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Maths Quant ‘Best Approach’ (Bharat Gupta SIR) Sequence and Series

Type – 1: Arithmetic Progression Q7. If the roots of the equation x3 – 12 x2 + 39x – 28 = 0are in
Q1. The first term of a series is 5, the last 45, and the sum is A.P., then their common difference is
400. Find the number of terms in the series. a.  1 b.  2 c.  3 d.  4

Q2. The 54th and 4th terms of an AP are – 61and 64. Find the Q8. The middle term in the following arithmetic progression
23rd term. 20, 16, 12,………., - 176 is:
a. 111.5 b. – 111.5 c. 16.5 d. 23 a. – 46 b. – 76 c. – 80 d. both b and c

Q3. The 12th term, the 14th term and the last term of an Q9. Let Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose first
arithmetic progression are 25, 31 and 37 respectively. Find the term is a. If the common difference d = Sn – k Sn – 1 + Sn – 2 then
number of terms. k=
a. 12 b. 16 c. 10 d. 20 a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. none of these

Q4. The sum of three numbers in AP is 27 and the sum of their Q10. Find number of common terms in the following two
squares is 293. Find the common difference. Arithmetic Series 13, 19, 25, 31, ……………100 terms and 20, 27,
a. ± 3 b. ± 5 c. ± 4 d. ± 2 34, 41,……… 90 terms.
a. 15 b. 16 c. 14 d. 20
Q5. Divide 20 into four parts which are in A.P. and such that
the product of the first and fourth is to the product of the Q11. Find number of common terms in the following two
second and third are in the ratio 2 : 3. find the product of the Arithmetic Series 3, 6, 9, 12, ……………150 terms and 7, 11,
first and fourth term of the A.P.: 15,……… 130 terms.
a. 25 b. 16 c. 10 d. 20 a. 25 b. 32 c. 35 d. 37

Q6. The difference between the sum of the 11th to the 15th Q12. Find number of common terms in the following two
terms of an AP and the sum of the 19th to the 23rd terms of Arithmetic Series 2, 8, 14, 20,……………98 and 6, 10, 14,
the AP is 280. What is the common difference of the AP? 18,……… 102.
a. 7 b. 4 c. 2 d. 8 a. 9 b. 6 c. 8 d. 7
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𝑺𝟑
Q13. The number of common terms in the two sequence 15, Q25. Let Sn denote the sum of n terms of an A.P.. If =
𝑺𝟗
19, 23, 27, ……….415 and 14, 19, 24, 29,…….,464 is 𝟏
, find the ratio of third term of the progression of the tenth
[CAT 2019 shift II] 𝟔

a. 18 b. 20 c. 21 d. 19 term.
a. 3/11 b. 2/11 c. 3/11 d. 4/11
Q14. The number of terms common in the two sequences 2,
6, 12, 20, ..., 930 and 4, 8, 12, 16 .... 960 is
Q26. The sum of n terms of two different arithmetic series are
a. 8 b. 14 c. 16 d. 18 in the ratio of (7n + 1) : (4n +27). Find the ratio of their 11th
terms.
a. 147 : 111 b. 7 : 4 c. 4 : 3 d. 78 : 71
Q15. The sum of three numbers which are in arithmetic
progression is 24. The sum of their squares is 200. Find the
sum of their reciprocal.
Q27. Let Sk be the sum of the first k terms of the arithmetic
𝑺 𝒎𝟐 𝒕
a. 5/8 b. 37/120 c. 47/120 d. 3/8 progression t1, t2,...tk... If 𝒎 = 𝟐 , then find the value of 𝒎 .
𝑺 𝒏 𝒏 𝒕 𝒏
𝒕𝟏 +𝒎 𝒎+𝟏 𝒎𝒕𝟏 +𝟏 𝟐𝒎−𝟏
a. b. c. d.
Q16. The sum of three numbers which are in arithmetic 𝒕𝟏 +𝒏 𝒏+𝟏 𝒏𝒕𝟏 +𝟏 𝟐𝒏−𝟏

progression is 12. The sum of their cubes is 408. Find the


product of the numbers. Q28. The minimum possible sum for the A.P. -55, -51, -47, …
a. 17 b. 35 c. 28 d. 36 is
a. – 410 b. – 406 c. – 408 d. – 402
Q17. The sum of first fifteen terms of an A.P. is 105 and the
sum of the next fifteen terms is 780. Find the common Q29. A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs. 3600 by 40
difference of A.P.: annual instalments which are in A.P. When 30 of the
a. 6 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 instalments are paid he dies leaving one third of the debt
unpaid. The value of the 8th instalment is
Q18. Find the sum of all two-digit number divisible by 7. a. Rs. 35 b. Rs.50 c. Rs.65 d. None of these
a. 630 b. 728 c. 847 d. None of these
Q30. The total number of terms in an arithmetic progression
Q19. If the first 4 terms of an Arithmetic progression are P, P (A.P.) is odd. The sum of all the even placed terms is 7 and the
+ 3Q, 4P + Q and 32 respectively, then find the value of its sum of all the odd placed terms is 8.75 in this A.P. It is also
2022th term. given that the last term of this A.P. exceeds the first term by
2. Find the total number of terms in the A.P. .
Q20. Find the sum of all odd numbers of four digit which are a. 5 b. 9 c. 11 d. 21
divisible by 9.
a. 2784491 b. 2448729 c. 2754000 d. 2478429 Q31. a, b, c, d, e are first five terms of an A.P. such that a + c
+ e = - 12 and abc = 8. Find first term a.
Q21. Find the sum of all the three digit numbers which leave a. 3 b. 2 c. – 4 d. 4
a remainder of 1 when divided by 8.
a. 61472 b. 61508 c. 61488 d. 61496 Q32. There are 30 terms in an arithmetic progression. The
second and third terms are distinct integers. The ratio of the
Q22. In an A.P. sum of first six terms is 5 times sum of next six sum of first 20 terms and the sum of the first 10 terms equals
twice the ratio of the second and first terms. Which of the
terms then which term of the A.P. is zero.
following can be the sum of all its terms?
a. 10th b. 11th c. 12th d. 13th
a. 1120 b. 1560 c. 2020 d. 3750
Q23. The sum of m terms of an A.P. is 3m2 + 4m, Find its nth
Q33. Find the sum of all the integers from 1 to 300 that are
term.
divisible either by 3 or 5.
a. 5n + 2 b. 6n + 1 c. 8n + 3 d. 7n + 3
a. 21150 b. 36250 c. 35150 d. 37350
Q24. Sum of n terms of a series is given by n 2 – 2 n + 5. Find
its 7th term.
a. 49 b. 11 c. 40 d. 13

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Q34. What is the sum of all possible areas of a right- angled with a distance of 20 metres between consecutive saplings.
triangle where one side is equal to 60 and all the sides form The first sapling was planted 20 m from P and all the saplings
an arithmetic progression? were planted on the same side of P. Raju carried only one
(Type in your answer) sapling at a time and returned to P after planting each sapling,
including the last one. If he travelled a total distance of 2.2
Q35. Sn represents the sum of the first n terms of an km, find the number of saplings that he planted.
arithmetic progression. If Sn = 1010n2 + 104n, then the common a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16
difference of the arithmetic progression in that order? Q40. In an increasing Arithmetic Progression, the product of
a. 2 x 10 8
b. 2 x 109
c. 2 x 10 10
d. None of these the 5th term and the 6th term is 300. When the 9th term of
this A.P. is divided by the 5th term, the quotient is 5 and the
Q36. 20 mango trees were planted. Raju planted these tree remainder is 4. What is the first term of the AP?
in a straight line with a distance of 20 metres between a. 12 b. –40 c. –16 d. –5
consecutive tree. The first tree was planted 50 m from a well
𝟕
and all the tree were planted on the same side of well. Raju Q41. If the 12th term of an arithmetic progression is 𝟐𝟑 𝟐𝟗 and
carried only one bucket water to water the plant at a time and its 64th term is 𝟏𝟑𝟔
𝟐𝟐
find the sum of the first 75 terms of the
returned to well after watering each tree, including the last 𝟐𝟗
progression.
one. Find the total distance travelled by him, when he water
a. 1500 b. 4500 c. 6000
last tree.
d. 9000 e. None of these
a. 24 km b. 54 km c. 30.5 km d. 26.45 km

