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Q1^. If ( 1

α+1
+
α+2
1
+ …… +
1

α+1012
) − (
1

2⋅1
+
1

4⋅3
+
1

6⋅5
+ …..+
1

2024⋅2023
) =
1

2024
, then α is equal
to________ 09 Apr 2024 (E)

Q2. If the sum of the series 1

1⋅(1+d)
+
1

(1+d)(1+2 d)
+ … +
1

(1+9 d)(1+10 d)
is equal to 5 , then 50 d is equal to :
09 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) 10 (2) 5
(3) 15 (4) 20

Q3. Let a, ar, ar , be an infinite G.P. If ∑

2 ∞

n=0
ar
n
= 57 and ∑ ∞

n=0
3
a r
3n
= 9747 , then a + 18r is equal to
09 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 46 (2) 38
(3) 31 (4) 27

Q4. In an increasing geometric progression of positive terms, the sum of the second and sixth terms is 70

3
and the
product of the third and fifth terms is 49 . Then the sum of the 4 th
,6
th
and 8 th
terms is equal to :
08 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 96 (2) 91
(3) 84 (4) 78

Q5. An arithmetic progression is written in the following way

The sum of all the terms of the 10 th

row is_______ 08 Apr 2024 (E)

Q6.

Let the positive integers be written in the form :

If the k th
row contains exactly k numbers for every natural number k, then the row in which the number 5310
will be, is _______ 08 Apr 2024 (M)

Q7^. If the set R = {(a, b) : a + 5b = 42, a, b ∈ N} has m elements and ∑ m

n=1
(1 − i
n!
) = x + iy, where i = √−1
, then the value of m + x + y is 08 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) 12 (2) 4
(3) 8 (4) 5

Q8. Let A = {n ∈ [100, 700] ∩ N : n is neither a multiple of 3 nor a multiple of 4}. Then the number of elements in
A is 06 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) 290 (2) 280
(3) 300 (4) 310

Q9. Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. A new triangle is formed by joining the middle points of all sides of the
triangle ABC and the same process is repeated infinitely many times. If P is the sum of perimeters and Q is be

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the sum of areas of all the triangles formed in this process, then: 06 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) P 2
= 6√ 3Q (2) P 2
= 36√ 3Q

(3) P = 36√ 3Q
2
(4) P 2
= 72√ 3Q

Q10. A software company sets up m number of computer systems to finish an assignment in 17 days. If 4 computer
systems crashed on the start of the second day, 4 more computer systems crashed on the start of the third day
and so on, then it took 8 more days to finish the assignment. The value of m is equal to: 06 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 150 (2) 180
(3) 160 (4) 125

Q11^. Let the first term of a series be T 1 = 6 and its r th

term T r = 3T r−1 + 6 , r = 2, 3
r
, n . If the sum of the
first n terms of this series is 1

5
(n
2
− 12n + 39) (4 ⋅ 6
n
− 5 ⋅ 3
n
, then n is equal to______
+ 1)

06 Apr 2024 (M)

Q12^. If S(x) = (1 + x) + 2(1 + x) 2

+ 3(1 + x)
3
+ ⋯ + 60(1 + x)
60
,x ≠ 0 , and (60) 2
S(60) = a(b)
b
,
+ b

where a, b ∈ N , then (a + b) equal to ______ 06 Apr 2024 (E)

Q13. For x ⩾ 0, the least value of K, for which 4 1+x

+ 4
1−x
,
K

2
, 16
x
+ 16
−x
are three consecutive terms of an A.P.,
is equal to : 05 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 8 (2) 4
(3) 10 (4) 16

Q14. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … be in an arithmetic progression of positive terms. Let

Ak = a
2
1
− a
2
2
+ a
2
3
− a
2
4
+ … + a
2
2k−1
− a
2
2k
. If A 3 = −153, A 5 = −435 and a 2
1
+ a
2
2
+ a
2
3
= 66, then
a 17 − A 7 is equal to______ 05 Apr 2024 (M)

Q15^. If 1

√ 1+√ 2
+
1

√ 2+√ 3
+ … +
√ 99+√ 100
1
= m and 1

1⋅2
+
2⋅3
1
+ … +
1

99⋅100
= n , then the point (m, n) lies on
the line 05 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) 11(x − 1) − 100(y − 2) = 0 (2) 11x − 100y = 0
(3) 11(x − 2) − 100(y − 1) = 0 (4) 11(x − 1) − 100y = 0

Q16^. If 1 + √ 3−√ 2
+
5−2√ 6
+
9√ 3−11√ 2
+
49−20√ 6
+ … upto ∞ = 2 + (√ b
+ 1) log e (
a
) , where a and b
18 180 a b
2√ 3 36√ 3

are integers with gcd(a, b) = 1, then 11a + 18 b is equal to ______ 05 Apr 2024 (E)

Q17. Let three real numbers a, b, c be in arithmetic progression and a + 1, b, c + 3 be in geometric progression. If
a > 10 and the arithmetic mean of a, b and c is 8, then the cube of the geometric mean of a, b and c is
04 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 128 (2) 316
(3) 120 (4) 312

Q18. Let the first three terms 2, p and q, with q ≠ 2, of a G.P. be respectively the 7 th
,8
th
and 13 th
terms of an A.P.
If the 5 th
term of the G.P. is the n th
term of the A.P., then n is equal to: 04 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) 163 (2) 151
(3) 177 (4) 169
2 2 2

Q19^. The value of 1×2 +2×3 +…+100×(101)

2 2 2
is 04 Apr 2024 (E)
1 ×2+2 ×3+….+100 ×101

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(1) 32

31
(2) 31

30

(3) 306

305
(4) 305

301

Q20. Let 3, 7, 11, 15, . . , 403 and 2, 5, 8, 11, . . . , 404 be two arithmetic progressions. Then the sum, of the
common terms in them, is equal to_________ 01 Feb 2024 (M)

Q21. Let S denote the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S
n 10
= 390 and the ratio of the tenth
and the fifth terms is 15 : 7 , then S 15
− S5 is equal to: 01 Feb 2024 (E)
(1) 800 (2) 890
(3) 790 (4) 690

Q22. Let 3, a, b, c be in A. P . and 3, a − 1, b + 1, c + 9 be in G. P . Then, the arithmetic mean of a, b and c is:

01 Feb 2024 (M)
(1) −4 (2) −1
(3) 13 (4) 11

Q23. If three successive terms of a G.P. with common ratio r(r > 1) are the length of the sides of a triangle and [r]
denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to r, then 3[r] + [−r] is equal to: 01 Feb 2024 (E)

Q24. Let 2 nd
, 8
th
and 44 , terms of a non-constant A. P . be respectively the 1
th st
, 2
nd
and 3 rd
terms of G. P . If the
first term of A.P. is 1 then the sum of first 20 terms is equal to- 31 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 980 (2) 960
(3) 990 (4) 970

Q25^. The sum of the series 1−3⋅1 +1

1
2 4
+
2
2
1−3⋅2 +2
4
+
3
2
1−3⋅3 +3
4
+. ... up to 10 terms is 31 Jan 2024 (M)
(1) 45

