Chapter 5

Sequences and Series

1. The sum to infinity of the series 5. If 100 times the 100th term of an AP with non-zero
2 6 10 14 common difference equals the 50 times its 50th term,
1     ..... is [AIEEE-2009] then the 150th term of this AP is [AIEEE-2012]
3 3 2 33 3 4
(1) 150 times its 50th term
(1) 3 (2) 4
(2) 150
(3) 6 (4) 2
(3) Zero
2. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an
denote the number of notes he counts in the nth (4) –150
minute. If a1 = a2 = ... = a10 = 150 and a10, a11,
... are in an AP with common difference –2, then 6. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence
the time taken by him to count all notes is 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ......, is [JEE (Main)-2013]
[AIEEE-2010]
7 7
(1) 24 minutes (2) 34 minutes (1) (179  1020 ) (2) (99  10 20 )
81 9
(3) 125 minutes (4) 135 minutes
7 7
3. Let an be the nth term of an A.P. (3) (179  10 20 ) (4) (99  10 20 )
81 9
100 100
Let  and  be the roots of equation
If  a2r   and  a2r –1  , 7.
px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and
r 1 r 1
then the common difference of the A.P. is 1 1
  4 , then the value of |–| is
[AIEEE-2011]  
  [JEE (Main)-2014]
(1)  –  (2)
200
34 2 13
  (1) (2)
(3)  –  (4) 9 9
100
4. Statement-1: The sum of the series 1 + (1 + 2 + 61 2 17
(3) (4)
4) + (4 + 6 + 9) + (9 + 12 + 16) +…+ (361 + 380 9 9
+ 400) is 8000.
n
8. If (10)9 + 2(11)1 (10)8 + 3(11)2 (10)7+ ... + 10(11)9
Statement-2:  (k 3 3
 (k  1) )  n 3
for any = k(10)9, then k is equal to [JEE (Main)-2014]
k 1
(1) 100 (2) 110
natural number n.
[AIEEE-2012] 121 441
(3) (4)
(1) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; 10 100
statement-2 is a correct explanation for 9. Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If
statement-1. the middle term in this G.P. is doubled, the new
(2) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true, numbers are in A.P. Then the common ratio of the
statement-2 is not a correct explanation for G.P. is [JEE (Main)-2014]
statement-1.
(1) 2  3 (2) 2 3
(3) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(4) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. (3) 2 3 (4) 3 2

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10. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers l and 16. Let a1, a2, a3, ...., a49 be in A.P. such that
n (l, n > 1) and G1, G2 and G3 are three geometric 12

means between l and n, then G  2G  G 4

1
4
2
4
3
 a4k 1  416 and a9  a43  66 .
k 0
equals. [JEE (Main)-2015]
If a12  a22  ....  a17
2
 140m , then m is equal to
(1) 4 l2mn (2) 4 lm2n
[JEE (Main)-2018]
(3) 4 lmn2 (4) 4 l2m2n2 (1) 66 (2) 68
11. The sum of first 9 terms of the series (3) 34 (4) 33
3 3 3 3 3 3
1 1 2 1 2 3 17. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be
   ........ is
1 1 3 1 3  5 the sum of the first 40 terms of the series
[JEE (Main)-2015] 12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 + .....
(1) 71 (2) 96 If B – 2A = 100, then is equal to
(3) 142 (4) 192 [JEE (Main)-2018]
12. If the 2nd, 5th
and 9th
terms of a non-constant A.P. (1) 232 (2) 248
are in G.P., then the common ratio of this G.P. is
[JEE (Main)-2016] (3) 464 (4) 496
30
4
(1) (2) 1 18. Let a 1 , a 2 ... a 30 be an A.P., S   ai and
3 i 1
15
7 8 T   a 2i 1 . If a = 27 and S – 2T = 75, then
(3) (4) 5
4 5 i 1
a10 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
13. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series
(1) 47 (2) 57
2 2 2 2
 3  2  1 2  4 (3) 52 (4) 42
 1    2    3   4   4   .....,
 5  5  5  5 19. If a, b and c be three distinct real numbers in G.P.
and a + b + c = xb, then x cannot be
16
is m, then m is equal to [JEE (Main)-2016] [JEE (Main)-2019]
5
(1) 2 (2) –3
(1) 101 (2) 100 (3) –2 (4) 4
(3) 99 (4) 102 20. The sum of the following series
14. For any three positive real numbers a, b and c,
9(12  22  32 ) 12(12  22  32  42 )
2 2 2 1 6  
9(25a  b )  25(c  3ac )  15b(3a  c ). 7 9
Then [JEE (Main)-2017] 15(12  22  ...  52 )
  ...
(1) b, c and a are in A.P. 11
(2) a, b and c are in A.P. up to 15 terms, is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) a, b and c are in G.P. (1) 7830 (2) 7820
(4) b, c and a are in G.P. (3) 7520 (4) 7510
21. Let a, b and c be the 7th, 11th and 13th terms
15. Let a, b, c R. If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is such that
respectively of a non-constant A.P. If these are also
a + b + c = 3 and
a
f ( x  y )  f ( x )  f ( y )  xy ,  x, y  R, the three consecutive terms of a G.P., then is
c
equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
10