Q42. There is a series in arithmetic progression, comprising


Q37. An odd number of stones were lying all along a straight
240 terms. The 47th term and 211th term of the progression are
road, with any pair of adjacent stones being separated by a 𝟑 𝟏𝟑
distance of 10 m. Ajay was assigned the task of removing all 𝟐𝟑 and 𝟏𝟕𝟕 respectively. To this series, x terms are
𝟒𝟑 𝟒𝟑
the stones, excluding the middle stone, and assembling them added at the beginning and another (x+17) terms are added
around it. He was allowed to carry only one stone at a time. at the end such that the entire series is still in arithmetic
He started the job with a stone at one end and carried the progression. If the total number of terms in the series finally
stones in succession. If he had to travel a total distance of 8.2 is 473, what is the sum of all the 473 terms of the series.
km before he could assemble all the stones, find the total a. 47432 b. 44388 c. 47344 d. 47388
number of stones on the road.
a. 45 b. 41 c. 37 d. 33 Q43. x, 17, 3x – y2 – 2 and 3x + y2 – 30 are four consecutive
terms of an increasing arithmetic sequence. The sum of the
Q38. A man is laying stones, from start to end, along the two four number is divisible by
sides of a 200-meterwalkway. The stones are to be laid 5 a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7 e. 11
meters apart from each other. When he begins, all the stones
are present at the start of the walkway. He places the first Q44. Rickshaws in city A charge Rs.16 for the first km and then
stone on each side at the walkway’s start. For all the other 45 paise for every subsequent 100 m. Rickshaws in city B
stones, the man lays the stones first along one of the charge Rs.14 for the first km and then 35 paise for every
walkway’s sides, then along the other side in an exactly subsequent 100 m. What is the difference between the
similar fashion. However, he can carry only one stone at a distances that one needs to travel by rickshaw in each city
time. To lay each stone, the man walks to the spot, lays the such that the fares are the minimum possible equal natural
stone, and then walks back to pick another. After laying all the numbers?
stones, the man walks back to the start, which marks the end a. 1 km b. 2 km c. 3 km d. 4 km
of his work. What is the total distance that the man walks in
executing this work? Assume that the width of the walkway is Q45. There are two arithmetic progressions, A1 and A2, whose
negligible. [XAT 2020] first terms are 7 and 5 respectively and whose common
a. 16400 metres b. 4100 metres differences are 6 and 8 respectively. How many terms of the
c. 8050 metres d. 16200 metres series are common in the first n terms of A1 and A2, if the sum
e. 8200 metres of the nth terms of A1 and A2 is equal to 9000?
a. 161 b. 181 c. 160 d. 80
Q39. A number of saplings were lying at a point P, by the side
of a straight road. Raju planted these saplings in a straight line
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Q46. The total number of terms in an arithmetic progression
(A.P.) is odd. The sum of all the even placed terms is 7 and the Q54. Sum of the first 30 terms of an arithmetic progression is
sum of all the odd placed terms is 8.75 in this A.P. It is also 0. If the first term is – 29, then find the sum of the 28th, 29th
given that the last term of this A.P. exceeds the first term by and 30th terms of this arithmetic progression.
2. Find the total number of terms in the A.P. . a. 81 b. 84 c. –81 d. None of these
a. 5 b. 9
c. 11 d. Cannot be determined Q55. For an increasing A.P. a1, a2, a3, a4,…………..an. If a1 + a3 +
a5 = - 12, a1a3a5 = 80, then a10 = ?
Q47. An arithmetic progression has 2k (where k is a natural a. 12 b. 17 c. 19 d. 10
number) terms. The sum of the lst, 3rd ............ (2k – 1)th terms
is 186 and the sum of the other terms is 216. If the last term Q56. For an increasing A.P. a1, a2, a3, a4,…………..an. If a1 + a3 +
was 55 more than the first term, find the fourth term. a5 = - 12, a1a3a5 = 80, then a10 = ?
a. 11 b. 26 c. 30 a. 12 b. 17 c. 19 d. 10
d. 40 e. None of these
Q57. Concentric circle of radius 1, 2, 3, …………., 100 cm are
Q48. From the first 20 natural numbers how many Arithmetic drawn, with innermost circle painted white and ring formed
Progressions of five terms can be formed such that the by 2nd and inner circle painted blue then ring formed by 3 rd
common difference is a factor of the fifth term? and 2nd circle painted white and so on. Find sum of area of
a. 16 b. 22 c. 25 d. 26 blue part.
a. 1000𝝅 cm2 b. 5050 𝝅 cm2
Q149. Consider a set A = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,…………..1000}. How c. 4900𝝅 cm 2
d. 5151𝝅 cm2
many A.P. can be formed from elements of A, that start with
1 and ends with 1000, with atleast 3 terms. Q58. A ball is thrown vertically downwards from an altitude
a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 of 3000 m. If the distances through which the ball falls in
d. 7 e. more than 7 successive seconds is 6 m, 16 m, 26 m and so on, what is the
distance (in m) through which the ball falls in the 20th second?
Q50. There are two Arithmetic Progressions A and B such that a. 180 b. 196 c. 200 d. None of these
their nth terms are given by An = 101 + 3(n – 1) and Bn = 150 +
(n – 1), where n is the set of natural numbers. The first 50 Q59. The number of tree in an A.P. is even, the sum of odd
terms of A and B are written alternately i.e. terms is 63 and that of even terms is 72 and the last term
A1B1A2B2.....A50B50. What is the remainder when the number exceeds the first term by 16.5. Find the number of terms.
so formed is divided by 11 ? a. 10 b. 12 c. 9 d. 10
a. 0 b. 1 c. 9 d. 10
Q60. Three positive integers x, y and z are in arithmetic
Q51. The first term of an arithmetic series of consecutive progression. If y − x > 2 and xyz = 5(x + y + z), then z − x equals
integers is ‘k2 + 1’. Sum of the first ‘2k + 1’ terms of this series [CAT 2021 Slot – 2]
is: a. 8 b. 14 c. 10 d. 12
a. k + (k + 1)3 b. (k – 1)3 + k3
c. (k + 1)3 + k3 d. (k – 1)2 + k2 Q61. If 𝒂𝟏 , 𝒂𝟐 … … .. Are in A.P., then,
𝟏
+
𝟏
+
√𝒂𝟏 +√𝒂𝟐 √𝒂𝟐 +√𝒂𝟑
𝟏
Q52. Rohan takes a loan of Rs 5000 from Dena Bank at 1% ⋯ … … + √𝒂𝒏+√𝒂𝒏+𝟏 is equal to [CAT 2019 shift I]
interest per month. Each month he pays back Rs 200 towards a. 𝒏−𝟏
b.
𝒏
√𝒂𝟏 +√𝒂𝒏−𝟏 √𝒂𝟏 +√𝒂𝒏+𝟏
the principal plus the monthly interest on the outstanding
𝒏−𝟏 𝒏
balance. How much will he have paid in all by the time he has c. √𝒂𝟏 +√𝒂𝒏 d.
√𝒂𝟏 −√𝒂𝒏+𝟏
repaid the entire loan?
a. Rs 5800 b. Rs 5650 c. Rs 5600 d. Rs 5500 Q62. If the square of the 7th term of an arithmetic
progression with positive common difference equals the
Q53. A sequence 192, 360, 576……. is formed by multiplying product of the 3rd and 17th terms, then the ratio of the first
the corresponding terms of two different Arithmetic term to the common difference is [CAT 2017 Slot - 1]
Progressions. What is the eighth term of the sequence? a. 2 : 3 b. 3 : 2 c. 3 : 4 d. 4 : 3
a. 2376 b. 1040 c. 2116 d. None of these
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Q63. Let a1, a2,...., a3n be an arithmetic progression with a1 = Q10. Find the sum of the series 0.7 + 0.77 + 0.777 + … up to n
3 and a2= 7. If a1 + a2...a3n= 1830, then what terms.
is the smallest positive integer m such that m(a1 + a2+…....+an) a. 𝟕 (𝟗𝒏 + 𝟏 − 𝟏) b.
𝟕
(𝟗𝒏 +
𝟏
−𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟎𝒏 𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝒏
> 1830? [CAT 2017 Slot - 1] 𝟕 𝟏 𝟕 𝟏
c. (𝟗𝒏 − 𝒏 + 𝟏) d. (𝟗𝒏 − + 𝟏)
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11 𝟗 𝟏𝟎 𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝒏

