ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

12/02/2023

 Multiple Choice Questions, with only one correct option.

Q01. If a, b, c are in AP, then:
ab
(a) a  c  2b (b) b  a  2c (c) c  (d) a  c  b
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Q02. Next term of the AP - 9, 11, 13, 15, … is:
(a) 20 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 19
Q03. The sum of 6th and 7th terms of an AP is 39 and the common difference is 3, then the first term of
AP is:
(a) 2 (b) –3 (c) 4 (d) 3
Q04. The sum of three numbers in AP is 30. If the greatest is 13 then, its common difference is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
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Q05. The 9 term from the end of the AP - 7, 11, 15, …, 147 is:
(a) 135 (b) 125 (c) 115 (d) 110
Q06. The sum of first 10 natural numbers is:
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 55 (d) 65
1 2 3
Q07. The common difference of the AP - 8 , 8 , 8 , ... is:
8 8 8
1 1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) 8 (d) 1
8 8 8
Q08. How many natural numbers up to 300 are divisible by 17?
(a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19
Q09. The sum of first n natural number is:
n2
(a) 0.5 n (n  1) (b) (c) n  2 (d) 0.5  (n  1)
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Q10. The fifteenth term of the arithmetic progression –23, –19, –15, … is:

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 (a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 33
81 77 73
Q11. The first negative term of the AP - , , , ... is:
5 5 5
(a) 23 (b) 20 (c) 21 (d) 22
Q12. The sum of n terms of an AP is n(n  1) , then the nth term will be:
(a) 2n (b) 2n  1 (c) 2n  2 (d) 2n  4
Q13. If 1st and 6th terms of an AP are –12 and 8 and, sum of n terms is 120, then the number of terms is:
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
Q14. Which term of the AP - 21, 18, 15, … is –78?
(a) 5th (b) 53rd (c) 37th (d) 34th
Q15. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
(a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 33
Q16. How many terms of the A.P. - 9, 17, 25, … must taken to give a sum of 636?
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 15
Q17. The sum of the first 25 terms of an AP whose nth term is given by t n  2  3n , is:
(a) 925 (b) –925 (c) 875 (d) None of these
Q18. If 2x, (x  10) and (3x  2) are in AP then x  ……?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8
Q19. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 6 and its common difference is 5. Then 8th term is:
(a) 5 (b) 41 (c) 46 (d) None of these
Q20. In an AP if m times the mth term is equal to n times the nth term, then (m  n) th term is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
Q21. If 1st term of an AP is m and common difference is n, then the tenth term is:
(a) (m  10n) (b) (m  9n) (c) (m  9n) (d) (2m  9)
Q22. The 10th term of the A.P. - 2, 7, 12, … is:
(a) 47 (b) 74 (c) 37 (d) 43
Q23. Which term of the A.P. - 21, 18, 15, … is –81?
(a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) None of these
Q24. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 3?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 37 (d) None of these
Q25. What is the 11th term from last term of the AP - 10, 7, 4, …, –62?
(a) –36 (b) –26 (c) –32 (d) –11
Q26. The sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers whose nth term is a n  3  2n :
(a) 642 (b) 6420 (c) 672 (d) None of these

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Q27. If (p  1), 3p, (4p  2) are in arithmetic progression then the value of p will be:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
a n 1  b n 1
Q28. If is the arithmetic mean between ‘a’ and ‘b’, then value of n will be:
a n  bn
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) Can’t be determined
Q29. The sum of all even numbers between 100 and 200 will be:
(a) 5640 (b) 7350 (c) 6750 (d) None of these
Q30. The common difference of the AP whose general term is a n  2n  1 is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) –2 (d) –1
Q31. The number of terms in 2, 5, 8, …, 59 is:
(a) 12 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 25
Q32. The first positive term of the arithmetic progression –11, –8, –5, … is:
(a) –2 (b) 1 (c) –4 (d) 3
Q33. The 4th term from the end of the AP given as 2, 5, 8, …, 35 is:
(a) 29 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 32
Q34. The 11th and 13th terms of an AP are 35 and 41 respectively. Its common difference is:
(a) 38 (b) 32 (c) 6 (d) 3
Q35. The next term of the AP - 8, 18, 32, ... is:

(a) 5 2 (b) 2 5 (c) 3 3 (d) 5 3

Q36. If for an AP, a 5  a 25  56 , then a15 is:
(a) 28 (b) 82 (c) 76 (d) 67
Q37. Which of the following is not an AP?
(a) 1, 4, 7, … (b) –5, –2, 1, … (c) 3, 7, 12, 18, … (d) 11, 14, 17, 20, …
Q38. The sum of the first 20 odd natural numbers is:
(a) 281 (b) 285 (c) 400 (d) 421
Q39. The sum of first 20 natural numbers is:
(a) 110 (b) 170 (c) 190 (d) 210
Q40. The sum of first 10 multiples of 7 is:
(a) 315 (b) 371 (c) 385 (d) 406
Q41. The sum of the AP represented by 3, 7, 11, … is 210. The number of terms in this AP is:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 22
Q42. The 30th term of AP - 10, 7, 4, …, is:
(a) 97 (b) 7 (c) –77 (d) –97
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Q43. 11th term of the arithmetic progression –3,  , 2, …, is:
2
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 (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) –38 (d) –28
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Q44. Which term of AP - 3, 10, 17,… will be 84 more than its 13 term?
(a) t 25 (b) t 24 (c) t 22 (d) t 26
Q45. What is the sum of first n odd natural numbers?
(a) n 2  1 (b) n 2 (c) n 2  2 (d) None of these
Q46. The sum of n terms of an AP is 2n 2  3n . The sum of its first 10 terms is:
(a) 230 (b) 320 (c) 420 (d) 240
Q47. In an AP, the 3rd term is 4 times its 1st term and 6th term is 17. The first term is:
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 11
Q48. The sum of first n natural numbers and, first 14 natural numbers are, respectively:
n(n  1) n(n  1) n(n  1)
(a) , 105 (b) 105, (c) (d) 105
2 2 2
Q49. If t10  t 5  200 then the common difference is:
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60
Q50. How many 2 digit numbers are divisible by 5?
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 22
Q51. If the sides of a right angled triangle are in AP, then they will be equal to:
(a) 2, 4, 5 (b) 3, 4, 5 (c) 1, 2, 3 (d) 2, 3, 5
Q52. The sum of first 9 natural numbers is:
(a) 54 (b) 45 (c) 90 (d) 55
Q53. The sum of all the numbers between 1 and 1000, which are divisible by 5 but not by 2, is:
(a) 101100 (b) 50050 (c) 50000 (d) 10100
Q54. An arithmetic progression is such that the sum of first 8 numbers is –100 and the c.d. is 1. For
what value of n would the sum of first n numbers be –100 again?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) There is no such value of
n, other than n  8
Q55. The sum to 100 terms of (1  2  3  4  5  ...) is:
(a) –500 (b) –50 (c) –100 (d) –1000

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 QUADRATIC EQUATION

12/02/2023

 Multiple Choice Questions, with only one correct option.

Q01. The general form of a quadratic equation is:
(a) ax 2  bx  c (b) ax 2  bx  c  0 (c) a 2 x  b (d) ax 2  bx  c  0, a  0
Q02. The number of possible solutions of a quadratic equation are:
(a) exactly two (b) at most two (c) at least two (d) None of these
Q03. The discriminant of the equation bx 2  ax  c  0, b  0 is given by:

(a) b 2  4ac (b) a 2  4bc (c) a 2  4bc (d) b 2  4ac

Q04. If the roots of a quadratic equation are equal, then the discriminant is:
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) greater than 0 (d) less than 0
Q05. The roots of 3x 2  7x  4  0 are:
(a) rationals (b) irrationals (c) positive integers (d) negative integers
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Q06. The roots of equation x   10 are:
x
(a) 4, 6 (b) 4, 4 (c) 4, 5 (d) 2, 8
α β
Q07. If α, β are the roots of x 2  px  q  0 , then the value of + is:
β α
p 2  2q 2q  p 2 p 2  2q
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
q q q
Q08. If the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 be equal, then the value of c is:
b b b2 b2
(a)  (b) (c)  (d)
2a 2a 4a 4a
Q09. If the sum of the roots of an equation is 6 and one root is 3  5 , then the equation is:
(a) x 2  6x  4  0 (b) x 2  4x  6  0 (c) x 2  6x  5  0 (d) None of these

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Q10. If α, β be the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 , then the value of  2  2 is:

b 2  2ac b 2  4ac b 2  2ac b 2  4ac

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2a 2a a2 2ac
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Q11. The quadratic equation whose roots are a, is:
a
(a) ax 2  (a 2  1)x  a  0 (b) ax 2  (a 2  1)x  a  0