then  f (n ) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2017] 1

n 1 (1) (2) 4
2
(1) 165 (2) 190
7
(3) 255 (4) 330 (3) (4) 2
13

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28. If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series

a3 a9
22. Let a1, a2, ..., a10 be a G.P. If a = 25, then a  3
3
 1  1
3 3
 3
3

    1    2   3   3    is equal
3
1 5
equals [JEE (Main)-2019] 4 2 4 4
to 225 k, then k is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 53
(1) 108 (2) 27
(2) 54 (3) 9 (4) 54
(3) 2(52) 29. The sum of all natural numbers nsuch that 100
< n < 200 and H.C.F. (91, n) > 1 is :
(4) 4(52)
[JEE (Main)-2019]
23. The sum of an infinite geometric series with
positive terms is 3 and the sum of the cubes of its (1) 3303 (2) 3121
27 (3) 3203 (4) 3221
terms is . Then the common ratio of this series
19 20
1
is [JEE (Main)-2019] 30. The sum k 2
k 1
k is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]

1 2
(1) (2) 3 11
3 9 (1) 2  17 (2) 1
2 220
2 4 21 11
(3) (4) (3) 2  (4) 2
3 9 220 219
24. If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th 31. Let the sum of the first n terms of a non-constant
term) : (29th term) is [JEE (Main)-2019] n( n  7)
A.P., a1, a2, a3, .... be 50n + A , where A
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 3 2
is a constant. If d is the common difference of this
(3) 4 : 1 (4) 3 : 1 A.P., then the ordered pair (d, a50) is equal to
25. Let S n = 1 + q + q 2 + ... + q n and [JEE (Main)-2019]
2 n (1) (50, 50 + 46A) (2) (A, 50 + 45A)
 q  1  q  1  q  1
Tn  1       ...    (3) (A, 50 + 46A) (4) (50, 50 + 45A)
 2   2   2 
32. The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7
where q is a real number and q  1. + ... upto 11th term is [JEE (Main)-2019]
 S1 + ... + (1) 916 (2) 946
101  S100 =  T100.
If 101C + 101C 101C
1 2
(3) 945 (4) 915
[JEE (Main)-2019]
33. If the sum and product of the first three terms in
(1) 200 (2) 202 an A.P. are 33 and 1155, respectively, then a value
(3) 299 (4) 2100 of its 11th term is [JEE (Main)-2019]

26. The product of three consecutive terms of a G.P. is (1) –36 (2) 25
512. If 4 is added to each of the first and the (3) –25 (4) –35
second of these terms, the three terms now form
34. If a1, a2, a3, ......., an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7
an A.P. Then the sum of the original three terms of + ....... + a16 = 114, then a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is
the given G.P. is [JEE (Main)-2019] equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 36 (2) 32 (1) 98 (2) 38
(3) 24 (4) 28 (3) 64 (4) 76
1  2  3  ...  k 35. The sum
27. Let Sk  . If
k
5 3  13 5  (13  23 ) 7  (13  23  33 )
S12  S22  ...  S10
2
 A, then A is equal to    ....
12 12 12  22 12  22  32
[JEE (Main)-2019] upto 10th term, is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 303 (2) 156 (1) 620 (2) 600
(3) 301 (4) 283 (3) 680 (4) 660
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42. Five numbers are in A.P., whose sum is 25 and

13  23 13  23  33
36. The sum 1    ... 1
1 2 1 2  3 product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is – ,
2
then the greatest number amongst them is
13  23  33  ...  153 1
 – (1  2  3  ...  15) [JEE (Main)-2020]
1  2  3  ...  15 2

is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019] 21

(1) (2) 7
2
(1) 1860 (2) 620
(3) 27 (4) 16
(3) 660 (4) 1240
43. Let a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ... be a G.P. such that a 1 < 0,
37. Let a, b and c be in G.P. with common ratio r,
9
1 a1 + a2 = 4 and a3 + a4 = 16. If  ai  4, then
where a  0 and 0  r  . If 3a, 7b and 15c are i 1
2
 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
the first three terms of an A.P., then the 4th term
of this A.P. is [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) –513 (2) –171