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q64. Let a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 be a sequence of five consecutive odd Q11. Sum of the series 𝟏 − 𝟐 + 𝟒 − 𝟖 + ⋯ … … … . ∞
numbers. Consider a new sequence of five consecutive even a. 2 b. 2/3 c. 3 d. 3/2
numbers ending with 2a3. If the sum of the numbers in the
new sequence is 450, then a5 is [CAT 2017 SLOT - 2] Q12. A person dropped a ball from a height of 1500 m. It
rebounds to three fifths of the height from which it falls. If it
Type – 2: Geometric Progression continues to fall and rebound this way, how much distance
𝟕𝟐𝟗
Q1. If 7 term of a G.P. is 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 and first term is 4. Find common does the ball cover totally before coming to rest? (in m)
th

a. 3000 m b. 10500 m
ratio.
c. 6000 m d. 3750 m
a. 3/4 b. 3/2 c. 4/3 d. 2/3

Q13. A ball is dropped from a height of 1250 m. It rebounds


Q2. What will be the 10th term of a GP whose 4th term is 54
to four fifths of the height from which it falls. If it continues to
and 7th term is 1458.
fall and rebound this way, how much distance does the ball
a. 2×38 b. 39166 c. 39366 d. 13122
cover totally before coming to rest? (in m)
a. 11000 m b. 11250 m
Q3. The sum of the first five terms of a G.P. is 363. If
c. 10250 m d. 10000 m
the common ratio is 1/3 find the first term.
a. 125 b. 81 c. 729 d. 243
Q14. Rashi dropped a bouncing ball from the 48 m tall
building. Each time ball touches the ground, it bounces back
Q4. Find the sum of the terms of a G.P. if the first term is 4
2/5th of the distance travelled before touching the ground and
and the last term is (1/64) and the common ratio is (1/2)
it goes on indefinitely. Calculate the total distance travelled
a. 511/64 b. 129/16 c. 411/64 d. 431/128
by the ball before coming to rest.
a. 80 m b. 112 m c. 32 m d. 102 m
Q5. Find the last term of a G.P. whose first term is 9 and
common ratio is (1/3) if the sum of the terms of the G.P. is
Q15. An equilateral triangle is drawn by joining the midpoints
(40/3).
of the sides of another equilateral triangle. A third equilateral
triangle is drawn inside the second one joining the midpoints
Q6. If three numbers in GP whose sum is 19 and whose of the sides of the second equilateral triangle, and the process
product is 216. Find the common ratio. continues infinitely. Find the sum of the areas of all the
a. 3/2 b. 2/3 c. 4/3 d. both a and b equilateral triangles, if the side of the largest equilateral
triangle is 8 units.
Q7. If three numbers in G.P. having a sum of 21 and a product a. 32 3 units b. 64 3 units
of 216. Find sum of all possible value of common ratio. c. 64 units d. 64/  3 units
a. 3/2 b. 5/2 c. 10/3 d. 5/3
Q16. A square is drawn by joining the mid points of the side
Q8. What could be the value of the 19th term of a G.P. whose of a square, A third square is drawn inside the second square
16th and 11th terms are 𝟑𝟕 (𝟐√𝟏𝟖) and 𝟑𝟓 (𝟐√𝟔) . in the same way and the process is continued indefinitely. If
a. 𝟑𝟓 (√𝟐) b. 𝟗 × 𝟐√𝟔) the side of the square is 10 cm, find the sum of the areas (in
𝟏𝟎
c. 𝟑 (𝟐√𝟐) d. 𝟑𝟗 (𝟐√𝟔) sq. cm.) of all such squares
a. 100 b. 200 c. 150 d. None of these
Q9. The sum of infinite number of terms in GP is 15 and the
sum of their squares is 45. Find sum of first three terms of the Q17. The sum of the first two terms of an infinite geometric
series. series is 36. Also, each term of the series is equal to the sum
a. 183/25 b. 95/9 c. – 25/9 d. 55/9 of all the terms that follow. Find the sum of the series
a. 48 b. 54 c. 72 d. 96
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Q18. The sum of an infinite G.P. whose common ratio is Q28. Four distinct numbers are in a geometric progression
positive and is numerically less than 1 is 36 and the sum of the whose common ratio and initial term are both natural
first two terms is 32. What will be the third term? numbers. If the sum of the four numbers is 595, find the
a. 1/3 b. 4/3 c. 8 /3 d. 2 geometric mean of the highest and the least numbers.
a. 56 b. 72 c. 84 d. 16
Q19. Find the sum of
𝟎.𝟗 𝟎.𝟗𝟗 𝟎.𝟗𝟗𝟗 Q29. If 1036 marbles are divided among four boys such that
𝟏 + + 𝟐 + 𝟑 + ……….
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
a. 1289/1090 b. 989/1090 the shares of all the boys form a geometric progression, the
c. 989/990 d. 1189/1090 common ratio of which is a natural number, such that each
boy receives a distinct number of marbles, then find the
number of marbles with the boy having the second least
Q20. Find the sum of the series up to infinity
𝟓 𝟓𝟓 𝟓𝟓𝟓 number of marbles.
+ 𝟐 + 𝟑 + ………. a. 24 b. 16 c. 4 d. 32
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
a. 110/36 b. 65/39 c. 55/39 d. 65/36 Q30. a1, a2, a3, ………….. an are in G.P., such that 3a1 + 7a2 + 3a3
– 4a5 = 0. Find sum of all possible value of common ratio of
Q21. If r > 1 and the series
𝒂 𝒂
𝒙 = 𝒂 + + 𝟐 + ⋯ … … … . ∞, a. 0 b. 3/2 c. 1 d. 1/2
𝒓 𝒓
𝒃 𝒃
𝐲=𝒃− + − ⋯ … … … . ∞,
𝒓 𝒓𝟐
𝒄 𝒄 Q31. The product and the sum of first five terms of a
𝐳= 𝒄+ + + ⋯ … … … . ∞,
𝒓𝟐 𝒓𝟒 decreasing infinite GP is 1024 and 31 respectively. Find sum of
𝒙𝒚
then the value of GP.
𝒛
𝒂𝒃 𝒂𝒄 𝒃𝒄
a. b. c. d. None of these a. 8 b. 30 c. 32 d. 28
𝒄 𝒃 𝒂

𝒙 𝒛 𝒚
Q22. If a real number S is the sum of an infinite geometric Q32. If √𝒂 = √𝒃 = √𝒄 and a, b, c are in G.P., then which of
progression whose first term is 100, then the following is correct.
a. –50 < S ≤ 50 b. –100 < S <100 a. y2 = xz b. 2y = x + z
c. S ≥ 50 d. None of these c. y(x + z) = 2xz d. None of these

Q23. The product of Q33. Given P = 291 and Q = (290 + 289 + 288 ------ 21 + 20), which
𝟏⁄ 𝟏 of the following is true?
𝟑𝟐 × 𝟑𝟐 𝟔 × 𝟑𝟐 ⁄𝟑𝟔 … … … … … … … … ∞
a. Q is twice of P b. P is twice of Q
a. 16 b. 64 c. 32 d. 0
c. Q is larger than P by 1 d. P is larger than Q by 1

Q24. If a, b, c are in G.P. then a2 b2 c2


Q34. Find the sum to first n groups of
a. a + b + c b. ab+ac +bc
(1) + (1 + 3) + (1 + 3 + 9) + (1 + 3 + 9 + 27) + …….?
c. a3+ b3+ c3 d. none of these. 𝟑 𝒏
a. n2 + 1 b. (𝟑𝒏 − 𝟏) −
𝟒 𝟐
𝟑
Q25. If the sum of the n terms of a G.P. be S, their product P c. 𝟒 (𝟑𝒏 − 𝟏) d. None of these
𝑺 𝒏
and the sum of their reciprocal R, then ( ) =
𝑹
a. P b. P2 c. 2P2 d. None of these Q35. If 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝟑 +……….. + 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑(𝟐 𝒏+𝟏 − 𝟐),
for every 𝒏 ≥ 𝟏, then 𝒂𝟏𝟏 equals [CAT 2019 shift I]
Q26. If a, c and b as well as a2 + b2, a2 + c2 and b2 + c2 are in TITA
geometric progression, then which of the following is
necessarily true? Q36. Given an equilateral triangle T1 with side 24 cm, a
a. a = b b. b = c c. A = c d. a = b = c second triangle T2 is formed by joining the midpoints of the
sides of T1. Then a third triangle T3 is formed by joining the
Q27. If the sum of the first 1743 terms of a G.P. is 500 and first midpoints of the sides of T2. If this process of forming triangle
3486 terms is 900, then sum of first 5229 terms of G.P. is: is continued, the sum of the areas, in sq cm, of infinity many
a. 1200 b. 1300 c. 1220 d. 1330 such triangles T1, T2, T3 ….. Will be [CAT 2018 Slot - I]
a. 192√𝟑 b. 164 √𝟑 c. 248√𝟑 d. 188 √𝟑

