Class X

ALLEN
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION EXERCISE
1. If the sides of a right triangle are in AP, then the 9. The sum of first n terms of an AP whose last term is
ratio of its smallest side to the greatest side is l and common difference is d is
(1) 3 : 4 (2) 3 : 5
n
(1) [2l + (n – 1) d]
(3) 4 : 5 (4) None of these 2
2. The next term of the sequence 9, 16, 27, 42,
......... is n
(2) [2l – (n – 1) d]
2
(1) 53 (2) 61
(3) 57 (4) None of these n
(3) [l + (n – 1) d]
3. The nth term of the series 2

1 1
1+ + + ... is n
1+3 1+3+5 (4) [l – (n – 1) d]
2
2 1 10. A number 32 is divided into four parts that are in
(1) (2)
n(n + 1) n2 AP such that the ratio of product of the first and
(3) n2 (4) None of these fourth part is to the product of the second and third
part is 7 : 15. Find the lowest term.
4. The sum of all numbers from 1 to 1000 which are
neither divisible by 2 nor by 5 is (1) 6 (2) 2 (3) 10 (4) 14

(1) 200000 (2) 500500 11. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is Pn + Qn2 where
P and Q are constants, then common difference of
(3) 250000 (4) None of these
AP will be
5. For the AP a + (a + d) + (a + 2d) + .... + l of n
(1) P + Q (2) P – Q (3) 2P (4) 2Q
terms
12. The sum of the first term and the fifth term of an
n (l - a + d)(a + l ) ascending AP is 28 and the product of the second
(1) Sn = (a + l) (2) Sn = term and the fourth term is 180. Find the sum of
2 2d
the first seven terms of this AP.
n (1) 133 (2) 115 (3) 140 (4) 126
(3) Sn = [2l – (n–1) d] (4) All of these
2
13. If in an AP, Sm : Sn :: m2 : n 2, then the ratio of the
6. The sums of first n terms of two AP's are in the ratio pth term to qth term is
(3n + 8) : (7n + 15). The ratio of their 12th terms is
p-1 p
(1) (2)
q -1 q
4 7
(1) (2)
9 16
2p - 1
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(3) (4) None of these

3 2q - 1
(3) (4) None of these
7
14. If x, y, z are in AP, then (x + 2y – z) (x + z – y)
7. The sum of n terms of a series is An 2 + Bn, then (z + 2y – x) is equal to
the nth term is (1) xyz (2) 2xyz
(1) A(2n – 1) – B (2) A(1 – 2n) + B (3) 4xyz (4) None of these
(3) A(1 – 2n) – B (4) A(2n – 1) + B
a n + 1 + b n +1
8. In an AP sum of first p terms is equal to the sum of 15. The value of n, for which is the A.M.
a n + bn
first q terms. Sum of it's first p + q terms is
between a and b is
(1) – (p + q) (2) p + q
1
(3) 0 (4) None of these (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) – (4) –1
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16. For the AP x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + ...... + y 24. Find the sum of all natural numbers not exceeding
(1) Common difference is 1 1000, which are divisible by 4 but not by 8.
(2) Number of terms is y – x + 1 (1) 62500 (2) 62800
(3) 64000 (4) 65600
y - x +1
(3) Sum of the series is (x + y) 25. I open a book store with a number of books. On
2
the first day, I sell 1 book; on the second day, I sell
(4) All of these 2 books; on the third day, I sell 3 books and so on.
17. The sum of 3rd and 15th elements of an arithmetic At the end of the month (30 days), I realise that I
progression is equal to the sum of 6th, 11th and 13th sold the same number of books with which I started.
elements of the same progression. Then which Find the number of books in the beginning.
element of the series should necessarily be equal to
(1) 365 (2) 420 (3) 465 (4) 501
zero?
26. A club consists of members whose ages are in AP,
(1) 1st (2) 9th
the common difference being 3 months. If the
(3) 12th (4) None of these youngest member of the club is just 7 years old and
18. A person pays ` 975 in monthly instalments, each the sum of the ages of all the members is 250 years,
monthly instalment being less than the former by then the number of members in the club are
` 5. The amount of the first instalment is ` 100. In (1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 25 (4) 30
what time, will the entire amount be paid?
27. How many terms are there is an AP whose first and
(1) 12 months (2) 26 months fifth terms are –14 and 2 respectively and the sum
(3) 15 months (4) 18 months of terms is 40?
19. Let Sn denote the sum of the first ‘n’ terms of an (1) 15 (2) 10
AP S2n= 3Sn, then, the ratio S3n/Sn is equal to
(3) 5 (4) 20
(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 10
20. If the nth term of an AP is 4n + 1, then the common 1 1
28. If the mth term of an AP is and nth term is ,
difference is n m

(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6 then its (mn)th term is

3 + 5 + 7 +.........upto n terms 1
21. If = 7, then the (1) (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 1
5 + 8 +11 + ......upto10 terms m+n

value of n is 29. Let a1, a2,.......a19 be the first 19 terms of an

arithmetic progression where a1+a8+a12+a19 = 224.
(1) 35 (2) 36 (3) 37 (4) 40
The sum a1 + a2+ a3 +...+a19 is equal to
22. If the sum of first n natural numbers is one-fifth of
(1) 896 (2) 969
the sum of their squares, then n is
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(3) 1064 (4) 1120

(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8
23. The sum of 12 terms of an AP, whose first term is 30. How many multiples of 7 are there between 33 and
4, is 256. What is the last term? 329?

(1) 35 (2) 36 (3) 37 (4) 116/3 (1) 42 (2) 35 (3) 329 (4) 77

ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 2 2 2 1 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 1 4 3 3 2 2
Que. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 1 3 4 1 3 3 2 4 3 1

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