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ASSIGNMENT-04_(MATHS)
(3) –n, when n is odd (4) 2n, when n is odd
SECTION-A 7. If a1, a2, a3, ..., an+1 are in A.P., then
(Single Correct Answer Type Questions) 1 1 1
  ...
1. Find the sum to infinity of the series : a1a 2 a 2 a 3 a n a n 1 is
1  3x  5x 2  7x 3  ...,  when |x| < 1. n 1 1
1  x  1 x (1) a a (2) a a
(1) 1  x (2) 1  x 2 1 n 1 1 n 1
    n 1 n
1 x 1 x (3) a a (4) a a
(3) 1  x 2 (4) 1 n 1 1 n 1
  1  x2 8. If 4a2 + 9b2 + 16c2 = 2 (3ab + 6bc + 4ca),
2. If a1, a2, a3, ..., an are in HP, then
where a, b, c are non-zero numbers, then
a1a 2  a 2 a 3  ...  a n 1 a n  a, b, c are in
(1) (n – 1)a1an (2) (n – 2)a1an (1) A.P. (2) G.P.
(3) (n – 1)a1 (4) (n – 3)a1an (3) H.P. (4) none of these
3. If the interior angles of a polygon are in AP 9. If ax = by = cz and a, b, c are in G.P., then
with common difference 5° and smallest angle x, y, z are in
is 120°, then the number of sides of the polygon (1) A.P. (2) G.P.
is (3) H.P. (4) none of these
(1) 9 or 16 (2) 9
n
(3) 16 (4) 13 10. If Sn = nP + (n – 1)Q, where Sn denotes the
2
4. The sum of first n terms of the series sum of the first n terms of an A.P., then the
12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 + .... is common difference is
2
n  n  1 (1) P + Q (2) 2P + 3Q
when n is even. When n is odd the (3) 2Q (4) Q
2
sum is 1 1 1 
log 5    .... 
n  n  1 n 2
 n  1 11. The value of 0.2  4 8 16 is
(1) (2)
2 2 (1) 4 (2) log 4
2
n  n  1
2  n  n  1  (3) log 2 (4) none of these
(3) (4)   12. If H.M. : G.M. = 4 : 5 for the two positive
2  2  numbers, then the ratio of the numbers is
5. If the ratio between the sums of n terms of (1) 4 : 1 (2) 3 : 2
two AP's is 3n + 8 : 7n + 15, then the ratio (3) 3 : 4 (4) 2 : 3
between their 12th terms is 13. If the sum of n terms of an AP is nA + n2B,
(1) 16 : 7 (2) 7 : 16 where A and B are constants, then its common
(3) 74 : 169 (4) none of these difference will be :
6. The sum of the series (1) A – B (2) A + B
1 – 3 + 5 – 7 + 9 – 11 + .... to n terms is (3) 2A (4) 2B
(1) –n, when n is even 14. In the four numbers first three are in GP and
last three are in AP whose common difference
(2) 2n, when n is even
is 6. If the first and last numbers are same,

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then first will be : 21. If (1 + x) (1 + x 2) (1 + x 4) ... (1 + x 128)

