Question Bank No: 1

1. If an be the nth term of an A.P and if a7 = 15, then the value of the common difference that would make a2a7a12, greatest is

 a)9
 b)9/4
 c)0
 d)18

2. Consider an A.P with first term ‘a’ and common difference ‘d’. Let Sk denotes the sum of the first k terms. If SkxSx is independent of x, then

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

3. If the interior angles of a polygon are in A.P with common difference 50 and smallest angles is 1200, then the number of sides of the polygon is

 a)9 or 16
 b)9
 c)16
 d)13

4. The A.M between two numbers exceeds their G.M by 15 and H.M by 27. The numbers are

 a)100, 50
 b)120, 30
 c)90, 60
 d)None of these

5. If bcad=b+ca+d=3(bcad), then a, b, c, d are in

 a)A.P
 b)G.P
 c)H.P
 d)None of these

6. If a, b, c are in H.P., then the value of b+aba+b+cbc is

 a)1
 b)2
 c)3
 d)None of these

7. If a, b, c are in G.P and a + x, b + x, c + c in H.P., then the vlaue of x is (a, b, c are distinct numbers)

 a)c
 b)b
 c)a
 d)None of these

8. If A1, A2 be two A.M and G1, G2 be two G.M s between a and b, then A1+A2G1+G2 is equal to

 a)a+b2ab
 b)2aba+b
 c)a+bab
 d)a+bab

9. The maximum sum of the series 20 + 1913+1823 + .......... is

 a)310
 b)300
 c)320
 d)None of these

10. If a, b, c, d are in G.P., then (a3+b3)1 ,(b3+c3)1,(c3+d3)1are in

 a)A.P
 b)G.P
 c)H.P
 d)None of these

11. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then ab + bc + cd is equal to

 a)3ad
 b)(a + b) (c + d)
 c)3ac
 d)None of these

12. If a, b, c are unequal numbers such that a, b, c are in A.P and b - a, c - b, a are in G.P., then a : b : c is

 a)1 : 2 : 3
 b)1 : 3 : 5
 c)2 : 3 : 4
 d)1 : 2 : 4

13. A G.P consists of an even number of terms. If the sum of all the terms is 5 times the sum of the terms occupying odd places, the common ratio will be

 a)2
 b)3
 c)4
 d)5

14. If a1, a2, a3, .... are in A.P such thata1+ a5+ a10+a15+ a20+ a24 = 225, then a1+ a2+ a3... a23+ a24 is equal to

 a)909
 b)75
 c)750
 d)900

15. Between 1 and 31 are inserted m arithmetic means, so that the ratio of the 7th and (m1)th means is 5 : 9. Then the value of m is

 a)12
 b)13
 c)14
 d)15

16. If the A.M of the roots of a quadratic equation is 8/5 and the A.M of their reciprocals is 8/7, then the quadratic equation is

 a)7x2 + 16x +5 = 0
 b)7x2 – 16x + 5 = 0
 c)5x2 – 16x + 7 = 0
 d)5x2 – 8x + 7 = 0

17. If x > 1 and (1x)a,(1x)b,(1x)c are in G.P., then a, b, c are in

 a)A.P
 b)G.P
 c)H.P
 d)None of these

18. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e form an A.P., then the value of a - 4b + 6c - 4d + e is

 a)1
 b)2
 c)0
 d)None of these

19. If 1, logxy, logyz, - 15 logzx are in A.P then

 a)z3= x
 b)x = y1
 c)z3= y
 d)all of these

20. In an A.P., the sum of terms equidistant from the beginning and end is equal to

 a)first term
 b)second term
 c)sum of first and last term
 d)last term

21. A family of 4 brothers and 3 sisters is to be arranged in a row for a photograph. In how many ways can they be seated if all sisters sit together

 a)4!3!
 b)5!
 c)5(3!)
 d)5!3!

