SEQUENCE & SERIES ASSIGNMENT

SINGLE ANSWER TYPE:

1. If a, b, c, d are in G.P while a − 2, b − 7, c − 9, d − 5 are in A.P; then a + b + c + d is divisible

by
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
2. The number of terms common between the series 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ......... to 100 terms and
1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ..... to 100 terms is
a) 6 b) 4 c) 5 d) 10
50  
1 1
3.  
r =1  49 + r
−
2r ( 2r − 1) 
=

1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
10 100 5 500
2 4
x x x
4. The sum of the series + + + .......... to infinite terms, if x  1 is
1 − x 1 − x 1 − x8
2 4

x 1 1+ x
a) b) c) d) 1
1− x 1− x 1− x
n
n − 3r + 1 n cr
5. r =0 n − r + 1 2
r
is equal to

1 1 1 1
a) n b) n c) n d) n + 1
2 3 4 2
n
r
6. Lt  is equal to
r =1 1.3.5.7.9..... ( 2 r + 1)
n →

1 3 1
a) b) c) d) 1
3 2 2
7. If  ,  are roots of t1 x 2 − 4 x + 1= 0 and  ,  are roots of t2 x 2 − 6 x + 1 = 0 and  ,  ,  ,  in that order are in
Harmonic progression then

A) −t1 + t2 = 5 (b) t1 + t2 = 12 (c) t1 = 8 (d) t2 = 5

n
k 3 + 6 k 2 + 11k + 5
n → k
8. lim =
=1 ( k + 3) !
2 5 7
a) b)1 c) d)
3 3 3
15
 ( k − 1)  .sec   − k 
9. The value of  cos ec  4 +  
4
 is equal to
6 
k =1  6 

a) 2 ( 3 −1 ) b) 3 −1 c) 2 d) 4

1 1 1
10. Let a1 = 1, a2 = 1 + a1 , a3 = 1 + a1a2, ...., an+1 = 1 + a1a2, ....an , then + + + .....upto  is equal to
a1 a2 a3

a) 1 b) 2 c)  d) 3
11.If S1 , S2 and S3 are the sums of first n natural numbers, their squares and their cubes

S14 S 22 − S 22 S32
respectively, then is equal to
S12 + S32

a) 9 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0
100 100

 a2r =  and a =  , then the common

th
12. Let an be the n term of an A.P. If 2 r −1
r =1 r =1

difference of the A.P is:

 −
a)  −  b)  −  c)
d) none of these
2
13.Sum of first hundred numbers common to the two A.P.s 12, 15, 18,……. And 17, 21,
25………, is
a) 56100 b) 65100 c) 61500 d) none of these
a b c d e
14. If a,b,c,d,e are in HP, then , , , , are in
b+c+d+e c+d+e+a d+e+a +b e+a +b+c a +b+c+d
(a) G.P. (b) H.P. (c) A.P. (d) none of these
15. If a,b,c are three distinct natural numbers in Arithmetic progression, then the
maximum value of the expression ln b − ln a − ln c is
3 2
a) ln b) ln c) ln 2 d) tending to infinity
2 3
MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE:

2
16. If a, b, c, d  R satisfies a 2 + b2 + c 2 + d 2 − ab − bc − cd − d + = 0 ,then which of the
5
following is/are correct?
d c
A) c=a+b B) b = C) a = D) d=a+c
2 3
17. If a1, a2, a3, ......an are ‘n’ distinct odd natural numbers,not divisible by any
1 1 1 1
prime number greater than 5,then + + + ...... + is less than
a1 a2 a3 an

15 17 19 21
A) B) C) D)
8 8 8 8
18. Let E = x 2 − 3x + 2,0  x  2 and minimum and maximum value of E is r and d respectively.
Where r takes maximum possible value and d takes minimum possible value for all the
given values of x. if s=3+(3+d)r+(3+2d) r 2 +………………….then which of following is/are
correct?
(a) 4r+d-1=0 (b) d=-2r
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(c) sum of infinite terms of the series equals to
25
21
(d) 10th term of the series is −
218
19. Let x1 , x2 ,.....xn be a sequence of integer such that −1  xi  2  i  1, 2,3,......n x1 + x2 + ...... + xn = 19
,
and x12 + x22 + ...... + xn2 = 99 . Let m and M be the least and greatest values of x13 + x23 ...... + x 3n then

M M
a) m=17 b) m=19 c) =7 d) =6
m m

20. Let x, y, x are positive real numbers and l 1 is the least value of 2 x 4 + 2 y 4 + 4 z 4 − 8 xyz and l 2 is the least value
4 1
of x 4 y + xy 4 + 2 3
+ 3 2 + 8 then which of the following is/are correct?
x y x y

a) l 1 = −1 b) l 1  −1 c) l 2 = 10 d) l 2  10

21. Sequence an  , n  1, n  N satisfy a1 = 0, an +1 = 5an + 24an2 + 1 then

a) an is rational for all n, n  N b) an+1 = 10an − an−1 ,  n  2, n  N

c) ( an+1 ) . ( an−1 ) = an2 − 1, n  2, n  N d) an is positive for all n  2, n  N

8 16 8r
22. Consider the sum Sn is given by + + ..... + 4
5 65 4r + 1
a) the value of lim S n is 2 b).the value of S16 = .... 1088/545
n →

an 2 + bn
c) If S n = is independent of n then a = 4, e = 2
cn3 + dn 2 + en + 1
an 2 + bn
d) If S n = is independent of n then c =0, d =4
cn3 + dn 2 + en + 1
1 1 1
23. For the series S = 1 + (1 + 2 ) + (1 + 2 + 3) + (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ) + ........
2 2 2

