Topic: Arithmetic Progressions QUIZ

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1. If x1, x2, x3 ….. xn are in A.P, then the value of    ...  is:
x1x 2 x 2 x3 x3 x 4 xn1xn
n 1 n 1
(A) (B)
x1xn x2 xn1
n
(C) (D) none of these
x1xn

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2. If a1, a2, a3 ,…, an are in A.P., where ai > 0 for all i, then   ...  =?
a1  a2 a2  a3 an1  an
n 1 n 1
(A) (B)
a1 a1  an1
n 1
(C) (D) none of these
a1  an

3. In the arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8, ….. upto 50 terms and 3, 5, 7, 9,….. up to 60 terms, then how many
terms are identical:
(A) 61 (B) 72
(C) 20 (D) 42

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4.  
If log52, log5 2x  3 and log5 
 2
 2x 1  are in A.P., then value of x is:

(A) 8 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) none of these

5. If x18 = y21 = z28, then 3, 3logy x, 3logzy, 7logxz form:

(A) G.P. (B) A.P.
(C) H.P. (D) none of these

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6. Let sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. if s2n = 3sn, then =?
sn
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 6 (D) 12

7. If x, y, z are in AP then the value of (x + y – z)(y + z – x) is

(A) 8yz + 8y2 – 4z2 (B) 4xz + 3y2
1
(C) 8xy – 4x2 – 3y2 (D) (10xz + 3x2 + 3z2)
4

8. Let x be the arithmetic mean and y, z be two geometric mean between any two positive numbers, then
y3  z3
=?
xyz
(A) 0 (B) 2
1
(C) (D) 4
2
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9. The sum of n terms of 2 arithmetic progressions are in the ratio of (7n + 1) : (4n + 27). The ratio of their 11
terms is
(A) 148 : 111 (B) 111 : 148
(C) 121 : 148 (D) 148 : 121

10. In an A.P, Sp = q, Sq = p and Sr denotes the sum of first r terms, then Sp+q is equal to
(A) 0 (B)  (p + q)
(C) (p + q) (D) pq

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11. If a, b, c are in A. P. and
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, , are also in A.P., then
a2 b2 c 2
(A) a = b = c (B) 2b = 3a + c
ac
(C) b2  (D) None
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12. If the roots of the equation x3  12x2 + 39x  28 are in A.P. then their common difference will be
(A)  1 (B)  2
(C)  3 (D)  4

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13. Let tn be the nth term of an A.P. If  a2r  10100 and  a2r 1  1099 , then the common difference of A.P. is
r 1 r 1

(A) 1 (B) 10
(C) 9 (D) 1099

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14. If sr denotes the sum of r terms of an A.P. and 2
  c , then sc is
a b2
3 c
(A) c (B)
ab
(C) abc (D) a + b + c

15. If s1, s2 and s3 denote the sum of first n1, n2 and n3 terms respectively of an A.P. then
s1 s s
n2  n3   2 n3  n1   3 n1  n2  =
n1 n2 n3
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) s1s2s3 (D) n1n2n3

16. In an arithmetic progression whose common difference is non-zero, the sum of first 3n terms is equal to the
sum of the next n terms. Then the ratio of the sum of the first 2n terms to the next 2n terms is
1 2
(A) (B)
5 3
3
(C) (D) none of these
4

17. If a1, a2, …… , an are in A.P. with common difference d, then the sum of the series
sind[coseca1coseca2 + coseca2 coseca3 + ….. + cosecan1cosecan]
(A) seca1  secan (B) coseca1  cosecan
(C) cota1  cotan (B) tana1  tanan

18. If s1 = a2 + a4 + a6 + ……. upto 100 terms and s2 = a1 + a3 + a5 + …….. upto 100 terms of a certain A.P. then
its common difference is
(A) s1  s2 (B) s2  s1
s1  s2 s  s2
(C) (D) 1
2 100

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19. If a1, a2, a3, … an are in arithmetic progression ai  0 then   ...
a1a2 a2a3 an1an
n 1 n
(A) (B)
a1an a1an
n 1 n
(C) (D)
a2an 1 a2an 1

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20.
2 2
If s = n p and s = m p, m  n is AP then s =
n m p
2
(A) p (B) p3
(C) p4 (D) none of these

21. If log32, log3(2x – 5) and log3(2x – 7/2) are in AP then x =

(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
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22. Let p and q be the roots of the equation x – 2x + A = 0 and r and s be the roots of the equation
x2 – 18x + B = 0 if p < q < r < s are in AP then actively
(A) A = – 3, B = 77 (B) A = 3, B = 75
(C) A = 1, B = 70 (D) A = – 1, B = 68

23. If there are (2n + 1) terms in an AP then the ratio of the sum of odd terms to the sum of even terms is:
n 1 n
(A) (B)
n n 1
n 1 n
(C) (D)
n n 1

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24. The sum of two numbers is . An n number of arithmetic means are being inserted between them and their
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sum exceeds their count by 1, then the number of means inserted:
(A) 12 (B) 7
(C) 21 (D) 41

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25. Find the natural number 'a' for which  f  a  k   16  2n  1 , where the function satisfies the relation f(x + y) =
k 1

f(x)f(y) for all x, y  N and further f(1) = 2.

(A) a = 10 (B) a = 6
(C) a = 3 (D) a = 1

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