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Arithmetic & Geometrical Progression (AP & GP):01
1. The 16th term of the A.P 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, …..is (48, 50, 33, 35)
1 1 1
2. 105th term of the A.P. 4, 4 , 5, 5 , 6, …….is (56, 55 ,
2 2 2
1
56 , 55)
2
3. Which term of the A.P. 2, 5, 12, 17, ……is 87 (16th , 17th , 18th , 15th )
4. How many terms are there in the A.P. 7, 11, 15, ….139? (33, 34, 32, 31)
5. If 2 x ,( x +10) and (3 x+ 2) are in A.P. then x=? (4, 5, 6, 8)
6. If the 4th term of an arithmetic progression is 14 and its 12th term is 70, then its first term is:
(-10, -7, 7, 10)
7. Which term of the series 72+63+54+…..is zero. (8th , 9th , 10th , 11th )
8. How many 3-digit number are divisible by 6? (102, 150, 151, 966)
9. How many numbers are there between 10 and 200 which are exactly divisible by 7?
(21, 23, 25, 27, none of these)
10. How many multiples of 3 are there between the integers 15 and 105, both inclusive? (30, 31, 32, 33)
11. If the 10th term of the sequence a , a−b , a−2b , a−3 b , … … . is20 and its 20th term is 10, then its xth
term is: (10−x , 20−x , 29−x ,30−x ¿
12. The sum 5+6+7+8+…..+19=? (150, 170, 180, 190)
13. (1+2+3+4+….+99+100+99+98+…..3+2+1) (200, 500, 1000, 10000)
14. How many odd numbered pages are there in a book of 1089 pages? (542, 544, 545, 546)
15. If a , a−2 ,3 aare in A.P, then a=? (-3, -2, 2, 3)
16. In a G.P., the first term is 5 and the common ratio is 2.the 8th term is : (160, 256, 640, 1280)
17. Which term of the G.P. 5, 10, 20, 40,…..is 1280 ? (8th , 9th , 10th , 11th )
18. The third term of a geometrical progression is 4. The product of first 5 terms is :
(43, 44,45,none of these)
2 16
19. The 2nd. term of a geometrical progression is and its 5th term is . Its 7th term is: (
3 81
15 1 32 64
, , , )
524 32 729 729
20. Three numbers are in G.P. their sum is 28 and product is 512. The numbers are:
{(2,6,18}.(2,8,16).(4,8,16).(6,9,13)}
1 1 1 1
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21. The sum 1+ + + + … … ∞ =?
2 4 8 16 ) (2, 4, 8, ∞)
22. A man has to pay Rs 975 in yearly instalments, each instalment being less than the earlier one by
Rs.5. The amount of first instalment is Rs.100. In what time, the entire amount will be paid?
(10 years, 12 years, 15 years, 25 years)
23. A man piles logs of wood so that the top layer contains one log and each lower layer has one more
than the layer above. If there are layers, the total number of logs will be: (105, 120, 210, 225)
24. A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs3600 by 40 annual instalments which are in A.P. When 30 of
the instalments are paid , he dies leaving one-third of the debt unpaid. The value of the 8th instalment
is? (Rs.35, Rs.50, Rs.65, none of these)
25. The population of bacteria culture doubles every 2 minutes. How many minutes will it take for the
population to grow from 1000 to 512000 bacteria? (10, 12, 14, 18)
3 3 3 3
26. The value of (1 +2 +3 +……+15 )-(1+2+3+….+15)=? (12280, 13280, 14280, 14400)
27. A club consits of members whose ages are in A.P., the common difference being 3 months. If the
youngest member of the club is just 7 years old and the sum of the ages of all members is 250 years,
then the number of members in the club is: (15, 20, 25, 30)
28. Soma puchases Nationa Savings Certificates every year whose value exceeds the previous year’s
purchase by Rs.400. after 8 years, She finds that she has purchased certificates whose total face value
is Rs.48000. what is the face value of the certificates purchased by her in the first year?
(Rs.4300, Rs.4400, Rs.4500, Rs.4600)