2 511
(1) a (2) a (3) (4) 171
3 3
44. If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series,
7
(3) a (4) 5a 3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 18 + 19 + ... is
3
(102)m, then m is equal to
38. Let a1, a2, a3, ..... be an A.P. with a6 = 2. Then the [JEE (Main)-2020]
common difference of this A.P., which maximises
the product a1 a4 a5, is [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) 5 (2) 20
(3) 25 (4) 10
2 8
(1) (2) 45. Let f : R  R be such that for all x R (21 + x + 21 – x),
3 5 f(x) and (3x + 3–x) are in A.P., then the minimum
value of f(x) is [JEE (Main)-2020]
3 6
(3) (4) (1) 2 (2) 0
2 5
(3) 3 (4) 4
39. Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an
1
A.P. If S4 = 16 and S6 = –48, then S10 is equal to 46. If the 10th term of an A.P. is and its 20th term
20
[JEE (Main)-2019] 1
is , then the sum of its first 200 terms is
(1) –260 (2) –380 10
(3) –320 (4) –410 [JEE (Main)-2020]

40. If a1, a2, a3, ..... are in A.P. such that a1 + a 7 1

(1) 50 (2) 50
+ a16 = 40, then the sum of the first 15 terms of 4
this A.P. is [JEE (Main)-2019]
1
(3) 100 (4) 100
(1) 150 (2) 280 2
(3) 200 (4) 120 47. The product
41. The greatest positive integer k, for which 49k + 1 is 1 1 1 1
a factor of the sum 2 4 . 416 . 8 48 . 16128 .  to  is equal to
49125 + 49124 + ..... + 492 + 49 + 1, is [JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
1 1
(1) 65 (2) 60 (1) 22 (2) 2 4

(3) 32 (4) 63 (3) 2 (4) 1

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48. Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive terms. 54. If the sum of the series
100 100 200
If  a2n  1  200 and  a2n  100, then  an 3
20  19
1 4
 19  18  ... upto n th term is 488
n 1 n 1 n 1 5 5 5
is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] and the nth term is negative, then
(1) 300 (2) 150 [JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) 175 (4) 225
2
49. If |x| < 1, |y| < 1 and x  y, then the sum (1) n = 41 (2) nth term is –4
to infinity of the following series (x + y) + 5
(x2 + xy + y2) + (x3 + x2y + xy2 + y3) + ..... is (3) n = 60 (4) nth term is –4
[JEE (Main)-2020] 55. Let  and  be the roots of x2 – 3x + p = 0 and 
x  y  xy x  y  xy and  be the roots of x2 – 6x + q = 0. If , , , 
(1) (2) form a geometric progression. Then ratio
(1  x )(1  y ) (1  x )(1  y ) (2q + p) : (2q – p) is [JEE (Main)-2020]
x  y  xy x  y  xy (1) 3 : 1 (2) 5 : 3
(3) (4)
(1  x )(1  y ) (1  x )(1  y ) (3) 9 : 7 (4) 33 : 31
50. The sum of the first three terms of a G.P. is S and 56. If 1 + (1 – 22·1) + (1 – 42·3) + (1 – 62·5) + .....+
their product is 27. Then all such S lie in (1 – 202·19) =  – 220, then an ordered pair
[JEE (Main)-2020] (, ) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) (10, 103)
(1)  – , – 9  3,  
(2) (10, 97)
(2)  –3,   (3) (11, 97)
(4) (11, 103)
(3)  – , – 3  9,  
57. Let a1, a2, ....an be a given A.P. whose common
(4)  – , 9 difference is an integer and Sn = a1 + a2 + ....+ an.
If a1 = 1, an = 300 and 15  n  50, then the
51. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a1, a2, a3, ordered pair (Sn – 4, an – 4) is equal to
... is 0 (a1  0), then the sum of the A.P., a1, a3,
a5, ..., a23 is ka1, where k is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020] (1) (2490, 249) (2) (2480, 249)

121 72 (3) (2490, 248) (4) (2480, 248)