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Q37. Let x, y, z be three positive real numbers in geometric Q6. The Harmonic mean between two number is 21/5, and
progression such that x < y < z. If 5x, 16y and 12z are in AM(A), GM(G) and HM(H) satisfy the 3A + G2 = 36. Find the
arithmetic progression then the common ratio of the sum of square of the number.
geometric progression is [CAT 2018 Slot - I] a. 50 b. 41 c. 58 d. 25
a. 5/2 b. 1/6 c. 3/2 d. 3/6
Q7. A, b, c, d, e and f six real numbers. The following functions
Q38. An infinite geometric progression a1, a2, a3, ... Has the are defined on a and b.
property that an = 3(an+1 + an+2 + ...) for every n ≥ 1. If the sum p(a, b) = Geometric mean of a and b which lies between and b.
a1 + a2 + a3 + ... = 32, then a5 is [CAT 2017 SLOT - 2] q(a, b) = Average of a and b.
a. 1/32 b. 2/32 c. 3/32 d. 4/32 R(a, b) = Arithmetic mean of a and b.
If a = 155, b = 165, c = 80, d = 27, e = 10 and f = 16.
Q39. Which of the following will be the fifth root of the Find the positive value of p[q(a, b), p(c, r(d, q(e, f)))]
product of the first 20 terms of the sequence 6, 12, 24, 48....? a. 50 b. 41 c. 58 d. 25
a. 242 × 34 b. 240 × 34 c. 241 × 34 d.244 × 34
Q8. The A.M. between two positive number exceeds their
Q40. Let the m-th and n-th terms of a geometric progression G.M. by 2 and G.M. exceed by H.M. by 8/5. Find difference of
be 3/4 and 12 , respectively, where m<n. If the common ratio the number.
of the progression is an integer r, then the smallest possible a. 12 b. 10 c. 8 d. 14
value of r + n - m is [CAT 2020 shift II] Q9. If the A.M. between a and b is m times their H.M. then
a. -2 b. 2 c. 6 d. -4 a:b=
√𝒎+√𝒎+𝟏 √𝒎−√𝒎+𝟏
a. b.
√𝒎−√𝒎−𝟏 √𝒎+√𝒎−𝟏
Type – 3: Harmonic Progression √𝒎+√𝒎−𝟏
Q1. Find the 100th term of the sequence c. d. None of these
√𝒎−√𝒎+𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
1, , , , … … … … …
𝟑 𝟓 𝟕
Type – 5: AGP
Q2. Find the 9th term of the H.P. 6, 4, 3, …….. Q1. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following
a. 7/5 b. 6/5 c. 5/6 d. None of these 𝒂 + 𝟒𝒂𝟐 + 𝟕𝒂𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎𝒂𝟒 + ⋯ … … … … … … … … . . ∞
𝒂 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒂 𝟑𝒂𝟐
a. + b. +
𝟏−𝒂 (𝟏−𝒂)𝟐 𝟏+𝒂 (𝟏+𝒂)𝟐
Q3. If 20th term of an H.P. is 1 and 30th term is – 1/17. Find its 𝒂 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒂 𝟑𝒂𝟐
c. + d. +
largest term. (𝟏−𝒂)𝟐 𝟏−𝒂 (𝟏+𝒂)𝟐 𝟏+𝒂

a. 2 b. 1 c. 3/2 d. 5 e. None of these

Type – 4: AM, GM and HM Q2. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following
Q1. Find the sum of 20 arithmetic means between 4 and 67. 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟐𝟖 − 𝟕𝟐 + 𝟏𝟕𝟔 … … … … … … … … . . ∞
𝟕 𝟕 𝟓 𝟓
a. b. − c. d.−
𝟗 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
Q2. Find the sum of 40 arithmetic means between 17 and 153. e. None of these

Q3. Find the product of 6 geometric means between 1 and 16. Q3. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔 𝒏
𝑽= − + − + − +…….+ (−𝟏)𝒏+𝟏
𝟐 𝟒 𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐 𝟔𝟒 𝟐𝒏
Q4. The A.M. between two number b and c is a and two a. 𝟏 b.
𝟐
c.
𝟐
d.
𝟐
𝟑 𝟑 𝟔 𝟗 𝟑 𝟐𝟕
G.M.’s between them are g1 and g2. If 𝒈𝟏 + 𝒈𝟐 = 𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒄, then
k equals to
Q4. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
𝟏𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟗𝟓
+ 𝟐 + 𝟑 + 𝟒 + ⋯………..∞
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
Q5. A.M. between the roots of a quadratic equation is 8 and 𝟓𝟕𝟔 𝟔𝟑𝟏 𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟔𝟓𝟓
a. b. c. d.
G.M. is 5, then find the equation is 𝟒𝟗 𝟑𝟔 𝟑𝟔 𝟑𝟔
2
a. x + 16x – 25 = 0 2
b. x – 8x + 5 = 0 e. None of these
c. x2 – 16x + 25 = 0 d. x2 – 16x – 25 = 0

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Q5. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following Type – 6: Iterative Series
𝟏 𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟗 Q1. If 𝒕𝒏+𝟐 = 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 − 𝒕𝒏 , for n natural number greater then 0.
+ + + + ⋯………..∞
𝟓 𝟒𝟓 𝟒𝟎𝟓 𝟑𝟔𝟒𝟓 If 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟕, 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐. 𝟓, find 𝒕𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗
𝟐𝟗𝟕 𝟑𝟗𝟕 𝟔𝟑 𝟑𝟗𝟕
a. b. c. d. a. – 4.5 b. – 7 c. – 2.5 d. 4.5
𝟒𝟎 𝟒𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝟎
e. None of these e. None of these

𝟏+𝒙𝒏+𝟏
Q6. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following Q2. If x0 = 1, x1 = 2, and xn+2 = , n = 0, 1, 2, 3,.., then x2021
𝒙𝒏
𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟏
𝟏 + + 𝟐 + 𝟑 + 𝟒 …………..∞ is equal to [CAT 2021 Slot – 1]
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
𝟖𝟖 𝟖𝟖 𝟔𝟖 𝟔𝟖 a. 2 b. 1 c. 4 d. 3
a. b. c. d.
𝟐𝟕 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 𝟗
e. None of these Q3. If 𝒕𝒏+𝟐 = 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 − 𝒕𝒏 , for n natural number greater then 0.
𝟏⁄ 𝒏
If 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟕, 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐. 𝟓, find sum of first 100 terms of this series:
Q7. If the nth term of a series is (𝟏𝟔𝒏 ) 𝟑 ,find the product of a. 7 b. – 2.5 c. – 4.5 d. 2.5
infinite term of this series e. None of these
a. 64 b. 512 c. 1024 d. 128 e. 8
Q4. If 𝟐𝒕𝒏 = 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 + 𝒕𝒏−𝟏 , for n natural number greater then
Q8. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following 1. If 𝒕𝟏 = −𝟏𝟎, 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟔, find 𝒕𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟗𝟔
𝟏𝟎𝟎 + + + + …………..∞ a. - 297 b. 400 c. 386 d. - 396
𝟗 𝟖𝟏 𝟕𝟐𝟗 𝟔𝟓𝟔𝟏
𝟐𝟗𝟔𝟔𝟑 𝟐𝟗𝟓𝟔𝟓 e. None of these
a. b.
𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝟏𝟐𝟖
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟔𝟑 𝟐𝟗𝟓𝟔𝟓
c. d. Q5. If x1 = - 1 and xm = xm + 1 + (m + 1) for every positive integer
𝟏𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝟓𝟔
m ≥1 then x100 equals [CAT 2020 Shift – III]
𝟐 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟒𝟐
Q9. If 𝑺 = 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟏𝟎𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎𝟒 + 𝟏𝟎𝟓 + 𝟏𝟎𝟔 … … … … . . ∞ a. -5151 b. -5150 c. -5051 d. -5050
Find value of S
𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟒𝟐 𝟐𝟒𝟓 𝟐𝟎𝟎 Q6. If 𝟐𝒕𝒏 = 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 + 𝒕𝒏−𝟏 , for n natural number greater then
a. b. c. d.
𝟗𝟎 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟕𝟐𝟗 1. If 𝒕𝟏 = −𝟏𝟎, 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟔, find sum of first 30 terms of this
series.
Q10. Find the sum to infinite terms of the following a. 1200 b. 1260 c. 1440 d. - 1200
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟕
𝟏+ + + + …………..∞ e. None of these
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟒
𝟏𝟕 𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟔𝟑 𝟏𝟓𝟒
a. b. c. d.
𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝟏𝟐𝟓
Q7. If 𝒕𝒏 = 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 − 𝒕𝒏−𝟏 , for n is a natural number greater then
𝒕𝟔 +𝒕𝟕 −𝒕𝟓
𝟏 𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟏 1. If 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐, find
Q11. If 𝑺 = 𝟏 + 𝟓 + 𝟓𝟐 + 𝟓𝟑 + 𝟓𝟒 + 𝟓𝟓 + 𝟓𝟔 … … … … . . ∞ 𝒕𝟒 −𝒕𝟓 +𝒕𝟔