(1 + 3) (1 + 3 + 5) (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 )
a) 7th term is 16 b) 7th term is 18

505 405
c) sum of first 10th terms is d) sum of first 10th term is
4 4

INTEGER ANSWER TYPE

24. If a, b, c are in A.P, b, c, d are in G.P and c,d,e are in H.P then find the value of c ,given
that a = 32 and e = 2

25. If x, x 2 + 2, x3 + 10, ....... are in G.P…., x  N , then find the value of  / 9

26. For a sequence {t n }, t1 = 6 and t n +1 = t n + 6 a  N . Find lim t n .
n →

9 1 1
27. Let a,b,c be positive real numbers such that + + = 1 and S is the minimum value
a b c
of abc then the value of the logarithm of S to the base 3 is ____

( )
2
 r3 + r2 + 1
28. Let S =  (r
r =1
4
)(
+ r2 +1 r2 + r )
then the value of 2S equals……..

n
1
r
r =1
29. The value of n
is _____....
k

k =1 ( 2n − 2k + 1)( 2n − k + 1)

1
30. If a1 , a2 , a3 ________ are real numbers such that a1 = , an +1 = an2 + an n  N and
2
1 1 1 1
S= + + + ........ + then [S]=.____ ([.] denotes greatest integer function)…….
a1 + 1 a2 + 1 a3 + 1 a2017 + 1

6k
31. Find the value of  k k k +1 k +1 =……
k =1 (3 − 2 )(3 −2 )
 
m2n
32. The sum of the series  3 ( n.3
m =1 n =1
m m
+ m.3n )
is S, then 32 S =

4 7 7
33. If = 2 = , x, y, z  R find absolute value of
6 x − 10 xy − 9 x + 15 y 5 y − 7 yz − 10 y + 14 z 21z − 9 zx + 7 z − 3x
2 2

2 x + 1 2 y + 3 3z + 8
+ +
2 x − 3 y − 2 3z + 1

34. If a, b, c are distinct positive integers such that ab + bc + ca  107, then the minimum value of
( a + b + c − 3abc ) is
1 3 3 3
6
1
35. Minimum value of x 2 + y2 − xy is k. Then = _______( x, y  0 )………….
k

8 b
36. If  = a+ − c , where a, b, c are natural
r =1 ( 2r − 1) ( 2r + 3)( 2r + 5) + ( 2r + 1)( 2r − 1) ( 2r + 3) 3
c
numbers, then the value of a + b + is equal to ……..
4
PASSAGE BASED PROBLEMS
PARAGRAPH: I
 Let Sr , r  N , denote the sum of an infinite GP whose first term is 2r-1 and
n n
1
Vn =  S r and Qn = 
1
common ratio . Let .
2r r =1 r =1 S r S r +1

V2
37. lim equals
n → n2
a) 0 b) -1 c) 1 d) 2
38. Consider the following statements:
I: Q1  Q2  Q3  ........

II: V1  V2  V3  ........

Then
a) only I is true b) Only II is true
c) Both I and II are true d) neither I nor II is true
PASSAGE: II

Let  a n  and  bn  be the arithmetic sequences each with common difference 2 such that a1  b1 and let
n n
c n =  a k , d n =  b k . Suppose that the points An ( an , cn ) Bn ( bn , d n ) , n are all lies on the parabola
k =1 k =1

C : y = px + qx + r where p,q,r are the constants.

2

39. The value of p equals

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2
4 3 2
40. The value of q equals

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2
4 3 2
41. If r=0 then the value of a1 and b1 are

1 3 1
(a) and 1 (b) 1 and (c) 0 and 2 (d) and 2
2 2 2
PASSAGE-III
The following Algebraic identity can be used to find the sum of terms
1  1  1 
x 4 + y 4 =  x 2 + xy + y 2  x 2 − xy + y 2 
4  2  2 
n
4k
42. If Sn =  4 then s10
k =1 4k + 1

119 220 119 200

(a) b) (c) (d)
221 221 220 221
 1
n k2 −
43. If S n =  2 then S = ____
10
1
k =1
k +
4

4
119 220 119 200
(a) (b) (c) (d)
221 221 220 221
 4 1  4 1  4 1  1
1 +  .  3 +  .  5 +  .....  ( 2n − 1) + 
4

44.  4  4  4  4
= − (n  N )
 4 1  4 1  1
 2 +  .  4 +  .......  ( 2n ) + 
4

 4  4  4
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d)
8n + 8n + 1
2
8n + 4n + 2
2
8n + 4n + 1 8n + 6n + 1
2

PASSAGE:IV
Consider two sequences  tn ,  Tn  such that tnTn = 1 and let
n
1 ( n + 1)( n + 2 )( n + 3)( n + 4 ) − 6
t
r →1 r
=
4
n
1
45. lim  =
n →
r =1 Tr

1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
6 12 24 8
n
r.Tr
46. lim  =
r =1 6n − n + 1
n → 4 5

2 3 1 1
a) b) c) d)
3 4 6 30

KEY :
1)B 2)C 3)B 4)A 5)A 6)C 7)A
8)C 9)D 10)B 11)D 12)B 13)C 14)B
15)B 16)ABCD 17)ABCD 18)ACD 19)BC 20)AB 21)ABCD
22)ABC 23)AC 24)8 25)6 26)3 27)5 28)3
29)2 30)1 31)2 32)9 33)4 34)9 35)8
36)9 37)C 38)B 39)A 40)C 41)C 42)B
43)D 44)C 45)B 46)D