(1) – (2) –
58. If 32 sin2–1,
14 and 34–2 sin2
are the first three
10 5
terms of an A.P. for some , then the sixth term
72 121 of this A.P is [JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) (4)
5 10 (1) 65 (2) 78
52. Let S be the sum of the first 9 terms of the (3) 81 (4) 66
series : {x + ka} + {x2 + (k + 2)a} + {x3 + (k +
4 ) a } 59. If 210  29  31  28  32  ....  2  39  310  S – 211 ,
+ {x4 + (k + 6)a} + ... where a  0 and x  1.
then S is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
x10  x + 45a( x  1)
If S  , then k is equal to (1) 2  311 (2) 311 – 212
x –1
[JEE (Main)-2020] 311
(3)  210 (4) 311
(1) –3 (2) 1 2
(3) –5 (4) 3 60. If the sum of the second, third and fourth terms of
53. If the first term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of its a positive term G.P. is 3 and the sum of its sixth,
first 25 terms is equal to the sum of its next 15 seventh and eighth terms is 243, then the sum of
terms, then the common difference of this A.P. is the first 50 terms of this G.P. is
[JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1)
1
6
(2)
1 (1)
13

2 50
3 –1  (2)
13

1 50
3 –1 
4

(3)
1
(4)
1
5
(3)
1 49
26

3 –1  (4)
26

1 50
3 –1 
7
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61. If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series 70. The minimum value of  for which the equation
log x  log x  log x  ... is 460, then x 4 1
(71/ 2 ) (71/3 ) (71/ 4 )
   has at least one solution in
is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] sin x 1  sin x
(1) 72 (2) e2  
 0, 2  is _______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 71/2 (4) 746/21  
62. Let a, b, c, d and p be any non zero distinct real 71. Let a, b, c be in arithmetic progression. Let the
numbers such that (a 2 + b 2 + c 2 )p 2 – 2 centroid of the triangle with vertices
(ab + bc + cd)p + (b2 + c2 + d2) = 0. Then
 10 7 
(a, c), (2, b) and (a, b) be  ,  . If ,  are the
[JEE (Main)-2020]  3 3
(1) a, c, p are in G.P. roots of the equation ax2 + bx + 1 = 0, then the
value of 2 +  2 –  is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
(2) a, b, c, d are in A.P.
(3) a, c, p are in A.P. 69 71
(1) (2) –
(4) a, b, c, d are in G.P. 256 256

63. The common difference of the A.P. b1, b2, …, bm

69 71
is 2 more than the common difference of A.P. a1, (3) – (4)
256 256
a 2 , …, a n . If a 40 = –159, a 100 = –399 and
b100 = a70, then b1 is equal to 72. The sum of first four terms of a geometric
[JEE (Main)-2020] 65
progression (G.P) is and the sum of their
(1) –127 (2) –81 12
(3) 127 (4) 81 65
respective reciprocals is . If the product of first
18
20 three terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is
64. The sum  (1  2  3  ...  k ) is ___________. , then 2 is ______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
k 1
 

[JEE (Main)-2020] 73. If 0  ,  
2
,x   cos 2n , y   sin2n  and
n 0 n 0
7 
n(n  1)(2n  1)
65. The sum, 
4
is equal to z  cos2n   sin2n  then : [JEE (Main)-2021]
n 1 n0
(1) xyz = 4
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(2) xy – z = (x + y) z
66. The number of terms common to the two A.P.’s 3,
7, 11, ..., 407 and 2, 9, 16, ..., 709 is ________. (3) xy + yz + zx = z
[JEE (Main)-2020] (4) xy + z = (x + y)z
74. Let A1, A2, A3,..... be squares such that for each
1 1 1 
log2.5   
3 32 33
  to   n  1, the length of the side of An equals the
67. The value of (0.16)   is equal to length of diagonal of An + 1. If the length of A1 is 12
_________. [JEE (Main)-2020] cm, then the smallest value of n for which area of
68. If m arithmetic means (A.Ms) and three geometric An is less than one, is___________.
means (G.Ms) are inserted between 3 and 243 [JEE (Main)-2021]
such that 4th A.M. is equal to 2nd G.M., then m is
x x
equal to _________ . [JEE (Main)-2020] a 1 a
75. The minimum value of f(x)  a  a , where
69. Let A = {nN : n is a 3-digit number} a, x  R and a > 0, is equal to :
B = {9k + 2 : kN} [JEE (Main)-2021]
and C = {9k + l : kN} for some l (0 < l < 9) (1) a + 1 (2) 2 a
If the sum of all the elements of the set A  (B  C)
is 274 × 400, then l is equal to _______. 1
(3) a  (4) 2a
[JEE (Main)-2021] a

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76. In an increasing geometric series, the sum of the 1 1 1