Which of the following is true. a. 10/7 b. 12/5 c. 13/5 d. 4/5


𝟐𝟕 𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝟗 e. None of these
a. <𝑺< b. <𝑺<
𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎
𝟏
𝟐𝟗 𝟑𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟑𝟏 Q8. If 𝒇(𝒏) = (𝟏 − 𝒏) × 𝒇(𝒏 − 𝟏), n is a natural number
c. <𝑺< d. <𝑺< 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎
greater then 1. If 𝒇(𝟏) = 𝟐, find + + + +
𝒇(𝟐) 𝒇(𝟑) 𝒇(𝟒) 𝒇(𝟓)
𝟏
Q12. Let M denotes the infinite sum 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟑 + ⋯ … … … … . + 𝒇(𝟐𝟎)
𝟐𝟎𝒙𝟒 + ⋯ … … … . ., a. 120 b. 98 c. 112 d. 110
Where |x|<1, Find value of S e. None of these
𝟐−𝒙 𝟐−𝒙 𝟐+𝒙 𝟐+𝒙
a. b. c. d.
(𝟏−𝒙)𝟑 (𝟏+𝒙)𝟑 (𝟏−𝒙)𝟑 (𝟏+𝒙)𝟑
Q9. A series of terms 𝒂𝟏 , 𝒂𝟐 , 𝒂𝟑 , … .. is generated by the
Q13. Find the sum to 50 terms of the following series following relation 𝒂𝒏+𝟏 × 𝒂𝒏 + 𝒂𝒏+𝟏 = 𝒂𝒏 , if 𝒂𝟏 = 𝟐, find
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝒂𝟐𝟎𝟏
𝟏 + 𝟐 (𝟏 + ) + 𝟑 (𝟏 + ) + 𝟒 (𝟏 + ) + ⋯ … …. a. 202/201 b. 201/202 c. 203/204 d. 202/203
𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎
𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟑 e. None of these
a. 2000 b.2500 c. d.
𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎

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Q10. If 𝒇(𝒏 + 𝟏) = 𝟑𝒇(𝒏) − 𝟐𝒇(𝒏 − 𝟏), n is a natural Type – 7: User defined Series
number greater then 1. If f(1) = 1 and f(2) = 2, find sum of 50 Q1. Find the sum of product of all possible two terms taken
terms of this series from first 20 natural numbers.
a. 𝟐𝟒𝟗 − 𝟏 b. 𝟐𝟓𝟎 − 𝟏 c. 𝟐(𝟐𝟒𝟗 − 𝟏) a. 25525 b. 20615 c. 22145 d. None of these
d. 𝟐(𝟐𝟓𝟎 − 𝟏) e. None of these
Q2. Find the sum of the series 𝟏𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝟐 +
Q11. In a certain series 𝑻𝒏 = 𝑻𝒏−𝟏 + 𝑻𝒏−𝟐 , where n > 2, if the ………………………+ 𝟐𝟓𝟐
sum of n terms of the series is given by (𝑻𝒏+𝟐 − 𝑻𝒊 ), then the a. 5525 b. 5140 c. 5040 d. 4960
value of i
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. None of these Q3. Find the sum of 10 term of the series 𝟏𝟐 + (𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐 ) +
(𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 ) ………………
𝟔
Q12. For a series 𝒕𝟎 = 𝟕 and 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 = {[𝟐𝒕𝒏 ] 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒏 < a. 1440 b. 1210 c. 1300 d. 1458
𝟏 𝟏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 [𝟐𝒕𝒏 − 𝟏] 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒏 ≥ }. What is the value of 𝟕 × 𝒕𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
𝟐 𝟐
Q4. The sum of N natural numbers is divided into classes as
a. 5 b. 6 c. 3 d. None of these
follows
1 2
Q13. Find the value of X99 when X1 = –1, X2 = 1 and Xm+1 = Xm–
3 4 5 6
1+ m
7 8 9 10 11 12
a. 2449 b. 2450 c. 2401
……………………………………………………………………………………………
d. 2500 e. 2451
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
𝟏
Find the sum of the number in nth row.
Q14. A function F(n) is defined as 𝑭(𝒏 − 𝟏) = 𝟐−𝑭(𝒏) for all a. n(n2 + 2) b. n(2n2 + 1) c. 3n(n2 + 1) d. n(3n2 + 1)
natural numbers ‘n’. If F(1) = 2, then what is the value of [F(1)]
+ [F(2)] + ………..+ [F(50)]? (Here [x] is equal to the greatest Q5. Find the sum of 20 terms of the series 1 . 2 . 5 + 2 . 3 . 6 +
integer less than or equal to ‘x’) 3 . 4 . 7 + ……….
a. 51 b. 55 c. 54 d. None of these a. 60240 b. 58280 c. 62370 d. 59290

Q15. Let 𝒕𝒏 be the 𝒏𝒕𝒉 term of a series for which 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 = 𝒕𝒏 + Q6. Find the sum of n terms of the series 12 – 22 + 32 – 42 + 52
𝒕𝒏−𝟏 for all n > 1. If 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟏 and 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟏, the sum of squares of – 62 ……………
the first thirty terms of the series equals 𝒏(𝒏+𝟏) 𝒏(𝒏−𝟏) 𝒏(𝒏+𝟏)
a. b. c. − d. a or c
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
a. 𝒕𝟑𝟐 × 𝒕𝟑𝟏 b. (𝒕𝟑𝟎 ) + 𝒕𝟓𝟎 Q7. Find the sum of 12 terms of the series, whose nth term is
c. (𝒕𝟐𝟗 + 𝟏) × (𝒕𝟑𝟎 + 𝟏) d. 𝒕𝟑𝟏 × 𝒕𝟑𝟎
n3 – 3n
a. −𝟕𝟗𝟕𝟏𝟔𝟎 b. −𝟕𝟗𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟔
Q16. The 𝒏𝒕𝒉 term of a sequence satisfies 𝒕𝒏+𝟏 = 𝟐𝒕𝒏−𝟐 c. −𝟔𝟖𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟎 d. −𝟔𝟖𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟎
where 𝒏 ≥ 𝟐. If 𝒕𝟎 = 𝟏, 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟐 and 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟒, find the value of
∑𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒊=𝟏 𝒕𝒊 Q8. If S = 4 + 10 + 18 + 28 + 40 + ... + 460, how many factors
a. 𝟏𝟎 × 𝟐𝟑𝟒 − 𝟔 b. 𝟐𝟎 × 𝟐𝟑𝟑 − 𝟏𝟔 does S have?
c.𝟏𝟎 × 𝟐𝟑𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 d.𝟏𝟎 × 𝟐𝟑𝟑 − 𝟖 a. 24 b. 27 c.12 d. 48

Q17. A1, A2, A3 ...... AN. represents a sequence of numbers Q9. Find sum of first 20 terms of the series whose nth term is
satisfying AN + 1 = AN + AN + 2. Find the sum of the first 3002 given by n(n + 3)
terms of this sequence, given that A1 = 65 and A2 = –13. a. 3010 b. 3200 c. 3500 d. 2800
a. 52 b. 78 c. 39 d. 91 e. None of these

