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MATHEMATICS
JEE (MAIN+ADVANCED)
LEADER COURSE

EXERCISE
Sequence & Progression
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EXERCISE (O-1)
1. If a 1, a 2, a 3,...., a n,..... are in A.P. such that a 4 – a 7 + a 10 = m, then the sum of first 13
terms of this A.P., is :
(A) 15 m (B) 10 m (C) 12 m (D) 13 m SS0001
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2. Given sum of the first n terms of an A. P. is 2n + 3n . Another A. P. is formed with the same first
term and double of the common difference, the sum of n terms of the new A. P. is :-
(A) n + 4n2 (B) n2 + 4n (C) 3n + 2n2 (D) 6n2 – n
SS0004
3. 2
If a, b, c are in AP, then (a – c) equals -
(A) 4 ( b 2 - ac ) (B) 4 ( b + ac )
2
(C) 4b2 – ac (D) b2 – 4ac
SS0002

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4. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetical progression equals that of the first 19 terms, then the
sum of its first 30 terms, is
(A) equal to 0 (B) equal to –1 (C) equal to 1 (D) non unique
SS0022
5. The first term of an infinite G.P. is 1 and every term is equals to the sum of the successive terms,
then its fourth term will be-
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) SS0006
2 8 4 16
1 1
6. If G be the GM between x and y, then the value of + 2 is equal to
G - x G - y2
2 2

2 1
(A) G2 (B) (C) (D) 3G2 SS0011
G2 G2
a-b
7. If a, b, c are in HP, then is equal to
b-c
a b a c
(A) (B) (C) (D) SS0012
b a c b
¥ ¥ ¥
If a = å x n , b = å y n , c = å ( xy ) where x , y < 1 ; then-
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n =0 n =0 n =0

(A) abc = a + b + c (B) ab + bc = ac + b

(C) ac + bc = ab + c (D) ab + ac = bc + a SS0007
a a b b c c xy
9. If r > 1 and x = a + + 2 + ...to ¥ , y = b - + 2 - ...to ¥ and z = c + 2 + 4 + ...to ¥ , then =
r r r r r r z
ab ac bc
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
c b a
SS0008
10. In a GP, first term is 1. If 4T2 + 5T3 is minimum, then its common ratio is
2 2 3 3
(A) (B) - (C) (D) - SS0009
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EXERCISE (O-2)
MULTIPLE CORRECT :

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1. If sin(x - y), sin x and sin (x + y) are in H.P., then sin x. sec =
2

(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) – 2 SS0112

2. If S = 12 + 32 + 52 + ....... + (99)2 then the value of the sum 22 + 42 + 62 + ....... + (100)2 is

(A) S + 2550 (B) 172700

(C) 171700 (D) S + 5050 SS0113

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3. Digits contained by arithmetic mean (N) of the nine distinct numbers in the given set
{9, 99, 999, ....... 999999999} is

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 0 SS0114

4. a1 , a2 , a3 ,.... , an are in A.P such that a1 + a3 + a5 = – 12 and a1 a2 a3 = 8 then

(A) a2 + a4 + a6 = –21 (B) a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 = –20

(C) ai < 0 " i > 2, i Î N (D) ai > 0 " i > 2, i Î N SS0115

1 1 1
1 + 3 + 5 + .....upto n terms 20
5. If = and n = log10 x + log10 x 2 + log10 x 4 + log10 x 8 + .... + ¥ ,
4 + 7 + 10 + ....upto n terms 7 log10 x

then

(A) x = 105 (B) n = 10 (C) x = 106 (D) n = 12 SS0116

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6. An H.M. is inserted between the number 1/3 and an unknown number. If we diminish the reciprocal
of the inserted number by 6, it is the G.M. of the reciprocal of 1/3 and that of the unknown number.
If all the terms of the respective H.P. are distinct then
(A) the unknown number is 27 (B) the unknown number is 1/27
(C) the H.M. is 15 (D) the G.M. is 21
SS0032

a b c
7. If a, b and c are positive real numbers then + + is always greater than
b c a

(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 5 SS0118

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8. In an A.P. with first term 'a' and the common difference d (a, d ¹ 0), the ratio ' r ' of the sum of the first
n terms to sum of n terms succeeding them does not depend on n. Then

a 1 1 a 1 1
(A) = (B) r = (C) = (D) r = SS0119
d 2 2 d 3 3

9. Let s1 , s2 , s3 ....... and t1 , t2 , t3 ....... are two arithmetic sequences such that s1 = t1 ¹ 0; s2 = 2t2 and

10 15 s 2 - s1
å si = å t i . Then the value of t 2 - t1
is
i =1 i =1

(A) 8/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 19/8 (D) 2

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SS0023

åk
k =1
2

10. For which positive integers n is the ratio, n

an integer ? SS0158
åk
k =1

(A) odd n only

(B) even n only

(C) n = 1 + 6k only, where k ³ 0 and k Î 1

(D) n = 1 + 3k, integer k ³ 0

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EXERCISE (O-3)