25 82. Let , a and b be in G.P. and , , 6 be in A.P.,
.,
16 a b
second and the sixth term is and the product
2 where a, b > 0. Then 72(a+b) is equal to_______.
of the third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of [JEE (Main)-2021]
th
4 th , 6 th and 8 term is equal to : 1 1 1 1
83.    .....  is equal to
2 2 2
[JEE (Main)-2021] 3 –1 5 –1 7 –1 (201)2 – 1
(1) 26 (2) 35 [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 30 (4) 32
101 99
77. The sum of infinite series (1) (2)
404 400
2 7 12 17 22
1     +......is equal to : 25 101
3 32 33 34 35 (3) (4)
101 408
[JEE (Main)-2021]
84. If , , are natural numbers such that 100– 199
13 9 = (100)(100)+(99)(101)+(98)(102)+.......+(1)(199),
(1) (2) then the slope of the line passing through (, ) and
4 4
origin is: [JEE (Main)-2021]
11 15 (1) 550 (2) 530
(3) (4)
4 4 (3) 540 (4) 510
 2
n  6n  10 85. Let S1 be the sum of first 2n terms of an arithmetic
78. The sum of the series  is equal progression. Let S2 be the sum of first 4n terms of
n  1 (2n  1)!
the same arithmetic progression. If (S2 – S1) is
to : JEE (Main)-2021]
1000, then the sum of the first 6n terms of the
arithmetic progression is equal to :
41 19 –1
(1) e e  10 [JEE (Main)-2021]
8 8
(1) 7000 (2) 5000
41 19 –1 (3) 3000 (4) 1000
(2) e– e  10
8 8
10

41 19 –1 86. If  r! r 3  6r 2  2r  5   (11!),
(3) – e e  10 r 1
8 8
then the value of  is equal to _______.
41 19 –1 [JEE (Main)-2021]
(4) e e  10
8 8 1 20 Ak
79. If the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of the 87. For k  N, let     1   2  .......    20      k ,
k 0
p th and q th terms of the sequence –16,
2
8, –4, 2, .... satisfy the equation 4x2 – 9x + 5 =  A  A15 
0, then p + q is equal to _______. where  > 0. Then the value of 100  14 
 A13 
[JEE (Main)-2021]
is equal to_____. [JEE (Main)-2021]
80. Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series
having four initial terms from the set {11, 8, 21, 16, 
26, 32, 4}. If the last terms of these series are the 88. Let an n  1 be a sequence such that a1 = 1, a2 = 1
maximum possible four digit numbers, then the and an + 2 = 2an + 1 + an for all n 1. Then the value of
number of common terms in these two series is
equal to ______. [JEE (Main)-2021] 
a
47  23nn is equal to ______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
81. Let Sn  x   loga 12 x  loga 13 x  loga 16 x  loga 111 x  n 1
89. Let S n denote the sum of first n-terms of an
arithmetic progression. If S10 = 530, S5 = 140, then
log 1 x  log 1 x  ....... up to n-terms, where
a 18 a 27 S20 – S6 is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]
a > 1. If S24(x) = 1093 and S12(2x)= 265, then value (1) 1842 (2) 1852
of a is equal to ________. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 1862 (4) 1872
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90. Let S n be the sum of the first n terms of an 97. If 1P1 + 2  2P2 + 3  3P3 + ... + 15  15P15 = qPr – s,
arithmetic progression. If S3n = 3S2n, then the value
S4n 0  s  1, then q + sC
r–s is equal to _______.
of S is [JEE (Main)-2021] [JEE (Main)-2021]
2n
(1) 4 (2) 2  9 
x
(3) 6 (4) 8 98. lim   
x 2  n 1 n  n  1 x 2  2  2n  1 x  4  is equal to :
 