109
(2) − 45

109

(3) 55

109
(4) − 55

109

Q26. Let S denote the sum of first n terms an arithmetic progression. If S

a 20
= 790 and S 10
= 145 , then S 15
− S5 is
: 30 Jan 2024 (M)
(1) 395 (2) 390
(3) 405 (4) 410

Q27. Let a and b be two distinct positive real numbers. Let 11 th

term of a GP, whose first term is a and third term is
b , is equal to p th
term of another GP, whose first term is a and fifth term is b. Then p is equal to
30 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 20 (2) 25
(3) 21 (4) 24

Q28^. Let S be the sum to n-terms of an arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, … …, if 40 < (

n
6
∑
n

k=1
S k ) < 42 ,
n(n+1)

then n equals ____________. 30 Jan 2024 (E)

Q29^. Let α = 1 2
+ 4
2
+ 8
2
+ 13
2
+ 19
2
+ 26
2
+ ……. upto 10 terms and β = ∑ 10

n=1
n
4
. If
4α − β = 55k + 40 , then k is equal to _______. 30 Jan 2024 (M)

Q30. In an A.P., the sixth term a 6 = 2 . If the a 1 a4 a5 is the greatest, then the common difference of the A.P., is equal
to 29 Jan 2024 (M)

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(1) 3

2
(2) 8

(3) 2

3
(4) 5

Q31. If log e
a, log
e
b, log
e
c are in an A. P . and log e
a − log
e
2b, log
e
2b − log
e
3c, log
e
3c − log
e
a are also in an
A. P . , then a : b : c is equal to 29 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 9 : 6 : 4 (2) 16 : 4 : 1

(3) 25 : 10 : 4 (4) 6 : 3 : 2

Q32. If in a G.P. of 64 terms, the sum of all the terms is 7 times the sum of the odd terms of the G.P, then the
common ratio of the G.P. is equal to 29 Jan 2024 (M)
(1) 7 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6

Q33. If each term of a geometric progression a 1

, a2 , a3 , … with a 1
=
1

8
and a 2
≠ a1 , is the arithmetic mean of the
next two terms and S n = a1 + a2 + … + an , then S 20 − S 18 is equal to 29 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 2 15
(2) −2 18

(3) 2 18
(4) −2 15

Q34. The number of common terms in the progressions 4, 9, 14, 19, … …, up to 25 th

term and 3, 6, 9, 12,.... up to
37
th
term is : 27 Jan 2024 (M)
(1) 9 (2) 5
(3) 7 (4) 8

Q35. The 20 th
term from the end of the progression 20, 19 1

4
, 18
1

2
, 17
3

4
, … , −129
1

4
is :- 27 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) −118 (2) −110
(3) −115 (4) −100

Q36*. If 8 = 3 + 1

4
(3 + p) +
4
1
2
(3 + 2p) +
1

4
3
(3 + 3p) + … ∞, then the value of p is 27 Jan 2024 (M)

Q37. Let A and A be two arithmetic means and G

1 2 1
, G2 and G be three geometric means of two distinct positive
3

numbers. Then G 4
1
+ G
4
2
+ G
4
3
2
+ G G
1
2
3
is equal to 15 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) (A 1
+ A2 ) G1 G3
2
(2) 2(A 1
+ A 2 )G 1 G 3

(3) (A 1
+ A 2 )G G
2
1
2
3
(4) 2(A 1
+ A 2 )G G
2
1
2
3

Q38*. If the sum of the series

(
1

2
−
1

3
) + (
1

2
2
−
2⋅3
1
+
1

3
2
) + (
2
1
3
−
1
2
2 ⋅3
+
1

2⋅3
2
−
3
1
3
)+(
1

2
4
−
1
3
2 ⋅3
+ 2
1

2 ⋅3
2
−
1

2⋅3
3
+
3
1
4
)+. . . . . . is α

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

15 Apr 2023 (M)

Q39. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … . be a G.P. of increasing positive numbers. Let the sum of its 6 th
and 8 th
terms be 2 and the
product of its 3 rd
and 5 th
terms be 1

9
. Then 6(a 2 + a 4 )(a 4 + a 6 ) is equal to 13 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 3 (2) 3√3
(3) 2 (4) 2√2

Q40. Let s 1 , s 2 , s 3 . . . . , s 10 respectively be the sum of 12 terms of 10 A. Ps whose first terms are 1, 2, 3, . . . . , 10

and the common differences are 1, 3, 5, . . . , 19 respectively. Then ∑ 10

i=1
si is equal to
13 Apr 2023 (M)

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(1) 7220 (2) 7360

(3) 7260 (4) 7380

Q41*. Let f (x) = ∑ 10

k=1
k
k ⋅ x , x ∈ R , if 2f (2) + f ′
(2) = 119(2)
n
+ 1 then n is equal to ______. 13 Apr 2023 (E)

Q42^. The sum to 20 terms of the series 2 ⋅ 2 2

− 3
2
+ 2 ⋅ 4
2
− 5
2 2
+ 2 ⋅ 6 −. . . . . . . . . . . . is equal to__________.
13 Apr 2023 (M)

Q43^. Let [α] denote the greatest integer ≤ α. Then [√1] + [√2] + [√3]+. . . . . . . . . . . . . +[√120] is equal to
13 Apr 2023 (E)
2

Q44^. Let < an > be a sequence such that a 1 + a 2 +. . . +a n =

n +3n

(n+1)(n+2)
. If 28 ∑
10

k=1
1

ak
= p1 p2 p3 . . . pm ,
where p 1, p2 , . . . pm are the first m prime numbers, then m is equal to
12 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) 5 (2) 8
(3) 6 (4) 7

Q45. Let x 1, x 2 , … , x 100 be in an arithmetic progression, with x 1 = 2 and their mean equal to 200 . If
y i = i(x i − i), 1 ≤ i ≤ 100 , then the mean of y 1, y2 , … ,y 100 is 11 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) 10100 (2) 10101. 50
(3) 10049. 50 (4) 10051. 50

Q46*. Let S = 109 +

108

5
+
107

5
2
+ ….+
5
2
107
+
5
1
108
. Then the value of (16S − (25) −54
) is equal to
11 Apr 2023 (M)

Q47*. For k ∈ N, if the sum of the series 1 + 4

k
+
8

k
2
+
13

k
3
+
19

k
4
+. . . . . . is 10, then the value of k is
11 Apr 2023 (E)

Q48. Let a, b, c and d be positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 11. If the maximum value of a 5 3
b c d
2
is
3750β , then the value of β is 11 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 90 (2) 110
(3) 55 (4) 108

Q49. The sum of all those terms, of the arithmetic progression 3, 8, 13, . . . , 373 , which are not divisible by 3, is
equal to ________. 10 Apr 2023 (M)

Q50*. Suppose a 1, a 2 , 2, a 3 , a 4 be in an arithmetico-geometric progression. 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 a is equal to ______________
4 10 Apr 2023 (E)

Q51. Let the first term a and the common ratio r of a geometric progression be positive integers. If the sum of
squares of its first three terms is 33033, then the sum of these three terms is equal to 10 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) 241 (2) 231
(3) 210 (4) 220

