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Mathematics Sequence and Series Assignment-10B

1. If pth and qth terms of a G.P. are q and p respectively, then ( p  q)th term is:
1 1 1 1
 q p  p q  qq  q p  p p  pq  q q  p q
(A)  q  (B)  p  (C)  q  (D)  p 
p  p  q  p 
2. If (a, b), (c, d), (e, f) are the vertices of a triangle such that a, c, e are in G.P. with common ratio r and b,
d, f are in G.P. with common ratio s then the area of the triangle is:
1 1
(A) ab(r  1)(s  2)(s  r ) (B) ab(r  1)( s  1)( s  r )
2 2
1 1
(C) ab(r  1)( s  1)( s  r ) (D) ab(r  1)( s  1)( s  r )
2 2
3. If A  1  r a  r 2 a  r 3a  ..... and B  1  r b  r 2b  r 3b  ....., then a/b is equal to (where r  1 ):
 A 1 
log1 B (1  A) log B 1  log1 B 1  A 
A 
(A) log B A (B) (C) (D)
B 

4. The consecutive digits of a three-digit number form a G.P. If we subtract 792 from this number, we get a
number consisting of the same digits written in the reverse order and if we increase the second digit of
the required number by 2, the digits of resulting number form an A.P. The number is:
(A) 139 (B) 193 (C) 931 (D) None of these
1 1 1 1
5. The sum of the series    .....  is:
log 2 4 log 4 4 log8 4 log n 4
2

n(n  1) n(n  1) (2n  1) 1 n(n  1)

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 12 n(n  1) 4
6. If a, b, c, d are distinct positive numbers in A.P., then:
(A) ad < bc (B) a + c < b + d (C) a + d = 2 (b + c) (D) a + d = 3 (b + c)
7. The number of numbers lying between 100 and 500 that are divisible by 7 but not by 21 is:
(A) 57 (B) 19 (C) 38 (D) 76
8. A monkey while trying to reach the top of a pole of height 12 meters takes every time a jump of 2 meters
but slips 1 meter while holding the pole. The number of jumps required to reach the top of the pole, is:
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12

9. If a, b, c are the xth , y th and z th terms of an A.P., then:

(i) a( y  z )  b( z  x)  c( x  y) is :
(A) 0 (B) abc (C) abc (D) a(b  c)
(ii) x(b  c)  y(c  a)  z (a  b) is :
(A) abc (B) 0 (C) abc (D) a(b  c)
10. The sum of n terms of two series in A.P. are in the ratio 5n  4 : 9n  6. Find the ratio of their 13th terms.
129 12 131 13
(A) (B) (C) (D)
231 13 229 12

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11. The sum of three consecutive terms of an A.P. is 15 and the sum of their squares is 83. Find the terms.
(A) 3, 6, 9 (B) 2, 4, 6 (C) 3, 5, 7 (D) 2, 7, 10
12. If the sum of first p, q, r terms of an A.P. is a, b, c respectively, then:
a b c
(q  r )  (r  p)  ( p  q) is equal to :
p q r
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) None of these
13. If a, b, c, d are in G.P., then find the following:
(i) (b  c)2  (c  a)2  (d  b)2
(A) (a  d )2 (B) ( a  b) 2 (C) (c  d ) 2 (D) None of these
(ii) (a 2  b 2 )(c 2  d 2 )
(A) (a 2  b 2 )2 (B) (b 2  c 2 )2 (C) (b 2  d 2 )2 (D) (a 2  d 2 )2
14. If the continued product of three numbers in G.P. is 216 and the sum of the products taken in pairs is
156, then find the numbers.
(A) 2, 6, 18 (B) 18, 6, 4 (C) 3, 8, 9 (D) None of these
a 2  ab  b 2
15. If a, b, c are in G.P., then is:
bc  ca  ab
bc ac ab ac
(A) (B) (C) (D)
ab ab bc a b
16. If a x  b y  c z and x, y, z are in G.P., then:
(A) logb a  log c b (B) log a a  log c b (C) logb a  logb c (D) None of these
17. If S n is the sum of first n terms of a G.P.: {an } and S n' is the sum of another G.P.: {1 / an }, then show
that: Sn  kSn' where k is:
1 a1 an
(A) (B) a1an (C) (D)
a1an an a1
18.(B) If a, b, c are respectively pth, qth, and rth terms of H.P., then:
bc(q  r )  ca(r  p)  ab( p  q) is equal to:
(A) abc (B) 0 (C) pqr (D) None of these
1 1 1 1
19. If     0, then which of the following is(are) true?
a c a b c b
1 1 2 1 1 2
(A) a  c  2b (B)   (C)   (D) a  c  2b
a c b a c b

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Answer key to Sequence and Series Assignment 10 B

1.A
2.B
3.C
4.C
5.D
6.A
7.C
8.C
9. (i) – (A); (ii) – (B)
10.(A)
11.(C)
12.(B)
13. (i) – (A); (ii) – (B)
14.(A)
15.(C)
16.(A)
17.(B)
18.(B)
19.(B)

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