91. If the value of
[JEE (Main)-2021]
1 1 1 
log   ......upto  
 2 6 10  (0.25)  3 32 33  7 1
 1   2  3  ......upto  
 3 3 3  (1) (2)
36 5
is l, then l2 is equal to _______.
[JEE (Main)-2021] 5 9
92. If [x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to (3) (4)
24 44
100 
( 1)n n 
x, then  2 
 is equal to 99. The sum of all 3-digit numbers less than or equal
n8  to 500, that are formed without using the digit “1”
[JEE (Main)-2021] and they all are multiple of 11, is ______.
(1) 2 (2) –2 [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 0 (4) 4 100. Let a 1 , a 2 , ...., a 10 be an AP with common
difference –3 and b1, b2, ..., b10 be a GP with
 7
93. If log 3 2, log 3(2 x – 5), log3  2x –  are in an common ratio 2. Let ck = ak + bk, k = 1, 2, ..., 10.
 2
arithmetic progression, then the value of x is equal 10
to _______. [JEE (Main)-2021] If c2 = 12 and c3 = 13, then  ck is equal to
k 1
  7 
94. If tan   , x, tan   are in arithmetic progression ________. [JEE (Main)-2021]
9  18 
  5 
and tan   , y , tan   are also in arithmetic sin A sin  A  C 
9  18  101. Let  , where A, B, C are angles
progression, then |x – 2y| is equal to sin B sin C  B 
[JEE (Main)-2021] of a triangle ABC. If the lengths of the sides
(1) 0 (2) 1 opposite these angles are a, b, c respectively, then
(3) 3 (4) 4 [JEE (Main)-2021]
95. The sum of the series (1) a2, b2, c2 are in A.P. (2) b2 – a2 = a2 + c2
(3) b2, c2, a2 are in A.P. (4) c2, a2, b2 are in A.P.
1 2 22 2100
   ...  100 when x = 2 is
x  1 x2  1 x4  1 x2 1 3 2 5 3 7 4
102. If 0 < x < 1, then x  x  x  ..., is equal
[JEE (Main)-2021] 2 3 4
2101 2100 to [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 1  101 (2) 1– 2100
42 –1 4 –1
 1 x 
(1) x    loge 1  x 
2100 2101  1 x 
(3) 1  (4) 1– 101
2101 42 –1
4 –1
 1 x 
  loge 1  x 
96. If the sum of an infinite GP a, ar, ar2, ar3, ... is 15 (2) x 
and the sum of the squares of its each term is 150,  1 x 
then the sum of ar2, ar4, ar6, ... is :
[JEE (Main)-2021]
1 x
(3)  loge 1  x 
5 9 1 x
(1) (2)
2 2
1 x
(3)
25
(4)
1 (4)  loge 1  x 
2 2 1 x

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1 2 2 3 3 4 109. Let Sn  1 (n – 1)  2  (n – 2)  3  (n – 3)  ...

103. If 0 < x < 1 and y  x  x  x  ....., then
2 3 4
 (n – 1)  1, n  4.
1
the value of e1 + y at x  is
2 
 2Sn 1 
[JEE (Main)-2021] The sum  – 
(n – 2)!  is equal to
n4  n !
1 2
(1) 2e (2) e [JEE (Main)-2021]
2
e –1 e
1 (1) (2)
(3) 2e2 (4) e 3 3
2
104. Three numbers are in an increasing geometric e e–2
progression with common ratio r. If the middle (3) (4)
6 6
number is doubled, then the new numbers are in
an arithmetic progression with common difference 110. Let a 1 , a 2 , ...., a 21 be an AP such that
d. If the fourth term of GP is 3r2, then r2 – d is 20
1 4
equal to [JEE (Main)-2021] a  . If the sum of this AP is 189,
n 1 n an  1 9
(1) 7 – 7 3 (2) 7  3 then a6a16 is equal to : JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 7 – 3 (4) 7  3 3 (1) 36 (2) 57

105. The sum of 10 terms of the series (3) 72 (4) 48

n
3 5 7 111. If ai i 1 , where n is an even integer, is an arith-
   .... is
12  22 22  3 2 32  4 2 metic progression with common difference 1, and
[JEE (Main)-2021]
n n /2
143 99  ai  192,  a2i  120 , then n is equal to :
(1) (2) i 1 i 1
144 100
(1) 48 (2) 96
120 (3) 92 (4) 104
(3) (4) 1
121 [JEE (Main)-2022]
112. The sum of all the elements of the set
106. The mean of 10 numbers
{  {1, 2, …, 100} : HCF(, 24) = 1} is
7 × 8, 10 × 10, 13 × 12, 16 × 14, ... is _____. [JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2021]
1 1 1 K
113. If   ...   , then the
10 2 9
107. Let a 1, a 2, a 3, … be an A.P. If
a1  a2    a10 23 2 3 2  3 2  310 10 10

a1  a2    ap remainder when K is divided by 6 is :

(1) 1 (2) 2
100 a11
 , p  10, then is equal to (3) 3 (4) 5
2
p a10
[JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2021] 114. For a natural number n, let n = 19n – 12n. Then, the

