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Quantitative Aptitude
Algebra - 6
The series 2, 5, 8, 11,....50 terms is written on a sheet of paper in the ascending order.
(1) What is the 15th term if the same numbers were written in the descending order?
(2) How many of the terms are divisible by 15?
(3) What is the nth term of the series?
(4) What is the sum of the series?

Question – 1
The sum of five consecutive odd numbers a1 to a5 is 75. What is the sum of the five
consecutive even numbers, whose smallest term is same as 2a5 .
(1) 30 (2) 36 (3) 105 (4) 210

Question – 2
What is the 2015th term of a sequence of natural numbers written in the ascending
order, that does not have any perfect squares?
(1) 2058 (2) 2059 (3) 2060 (4) 2062

Question – 3
In an infinite geometric progression, each term is equal to twice the sum of all the terms
that follow it. If the sum of first two terms is 12, the sum of the entire progression is
9 27 88
(1) (2) (3) (4) 15
2 2 7

Question – 4
If a, b, c are in G.P. and ax = by = cz, then:

1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
(1)   (2)   (3)   (4)  
x z y x z y x y z x y z

Question – 5
If a, b and c form a G. P. with common ratio r, the sum of the y-coordinates of the points
of intersection of the line ax + by + c = 0 and the curve x + 2y2 = 0 is

r r r
(1)  (2)  (3) (4) r
4 2 2 4

Question – 6
Compute the infinite sum V, where
1 2 3 4 5 6 n
V –  –  –  ...  n (–1)n  1....
2 4 8 16 32 64 2

2 2 1 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 9 6 27

Question – 7
The series of natural numbers is divided into subsets S1 = (1), S2 = (2, 3, 4, 5), S3 = (6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14), S4 = (15, 16, 17, 18, .....30) and so on. Find the fifth element
starting from the left of the subset S37.

(1) 16207 (2) 16206 (3) 16211 (4) 16210

Question – 8
Find the sum of the 37th bracket of the following series.
(1)  (7  72  73 )  (7 4  75  76 
77  78 )  (79  710   715 )

 1)  7  1
71
737 73 (7 73
(1) (7  1) (2) (3) 71260
 6  (4) None of these
6 6  

Question – 9
The sum of an infinite geometric series of real numbers is 14, and the sum of the cubes
of the terms of this series is 392. Then the first term of the series is
(1) – 14 (2) 10 (3) 7 (4) –5

Question – 10
Suppose a; b; c > 0 are in geometric progression and ap = bq = cr 1.

Which one of the following is always true?

(1) p; q; r are in geometric progression
(2) p; q; r are in arithmetic progression
(3) p; q; r are in harmonic progression
(4) p=q=r

Question – 11
 1 1 1
If x > 1, y > 1, z > 1 are in G.P., then , , are in
1  log x 1  log y 1  log z

(1) A. P. (2) H. P. (3) G. P . (4) None of the above

Question – 12
Let S denotes the infinite sum 2  5x  9x 2  14x3  20x 4  ...
1
where IxI < 1 and the coefficient of xn–1 is n(n  3),(n  1, 2, ...).
2
Then S equals:

2– x 2– x 2 x 2 x
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(1 – x)3 (1  x)3 (1 – x)3 (1  x)3

Question – 13
 7 13 21 31 9901
Find the sum of the following series: S    ,  .......
6 12 20 30 9900
.
9749 9849 9949 9649
(1) (2) (3) (4)
100 100 100 100

Question – 14
 1 1 1 1
Find the value of the following expression:    
1 3  5 3  5  7 5  7  9 95  97  99

800 700 500 450

(1) (2) (3) (4)
9603 9603 9603 9603

Question – 15
For any whole number n, An = (–1)n  2n  3  .
n  1 n  2 

The sum A0 + A1 + A2 + A3 + …, up to infinite terms is equal to

1
(1) –1 (2) (3) 1 (4) 2
2

Question – 16
If the nth term of a sequence is 3n (n + 2) – 12n, where n = 1, 2, 3 …. Find
A. Smallest term
B. Sum to 10 terms of sequence.

Question – 17
Find the sum to 10 terms of the series whose general term is n(n + 1)(n + 2).

Question – 18
Find the sum
1 1 1 1
1 2  2  1 2  2 
1 2 2 3
1 1
......  1  
20072 20082
1 1
(1) 2008 – (2) 2007 –
2008 2007

1 1
(3) 2007 – (4) 2008 –
2008 2007

Question – 19
Consider the sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, ... to infinity where a1 = 81.33 and
a2 = –19 and aj = aj – 1 – aj – 2 for What is the sum of the first 6002 terms of this
sequence?

(1) –100.33 (2) –30.00 (3) 62.33 (4) 119.33

Question – 20
If a1 = 1 and an + 1 – 3an + 2 = 4n for every positive integer n, then a100 equals
(CAT 2005)
(1) 399 – 200 (2) 399 + 200 (3) 3100 – 200 (4) 3100 + 200

Question – 21
Let S be the sum of an arithmetic series. The arithmetic mean of every two consecutive
terms and every three consecutive terms of S form the consecutive terms of series S1
and S2 respectively. If the sum of all the terms in series S1 and in series S2 are 1375
and 690 respectively, then find the sum of all the terms in series S.

(1) 1960 (2) 2580 (3) 2060 (4) Cannot be determined

Question – 22
Let {Vn} be a sequence such that V1 = 2, V2 = 1 and 2 Vn – 3 Vn–1 + Vn–2 = 0 for n > 2,
then find the value of V9.

1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
128 256 64 32

Question – 23
If log2(5 × 2x + 1), log4 (21–x + 1) and 1 are in A.P., then x equals to
(1) log25 (2) 1 – log25 (3) log52 (4) None of the above

Question – 24
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
4 7 8
(1) (2) 1 (3) (4)
3 4 5

Question – 25
In the sequence of five number x, ____, 3,____, 18, each number after the second is
obtained by multiplying the two previous numbers. The value of x is

2 3
(1) (2) (3) 1 (4) – 9
3 2

Question – 26
Challenging
The infinite sum 1  4  92  163  254  equals
7 7 7 7

27 21 49 256
(1) (2) (3) (4)
14 13 27 147

Question – 27
Find the sum of the infinite series log9 3  log27 3  log81 3  log243 3  log729 3 

Question – 28
If the sum of the first ten terms of the series
2 2 2
 3   2  1
2
 4 16
 15    2 5    3 5   4   4   , is m, then m is equal to:
2

       5 5

(1) 101 (2) 100 (3) 99 (4) 102

Question – 29
A sequence of numbers is written in the following fashion: 1, 7, 1, 1, 7, 7, 1, 1, 1, 7, 7, 7,
... till n terms.

What is the value of (T5040 + T5042 + T5044 + T5046)?

(Tn is the nth term of the given sequence.)

(1) 4 (2) 28 (3) 10 (4) 22

Question – 30
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