Maths IIT-JEE (MCSIR) DPP

Time - 30 min Sequence & Series Marks - 48

Part - I Single Correct Answer Type

1. Let an, n  N is an A.P. with common difference 'd' and all whose terms are non-zero. If n approaches
1 1 1
infinity, then the sum   ......  will approach
a 1a 2 a 2 a 3 a n a n 1

1 2 1
(A) a d (B) a d (C) 2a d (D) a1d
1 1 1

2.  
If a  1 and ln a2 + (ln a2)2 + (ln a2)3 + ....... = 3 ln a  (ln a ) 2  (ln a ) 3  (ln a ) 4  ....... then 'a' is
equal to
(A) e1/5 (B) e (C) 3
e (D) 4
e

3. A circle of radius r is inscribed in a square. The mid points of sides of the square have been
connected by line segment and a new square resulted. The sides of the resulting square were also
connected by segments so that a new square was obtained and so on, then the radius of the circle
inscribed in the nth square is
 1 n   33n   n    5 3 n 
(A) 2  r (B) 2 r (C) 2  r (D) 2 r
2 2 2 2

       

n
 k2
4. For which positive integers n is the ratio, k 1 an integer?
n
k
k 1

(A) odd n only (B) even n only

(C) n = 1 + 6k only, where k  0 and k  I (D) n = 1 + 3k, integer k  0

log  p 1
5. l, m, n are the pth, qth and rth term of a G.P. all positive, then log m q 1 equals :
log n r 1

(A) – 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

6. If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation 4x2 + 2x – 1 = 0 then the value of  (
r 1
r
  r ) is:

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 0

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7. Sum of first 10 terms of the series, S = 2 2 + 5 2 ·8 2 + 8 2 ·112 +.......is:
2 ·5

255 88 264 85
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1024 1024 1024 1024

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8. The minimum value of the expression 2x + 2x+1 + , x  R is:
2x
(A) 7 (B) (7·2)1/7 (C) 8 (D) (3·10)1/3

Part - II Numerical Value Type

9. Let a, b, c, d are four distinct consecutive numbers in A.P. The complete set of values of x for
which 2(a – b) + x (b – c)2 + (c – a)3 = 2 (a – d) + (b – d)2 + (c – d)3 is true is (–, ] [, ), then
|| is equal to:

10. The sum of the terms of an infinitely decreasing Geometric Progression (GP) is equal to the greatest
value of the function f(x) = x3 + 3x – 9 when x  [–4, 3] and the difference between the first and

p
second term is f  (0). The common ratio r = where p and q are relatively prime positive integers.
q

Find (p +q).

4 n  4n 2 – 1
11. Let f(n) = , n N then the remainder when f(1) + f(2) + f (3)+........+ f(60) is
2n  1  2n – 1

divided by 9 is:

343
12. Let a and b be positive integers. The value of xyz is 55 and when a, x, y, z, b are in arithmatic
55
and harmonic progression respectively. Find the value of (ab).

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