Q52^. If S n = 4 + 11 + 21 + 34 + 50 + … to n terms, then 1

60
(S 29 − S 9 ) is equal to 10 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 223 (2) 226
(3) 220 (4) 227

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Q53. Let 0 < z < y < x be three real numbers such that 1

x
,
1

y
,
1

z
are in an arithmetic progression and x, √2y, z are
in a geometric progression. If xy + yz + zx = √2
3
xyz , then 3(x + y + z) is equal to 2
08 Apr 2023 (E)

Q54^. Let S K =
1+2+...+K

K
and ∑ n

j=1
S
2
j =
n

A
(Bn
2
+ Cn + D) where A, B, C, D ∈ N and A has least value
then 08 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) A + C + D is not divisible by D (2) A + B = 5(D − C)
(3) A + B + C + D is divisible by 5 (4) A + B is divisible by D

Q55^. Let a be n n
th
term of the series 5 + 8 + 14 + 23 + 35 + 50+. . . . . . .and S n = ∑
n

k=1
ak . Then S 30 − a 40 is
equal to 08 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 11310 (2) 11260
(3) 11290 (4) 11280

Q56. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . . , an be n positive consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If d > 0 is its common
difference, then lim √
d

n
(
1

√a 1 +√a 2
+
1

√a 2 +√a 3
+ … +
1
) is
n→∞ √ a n−1 +√a n

06 Apr 2023 (M)

(1) √d
1
(2) √d
(3) 1 (4) 2

Q57*. If (20) 19
+ 2(21)(20)
18
+ 3(21) (20)
2 17
+. . . +20(21)
19
= k(20)
19
, then k is equal to _____.
06 Apr 2023 (E)

Q58^. If gcd(m, n) = 1 and 1

2
− 2
2
+ 3
2 2
− 4 +. . . . +(2021)
2
− (2022)
2
+ (2023)
2
= 1012m n
2
then m
2
− n
2
is
equal to
06 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 240 (2) 200
(3) 220 (4) 180

Q59^. The sum of the first 20 terms of the series 5 + 11 + 19 + 29 + 41+. . . is

06 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) 3520 (2) 3450
(3) 3250 (4) 3420

Q60. The number of 3-digit numbers, that are divisible by either 2 or 3 but not divisible by 7 is _____ .
01 Feb 2023 (M)

Q61. Let a 1 = 8, a 2 , a 3 , … . a n 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 _____ . 01 Feb 2023 (M)

Q62. The sum of the common terms of the following three arithmetic progressions.
3, 7, 11, 15, … … … … , 399

2, 5, 8, 11, . . . . . . . . . 359 and 2, 7, 12, 17, … … , 197 is equal to _____.

01 Feb 2023 (E)

Q63^. The sum to 10 terms of the series

1+1 +1
1
2 4
+
2
2
1+2 +2
4
+
1+3 +3
3
2 4
+ … is :-
01 Feb 2023 (M)

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(1) 59

111
(2) 111
55

(3) 56

111
(4) 111
58

Q64^. The sum ∑ ∞

n=1
2n +3n+4

(2n)!
is equal to :
01 Feb 2023 (E)
(1) 11e

2
+
7

2e
(2) 13e

4
+
5

4e
− 4

(3) 11e

2
+
7

2e
− 4 (4) 13e

4
+
5

4e

Q65. Let a 1
, a2 , … … , an be in A.P. If a 5
= 2a 7 and a 11
= 18 , then
12(
1
+
1
+ …..
1
) is equal to _____ . 31 Jan 2023 (M)
√ a 10 +√ a 11 √ a 11 +√ a 12 √ a 17 +√ a 18

Q66. Number of 4-digit numbers that are less than or equal to 2800 and either divisible by 3 or by 11 , is equal to
_____ . 31 Jan 2023 (M)

Q67. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … … . be an A.P. If a 7 = 3 , the product (a 1 a4 ) is minimum and the sum of its first n terms is
zero then n! − 4a n(n+2)
is equal to 31 Jan 2023 (E)
(1) 381

4
(2) 9
(3) 33

4
(4) 24

Q68. 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 31 Jan 2023 (M)
(1) 7 (2) 9

(3) 3 (4) 14

Q69^. The sum 1 2

− 2. 3
2
+ 3. 5
2
− 4. 7
2
+ 5. 9
2
− … . . +15. 29
2
is _____ . 31 Jan 2023 (E)

Q70. The 8 th
common term of the series
S 1 = 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + …

S 2 = 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + 21 + … . is
30 Jan 2023 (E)

Q71. Let a, b, c > 1, a 3

,b
3
and c be in A. P. and log
3
a
b , log c
a and log b
c be in G. P. If the sum of first 20 terms of
an A. P., whose first term is a+4b+c

3
and the common difference is a−8b+c

10
is −444, then abc is equal to
30 Jan 2023 (E)
(1) 343 (2) 216
(3) 343

8
(4) 125

Q72^. If a n
= 2
−2

4n −16n+15
, then a 1
+ a 2 + … . +a 25 is equal to: 30 Jan 2023 (M)
(1) 51

144
(2) 138
49

(3) 50

141
(4) 147
52

Q73^. ∑
3
n ((2n)!)+(2n−1)(n!)
where and Then a is equal
∞ b ∞ 1 2
= ae + + c a, b, c ∈ Z e = ∑ − b + c
n=0 (n!)((2n)!) e n=0 n!

to _______ 30 Jan 2023 (M)

Q74. The number of 3 digit numbers, that are divisible by either 3 or 4 but not divisible by 48 , is 29 Jan 2023 (E)
(1) 472 (2) 432
(3) 507 (4) 400

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Q75. Let a

Q76. Let {a
r1 < r2

Q77^. Let
T = ∑
1,

k}

A, A + 1, A + 2

2b

c
7

17

17
a2 , a3 , …

sum of fifth and seventh terms is 24 , then a

and {b
. Let c

a1 = b1 = 1

n=1

common difference is
1

1
k

are in A.P. with common difference

(1) 2
(3) 12
n
n−1
k },

Q78. For the two positive numbers a, b, if a, b and

. be a GP of increasing positive numbers. If the product of fourth and sixth terms is 9 and the

Q81. The 4th term of GP is 500 and its common ratio is

this GP. If S

Q82^. If

Q83*. Let a

Q84^. If

Q85^. If

Q86^. ∑
2×3×4
3

1,

100×101×102

Q87^. Let {a
Then a
20

r=1

(1) 22! − 21!

(r

(3) 21! − 2(20!)

3

a2 , a3 , …

(20−a)(40−a)

(1) 198
(3) 212

n } n=0

25 a 23
+
6

+ 1)(r!)

∞
> S5 + 1

1 +2 +3 ......upto n terms

1⋅3+2⋅5+3⋅7+....upto n terms

3×4×5

=
+

101
k ∈ N

= ak + bk , k ∈ N

then 2

+
and

arithmetic progression, then, 16a + 12b is equal to _____ .

