MATHEMATICS

JEE (MAIN+ADVANCED)
NURTURE COURSE

EXERCISE
Sequence and Series
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SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

1. The maximum value of the sum of the A.P. 50, 48, 46, 44, .................... is -
(A) 325 (B) 648 (C) 650 (D) 652

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2. Let Tr be the r term of an A.P. for r = 1, 2, 3, ........... If for some positive integers m, n we have Tm 
n
1
& Tn  , then Tmn equals -
m
1 1 1
(A) (B)  (C) 1 (D) 0
mn m n

3. The interior angles of a convex polygon are in AP. The smallest angle is 120° & the common difference is
5°. Find the number of sides of the polygon -
(A) 9 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) None of these

4. The first term of an infinitely decreasing G.P. is unity and its sum is S. The sum of the squares of the terms
of the progression is -
S S2 S 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) S
2S  1 2S  1 2S

1 3 7 15
5. The sum to n terms of the series,     ..... is equal to :
2 4 8 16
(A) 2n  n  1 (B) 1  2n (C) 2n + n  1 (D) 2n  1

6. Consider the ten numbers ar, ar2, ar3, .......... 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

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7. If the (m + 1) , (n +1) & (r + 1) terms of an AP are in GP & m, n, r are in HP, then the ratio of the
common difference to the first term of the AP is -
1 2 2
(A) (B) (C)  (D) None of these
n n n

8. The quadratic equation whose roots are the A.M. and H.M. between the roots of the equation,
2
2x – 3x + 5 = 0 is -
2 2
(A) 4x – 25x + 10 = 0 (B) 12x – 49x + 30 = 0
2 2
(C) 14x – 12x + 35 = 0 (D) 2x + 3x + 5 = 0

9. If the sum of the first n natural numbers is 1/5 times the sum of the their squares, then the value of n is -
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

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10. If     0 and a, b, c are not in A.P., then -
a a  2b c c  2b
b
(A) a, b, c are in G.P. (B) a, , c are in A.P.
2
b
(C) a, ,c are in H.P. (D) a, 2b, c are in H.P.
2

n  s 
 
11. If   r 1 
s 1  
3 2
 r   an  bn  cn , then find the value of a + b + c.

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3

12. 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

13. 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
(A) equal to 0 (B) equal to – 1 (C) equal to 1 (D) non unique

14. Consider a decreasing G.P. : g1, g2, g3, ...... gn ....... such that g1 + g2 + g3 = 13 and g12  g 22  g 32 = 91
then which of the following does not hold?
(A) The greatest term of the G.P. is 9. (B) 3g4 = g3
(C) g1 = 1 (D) g2 = 3

15. Consider an A.P. with first term ‘a’ and the common difference d. Let Sk denote the sum of the first K
Skx
terms. Let is independent of x, then -
Sx
(A) a = d/2 (B) a = d (C) a = 2d (D) none of these

16. If a, a1, a2,.....,a10, b are in A.P. and a, g1, g2,.....g10 , b are in G.P. and h is the H.M. between a and b, then
a1  a 2  .....  a10 a 2  a 3  .....  a 9 a  a6
  .......  5 is -
g1g10 g 2g 9 g5 g6
10 15 30 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
h h h h

17. The sum of the first 100 terms common to the series 17, 21, 25, ......... and 16, 21, 26, ...............is -
(A) 101100 (B) 111000 (C) 110010 (D) 100101

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18. If a, b, c are positive such that ab c = 64 then least value of     is -
a b c
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 32

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SECTION - 1 : MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

 r
 9 
1. 
r 1
(2r  1)   is equal to -
 11 
(A) 45 (B) 55
(C) sum of first nine natural numbers (D) sum of first ten natural numbers

2. For the A.P. given by a1, a2, ........, an, ......, with non-zero common difference, the equations satisfied are-
(A) a1 + 2a2 + a3 = 0 (B) a1 – 2a2 + a3 = 0
(C) a1 + 3a2 – 3a3 – a4 = 0 (D) a1 – 4a2 + 6a3 – 4a4 + a5 = 0

3. Let a1, a2, a3,........ and b1, b2, b3,........ be arithmetic progression such that a1 = 25, b1 = 75 and
a100 + b100 = 100, then -

(A) The common difference in progression 'ai' is equal but opposite in sign to the common difference in
progression 'bj'.

