Most Important PYQs Sequences and Series

Questions undefined Crash Course

Arithmetic Progression

1. Number of 4-digit numbers that are less than or equal to 2800 and either divisible by 3 or by 11 , is equal to _____ .
2. If a 1, a2 , a3 . . . . . . . . . , an are in A. P. and a 1+ a4 + a7 . . . . . . . . . +a16 = 114 , then a 1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal to :
(1) 64 (2) 98

(3) 38 (4) 76

3. Suppose a 1
, a2 , … , an , … be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to the sum of first nine terms of the
progression is 5 : 17 and 110 < a 15 < 120 , then the sum of the first ten terms of the progression is equal to
(1) 290 (2) 380

(3) 460 (4) 510

4. Let S be the sum of first 2n terms of an arithmetic progression. Let S be the sum of first 4n terms of the same arithmetic progression. If (S
1 2 2 − S1 ) is 1000,
then the sum of the first 6n terms of the arithmetic progression is equal to:
(1) 1000 (2) 7000

(3) 5000 (4) 3000

5. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , . . . . , an be n positive consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If d > 0 is its common difference, then

lim √
d

n
(
1
+
1
+ … +
1
) is
n→∞ √ a1 +√ a2 √ a2 +√ a3 √an−1 +√an

(1) 1
(2) √d
√d

(3) 1 (4) 2

6. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … … . be an A.P. If a 7 = 3 , the product (a 1 a4 ) is minimum and the sum of its first n terms is zero then n! − 4a n ( n+2 )
is equal to
(1) 381

4
(2) 9

(3) 33

4
(4) 24

7. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , . . . . , an be n positive consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If d > 0 is its common difference, then

lim √
d

n
(
1
+
1
+ … +
1
) is
n→∞ √ a1 +√ a2 √ a2 +√ a3 √an−1 +√an

(1) 1
(2) √d
√d

(3) 1 (4) 2

8. Let a 1, a2 , … , an be a given A.P. whose common difference is an integer and S n = a1 + a2 + … + an . If a 1 = 1, an = 300 and 15 ≤ n ≤ 50, then the ordered
pair (S n−4
, an−4 ) is equal to:
(1) (2490, 249) (2) (2480, 249)

(3) (2480, 248) (4) (2490, 248)

9. The 8 th
common term of the series
S1 = 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + …S2 = 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + 21 + … . is
10. The sum of the common terms of the following three arithmetic progressions.3, 7, 11, 15, … … … … , 399
2, 5, 8, 11, . . . . . . . . . 359 and
2, 7, 12, 17, … … , 197 , is equal to _____ .
11. For p, q ∈ R, consider the real valued function f (x)= (x − p) 2
− q, x ∈ R and q > 0. Let a 1, a2 , a3 and a be in an arithmetic progression with mean p and
4

positive common difference. If |f (a )|= 500 for all i = 1, 2, 3, 4, then the absolute difference between the roots of f (x)= 0 is
i

Geometric Progression

12. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , … . be a G.P. of increasing positive numbers. Let the sum of its 6 th
and 8 th
terms be 2 and the product of its 3 rd
and 5 th
terms be 1

9
. Then
6(a2 + a4 )(a4 + a6 ) is equal to
(1) 3 (2) 3√ 3

(3) 2 (4) 2√ 2

13. In an increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth term is 25

2
and the product of the third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of 4 th
,6
th
and
8
th
terms is equal to:
(1) 35 (2) 32

(3) 26 (4) 30

14. If the sum and product of four positive consecutive terms of a G.P. are 126 and 1296, respectively, then the sum of common ratios of all such GPs is
(1) (2)
9
7
2

(3) 3 (4) 14

15. Let a, b, c, d and p be non-zero distinct real numbers such that (a 2

+ b
2 2
+ c )p
2
− 2(ab + bc + cd)p +(b
2
+ c
2 2
+ d )= 0 . Then
(1) a, b, c are in A.P. (2) a, c, p are in G.P.

(3) a, b, c, d are in G.P. (4) a, b, c, d are in A.P.

