ARITHEMETIC SERIES 13.

 7
If log3 2, log3 (2 x − 5) and log 3  2 x −  are in A.P., then x
 2
is equal to
1 1
1. The number of terms in the series 101 + 99 + 97 + ..... + 47 is (a) 1, (b) 1,
2 3
(a) 25 (b) 28
3
(c) 30 (d) 20 (c) 1, (d) None of these
2
2. If the p th term of an A.P. be q and q th term be p, then its
14. If the p th, q th and r th term of an arithmetic sequence are a ,
r term will be
th
b and c respectively, then the value of [ a(q − r ) + b(r − p)
(a) p + q + r (b) p + q − r
+ c( p − q)] =
(c) p + r − q (d) p − q − r (a) 1 (b) −1
3. If tan nθ = tan mθ , then the different values of θ will be in (c) 0 (d) 1/2
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. 15. If nth terms of two A.P.'s are 3n + 8 and 7n + 15 , then the
(c) H.P. (d) None of these ratio of their 12 th terms will be
(a) 4/9 (b) 7/16
4. nth term of the series 3.8 + 6.11 + 9.14 + 12 .17 + ..... will (c) 3/7 (d) 8/15
be 16. If a1 = a2 = 2, an = an−1 − 1 (n > 2) , then a5 is
(a) 3n(3n + 5) (b) 3n(n + 5)
(a) 1 (b) −1
(c) n(3n + 5) (d) n(n + 5) (c) 0 (d) −2
5. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 17. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e form an A.P., then the value of

y
5 is a − 4b + 6c − 4 d + e is
(a) 3000 (b) 3050 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4050 (d) None of these (c) 0 (d) None of these
6. If mth terms of the series 63 + 65 + 67 + 69 + ......... and
IT 18. The sixth term of an A.P. is equal to 2, the value of the
common difference of the A.P. which makes the product
3 + 10 + 17 + 24 + ...... be equal, then m = a1 a4 a5 least is given by
(a) 11 (b) 12 8 5
(c) 13 (d) 15 (a) x = (b) x =
5 4
7. The sum of 24 terms of the following series (c) x = 2 / 3 (d) None of these
2 + 8 + 18 + 32 + ......... is 19. If p times the p th term of an A.P. is equal to q times the
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(a) 300 (b) 300 2 q th term of an A.P., then ( p + q) th term is

(c) 200 2 (d) None of these (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
8. If 2 x, x + 8, 3 x + 1 are in A.P., then the value of x will be 20. The sums of n terms of two arithmatic series are in the
(a) 3 (b) 7 ratio 2n + 3 : 6n + 5 , then the ratio of their 13 th terms is
a

(c) 5 (d) – 2
(a) 53 : 155 (b) 27 : 77
9. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is nA + n2 B , where A, B
(c) 29 : 83 (d) 31 : 89
are constants, then its common difference will be 21. If a m denotes the mth term of an A.P. then a m =
R

(a) A − B (b) A + B 2 a − am − k
(a) (b) m + k
(c) 2 A (d) 2B am+ k + am−k 2
10. If the 9 th term of an A.P. is 35 and 19 th is 75, then its 20 th am+ k + am−k
terms will be (c) (d) None of these
2
(a) 78 (b) 79
22. Let Tr be the r th term of an A.P. for r = 1, 2, 3,.... . If
(c) 80 (d) 81
1
2 6 for some positive integers m, n we have Tm = and
11. The 9 th term of the series 27 + 9 + 5 + 3 + ........ will be n
5 7
1
10 10 Tn = , then Tmn equals
(a) 1 (b) m
17 17 1 1 1
16 17 (a) (b) +
(c) (d) mn m n
27 27 (c) 1 (d) 0
(a − c)2 23. If 1, log9 (31− x + 2), log3 (4.3 x − 1) are in A.P. then x equals
12. If a, b, c are in A.P., then =
(b 2 − ac) (a) log 3 4 (b) 1 − log 3 4
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 − log 4 3 (d) log 4 3
(c) 3 (d) 4 24. If a, b, c, d, e are in A.P. then the value of a + b + 4 c
−4 d + e in terms of a, if possible is