(B) an + bn = 100 for any n.

(C) (a1 + b1), (a2 + b2), (a3 + b3), ....... are in A.P.

100
(D)  (a
r 1
r  br )  10 4

4. If the AM of two positive numbers be three times their geometric mean then the ratio of the numbers is -

 
2
(A) 3  2 2 (B) 2 1 (C) 17  12 2 (D) 3  2 2

5. If the first and the (2n – 1)th terms of an A.P., G.P. and H.P. are positive and equal and their nth terms are
a, b, c respectively, then
2
(A) a = b = c (B) a  b  c (C) a + c = b (D) ac – b = 0

SECTION - 2 : COMPREHENSION BASED QUESTIONS

(SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTION)
Comprehension–1
Consider two different infinite geometric progressions with their sums S1 and S2 as
S1 = a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + .......  S2 = b + bR + bR2 + bR3 + ...... 
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If S1 = S2 = 1, ar = bR and ar2 = then answer the following:
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6. The sum of their common ratios is
1 3 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D)
2 4 2

7. The sum of their first terms is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

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8. Common ratio of the first G.P. is
1 1 5 5 1 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 4 4

9. Common ratio of the second G.P. is

3 5 3 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
4 4 2

Comprehension–2

If ai > 0, i = 1, 2, 3, ..... n and m1, m2, m3, ....., mn be positive rational numbers, then
 m1a1  m2a 2  .....  mn a n  (m1  m2  ....  mn)
 
1/(m1  m2  .....mn )
m m m
   a1 1 a 2 2 .....a n n  
 m  m  ....  m  m1 m2 m
1 2 n   ...  n
a1 a 2 an
is called weighted mean theorem

m1a1  m2a 2  ....  mn a n

where A* = = Weighted arithmetic mean
m1  m2  ....  mn

 
1/(m1  m2  ....  mn )
G* = a1m1 a m mn
2 ....a n
2 = Weighted geometric mean

m1  m 2  .....  m n
and H* = = Weighted harmonic mean
m1 m 2 mn
  ....
a1 a 2 an
i.e., A* G*  H*
2 3
Now, let a + b + c = 5(a, b, c > 0) and x y = 243(x > 0, y > 0)

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions

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10. The greatest value of ab c is -
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 27 (D) 81

11. Which statement is correct -

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  
5 1 3 1 25 1 9 1 5 1 9 1 25 1 6 1
       
a b c a b c a b c a b c

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12. The least value of x + 3y + 1 is -
(A) 15 (B) greater than 15 (C) 3 (D) less than 15

13. Which statement is correct -

2x  3y 5 2x  3y  5xy
(A) 3  (B) 3 
5 3 2 5 3x  2y

x y
2x  3y 5xy 2x  3y 5xy
(C) 3   (D) 3 
5 3x  4y 5 2x  3y

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SECTION - 1 : NUMERICAL ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS

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1. The sum of n terms of two A.P.’s are in the ratio of (n + 7) : (3n + 11). The ratio of their 9 term is

2. The sum of the first nineteen terms of an A.P. a1, a2, a3 ....... if it is known that a4 + a8 + a12 + a16 = 224, is

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3. There are n AM’s between 1 & 31 such that 7 mean : (n  1)th mean = 5 : 9, then find the value of n.

4. Express the recurring decimal 0.1576 as a rational number using concept of infinite geometric series.

5. x1, x2 are the roots of the equation x2 – 3x + A = 0; x3 , x4 are roots of the equation x2 – 12x + B = 0,
such that x1, x2, x3, x4 form an increasing G.P., then find the value of A+B.

