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 : [JEE-MAINS Online 2013]
(A) 15 m (B) 10 m (C) 12 m (D) 13 m

a1 + a 2 + ... + a p p3 a
2. Let a1, a2, a3, ... be an A.P. such that = ; p ¹ q. Then 6 is equal to :
a1 + a 2 + a 3 + ... + a q q 3
a 21

[JEE-MAINS Online 2013]

121 11 121 41
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1861 41 1681 11

3. Given sum of the first n terms of an A. P. is 2n + 3n2. 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 :- [JEE-MAINS
Online 2013]
(A) n + 4n2 (B) n2 + 4n (C) 3n + 2n2 (D) 6n2 – n
4. If a, b, c are in AP, then (a – c)2 equals

(A) 4 ( b 2 - ac ) (B) 4 ( b + ac )
2
(C) 4b2 – ac (D) b2 – 4ac

5. If the sum of n terms of an AP is Pn + Qn2, where P, Q are constants, then its common difference
is
(A) 2Q (B) P + Q (C) 2P (D) P – Q
6. Given a sequence of 4 numbers, first three of which are in G.P. and the last three are in A.P. with
common difference six. If first and last terms of this sequence are equal, then the last term is :
[JEE-MAINS Online 2013]
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 2 (D) 4
7. 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)
2 8 4 16

1 1
8. 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
G2 G2
9. 2 + 4 + 7 + 11 + 16 + ........... to n terms =

1 2 n 1 2 n 2
(A) (n + 3n + 8) (B) (n2 + 3n + 8) (C) (n – 3n + 8) (D) (n – 3n + 8)
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10. If a, b, c are in HP, then is equal to
b-c

a b a c
(A) (B) (C) (D)
b a c b

a b c
11. If a, b and c are positive real numbers then + + is greater than or equal to
b c a
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 27 (D) 5
12. If a1, a2, a3 .... an Î R+ and a1 . a2.a3....an = 1, then minimum value of (1+ a1 + a12 ) (1 + a2 + a 22 )

(1 + a3 + a 32 ) .... (1 + an + a 2n ) is equal to :-
(A) 3n+1 (B) 3n (C) 3n–1 (D) none of these
13. The value of 12 + 32 + 52 + ...........+ 252 is : [JEE-MAINS Online 2013]
(A) 1728 (B) 1456 (C) 2925 (D) 1469

1 1
14. The sum of the series : 1 + + + ..... up to 10 terms, is:
1+ 2 1+ 2 + 3
[JEE-MAINS Online 2013]

22 18 20 16
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 11 11 9

¥ ¥ ¥

If a = å x , b = å y , c = å ( xy )
n n n
15. where x , y < 1 ; then-
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

a a b b c c
16. 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

xy
=
z

ab ac bc
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
c b a

æ1 2 3ö
17. If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that ab2c3 = 64 then minimum value of ç + + ÷ is
èa b cø
equal to:-
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
18. 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) -
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19. The sum + 2 + 2 2 2 + ..... upto 11-terms is :- [JEE-MAINS Online 2013]
1 1 +2 1 +2 +3
2 2

11 60 7 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 11 2 2
20. The sum of the series : (2)2 + 2(4)2 + 3(6)2 +... upto 10 terms is : [JEE-MAINS Online 2013]
(A) 11300 (B) 12100 (C) 12300 (D) 11200

EXERCISE (O-2)
¥ ¥ ¥
If x = å a , y = å b , z = å C where a, b, c are in A.P. and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, then
n n n
1.
n =0 n =0 n =0

x, y, z are in- [AIEEE 2005]

(A) HP (B) Arithmetic - Geometric Progression
(C) AP (D) GP

b+a b+c
2. If a, b, c are distinct positive real in H.P., then the value of the expression, + is equal to
b-a b-c
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3. Along a road lies an odd number of stones placed at intervals of 10 m. These stones have to be
assembled around the middle stone. A person can carry only one stone at a time. A man carried out
the job starting with the stone in the middle, carrying stones in succession, thereby covering a
distance of 4.8 km. Then the number of stones is
(A) 15 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 35
4. If S = 1 + 3 + 5 + ....... + (99) then the value of the sum 2 + 4 + 62 + ....... + (100)2 is
2 2 2 2 2 2