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 (a) 4a (b) 2a n −1 n+1
(a) (b)
(c) 3 (d) None of these a1 + an a1 + an
25. If the ratio of the sum of n terms of two A.P.'s be
n −1 n+1
(7n + 1) : (4n + 27) , then the ratio of their 11th terms will be (c) (d)
a1 − an a1 − an
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 5 : 6 35. If a1, a2 ,......... ..., an are in A.P. with common difference , d ,
1 1 1 then the sum of the following series is
26. The sum of the series + + + ........ to 9 terms is
2 3 6 sin d(cosec a1.cosec a2 + cosec a2 .cosec a3 + .......... .
5 1 +cosec an −1cosec an )
(a) − (b) −
6 2 (a) sec a1 − sec an (b) cot a1 − cot an
3
(c) 1 (d) − (c) tan a1 − tan an (d) cosec a1 − cosec an
2
36. If the sum of the series 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 .......... .. is 60100, then
27. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the smallest
the number of terms are
angle be 120 o and the common difference be 5o, then the (a) 100 (b) 200
number of sides is (c) 150 (d) 250
(a) 8 (b) 10 37. The sum of all natural numbers between 1 and 100 which
(c) 9 (d) 6 are multiples of 3 is
1 1 (a) 1680 (b) 1683
28. If the p th term of an A.P. be and q th term be , then
q p (c) 1681 (d) 1682
the sum of its pq th terms will be 38. The sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ......... upto n terms is

y
pq − 1 1 − pq (a) (n + 1)2 (b) (2n)2
(a) (b)
2 2 (c) n2 (d) (n − 1)2
pq + 1 pq + 1
(c)
2
(d) −
2
IT 39. If the sum of the series 54 + 51 + 48 + .......... ... is 513, then
the number of terms are
29. The sum of first n natural numbers is (a) 18 (b) 20
n (n − 1) (c) 17 (d) None of these
(a) n (n − 1) (b)
2 40. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + 5n , then the n th
n (n + 1) term will be
(c) n (n + 1) (d)
2 (a) 4n + 3 (b) 4n + 5
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30. The first term of an A.P. is 2 and common difference is 4. (c) 4n + 6 (d) 4n + 7
The sum of its 40 terms will be
41. The nth term of an A.P. is 3n − 1 .Choose from the following
(a) 3200 (b) 1600 the sum of its first five terms
(c) 200 (d) 2800 (a) 14 (b) 35
31. If n be odd or even, then the sum of n terms of the series
(c) 80 (d) 40
1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + 5 − 6 + ...... will be
a

42. If the first term of an A.P. be 10, last term is 50 and the sum
n n −1 of all the terms is 300, then the number of terms are
(a) − (b)
2 2
n+1 2n + 1
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(c) (d) (a) 5 (b) 8

2 2 (c) 10 (d) 15
32. If the first, second and last terms of an A.P. be a, b, 2a 1 2
43. The maximum sum of the series 20 + 19 + 18 + ......... is
respectively, then its sum will be 3 3
(a)
ab
(b)
ab (a) 310 (b) 300
b−a 2(b − a) (c) 320 (d) None of these
3ab 3ab 44. The sum of the numbers between 100 and 1000 which is
(c) (d) divisible by 9 will be
2(b − a) 4(b − a)
(a) 55350 (b) 57228
33. The ratio of the sums of first n even numbers and n odd
numbers will be (c) 97015 (d) 62140
(a) 1 : n (b) (n + 1) : 1 45. The ratio of sum of m and n terms of an A.P. is m2 : n2 ,
(c) (n + 1) : n (d) (n − 1) : 1 then the ratio of mth and nth term will be
34. If a1, a2 , a3 ....... an are in A.P., where ai > 0 for all i , then m −1 n −1
(a) (b)
n −1 m −1
the value of
1 1 1 2m − 1 2n − 1
+ + ........ + = (c) (d)
a1 + a2 a2 + a3 an −1 + an 2n − 1 2m − 1

