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CHAMPIONS LECTURE SERIES

Level-II
M-111 To M-115

Lecture Planning & Flow

No. Lecture Contents Homework of this lecture
I Abhyaas – I
Book - (Cengage Learning)
II Concept application Exercise 3.1
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III Abhyaas – II
Book - (Cengage Learning)
IV Concept application Exercise 3.2
Yes   No  
V Special Series.
Abhyaas – III
Book - (Cengage Learning)
Concept application Exercise 3.3
Yes   No  

Abhyaas – IV
Book - (Cengage Learning)
Concept application Exercise 4.1
Yes   No  

Abhyaas – V
Book - (Cengage Learning)
Concept application Exercise 3.5
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ABHYAAS - I

LEVEL - II

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

Q-2 Let T r be the r th term of an A.P. for r = 1, 2, 3, ........... If for some positive integers m,

1 1
n we have Tm  & Tn  , then Tmn equals -
n m

1 1 1
(A) (B)  (C) 1 (D) 0
mn m n

Soln:

Q-3 The sum of roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of squares of their reciprocals.
Then bc2 , ca2 and ab2 are in -
(A) AP (B) GP (C) HP (D) none of these

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Q-4 Consider an A.P. with first term ‘a’ and the common difference d. Let S k denote the sum of the
S kx
first K terms. Let S is independent of x, then -
x

(A) a = d/2 (B) a = d (C) a = 2d (D) none of these

Soln:

Q-5 For the A.P. given by a 1 , a 2 , ............., a n , ........, 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

Soln:

Q-6 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

Soln:

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

Soln:

Q-8 Let a1, a2, a3 ...... an be an AP . Prove that :

1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
   ..........  =     ..........  
a1 a n a 2 a n 1 a3 an 2 a n a1 a 1  a n  a1 a 2 a3 an 

Soln:

Q-9 If there be 'm' A.P’s beginning with unity whose common difference is 1 , 2 , 3 .... m.
Show that the sum of their nth terms is (m/2) (mn  m + n + 1).

Soln:

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Q-10 If 1, log 3 31 x  2 , log3(4.3x – 1) are in A.P. then x equals.

(A) log3 4 (B) 1 – log3 4 (C) 1 – log4 3 (D) log4 3

n
Sol :

a1  a 2  ....  a p p2 a
Q-11 Let a1, a2, a3,....... be terms of an A.P. If  , p  q then 6 equals-
a1  a 2  ......  a q q2 a 21

2 11 41 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 41 11 2
Soln:

Q-12 A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let a n denote the number of notes he counts
in then th minute. If a 1 = a 2 = ... = a 10 = 150 and a 10 , a 11 , .... are in an AP with
common difference –2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is :-
(A) 24 minutes (B) 34 minutes (C) 125 minutes (D) 135 minutes

Soln:

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Q-13 A man saves Rs. 200 in each of the first three months of his service. In each of the
subsequent months his saving increases by Rs. 40 more than the saving of immediately previous month.
His total saving from the start of service will be Rs. 11040 after :-
(A) 20 months (B) 21 months (C) 18 months (D) 19 months
n
Sol :

100 100

Q-14 Let a n be the n th term of an A.P. If  a 2r   and  a 2r 1   , then the common difference
r 1 r 1

of the A.P. is:

   
(A) (B) – (C) (D) – 
200 100
Soln:

Q-15 The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with integer entries is
added to the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove that the resulting sum is the square
of an integer.

Soln:

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Q-16 If the sum of the first 2n terms of the A.P. 2, 5, 8 ............. is equal to the sum of the first n terms
of the A.P. 57, 59, 61, .............. then n equals -
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 13
n
Sol :

Q-17 Let a1,a2,a3,.........,a11 be real numbers satisfying

a1 = 15, 27 – 2a2 > 0 and ak = 2ak–1 – ak–2 for k = 3,4,........,11.

a12  a 22  ....  a11

2
a  a 2  ...  a11
If  90 , then the value of 1 is equal to
11 11

Soln:

