ANDHERI / BORIVALI / DADAR / CHEMBUR / THANE / MULUND/ NERUL / POWAI

Batch NNPJC-1,2,3 TW TEST MARKS: 60

TIME: 1 HR TOPICS: SEQUENCE & SERIES DATE:

1. If the first term of an A.P. is 2 and the sum of first five terms is equal to one fourth of the sum of the next
five terms, then the sum of the first 30 terms is
(a) 2550 (b) 3000 (c) -2550 (d) -3000

2. If S1 , S 2 , S3 ...S q are the sums of n terms of q A.P.’s whose first terms are 1,2,3 …. q and common difference
are 1,3,5,…. (2q - 1), respectively then S1  S 2  S3  ...  S q 
1 1 nq
(a) nq  nq  1 (b) nq  nq  1 (c) nq (d)
2 2 2

8. The nth term of an A.P. is p and the sum of the first n terms is s. The first term is3
2 p  sn 2 p  sn 2s  pn 2s  pn
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n n n n
4. If x, y , z are real numbers satisfying the equation 25  9 x 2  y 2   9 z 2  15  5 xy  yz  3 zx   0 then x, y , z are
in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) A.G.P

5. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,......an are in A.P. where ai  0, i then

1 1 1 k
  .......   then k 
a1  a2 a2  a3 an 1  an a1  an
(a) 1-n (b) n-1 (c) n (d) n+1

6. The sums of n terms of three A.Ps are S1 , S 2 , S3 respectively. The first term of each is unity and common
s1  s3
differences are 1,2 and 3 respectively then 
s2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

7. If Sn represents the sum of n terms of G.P. whose first term and common ration are a and r respectively, then
s1  s2  s3  .....  sn 

an ar 1  r  ar 1  r n 
n

(a)  2
(b) 2
1 r 1  r  1  r 
an ar 1  r 2 n  ar 1  r 2 n 
(c)  (d)
1  r 1  r 2 1  r  1  r 1  r 
2
8. The sum to n terms of the series .5+.55+.555+….. is
5n 5  1  5n 5  1  5n 5  1  5n 5  1 
(a)  1  n  (b)  1  n  (c)  1  n  (d)   n  1
9 81  10  9 81  10  9 81  10  9 81  10 

9.  ,  ,  are the geometic means between ca, ab; ab, bc; bc, ca respectively and a, b, c are in A.P then
 2 ,  2 ,  2 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) G.P.

10. If a , b, c are in A.P. a , mb, c are in G.P. then a, m2b, c are in

(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) A.G.P.

11. The sum of n terms of the series 12  22  32  42  52  62  ..... is

n  n  1 n  n  1 n  n  1 2n  1
(a)  (b) (c)   n  1 n (d)
2 2 6

a1 a2
12. If a1 , a2 ,.....an are in H.P. then ,
a2  a3  .....  an a1  a3  ....  an
a3 an
....
a1  a2  ....  an a1  a2  a3  ....an 1
(a) A.P (b) G.P (c) H.P. (d) A.G.P.

13. If the sum of 8 terms of an A.P is equal to the sum of 5 terms of the A.P. then the sum of 13 terms is
(a) -13 (b) 13 (c) 0 (d) 40

1 1 1
14. If , , are in A.P. then
bc ca a b
(a) a, b, c are in A.P. (b) a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in A.P.
1 1 1 1 1 1
(c) , , are in A.P. (d) , , are in A.P.
a b c a 2 b2 c 2

an  bn
15. If n 1 n1 is the A.M. between a and b then the value of n is
a b
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 1 2

16. If x  1  a  a 2  ......, y  1  b  b 2  ...... where a and b are proper fractions, then 1  ab  a 2b 2 ....... 
xy x y x2  y2 xy
(a) (b) (c) (d)
x  y 1 x y x y x  y 1

1 2 1 2
17. The sum to infinity of     .... 
7 7 2 73 7 4
(a) 1 5 (b) 7 24 (c) 5 48 (d) 3 16
  1 1 1  1 1 1 
18. If a , b, c are in H.P. then         
 b c a  c a b 
2 1 1 3 2 1  3 2 1 1
(a)  2 (b)  2   2  (c) 2  (d) 
bc b 4  c ca a  b ab b a

3 5 7
19. The sum of the series 1     ... is
2 4 8
2 4 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 9 9

1 1 1
20. Sum of the series S  1  1  2  1  2  3  1  2  3  4   .... upto 20 terms is
2 3 4
(a) 110 (b) 111 (c) 115 (d) 116
 TW-TEST

TOPIC- SEQUENCE & SERIES

ANSWER KEY.

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. C

13. C 14. B 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C