Q18. The sequence A1, A2, A3 , ........ is defined by A1 = 211, A2 Q10. Find sum of first 15 terms of the series
= 375, A3 = 420, A4 = 523, and An = An–1 – An–2 + An–3 – An–4 for 𝟏 × 𝟑 + 𝟐 × 𝟒 + 𝟑 × 𝟓 + 𝟒 × 𝟔 + ⋯ … … … … … … ….
all A ≥ 5. What will be the value of A531 + A753 + A975? a. 1440 b. 1480 c. 1500 d. 1665 e.
a. 898 b. 631 c. 364 d. 544 None of these

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𝟐 𝟕 𝟐𝟑 𝟕𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟕
Q11. Find sum of first 50 terms of the series + + + + +. . ..?
𝟑 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟔𝟒𝟖 𝟑𝟖𝟖𝟖
3× 𝟓 + 𝟒 × 𝟔 + 𝟓 × 𝟕 + 𝟔 × 𝟖 + ⋯ … … … … … … …. a. 3/2 b. 2 c. 1 d. 2/3
a. 43125 b. 51825 c. 50975 d. 46555
e. None of these 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q2. 𝐒 = 𝟐 + 𝟔 + 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎 + 𝟑𝟎 + … … . 𝟖𝟕𝟎, find the value of S
𝟐𝟗 𝟕 𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟗
Q12. Find sum of first 10 terms of the series a. b. c. d.
𝟑𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟏𝟓 𝟔𝟎
2, 5, 10 , 17, 26 ………… e. None of these
a. 410 b. 395 c. 425 d. 380
𝟏 𝟏
e. None of these Q3. Find the sum of the 12 terms of the series + +
𝟒×𝟖 𝟖×𝟏𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
+ + … … .,
Q13. Find sum of first 20 terms of the series 𝟏𝟐×𝟏𝟔
𝟗
𝟏𝟔×𝟐𝟎
𝟑 𝟑 𝟗
1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21……………….. a. b. c. d.
𝟓𝟐 𝟓𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔
a. 1500 b. 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟎 c. 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟎 d. 𝟏𝟔𝟐𝟎 e. None of these
e. None of these
Q4. What is the value of the following expression
Q14. Find sum of first 20 terms of the series [CAT 2000]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
4 + 18 + 48 + 100 + ……………………… + + + + …….+
(𝟐𝟐 −𝟏) (𝟒𝟐 −𝟏) (𝟔𝟐 −𝟏) (𝟖𝟐 −𝟏) (𝟐𝟎𝟐 −𝟏)
a. 50030 b. 56580 c. 56200 d. 50050 𝟗 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟏
e. None of these a. b. c. d.
𝟏𝟗 𝟏𝟗 𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟗

Q15. The series of natural number is written as follows :


𝟐 𝟒 𝟔
(1)(2,3,4)(5,6,7,8,9)…………. Find sum of the numbers in the Q5. Find the sum of 10 terms of the series 𝟑 + 𝟐𝟏 + 𝟗𝟏 +
nth bracket. 𝟖
+ … … .,
3 2 𝟐𝟕𝟑
a. n + 1 b. (2n) – 1 𝟒𝟏 𝟓𝟔 𝟓𝟑 𝟓𝟎
c. n3 + (n – 1)3 d. None of these a. b. c. d.
𝟓𝟏 𝟓𝟕 𝟓𝟕 𝟓𝟏
𝟏𝟏𝟎
e.
𝟏𝟏𝟏
Q16. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the series, 1, 6, 21,
52, 105, 186, ............... 𝟏
Q6. Find the sum ∑𝟐𝟎𝒕=𝟏 𝒕(𝒕+𝟏)
a. 28880 b. 28740 c. 41440 d. 47180
𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟎 𝟗 𝟏𝟎
a. b. c. d.
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟏
Q17. Find sum of first 27 terms of the series e. None of these
1, 5, 11, 19, 29,………………..
a. 6981 b. 7281 c. 6521 d. None of these Q7. Find the ratio of sum of first 20 terms to the sum of first
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
40 terms of the series + + + + … … .,
𝟓 𝟒𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟕 𝟐𝟐𝟏 𝟑𝟓𝟕
Q18. The value of the sum 𝟕 × 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟏𝟓 × 𝟖𝟎 𝟗𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝟏 𝟏𝟐𝟏
a. b. c. d.
𝟏𝟗 + … … … … . . +𝟗𝟓 × 𝟗𝟗 𝒊𝒔 [CAT 2018 Slot – 2] 𝟖𝟏 𝟗𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟐 𝟏𝟐𝟐
a. 80707 b. 80730 c. 80751 d. 80773
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q8. Find the sum √𝟏 +
𝟏𝟐
+
𝟐𝟐
+ √𝟏 +
𝟐𝟐
+
𝟑𝟐
+
Q19. Find the average of the series : 𝟏 × 𝟐 × 𝟑 × 𝟒 +
𝟏 𝟏
𝟐 × 𝟑 × 𝟒 × 𝟓 + 𝟑 × 𝟒 × 𝟓 × 𝟔 + … … … … … + 𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟐 × ⋯ … . . +√𝟏 + + [CAT 2008]
𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟐 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖𝟐
𝟏𝟑 × 𝟏𝟒 𝟏 𝟏
a. 6552 b. 7801 c. 15514 d. 32760 a. 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖 − b. 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 −
𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕
𝟏 𝟏
c. 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 − d. 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖 −
𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕
Q20. Evaluate the following expression : 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟒𝟐 + 𝟓𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐 + 𝟖𝟐 + 𝟗𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓𝟐 … + 𝟒𝟗𝟐 Q9. Find the sum √𝟏 + + + √𝟏 +
𝟒 𝟐 𝟑𝟔
+ +
𝟔
𝟏𝟐𝟒𝟗
a. 12 b. 25 c. 36 d. 1248 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
√𝟏 + + … … . . +√𝟏 + +
𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟐 𝟒𝟐𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝟔𝟓𝟎
e. None of these 𝟔𝟓𝟏 𝟔𝟕𝟓 𝟔𝟗𝟓 𝟔𝟑𝟓
a. b. c. d.
𝟐𝟔 𝟐𝟔 𝟐𝟔 𝟐𝟔
Type – 8: Telescopic Series
Q1. Find the sum of the infinite series
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𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q10. If 𝒂𝟏 = 𝟐×𝟓, 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟓×𝟖, 𝒂𝟑 = 𝟖×𝟏𝟏 , … … …, then the value Q4. In the expansion of (1 + X) (1 + X2) (1 + X4) (1 + X8) ( 1 +
of 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝟑 + ⋯ … … … + 𝒂𝟏𝟎𝟎 is X16), the terms arrange such that the index of X in the terms
𝟐𝟓 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏 increases from 0 to 31. What is the sum of the first 14 terms,
a. b. c. d.
𝟏𝟓𝟏 𝟐 𝟒 𝟓𝟓 when X = 3?
a. (314 – 1) / 2 b. (314 – 1) / 3
Q11. Find the sum of the series : 16
c. (3 – 1) / 2 d. (316 – 1) / 3
𝟕 𝟏𝟗 𝟑𝟕 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟗𝟏
+ + + ⋯……….+
𝟐 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟒𝟖𝟑𝟎
a.
𝟏𝟒𝟓𝟓𝟗
b.
𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟒𝟗
c. 214 d. 212 Q5. The product of three numbers p, q and r which are in
𝟕𝟎 𝟔𝟗
geometric progression is 512. If p is increased by 14, r is
𝟐
decreased by 8 and q remains the same, the resulting values
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q12. If 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒙 (𝟐 + 𝟓 + 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟒 + ⋯ … … … . . ∞) = 𝟐 and x > 0, of q, p and r are in arithmetic progression. What could be the
then find the value of x. initial value of r?
a.
𝟗
b.
𝟒
c.
𝟑
d.
𝟏𝟏 a. 28 b. 32 c. 36 d. 40
𝟏𝟏 𝟑 𝟒 𝟗

𝒏𝟐 −𝒏−𝟐
Q6. A motorist rune a race and after every hour, his speed
Q13. If 𝑻𝒏 = 𝒏𝟐 +𝟑𝒏
for n > 2, then find the value of M, reduces to half the speed with which he travelled for the
Where M = 𝑻𝟑 × 𝑻𝟒 × 𝑻𝟓 × 𝑻𝟔 …….. × 𝑻𝟏𝟎𝟎 previous hour. Find the time taken to cover the race, if the
𝟏 𝟏
a. b. motorist started the race with a speed of 16 km/hr and the
𝟗𝟗×𝟏𝟎𝟑×𝟐𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎×𝟏𝟎𝟑×𝟐𝟓𝟓
length of the race was 31.5 km. (in hours)
𝟏 𝟏 a. 8 b. 6 c. 12 d. 10
c. d.
𝟗𝟗×𝟏𝟎𝟐×𝟐𝟎𝟓 𝟗𝟗×𝟏𝟎𝟐×𝟐𝟓𝟓