Q-18 Let a 1 ,a 2 ,a 3 ,.........,a 100 be an arithmetic progression with a 1 = 3 and S p   a i ,1  p  100 .

i 1

Sm
For any integer n with 1 < n < 20, let m = 5n. If S does not depend on n, then a2 is
n

Soln:

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Q-19 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 =

Soln:

Q-20 All the terms of an A.P. are natural numbers. The sum of its first nine terms lies between 200 and 220.
If the second term is 12, then the common difference is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) None of these

Soln:

Q-21 If S1  a 2  a 4  a 6  .....up to 100 terms and S 2  a1  a 3  a 5  ...... up to 100 terms of a certain A.P.
then its common difference d is
S1  S 2
(A) S1  S 2 (B) S 2  S1 (C) (D) None of these
2

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Q-22 In the arithmetic progression whose common difference is non-zero, the sum of first 3n terms is equal to
the sum of the next n terms. Then the ratio of the sum of the first 2n terms to the next 2n terms is
1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
5 3 4

Soln:

Q-23 If n A.M. s are introduced between 3 and 17 such that the ratio of the last mean to the first mean is 3 : 1,
then the value of n is
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) None of these

Soln:

Q-24 Given that n A.M.’s are inserted between two sets of numbers a, 2b and 2a, b, where a, b  R. Suppose
further that m th mean between these sets of numbers is same, then the ratio a : b equals
(A) n – m + 1 : m (B) n – m + 1 : n (C) n : n – m + 1 (D) m : n – m + 1

Soln:

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Q-25 If f(x  y, x  y)  xy , then the arithmetic mean of f(x, y) and f(y, x) is
(A) x (B) y (C) 0 (D) 1

Soln:

Q-26 If a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in A.P., then (b+ c)–1, (c  a)1 and (a  b)1 will be in
(A) H.P. (B) G.P. (C) A.P. (D) None of these

Soln:

(a  c)2
Q-27 If a, b, c are in A.P. then 2 
(b  ac)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Soln:

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Q-28 If a, b, c, d, e, f are in A.P., then the value of e – c will be

(A) 2 (c – a) (B) 2 (f – d) (C) 2 (d – c) (D) d – c

Soln:

Q-29 If p, q, r are in A.P. and are positive, the roots of the quadratic equation px2+ qx + r = 0 are all real for

r p
(A) 7  4 3 (B) 7 4 3 (C) All p and r (D) No p and r
p r

Soln:

Q-30 If a1 , a 2 ,a 3 , ....... a n are in A.P., where

e a i  0 for all i, then the value of
1 1 1
  ........  
a1  a 2 a2  a3 a n 1  a n

n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a1  a n a1  a n a1  a n a1  a n

Soln:

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Q-31 If a, b, c are in A.P., then (a + 2b – c) (2b+ c – a) (c + a – b) equals
1
(A) abc (B) abc (C) 2 abc (D) 4 abc
2
Soln:

Q-32 If the roots of the equation x 3  12x 2  39x  28  0 are in A.P., then their common difference will be
(A)  1 (B)  2 (C)  3 (D)  4

Soln:

Q-33 If 1, log 9 (31 x  2), log 3 (4 . 3x  1) are in A.P., then x equals

(A) log 3 4 (B) 1  log 3 4 (C) 1  log 4 3 (D) log 4 3

Soln:

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a 2n 1  a1 a 2n  a 2 a  an
Q-34 If a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,.......a 2n 1 are in A.P. then a   .........  n  2
2n 1  a1 a 2n  a 2 a n  2  a n is equal to

n(n  1) a 2  a1 n(n  1)
(A) . (B) (C) (n  1)(a 2  a1 ) (D) None of these
2 a n 1 2

Soln:

Q-35 An A.P. has an even number of terms. The sum of the odd terms is 24 and that of the even terms is 30. The
21
last term exceeds the first by . Find the number of terms.
2
Soln:

Q-36 In an A.P., in the usual notation, Sp= a , Sq= b and Sr= c.

a q  r  b r  p c p  q
Evaluate  
p q r
n
Sol :

