DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RUBY PARK, KOLKATA

CLASS X
PRACTICE WORKSHEET: ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS
2024-25

SECTION A (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ) of 1 mark each)

Q 1. The nth term of an A.P. is given by an = 3 + 4n . The common difference is

(a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

Q 2. If 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7. The common difference is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Q 3. The 10th term from the end of the A.P. -5, -10, -15,..…, -1000 is
(a) -955 (b) -945 (c) -950 (d) -965

a −b
Q 4. If a, b, c are in A.P., then the value of is equal to:
b−c

b c a
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
a a c

Q 5. If 2 x, x + 10, 3x + 2 are in A.P., then x is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

Q 6. For three real numbers a, b, c to be in A.P., we must have

(a) 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 𝑐 − 𝑏 (b) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑏 + 𝑐 (c) 2𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐 (d) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 2𝑐

Q 7. The sum of all odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3 is

(a) 17 (b) 867 (c) 876 (d) 786

Q 8. If 7 times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to 11 times its 11th term, then 18th term is
(a) 18 (b) 9 (c) 77 (d) 0

Q 9. In an AP, if d = –4, n = 7, an = 4, then a is

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 20 (d) 28

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Q 10. The sum of first n terms of an AP is (4𝑛2 + 2𝑛). The nth term of the AP is

(a) (6𝑛 − 2) (b) (7𝑛 − 3) (c) (8𝑛 − 2) (d) (8𝑛 + 2)

Q 11. The 21st term of the AP whose first two terms are –3 and 4 is

(a) 17 (b) 137 (c) 143 (d) -143

Q 12. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 – a13 ?

(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

Q 13. In an AP if a = 1, an = 20 and S n = 399 , then n is

(a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 38 (d) 42

Q 14. If the numbers n – 2, 4n – 1 and 5n + 2 are in AP, then the value of 𝑛 is:

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) − 1 (d) – 2

Q 15. If the nth term of the AP is 2n + 7 , then the common difference will be

(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) -3

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Q 16. If the 11th term of an AP is and its 13th term is , what will be the 143th term?
13 11

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(a) (b) 1 (c) 0 (d)
143 143

Q 17. Raindrops lead to formation of ripples in water in several water bodies. One such case
is noted in a pond by Ravi and he identifies the ripples as concentric circles. If it is found that
the ripples progressively increase in radii by 2 cm after the first ripple of radius 1.75 cm,
what will be the radius of 8th ripple?

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(a) 15.75 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 14.75 cm (d) 15 cm

Q 18. A student reading a 426-page book finds that he reads the book faster as he gets into the
subject matter. He reads 19 pages on first day and thereafter his rate of reading goes up by three
pages per day. Number of days he will need to finsih this book is:

(a) 12 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 8

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Q 19. Assertion (A) : Let the positive numbers a, b, c be in A.P., then , ,
bc ca ab
are also in A.P.
Reason (R) : If each term of an A.P a, b, c is divided by abc, then the resulting sequence is
also in A.P.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).

(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

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Q 20. Assertion (A) The sum of series with tn = (9 – 5n ) is 465, when n = 15.

Reason : Given series is in A.P. and sum of n terms of an A.P. is given by

n
Sn = [2a + (n − 1)d ]
2

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).

(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

SECTION B (Very Short Answer (VSA) Type Questions of 2 marks each)

Q 21. The angles of a triangle are in A.P., the least being half the greatest. Find the angles.

Q 22.a) Find whether -150 is a term of the A.P. 17, 12, 7, 2, …...

OR

Q 22.b) Find the 9th term from the end (towards the first term) of the A.P. 5,9,13, …, 185.

Q 23.a) Find the number of all three-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 9.

OR

Q 23.b) Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by
both 2 and 5.

Q 24. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is given by tn = 2 – 3n.

Q 25. Find the middle term(s) of the A.P. 213, 205, 197, … 37.

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 SECTION C (Short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each)

Q 26. A sum of ₹16,000 is to be used to give ten cash prizes to students of a school for their
overall academic performance. If each prize is ₹200 less than its preceding prize, find the
value of each of the prizes.