19 100 31 9  10

(1) (2) value of is ______________.
21 121 57 8
[JEE (Main)-2022]
21 121 115. The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of
(3) (4)
19 100
1 5 19 65
first 100 terms of the sequence , , , ,... is
7 9 13 19 3 9 27 81
108. If S      ..., then 160 S is equal
5 52 53 54 equal to _______________.
to ________. JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
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116. The sum 1 + 2  3 + 3  32 + …. + 10  39 is equal 6 12 20 30

to 122. Let S  2      ... Then 4S is equal
7 72 73 74
to
2  312  10 19  310  1
(1) (2)
4 4 2
7 73
(1)   (2)
9  310  1 3 32
(3) 5  3 10 (4)
2 3
2 7 72
(3)   (4)
[JEE (Main)-2022] 3 33
10 10 10 10 [JEE (Main)-2022]
117. L e t A    mini, j a n d B    max i, j  . 123. If a , a , a ….. and b , b , b ….. are A.P., and
1 2 3 1 2 3
i 1 j 1 i 1 j 1
a = 2, a = 3, a b = 1 = a b , then a b is equal
1 10 1 1 10 10 4 4
Then A + B is equal to ____________. to
[JEE (Main)-2022] 35
(1) (2) 1

1 
 –1 n 27
118. If A   and B   , then
3   1  3   1 
n n n n 27 28
n 1 n 1 (3) (4)
28 27
[JEE (Main)-2022]
A 124. Let A1, A2, A3, … be an increasing geometric pro-
is equal to:
B gression of positive real numbers. If A1A3A5A7 =
1 7
11 and A2 + A4 = , then, the value of A + A
(1) (2) 1 1296 36 6 8
9
+ A10 is equal to
11 11 (1) 33 (2) 37
(3)  (4) 
9 3 (3) 43 (4) 47
[JEE (Main)-2022] [JEE (Main)-2022]
125. If n arithmetic means are inserted between a and
119. If a (> 0), a , a , a , a are in a G.P., a + a =
1 2 3 4 5 2 4 100 such that the ratio of the first mean to the last
2a + 1 and 3a + a = 2a , then a + a + 2a is mean is 1 : 7 and a + n = 33, then the value of n is:
3 2 3 4 2 4 5
equal to _______. [JEE (Main)-2022] (1) 21 (2) 22
   (3) 23 (4) 24
120. If x   an , y   b n , z   c n , where a, b, c [JEE (Main)-2022]
n 0 n 0 n 0
126. Let for n = 1, 2, …, 50, S be the sum of the infinite
are in A.P. and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, abc  0, n
geometric progression whose first term is n2 and
then :
1
(1) x, y, z are in A.P. whose common ratio is
 n  12 . Then the value of
(2) x, y, z are in G.P.
1 50  2 
   Sn   n  1 is equal to ________.
1 1 1 26 n 1 n 1 
(3) , , are in A.P..
x y z [JEE (Main)-2022]

127. Let an n 0 be a sequence such that a0 = a1 = 0
1 1 1 and an + 2 = 2an + 1 – an + 1 for all n  0.
(4)    1  (a  b  c )
x y z  an
[JEE (Main)-2022] Then  n is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2022]
n 2 7
121. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series
1 2 3 4 5 m
     ... is , where m 6 7
5 65 325 1025 2501 n (1) (2)
343 216
and n are co-prime numbers, then m + n is equal to
__________. 8 49
(3) (4)
[JEE (Main)-2022] 343 216
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135. Let f(x) = 2x 2 – x – 1 and

128. The sum of the infinite series S  n   : f ( n )  800 . T hen, the value of
5 12 22 35 51 70
1     
6 62 63 64 65 66
+ ….. is equal to  f (n ) is equal to ________.
n S
425 429 [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) (2)
216 216
136. Let the sum of an infinite G.P., whose first term is
288 280 a and the common ratio is r, be 5. Let the sum of
(3) (4)
125 125
98
[JEE (Main)-2022] its first five terms be . Then the sum of the first
25
129. Let 3, 6, 9, 12, … upto 78 terms and 5, 9, 13, 17, …
upto 59 terms be two series. Then, the sum of terms 21 terms of an AP, whose first term is 10ar, nth
common to both the series is equal to _____. term is a and the common difference is 10ar2, is
n
[JEE (Main)-2022] equal to
130. Let a, b be two non-zero real numbers. If p and r [JEE (Main)-2022]
are the roots of the equation x2 – 8ax + 2a = 0 (1) 21 a (2) 22 a
and q and s are the roots of the equation x2 + 11 11