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Q-37 a1, a2, ... , an is an A.P. of positive terms. Prove that

1 1 1 n 1
  ...   
a1  a2 a2  a3 an1  an a1  an

Soln:

1 2
Q-38 Find the greatest sum of the series 20 + 19 + 18 + 18 + ...
3 3
Soln:

Q-39 After deleting a certain number from the list 1, 2 , …, n , the arithmetic mean of the remaining
numbers is 5. Find n.
Soln:

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ABHYAAS - II

LEVEL - II
Q-1 Three numbers, whose sum is 70, form a G.P.. If the extremes be multiplied by 4 each, and the mean

by 5, the new numbers form an A.P. Find the numbers.

Soln:

Q-2 If | b |,| r | < 1, evaluate 1+(1+ b) r + (1+ b + b2 ) r2 + (1+ b+ b2 + b3 ) r3 +... 

Soln:

Q-3 S1 , S2 , ... ,Sn are the sums of the infinite geometric series whose first terms are 1,2, ... , n, and whose
1 1 1 n
common ratios are , , ..., respectively. Prove that S1+ S2+...+ Sn= (n + 3)
2 3 n 1 2

Soln:

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Q-4 What is the sum of all the positive integral divisors of the number 540 ?

Soln:

Q-5 –
 
< x < and 1+tan x+tann2 x+ tann3 x +... =
3  3 1 . Find x.
4 4 2

Soln:

Q-6 Three distinct reals are in G.P. Their sum is s and the sum of their squares is s 2.
1
Prove that < 2 <1 or 1< 2 < 3 .
3
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Q-7 A G.P. of positive numbers has the common ratio r. Find the range values of r so that any three

successive terms are the side lengths of a triangle.

Soln:

Q-8 g1 , g2 , g3 are three successive terms of a G.P. ( common ratio = r ).

Find the range of values of r for which g1< 0 and g3 > 4 g2– 3g1.

Soln:

Q-9 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
(A) (B) (C) (D) S2
2S  1 2S  1 2S

Soln:

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Q-10 A particle begins at the origin and moves successively in the following manner as shown,
1 unit to the right, 1/2 unit up, 1/4 unit to the right, 1/8 unit down, 1/16 unit to the right etc.
The length of each move is half the length of the previous move and movement continues in
the ‘zigzag’ manner indefinitely. The co-ordinates of the point to which the ‘zigzag’ converges is -

1/4

1/8
1/2
1 1/16
x
0

(A) (4/3, 2/3) (B) (4/3, 2/5) (C) (3/2, 2/3) (D) (2, 2/5)
n
Sol :

100 100

Q-11 Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive numbers. Let a

n 1
2n = & a
n 1
2n 1 =  such that    .

Then the common ratio of the G.P. is -

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
   

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1 1 1
Q-12 If x > 1, y > 1, z >1 are in G.P., then , , are in -
1  n x 1  n y 1  n z

(A) A.P. (B) H.P. (C) G.P. (D) none of above

Soln:

 
Q-13 Indicate the correct alternative(s), for  if x   cos 2n , y   sin 2n  and
0 ,
2 n 0 n0


z   cos 2n  sin 2n  , then -
n0

(A) xyz = xz + y (B) xyz = xy + z (C) xyz = x + y + z (D) xyz = yz + x

Soln:

Q-14 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

Soln:

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Q-15 a, b, c are three distinct real numbers, which are in G.P. and a + b + c = xb, then -
(A) x < –1 (B) –1 < x < 2 (C) 2 < x < 3 (D) x > 3
n
Sol :

qr
Q-16 If the pth, qth & rth terms of an AP are in GP. Show that the common ratio of the GP is .
pq
Soln:

n n

Q-17 Find the value of the sum   rs 2r 3s where  is zero if r  s &  is one if r = s.
rs rs
r 1s 1

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Q-18 In a G.P., the ratio of the sum of the first eleven terms to the sum of the last eleven terms
is 1/8 and the 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.
n
Sol :

Q-19 Prove that the number 4 4 4 ............4 8 8 8 ..............8 9 is a perfect square of the
n digits (n-1) digits
number 6 6 6 ..............6 7.
(n-1) digits