22. If n+2c8:n2P4=5716thennequalto

 a)5
 b)20
 c)21
 d)19

23. If npr=720ncrthenris

 a)6
 b)5
 c)4
 d)7

24. In two many ways can 5 red and 4 white balls be drawn from a bag containing 10 red and 8 white balls.

 a)8c5×10c4
 b)10c5×8c4
 c)18 c9
 d)None of these

25. Seven women and seven men are to sit around a circular table such that there is a man on either side of every woman. The number of seating arrangement is

 a)(7!)2
 b)(6!)2
 c)6!7!
 d)7!

26. If n and r are two +ve integers such that nrthenncr1+ncr=

 a)ncnr
 b)ncr
 c)n1cr
 d)n+1cr

27. The number of ways in which 5 boys and 3 girls be seated in a row so that each girls between two boys is

 a)2880
 b)1880
 c)2800
 d)2000

28. If 43r6=433r+1thenthevalueofris

 a)12
 b)8
 c)6
 d)10

29. How many words can be formed the letters of the word "COMMITTEE"

 a)9!(2!)2
 b)9!(2!)3
 c)9!2!
 d)9!

30. If the first term of AP is 2 and common difference is 4 then sum of its 40 term is

 a)3200
 b)1600
 c)200
 d)2800

31. If a and b are two different +ve real numbers then which of the following statement is true

 a)2ab>a+b
 b)2aba+b
 c)2ab=a+b
 d)none of these

32. The sum of 10 terms of the series 2+6+18+.....is

 a)121(6+2)
 b)243 (3+1)
 c)12131
 d)242(31)

33. The product (32) (32)16(32)136......is

 a)16
 b)64
 c)32
 d)0

34. If the pthtermofanAPisqandqthtermispthentherthtermis

 a)q-p+r
 b)p-q+r
 c)p+q+r
 d)p+q-r

35. If p,q,r be AM,GM,HM resp. between any two rational numbers a and b then p-q is

 a)aba
 b)a+b2
 c)2ab2+b
 d)(ab2)2

36. The nthtermoftheseries3,3,1,......is1243thennis

 a)12
 b)13
 c)14
 d)15

37. 3+3+32+........isequalto4580thenis

 a)1523
 b)715
 c)78
 d)157

38. If b+c, c+a, a+b are in HP then a2,b2,c2willbein

 a)AP
 b)GP
 c)HP
 d)None of these

39. If the AM between the roots of a quadratic equation is 8 and GM is 5 then equation is

 a)x2+16x25=0
 b)x28x+5=0
 c)x2-16x+25 = 0
 d)x2-16x-25 = 0

40. The value of 913×919×9127.........is

 a)3
 b)6
 c)9
 d)1

41. The 20thtermiftheseries2×4+4×6+6×8+..................is

 a)1600
 b)1680
 c)420
 d)840

42. The nthtermofthesequance12,16,112,.........is

 a)1n2+n
 b)1n+1n+1
 c)1n2+2
 d)1n+3

435thtermofaGPis2,thentheproductoffirst9termsis

 a)256
 b)128
 c)512
 d)none of these

44. If the sum of first n terms of an Ap is pn+Qn2wherepandqareconstant,thencommondifferenceofAPwillbe

 a)p+q
 b)p-q
 c)2p
 d)2q

45. If a, b, c,d, e,f are in AP then e-c is equal to

 a)2(c-a)
 b)2(f-d)
 c)2(d-c)
 d)d-c

46. If a, b, c are in Ap then 3a,3b,3care

 a)AP
 b)GP
 c)HP
 d)none of these

47. The next term of the sequence 1,5,14,30,55,....is

 a)95
 b)90
 c)85
 d)91

48. If 1+1+22+1+2+33+....tontermsisSthenSisequalto

 a)n(n+3)4
 b)n(n+2)4
 c)n(n+1)(n+2)6
 d)n2

49. The number of terms of the AP 3, 7, 11, 15......to be taken so that the sum is 406 is

 a)5
 b)10
 c)12
 d)14

50. If the progressions 3, 10, 17,..........and 63, 65, 67,.... are such that theirnth terms are equal, then n is equal

 a)13
 b)15
 c)9
 d)8