Sequence and Series

Miscellaneous Series

 
Mathematics - Section A - MCQ 
 (13) Let S1 , S2 , ......, S101 be the consecutive terms of an A.P . If 1
+
S1 S2
1
S2 S3
+ .... + 1
S100 S101
= 1
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and S1 + S101 = 50 , then |S1 − S101 | is
equal to
∑
n ∑
i ∑
j
(1) If 1 = 560 then the value of ′ n′ is (A) 10 (B) 20
i=1 j=1 k=1
(C) 30 (D) 40
(A) 13 (B) 14
(14) Consider an incomplete pyramid of balls on a square base having 18 layers,
(C) 15 (D) 16
and having 13 balls on each side of the top layer. Then, the total number
∑
∞ N of balls in that pyramid satisfies
(2) The value of n
is equal to
n=2
1+n2 (n2 −2) (A) 9000 < N < 10000 (B) 8000 < N < 9000
(A) 5
(B) 1 (C) 7000 < N < 8000 (D) 10000 < N < 12000
4
(C) 5
(D) 1 (15) Let a1 , a2 , . . . , a100 be non-zero real numbers such that a1 + a2 + . . . +
a100 = 0 Then,
16 4
∑n ∑n ∑p ∑m
(3) If r=1 r3 − p=1 m=1 r=1 1 = 80, then possible value of n can ∑
100 ∑
100
be- (A) ai 2ai > 0 and ai 2−ai < 0
(A) 3 (B) 4 i=1 i=1
∑
100 ∑
100
(C) 5 (D) 6 (B) ai 2ai ≥ 0 and ai 2−ai ≥ 0
i=1 i=1
∑ ∑
∞ n−1
∑ ∑
(4) is equal to
k 100 100
2n+k (C) ai 2ai ≤ 0 and ai 2−ai ≤ 0
n=1 k=1 i=1 i=1
(A) 2
(B) 4
∑
100 ∑
100
9 9
(D) The sign of ai 2ai or ai 2−ai depends on the choice of a′i s
(C) 4
3
(D) 2
3 [ ] [ i=1 ] [ i=1 ] [ 2020 ] [ 2020 ]
2020 2020 2020
(16) 2 +1
+ 332018 +1 + 442018 +1 + 552018 +1
+1
+ 662018 +1 is
∑
∞
(n+1)2
22018 +1 +1 +1 +1
(5) Value of is -
n=0
7n (A) 80 (B) 85
(A) 49
(B) 27 (C) 90 (D) 95
27 49
(C) 21
(D) 27 (17) Let a1 = i + 1i for i = 1, 2, . . . , 20. Put p = 20
1
(a1 + a2 + . . . + a20 )
13 14 ( )
22 +42 +62 +...+(2n)2
and q = 20 a + a + . . . + a
1 1 1 1
Then,
(6) The minimum value of n for which 12 +32 +52 +...+(2n−1)2
< 1.01 is ( 1 )2 20

(A) q ∈ 0, 21 (B) q ∈ 22−p

22−p 2(22−p)
21
, 21
(A) 101 (B) 121
(C) q ∈ (D) q ∈
2(22−p) 22−p 22−p 4(22−p)
(C) 151 (D) does not exist 21
, 7 7
, 21

(18) Let xk be real∑numbers such that xk ≥ k4 + k2 + 1 for 1 ≤ k ≤ 2018.