Soln:

Q-20 Let n( 1) be a positive integer, then the largest integer m such that (n m  1) divides
(1  n  n 2  .....  n127 ), is
(A) 32 (B) 63 (C) 64 (D) 127

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Q-21 If |a|<1 and |b|<1, then the sum of the series a(a  b)  a 2 (a 2  b 2 )  a 3 (a 3  b3 )  ..... upto  is
a ab a2 ab b a b2 ab
(A)  (B) 2
 (C)  (D) 2

1  a 1  ab 1 a 1  ab a  b 1a 1 b 1  ab

Soln:

Q-22 If S is the sum to infinity of a G.P., whose first term is a, then the sum of the first n terms is
n n
a   a 
(A) S  1   (B) S 1   1   
 S   S  

n
  a 
(C) a 1   1    (D) None of these
  S  

Soln:

1 1 1
Q-23 If S denotes the sum to infinity and Sn the sum of n terms of the series 1     ....., such that
2 4 
1
S  Sn  , then the least value of n is
1000
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

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Q-24 If exp. {(sin2x+sin4x+sin4x+....+) loge2} satisfies the equation x 2  9x  8  0, then the value of
cos x 
, 0  x  is
cos x  sin x 2
1 1
(A) ( 3  1) (B) ( 3  1) (C) 0 (D) None of these
2 2

Soln:

1 1
Q-25 If G be the geometric mean of x and y, then 2 2
 2 
G x G  y2
1 2
(A) G2 (B) (C) (D) 3G2
G2 G2

Soln:

Q-26 If n geometric means be inserted between a and b, then the nth geometric mean will be
n n 1 n 1
 b  n 1 b n  b  n 1  b n
(A) a   (B) a   (C) a   (D) a  
a a a a

Soln:

a n  bn
Q-27 If be the geometric mean of a and b, then n=
a n 1  bn 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these

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ABHYAAS - III

LEVEL - II
Q-1 The number 111.......1 (91 times) is a
(A) Even number (B) Prime number (C) Not prime (D) None of these

Soln:

Q-2 In an H.P., tm= n and tn= m for some m  n. Find tm+n .

Soln:

h 12
Q-3 a < b are positive numbers. g is the GM of a, b and h is the H.M of a, b. If g = ,
13
a
find .
b
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2 12
Q-4 What is the greatest positive term of the H.P. whose first two terms are and ?
5 23
Soln:

1 1 1 1 b
Q-5 If     0 , prove that a , b , c are in H.P. or a , , c are in A.P.
a c a-b c-b 2
Soln:

Q-6 a, b are positive integers such that ab=192. The gcd and lcm of a, b are d, l respectively .
25
The ratio of the A.M. to H.M , of d and l , is 3 . Find a and b .
48

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Q-7 a, b, c are distinct numbers in H.P.. Show that:-
a ac
(i) 
a-b a-c
1 1 1 1
(ii)   
b-a b-c a c
Soln:

Q-8 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 
Soln:

Q-9 The pth term Tp of H.P. is q(q + p) and qth term Tq is p(p + q) when p > 1, q > 1, then -
(A) Tp + q = pq (B) Tpq = p + q (C) Tp + q > Tpq (D) Tpq > Tp+q

Soln:

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y
Q-10 If sin (x – y), sin x and sin (x + y) are in H.P., then sin x. sec = ______________.
2

Soln:

Q-11 Given that ax = by = cz = du & a , b , c , d are in GP, show that x , y , z , u are in HP .

Soln:

qr
Q-12 If the pth, qth & rth terms of an AP are in GP. Show that the common ratio of the GP is .
pq

Soln:

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Q-13 If one AM ‘a’ & two GM’s p & q be inser ted between any two given numbers
then show that p3+ q3 = 2 apq.

Soln:

2 3
1 1 1
Q-14 Find the sum of the first n terms of the series : 1  2  1    3  1    4  1    ....
 n  n  n

Soln:

Q-15 In a A.P. & an H.P. have the same first term, the same last term & the same number of terms;
prove that the product of the rth term from the beginning in one series & the r th term from the end
in the other is independent of r.

