Topic: PS QUIZ

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Each question carries 3 marks. 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. And each question has only one correct choice.

th
1. n term of 5, 3, 1, –1, –3, –5, ……… is
(A) 2n – 7 (B) 7 – 2n (C) 2n + 3 (D) 2n + 5

th 1 1
2. n term of 1, , , …. is
2 3
1 1 1 n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n n 1

1 1 1
3. Sum of the series + + + ………  is
2 2 2 4
1 1 2
(A) 1 + (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2 1 2 1

4. Number of integers between 100 and 200, that are divisible by 5 are
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 9 (D) 19

1
5. H.M of 3 and is
3
5 20 3
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
3 3 5

6. The nth terms of the two series 3 + 10 + 17 + …. and 63 + 65 + 67 + …… are equal, then the value of n is
(A) 9 (B) 13 (C) 19 (D) none of these

7. If n A.M’s are inserted between two quantities a and b, then their sum is equal to
n n
(A) n(a + b) (B) (a + b) (C) 2n(a + b) (D) (a – b)
2 2

ba bc
8. If a, b, c are in H.P, then the value of  is
ba bc
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none of these

9. If a, b, c are in A.P., a, x, b are in G.P. and b, y, c are in G.P., then x 2, b2, y2 are in
(A) H.P (B) G.P (C) A.P (D) none of these

10. If a, b, c, d, e are in A.P, then (e – a) is equal to

(A) 2(b + d) (B) 2(b – d) (C) 2(d – b) (D) none of these

11. If (2x – 1), (4x – 1), (7 + 2x) ……. are in G.P, then next term of the sequence is
(A) 625/3 (B) 125/3 (C) 81 (D) 9

12. In any triangle ABC the angles A, B, C are in A.P, then the value of sin 2B is given by
(A) 1/2 (B) 3 /2 (C) 1/ 2 (D) none of these

13. If 1 + 2 + 3 + ……. + 49 = x, then 13 + 23 + 33 + …… + 493 is given by

(A) x3 (B) x2 (C) x2 + x (D) none of these

14. If a, b, c are in A.P and a, b, d are in G.P, then a, a – b, d – c will be in

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

1 1 1
15. rth term of sequence    ....... is given by
1 3  5 3  5  7 5  7  9
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
r(r  2)(r  4) (2r  1)(2r  3 )(2r  5 ) (2r  1)( 2r  1)(2r  3)

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Topic: PS QUIZ
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16. If vr = , then vr –1 is equal to
1  (r  1)r
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
1  (r  1)r 1  (r  1)r 1  (r  1)(r  2)

 1  1   1   1 
17. The value of log x  log1    log 1    log1    ........  log 1  
 x  1 x   2x  (n  1  x ) 
x
(A) log (B) log nx (C) log(n  x ) (D) log(n  1)x
n

18. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then ab + bc + c d is equal to………

19. If the first term of a G.P is 1 and the sum of the third and fifth terms is 90. Then the common ratio if G.P is
(A) 1 (B)  2 (C)  3 (D)  4

1 1 1
20. If a, b, c are in A.P., then , , will be in
bc ca ab
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

21. The numbers 1, 4, 16 can be three terms (not necessarily consecutive) of

(A) no A.P. (B) only 1 or 2 G.Ps (C) infinite number of A.Ps (D) infinite number of G.Ps
n
1  2  2 2.....r terms
22. If Sn = r 1
2r
, then Sn is equal to

(A) 2n – (n + 1) (B) n × (n + 1)/2 (C) (n2 + 3n + 2)/6 (D) n – 1 + (1/2n)

nn  1
23. If Sn = nP + Q , where Sn denotes the sum of the first ‘n’ terms of an A.P. then the common difference
2
is
(A) P + Q (B) 2P + 3Q (C) 2Q (d) Q

24. a, b, c  R+ and from an A.P. if abc = 4, then the minimum value of b is

(A) (2)2/3 (B) (2)1/3 (C) (4)2/3 (D) none of these
2 2 2
25. If b + c, c + a, a + b are in H.P., then a , b , c will be in
(A) G.P. (B) H.P. (C) A.P. (D) none of these

26. Every term of a G.P. is positive and every term is the sum of two preceding terms. Then the common ratio of
the G.P. is
1 5 1 5 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 2 2
27. If the roots of the equation a(b − c)x2 + b(c − a)x + c(a − b) = 0 are equal, then a, b, c are in
(A) A.P. (B).G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

bc ac ab
28. If a, b, c  R+, then   is always
bc ac ab
1 1 1 1
(A)  a  b  c  (B)  abc (C)  a  b  c  (D)  abc
2 3 3 2
3 3 3
29. If a, b, c are in A.P., then a + c − 8b is equal to
(A) 2abc (B) 6abc (C) 4abc (D) none of these

1 1 1 1
30. If    = 0 and a + c −b  0, then a, b, c are in
a a b c c b
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

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