(c) ax 2  (a 2  1)x  a  0 (d) None of these

Q12. The sum of the age of a son and his father is 35 years and the product is 150. Their ages are:
(a) 15 years, 20 years (b) 15 years, 10 years
(c) 5 years, 30 years (d) 6 years, 30 years
Q13. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would have taken
1 hour less for the same journey. The speed of the train is:
(a) 30 km/h (b) 35 km/h (c) 12 km/h (d) 40 km/h
x x 1 1
Q14. The value of x on solving   2 will be:
x 1 x 2
(a) –2, 1 (b) –2, –1 (c) 2, –1 (d) None of these
Q15. What is the sum of the roots of the equation x(3x  8)  3 ?
8 8
(a) (b)  (c) 8 (d) 3
3 3
Q16. The roots of the equation 2x  9  x  13 are:
(a) 8, –20 (b) 20, –8 (c) –20, –8 (d) 20, 8
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Q17. The values of x on solving 15x   18 are:
x
2 1 1
(a) 5, 1 (b) , (c) 2, 3 (d) 1,
5 2 5
Q18. If x  7  x  3  2 then the value of x is:
(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 3
x 6
Q19. If   4 , then the value of x are:
2 x
(a) –6 and –2 (b) +6 and –2 (c) –6 and 2 (d) 6 and 2
Q20. If the sum of squares of two consecutive even numbers is 100, then the numbers are:
(a) 4 and 6 (b) 8 and 10 (c) 10 and 12 (d) None of these
Q21. The nature of the roots of quadratic equation x 2  8x  12  0 is:
(a) real and equal (b) real and unequal (c) doesn’t exist (d) can’t say
Q22. If α and β are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 , then value of  2   2  2 is:
 a2 b2 b2
(a) (b) (c)  (d) Data insufficient
b2 a2 a2
Q23. Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m2. If the difference of their perimeter is 24 m, then the
sides of the two squares are:
(a) 18 m, 14 m (b) 13 m, 12 m (c) 18 m, 12 m (d) None of these
x 4
Q24. If   0 , then x is:
16 x
(a) ± 3 (b) ± 8 (c) ± 16 (d) ± 4
x y
Q25. If x 2  y 2  17 and xy  4 then the value of  is:
y x
4 17 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
17 4 4
17
Q26. Sum of a number and its reciprocal is , the number is:
4
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(a) 4 (b) (c) 5 (d) options (a) and (b) both
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Q27. Sum of the squares of two consecutive natural numbers is 221 then, the numbers are:
(a) 9, 10 (b) 10, 11 (c) 11, 12 (d) 12, 13
Q28. If α and β are the roots of equation 2x 2  5x  3  0 then  2  2   …...?
5 15 3 15
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
2 4 2 4
Q29. Product of the age of a child five years ago with his age nine years after is 15. His present age is:
(a) 4 years (b) 6 years (c) 5 years (d) None of these
Q30. If usual speed of a passenger train is increased by 5 km/h then, it takes 2 hour less in covering the
distance of 300 km. Its usual speed is:
(a) 25 km/h (b) 20 km/h (c) 30 km/h (d) None of these
Q31. Which of the following is not a quadratic equation:
5 1
(a) 3x   x2 (b) 3  x 2  8x  0 (c) x  8 (d) x 2  3  4x 2  4x
x x
Q32. The equation which is not a quadratic equation in the followings is:
3 1 3
(a) x  3 (b) x  3 (c) 3x   x2 (d) 3x 2  1  4x 2  4x
x x x
Q33. The value of k for which the equation 2x 2  8kx  8  0 has equal roots is:
(a) Only 3 (b) Only –3 (c) 3 (d) 1
Q34. The value of k for which x  2 is a root of the equation kx 2  x  6  0 :
3
(a)  (b) –1 (c) –2 (d) 2
2
3
Q35. The value of ‘p’ so that the quadratic equation x 2  5px  16  0 has no real roots:
8 8 8
(a) p  8 (b) p  5 (c)   p  (d)   p  0
5 5 5
Q36. If px 2  3x  q  0 has two roots x  1 and x  2 , the value of q  p is:
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) –2
Q37. The common root of the equations x 2  3x  2  0 and 2x 2  5x  2  0 is:
1
(a) x  2 (b) x  1 (c) x  2 (d) x 
2
 1
Q38. If x 2  5x  1  0 , the value of  x   is:
 x
(a) –2 (b) –5 (c) 5 (d) 3
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Q39. If a  3  , the values of ‘a’ are:
a
(a) 5, 0 (b) 5, 2 (c) –5, 2 (d) 5, –2
Q40. If roots of the equation kx 2  (a  b)x  ab  0 are ‘–1’ and ‘–b’ then, the value of ‘k’ is:
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) –2
Q41. The quadratic equation with real coefficients whose one root is 2  3 is:
(a) x 2  2x  1  0 (b) x 2  4x  1  0 (c) x 2  4x  3  0 (d) x 2  4x  4  0
Q42. The difference of roots of the quadratic equation x 2  kx  12  0 is 1, the positive value of k is:
(a) –7 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 8
Q43. If 2, 3 are the roots of x 2  px  q  0 , then the values of p and q are:
(a) –5, 6 (b) 6, 5 (c) –6, 5 (d) –5, –6
Q44. The nature of the roots of x 2  4x  1  0 is:
(a) real roots (b) no real roots
(c) real and equal roots (d) None of these

Q45. If x  7 7 7 7... and y  20  20  20  ... where x, y  0 then, which of the following

isn’t correct?
(a) x  y  12 (b) x  y  3 (c) x 2  y 2  74 (d) x 2  y 2  24

Q46. If x  a, b are the two roots of 9 x  4  3x 1  27  0 then, which of the following isn’t correct?
a b 5
(a) a  b  3 (b) (a  b) 2  1 (c)   (d) a  b  4
b a 2
Q47. If ( 2  1)x  ( 2  1) x  2 2  0 then, sum of all possible values of x is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3