6. If the sum to first n terms of a series, the rth term of which is given by (2r + 1)2r can be expressed as
R(n · 2n) + S · 2n + T, then find the value of (R + S + T).

7. Let S be the set of integers which are divisible by 5, and let T be the set of integer which are divisible by 7.
Find the number of positive integers less than 1000 and not in (S  T).
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8. In a G.P., the ratio of the sum of the first eleven terms to the sum of the last eleven terms is and the
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ratio of the sum of all the terms without the first nine to the sum of all the terms without the last nine is 2.
Find the number of terms in the G.P.

SECTION - 2 : MATRIX - MATCH QUESTIONS

Match the Column

Following questions contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. The statements
in Column-I are labelled as A, B, C and D while the statements in Column-II are labelled as p, q, r and s.
Any given statement in Column-I can have correct matching with ONE statement in Column-II.
9. Match the following column-I with Column-II

Column-I Column-II

(A) If ai's are in A.P. and a1 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a7 = 20, a4 is equal to (p) 21

Sum of an infinite G.P. is 6 and it's first term is 3. then harmonic

(B) (q) 4
mean of first and third terms of G.P. is
3 2
If roots of the equation x – ax + bx + 27= 0, are in G.P. with
(C) (r) 24
common ratio 2, then a + b is equal to
4 3 2
If the roots of x – 8x + ax + bx + 16 = 0 are positive real 6
(D) (s)
numbers then a is 5

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10. Match the following column-I with Column-II

Column-I Column-II
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(A) n term of the series 4, 11, 22, 37, 56, 79,....... (p) 2n +n

2 2 2 2 2
(B) |1 – 2 + 3 – 4 .......... 2n terms| is equal to (q) 2n + n + 1

2
(C) sum to n terms of the series 3, 7, 11, 15,....... is (r) (n + n)

 13  23  33  ...  n3  1 2
2 equals to (n  n)
(D)  1  2  3  ....  n  (s)
2
 

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SECTION - 1 : SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

1. In a geometric progression of positive terms, 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 : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2014]
(1) 42 (2) 28 (3) 21 (4) 7

2. The sum of the first 20 terms common between the series 3 + 7 +11 +15 +.....and 1 + 6 + 11 +16
+....., is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2014]
(1) 4220 (2) 4020 (3) 4000 (4) 4200

3. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers l and n (l, n> 1) and G 1, G2 and G3 are three geometric means
between l and n, then G14  2G42  G34 equals : [JEE-MAIN-2015]
2 2 2 2 2 2
(1) 4l mn (2) 4lm n (3) 4lmn (4) 4l m n

13 13  23 13  23  33
4. The sum of first 9 terms of the series    .... is : [JEE-MAIN 2015]
1 1 3 1 3  5
(1) 71 (2) 96 (3) 142 (4) 192

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5. The value of  (r  2) (r  3) is equal to :
r 16
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2015]

(1) 7770 (2) 7780 (3) 7785 (4) 7775

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6. The sum of the 3 and the 4 terms of a G.P. is 60 and the product of its first three terms is 1000. If the
th
first term of this G.P. is positive, then its 7 term is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2015]

(1) 2430 (2) 7290 (3) 640 (4) 320

7. If the 2nd, 5th and 9th terms of a non-constant A.P. are in G.P., then the common ratio of this G.P. is :
[JEE-MAIN 2016]
8 4 7
(1) (2) (3) 1 (4)
5 3 4
3 4 5 3 3 3 3
8. Let x, y, z be positive real numbers such that x + y + z = 12 and x y z = (0.1) (600) . Then x + y + z
is equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2016]
(1) 270 (2) 258 (3) 216 (4) 342

9. Let a1, a2, a3,...., an, ....be in A.P. If a3 + a7 + a11 + a15 = 72, then the sum of its first 17 terms is equal to:
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2016]
(1) 204 (2) 153 (3) 612 (4) 306

ab
10. If the arithmetic mean of two numbers a and b, a > b > 0, is five times their geometric mean, then
ab
is equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2017]
5 6 6 7 3 3 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
12 2 12 4