(A) S + 2550 (B) 2S (C) 4S (D) S + 5050

5. 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

a
first n terms to sum of n terms succeeding them does not depend on n. Then the ratio and the ratio
d
' r ', respectively are

1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) , (B) 2, (C) , (D) ,2
2 4 3 2 3 2
6. The arithmetic mean of the nine numbers in the given set {9, 99, 999, ....... 999999999} is a 9 digit
number N, all whose digits are distinct. The number N does not contain the digit
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 9
7. If for an A.P. a1 , a2 , a3 ,.... , an ,....
a1 + a3 + a5 = – 12 and a1 a2 a3 = 8, then the value of a2 + a4 + a6 equals
(A) – 12 (B) – 16 (C) – 18 (D) – 21

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 8. 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
9. 1 -
If x Î R, the numbers (5 + 5 ), a/2, (25 + 25–x) form an A.P. then 'a' must lie in the interval
1+x x x

(A) [1, 5] (B) [2, 5] (C) [5, 12] (D) [12, ¥)

10. 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
11. 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 = åi
t . Then the value of t 2 - t1 is
i =1 i =1

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

1 + 3 + 5 + .....upto n terms 20
12. If = and
4 + 7 + 10 + ....upto n terms 7 log10 x

1 1 1
n = log10 x + log10 x2 + log10 x4 + log10 x8 + ....... + ¥ , then x is equal to

(A) 103 (B) 105 (C) 106 (D) 107

13. Let an, n Î N is an A.P. with common difference 'd' and all whose terms are non-zero. If n approaches

1 1 1
infinity, then the sum + + ...... + will approach
a 1a 2 a 2 a 3 a n a n +1

1 2 1
(A) a d (B) a d (C) 2a d (D) a1d
1 1 1

14. The sum of the first three terms of an increasing G.P. is 21 and the sum of their squares is 189. Then
the sum of its first n terms is

æ 1 ö æ 1 ö
(A) 3 (2n – 1) (B) 12 ç1 - n ÷ (C) 6 ç1 - n ÷ (D) 6 (2n – 1)
è 2 ø è 2 ø

15. ( )
If a ¹ 1 and ln a2 + (ln a2)2 + (ln a2)3 + ....... = 3 ln a + (ln a ) 2 + (ln a ) 3 + (ln a ) 4 + ....... then 'a' is equal
to
(A) e1/5 (B) e (C) 3
e (D) 4
e
16. If abcd = 1 where a, b, c, d are positive reals then the minimum value of
a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 + ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd is
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 20

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å k2
17. For which positive integers n is the ratio, k =1 an integer?
n
åk
k =1

(A) odd n only (B) even n only

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

1 1 1
18. Statement-1: If 27 abc ³ (a + b + c)3 and 3a + 4b + 5c = 12 then 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 ; where a, b,
a b c
c are positive real numbers.
Statement-2: For positive real numbers A.M. ³ G.M.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
MULTIPLE
19. Let a1, a2, a3 ....... and b1, b2, b3 ...... be arithmetic progressions such that a1 = 25, b1 = 75 and
a100 + b100 = 100. Then
(A) the difference between successive terms in progression 'a' is opposite of the difference in progression
'b'.
(B) an + bn = 100 for any n.
(C) (a1 + b1), (a2 + b2), (a3 + b3), ....... are in A.P.
100
(D) å (a r + br ) = 10000
r =1

y
20. If sin(x - y), sin x and sin (x + y) are in H.P., then sin x. sec can be
2

(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) – 2

EXERCISE (S-1)
1. The sum of n terms of two arithmetic series are in the ratio of (7n + 1) : (4n + 27). Find the ratio of
their nth term.
2. In an AP of which 'a' is the Ist term, if the sum of the Ist p terms is equal to zero, show that the sum

æ aq(p + q) ö
of the next q terms is - ç ÷
è p -1 ø

3. 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°.