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 n  ar  56. The sum of numbers from 250 to 1000 which are divisible
46. The value of ∑ log  is
r −1  by 3 is
r =1 b  (a) 135657 (b) 136557
n  an  n  an+1  (c) 161575 (d) 156375
(a) log n  (b) log n 
2 b  2  b  57. 7 th term of an A.P. is 40, then the sum of first 13 terms is
 an+1   an+1  (a) 53 (b) 520
n n
(c) log n−1  (d) log n+1  (c) 1040 (d) 2080
2 b  2 b 
1 1 1
47. The solution of the equation 58. If a1, a2 ,...., an+1 are in A.P., then + + ..... +
a1a2 a2a3 anan +1
(x + 1) + (x + 4) + (x + 7) + ......... + (x + 28 ) = 155 is is
(a) 1 (b) 2 n −1 1
(a) (b)
(c) 3 (d) 4 a1an+1 a1an+1
48. The sum of all two digit numbers which, when divided by 4,
n+1 n
yield unity as a remainder is (c) (d)
a1an+1 a1an+1
(a) 1190 (b) 1197
(c) 1210 (d) None of these 59. If the sum of the first n terms of a series be 5n 2 + 2n , then
49. If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an arithmetic its second term is
progression, then the value of (S2n − Sn ) is equal to (a) 7 (b) 17
(c) 24 (d) 42
(a) 2Sn (b) S3n

y
60. Let the sequence a1, a2 , a3 ,......... .... a2n form an A.P. Then
1 1
(c) S3 n (d) Sn a12 − a22 + a33 − ......... + a22n−1 − a22n =
3 2
n 2n 2
50. The solution of
log 3 x + log 4 3 x + log 6 3 x + ......... + log16 3 x = 36 is
IT (a)
2n − 1
(a12 − a22n ) (b)
n −1
(a2n − a12 )

n
(c) (a12 + a22n ) (d) None of these
(a) x = 3 (b) x = 4 3 n+1
(c) x = 9 (d) x = 3 61. If sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n and Tm = 164 then
51. If Sk denotes the sum of first k terms of an arithmetic m=
(a) 26 (b) 27
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progression whose first term and common difference are

a and d respectively, then Skn / Sn be independent of n if (c) 28 (d) None of these
(a) 2a − d = 0 (b) a − d = 0 1
62. If Sn = nP + n(n − 1)Q , where Sn denotes the sum of the
2
(c) a − 2d = 0 (d) None of these
first n terms of an A.P., then the common difference is
n
52. A series whose nth term is   + y, the sum of r terms will (a) P + Q (b) 2P + 3Q
a

x
(c) 2Q (d) Q
be
63. Let Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P. If S2n = 3Sn ,
 r (r + 1)   r (r − 1) 
(a)   + ry (b) 
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 S3n
 2x   2x  then ratio =
Sn
 r (r − 1)   r (r + 1) 
(c)   − ry (d)   − rx (a) 4 (b) 6
 2x   2y  (c) 8 (d) 10
53. The sum of the integers from 1 to 100 which are not
64. The first term of an A.P. of consecutive integers is p 2 + 1
divisible by 3 or 5 is
The sum of (2 p + 1) terms of this series can be expressed as
(a) 2489 (b) 4735
(c) 2317 (d) 2632 (a) ( p + 1)2 (b) ( p + 1)3
54. The sum of the first and third term of an arithmetic (c) (2 p + 1)( p + 1)2 (d) p 3 + ( p + 1)3
progression is 12 and the product of first and second term 65. The sum of the first four terms of an A.P. is 56. The sum of
is 24, then first term is the last four terms is 112. If its first term is 11, the number
(a) 1 (b) 8 of terms is
(c) 4 (d) 6 (a) 10 (b) 11
55. If the sum of the first 2n terms of 2, 5, 8... is equal to the (c) 12 (d) None of these
66. The number of terms of the A.P. 3,7,11,15...to be taken so
sum of the first n terms of 57, 59, 61 ... , then n is equal to
that the sum is 406 is
(a) 10 (b) 12 (a) 5 (b) 10
(c) 11 (d) 13 (c) 12 (d) 14