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11. If the sum of the first n terms of the series 3  75  243  507  ....is 435 3 , then n equals :
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2017]
(1) 29 (2) 13 (3) 18 (4) 15

12. If three positive numbers a, b and c are in A.P. such that abc = 8, then the minimum possible value of b is
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2017]
1 2
(1) 43 (2) 2 (3) 4 3 (4) 4

13. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be the sum of the first 40 terms of the series
12  2  22  32  2  4 2  52  2  62  .....
If B – 2A = 100, then  is equal to : [JEE-MAIN-2018]
(1) 232 (2) 248 (3) 464 (4) 496

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14. Let a1, a2,.........,a30 be an A. P., S =  i 1
a i and T =  a
i 1
2i 1 . If a5 = 27 and S – 2T = 75, then a10 is

equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]

(1) 57 (2) 47 (3) 42 (4) 52

15. The sum of the following series 1  6 


9 12  22  32   12 1 2
 22  3 2  4 2   15 1 2
 22  ....  5 2   ....
7 9 11
up to 15 terms, is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 7820 (2) 7830 (3) 7520 (4) 7510

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16. The sum of an infinite geometric series with positive terms is 3 and the sum of the cubes of its terms is .
19
Then the common ratio of this series is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
4 2 2 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 9 3 3

17. If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th term) : (29th term) is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 4 : 1 (3) 2 : 1 (4) 1 : 3

18. 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 from an A.P. Then the sum of the original three terms of the given G.P. is
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 36 (2) 24 (3) 32 (4) 28

19. If the sum and product of the first three term in an A.P. are 33 and 1155, respectively, then a value of its
th
11 term is :- [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) –25 (2) 25 (3) –36 (4) –35

20. The sum

3  13


5  13  23   7  1 3
 23  3 3   .......(10 terms)
2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 2 1 2 3
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(1) 660 (2) 620 (3) 680 (4) 600

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21. If a1, a2, a3, ......, an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7 + ...... + a16 = 114, then a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal
to: [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 38 (2) 98 (3) 76 (4) 64

22. Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. If S 4 = 16 and S6 = –48, then S10 is equal to :
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) –320 (2) –260 (3) –380 (4) –410

10 9 1 8 2 9 10 11
23. If 2 + 2 ·3 + 2 ·3 +....+ 2·3 + 3 = S–2 , then S is equal to : [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2020]
311 11 12 11 11
(1)  210 (2) 3 –2 (3) 3 (4) 2·3
2

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24. The minimum value of f(x)  aa  a1a , where a, x  R and a > 0, is equal to :
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2021]
1
(1) 2a (2) 2 a (3) a  (4) a + 1
a

25. Let x, y > 0. If x3y2 = 215, then the least value of 3x + 2y is [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]
(1) 30 (2) 32 (3) 36 (4) 40

26. The sum 1  2 · 3  3 · 32  .....  10 · 39 is equal to [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]

2·312  10 19·310  1 9·310  1
(1) (2) (3) 5·310  2 (4)
4 4 2

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27. Let A1, A2, A3, …… be an increasing geometric progression of positive real numbers. If A1 A 3 A 5 A 7 
1296
7
and A 2  A 4  , then, the value of A6 + A8 + A10 is equal to [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]
36
(1) 33 (2) 37 (3) 43 (4) 47

28. 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 [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]
(1) 21 (2) 22 (3) 23 (4) 24

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29. If Sn = 4 + 11 + 21 + 34 + 50 + ….. to n terms, then (S29  S9 ) is equal to :
60

[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]

(1) 226 (2) 220 (3) 223 (4) 227

1 1 1
30. If the sum of series   ....... 
1  1  d  1  d 1  2d  1  9d 1  10d 
is equal to 5, then 50d is equal to : [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2024]
(1) 20 (2) 5 (3) 15 (4) 10