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359
5. Find the value of the sum å k.cos k° .
k =0

6. 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.

7. 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 .
k =1

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

9. 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 four numbers.
10. Find three numbers a,b,c between 2 & 18 such that ;
(i) their sum is 25
(ii) the numbers 2,a,b are consecutive terms of an AP &
(iii) the numbers b,c,18 are consecutive terms of a G.P.
11. If the 10th term of an HP is 21 and 21st term of the same HP is 10, then find the 210th term.
12. The pth term Tp of H.P. is q(p + q) and qth term Tq is p(p + q) when p > 2, q > 2. Prove that
(a) Tp+q = pq; (b) Tpq = p + q; (c) Tp+q > Tpq
13. (a) The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4. The arithmetic mean A & the geometric mean
G satisfy the relation 2A + G2 = 27. Find the two numbers.
(b) The AM of two numbers exceeds their GM by 15 & HM by 27. Find the numbers.
14. 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 ÷.
è b - A51 ø è A1 - a ø
15. If a > 0, then minimum value of a + 2a2 + a3 + 15 + a–1 + a–3 + a–4 is
1/10
æ a 2 b 4 c3 d ö
16. If a, b, c, d > 0 such that a + 2b + 3c + 4d = 50, then find the maximum value of ç ÷
è 16 ø
17. If number of coins earned in nth game is n2n+2 – 2n and total number of coins earned in first 10
games is 10(B.210 + 1), where B Î N, then the value of B is
18. Find the nth term and the sum to n terms of the sequence :
(i) 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + 61 +...... (ii) 6 + 13 + 22 + 33 +........
19. Sum the following series to n terms and to infinity :
n
1 1 1 n 1
(i) + +
1.4.7 4.7.10 7.10.13
+ ..... (ii) å r(r + 1)(r + 2)(r + 3) (iii) å 4r
r =1
2
-1
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1. If the first 3 consecutive terms of a geometrical progression are the real roots of the equation
2x3 – 19x2 + 57x – 54 = 0 find the sum to infinite number of terms of G.P.
1.3 3.5 5.7 7.9
2. Find the sum of the infinite series + 2 + 3 + 4 + .......¥ .
2 2 2 2
99
5100
3. Let S = å . Find [S].
n =1 (25) + 5
n 100

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

4. If 32sin2x–1, 14, 34–2sin2x form first three terms of an A.P., then find the sum 1 + sin2x + sin22x +...¥.
5. Given that the cubic ax3 – ax2 + 9bx – b = 0 (a ¹ 0) has all three positive roots. Find the harmonic
mean of the roots independent of a and b, hence deduce that the root are all equal. Find also the
minimum value of (a + b) if a and b Î N.

æp ö p æp ö
6. If tan ç - x ÷ , tan , tan ç + x ÷ in order are three consecutive terms of a G.P. then sum of all
è 12 ø 12 è 12 ø
the solutions in [0, 314] is kp. Find the value of k.
7. If the roots of 10x3 – cx2 – 54x – 27 = 0 are in harmonic progression, then find c and all the roots.
8. 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 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 GP.

9. In the quadratic equation A ( )

3 - 2 x2 +
B
x + C = 0 with a,b as its roots.
( 3+ 2 )
8 6 16
( )
1/ 4
If A = 49 + 20 6 ; B = sum of the infinite G.P. as 8 3 + + + .....¥
3 3

( )
k
and a - b = 6 6 where k = log610 – 2 5+ ( log6 18 + ),
then find the value of C.
10. If a,b,c,d,e be 5 numbers such that a,b,c are in AP ; b,c,d are in GP & c,d,e are in HP then :
(i) Prove that a,c,e are in GP.
(ii) Prove that e = (2b – a)2/a
(iii) If a = 2 & e = 18, find all possible values of b,c,d.
11. Prove that the average of the numbers n sin n°, n = 2,4,6,........., 180, is cot 1°.
12. If one AM 'a' and two GM's p and q be inserted between any two given numbers then show that
p3+ q3 = 2apq.

