a1 + a 2 + ...

+ a p p2 a
Q1. Let a1 , a 2 a 3 ..... be terms of an A.P. If a + a + ...a = 2
p ¹ q, then 6 equals
1 2 q q a 21

41 7 2 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 2 7 41
8. If the first, second and last terms of an arithmetic series are a, b and c respectively then the
number of terms is

b + c - 2a b + c + 2a b + c - 2a b + c + 2a
(a) (b) (c) (d)
b-a b-a b+a b+a

11. If tan nq = tan mq, then the different values of q will be in

(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these

17. If he sum of n thersm of an A.P. is nA + n 2 B. Where A, B are constants, then its common
difference will be
(a) A –B (b) A + B (c) 2A (d) 2B
18. If a, b, c be in Arithmetic progression, then the value of (a+2b – c) (2b + c – a)(a + 2b + c)
is
(a) 16 abc (b) 4 abc (c) 8 abc (d) 3 abc

(a - c)
2

If a, b, c are in A.P., then b 2 - ac =

20.
( )
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

22. If the p th , q th and r th term of an arithmetic sequnce are a, b and c respectively, then the value
of [a(q–r) +b(r–p) + c(p–q)] =

34. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. in cn 2 , then the sum of squares of these n terms is

n ( 4n 2 - 1) c 2 n ( 4n 2 + 1) c 2 n ( 4n 2 - 1) c 2 n ( 4n 2 + 1) c 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 6 6
41. The ratio of the sums of first n even numbers and n odd numbers will be
(a) 1 : n (b) (n + 1) : 1 (c) (n + 1) : n (d) (n – 1) : 1
50. If the first term of an A.P. be 10, last term is 50 and the sum of all the terms is 300, them the
number of terms are
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 15

53. The ratio of sum of m and n terms of an A.P. is m 2 : n 2 , then the ratio of m th term will be

m -1 n -1 2m - 1 2n - 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n -1 m -1 2n - 1 2m - 1
56. The sum of all tow digit numbers which, when divided by 4, yield unity as a remainder is
(a) 1190 (b) 1197 (c) 1210 (d) None of these
63. If the sum of the first 2n terms of A.P. 2,5,8,... is equal to the sum of the first n terms of A.P.
57, 59, 61,.... then n is equal to
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 13

68. Let the sequence a1 , a 2 , a 3 ....a 2n from an A.P. then a12 - a 22 + a 32 - a 42 ..... + a 2n
2
-1 - a 2n is equal to
2

(a)
n
2n - 1
( a12 - a 22n ) (b)
2n 2
n -1
( a 2n - a12 ) (c)
2n 2
n +1
( a1 + a 22n ) (d) None of these

69. If sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n 2 + 5n and Tm = 164 then m is equal to

(a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) None of these

76. If the sum of the 10 terms of an A.P. is 4 times to the sum of its 5 terms, then the ratio of first
term and common difference is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
77. Three number are in A.P. such that their sum is 18 and sum of their squares is 158. The
greatest number among them is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) None of these
84. The sum of n arithmetic means between a and b, is

n (a + b) ( n + 1)( a + b )
(a) (b) n(a+b) (c) (d) (n+1) (a+b)
2 2

1 1 1
89. If , , are in A.P. then
p+q r +p q+r

(a) p,q,r are in A.P. (b) p2 , q 2 , r 2 are in A.P..

1 1 1
(c) , , are in A.P.. (d) None of these
p q r

90. If the sides of a right angled traingle are in A.P., then the sides are proportional to
(a) 1:2:3 (b) 2:3:4 (c) 3:4:5 (d) 4:5:6
91. Three numbers are in A.P. whose sum is 33 and product is 792, then the smallest number
from these numbers is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 14
1. If a, b, c are in G.P. then

(a) a ( b 2 + a 2 ) = c ( b 2 + c 2 ) (b) a ( b 2 + c 2 ) = c ( a 2 + b 2 )

(c) a 2 ( b + c ) = c 2 ( a + b ) (d) None of these

10. If x,y,z are in G.P. and a x = b y = c z ,

(a) log a c = log b a (b) log b a = log c b (c) log c b = log a c (d) None of these

11. If the p th , q th and r th term of a G.P. are a,b,c respectively, then a a - r .b r - p .c p -q is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) abc (d) pqr

13. In a geometric progression consisting of positive terms, each term equals the sum of the next
two terms then the common ratio of this progression equals.

(a)
1
2
(
1- 5 ) (b) 44 (c) 45 (d) None of these

18. If the roots of the cubic equation ax 3 + bx 2 + cx + d = 0 are in G.P., then

(a) c a = b d (b) ca 3 = bd 3 (c) c3 b = c3d (d) cb3 = cd 3

3 3

a1 - a 3 + a 5 - K + a 49
27. If a1 , a 2 ,...., a 50 are in G.P., then a - a + a - K + a =
2 4 6 50

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) a1 / a 2 (d) a 25 / a 24

31. The sum of first two terms of a G.P. is 1 and every term of this series is twice of its previous
term, then the first term will be
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/4
34. If the sum of first is 9 times to the sum of first 3 terms of the same G.P., then the common ratio
of the series will be
(a) –2 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 1/2
20
a n +1 1
36. For a sequence < a n >, a1 = 2 and
an
= , Then
3
åa
r =1
r is

æ 1 ö
(c) 2 (1 - 320 )
20
(a) [ 4 + 19 ´ 3] (b) 3 ç 1 - 20 ÷ (d) None of these
2 è 3 ø

1 1
47. If G be the geometric mean of x and y, then + 2 is equal to
G - x G - y2
22

1 2
(a) G 2 (b) (c) (d) 3G 2
G2 G2

48. If a 2 + ab 2 + 16c2 = 2 ( 3ab + 6bc + 4ac ) , where a,b,c are non-zero numbers. Then a, b, c are in

(a) A.P (b) G.P (c) H.P (d) None of these