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Q-16 If a, b, c are in H.P., b, c, d are in G.P. & c, d, e are in A.P., then Show that e = ab²/(2a  b)².

Soln:

Q-17 The value of x + y + z is 15, if a , x , y , z , b are in A.P. while the value of ;

(1/x)+(1/y)+(1/z) is 5/3 if a , x , y , z , b are in H.P. Find a & b.

Soln:

Q-18 If a , b, c be in G.P. & log c a, log b c, log a b be in A.P., then show that the common
difference of the A.P. must be 3/2.

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Q-19 Let a 1, a 2........... be positive real numbers in G.P.. For each n, let A n, G n, H n, be respectively,
the arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean of a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ,........... a n .
Find an expression for the G.M. of G 1 , G 2,.............G n in terms of A 1, A 2 , .................A n ,
H1, H2,..........Hn

Soln:

Q-20 Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a, A 1 , A 2, b are in A.P. ; a, G 1, G 2 , b are in G.P. and
G1G2 A  A 2 (2a  b)(a  2b)
a, H1, H2, b are in H.P., show that  1  .
H1H 2 H1  H 2 9ab

Soln:

Q-21 If a, b, c are in A.P., a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in H.P., then prove that either a = b = c or

c
a, b,  form a G.P.
2
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Comprehension: Q-22 to Q-26

There are 4n + 1 terms in a sequence of which first 2n + 1 are in Arithmetic Progression and
last 2n + 1 are in Geometric Progression the common difference of Arithmetic Progression is 2 and
common ratio of Geometric Progression is 1/2. The middle term of the Arithmetic Progression is
equal to middle term of Geometric Progression. Let middle term of the sequence is Tm and Tm is the
2
5 9
sum of infinite Geom etric Progression whose sum of first two terms is   n and ratio of these terms is .
4 16
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
Q-22 Number of terms in the given sequence is equal to -
(A) 9 (B) 17 (C) 13 (D) none
Soln:

Q-23 Middle term of the given sequence, i.e. Tm is equal to -

(A) 16/7 (B) 32/7 (C) 48/7 (D) 16/9

Soln:

Q-24 First term of given sequence is equal to -

(A) –8/7, –20/7 (B) –36/7 (C) 36/7 (D) 48/7

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Q-25 Middle term of given A. P. is equal to -
(A) 6/7 (B) 10/7 (C) 78/7 (D) 11

Soln:

Q-26 Sum of the terms of given A. P. is equal to -

(A) 6/7 (B) 7 (C) 3 (D) 6

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ABHYAAS - V

LEVEL - II
Q-1 The series of natural numbers is divided into groups (1), (2, 3, 4), (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), & so on.
Show that the sum of the numbers in the nth group is (n –1 )3 + n3.

Soln:

Q-2 The sum of the squares of three distinct real numbers, which are in GP is S2.
If their sum is S , show that    1 3,1  1, 3  .

Soln:

Q-3 If there be m AP's beginning with unity whose common difference is 1, 2, 3 .... m.
Show that the sum of their nth terms is (m/2) (mn – m + n + 1).

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Q-4 If S n represents the sum to n terms of a GP whose first term & common ratio are a

& r respectively, then prove that S1 + S2 + S3 + ....... + S2n – 1 

an


ar 1  r 2n  .
 
1  r 1  r 2 1  r 

Soln:

Q-5 If a, b, c, d, e be 5 numbers such that a, b, c are in AP ; b, c, d are in GP & c, d, e are

in HP then:
(i) Prove that a, c, e are in GP .
(ii) Prove that e = (2 b – a)2/a .
(iii) If a = 2 & e = 18 , find all possible values of b, c, d .
Soln:

1 1 1 1
Q-6 If A  1    .................   and
2 3 n n 1

B
n  2  1

1

3
 .............. 
 n  1  ,
 
2   n  1 n n  n  1  n  1 n  2  3.2  then show that A = B.

