Basic Level DPP Sequence Series

Questions JEE Advanced Crash Course

HP

1. Let a 1
, a2 , … , a10 be in AP and h 1
, h2 , … , h10 be in HP. If a 1
= h1 = 2 and a 10
= h10 = 3 , then a 4
h7 is
(1) 2.0 (2) 3.0
(3) 5.0 (4) 6.0
2. The sixth HM between 3 and 13
6
is
(1) 63

120
(2) 63

12

(3) 126

105
(4) 120

63

3. If b + c, c + a, a + b are in HP, then a

b+c
,
c+a
b
,
c

a+b
are in
(1) AP (2) HP
(3) GP (4) None of these
4. If a 1, a2 , … , an are in HP, then the expression a 1 a2 + a2 a3 + … + an−1 an is equal to
(1) (n − 1) (a1 − an ) (2) na1 an

(3) (n − 1)a1 an (4) n (a1 − an )

5. If the (m + 1) th,(n + 1) th and (r + 1) th terms of an AP are in GP and m, n, r are in HP. Then, the value of the ratio of the common difference to the first
term of the AP is
(1) −
2

n
(2) 2

(3) −
n

2
(4) n

AGP

6. The sum to infinity of the series 1 + is

4 7 10
+ + + …
5 2 3
5 5

(1) 16

25
(2) 11

(3) 35

16
(4) 8

11

7. The sum (upto two decimal places) of the infinite series 17

7
+
77

2
+
777

3
+. . . . . . . is
17 17

(1) 1.06 (2) 2.06

(3) 3.06 (4) 4.06

Summation Series

8. The sum of infinite terms of the series 1 + 4

5
+
7

2
+
10

3
+ ⋯ will be
5 5

(1) 3

16
(2) 35

(3) 35

4
(4) 35

16

9. ∑
n

i=1
∑
i

i=1
∑
j

k=1
1 , is equal to
(1) (2)
n(n+1)(2n+1) 2
n(n+1)

6
( )
2

(3) n(n+1)
(4) n(n+1)(n+2)

2 6

10. If 1

4
+
1

4
+
1

4
+ ⋯∞ =
π
, then the value of 1

4
+
1

4
+
1

4
+ ⋯∞ is
1 2 90 1
3 3 5
4 4

(1) π
(2) π

96 45

(3) 89

90
π
4
(4) None of these
11. 1 + 2 ⋅ 2 + 3 ⋅ 2
2
+ 4 ⋅ 2
3
+ ⋯ + 100 ⋅ 2
99
is equal to
(1) 99 ⋅ 2
100
(2) 100 ⋅ 2
100

(3) 1 + 99 ⋅ 2
100
(4) None of these
12. The sum of 1 + (1 + x) + (1 + x + x 2
) + (1 + x + x
2
+ x ) + ⋯
3
upto n terms, equals
n n

(1) 1−x

1−x
(2) x(1−x )

1−x
n

(3) n(1−x)−x(1−x

2
)
(4) None of these
(1−x)

13. The sum of 1 + 2 (1 +

2 3
1

n
) + 3(1 +
1

n
) + 4(1 +
1

n
) + ⋯ upto n terms, equals
(1) n (1 +
1

n
) (2) n
2

(3) (4) None of these

2
1
n(1 + )
n

14. The value of ∑ ∞

n=1
(−1)
n+1
(
n
n
) equals
5

(1) 5

12
(2) 5

24

(3) 5

36
(4) 5

16

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Basic Level DPP Sequence Series
Questions JEE Advanced Crash Course

15. The sum to infinity of the series 1

1
+
1+2
1
+
1

1+2+3
+ … is equal to
(1) 2.0 (2)
5

(3) 3.0 (4) None of these

16. If S = 1(25)+2(24)+3(23)+. . . . . . +24(2)+25(1) , then the value of S

900
is equal to
17. 0.2 + 0.22 + 0.222 + … upto n terms is equal to
(1) (
2
)−(
2
)(1 − 10
−n
) (2) n(
1
)(1 − 10
−n
)
9 81 9

(3) (
2
)[n −(
1
)(1 − 10
−n
)] (4) (
2
)
9 9 9

18. If the sum 3

2
+
2
5

2
+
2
7

2 2
+ .....+ up to 20 terms is equal to 21
k
, then k is equal to
1 1 +2 1 +2 +3

(1) 240 (2) 120

(3) 60 (4) 180

19. If S = ∑
9999

n=1
1

4 4
, then the value of S is equal to
( √n+√n+1 ) ( √n+√n+1 )

(1) 9 (2) 99

(3) 999 (4) 9999

20. If S then the value of is

80 r 6481S
= ∑ ,
r=1 4 2 1000
( r +r +1 )

21. For the series S = 1 +

1

( 1+3 )
(1 + 2)
2
+
1

( 1+3+5 )
(1 + 2 + 3)
2
+
( 1+3+5+7 )
1
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4) +. … …
2
, if the sum of the first 10 terms is K, then 4K

101
is equal to

22. 9
1 q−p
Let the sum ∑ , written in the rational form be (where p and q are co-prime), then the value of [ is, (where [.] is the greatest integer
p
]
q 10
n (n + 1) (n + 2)
n=1

function)
23. If S n
=(1
2
− 1 + 1)(1!) +(2
2
− 2 + 1)(2!) + … +(n
2
− n +1)(n!) , then S 50
is:
(1) 52! (2) 1 + 49 × 51!

(3) 52! − 1 (4) 50 × 51! − 1

24. Let a 1, a2 , . . . . . . , an be real numbers such that √a 1 + √a2 − 1 + √a3 − 2+. .. + √an −(n − 1) =
1
(a1 + a2 +. .. + an )−
n ( n−3 )
. Compute the value of
2 4

100

Σ ai .
i=1

(1) 1010 (2) 505

(3) 2525 (4) 5050

2 2 2

25. Let a 1, a2 , a3 ,..........., a11 be real numbers satisfying a 1 = 15, 27 − 2a2 > 0 and a k = 2ak−1 − ak−2 ∀ k = 3, 4, .......,11 . If
a +a +....+a
1 2 11
= 90 , then the value
11
a1 +a2 +....+a11
of 11
is equal to
26. 1.2

1!
+
2.3

2!
+
3.4

3!
+
4.5

4!
+ …∞ =

(1) 2e (2) 3e

(3) 3e − 1 (4) e

27. The sum of ∑

100

k=1 4
k

2
is equal to
k +k +1

(1) 4950

10101
(2) 5050

10101

(3) 5151

10101
(4) None of these

AM GM Inequality

28. If abcd = 1, where a, b, c, d are positive reals, then the minimum value of a 2
+ b
2
+ c
2
+ d
2
+ ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd is
(1) 6.0 (2) 10.0
(3) 12.0 (4) 20.0
29. The minimum value of sum of real numbers a −6
, 2a
−4
, 2a
−3
,1 and 2a 10
with a > 0 is equal to
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 8

30. If a + b + c = 3 (where a, b, c > 0), then the greatest value of a 2 3

b c
2
is
10 4 9 4

(1) 3 2

7
(2) 3 2

7
7 7

(3) (4)
8 4 9 3
3 2 3 2

7 6
7 7

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