3 5 7
1. If the sum + 2 + 2 + ... upto 11-terms is p, then 2p is equal to SS0159
1 1 + 2 1 + 2 2 + 32
2 2

2 2 2
2. The sum of the series : (2) + 2(4) + 3(6) + ... upto 10 terms is SS0160
3. There are nAM's between 1 & 31 such that 7th mean : (n–1)th mean = 5 : 9, then find the value of n.
SS0043

4. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 1 and the sum of the first nine terms equal to 369. The
first and the ninth term of a geometric progression coincide with the first and the ninth term of the
arithmetic progression. Find the seventh term of the geometric progression. SS0044

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5. The sequence a1, a2, a3, ....... a98 satisfies the relation an+1 = an + 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, .........97 and has

49
the sum equal to 4949. Evaluate å a 2k . SS0042
k =1

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6. For an increasing G.P. a1,a2,a3........., an, if a6 = 4a4, a9 – a7 = 192, then the value of åa
i =1
is
i

SS0045
7. In a set of four numbers, the first three are in GP & the last three are in A.P. with common difference
6. If the first number is the same as the fourth, find the sum of terms in G.P.
SS0064

8. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4. The arithmetic mean A & the geometric mean G satisfy the
relation 2A + G2 = 27. If the two numbers are a and b, then find |a – b| SS0049
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9. The AM of two numbers exceeds their GM by 15 & HM by 27. If numbers are a and b (a > b)

a
then
b

SS0050

10. The interior angles of a convex polygon form an arithmetic progression with a common difference of
4°. Determine the number of sides of the polygon if its largest interior angle is 172°.

SS0040

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11. If A1,A2,A3,........A51 are arithmetic means inserted between the numbers a and b, then find the value

æ b + A 51 ö æ A1 + a ö
of ç ÷-ç ÷. SS0061
è b - A51 ø è A1 - a ø

12. If a > 0, then minimum value of a + 2a2 + a3 + 15 + a–1 + a–3 + a–4 is

SS0041

1/10
æ a 2 b 4 c3 d ö
13. If a, b, c, d > 0 such that a + 2b + 3c + 4d = 50, then find the maximum value of ç ÷
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SS0051
14. (a) If the nth term of the series 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + 61 +...... is Tn, then sum of the digits of T10 is
(b) If the sum to n terms of the series 6 + 13 + 22 + 33 +........ is Sn, then value of (S10 – 2S9 + S8) is
SS0161

1 1 1
15. (a) If the sum of the series + + + ..... upto infinity is S¥ then 24S¥ is equal to
1.4.7 4.7.10 7.10.13

(b) If the sum of the series 1.2.3.4 + 2.3.4.5 + 3.4.5.6 + ... upto n terms is Sn, then the remainder when
S6 is divided by 11 SS0162

99
5100
16. Let S = å . Find [S] SS0163
n =1 (25) + 5
n 100

Where [y] denotes largest integer less than or equal to y.

17. In a GP the ratio of the sum of the first eleven terms to the sum of the last eleven terms is 1/8 and the
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ratio of the sum of all the terms without the first nine to the sum of all the terms without the last nine
is 2. Find the number of terms in the G.P. SS0164
18. If the roots of 10x3 – cx2 – 54x – 27 = 0 are in harmonic progression, then the sum of c and the largest
root. SS0066
19. Let one AM 'a' and two GM's p and q be inserted between any two given numbers.
If p3+ q3 = lapq then l2 is equal to SS0062

1 2 3
20. If the sum of the n terms of the series + + + ....... is Sn then 111.S10
1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 + 2 1 + 32 + 34
2 4 2 4

equals SS0067

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EXERCISE (JM)
1. If the 2nd, 5th and 9th terms of a non-constant A.P. are in G.P., then the common ratio of this G.P. is:-
[JEE(Main)-2016]

7 8 4
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1 SS0071
4 5 3

2 2 2 2
æ 3ö æ 2ö æ 1ö 2 æ 4ö 16
2. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series ç1 ÷ + ç 2 ÷ + ç 3 ÷ + 4 + ç 4 ÷ + ..., is m, then m is
5
è ø è 5 ø è ø 5 è 5 ø 5

equal to :- [JEE(Main)-2016]
(1) 99 (2) 102 (3) 101 (4) 100 SS0072

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3. If a, b and c be three distinct real numbers in G. P. and a + b + c = xb, then x cannot be :
[JEE(Main)-Jan 2019]
(1) 4 (2) –3 (3) –2 (4) 2 SS0077
30 15