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n(n  1)(2n  1)
1. The sum, 
n 1
4
is equal to ________. [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2020]

2. The number of terms common to the two A.P.'s 3, 7, 11, ....., 407 and 2, 9, 16, ....., 709 is ______.
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2020]

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3. The 4th term of GP is 500 and its common ratio is , m  N . Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of
m
1
this GP. If S6 > S5 + 1 and S7 < S6 + , then the number of possible values of m is ______
2
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]

13  23  3  .upto n terms 9
4. If = , then the value of n is [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]
1 · 3  2 · 5  3 · 7  .upto n terms 5

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SECTION - 1 : SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

1. Given an A.P. whose terms are all positive integers. The sum of its first nine terms is greater than 200 and
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less than 220. If the second term in it is 12, then its 4 term is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2014]
(1) 20 (2) 16 (3) 8 (4) 24

2 2 2 1
2. The least positive integer n such that 1   2  ....  n1  , is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2014]
3 3 3 100
(1) 7 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

3. 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.
1
If the last term exceeds the first term by 10 , then the number of terms in the A.P. is :
2
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2014]
(1) 8 (2) 4 (3) 16 (4) 12

5 1 k
4. If   , then k is equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2015]
n 1 n  n  1 n  2  n  3  3
17 1 55 19
(1) (2) (3) (4)
105 6 336 112
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5. The sum  (r
r 1
2
 1) (r !) is equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE - 2016]

(1) 101 × (10!) (2) (11)! (3) 10 × (11!) (4) 11 × (11!)

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6. Let a1, a2, a3, ....., a49 be in A. P. such that a
k 0
4k 1  416 and a 9  a 43  66 .

If a12  a 22  .....  a17

2
 140m , then m is equal to : [JEE-MAIN-2018]
(1) 66 (2) 68 (3) 34 (4) 33

7. The sum of all two digit positive numbers which when divided by 7 yield 2 or 5 as remainder is :
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 1365 (2) 1256 (3) 1465 (4) 1356

8. Let x, y be positive real numbers and m, n positive integers. The maximum value of the expression
x m yn
is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1  x 2m ) (1  y 2n )
1 1 mn
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1
2 4 6mn

1  2  3  ....  k 5
9. Let Sk = . If S12  S 22  ....  S10
2
 A , then A is equal to :
k 12
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 303 (2) 283 (3) 156 (4) 301
3 3 3 3
3  1  1  3
10. If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series     1    2   33   3   .... is equal to 225 k,
4  2  4  4
then k is equal to : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 9 (2) 27 (3) 108 (4) 54
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20
1
11. The sum k 2k 1
k
is equal to- [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]

3 11 11 21
(1) 2  17
(2) 2  19
(3) 1  20
(4) 2 
2 2 2 220

th
12. The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5+4 × 7 +.... upto 11 term is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 915 (2) 946 (3) 945 (4) 916

13  23 13  23  33 13  23  33  ....  15 3 1
13. The sum 1    ....   1  2  3  ....  15 
1 2 1 2 3 1  2  3  ....  15 2
[JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2019]
(1) 1240 (2)1860 (3) 660 (4) 620

1
14. Five numbers are in A.P., whose sum is 25 and product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is  , then
2
the greatest number amongst them is : [JEE-MAIN ONLINE-2020]
21
(1) (2) 27 (3) 16 (4) 7
2

15. 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:
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2020]
2 50 1 50 1 50 1 49
(1) (3  1) (2) (3  1) (3) (3  1) (4) (3  1)
13 26 13 26

16. The common difference of the A.P. b1, b2, ..., bm is 2 more than the common difference of A.P. a 1, a2, ...,
an. If a40 = –159, a100 = –399 and b100 = a70, then b1 is equal to : [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2020]
(1) –127 (2) –81 (3) 81 (4) 127

S 4n
17. Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S 3n = 3S2n, then the value of is :
S 2n
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2021]
(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 8

