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SEQUENCE AND SERIES

Max. Marks : 30
1.

No. of Qs. 30

Time : 25 min.

10n - 1
, then the sum of
9
the series 4 + 44 + 444 + ...... upto n term is

If 1 + 10 + 102 + ...... upto n terms =

(a)

4 n
4n
(10 - 1) 9
9

(b)

4
4n
(10n - 1) 81
9

40 n
4n
40 n
4n
(10 - 1) (10 - 1) (d)
81
9
9
9
The sum of the three consecutive numbers in G.P. is 21 and
the sum of their squares is 189. The product of the numbers
is
(a) 72
(b) 216
(c) 108
(d) 144
If the 10th term of the sequence, a, a b, a 2b, a 3b, ..... is
20 and the 20th term is 10, then the xth term of the series is
(a) 10 x
(b) 20 x
(c) 29 x
(d) 30 x
Given that 12 + 22 + 32 + ..... + 202 = 2870, the value of
22 + 42 + 62 + ....... + 402 is :
(a) 11480
(b) 5740
(c) 28700
(d) 2870
Which of the following numbers belong to the series?
4, 11, 18, 25, 32, 39, .......
(a) 2099
(b) 2096
(c) 2098
(d) 2097
A man starts going for morning walk every day. The distance
walked by him on the first day was 2 kms. Everyday he
walks half of the distance walked on the previous day. What
can be the maximum total distance walked by him in his life
time?
(a) 4 kms.
(b) 120 kms.
(c) 18 kms.
(d) Data inadequate
The number of terms in the sequence 4, 11, 18, ......... 186 is
(a) 17
(b) 25
(c) 26
(d) 27
The sum 53 + 63 + ..... + 103 is equal to
(a) 2295
(b) 2425
(c) 2495
(d) 2925
The sum 9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + ..... + 100 is equal to
(a) 350
(b) 380
(c) 400
(d) 420

(c)

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.
8.
9.

RESPONSE

1.
6.
11.
16.

a
a
a
a

b c d
b c d
b c d
b c d

2.
7.
12.
17.

a
a
a
a

b c d
b c d
b c d
b c d

10.

11.
12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.
18.

19.

20.

3.
8.
13.
18.

Date : ........./......../................

If the 4th term of an arithmetic progression is 14 and 12th

term is 70, then the first term is
(a) 10
(b) 7
(c) + 7
(d) + 10
The middle term of arithmetic series 3, 7, 11...147, is
(a) 71
(b) 75
(c) 79
(d) 83
The sum to 200 terms of the series 1 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 11 + 6 +
.......... is
(a) 30,400
(b) 29,800
(c) 30,200
(d) None of these
If the sum of the series 54 + 51 + 48 + ........... is 513, then the
number of terms are
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 17
(d) None of these
There are 60 terms in an A.P. of which the first term is 8 and
the last term is 185. The 31st term is
(a) 56
(b) 94
(c) 85
(d) 98
If four numbers in A.P. are such that their sum is 50 and the
greatest number is 4 times the least, then the numbers are
(a) 5, 10, 15, 20
(b) 4, 10, 16, 22
(c) 3, 7, 11, 15
(d) None of these
The number of terms of the series 5, 7, 9, .... that must be
taken in order to have sum of 1020 is
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 50
The number of two digit numbers which are divisible by 3 is
(a) 33
(b) 31
(c) 30
(d) 29
If the nth term of an A.P. is 4n + 1, then the common difference is :
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
The number of common terms to the two sequences 17, 21,
25, ....., 417 and 16, 21, 26, ........, 466 is
(a) 19
(b) 20
(c) 21
(d) 91
The fourth, seventh and tenth terms of a G.P. are p, q, r
respectively, then :
(a) p2 = q2 + r2
(b) q2 = pr
(c) p2 = qr
(d) pqr + pq + 1 = 0
a
a
a
a

b c d
b c d
b c d
b c d

4.
9.
14.
19.

a
a
a
a

b c d
b c d
b c d
b c d

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5.
10.
15.
20.

a
a
a
a

b c d
b c d
b c d
b c d

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21.