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Questions undefined Crash Course

16. If a 1 (> 0), a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 are in a G.P. , a2 + a4 = 2a3 + 1 and 3a 2 + a3 = 2a4 , then a 2 + a4 + 2a5 is equal to _____.
17. The 4th term of GP is 500 and its common ratio is 1
, m ∈ N . Let S denote the sum of the first n terms of this GP. If S
n 6
> S5 + 1 and S 7
< S6 +
1
, then the
m 2

number of possible values of m is ______

18. If |x|< 1, |y|< 1 and x ≠ 1, then the sum to infinity of the following series (x + y)+(x 2
+ xy + y )+(x
2 3 2
+ x y + xy
2 3
+ y )+. . . . . is
x+y−xy x+y+xy
(1) ( 1+x ) ( 1+y )
(2) ( 1+x ) ( 1+y )

x+y−xy x+y+xy
(3) ( 1−x ) ( 1−y )
(4) ( 1−x ) ( 1−y )

19. Let {a k
} and {b k
},k ∈ N , be two G.P.s with common ratio r and r respectively such that a 1 2 1
= b1 = 4 and r 1
< r2 . Let c k
= a k + bk , k ∈ N . If c 2
= 5 and
then ∑ is equal to
13 ∞
c3 = ck − (12a6 + 8 b4 )
4 k=1

Mixed Question on AP and GP

20. For the two positive numbers a, b, if a, b and 18

1
are in a geometric progression, while 1

a
, 10 and 1

b
are in an arithmetic progression, then, 16a + 12b is equal to
_____ .
21. Let 0 < z < y < x be three real numbers such that 1

x
,
1

y
,
1

z
are in an arithmetic progression and x, √2y, z are in a geometric progression. If
2
xy + yz + zx =
3
xyz , then 3(x + y + z) is equal to
√2

22. Let the sum of an infinite G. P., whose first term is a and the common ratio is r, be 5. Let the sum of its first five terms be 98

25
. Then the sum of the first 21 terms
of an AP, whose first term is 10ar, n
th
term is a and the common difference is 10 ar , is equal to
n
2

(1) 21a11 (2) 22a11

(3) 15a16 (4) 14a16

23. If x = ∑ , where a, b, c are in A.P. and |a|< 1,|b|< 1,|c|< 1, abc ≠ 0, then
∞ n ∞ n ∞ n
a , y = ∑ b , z = ∑ c
n=0 n=0 n=0

(1) x, y, z are in A.P. (2) x, y, z are in G.P.

(3) 1

x
,
1

y
,
1

z
are in A.P. (4) 1

x
+
1

y
+
1

z
= 1 −(a + b + c)

24. Let S be the sum of the first 9 term of the series :{x + ka}+{x 2
+(k + 2)a}+{x
3
+(k + 4)a}+{x
4
+(k + 6)a}+ … where a ≠ 0 and x ≠ 1 . If
10
x −x+45a ( x−1 )
S =
x−1
, then k is equal to
(1) −5 (2) 1

(3) −3 (4) 3

25. Let a 1, a2 , … , a10 be an A. P . with common difference −3 and b 1, b2 , … , b10 be a G. P . with common ratio 2. Let c k = ak + bk , k = 1, 2, … , 10. If c 2 = 12

and c 3 = 13, then ∑ 10

k=1
ck is equal to ______.

Inequalities
x x

26. The minimum value of f (x)= a a

+ a
1−a
, where a, x ∈ R and a > 0, is equal to:
(1) a + 1 (2) 2a

(3) a +
1

a
(4) 2√a

27. If the minimum value of f (x)= 5x

+
α
,x > 0 , is 14, then the value of α is equal to
2 x
5

(1) 32 (2) 64

(3) 128 (4) 256

28. Let x, y > 0. If x 3

y
2
= 2
15
, then the least value of 3x + 2y is
(1) 30 (2) 32

(3) 36 (4) 40

29. Let a, b, c and d be positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 11. If the maximum value of a 5 3 2
b c d is 3750β, then the value of β is
(1) 90 (2) 110

(3) 55 (4) 108

30. If sin 4 4
α + 4cos β + 2 = 4√2sinαcosβ , α, β ∈[0, π] , then cos(α + β)−cos(α − β) is equal to
(1) −1 (2) −√2

(3) √2 (4) 0

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