1 2 3
13. Find the sum of the n terms of the sequence + + + .......
1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 + 2 1 + 32 + 34
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1. The sum to infinity of the series 1 + + 2 + 3 + 4 + .... is :- [AIEEE-2009]
3 3 3 3
(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 2 (4) 3
2. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an denote the number of notes he counts in the
nth minute. If a1 = a2 = ... = a10 = 150 and a10, a11, .... are in an AP with common difference –2, then
the time taken by him to count all notes is :- [AIEEE-2010]
(1) 24 minutes (2) 34 minutes (3) 125 minutes (4) 135 minutes
3. A man saves Rs. 200 in each of the first three months of his service. In each of the subsequent
months his saving increases by Rs. 40 more than the saving of immediately previous month. His
total saving from the start of service will be Rs. 11040 after :- [AIEEE-2011]
(1) 20 months (2) 21 months (3) 18 months (4) 19 months
100 100

4. Let an be the nth term of an A.P. If år=1

a 2r = a and åa
r=1
2r-1 = b , then the common difference of the

A.P. is : [AIEEE-2011]
a -b a -b
(1) (2) a – b (3) (4) b – a
200 100
5. Statement–1 : The sum of the series 1 + (1 + 2 + 4) + (4 + 6 + 9) + (9 + 12 + 16) + .......
+ (361 + 380 + 400) is 8000.
n

Statement–2 : å( k
k =1
3
)
- (k - 1)3 = n 3 , for any natural number n. [AIEEE-2012]

(1) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.

(2) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
(3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(4) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for Statement–1.
6. If 100 times the 100 th term of an A.P. with non-zero common difference equals the
50 times its 50th term, then the 150th term of this A.P. is : [AIEEE-2012]
(1) zero (2) –150
(3) 150 times its 50 term
th (4) 150
7. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ......, is : [JEE(Main)-2013]

7 7 7 7
(1) (179 - 10 -20 ) (2) (99 - 10 -20 ) (3) (179 + 10 -20 ) (4) (99 - 10 -20 )
81 9 81 9

1 1
8. Let a and b be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0 , p ¹ 0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and + =4,
a b

then the value of |a - b| is: [JEE(Main)-2014]

61 2 17 34 2 13
(1) (2) (3) (4)
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 9. Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term in this G.P. is doubled, the new
numbers are in A.P. Then the common ratio of the G.P. is : [JEE(Main)-2014]
(1) 2 + 3 (2) 3 + 2 (3) 2 - 3 (4) 2 + 3
10. If (10) + 2(11) (10) + 3(11) (10) + ......+ 10 (11) = k (10) , then k is equal to :
9 1 8 2 7 9 9

[JEE(Main)-2014]
121 441
(1) (2) (3) 100 (4) 110
10 100
11. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers l and n(l, n > 1) and G1, G2 and G3 are three geometric
means between l and n, then G14 + 2G 42 + G34 equals - [JEE(Main)-2015]
(1) 4 lmn2 (2) 4 l2m2n2 (3) 4 l2mn (4) 4 lm2n
12. 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
4 5 3
2 2 2 2
æ 3ö æ 2ö æ 1ö æ 4ö 16
If the sum of the first ten terms of the series ç1 ÷ + ç 2 ÷ + ç 3 ÷ + 4 + ç 4 ÷ + ..., is m, then m
2
13.
è 5ø è 5ø è 5ø è 5ø 5
is equal to :- [JEE(Main)-2016]
(1) 99 (2) 102 (3) 101 (4) 100
14. For any three positive real numbers a, b and c, 9(25a + b ) + 25(c2 – 3ac) = 15b(3a + c).
2 2

Then : [JEE(Main)-2017]
(1) a, b and c are in G.P. (2) b, c and a are in G.P.
(3) b, c and a are in A.P. (4) a, b and c are in A.P.
12
15. Let a1, a2, a3, ..... , a49 be in A.P. such that å a 4k +1 = 416 and a9 + a43 = 66.
k= 0