Find the value of 13 + 23 + 33 + ... + 153.

(a) 10th

(a) 11025

(b) 8th

(b) 13400

(c) 1st

(c) 900

(d) None of these

27.

(d) 14400
22.

The sum of 40 terms of an AP whose first term is 4 and

common difference is 4, will be :

If p, q, r, s are in harmonic progression and p > s, then :

(a)

(a) 3280

1
1
<
ps qr

(b) q + r = p + s

(b) 1600
(c) 200

(c)

1 1 1 1
+ = +
q p r s

(d) 2800
23.

24.

In a GP, the first term is 5 and the common ratio is 2. The

eighth term is :

(d) None of these

28.

(a) 640

(a) 8

(b) 1280

(b) 64

(c) 256

(c) 128

(d) 160

(d) 200

If the arithmetic mean of two numbers is 5 and their geometric mean is 4, then the numbers are :

29.

(a) 4, 6

(b) 64 or 2

(c) 3, 8

(c) 2 or 32

(d) 2, 8

(d) 32

The value of (13 + 23 + 33 + .... + 153) (1 + 2 + 3 + .... 15) is

(b) 14400

A sequence is generated by the rule that the n th term is n 2 +

1 for each positive integer n. In this sequence, for any value
n > 1, the value of (n + 1)th term less the value of nth term is

(c) 12280

(a) 2n2 + 1

(d) 13280

(b) n2 + 1

The sum of the 6th and 15th terms of an arithmetic progression is equal to the sum of 7th, 10th and 12th terms of the
same progression. Which term of the series should necessarily be equal to zero ?

(c) 2n + 1

30.

(a) 14280

26.

In a geometric progression the sum of the first and the last

term is 66 and the product of the second and the last but
one term is 128. Determine the first term of the series.
(a) 64

(b) 4, 7

25.

What is the eighth term of the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 .... ?

RESPONSE
GRID

(d) n + 2

21.

b c d

22.

b c d

23.

b c d

24.

b c d

25.

b c d

26.

b c d

27.

b c d

28.

b c d

29.

b c d

30.

b c d

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HINTS AND EXPLANATIONS

1.

(c)

Expression = 4 + 44 + 444 + .... to n terms

= 4 (1 + 11 + 111 + ....... to n terms)

\ For r = 2, a =

4
(9 + 99 + 999 + .... to n terms)
9

4
[(10 1) + (100 1) + (1000 1) + ....... to n terms]
9

4
[(10 + 102 + 103 + ....... to n terms) n]
9

4
[10 (1 + 10 + 102 + ....... to n terms) n]
9

40 (10n - 1) 4

- n
9
9
9
[ 1 + 10 + 102 + ...... to n terms =

10n - 1
]
9

3.

(d)

4.

(a)

5.

(d)

40 n
4
(10 - 1) - n
=
81
9
2.

(b)

Let the three nmumbers in G.P. be a, ar, ar2.

Given a + ar + ar2 = 21 a (1 + r + r2) = 21
...(i)
Also, a2 + a2r2 + a2r4 = 189 a2 (1 + r2 + r4) = 189...(ii)

a 2 (1 + r 2 + r 4 )
So,

or,

or,

or,

or,

a(1 + r + r 2 )

1 + 2r 2 + r 4 - r 2
(1 + r + r 2 )2
(1 + r 2 )2 - r 2
(1 + r + r 2 )2

189
(21)

(1 + r + r )
1+ r + r

189 3
=
441 7

Hence, the three numbers are 3, 6, 12 or 12, 6, 3

Their product = 3 6 12 = 216
a, a b, a 2b ..... is an AP with first term = a and common
difference = b
Now,
t10 = a + (10 1) ( b) 20 = a 9b
....(i)
t20 = a + (20 1) ( b) 10 = a 19 b
....(ii)
From equation (i) (ii),
20 10 = a 9b a + 19 b
10b = 10 b = 1
From equation (i),
20 = a 9 a = 29
\ tx = 29 + (x 1) 1
= 29 x + 1 = 30 x
22 + 42 + 62 + ....... + 402
= 22 (12 + 22 + 3 2 + ...... + 202)
= 4 2870 = 11480
11 4 = 7
18 11 = 7
25 18 = 7
The given series is an A.P. whose first term, a = 4 and common
difference, d = 7 nth term, xn = a + (n 1)d.
or,

n=
6.

