Sequences and Series

Let =3+4+8+9+13+14+ upto 40 terms. If ( ) 1020 is a root of the equation x2+x-2=0, (0, 2 ), then 2 +3 2 is equal to :

1. 2
2. 74
3. 52
4. 32

Let the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. be 3n2+5n. Then the sum of squares of the first 10 terms of the A.P. is:

1. 10220
2. 12860
3. 15220
4. 19780

Let A1, A2, A3, , A39 be 39 arithmetic means between the numbers 59 and 159. Then the mean of A25, A28, A31 and A36 is equal to :

1. 129
2. 136
3. 131.50
4. 134

The first term of an A.P. of 30 non-negative terms is 103. If the sum of this A.P. is the cube of its last term, then its common difference is:

1. 587
2. 2583
3. 1529
4. 529

Let A be the set of first 101 terms of an A.P., whose first term is 1 and the common difference is 5 and let B be the set of first 71 terms of an A.P., whose first term is 9 and the common difference is 7. Then the number of elements in A B, which are divisible by 3, is :

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

The common difference of the A.P.: a1, a2, , am is 13 more than the common difference of the A.P.: b1, b2, , bn. If b31 = -277, b43 = -385 and a78 = 327, then a1 is equal to

1. 21
2. 19
3. 24
4. 16

Consider an A.P.: a1, a2, , an; a1 > 0. If a2 - a1 = -34, an = 14a1, and i=1n ai = 5252, then i=117 ai is equal to

1. 238
2. 136
3. 476
4. 952

Let a1, a2, a3, a4 be an A.P. of four terms such that each term of the A.P. and its common difference l are integers. If a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 = 48 and a1a2a3a4 + l4 = 361, then the largest term of the A.P. is equal to

1. 27
2. 24
3. 23
4. 21

Let k=1n ak = n2 + n. If a10 = 59 and a6 = 7a1, then + is equal to :

1. 3
2. 5
3. 7
4. 12

If the sum of the first four terms of an A.P. is 6 and the sum of its first six terms is 4, then the sum of its first twelve terms is

1. -26
2. -20
3. -24
4. -22

Let an be the nth term of an A.P. If Sn = a1 + a2 + a3 + + an = 700, a6 = 7 and S7 = 7, then an is equal to :

1. 65
2. 56
3. 70
4. 64

Consider two sets A and B, each containing three numbers in A.P. Let the sum and the product of the elements of A be 36 and p respectively and the sum and the product of the elements of B be 36 and q respectively. Let d and D be the common differences of A.P.'s in A and B respectively such that D=d+3, d>0. If p+qp-q= 195, then p-q is equal to

1. 540
2. 450
3. 600
4. 630

Let a1, a2, a3, be in an A.P. such that k=112 a2k-1 = - 725a1, a1 0. If k=1n ak = 0, then n is :

1. 18
2. 17
3. 11
4. 10

The number of terms of an A.P. is even; the sum of all the odd terms is 24, the sum of all the even terms is 30 and the last term exceeds the first by 212. Then the number of terms which are integers in the A.P. is :

1. 6
2. 4
3. 8
4. 10

Consider an A. P. of positive integers, whose sum of the first three terms is 54 and the sum of the first twenty terms lies between 1600 and 1800. Then its 11th term is :

1. 108
2. 90
3. 122
4. 84

Let Tr be the rth term of an A.P. If for some m, Tm = 125, T25 = 120, and 20 r=125Tr = 13, then 5m r=m2mTr is equal to

1. 98
2. 126
3. 112
4. 142

The interior angles of a polygon with n sides are in an A.P. with common difference 6 . If the largest interior angle of the polygon is 219 , then n is equal to .