(1) 2 (2) 4 n
(3) 6 (4) 8   x r , then ‘n’ is equal to
15. If the third term of a G.P. is equal to 4, then r 0
product of it’s first five terms is equal to (1) 256 (2) 255
(1) 26 (2) 210 (3) 254 (4) none of these
8
(3) 2 (4) none of these 22. In the sequence 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
16. Let a1, a2, ..., a10 be in AP and h1, h2 ..., h10 be 8, 8,.., where n consecutive terms have the
in HP. If a1 = h 1 = 2 and a10 = h 10 = 3, value n, the 1025th term is
then a4 h7 is (1) 29 (2) 210
(1) 2 (2) 3 11
(3) 2 (4) 28
(3) 5 (4) 6
17. Let a, b, c > 0 and 23. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then ab + bc + cd =
4a2 + 9b2 + 16c2 – 6ab – 12bc – 8ac = 0, (1) ad (2) 2ad
then b is : (3) 3ad (4) none of these
(1)  ac (2)  ab 24. If log32, log3(2x – 5) and log3(2x – 7/2) are in
A.P., then x is equal to
ac (1) 2 (2) 3
(3)  (4)  ac
2 (3) 4 (4) 2, 3
18. Sum of first n terms in the following series 25. The sum of 10 terms of the series
cot–13 + cot–17 + cot–113 + cot–121 + .... is
given by: 3 5 7
   ... is
2 2 2
1 
n  1  n  2  1 1 2 1  2 2  32
2
(1) tan   (2) cot  
n2  n  6n 9n
(3) tan–1(n + 1) – tan–11 (1) (2)
(4) all of these n 1 n 1
19. Let a1, a2, a3, ... cannot be terms of an AP. If 12n 3n
a1  a 2  ...  a p 2 (3) (4)
p a6 n 1 n 1
 ,p  q then +
a1  a 2  ...  a q q 2 a 21 26. If a, b, c  R such that a + b + c = 18, then
equals : the maximum value of a2 b3 c4 is equal to
(1) 218 . 33 (2) 218 . 32
7 2 19 2
(1) (2) (3) 2 . 3 (4) 219 . 33
2 7 27. H1 is the H.M. and G1 is the G.M. of positive
11 41 real numbers ‘a’ and ‘b’. If H1 : G1 = 4 : 5
(3) (4)
41 11 then a : b is
20. Sides of a triangle ABC; a, b, c are in G.P. (1) 5 : 4 (2) 1 : 4
If ‘r’ be the common ratio of this G.P., then (3) 1 : 5 (4) none of these
 5 1  28. Sides a, b, c of a triangle are in G.P. If
(1) r   ,  
 2   5c   3b   a 
n   , n   and n   are in A.P.,
 5 1   a   5c   3b 
(2) r   2 ,   then triangle must be
 
(1) Isosceles (2) Equilateral
 5 1 5 1 (3) Obtuse angled (4) None of these
(3) r   2 , 
2  29. Three numbers form a GP. If the 3rd term is

decreased by 64, then the three numbers thus
 5 1 5 3 obtained will constitute an AP. If the second
(4) r   2 , 
2  term of this AP is decreased by 8, a GP will be

formed again, then the numbers will be :

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(1) 4, 20, 36 (2) 4, 12, 36 G.P. If the middle term in this G.P. is doubled,
(3) 4, 20, 100 (4) none of these the new numbers are in A.P. Then the
30. Value of common ratio of the G.P is :
 1  1  1  1   1  (1) 2 3 (2) 3  2
1  1  2  1  4  1  8  ...1  n  is

 3   3  3  3   32  (3) 2  3 (4) 2  3
equal to
36. If 10   2 11 10  
9 1 8

 2n 1   2n 
3 1 3 1 3 11 10   ....  10 11  k 10 
2 7 9 9
 
(1)  1    1
 (2) 2   3  
2 3   
    then k is equal to :
121 441
 2n 1  (1) (2) (3) 100 (4) 110
3 1  10 100
(3)  1     (4) none of these
2 3  37. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers
 