1 1 1 K
18. If 10
 2 9
 ... 10
 , then the remainder when K is divided by 6 is
2·3 2 ·3 2 ·3 2 ·310
10

[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 5


a
 7 nn

19. Let a n n 0 be a sequence such that a0 = a1 = 0 and an+2 = 2an+1 – an + 1 for all n ≥ 0. Then, is
n 2

equal to [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]

6 7 8 49
(1) (2) (3) (4)
343 216 343 216

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20. The sum of the first 20 terms of the series 5 +11 + 19+ 29 + 41 + ... is :
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]

(1) 3450 (2) 3250 (3) 3420 (4) 3520

1 2 3
21. The sum to 10 terms of the series    .... is:-
1  12  14 1  22  24 1  3 2  34
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]
59 55 56 58
(1) (2) (3) (4)
111 111 111 111

n
22. Let an be the nth term of the series 5 + 8 + 14 + 23 + 35 + 50 + … and Sn  a
k 1
k . Then

S30 – a40 is equal to : [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2023]

(1) 11310 (2) 11280 (3) 11290 (4) 11260

 
23. Let a, ar, ar2, ........be an infinite G.P. If  ar
n0
n
 57 and a
n0
3 3n
r = 9747, then a + 18r is equal to :

[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2024]

(1) 27 (2) 46 (3) 38 (4) 31

1 2 3
24. The sum of the series    ….. up to 10 terms is
1  3  12  14 1  3  2 2  24 1  3  32  34
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2024]
45 45 55 55
(1) (2)  (3) (4) 
109 109 109 109

SECTION - 2 : NUMERICAL ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS

1 1 1
1. Let , a and b be in G.P. and , ,6 be in A.P., where a, b > 0. Then 72(a + b) is equal to ________.
16 a b
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2021]
1 1 1 
log    .......upto  
 2 6 10  (0.25)  3 32 33  2
2. If the value of  1   2  3  ......upto   is l, then l is equal to ________.
 3 3 3 
[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2021]

3. The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of first 100 terms of the sequence
1 5 19 65
, , , ,.... is equal to [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]
3 9 27 81

4. Let for n = 1, 2, ….., 50, Sn be the sum of the infinite geometric progression whose first term is n 2 and
50
1 1  2 
whose common ratio is 2
. Then the value of    Sn   n  1  is equal to
 n  1 26 n 1  n 1 

[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2022]

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5. Let the first term of a series be T1 = 6 and its rth term Tr = 3 Tr–1 + 6r, r = 2, 3, ....., n. If the sum of the first
1 2
n terms of this series is n – 12n  39   4.6 n – 5.3n  1 . Then n is equal to ______.
5

[JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2024]

6. An arithmetic progression is written in the following way

2
5 8
11 14 17
20 23 26 29
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
The sum of all the terms of the 10th row is ______ . [JEE MAINS - ONLINE - 2024]

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4n k(k 1)
1. Let Sn  
k 1
(1) 2 k2 . Then Sn can take value(s) [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]

(A) 1056 (B) 1088 (C) 1120 (D) 1332

2. A pack contains n cards numbered from 1 to n. Two consecutive numbered cards are removed from the
pack and the sum of the numbers on the remaining cards is 1224. If the smaller to the numbers on the
removed cards is k, then k – 20 = [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]

3. Let the harmonic mean of two positive real number a and b be 4. If q is a positive real number such that a,
5, q, b is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of |q – a| is (are) [JEE-Advanced 2015, 2M]

4. Suppose that all the terms of an arithmetic progression (A. P.) are natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum
of the first seven terms to the sum of the first eleven terms is 6 : 11 and the seventh term lies in between
130 and 140, then the common difference of this A.P. is : [JEE-Advanced 2015]

