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1. Find the 41st term of the progression 3, 8, 13, 18, ……..

(a)102 (b)203 (c)304 (d)none of these

2. Find the 25th term of the A.P 10, 6, 2, -2, -6, -10, ………

(a)-86 (b)106 (c)96 (d)none of these

3. What term of A.P 2, 5, 8, …….is 56?

(a)20 (b)21 (c)19 (d)15

4. If the 3rd and 7th term of an A.P are 17 and 27 respectively. Find the first
term of the A.P

(a)9 (b)12 (c)14 (d)none of these

5. If 7 times the seventh term of an A.P is equal to 11 times its eleventh

term, the value of eighteenth term of the A.P is

(a)0 (b)-8 (c)18 (d)77

6. Find the number of terms in the A.P 22, 28, 34, ……, 616:

(a)80 (b)78 (c)99 (d)100

7. Find the sum of 222, 226,….. , 888:

(a)185370 (b)195300 (c)183000 (d)899000

8. Find the 22nd term of the G.P. -2, 2, -2 ……

(a)-22 (b)-2 (c)2 (d)none of these

1 1 1
9. Find the 7th term of the series − + − + 1 … …
8 4 2

(a)8 (b)-16 (c)-8 (d)none of these

10. What is the least number of the term of the G.P. 5+10+20+…. Whose sum
would surely exceed 106?

(a)17 (b)18 (c)19 (d)21

11. The third term of a G.P. is 4 . The product of the first five term is:

(a)43 (b)44 (c)45 (d)none of these

12. Sum of three consecutive terms in a G.P. is 42 and their product is 512
Find the largest of these numbers:

(a)28 (b)16 (c)32 (d)none of these

13. A bouncing tennis ball rebounce each time to a height equal to one half
the height of the previous bounce. If it is dropped from a height of 16m,
find the total distance it has travelled when it hits the ground for the 10 th
time:
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15 5 11
(a)47 (b)37 (c)67 (d)none of these
16 16 16

14. Find the sum of the series

1.32+2.52+3.72+…..to 20 terms:

(a)12896 (b)187898 (c)98970 (d)188090

15. Find the number of terms of the A.P. 98, 91, 84, ….must be taken to give
a sum of zero:

(a)14 (b)15 (c)31 (d)29

16. Find the sum of all odd numbers of four digits which are divisible by 9:

(a)2784491 (b)2478429 (c)2754000 (d)2448729

17. Divide 20 into four parts which are in A.P. and such that the product of the
first and fourth is to the product of the second and third in the ratio 2:3.
Find the product of the first and fourth term of the A.P.:

(a)12 (b)16 (c)20 (d)25

18. In an A.P. consisting of 23terms, the sum of the three terms in the middle
is 114 and that of last three is 204. Find the sum of first three terms:

(a)14 (b)42 (c)24 (d)69

19. The value of 31/3.91/18.271/81…:

(a)3 (b)9 (c)27 (d)none of these

20. If a, b, c are in A.P., b-a, c-b and a are in G.P. the a:b:c:

(a)4:3:2 (b)2:3:4 (c)1:2:3 (d)3:4:5

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.B

11.C 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.C 19.D 20.C