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1 k m m2 m
(1) (2) (3) (4) mn
a1 an then k = n 2 n
an 1 an n
(1) 1 - n (2) n - 1 an bn
32. If is the A.M. between a and
(3) n (4) n + 1 an 1 bn 1
24. If S1, S2, S3 be the sum of n, 2n, 3n terms b then the value of n is
respectively of an A.P. Then (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) – 1 (4) 1/2
(1) S3 = S1 + S2
(2) S3 = 2(S1 + S2)
(3) S3 = 3(S2 - S1)
(4) S3 = 3(S1 + S2)
n 0 n 0 n 0
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 9
where a, b, c are in A.P. and
34. The third term of G.P. is 4. The product
of first five terms is a 1, b 1, c 1 then x, y, z are in
(1) A.P. (2) G. P (3) H.P (4) A.G.P
(1) 2 6 (2) 28 (3) 210 (4) 212
40. The least value of n for which
35. In a geometrical progression consisting
of positive terms, each term equals the 1 2 2 2 ....n terms is greater than
sum of the next two terms. Then the 100 is
common ratio of this progression equals (1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 9 (4) 10
to
41. If g1 , g2 , g3 are three geometric means
5 1 between two positive numbers a,b then
(1) 5 (2)
2 g1 g3
S
E (1) g2 (2) g22 (3) 2g2 (4) 2g22
1 5 5 N
(3) (4) 42. The first two terms of a geometric
2 2 I
O progression add up to 12. The sum of the
36. Sum of n terms of the series 6 + 66 + 666 R third and the fourth terms is 48. If the
... is terms of the geometric progression are
M
1 n 2 n1 A altermately positive and negative then the
3
(1) 10 1 (2) 10 9n 10
27
I first term is
N
S (1) – 4 (2) – 12 (3) 12 (4) 4
4 n1 8
(3)
27
3
10 9n 10 (4) 10 n 1 M an bn
A 43. If is the G.M. between a and
an 1 bn 1
37. A G.P. consists of an even number of terms. T
If the sum of all the terms is five times E b, then the value of n is
R 1
the sum of those terms occuping the odd I (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2
(4) - 1
places, then common ratio is A
44. If 8 G.M.’s are inserted between 2 and 3
L
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 then the product of the 8 G.M.’s is
38. I f A 1 r a r 2 a r 3 a ....... a n d (1) 6 (2) 36 (3) 216 (4) 1296
a 45. If the A.M. of the roots of a quadratic in x
B 1 r b r 2 b ....... then b is 3 and G.M is 2 2 , then the quadratic
is
A 1
1 A (1) x2 - 3x + 8 = 0 (2) x2 -6x + 2 2 = 0
(1) log1 B (2) log BA1
(3) x2 - 6x + 8 = 0 (4) x2- 3x + 2 2 = 0
B
46. If A and G are the A.M. and G.M. 54. Three numbers form a H.P. the sum of the
respectively between two numbers then numbers is 11 and the sum of their
the numbers are reciprocals is 1. Then one among those
numbers is
(1) A G2 A2 (2) A A2 G2 (1) 3 (2) 4
(3) A A2 2G 2 (4) G A2 G 2 1 1
(3) (4)
47. If the G.M. of two non-zero positive 6 2
numbers is to their A.M is 12:13 then 55. If a, b, c are in H.P then
numbers are in the ratio 1 1 1 1 1 1
(1) 5:8 (2) 4:9 (3) 6:11 (4) 3:8 b c a c a b
48. If one G.M. 'G' and two arithmetic means
p and q be inserted between any two given 2 1 1 3 2 1
(1) 2 (2)
number then G2 = bc b 4 c2 ca a2
(1) 2 p q 2q p (2) 2 p q q 2 p 3 2 1 1
S (3) 2
(4)
2p q 2p q E
b ab b a
(3) 2q p (4) q 2 p N 56. If a, b, c are in H.P. and a2, b2, c2 are in
I
O
H.P. then
49. Let x be arthimetic mean and y,z be two
gemetric means between any two positive R (1) a = b = c (2) 2b= 3a+ c
y3 z 3
M ac
A (3) b2 = (4) 2c = 3b+ a
number then the value of 8
xyz I
N 57. I f a 1 , a 2 , .....a n are in H.P. then
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1/2 (4) 3/2 S a1.a2+a2.a3+a3.a4+......+an-1.an =
50. How many terms of the series 1+3+9+.... M (1) (n-1) a1an (2) n a1an
sum to 364 ? A
T
(3) (n+1) a1an (4) (n+2)a1an
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 4 (4) 3
E
51. The sum of infinity of R
2
58. If the first two terms of a H.P. are and
I 5
1 2 1 2 A
2 3 4 ... is 12
7 7 7 7 L
respectively then the largest term is
13
(1) 1/5 (2) 7/24 (3) 5/48 (4) 3/16
(1) 2nd term (2) 6th term
52. 666.... ndigits 2 888...n digits (3) 4th term (4) 5th term
4 n 4 59. Let a1 , a2 , ...... a10 be in A.P. h1 , h2 ..... h10
(1)
9
10 1 (2)
9
10 2 n 1
be in H.P. If a1 h1 2 and a10 h10 3
4 2
then a4 h7 is
(3) 10 1
n
(4) none of these (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 6
9
53. If 3rd term of an H.P. is 7 and 7th term of
H.P. is 3 then 10th term is
10 21
(1) (2)
21 10
10 3
(3) (4)
7 7
MATHS – 2A SRI BHAVISHYA Page No: [ 4 ]