If a12 + a 22 + ...... + a17

2 = 140m, then m is equal to- [JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) 68 (2) 34 (3) 33 (4) 66
16. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be the sum of the first 40 terms of the series
12 + 2·22 + 32 + 2·42 + 52 + 2·62 + ...... . If B – 2A = 100l, then l is equal to :
[JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) 248 (2) 464 (3) 496 (4) 232
EXERCISE (JA)
1. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is cn2, then the sum of squares of these n terms is
n (4n 2 - 1)c 2 n (4n 2 + 1)c 2 n (4n 2 - 1)c 2 n (4n 2 + 1)c 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 3 6
[JEE 2009, 3 (–1)]
2. Let a1,a2,a3..........a11 be real numbers satisfying
a1 = 15, 27 – 2a2 > 0 and ak = 2ak–1 – ak–2 for k = 3,4.........11.

a12 + a 22 + ...... + a11

2
a + a + ...... + a11
If = 90 , then the value of 1 2 is equal to [JEE 2010, 3+3]
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[JEE 2011, 4]
p

4. Let a1,a2,a3,.........,a100 be an arithmetic progression with a1 = 3 and Sp = å a i ,1 £ p £ 100 . For any

i=1

Sm
integer n with 1 < n < 20, let m = 5n. If does not depend on n, then a2 is [JEE 2011, 4]
Sn
5. Let a1, a2, a3, ..... be in harmonic progression with a1 = 5 and a20 = 25. The least positive integer n for
which an < 0 is [JEE 2012, 3 (–1)]
(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25
4n k(k +1)
6. Let Sn = å (-1) 2
k 2 . Then Sn can take value(s) [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]
k =1

(A) 1056 (B) 1088 (C) 1120 (D) 1332

7. A pack contains n cards numbered from 1 to n. Two consecutive numbered cards are removed
from the pack and the sum of the numbers on the remaining cards is 1224. If the smaller to the
numbers on the removed cards is k, then k – 20 = [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]
b
8. Let a,b,c be positive integers such that is an integer. If a,b,c are in geometric progression and
a

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

9. 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]
10. Let bi > 1 for i = 1, 2, ....., 101. Suppose logeb1, logeb2,.....,logeb101 are in Arithmetic Progression
(A.P.) with the common difference loge2. Suppose a1, a2,......, a101 are in A.P. such that a1 = b1 and
a51 = b51. If t = b1 + b2 + ..... + b51 and s = a1 + a2 + .... + a51 then
[JEE(Advanced)-2016, 3(–1)]
(A) s > t and a101 > b101 (B) s > t and a101 < b101
(C) s < t and a101 > b101 (D) s < t and a101 < b101
11. 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]
12. 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]

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

EXERCISE (S-1)
1. (14n - 6)/(8n + 23) 3. 12 4. n = 14 5. – 180 6. 27 7. 2499
8. 2 9. (8 , - 4 , 2 , 8) 10. a = 5 , b = 8 , c = 12 11. 1
13. (a) 6, 3 (b) 120, 30 14. 102 15. 22 16. 5 17. 7
18. (i) 2 - 3; 2 - 4 - 3n (ii) n² + 4n + 1; (1/6) n (n + 1) (2n + 13) + n
n+1 n+2

19. (i) sn = (1/24) - [1/{6(3n + 1) (3n + 4) }] ; s¥ = 1/24 (ii) (1/5) n (n + 1) (n + 2) (n + 3) (n + 4)

(iii) n/(2n + 1)
EXERCISE (S-2)
27
1. 2. 23 3. 49 4. 2 5. 28 6. 4950
2

7. C = 9 ; (3, -3/2 , -3/5) 8. n = 38 9. 128

n (n + 1)
10. (iii) b = 4, c = 6, d = 9 or b = - 2, c = - 6, d = - 18 13.
2(n 2 + n + 1)

EXERCISE (JM)
1. 4 2. 2 3. 2 4. 3 5. 3 6. 1 7. 3
8. 4 9. 4 10. 3 11. 4 12. 3 13. 3 14. 3
15. 2 16. 1
EXERCISE (JA)
1. C 2. 0 3. 8 4. 9 or 3 5. D 6. A,D 7. 5
8. 4 9. 9 10. B 11. 6 12. 3748

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