3
7

or, 7 (1 + r2 r) = 3 (1 + r + r2)
or, 4r2 10r + 4 = 0
or, 2r2 5r + 2 = 0
or, 2r2 4r r + 2 = 0
or, 2r (r 2) (r 2) = 0
or, (r 2) (2r 1) = 0

3
7

(a)

a=

1 + r + r2

2097 - 4
2093
+1 =
+ 1 = 299 + 1 = 300
7
7

\ Total distance walked = 2 + 1 +

1 1
+ + ......
2 4

This is a geometric series whose first term, a = 2 and common

ratio, r =

1
2

Maximum total distance walked by the person in his lifetime means the number of terms in the series would be infinite.
Hence, the series would be an infinite geometric series.
Sum of an infinite geometric series is given by

From equation (i)

21

xn - a
x -4
+1 = n
+1
d
7

The distance walked on the first day = 2 kms.

The distance walked on subsequent days is half the distance
walked on the previous day.

s=

1
or, r = 2,
2

n=

'n' must be a whole number. This condition is satisfied only

by xn = 2097 out of the four given answer choices for other
it comes out to be a fraction

3
=
7

3
=
7

(1 + r 2 + r)(1 + r 2 - r)
1+ r2 - r

21
1
and for r = , a = 12
1+ 2 + 4
2

s=

a
2
or,s =
1
1- r
12

2
or, S = 4 kms.
1
2

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7.

(d)

xn = a + (n 1) d
147 = 3 + (n 1) 4

11 4 = 7, 18 11 = 7
The given sequence is an A.P. whose
first term, a = 4 common difference, d = 7
nth term, xn = a + (n 1) d
or, n =

n1=

186 - 4
xn - a
+1 =
+1
d
7

n 1 = 36, n = 37
The given series consists of 37 terms. Therefore, its middle
term will be

n = 27.
8.

(d)

37 + 1
= 19th term
2

? = 125 + 216 + 343 + 512 + 729 + 1000 = 2925

Alternatively,
Let S = 53 + 63 + ..... + 103
(13

=
+
+ 43)

23

33

43

53

63

+ ....... +

103)

(13

23

33

We know that the sum of the cubes of first n natural numbers

n(n + 1)
2

12.

(c)

10(10 + 1) 4(4 + 1)
\ Required answer =
- 2
2

(b)

n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
=
6
Here,
Required answer

10(10 + 1)(2 10 + 1) 2(2 + 1)(2 2 + 1)

=
6
6
=
10.

11.

(a)

(b)

S=
13.
14.

(a)
(d)

15.
16.
17.

(a)
(b)
(c)

18.
19.

(b)
(b)

20.

(b)

10 11 21 2 3 5
= 385 5 = 380
6
6

a4 = a + (4 1) d
14 = a + 3d a = 14 3d
...(i)
Also, 70 = a + 11d
...(ii)
After putting the value of a from equation (i) in equation (ii)
14 3d + 11d = 70
8d = 70 14
\d=8
\ a = 14 24 = 10
3, 7, 11 ....... 147
It is an arithmetic series whose
first term, a = 3
last term, xn = 147
common difference, d = 4

100[2 1 + 99 5] 100[2 4 + 99 1]
+
2
2

(Using the formula for the sum of an AP)

= 50 [497 + 107] = 50 [604] = 30200
Alternatively, we can treat two consecutive terms as one.
So we will have a total of 100 terms of the nature :
(1 + 4) + (6 + 5) + (11 + 6)..... 5, 11, 17, .......
Now, a = 5, d = 6 and n = 100
Hence the sum of the given series is

