Sequence and Series

Single Answer Type

1. If the progressive 3, 10, 17, 24,…… and 63, 65, 67, 69,….. are such that their n th terms are equal, then the value
of n is
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 16
1
Sn  nP+ n  n  1 Q when Sn
2. If 2 denotes the sum of the first n terms of an A.P, then the common difference is
a) P+Q b) 2P+3Q c) 2Q d) Q
3. Let n A.M’s are inserted between x and 2y and between 2x and y. If the rth A.M in both the cases are equal then
x
value of y is
r r r
a) n  r  1 b) n  r  1 c) n  r  1 d) none
4. An A.P. consisting of n terms (n is an even number) has two middle terms p-q and p+q. The sum of squares of the
terms is

 2 n2  1 2 
 n2  1 2   n2  1 2  p  q 
n  p2  q  n  p2  q   3 
 3   3 
a)   b)   c) n d) none
2sin 2 1 4 2sin 2
5. If 3 ,14,3 are the three terms of an A.P. then the 5th term of A.P. is
a) 56 b) 53 c) 50 d) none
4 cos3 x  4 cos 2    x   cos x  1  0
in the interval 
0, 315 
6. The A.M of the roots of the equation is equal to
a) 100𝝅 b)49𝝅 c)50𝝅 d)51𝝅

 
log 3 2,log3 2 x  5 and log3  2 


7
3  are in A.P. then x is equal to
7. If
a)8 b)-8 c)3 d)-3

MCQ.
3 5 7
   ........
1. The sum of the series 4 36 144 upto n terms is
n  n  2 n 2  2n  2
1
1 2
 n  1  n  1 2
2
a) n b) c) d)none
1 1 1
1  2  ......  n
2. The greatest value of n for which 2 2 2 is less than 2 is
a) 100 b) 1000 c) 10000 d) none
2
1  sin   sin 2   sin 3   ........  then tan 
3. If 2 1 =
   
a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 4
4. The sum of all numbers from 1 to 1000 which are neither divisible by 2 nor by 5
a) 200000 b) 500500 c) 250000 d) none
5. The number of terms common to the two AP’s 2+5+8+11+…..+98 and 3+8+13+18+23+……+198
a) 33 b) 40 c) 7 d) none
1 1 1
, , ,.......is
6. The fourth term of the sequence 1  x 1  x 1  x
1 1 1 2 x
a) 1  2 x b) 2  x c) 1  x
d) none
7. x .2 x  2.3 x  3 are in G.P. then the fourth term is
a) 27 b) -27 c) 13.5 d) 13.5
8. How many terms of the series 1+3+5+….. sum to 1234321
a) 1001 b) 1111 c) 1101 d) none

9. The sum of n terms of the series

1 2
   
 2 2  32  4 2  52  6 2  .......is 
n  n  1  n  n  1
2 2  n  2n  1
a) b) c) d) none
10. The least n for which 1  3  3  3 .3  1000 is
2 3 n1

a) 6 b) 8 c) 7 d) none
12
 x3 2 
  2
2 x 
11. Find 5 term from the end in the expression of 
th
is
4 4 4 4
a) 7920x b) 7920x c) 7920x d) 7920x

 
256
38 5
12. The number of integral terms in the expansion of is
a) 35 b) 32 c) 33 d) 34
10
  
 x 2
13. If the term independent of x in the expansion of  x  is 405 then  equals to
a) -3 b) 3 c) 3 or -3 d) none
n
Cr 1  36,n Cr  84,n C r 1  126 then r is equal to
14. If
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
n 1
15. The inequality n !  3 where n  N is true for
a) n>2 b) n>3 c) n  5 d) n  4
1
16. Find the sum to infinity of a G.P. which has the ratio of its sixth term to the third term as 27 and the ratio of the 5th
1
term to the square of the third term is 8
a) 8 b) 4 c) 10 d) none
100 100
17. The total number of terms in the expansion of
 x  y   x  y
after simplification is
a) 50 b) 51 c) 202 d) none
 n
 1 
7  2  
18. If the coefficients of x and x 8 are equal in the expansion of  3 x  then n is
a) 56 b) 55 c) 45 d) none
n
 n Cr a r b n r
19. If a  b  1 then r 0 is equal to
a) 1 b) 0 c) n d) none
20. If the points representing the complex numbers 4  3i, 2  3i , 0  Pi are collinear then value of P is
a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) 3

21. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the points 

0, 0  ,  8, 0  &  4, 6  is

a)
 4, 8 
3 b) (3, 4) c) (4, 3) d) (-3, 4)
22. The number of lines that are parallel to 2x+6y+7=0 an have an intercept of length 10 between the co-ordinates
axes is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) infinitely many
23. The line x  y  4 divide the line joining (-1,1) and (5,7) in the ratio  :1 then value of  is
1
a) 2 b) 2 c) 3 d) none
24. Points on the line x  y  4 that lie at a unit distance from the line 4 x  3 y  10  0 are
a) (3, 1) & (-7, 11) b) (-3, 7) & (2, 2) c) (-3,7) & (-7, 11) d) none
x  y 1
25. The area of the quadrilateral formed by the lines
a) 4 b) 2 c) 8 d) none
26. The equation of a straight line through the point (1,1) and which makes an intercept of 2 units between the lines
x  y  1  0 and x  y  1  0 is

a) x  y  1  0 b) x  y  4 c) x  y  0 d) none

27. The image of the point 

 ,   in the line y  x is

a)
  ,   b)
  ,  c)
   ,  
d) none
28. Find the distance of the point (2,3) from the line 2x-3y+9=0 measured along a line x-y+1=0

a) 4 3 b) 2 c) 4 5 d) 4 2
29. If a, b, c are in A.P. the straight line ax+by+c=0 will pass through a fixed point whose co-ordinates are
a) (1, -2) b) (-1, 2) c) (1, 2) d) (-1, -2)

   
4 4
5 1  5 1 is
30. The number
a) an irrational no. b) a rational no. c) a negative no. d) none