Q79. Let A 1, A2 , A3

+ 70 = 0

Q80. For three positive integers p, q, r, x

d

12
7

and S
(2S − T )

, is equal to ______.

be an A.P. If ∑
1

(40−a)(60−a)

4×5×6

is equal to

be a sequence such that a

1
=

+ …+

− 2a 25 a 22 − 2a 23 a 24 + 4a 22 a 24
7 < S6 +

+ ……+
∞
pq

r=1

, then 34k is equal to _______.

2

2
2

= y
= 5

ar

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1

then the value of n is

0
qr
1 a9

= 4
1

18

= z
+ a2 a4 a9 + a5 + a7

, be two G.P.s with common ratio r and r respectively such that a

. If c and c 3

a n = a n−1 + (n − 1), b n = b n−1 + a n−1 , ∀n ≥ 2

is equal to

. The r − p − q is equal to

= a1 = 0
1

(180−a)(200−a)
=

m
13

(2) 6
(4) −6

, m ∈ N
then ∑

, then 4a is equal to ______.

and a
is equal to
2

(2) 202
(4) 218
1

256

(2) 22! − 2(21!)

(4) 21! − 20!

n+2
1
∞

k=1

are in a geometric progression, while

be the three A.P. with the same common difference d and having their first terms as
, respectively. Let a, b, c be the 7 th

2
p r
,9
th
, 17
th

. If a = 29, then the sum of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is c − a − b and

and r = pq + 1 such that

2
is equal to

terms of A 1,

= 3a n+1 − 2a n + 1, ∀n ≥ 0
JEE Main 2024 - 2019 PYQs

c k − (12a 6 + 8 b 4 )

A2 , A3
If

3, 3 log

, then the maximum value of a is

1

y
S = ∑

, 10
1

and

x, 3 log

. Let S denote the sum of the first n terms of

, then the number of possible values of m is ______
n

.
= b1 = 4

is equal to

z
MathonGo

29 Jan 2023 (M)

29 Jan 2023 (E)

10

n=1
(
bn

y, 7 log
n

29 Jan 2023 (E)

, respectively such that

1

24 Jan 2023 (M)

24 Jan 2023 (M)

24 Jan 2023 (E)

29 Jul 2022 (M)

29 Jul 2022 (M)

29 Jul 2022 (M)

29 Jul 2022 (E)

)

are in an
25 Jan 2023 (E)

25 Jan 2023 (M)

and

x
and

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29 Jul 2022 (E)

(1) 483 (2) 528
(3) 575 (4) 624

Q88. Let x 1, x 2 , x 3 , … . . , x 20 be in geometric progression with x 1 = 3 and the common ration 1

2
. A new data is
constructed replacing each x by (x i i − i)
2
. If x is the mean of new data, then the greatest integer less than or
equal to x is 28 Jul 2022 (M)

Q89^. If 6

3
12
+
3
10
11
+
20

3
10
+
40

3
9
+ …..+
10240

3
= 2
n
⋅ m , where m is odd, then m. n is equal to _____ .
28 Jul 2022 (E)
2

Q90. If the minimum value of f (x) = 5x

2
+
α

x
5
,x > 0 , is 14, then the value of α is equal to 28 Jul 2022 (M)
(1) 32 (2) 64
(3) 128 (4) 256

Q91. For p, q ∈ R, consider the real valued function f (x) = (x − p) 2

− q, x ∈ R and q > 0. Let a 1, a2 , a3 and a be
4

in an arithmetic progression with mean p and positive common difference. If |f (a i )| = 500 for all i = 1, 2, 3, 4
, then the absolute difference between the roots of f (x) = 0 is 28 Jul 2022 (M)

Q92^. Consider the sequence a 1, a2 , a3 , … … such that a 1 = 1, a 2 = 2 and a n+2 =

2

a n+1
+ an for n = 1, 2, 3, …
28 Jul 2022 (M)
1 1 1 1
a1 + a2 + a3 + a 30 +

If ( then α is equal to
a a a a
2 3 4 31 α 61
) ⋅ ( ) ⋅ ( )…( ) = 2 ( C )
a3 a4 a5 a 32 31

(1) −30 (2) −31

(3) −60 (4) −61

Q93. Suppose a 1, a2 , … , an , … be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum of the first
five terms to the sum of first nine terms of the progression is 5 : 17 and 110 < a 15 < 120 , then the sum of the
first ten terms of the progression is equal to 27 Jul 2022 (M)
(1) 290 (2) 380
(3) 460 (4) 510

Q94. 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, n
th
term is a and the
n

common difference is 10 ar , is equal to 2

27 Jul 2022 (E)
(1) 21a 11 (2) 22a 11

(3) 15a 16 (4) 14a 16

Q95^. Let f (x) = 2x 2

− x − 1 and S = {n ∈ Z : |f (n)| ≤ 800} . Then, the value of ∑ n∈S
f (n) is equal to
_______. 27 Jul 2022 (M)
3 3 3 3

Q96^. is equal to ______.

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 −1 4 −3 +2 −1 6 −5 +4 −3 +2 −1 30 −29 +28 −27 +…+2 −1
+ + + …..+
1×7 2×11 3×15 15×63

27 Jul 2022 (E)

Q97. 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 11 th
set is equal to _______. 26 Jul 2022 (M)

Q98. Consider two G.Ps. 2, 2 2

,2 ,…
3
and 4, 4 2
,4 ,…
3
of 60 and n terms respectively. If the geometric mean of all
225

the 60 + n terms is (2) 8

, then ∑
n

k=1
k(n − k) is equal to: 26 Jul 2022 (M)

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(1) 560 (2) 1540

(3) 1330 (4) 2600

Q99^. If ∑ 10

k=1 4
k +k +1
k
2
=
m

n
, where m and n are co-prime, then m + n is equal to 26 Jul 2022 (E)

Q100. 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.
26 Jul 2022 (E)

Q101^. The sum ∑ 21

n=1 (4n−1)(4n+3)
3
is equal to 25 Jul 2022 (E)
(1) 7

87
(2) 29
7

(3) 14

87
(4) 21

29

Q102^. Let a 1 = b 1 = 1, a n = a n−1 + 2 and b n = a n + b n−1 for every natural number n ≥ 2. Then ∑ 15

n=1
an ⋅ bn is
equal to _____ . 25 Jul 2022 (M)

Q103. 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 ______. 29 Jun 2022 (E)

Q104^. The sum of the infinite series 1 + 5

6
+
12

6
2
+
22

6
3
+
35

6
4
+
51

6
5
+
70

6
6
+ … is equal to: 29 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 425

216
(2) 429

216

(3) 288

125
(4) 280

125

Q105^. Let {a n } n=0

∞
be a sequence such that a 0 = a1 = 0 and a n+2 = 2a n+1 − a n + 1 for all n ≥ 0. Then,
∑
∞

n=2
an

7
n
is equal to 29 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) 343
6
(2) 7

216

(3) 343
8
(4) 49

216

Q106. 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 28 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 21 (2) 22
(3) 23 (4) 24

Q107. LetA 1, A2 , A3 , … … be an increasing geometric progression of positive real numbers. If

A1 A3 A5 A7 =
1

1296
and A 2 + A4 =
7

36
, then, the value of A 6 + A 8 + A 10 is equal to 28 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) 43 (2) 33
(3) 37 (4) 48

