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Sequence and Series Practice Assignment 1686897267153
Sequence and Series Practice Assignment 1686897267153
Sequence and Series Practice Assignment 1686897267153
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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Maths Quant ‘Best Approach’ (Bharat Gupta SIR) Sequence and Series
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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