Q 27. In a school, students decided to plant trees in and around the school to reduce air
pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant,
will be double of the class in which they are studying. If there are 1 to 12 classes in the
school and each class has two sections, find how many trees were planted by the students.

Q 28.a) The sum of first m terms of an AP is 4m2 – m. If its nth term is 107, find the value of
n. Also find the 21st term of this A.P.

OR

Q 28.b) A well-drilling company charges ₹ 1500 the first foot of a well, ₹1525 for drilling the
second foot, ₹1550 for drilling the third foot, and so on. How much would it cost to have this
company drill a 100-foot well?

Q 29.a) Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of its first
four terms is half the sum of the next four terms.

OR

 1  2  3
Q 29.b) Find the sum of n terms of the series  4 −  +  4 −  +  4 −  +.
 n  n  n

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Q 30. If the ratio of the sum of first terms of two arithmetic progressions is given by

( 7n + 1) : ( 4n + 27 ) , find the ratio of their mth terms.

Q 31. The sums of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1 S 2 and S3 respectively.

The first term of each A.P. is 1 and their common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Prove that S1 + S3 = 2 S 2 .

SECTION D (Long Answer (LA) Type Questions of 5 marks each)

Q 32. Solve for x: 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 +....... + x = 1326

Q 33.a) A clock chimes once at 1:00, twice at 2:00, three times at 3:00, and so on. The clock
also chimes once at 15 – minute intervals that are not on the hour. How many times does the
clock chime in a 12 – hour period?

. OR
Q 33.b) There are 25 trees at equal distances of 5m in a line with a well, the distance of the
well from the nearest tree being 10m. A gardener waters all the trees separately starting from
the well and he returns to the well after watering each tree to get water for the next. Find the
total distance the gardener will cover in order to water all the trees.

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Q 34. If pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively, then show that

(a – b)r + (b – c)p+ (c – a)q = 0.

Q 35.a) If m times the mth term of an A.P. is n times its nth term, find the value of ( m + n )
th

term. Hence find the value of 19th term if 10 times the 10th term of a given A.P. is equal to 9
times the 9th term of it.

OR

Q 35.b) A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/min. After 1 minute, a policeman runs
after the thief to catch him. He runs with a speed of 100 m/min in the first minute and
increases his speed by 10 m/min every succeeding minute. After how many minutes will the
policeman catch the thief?

SECTION E (CASE STUDY QUESTIONS (3x4=12))

This section comprises of 3 case-study/passage-based questions of 4 marks each with two

sub-questions. First two case study questions have three sub questions of marks 1, 1, 2
respectively. The third case study question has two sub questions of 2 marks each.

Q 36. India is an emerging competitive manufacturing location of electronic goods due to

relatively low cost of manpower and strong technical or engineering capabilities leading to
higher quality production runs.
The production of smart television sets in a production unit increases uniformly by a fixed
number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.

Based on the above, answer the following questions:

i) How many television sets were produced in first year?

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ii.a) Find the production during first 3 years
OR
ii.b) In which year is the production worth ₹ 29,200?
iii) Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th years.

Q 37. In a class the teacher asks every student to write an example of A.P. Two friends Aman
and Anant writes their progressions as -5, -2, 1, 4,... and 187, 184, 181,….... respectively.
Now, the teacher asks various students of the class the following questions on these two
progressions. Help students to find the answers of the questions

i) Find the 34th term of the progression written by Anant.

ii.a) Find the difference (D) of common differences of the two progressions and form an A.P.
with D as the common difference and first term as sum of first terms of two given
progressions of Aman and Anant respectively.

OR

ii.b) If Anant forms a progression by adding 3 to each term of his actual progression, find the
sum of first 5 terms of the new arithmetic progression.

iii) If for an AP, S n = 2n + 3 , find the tenth term of this AP.

Q 38. In a pathology lab, a culture test has been conducted. In the test, the number of bacteria
taken into consideration in various samples is all 3-digit numbers that are divisible by 7,
taken in order. Based on this answer the following questions:

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i) How many bacteria are considered in the fifth sample?

ii.a) How many samples should be taken into consideration?

OR

ii.b) Find the total number of bacteria in the first 10 samples.

iii) How many bacteria are there in the 7th sample from the last?

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