Q108^. Let for n = 1, 2, … … , 50, Sn be the sum of the infinite geometric progression whose first term is n and 2

whose common ratio is 1

2
. Then the value of 1

26
+ ∑
50

n=1
(S n +
2

n+1
− n − 1) is equal to
(n+1)

28 Jun 2022 (E)

Q109. If x = ∑ ∞

n=0
a
n
, y = ∑
∞

n=0
b
n
, z = ∑
∞

n=0
c
n
, where a, b, c are in A.P. and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, abc ≠ 0,
then 27 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) x, y, z are in A.P. (2) x, y, z are in G.P.
(3) 1

x
,
1

y
,
1

z
are in A.P. (4) 1

x
+
1

y
+
1

z
= 1 − (a + b + c)

Q110^. Let S = 2 +
6

7
+
12

7
2
+
20

7
3
+
30

7
4
+ ….. then 4S is equal to 27 Jun 2022 (E)

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(1) ( (2) (
2 3
7 7
) )
2 3

(3) (4) (
7 4
7
)
3 3

Q111. If a 1, a2 , a3 … and b 1, b2 , b3 … . are A.P. and a 1 = 2, a 10 = 3, a 1 b 1 = 1 = a 10 b 10 then a 4 b4 is equal to

27 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 28

27
(2) 28

24

(3) 23

26
(4) 22

23

Q112^. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series 1

5
+
2

65
+
3

325
+
4

1025
+
5

2501
+ …. is m

n
, where m and n are
co-prime numbers, then m + n is equal to ______. 27 Jun 2022 (M)
n

Q113. If A = ∑ ∞

n=1 (3+(−1)
1
n
)
n and B = ∑ ∞

n=1
(−1)

(3+(−1)
n
)
n , then A

B
is equal to 26 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 11

9
(2) 1
(3) − 11

9
(4) − 11

Q114. If a 1 (> 0), a 2 , a 3 , a 4 , a 5 are in a G.P. , a 2 + a 4 = 2a 3 + 1 and 3a 2 + a 3 = 2a 4 , then a 2 + a 4 + 2a 5 is equal

to _____. 26 Jun 2022 (E)

Q115^. Let A = ∑ 10

i=1
∑
10

j=1
min{i, j} and B = ∑ 10

i=1
∑
10

j=1
max{i, j} . Then A + B is equal to _____.
26 Jun 2022 (M)

Q116^. The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of first 100 terms of the sequence 1

3
,
5

9
,
19

27
,
65

81
,… is
equal to ______ 25 Jun 2022 (M)

Q117*. The sum 1 + 2 ⋅ 3 + 3 ⋅ 3 2

+ … … . . +10 ⋅ 3
9
is equal to 25 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) (2)
12 10
2⋅3 +10 19⋅3 +1

4 4
10

(3) 5 ⋅ 3 10
− 2 (4) 9⋅3

2
+1

Q118. If {a i } i=1
n
, where n is an even integer, is an arithmetic progression with common difference 1, and
n

∑
n

i=1
a i = 192, ∑
2

i=1
a 2i = 120 , then n is equal to 24 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) 18 (2) 36
(3) 96 (4) 48

Q119. Let x, y > 0. If x 3

y
2
= 2
15
, then the least value of 3x + 2y is 24 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 30 (2) 32
(3) 36 (4) 40

Q120^. Let a 1, a2 , … , a 21 be an A. P . such that ∑ 20

n=1
1

a n a n+1
=
4

9
. If the sum of this A. P . is 189, then a 6 a 16 is
equal to : 01 Sep 2021 (E)
(1) 57 (2) 48
(3) 36 (4) 72

Q121^. Let S n = 1 ⋅ (n − 1) + 2 ⋅ (n − 2) + 3 ⋅ (n − 3) + … + (n − 1) ⋅ 1, n ⩾ 4.

∞ 2 Sn 1
The sum ∑ ( − ) is equal to :
n=4 n! (n−2)!

01 Sep 2021 (E)

(1) e−2

6
(2) e−1

(3) 6
e
(4) e

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Q122. Three numbers are in an increasing geometric progression with common ratio r. If the middle number is
doubled, then the new numbers are in an arithmetic progression with common difference d. If the fourth term
of GP is 3r , then r 2 2
− d is equal to : 31 Aug 2021 (M)
(1) 7 − √3 (2) 7 + 3√3
(3) 7 − 7√3 (4) 7 + √3

Q123^. The sum of 10 terms of the series 1 ×2

2
3
2
+ 2
2 ×3
5
2
+ 2
3 ×4
7
2
+ … is :
31 Aug 2021 (M)
(1) 143

144
(2) 99

100

(3) 1 (4) 120

121

Q124. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … be an A.P. If a 1 +a 2 +…+a 10

a 1 +a 2 +…+a p
=
100

p
2
, p ≠ 10, then a 11

a 10
is equal to : 31 Aug 2021 (E)
(1) 19

21
(2) 100

121

(3) 21

19
(4) 121

100

Q125*. If S =
7

5
+
9

5
2
+
13

5
3
+
19

5
4
+ …, then 160 S is equal to . 31 Aug 2021 (E)

Q126. If for x, y ∈ R, upto ∞ terms and

1/3 1/9 2+4+6+…+2y 4
x > 0, y = log 10 x + log 10 x + log 10 x + … = ,
3+6+9+…+3y log 10 x

then the ordered pair (x, y) is equal to 27 Aug 2021 (M)

(1) (10 6
, 6) (2) (10 6
, 9)

(3) (10 2
, 3) (4) (10 4
, 6)

Q127^. If 0 < x < 1 and y = 1

2
x
2
+
2

3
x
3
+
3

4
x
4
+ …… , then the value of e 1+y
at x = 1

2
is: 27 Aug 2021 (E)
(1) 1

2
e
2
(2) 2e
(3) 2e 2
(4) 1

2
√e

Q128^. If 0 < x < 1, then 3

2
x
2
+
5

3
x
3
+
7

4
x
4
+ …, is equal to
27 Aug 2021 (M)
(1) x( x+1

1−x
) + log e (1 − x) (2) x( 1−x

1+x
) + log e (1 − x)

(3) 1+x

1−x
+ log e (1 − x) (4) 1−x

1+x
+ log e (1 − x)

Q129. If the sum of an infinite GP, a, ar, ar , ar , …

2 3
is 15 and the sum of the squares of its each term is 150, then
the sum of ar 2 4
, ar , ar , …
6
is: 26 Aug 2021 (M)
(1) 25

2
(2) 9

(3) 1

2
(4) 5

Q130. Let a 1
, a 2 , … , a 10 be an A. P . with common difference −3 and b 1
, b 2 , … , b 10 be a G. P . with common ratio
2. Let c k
= a k + b k , k = 1, 2, … , 10. If c 2
= 12 and c 3
= 13, then ∑ 10

k=1
ck is equal to ______.
26 Aug 2021 (E)
2 100

Q131^. The sum of the series x+1

1
+
x +1
2
2
+
x +1
2
4
+ … +
2

2
100
when x = 2 is: 26 Aug 2021 (M)
x +1
101 101

(1) 1 − 4
2
101
−1
(2) 1 + 4
2
101
−1
100 100

(3) 1 + 4
2
101
−1
(4) 1 − 4
2
201
−1

Q132. If log 3
2, log (2
3
x
− 5), log (2
3
x
−
7

2
) are in an arithmetic progression, then the value of x is equal to _____.
27 Jul 2021 (M)