5. Let bi > 1 for i = 1, 2, ........, 101. Suppose log e b1, loge b2, ...,loge b101 are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
with the common difference loge2. Suppose a1, a2, ......., a101 are in A.P. such that a1 = b1 and a51 = b51.
If t = b1 + b2 + ...+ b51 and s = a1 + a2 + ... + a51, then [JEE-Advanced 2016]
(A) s > t and a101 > b101 (B) s > t and a101 < b101
(C) s < t and a101 > b101 (D) s < t and a101 < b101

6. The sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression. If the triangle has area 24, then what is
the length of its smallest side? [JEE-Advanced 2017]

7. Let X be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 1, 6, 11, ..., and Y be the set
consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 9, 16, 23, ... . Then, the number of elements
in the set X  Y is _____. [JEE-Advanced 2018]

8. Let AP(a; d) denote the set of all the terms of an infinite arithmetic progression with first term a and
common difference d > 0. If AP(1; 3)  AP(2; 5)  AP(3; 7) = AP(a; d) then a + d equals ________.
[JEE-Advanced 2019]
9. Let m be the minimum possible value of log 3 3  y1
3 y2
3 y3
 , where y , y , y
1 2 3 are real numbers for
which y1 + y2 + y3 = 9. Let M be the maximum possible value of (log3x1 + log3x2 + log3x3), where x1, x2,
3 2
x3 are positive real numbers for which x1 + x2 + x3 = 9. Then the value of log2 (m ) + log3(M ) is ______.
[JEE Adv. - 2020]

10. Let a1, a2, a3, …..... be a sequence of positive integers in arithmetic progression with common difference 2.
Also, let b1, b2, b3, ....….. be a sequence of positive integers in geometric progression with common ratio 2.
If a1 = b1 = c, then the number of all possible values of c, for which the equality 2(a 1 + a2 + …...... +an )
= b1 + b2 + ….. + bn holds for some positive integer n, is ______ . [JEE Adv. - 2020]

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11. Let 1, 2, …., 100 be consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression with common difference d 1, and let
w1, w2, …., w100 be consecutive terms of another arithmetic progression with common difference d 2, where
d1d2 = 10. For each i = 1, 2, …., 100, let Ri be a rectangle with length i width wi and area Ai. If
A51 – A50 = 1000, then the value of A100 – A90 is _________. [JEE Adv. - 2022]

12. Let a1, a2, a3, …. be an arithmetic progression with a1 = 7 and common difference 8. Let T1, T2, T3, ….. be
such that T1 = 3 and Tn+1 – Tn = an for n  1. Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?
[JEE Adv. - 2022]
20 30
(A) T20 = 1604 (B)  Tk  10510 (C) T30 = 3454 (D)  Tk  35610
k 1 k 1
r
13. Let 75...57 denote the (r + 2) digit number where the first and the last digits are 7 and the
98
remaining r digits are 5. Consider the sum S = 77 + 757 + 7557 + …+ 75...57 . If
99

75...57  m
S , where m and n are natural numbers less than 3000, then the value of m + n is:
n

[JEE Adv. - 2024]

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C C A B C C C B C D
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
A D A C A C A C

EXERCISE-2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
AC BD ABCD CD BD C A D B C
11 12 13
C B B

EXERCISE-3
 Numerical 1. 12 : 31 2. 1064 3. 14
35
4. 5. 34 6. 4
222
7. 686 8. 38


 Match the Column 9. (A) (q), (B) (s), (C) (p), (D) (r)
10. (A) (q), (B)  (p), (C)  (p), (D)  (r)

EXERCISE-4(A)

SECTION - 1 : SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 1
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 2 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 1
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
3 1 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 2

SECTION - 2 : NUMERICAL ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS

1 2 3 4
504 14 12 5

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EXERCISE-4(B)

SECTION - 1 : SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT QUESTIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 1 2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 2 4 3 2 2 1 4 2 4
21 22 23 24
2 3 4 4

SECTION - 2 : NUMERICAL ANSWER BASED QUESTIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6
14 3 98 41651 6 1505

EXERCISE-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
AD 5 2 OR 5 9 B 6 3748 157 8 1
11 12 13
18900 BC 1219

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