SR MAINS MATERIAL
SEQUENCE & SERIES
60. Two A.M.’s A1 and A2, two G.M.’s G1, G2 68. I f t he sum of 1 + 4x + 7x2 + 10x3 + ...
and two H.M.’s H1 , H 2 are inserted 35
between any two non-zero positive ( | x | < 1) is then x =
16
1 1
numbers then H H = 1 1 1 1
1 2 (1) (2) (3) (4)
3 4 5 6
1 1 1 1 69. The sum of n terms of the series
(1) A A (2) G G 2
1 2 1 2 1 1
1 2 1 3 1 ..... is
G1G2 A1 A2 n n
(3) A A (4) G G (1) n2 (2) n(n+1)
1 2 1 2
2
61. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4. 1
Their arithmetric mean is A and geometric (3) n 1 (4) (n+1)2
n
mean is G. If G satisifies 2 A G 2 27 , 70. If | a | < 1 and | b | < 1, then the
the numbers are sum of the series
(1) 1,13 (2) 9,12 (3) 3,6 (4) 4,8 S
E 1 + (1+a)b + (1+a+a2)b2 +(1+a+a2 + a3)b3...
62. H1,H 2 are 2 H.M’s between a,b then N is
I
H1 H2
O 1
H1 H2 R (1) (1 a)(1 b)
a.b ab ab ab M
(1) (2) (3) (4) A 1
ab ab ab ab (2) (1 a)(1 ab)
I
63. The G.M. of two numbers is 6. Their A.M. N
‘A’ and H.M. H satisfy the equation S
1
90A+5H = 918 then M
(3) (1 b)(1 ab)
1 A
(1) A=10, A = 4 (2) A= , A=10 T 1
5 E (4) (1 a)(1 b)(1 ab)
1 R
(3) A = 5, A = 10 (4) A = ,A=5 I
5 A
71. The sum of n terms of the series
64. If a, b, c are in H.P and ab + bc + ca = 15, L 12 - 22 + 32 - 42 + 52 - 62 + .... is
then ca =
(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) 10 n 1 n( n 1) n( n 1)
(1) ( 1) (2)
65. If there are four harmonic means 2 2
between 1/12, 1/42, then the third n( n 1)(2n 1)
harmonic mean is (3) (n 1)n (4)
6
(1) 1/18 (2) 1/24 (3) 1/30 (4) 1/36
66. If a, 8, b are in A.P., a, 4, b are in G.P., a, 1 1 1 2
72. If ......... = then
x, b are in H.P. then x = 12 22 32 6
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 4 (4) 16
67. The sum to infinity of the series 1 1 1
2
2
......
1 3 52
2 6 10 14
1 ..... is :
3 3 2 3 3 34 2 2 2 2
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 2 (1) (2) (3) (4)
8 12 3 2
73. The sum of first n terms of the series 5. The sum of r terms of an A.P. is denoted
12 2.2 2 3 2 2.4 2 5 2 2.6 2 ..... is Sm 1 ( m 1) 2
by Sr and , then the ratio
2 Sn 1 ( n 1)2
n n 1
when n is even, when n is of the 8th term to 6th term is
2
odd the sum is 15 15 14 9
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 19 11 19 4
n n 1 n 2 n 1
(1) (2) 6. The nth term of an A.P is p and the sum of
2 2 the first n terms is s. The first term is
2 2 2 p sn
n n 1 n 2 n 1 (1)
2 p sn
(2)
(3) (4) n n
4 4
EXERCISE – II 2 s pn 2 s pn
(3) (4)
1. If sum of the series a – (a + d) + n n
(a + 2d) – (a + 3d)+....... up to 21 terms S 7. If a1, a2, a3......... an are in A.P. with
E
is N
common difference d then sind
(1) –10d (2) a+20d I [coseca1cosec a2 + coseca2coseca3 +
(3) a+10d (4) 20d
O coseca3coseca4+.....nterms] =
R
(1) cot a1–cot an+1
2. The first term of an A.P. of consecutive
M (2) tan a1–tan an+1
integers is a 2 1 . The sum of (2a +1) A
terms of this series is I (3) sec a1–sec an+1
N
S
(4) cosec a1–cosec an+1
(1) a 1 2 (2) (2a+1) (a2+a+1)