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Q-7 An AP, a GP & a HP have ‘a’ & ‘b’ for their first two terms. Show that their (n + 2) th terms
b 2n  2  a 2n  2 n 1
will be in GP if  .
ba b 2n
a 2n
 n

Soln:

1
Q-8 If a1 = 1 & for n > 1, an = a n 1  , then show that 12 < a75 < 15.
a a 1

Soln:

Q-9 Sum tonterms:

1 2x 3x
(i) x  1   x  1 x  2    x  1 x  2  x  3   ........

a1 a2 a3
(ii) 1  a  1  a 1  a   1  a 1  a 1  a   ........
1 1 2 1 2 3

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Q-10   
(a) The harmonic mean of the roots of the equation 5  2 x 2  4  5 x  8  2 5  0 is 
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
(b) Let a1 , a2 ,.......a10 , be in A. P. & h1 , h2 , ......., h10 be in H. P.
If a1 = h1 = 2 & a10 = h10 = 3 then a4 h7 is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
Soln:

Q-11 (a) Suppose a, b, c are in A. P. and a2, b2, c2 are in G. P.

3
If a < b < c and a + b + c  , then the value of a is
2
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2

(b) Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a, A 1 , A 2 , b are in A. P. ; a, a 1 , a 2 , b are in G.P.

and a, H1, H2, b are in H. P., show that
G1G2 A1  A 2  2a  b  a  2b 
 
H1 H 2 H 1  H 2 9ab
Soln:

Q-12 If a, b, c are in A.P., a2, b2, c2 are in H.P., then prove that either a = b = c
c
or a, b,  form a G.P.
2
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Q-13 If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then prove that [(1 + a) (1 + b) (1 + c)]7 > 77 a4 b4 c4.
Soln:

 n  1  n 1
Q-14 If total number of runs scored in n matches is 
 4 
 
 2  n  2 where n > 1, and the runs scored in the

kth match are given by k.2n + 1 – k, where 1 < k < n. Find n.

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ABHYAAS - V

LEVEL - II
Q-1 Find the sum to the first n terms of the series

2 2 2 2
13 13  23 13  23  33
(i) 1.3 + 3.5 + 5.7 + 7.9 + ... ; (ii)   + ... ;
1 1 2 1 2 3
Soln:

Q-2 Evaluate the following to n terms:-

(i) 1.4 + 2.5 + 3.6 + 4.7 + ... ;

(ii) 1. 2. 3 + 2. 3. 4 + 3. 4. 5 + ... ;

1 1 1
(iii) + + + ... .
1.4 4.7 7.10

Soln:

Q-3 Find the sum to the first n terms of the series

1 1 4 7 10
(i) 1+  + ... ; (ii) 1–  - + ... ;
1 2 1 2 3 2 4 8
n
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n n 1
Q-4 Let Sn =  r . Evaluate 
r=1 r =1 Sr

Soln:

Q-5 Find the sum in each of the following cases (take | x | <1) :-
(i) 1 + 3x + 6x 2 + 10x 3 + 15x 4 + . . . 

(ii) 3 + 5x + 9x 2 + 15x 3 + 23x 4 + 33 x 5 + . . . 

Soln:

Q-6 Sum to n terms the following series :-

(i) n.1 + (n – 1).2 + (n – 2).3 + ... + 1. n

(ii) 4 + 14 + 30 + 52 + 80 + 114 + ...

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Q-7 Evaluate 1+ 2x + 3x2 + 4x3 + ...  , where | x |<1.
Soln:

Q-8 Evaluate
n n 1
(i)  (3r -1)(r + 1) ; (ii)  .
r =1 r =1 (2r - 1)(2r + 1)
n
Sol :

n m
Q-9 Evaluate   1.
m=1 r=1

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Q-10 Evaluate the sum to n terms :-

1 2 3
(i)    ...
1. 3 1. 3. 5 1. 3. 5. 7

3 5 7
(ii) 2 2
 2 2
  ...
1 .2 2 .3 3 .42
2

1 2x 3x 2
(iii) + + + ...
x + 1 (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3)