𝟏
Q7. P is a sequence of terms. Its sixth and seventh terms are
𝟏 𝟏
Q14. Find the sum of the expression + +
+ 24 and 48 respectively. P’ is the series obtained by finding the
𝟐𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑𝟐 −𝟏 𝟒𝟐 −𝟏
𝟏
⋯………………+ 𝟐 differences of consecutive terms of P. Similarly (P’)’ is the
𝟐𝟎 −𝟏
𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝟖𝟑 𝟓𝟖𝟗 series obtained by finding the differences of consecutive
a. b. c. d. None of these
𝟐𝟏 𝟒𝟐𝟎 𝟖𝟒𝟎 terms of P’. Each term of (P’)’ is 3. If the terms of each of the
series P and P’ are in ascending order, find the thirteenth term
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 of P.
Q15. If 𝒂𝟏 = 𝟐×𝟓 , 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟓×𝟖 , 𝒂𝟑 = 𝟖×𝟏𝟏 , … ., then a1 + a2 + a3 + a. 227 b. 225 c. 221 d. 255
………..+a100 is [CAT 2017 SLOT - 2]

a. 25/151 b. 1/2 c. 1/4 d. 111/55 Q8. If a positive integer ‘n’ is subtracted from the squares of
three consecutive terms of an Arithmetic Progression, the
numbers obtained are 120, 232 and 376 respectively. What is
Type – 9: Miscellaneous Questions the sum of the digits of ‘n’?
Q1. An arithmetic progression and Geometric progression a. 3 b. 5 c. 6 d. 10
both have their first term as 2. If their fourth terms are equal, Q9. In a sequence of 100 positive integers, the sum of any six
then what is the minimum value of the fourth term, if it is consecutive terms is the same. If the values of the 11th, 22nd,
known that both the common difference of the AP and the 33rd, 44th and 55th terms are 11, 22, 33, 44 and 55
common ratio of the GP are natural numbers. respectively, then which of the following is definitely true
a. 64 b. 128 c. 110 d. 100 about the sum of the 19th and the 99th terms of the
sequence?
Q2. In an arithmetic progression, the first three terms are a. It is less than 60
log(x3y7), log(x5y12) and log (x8y15). If the 10th term of this b. It is greater than 59 and less than 76
sequence is log yn. Then what is the value of n? c. It is greater than 75 and less than 90
a. 90 b. 94 c. 83 d. None of these d. None of the above is true

Q3. In a sequence, the mean of the first n terms of the


sequence is 2n where n is a positive integer. What is the 2020th
term of the sequence?
a. 2020 b. 4037 c. 4039 d. 8078

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Q10. Let S be the sum of an arithmetic series. The arithmetic a. 929 b. 951 c. 869 d. 991
mean of every two consecutive terms and every three
consecutive terms of S form the consecutive terms of series S1 Q17. The first two terms of a geometric progression are the
and S2 respectively. If the sum of all the terms in series S1 and same as the first two terms of an arithmetic progression
S2 in series are 1375 and 690 respectively, then find the sum respectively. If the common difference of the arithmetic
of all the terms in series S. progression is 24 and the third term of the geometric
a. 1960 b. 2580 progression is 2.4 more than the third term of the arithmetic
c. 2060 d. Cannot be determined. progression, find the second term of the geometric
progression.
Q11. Two men A and B started working for a certain company a. 240 b. 264 c. 280 d. None of these
at similar jobs on January 1, 2000. A asked for an initial salary
of Rs 300 with an annual increment of Rs 30. B asked for an Q18. Let S denote the sum of the squares of ten consecutive
initial salary of Rs 200 with a rise of RS 15 every six months. positive integers. Which of the following values represents a
Assume that the arrangement remained unaltered till possible value of S?
December 31, 2009. Salary is paid on the last day of the a. 2785 b. 2485 c. 2685 d. 2585
month. What is the total amount paid to them as salary during
the period? Q19. For the series
a. Rs 93300 b. Rs 93000 c. Rs 93100 d. None of these 1
2 3
Q12. Let a1, a2, a3, ……….a52 be positive integers such that 4 5 6
a1 < a2 < a3 < …………< a52. Suppose their arithmetic mean is 7 8 9 10
one less than the arithmetic mean of a2, a3,………a52. If a52 = ………………………………………
100, then the value of a1 is Which of the following is true for 20th row
a. 45 b. 48 c. 20 d. 23 I. Last term = 210 II. First term = 191
III. Sum = 4010 IV. Sum = 4200
Q13. In an arithmetic progression, the first term is a natural a. I, II, IV b. I, II c. II, IV d. I, II, III
number and the common difference is a whole number. If the
first term is decreased by 2 and the third term is increased by Q20. The number of terms common between the series 1, 2,
10, the first three terms would be in geometric progression. 4, 8, ………. 100 terms and 1, 4, 7, 10……….100 terms.
The common difference can be a. 6 b. 4 c. 5 d. None of these
a. 4 b. 8 c. 16 d. 14
Q21. There are two Arithmetic Progressions A and B such that
Q14. Ramesh gets a starting salary of Rs 5000 per month. He their nth terms are given by An = 101 + 3(n – 1) and Bn = 150 +
receive a monthly increment of Rs 200 starting from second (n – 1), where n is the set of natural numbers. The first 50
month during first year. During the second year, he receive a terms of A and B are written alternately i.e.
monthly increment of Rs 400, a monthly increment of Rs 600 A1B1A2B2.....A50B50. What is the remainder when the number
for the third year and so on. Find the total amount received so formed is divided by 11 ?
by him at the end of 4 years. (Assume that salary on the first a. 0 b. 1 c. 9 d. 10
month of a year is same as last month of the previous year)
a. Rs 5.914 lakhs b. Rs 5.624 lakhs Q22. Suman is a teacher at Central School. She needs to order
c. Rs 5.74 lakhs d. Rs 6.36 lakhs for chalks for entire academic year comprising 175 working
days. When a chalk reduces to 1/6th of its original length, its
Q15. There are two series S1 and S2 given as 3, 7, 11, 15 gets too small to hold and hence she keeps it aside. Later she
,……..50 terms and 194, 189, 184, ……..30 terms respectively. joins 6 such pieces to make a new chalk stick of the same
If D be the least absolute difference between any two terms length as the original and uses it again. If she uses 5/6 th chalk
one from S1 and S2, how many pairs of terms one from each per day, what is the minimum number of chalk that she must
sequence, Have their absolute difference as D? order
a. 0 b. 6 c. 7 d. None of these a. 150 b. 148 c. 144 d. 146

Q16. f is a function for which f(1) = 1 and f(n) = 2n + f(n – 1)