M 1 1
2 8. If a, b, c are in A.P then a ,
2 a 1 a 1 A b c
(3) a 13 (4) T
2 E 1 1 1 1
R b , c are in
3. The sum of all integers between 50 and I
c a a b
500 which are divisible by 7 is A
L
(1) A.P. (2) G.P. (3) H.P. (4) A.G.P
(1) 18696 (2) 15696
9. If p, q, r are in A.P the p2(q + r), q2(r + p),
(3) 17696 (4) 14696 r2(p + q) are in
1 (1) A.P. (2) G.P. (3) H.P. (4) A.G.P
4. If 5th term of A.P. is and 6th term of A.P..
6 10. If n A.M.’s are inserted between 4 and 96
then sum of n A.M.’s is
1
is then sum of first 30 term is (1) 49n (2) 50n (3) 51n (4) 52n
5
11. If n A.M.’s are inserted between 20 and
11 30 29 31 80 such that the ratio of first mean to the
(1) (2) (3) (4)
30 11 2 2 last mean is 1 : 3 then the value of n is
(1) 11 (2) 12 (3) 13 (4) 14
12. Let an be the nth term of an A.P. If 18. If 3 and 2 are A.M and G.M of the roots
100 100 of a quadratic equation then the equation
a2r = α and a2r-1 = β , then the is
r=1 r=1 (1) x2 – 3x + 4 = 0 (2) x2 – 6x – 4 = 0
common difference of the A.P is (3) x2 + 6x + 4 = 0 (4) x2 – 6x + 4 = 0
19. The arithrmetic mean of two positive
(1) (2) (3) (4) a-b numbers is 9 and geometric mean is 4.
100 200
Then these numbers are the roots of the
13. If 100 times the 100th term of an A.P. with equation
non-zero common difference equals the 50
(1) x 2 18 x 16 0
times its 50th term, then the 150 th term of
thus A.P. is (2) x 2 18 x 16 0
(1) 150
(3) x 2 18 x 16 0
(2) Zero
(3) -150 (4) x 2 18 x 16 0
S
(4) 150 times its 50 th term E 20. If A and G are A.M and G.M between two
N positive numbers a and b are connected
14. Fifth term of G.P. is 2. The product of its I
first nine terms is O by the relation A + G = a – b then the
(1) 1024 (2) 256 (3) 512 (4) 356 R numbers are in the ratio
100 M
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 6 (3) 1 : 9 (4) 1 : 12
15. Let an be the n term of G.P. If a2 n A 21.
th
I
Between 4 and 2916,(2n+1) G.M's are
n 1
N
inserted then (n+1)th G.M. is
100 S (1) 36 (2) 54 (3) 108 (4) 324
and a2 n 1 , then the common ratio M 22. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence
n 1
A 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ..... , is
of the G.P. is T
7 7
(1)
(2)
(3) (4)
E
R
(1)
9
99 1020 (2)
81
179 10 20
I
7 7
16. th th th
If 4 , 7 , 10 terms of a G.P. are p, q, r
A
L 9
(3) 99 10
20
(4)
81
179 1020
respectively then
23. If m is he A.M. of two distinct real
(1) p2 = q2+r2 (2) q2 = pr number l and n ( l , n > 1) and G1, G2
(3) p2 = qr (4) pqr +pq+1=0 and G3 are three geometric means
17. If l, m, n are the pth, qth, rth terms of a G.P. between l and n, then G14 + 2G24 + G34
equals
log p 1
(1) 4 l 2mn (2) 4 l m2n
log m q 1 (3) 4 l mn2 (4) 4 l 2m2n2
which are +ve, then =
log n r 1 24. If pth, qth, rth terms of a H.P be
respectively a, b and c then
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0 (q - r) bc + (r - p)ca +(p - q) ab =
(1) 0 (2) abc
(3) qpr (4) abcpqr
natural number n.
(1) Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is
true
EXERCISE - I
1) 2 2) 1 3) 1 4) 2 5) 4
6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 4 10) 4
11) 3 12) 1 13) 1 14) 2 15) 4
16) 1 17) 3 18) 1 19) 4 20) 1
21) 1 22) 1 23) 2 24) 3 25) 2
26) 4 27) 2 28) 2 29) 2 30) 2
31) 3 32) 2 33) 2 34) 3 35) 2
M
51) 4 52) 2 53) 2 54) 1 55) 3 A
I
56) 1 57) 1 58) 1 59) 4 60) 4 N
S
61) 3 62) 2 63) 2 64) 1 65) 3 M
A
66) 1 67) 1 68) 3 69) 1 70) 3 T
E
R
71) 1 72) 1 73) 2 I
A
EXERCISE - II L
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2
6) 4 7) 1 8) 1 9) 1 10) 2
11) 1 12) 1 13) 2 14) 3 15) 3
16) 2 17) 4 18) 4 19) 2 20) 3
21) 3 22) 2 23) 2 24) 1 25) 3
26) 3 27) 4 28) 1 29) 3 30) 4
31) 2 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 3
36) 4