4. Let a1, a2,.........,a30 be an A. P., S = å a i and T = å a( 2i -1) . If a5 = 27 and S – 2T = 75, then

i =1 i =1

a10 is equal to : [JEE(Main)-Jan 2019]

(1) 57 (2) 47 (3) 42 (4) 52 SS0078
5. The sum of the follwing series

1+6 +
(
9 12 + 22 + 32 ) + 12 (1 2
+ 2 2 + 32 + 4 2 ) + 15 (1 2
+ 22 + .... + 52 ) + .... up to 15 terms, is :
7 9 11

[JEE(Main)-Jan 2019]
(1) 7820 (2) 7830 (3) 7520 (4) 7510 SS0079
6. Let x, y be positive real numbers and m, n positive integers. The maximum value of the expression
x m yn
(1 + x 2m ) (1 + y 2n ) is :- [JEE(Main)-Jan 2019] node06\B0BC-BD\Kota\JEE(Advanced)\Leader\Maths\Module\1-QE, SS, BM-(Log,CA,TE)\Eng\04.Sequence & progression.p65

1 1 m+n
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1 SS0080
2 4 6mn

7. If sin 4 a + 4cos 4 b + 2 = 4 2 sin a cos b ; a, b Î [0, p ] , then cos(a + b) – cos(a – b) is equal to :

[JEE(Main)-Jan 2019]
(1) 0 (2) - 2 (3) –1 (4) 2 SS0121
8. The sum of all natural numbers 'n' such that 100 < n < 200 and H.C.F. (91, n) > 1 is :
[JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]
(1) 3221 (2) 3121 (3) 3203 (4) 3303 SS0082

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9. If three distinct numbers a,b,c are in G.P. and the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and dx2 + 2ex + ƒ = 0
have a common root, then which one of the following statements is correct?
[JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]

d e ƒ
(1) d,e,ƒ are in A.P. (2) , , are in G.P.
a b c

d e ƒ
(3) , , are in A.P. (4) d,e,ƒ are in G.P. SS0083
a b c

n(n - 7)
10. Let the sum of the first n terms of a non-constant A.P., a 1, a2, a3, ..... be 50n + A,
2
where A is a constant. If d is the common difference of this A.P., then the ordered pair (d, a50) is

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equal to [JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]
(1) (A, 50+46A) (2) (A, 50+45A) (3) (50, 50+46A) (4) (50, 50+45A)
SS0084

11. The sum +

(
3 ´ 13 5 ´ 1 + 2
3 3
)
+
( )
7 ´ 13 + 23 + 33
+ ....... upto 10th term, is : [JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]
12 12 + 22 12 + 22 + 32

(1) 660 (2) 620 (3) 680 (4) 600

SS0085
12. If a1, a2, a3, ........., an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7 + ......... + a16 = 114, then a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is
equal to : [JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]
(1) 38 (2) 98 (3) 76 (4) 64 SS0086

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13. Let a, b and c be in G. P. with common ratio r, where a ¹ 0 and 0 < r £ . If 3a, 7b and 15c are the
2
first three terms of an A. P., then the 4th term of this A. P. is : [JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]

7 2
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(1) a (2) a (3) a (4) 5a SS0087

3 3

n n
If a and b are the roots of the equation 375x2 – 25x – 2 = 0, then lim å a + lim å b is equal
r r
14.
n ®¥ r = 1 n ®¥ r = 1

to : [JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]

21 29 1 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) SS0088
346 358 12 116
15. If a,b and g are three consecutive terms of a non-constant G.P. such that the equations
ax2 + 2bx + g = 0 and x2 + x – 1 = 0 have a common root, then a(b + g) is equal to :
[JEE(Main)-Apr 2019]
(1) bg (2) 0 (3) ag (4) ab SS0081

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16. If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series, 3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 18 +19 +… is (102)m,
then m is equal to : [JEE(Main)- 2020]
(1) 20 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) 25
SS0089
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17. Let a1, a 2, a 3,… be a G.P. such that a 1 < 0, a1 + a2 = 4 and a3 + a4 = 16. If åa
i =1
i = 4l , then l

is equal to : [JEE(Main)- 2020]

511
(1) –171 (2) 171 (3) (4) –513
3
SS0090

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18. Five numbers are in A.P., whose sum is 25 and product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is - ,
2
then the greatest number amongst them is : [JEE(Main)- 2020]

21
(1) (2) 27 (3) 16 (4) 7
2

SS0091

3 5 7
19. The sum of 10 terms of the series + 2 2+ 2 + ... is : SS0165
1 ´ 2 2 ´ 3 3 + 42
2 2