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67. There are 15 terms in an arithmetic progression. Its first (c) a + (n + 1) d (d) None of these
term is 5 and their sum is 390. The middle term is
79. If f (x + y, x − y) = xy , then the arithmetic mean of f (x, y)
(a) 23 (b) 26
(c) 29 (d) 32 and f (y, x) is
68. If the sum of the 10 terms of an A.P. is 4 times to the sum of (a) x (b) y
its 5 terms, then the ratio of first term and common (c) 0 (d) 1
difference is
80. If log 2, log(2n − 1) and log(2n + 3) are in A.P., then n =
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2 (a) 5/2 (b) log 2 5
69. Three number are in A.P. such that their sum is 18 and sum (c) log3 5 (d) 3/2
of their squares is 158. The greatest number among them is
81. If the sum of two extreme numbers of an A.P. with four
(a) 10 (b) 11 terms is 8 and product of remaining two middle term is 15,
(c) 12 (d) None of these then greatest number of the series will be
3 + 5 + 7 + .......... to n terms (a) 5 (b) 7
70. If = 7 , then the value of n is (c) 9 (d) 11
5 + 8 + 11 + ......... to 10 terms
82. If the sides of a right angled traingle are in A.P., then the
(a) 35 (b) 36 sides are proportional to
(c) 37 (d) 40
(a) 1: 2: 3 (b) 2: 3: 4
1 1
71. If A1, A2 be two arithmetic means between and , (c) 3: 4: 5 (d) 4: 5: 6
3 24 83. Three numbers are in A.P. whose sum is 33 and product is
then their values are 792, then the smallest number from these numbers is

y
7 5 17 5 (a) 4 (b) 8
(a) , (b) ,
72 36 72 36 (c) 11 (d) 14
(c)
7 5
, (d)
5 17
, 84. If a, b, c, d, e, f are in A.P., then the value of e − c will be
36 72
an+1 + bn+1
72 72
IT (a) 2(c − a) (b) 2( f − d)
72. If be the A.M. of a and b , then n = (c) 2(d − c) (d) d − c
an + bn
85. If the sum of three numbers of a arithmetic sequence is 15
(a) 1 (b) −1 and the sum of their squares is 83, then the numbers are
(c) 0 (d) None of these
(a) 4, 5, 6 (b) 3, 5, 7
73. A number is the reciprocal of the other. If the arithmetic
(c) 1, 5, 9 (d) 2, 5, 8
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mean of the two numbers be , then the numbers are 86. The four arithmetic means between 3 and 23 are
12
(a) 5, 9, 11, 13 (b) 7, 11, 15, 19
1 4 3 4
(a) , (b) , (c) 5, 11, 15, 22 (d) 7, 15, 19, 21
4 1 4 3 87. If the sum of three consecutive terms of an A.P. is 51 and the
(c)
2 5
, (d)
3 2
, product of last and first term is 273, then the numbers are
5 2 2 3 (a) 21, 17, 13 (b) 20, 16, 12
a

74. If A be an arithmetic mean between two numbers and S (c) 22, 18, 14 (d) 24, 20, 16
be the sum of n arithmetic means between the same 1 1 1
88. If , , are in A.P., then
numbers, then p+q r + p q+r
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(a) S = n A (b) A = n S
(a) p, , q, r are in A.P. (b) p 2 , q 2 , r 2 are in A.P.
(c) A = S (d) None of these
75. The arithmetic mean of first n natural number 1 1 1
(c) , , are in A.P. (d) None of these
n −1 n+1 p q r
(a) (b)
2 2 89. If 1, logy x, log z y, − 15 log x z are in A.P., then

(c)
n
(d) n (a) z3 = x (b) x = y −1
2
(c) z−3 = y (d) x = y −1 = z3
76. The sum of n arithmetic means between a and b , is
(e) All the above
n(a + b)
(a) (b) n(a + b) 90. The difference between an integer and its cube is divisible
2 by
(n + 1)(a + b) (a) 4 (b) 6
(c) (d) (n + 1)(a + b)
2 (c) 9 (d) None of these
77. After inserting n A.M.'s between 2 and 38, the sum of the 91. If a, b, c are in A.P., then (a + 2b − c) (2b + c − a) (c + a − b)
resulting progression is 200. The value of n is equals
(a) 10 (b) 8 1
(c) 9 (d) None of these (a) abc (b) abc
2
78. The mean of the series a, a + nd , a + 2nd is
(c) 2 abc (d) 4 abc
(a) a + (n − 1) d (b) a + nd

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