First Level Geometrical Progression

1. The nth term of G.P. 2, – 4, 8, – 16, .... is 10. In a G.P. the ratio of the sum of first three terms and first
n2 n n 1 six terms is 125 : 152, the common ratio is :
(a) ( 1) 2 (b) 2 ( 1) .2
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5
(c) ( 1)n  2 .2n  1 (d) ( 1)n  1 2n 11. If the 10th term of a G.P. is 9 and 4th term is 4, then its 7
term is :
2. Sum of all terms of a G.P. is 5 times the sum of odd
terms. The common ratio is : (a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 4/9 (d) 9/4
(a) 5 (b) 4 12. Let the second term of a geometric progression (G.P.)
(c) 3 (d) 2 be 4. Then the product of its first three terms is :
(a) 32 (b) 64 (c) 56 (d) 81
3. If a x  b y  c z and a, b, c are in G.P. then x, y, z are in:
13. If ( p  q ) th term of G.P. is m and (p – q)th term is n
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
then the pth term will be
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
(a) (m/n) (b) (m – n)
4. The 4th and 7th terms of a G.P. are 54 and 1458 respec- (c) mn (d) None of these
tively. The first term is :
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8 14. The sum of the first three terms of an increasing G.P. is
13 and their product is 27. The sum of the first five terms
5. The product of n geometric means between two given is :
numbers a and b is (a) 121 (b) 40/3
(a) (ab)n (b) (ab )n / 2 (c) 243 (d) None of these
15. How many terms are there in the series 96, 48, 24, .... 3/
(c) (ab )2n (d) None of these
16?
6. The first term of a G.P. is 1. The sum of the third and fifth (a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d)36
term is 90. Find the common ratio of the G.P. 16. The sum of the infinite terms of series
(a)  2 (b) + 3 (c)  3 (d) – 3 2  (1 / 2)  (1 / 8 )  .... is :
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8
7. If x  9, x  6 , 4 are in G.P. then the value of x is :
(c) 8/5 (d) 8/3
(a) 8 (b)12 (c) 16 (d) 20
17. Every term of a G.P. is positive and also every term in
8. If a, b, c, d are in G.P. and a x  b y  c z  d u , then sum of two preceding term. Then the common ratio of
the G.P. is :
x, y , z, u are in :
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. 1 5 5 1
(a) (b)
(c) H.P. (d) None of these 2 2
9. The 5th term of a G.P. is 81 and the second term is 24,
the first term is : 5 1
(c) (d) 1
(a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 36 2

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18. The third term of a G.P. is 5, the product of its first five 26. Let an be the nth term of the G.P. of positive numbers.
terms is :
100 100
(a) 25 (b) 625
(c) 3125 (d) 625  25 Let a
n 1
2n   and a
n 1
2 n 1   , such that    . Then

19. Determine the 12th term of a G.P. whose 8th term is 192 the common ratio is :
and common ratio is 2 :
(a) 3072 (b) 3000 (a)  /  (b)  / 
(c) 3070 (d) None of these (c) (  / ) (d) ( / )
20. If S is the sum to infinity of a G.P., whose first term is a,
then the sum of the first n term is : 27. If the third term of a geometrical progression is square
of first term. If second term is 8 then the sixth term is :
(a) S 1  a / S n (b) S [1  (1  a / S )] n
(a) 120 (b) 124 (c) 128 (d) 132
(c) a [1  (1  a / S ) ] n (d) None of these
28. In geometric progression if 4th, 7th and 10th terms are
21. If 8 Geometric means be inserted between two num- respectively a, b and c, then the correct relation be-
bers 64 and 18, which term is 18 ? tween a, b, c :
(a) 8th (b) 9th ac
(c) 10th (d) None of these (a) b  (b) a 2  bc
2
22. The first term of a G.P. whose second term is 2 and sum
(c) b 2  ac (d) c 2  ab
to infinity is 8 will be :
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
29. If x, y , z are in G.P. and a x = b y = c z then :
23. The sum of an infinity G.P. with common ratio r can be
found : (a) logb a  loga c (b) logc b  loga c
(a) under all conditions (b) for r < 1
(c) logb a  logc b (d) None of these
(c) for | r | < 1 (d) for – 2 < r < 1
30. If the sum of an infinite G.P. be 3 and the sum of the
24. The product (32) (32)1/ 6 (32 )1/ 36 .......... is equal to : square of its term is also 3, then its first term and com-
(a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 0 mon ratio are :
(a) 3/2, 1/2 (b) 1/2, 3/2
25. If x, 2 x  2, 3 x  3 , .... are in G.P., then the fourth term is:
(c) 1, 1/2 (d) None of these
(a) 27 (b) – 27 (c) 13.5 (d) – 13.5

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