2 2 2 (2011)2 +1
(7) The expression 222 −1
+1
+ 332 −1
+1
+ 442 −1
+1
+ . . . + (2011)2 −1 lies in the interval Denote N = 2018 k. Consider the following inequalities.
( ) ( ) (∑ )k=1
2 (∑ )
2018 2018
(A) 2010, 2010 2 1
(B) 2011 − 2011 1
, 2011 − 20121 I. k=1 kxk ≤N k=1 kxk
2
(∑ )2 (∑ )
( ) ( ) k=1 k xk Then,
2018 2018 2 2
II. k=1 kxk ≤N
(C) 2011, 2011 12 (D)
2012, 2012 12
[( r ) ] (A) both I and Il are true (B) I is true and II is false
∑
n ∏ ∑r
(8) If xn = 2n2 +n+1
,then xi − 2 (2i − 1) is equal to (C) I is false and II is true (D) both I and II are false
2n2 −3n+2
r=1 i=1 i=1
(19) If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 be equal to the
(A) (B)
n(n+1) n(n+3)
2 2 sum of the reciprocals of their squares, then bc2 , ca2 , ab2 will be in
(C) (D) 2n (n + 1)
n(n−1)
2 (A) A.P. (B) G.P.
1 1 1 1 (C) H.P. (D) None of these
(9) If square root of, a .(2a) a 2a .(4a) 4a .(8a) 8a ........∞ is 8
, then the value
27 √
of ′ a′ is (20) The sum of i − 2 − 3i + 4 + ......... upto 100 terms, where i = −1 is
(A) 50(1 − i) (B) 25i
(A) 1
(B) 1
2 3
(C) 25(1 + i) (D) 100(1 − i)
(C) 1
4
(D) 1
5

(10) The sum to n terms of the series 12 + (12 + 32 ) + (12 + 32 + 52 ) + ... is  

Mathematics - Section B - NUMERIC 
( ) ( )
(A) 61 n (n + 1) 2n2 + 2n − 1 (B) 31 n4 + 2n2
( 3 )
(C) 1
3
n + 3n2 − n (D) none of these
( )2 ( )2 ( )2 (21) If the sum of(the series
(11) If the sum of the first 11 terms of the series 1 47 + 1 57 + 1 67 + (1 ) )
( ) − 31 + 212 − 2.3 1
+ 312 +
22 + 2 71 + ...... is 11 λ then λ is equal to
2
7 ( 2
)
3 − 22 ·3 + 2.32 − 33
1 1 1 1
+
(A) 36 (B) 37 (2 )
(C) 38 (D) 39 2
1
4 − 1
2 ·3
3 + 1
2 ·3
2 2 − 1
2·3 3 + 3
1
4 + . . . is α
β
, where α and β are co-
prime, then α + 3β is equal to....
∑
∞
3k2 +3k+1  ( ) 
(12) The value of is equal to ∑
n
(k2 +k)3 10  6 i +1

k=1 ∏
(22) ( i=0
)  equals to
(A) 1
8
(B) 1
4

n=1 ∑
n 
6 (j−1) +1
(C) 1
2
(D) 1 j=0

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(23) Find the 25th common term of the following A.P.′ s
S1 = 1, 6, 11, .....
S2 = 3, 7, 11, .....
(24) If n arithmetic means a1 , a2 , ......an are inserted between 50 and 100 and
n harmonic means h1 , h2 , ...... hn are inserted between the same two
numbers, then a2 hn−1 is equal to
(25) The value of the expression
3(1!) − 4(2!) + 5(3!) − 6(4!)...... − 2008(2006)! + (2007)! is
(26) The series of positive multiples of 3 is divided into sets :
{3}, {6, 9, 12}, {15, 18, 21, 24, 27}, . . . Then the sum of the elements in
the 11th set is equal to ................
(27) Let a, b and c be the 7th , 11th and 13th terms respectively of a non -
constant A.P. If these are also the three consecutive terms of a G.P. then
a
c
is equal to
(28) Let
{ 2 S be the sum
} {of the first 9 }terms
{ of the series:} {x + ka} +
x + (k + 2)a + x3 + (k + 4)a + x4 + (k + 6)a + . . . . . . where
x10 −x+45a(x−1)
a ̸= 0 and x ̸= 1. If S = x−1
, then k is equal to
13 +23 +...+(2n)3
(29) The sum of all positive integers n for which 12 +22 +...+n2 is also an in-
tegers is
(30) A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an denote the number of
notes he counts in the nth minute. If a1 = a2 = . . . = a10 = 150 and
a10 , a11 , .. are in an A.P. with common difference −2 then the time taken
by him to count all notes is ............... minutes

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 Sequence and Series

Miscellaneous Series (Answer Key)

 
Mathematics - Section A - MCQ 

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