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SECTION–I
This section contains 05 Multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONLY ONE is correct.
(+4, –1)


( )
n
1 1
41. Sn =  tr = n 2n 2 + 9n + 13 , then
6
 r. tr
equals
r =1 r =1
3 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D)
2 2

42. If a, b, c are in G.P, a − b, c − a, b − c are in HP, then the value a + 4b + c is

(A) 12 (B) 0 (C) 11 (D) 2

43. The general term of the sequence 1234, 2345, 3456, 4567.............. is
(A) (n)(n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3) (B) 123 + 1111n
(C) 1000n + 200n +30n+4
3 2
(D) none

44. Let Tn be the nth term of an A.P. whose first term is 'a' and common difference is d. If for positive
integers p & q, (p ¹ q) ,
1 1
Tp = and Tq = , then a – d is:
q p
1 2 1- pq
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
pq q q

45. If a, 2a+2, 3a+3 are in G.P., then the fourth term is:
(A) –12 (B) –13.5 (C) 13.5 (D) – 10

SECTION–II
This section contains 10 Multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONE OR MORE is/are correct.
(+4, –2)

99 a
 Tr
1
46. Tr = , then = (here r  N and a, b are relatively coprime)
r r + 1 + ( r + 1) r r =1 b
(A) a  b (B) a  b (C) a + b = 19 (D) a + b = 7

n
47. If  r ( r + 1) ( 2r + 3) = an4 + bn3 + cn2 + dn + e , then :
r =1

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(A) a = (B) b = (C) c = (D) e = 0
2 3 2

n
1
48. The value of  a + rx + a + (r − 1) x
is :
r =1

n a + nx − a n ( a + nx − a )
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
a + a + nx x x

n
(2n − 1) 3a + b
49. If  r ·3r =
4
, then :
r =1
(A) a = n + 1 (B) b = 3 (C) a = n (D) b = 4

50. In a geometric progression the sixth term is eight times the third term and sum of the seventh and the
eight terms is 192, then
(A) The sum of the fifth to eleventh terms (including both) is 2032.
(B) The sum of the sixth and the ninth term is 188.
(C) The first term of the G.P. is 2.
(D) None of these

4 1
51. The sum of positive terms of the series 10 + 9 + 9 + ... is
7 7
352 437 852
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
7 7 7

52. If 12 + 22 + 32 + ... + 20032 = ( 2003)( 4007 )( 334 ) and (1) (2003) + (2) (2002) + (3) (2001) + ... +
(2003) (1) = (2003) (334) (x), then x is equals :
(A) 2005 (B) 2004 (C) 2003 (D) 2001

a1 a2 an
53. If a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,..., a n are in H.P., , , ..., then are in
a 2 + a 3 + ... + a n a 2 + a 3 + ... + a n a 2 + a 3 + ... + a n −1
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

54. The H.M. of two numbers is 4. If there A.M. A and G.M. G satisfy the relation 2A + G 2 = 27 then
the numbers are
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6

55. Sum of first n terms of the series 2 + 3 + 6 + 11 + 18 + .... is:

n(2n2 - 3n + 13) 2n3 - 3n2 - 5n + 18
(A) (B)
6 6
n(2n + 1)(n - 2)
(C) (D) None of these
6

SECTION–III
This section contains 05 questions. The answer to each of the questions is a single digit integer,
ranging from 0 to 9. The correct digit below the question number in the ORS is be bubbled.
(+4, –1)

56. Three friends whose ages form a G.P. divide a certain sum of money in proportion to their ages. If
they do that three years later, when the youngest is half the age of the oldest, then he will receive

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 Rs. 1050/– more than he gets now, and the middle friend will get Rs. 150 more than now, then the
age of the middle friend minus the age of the youngest is

57. The difference between the sum of the first k terms of the series 13 + 23 + 33 + ..... + n3 and the sum of
the first k terms of 1 + 2 + 3 + ….+ n is 1980. The value of k is.

n n ( n + 1)( n + 2 ) 

 tr =  tr
1
58. If , then is equal to ____________.
r =1 3 r =1

5 11 17
59. Let S be the sum of the series + 2 2 + 2 2 + ......... , then the value of [S] is equal to
12 . 42 4 .7 7 .10
____________. [Note : [S] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to S]

60. If the roots of 10x3 − nx 2 − 54x − 27 = 0 are in harmonic progression, then ‘n’ equals.

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ANSWER KEY

41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (D) 45. (B)

46. (BC) 47. (ABD) 48. (AB) 49. (AB) 50. (D)

51. (C) 52. (A) 53. (C) 54. (CD) 55. (D)

56. (6) 57. (9) 58. (1) 59. (0) 60. (0)

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