120 99 143
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
121 100 144
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20. The sum of first four terms of a geometric progression (G.P.) is and the sum of their respective
12
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reciprocals is . If the product of first three terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is a, then 2a
18
is _______. [JEE(Main)- 2021]
SS0166

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1. Let a,b,c be positive integers such that is an integer. If a,b,c are in geometric progression and the
a

2
arithmetic mean of a,b,c is b + 2, then the value of a + a - 14 is [JEE(Advanced)-2014, 3]
a +1

SS0104
2. Suppose that all the terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) are natural numbers. If the ratio of the
sum of the first seven terms to the sum of the first eleven terms is 6 : 11 and the seventh term lies in
between 130 and 140, then the common difference of this A.P. is [JEE 2015, 4M, –0M]

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SS0105
3. The sides of the right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression. If the triangle has area 24, then
what is the length of its smallest side ? [JEE(Advanced)-2017, 3]
SS0107
4. Let X be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 1, 6, 11, ..... , and
Y be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 9, 16, 23, ..... Then, the
number of elements in the set X È Y is ______ [JEE(Advanced)-2018, 3(0)]
SS0108
2
5. Let a and b be the roots of x – x – 1 = 0, with a > b. For all positive integers n, define

a n - bn
an = , n ³1
a -b

b1 = 1 and bn = an–1 + an+1, n > 2.

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Then which of the following options is/are correct ?

¥
an 10
(1) a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + an = an+2 – 1 for all n > 1 (2) å 10
n =1
n
=
89

¥
bn 8
(3) å 10n =1
n
=
89
(4) bn = an + bn for all n > 1 SS0122

6. Let AP (a; d) denote the set of all the terms of an infinite arithmetic progression with first term
a and common difference d > 0. If AP(1; 3) Ç AP(2; 5) Ç AP(3; 7) = AP(a; d) then a + d
equals ___ [JEE(Advanced)-2019, 3(0)]
SS0123

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y
( y y
)
Let m be the minimum possible value of log 3 3 1 + 3 2 + 3 3 , where y1, y2, y3 are real numbers

for which y1 + y2 + y3 = 9. Let M be the maximum possible value of (log3x1 + log3x2 + log3x3),
where x1, x2 , x3 are positive real numbers for which x1 + x2 + x3 = 9. Then the value of
log2 (m3) + log3(M2) is ______. [JEE(Advanced)-2020]
SS0124
8. Let a1, a2, a3, ….. be a sequence of positive integers in arithmetic progression with common difference
2. Also, let b1, b2, b3, ….. be a sequence of positive integers in geometric progression with common
ratio 2. If a1 = b1 = c, then the number of all possible values of c, for which the equality
2(a1 + a2 + ….+an) = b1 + b2 + ….. + bn
holds for some positive integer n, is ______ [JEE(Advanced)-2020]

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SS0125
9. Let l1, l2,…, l100 be consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression with common difference d1,
and let w1, w2,…, w100 be consecutive terms of another arithmetic progression with common difference
d2, where d1d2 = 10. For each i = 1, 2,…,100, let Ri be a rectangle with length li, width wi and
area Ai. If A51 – A50 = 1000, then the value of A100 – A90 is ____________.
[JEE(Advanced)-2022]
SS0167

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ANSWER KEY
Do yourself -1
2 4 8 16 2 4 2 4
(i) (a) , , , ,....... , (b) , , , ,....... ; (iii) –(p + q)
1 2 3 4 3 9 27 81
Do yourself -2
(i) 900 (ii) 14
Do yourself -3
(i) 931 (ii) 45
(iv) 4, 12, 36 (v) C
Do yourself -4
(i) 2 (ii) 15
Do yourself -5

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(i)
2
Do yourself -6

8æ 1 ö æ 2n + 1 ö 1
(i) 4 + ç 1 - n -1 ÷ - ç ÷ (ii) (iii) 2
9 è 4 ø è 3 ´ 4 n -1 ø 4
Do yourself -7
n(n + 3) n(n + 1)(2n + 3)
(i) (ii)
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EXERCISE # O-1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. D D A A B C C C A B
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. B B C B A D D C B A
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EXERCISE # O-2
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. B,C C,D A,B,C A,C A,B B B,C A,D C D

EXERCISE # O-3

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 11 12100 14 27 2499 2 6 4 4 12
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 102 22 5 (a) 4 (b) 23 (a) 1 (b) 9 49 38 12 4 55

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EXERCISE # JEE-MAIN

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 3 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 3 1
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 3

EXERCISE # JEE-ADVANCED
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Ans. 4 9 6 3748 1,2,4 157.00 8.00 1.00 18900.00

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