Mathematics 1 Sequence Series

MATHEMATICS

Topic-Sequence Series

1. ABCD is a square of length a, a Î N, a > 1. Let L1, L2, L3 ,..... be points on BC such that
BL 1 = L 1 L 2 = L 2 L 3 = ..... = 1 and M 1 , M 2, M 3 ...... be points on CD such that
a -1
CM1 = M1M2= M2M3 = .... = 1. Then å (AL
n =1
2
n + L n M2n ) is equal to

1 1
(a) a (a - 1)2 (b) (a - 1) (2a - 1) (4a - 1)
2 2
1 1
(c) a (a - 1) (4a - 1) (d) (2a - 1) (4a - 1)
2 2
Paragraph for Question No. 2 to 4
Let ABCD is a unit square and 0 < a < 1 each side of the square is divided in the ratio a : 1 –
a as shown in figure. These points are connected to obtain another square. The sides of new
square are divided in the ratio a : 1 – a and points are joined to obtain another square. The
process is continued indefinitely. Let an denote the length of side and An the area of the nth
square

1 1
2. If a = , then least value of n for which An < is
3 10
a) 4 b) 5
c) 6 d) 7
¥
8
3. The value of a for which åA
n=1
n =
3
is

1 2 1 3
a) , b) ,
3 3 4 4
1 4 1
c) , d)
5 5 2
4. The value of a for which side of n square equal to the diagonal of (n + 1)th square is
th

1 1
a) b)
3 4
1 1
c) d)
2 2
5. The series of natural numbers is divided into group 1;2,3,4; 5,6,7,8,9,10,11; 12 to 26....
and so on. The sum of the numbers in the nth group is a. 22n–1 – (2n + b) 2n–1 + n + 1,
then evaluate a + b.
1
6. Consider the sequence an given by a 1 = , a n+1 = a n 2 + a n , Let
2
1 1 1
Sn = + + ........ + then find the value of [S2012], where [.] denotes
a1 +1 a 2 +1 a n +1
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greatest integer function.
a) 1 b) [e/2]
c) [e] d) [p – 1]
2
7. The sequence a1, a2, a3, .... satisfies a1 = 1, a2 = 2 and an+2 = a + an, n = 1,2,3,... the
n+1

22009
value of .a is
2011 2012
a) 2010
C1005 b) 2011
C1006
c) 2011
C1005 d) 2012
C1006
2012! k2.k! 2010 k.k!
2010

8. The vaule of
22010
– å
k=1 2
k
- å k is _______
k=1 2

n –1
r + 2n n –1
æ r + 2n ö
9. Let Sn =
r=1
ån
2
+ rn
and Tn = å ç 2
r=0 è n + rn ø
÷ , n Î N, then which of the following is correct

a) Sn < 1 + ln2 b) Tn < 1 + ln2

c) Sn > 1 + ln2 d) Tn > 1 + ln2
10. Match Column I with Column II :
Column I Column II
n
1
A) n ®¥ å k +1 k + k k +1 is equal to
lim p) 1
k=1 ( )
n
6k
lim å
B) n ®¥
k=1 (3 k
– 2k ) 3k+1 – 2k+1 is equal to q) 2

1
n k2 –
lim å 2
C) n ®¥ k=1 4 1 is equal to r) 3
k +
4
n
1 1
D) x1 = and xk+1 = x2k + xk. T = åx s) –1
2 k=1 i +1

then [T] is equal to (where [.] denotes G.I.F.)

t) 0

æ 1 1 1 ö
ç1+ 2 + 2 + 2 + ......upto ¥ ÷
2 3 4
11. The value of è ø is _____________.
æ 1 1 1 ö
ç1 – 2 + 2 – 2 + ......upto ¥ ÷
è 2 3 4 ø
12. a, b, c are positive integers forming an increasing G.P and b – a is a perfect cube and
log6a + log6b + log6c = 6 then a + b + c =
a) 100 b) 111
c) 122 d) 189
13. Let A = {a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6}, ‘a’ is the number of subsets of A consisting of 3 elements;
‘b’ is the number of ordered triplets that can be formed using elements of A without
repetition and ‘c’ is the number of such triplets if repetition is allowed. Then the
digits of (a + b + c + 1) are in
(a) increasing A.P. (b) decreasing A.P.
(c) increasing G.P. (d) decreasing G.P.
14. Let <an> be an arithmetic sequence whose first term is 1 and <bn> be geometric
sequence whose first term is 2. If the common ratio of geometric sequence is half
the common difference of arithmetic sequence, then the minimum value of
(a4b1 + a3b2 + 2a1b3) is equal to
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25 -3
(a) (b)
12 2
25 3
(c) - (d)
12 2
15. If a1, a2, a3, ................... and b1, b2, b3 .............. are two progressions with a1= 2 3
101

and b1 =
52
9
3 if 3a b = 104, then
99 99
åi =0
aibi is

a) 102 b) 3536
c) 2040 d) none of these
16. Let a1, a2, a3, .... an be in G.P. If the area bounded by the curves y2 = 4anx and
y2 = 4an(an–x) be An, then the sequence A1, A2, A3, ....., An are in
a) A.P. b) G.P.
c) H.P. d) none of these
17. In a DABC, if a is the arithmetic mean and b, c are two geometric means between any
sin 3 B + sin 3 C
two positive numbers, then is equal to _______________
sin A sin B sin C
50
æ 2r ö 2552
18. If S =
r=1
å tan
ç r 4 + r 2 + 2 ÷ and value of cot S = 425k , then the value of k is
è
–1

ø
_______________