 and n (  , n > 1) and G1,G2 and G3 are
31. Let ,  are the roots of f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, three geometric means between  and n,
a  0 and   b 2  4ac. If   ,  2  2 then G 14  2G 24  G 34 equals.
and 3  3 are in GP, then : (1) 4  2mm (2) 4m 2 n
(1)   0 (2) b  0 (3) 4  mn2 (4) 4  2m2n2
(3) c  0 (4) bc  0 38. The sum of first 9 terms of the series
32. ,  are the roots of the equation 13 13  23 13  23  33
   .... is
x2 – 3x + a = 0 and  ,  are the roots of the 1 1 3 1 3  5
equation x2 – 12x + b = 0. If , ,  ,  form an (1) 71 (2) 96 (3) 142 (4) 192
increasing, GP, then (a, b) is equal to : 39. If the 2nd , 5th and 9th terms of a non-
(1) (3, 12) (2) (12, 3) constant A.P., are in G.P., then the common
(3) (2, 32) (4) (4, 16) ratio of this G.P. is:
33. {bi}, i = 1, 2, ..., n is arithmetic sequence.
If b1 + b5 + b10 + b15 + b20 + b24 = 255 then 7  4
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
24
4 5 3
 bi 40. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series
is equal to
i 1 2 2 2 2
 3  2  1  4
 1    2    3   4   4   ......
2
(1) 600 (2) 900
(3) 300 (4) none of these  5  5  5  5
34. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. 16
Let an denote the number of notes he counts is m, then m is equal to
in the nth minute. If a1 = a2 = ... = a10 = 150 5
and a10, a11, ... are in an AP with common (1) 100 (2)99 (3) 102 (4) 101
difference –2, then the time taken by him to
count all notes is
(1) 24 minutes (2) 34 minutes
(3) 125 minutes (4) 135 minutes
35. Three positive numbers form an increasing

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SECTION-B find common difference of arithmetic

(Numerical Value Based Questions) sequence.
6. Let Tn  1  2  3  ....  n . If

1. If   log e cot , then find the value  
k
3
12 p
    where p and q are co-
i  3 k 1  Ti  q
2
 

  e 2k  prime, then find the value of
 k 0  (3q – p – 8).
of    7. Let x, y, z, w be four non-zero real
  (1) e
k 2k
 numbers such that x, y, z (in order) are
 k 0 
in arithmetic progression and y, z, w (in
2. Let  a n  be an arithmetic sequence order) are in geometric progression. If x
such that arithmetic mean of + w = 16 and y + z = 8, then the find
a1 , a 3 , a 5 ,......a 97 , a 99 is 1. Find the the absolute value of

r (r 1)
(x 2  y 2  2z  w) .
50

value of  (1)
r 1
2
 a 2r 1 8. For a, b > 0, let 5a – b, 2a + b, a + 2b
be in A.P. and (b  1)2 , ab  1, (a  1)2
3. Let ‘p’ be the greatest integer for which
are in G.P., then compute (a 1  b 1 ) .
5m  16m, 2pm, p are distinct
2 2
9. The sum of the first 10 terms of the
consecutive terms of an A.P. where m  series
R. If common difference of the A.P. is
7 13 13 m
A 2 2
 2 2  2 2  .....is then find
  , A, B  N then find the least value 2 5 5 8 8 11 n
B the value of (n – 12m)?
of (26B – A). 10. In a, b, c are in A.P. and (a + 2b – c)
4. Let , , ,  are zeroes of (4b + 2c – 2a) (c + a – b) = abc, then
P(x)  5x 4  px 3  qx 2  rx  s (p, q, r,, find the value of .
s  R) and , ,  are zeroes of
Q(x)  x 3  9x 2  ax  24 ( <  < 
< ). If , ,  (taken in that order) are
in arithmetic progression and , , , 
(taken in that order) are in harmonic
progression, then find the value of
P(1)
Q(1)

5. Let a n be an arithmetic sequence. If

1099 1099

a
r 1
2r  10 100
and  a 2r 1  1099 , then
r 1

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KEY

SECTION - A

1. (2) 11. (1) 21. (2) 31. (3)

2. (1) 12. (1) 22. (4) 32. (2)
3. (2) 13. (2) 23. (3) 33. (2)
4. (2) 14. (2) 24. (4) 34. (2)
5. (2) 15. (2) 25. (1) 35. (4)
6. (1) 16. (4) 26. (4) 36. (3)
7. (4) 17. (1) 27. (2) 37. (2)
8. (3) 18. (2) 28. (3) 38. (2)
9. (3) 19. (3) 29. (3) 39. (4)
10. (4) 20. (3) 30. (3) 40. (4)

SECTION - B
1. (3)
2. (2)
3. (2)
4. (7)
5. (9)
6. (5)
7. (6)
8. (6)
9. (4)
10. (8)

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