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Q133. If tan( π

9
), x, tan(
7π

18
) are in arithmetic progression and tan( π

9
), y, tan(
5π

18
) are also in arithmetic
progression, then |x − 2y| is equal to : 27 Jul 2021 (E)
(1) 4 (2) 3
(3) 0 (4) 1

Q134. Let S be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S

n 3n = 3S 2n , then the value of S 4n

S 2n
is :
25 Jul 2021 (M)
(1) 6 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) 8

Q135*.
1 1 1
log (0.25) ( + + +…. upto ∞)
3 2 3

If the value of (1 + 2

3
+
6

3
2
+
10

3
3
+ ….. upto ∞)
3 3
is l, then l is equal to
2

.
25 Jul 2021 (M)

Q136. Let S denote the sum of first n-terms of an arithmetic progression. If S

n 10
= 530, S 5 = 140, then S 20
− S6

is equal to: 22 Jul 2021 (M)

(1) 1862 (2) 1842
(3) 1852 (4) 1872

Q137. If sum of the first 21 terms of the series log 9

1/2 x + log
9
1/3 x + log
9
1/4 x + ….. where x > 0 is 504, then x is
equal to 20 Jul 2021 (E)
(1) 243 (2) 9
(3) 7 (4) 81

Q138^. Let {a n
}
∞

n=1
be a sequence such that a 1
= 1, a 2 = 1 and a n+2
= 2a n+1 + a n for all n ≥ 1. Then the value
of 47 ∑ is equal to ________. 20 Jul 2021 (E)
∞ an
( 3n
)
n=1 2

Q139^. For k ∈ N , let

2

α(α+1)(α+2)…….(α+20)
1
= ∑
20

K=0
Ak

α+k
, where α > 0. Then the value of 100( A 14 +A 15

A 13
) is
equal to ____________. 20 Jul 2021 (E)

Q140. Let S be the sum of first 2n terms of an arithmetic progression. Let S be the sum of first 4n terms of the
1 2

same arithmetic progression. If (S 2 − S1 ) is 1000, then the sum of the first 6n terms of the arithmetic
progression is equal to: 18 Mar 2021 (E)
(1) 1000 (2) 7000
(3) 5000 (4) 3000

Q141^. If α, β are natural numbers such that

100
α
− 199β = (100)(100) + (99)(101) + (98)(102) + … . . +(1)(199), then the slope of the line passing
through (α, β) and origin is: 18 Mar 2021 (M)
(1) 540 (2) 550
(3) 530 (4) 510

Q142^. 2
1

3 −1
+
5 −1
1
2
+ 2
7 −1
1
+ … +
(201) −1
1
2
is equal to 18 Mar 2021 (M)
(1) 101

404
(2) 25

101

(3) 101

408
(4) 99

400

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Q143^. If ∑

Q144. If 1, log

determinant

Q145. Let

Q146^. Let S
a > 1

(1)
(3)
1

16

4
9

11

(a + b) − (

(1) log
(3) e

(1) 35
(3) 26

(3) −

diagonal of A
one, is

Q155. If 0 < θ, ϕ <

10

r=1

,a

2
10

n (x)

− 1

41

8
r!(r

(4

. If S

{11, 8, 21, 16, 26, 32, 4}

Q149^. If 0 < a, b < 1, and tan

e +
e

Q153. The minimum value of f (x) = a

(1) a + 1
(3) a +

Q154. Let A 1,
1

a
∣
x

A2 , A3 , … . .
3

− 2)

24 (x)

2
a +b

19

n+1

2
+ 6r

2 (x −

and b be in G.P. and

= log

2
2

e
1

= 1093

−1
2

1/2

) + (

Q151. If the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean of the p

satisfy the equation 4x

Q152^. The sum of the series ∑

(1) 41

8
e +
19

8
e
−1
+ 10

− 10
+ 2r + 5) = α(11!)

and log
1

2
)

x + log

the number of common terms in these two series is equal to _______.

Q148*. The sum of the infinite series 1 +

2
−1

a +b

. If the length of A is 12

,x = ∑
∞

n=0
10

x − 1

and S

Q150. In an increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth term is
and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of 4

− 9x + 5 = 0

n=1
(4

a + tan
3

cos
x

1/3

) − (

2
,
+

n +6n+10

(2n+1)!

2n
a
1

x + log

12 (2x)

Q147. Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series having four initial terms from the set

x
18

,6

+ a

θ, y = ∑

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2

−1
)

+
is equal to:

4
a +b
b =

th

1−a
a

= 265,

3
7

,6
2
, then the value of α is equal to ___ .

are in arithmetic progression for a real number x then the value of the

be in A.P., where a, b > 0. Then 72(a + b) is equal to _______ .

1/6

) + …

x
x + log

th
12

and 8
3

, then p + q is equal to _______.

is equal to

, where a,
+

th

be squares such that for each n ⩾ 1, the length of the side of A equals the length of
cm

n=0
a
1/11

(2) e
x + log

then value of a is equal to _____.

. If the last terms of these series are the maximum possible four digit numbers, then

17

3
4

(2)
(4)

, then the value of

is :
+

(4) log
4
22

15

13
5

terms is equal to:

(2) 32
(4) 30

(2)
(4)

(2) 2a
(4) 2√a
th

x ∈ R
and q

41

41

8
e +

e −
e
+ ……

2
a

th
1/18

19

8
e
x + log

−1

and a > 0, is equal to:

− 10

, then the smallest value of n for which area of A is less than

sin
2n
ϕ and z = ∑ ∞

n=0
cos
2n
a

is equal to:
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1/27

25

θ ⋅ sin
x + …
MathonGo

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17 Mar 2021 (E)

16 Mar 2021 (E)

up to n-terms, where
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16 Mar 2021 (M)

26 Feb 2021 (M)

26 Feb 2021 (E)

and the product of the third

terms of the sequence −16, 8, −4, 2, …

19

8
e
−1
− 10

2n
n

ϕ then :
26 Feb 2021 (M)

26 Feb 2021 (E)

26 Feb 2021 (E)

25 Feb 2021 (E)

25 Feb 2021 (M)

25 Feb 2021 (M)

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(1) xy − z = (x + y)z (2) xy + yz + zx = z

(3) xy + z = (x + y) z (4) xyz = 4

Q156. Let a, b, c be in arithmetic progression. Let the centroid of the triangle with vertices (a, c), (2, b) and (a, b) be
(
10

3
,
7

3
). If α, β are the roots of the equation ax 2
+ bx + 1 = 0, then the value of α 2
+ β
2
− αβ is:
24 Feb 2021 (E)
(1) − 71

