220 (c)
7360 (d) 7260

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135. Type(1.1)5. Some identical balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral
triangle. The first row consists of one ball, the second row consists of two balls
and so on. If 99 more identical balls are added to the total number of balls
used in forming the equilateral triangle, then all these balls can be arranged in
a square whose each side contains exactly 2 balls less than the number of balls
each side of the triangle contains. Then the number of balls used to form the
equilateral triangle is: [April 09, 2019] [(II)]
157 262 225 190
Pn
136. Type(1.1)1. Let Sk = 1+2+...+KK and 2 n 2
j=1 Sj = A (Bn + Cn + D), where
A, B, C, D ∈ N and A has least value. Then
1. A + B is divisible by D
2. A + B = 5(D − C)
3. A + C + D is not divisible by B
4. A + B + C + D is divisible by 5
137. Type(1.1)3. The sum to 20 terms of the series 2.22 − 32 + 42 − 52 + . . . is equal
to ____. [INA, April 13, 2023 (1)]
13 +23 +33 +...nterms 9
138. Type(1.1)4. If 1·3+2·5+3·7+... = 5 then n is
5. Let x1 , x2 , x3 , . . . , x20 be in geometric progression with x1 = 3 and the
common ratio 21 . A new data is constructed replacing each xi by (xi − 2)2 . If
x̄ is the mean of new data, then the greatest integer less than or equal to x̄ is
3 3 3
−1 −33 +23 −13 3
−53 +43 +23 −13 3 3
−···−1
139. Type(1.1)6. 21×7 +4 2×11 +6 3×15 + · · · + 3015×63 is equal [NA,
July 27,2022(1)]
1 1 1
140. Type(1.1) 7. The value of 1+2 + 1+2+3 + ... + 1+2+3+...+11

June 30, 2022(1)

(a) 20 11 241 21
11 (b) 6 (c) 132 (d) 11

141. Type(1.1) If (1 + (1 − 22 .1) + (1 − 42 .3) + (1 − 62 .5) + ....... + (1 − 202 .19) =

α − 220β then, (α, β) is equal to : [Sep.04 ,2020]
(a)(10 ,97) (b)(11 ,103) (c)(10 ,103) (d)(11 ,97)
P7 n(n+1)(2n+1)
142. Type(1.1)9. The sum, n=1 4
is equal to

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143. Type(1.1)10. The sum
x3 2 x3 4 x3
3x + 5x(x + 2) + 7x(x + 2) + ...
12 12 + 22 12 + 22 + 32
up to 10th term, is:
144. Type(1.1)11. The sum of the series: 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7 + . . . upto 11th term is:
(a)915 (b)946 (c)945 (d)916
145. Type(1.1)12. Let Sk = 1+2+3+...+k
2
If S12 + S22 + . . . + S10
2
= 5
12
A. Then A is equal to
(a) 283 (b) 301 (c) 303 (d) 156
3 3

3
3
+ 1 21 + 2 14


146. Type(1.1)13. If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series 4
+ . . . = 225k
then k is equal to : [2016(S), Jan.12,2019(II)]
108 (b) 27 (c) 54 (d)9
147. Type(1.1)14. The sum of the following series
9(12 + 22 + 32 12(12 + 22 + 32 + 42 ) 15(12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + 52 )
1+6+ + + ···
7 9 11
up to 15 terms, is: [2019 (S), Jan.09,2019 (II)]
(a)7520 (b)7510 (c)7830 (d)7820
148. Type(1.1)15. The sum of the series : 22 + 2(42 ) + 3(62 ) + . . . upto 10 terms is : [Online
April 23,2013]
(a)11300 (b)11200 (c)12100 (d)12300
149. Type(1.1)11. Let an be the nth term of the series
5 + 8 + 14 + 23 + 35 + 50 + . . .

and n
X
Sn = ak .
k=1

Then S30 − a40 is equal to (a) 11310 (b) 11290 (c) 11280 (d) 11260
150. Type(1.1)12. If
Sn = 4 + 11 + 21 + 34 + 50 + . . . to n terms,
then
1
(S29 − S9 )
60
is equal to
(a) 226 (b) 220 (c) 223 (d) 227

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