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Quiz Topic: Arithmetic Progressions Apadjkklsdafnasdlflasdfha
Quiz Topic: Arithmetic Progressions Apadjkklsdafnasdlflasdfha
Quiz Topic: Arithmetic Progressions Apadjkklsdafnasdlflasdfha
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LEVEL – II
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1. If x1, x2, x3 ….. xn are in A.P, then the value of ... is:
x1x 2 x 2 x3 x3 x 4 xn1xn
n 1 n 1
(A) (B)
x1xn x2 xn1
n
(C) (D) none of these
x1xn
1 1 1
2. If a1, a2, a3 ,…, an are in A.P., where ai > 0 for all i, then ... =?
a1 a2 a2 a3 an1 an
n 1 n 1
(A) (B)
a1 a1 an1
n 1
(C) (D) none of these
a1 an
3. In the arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8, ….. upto 50 terms and 3, 5, 7, 9,….. up to 60 terms, then how many
terms are identical:
(A) 61 (B) 72
(C) 20 (D) 42
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4.
If log52, log5 2x 3 and log5
2
2x 1 are in A.P., then value of x is:
(A) 8 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) none of these
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6. Let sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. if s2n = 3sn, then =?
sn
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 6 (D) 12
8. Let x be the arithmetic mean and y, z be two geometric mean between any two positive numbers, then
y3 z3
=?
xyz
(A) 0 (B) 2
1
(C) (D) 4
2
th
9. The sum of n terms of 2 arithmetic progressions are in the ratio of (7n + 1) : (4n + 27). The ratio of their 11
terms is
(A) 148 : 111 (B) 111 : 148
(C) 121 : 148 (D) 148 : 121
10. In an A.P, Sp = q, Sq = p and Sr denotes the sum of first r terms, then Sp+q is equal to
(A) 0 (B) (p + q)
(C) (p + q) (D) pq
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Topic: Arithmetic Progressions QUIZ
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11. If a, b, c are in A. P. and
1 1 1
, , are also in A.P., then
a2 b2 c 2
(A) a = b = c (B) 2b = 3a + c
ac
(C) b2 (D) None
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12. If the roots of the equation x3 12x2 + 39x 28 are in A.P. then their common difference will be
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
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13. Let tn be the nth term of an A.P. If a2r 10100 and a2r 1 1099 , then the common difference of A.P. is
r 1 r 1
(A) 1 (B) 10
(C) 9 (D) 1099
sa sb
14. If sr denotes the sum of r terms of an A.P. and 2
c , then sc is
a b2
3 c
(A) c (B)
ab
(C) abc (D) a + b + c
15. If s1, s2 and s3 denote the sum of first n1, n2 and n3 terms respectively of an A.P. then
s1 s s
n2 n3 2 n3 n1 3 n1 n2 =
n1 n2 n3
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) s1s2s3 (D) n1n2n3
16. In an 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
(A) (B)
5 3
3
(C) (D) none of these
4
17. If a1, a2, …… , an are in A.P. with common difference d, then the sum of the series
sind[coseca1coseca2 + coseca2 coseca3 + ….. + cosecan1cosecan]
(A) seca1 secan (B) coseca1 cosecan
(C) cota1 cotan (B) tana1 tanan
18. If s1 = a2 + a4 + a6 + ……. upto 100 terms and s2 = a1 + a3 + a5 + …….. upto 100 terms of a certain A.P. then
its common difference is
(A) s1 s2 (B) s2 s1
s1 s2 s s2
(C) (D) 1
2 100
1 1 1
19. If a1, a2, a3, … an are in arithmetic progression ai 0 then ...
a1a2 a2a3 an1an
n 1 n
(A) (B)
a1an a1an
n 1 n
(C) (D)
a2an 1 a2an 1
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Topic: Arithmetic Progressions QUIZ
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20.
2 2
If s = n p and s = m p, m n is AP then s =
n m p
2
(A) p (B) p3
(C) p4 (D) none of these
23. If there are (2n + 1) terms in an AP then the ratio of the sum of odd terms to the sum of even terms is:
n 1 n
(A) (B)
n n 1
n 1 n
(C) (D)
n n 1
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24. The sum of two numbers is . An n number of arithmetic means are being inserted between them and their
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sum exceeds their count by 1, then the number of means inserted:
(A) 12 (B) 7
(C) 21 (D) 41
n
25. Find the natural number 'a' for which f a k 16 2n 1 , where the function satisfies the relation f(x + y) =
k 1
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