256
(2) 69

256

(3) 71

256
(4) − 69

256

2 4 6

Q157. If e (cos x+cos x+cos x+....∞) log

e
2
satisfies the equation t 2
− 9t + 8 = 0 , then the value of 2 sin x

sin x+√ 3 cos x

, where
0 < x <
π

2
, is equal to 24 Feb 2021 (M)
(1) 3

2
(2) 1

(3) √3 (4) 2√3

Q158. The sum of first four terms of a geometric progression (G. P. ) is 65

12
and the sum of their respective
reciprocals is 65

18
. If the product of first three terms of the G. P. is 1, and the third term is α, then 2α is
_________. 24 Feb 2021 (E)

Q159. The common difference of the A. P. b1 , b2 , . . . . , bm is 2 more than common difference of

A. P. a 1 , a 2 , . . . . . , a n . If a 40
= −159, a 100 = −399 and b 100
= a 70 , then b is equal to :
1
06 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) 81 (2) −127
(3) −81 (4) 127

Q160. Let a, b, c, d and p be non-zero distinct real numbers such that

(a
2
+ b
2
+ c )p
2 2
− 2(ab + bc + cd)p + (b
2
+ c
2 2
+ d ) = 0 . Then 06 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) a, b, c are in A.P. (2) a, c, p are in G.P.
(3) a, b, c, d are in G.P. (4) a, b, c, d are in A.P.

Q161. If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series log (7

1/2
)
x + log (7 1/3 ) x + log (7 1/4 ) x + … is 460, then x is
equal to: 05 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) 7 2
(2) 7 1/2

(3) e 2
(4) 7 46/21

Q162. If 2 10
+ 2
9
⋅ 3
1
+ 2
8
⋅ 3
2
+ …… + 2 ⋅ 3
9
+ 3
10
= S − 2
11
, then S is equal to 05 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 3 11
− 2
12
(2) 3 11

11

(3) 3

2
+ 2
10
(4) 2. 3 11

Q163. If 3 2 sin 2α−1

, 14 and 3 4−2 sin 2α
are the first three terms of an A.P. for some α , then the sixth term of this A.P. is
05 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 66 (2) 81
(3) 65 (4) 78

Q164. If the sum of the second, third and fourth terms of a positive term G.P. is 3 and the sum of its sixth, seventh
and eighth terms is 243, then the sum of the first 50 terms of this G.P. is : 05 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) 1

26
(3
49
− 1) (2) 1

26
(3
50
− 1)

(3) 2

13
(3
50
− 1) (4) 1

13
(3
50
− 1)

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Q165^. If 1 + (1 − 2 2
⋅ 1) + (1 − 4
2
⋅ 3) + (1 − 6
2
⋅ 5) + … … + (1 − 20
2
⋅ 19) = α − 220 β , then an ordered
pair (α, β) is equal to: 04 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) (10, 97) (2) (11, 103)

(3) (10, 103) (4) (11, 97)

Q166. Let a 1, a2 , … , an be a given A.P. whose common difference is an integer and S n = a1 + a2 + … + an . If

a 1 = 1, a n = 300 and 15 ≤ n ≤ 50, then the ordered pair (S n−4 , a n−4 ) is equal to: 04 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) (2490, 249) (2) (2480, 249)
(3) (2480, 248) (4) (2490, 248)

Q167. 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 03 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 1

6
(2) 1

(3) 1

4
(4) 1

Q168. The value of 0. 16 03 Sep 2020 (M)

1 1 1

is __________
log 2.5 ( + + +….∞)
3 2 3
3 3

Q169. If m arithmetic means (A.Ms) and three geometric means (G.Ms) are inserted between 3 and 243 such that
4
th
A.M. is equal to 2 nd
G.M., then m is equal to: 03 Sep 2020 (E)

Q170^. If the sum of the series 20 + 19 3

5
+ 19
1

5
+ 18
4

5
+. . . . . . . . . . up to n th
term is 488 and the n th
term is
negative, then : 03 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) n th
term is −4 2

5
(2) n = 41
(3) n th
term is −4 (4) n = 60

Q171. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P. ,a 1

, a2 , a3 … … is 0(a 1
≠ 0) then the sum of the A.P
a 1 , a 3 , a 5 , … . . a 23 is ka where k is equal to
1
02 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) − 121

10
(2) 121

10

(3) 72

5
(4) − 72

Q172. The sum of the first three terms of G. P is S and their products is 27. Then all such S lie in
02 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) (−∞, −9] ∪ [3, ∞) (2) [−3, ∞)
(3) (−∞, −3] ∪ [9, ∞) (4) (−∞, 9]

Q173. Let S be the sum of the first 9 term of the series :

{x + ka} + {x
2
+ (k + 2)a} + {x
3
+ (k + 4)a} + {x
4
+ (k + 6)a} + … where a ≠ 0 and x ≠ 1 . If
10

, then k is equal to
x −x+45a(x−1)
S =
x−1

02 Sep 2020 (E)

(1) −5 (2) 1
(3) −3 (4) 3

Q174. If |x| < 1, |y| < 1 and x ≠ 1, then the sum to infinity of the following series
(x + y) + (x
2
+ xy + y ) + (x
2 3 2
+ x y + xy
2 3
+ y )+. . . . . is 02 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) (2)
x+y−xy x+y+xy

(1+x)(1+y) (1+x)(1+y)

(3) (4)
x+y−xy x+y+xy

(1−x)(1−y) (1−x)(1−y)

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Q175. The product 2 09 Jan 2020 (M)

1 1 1

4
∙ 4 16
∙ 8 48
∙ 16 128
∙ .... to ∞ is equal to:
1 1

(1) 2 2
(2) 2 4

(3) 1 (4) 2

Q176. The number of terms common to the two A.P.’s 3, 7, 11, … , 407 and 2, 9, 16, … , 709 is ____________.
09 Jan 2020 (E)

Q177. Let a be the n

n
th
term of a G.P. of positive terms. If ∑ 100

n=1
a 2n+1 = 200 and ∑ 100

n=1
a 2n = 100, then ∑ 200

n=1
an

is equal to: 09 Jan 2020 (E)

(1) 300 (2) 225
(3) 175 (4) 150

Q178. If x = ∑ ∞

n=0
(−1)
n
tan θ
2
and y = ∑ ∞

n=0
cos
2n
θ, for 0 < θ < π

4
, then: 09 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) x(1 + y) = 1 (2) y(1 − x) = 1
(3) y(1 + x) = 1 (4) x(1 − y) = 1

Q179. If the 10 , term of an A.P. is

th 1

20
, and its 20 , term is
th

10
1
, then the sum of its first 200, terms is.
08 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) 50 (2) 50 1

(3) 100 (4) 100 1

Q180^. The sum ∑ 20

k=1
(1 + 2 + 3 + … + k) is ___________. 08 Jan 2020 (M)

Q181. Let f : R → R be such that for all x ∈ R(2 1+x

+ 2
1−x
), f (x) and (3 x
+ 3
−x
) are in A.P., then the minimum
value of f (x) is 08 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 0 (4) 4

Q182^. The sum, ∑ 7

n=1
n(n+1)(2n+1)

4
, is equal to 08 Jan 2020 (E)

Q183. Five numbers are in A. P. , whose sum is 25 and product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is − 1

