MCQs UNIT I - Indices, Logarithm, AP & GP

1. Simplify (a^(-1 ⁄ 3) × a^(1 ⁄ 3)) ⁄ a^(-1 ⁄ 2)

(a) a^(-7 ⁄ 18) (b) a^(-1 ⁄ 2) (c) a^(1 ⁄ 2) (d) none of the above

2. Evaluate (1 ⁄ 64)^(-1⁄3)
(a) 4^-1 (b) 4 (c) 2^-1 (d) 2
3. Logarithm to base 10 of 1000 is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

4. Index form of 'logarithm to base x of y is z' is:

(a) x^z = y (b) x^y = z (c) y^z = x (d) z^y = x

5. In logarithmic form of '2^6; = 64':)

(a) base = 6, log = 2, number = 64 (b) base = 2, log = 6, number = 64
(c) base = 2, log = 64, number = 6 (d) base = 64, log = 2, number = 6

6. Logarithm to base 1⁄2 of 16 is:

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) -5 (d) -4

7. Logarithm of 'x' to power 'y' is equal to:

(a) y × (logarithm of x) (b) x × (logarithm of y)
(c) (logarithm of 'x') × (logarithm of 'y') (d) None of the above

8. Logarithm to base 10 of 1000 is:

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

9. Logarithm to base 'x' of 'y/z' is equal to:

(a) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') × (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(b) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') × (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(c) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') - (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(d) None of the above

10. Logarithm to base 'x' of 'yz' is equal to:

(a) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') × (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(b) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') × (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(c) (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'y') - (logarithm to the base 'x' of 'z')
(d) None of the above

11. The general term of the sequence is denoted by

(a) 𝑎1 (b) 𝑎𝑛 (c) 𝑛 (d) 𝑆𝑛

12. The difference of the two consecutive terms of A.P. is called

(a) general term (b) common ratio (c) common difference (d) none of these

13. -2,1,4,7,… is
(a) harmonic sequence (b) arithmetic sequence (c) geometric sequence (d) arithmetic series
14. The nth term of G.P. is
𝑛 𝒏−𝟏
(a) 𝑎𝑟 (b) 𝒂𝒓 (c) 𝑎𝑟 −𝑛 (d) 𝑎𝑟 𝑛+1

15. 3,6,12,… is
(a) A.P (b) G.P (c) H.P (d) none of
these

16. Sum of the n terms of the geometric series if | r | < 1 is

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛 −1) 𝒂(𝟏−𝒓𝒏 ) 𝑎(𝑟 𝑛 +1) 𝑎(1+𝑟 𝑛 )
(a)
𝑟−1
(b) 𝟏−𝒓
(c) 𝑟+1
(d) 1+𝑟

17. The common ratio of the geometric sequence cannot be

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

18. If a1 , r are the first term and the common ratio respectively then the sum of infinite
geometric series is
𝑎 𝒂 𝑎 𝑎
(a) | r |< 1 (b) | r | >1 (c) | r | <1 (d) |r|>1
𝑟−1 𝒓−𝟏 𝑟+1 𝑟+1

19. The sum of the infinite geometric series does not exist if
(a) | r | < 1 (b) | r | > 1 (c) r = 1 (d) r = -1

20. ∑𝑛
𝑘=1 𝑘
2

𝑛(𝑛+1) 𝒏𝟐 (𝒏+𝟏)𝟐 𝑛(𝑛+1)(2𝑛+1)

(a) 2
(b) 𝟒
(c) 6
(d) none of these

21. ∑𝑛
𝑘=1 𝑘
3

𝑛(𝑛+1) 𝑛2 (𝑛+1)2 𝒏(𝒏+𝟏)(𝟐𝒏+𝟏)

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 𝟔
(d) none of these

22. ∑𝑛
𝑘=1 𝑘

𝒏(𝒏+𝟏) 𝑛2 (𝑛+1)2 𝑛(𝑛+1)(2𝑛+1)

(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
𝟐 4 6

23. The 6th term of the arithmetic sequence whose 1st term is 3 and common
difference is zero is (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 3
(d) 0

24. If a n2  3n  11, find the nth term of the sequence

(a) 11 (b) 3n-5 (c) 3n-6 (d) none of these

25. The fifth term of the sequence a n  2n  3 is

(a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 0
26. The n numbers A1 , A2 , A3 ,...An are called arithmetic means b/w a and b if a, A1 , A2 ,...,
An , b is
(a) arithmetic series (b) arithmetic sequence (c) geometric sequence (d) harmonic sequence

27. Write the first four terms of the arithmetic sequence if a1 5 and other three consecutive
terms are 23,26,29
(a) 23,26,29,32 (b) 5,8,11,14 (c) 8,11,14,17 (d) none of these