Soln:

3 1 4 1 5 1
Q-11 Evalaute .  . 2 .  ... n terms
1.2 2 2.3 2 3.4 23

Soln:

Q-12 Evaluate 8 + 26 + 54 + 92 + 140 + 198 + ... n terms

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Q-13 Sum to n terms following series :

a1 a2 a3
(i) 1  a  1  a 1  a  1  a 1  a 1  a  .....
1  1  2  1  2  3

(ii) x x2 x4
   .....
1  x2 1  x4 1  x8

x
If | x| < 1, show that the sum of the corresponding infinite is
1 x

Soln:

Q-14 The odd positive numbers are written in the form of a triangle
1
3 5
7 9 11
13 15 17 19
............................
..................................   find the sum of terms in nth row..

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Q-15 Sum the following series to n terms and to infinity :
1 1 1
(a)    .........
1. 4 .7 4 .7.10 7.10.13
n
(b)  r (r + 1) (r + 2) (r + 3)
r 1
n
1
(c)  4 r2 1
r 1

Soln:

n i j
Q-16 Find the sum   1.
i 1 j1 k 1
n
Sol :

1. 3 3.5 5.7 7.9

Q-17 Prove that the sum of the infinite series  2  3  4  ..........   23 .
2 2 2 2
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1 2x 3 x2
Q-18 Find the sum to n terms : (a)    .......
x  1 (x  1) (x  2) (x  1) (x  2) (x  3)

a1 a2 a3
(b)    .......
1  a 1  1  a 1   1  a 2   1  a 1   1  a 2  1  a 3 

Soln:

Q-19 Find the nth term and the sum to 'n' terms of the series :
(a) 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + 61 + ......

(b) 6 + 13 + 22 + 33 + .......

Soln:

 n  1  n+1
Q-20 If total number of runs scored in n matches is   (2 – n – 2) where n > 1, and the runs
 4 
scored in the kth match are given by k. 2n+1–k, where 1  k  n. Find n.

Soln:

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Q-21 In quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if   are roots of equation,  = b2 – 4ac and  + ,
2 +2, 3 +3 are in G.P. then
(A)  0 (B) b= 0 (C) c= 0 (D) = 0

Soln:

2 3 n
3 3 3 3
Q-22 If a n         ....(1)n 1   and b n = 1 – a n then find the minimum natural
4 4 4 4
number n0 such that bn > an  n  n0

Soln:

Comprehension: Q-23 to Q-25

Let Vr denote the sum of first r terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is r and the common
difference is (2r – 1).
Let Tr = Vr + 1 – Vr – 2 and Qr = Tr + 1 – Tr for r = 1,2,........

Q-23 The sum V1 + V2 + ... + Vn is :

1 1
(A) n(n + 1) (3n2 – n + 1) (B) n(n + 1) (3n2 + n + 2)
12 12
1 1
(C) n(2n2 – n + 1) (D) (2n3 – 2n + 3)
2 3
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Q-24 Tr is always :
(A) an odd number (B) an even number

(C) a prime number (D) a composite number

Soln:

Q-25 Which one of the following is a correct statement ?

(A) Q1, Q2, Q3, ...are in A.P. with common difference 5

(B) Q1, Q2, Q3, ...are in A.P. with common difference 6

(C) Q1, Q2, Q3, ...are in A.P. with common difference 11

(D) Q1 = Q2 = Q3 = ...
n
Sol :

Q-26 If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is cn2, then the sum of squares of these n terms is

(A)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(B)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(C)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
(D)
 
n 4n 2  1 c 2
6 3 3 6

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Q-27 Let S k , k = 1,2,.......,100, denote the sum of the infinite geometric series whose first term
k 1 1 100 2 100 2
is
k!
and the common ratio is . Then the value of
k 100! k 1

  k  3k  1 Sk is 

Soln:

4n k(k 1)
Q-28 Let S n   (1) 2
k 2 . Then Sn can take value(s)
k 1

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

n
Sol :

Q-29 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 =
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ANSWERS