2
, then
the greatest number amongst them is 07 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 27 (2) 7
(3) 21

2
(4) 16

Q184. The greatest positive integer k, for which 49 k

+ 1 is a factor of the sum 49 125
+ 49
124
+ … + 49
2
+ 49 + 1,

is 07 Jan 2020 (M)

(1) 32 (2) 63
(3) 60 (4) 35

Q185. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … , be a G. P. such that a 1 < 0, a 1 + a 2 = 4 and a 3 + a 4 = 16 . If ∑ 9

i=1
a i = 4λ , then λ, is
equal to. 07 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) −513 (2) −171
(3) 171 (4) 511

Q186^. 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 07 Jan 2020 (E)

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(1) 20 (2) 25
(3) 5 (4) 10

Q187. Let S denote the sum of the first n terms of an A. P .. If S

n 4 = 16 and S 6 = −48 , then S 10 is equal to:
12 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) −320 (2) −380
(3) −260 (4) −410

Q188. If a 1, a2 , a3 , . . . . are in A.P. such that a 1 + a 7 + a 16 = 40, then the sum of the first 15 terms of this A.P is:
12 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 280 (2) 120
(3) 150 (4) 200

Q189. If a 1, a2 , a3 . . . . . . . . . , an are in A. P. and a 1 + a 4 + a 7 . . . . . . . . . +a 16 = 114 , then a 1 + a 6 + a 11 + a 16 is

equal to : 10 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) 64 (2) 98
(3) 38 (4) 76

Q190. Let a, b and c be in G. P . with common ratio r, where a ≠ 0 and 0 < r ≤ 1

2
. If 3a, 7b and 15c are the first
three terms of an A. P . , then the 4 th
term of this A. P . is : 10 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) a (2) 7

3
a

(3) 5a (4) 2

3
a

Q191^. The sum 10 Apr 2019 (M)

3 3 3 3 3
5×(1 +2 ) 7×(1 +2 +3 )
upto 10 term is
3
3×1 th
2
+ 2 2
+ 2 2 2
+. . . . .
1 1 +2 1 +2 +3

(1) 660 (2) 600

(3) 620 (4) 680
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Q192^. The sum 1 + 1 +2

1+2
+
1 +2 +3

1+2+3
+. . . +
1 +2 +3 +...+15

1+2+3+...+15
−
1

2
(1 + 2 + 3+. . . +15) is equal to 10 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 620 (2) 1240
(3) 1860 (4) 660

Q193. Let a 1, a2 , a3 . . . be an A. P . with a 6 = 2. Then, the common difference of this A. P . , which maximise the
product a 1 ⋅ a4 ⋅ a5 , is : 10 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 2

3
(2) 3

(3) 6

5
(4) 8

Q194. If the sum and product of the first three terms in an A. P . are 33 and 1155, respectively, then a value of its
11
th
term is: 09 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) −25 (2) −35
(3) 25 (4) −36

Q195. Let the sum of the first n terms of a non-constant A. P . , a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . . , an be 50n +

n(n−7)

2
A, where A is
a constant. If d is the common difference of this A. P ., then the ordered pair (d, a 50 ) is equal to
09 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) (50, 50 + 46A) (2) (A, 50 + 45A)

(3) (50, 50 + 45A) (4) (A, 50 + 46A)

Q196^. The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7 + … upto 11 th

term is: 09 Apr 2019 (E)

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(1) 945 (2) 916

(3) 946 (4) 915

Q197^. 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 09 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 262 (2) 190
(3) 225 (4) 157

Q198*. The sum ∑ 20

k=1
k
1

2
k
is equal to 08 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 1 – 2
11
20
(2) 2 – 21

2
20

(3) 2– 2
3
17
(4) 2 – 11

2
19

Q199. The sum of all natural numbers n such that 100 < n < 200 and H . C. F . (91, n) > 1 is 08 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) 3203 (2) 3221
(3) 3121 (4) 3303

Q200. Let S k =
1 + 2 + 3+…+k

k
. If S 2
1
+ S
2
2
+ … + S
2
10
=
5

12
A , then A is equal to : 12 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 301 (2) 303
(3) 156 (4) 283

Q201. 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 :
12 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 28 (2) 24
(3) 32 (4) 36

Q202^. If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series (

3 3 3 3
3

4
) + (1
1

2
) + (2
1

4
) + 3
3
+ (3
3

4
) + … is equal to 225K,
then K is equal to : 12 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 9 (2) 27
(3) 54 (4) 108

Q203. If sin 4 4
α + 4cos β + 2 = 4√ 2sinαcosβ , α, β ∈ [0, π], then cos(α + β) − cos(α − β) is equal to
12 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) −1 (2) −√2
(3) √2 (4) 0

Q204. If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th term): (29th term) is: 11 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 4: 1 (2) 1: 3
(3) 3: 1 (4) 2: 1

Q205. Let a 1, a 2 , … , a 10 be a G.P. If a3

a1
= 25, then a9

a5
equals : 11 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 5 4
(2) 4 (5 2
)

(3) 5 3
(4) 2 (5 2
)

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Q206. Let x, y be positive real numbers and m, n positive integers. The maximum value of the expression
m n

(1+x
x
2m
y

)(1+y
2n
)
is : 11 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 1 (2) 1

(3) 1

4
(4) m+n

6mn

Q207. The sum of an infinite geometric series with positive terms is 3 and the sum of the cubes of its terms is 27

19
.
Then the common ratio of this series is: 11 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 1

3
(2) 2

(3) 2

9
(4) 4

Q208^. Let S
2 n

n = 1 + q + q
2
+ … . +q
n
and T n = 1 + (
q+1

2
) + (
q+1

2
) + … + (
q+1

2
) where q is a real
number and q ≠ 1. If 101
C1 +
101
C2 ⋅ S1 + … . +
101
C 101 ⋅ S 100 = αT 100 , then α is equal to :
11 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 2 99
(2) 202
(3) 200 (4) 2 100

Q209. The sum of all two digit positive numbers which when divided by 7 yield 2 or 5 as remainder is
10 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 1356 (2) 1365
(3) 1256 (4) 1465

Q210. If 5, 5r, 5r
2
are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, then r can not be equal to: 10 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 3

4
(2) 3

(3) 5

4
(4) 7

Q211. Let a, b and c be the 7 th

, 11
th
and 13 th
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: 09 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 2 (2) 7

13

(3) 1

2
(4) 4

Q212. Let a 1, a2 , … , a 30 be an A.P., S = ∑

30

i=1
ai and T = ∑
15

i=1
a (2i−1) . If a 5 = 27 and S − 2T = 75, then
a 10 is equal to: 09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 52 (2) 47
(3) 42 (4) 57

Q213. If a, b and c be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and a + b + c = xb, then x cannot be: 09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) −3 (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) −2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Q214^. The sum of the following series 1 + 6 + 9(1 +2 +3 )

+
12(1 +2 +3 +4 )
+
15(1 +2 +…+5 )
+. . . . up to 15
7 9 11

terms, is: 09 Jan 2019 (E)

(1) 7520 (2) 7510
(3) 7830 (4) 7820

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