for each natural number n ≥ 2. Find f(31).
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Q23. If 𝑺𝒏 = 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 − 𝟒𝟐 + 𝟓𝟐 − 𝟔𝟐 + ⋯ … … …, then
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
how many following statement are true. Q34. If X = 𝑿 = + + + ⋯……..+ +
𝟖𝟎×𝟒𝟏 𝟕𝟗×𝟒𝟐 𝟕𝟖×𝟒𝟑 𝟒𝟐×𝟕𝟗
I. 𝑺𝟒𝟎 = −𝟖𝟐𝟎 II. 𝑺𝟐𝒏 > 𝑺𝟐𝒏+𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
and 𝒀 = 𝟏 − + − + − … … … . + − , then
III. 𝑺𝟓𝟏 = 𝟏𝟑𝟐𝟔 IV. 𝑺𝟐𝒏+𝟏 > 𝑺𝟐𝒏−𝟏 𝟒𝟏×𝟖𝟎 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔 𝟕𝟗 𝟖𝟎
𝒀
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. all correct the value of .
𝑿
a. 50.5 b. 40.5 c. 60.5 d. None of these
Q24. What is the product of the first 15 terms of the sequence
7, 14, 28, 56, ... ? Q35. Given a series of letters:
a. 714 × 2105 b. 714 × 2120 15
c. 7 × 2 120 15
d. 7 × 2 105
a,b,b,b,b,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,………
Find which of the following letter will be at 3000th position.
nd th th
Q25. If the 2 , 5 and 9 terms of an A.P. are in G.P., then a. R b. S c. T d. U
common ratio of this G.P. is
a. 4/3 b. 1 c. 8/5 d. 7/4 Q36. A group of persons went on a trip to Ladakh. In the
group, the youngest member Ayra was just 1 year old and the
Q26. The sum of n terms of m A.P.s are S1, S2, S3, …….Sn. If oldest member Chanderbhan was 91 years old. The second
the first terms and common difference are 1, 2, 3, …….m youngest member was 2 years older than the youngest
respectively, then S1 + S2 + S3 +………+ Sm = member; the third youngest member was 3 years older than
𝟏 𝟏 the second youngest member. The fourth youngest member
a. 𝒎𝒏(𝒎 + 𝟏)(𝒏 + 𝟏) b. 𝒎𝒏(𝒎 + 𝟏)(𝒏 + 𝟏)
𝟒 𝟐
was 4 years older than the third youngest member and so on.
c. mn(m + 1)(n + 1) d. None of these
How many members were there in the group?
Q27. The natural numbers are divided into groups as (1), (2,
Q37. S is a sequence of numbers such that am+n = am + an + mn
3, 4), (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), ….. and so on. Then, the sum of the
where m and n are natural numbers. Also, if a1 = 1, then what
numbers in the 15th group is equal to [CAT 2021 Slot – 1]
is the value of a100?
a. 4941 b. 6090 c. 6119 d. 7471
a. 4950 b. 5050 c. 4900 d. 5000
Q28. For a sequence of real numbers x1, x2, ... , xn, if x1 – x2 +
Q38. For a sequence of real numbers x1, x2, ... , xn, if x1 – x2 +
x3 – ... + (–1)n+1 xn, = n2 + 2n for all natural numbers n, then the
x3 – ... + (–1)n+1 xn, = n2 + 2n for all natural numbers n, then the
sum x49 + x50 equals [CAT 2021 Slot – 2]
sum x49 + x50 equals [CAT 2021 Slot – 2]
a. – 2 b. 2 c. 200 d. – 200
a. – 2 b. 2 c. 200 d. – 200

Q29. Consider a sequence of real number x1, x2, x3,………., such


Q39. If S = – [3(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5)] + [4(2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6)] – [5(3
that xn + 1 = xn + n – 1, for all n ≥ 1. if x1 = - 1, then x100 is equal
+ 4 + 5 + 6 + 7)] + [6(4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8)] + ....... upto 1226 terms
to [CAT 2021 Slot – 3]
(where each square bracket comprises a term), then S =
a. 4950 b. 4849 c. 4949 d. 4850
a. –4218445 b. 7234995 c. –3763820 d. 3773015

Q30. If x1 = - 1 and xm = xm + 1 + (m + 1) for every positive integer


Q40. Find the sum of the infinite terms of the series,
m, then x100 equals [CAT 2020 shift III] 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
a. -5151 b. -5150 c. -5051 d. -5050 3, 2, 1, 1, , , , ,………….
𝟑 𝟐 𝟗 𝟒
a. 7 b. 7.5 c. 8.0 d. 8.5
Q31. Let a1, a2, a3, ………… be integers such that a1 – a2 + a3 –
a4 + ………+(- 1)n – 1 an = n, for all n > 1. Then a51 + a52 + ………+ Q41. Raman starts writing the series a, a, b, a, b, c, a, b, c, d,
a1023 equals [CAT 2019 shift II] a, b, c, d, e, ……….. and so on. What will be the 250th letter he
a. 10 b. – 1 c. 0 d. 1 writes?
Q32. If (2n + 1) + (2n + 3) + (2n + 5) + …………+ (2n + 47) = 5280, a. s b. r c. t d. None of these
then what is the value of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ……………..+ n?
[CAT 2019 shift II] Q42. A sequence of numbers is written in the following
fashion: 1,7,1,1,7,7,1,1,1,7,7,7,... till ‘n’ terms. The sum of first
Q33. Let t1, t2,……be real numbers such that t1 + t2 + ………+tn 5001 terms of the given sequence is
= 2n2 + 9n + 13, for every positive integer n ≥ 2, if tk = 103, then a. 5001 b. 20478 c. 19911 d. 39822
k equals [CAT 2018 Slot – 2]
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Maths Quant ‘Best Approach’ (Bharat Gupta SIR) Sequence and Series
Q43. What is the value of P, if P is given as follows:
𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟗 𝟒𝟗𝟏𝟓𝟑
𝑷= + + + + ⋯……+
𝟐 𝟒 𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒

𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟑 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟑 𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟏


a. 𝟒𝟏 b. 𝟒𝟐 c. 𝟒𝟏 d. 𝟒𝟐
𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒 𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟐

Q44. Find the 100th term of the series 2, 4, 8, 14, 22, 32, 44---
a. 1002 b. 9802 c. 9902 d. 9290

Q45. If
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟒 𝟏 𝟖
P = [𝟏 + (− )] [𝟏 + (− ) ] [𝟏 + (− ) ] [𝟏 + (− ) ]...,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
then
a. P = 7/9 b. P = 6/7 c. P = 4/3 d. P = 4/5

Q46. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the series


(1 – 3 – 5 – 7), (3 – 5 – 7 – 9), (5 – 7 – 9 – 11) ………
a. – 4800 b. – 5600 c. - 4200 d. – 6150

Q47. Find the m of 50 terms of the series


𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏 + 𝟐 (𝟏 + ) + 𝟑 (𝟏 + ) + 𝟒 (𝟏 + ) + ⋯ … ….
𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎
a. 2000 b. 2500 c. 2150 d. 2800

Q48. The sum of three numbers in a G.P. is 13 and the sum of


their squares is 91. Find the smallest number.
a. 1 b. 3 c. 4 d. 12

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Answer

Geometric
Arithmetic Progression
Progression
1 16 33 a 1 a
2 c 34 4614 2 c
3 b 35 c 3 d
4 b 36 b 4 a
5 b 37 b 5 1/3
6 a 38 a 6 d
7 c 39 a 7 b
8 d 40 b 8 d
9 b 41 c 9 b
10 c 42 b 10 b
11 d 43 a 11 b
12 c 44 d 12 c
13 b 45 a 13 b
14 b 46 b 14 b
15 c 47 d 15 d
16 c 48 c 16 b
17 b 49 e 17 a
18 b 50 a 18 c
19 18194 51 c 19 d
20 c 52 b 20 d
21 c 53 a 21 a
22 b 54 a 22 d
23 b 55 c 23 b
24 b 56 a 24 c
25 d 57 b 25 b
26 c 58 b 26 a
27 d 59 b 27 c
28 b 60 b 28 a
29 c 61 b 29 a
30 b 62 a 30 c
31 b 63 b 31 c
32 d 64 51 32 b
33 d
34 b
35 6144
36 a
37 a
38 c
39 a
40 a
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Answer
Telescopic
Harmonic Progression Iterative Series Miscellaneous
Series
1 1/199 1 a 1 a 21 a
2 b 2 a 2 a 22 d
3 b 3 e 3 b 23 c
4 c 4 c 24 d
AM, GM and HM 5 d 5 e 25 a
1 710 6 c 6 b 26 a
2 3400 7 c 7 c 27 c
3 4096 8 e 8 a 28 a
4 b 9 e 9 b 29 d
5 c 10 b 10 a 30 d
6 c 11 b 11 a 31 d
7 a 12 c 12 d 32 4851
8 a 13 a 13 a 33 24
9 a 14 a 14 c 34 c
15 d 15 a 35 d
AGP 16 d 36 13
1 a 17 a Miscellaneous 37 b
2 c 18 a 1 b 38 a
3 b 2 b 39 d
User Defined
4 d Series 3 d 40 d
5 c 1 b 4 a 41 a
6 c 2 b 5 b 42 c
7 e 3 b 6 b 43 b
8 d 4 b 7 d 44 c
9 d 5 d 8 c 45 d
10 d 6 d 9 c 46 b
11 b 7 b 10 c 47 b
12 a 8 a 11 a 48 a
13 b 9 c 12 d
10 b 13 d
11 c 14 d
12 b 15 c
13 b 16 d
14 d 17 b
15 c 18 b
16 c 19 d
17 b 20 c
18 a
19 a
20 b
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