ABHYAAS-I
Q-1 (C) Q-2 (C) Q-3 (A) Q-4 (A) Q-5 (BD) Q-6 (A) Q-7 14
Q-10 (B) Q-11 (B) Q-12 (B) Q-13 (B) Q-14 (C) Q-16 (C) Q-17 0
Q-18 9 or 3 Q-19 5 Q-20 (C) Q-21 (D) Q-22 (A) Q-23 (B) Q-24 (D)
Q-25 (C) Q-26 (C) Q-27 (D) Q-28 (C) Q-29 (A) Q-30 (A) Q-31 (D)

Q-32 (C) Q-33 (B) Q-34 (A) Q-35 8 Q-36 0 Q-38 310 Q-39 n = 8, 9, 10

ABHYAAS-II

 1  
Q-1 10, 20, 40 Q-2  1  r  1  br  Q-5 
  6
5 1 5 1
Q-7 r Q-8 1< r< 3 Q-9 (B)
2 2
Q-10 (B) Q-11 (A) Q-12 (B) Q-13 (BC) Q-14 (CD) Q-15 (AD)
6 n
Q-17 (6  1) Q-18 n = 38 Q-20 (C) Q-21 (B) Q-22 (B)
5
Q-23 (C) Q-24 (B) Q-25 (B) Q-26 (C) Q-27 (C)

ABHYAAS-III
mn
Q-1 (C) Q-2 Q-3 Q-4 6
mn
Q-6 (4, 48) (12, 16) Q-8 (CD) Q-9 (ABC) Q-10 ( 2 )
Q-14 ( n2 ) Q-17 (a = 1, b = 9 or b = 1, a = 9 )
1
Q-19  A1 , A 2 ,..........A n   H1 , H 2 ,.........H n   2n
Comprehension:
Q-22 (C) Q-23 (C) Q-24 (B) Q-25 (A) Q-26 (D)

ABHYAAS-IV
Q-5 (iii) b = 4, c = 6, d = 9 OR b = –2, c = –6 , d = – 18
xa
Q-9 (a) 1
 x  1 x  2 ........  x  n 
1
(b) 1
1  a1 1  a 2  ........ 1  a n 

Q-10 (a) B (b) D

Q-11 (a) D
Q-14 n=7

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ABHYAAS-V

1 n  n  1 2n  7 
Q-1 (i)
3

n 6n3  16n 2  9n  4  (ii)
12
n  n  1 n  5  1  n 
Q-2 (i) (ii) n  n  1 n  2 n  3  (iii)  
3 4  3n  1 
n 1 n
2n 2   1  1 
Q-3 (i) (ii) 3   2    3n  2    
 2 
n 1   
2n
Q-4
n 1
3
 1  2
Q-5 (i)   (ii) 3x  4x  3
1 x  1  x  3
1
Q-7 2
1  x 
x n
Q-8 (i)
2

2x 2  5n  1  (ii)
2n  1

n  n  1
Q-9
2

1 1  n  n  2 1  xn
Q-10 (i) 2  1  1.3.5..... 2n  1  (ii) 2 (iii) x  1 x  2 ..... x  n
    n  1     
1 1
Q-11 1 Q-12 x  n  1 5n  7 
 1 2n
n  3

1
Q-13 1 Q-14 (n3)
1  a1 1  a 2  ..... 1  a n 
1 1 1 n(n  1)(n  2)(n  3)(n  4) n 1
Q-15 (a)  , (b) (c) ,
24 6(3n  1)(3n  4) 24 5 2n  1 2

Q-16 [n(n+1)(n+2)]/6

Q-18 (a) 1  xn (b) 1 

1
(x  1)(x  2)...........(x  n) (1  a1 )(1  a 2 )...........(1  a n )

1
Q-19 (a) 2n+1 – 3; 2n+2 – 4 – 3n (b) n2 + 4n +1 ; n(n  1)(2n  13)  n
6
Q-20 n=7 Q-21 (C) Q-22 6 Q-23 (B) Q-24 (D)

Q-25 (B) Q-26 (C) Q-27 3 Q-28 (AD) Q-29 5

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