= (55 + 10) (55 10) = 65 45 = 2925

9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + 49 + 64 + 81 + 100 = 380
Alternatively,
9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + ...... + 100
= 32 + 42 + 52 + 62 + ........ + 102
= (12 + 22 + 32 + ......... + 102) (12 + 22)
We know that the sum of the squares of first n natural numbers

x19 = 3 + (19 1) 4
= 3 + 18 4 = 75
\ The middle term of the given arithmetic series is 75.
Above series is a combination of two APs.
The 1st AP is (1 + 6 + 11 + .........) and the 2nd AP is (4 + 5
+ 6 + ...........)
Since the terms of the two series alternate, S = (1 + 6 + 11 +
.........to 100 terms) + (4 + 5 + 6 + .........to 100 terms)
=

10 11 4 5
-
= (55)2 - (10)2
=

2
2

9.

147 - 3
4

21.

(d)

100
[2 5 + 99 6] = 50 [604] = 30200
2

Let d be the common difference; then 60th term

= 8 + 59d = 185
59d = 177 d = 3 31st term = 8 + 30 3 = 98.

Two digit numbers which are divisible by 3 are 12, 15, 18,...,
99;
So, 99 = 12+ (n 1) 3.
n = 30
Common terms will be 21, 41, 61, ........
21 + (n 1) 20 417 n 20.8 n = 20
Let a be the first term and r be common ratio.
i.e. given conditions
Fourth term of G.P. : p = T4 = ar3
Seventh term of G.P. : q = T7 = ar6
Tenth term of G.P. : r = T10 = ar9
Equ. (i) Equ. (iii) :
pr = ar3 ar9 pr = a2r12 pr = (ar6)2
We have, sum of the cubes of n natual

n (n + 1)
numbers =

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...(i)
...(ii)
...(iii)
pr = q2

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2

15 (15 + 1)
13 + 23 + 33 + .... + 153 =
= 14400
2

22.

(a)

S40 =

23.

(a)

= 20 164 = 3280
nth term of a GP = arn1

(d)

(b)

Let the first term and common difference of the AP be a and

d, respectively.
Now, (a + 5d) + (a + 14d)
= (a + 6d) + (a + 9d) + (a + 11d)
or 2a + 19d = 3a + 26d
or a + 7d = 0
i.e. 8th term is 0.

27.

(d)

If p, q, r, s are in HP, then

n
[2a + (n 1)d] = 20 (2 4 + 39 4)
2

8th term = 5 (2)8 1 = 5 (2)7 = 5 128 = 640

24.

26.

Let the two numbers be x and y.

x+y
=5
Then, their AM =
2

x + y = 10

and, their GM =

....... (i)

28.

(b)

(1)2,

xy = 16

(a)

1 1 1 1
+ = +
q r s p

4,

9,

16,

25

(2)2,

(3)2,

(4)2,

(5)2

Each term of the given sequence is the square of the

corresponding natural number denoting the position of the
term.

Now, (x y)2 = (x + y)2 4xy = 100 64 = 36

25.

or

None of the given options is correct.

Given, sequence is
1,

xy = 4

or x y = 6
....... (ii)
From (i) and (ii), we get,
x = 8 and y = 2 or x = 2 and y = 8
(13 + 23 + 33 + .... + 153) (1 + 2 + 3 + .... 15)

1 1 1 1
=
q p s r

1 1 1 1
, , , are in AP
p q r s

Hence, the eighth term of the sequence

= (8)2 = 64
29.

(b)

Let a be the first term and r be the common ratio of the GP.
Also assume that nth term is the last term of the GP.

15(15 + 1) 15(15 + 1)
=

2
2

Then, a + ar n -1 = 66

ar.ar n - 2 = 128

and

2
3
n(n +1)
Q 1 + 23 + 33 + .... + n 3 =

a 2 r n -1 = 128

or

From (i) and (ii), a +

15 16
15 16
=
2

2
30.

(c)

(n +1)th term nth term

2

........... (ii)

128
= 66
a

or a2 66a + 128 = 0

= (120)2 (120) = 120 119 = 14280

........... (i)

\ a = 64, 2.
2

= (n + 1) + 1 - (n + 1)

= n + 2n + 1 + 1 - n - 1 = 2n + 1

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