1 1 1 1 (3) 15 a (4) 14 a
12bx + 6b = 0, such that , , , are in A.P., 16 16

p q r s
23 – 13 43 – 33  22 – 13 63 – 53  43 – 33  23 – 13
then a–1 – b–1 is equal to _________. 137.  
1 7 2  11 3  15
[JEE (Main)-2022]
131. Let a1 = b1 = 1, an = an – 1 + 2 and bn = aa + bn – 1 303 – 293  283 – 273  ...  23 – 13
15 + … + is
15  63
for every natural number n  2. Then  an  bn is
n 1 equal to _______. [JEE (Main)-2022]
equal to ______.
[JEE (Main)-2022] 138. Consider the sequence a , a , a , … such that
1 2 3

132. Consider two G.Ps. 2, 22, 23, …. and 4, 42, 43, … 2

of 60 and n terms respectively. If the geometric a = 1, a = 2 and an  2  a  an for n = 1, 2,
1 2 n 1
225
,
mean of all the 60 + n terms is  2 8 then 3, … If
n
 k n  k  is equal to  1  1  1   1 
k 1  a1  a   a2  a   a3  a   a30  a 
[JEE (Main)-2022]  2  . 3 .  4   31 
(1) 560 (2) 1540  a3   a4   a5   a32 
     
(3) 1330 (4) 2600      
133. The series of positive multiples of 3 is divided into
sets: {3}, {6, 9, 12}, {15, 18, 21, 24, 27},……  2 ( 61C31 ), then  is equal to
Then the sum of the elements in the 11th set is
equal to ________. [JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022] (1) –30 (2) –31
134. Suppose a 1 , a 2 , … a n , … be an arithmetic (3) –60 (4) –61
progression of natural numbers. If the ration of the
139. For p, q,  R, consider the real valued function f(x)
sum of first five terms to the sum of first nine
terms of the progression is 5 : 17 and 110 < a15 = (x – p)2 – q, x  R and q > 0, Let a , a , a and
1 2 3
< 120, then the sum of the first ten terms of the a be in an arithmetic progression with mean p
4
progression is equal to and positive common difference. If f (ai )  500 for
[JEE (Main)-2022]
all i = 1, 2, 3, 4, then the absolute difference
(1) 290 (2) 380 between the roots of f(x) = 0 is
(3) 460 (4) 510 [JEE (Main)-2022]
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140. Let x , x , x , …, x be in geometric progression 10

k m
1 2 3 20
1 146. If  4 2

n , where m and n are co-
with x = 3 and the common ratio . A new data a k 1 k  k  1
1 2
prime, then m + n is equal to
is constructed replacing each x by (x – i)2. If x
i i
is the mean of new data, then the greatest integer [JEE (Main)-2022]
less than or equal to x is _________. 
a
[JEE (Main)-2022] 147. Let a1, a2, a3,…. be an A.P. If  2rr  4 , then 4a
2
r 1
6 10 20
10240 40 is equal to ________.
141. If    2n  m,
  .... 
12 11 10
3 9
3 3 3 3 [JEE (Main)-2022]
where m is odd, then mn is equal to ________.
1 1
[JEE (Main)-2022] 148. If  + ... +
 20  a  40  a   40  a  60  a 
142. Let S = {1, 2, 3, …, 2022}. Then the probability,
that a randomly chosen number n from the set S 1 1
such that HCF (n, 2022) = 1, is  ,
180  a  200  a  256
[JEE (Main)-2022]
then the maximum value of a is [JEE (Main)-2022]
128 166
(1) (2) (1) 198 (2) 202
1011 1011
(3) 212 (4) 218
127 112
(3) (4) 21
3
337 337 149. The sum   4n  1 4n  3  is equal to
143. Let the ratio of the fifth term from the beginning to n 1
the fifth term from the end in the binomial
[JEE (Main)-2022]
n
4 1 
expansion of  2  4  , in the increasing 7 7
 3 (1) (2)
1 87 29
powers of 4 be 4 6 : 1. If the sixth term from the
3 14 21
 (3) (4)
beginning is 4 , then  is equal to 87 29
3
___________. [JEE (Main)-2022] 150. Different A.P.’s are constructed with the first term
100, the last term 199, and integral common
144. Let an n 0 be a sequence such that a = a = 0


0 1
differences. The sum of the common differences of
and an  2  3an 1  2an  1,  n  0.
all such A.P.’s having at least 3 terms and at most
Then a25 a23  2a25 a22  2a23 a24  4a22 a24 is equal 33 terms is ______.
to
[JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 483 (2) 528 1 1 1
151. If    ......
(3) 575 (4) 624 23 4 3 45 45 6
20

145.   r 2  1  r ! is equal to 
1

k
r 1 100  101 102 101
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 22! – 21! (2) 22! – 2(21!) then 34 k is equal to ____________.

(3) 21! – 2(20!) (4) 21! – 20!



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